'Queen of hobos' seeks legislation for homeless
By Dennis Fernandes
Of I Hr Emerald
"For the price of one lousy
bomber, we could get shelters
across the U.S. for the
homeless.”
That's the pitch that Beverly
"Ma" Curtis gave to a small
crowd of onlookers at a rally
Monday afternoon in the EMU
courtyard.
Curtis, a former homeless
woman and the self-proclaimed
"queen of the hobos." is a
volunteer from Portlr 'id's Burn
side Community for the
Homeless, better known as
"Baloney Joe’s." She has been
traveling across the state to col
leges and universities to stoop
for federal shelter care
legislation.
Student Campaign for Disar
mament (SCD) sponsored the
rally, which culminated last
weekend's ‘‘Food For
Thought" campaign.
Other speakers included
University political science Pro
fessor Tom Hovet and represen
tatives from local support
groups.
The campaign included a
canned food drive that netted
three carloads of groceries
worth an estimated $600.
Twenty-five volunteers went
door-to-door over the weekend
collecting the food, according
to organizer Kim Sargent.
The food was then distributed
among three local support
groups; Eugene Family Shelter.
WOMENSPACE and
Benevolent Faith Ministry.
SCI) put on the campaign due
to its concern for increasing
military costs while the
statistics for homeless people in
the United States — and their
needs — have gone up.
Curtis, 64, said until recently
Laurelwood expansion approved
By Janet Paulson
Of lh«* Kitirmld
The Eugene Planning Com
mission denied two appeals
Monday to halt expansion of the
I .aure 1 wood Golf Course from
nine holes to 18 holes and ap
proved changes in the expan
sion plan proposed by the
Department of Parks and
Recreation.
The commission addressed
objections raised in appeals fil
ed by Monte Marshall, presi
dent of the Fair mount
Neighbors; Dorothy Munz.
representative of the Amazon
Neighbors; and the Eugene
Parks and Recreation Director
Ernie Drapella.
Opponents of the expansion
have 45 days to appeal the com
mission's decisions to the l.and
Use Board of Appeals. If no fur
ther appeals are made, the City
Council will be asked to ap
prove a proposal for private in
vestors to carry out the actual
expansion of the golf course.
Drapella’s appeal concerned
the construction of additional
parking spaces. There are cur
rently 60 parking spaces at
Laurelwood, and 30 more
spaces will be added through
the expansion, leaving space
available for 10 more spaces if
needed in the future.
If six complaints are received
in a one-year period about cars
parking on nearby streets, the
10 spaces will be added, com
mission members agreed.
Commission member Dorothy
Anderson addressed Marshall's
objection that the property
where ljiurelwood is situated is
classified as a natural resource
area. She said in the city's
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she had been homeless in the
Portland area since the age of
seven, and a "practicing”
alcoholic since she was 12. She
is now living in a rented house.
"This is going to be my first
warm Christmas. I’m very for
tunate." she said. "But I'm very
worried about my brothers and
sisters out on the streets who are
cold and hungry." she added.
Baloney Joe's shelters about
150 people a night, and 4(H)
others use the facility during
the day for eating or other pur
poses. It provides two hot meals
a day. medical and dental ser
vices, counseling, religious
needs, clothing and laundry
facilities to "anyone that walks
through the door."
"It’s the only agency for the
homeless that has everything
under one roof.” Curtis said
The shelter is run with the
help of an estimated 50
Hearings Official Jim Spicker
man said the fairway is too close
to a private home across Central
Boulevard He said the problem
needs to be studied further
before a decision can be made.
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Although the services are
adequate, they don't meet all
the needs of the Portland
homeless. And the situation is
worse in other areas of the coun
try. Curtis said.
Curtis and a Portland delega
tion spoke to Sen. Mark Hatfield
and Kep. I.<‘s AuCoin while a( a
National Coalition for the
Homeless conference in
Washington. D.C.
Hut the coalition is making
sure the message is heard.
Michael Stoops, a Portland
volunteer and graduate of Ball
State University in Indiana, has
pledged to sleep on the Capitol
steps in Washington until he is
ensured of sponsored legisla
tion. or until he freezes to
death.
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