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Massage therapy raises funds ■ Eugene therapists offered massages Sunday in exchange for donations to scholarship funds for victims of the attacks By Brook Reinhard for the Emerald Massage therapists in Eugene gave their time Sunday as clients gave donations in an effort to fund scholarships for children of the victims of the attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. Sixteen full- and part-time staffers gave seated-chair massages on a walk-in basis as a benefit for the Mercy Corps Scholarship Fund. The fund was created for the children of those who lost their lives on Sept. 11. By 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, 11 people had shown up to be treated and give a suggested donation of $10 in return. “People have more than dou bled the suggested donation (for a 15-minute massage),” event coor dinator Linda Osterlitz said. “We’re going to take the proceeds and write a check to Mercy Corps.” The scholarships will be put to use in any way possible, “even for high school education,” Osterlitz said. Her husband, Chris Osterlitz, is a partner at the Chiropractic Healing Center, and they worked together with others in the group to promote the effort. The center is not normally open on weekends, so the whole office area was available for seated mas sages. There were five chairs set up, including one in the courtyard that the center shares with Bijou Art Cinemas. Therapists spent between 15 and 20 minutes on each client’s massage. “It’s two-way giving. These therapists are giving their time, then turning around and giving to this fund,” Linda Oster litz said. Jonathan House Emerald Chiropractor Chris Osterlitz gives his wife Linda a massage Sunday during a massage therapy benefit to raise money for children of the victims involved in the tragedies. Some clients came just to donate. “We had decided to give a donation, but we were already here, so we got a massage,” Liza Kagan said. She and her husband, Caloway, were in Eugene for the weekend visiting rel atives and decided to participate in the event. “I’m pregnant, and I think I was given extra attention.” “This is a good way of combin ing healing and giving,” Caloway Kagan added. “We’re all affected in various ways — the best way to help is to pool resources in our community,” Linda Osterlitz said. People inter ested in making a donation can contact Linda or Chris Osterlitz at 345-2084 or they may book an ap pointment for another benefit ses sion on Saturday, Oct. 6. Brook Reinhard is a freelance reporter for the Oregon Daily Emerald. News briefs Teaching program receives funding A teacher preparation program at the University was selected to participate in a three-year grant from the Fund for the Improve ment of Postsecondary Education. The University will share the $593,899 grant with five other public universities in Oregon and will use it to better teach reading to the state’s kindergarten through 12th-grade students. The reading programs will be delivered in a variety of mediums, including Web-based, video-based, hybrid courses and face-to-face in struction. — Eric Martin Music school gearing up for renovation The University’s School of Mu sic has secured half of the $15.2 million it needs to remodel and ex pand its facility. Gov. John Kitzhaber’s signature on Senate Bill 5525 authorizes the Legislature to funnel $7.6 million in bonds to the University for the project. The music school will have to drum up the difference through private gifts by the end of the current biennium to ensure state funding. So far, the school has secured $700,000. The music school serves more than 500 students, at least 200 more students than it was built to accommodate in 1917. 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