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THURSDAY, AUGUST 7,1997 INDEX News 2 Sports 5 Classifieds 6 Comic 6 Horoscope 7 Crossword 7 TODAY Mad Duck Repertory The atre presents “Baby with the Bathwater’’ at 8 p.m. in Arena Theatre. For tickets, call (541) 346-4363. INSIDE The Emeralds beat Boise 9-4, marking theirfourth straight win and ninth in the last 12 games Lane Transit District will be implementing scanning procedures for ID cards in the fall WEATHER Mostly Sunny. High 85. Low 55. University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon City benches new hangout for street kids ■ CORNER: The benches at 14th Avenue and Ferry Street have become a popular hangout By Nicole Kristal Oregon Daily Emerald If you live in Eugene, you’ve probably seen them: the West University neigh borhood street kids. And while their ap pearance remains consistent, one thing has changed: their location. The street kids have staked out new territory, this time on the benches at the comer of 14th Avenue and Ferry Street. “We just chill out right here on the corner,” said one street kid, “and we bust out the skateboards.” Another street kid said he spends time on the corner with his friends while he’s not working at a bike shop. According to this youth, the number of street kids at 14th Avenue and Ferry Street has recent ly decreased, not because of problems with police, but because many are at tending the Phish and Further Tours. Sally Guyer, University student and resident of the house on the comer, said that even when street kid numbers are at their highest, she’s not troubled by their presence in front of her house. “They’re not that bad,” said Guyer, who lives alone. “I’ve been here a month and haven’t had many problems.” Guyer only becomes slightly irritable with the congregation on the benches in front of her lawn when someone begins to yell or when dogs begin to bark. “The only tiling that bothers me is the dogs barking when I’m trying to sleep,” said Gordon Scholl, a friend of Guyer’s. “They keep to themselves. They don’t come to the door.” But one morning, a street kid did come to Guyer’s door, claiming that po lice were removing a couch from the cor ner because of a complaint made by Guyer. She had filed no complaint. According to Bev Mason, station man ager for the West University police sta tion, many residents would rather not get involved in the problems surfacing around the benches. “Residents have not been too vocal,” said Mason, “but they’re a bit cranky.” According to Guyer, police have been Turn to CORNER, Page 4 CHAD PATTESON/Emerald Rusty, one of several people who frequent the benches on the corner of 14th Avenue and Ferry Street, skates into the intersection from the curb Wednesday afternoon. AUDIX crash not likely ■ VOICE MAIL: No information or old messages were lost during either of the two crashing incidents By Michael Hines Oregon Daily Emerald AUDIX, the voice mail system for all Uni versity employees, went off-line last week end for the second time since its upgrade. Lucent Technologies upgraded to the “In tuity” AUDIX sys tem July 12. The new system has more disk space for messages, among other new features. With the new sys tem come new prob lems, Telecom Ser vices Operations Manager Aaron Tarl ton said. The system is monitored from Denver by Lucent, and Saturday the company was unable to fix the problem in Intuity II by computer. The Office of Public Safety initially called the wrong people to fix the problem, Tarlton said. The problem was finally fixed Mon day. OPS was not entirely at fault, Tarlton said. The office now has the correct numbers to call in case AUDIX stops functioning again. C£I don’t foresee it going down again. Aaron Tarlton Telecom Services Operations Manager 1 he probability that the system will crash again is minimal. “I don’t foresee it going down again," Tarl ton said. No information was lost either time that AUDIX went down. Voice mail users sim ply could not reach their messages. Tarlton said Lucent may force a system re boot, which would take the system off-line again. This would be done to correct some of the remaining problems. If this is done, the reboot will take place during the weekend or late at night when AUDIX is not in high demand. The AUDIX problems have been minor, Tarlton said, and most people are pleased with the new “Intuity” system. Scandinavian Festival a celebration of heritage, values ■ EVENT: Coordinators predict that thousands will attend this year’s festival By Carl Yeh Associate Editor Downtown Junction City will be trans formed into a Scandinavian Village today for the 37th Scandinavian Festival. Visitors will be treated to food and mu sic from Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Nor way and Iceland, as well as vendors dressed in Scandinavian costume. In addition to 49 food booths, 122 craft booths will feature American and Scandi navian imported products. Some of the food that will be served in clude aebelskivers, a small and round Dan ish pancake that is served with powdered sugar or jam, Swedish pancakes, which are very thin and flat and rolled up with jam inside, and several potato dishes. "The festival celebrates family values,” said Taryl Perry, president of the Scandi navian Festival Association. “This is some where the whole family can go and enjoy themselves and our unique Scandinavian heritage.” Parry, who is of Danish descent, has been involved with the festival since she was in 7th grade, when she took Scandina vian dance lessons from Dr. Gale Fletchall, founder of the festival. The annual free event will likely brings thousands of visitors. Carol Neelson, pro gram coordinator for the festival, said over 100,000 people came to the festival in 1996. “The Scandinavian Festival will be offer ing pretty continuous entertainment,” Neelson said. One of the biggest features will be the Habbestad family musical band that is coming from Norway for the festival, she said. The three children in the family band have been featured in Norwegian television and were invited to perform in Oslo in the Turn to EVENT, Page 4 HIGHLIGHTS ■ WHAT: A festival celebrating Scandi navian culture with food and dance ■ WHERE: Down town Junction City —Greenwood Street between 4th and 7th Avenues ■ WHEN: Aug. 7- j 10,10a.m.-10p.m. ■ PRICE: Free ■ HOWTO GET THERE: Ride LTD from the River Road Station
