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OR 58 Salt Creek Tunnel and Half Viaduct Project, Milepost 56 Spring to mid-October 2012 and 2013 Project Location C Complete day/night highway closure: 8 p.m. Monday, June 4 through 6 a.m. Friday, June 8, 2012 O Other travel impacts: OR 58 Suggested Alternate Routes • Closed completely at night Monday - Thursday, from 8 p.m. - 6 a.m. • Open to a single lane of travel Monday - Thursday, from 6 a.m. - 8 p.m. • Open weekends to a single lane of travel from Friday 6 a.m. until Monday 8 p.m. • Travel is restricted to a single lane with pilot cars Expect 20 minute delays. • No complete daytime closures in July or August. • Oakridge will always be open for business from the west. • Crescent Lake and Willamette Pass will always be open for business from the east. letters TO THE EDITOR NOT A PERFECT MATCH K Know Before You Go T To learn more about the construction project a and schedule, visit the project website at www.58tunnel.com w F For the latest road conditions, v visit www.TripCheck.com or call 511 Construction Starts May 18 BURRITOS BOWLS GOODNESS FRESH LOCAL is a call out to those particularly gifted in the facial hair department, you know who you are! I am asking those who are considering an Oprah makeover, a clean-cut change to STOP where you are, drop the razor, put away the shaving cream, no running with scissors and use extreme caution around the fi re circle. Let it grow let it grow let it grow! We are as we speak planning a beard/ moustache contest/ fashion show at this year’s Eugene Celebration. It is offi cial, the Eugene Celebration folks are behind it, so lets’ get excited, hairy ones unite. We are planning a bearded parade entry, so even if you don’t wish to compete in the event come join us for the parade, it’ll be a hoot! I hear some other Oregonians similarly hirsute may come and join us: COMBS, which stands for Central Oregon Moustache and Beard Society. In other words some hairy guys from Bend, Portland and beyond. So if this sounds fun to you please stay tuned in to the Eugene Celebration website and also its Facebook site. Details are being researched and worked out still. This fall Out On A Limb Gallery at 191 E. Broadway is going to act as Beard Headquarters. What do you think a local beard group should be called? Perhaps it is fi tting to have a local Beard King as we already have a local Slug Queen. Tim Boyden Eugene The Capstone project will be good for Eugene, even though it is not a perfect match. The Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA) — the project will be built in the downtown neighborhood — has listened to literally hundreds of people. We believe that we understand the issues. As we would hope, the Capstone people have also listened carefully. To date, concerns about most of these issues have been addressed directly. Agreements have been reached about behavior standards and neighborhood accountability, environmental impacts (there will be several opportunities for using “green” forms of transportation) and concerns of Olive Plaza residents. DNA expressed a concern about 1,200 people joining the neighborhood all at once, and Capstone agreed to build the project in two phases to reduce the numbers. Agreements have been reached, and conversations ongoing, with the Eugene City Council, city staff and Capstone. For a list of some of the agreements already reached, go to the DNA website at www.dnaeugene.org We are looking forward to meeting and working with our new neighbors when they arrive in September 2013. Welcome to our backyard! David Mandelblatt Chair, Downtown Neighborhood Association EARTH DAY TRASHED It was so nice to be able and enjoy the outdoors on Earth Day weekend. We are lucky to live in a location so close to places to hike, particularly Spencer’s Butte. However, I was dismayed when I arrived at the top HAIRY ONES UNITE AFFORDABLE OK, it’s time to stop kidding around here and get serious in this hirsute pursuit. This & Locally Owned! w w w. L A U G H I N G P L A N E T C A F E . c o m 4 Blair Blvd. 29th & Willamette (541) 868-0668 760 BLAIR BLVD. EUGENE, OR 97402 (541) 505-5399 2864 WILLAMETTE ST. EUGENE, OR 97405 MAY 17, 2012 EUGENE WEEKLY Y ou N ev evee r Know w Wh h at a t Y ou’l’l’lll Fi F nd n At A A Co Collllllec e to ec tors rs s W e es s t Gun Sh S ow w ! Ad dm : W , , WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM
