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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1995)
EMU child care enters 25th year bamantna Martin Onego/* £Wy While many of the t odd Ions in ton at the 25th birthday celebration of the KMt: Child Care and Development Centers mm not have known what exactly it was they were i elebrating. the festive ties on I uesdav took on a deeper signtftc am e for the adults present that surpassed a visit from the Oregon Dm k or oven oozing chocolate ice < ream c ones On June 22, 1970, the I imersity set up a site for temporary child i are in a house at 1511 Moss stn'et. after a group of parents pressured the University for child rare space, said Dennis Keynolds. c hi id i are coordinator Twenty five years later, the original KMt' Child Care and Development f enter has given birth to a total of seven separate, slate-certified c hild i are silc»s in Eugene Reynolds said the-.. eniers v-u die dual purpose of providing child ( are and opportunities for stu dents to gain work study positions and internships Admission to the center* is host'd on a point pri ority system University tludimlj receive first pri ority for vacancies, followed by University employees and i ommunity members The« enters t are for approximately 185 children a week said Reynolds, and employ about 95 stu dents. The Moss street building, the site for Tuesday's birthday party, provides child care for children ages tt> months to 5 years old The other six buildings provide tars* for different age groups M iry ,’ukin lead tea. tier it the M...-. street prest hool. said she hopes it will continue to tie a permanent location for child i are well into the future "Good t bild care hnpjHUis in funky buildings." Zukiu said A new t told t are t enter, the Vivian Olini center, is exjxx ted to he m operation this winter The Ohm center is hoped to serve as a complementary’ site for i fold i lire for University faculty ami staff by t re titing more opportunities for child care GRANT Continued from Page i "What is it about the algo rithm that could In1 improved is what we look nt." Ginslierg said "We make a hypothesis and then test it " To solve prot)lems. Ginsberg said a given organization must translate its scheduling prob lem from English to a special sori of mathematical language that the computer* at the University's Computational intelligence Research Lab can understand, and thus deter mine the best wav. out of myri ad possibilities proposed by the computers, to solve the proh lam. This sort of te< hnokigv delves into the world of artificial intel ligence; an advanced field of computer tec hnology where one day computers will he able to read a hook and explain what it means to a tyear old. Ginsberg said. Ginsberg. who received Ins doctorate in mathematical physics from Oxford. helped to establish the lab m loot f'hc lab. which is located in the Riverfront Rescan h I’ark on Franklin Boulevard, is as sex i .it ed with the University and sup ported by external funding sources MEASURE Continued from Page 1 result of heart attack, electrocution, near drown ing, etc.." according to material provided by the council. Also, the material said, a four-minute response time is necessary for fire suppression bet ause the contents of a burning building can he heated to ignition temperatures within four minutes After that, the contents will catch on fire front heat alone, without a flame The resolution also includes a voter's pamphlet for the election A pamphlet was not prepared for the May election Discussion about the redeployment measure centered on cost, and the increase to property tuxes interested many of the council members Although Councilman Pat Farr said he support ed the measure, he is concerned about adding to the property taxes. SCHOOL Continued from Page 1 district does not know how long it will take to reach full enrollment Funds will hi* used for one teat her, two instructional assistants, a part time i .ise manager and related staff, as well as. mnteri als, equipment and operational costs The program is not intended to function as a substitute from other school programs the youth will not be able to graduate from the program Instead, it will emphasize on educational evaluation, referral and resource connections "It's important to remember this is not an alternative school," Nichols said "It s designed to lie a bridge a new road FIREWORKS Continued from Page 1 fireworks caused $241.000 in damage, while the state was forced to spend $231,000 con trolling the fires, she said While most damage is caused by fireworks sold in the state of Oregon, fires and injuries can also be caused by Illegal fire works that come from across state lines, or ones that people make themselves, said detective Tom Turner of the Kugonu Department of Public; Safety Homemade fireworks c reate tlu> greatest clanger because they lac k the stability of factory pro duction, he said Modifications to legal fire works also pose hazards, he said. "Some of the most common fireworks are altered to make them illegal," he said Turner works with an explo sives disposal uml thnl seizes and disposes of illegal fire works, he said. They take pos session of around 200 pounds of illegal fireworks a year, he said About half of that amount is seized at the Fourth of Juljf cel ebration that takes place each year at Aut/en Stadium. Turner said. The team destroys the fire works by burning them. FUTON SALE FullsizeJrauiranitlutni ROCK SOFT FUTON 1231 AIDER ST. EUGENE, OREGON ROCK SOFT FUTON New DIGITAL ViVxm for MAL & IBM! 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