Helium: Idea conceived while biking
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cryogenics will help date stars, as
sist in exact measurements of
weather patterns and maybe even
update computer codes.
If the outcome of the model is
positive, Donnelly said the inten
tion is to establish the National
Cryogenics Turbulence Center, a
new national laboratory, in
Brookhaven, N.Y. Currently, in
the basement of Willamette Hall,
Donnelly is perfecting his helium
flask prototype for what he hopes
will eventually be the real thing.
He is looking forward to develop
ing a model ten times as large at
the Brookhaven Laboratory.
"We are studying [cryogenics]
under conditions never achieved
before,” Donnelly said. The object
for the much-anticipated first ex
periment, which deals with con
vection, arrived last week from a
company in Colorado.
“We’ve been waiting a long
time,” Donnelly said. "This ex
periment will reach the most in
tense convection conditions ever
achieved on earth by a huge fac
tor.”
The goal of the first experiment
is to understand some of the
mathematical expressions that de
scribe convection.
Donnelly and his team note
that this entire project is remark
able. This is one of the only ideas
he has had in his career that has
produced such immense develop
ments, Donnelly said. “It’s incred
ible.”
Event: Battle of the Bands replaced
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converted into a seasonal headquarters for the cele
bration and as a retail outlet that will offer merchan
dise from each of the past celebrations.
This year’s theme was introduced as “Three days
of timeless fun: celebrating Eugene’s past, present,
and future.” According to DEM, the future of the cel
ebration lies in the beneficiaries such as their year
round program of events, the major civic project of
the library, as well as contributing to crisis-assistance
programs for youth.
“They’ve never done anything to give a sense of
history of the event,” Crory said.
Additionally, DEM is working with business-ori
ented community service organizations such as the
Lion’s Club, Rotary, and Kiwanis. More help is wel
come, Westrick said.
“We have 1,000 volunteer shifts to fill,” he said.
The multiple venues of earlier years will remain
with increased security checks on admissions cre
dentials. Crory cited the loose enforcement of admis
sion into stage areas as a problem that would be
remedied this year.
Participants won’t notice many changes, Celebra
tion officials say.
"It should look very much the same with the ex
ception of the name,” Westrick said.
Ballot measure targets property crimes
By Charles E. Beggs
The Associated Press
SALEM — Sponsors of a mea
sure to increase penalties for car
theft and other property crimes
said Monday they have more
than enough signatures to force a
statewide vote on the issue this
fall.
At least 90,000 signatures will
be turned in when the proposed
initiative is filed Wednesday,
said former state Rep. Kevin
Mannix and Steve Doell, head of
Oregon Crime Victims United.
Mannix sponsored a measure
that was passed by voters in 1994
that requires judges to sentence
anyone convicted of violent
crimes to fixed prison terms with
no possibility of parole or proba
tion.
Violent crimes have declined
since the 1994 measure passed,
he said, but property offenses
continue to increase.
The Salem Republican said the
new measure is needed because
burglars and car thieves now can
get probation for first offenses.
The measure would impose
14-month sentences in such cas
es, with probation permitted only
when a judge finds specially mit
igating circumstances.
Repeat offenders would face
successively longer prison terms,
Mannix said, without chance of
parole or any other early release.
Gov. John Kitzhaber opposes
the measure on the grounds that
more needs to be done against
crime than just raising penalties
that require more prison space.
Kitzhaber “believes the next
dollar we spend on public safety
should go to preventing crime es
pecially for juveniles, so perhaps
we can prevent property crimes
from happening in the first
place,” said spokesman Bob Ap
plegate.
Mannix said he hadn’t yet
made a cost estimate of what the
property-crimes measure might
add to prison expenses.
Kitzhaber believes such an ex
pensive measure should go
through the Legislature for evalu
ation, Applegate said.
“The governor doesn’t think
this is the best way to spend our
public safety dollars,” Applegate
said.
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Freedom Festival 1998
July 3rd and 4th at the Lane County Fairgrounds
Activities: Fireworks (Fri & Sat) • Food Court • Beer Garden with Miller Beer
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6:30-7:30 Boogie Chillen
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9:00-9:30 Fireworks
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David Kelly, Juggler
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One More Time Marching Band
The Booher Family
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