Sports Congress receives loan
City Council approves $40,000 to help defray costs
By Harry Esteve
Of the Emerald
The city of Eugene demonstrated its support for
the upcoming Olympic Scientific Congress Wednes
day by unanimously approving a $40,000 loan to help
defray costs of the international event.
Conference organizers so far have raised $1
million in donations and services from local
businesses, organizations and private citizens, said
Michael Ellis, head of the University's physical educa
tion department and a coordinator of the Congress.
But that figure is about $300,000 short of what is
needed to put on a “first-rate, top-line conference,"
he said.
“We will do what it takes to get that," Ellis pro
mised the Eugene City Council as he made his plea
for the loan.
The week-long Olympic Scientific Congress,
which is sponsored in part by the University's Col
lege of Human Development and Performance is
scheduled to open July 19, 1984 at the Eugene Con
ference Center. Three thousand health scientists,
sport psychologists and team coaches representing
32 countries are expected to attend.
Ellis said he was worried at first that recent
4 events in Grenada would affect participation in the
conference, but the 700 scientific research papers he
has received include ones recently submitted by
Cuba and the Soviet Union.
“The first-ever delegation from the People’s
Republic of China has submitted its presentation,"
Ellis said.
The city's loan will help provide translation ser
vices for the hundreds of foreign visitors, will cover
deposits for catering services and will allow
organizers to continue publicizing the conference.
The loan will help ensure participants "have a de
cent experience" when they come to Eugene, Ellis
said after the council meeting.
"To do it right these days, you can't just do it
with energy and goodwill."
The city's loan may also stimulate others to lend
financial support to the Congress, Ellis said. "We
hope it will multiply itself."
Council member Mark Lindberg said that while
he had initial reservations about lending the Con
gress money at a time when other city services were
facing budget cutbacks, the potential financial
benefit of the conference overrode his concerns.
"I'm convinced that this program will have such
an important impact on our economic development
that we need to do it," said Lindberg, who suggested
changing the loan to a grant if needed.
Congress representatives will meet next with
members of the Oregon Tourism Council in Coos
Bay to ask for statewide financial support for the
conference.
Fasters hope to
help the hungry
If you can make it through the day without eating, you can
make a small contribution to relieving world hunger.
Oxfam, an international relief organization, is asking people
to fast today and donate the monty they save to the organization.
The money will be used to support self-help development pro
jects in the Third World.
Fasting also helps people empathize with the millions of starv
ing people throughout the world, Oxfam member Colette Lottor
says.
But those who can't make it through the day without eating
are still welcome to donate, Lotter says.
Oxfam was founded in England in 1942, as the Oxford Com
mittee for Famine Relief. Oxfam-America was founded in 1970 and
is one of five autonomous Oxfams around the world.
Though Oxfam does provide food in emergencies, its real
purpose is to finance local projects which provide food, medicine
and better sanitation over the long run, Lottor says.
"Why send them tractors, when they'll only become depen
dent on gasoline?" she says.
Oxfam advisors monitor all projects to ensure they follow the
organization's criteria and improve living standards for the poor
in the area, Lottor says.
More information about the organization and its projects will
be provided today at a table in the EMU lobby.
Participants in the fast are invited to a "break fast" tonight at 6
p.m. at the Koinonia Center, 1414 Kincaid St. Refreshments will be
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U of O Foundation
Annual Fund
TELEFUND
STATISTICS
100.000
90.000
80 000
70.000
60.000
50.000
40.000
30.000
20.000
10.000
On 11/10/83 26 Chi Omega
Volunteers received 175
pledges for a total of
$2,895.
First, second and third
place for most pledges
received are held by:
1st Kappa Sigma - 508
2nd ROTC - 371
3rd Chi Psi - 299
That brings the total for the
telefund to $67,991.
Tonight Alpha Omicron
Psi/ROTC will attempt to
set a new record for total
pledges received.