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U.S. House bill establishes
hotline for travelers
The U.S. House of Representa
tives passed a bill with an amend
ment from Rep. Peter DeFazio, D
Eugene., establishing a national
hotline for angry air passengers.
The Transportation Appropria
tions Bill sets aside $720,000 to
hire staff and set up the toll-free
number for travelers to call when
they become disgruntled by de
lays, lost baggage or other prob
lems.
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EWEB pays for computing
center’s new water system
The Eugene Water and Electric
Board rewarded the University
Computing Center Monday for its
water conservation efforts to the
tune of $4,500. The computing
center uses about 1 million gallons
of water a month for its cooling
system, and the center recently
connected its water supply to the
Physical Plant, creating a system
that recirculates water instead of
pumping a fresh supply from the
city.
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to build the system, which is pre
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OUS budget awaiting
Kitzhaber’s approval
The Oregon University System
budget needs only Gov. John
Kitzhaber’s stamp of approval to go
into law after the Senate and
House approved the $722 million,
two-year package during the end of
last week. The budget would in
crease tuition 4 percent for next
year and 3 percent the year after
that.
Oregon briefs
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collectors under a bill that won
House approval Sunday.
Currently, federal rebates are con
sidered taxable income under Ore
gon law and must be reported. Pres
ident Bush’s tax cut package could
send up to $300 back to single peo
ple, $500 to single parents and $600
for married couples.
“Unless we pass HB 2550, Oregoni
ans will have to include this money as
taxable income in next year’s tax re
turns , ” said Rep. Tom Butler, R-Ontario.
Butler’s bill would save Oregoni
ans from shelling out $2 7, $45 or $54
respectively in state income taxes for
the $300 to $600 in federal returns
they could receive. And because the
state hadn ’t anticipated having those
extra taxes when calculating the
2001-03 budget, giving people this
tax break wouldn’t adversely impact
government services, Butler said.
But opponents said those extra dol
lars the state collects could be vital to
the current budget and future budgets.
With a 49-11 vote, the measure
goes to the Senate, which recently
approved a similar effort to protect
Oregonians’ federal rebates.
The Associated Press
Fourth
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joy big fireworks shows, the Eugene
Emeralds game against the Yakima
Bears, starting at 6:35 p.m., is the
place to be.
“Twenty minutes after the game
concludes, we let everybody onto
the field and begin the fireworks,”
Emeralds spokesman Brian Rogers
said. “It’s a forty-five minute show
crammed into twenty minutes.
We’re firing things off left and right.
It’s a spectacular show.”
“Twenty minutes after the
game concludes, we let
everybody onto the field
and begin the fireworks. ”
Brian Rogers
spokesman,
Eugene Emeralds
For a romantic and free view of
the fireworks show, you can bring
blankets and a flashlight to the soc
cer fields behind South Eugene
High School, which can be ac
cessed via Patterson Street.
If you’re a music fan, the Eugene
Symphonic Band will be holding a
free concert at Washburn Park at 6:30
p.m.
“We have twelve concerts in all,
and this begins the series,” Director
Orval Ettersaid. “We’removingback
to the old pre-Depression tradition of
weekly band concerts in the park.
That’s something we lost in the thir
ties.”
Jessie Swimeley Emerald
Peggy Grantham of Eugene checks out the fountains at the Bachmeier Family Fireworks
stand in the Fred Meyer parking lot. The Bachmeiers have been running a fireworks stand
for more than 12 years.
Audit
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heads, he remains certain every ex
pense investigated by auditors had
a justifiable reason.
“Nobody used anything inappro
priately,” O’Fallon said.
Marty Kaufman, the dean of the
College of Education, said the de
partment’s spending was in accor
dance with University policy.
He said it is part of any dean’s
responsibility to meet with bene
factors at University-sponsored
events in order to encourage them
to continue to donate to the
school. He added that without the
money such donors provide,
many of the programs and schol
arships offered to students would
not be possible.
The dean and the associate
dean of the business school were
out of town and unavailable for
comment.
Auditors also questioned depart
ments’ use of University credit
cards. Of the transactions that audi
tors sampled, 18 percent — totaling
$13,835 — were considered either
questionable or prohibited. Prohib
ited expenses included the pur
chase of airline tickets, food and al
cohol for staff parties, and gifts for
departing faculty members.
The environmental studies de
partment had the most instances of
prohibited charge expenses. In sev
en out of the 12 months that audi
tors studied, they found the depart
ment charged food on a University
credit card.
Environmental studies Program
Coordinator Sara Leininger de
clined to comment on the depart
ment’s expenditures.
Pollino said mistakes have been
made at the University because
there is not an adequate system in
place for reviewing department
purchases, and some University
employees may not understand the
state guidelines.
“They [the University] really
haven’t told employees what’s ac
ceptable and what’s not accept
The full text of the Secretary of State
Audits Division’s report is available on
the World Wide Web at:
http://www.sos.state.or.us/audits/sum
mary/2001/2001-27.pdf.
able,” she said.
Considering the number of peo
ple employed at the University and
the size of the budget, the problems
uncovered by the auditors are rela
tively minor, said Dan Williams,
the University vice president of ad
ministration.
While University officials will
consider the auditors’ recommen
dations, they have no plans to stop
using foundation money for devel
opment expenses, he said.
“Those are not expenses that have
been to the personal benefit of any of
the individuals,” he said. “Those are
expenses that are incurred for the
purpose of attracting donors.
“If we can improve some of our
processes, we will,” he said. “But
we’re not going to change how we
use foundation money.”
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