Asian party planned
A taste of other cultures can tie sampled at the 7th
Annual Oregon Asian Celebration
The celebration, planned for Sunday, feb Hi. will in
i lude traditional folk dance performances form Japan.
Indonesia. India, the Philippines and the Pacific Is
lands
Ifie celebration w ill also feature Asian food, martial
arts, arts and < rults and cooking demonstrations Spe
rial activities are planned' for children
The celebration will fie field at Kvhlliit Hall at the
Lane County fairgrounds f or people over 12, the everit
costs S2 at the (ioor
Oregon’s job program to be studied
Oregon h.is lx* on ( hosen .is one of eight study sites in
thr i ourtlrv lo participate In tin* federal government-*
evaluation of welfare programs
Oregon's Multnomah an<J Washington counties will
be evaluated lt\ the l; S Department of Health and Hu
man Services to determine thn effec tiveness of their
|ODS for Oregon's l iiture 'programs
This sclrition recognizes that we have one of She
most advanced and progressive programs in the na
lion.' said Adult ami larrulv Serve ev Administrator
Stephen Minnich It is an honor for our agent v
Hie evaluation, which will track recipients lor five
vears. will gather information to determine how ethi
live live program lias been helping welfare clients gel
and keep |ohs
I'he study. which begins in March, will follow wel
lari' rei iptenls to keep track ol tfieir edui atlon and mil
ployment in relation to how much wellare immev they
rei eive
February's Black History Month
I not in’ Water .iml Kle< Irit Hoard is sponsoring a
multi media presentation as part of l ehruary s ltl.uk
History Month
I 'AVI-Ill < afeteria employee. Sherry I loming. will a re
ate a display in the KW'Klt headquarters lobby to "pro
vide a pier e of the puzzle that's missing 111 '.American
history." she said
I doming is also holding a poster i oiliest for first
through tilth grade students to entourage their aware
ness ol fil.uk history The posters, width yvill show
yvliul hi at k history means to the students-, yy ill hot time a
part ol the display
I he display is open to the puhlit during IdYI.II bust
ness-hours. Monday through l-ruiay
University
to hold Spanish
conference
By Rivers Janssen
! r ! Reisi'll."
I 111- I ’mvrTSilV '.VI11 (Yu.nI a
national institute (or high
si him! Spanish 1- .u hers ibis
suniimir U) studs tlio hisiury
and literature of JOth-i entury
Mi vu u.
Thi’ four week rrsidciii insti
luli- will tii' made possible by a
S 1 y tyt) gran I lu an tin- Na
Urinal i-aidcmmerit id the Hu
manities and is an attempt in
hi'Ui'r undurst.aid lli*■ iniji.n t .;!
modernization uti Mexican su
f ml v
D.ivtd 1 airland, i u dim< !i>! id
the Uni versus ■■ \ . .da ban
guage (.enter and the tuslituli*
d ms !nr, said flu- I nn ursitv re
i civud lilt- grain ha a variety id
masons, llir most eetilral being
ihr sun ess oi jin'i luas foreign
institutes thul were la id here
i luh is mi’ sixm VMf UH’
institute program. and the third
available ,it the national level
juse tnillio I’atheco, a well
known Mexu ,ui |i iet .mil vsnl
er, will be among the guests at
ten.ling Curland lump.in .i
i’.ll hei u's imptHil III that ill
|uhn Updikes mil ur in e on
\nierlfan literature
Other guests include I’.it h
el us Wife (irtStlli.i. a leading
\|. \;. .in lelev.sio.’. i ..nun. i.l.i
lie .uni writer. )iuge l'.ilhort. ,s
ihu uinenturs !iItnin .set .mi
DaV si! Liiirkm, .1 spec ;a list I
environmental problems in
V • sun
The purpose o( tin institute
!S !., ■: 1 nubile lb • I’, - I Mex
H.in literature with the study o|
history and culture, giving
turn.hers a more hul.imed pur
ll,IV a. Ill Mi'Wu winch they
in!' pass on to their students
(airland sue! Spanish lea- hels
are often proficient in one or
another of these areas, but ran
Is all three
"In college, students learn
t.erlain subjects well and others
are sort ol ignored . in said
Curland said the program's
impart is surprisingly strong
People hear about what
we're doing and they want to
imitate it,' he said "I've been
contacted by people from as lar
away as Israel asking lor Ul
slrui lion
Curland credits the foreign
language faculty as being ex
tremely helpful in making these
summer institutes w.k
The faculty part it ipants will
include Dan ('.oidrich. ’min Ar
mando Epple, |ay Siskin hue.
V era no. Unhurt Davis and
Curland himself
Spanish teachers interested
in participating must apply lor
one of the -<l available open
ings bv March 15.
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