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Oregon Daily Broiling good fun_ Jamie Martin of Veneta takes her seven-year old daughter Jes sica (left) and six-year-old daughter Jennifer (right) on the para chute ride at the Springfield Broiler Festival last weekend Jaycee volunteer Brian Culver wears a scarf to keep from inhal ing the smoke while turning roasting chickens at the festival (at right) The Jaycees broiled more than 15.000 chickens Monson wins case in court J Jury decides that University wrongfully removed coach By Martin Fisher < VBsJ.it Oa > f /•*.'.Ik1 A l.ane (bounty Circuit Court |urv I'hursdav decided Don Monson was vvrongfitllv removed from Ins position as Oregon men's basketball coach and awarded him SJ'Ki.OHT HI Monson was removed as coach in Man h. l*HI2. and sued the t Jniversilv for breach of ■ onlrad I The IT woman. one~m<ut jury hoard five days of testi mony ill the ( .iso, including two days from Monson him self. Tile jury delib orated loss than three hours before returning its ver dict. Monson. and his -J attorney Harold Monson (hllis. evident I v convinced jurors that the University treat ud Monson unfairly when it re assigned him, first as men's golf coach and later as NUAA compliance c oordinator for rules and regulations. "What's 11 contract mean to the Univer sity of Oregon(jiliis asked jurors in his c losing argument "Not much." he answered. Chilis portrayed the University as a heartless institution that ui teci with com plete disregard to Monson and his con tract. "They just basically dumped him,’’ (Kills told jurors insincerity seems to lie the standard at Turn to MONSON, Page 4 ‘Father’ and ‘soul’ of Nike likes to talk bulls J Bowerman inspired shoe com pany to be what it is today By Carrie Vincent ten Vm Oregon Dotty Emerald Dusty Kidd, the public relations director of sjKirt for Nike, says Bill Bowerman is the soul of Nike." Or did he mean "sole of Nike"? Either way. Bowerman’s contributions to Nike are immeasurable in "soul" and "sole. " Called the "father" of Nike by many oth ers, Buwerman’s infernal tinkering and con corn for lus runners as Oregon true k i out h for more than ^0 years inspired the multibil lion ciollar Nike industry to be what it is today — a hard-working, high-standard, innovative and highly competitive company And the stories are all true Bowerman learned from a hoot maker after a cobbler told him he couldn't possibly learn — how to make shoes for Ins runners He used glue instead of thread to pul his shoes together, and, in fact, now uses pros thetic. supports for his ankles and feet because of hours spent in the shed with the toxins of the glue He incurred the wrath of Ins wife Barbara, using synthetii rubber instead of Bisquir.k in an experiment with her waffle iron to create the first non mini collecting shoe And the continual drive In his experiment to create new things — the very attitude that has made Nike so successful - is still there, though Bowerman is now focusing it more on perfecting his genetically produced small bovine, Ills near mad s< ienlist" persons is free to experiment at will on his large spread just outside of K.ugene that is supported by his lorn to BOWERMAN. Kl je 1 Bill Bowerman \ WEATHER 2 Fun in the sun J That's right, the sun should be I back for a while. I A high pressure system over the H area will tmng clear skies and ■ tempertures in the 80s through ■ Wednesday. FAMILY SUES OVER CUT HAIR OLYMPIA, Wash (AP) - The family of a se\wv-year-old boy who claimed his hair was cut by classmates in a rai tat incident has sued his school district. The lawsuit claims the North Thurston School District was negligent in hadling the incident that allegedly happened last (h tober The family claims that )aman:an-Ameritan first-grader Domini: k Watson had a aread loch forcibly cut off by an older boy who kicked him and used rac ial slurs. School officials seta last year their investigation did not confirm the then-six-year-olds account. Evidence presented by the investigation said the child told teachers his deadlock "fell off Parent Jessew White said his son Dominick, who has remained out of school since the incident, is still shaken. _SPORTS I.IXS ANGELES (AP) - Arson inspectors met with the dis tnct attorney s offu:* Monday to investigate an incident in which New York Mets outfielder Vint e Coleman tossed a fire t racker outside Dodger Stadium Three people were iii|iired. No arrests have been made or charges filed, but fire dqia/t ment spokesman Brian Humphrey said Monday the investiga tion is prot edtng If it is determined the injuries were related to the firecracker, charges could tie filed. Coleman, on the advice of his attorneys, lias refused to speak with reporters Mets spokesman fay Horwilr said the team would have no < ommcnl.