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• Something that has received very little attention is the Oregon Department
of Transportation (ODOT) study of the replacement options for the Van Buren
Bridge, which spans the Willamette River between Linn and Benton counties.
There have been rumblings here and there that ODOT has called together a
committee of Corvallis citizens to examine the options, yet very little informa-
tion is readily accessible. Perhaps it is that gag order placed on members of the
citizen committee — an interesting policy for the examination of a public
resource. Still, two of Corvallis’ advisory boards have provided written com-
ments to ODOT, favoring the option to maintain the bridge even if a modern
bridge is constructed nearby.
A similar process was carried out over a decade ago to look at options for
this bridge, with the conclusion from that committee being that the community
should keep the 1915 swing-span bridge, the oldest remaining in Oregon. The
latest tidbit, uttered by an elected official, was that it appears the current com-
mittee is headed in this same direction, with
the bridge slated for a new life as a pedes-
trian and bike concourse over the river.
However, demolition remains number one
on the list of options being considered.
Tess
• With the beginning of a new school year, the OSU neighborhoods are
buzzing with new residents and activity. Except, that is, for the old Sigma Pi fra-
ternity house on Monroe Street. The fraternity moved out of the house last
year for new digs a few blocks away on Harrison Boulevard. Since then, the
Georgian Revival style house, originally built in 1922 as a single-family home for
OSU professor Frank Magruder and his family, has remained empty. The “For
Sale” sign disappeared early this summer. Was it carried off to serve as a dorm
room decoration, or has someone decided to breathe new life into this worn but
glorious structure? Rumor has it that a well-known Northwest eatery is in the
process of purchasing the property for conversion to another one of its popular
restaurants and pubs. The house fits the profile of a property in which they
might have an interest, and certainly this would be a prime location directly
across the street from the OSU campus.
• Shortly following three OLCC busts for allowing under-age drinkers into the
bar, the Headline Café has closed its doors for good and rumor has it that the
owner is taking an extended vacation in Africa. Well known by students as the
place to go drink if you’re not yet 21, Thursdays at the Headline Café were
packed, with the crowd often spilling out onto the street.
The bar was also the site of the recent altercation between OSU football
player Brent Bridges and Christopher Mattocks. As a side note, on Sept. 27
Bridges was convicted of two counts of fourth-degree assault and sentenced to
24 months supervised probation along with 100 hours of community service for
punching Mattocks.
So it’s no surprise that Headline Café was on the OLCC’s short list. According
to OLCC Inspector/Investigator Mark Jaehnig, the bar was busted for failing to
card a minor and for allowing alcohol to leave the bar on Nov. 18, 2004.
Shepherd Family Inc., the owner listed in the OLCC’s licensing paperwork, paid a
reduced fine of $297. Just one month later, on Dec. 16, the bar owner was again
ticketed for not carding a minor and also for allowing a minor to enter the bar.
Those fines totaled $1,683. Then on June 3, 2005, shortly before the bar
closed, the OLCC busted the
Headline Café again for not card-
ing a minor. This time the option
was pay a $4,950 fine or face a
30-day license suspension.
Looks like letting in the kids
only helps out business for so long.
The Dirt includes short opinion pieces,
observations and rumor-chasing notes compiled
by the Corvallis staff. Heard any good rumors
lately? Contact Melissa Bearns at 484-0519 or
melissa@eugeneweekly.com
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• For many, a visit to the Book Bin wasn’t
complete without a quick visit with Eloise,
the resident cat, and many mourned her
recent passing. Now a new cat has taken up
residence. It took the staff at the Book Bin
three rounds of voting before they finally
named her Tess. The other top choices were
Abbey and Madeline.
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