Pushcarts Continued from P.ige 4
mall each night, but now we
don’t have to anymore." Prat or
said "As long as volt kwp
them locked up you can keep
them on the mall
The i itv adopteil a proposal
several vears ago which gave
vendors the option to leave the
tarts on the mall overnight
However Hohmun said, cart
owners must waive tits I lain I
its for alls damages to the t arts
if thes elet I to leave them
"We would prefer that push
cart vendors remove their t arts
at night." Hohman said
Keeping tarts on the mall
overnight t an bring problems
such as vandalism and break
ins. salt) Kspresso Kvpress t art
owner Doug Stello. lie has
served coffee, tea and sunt ks to
"everybody from stockbrokers
to transients" for the past three
years, but will be closing bis
business in June anil moving to
another location
“Vending tarts would work
better if the tilv didn't pul so
main restrictions, rules and
regulations on them.” In* add
ed
Stello s.iid he would like to
see an atmosphere more resem
bling .1 Kurnpean marketplace
with sidewalk cafes and a mul
titude of pushcart \ eudots.
The1 number of carts allowed
at one time at the mall is 1.2.
(tollman said, a maximum of It)
which uw\ sell (ood products
Today five carts are operating
there
"One ol the goals of the pro
gram is to provide produc Is
that are unitpie from other Itersi
nesses on the mall particularly
restaurants llohnian said lor
this reason, attempts are made
to discourage individual ven
dors from duplicating the ty pes
ol foods they offer, she said
In addition, eat h cart is lim
ited to selling trso different
food Hems and two drinks
This far dilates management ol
the tarts and "keeps in the
spirit ot the pushc art program
by offering spec in 11/.mi prod
tic Is. Itnhman said.
The size and location of the
pushcarts offer a number of ad
vantages Overhead costs arc
low as well .is maintenance
1'suallv one employee IS tile
onlv worker needed in the cart
I ood products sold from the
earls "can lie a real draw for
people, ospetiallv when the
weather is nice Bohntnn said
I he numlier o! i uslomers at a
pushcart can great I \ increase it
the dav is not rainv or cold
When the weather is nice
people prefer to eat outside.'
said l.ihbv Gilbert. an employee
of the Taverna Zeus cart
Service from a tart also is
convenient "People that have
one hour for lum h sometimes
don't have time to be served in
a restaurant ” Prater said
\ multitude ol colorful i arts
.mil unique products i.m “add
an ambiance and add to the
feeling of the outdoor env iron
ineut ol the downtown mall,
(tollman said I he major pur
pose is to add to the vitality ol
the mall some additional allrat
lion and .it tiv itv
Rink c*>ntinued fmm •*
year. But McCulloch does not
exclude the rink from operating
during the summer months.
Citing summer programs
such as hockey camps, figure
skating and "learn-to-skate"
clinics, he felt the possibilities
for summer youth involvement
could not be discounted. Mc
Culloch said promoting the a<
tivity and the involvement of
its supporters is crucial.
“We're going to give it a
good go." McCulloch said, but
noted that promoters “must se
riously strive at developing a
public awareness that skating
can be done, and the more you
do it the better you get."
Referring to the "old rink"
that was torn down. McCulloch
admitted that the Eu
gene Springfield area has had
41) years without ice But Mc
Culloch said be is still amazed
how many people have come
into this community from areas
where they had ice.
One of these people is Gary
Meyer, a University computer
and information science proles
sor. who learned to skate in the
Midwest as a child When the
idea of constructing an ice rink
r
\v.i?> first raised In lilt' f.iir
board, a group of skating rn
thusiasts formed an "ire" fob
by to work for the rink's <i|>
proval The mailing list for the
lobby has grown to approve
mutely 250 people with aland
20 meeting regularly over the
past year
Meyer said the fairgrounds
will lw hiring a professional
manager, but he expects the
lobby to continue to be at live
in promoting rink activities to
the community-at-large
That can mean fa< dilating
the growth of skating clubs,
hockey dubs, working to pro
mote individual sports, and go
ing to organizations and talking
to people about the rink and
the sport
An example of the type of
"legwork’’ involved is the
scheduling of spec ial evening
events geared to spec ial age
groups. While the most obvious
group is the youth population.
Meyer said the lobby has iden
tified a group ol people who re
member the old rink and have
expressed an interest in skating
1
again
Mever said lin'd like In mt
thn promotion ul mi rnalional
skating ill thn arn.i t nllngns likn
various nlhnr spoils on cam
pus where "a wholn smorgas
Imrtl ul sports activities'' arc
taught anti proniolt'd
II all gut's .is planned I ho ice
rink will open between Thanks
giving and ( hrislni.is of tins
\ e.ir, at t ordiilg In Mover
THE FAR SIDE
By GARY LARSON
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