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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1995)
Drums honor dead, bring Japanese culture to life ■ EVENT drumming festival is designed to promote unity f ast-Wes! By Dannie Holm Kujpme'x Alton Bilk or Park was filled with tlu> sights and sounds of Japanese i ulture on Saturday, as more than 1.2(H) local residents gathered for the fith Annual Japanese Otxm and Taiko Drumming festival The event is part of the Japanese custom of honoring the dead and vveli uinmg them homo. An ording to tradition, the spirits of the dead arrive on the Iuii ks at dragonflies to lie with their loved ones dur mg the obon season The folk dam e festival was begun so i hildren and other members of the ■ ommuuitv could learn more alsout Japan ose traditions said hen Nagao, one of the organizers of the event Nagao also said the festival pi elm >tes (fli' . tuning togettl er of l ost and West, as sym bolized by the rod salmon and carp on the festival banner In a performam e area ringed with 2'VO pajier lanterns donated by hakegawa, Kugene's sister* itv in Japan, darners in traditional cos i ,imes pet formed dam os &mo i ialed vvitlt tin* obon season throughout the ev ening The dam ers, w ho wens of various Him!! bar kgrtmnds included (with cliildran nii(i senior *it i men and wonwn Sumo of the dances in the performau* e's intricate first half used praps. such as (nits, iiticf some represented differ ent motifs from nature, such ns the sun rising and sotting Many olion dances also honor work, and on** of the dam *>s honored fishermen The motions of the dancers mitnii kod tin* throwing of tints the hauling in of the i ati h and its distribution on shore The dam os performed in the soi ond half were easy to learn, with simple. fejMititive motions, audierx « parti* ipa lion was encouraged During the intermission in the dam ing. a quartet of two koto players, a shakuharht (bamboo fluto) player and a taiko drummer played a pier e title*! Ml Fuji." which rep resent* tin* ma jest \ and sat redness of the mountain Tho i htldren s ante had sun oral ai tivitios which ranged in pri*,e from free to $2 There was a fish pond, paper Sumo wrestling, and Shashin Koto, when* children * mild get their photo taken as either a geisha or Sumo wrestler hv stir king their head through a wooden « utout Additionally, there were also i ustom made paper or cloth ha* hmiaki (head (>ands) available for purchase *~»1 1 m mmrn Eugene airshoW < ummc tmtrahng Ihr ^Oth Anm*r«*jr\ of ihc rtid of V\«*fld War II August 5 & 6 at the Fugene Airport (i.ties (>jx*n Al COO a.in (‘lose At 5:00 p in Acts fly from 11 40 a m to 3 10 p ni Ride the LTD Airshow Shuttle Hu- 111) Shuttle leaves the l ane County Fairgrounds and or the Pugene Aupon continuously from ') a m 5 p m NO PARKING HASSl I S 50cents each wav Featured Performers Seven civilian acts, IK WWI1 planes, and a v.inetv of current military dentonslralions and tlsbs s Pickets At G I J(X‘ \ Ttckctinasierv Aut/en Stadium and Lane County Fairgrounds Reserved Seats $14 • General Admission $0 Students $7 • Children under h free Parking $4 for patrons, w ith tickets only I ickets by phone, (service charge $2 50 |x*r ticket and _ $3.05 per order) I -503-224-4400 m 1 Mill. Aim ini s 2hf tfotetfr-^udret /• *»*•■* 4 !•- > v ft NofttMTkl S<dmpin^, Inc. K XB Claim: Property was quickly returned ■ Continued from Page 1 fraternity house with intent to commit theft Donovan Du.hter, the fraiertii t s system’* top of ft* iai and Jason Potter were charged with first (iegriut burglary in < oiuum Hon with a July 21 incident involving a TV and stereo equip rnent allegedly taken from the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house, at 1472 him aid Neither Dir liter nor Potter responded to repealed messages Monday afternoon and evening However. Du liter s lawyer, Robert Manderv said it was "not the time to make any sort of statement" regarding the charges According to statements in the pole e report. Didilur and Potter were invited to the fraternity house by a friend on the evening of July 21 As the three men were sitting on the front pon h of the house srM ializing. Potter went inside the fraternity sever al times, saying he needed to use the luithroom Around 2 4r> a in . according to the report l.ani e Woodke. a resident of the house, noticed that Du hter and Potter had left After hearing a loud noise on the north Hide of the building. Woodke went to investigate and found his stereo reieiyer. CD player ami TV' went laying in the alleyway stretching between Aider and him aid streets The report said Woodke then went to his room where he noticed the Items had been taken from his wall unit Another resilient of the house. Geoff Rankin, stated in the report that he had heard a loud noise in the alleyway and looked out of his svindow, where he observed two men One wan holding a CD player and TV in lus hands and the other was holding a receiver Rankin then yelled. "Hey. what are you guys doing'” to the OICHTER POTTtR two men. who then d r (i p p a d the items and run west bound through the alley Woodke and Rankin then (.ailed the polite \V i) o d k e told polite that while waiting for an ofl'u t*r to arrive, he saw t lii same two men riding their hikes south hound on K i n t a i d . men lurnmg into me aiievwav where the property had been abandoned According to polic <• reports, Woodke caught up with the men, whom he identified as Dichter and Potter, at Alder Street and advised them that the (min e had been called The two men were escorted hack to the Phi Delta Theta houses Rankin told police that Potter had made comments to. him such as "It was a mistake" and “|lj didn't mean it." Woodke advised officers on the scene that he wished to press burglary ( barges The involved property was retrieved from the aiievwav and returned to Woodke The polit e report gave the fol lowing account of Potter's and I helper's statements The two men told offit ers that they had been at local Kugene bars that evening and had been drinking Die liter was quoted as saving he and Potter had gone through the Phi Delta Theta house let a use "we were looking (or the beat way out of here When the offit er pointed nut to Du f>ttrr that hi* was already outtidd of the house, and it would have been easier to leavp via the front porch, DichUtr stat ed "w« left beer bore and want ihI to take it with us At i ordiug to polo i’ reports, no one was abb* to locate the beer that was allegedly brought over to the house The offu er ,isk»>d Dichter if he had been in anv of the rooms at the house Du liter stated "I was just trying. I dfd not steal I wanted to make it right I was not in any of the rooms to steal " The officer mentioned to Dichter that Rankin had identi fied him as one of the two men carrying Woodke’s equipment m the alleyway Dichter then stated, "I grabbed the equipment to take it hack So when lie yelled from the window I left " Dichter was asked by the offi t or w hy lie came hat k to the fra ternity house Dichter told the offit or that he and Potter had come bat k "to make sure every thing was made right" Potter stated “Donavan and me wore just screwing around." The officer then asked Potter whose idea it was to take the property Potter stated it was mutual. The officer then asked Potter if tlie incident was some sort ol prank or joke Potter stated. "It was a frot prank; do you under stand what I mean?" Potter was then asked by the officer if he had find permission to he in Woodke's room. According to polite. Potter replied, "You know I didn't Die liter and Potter were then placed under arrest for first degree burglary Both subjects were transported and lodged at the l.ane County Jail, hut later released on bail. Departure: OPS director has mixed emotions ■ Continued from Page 1 New Orleans and move it here Drayton said lie will have a hard time leaving all of his friends Drayton came to the University in Dei ember 1‘WO to head the Qffit e of Puhlli .Safety He has worked to incorporate law enforcement with the campus nod has done a good job, said Dan Williams, vice president for administration "I really could not have asked for anything more. Williams said The University will begin a job search to fill the position sometime next week Hut first. Williams said, the University plans to evaluate the Office of Public Safety "Anytime you have a change in leadership you have a chance in look at the organization,” Williams saul The University will advertise in higher educa tion puhlit aliens and will recruit from some other institutions across the < ountry. lie said The search is expel ted to take about three months, and an interim director will be named after Drayton leaves, Williams said Drayton said he was not actively pursuing a new job, but that some of Ins colleagues had told turn about the opening The job had heeh advertised previously but it had not been filled When it vs as opened again, Drayton applied for the position FUTON SALE Full-sizeJraFiie'anittutun Starting at * > r > ^ 5 > ROCK SOFT FUTON 1231 AIDER SI. EUGENE, OREGON ROCK SOFT FUTON
