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Oregon Bach Festival
Helmuth Rilling, artistic director and conductor
“A Musical Enterprise Virtually
Without Equal in America”
Los Angeles Times
June 25-July 11
At the Hult Center and
Beall Hall on campus
Tickets at the EMU
or 682-5000
bachfest.uoregon.edu
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Marie Crear (91) and Allen Johnson (209) finish one-two in a wild 110-meter hurdles final.
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Greene either,” Sandy laughed.
No, but people wanted to watch
Greene and his cohorts during
this track-and-field extravaganza,
which determined the national
champions in 40 events. Total at
tendance was 32,181.
“I love all sports, but I like to
come out here and see these ath
letes who are nationally known,”
Eugene resident Cynthia van
Zelm said Saturday.
van Zelm added that she regu
larly attends other Hayward Field
meets, such as the Prefontaine
Classic.
“We always sit near the pole
vault area because that’s our fa
vorite event. It’s been really cool
to see the women do it, since
that’s pretty new, and we’ve been
rooting for Stacey [Dragila] to
break the world record.”
Dragila, who won the national
title, missed a world record on her
final jump at 15 feet, 3/4 inches,
then quipped later that her “big
chest” must have hit the bar.
Many of the athletes, whether
they won or lost, seemed at ease
joking with reporters after events.
Kevin Young, the world-record
holder in the 400 hurdles, even
mixed frankness in with his hu
mor.
“As far as the U.S. Track and
Field and the U.S. Olympic Com
mittee are concerned, me being
the world-record holder doesn’t
mean much to them at all,” said
Young on Friday evening, after he
finished seventh in a heat and
failed to qualify for the final. “It’s
more or less a slap in the face.”
When he spoke about his mem
ories of Hayward Field — he also
holds the stadium record — and
the local pub scene, however,
Young’s demeanor changed.
“I have great memories from
Hayward Field” he recalled. “I
had a lot of great races, a lot of
hanging out. I used to go to The
Mill [Camp] and hang out there,
although I hear they closed it
down.”
Young laughed when ques
tioned about his hair, dyed a
sparkling gold.
“I’ve got gold on my mind for
next year,” he said, referring to
the 2000 Olympics to be held in
Sydney, Australia.
The winners and other quali
fiers at this weekend’s gathering
have more pressing competition
to consider: the World Champi
onships, held August 21-29 in
Seville, Spain. For fans in Eugene
though, some of the memories
will last well beyond that time.
Athletes such as Devers clearly
relished the opportunity to leave
a lasting impression with admir
ers, as she spent at least 30 min
utes meeting requests for written
mementos. One enthusiast, Brian
Potter from Roseburg, thrust a
dollar bill at Devers.
“I just remember seeing her on
TV at the 1996 Olympics,” said
Potter. “She’s awesome.”
Devers joked to Potter before he
walked away that if times get
hard, he better spend his buck on
something more substantial.
Considering the look on his face,
he probably won’t part with his
souvenir unless, of course, he
needs it to buy tickets the next time
the U.S.A. Track and Field Cham
pionships come to Hayward Field.
Food program has low participation
Low-income families are
failing to take advantage
of the service to children
By Sara Jarretl
Oregon Daily Emerald
More than 100,000 low-income
children who rely on free lunches
during the school year fail to ben
efit from the Summer Food Ser
vice Program after school cafete
rias shut their doors for the
summer.
Created by Congress in 1968,
the child nutrition program is
now sponsored by the Oregon
Hunger Relief Task Force and the
Oregon Department of Education.
It provides hunger relief to chil
dren in 93 Oregon cities, includ
ing Eugene and Springfield.
The low enrollment is attrib
uted to parents’ lack of awareness
that the program exists. Other
questions about parents’ willing
ness to drive to the hunger relief
sites because of time constraints
and transportation difficulties are
also raised.
According to Swati Adarkar,
representative for the Oregon
Hunger Relief Task Force, the low
participation rate is also directly
linked to accessibility. In a lot of
the rural Oregon towns, it’s diffi
cult to set up a site that can be
reached by a majority of those eli
gible, she said.
“In a time when 1 out of 5 chil
dren in Oregon must rely on soup
kitchens and food pantries, the
Summer Food Program can make
a big difference in fighting sum
mertime hunger,” said Oregon
Hunger Relief Task Force Execu
tive Director, Patti Whitney-Wise,
in a release statement.
The program has drawn the at
tention of 76 sponsors who have
agreed to help publicize the pro
gram, but more are needed to pro
vide relief to as many children as
possible.
“If every kid participated in the
program,” Adarkar said, “we
would have to add new sponsors
and sites” to accommodate them
all.
The rules and regulations of
setting up your own site, howev
er, are lengthy. There is a long ap
plication process, training and
visits from authorities to make
sure all food handling regulations
are met, Adarkar said.
A toll-free Summer Food Hot
line is available in many different
languages from June 1st through
August 13th. Families can call 1
877-222-FOOD (3663) for site lo
cations and hours of operation.
To find out how you can help
the 1999 Summer Food Outreach
Campaign, call (503) 248-3332.
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P.O. Box 3159, Eugene OR 97403
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