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Ducks sweep past Huskies See Page 8 Oregon Daily Emerald Friday, January 23, 1987 Eugene, Oregon Volume 88, Number 88 Democrats dominate House votes overiding vetoes on several bills By Shawn Wirtz Of thr KmrntlH The legislature voted to over ride several bills Thursday that former Gov. Vic Atiyeh had vetoed during his term in office. “Hold onto your socks, kid dos," Rep. Dick Springer. 13 Port land, warned a group of representatives. While five bills Legislative issues k sailed smoothly through the Senate with the required two thirds majority, partisan politics sent two House bills down in defeat and passed only three. A bill that would have allow ed employees transferring bet ween school districts, com munity colleges and education districts to transfer unused sick leave. MB 2161, was referred to legislative Rules. Operations and Reform in a vote split along party lines. 31-29. House Minority leader Larry Campbell. R-Eugene, asked for a caucus, but Assistant Majority Leader Ron Eachus. D-Eugene, called for a motion to close debate and denied Campbell the opportunity to meet with Republicans. In defiance. Campbell made a thumbs down motion, angering some Democrats. “He shouldn’t have stood up and given this thumbs up thumbs down bullshit,’’ said Tom Mason. D-Portland. However, Eachus admitted he made a procedural mistake. “I should have allowed them the courtesy. 1 was just trying to close debate, not try ing to pre vent them from caucussing." he said. The Oregon Education Association had lobbied hard for the passage of the bill last session. "Everybody courts OEA's support." Kachus said. "The Republicans were trying to do a favor for OKA." The OEA sent Democrats "mixed signals" as to whether it wanted the House to pass the original bill or introduce a new one. Kachus said. "So we bought a day’s worth of time to find out what OEA wants." House Bill 2285. which would have increased caps on tort liability awards, failed with 35 yes votes to 25 no votes. Turn to Bills, Page 3 Courtesy of Sac red Heart General Hospital Sacred Heart will spend millions in three-year expansion program By Jolayne Houtz Of (he Emerald Sacred Heart General Hospital officials plan to spend at least $15 million in the next three years to expand their facilities by building a seven-story parking structure, a new outpatient facility and several other buildings. The project will include an 800-space park ing garage with two levels below ground and an outpatient and medical office building. The com plex of buildings will be connected with a series of skybridges. said hospital spokesman Alan Yordy. The skybridges also will connect the central hospital to the Oregon Consolidated laboratories building currently under construction on 11th Avenue. The $3 million lab is scheduled for comple tion in June when construction will begin on the parking garage on the corner of 12th Avenue and Patterson Street, which Yordy said will take about one year to complete and will cost between $5 million and $6 million. The outpatient/medical office building will be constructed next to the parking garage and across from the existing hospital. The structure should be completed by 1990 and may cost up to $9 million, he said. “Our ultimate goal is that once you enter the Turn to Expansion, Page 6 Poetry in motion “Dance '87“ performers make a statement through dance and dialogue in the annual “Dance Oregon!" winter concert, a program directed by University professor Janet Uescutner. I he dialogue may come as a surprise to some in the au dience.” she said. Above, from left, dancers Julie Weinstein. Richard Stef fensen and Denise Barsby make themselves heard. The per formances start tonight and continue through this weekend and Jan. 29-:il and Feb. ti-7. See Related Story, Page 7 Photo by Derrel Hewitt Legislature to review arts funding proposal By Laurie Schwartz Of Ihe Kmnrald Members of local arts organizations are keeping their fingers crossed while waiting for the state legislature to review on Monday Gov. Neil Goldschmidt’s proposal to in crease state funding for the arts by 250 percent. lobbyist Pat McCormick urg ed about 60 arts administrators and enthusiasts at a meeting in Eugene Thursday night to con tact their legislators. Under the proposal, the Eugene Ballet could receive a tenfold increase in state fun ding, and the Bach Festival could see a fourfold increase. Goldschmidt's proposed state budget includes a new $2.5 million package of grant money for each two-year period. The grants must be matched by private donations. The largest component of the package is the Oregon Arts Challenge, which would ear mark $1.6 million for large budget non-profit arts organiza tions like the Eugene Ballet and the Eugene Symphony. The general consensus among those in the arts is that the addi tional funding is much-needed and long overdue. Finances are “always a strug gle with non-profit arts organizations.” said Don Anderson of the Eugene Ballet. “The artists are never paid what they're really worth. The staff is never paid what they’re really worth. There’s a constant need for fund-raising that extends throughout the year.” The Oregon Arts Challenge could, if passed, relieve the ballet’s constant scramble for funds and could take some of the pressure off private donors. Turn to Arts, Page 3
