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COMMUNITY UPDATE Delegation In town The first official sister city delegation from Kathmandu, Nepal. will be in Eugene until Feb. 25. The public will have an opportunity to meet the three del egates Feb. 21 at the Asian Festival ana at the Feb. 22 'Taste of Nepal" presentation at 7 p.m. in the EMU Fir Room. The delegates are Navindra Raj Joshi, deputy mayor of Kath mandu, Sri Govinda Shah, an environmental specialist, and Bhlkshu Maitri, president of the Kathmandu-Eugeno Sister City Committee. The delegation will olso ho studying wastewater and sewage treatment methods in Eugene and Areata, Calif. Eugene City Councilman Shawn Boles led the last delegation to Kathmandu from Eugene in October. The sister city agreement between Eugene and Kathmandu began in 1975 between the mayors of the two cities. CISCAP sponsoring benefit The Committee In Solidarity with the Central American Peo ple will sponsor a benefit dinner to helo raise money for com munity organizations in El Salvador Fel>. 26 at 6 p.m. The dinner is at the Central Presbyterian Church in Eugene. A donation of $5 to S10 is requested, and people are being encouraged to donate school supplies, tools and medical sup plies The community organizations receiving aid include re habilitation centers for disabled veterans, women's organiza tions and labor unions. William Hernandez, the International Representative for the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, will speak at the dinner. The FMNL is a Salvadoran political party composer! of former rebel organizations. Supplies donated will be taken to El Salvador by a caravan of trucks scheduled to arrive in F.I Salvador in mid-March. The caravan is being organized by a national organization similar to CISCAP For more information, contact CISCAP at <85-8653. 2 FOR 1 DINNER! 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County jail will turn felons away if levy doesn’t pass, sheriff says By Vegar Stokset EmwakJ Contribute*_____ Al least 33 criminal* would Ih» turned back inio the street* from the lane County jail daily if voter* turn down a $5.8 million peryear law en forcement levy, a county official said this week With no correctional services available, burglars, robbers and violent offenders, including parole and probation violators, would walk right back into the community, posing a severe threat to the citizens, Sheriff Bob McManus said McManus warned that it the March 23 levy fails, l-ane County would lose critical law enforcement and treatment ser vices "desperately needed” to secure the health and security of its citizens. "We are only asking the vot ers for continued support for the present level of services." McManus Mia. mo crnfiarmuiiviiis ui ouvimum.. programs are proposed " The levy, which would cost each homeowner 53 i*nts per $1,000 of assessed property value, would replace a three-year levy that expires June 30. The old levy funded 13 (Hitml officers and several com munity corrections programs The first serial levy adopted in March 1087 sub stantially helped Lane County provide treatment and correctional programs for offenders, t he main goal was to reduce pressure on jail space by pro viding o w ide range of alternative correctional ser vices In 1086. Lane County received a court order placing a cap on the number of inmates it could keep in the jail To prevent overcrowding, a sig nificant numher of inmates had to bo released ear lier than normal But both in 1087 and 1000. vot ers approved serial levies that funded programs easing the needs for jail beds. By addressing the cause of the offenders' prob lems and providing professional help in the vari ous levy funded programs, the need for imprison ment decrease, McManus said. "Alter going through the programs, many of fenders stay away from crime, and we do not have to spend a lot of money on locking them up in jail.” McManus said The real problem for many offenders is related to alcohol and drug abuse rather than criminal ten dencies, McManus said Ho said levy funds are •We are only asking the voters for continued support for the present level of sendees. Mo enhancements or additional programs are proposed.* Bob McManus, Lane County sheriff crucial for continued treatment of the lower-risk offenders, and that jail space should he reserved for the more serious criminals. The forest inmate work camp in Alma is one of the levy funded programs that has helped free up jail space The camp can hold more than 120 of fenders, and they work in areas including parks maintenance, trail building and remodeling. Esti mates show that when the camp is full, the num ber of early jail releases declines up to 19 per day. The Community Corrections Center, which also receives levy dollars, engages a daily average of 67 inmates in regular employment in the community. The center helps to rehabilitate offenders and free up law enforcement resources. Another program provides treatment services for young offenders with alcohol- and drug-related problems In addition, levy money funds the coun ty's psychiatric hospital. All these programs help the offenders develop and maintain a constructive lifestyle, McManus said. The levy also funded half of Lane County’s pa trol force. If the patrol positions are cut, people in rural districts are at risk of not receiving emergen cy assistance. The understaffed department will then barely bo able to respond to the most lifethreatening calls. McManus said. Maroola, McKenzie. Mapleton and Lowell-Dex ter would lose their resident deputies and the re maining nine patrol officers, and two supportive positions would In; cut from the main office patrol and investigation. The planned cut in the state's budget, includ ing reduced supervision of 12.000 offenders state wide. further increases the need for local pro grams. "I am not saying that the levy is going to solve all our problems, but at least it will help the prob lem from perpetuating itself," McManus said This Saturday; Celebrating The People In Our Uvea Friends Around the World 12-1 pm • Upstairs • Agas 3-t Children's Saturday. The Copy Shop Open Mon-Frl 8-7 Sat 10-4 a«MMn PimnoK » Fmy toqrt on 1» 485-6253 UNCOOKED 5g UNKNOWN ^ UNLEASHED DC An evening of original works presented by graduate students of the Department of Dance Friday/ Saturday February 19 A 20 • 8:00 pm Dougherty Dance Theatre 354 Gerlinger Annex $3 pw parson