Award dinner heralds women
By Alalna Baum
for the Oregon Defy frrwakl
[Empowerment and a woman's ability to achieve
anything she wishes to accomplish. were tiie themes
at the l’t'l.'t Women of Achievement awards dinner
Saturday, in which Congresswomen Elizabeth Furse.
D-Ore . was the keynote speaker
Sponsored by the Oregon Commission for
Women, the stnte's official voice in advocating
women's rights, the evening was n celebration of
women who break from traditional female stereo
types to achieve positions of power and an a< knowl
rdgement of the need for mom people like them.
State Sen Tricin Smith, lodge Ann Aiken and
attorney Judith Armatta were honored at the ninth
annual event in Wilsonville
Working for "human rights, world neat e, social
justice, and environmental responsibility. Furse
exemplifies wall what the CFW envisions as the
empowerment of women. C.fW Chairwoman and
Oregon state Kep Marv Alice Ford said
Coming from a legac y of women who c hallenged
the customary role of (email's in society. Furse spoke
of her grandmother, who was not allowed to join
tli*‘ British navy solely because she was a woman
When her grandmother asked what she could do
about it. Furse said they told her. "'Well, you can
start a women's navy. I suppose.' So she did and
they named her the First woman admiral."
Furse's mother taught her that "you have to be
part of the solution and that's why she helper! start
the Black Sash organization in South Africa," an
anti-apartheid group demonstrating for justic e,
peace, and human rights since 1956, Furse said
Being one of the only four women to serve in the
Oregon congressional delegation representing the
First District. Furse stressed the need for more
women in places of power and influent e
"Wo need both sides, we need both images, we
need both experiences." Furse said "To be able
to be* here with the three great women who have
Im'C’ii honored is realty terrific for me."
For their shored commitment to women's ex< el
lenc e and equality and their work as extraordinary
role models and community leaders. Smith. Aiken
and Armatta were chosen as the honorary rec ipi
ents of the awards
Smith said thi>r« was nothing better than to use
her office to help women who aren't lieing listened
to.
"As long ns I'm sitting at the table. I have a
choice of what the menu will lx* and the menu
is going to be equity, equality." Smith said
Smith was a founder of the 1003 Oregon
Women's Health and Wellness Ai t. "a successful
set of bills sought to make women of Oregon safer,
better, and healthier," Ford said ns she introduced
Smith
Smith also helped i rente Oregon's first stand
ing committee on sexual harassment in the Senate,
was chairwoman of a subcommittee on crime and
substance abuse prevention and also help'd bring
a Planned Parenthood Clinic to Salem.
On accepting her award, Aiken said it never
occurred to her that she could be anything but a
n urse
"I was in the room when a four-year-old girl
died on her birthday beaten to death by a step-par
ent," Aiken said of the l<)(>7 event, which had a
profound effect on her life.
I-ater, Aiken said that while watching her men
tor. Sen Betty Roberts, the first woman on the Ore
gon State C'.ourt of Appeals, she realized that she
could have a family, a home life and still do some
thing for the community She went to low school
and is now a laine County Circuit Court Judge.
Aiken is also president of the lame County Relief
Nursery, a member of the Governor s Commission
on Pregnant Substance Abusers and a member of
the Task Fort e on Child Fatalities and Critical
Injuries
Another award ret ipient. Armotto, of the Oregon
Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence,
is an attorney who has worked in the battered
women and anti rape movement since 1980. Ford
said
Annattn said that when she grew up, "girls were
supposed to be humble, self-effacing," and spoken
to but not heard
Armatta was instrumental in developing key
pieces of the 1993 Oregon Women's Health and
Wellness At t
COMMUNITY BRIEFS
• Frank Boyden. an Ore
gon artist, will discuss how a
broad educational back
ground helps an artist pre
pare for work in other design
disciplines at a lecture this
afternoon in Room 177
Lawrence
"Growth Through the
Multi-Media Process" is the
title of Boyden's lecture,
which begins at 4:30 p.m.
Boyden is co-founder of the
Sitka Center for Art and Ecol
ogy and a member of the
School of Architecture and
Allied Arts Board of Visitors.
• The United Way needs
volunteers for the following
positions: Bilingual tutor for
Springfield elementary
schools, two hours per week;
Meals on Wheels driver, two
hours per woek; Elder Help
volunteers for Senior Ser
vices. three hours per week;
cage cleaner for Cougar
Preservation Resources, two
hours per week; office assis
tant for Head Start, two hours
per week. For more informa
tion call the Volunteer Con
nection. 683-9000.
• Free leaf bags are avail
able to Springfield residents
participating in the city's
annual leaf collection pro
gram.
Bags are available at the
Springfield Maintenance
Division, 201 S. 18th St. Leaf
pickups are scheduled to run
Nov. 29 through Dec 24. For
more information, cal! the
Leaf Pickup Hotline at 726
3637.
• The Eugene-Springfield
branch of the National Asso
ciation for the Advancement
of Colored People has sched
uled its 1993 Freedom Fund
Dinner for Nov. 13 at the
Eugene Hilton.
fudge Carl B. Stokes, the
former mayor of Cleveland.
Ohio, will speak at the
group's annual fund-raising
dinner, Emmett Williams
and the Bethel Temple
Church of God in Christ
gospel choir will provide the
evening's entertainment.
Tickets are S30 and can be
purchased at Graphic Inno
vators. 26 E. 11th Ave. or
through the mail by sending
a check made payable to
NAACP, P.O. Box 11484.
Eugene. OR 97440.
• Literacy Education &
Referral Network will offer a
workshop about the effects of
vision problems on reading
Tuesday at Lano Community
College Downtown Center.
Cothi Kennedy and Bobbi
Mansfield of Lane Optomet
ric Society Assistants will
introduce the New York
Optometric Society Vision
Screening Battery. The work
shop begins at 7 p.m. in
Room 202 of the downtown
c-enter.
SALES TAX
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a salt’s lax would hit the people with the least money the
hardest."
Ironically enough. Fair Share's liberal ideology puts il
on the same side of Measure 1 as some of the state's most
famous government detractors
Don Mi Intiro, the Portland-area athletic club owner
who created Measure 5 and put it on the ballot, is a
prominent opponent of Measure 1. His opposition to
Measure 1 comes as little surprise to most political
observers.
State Rep. Carl Hosticka. D-Eugene, minces no words
when it comes to characterizing Mclntire.
"Ho works to tear everything in government down."
Hosticka said. "He doesn’t have any plans to make any
thing work any twitter, and he declines the opportunity
when offered the chance.”
The anti-Measure 1 campaign is widely supported by
both liberals and libertarians. In fact, every political
party in the state is opposed to Measure 1: the Democ
rats, the Republicans, and even Ross Perot's America's
Peoples Party.
On the other side of the coin are an equally diverse
group of supporters of Measure 1. They include liberals
such as Hosticka and conservatives such as law school
Dean and former state Attorney General Dave Frohn
inayer.
Hosticka supports the measure for three reasons.
"One. it will make the system better than it is. Two, I
don't think we’ll get a more progressive alternative in the
future. Three, the most regressive thing you can do is
let our state's public schools deteriorate." he said.
In support of Measure 1 along with Hosticka are also
some fairly conservative special-interest groups lwo
examples are the Eugene Chamber of Commerce and the
Oregon Business Council.
The Oregon Business Council is an association of
some of Oregon's largest businesses, including Nike,
Tektronics and Portland General Electric They've sup
ported sales tax packages since the passage of Measure 5.
The Eugene Chamber of Common* also supports Mea
sure 1.
"It's not an ideal tax from a business perspective, but
we recognize the value of our schools, and feel that it's
the best available option." David Hauser of the chamber
said.
Bowen also personally supports Measure 1 He was an
intern in the state legislature last session and had an
insider's view as to what went on there.
"Everyone's (.ailing this a sales tax. but it's more com
plex than that." he said. "Yes, of course, there's a sales
tax. but there’s also a low-income tax credit for families.
There's a spending cap on state government. There's an
increase in corporate tax rates, and there's an addition
al reduction in property taxes.
“Unfortunately, the polls show that the general public
is generally confused about what Measure 1 does "
The ASUO is prohibited by law from participating in
state campaigns, but it has done its part for the process
by registering more than 3.(MM) students to vote in Tues
day's election.
Elsewhere on campus there has bean some student
participation in the campaign, but "not a whole lot,"
said Phil Bentley, a co-organizer of the pro-Measure 1
group, Students for Oregon's Future.
Bentley's group of about 15 students has been doing
some tabling on campus and has been canvassing cam
pus precincts this past weekend passing out literature in
support of Measure 1.
"Students are taking a passive role in this election,"
Bentley said. "But while they may not like the idea of
paying a sales tax, they'd spend less money paying sales
taxes than they will pay in tuition increases if this
doesn't pass.”
By voting on this measure, many are hoping to send
the legislature a message. The question is, "Will the leg
islature get the right message?"
Dwyer said voting no will "send a message to Salem
that the people want tax fairness and tax equity."
However. Hosticka warned "if Measure 1 gets less than
40 percent of the vole, then the legislature will go into a
cutting mode."
Oregon Fair Share wants the Legislature to pass a more
progressive tax proposal.
"We don't have any guarantee that the Legislature
would do it, hut we hope they'd go into a special ses
sion," Hartrich said.
On the possibility of a special session, Senate Presi
dent Bill Bradbury has left little room for misunder
standing. When speaking to the City Club of Eugene
early this fall he said that if Measure 1 failed there would
not ire a special session and the next tax proposal would
have to come from the voters by way of the initiative
process.
Hauser believes the Legislature can't come up with a
workable tax reform package on their own.
“It will take all the major stakeholders sitting down in
a room together and creating a plan they can all be sat
isfied with," he said. "That includes business, unions,
legislators and citizens."
About the only thing that everyone seems to agree on
is that this is not an ordinary sales tax proposal and that
these are not ordinary times.
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