Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
Tuesday, February 12. Wl
F.ugcnc. Oregon
Volume UJ, Issue US
Child care subsidies expanded
Parents will have
more care options
By Daralyn Trappe
Emerald Reporter
Recent changes in the ASUO
Child Care Subsidy Program will
allow University student-parents
more flexibility in the kinds of day
care programs for which they can
receive financial assistance.
Also, the maximum amount of
assistance a parent can receive has
been increased
Parents can now receive child
care subsidy funds for day care fa
cilities that are:
• primarily educational and pro
vide care to children age til
months to six years for less than
four hours a day.
• operated by a school district, po
litical subdivision of Oregon or a
government agency.
• operated as a parent cooperative
for no more more than four hours
a day.
None of the above types of day
care facilities require certification
from the Children Services Divi
sion.
Previously, parents could re
ceive assistance only if a child
was enrolled in One of the Univer
sity's day care centers, a USD-cer
tified child care program, a USD
registered family day care provid
er or an in-home care provider.
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Vincent You brushtfs up on bin paint in# skills at the t’niversity's
Westmoreland day care center.
The new policy was formed in
response to parents who were ask
in# for exceptions to the previous
ASUO requirements, said Jennifer
(lollies. ASUO assistant Universi
ty affairs coordinator and repre
sentative to the task force
"When the task force was
formed, the criteria that was used
was based on USD criteria and
what they would approve of," she
said "Hul (!SI) includes the kinds
of programs that we added, so
we're still in line with them.
There are certain programs where
t.'Sl) doesn't require certifica
tion"
Some of the local programs that
now qualify for ASIJO subsidy as
sistance include Kugene Parks and
Turn to SUBSIDY. Page 4
Water, electric
rates to go up
By June Russell
Emerald Reporter
The Kugenn Water <inti Klec.trie Board of Cuminis
sioners |>r«»s*»nt»>»f water and elec Inc rate int reuse pro
posals designed to cover rising power and operating
i osts at a public hearing Monday night
The proposed 5.8 percent increase m electru rates
would add about $ t II I to a monthly residential hill for
1 )50 kilowatt hours Currently. 50.975 i ustotners are
served under the residential rate schedule No i hange
i recommended in the $5.00 basic charge.
The recommended 7.5 percent average increase
would add about $0 t>4 to a typical residential hilling
for 9.000 gallons of water, affecting some 11,000 resi
dential i ustotners The hoard recommends an increase
in the hasu service charge from $4 t>0 per month to
$4 85
l 'nder the rate plan, rate increases are proportionate
Iv lower for consistently lower users of water and elec
tric ity. as an incentive for customers to use less water
and elec trie ity I’he new rates will lake effec t with l)il
lings on or after April 1‘t‘ll
Consumers using 500 kilowatts hours per month
would lie affec ted by 5 pen ent increases, while higher
levels of consumption will have rate increases of 5.6 to
t> t percent, according to rate- proposals Costumers
consuming in the low range of 4000 gallons per month
would l>e affected bv in* reuses of ti percent, while cus
tomers with higher water consumption would see rate
increases of 7.1 to 7.4 percent.
The rati- inc reases are planned to cover annual costs
for purc hased power, planned resource acquisitions,
capital expenditures and other expenses associated
with the ongoing operation and maintenum e of KWEH
water and elec trie systems, said Dic k Helgcson. HWKM
manager of rates
Turn to EWEB. Page 6
Small group keeping vigil at Federal Building
I
Photo b* Andr* K«nirn
Fu/tene resident tiloria Haxter continues to demonstrate at the Federal
Building despite decreasing turnouts.
By Yoko Kuramoto
Emerald Contributor
Only a handful, of protesters remain in
front of the Federal building in downtown
Kugene less than a month after the outbreak
of the Persian (iulf War
A changing < ast of fewer than 1(1 people
now demonstrate in the area in front of the
federal building, where an estimated 2,000
people rallied the night of the I' S attack on
Irar) on Jan. Hi
One protester. Kuss Curasi of Sa< ramento,
Calif . said he is discouraged by the dwin
dling number of partir ipants
"I guess they just quit ( aruig about it," he
said of the protesters who have stopped
demonstrating in recent weeks
Another protester, Michael Wilson of
Springfield, disagrees
"Some people got disgusted with it.
Wilson said Though people still care, he
said, "they think it's too late to do anything
about it
Wilson also pointed out that most people
are busy with other concerns.
"I don't think anybody's going I" devote
their whole life to standing dow n here at the
Federal building." Wilson said
Vietnam veteran Kick Dormer, who de
scribes himself as one of the protest's organ
izers. said he believes clashes between pro
administration demonstrators and peace
demonstrators contributed to smaller protest
turnouts.
Hut even fewer pro administration demon
strators remain at their post ai ross the street
froyi the Federal building On some recent
days, none came at all
"They've been pretty weather-conscious."
Dormer said ol pro administration demon
strators
Dormer said he believes peace demonstra
tions will start to grow again, "especially as
body bags start mounting up
"It's going to take something like that to
Turn to PROTESTERS, Page 4
Inside
A vast collection of books
and manuscripts, some hun
dreds of years old. are kept
in the knight Library Some
date from the 12th century,
while others, such as works
by Oregon author ken
kesey, are kept for their po
tential value.
See story. Page 3
Improved access to down
town Eugene may be on the
horizon, after the Eugene
Planning Commission voted
7-0 Monday to approve new
plans for the area
See story. Page 6
Quit War
Allied military leaders to
day claimed bombing by co
alition air forces had effec
tively cut off access to the
Iraqi port city of Basra, and
missiles from Iraq again fell
on Saudi Arabia and Israel
See story. Page 5
Sports
Men's basketball Coach Don
Munson has been named as
an assistant coach to the
West team in the Pan Ameri
can (James
See story, Page 7
How good is Jennifer
Mourn at shooting the three?
Good enough to break the re
cord for three-pointers in a
game (seven, vs Arizona
State) and probably for the
season (41).
See ‘From the Sidelines,'
Page 7
Jennifer Bourn