Oregon Daily
Annex
shuts
down
jThe venue closes
doors after opening
nine months ago
By Ed Carson
Oregon D&tfy Efr*ef<Pd
The Mill Camp Annex in
Springfield, which featured
musical acts such as Little l-'eat
and the Blue Oyster Cult, has
closed its doors after only nine
months of operation.
Mill Camp owner Jeff (.aulcon
said months of poor attendance
was the reason for closing the
Annex.
"The numbers simply didn't
support the facility," Caulcon
said.
The Mill Camp itself has
recently remodeled its saloon,
allowing Caulcon to continue
bringing bands to the hugeno
Springfiold area.
The Mill Camp has less space
than the Annex, but Caulcon
said that might not i>e an entire
ly negative change.
"The Mill Camp doesn't look
as cavernous or as empty."
Caulcon said
Another advantage is that the
saloon won't he entirely depen
dent on the bands to slay in
business like the Annex was
"It won't he tlu» mainstay ol
yvfiat keeps the doors open.'
Caulcon said
Caulcon, who is also the Mill
(lamp’s talent buyer, said he still
hopes to bring in the same kind
of acts as before, but lie admitted
that some of the bigger ai ts will
no longer Ixi possible.
Aside from being a smaller
facility, the only other major
change that Annex patrons will
see is that the Mill Camp will be
restricted to people aged 21 and
older because of QLCC alcohol
license restrictions.
However, Caulcon doesn't
believe that excluding the
under-21 crowd will have an
adverse effect on attendance.
"We weren't getting support
from the under-21 crowd Peo
ple under 21 who might cry
about us closing the Annex ...
well, they had it and they didn't
support it," Gaulcon said.
Around the edges
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Pboio by Armory futn+y
Mike Marten of Oregon Colfab Construction grinds off
the rough edges on the new LTD bus stop at East 13th
Avenue and Kincaid Street Marten said they are in the
process of 'prettying up" the booth and putting on the ■
final touches, including a glass panel roof
Eugene brings back
Dead for two shows
j The sold-out concerts will continue a long
tradition for the band and the fans in the area
By Ua Salciccia
f or ffw Qrtg&ft &» y # nw&il
For the Iirst turn) in three years, after two canceled shown, a seri
mis illness and miles of red tape, the (.ratefol Dead are bat k ill
Kllfjene to play two concerts to sold-nut | !
end ol Aug. -1 anil ii
For many, that's good news, considering
the somewhat costly arrangements made to H
ensure the concerts, which will bring needed
rev enue to the city For others, it’s had new s, 1
an open invitation to drug users to roam on
tJniversity property
The first time the hand placed m Fugene ■
was |an 10. I*MiH in the FMD itallroom As ■
the Dead gained a larger following, the st/e oi
their coin erts grew , and one year later they
placed in War C'ourt
They played three more times in Urn k basketball territorv. m
1478. I4H1 .mil 1'IH7 with Hoh Dylan and a! l ane Community Col
lege in 1471 They also played the Unit Center three concerts in
198 1 and three in 1484
When the tutmlier of 1 teuilhends outgrew the I lull ( enter, the only
place left tiig enough to accommodate them was Autzon Stadium,
where they packed crowds into the bleachers and at ross the entire
football field in the summer of 1440
"Going to Eugene is like visiting our country cousins." said Den
nis McNally, publicist fur the hand "Well, Eugene isn't exactly the
country; how about Northern cousins? It's like a retrmi home tn fam
ily"
One reason why the hand has a special relationship with the area
is betaiuse of ties to the Merry Pranksters, who started at roughly the
same time as the Dead
The Pranksters started in the Bay Aren, moved to Gi Honda, Calif.
and many members, including leader Ken Kesey and bus driver Ken
Babbs, settled down in Pleasant Hill The group's adventures are
citroni( led in Tom Wolfe's book The Electric Knot Aid Acid lest and
include driving around the country in a brightly painted bus called
! urn to DEAD PiKJo ti
‘Insurgent’ money
missing, report says
j Suspect may have
taken funds after
being turned down
By S.A. Clemens
Oeycn Daily t rnerak)
Funds from the Student Insur
gent have turned up missing,
and members of the editorial
collective believe the money
may have been used by an for
mer editor as a donation to his
think-tank, according to a report
filet! with the Eugene police
department by some of the
newspaper staff.
The Insurgent staff had no
comment
The suspect allegedly had
asked the Insurgent to donate
the money, using funds the
newspaper can allocate for such
causes, and he was turned
down, according to the report
Eugene police will not release
the names of the suspect or of
those who filed the report
Police also asked that the
amount of money not be
released as well.
The suspect was then voted
off of the Insurgent editorial col
lective for reasons not reluted to
the donation, but his name was
Turn to FUNDS. Page 6
WEATHER
For the Final weather forecast
of the summer (for us that is)
Sunny and warm through the
weekend with highs around 80
This is the last issue of the
Ememid until the "Law School"
edition Aug. 23 and the "Back to
the Books" issue Sept. 20.
Remember to catch the meteor
showers tonight
MARIJUANA ‘MINE' BUSTED
YREKA. Calif. (AP) - Four people have been arrested on federal charges
accusing them of running a sophisticated marijuana-growing operation in a
gold mine
"They were mining green gold." Siskiyou County shemffs Sgt. Garv
Peers said Wednesday Authorities found remnants of about 2.100 olants
from a recent harvest when they raided the Advanced Mine shaft along the
Salmon Kiver 50 miles west of Yreka Monday.
The shaft had been converted into four rooms for hydroponic cultivation
in which plants grow in water instead of soil. The rooms contained a drip
irrigation system, growing lights and growing tables.
If convicted, each of the four arrested could face a maximum sentence of
20 years in federal prison and a St million fine
SPORTS
LOS ANGELES - Kerne Baumgartner, who captained the
1985 USC women's golf team and spent the Iasi si* seasons
building the Oregon women's golf program, has been named
the Trojans' head coach, athletic director Mike Garrett
announced last week.
Baumgartner. 28, replaces Cathy Bright, who resigned after
12 seasons to get married and move out of state
"We are very e*ctted to have Renee return to USC" (»am«tt said
“She has proven herself to be an outstanding collegiate c oac h and
will be a fine addition to the Trojan athletic team “
“It’s great to he hack at USC" Baumgartner said