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Oregon Daily Emerald Smokeless tobacco: Use is increasing despite health risks See Page 8 Monday, January 12. 1987 Eugene, Oregon Volume 88. Number 77 Photo by Bobbie Ui Hoots Family Restaurant, 880 E. Eighth Avenue, has reopened after closing last April. The new owners hope to regain old clientele as well as lure new customers. Hoots restaurant reopens after nine-month closure By Jolayne Houtz Of the Emerald A popular student hangout that was forced by bankruptcy to close its doors last spring reopened with little fanfare last week, but the new owners expect to see some old faces again soon. Hoots Family Restaurant, 440 E. Eighth Ave., a Eugene landmark since it opened in 1968, again will be open 24 hours to serve its old clientele — truckers, college students looking for a study break, graveyard-shift workers — and to attract a new one. the owners hope. “We want those who used to come here to come back," said Linda Price, one of three women leasing the building from Clyde Scott, who closed the restaurant last April after fighting bankruptcy for two years. “We noticed it was empty and saw the ‘Clos f ed’ sign in the window,” Price said. “We wanted to see if we couldn’t bring back the old Hoots.” Only a handful of customers were enjoying the vinyl-covered seats, the simple fare and the old-style cafe counter Friday afternoon, and Price said customers had been trickling in slowly since the restaurant reopened at 6 a.m. Wednesday. But Price hoped some advertising scheduled for this week will turn the trickle into a steady flow. ”1 hope to get back the old student clientele,” she said. “People may be surprised” when they find out Hoots has reopened, she added. Others may be surprised to see that although the menu is the same, the prices have increased, said Ansgar Goldbeck, a Eugene resident and an old-time Hoots fan. 1 Committee approves plans for parking lot By Stan Nelson Of thr Kmrr.ild Flans for a Wl-vehicle parking lot passed University Design Subcommittee scrutiny in a unanimous decision at its meeting last week. As a result, the subcommittee will forward the plans to University President Paul Glum, recommending the propos ed design be approved and the preparation of construction documents be authorized. In addition, the subcommittee recommended architects involved with the design of tin; parking lot be informed of its concern regarding accesss for building service. The lot. which is one component of a site plan for the University’s new $45.3 million science complex, is to l»e built between Oregon Hall and Franklin Boulevard adjacent to the existing Oregon Hall service area. The parking lot will be screened from Franklin Boulevard by a hedge and separated from Oregon Hall by a landscape buffer, said Fred Tepfer, planning associate for University Planning. Discussion anise over the visual image of the new park ing lot, and the appropriateness of developing the area for parking, which is currently a lawn. The parking lot will be connected to the rest of the cam pus by the Science Walk, which runs through the entire science complex, as well as a walk to 13th Avenue. The University administration has expressed its desire that work begin on the parking lot as soon as possible in order to compensate for the loss of parking that will occur when construction of the science project begins. Construction is expected to begin April 13 on the Science V building at the present site of Emerald Hall, Tepfer said. At that time, the portion of 13th Avenue from the EMU to Carson Hall will be closed to automobile traffic. In other business, the subcommittee recommended to Olum that he approve the schematic design plan for the redevelopment of 13th Avenue from Kincaid Street to Univer sity Street. The subcommittee also recommended the project’s land scape architect consider the 13th Avenue and University vStreet intersection as well as the Library Quadrangle intersec tion during refinement of the 13th Avenue schematic design. The subcommittee reaffirmed the need for resolution of bicy cle and pedestrian conflict on 13th Avenue. State System officials stress faculty raises By Chris Norred Of the Kmerald Faculty salary increases are the top priority goal of Oregon higher education officials as the 1987 legislature convenes today in Salem. State System of Higher Education officials say more money for faculty salaries is needed to make both the Univer sity and Oregon State University more competitive with similar universities across the nation. And competitive universities are an essential element in any successful plan for economic recovery in this state, they say. Legislative issues ik Although Gov.-elect Neil Goldschmidt has listed the State System of Higher Education as one of his top four priorities, officials who have seen the governor’s budget proposal insist the funds recommended for higher education are "tight.” Goldschmidt will release the specifics of his budget pro posal today. "The governor’s recommendations will set the perimeters for our presentation to the Legislature, and we have to adapt our strategy accordingly. It’s very difficult to expand an appropriation beyond the governor’s recommen Turn to Salary, Page 14 Economic growth, prison system, school financing top legislative list By Shawn Wirtz Of the Emerald Gov.-elect Neil Goldschmidt will be sworn into office today along with the state’s legislators. With a governor in office whose party controls both houses of the Legislature, legislators expect several issues that have been brewing during the previous legislative sessions to come to a head. “The number one priority is economic development — creating jobs — and really part of that is the next two, the educational system and school finance, and also the criminal justice system,’' said Gregg Kantor, spokesman for Goldschmidt. The issues are “interrelated” in the way that all affect the economic climate, Kantor said, and must be improved to draw business into the state. Members of Goldschmidt's transition team have been coor dinating regional priorities for economic development, the key to Goldschmidt’s “Oregon Comeback.” Details are ex pected to be unveiled this week. Goldschmidt already has of fered a solution to the prison overcrowding problem. On Wednesday, Goldschmidt an nounced a $54 million criminal justice proposal that would in crease cell space and emphasize rehabilitation. The proposal will be the highest single monetary request for the Legislative issues 1987-1988 budget, he said. The proposal calls for con siderably less money than the $96 million prison bond measure voters defeated in May, which Goldschmidt supported. This should make the proposal more palatable to Oregonians, who have previously supported more prison space but not in creased funding. "The Legislature is going to have to approve the funds rather than asking people to pass bonds,” if criminals are to be kept off the street, said state Sen. Bill Frye, chair of the Senate judiciary Committee. Similarly, the Legislature will have to find a way to combat school closures, the result of voters’ reluctance to fund levies put on the ballot when the tax base is inadequate. “There’s three basic pro posals that seem to be floating around.” said Rep. Carl Hosticka, chair of the House Revenue and School Finance Committee. Associated Oregon Industries, Sen. Rod Monroe and Gov. Victor Atiyeh have all presented alternatives. “They differ in how much money is left if schools do reject levies," Hosticka said. The “safety net” would enable the state to “take over operation of school districts,” Hosticka said. However, Hosticka believes Turn to Legislature, Page 5
