Oregon Daily
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6. 1992
Employers go Duck hunting
'. Mtowbr UkIum Shmlkv
University seniors Holly Ummeroth (left) and Aaron Ensign (center) stop to talk with SAFECO
representative Anita Gulrajani Thursday in the EMU during the final day of the 1992 Career and
Internship Fair
Street s opening
pleases owners
□ Downtown mall changes seen as
success by area’s merchants
By Meg Dedoiph
tmerafcl Reporter
The Atrium building at lOtb Avenue and Olivo
Slroet used to l>o purplo But now that it'* paintnd.
Russ Brink, executive director of Downtown Eugene.
Inc., said ho Iwrliovos the building Indicates the re
opening of Olivo Street Is working to revitalize the
downtown area
Brink said Iho painting of ihe Building seems minor
but ho behoves it indicated the property owner wu*
willing lo upgrade the appearance nl his building lie
cause il Is now in u higher traffic area
"So far," Brink said, "I think (the reopening is) a
smashing success We ail hollovod il would he awhile
before the whole vision of winit we're trying to accom
plish wus achieved
Reopening Olive Street this summer wus only one
slop in a plan to revitalize Eugene's downtown area
Brink said the rest of the plan includes moving the
Eugene Public Library, deciding what lo do with the
old Bon Marche building at the west end of the mall
and filling some of Ihe vacancies along Broadway
"The opening of Olive and the location of the library
in the former Sears building are a one-two process,"
i Brink said
It was unfair the library project was "hogged down
In the politics of Eugene Decisions.” he said
The owners of West Bros Bnrbeipie, a restaurant that
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Delbert’s Cafe carves unique niche in Eugene scene
□Art, music and
dancing keep diners
entertained
By Jacqueline Woge
Emerald Reporter
A fow years ago, Delbort's
Cafe showed more available
seals than customers. These
days, finding an empty seat ran
lake awhile.
The cafe's steady climb to
ward success is no accident
When Delbert Smith, founder
of the local Smith Family book
stores, starts a business, he
gives it his all He expects his
employees to do the same.
When his speech slowed af
ter a heart attack and stroke,
tulking with people in thu book
businnss became overly diffi
cult. Still wanting a project, he
trough! the old Eagle's Lodge at
525 Willamette St. and opened
the cafe in 1987.
Delbert and a carpenter gut
ted the building, taking out
three ceilings and filling up 60
dump boxes with debris. Thoy
then reconstructed the build
ing, installing the nil I front and
side windows Among the few
things that remain from the Ima
gin'* Lodge are the red-cush
ioned chairs and benches used
in the cafe. The reconstruction
took two yours
Originally, a theater group
was going to use the upstairs,
where the lodge used to be.
while the cafe and the txiok
store would remain downstairs,
but the theater group did not
support the venture financially.
The bookstore moved upstairs,
the cafe took the entire front of
the downstairs, and thoy added
Paradise Dance Studio and sev
eral other shops In the buck
The cafe's entertainment
scene came about when one of
the employees, who is a musi
cian. asked if he could play in
tho cafe. Delbert and his son
Dean agreed and left the place
open late so ho could play.
Then they opened tho cafe two
nights a week for an employ
ee's friend, Mark Alan, a popu
Hiy philosophy Is
that I start out
somewhere and
keep doing
whatever works.
I’ve never been
afraid to take a
gamble
— Delbert Smith,
owner of Delbert s Cafe
hir local music ian. Delbert's is
now open from 7 a.in to !1
p in. five nights a week.
Delbert said the entertain
ment kept happening, although
he wanted nothing to do with
it. He’s tone deaf and dues not
got much from music, he said,
preferring hooks and art in
stead.
Dean, who manages the cafe
and the entertainment, said he
always wanted to have music
in the cafe. For the cafe to sue
Pftoto by D«v*J Si»r
Parformara from tha kbddla Eaatarn Dm net Guild hava become a
popular laatura ol Daibart'a Cala. 1ha bally dancara taka canlar
tlaga tha tint Tuaaday of a vary month.
cred. ho said, it would maid
more than just the government
workers who come in for
lunch.
Starting the cafe’s entertain
ment scene has come relatively
easily People from as far away
as New York. Texas and Cali
fornia have called Dean asking
to play at the cafo Doan listens
to the musicians' tapes and
talks to the cafe's employees
about possibilities. He said he
can tell when people have put
effort into their work
Dean suid he 1, not suns ox
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WEATHER
There will be mostly cloudy
skies with areas of morning fog
today. Highs in the upper JOB
Today in History
In 1869, the first official inter
collegiate football game was
played in New Brunswick, N I
Rutgers beat Princeton, su goals
to four
HORNS ONLY TO WARN
SALEM (AP) - A Eugene ordinance thal drivers violated by honking at
a Gulf War-related rally violated free speech rights, the Oregon Court of
Appeals said
Tne court on Wednesday overturned the honking ordinance in a case
stemming from two lanuary 1991 demonstrations at the federal courthouse
in Eugene, one supporting the war and one opposing it
Norman Powlowski jr and Vermce Moug honked their cars' horns while
driving past the rallies where demonstration held signs urging motorists to
honk if they supported their positions.
Powlowski ana Moug were ated for violating the ordinance thal prohib
ited using a horn 'otherwise than as a reasonable warning.'
SPORTS
MIAMI (API - Yelling 'I'm the Macho Man'" in a hotel
lobby, three-time world champion boxer Hector Camacho was
arrested early Thursday for allegedly fighting with two police
officers who tried to quiet him
The former WBC super featherweight and lightweight cham
pion appeared intoxicated and was carrying a small bag of
what appeared to be marijuana, police said.
The incident occurred at the Miami International Airport
Hilton Hotel When police approached Camacho, he ran out
of the lobby into a parking area
"If you want what s in my hand, you're going to have to
catch me." police quoted camacho as telling the officers