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About What's happening. (Eugene, OR) 1982-1993 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1985)
122 E. BROADWAY, EUGENE. OR 97401 HUNDERTWASSER SUMMER OF ’85 JULY STH - SEPTEMBER 15TH EXHIBIT OF IMPORTANT WORKS • "REGENTAG PORTFOLIO" CIO PIECES) • "MIDORI NO NAMIDA" (5 PIECES) • "GREEN POWER” - ‘MEADOWMAN* 35 DIFFERENT IMAGES - BOOKS - POSTERS HOURS: TUES-SAT 1 1 -5:30 (503) 3445580 SPECIAL HOURS BY APPOINTMENT VOLVO BRING YOUR VOLVO HOME TO SHEPPARD MOTORS Get the most out of your Volvo-have it serviced by our V.I.S T.A Cer tified mechanics Our service experts will keep your car in top condi tion with this service special: @ = The Cost of Oil (& Filter) IS DOWN TO $-1499 WITH A FREE SAFETY INSPECTION I, Not valid on other specials or previous service. Limit one per customer. Expires August 4,1985. The cars promise quality. Our service supports it. Sheppard We ve got your car’ MOTORS LTD 1465 WEST 7th PHONE 343-081 1 PENTAGON SALE Military Procurement Price: $455,000.00 $732,897.00 $329,456.00 $ 98,765.00 $ 52,325.00 $ 45,750.00 Miyata 210 touring bicycle Miyata Street Runner _Miyata Sport 10_ Cateye Cycle Mate Bicycle Computer _O.C.K. Helmet_ Sanyo Dynapower Generator Set Your Price: $290.00 $294.00 $169.00 $ 29.00 $ 19.00 $ 15.00 PAUL'S BICYCLE SHOP 2480 Alder • Eugene • 342-6155 sale ends July 31,1985 BUSINESS— I Eugene W ,7 0 — Springfield IT’S ORKING l o Welcome Progress by Bill Snyder The Willamette Room was buzzing with excitement as about three dozen people, including the Mayors of Eugene and Spring field, gathered to welcome and acknowledge two new businesses and one existing (and expanding) local business. Billed as the first Quarterly Business Profile, the event was held last Tuesday noon at the Valley River Inn. Sponsored by the Eugene-Springfield Metro Partnership, an umbrella organi zation of area economic de velopment groups, the luncheon promised good news. As people were arriving some attention was given to that morn ing's Oregonian which carried a story naming Eugene-Springfield as one of two sites under construc tion by Van Duyn Chocolate for its new $5 million plant and head quarters. But it was the successes at hand, not the "birds" still in the bush, that this group had come to celebrate. Corac Ink was the first new business welcomed. Founded by Charles Daily in 1982, with a used mill and an old mixer in a rented building, Corac Ink today owns a 16,000 square foot building in Paramount, CA, and is making a $250,000 investment in an existing 11,000 square foot building near Mahlon Sweet Airport. The Para mount plant employs 20 people and will see in excess of $2 million in sales this year. Daily feels that our area is perfect for his com pany, adding that the graphic arts printing industry in the Pacific Northwest generates hundreds of millions of dollars each year. Corac Ink specializes in offset web heatset, offset sheetfed and metal decorative (beverage cans) inks. In conjunction with Flexo graphic Ink Co., Corac also offers a line of corrugated inks. Flexo graphic Ink president Jim Smith is also considering relocating his California-based firm to the area. North Pacific Security was es tablished in Coos Bay in 1982. Providing security patrol, investi gation and consulting services, owner Dan Stover presently employs 45 people with 15 in Eu gene-Springfield. The firm serves Georgia-Pacific and the Port of Coos Bay, and other commercial and industrial customers. Each of these new firms repre sent continued evidence of entre preneurship "sprouting" in Lane County. These small, young "seedlings" are part of the forest of small businesses that make up 96% of the business in the state and 85% of the private sector workforce. Atlas Cylinder with 170 em ployees would not be classified as a small business today, but when this firm was started in 1944 by Mr. E. S. Sawyer, as Sawyer Ma chine Works, it too was a seed ling. In its 40-year history in Eu gene, Atlas Cylinder has grown, filling the needs of the wood prod ucts industry, aluminum and other metal producers, construe tion, off-shore oil and food hand ling firms. The firm has a midwest and southern plant that produce standard cylinders while 50% of the company's busines and all its custom products are manufac tured in Eugene. Among 200 cyl inder manufacturers nationally. Atlas is number six in gross sales. Atlas Cylinder owner Bob Bol ton was no stranger to the busi ness eon. people attending the lunch He serves on the Airport Commission and assists the com munity's business recruitment ef forts. In keeping with the theme of celebrating our successes, Mayor Brian Obie introduced the new "IT'S WORKING" logo. The Mayor pointed out that our com munity was still "in the heat of (economic) battle," and that the "IT'S WORKING" sign would serve to acknowledge our suc cesses. "IT'S WORKING" will ap pear on new buildings and other construction sites, airport expan sion and new companies in town. Other signs of progress were also recapped by Mayor Obie. The Eugene-Springfield popula tion is at an historic high (146,000 + ), UO enrollment is also up, housing sales are up 12.8%, unemployment is down, LTD payroll figures have gone up each of the past eight quarters, housing, building and road con struction is visibly at levels much higher than recent years, and with strong support from Springfield Mayor Chris Larson and a $600,000 interim loan from the Ci ty of Eugene, airport expansion is underway. A final dash of good news was added by Scott Lieuallen of the Eugene-Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau. Reporting on the continuing efforts to bring more production arts businesses to the area, Lieuallen announced that Honda Motorcycle had just completed filming three commer cials locally and that two addi tional filming projects were recently confirmed. "Murder She Wrote" will produce a one-hour TV segment here August 8-18, bringing 60 crew members to the area. Mercedes-Benz will also film a commercial on the McKenzie beginning July 23. Since the luncheon, it was learned that two more businesses will be moving into Willow Creek Park, an industrial development at the end of West 18th in Eugene. PARENTS Does your 6-11 year old whine, complain, Ignore your com mands, fight with siblings, have tem per tantrums? Want to learn how to manage these behaviors? Contact Oregon Research Institute for parenting classes to deal with these and other behaviors. Call 345-9226 500 81/2 x 11 PRINTED COPIES $14.50 EUGENE PRINT 20 E 13th • 484-2601 Auditions Auditions for Angels Fall, a comedy/drama by Landford Wil son, will be held at The Very Little Theatre, 2350 Hilyard St., on Sat urday, July 27 at 1 pm. There are parts for four men, ages 20-60 + (one man in his 20s to play a Navajo Indian doctor), and two women ages 20-40. For further in formation, call director Karen Saddington Falise at 343-5521. A farmer talks about our public radio station. I started listening to KLCC for "A Prairie Home Companion." Then I found I enjoyed their news. ) folk and jazz, too. Now I listen even when I'm in the fields. At harvest time, KLCC is music to my ears. A bumper crop of entertainment on KLCC 89FM. 9 Th The Eugene area's guide to ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Published every Thursday • P.O. Box 259, Eugene, OR 97440 335 W. 20th, Eugene, OR 97405 (503) 484-0519
