Lane
Community
College
Vol. 22, No. 2 October 1 - OMalar r, ·i 981

4000 E. 30th Ave. Eugene, OR 97405

Vent myster y stumps campu s
by Larry Swanson
of the TORCH
"I feel scared ," says Frances Clark. She says her
right hand went numb last February.
" Our major fear is that it will get worse," says
Carolyn Baker. Shooting, stinging and burning sensations in her arms and legs and occasional numbness in
her hands cause her concern.
'' I just want to be able to do what I could before,''
says Joann Ellingson. She is recovering from nerve
surgery performed last month on both wrists.
''We'd like definite answers,'' says Linda Riepe,
wondering why her left arm goes numb for five days at
a time.
"If I hold a glass of ice water, my fingertips turn
white,'' says Cynthia Leathers. She says her doctor
diagnosed nerve damage in her arms.
These women all have roles in a mystery that began
unfolding last February in LCC's Home Economics
department.
The mystery surfaced when Clark sought medical
treatment for her numb right hand last February 9th.
Her visit to her doctor launched a series of conversations among employees in the Home Economics department.
Riepe says these conversations led to eight women in
the department finding that they shared common symptoms, symptoms their doctors called neu ropathy.
Neuropathy -- literally '' nerve disease,'' but
restricted by definition in some medical texts to include
only diseases of the peripheral nervous system -- can
be caused by exposure to lead, arsenic, mercury,
alcohol, carbon tetrachloride and other toxic
substances.
Concern that their nerve disorders might be related
prompted the eight women -- the five above, Vivian
Day, Dyna Besse, who could not be reached for comment and Dawn Werlinger, who refused to comment on
the case--to search for similarities in their cases.
They found only two common fibers woven into the
mystery. They all worked in the Home Economics
department at the same time and all experienced symptoms of neuropathy.
Attempts to find other similarities among the women
have proved fruitless. They range in age from 29 to 60,
live in ~orvallis, Dexter, Pleasant Hill and Eugene, and

persue a wide variety of liesure activities.
Common ground established, the women set out to
identify possible causes of their ailments.
Fumes emanating from the campus laundry emerged
as the most likely suspect. The laundry washes
uniforms, rags and other items from "just about every
department on campus,'' says Edward Pinckney, the
laundry manager.
Until this summer, exhaust from the laundry 's dryers
vented into the corridor between the Health and
Physical Education buildings.
Clark says complaints about fumes and smoke which
is created when the laundry washes greasy rags from
the mechanics department started several years ago.
About eight years ago she thought the building was
on fire when she saw the corridor '' rapidly filling up
with smoke."
And Ellingson says "blue, acrid smoke" forced
workers in the child care center to take the children out
of the building about five years ago.
In January, the women filed a grievance about the
smoke and fumes with the school's faculty grievance
committee.
The administration denied the grievance but agreed
to investigate alternatives to the exhaust system in the
laundry.
Bill Barry, LCC's dean of administrative services,
says, ''We spent an awful lot of time before we decide
what to do. "
Eliminating several other alternatives because of
potential safety hazards or prohibitive cost, the administration decided to add a duct to the vent to carry
the fumes above the roof and away from the corridor.
It was installed this summer at a cost of over $7,000,
says Hank Douda, LCC's director of employee relations.
Although the duct was installed to alleviate the fume
and smoke problem, LCC administration spokespersons say this action does not link the laundry to the
women's health problems.
Bill Barry, the school's dean of administrative services, says he doubts that the laundry is the source of
the women's neuropathy because workers in the laundry have not complained of similar symptoms.
Douda also says he doubts a connection with the
laundry and adds, "I think the grievance process will
determine if people deserve recompense.''

Photo by Michael Bailey

In March, the eight women took their next step in the
grievance process, filing a claim with the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation (SAIF) alleging that
their injuries were job related.
In April, SAIF Industrial Hygenist Art Schoenborn
took samples at the vent outlet while rags from the
mechanics department and mops from the Springfield
school district were being laundered. These two items
had t;)een identified as the fume-producing agents by
the women.
Accordrng to SAIF's analysis of the samples no
harmful levels of particulate, hydrocarbons or organic
vapors were present.
This summer, SAIF denied the women's claim.
The women have appealed the decision. Riepe spys
the Oregon Education Association will help the women
turn to Vent, page 5

Probation policy create s new restrictions
by Paula Case
of the TORCH

A new academic probation
policy is in effect for the 1981-82
school year. Beginning fall term
every s1udent must maintain a
grade point average (GPA) of 1. 70
- 2.00 or above to avoid being put
on probation.
This is the first year LCC has

placed such restrictions on
students. Probation notices will
be sent if:
• The student earns between 5
and 29 credits of A, B, C, D, F, P
and N grades with a GPA under
1. 70.
• The student has earned 30 or
more credits of A, B, C, D, F, P
and N grades with a GPA under
2.00. ·

• The student earns fewer than
5 credits in a term with a GPA
under 2.00.
• The student completes less
than half of fourth week enrollment and earns fewer than 5
credits for the term.
A student can be removed from
probation either by achievement
or through correction of student
records. If probation is based on

a mistake, (an error in grading for
example), it is necessary to go to
student records to correct the
situation. When records are
cleared the probationary status is
cleared.
''We felt a real need for such a
~ogram,'' says Grace Cameron,
assistant coordinator of the probation policy. Cameron says the
~hange i~ positiv~. She believes it

Is a misuse ot the taxpayers
money to have students in school
that aren't accomplishing
anything. "I'd be happy to talk to
people who are upset or confused
by the procedure," she added.
Although Cameron believes a
fair number of students will be on
probation (between 50 - 500 a
turn to Probation, page 5

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Editoria ls ·«» ·Letters

.A look at the timber industry

«»

OP-lnlons

Economic revival depends on
deeper probes into Lane's past

Analysis by Ron Kalley
TORCH Editor
International business experts predict that by 1975 only about 300
corporations will control about 75 percent of the business in the free
world. Companies who fail to expand now and in the future will not be
among ,those 300 and may well end up frozen in a small secondary
status.

Weyerhaeuser News, 1968.

Two major contributions to Lane County's present economic recession are being
overlooked by business and governmental leaders involved with the resurrection of the
area's economy.
A dramatic drop in the number of housing starts and an excessive_dependency on
the forest products industry, coupled with high interest rates and inflation, receive the
principal blame for loss of jobs and cash flow in the area.
A recent rash of public and private sector committees and forums urge an all-out effort to attract diversified major industries to decrease dependency on the timber industry .
But it is the multinational ·'nature'· of the timber industry that needs to be question, ed and the importance of stabilizing Lane's small business sector that needs to be addressed:
In the last 25 years the timber industry has been in transition. A shift from being
labor intensive to capital intensive (automation), a shift from lower levels to higher
levels of exploitation of workers, and a shift from the Northwest to the South are the industry's principal contributions to the region's recession.
I do not intend to castigate timber industry giants or to attack bigness or the
business principles behind the growth of a multinational corporation.
However, the success of any revitalization effort in Lane County hinges on the
understanding that a multinational corporation does not necessarily have allegiance to
the stabilization of a regional economy as a goal.
These corporations are geared toward accumulating capital and competing with industries involved in a world-wide economy of scale.
In fact, as readers will see through a brief history of the boom/bust cycles which
Oregon's timber-related eonomy has witnessed over the last century destabilization of
the Pacific·Northwest region has aided and abetted the expanionist goals of the Big
Six, the six wealthiest timber companies.

The Big Six.
Weyerhaeuser, according to 1978 figures, has succeeded in its bid to rank among
the Fortune 500, a tally of the 500 wealthiest U.S. corporations. And so have 21 other
major timber companies. Members of what is referred to as the Big Six rank as
follows:
• Georgia-Pacific -- 56
• International Paper -- 57
• Champion International -- 68
• Weyerhaeuser -- 74
• Boise Cascade -- 107
• Crown Zellerbach -- 108
While Boise Cascade and Crown Zellerbach only exceeded sales of $2 billion in
1977, the remaining four sold more than $3 billion each.
In 1978 the six corporations owned at least 68 percent of the total commercial forest.
land in Oregon and Washington.

The
•TORCH
EDITOR: Ron Kelley
INFORMATION EDITOR: Paula Case
STAFF REPORTERS: Susan Crosman, Larry Swan·
son, Randy Layton, Belinda Gomez, Terry Rhoads,
Marty Schwarizbauer, Jerry Lasley .
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PRODUCTION: Jeff Keating, Vickie Crill , Mimi
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The Big Six represent a multinational trend toward fewer and larger corporations.
Mergers, purchases, diversifications, holding companies, and eliminations of smaller
companies are hallmarks of this trend.
For example, from 1950 to 1970, the forest products industry was one of the most
active industries involved with mergers with Georgia-Pacific leading the field with 86
acquisitions.
To gain their niches in the Fortune 500, the Big Six needed enough surplus capital
to compete with varied world-wide industries that earned high profit percentages. Yet
forests grow only so fast.
Goals to export logs which added quick profits with little labor and to liquidate old
growth forests were instigated to create the surplus capital -- not to create more jobs.
Timber industry and forest governmental officials tell workers they will lose jobs if
the amount of timber allowed to be cut isn't increased. They call for liquidation of old
growth stands in the National Forests and on privately held small woodlots.
In fact, 1958 to 1976 figures show the number of woodsworkers employed has remained level.
Yet the amount of money generated in production has increased 400 percent. And
money for wages decreased 21 percent while value added for industry coffers exceeded 261 percent.
This means the number of jobs remained the same and workers earned less of the
money created by their labor while industry profited immensely.
The main reason for the successes of the Big Six is the ability to generate substantial
external loans and credit with major financial institutions. The ability to make long term
debts or to gain access to "easy money" has enabled them to finance corporate expansion beyond the capabilities of regionally based smaller competitors.
Former Georgia-Pacific Director O.R. Cheatham was quoted as saying in Duns
Review: "Next to timber and people, debt used intelligently and soundly is the most
powerful weapon in our arsenals.''
Directors and officers of forest products companies have come to sit on boards of
major financial institutions. For example, as late as 1976, George Hunt Weyerhaeuser
sat on Equitable Life Assurance Society's board (3rd largest), and William Zellerbach
sat on Lloyds Bank of California's board (69th largest).
The Big Six also share banking with the same companies. These interlocking directorates guarantee a direct1ine to sources of capital and credit, and also guarantee indirect affiliations with each other.
Additional external financing is not necessarily beneficial to workers or in the interest of the area's economy.
Capital intensive priorities may mean more money is invested in machinery rather
•
than jobs.
using easy money may result in the following:
strategies
expansion
And
• Elimination of smaller competitors.
• Cut and run policies on newly acquired land which feaves our resource base in
shambles. ·
• Investment overseas which results in exported jobs, resources and capital.
These dramatic effects have been predicted by concerned small businesses and
private and public forecasters for many years.
For example, Hoedads, Inc., in 1975, conducted a press conference where
representatives said, "Both the F. S. (U.S. Forest Service) and the (U.S.) Timber
Management people have literally propagandized the public, workers in particular, into believing that any alternative short of increasing the forest's allowable cut would
cost thousands of jobs. Unfortunately, (they) omit the fact that the greatest threat to
jobs is increasing mechanization in the Forest Products industry.''
They made these predictions:
• The Northwest will experience a 45 percent reduction of jobs in the basic industry
by the year 2000.
• The number of small locally owned mills and logging outfits will rapidly decrease in
number.
• The Northwest will become primarily a log-exporter and a producer of pulp and
paper as old growth stands are depleted.
• The area will need additional primary industry to offset the timber industry's
relocation to plants in the South and overseas.
So it should have been clear years ago: The Big Six's complicity in the desfabilization of the area's economy demonstrates that their true allegiance lies with international corporate growth.
The preceding history of the Big Six is worthwhile to consider when area representatives invite new corporations to relocate here. Each of us would carefully determine
the "nature" of a stranger before extending an invitation into our home.
Also here is something else to consider. Conservative estimates by economic experts hold that at least 80 percent of all new jobs are created by small businesses.
A move to invite other primary industries, to diversify the economic resource base
and to create industrial parks will fall way short of remedying our economic plight.
Lane's small businesses return more money to Oregon and provide more jobs as opposed to the increasingly dominant and highly mechanized multinational corporations.

Next: Small businesses can bail us out.

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Plan presente d for economic recovery

. . '.

Lane group looks·fo r a littl e light
by Randy Layton
of the TORCH

''A piece of bread could buy a bag of gold. .. ''

The Bible

"I can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. I can't
even see the tunnel. ''
Lane Plywood President Nate Coleman

While no one today is hoarding loaves of bread, the
economic outlook for Lane County residents parallels
the rest of the nation -- bleak. Problems in areas
such as unemployment, mass transit, social security,
housing , student benefits and inflation no longer affect
only a small minority, and in Lane county, the effects
have been felt a long time.
• The unemployment rate now offically stands around
11 percent. Some think it could be as high as 20 percent, however, and up to 10,000 are estimated to have
left Eugene and Lane county to find employment
elsewhere .
• The once-lucurative field of real estate is suffering
it' s worst year since 1946, with 2,500 homes sitting·unsold in Eugene-Springfield and home builders with little
or no demand for their services. Lumber and plywood
mills are laying off hundreds or closing across the
state.
• Citywide, ' ' going out of business ' ' signs are
becoming commonplace. With people spending less
and overhead costs escalating, the retail industry is
spiraling downward with as many as 1,000 closures in
the past 18 months .
• The falling Reaganomics axe, in an effort to curb inflation and balance the national budget, has cut
deepest into social service programs affecting lowincome citizens. And the cuts have depleted funding for
student grants and loans, while colleges and universities battle to stay _financially afloat.
Concerns about these economic perils prompted 650
business and government leaders and private citizens
to meet on September 23 to discuss plans to attract
new major industries to Lane County to offset a century
long dependency on the timber industry.
Eugene Chamber of Commmerce President John Admundson and architect Tom Moreland asked members
present to endorse the United Lane Forum, an open
membership vehicle for discussion of sensitive community issues.
It's partner, the Lane Economic Foundation, is a non-

profit organization designed to attract new businesses
to the county. A professional development staff will be
hired to implement these goals. Member businesses
will pay a minimum $1,000 membership fee per year
for the next three years to finance operations.
The Eugene City Council has unanimously approved
the plan but will not appropriate money until specfic
budget figures are known.
City officials voted to allocate at least $20 million a
year on capital improvements such as upgraded sewer
and water mains in areas designated as new industrial
sites. The Four Corners renewal area, the ConeBreeden property in northeast Eugene and Roosevelt
Boulevard are listed as prime targets.
A campaign to bring in new industrial blood may be
met with enthusiasm by those who are willing to trade
in Eugene's livability ratings for some paychecks and
food in the cupboards . But has this concept worked
elsewhere?

If you haven 't been there, your imagination may conjure a scene with miles of wasteland or perhaps the remains of the Alamo as a major tourist attraction.
But San Antonio 's Jim Dublin describes the city as
picturesque and middle-sized: ''We are not in the middle of a desert. We have real running water and grass
that grows all by itself. "
like Eugene-Springfield, San Antonio relied heavily
on one major industry, the military, and faced the same
economic chaos in the mid-seventies facing this area
.
now.
Problems confronting this city weren't small enough
to be discussed over a cup of coffee and then swept
under the rug. Statistics revealed one-fifth of the
population were living in economic conditions below the
national poverty level.
San Antonio's ex-Mayor Lila Cockrell illustrated the
similarities between the San Antonio of 1975 and Lane
County of 1981.
"We knew that San· Antonio was the best city in
Tex~s. and we were very proud of it. We all kept telling
ourselves what a beautiful place it was to live. We were
very proud of our quality of life and we fought many
battles over the quality of our environment and the
preservation of our historical past. But we had too many
hungry people -- people who didn't have jobs.''

San Antonio's economic foundation, formed to
resolve the economic difficulties, met with some successes between 1975-1977 with various businesses investing $500,000 to bring industry and jobs into the
area.
But various citizen and activist groups felt they had
been left out of the decision making process and at the
height of an ensuing controversy an additional
organization, United San Antonio, was formed in
January, 1980.
"It was very frustrating, " said Dublin ." Here all this
money had been spent , all the right tools· being purchased . .. but suddenly the whole thing had been shut
off by this local eruption."
This eruption prompted a reevaluation of the
economic development program . Business and goverment officials discovered other community elements
weren't given any real input.
"We had to realize that we couldn't continue having
a few people making decisions that affected the whole
community," Dublin said , "and that was a revelation. "
While all of San Antonio 's economic problems have
not been solved, that city has moved from a position of
reliance on one major industry to one of wide diversification.
The relocation of electronic firms such as Control
Data Corporation and Advanced Micro Devices have
brought over 4,500 jobs and $100 million to the area.
For Lane County the light may yet be at the end of the
tunnel, but, experts say, for this area to experience a
flourishing economy once more, two key elements are
required: Interest rates must be lowered now to encourage cash flow in the housing industry, and Lane's
industrial resource base must be diversified to prevent
ever again relying upon one industry for our livelihood.
The tough question remains when and how those
things will take place. Many people are not optimistic
that interest rates will lower enough fn time, and it will
take a few years before major industries will relocate
here. Much will depend upon how successful or how
inflationary President Reagan's economic policies are
and the support they receive.
Ho'w far the enthusiasm generated at last Wednesday's conference will take business, government and
the public closer toward lasting solutions remains to be
seen.
But for Lane County, the motivation for turning the
tide is found in the knowledge that the choices are hard
and few and time is running out.

LCC honors Nati onal High er ~ducation wee k
by Susan Crosman •
of the TORCH
Lane Community College will
celebrate the first National Higher
Education Week (October 2-11)
with an open house at LCC 's
Downtown Center on Tuesday,
October 6 and will air a one-hour
televeision special on local channels throughout the week.
The theme of the week is
'' America 's Energy is Mindpower." The campaign, which
will be celebrated by over 1,000
other educational institutions, is
an effort to enhance community
understanding and appreciation
of higher education and the contributions of educated citizens to
American life.
'' I remember this type of thing
being done in the fifties and sixties ," says Barbara Petura, U of
O Mindpower Week Coordinator
and member of the Counsel for
the Advancement and Support of
Education (CASE). She says
CASE feels there is a need for the
promotion of higher education
which has not been fulfilled

recently.
''The mindpower theme is very
appropriate for Lane Community
College," says Diane Dann,
LCC 's mind power week activties
coordinator. ' ' LCC serves more
than 30,000 people a year
through dozens of innovative programs geared to people of all
ages."
''The activities we've planned
for the week are designed to
show how LCC is putting its
mindpower to work for the community and to introduce people to
some of these services, " says
Dann.
At the open house, held from
12 noon to 9 p.m . at LCC's
Downtown Center on the Eugene
Mall (1059 Willamette) , visitors
are invited to take a computerized
career test, use the career information library, explore LCC programs and visit instructional
areas .
Representatives from LCC' s
English as a Second Language ,
Adult Basic Education , GED,
Small Business Management,
Farm Business Management pro-

grams, Women's Awareness
Center and Re-entry Workshops
will be available to provide information.
The television special, '' LCC 's
Energy is Mind power, ' ' will be

on Thursday, October 8, and at
6:30 p.m ., Friday, October 9. It
will be shown in Oakridge on
Cable Channel 4 at noon and 8

p.m., Friday through Sunday,
October 9 through 11, and in
other local communities at times
to be announced.

cablecast several times during
the week. The host of KLCC-FM 's
award-winning Blue Plate
Special, David Postman, narrates
the special. Postman will look at
the popularity of telecourses,
KL CC-FM 's recent expansion and
air a presentation entitled , ''The
Impact of Technology on Education."
The " mindpower " special was
produced at LCC to inaugurate
the school 's new educational
channel which offers 40 hours of
telecourses on Teleprompter's
Channel 24 (Channel K on converters with letters rather than
numbers) and an additional 40
hours on other channels in the
LCC district this fall.
The speciai will be shown in
Eugene and Springfield on
Teleprompter's Channel 24 (or K)
at 12:30 and 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 6, at the same times

Photo by Michael Bailey

Viva Mexico! In a unique program sponsored by their government,
12 Mexican student are learning farm implement repair at LCC.

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Established six years ago as a
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the people who used the center
last year were "displaced
homemakers.''
Izetta, a worker at the center
for the last five years, also provides full-time information referral
and support for people returning
to work and/ or school many of
whom are not LCC students. Sixty
percent of those using the center
last year were not enrolled at
LCC.

thirds of the voe-tech areas, and
not much was changing,··' she
says. She adds that it was easy to
tell what areas women were
entering: ''Nursing, Early
Childhood Education (ECE), traditional women's areas." The purpose of the center was to let men
and women know that they didn't
have to restrict themselves to
traditional areas of endeavor.
She says the center has made a
great deal of progress moving
closer to breaking even in areas
like forestry and mechanics,
fields traditionally dominated by
men. "And men are making
strides in nursing and other tradi·
tional women's areas," she
adds. "It works both ways."
''We wanted to eliminate
stereotyped ideas about men and
women and careers," Anne says ,
"and open all of the areas to
everyone. I think we've done
that. ' '

She says the center receives
community· support: ' 'We get a
lot of folks to come and speak for
some of our workshops and panel
discussions. They' re a great
help.'' The center has many such
area-oriented
activities
throughout the year.
The regular staff at LCC also
makes up a large part of what
they call the Women 's Center"network." The different contributing areas such as Women's
Studies, Careers and Financial
Aid are important parts of what
makes the center work so well.
Last year, more than 1000 living and breathing bodies used the
center 's s·ervices. Izetta expects
at least that many this year as
well as additional heavy phone
traffic.

At present, the center has 14
work-study students and two
volunteers working for it. This
number changes from quarter to
quarter, but the process to get in
is the same. After applicants are
interviewed by Izetta, they attend
a week-long staff training session
before school begins to familiarize
''We get a lot of calls from peothemselves with techniques and
ple who want to know where they
resources to aid visitors.
can stay for the night, some need
addresses or phone numbers,
"Over the past five years,
we've built a network of people,''
and some want to know about our
Izetta says. "They are the ones
programs. We help a lot of people
who
make this thing work ,
with just about everything,'' she
because
it truly is a center for all
says.
people.''
Izetta feels that the center is
And her job? Doesn't it get a bit
fulfilling the goals it set for itself
trying?
She smiles. "I think I
when it first began. Anne
have the most interesting job in
Stewart, one of the founders,
town." And Izetta' s attitude is
concurs.
one that prevails at the center
''When we first started (in
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The sixth person to win the
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A date for the appeal hearing has not been set, but Reipe says it will
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The women say their goals are to have their medical expenses paid
and the source of their ailments eliminated.
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paid, but the cause of their ailments may never be known.
Ellingson thinks the women may have been exposed to a one-time
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performed by SAIF, she thinks "they're five years late."
Leathers says her doctor has told her she is "on the mend" since
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It was the summer before last
in the Willcox Building at 13th
and Ferry. Robert Lewis
McNeely stood in the middle of
the old McGaffy-Andreasen
Funeral Chapel that once occupied the building .
The building had begun as
the First Congregational Church
in 1925. It had been a funeral
chapel, and recently even a
wedding chapel.
The stained glass windows
weren't yet drapped with curtains, so the sawdust that filled
the air was tinted with ruby
light. McNeely watched the
workman install a new projection booth where old chapel
pews once stood.
McNeely had just sold his
cameras and musical instruments and borrowed $1,000
to get into this building. His
movie theater was going to be
called the Bijou -- most likely
after the famous theater on the
Champs Elysees in Paris. And
he was going to change his
• name to Michael Stephan Lamont because it sounded more
like a name people might identify with the film business.
And although he knew the
odds for success were against
him, McNeeley wanted to break
into the film exhibiting
business. He believed the old
building -- where people had
buried their Aunt Hilda -- wasn 't
a good place for a wedding
chapel, but it was a great place
for a movie house.
For several minutes he talked
about the poor projection equipment and sound systems in

By last spring he was legally
Michael Stephan Lamont and if
you asked him why·he changed
his name he'd probably say
there are fewer ways to misspell
Lamont than McNeely.
Months later, by the spring of
1981, he was also saying that
managing a movie theater was
not as glamorous as he thought
it was going to be. After several
months of working 13 to 18
hour days, seven days each
week, he'd lost some weight
and his skin had paled.
Back in September of 1980 he
had had to sell his VW Van to
pay that month's rent. The City
of Eugene was insisting he install larger restrooms._And by
the summer of 1981 he had to
have air-conditioning to keep
the temperature from rising to
90 degrees inside the viewing
room.
With a lease of around
$21 ,000 a year, Lamont was
getting deeper into the
business. And at the same time
the US government was reporting that half of all new small
businesses across the country
fail each year.
So Michael Lamont was back
to square one. And square one
in any theater business is filling
the seats. To fill seats a
manager has to project
something on the screen that
people would want to watch. At
that point Lamont was shooting
for the blury-eyed crowd, the
hard-core repeaters. He was
learning how to read their
24-frames-per-second minds.
He'd learned that his own
preferences weren't necessarily
the favorites of his audience. '' I
like musicals. I've cried through
'Caberet' six times .. .Sing in '
in the Rain' is a wonderful film .

Michael Lamont's Bijou, 13th & Ferry Streets
many of Eugene's movie
theaters. His idea was to improve the exhibiting attitude in
this town by giving the Eugene
film-goer a first-class place in
which to view films. To start off
he was having two Bell and
Howell 16mm arc-light projectors installed.
''I've always been visual.
Since I was four years old I've
been setting up film screenings
for people. I've always been interested in photography. So the
theater is an outgrowth of
that." •

-•My Fair Lady!' I like science
fiction. J've seen '2001: A
Space Odyssey' six or seven
times.''
Lamont showed ''Sing' n in
the Rain," but hardly anyone
came. He hasn't tried to show
another musical since. He tried
Laurence Oliver's '' Richard
Ill," and again hardly anyone
came. But Hal Ashby's "Being
There'' sold out for four shows
in a row, and people sat in the
aisles for a midnight showing of
' 'Eraserhead. ' '
Lamont learned he had to .

choose the right films. And he
simply knew the old Wilcox
Building was a good place for
the business.
This is the best location in
Eugene for a movie theater. It's
the most densely populated
neighborhood in town; the
south-university neighborhood.
Ten thousand cars a day QO uo .
13th Avenue ... so people will
come to this theater.
With some good film choices
and the advantage of a good
location, his operation might
move off square one. But last
spring he was worried about
one more attack he would have
to stand off: The summer of
1981.
One-third of the university's
student population was leaving
town. Lamont felt if he could
make it through that first summer, he'd be around Eugene for
many summers to come.
In June he sold part of the
business to Taft Chathm Jr., a
KLCC disc jockey who was also
a film buff. Cat ham says one of
the reasons he went into the film
exhibiting business with Lamont
was because "Michael is that
rare person who can be extremely enthusiastic but not
flakey.''
He couldn't afford to be . All
through the crucial summer he
kept adapting the Bijou -- improving equipment, improving
the space. In June he instaHed a
better projection system, a 35
mm Balentine; then he replaced
the standard white screen with
a full-sized silver-coated unit;
he bought padded seats from
the old Lake Theater of Lake
Oswego and moved out the hard
wooden chairs he had begun
business with; and he installed
air-conditioning. He was ready
for the summer.
Lamont and Chatham charged
$2.50 a ticket in the 120-seat
theater. To their delight, in a
good week 3,000 people passed
through the place leaving
$7,500 at the gate. They brewed fresh coffee and popped
fresh popcorn to please their
special clientel and to improve
the take at the concession
stand.
And enough people came.
Over the summer the Bijou
had full houses for all of the
midnight shows, and films like
the uncut version of ''The Man
Who .Fell To Earth" and
"Breaker Morant" had also
sold out. The summer Michael
Lamont had feared turned out to .
be the most successful portion
of their short history. Lamont's
persistence had paid off, and by
August Chatham had convinced
Lamont to take a vacation -- his
first since beginning the Bijou
18 months before. Lamont had
earned it, says Chatham.
It's a great old building and
a great location for a movie
house, says Lamont. "Nobody
want' s to get married where
they buried Aunt Hilda, but they
don't mind watchinQ •Rocky
Horror Picture Show' there.''

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Analysis by John Mitchell
for the TORCH
Design Concept by Marty Tremaine
Film does not exist alone. First we experience the theater -- the
building, its color and form. These are an overture to the film.
A friend of mine once told me this story: On Saturday afternoons he
and his buddies would bicycle to the local movie theater to see Roy
Rogers movies. In that theater there was a plaster-of-paris statue of
Saint George killing the dragon. He said he's forgotten the Roy
Rogers movies, but still dreams of that plaster knight killing that
plaster dragon. The image always makes him feel safe. He thinks it is
why he has never been afraid of reptiles, and has never had
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nightmares.
Thanks to that movie theater, Saint Georg~ is on patrol in his subconscious.
This story illustrates a point: Even the tacky decor of the old
theaters left an impression on the patron. Yet hardly anyone after
' 1963 could relate a similar story. Why 1963? That was the year movie
theater buildings changed.

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Until 1963 the majority of movie houses in the United States were
in the downtown centers of the cities. They were big, old houses that
were built in the twenties and thirties. Many were old vaudeville
theaters converted to movie houses when movies wiped out
vaudeville.
But these houses weren't making money. From 1946 to 1962 there
was an overall drop in movie theater ticket sales in the United States
of 73 percent -- a little over four billion tickets were sold for movies in
1946, but in 1962 tickets sales dropped to only one billion. In the
same period, 10,000 movie theaters were closed.
In 1963 movie theater operators knew something had to be done.
Leading the way, the National General Company bagan building shopping center theaters in the suburbs. At first these structures were not
much different than the old downtown theaters. There were no saints
killing dragons, but the the auditoriums were still large. More patrons
attended the shopping center movies than shows downtown, yet
weren't flocking to the matinees, and on Friday and Saturday nights
the large theaters were still only half full.
In '""t movie theater attendance continued to decline for the next
eighl ,~- (until 1971). What theater owners found out was that in
the shopping center theaters, where they were dealing with an affluent clientele, more money could be charged for the tickets.
In 1948 Americans spent $1,506,000,000 at the box office. That
year nearly four billion Americans went to the movies. In 1980 only
one billion people went to the movies yet they spent $1,380,000,000
at the box office. That's an increase in ticket prices of around 400
percent. Inflation? Yes.
But a movie theater in 1980 (or 1981) is not the same thing as a
movie theater in 1948. A theater owner in 1948 probably paid for two
ticket takers; four or five ushers; four or five concession stand attendants; and a union-scale projectionist. This is without mentioning the
overhead costs of those giant theaters.
What do you see in a theater today? In the May, 1981 issue of
American Film magazine the cover story analyzed the horrors of
movie-going in America: The rudeness of the employees; the poorly
exhibited films; the poor sound systems; dirty floors.
In the late 1960's two innovations changed movie theaters into
what they are today. The first the two-or multiple screen theater. The
other was automated projectores.
The multi-screen theaters made it possible for a theater owner to
increase the attendance without increasing the staff or the over-head
cost. And automated projectors made it possible for the owner to cut
back on staff and equipment since only one projector was needed to
show one film, unlike the old system that required two projectors for
one film.
For·the film-goer this all sounds wonderful. It should mean fewer
equipment breakdowns and better exhibition of films. But for some
reason it's not wonderful at all.
Steve Bovee, manager of Eugene's Cinema 7, a 35mm art house,
has pinned down some causes for these shortcomings. ''The
automated equipment is good equipment (but) they hire some 17 year
old, who knows nothing about it -- they give (him/her) two other jobs
to do and they can't keep up with the projectors. We've got one projector in our theater, and we have one projectionist. He· doesn't do
anything but sit by the projector. If something goes wrong he's right
there. The projector only goes out of focus or jumps the frame if th e
reels aren't spliced right. But no one trains (projectionists) how to do
that right.''
So, what we have is the pri ce of tickets keeping up with inflation
and the over-head of theaters dropping. Yet, movie viewing is not
g~tting any better.
Are the theater owners greedy? Are they taking all the money and
not putting it back into the theaters? Or are they like the gas station
owners who got blamed for the high cost of gas when in fact their profits had not gone up?

Morris Goldschlager, chairman of the legal affairs committee of the
National Association of Theater Owners, in an article appearing in that
oraganization's annual report says, "Reduced to its simplest terms,
the primary conflict between the major motion picture distributors and
the theater exhibitors is who should bear the risk of public acceptance of films.''
To put it simply: While the overhead has gone down at the theaters,
the price of renting films has gone up. A theater's profits are being
eaten up by the distributors.
The risk factor Mr. Goldschlager referred to is the cause. The price
of making films and promoting them is phenomenal: $30,000,000
films that cost $2,000,000 to promote are not uncommon.
Since the producers and diStri~utors put up the initial money they
feel they should at least get their investment back. They then charge
the theaters large up-front fees of thousands of dollars to protect their
investment. In this way the theaters end up taking the risk of public
acceptance or rejection of a film.
Free enterprise is based on the theory of supply and demand.
When the demand for a product goes down, the cost should go down.
But in the film business that isn't happening.
Until this past summer, the demand has been going down and the
price has ben going up. Fewer people went, but paid more. In the old
days a producer put up his money and he either lost or made money.
Now they won't put up money unless they are guaranteed they'll
break even.
In one way producers were cutting their own throats. They were
creating a situation where people could not go to a movie even if they
wanted to. The price was prohibitive.
This past summer was the best summer the movie industry has had
in four years. Two things brought this about. Movie theaters lowered
their prices and Hollywood released some very good entertainment
films. Raiders of the Lost Ark is a good example. Still, movie theater
owners can't afford to make improvements or build new theaters . The
producers and the distributors are taking the lion 's share of the box
office.
Film producers and distributors are going to have to learn that more
of the money generated by a film has to be left in the hands of the
theater operators. One good summer is not the end of the
moviehouses' troub·les. There are still too many ugly buildings with
poorly maintained and operated equipment. Theaters are going to
have to retool. And theater operators are going to have to pay out
more money for competent employees.
The time is fast approaching when it won't matter how many films
like Raiders of the Lost Ark or Star Wars Hollywood turns out. If there
are no decent theaters for films to be shown in, then people will wait
to see them on T.V. It's for the film producer's own good.
If films end up back in the nickelodeon (T. V.), cheap independent
films will dissolve the existing structure. Hollywood will be outproduced by the low-budget operators. It will have to compete with
every film school graduate who owns a camera.
Without new and unique theaters, Hollywood will have no advantage over television and low budget producers.
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Eugene welcomes
Zappa entourage
by Marty Schwarzbauer
of the TORCH
Frank Zappa, legen'dary
guitarist, composer, bandleader
and internationally famous weirdo, will bring his unique blend of
rock, jazz, classical and absurdities to Eugene on Sunday, October 4 for an 8 p. m. concert at
MacArthur Court on the University of Oregon campus .
Zappa 's guitar mastery, both
conceptually and technically, is
considered a music business
phenomenon . He is one of the
most respected electric guitarists
in the business.
Each of Zappa's albums exists
within it's own time frame as well
as providing a conceptual link to

all of his -previous albums. His
latest, ·, 'You Are What You Is'' is
no exception. It has been compared to "We' re Only In It For
The Money·' an-d has more of
Zappa's trademark sense of
humor and social commentary.
The concert is being sponsored
by Double T Productions, in conjunction with the EMU Cultural
Forum and KZEL Radio.
According to sources at
Everybody's Records in Eugene,
only second balcony seats are still
available. Other ticket outlets include the EMU main desk, Meier
and
Frank, and other
Everybody's Records outlets in
Corvallis and Albany.
Frank Zappa. What a perfect
way to start off the new school
year.

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agent, manager and teacher
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''I've been working hard to try
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says. Actually he has been trying
for several years, but only recently got the support of Jerry
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"It's really up to th e
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Besi~es film festivals, classes
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Local performers, agents,
e~9ineerism, and musicians will
be among guest lecturers.
Friedlander is currently performing with an "a cappella" vocal
group, the Whitetones. They sing
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·'Although when the class gets to
the section on doo-wop, they
have yet to fail to show up. "
For those students afraid of
memorizing names and dates
Friedlander says, ·' I enjoy trivia,
but it's not essential to the class.
This class is designed to have
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Friedlander is currently working on his Ph.D. at the U of Oand
he wants to establish contempory
mus ic studies programs
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by Jeff Keating
of the TORCH

Life is often an attraction of opposites.
Be it the teaming of a straight
man with a wisecracker, the
friendship of a cat and dog, or the
duel between a right-handed pitcher and a left-handed batter in a
baseball game, somehow opposites are drawn to one another.
Continental Divide explores
those opposites .
Another fine cinematic product
from writer Lawrence Kasdan
( The Empire Strikes Back,
Raiders of the Lost Ark, Body
Heat) , and producers Steven
Spielberg and Bernie Brillstein,
Continental Divide is a throwback
to the Spencer Tracy-Katharine
Hepburn era of film comedy,
when characters fell in love,

separated, reunited, and were
able to go their seperate ways.
Ernie Souchak (John Belushi)
is an overweight, nicotineaddicted, sloppily-dressed
reporter for the Chicago SunTimes. Due to a series of controversial articles he writes about
a crooked city councilman, he is
beaten up by thugs, and advised
by his editor Howard (Allen Goorwitz) to get out of town for awhile.
Howard has the perfect place-the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming, where Ernie can write a
feature story about Nell Porter
(Blair Brown), a woman working
there to save the American bald
eagle.
Braving the cold and a shortage
of cigarettes, Ernie makes the arduous trek to Nell's temporarily
vacated cabin, where he collapses. After she prods him

new era of film comedy
awake upon her return, a series
of events ensues that turns the
next two hours into very enjoyable
entertainment.
The characters are real people
now, the setting is logical, the
situations--well, if not entirely
realistic, they are enough fun to
make the viewer forget about the
real world for awhile. Belushi,
Brown and director Michael Apted
use all of the talents at their
disposal to make Continental
Divide one of the best films of the
year .

it's coming back , and comedy
will be more than a collection of
slapstick vignettes. Comedy will
get up off of its knees to once
again take its place in the
forefront of American cinema.
Continental
Divide
is
understated, which makes it so
successful and appealing to a
mass audience. These characters
are not larger-than-life enigmas to
be gawked at; they are usual people in unusual situations. They
are easy to like and easy to care
about. It's as if the movie audience, on one end of the spectrum, is taking a great interest in
the action on the screen, which is
the other end of that same spectrum. It's Jike black and white,
beginning and ending, love and
hate.
I Like those opposites that still
attract.

Blues Brothers.
Blair Brown as Nell plays off of
Belushi 's street sense and sloppiness with a practicality and
common sense that are perfect for
the situation.
Apted, making the most out of
his performers, camera angles
and dialogue, turns what could
have been a dull, uninteresting
piece of work into a delight.
Ut1 Ii zing Ka s d an ' s rich
characterizations and off-beat
situations, Apted successfully
works them into a satisfying
melange of witty dialogue, honest
emotion and touching moments.

Belushi has been given a solid
straight role and makes the most
of his opportunity, carrying his
"ordinary guy" character off
with expertise. Refreshingly
restrained, he is miles away from
his
Saturday Night Live' '
characters or Jake Blues in The

Lawrence Kasdan also sends
us a message with Continental
Divide, a message that should
make all of today 's comedy filmmakers sit up and take notice.
Structure in films still exists and

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ASLCC V.P. -resigns

Barbara Kienlein, elected last
year on a ticket with President
Ruben Robles , has resigned as
ASLCC Vice President.
Citing personal reasons for her
departure , Kienlen's resignation
became official Sept. 28. Robles
stated no responsibilities were
left unfulfilled by the former vice
president.
Barbara was sort of waiting in
the wings, waiting _for things I
had planned to develop while she
did research for student government,'' he stated.
The duties of the vacated position, according to the ASL CC bylaws, involves preparing Senate
meeting agendas, conducting
ASLCC elections, and assuming
the duties of the president or
treasurer should they be unable
to perform their"responsibilities.
'I fully acknowledge and
respect Barbara's decision to
leave,'' Robles added. 'lt is also
a personal loss to me.''
Because of his duties with
other student organizations,
Robles plans to make the vice
president 'the person to contact
regarding ASLCC matters. The
vice president will have more
responsibilities and will be more
visible than in years past."
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'She would have fit perfectly," Robles says of Kienlen, "but
we have to get someone else. ' '
Three applications have already
been submitted for the vacant
governmental spot, but Robles
stresses that the position is still
open. A three person committee
will present a candidate to the
Senate after interviewing all of the
applicants. Interested parties
• should make an appointment by
seeing the ASLCC secretary in the
Student Government offices on
the fourth floor of the Center
building or calling Ext. 2330.
l intend to have a new vice
president by October 6' ' when
Senate members will be ratified,
Robles concluded firmly.
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SPORTS
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LCC cOaches pleased with cross country debut
by Terry Rhoads
of the TORCH

Under gray and blustery skies,
smooth running Janet Beaudry
and her Lane teammates cast a
bright light on the Titan's cross
country future at the Garrie
Franklin Classic run at LCC last
Saturday.
Beaudry, a freshman from
Milwaukie, finished in 18:42.2 on
a muddy 5,000 meter course,
earning first place among junior
college runners and 15th place
overall.
Jennifer White of Athletics
West easily took the women's
open race in 17:27.5 , while
University of Oregon junior Eryn
Forbes grabbed second place in
17:36. Former Lane runner San-

dy Dickerson placed 11th in
18:24.6.
''I'm pleased with how Janet
ran,'' said LCC coach Mike
Manley of his runner who has set
a, 10th place finish at nationals as .
her goal. "She placed higher
than if she had run my race ·
(running the race slower as a
workout), but that wasn't the
point."
Still, Manley, who has coached
the Titan's to back to back national cross country titles, was
pleased with his team's effort.
" Yeah, it was a good first' effort," he observed . "But we're
still getting in shape. ' '
Laurie Stovall, another LCC
freshman, grabbed sixth place
among junior college runners and ·
25th overall with her 19: 26 clocking.

"Also a little bit too fast," said
Manley. "But I'm pleased with
her competitiveness.''
Another Titan, Marta Swatt,
finished runner-up to Lane's Sandy Dickerson in last year's national cross country meet, and
Manley wants similar results from
her this year. However, Swatt, a
sophomore from New York,
finished only 15th among junior
college runners (42nd overall) in
20:44.8.
"I'm behind in my workouts,"
explained Swatt. ··I only did
background work this summer,
while the team had been doing
both distance and speed work.''
" I've just got to catch up,"
says Swatt.
Joan Ahern (49th overall), Judy
Beck (52nd), Jill Haugef1 (55th)
and Theresa Moran (56th) round-

ed out the Titan squad.

•••
Harland Yriarte, the men's
cross country coach, described
his team's effort at the Franklin
Classic as encouraging.
Encouragement came in the
form of Lane's David Henderson
finishing third in the junior college competition and 13th overall
in the men 's 10,000 meter open
in 31 :48.9.
Bill McChesney, a senior at the
University of Oregon, raced to the
men's title in 29:58.1. Kevin
Ryan of Athletics West finished
second in 30:08 .8.
Henderson, a transfer from
Idaho State and the 1979 Oregon
AAA cross country champion, will
be the Titan's number one runner

this season.
Encouragement came in other
forms for Lane.
Titans Mike Webster.Norm Atchue and Scott Minter collected
32nd, 33rd and 37th places,
while teammates Ralph Wells,
Nate Morris and Joel Baker
finished 53rd, 56th and 61 st as
Lane's depth shined .
' 'I'm pleased with how the
team finished, " said Yriarte who
coached the men's squad to a
sixth place finish at last year 's
nationals.
"We 're way ahead of !ast year
in our training," he added.
The men and women face their
next challenge October 10 when
they journey to Salem for the
Willamette Invitational.

-Sports N o t e s - - - - - - - - - - to intramural card-holders daily
3:00-6:00 p.m.

by Larry Swanson
of the TORCH

Men and women interested in
• Beginning October 5, both playing tennis for LCC's varsity
gyms will be open for drop in teams should contact Don Wilson
basketball, volleyball and bad- at extension 2427, in his office at
420 Center or at home ,
minton. 7:30-10:00 p.m.
•• 747-0805·. "' •
Intramural participants must
have an intramurals card. Cards
cost one dollar and may be purSecond Nature
chased in the business office.

Soccer

OSU scored late in the second
half to defeat LCC 1-0 in soccer
action at Lane last Sunday.
Volleyball

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OSU's junior varsity squad
defeated LCC 15-4, 15-6 to win
the LCC volleyball invitational
Saturday.

Athlete of the Week ·

Track

Oregon's Leann Warren defeated
A strong field to win the inaugural
"Fifth Avenue Mile" in New York
last Saturday.

Baseball
Nolan Ryan became baseball's
all time no-hit leader in a 5-0 victory over the Los Angeles
Dodgers Saturday. Ryan walked
three and struck out 11 in posting
his first no-hitter as a Houston
Astra .
Intramural Schedule

for students wondering what to
do with all their free time, the
TORCH and Mitch Allara, the intramural coordinator, conspired
to provide this sch.edule of intramural events:

flayers vie for the ball in LCC's 1-0 loss to OSU
• Basketball: ••3 on 3'' cross
court league play begins October
19. Games will be played at 5:00
and 6:00 p.m. Monday through
Thursday. Sign up deadline is October 16.
Gym 203 is open for drop in
basketball Monday, Wednesday
and Friday from noon to 1:00.
• Volleyball: Co-ed league play
begins October 20. Games will be
played at noon Tuesdays and
Thursdays. Team and individual
sign up deadline is October·16.
Gym 203 is open for drop in
volleyball Tuesday and Thursday
11:30-1:00.
• Badminton: Gym 202 is open
for drop in badminton play Mon-

day, Wednesday and Friday from
noon to 1:00, and Tuesday and
Thursday 11 :30-1 :00.
• Weight Room: The weight room
is open to intramural card-holders
Monday, Wedn~sday and Friday
4:00-6:00 p.m., and Tuesday
and Thursday 2:30-6:00 p.m.
•· Table Tennis: Table tennis
facilities are available daily in the
gym lobby.
• Saunas: The saunas are open

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Musi-c

AROUND11

University of Oregon -- Laura Poulin will
present her masters clarinet recital October 4 at 4 p.m. in room 198 Music. Admission is free.
Community Center for the Performing Arts
-- 8th and Lincoln, Kevin Burke and
Michael O'Domhnail from the Irish based
Bothy Band October 1 at 8 p.m. Admission
1s $3.50 in advance, $4 day of show and
CCPA members get a $1 discount. Just
Friends and Calliope will perform at CCPA
October 2 at 8:30 p.m. Admission is
$2.50 in advance, $3 Day of show with a
$1 discount for CCPA members.
BJ Kelly's -- 1475 Franklin Blvd., Greg
Tripp, October 1, 9:30 - 1:30 a.m., no
cover charge. Robert Cray, October 2-3,
9:30 - 2 a.m. Puzzels, October 4, 9:30 - 2
a.m. Burners, October 5, 9:30 - 2 a.m.,
Outtakes, October 6 9:30 - 2 a.m.
Sneakers, October 7, 9:30 - 1:30 a.m.
Cover varies for each band. For cover
charge information phone 683-4686.
Black Forest -- 2657 Willamette St.
Whiskey Creek String Band, October 2-3,
9:30 - 1:30 a.m . Cover charge is $1.50.
The Place -- 160 S. Park Ave . Cowboys,
October 1-3, 9:30 - 2 a.m., Second An-

nual Rocktober, October 4, 9:30 - 2 a.m.
Cover charge varies for each band .
Treehouse -- 1769 Franklin Blvd . Pam
Bire/1 -- flute and David Case -- classical
guitar, every Sunday from 11 a.m. - 1
p. m. , Buddy Ungson -- Jazz. classical,
Every Friday from 7 - 9 p.m., Sandy Moffitt and Linda Jacobs -- flute, Every Monday from 7 - 9 p.m., David Case -classical guitar, every Tuesday from 7 - 9
p.m. No cover charge.
Tavern on the Green -- 1375 Irving Rd.
Gaye Lee Russel Band, October 1-3, 9:30
- 2 a.m. Walton Brothers. October 5-7.
Cover charge varies for each band .
Duffy's -- 801 E. 13th. Hot Whacks 9
p.m. - 1:30 a.m., October 2-3, Cover
charge varies.
Eugene Opera -- Sheldon High School,
2455 Willakenzie Rd. Eugene Opera
presents Patience -- a comic operetta. October 5-7, 8 p.m. Admission is $9, $7.50
and $5.50. Discounts are available for
senior citizens and students. Tickets on
sale at 1231 Olive St.
Eugene Symphony Orchestra -- 1231 Olive
St. Doc Severinson of the NBC Tonight
Show, October 3 at 8 p.m. Show will be at
the Lane County Fairgrounds. Admission
is $24, $12 and $8 general, $20.50,
$10.50 and $7 for students and seniors.
For reservations for 687-0020.

Movies

Cinema 7 -- Atrium Building, Moscow
Does not Believe in Tears . October 1-7.
Mayflower -- 788 E. 11th, Goodbye Emmanuel, and History of the World Part I,
September 14-30, 7:30 and 9:30p.m.
National -- 969 Willamette St., Arthur,
September 14-30, 7:30 and 9:30p.m.
McDonald -- 101 O Willamette St., Ordinary People, and The Elephant Man October 1-7, 7:30 and 9:20p.m .
Fine Arts Theatre -- 630 Main St., Dirty
Tricks and The Night the Lights Went Out
in Georgia, October 1-7,
7:30 and
10:00p.m.
Cinema World -- Valley River Center, The
First Monday in October, 5:55, 7:55 and
9: 50. , An American Werewolf in London ,
6:15, 8:05and9:55, BodyHeat6and 10,
Superman II 5:45 , 7:40. and 9:45, October 1-7.
Valley River Twin Cinema -- Foxes and,
Endless Love, 7 and 9:15, Outland, and
For Your Eyes Only, 7 and 9 p.m.

Dance ·
Dance Works -- 1231 Olive St. , Taylor in
Performance, theatre and movement improvisation, 8 p.m . Admission is $4 Music

Series number one, jazz and dance with
Calliope, 8:30 p.m . For more information
on admission phone 344-9817.

Theatre

Oregon Repertory Theatre -- 99 W. 10th.
Tobacco Road, October 1-4, 8 p.m. Admission is $3.50-$7. Phone 485-1946 for
reservations.
University of Oregon -- Robinson Theater
lnheret the Wind, October 2-3, 8 p.m. Admission is $4.50 general audience, $2. 75
University students and senior citizens
and $3.50 for other students . For reservations phone 686-4191.

Galleries

Maude Kerns Art Center -- 1910 E. 15th
St. Birthday party for Maude and a show
of her works, October 3-24 Gallery Hours:
Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
For more information concerning show
phone 345-1571.
Opus 5 -- 2469 Hilyard St. Travlin' Light,
current work in fibers, September 14-30.
Gallery Hours: Monday through Saturday,
11 a.m . - 5:30 p.m. For more information
concerning show phone 484-1710.
Kairo's -- 985 Willamette St. Season
Opener, Oregon invitational oil paintings,

September 14-30. Gallery Hours: Monday
through Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m .
For more information concerning show
phone 484-1760 .
Enwood Gallery -- 296 E. 5th St. paintings
by Erskin and Nancy Wood, September
14-30, Gallery Hours: Monday through
Friday, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m . For more information concerning shows phone
344-2029.
Lane Community College -- 4000 East
30th Ave. Math and Arts Building, LCC Art
Faculty Show. Reception to be held October 2, 8 - 10 p.m. Show will run October
1 - 21. Gallery Hours : Monday through
Thursday 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. and Friday 8
a. m.
5
p.m.
University of Oregon -- Museum of Art,
Special exhibition of proposals for a Frieze
of Ceramic Masks tor the lobby of the
Eugene Performing Arts Center, October 4
- November 8. also photos of Cape Cod
area, October 4 - 31. Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Sunday 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Closed Monday.
NOTICE
All items for Around Town must be
delivered to the TORCH office Monday by
noon for publication the following Thursday. Nothing will be accepted after
deadline.

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-Om niu m-G ath eru m-- ----- -LCC bake sale slate d
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LCC will host a bake .October 6 at the foyer , 2nd
floor of the Center Building.
The sale , sponsored by Friends of Myra Willars , will
be held 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

ASLCC needs
. Vice President
ASLCC President Ruben Robles will interview applicants for the vacant vice president position Monday, October 5, from 10:00 until noon. The ASLCC
also has a vacant senator position . To apply for either
position and for more information about ~tudent
government, call or visit the ASLCC offices, 479
Center, extension 2330.

Women's lit class offered

Women 's Literature , a fem inine perspective, is being offered. Fran Holand is the instructor of the ten
week class which begins September 28, from 7 - 1{)
p.m. at 212 Apprenticeship Building. The cost is $22
and no pre-registration is required .
For more information on the class contact Fran
Hollar.0 at 683-6909 .

Poetry workshop begins
A workshop for students who write poetry will begin
October 1 at LCC .
Participants will read their own poetry to the class
and receive criticism in a supportive atmosphere . Attention will be given to poetry read . Students will have
the option of reading their work in a public reading at
the end of the term.
Classes are held at the Health Building , room 246
Thursday from 7 - 9:30 p.m. Cost is $18 for ten
weeks.

Free legal classes slated
The People's Law school will begin a series of free
classes on understanding the legal system starting
Monday, October" 5.
The classes will be held at the Patterson Community
School, 15th and Polk Streets, and are taught by law
students at the U of O Law School .
The first class offered, Understanding the Legal
System, is designed to help people understand
various legal problem areas.

A new class will be offered this year on labor law.
Teachers will discuss employee rights, unions,
grievences and unfair labor practices.
Other topics include: the rights and responsibilities
of tenants and landlords, wills and how to use small
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claims court.
No registration is necessary and everyone is urged
to take 9dvantage of these free, informative classes.
For more information contact Sue Heinl, Lane County
Legal Aid Service , 344-6056.

Lecture: the '80s
A lecture will be given at Danceworks, 1231 Olive
St. entitled Looking at America: The Future of the Individual in the '80s.
D.A. Rain, Ph .D will be the guest speaker. He has
spent the last two years lecturing and traveling
around the U.S. and is just completing a book on
American Culture. Rain would like 10 share his findings with interested people in the community.
The lecture will be held Tuesday , October 6 at 7
p.m . There is no admission charge.

Tax credit information
The Potential Photovoltaic Applications in Oregon
and State Solar Tax Credit Revisions lecture will be
held Octobe r 7 at the U _of O in the Erb Memorial
Union .
Guest speaker will be John Kaufman , solar
specialist. The lecture begins at 12 :30 p.m.

Host families needed
Friends in the West, a non-profit student. exchange
program based in Parma , Idaho , is currently seeking
host families for students age 14 - 18 who will be
coming here from Brazil in mid-December .
Friends in ·the West seeks families with a positive
home atmosphere to provide opportunities for the student to become acquainted with the American way of
life.
For futher information regarding the program contact Mike Curtis, 746-2608 after 6 p.m.

Therapy for preschoolers set

A new speech-language therapy program for
preschool children ages 3-5 in Lane County will be offered by the U of O speech pathology and audiology
department.
Both individual and group therapy and 'c-,aluations

will be provided for children who may have such problems and voice disorders, articulation problems,
stuttering or delayed speech development.
Classes are scheduled from 9:30 a.m . to noon Monday through Friday each academic term. Fall session
begins October 12. Cost of each nine week session is
$200 payable on a flexible schedule. To register
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phone 686-3591.

WISTEC offers youth classes _

Hands-on activities for children will be offered at
Willamette Science and lect-inolog_y Center starting
this month.
Activities will include: a preschool science
discovery class, building models of our earth to explore .plate tectonics, . doing water experiments to
simulate glaciers, stalking birds in Alton Baker Park
and studying their behavior.
For older students , an astronomy class, taught by
the Lane ESD planetarium staff, will include such
topics as stellar evolution, constellations , galaxies
and several telescopic viewing sessions .
Registration is being held now at WI STEC . For more
information phone 484-9027.

First aid course offered
The Lane County Chapter of the American Red
Cross wi ll be offering the instructor's course in basic
first aid on October 1 from 6 - 1O p.m.
The instructor 's course will prepare students to
teach the basic first aid course which stresses general
first aid and accident prevention at a fifth grade level.
Interested persons 17 years old should phone the
Lane County Chapter Safety Services to register at
344-5244.

Physicians give lecture
Two Eugene based phy'sicians will conduct a lecture
on Naturopathic medicine on October 7.
The lecture will be held at the Eugene Public Library from 7 - 9 p.m. A slide show will be presented. For
more information phone 683-5404.

Polarity class taught
Ellen Greenlaw will teach a polarity exercise class
for women at the Friends Center located at 227 4
Onyx.
Two classes are offered, one meeting Wednesday
evenings September 30 - November 18 from 7 - 8

p.m . and on Thursday October 1 - November 19 from
10 - 11 a.m.
The class will explore and strengthen the body 's
electricity. Emphasis is on practical self-help techniques for remaining centered and energized while in a
changing and stressful world . Cost is $25 for the entire session or $5 per class.

Benefit run planned
The Micro-Marathon is a fun run sponsored annually by the Development Council for the benefit of
McKenzie-Willamette Hospital. Offered this year are
1.3, 2.6 and a 5 mile run . Proceeds will go toward the
purchase of physical therapy equipment.
Entry fee is $5. Registration takes place at the race
site from 8 - 9 a.m. The run is scheduled for October 3
at 9:30 a.m . at Willamalane Park, 14th and GStreets .

Cycling program offered

Eugene Parks and Recreation Department's bicycle
program offers a class in effective cycling .
The class is designed for the beginning of com muter or utility cyclist and covers bike maintenance ,
cycling posture, traffic laws and cyc li ng under various
road conditions . The class begins October 1.
Cost is $1 O for the seven-week c1ass. Regi stration
is at the River House , 301 North Adams , by October
1.

Learn to tap dance
Musical Feet School of Tap begins its fall session
with new material for the Spring 1982 recital. Open to
new students through September, this is your chance
to get involved in the exhilarating world of dance . Cosponsored by the Community Center for Perform ing
Arts Musical Feet present studio showings at the
CCPA . For more information phone 485-2938.

Oregon history lecture begins
Oregon and Northwest history will be the subject of
a weekly lecture series to be held in October .
The series consists of tour lectures that meet from
1O - 11 :45 a.m. Mondays or Wednesdays. The Monday sessions meet on October 5, 12, 19 and 26. The
Wednesday sessions meet on October 7, 14, 21 and
28. Cost for the sessions is $12. 50.
The lectures will be held at the First Congressional
Church, 1050 fast 23rd Street.

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