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Oregon Daily THURSDAY, JUNE 29.1995 EUGENE. OREGON lerald VOLUME 97. ISSUE 4 Meeting the masses p*»tt> iwtnt n President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore shake hands with Air Force reservists and their family mem bers at the Air National Guard Base at the Portland Airport on Tuesday before leaving for Washington, D C Clin ton and Gore were In Portland to learn about Job growth and income for Oregonians as part of the Pacific Rim Regional Economic Conference, During his visit, Clinton faced a last-minute effort to reach an automobile Indus try trade agreement with Japan. Japan agreed to U S. trade specifics on Wednesday Board OKs school for ‘street kids’ Youth: -5 J Schs x;>l District and Looking Glass combine forces to provide hope and motivation for Eugene homeless youth Sherry Ramey Building a bridge for the homeless youth til Lngene was top priority (or the s< huol district's board mem bers. Wednesday evening, the -1 ) Si hoot Uistrii t Hoard of Directors unanimously approved a contrai t with hook ing Class New Hoads Program to provide a si bool for homeless and run away youth •We all want to assist to make sure this works." board member Virginia Thompson said l'he program will begin for 10 youths in the down town mail area this fall, and will l<u os on children ages 11 10 The program will he similar to existing plans with Pathways and Stepping Stone l'he purpose of the program will be*to provide an education for "siresit kids" that will meet their ituil v id mi I needs and prepare them to reenter a more appropriate edui ational setting or to obtain employ ment. It w ill provide a safe and wholesome environment for at least a part of the day," said Margaret fsii« hols, superintendent of schools for l ane County "We are simply adding a school program to already existing out re,u h programs established by Looking Class." The state will fund the program at the same level ns funding for other students, $4,17ri per student, so to youth would generate $125,250 f unding will !«• guar anteed fur the first two months her ause the si hool I unit SCHOOL, P n- 3 Computer research lands grant Technology: University project uses artificial intelligence in scheduling Samantha Martin Oeocn Ooi/y [m&akl If you thought figuring out your fall schedule was difficult, imagine trying to improve a global corporation's production schedule after it has jumped from a 39- to a 42-day timetable To run some of the tightest ships in the business, companies like Ihiited Parcel Service or Federal Kx press rely on super-efficient computer schedul ing approaiJies. "Scheduling is a critical issue for all kinds of organisations in the public and private sector," said University professor Matthew Ginsberg, diret tor of the Computational Intelligence Research 1-ab "Their needs run gamut from getting a prod uct built on time through disaster recovery to scheduling airline flights, troop movements or package delivery.” Ginsberg, and co-investigator James Crawford, GINSBERG a University research associ ate. were awarded a $1 ti mil lion federal research grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agent v and the Air Force's Rome Laboratories to be used over a three-year time span. "We look at the types of problems that an organization might typically face for exam ple. how many trucks are instilled in a transportation system to do the job efficiently?" Crawford said "Wo then explore new approaches to these problems that consistently work well " Ginsberg said his lab builds an algorithm, which is a special way of solving a certain kind of math ematical problem, to determine the most apt schedule for a given problem faced by an organi sation. Turn to GRANT, Page 3 Voters to decide fire safety measure Services: The $19.1 million bond could pay for two new stations Marcelene Edwards Oregon Omiy [metaki Despite concerns about rising property taxes, the Eugene City Council voted to place a S19.1 million bund for fire redeploy ment on the September ballot. The measure, which will cost Sl9.Hl.mo if approved. includes new stations at 2nd Avenue and Chambers Street and Coburg Road and Willaken zie Road, along with public safe ty training and equipment storage and maintenance facili ties. Council woman Nancy Nathanson said the measure has been a long time coming "It 's in keeping the promise to voters and citizens of Eugene to address public safety needs." Nathanson said The concept of redeployment is to provide a maximum four minute response time for emer gency medical and fire calls throughout as muc h of Eugene as possible. The four-minute response time "reflects the fact that irre versible brain damage or death typically occurs when the bruin does not receive adequate oxy genation after four minutes as a Turn to MEASURE. Page 3 Common sense, caution keys to firework safety Dangers: Misusing fireworks can hurt fingers, property and the pocket book Regina Brown fot ito> Gorgon Dotty Emetok} Safely should l«> a primary concern for Independence Day celebrations that include fireworks, according to health workers and officials with the city fire marshal's office. 1-asl year. 173 Oregonians were injured by fireworks, said Mary Mien Molly, a Eugene deputy fire marshal Hums and damage to fin gers and hands constituted most of the injuries on the list, she said. "People don't use common sense," Holly said. “They need to realize that |firo worksl are explosive devices." Sacred Heart General Hos pital receives a handful of visits every July Fourth from people who have suffered fire work-related injuries, emergency room doctor Glenn Morgan said. "They're usually not too bad. hut occa sionally there are some seri FIREWORKS SAFETY TIPS ■ Buy fireworks from a retailer with a license ■ Fireworks should be used on pavement or grav el. away from buildings, people and animals. ■ Fireworks should not be taken into forested areas ■ Children should not use fireworks without adult supervision. ■ Keep a bucket of water close by for emergency fires. ■ Fireworks should not be thrown at living things or moving vehicles. SOONCt Cu«nlnM>WI IMIftMO on* injuries." he seiif. num bering the serious cases at one or two « year. Improper use of fireworks causes property damage as well, Holly said. Last year, fires created by Tcm ! FIREWORKS. P . ,
