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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1987)
'New-Age' businesses market special products locally By Sean Nelson Of lb* Kmtr.ld Eugene is home to many small businesses, some traditonal and some not so traditional. Call it 'New Age’ if you must. Susan Short is the owner of "The Liberty Coffee Company," stones. He also has brown quartz crystals, so colored because of the iron oxidation which oc cured during their formation. His prices range from 50 cents to $15 for the more exotic items. This depends on the rarity of the formations, whether they multi-colored fug In addition to Saturday Market, she also markets her wares at latzar's Bazar, Los Angeles. England. New York and Paris. “My shirts am original pain tings.'* Jones said proudly. "They are one of a kind." she rt UUilllOM >CIVIU^ Eugene coffee con noisseurs since 1973. It offers everything from the traditional house coffee at 50 cents a cup to a Michaelangelo. which is a double espresso made with chocolate and al mond syrup and costs $1.55, accor ding to Matthew Tift, general manager of the company. Short, who has a performing con tra c t with a Nashville, Tenn. television pro gram, and has a faint resemblance to Lady Liberty, espouses the vir tues of free enter prise by marketing various coffees, italian sodas and teas. Since 1973, the company has had HI* Pholo Quartz Crystals similar to these are sold by "The Earthworks” at the Saturday Market. added. Robert Penegur, who markets his products in his own name, left a full —sized business In Alaska last year because he wanted to start his stained glass outfit here in Oregon. ' ' I tried in Spokane. Wash., but the economy was bud there.” Penegor said. Now his com puny is i n Portland, Seattle and Eugene. It markets everything from crystal ball ‘‘kaliedoscopes,' with triangular stained glass bases at $15 per piece, to Tiffany Style lamp shades at $15 or $20 a square foot. His themes cover everything from animals to palm trees," Penegor three owners: John Wolfe, John Wilson and Short. John Wilson gave Susan the company ‘‘with love and respect,” enjoining her to carry on the Liberty Coffee name and the quality of its products, Short said. The company sells coffee at the Oregon Country Fair, Satur day Market, both the spring and fall University Street Faires, the Eugene Folkfest, the Harvest Festival at Skinners Butte, the Art and the Vineyard Festival, and at the First National Fiddl ing Contest held in Weiser, Idaho. This year, the Liberty Coffee Company will be part of the Eugene Celebration from Sept. 2.'ird through the 25th. "We try to put out a high quality drink," Tift said. “If someone doesn't like what they've got we usually give them their money back," he added. Patrick Miller of "The Earthworks" sells crystals, stone jewelry and beads of many colors at his outlet on the comer of Saturday Market. His products range from quartz crystals direct from Oregon to pendants, massage tools, earrings and touch r Arc you thinking of Graduate School? Preparation for the Oct. 10 GRE begins Sept. 29 and for the Dec. 12 GRE on Nov. 18 Academic Learning Services, 108 Library, 686-3226 nave any water wiuiin mem ur not, their clarity, and what kind of inclusions (interruptions) or fracture lines occur within the crystals themselves, Miller said. “Crystal forms on plate which is highly silicated ash.” Miller said. It grows until the characteristic double termina tion forms on each end. he added. Miller has sold his wares at the University and at Prineville, where his work was admired at mineral shows there. jennifer Jones, owner of "Star Feather.“paints tie-dyed shirts with figures of goddesses, skulls, mountains and flying saucers. With a paintbrush she uses acrylic fabric paint, which she waters down to provide a background for the main design over it. Shirt prices range from $18 for a simple design to $75 for a shirt with a heavy metal god dess. with a skull in the background in the midst of a GET OFF CAMPUS GET A FREE BANANA U of O Students, when you order Juice or a Smoothie, we II add Banana to your drink FREE AT the JUICE BAR k "Home ol the & Smoothie" A Downstairs at the 5th Street Public Market said. Tho pieces must be ap proved by the customer sometimes two or three times before the actual purchase, he added. "It depends on the intricacy of the work and how much time is involved," Penegor said. Penegor, Short. Miller and Jones sw much hope for their businesses, which are a part of Kugene culture as well as a part of I hi* Saturday Market. Another co m m unity businessperson who sites hope for their wares is Jerry Poston, owner of Birkenstock. Since the 1960s. Blrkenstocks have been one of the trademarks of new age people from all walks of life. They were considered a fad at first "It's not iust a fad anymore, it’s becoming a way of life." Poston said. Hirkenstock is located at the Fifth Street Public Market, 207 VV Fifth Ave. It became the third Birkenstock store when it was established in 1971. Poston said. The original company was established in West Germany in t774. The first store in the United Stales opened in Santa Cruz. Calif, in IfltiH. Unlike the more common insert-in shoe, or a shoe which requires one to insert a foot into it. the popular sandals are or thodic in nature. This means they are shoes which "you wear." he added. The Birkenstock sandals went from a symbol of counterculture to a sandal "that appeals to all segments of the population.” Poston said, Since Birkenstocks are designed to conform to the shape of their owner’s foot, they add the appropriate support where it is needed, he added "Their smaller features are that they are a lightweight, air Circulating....(and they pro vide) durability and comfort." he said. Birkenstocks range in price from the least expensive ver sions. which cost “$40 on up,” to the more expensive ones, which are "around Stilt," Poston said ■ I 345-3491 Enhancers for your HAIR. NAILS and TANNING 2nd level Atrium Bldg. 99 W.10th Open Mon-Sat 8 am to 8 pm Spocttl Coupon <**•# good onty through Od 3 Not v«Md *n confuncton «rth «ny ctfhor ofor Back-to-vour-Mac 1 i i i SALE With registration and classes around the comer The Computer Store introduces this special coupon saver for Macintosh and Apple 11 software & supplies. 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