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Lodging for promise keepers in high demand The Associated Press With no room at the inn, the stables Eire starting to look pretty good. With less than two weeks to go before the Promise Keepers conference in Eugene, motels, hotels and private campgrounds throughout Lane County are booked solid and organizers are scrambling to find housing for the rest of the 40,000 men expected to at tend. Demand for lodging Eugene has not been this high since the Grateful Dead concerts, said Pat Phillips, assistant sales director of the Convention and Visi tors Bureau of Lane County. Visitors may well find themselves flopping down for the night on the patio of a home in Cottage Grove, on the sanctuary floor of a church in Creswell, in a school gymnasium in Springfield or at an empty apartment in downtown Eugene. Eugene city officials have refused to allow the Eu gene Elks and Masonic lodges to make their grounds available for camping by conference visitors. At the same time, Mayor Ruth Bascom has refused a Convention and Visitors Association request to al low overnight camping at nearby Alton Baker Park during the conference, saying it would set a bad precedent. Elena Fisher said the city’s reaction prompted an outpouring of offers of housing from citizens. Queer Film Festival looking for entries The Fifth Annual University of Oregon Queer Film Festival is now accepting submissions for a juried screening of queer film and video for inclusion in its fifth an nual festival, February, 1997. Works should pertain to queer life and issues; student works are en couraged. Categories include fic tion, documentary and experi mental. All prizewinners will be screened during the festival. Prizes for each category will be $100 for first place and $50 for sec ond. There will also be a Jury’s Choice award of $200. Honorable Mention selections may also be screened. Works must be 45 min utes or less and submitted on video for judging. There is no en try fee. For entry forms, send a self-ad dressed, stamped envelope to Stu dent Activities Resource Office, EMU Suite 2, University of Ore gon, Eugene, OR 97403. For more information, call 346-4375, fax 346-4400, or email dmartin@ore gon.uoregon.edu. The deadline is November 1. Eugene Celebration applications available Applications are now being tak en for the 1996 Eugene Celebra tion Parade. The parade leaves South Eugene High School at 9 a.m. on Saturday, September 21. All parade entrants are required to dress in costume and floats must be decorated. The Celebration will present a grand prize award of $500 to the entry that best depicts the annual theme. Application deadline for the parade is Friday, August 16. Applications are avail able at the Eugene Celebration of fice at One East Broadway, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. For more information, call 687-5215. Registration deadline for the Eugene Celebration Battle of the Bands is Friday, July 26. All high school and middle school bands are encouraged to apply. Two pre Celebration “Battles” will take place at the WOW Hall, and se Mousecatts Chterfuttu Made understanding between nd your Macintosh 185-5727 rreoroot Consulting offers: ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ Help with selecting, purchasing and installing your computer and software Individual lessons in using your computer (for adults and children) Information about the Internet and connecting to it World Wide Web site design and creation Troubleshooting, disk repair, data recovery lected finalists will perform in the heart of the Celebration on Satur day, September 21. Deliver tapes and registration forms to the Cele bration office. For more informa tion, call 687-5215. The Community Parkway at the Eugene Celebration is now regis tering for booth space. Held Satur day and Sunday of the Celebration weekend, the Community Park way provides a fabulous forum for non-profit organizations and po litical candidates to share infor mation, recruit members and gain visibility at the largest community event of the year. Booths will be located on Willamette and Broad way near the new Willamette Stage. Booth space is limited and re quests for available spaces willbe accepted on a first-come, first served basis. Fees at the Commu nity Parkway are $50 for non-prof its and $125 for political candidates. Registration deadline is Friday, August 16. Application forms are available at the Eugene Celebra tion office. For more information, call 687-5215. The Eugene Celebration Mar ketplace is a prime opportunity for small businesses, crafts peo ple, and cottage industries to dis play and sell their work during the city’s annual street party. It fea tures everything from imported textiles, ethnic jewelry, sculpture, ceramics, five minute massages, Native American art and much more. The Marketplace is located on Oak Street between 5th and 6th Avenues and also on 5th Avenue between Oak and Pearl Streets. Merchants may sell products and personal services that are either handcrafted, imported, or locally manufactured. Food sales are not permitted. Marketplace fees are $50 for non-profits and $150 for mer chants. No percentage of sales will be required as a fee. Participants must present both Saturday and Sunday of the Celebration week end. Complete guidelines and appli cation forms are available at the Eugene Celebration office. Regis tration deadline is Friday, August 16. For more information, call 687-5215. Psychic and Healing Arts Fair returns Due to popular demand, the Full Moon Psychic and Healing Arts Fair is back. Beginning Sun day, July 28, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through July 30, The Raven, located at the 5th Street Public Market will present the fair throughout the market. Admis sion will be free to the public. Professionals in astrology, tarot, numerology, aromatherapy, flower essence consultation, shamanism, massage, reiki, hyp notherapy, bio-magnetics, iridol ogy and herbology will be present to offer information and assis tance in these fields and other forms of the healing arts. Events include an invocation dance on Sunday at 11 a.m., a Full Moon ceremony on Monday morning at 10, a designated body works day on Tuesday, and door prizes, demonstrations, live mu sic and free samples throughout the three days. For more information, call 484 6948. Curry County Fair and Rodeo this weekend “Get Your Kicks in ‘96!” is the theme of this year’s Curry County Fair and Rodeo, which runs Thursday through Sunday, July 25-28 at the Fairgrounds in Gold Beach. Events include a parade at 11 a.m. on Saturday, a demolition derby at 3 p.m. on Sunday, and a carnival all three days. For more information, call (541)247-4541. —Compiled by Andrea De Young Bring in this coupon for $2.00 off any poster in stock. Expires 8/10/96. The Oregon Daily Emerald is published daily Mon day through Friday during the school year and Tues day and Thursday during the summer by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co. Inc., at the University ol Oregon, Eugene. Oregon. A member ol the Associat ed Press, the Emerald operates independently of the University with offices at Suite 300 of the Erb Memor ial Union. Unsigned editorials represent the opinion of the Emerald editorial board; signed columns represent the opinion of the columnist. The Emerald is private property. The unlawful re moval or use of papers is prosecutable by law. 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