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recycling outlet,” Haldane said.
“We started with bottle glass, but
found window glass works better
for production.”
When Aurora Glass started, its
production level was much lower
than it is currently, and the com
pany was able to use small
amounts of bottle glass to fill its
production needs. But after six
months, the supply of glass was
inadequate, Haldane said.
“There is not a lot of printed
material on making items from re
cycled glass, while there is lots of
material on making glass from
scratch,” he said. “So I went to
the science library at the Univer
sity and read and read material
on chemical composition.”
His research paid off, since the
foundry has now increased its pro
duction by using almost all win
dow glass for manufacturing.
Though it is based in Eugene, the
foundry sells products to more
than just local residents, said Au
rora Marketing Manager Patti
Lomont, also an alumnus.
“We have over 400 wholesale
accounts,” she said. “The first
year, we made $4,000 of product,
and today we shipped out $4,000
alone.”
Workers train at Aurora Glass as
part of a vocational rehabilitation
program through St. Vincent de
Paul. The foundry’s profits help to
pay for the charities die society op
erates in Lane County.
“We help people with emergency
services and affordable housing,”
said Rebecca Larson, the communi
ty relations director for St. Vincent
de Paul.
Larson said the society helped
45,000 people in .Lane County
through its programs in 2000. While
St. Vincent’s is affiliated with the
Roman Catholic Church, the society
exists as a lay organization.
“It means we don’t receive money
from the Catholic Church. We wel
come anyone from any faith,” she
said. “Also, people come to us in
need—we don’t proselytize to give
them services.”
Sue Ryan is a community reporter for the
Oregon Daily Emerald. She can be reached
at sueryan@dailyemerald.com.
Flu shots
continued from pagel
come down with a fever, headaches
and have general fatigue.
Lane Gounty officials don’t be
lieve there will be a repeat of last
year’s flu shot cancellations because
of a vaccine shortage.
“We are not anticipating short
ages of vaccines here locally,” said
Sarah Hendrickson, a public health
nurse for Lane County.
The county decided to buy the
vaccine from different pharmaceu
tical companies to avoid a shortage
this fall, and Dotson said the county
staggered its order so the county can
immediately vaccinate those who
are high-risk.
“In order to get the vaccine here
and on time, we ordered from a dif
ferent group,” Pat Dotson said, the
county’s public health senior stores
clerk. “Since their price is higher,
then we have to charge more for
shots.” Flu shots will increase from
$10 to $15 this fall at county clin
ics. The first clinic for the general
public is scheduled for Nov. 19
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Wheeler
Pavilion at the Lane County Fair
grounds. The University Health
Center is charging $6 for flu shots
for students who are not high-risk
beginning Nov. 1.
Sue Ryan is a community reporter for the
Oregon Daily Emerald. She can be reached
at sueryan@dailyemerald.com.
News brief
Student Senate approves
special money requests
In a 20-minute ASUO Student
Senate meeting Wednesday night,
senators approved special money
requests to the Black Student
Union and Students of the Indian
Subcontinent.
SIS received $288 to cover
phone costs. Programs Finance
Committee members told the
group last year that upon getting
an office, SIS could come back
and ask for money for phone fees
this year.
“We’re just giving them the
money we promised at the PFC
meeting last year,” Sen. Arlie Ad
kins said.
The Senate also transferred $100
from BSU’s budget to a special food
account to cover catering costs at
BSU’s annual fall event tonight.
In other news, the Senate reap
pointed Sen.
Eric Bailey to
be a represen
tative on the
board of
KWVA, the
campus radio
station. Sen.
Dave Sanchez
was also elect
ed to serve on
the Associated
Students President’s Advisory
Committee, a student advisory
group to University President
Dave Frohnmayer.
— Beata Mostafavi
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Bender said the state’s 6conomic
plight could figure into a decision to
allocate bond money to the Univer
sity, however, because it may hinder
the University’s ability to repay the
bonds.
“That very well could play into
the decision,” Bender said. “The
question is, will adding this debt
payment requirement to the Uni
versity budget be something they’ll
be able to handle?”
University officials said the
school can handle the bond pay
ments because they’ve asked to
stretch the payments over 30 years,
instead of the original 10 years,
Senate Budget Committee chair
man Mike Kellman said.
Eric Martin is a higher education reporter for
the Oregon Daily Emerald. He can be reached
at ericmartin@dailyemerald.com.
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