Fanconi fund-raiser targets banks
■ Fanconi Anemia Research
Fund teams up with local
credit union to raise
research funding
By Kristy Hessman
Oregon Daily Emerald
U-Lane-0 Credit Union and the
Fanconi Anemia Research Fund are
coming together to raise money for
the fight against Fanconi anemia.
Fanconi anemia is a life-threaten
ing genetic disease that targets
young children and can eventually
lead to bone marrow failure,
leukemia and other cancers. Vic
tims of this disease commonly do
not live to adulthood.
About 1,500 cases have been di
agnosed in the U.S. and 3,000
worldwide. Because of lack of
knowledge and access to technolo
gy, a large number of children who
have this disease are not diagnosed
as Fanconi anemia patients.
U-Lane-0 is participating in the
fund-raiser at all seven branches by
selling $1 cards with hand prints
of Fanconi patients on them.
“It is actually turning into a bit of
a competition between the seven
branches of who can get the most
cards,” Susan Castillo, the Director
of Development for the Fanconi Re
search Fund, said.
The cards are signed by those who
purchase them and then displayed.
“Anyone can come in and pur
chase the cards,” Castillo said.
“They don’t have to be members of
U-Lane-O.”
This is just one of the many proj
ects that U-Lane-0 participates in
throughout the year. They have also
done similar fund-raisers for the
American Heart Association.
“U-Lane-0 adheres to the philos
ophy of helping people,” Debbie
Long, Marketing Manager for U
Lane-O, said. “We are very much in
volved in the community, and hap
py to help out.”
The cards will be sold through
out the month of July and all pro
ceeds will go to the Fanconi anemia
research fund.
“It is an important subject, and
this is something that works on
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in city politics.
“I'd be proud to have them be
my people,” Taylor said. “But I
don't tell them what to do, and
they don’t tell me what to do.”
This is also the Taylor who is
modest about her accomplish
ments yet very direct about ad
dressing the issues set in front of
her.
“She is very straightforward
and doesn’t mince her-words,”
said Gary Rayor, Ward 1 city
councilor.
Mincing democracy
With the recent issue of the po
lice union filing a tort claim no
tice — a notice of intent to sue for
libel or slander — against Ward 4
City Councilor David Kelly, the
concept of being straightforward
with their words brings new
meaning to the city’s coucilors.
But Taylor is not afraid to address
the issue.
“The police were out of line in
proposing to sue,” Taylor said.
“Like David, I am concerned with
reports of abuse by people who
were close to the action.”
When asked if these events
make her feel threatened about
speaking out in the future, Taylor
expressed her concern.
“I do feel threatened,” Taylor
said. “Such threats may make all
of us more cautious about ex
pressing our opinions, and that is
not good for public discourse. It is
a threat to democracy.”
Kelly’s major concern is the
way the police union handled the
situation.
“I don’t think threatened is the
right word,” Kelly said. “It makes
me feel surprised and disappoint
ed. If they have disagreements
with me, what I would have vast
ly preferred is if they had written
me a letter or made a phone call
... as opposed to getting this legal
notice out of the clear blue.”
Taylor and Kelly continue to
express their concerns for an is
sue that has been covered exten
sively by the media in the past
month since the latest anar
chist/police interactions, which
began with the June 18 gathering
in Washington-Jefferson park.
“An important community is
sue that we’ve all got to figure out
is how to allow political protests
to take place while at the same
time keeping the public safe and
the police — if they are involved
— safe,” Kelly said.
Taylor would like to see the
council spend more time dis
cussing the issue.
“It is an important issue and de
serves more attention than we
have given it,” Taylor said.
Yesterday, today, tomorrow
As the issue of police interven
tion in political protests contin
ues, Taylor will undoubtedly re
main on the sidelines, watching
every gathering and continuing
her fledgling political career.
Taylor has been interested in
politics all her life, though she
never held office until coming to
Eugene. She has worked on vari
ous campaigns, and she especial
ly remembers pushing her son,
now in his 40s, around in a baby
carriage while advocating a bond
issue in Illinois.
In 1996, the retired English
teacher found herself at the fore
front of a new political career. She
noticed that Barbara Keller was
not running again for the Ward 3
position, and after being dissatis
fied with the candidates who
hoped to replace Keller, Taylor
decided to start a new political
campaign — her own.
“I worked on various cam
paigns before my own,” Taylor
said. “I had a drawer full of but
tons, and after my campaign I
added my button to the drawer.”
Bom in Tennessee in 1925, Tay
lor spent 20 years teaching Eng
lish to high school students. She
held her first teaching job at the
tender age of 19, when she taught
one student from every grade at
an elementary school. She was
also the janitor of that school.
Taylor moved to Eugene in
1979 and began work on her doc
torate degree in English from the
University. She taught for four
years at the University while she
studied and also found time to
teach two terms at Lane Commu
nity College. After one year at
Southwestern Oregon Communi
ty College, Taylor finished her
teaching career with a four year
stint at Oregon State.
With the help of Deborah No
ble, who has helped manage both
of Taylor’s campaigns, Taylor was
elected to the Ward 3 seat and be
gan her first term in January of
1997. She says that being a
teacher all of her life prepared her
well for her new role as a city
councilor.
“I think I'm more inclined to
listen to other people before giv
ing my decision,” Taylor said.
“But in the end, I vote the way I
think is right. Another thing I
think is similar is you never get
done with your work. You’re al
ways on duty.”
Taylor was definitely on duty
full-time during her first term. Be
sides her role in getting hundreds
of people active in the tree-cutting
issue in her fifth month in office,
Taylor has become a watchdog for
the environment and a councilor
who prides herself on represent
ing the people.
“I have emphasized that we
should consider the environmen
tal impacts on what we do,” she
said.
She also says the city should
consider community interests
and respect the voice of the peo
ple.
Taylor was also the only coun
cilor to vote against increasing the
fine for minors in possession of al
cohol. She said th*at those kinds of
fines only hurt the poor and could
even mean for some students that
they could not go to school for a
term. Taylor is a big advocate of
spending the city’s money on
helping people who break laws,
rather than creating ordinances to
punish them.
“When penalties get beyond
deterrence and become punitive,
I don’t approve,” Taylor said.
So what’s on the forefront for
Taylor as she finishes her first
term and embarks on her second
in January of2001?
“I don’t think anything changes
with the beginning of a new term,
just like nothing changes with the
beginning of a new century,” Tay
lor said. “I will continue to be in
terested in citizen involvement
and protecting the environment.”
Taylor said she will continue to
be concerned with the city’s use
of tax payers’ money and hopes to
be a voice in city government for
people without one.
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