CONCERT
Crowd loves Fogerty
Former Creedence Clearwater Revival
guitarist and vocalist John Fogerty played
old and new songs at Wednesday’s concert
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RHYTHM & REVIEWS
Homecoming kings
Eugene products the Cherry Poppin ’ Daddies, Floater,
The American Girls and the Varicoasters join forces
fora Saturday show at the Cuthbert Amphitheater
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 13. 1998
TODAY
Today is the last
day of the normal
summer class
schedule.
WEATHER
Today
Sunny.
High 100. Low 59.
Friday
Partly cloudy.
High 88. Low 60.
Making Their Marks
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American Philip Byrne uses theflop in Wednesday’s 55-59 high jump competition.
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Jay Edwards bucks the 30-year “Fosbury Flop” trend, straddling over the bar.
Masters athletes raise the bar at Hayward
Ihe high jump competition
showed the generational span
of the World Masters Games
By Peter Breaden
Oregon Daily Emerald
An invisible line between two eras
split Hayward Field’s two high jump pits
Wednesday. Divided by age and tech
nique, the groups and subgroups of high
jumpers were worlds apart.
At the 1998 Nike World Masters
Games, the southern pit showcased
younger high jumpers using the “Fos
bury Flop” while the northern saw older
jumpers clearing heights face-forward,
using the “straddle” technique.
Under the shade of a straw hat, a
sports legend squinted from the after
noon sun. Dick Fosbury, an Oregon na
tive and track and field icon, watched
the two generations’ high jump bars,
which resembled gymnastics’ uneven
bars.
“It’s absolutely fascinating to me,”
Fosbury said. “There’s this broad spec
trum of techniques that the athletes bring
here.”
The younger jumpers would often
jump up and pump their fist after clear
ing a height, while the elders slid back
under the bar to wait for their next
height. After knocking over one of the
metal standards, one dejected older com
petitor curled up under the shade of a
water cooler.
The Games feature legendary high
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Athletes from 100 countries
The World
Masters
Games come
to the United
States for the
first time
By Peter Broaden
Oregon Daily Emerald
Alternative sports have always needed to try a little
harder in Eugene, but Eugene is the right place to try.
Though records upon records are broken at the Pre
fontaine Classic, one needs to ask around to find out. Yet
it’s hard to walk across campus without hearing someone
brag that the latest Duck phenom will replace all memory
of Bill Walton at UCLA.
Two more athletic events crossed paths when Duck
football camp and the 1998 Nike World Masters Games
both began this week. The latter brings more than 11,000
athletes from 100 countries to Oregon and is the first
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Weathercasters give tips on how to beat the heat
Closing
south- and
west-facing
windows and
doors will help
keep homes
cooler
By Amy Goldhammer
Oregon Daily Emerald
Yes, it’s true — Eugene has become al
most too hot to handle.
The hot sun is beating down upon the
city, and everywhere people are trying to
beat the heat. Whether it be in the water or
under a tree, local residents are finding
ways to avoid the sweltering sun.
“I recommend air-conditioned places,”
said A1 Peterson, morning weathercaster for
KEZI.
If the heat really begins to become a both
er, the best thing to do is to get cool or ven
ture to the coast, Peterson said.
“In a matter of a half hour to 45 minutes,
you’re cooled off,” he said. “It can do amaz
ing things for your psyche.”
If you have to be in the sun, wear a hat
and use sun safety, said Joseph Calbreath,
meteorologist for KMTR.
“Young people need to remember they
can get tan with sunscreen on,” he said.
For those who are out and about, running
around in the sun, the most important thing
is staying hydrated, Calbreath said.
“Young people drink a large amount of
Cokes and beer, which take fluids out of the
system,” he said. “People need to drink wa
ter or something with lots of water.”
The key to any sort of exhaustion is hy
dration, Calbreath said.
If it’s too hot out, people may suffer from
lack of sleep, loss of concentration and can
easily lose their patience, Peterson said. By
taking the right steps, homes can be cooled
down by 11 p.m.
"Walk around your house, see where the
sun comes in and close the window,” Peter
son said. “If you go to class for three or four
hours, when you get back, the house is
cool.”
The sun can heat up the glass on win
dows from the outside, which will radiate
heat. Sun-drenched windows need to be
shaded from the outside, Calbreath said.
Certain windows and doors with a south
ern exposure to the sun act like space
heaters and actually magnify the heat. Peo
ple should become aware of areas that get
really toasty, Peterson said.
“There are some houses that are just hot,”
he said. “If you live in an attic space, you’re
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(i Young
people need
to remember
they can get
tan with
sunscreen
on.
Joseph Calbreath
KMTR meteorologist