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Tonight, Cafe Lucky Noodle will donate 10% of total dinner sales to Mercy Corps
to assist the survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Also, Blue Luna Club hosts Roots Reggae
with half of all proceeds being donated to Mercy Corps and Red Cross.
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IN BRIEF
Town meeting discusses
County Fairgrounds' future
A town hall meeting will be held
tonight to solicit community response
on the future of the Lane
County Fairgrounds.
The fairgrounds property, known as
the Lane Events Center, has been the
focus of intense debate recently. The
Fair Board has said the fairgrounds will
not be viable at its current site for more
than 10 years because of its small size
and out-of-date facilities.
The fairgrounds have been looked at
as a possible site for the proposed
McKenzie-Wiliamette hospital.
The meeting, hosted by Lane Coun
ty Commissioner Peter Sorenson, is an
attempt for city officials to discover
what the community wants done with
the property, and to give the public up
dates on the state of the fairgrounds
and possible relocation sites.
“I’m hoping to have a better under
standing of what the neighbors and
stakeholders feel is the highest and
best use of the property,” Eugene City
Councilor Bonny Bettman said.
The meeting comes only two weeks
after the Lane County Board of Com
missioners voted 3-2 to not sell the fair
grounds property for 10 years. Noa
O’Hare, marketing director of the Lane
County Farmers’ Market, submitted
petitions with more than 6,000 signa
tures to keep the fairgrounds at its cur
rent location before the vote.
The 55-acre complex has been at its
current site for nearly 100 years. The
Events Center holds not only the fair
grounds but the convention and ice
centers as well. In addition to the Lane
County Fair, the Events Center hosts
exhibitions, trade shows and sporting
events year round.
The meeting will be at 7 p.m. in
Meeting Room 1 of the Lane Events
Center. Sorenson, Bettman and Fair
Board member Bob Zagorin will each
speak for 10 minutes and then turn the
floor over to the public.
—Chris Hagan
Non-trad student lunch
to take place in EMU
Nontraditional students interested
in learning more about the University
can attend the first Brown Bag Series
in the EMU river rooms from noon to
2 p.m. TUesday through Friday.
Nontraditional students, or non
trads for short, are students older than
24, delayed enrollment and/or transfer
students, first generation college stu
dents, students who care for depend
ents or students working full-time to
put themselves through school.
The Brown Bag Series will cover
Club Sports, financial aid, Office of
Multicultural Academic Support, Ca
reer Center, childcare, Office of Student
Life, University Health Center, the
Student Recreation Center and features
a workshop entitled “Learning
More Effectively.”
Stephanie McLaughlin, ASUO non
traditional student advocate, organized
the event to help nontraditional stu
dents gather information and meet
each other.
“As a nontraditional student, we
aren’t 18 anymore and we take our
studies a lot more seriously than oth
ers,” McLaughlin said. “Priorities
change but socialization is still impor
tant. We’re hoping that events like this
one will give nontraditional students
an opportunity to connect with one
another and build friendships.”
—Brittni McClenahan
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