Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
Thursday. November I, 1990
Kugcnc, Oregon
Volume 92. Issue 47
John Bessel} tell* fourth
and fifth graders stories
about a spaceship called
H.T. Rae and its greedy
inhabitants, the Uoys.
But the idea is conser
vation. not science fic
tion. as Bezel} teaches the
students to monitor their
schools' energy use.
See story . Page •
Abortion is a crucial
issue in the Nov. 8 guber
natorial race. as Republi
can Dave Prohnmayer
claims Independent Al
Mobeley's anti-choice
stance is splitting Repub
lican support and benefit
ing Democrat Barbara
Roberts' campaign.
snows
(hat poke offbeat fun at
current events, was
banned from the field for
one same because of e
weekend performance at
the Oregon/Stanford foot
ball game in Eugene.
t by Kite CvMM
Bo Admit expresses his disappointment over the Dead ban at Wednes
day’s rally.
Dead decision
sparks protest
By Carrie Dennett
Emerald Reporter
"I'd rather be a Dead Duck than a lame Duck" rear! a
sign held by one of approximately 75 students and com
munity members protesting the University's lumning of
Grateful Dead concerts from Autzen Stadium.
The protesters braved Wednesday's rain to march from
the old Taylor's Tavern at 13th Avenue and Kincaid
Street to Johnson Hall, where a petition of more than 400
signatures was presented to the administration.
Brian Kisenkraft. one organizor of the event and peti
tion drive, said he doesn't expect dramatic results from
this protest alone. "I don't think that the docision is go
ing to be reversed tomorrow, by any means." he said.
Kisenkraft submitted a cover letter addressed to Vice
President Dan Williams with the petition signatures. "A
handful of letters and a few unfortunate incidents among
60,000 people is not enough of a reason to Iran the Grate
ful Dead Don’t destroy a love that has been growing
ever since your generation planted the seeds," he wrote.
He said the Dead ban goes against what the University
campus stands for. and he thinks more public input is in
order. "I would like to see, at the very' least, that the
whole town gets to vote on whether they want the Dead
to play here or not."
John Vance, a member of the Environmental Party,
would like to see a public hearing on the issue, either on
campus or elsewhere in the community He said the issue
needs to be dealt with in a "more sensible way" and he
would like to see better communication with the adminis
tration.
Several protestors had questions about who the 12 peo
ple were who wrote letters asking for the Grateful Dead to
bo banned, and how much of the decision was based on
those letters.
"I asked Myles Brand in public who the 12 people
are," said graduate student Bo Aden. He said he did not
ask for specific names, but only for information about
what "types" of people wrote the letters.
Turn to DEAD, Page 5
-1
City Council adopts new airport projects
$7.3 million for expansion, land acquisitions
By Brian Bloch
Emerald Reporter
The Eugene City Council
Wednesday adopted an updat
ed master plan for the devel
opment of the Eugene Munici
pal Airport over the next 20
years.
The updated plan is an ad
dition to the current develop
ment plan adopted in 1980.
The $7.3 million project
calls for a 2.000 foot addition
to the existing runway and a
now runway parallel to the
existing strip.
Moreover, the plan calls for
the shutdown of the airport's
crosswind runway, the acqui
sition of 920 acres surround
ing the airport, taxi area ex
pansion. and continuing stud
ies of the existing road access
and traffic patterns around the
airport
According to the plan pro
posal. the land acquisition is
an attempt to create an envi
ronmental buffer zone around
the airport and protect the fa
cility from developmental en
cruachment by housing or in
dustry.
Councilor Shawn Boles cast
the lone vote against adopting
the plan. He said he was con
cerned about the possibility of
the land acquisition turning
areas currently used for agri
culture into industrial areas.
The plan makes some provi
sions for future light industri
al development and airport
expansion on the land set to
be acquired, said airport man
ager Mike Boggs.
Boggs also said Federal
Aviation Administration offi
cials suggested creating a
larger c i t y - o w n e d zone
around the airport for protec
tion of surrounding homes
and the possibility of future
development
Studies of the road systems
and traffic flow near the air
port also are included in the
plan to increase safely and
ease of travel to and from the
facility.
Eugene Mayor Jeff Miller
expressed his concern over
the safety of the intersection
at Airport Road and Highway
99 North Ha said previous ac
cidents and the high rates of
speed traveled in the area call
for immediate attention to the
intersection.
"I don’t want to have a fa
tality and then have this con
versation again.” Miller said,
"because I've been told that's
what’s going to happen.”
The runway expansion and
additions may facilitate the
possibility of major commer
cial airline routes to more dis
tant cities including Chicago.
Boggs said. Talks between the
airport and United Airlines
officials regarding service to
Chicago are in the works, he
said.
In other business, the coun
cil voted unanimously to give
the proposed Eugene Public
Library move a go-ahead nod
after hearing reports of posi
tive public support for the
project.
The approval will allow de
signers to continue working
on plans and cost estimates
for the construction of a new
Shawn Boles
library in Ihi* former Sears
building at the corner of 10th
Avenue and Charnel ton
Street.
Library and city officials
hope to have the plans and a
detailed funding proposal
complete for voter approval
by the March 2t> election.
Funding plans for the reno
vat ion and operating costs of
the project are not complete,
although property tax levy
possibilities have been con
sidered