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• For ~e local performances, Eugene ac-
tress Katherine Lewis and Ashland actress
Carolyn Hitt will share the role of Fox
McFearlips. The original staging of the play
was directed by Alan Donovan.
Rude Awakening has been performed in
Ashland, Grants Pass, Portland and
Canyonville, and has been well received by
audience members across the political spec-
trum. "It's amazing wl:i.at happens when you
drop judgment," McGowan says with a
smile. "Rude has a very diverse fan club."
Performances are followed by an optional
sing-a-long of the show's theme song, "If
We're the Problem, We're the Solution,"
which McGowan will victeotape and send to
President Bush, Sens. Walden and Wyden,
U.S. Rep. Defazio a~d Gov. Kulongoski.
"Each tape comes with a letter thanking our
leaders for dedicating their lives to public
service and letting them know we are here to
help them deal· with today's difficult cha!-
, lenges. I just received a personal note from
Sen. Smith thanking me for the thoughtful
note I sent with th\: first round of tapes,"
McGowan said.
Schedule information and will-call reser-
vations are available at 688-8270.
HYND! BRINGING IN
OUTSIDE WORKERS?
Unemployment among unionized Lane
County sheetmetal workers is running high
this summer-;- about 35 o'ut of 175 are with-
out work ~ and adding to their frustrations
are rumors that. Hynix Semiconductor in
Eugene is bringing in non-union workers
from Korea to do duct work for its latest re-
tooling.
Retired sheetmetal worker Henry Alvis
says he "can't prove it," but he heard from an
engineer at H)'!1iX that "they're using a lot of
in-house people, and they're also using these
Korean nationals" for sheetmetal work.
''They did it without hiding it in the first re-
model, and this is the second remodel, and I
guess they got so much flack they're trying to
keep it hidden this time."
Alvis says it's "not even kosher" that they
use their in-house people because "when you
use pipes that move air, it's our work, accord-
ing to the rules in construction and the union
construction rules."
The computer chip manufacturing pliµit
in west Eugene was recruited to the valley
and given $50 million in tax breaks based on
its promises to create local jobs for local peo-
ple.
Hynix officials dicf~
not respond to a re 0
quest for information regarding the rumor,
but Jack Roberts, 9irector of the Lane Metro
Partnership, says the last time he heard the
rumor it was regarding pipe-fitters.
"I have· talked to· Hynix about this generi-
cally," says Roberts, "and my understanding
is that the workers they brought over from
Korea have been people charged with in-
stalling w4at they call 'tools,' but which.the
rest of us would think of as extremely expen-
sive equipment - as in $100 million or so.
My understanding is that the workers in ques-
tion are responsible for installing and main-
taining these 'tools,' here and at other Hynix
plants around the world, and are Hynix em-
ployees, not contract labor being imported
from Korea."
Roberts says the installation of this equip-
ment "enables Hynix to continue to provide
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over 1,000 jobs at this site, over 95 percent of
which are filled by locals. I think it makes
sense for them to use people who are trained,
experienced and already in their employ to do
this work."
Doug McClaughry, business representa-
tive for Sheetmetal Workers Local 16, says
Roberts might be right about the Hynix crew,
and a few ofhis members have gotten work at
·Hynix recently; but he remains concerned
about 'sheetm~tal· workers, plumbers and
electricians losing jobs in enterprise zones all
over Oregon. About 400 out of 1,200 mem-
bers statewide are unemployed.
"You give these enterprise zones great big
tax breaks and then they do all the construc-
tion work with out-of-area p~op1e. Guys
come in, whether it be from a different coun-
try or a different state . . they don't spend
much here, they just send it back home.
Taxpayers are sharing the burden and not get-
ting any reward for it." -TJT
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LIBRARY ADDS HOURS
The new Eugene Public Library will be
open more hours starting Jan. 1. The down-
town building will be open from IO am to 8
pm Monday through Thursday and 10 am to
6 pm Friday through Sunday. The Sheldon
and Bethel branch libraries will have similar
hours except they'll be closed Sundays.
In aU, the city is adding eight more hours
to the downtown library schedule and 16
more open hours at each of the branch li-
braries.
· The added hours will be funded through
2007 by the $20 million Measure 20-58 vot-
ers passed last.year. - Alan Pittman
LOCAL CHILDREN'S
'ZINE GOES NATIONAL
• All Round, a local publication "for chil-
dren ages one to 100 and up that champions
people who love the earth," has acquired a
contract with Ingram Periodicals, a major
leader in the specialty magazine distribution
industry.
The magazine has been nationally distrib-
uted since it started in 1998, but ona smaller
scale by regional companies scattered across
the continent. All Round will continue distri-
bution through regional carriers. With the ad-
ditional Ingram-contract comes the possibil-
ity of having the magazine carried in more
than 9,000 stores, including national chains
like Borders, Barnes & Noble and
Waldenbooks.
Marketing Director Nathen Lester says
circulation for the biannual public~tion has
more than doubled, jumping from 1,500 to
3,000 since signing with Ingram.
The magazine, printed on 100 percent
post-consumer recycled paper with vegetable
inks, is "a vibrant, interactive investigation of
a theme, handmade by Tilke [Elkins, editor
and illustr.ator] in collaboration with other
local artists and featuring artwork by read-
ers." The latest issue "All About Being
Born," which Elkins calls "our best yet," is
available locally at Bambini, Book Mark,
Mother Kali's Books and Sundance Natural
Foods. - Bobbie Willis
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