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Ice cold beer and Ems baseball See Page 4 Oregon daily Tuesday, August 6. 1»85 Eugene. Oregon Volume 87, Number 12 Van Duyn chooses Eugene By Scott McFetridge' Of Iho Kmrruld . . * City and state government leaders met with • high-ranking officials 'of one. of the nation's largest . ' candy manufacturers in an overgrown pasture north ■ of . Hugene' on - Friday afternoon0 to make an announcement ' * • • • . Hundreds of' spectators c.hmsrod .as Van jlufn Chocolate Shops President-RicHard McCall told the ■ „ . crowd ;his Company- had decided to jruUd its H5.non-square-foot office and factory on"13 acres of • whgt is now a field. Construction-of t he SS-m'iilkm •facility? lo* ated in Ihe • 1.10-ocrt! Surnmeroaks In „ ' dustrial ‘Park north' of Belt fine Highway, could begirt as early as this fall: McCall said . '. "We're all, overwhelmed by this' type', pf ■. ' welcome'.to Hugene. but .we've been overwhelmed • since this whole thing started.,'' Met'at 11 said.-‘.This • is'going to be a very new and stimulating home'for a if.'of us."- . ' ' ' . . Van Dtiyn, in business itince°i927. began sear-. cihing'for a new factory' site in Washington, (!alifor nia .and'Oregon after'its original plant in Portland • . was destroyed bv fire March.2. Van Duyn had plaiim . ..ed to relocate .in Camas, Wash., but a late bid by the* ■ Hugene ,Springfield Metropolitan Partnership per su.aded the Company to change its plana.-' • ;__The -metropolitan partnership, chaired by . Hugene Mayor-iirtan' CJhier is-thc—ars.*a^scprimary_. hnsine'ss.'recriiitment agency. . . .'The "main, reason Van Duyu chose the .Hugene . site was the "personalized, .riot inechanixeU" ap ■ proneh of city.leaders and the metropolitan partner1 ■ ship. Mc< ialj said. The Eugene property also has the .advantage of being flat with .no obstructions and", already has utilities installed, he said. McCall"said'^his company also .was impressed'. • . with the' nearby freeway access and the fact that.the Eugene site would lx> closer to California.markets'. VanDuyn is expected to provide 3(H) jobs at its plant wi.thin..three vea.rs. • -..Van, Duyn'i decision to locate in Hugene is evidence the-state's, economic development-pro Van Diivn employee Caren Cole grams are working, said Gov. Vic Atiyeh said. There was an ongoing partnership between city and state leaders throughout discussion with Van Duyii, and the teamwork paid off, he said.' Senate approves building funds The U.S. Senate approved on Thursday a bill that includes $8.5' million for the initial construction-costs of two University science buildings. The funds, included in the fiscal year 1986 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill, had been approved earlier by the Seriate Appropriations'CommitT lee .The appropriations committee is chaired by . Senator Mark Hatfield. • .The bill .now will be .sent to a Senate-House con • ference committee and 'ultimately must he signed by - President Reagan.* ' *% . * - ^ ° The federally financed buildings Will house the In st itute.of. Theoretical Science, the Chemical Physics In stitute. the Material Science. Institute and the physics departments " * Additional .space is reserved . for the geology" . .department, an expanded science, '.library', classroom teaching facilities- and teaching' labs for physics "a'nd . computer science. / ’ . “We are obviously delighted.the Senate has passed the appropriations bill,” University President Paul Oliim said- “'This will make it possible to house some • extremely good science.”" . . The University has'some'of the country-sdop-seien lists, but “we have ho place to put them;” Olum said. ' The'fjnal cbst'of the two buildings is estimated to'-. -. be $3^rmillibnt. Last'year Cdngress. appropriated $2.3 • . » .million to finance plans'forlhe two buildings. Congress must approve additional.funds',for. the project each year ' . until its-.scheduled completion date-, in 19.90. In addition to-the federal funds, the 1985 Oregon ‘ legislature approved $12 million in state lottery funds for . the . construction : .of twor' University science buildings. The federal and.state financed buildings will add 120.tM)()rl40,()Ot);square feet-of usable space to fex- ’ isting science facilities. Threat may cancel project ' . ' . !'.•*. ° ‘ ’ : j* > .. V. Asbestos release forces By )ulie Freeman CM the Kmrrultl A new air. movement system, meant' to- save the "University Computing . Center almost $8,000 year in energy costs, has been postponed.ami may have to tic* canceled altogether unless a new way of removing asbestos frpm beams above the first floor celling of the building can be found, saidCliff Flacy, engineer for the project. when au adhesive, fogging material, being-used to prepare asbestos for-removal, released an unpleasant odor-throughout the first floor, of the building. Flacy. said. At this time: ho tox ic‘substance was believed. to have been released, he said. But air sampling studies con ducted by the University Office of Environmental Health and Safety proved that some asbestos fibers were'released in 7 would rather drop the project than upset everyone....Right now it just doesnft seem to be worth all the problems that are in volved with something like this. * Cliff Flacy “I would rather drop the pro ject than upset everyone,” Flacy said. “Right now it just doesn’t seem to he worth all the problems that are Involved with something like this." The Computing Center was abruptly closed and evacuated for about two hours last week to the air during the project. Two samples taken over a two-hour period revealed that .03 fibers per cubic centimeter of air were released, said Tom Hicks, an environmental health specialist. This number was the safety cut-off limit used last year when asbestos was being removed from the metal beams supporting Science I, Hicks 'said. .• , But, since the air* samplings were taken so close together. Hicks said there probably was not a significant amount of ex posure caused. "This did show us that when someone is working around this material they tend to kick up loose fibers." he said. ' And as a result, no one will be allowed to continue work in the ceiling's crawl spaceWhere the asbestos material is located, Hicks said. Asbestos, which was com monly used for fire-proofing ceiling beams in the 1960s, can be a potentially dangerous material if its fibers are released into the atmosphere. Sharp asbestos fibers can lodge into a person’s lungs and cause various health hazards, such as lung cancer and asbestosis, a lung-disabling disease caused by scars in the lupg tissue. “As long as people feel there is danger, there is," said Harold Since asbestos was found to be a health hazard, removal'of the material has become an ongoing University problem. Babcock. Physical Plant director. Surveys art; being conducted now to determine other campus areas where potential asbestos problems may arise. Babcock said. In the meantime, Physical Plant workers will not go into areas where asbestos is located unless they have to, he said. "All in all, 1 think steps were taken to protect people working at the Computing Center.” Hicks said. But while alternative solu tions that would not require fur ther asbestos removal are being considered, Hicks said the re maining asbestos will have to be cleared out eventually to pre vent any future problems.
