- poppiV
"The Land East"
Traditional
Greek & Indian Food
Lunch
Monday through Saturday
Dinner
7 Nights a Week
992 Willamette
Eugene, Or 97401
343-9661
SHOE-A-HOLIC
Buy 1, Get 2
3 FREE Sale!*
* On selected shoes
at our outlet store
957 Willamette SL
687-0898
LAZAR’S BAZAR
Closeout Sale
(including store fixtures)
*50-66%
OFF (Reg. Price)
57 W. Broadway • 687-0139
Downtown
2 ‘select items only
www.lazars.com
,2/061.0
*»V+
KARAOKE Wednesdays
FOSTER’S $1 PINTS Fridays
FREE PIZZA Saturdays
2S<POOL AND
PINT OF HENRY’S $1.50
Everyday
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
S ft r* c? % c
Your Summer
Check out the September Experience Program
September 7-17, 2004
• Short on group requirements?
• Looking for a unique way to wrap up your summer?
• Want to get ahead in your course of study?
• Excited to get back in the swing of classes?
• Does $500 for 4 credits sound like a deal to you?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you need
to find out more about the September Experience
Program. Resident and nonresident students take one
course for 4 credits in nine days for just $500. All are
group satisfying! Classes meet from 8:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.
Monday - Friday. We have the courses you want, the
courses you need, and the courses you should take.
Courses are included in Summer 04 DuckHunt.
019281
CouregWo. Cout»» Tltl«
iMtniotoi CBM
ANTH 161 World Cultures
ANTH 170 Intro to Human Origins
GEOG 206 Geography of Oregon
HIST 382 Latin America
INTL 350 International Leadership
PSY 330 Thinking
PSY 375 Development
SOC 301 American Society
P. Scher
G. Nelson
M. Power
C. Aguirre
K. Carpenter
H. Arrow
J. Measelle
M. Dreilling
45407
45366
45365
45364
45361
45363
45362
45370
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SUMMER SESSION
SEPTEMBER EXPERIENCE PROGRAM
Register using DuckWeb <http://duckweb.uoregon.edu/>. Visit our Summer Session
web site, <http://uosummer.uoregon.edu/SepExp.html>; call us, 346-3475, or send
us email, <septexp@darkwing.uoregon.edu.>
Erik R. Bishoff Online & Photo Editor
A street sign for Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard sits opposite Autzen stadium at the
intersection of South Access Road. The boulevard's name change from Centennial
Boulevard, and its proximity to Centennial Loop, continues to cause confusion with mail
and deliveries for nearby businesses.
Businesses adjust
to address change
One year after Centennial
Boulevard was renamed
Martin Luther King Jr.
Boulevard, effects persist
MICHAEL A. BOOTH
FREELANCE REPORTER
Nearly one year after a controver
sial move by the Eugene City Coun
cil to change a two-mile stretch of
Centennial Boulevard to Martin
Luther King Jr. Boulevard., the cumu
lative economic effect on businesses
has proved to be negligible.
Of the handful of businesses
forced to change their addresses,
most business representatives said
the address change was little more
than a minor setback.
"It was inconvenient but we deal
with it OK," said Linda Vonderheit,
the business manager at Mercedes
of Eugene.
Vonderheit said the costs were not
substantial. The hassles related to the
address change were similar to those
anyone would experience by moving
a home or business, she said.
Marl Carter of Staff Jennings Boating
Center contends that he incurred "a
few thousand dollars worth of expens
es" due to the name change, but he
said the only additional costs involved
were for letterhead and business cards.
"I've still got boxes of office sup
plies with old addresses on them,"
Carter said.
During city council deliberations
last year, some council members
voiced concern about the impact the
decision would have on businesses.
Many alternatives were proposed, in
cluding commissioning a statute to
honor the civil rights leader and
changing the names of two highways
and a bridge that wouldn't require
changing addresses. The decision
passed 6-2 on deadline day.
Several of the businesses said the
biggest problem caused by the name
change stems from out-of-town ven
dors trying to make deliveries.
Vonderheit said truck drivers have
had problems looking for the
new address.
"The name of Centennial Loop,
the cross street, hasn't been changed
and 1 think that causes some confu
sion when they come off of Coburg
Road," Vonderheit said.
"Vendors continue to send mail
to our old address ... hopefully
they'll make the changes
sometime soon."
— Linda Vonderheit
Business Manager / Mercedes of Eugene
An Internet search of four popular
Web sites used for maps and directions
revealed that only one of the four, Ya
hoo! Maps, had a listing for Martin
Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in Eugene.
Another concern for businesses is
the forwarding of mail. After one year,
the post office stops forwarding mail to
the new address and starts returning it
to the sender. For six months, the post
office will attach the forwarding ad
dress when returning the mail.
"Vendors continue to send mail to
our old address," Vonderheit said.
"Hopefully they'll make the changes
sometime soon."
Nearly one year after the renaming
of Centennial Boulevard, most busi
ness owners seem to be quietly re
signed about the city council's deci
sion to change their address.
"It was not a popular decision
with me but it happened, so there is
n't anything I can do about it now,"
Carter said.
Michael A. Booth is a freelance
reporter for the Emerald.