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officers) time to give talks on crime prevention to
various groups in the community, she says
"We re going to walk one of the neighborhoods
through it," Norman says That process includes setting
up meetings, designating "block captains," training
volunteers to do home inspections, and generally
creating more neighborhood awareness of crime and
its prevention, she explains. Meetings involving all 20
neighborhood organizations will also be held
"We re hoping eventually to kind of turn it over to
the citizens," Norman says.
Community-organized patrols are not included in
the plan "We re going to discourage that," Norman
says However, "We can't say why you can't go out into
your neighborhood and drive around "
Neighborhood watch participants will be given
stickers for their home windows. Such visible organ
ization has been shown to deter crime, Norman ex
plains
"Which is the same thing we teach the women in
self defense classes," Maclean says "We try to teach
communities to do that too "
She expresses regret that WUN don't have more
time to help small businesses in the neighborhood with
crime prevention But. she adds. WUN does have links
with area small businesses in which "we keep (ex
changing) information back and forth "
"The businesses at this point are mostly are con
cerned about the transients panhandling in front of
stores and harassing costumers." Maclean says
The number of commercial burglaries in the
neighborhood dropped from 85 in 1980 to 77 in 1981
But total non-forced entries rose from 15 to 20
Reported robberies in 1980 fell from 1979 both city
wide and in the west University neighborhood Robber
ies in the west University neighborhood decreased from
35 in 1979 to 19 in 1980 and to 17 last year
The program is funded through a community
development “block" grant which continues for one
more year “I don't know what will happen after that."
Maclean says Without another grant, volunteer facets
of the program could continue but parts involving
expenses — such as the lock program — will probably
end, she says
Maclean feels her job is "having an impact My
concern is that it's targeted in one area To have an
effect, crime prevention has to be done on a city wide
level, because all we re doing is just moving it around
The frustrating part is "getting people involved '
Because of the University neighborhood's high
population turnover, “ getting people to volunteer
anytime is a little difficult," Maclean says
But the self defense class presents no trouble
there "If anything, we have to keep expanding because
we can t accomodate everybody," she continues
The classes meet for two-hour sessions once a
week for eight weeks
Although the November-October series is full,
registration for the following series is now open. Class
fee is $15 For more information, call WUN at 687-5366
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States propose to the Soviet
Union "that both countries
agree to immediately halt" nu
clear weapons development
and deployment "in a way that
can be checked' and verified by
both sides. "
George Boehnke, Lane
County Republican Party chair
man, says he knows of no group
formed to oppose the measure,
but has noted that "all the news
stories try to make it a Repub
lican-Democrat difference,
when it isn't."
Boehnke says he personally
sees it as a "political ploy"
which is only an ineffective
public opinion poll" costing
thousands of dollars to go
through the ballot measure
process
• The Land Conservation and
Development Commission long
embroiled in controvery over its
state wide land use powers,
would be abolished by Ballot
Measure 6
Local planning, including
maintenance of a master land
use plan, would continue
The Department of Land
Conservation and Development
and Land Use Board of Appeals
would also be abolished Com
mittees would be formed to ad
vise on state wide goals, alth
ough county and city plans
would not have to conform to
them
Appeals of local land use
decisions would go to the circuit
courts
It is estimated the measure
would reduce General Fund ex
penditures by $550,000 over the
next three years
The 1,000 Friends of Oregon
are opposed to the measure,
while Oregon Citizens for Fair
Land Planning, Inc , has coor
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