Oregon Daily Annex shuts down jThe venue closes doors after opening nine months ago By Ed Carson Oregon D&tfy Efr*efe 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 - __JBBkK&SB 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