TUESDAY, JULY 16,1996
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INSIDE
PK Koehler’s pitching and Angel Espada’s smart
play lead Ems to win over Yakima
The Country Fair provided fun for thousands,
despite being sold out in the hot weather
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WEATHER
Mostly sunny.
High 75. Low 55.
City wants
dogs gone
nearUO
■ BAN: If passed, new ordinances
would prohibit dogs and skateboards
from 13th Avenue near campus
By Kristin Bailey
Associate Editor
The City of Eugene wants people to stick
around the West University neighborhood.
But they say that in order for home owners
and long-term renters to come, the dogs and
skate boarders will have to go.
UP AHEAD
What’s next on the
dogs and
skateboard ban:
■ City Council
meeting, July 24
■ Public hearing,
August 5
■ Decision,
August 7
lhe Eugene City
Council is looking at
proposed ordi
nances that would
ban skateboards and
dogs on Thirteenth
Avenue between
Kincaid and Patter
son Streets. The pro
posals are a part of a
clean-up campaign
•that has been re
searched since Feb
ruary.
i ms is an issue that has been bubbling
up for a while,” said Rosie Pryor, communi
ty relations manager for the City of Eugene.
“We have been taking a holistic look at rea
sons causing deterioration of the quality of
life in the West University area. ”
Finding ways to keep people in the same
residence for more than the usual nine
months would help improve living condi
tions in the neighborhood, Pryor said.
“Approximately 97 percent of the 5,500
people living there are rental tenants,” she
said. “And people potentially don’t feel as
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Weekend weather
scorches Oregon
After a scorching weekend, cooler
weather has begun to edge into
Oregon.
Temperatures in Eugene are
expected to return to normal today
after a heat wave sent highs
topping 100 degrees and humidity
near 50 percent on Saturday.
At least seven people drowned
as thousands headed to Oregon
waterways to escape the heat In
addition, the hot weather, and
accompanying wind, fanned
several wildfires, including a
300-acre blaze In the Crooked River
National Forest of central Oregon.
Today’s forecast calls for sunshine
after morning clouds with highs in the
mid 70s and lows back around 50
degrees. Mild temperatures are expected
to last through the week and bring the
chance of a shower on Thursday.
Fire Station Number Three
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Walker Malllson, a firefighter-paramedic at the University area fire station, checks his equipment outside the construction area.
Firehouse rebuilt after 50 years of service
A CLOSER LOOK
The reconstruction
of Fire Station
Number Three
■ LOCATION: the
corner of Agate
Street and East 17th
Avenue
■ ORIGINAL
BUILDING DATE:
1940s
■ NUMBER OF
FIRE ENGINES: one
■ NUMBER OF
FIREFIGHTERS:
three on duty at one
time
■ DATE
RECONSTRUCTION
STARTED: January,
1996
■ ESTIMATED
COMPLETION
DATE: end of July,
1996
■ COST: $475,000
■ SOURCE OF
FUNDS: City of
Eugene
■ REASON FOR
RECONSTRUCTION:
bring it up to local,
state and federal re
quirements; accom
modate bigger
equipment and bi
gender workforce
■ RECONSTRUCTION: The
original building could not
accommodate a bi-gender
workforce and new, larger
equipment
By Andrea De Young
Associate Editor
Whether it be a false alarm in the
dorms or a three-alarm fire in the
downtown area, the firefighters of Eu
gene Fire Station Number Three are
there to respond 24 hours a day.
But for the past seven months, the
men and women who are stationed at
the firehouse located at the comer of E.
17th Avenue and Agate Street have
been dealing with more than just fires.
The station has been open and in use
while the building has been going
through reconstruction.
According to Randy Groves, deputy
chief of operations for the Eugene Fire
Department, there is an end in sight.
Construction is slated to WTap up by
the end of the month. The living quar
ters are already finished and all that is
left to complete is the apparatus base.
The station was originally built in
the 1940s with one bathroom and one
area for living quarters. Although this
may have been appropriate back then,
the work force is now bi-gender and a
second bathroom and sleeping area
were needed. The modifications are in
compliance with local, state and feder
al requirements.
There have also been changes in
equipment in the last five decades that
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have also led to the need for recon
struction.
“Our equipment today is significant
ly different than it was when the sta
tion was constructed,” Groves said.
“The equipment we use now is heavier
and bigger, so we needed more room.”
The expanded station remains a one
engine company, but was built to ac
commodate a potential medic unit in
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Jeff Wyatt of JR
Wyatt Specialty
Contracting nails
in supports for a
new parapet on
the 50-year-old fire
station.