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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1995)
Coffee complaint <W»V <wak) Geof Gamer protests low wages for coffee bean harvesters at Starbucks on 18th Ave Saturday, Beer displayed at festival Scott Spielman f'«v Oregon 0»wy CmmtM 1 h i rt y - * i x micro breweries from as far away as Fori Collins. Colo., and Calgary. Canada fill**! I hr main exhibit hall at the Iona County Fairgrounds Friday and Saturday. The 3fi micro-breweries showcased 71 beers, ranging in flavor from the Trout Stout of the Fish Brewing Company of Olympia. Wash . lo the Sev en Sisters Hard Raspberry Cider from the Selkirk Cider Company in Standpoint. Idaho. Although darker beers have been more popular in the past, lighter, fruitier lieers are gaining in popularity. "Today I've sold mom of the lemon laiger.” said a spokesperson for Saver Brewing Company, who, in addition to the lemon, exhibited its gold medal winning dark, limn* Finger Jiu k Hefedunkel "By the time they come around here, people liegm to shy away from the darker imer " loud micro-breweries shared the trend of serv ing one dork and one lighter beer High Street Brewery S Cafe served its popular Hammerhead and its unique Ruby Ale. while Steelhead exhib ited its Steelhead Amber and fruity Bombay Bomber Eugene's newest micro-brewery, Oregon Field's Brewing Company, displayed its Nomad Oatmeal Stout, and MarisOtter Organic liefer yearn, an unfiltered rye ale Other exhibits included a malt tasting booth Sponsored by Croat Western Malting, suppliers of a majority of regional micro-breweries; and Oregon Hot Nuts, which sold spii y hazel nuts designed to far the perfect l*e»>r nut. Beginning home bnrwera had the chant e to take advantage of home brewing demonstrations and the Expo Brew school, which included classes on "How to Get Started with Home Brewing," "All Crain Brewing." and "Beer Ingredients," as well ns classes on leer styles Guest speakers included author Fred Kckhardt and Larry Baush. editor of Pint Post, a magazine for brewers People who want to try their hand at brewing u -- By the time thr\ come around hrrr people begin to sh\ away fwm the tiarker beer - SAXEH BREWING COMPANY Spohwparaoa -// their own beer. but don't want to deal with the equipment or clean-up, had the opportunity to sign up for programs at specialized brewhousos that provide materials, supplies and assistance Glisan Street Brewhaus in Portland, and West side U Brew in Beaverton, represented two of the thus* U-Brews in Oregon. The id«a, started in Canada and now growing in the United States, is that the customer t an pay to vise the facility's common ial brewing equip ment. recipe and ingredients to brew their own bear. In the two-stage pro< ess, the customer brews the beer in about 90 minutes, then returns two or three weeks later w ith their own bottles to bottle it up The average hatch of later yields 128-J2 ounce bottles. In addition to (tie beer exhibits, visitors were treated to live music from local bands, a sports bar area, and The Hungry Brewer Cafe, which featured food from the Treehouse Restaurant. Oregon Seafood. Coffee Corner, Potatoes, Peppers ft things and Track Town Pizza, The exposition also had a beer gear shop where visitors could buy shirts and hats advertising their favorite brewery or later The Bogwnter Ales Expo Express transported visitors from participating local pubs. The express stopped hourly at Steelhead Brewery, Rennie s Landing, Good Times Cafe and Bar, Fields Brew pub and Restaurant, the Eugene Red Lion inn and brack I own Pizza And for people w ho had sam pled too much beer to In* able to drive, a free taxi servii e was available. Symposium presents results of homelessness studv War a Stine f&t Or&QOft (Jmty f’nw*Wki The results of n two-year study condui ted by the HodkImmh^s in I-ane County Committee wore presented at a symposium on homelessness Saturday in Eugene. "Wn wanted to Identify tile home levs and what the stumbling blocks to helping homeless jmh> pie are." said Penny Anderson, chairwoman of the homelessness committee Three different panels com posed of Its a I organizations that port it ipnted in tfm study pre sented tfie information The sym posium was sponsored by the league of Women Voters of lane County Tabulating percentages of the homeless is impossible because the definition of homeless varies from a drunk sleeping on a side walk to a brother-in-law living in the backyard, said Wayne Ford of die Homeless Action Commit tea. However. more children and teenagers are being counted among the homeless, according to Gladys Balden of the home lessness committee She said an estimated MX) teens are hrtmeless in Eugene ond 25 percent of the pregnant and parenting teens using Catholic tkimmunity Ser vices are homeless "Renters don't want to rent to them, they are kicked out by their parents and sometimes the father of the child is a family member," Bidden said. Terry Falkenstem, of Eugene District 4|. said some homeless children go to five or six differ ent schools a year, which makes it difficult for them to l>e educat ed. Many homeless people are mentally ill. said Bonnie Tull, of the women's league She said an estimated Si) j>en ent of the men tally ill homeless is schizo phrenii and that many are alco holics and/or drug addicts These addictions increase the severity of schizophrenic symptoms and interfere with treatment, Tull said Susan Han of Lane Shelter Care said 25 percent of their clients are homeless as a result of leaving an abusive spouse. She said the number of families tolling for services increased 33 percent last year. Marti Floyd, from First Place Families, described the snow (jail eflet t bills have, explaining that first the electricity and heat are shut off, and then the family is evicted. "You’re at the mercy of the landlord and utility company," said Anne Williams, from St Vin cent DePaul. "One rais« in fees ton put you out on the street.” Floyd said that having an address or phone number pre vents people from getting jobs "People say. Why don’t you just get a job?' but you can't put 'I live in my car or call me in my car' on an application," she said Sht? also said many families include one full-time worker but that wages are too low to make ends meet. Basic needs, such as getting mail, a hot meal, clean clothes or n shower, are not met. which makes it hard for the homeless to find jobs Ford also said the homeless are denied civil rights He explained that not having an address prevents the homeless from registering to vote ami get ting photo identification, such as a driver's license, because applications require an address. He also said police harass ment is also a problem and that many homeless people are too intimidated to file complaints. James McCoy, from the Lane County Housing Authority, said more affordable housing is need ed. Norman Riddle, from the White Bird Clinic, that the high cost of meeting building codes limits the number of homeless from getting nffordahle housing He said "rubber stamp approval” is a middle-class stan dard. and people who are sleep ing under bridges, in stairwells and ditches just want to be warm and dry. Riddle said for the $75,000 it takes to build one house, four or five homeless people could be sheltered if building codes were given leniency. He also proposed an access center where the homeless could eat soup, get warm and talk to somebody. Susan Ran, from Lane Shelter (are, said "We need a real living wage." She also said more affordable housing is needed because homeless families must wait six to eight weeks before units are available During her keynote speech. State of Oregon Representative Cynthia Wooten said she has proposed a $2.5 million emer gent y housing fund increase as well as a $350,000 state housing assistance program increase. 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