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
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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
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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