Second-hand shops offer low-cost clothes
By LAUNA CORNWELL
Of the Emerald
University students hoping to
beat inflation might want to
check out the area’s used
clothing stores.
Not only are used clothes
cheaper than new ones, but
they often are designed better
and made of higher quality fa
bric than clothes found in
regular retail outlets, says
Christine Souder, owner of Old
Friends Used Clothes.
Many of Eugene’s used
clothing stores are located con
veniently near the University.
• Old Friends, located at 671
E. 13th Ave. behind Poppi's
Restaurant, offers a variety of
men's and women’s clothes in
cluding vintage items.
“We get mostly natural fa
bric,” Souder says. ”l buy, sell,
trade and consign.”
Clothing sold by consignment
is entrusted to a store operator
until sold, and the store keeps a
share of the profit.
Old Friends is open from
11:30 a m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday
through Saturday.
• Rags to Riches, 360 E. 11th
Ave, also offers a variety of
men’s and women’s clothes, in
cluding sweaters, coats, shirts,
pants and dresses.
“We specialize in real current
clothes or vintage items,” says
store owner Gayle Hutchinson.
Rags to Riches is open from
11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday
Fishbowl will get finishing touches
Still to come in the $167,000 Fishbowl ren
ovation is the controversial wheelchair access, a
grill and two ice machines.
Plans have been completed for a mechanical
lift to make the upper levels of the Fishbowl
accessible to the handicapped, says University
Planner David Rowe, but the lift will only serve
the east platform. He has heard talk about
similar arrangements for the west platform, but
no plans have been drawn, Rowe says.
The city must approve a building permit
before the lift can be constructed, Rowe says.
Construction plans will be presented to the City
of Eugene on Monday, but approval can take
from a ‘‘matter of days to six weeks,” he says.
Flowe estimates the lift will cost $3,600.
Also on the way to the Fishbowl is a grill that
will enable students to buy hot foods until 8 p.m.
It will open as the Fountain Court Cafe grill
closes at 2 p.m. The Fishbowl has been without a
grill since fire destroyed the previous grill two
years ago.
Two ice machines and grease filters needed
to complete the grill should arrive soon, EMU
Director Adell McMillan says. Ice is now availa
ble in metal pans.
Although some students have criticized the
neon lights on the Fishbowl ceiling as being too
‘ disco," the lights were chosen to retain some
of the '50s atmosphere of the Fishbowl, says
McMillan.
Students on the planning committee and the
architects thought the lights would help brighten
the room and add to the atmosphere, she says.
through Saturday.
• St. Vincent De Paul, 110 E.
11th Ave., sells a wealth of mer
chandise, including men’s,
women's and children’s cloth
ing.
All clothing is donated by
private citizens. The store is
non-profit and proceeds fin
ance a variety of charity
projects.
St. Vincent De Paul is open
from 9:30 a m. to 5:30 p.m.
Monday through Saturday.
• The Salvation Army has
several thrift stores in the
Eugene-Springfield area. The
store closest to the University is
located at 451 W. 11th Ave.
Another store is located at the
corner of Mill and Main streets
in Springfield.
The Salvation Army obtains
its merchandise through private
donations. Drop boxes are
located at McKay's Market on
Franklin Boulevard, at the Drive
and Save on 11 th Avenue and at
other sites in the metropolitan
area.
The Salvation Army on 11th
Ave. is open from 9:30 a m. to
5:30 p.m. Monday through Sa
turday.
According to Hutchinson,
Eugene has some of the least
expensive used-clothing outlets
in the country.
“I think more and more peo
ple are discovering used-cloth
ing stores as an alternative,”
Hutchinson says. "I think they
have as good or better a selec^
tion of clothes as they do in a
regular store."
Teenagers publish
local history book
"And When They’re Gone .
Landmarks of Lane County’’
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York Times Best Seller List, but
Oregonians may find the book
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The book was compiled and
written last summer as a youth
project sponsored by the Lane
County Department of Em
ployment and Training.
It focuses on seven Lane
County sites the authors con
sider historically significant:
Cox Island House, Booth-Kelly
Store, Seavey Farm, Heceta
Head Lighthouse, Shelton
McMurphey House, Cottage
Grove Church and Chambers
House.
The book is composed mostly
of interviews with citizens —
especially senior citizens — who
shared their experiences and
knowledge of local history.
Working 40 hours a week for
about four months, the five
youths and their two supervi
sors acquainted themselves
with historical information from
the Lane County Museum, con
ducted interviews, wrote the
text, took pictures and prepared
the book layout.
Northwest Working Press, a
Eugene printing firm, printed
the 113-page book, which costs
$5. It is available at the Harris
Hall Information Center at 8th
Avenue and Oak Street and will
be distributed to local public
and school libraries and to city
councilors.
The teenagers gained not on
ly the satisfaction of producing
a book but also a new attitude
toward historical landmarks. In
the book’s preface they state,
"Now, whenever we see an old
building, the paint peeling, the
roof mossed over, it has a much
greater meaning to us — it is no
longer merely a house, but a
memory of history, people and
stories."
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