Oregon Daily
Emerald
MONDAY. MAY 17. 1993
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 94. ISSUE 158
Farmers’ market may be expanding
j Growing market may
soon run Tuesdays and
Thursdays at Eugene Mall
By Rebecca Merritt
The lane County farmers' Market
Im wnnts. to provide small, local grow
ers with an opportunitv to sell their
products m a socially and environ
mentallv aware atmosphere.
With the growing tuitnher of super
markets and natural food stores in
Eugene, the importance of this market
to the livelihood of small farmers is
increasing rapidly
That is why the market's Direi tor
David Amorose said ahout 121) local
growers rely on the -t.DOl) tourists and
Eugene residents that visit the market
each Saturday
It also explains why the farmers'
market and Downtown Eugene Im is
considering entering a partnership to
establish a Tuesday and Thursday mar
ket at the Eugene Mall.
"We re an entry level opportunity
for small growers," Amorose said. I
feel that part of our mission is to i reate
new opportunities to keep this hap
pening.''
Eugene's first outdoors farmers mar
ket. Amorose said, was established in
1015 at Hlh Avenue and Park Street,
which is where the l ane ( minty farm
ers' Market now operates 1 he market,
called Eugene Producers Public,
moved inside to a nearby building in
l‘)2i).
"Ellis was a happening market on
the West Coast." Amorose said
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Five-year-old Sarah Hill holds a freshly bought tomato plant at the farmers market
The market allows local growers the opportunity to sell their homegrown produce
University
awards.
filmmaker
j Pioneer recipient gives
credit to a former professor
By Jen Ellison
|,uni's Ivorv. I imiTMlv .111if 11 nus ami
direr lor of three time Aiadmnv \ward
win m on l/omifi/s I ml was au anted the
I')*l t 1 hmersitv I’ioueer Award Saturdav
in Portland
Inaugurated ill l *> 7*1, die Pioneer Aw .in I
is given anniiallv to oulslamlihg lamer
■SItv alumni w ho have her nine leaders or
risk takers III llleir held
Ivorv was awarded this war s award lor
his mail) movies, 1111 hiding //onorr/.v / rid
and Ins 1'IHII movie l /fnoiil With tt 1'ien
whir h also won three ()si ars
University President Myles Hraml eoni
mended Iv orv lor lus outstanding ai hieve
lllellts
lames Ivorv s 1 elehraled a< 1 omjilish
lllellts as a |ireeniinent Allierii .in filmmak
er have earned him a permanent |ilai e in
the hearts and minds of millions the world
mn said Dram! in .1 news release Ills
lovaltv and devotion to Ins alma mater
make Inin an ideal rei ijuenl nl one of III*'
University s most prestigious honors
Ivorv attributes Ills ahilltv til see and
apprei i.ite lus surroundings and interpret
his sr ripts into visit.il reality to his favorite
professor al the I huversilv
Marion Ross was prnhahlv the lies!
te.11 her I ever had said Ivorv ol the an In
Turn t IVORY P.i )*■ 3
School remembers fatal shootings
j Kennedy joins Massachusetts
college in asking for gun control
GREAT HARRINGTON. Mass (AD Simon's
Kim k Column of Hard stmt its seniors into the world
Saturday Hut the safety of an isolated campus
hasn't disappeared Five months ago a rampaging
student with an assault rifle killed two people on
campus and i hanged everyone's life forever
"We ail lose innocence at some point,' Dean
Bernard F Rodgers |r said shortly before com
mencement ceremonies "Hut to lose it so radical
ly at such a young age is something I feel terrible
a trout."
Sen. Edward M Kennedy. IT Mass . whose own
life bus been shattered by violence, turned his
graduation speet It into a passionate plea for gun
control.
"What kind ... of society is this, where an emo
tionally disturbed teen-ager can walk into a near
by sporting goods store. (tisplay an out-of-stale <iri•
vers In it list'. plunk down cash. walk out with
bis very own assault rifle, and open fire oil ins fat ■
nlt\ and follow students'" Kennedy asked in bis
speech to the 12T> graduates.
VVavne Lo, an 18-year-old sophomore from
Hillings. Mont is accused of killing a professor
and student and wounding four others with a
semiautoniatu rifle during the 20-ininute campus
shooting spree on Dts 14
The shootings hove agonized this rural western
Massachusetts campus in Great Harrington The
alternative school provides a college education to
about .121) students, including many teen-agers
who leave high school early
During his visit. Kennedy met with Teresa
Heavers. 40. a college security guard who was
wounded in the attack and remains < on fined to a
wheelchair. She said she had feared returning to
campus, but added. "It’s OK It s a lot better than
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A time for tribes
PtoOtO by Ambon* » onxr*
Joe Tuckta (left) of the Warm Springs Piavtc Tribe and
Bunski Leonard of the Warm Springs Wasco Tribe dance
at the 25th Annual Native American Student Union Row
Wow m McArthur Court Sunday
WEATHER
Sunny skim continue through
out the dav todav Some cloud
; cover may develop late in the
i afternoon Highs near HO
: degrees
Just ■ ■ Rt'imn
Registration through Dui k Call
begins today for graduate stu
dents and seniors with 165 cred
its or more for fall 19<U classes
Arcfwv© Pf>do
FROM
THE
PAST
Thu 1'HO lumor
Weekend. now known
as Pan-nls Weekend
featured an "Alin- in
Wonderland" canoe,
festnal The evfllt was
broadcasted on the
radio to the entire West
Coast
CAMPUS
Construiiioo occurring on K-isi lStii Avenue and Ony*
Sireet todav through Wednesday will likely slaw traffic in the
area A flagger will dim t molar1.!' through the area
Pedestrians and bicvdisl will be able to go around ihe work
site
During Ihe construction pro|«s t. Ihe sidewalk on ihe south
side of hast 1 Slh Avenue will be temporarily blocked a! the
work site Three or four metered parking spai es neerbv will
he reserved for Ihe contractor crews and their equipment
Eugene sand and gravel crews will replace about IS feel of
cracked and aging sanitary sewer and storm sewer lines The
project will cost S1M4S