$100,000 in federal grant money
gets some interest, city approval
By Paul Ertelt
Of the tmerald
The Eugene City Council
unanimously approved a proposal
Monday to spend $100,000 of
federal "jobs bill" money on park
rehabilftation projects.
The money will be used to
rehabilitate the River House on
Adams street and the Owens
House in the Eugene Rose Garden
and to upgrade drainage systems
in several parks, creating six job
slots for six to eight months.
G. V. Stathakis testified against
the projects, saying they were not
directed to the city's needy and
were not aimed at relieving urban
blight.
Stathakis pleaded with the
council to "get in touch with
some of the needs of the less for
tunate in this community," and
called its decision a "disgrace"
and a "slap in the face to the city's
poor."
The funds, part of a $700,000
grant from the Department of
Housing and Urban Develop
ment, were when a road surfacing
project on Roosevelt Boulevard
cost less than the estimate.
That project came under fire last
summer for failing to create many
jobs. Federal criteria for the use of
the funds stipulated the projects
be labor intensive, but $300,000 of
that money went to materials and
only four jobs were created.
Council member )ohn Ball said
the council should have spent
more time considering other
possibilities, but said the council
had done a pretty good job.
"We made a substantial im
provement that needs to be
recognized," says Ball. "Last time
we made tour jobs with $600,000,
this time we made six with only a
$100,000."
The Community Development
Committee and Eugene Private In
dustry Council endorsed the park
projects because they said they
would fulfill federal requirements
and create job opportunities.
Ski bus tickets available
Tickets for the 1984 Hookey Ski
Bus are now on sale at the Eugene
YMCA.
Each Wednesday for the last" 23
winters the Hookey Ski Bus has
been whisking adult skiers off to
Mt. Bachelor. This year's season
begins Jan. 4, 1984 the day before
winter term classes start.
The bus loads at 6:45 a.m. and
leaves from the South Eugene
High School parking lot at 7 a.m.,
returning to Eugene by 7:15 p.m.
after a day of special-rate skiing at
Mt. Bachelor.
Season tickets are sold for 10
trips and for 15 trips. The 10-trip
package costs $125 (a savings of
$35) and the larger package sells
for $187.50 (a savings of $52.50).
The packages assure skiers a spot
on the bus each Wednesday until
May 1.
Single-trip tickets are available
for $15 on a first come, first serve
basis by calling the YMCA weekly.
Skiers riding the bus receive $2
discounts on all-day lift tickets
and $2.50 off of complete rental
packages. Other discounts also
are included.
"Hookey" invites everyone to
their annual ski season kick-off
coffee at 1 p.m. Nov. 16 at The Far
West Federal Bank on the corner
of Broadway Avenue and Oak
Street.
For more information, call the
YMCA at 686-9622.
Music school notes events
A guest recital, an Alumni Band appearance at Homecoming and
performances at the University Day at the Hult Center are among the
events scheduled for the coming week at the University School of
Music. All events are free unless otherwise indicated.
Friday Nov. 4 — C'.uest artist Ron Pellegrino will present a lecture
and recital on the visual application of music at 8 p.m. in Beall Concert
Hall. He will use a synthesizer and a laser projection system in his
presentation. Admission is $2.
Saturday Nov. 5 — The University Alumni Band will reunite to per
form at 12:30 p.m. in the pre-game activities of the University Homecom
ing game with UCLA. For more information, call 686-5678.
Sunday Nov. 6 — The University Day at the Hult Center for Perform
ing Arts, part of Homecoming activities, will feature various music
school programs. At 11:15 a.m. Jazz Lab Band I will perform outside in
the Hult Center courtyard. The Oregon Wind Ensemble will present
Morton Gould's “Ballad For Band" and Alfred Reed's “Russian
Christmas Music." The University Symphony will also perform
Also scheduled at the Hult Center are the University Singers, who
will present a program including Zoltan Kodaly's “Cohors Generosa."
Thursday Nov. 10 — Student musicians will present a Musical
Smorgasbord concert at 12:30 p.m. in Room 198 of the music school.
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