PARKING Continued from Page 1 Vehit les. "This hill is asking the education department to do the DMV's job," Stamm said "The DMV is in a much bet ter position to make sure dri vers are insured than we are." The bill's sponsor. Rep. Patti Milne, R-Woodbwrn, told the House Education Committee at a public hear ing that she is not trying to make things difficult for edu cation officials and believes this bill could be implement ed simply. “We aren't stating hard and fast rules on how schools will implement this." Milne said "They can just do it in the easiest wav " Other members of the com mittee agreed that imple menting the bill would be worth any extra work because they would like to do anything they can to dot rease the number of uninsured dri vers. The committee voted unanimously last week in favor of the bill, and the House should vote on the bill sometime this week Milne also told the com mittee that the bill will be especially helpful to the problem of uninsured drivers because it targets the Jti to 25 ago group, which she says has the highest number of uninsured drivers. Stamm is not convinced that young drivers, especially University students, are any more likely to be uninsured that other drivers He said he requested a copy of statistics supporting Milne's claim but never received them. "Supporters of the bill tried to make it sound like I w as in favor of uninsured dri vers; that is not so." Stamm said. "I would just like to see something in place that works." I p*0«0 tvy A/ttPtoiv, Jlmbo (from loft) slta with his 15-year-old son Goto and triend Ed at tha Centennial Car Camp, an experimental three-month legal campsite for Eugene's homeless, which closed Monday. PACKWOOD Continued from Page 1 Senate. He said no lawmakers hove shown any reluctance to deal with him because of the charges. They are waiting to see how the mat ter plays out before the Senate ethics committee, which is investigating the allegations, he said. r— Packwood said he would not rule out support of tax Increases, as long as they were offset by larger spending cuts. Hut he predicted the budget as passed Thursday by the House would be defeated by the Senate And he remains a strong opponent of President Clinton's budget plan. "I want to defeat the whole budget if I can.” hu said. — CAMPERS Continued from Page 1 Hut some campers bathed in a shower that a friend ly camper allowed others to use. The camp had no filter system for the (amper slum • er. so often dirty, soapy water was dumped into the McKenzie River, Dritz said. The numlwr of t nmpers fluctuated between r>r> mu! 75. Dritz said Most were singles of the ages :tt to 45. according to a t «t\ count il newsletter Fifteen were children "Most guvs are out here liec ause they 're heartbroken The women are here. well, for several reasons." said T I Alterholt. ;tti. a homeless man who temporarily Finds residence at the t ar camp. Alterholt was still learning the lay of the land and hopes to get a job soon He said he wished the t hurt li lts that i oma to donate footl at the t amp would offer i hurt h sessions as well "What's missing hen* is our spiritual welfare We're walking wounded." said Alterholt. who planned to have a Hible group of his own Flynn said although she ret fives about Silt a month in food stamps, she was unahle to purchase other net essities, such as personal hygiene prodtn ts. rent, clothes, alt ohol and cigarettes "Food stamps don't t ut it all the time." Flynn said Bartering footl stamps m e\c hange for the other essential items is a way of life for the campers With so few rvsourt es in their t onimumtv sharing is a way of life Flynn said the hv mg arrangements almost required the campers to t otnbine resources, a problem that seldom allows individuals to est ape their home less situation "You have to share, they d give it to you if they had it so everybody 's broke," Flynn saitl It's hard to get ahead ” "People out there are very cooperative." Dritz said "They are liv ing under a lot of stress and fare) verv helpful making the camp work well and avoiding any problems.” Paid and unpaid White bird workers monitored the camp around the clo< k People like Hermes Solomeu, an 1H year old White bird volunteer, ensured that campers were safe and hospitable to eat h other The polic e have been called three times since the opening nf the camp, ac t circling to a '['hr lirgistrr (iuard article. ET ALS I fVrtnr ki«u«r (iollery will iHvgln San* Diiiim'i tmloilafion c imUy anti will run Fruity Thu ^oil^ry twill h4v« « bs epdon tonight T to m Fmart* tufwmofion. toll Mb ibin /*ntifltnr ft* udunittm^ fit Ah to the FitMtraM front tietk Suite tMl' i» nomt the dm before publo olnm 1 he newt etittnr doe* no# hot* a tune itwu htne fit Ah not the dk»» YOUR PATRONAGE SUSTAINS US. USE OUR SERVICES. TELL US HOW TO PROVIDE SERVICES THAT MEET YOUR NEEDS. YOUR FEEDBACK IS VALUABLE.