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OFF CAMPUS HOUSING FREE rental referral service Updated bulletin board with listings of apartments, houses, studios, duplexes, roommates and rooms for rent. Suite 3, EMU 686-3731 Alternative markets dispense natural food By Sean Nelson OtStlamU Students and community residents can find inexpensive and plentiful produce and food products at the various alter native marketplaces located around Eugene. Alternative markets have the added bonus of providing the traditional European flair of open-air markets to the shopp ing atmosphere in Eugene The Grower’s Market is a weekly food-buying cooperative, located at 454 Willamette St. on the north side of the building “Its been going since 1971, and features the lowest prices in organic produce in town," Manager Ruth Atcherson said. No membership fee is re quired to shop at the market, At cherson said. "One need only work half an hour per order to get the market price," she added. Customers can order food on Wednes days between 4 p.m. and 7:30, and pick it up Thurs day between 4 and 7:30, Atcherson said. "The market is only open on Wednesdays." she added. According to At cherson. the market has every vegetable or fruit that is in season. ' ‘Everything anybody wants to order we will at tempt to buy,” she said. SOWERS MARKET --— Photo by Stephen Maher The Grower's Market offers a wide selection of produce as well as dry goods in a cooperative, socially con scious environment. People interested in cooperative food buying should drop in some Thursday after CAMPUS CAMERA STORE PENTAX JCiooo SO mm 12 lens lor Pentax S59OO 35-70 Zoom lor Pentax & other cameras sggoo Kodak Polyfiber $1088 recommended lor Fine Arts Classes KODACHROME 135-36 $489 KODACHROME PROFESSIONAL ♦ 2.00 Kodak Poly RCII Paper S915 usa lor pltoto-J classes Trl-X or T-MAX RELOADS Black & White 135-36 « 3/s650 ktm TIFFEN FILTERS Un Buy 2. get one FREE Ektachrome Processing SAME DAY* SERVICE •in by 9:30 am ALKALINE DURACELL 4\AA Batteries ^49? COUPON DEVELOPING SPECIAL 55.00 OFF 36 exp. dev. & print 53.00 OFF 24 exp. dev. & print $2.00 OFF 12 exp. dev. & print C4I Films Only Please Coupon expires 10/10/17 I WE BUY. SELL 4 & TRADE CAMERAS! MOVE UP TODAY! < Where we sell photography... not just cameras Campus Store Springfield Store 149 E. 13th S51 W. Centennial 344-1190 746-6511 noon and visit, Atcherson said. “The Grower’s Market also has such stock as dry goods and toilet paper,” Atcherson said “We’re a lot like family.” she said. The market owns the downstairs office and rents the upstairs offices to non-profit groups. The upstairs spaces are often used for meetings of various organizations. “We consider ourselves an asset to the alternative com munity,” Atcherson said. “We are dedicated to pro moting peace through cooperative living," she added. For information about the Grower’s Market, call 345-9173. Another alternative business is Sundance Natural Food Store, located at 748 E. 24th Ave. From juices made of exotic fruits to the latest bargain on the price of potatoes, the shopper will find money saving poten tial as well as a unique shopp ing experience. "(Sundance) market is a full line natural food store." accor ding to Gavin McComas, pro prietor of the market. "I think our prices are com petitive," McComas said. Sun dance has a large bulk food sec tion, a large selection of cheeses, one of the best wine selections in town, and locally and organically grown produce, he added. McComas also said the establishment has a col laborative management style. “It’s democratic in that we solicit the opinions of all rele vant parties concerning the decision making process,” he pointed out. "We try and involve people as much as possible in the business, he said. The level of wages for employees depends upon the amount of business the firm does. McComas said. As volume increases, salary costs go up and vice-versa, he added "We have an extraordinary wine section," McComas said Turn to Markets, Page 3B SvrffnoPs BROCHURES FLYERS r o STE R s a KR M O R B LETTER PERFECT GRAPHICS 300 EMU 686 5511
