Oregon daily emerald., January 10, 1996, Page 7, Image 7

First Night goes off without a hitch
■ PARTY: The New Year’s
Eve event provided a sate
activity lor thousands of
Eugene citizens
By Melissa Lafeshn
Sean Connery wasn't at this
First Night, but thousand* of
Euptw dlimtH worst
First Night Eugene. an alco
hol-free Now Year'* Eva party,
was a first-time wont, drawing
approstmately 7-9,000 people of
ail ago* urn* out to r.eletwate tin*
Now Year. making the event a
wco—k,
First Night Eugene surpassed
the steering committee's **p**>
tations. Committee Chairwoman
Kathryn Henderson said
"The rvrnl seemed to have
something for everybody and
the smallness of the venue*
made the event more personal
than staged events." Henderson
said.
The event started at 4 p.m
and featured about |U venues
with various activate* through*
out the mgbt including mime*.
m«*kiia* puppet »how«, fan*
painter*. theater group*, imu
diana, dam #**. muiN Ian* sing
along* and tteveral youth
activities
Henderson *#id the event
went *moothlv with no major
firoblem* At iim« there wm
ine* of people waiting to get
into «oroe of the admits*
Imm.SUM the venue* were phv*i
cully too total! She el*o *aid
they ran out of material* for the
kid* who were making craft* at
the creative workshop*
People teemed to tike the fire
work* at midnight, Henderson
uud It added a great final touch
Neat year Henderson *aid the
committee will have more
venue*, but they were going to
•lav away from the large tinged
activate* became the *maller
activate* gave the event a more
personal quality She al*o *aid
that they would have more
activate* for the voonger people
that la*t throughout the night
The comratliw al«i #4iiit to
give people more opportunftiwt
to perform
Willow ttacker. a tuphomor*
Violin Perform*?!!m maim. said
•he loved the mulit «nd hell
room darning s,i First N*iSht
Kilgriie
"It i» really nte* that the city
h*d thi* to otter." Uniwr md
'H i nice having a place to go <o
rattier than drinking and to have
a plat e to be with people *
Decker vaid Ihe elhtlim that
ha»l people participate were the
beat She alao aaid the would go
again nevt year
The committee ha* already
•tarted planning for neat year'*
event The committee had a lot
ol cooperation and a lot of
patience from the community
"We have received a lot of
positive support from the com.
mumtv." Itendenon ««id "Nect
year it will lie easier to get the
community'* support"
Henderson said the * nmmitter
rai*ed SJS.POO for the first year
through community donation*
Englishman is jailed
for inciting food fight
on Northwest plane
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn. (API —
An Knglishman wa» sentenced la
30 day* in jail Tuesday for hi*
part in a food fight that broke out
alMMrd a plane when flight atten
dant* refused to serve him and
17 countrymen any more liquor
Michael Purcell, 25. of Olden
Master. t-Ingland, pleaded guilty
to assaulting a flight attendant
With time already served, he will
be released fan 17
Purcell was one of IB British
toumts who disrupted a North
west Airlines flight Dm IB from
tendon to Minneapolis Airline
official* said the travelers want*
ed to continue drinking and start
ed throwing food, yelling and
swearing
Purcell blot ked the aisle*, pro
venting flight attendant* from
serving food and drink, and hit
Christopher Huelshorst on the
forearm after the flight attendant
put his hand on Pun ell's shoul
der and asked him to sit down
Male Yakima resident
proposes a ban on pit
bulls In Washington
OLYMPIA. Wash {API A
Yakima man ho|*m to put the hitw
on pit hulls, with the filing of a
proposed initiative to ban the ani
mals in the state
‘These are not a pet that peo
ple can trust,'' Lam Mathews
said In an interview Tuesday
They are kilter*
In October. * pu bull invaded
ih*f Imi k v &rd atan elderly Y «kt
raa man confined to a wheel
chair The man and hit dat h*
huml were kilted, and a neighbor
who tried to Intervene wa* bad
iy mauled
Mathew*. ?ft. said «Ut h attack*
will continue unM* the dug* am
twinned bm au*e flit bull* am bred
to fw left* tout
Hut 11»» Clark, a pit bull own
m in Spokane. said he » not afraid
of I lie <li >*{* at all He even let* the
animal* near hi* » month old
child
"They're all laying around the
baby rtght now in a manger like
wetting." said Clark. '■£&, who run*
a tattoo parlor He said hi* four
adult pit bull* and eight puppies
do fine around small children
Fit hull* get a had rap because
they look mean, hut Clark aatd
oilier breed* are worse
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