I rkutsk C°ntinu<>d from Page 4
"New Zone Gallery is semi
inn letters of people with slides
of their work," she said "Also,
there'll be an exhibit of chil
dren's art sent from Magnet
Arts."
Many of the proposed ex
changes are In response to a list
Shukuropat gave to Eugene of
ficials last fall, Gossert said.
The list consisted of Irkutsk
groups interested in exchanges.
Rust said the delegation is
"going to lobby hard for a
trans-Pacific airline route" be
tween the U.S. and the Soviet
Union.
"Right now. to get to Irkutsk
we’ve got to travel three-quar
ters of the way across the
globe." Rust said "Hopefully
we'll be able to arrange it
where we can transfer in Bei
jing to Irkutsk., rather than from
New York to Tokyo to Irkutsk
Rust said he’s also going to
try to learn as much as possible
about the Soviet forest indus
try.
"Mv portfolio's mostly from
Eugene homebuilders and ar
chitects. seeking trade and ex
changes." he said. "I'll bo
bringing seeds from six differ
ent conifers from the Klkton
nursery, to give them a sense of
our forest land. They have a
slower-growing forest than
ours, but it's one of the world's
largest "
Hast out said Owens will
share information with Soviet
officials on how a chamber of
commerce is run. and C.ro/.a
will study the Soviet oduca
tional system and work on an
exchange of high school stu
dents
"Hopefully, by next year,
we'll !*• able to send 10 stn
dents to Irkutsk, and have ten
students come here." C.roza
said
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Three other sister city groups
making travel arrangements
By Greg Hough
Emerald Reporter
In the past year, much at
tention has been focused on
the new and growing sister
city attachment between Eu
gene and Irkutsk, somewhat
overshadowing gains made
by Eugene’s three other sis
ter city groups.
What follows is a brief
status report on the sister
city agreements between Eu
gene and Kakegawa. |apan;
Kathmandu. Nepal: and
Chinju. South Korea.
Kakegawa committee
Chairwoman Gretchen Gross
said she was hopeful a deal
could be finalized by June
that will allow a group of
Kakegawa investors to pur
chase farm acreage outside
of Eugene, The land, she
said, will likely be used for
educational and exchange
purposes.
Gross, who is negotiating
the deal for Jean Tate Real
Estate, said she did not want
to reveal the "delicate" de
tails of the negotiations,
which have been going on
for more than a year.
“It's not unusual for real
estate investment deals,
with or without foreign in
vestors. to take this long,"
Gross said.
She added the committee
was looking to recruit peo
ple for an October trip to
Kakegawa during the city's
yearly festival.
Chinju committee Vice
Chairman Tony Metcalf said
a major delegation front Eu
gene's first sister city
(formed in 1961) wdl arrive
here next Monday for a
three-day visit.
The eight-man delegation
will include Chinju Mayor
Beak Moon, as well as prom
inent businessmen from the
city. Mayor Jeff Miller will
greet the delegation upon
their arrival at Mahlon
Sweet Airport.
“The mayor is staying
home from the Irkutsk trip
because he's had this com
mitment to greet the Koreans
for about a year," Metcalf
said.
The visit will also bring
the delegation to the Univer
sity on May 30. he added
Kathmandu Committee
Vice Chairwoman Linda
Williamson said she just re
turned from a visit to Nepal,
where she was greeted by
Kath- mandu city officials.
Williamson said her com
mittee has played a role in
exchange agreements bring
ing students from Nepal to
the University. Currently,
four siudents from Kath
mandu attend school at the
University.
By GARY LARSON
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