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Vendors Sanghee Park, left, and Kwangse Park, right, returned back to the market in June after being gone for a year because of COVID-19. Eugene Saturday Market and its vendors, who have faced the challenge of navigating the past year, as seen in Eugene, Ore. on September 11, 2021 (Isaac Wasserman/ Emerald)

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THE EUGENE SATURDAY MARKET AND LANE COUNTY FARMERS MARKET NAVIGATE THE PANDEMIC

BY ALEXIS WEISEND

A heightened interest in local shopping and online methods has kept some market vendors afloat.

However, less in-person shopping and fear of the Delta variant has hurt others.

“A LOT OF LOCAL BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A LOT OF LOVE, AND THEY'RE BUSY. THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING IN THIS COMMUNITY.” NAMEY HEREY and morey herey with context.

“Last year I started making masks. That’s pretty much all I did in 2020,” said vendor Linda Avalon Westbrook. “I spent hours a day trying to save the world one mask at a time.” Eugene Saturday Market and its vendors, who have faced the challenge of navigating the past year, as seen in Eugene, Ore. on September 11, 2021 (Isaac Wasserman/ Emerald)

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The Eugene Saturday Market and Lane County Farmers Market have had to limit their capacities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. While reducing in-person shopping has hurt some vendors, online sales and a heightened interest in local shopping have allowed others to flourish.

Vanessa Roy, the marketing manager for the Eugene Saturday Market, said the market was closed from April to June in 2020. It now only has half as many booths as it did before the pandemic due to capacity limits and has lost revenue as a result, she said.

People must wear masks in accordance with state mandates.

The Saturday Market does not have live music, busking or petitioning, Roy said. It returned to full capacity by the end of June but was then reduced to half capacity on Aug. 28 due to safety concerns about the Delta variant, she said.

Some vendors said capacity limits and closures have hurt their businesses. “It’s not been great,” Jessica Blanchette, who sells kitchen woodwork at the Saturday Market, said. “It mostly just has to do with consumer confidence and how many people are out here.”

Despite a lack of in-person shopping, other vendors have found success by selling their goods online in addition to at the Saturday Market.

Angela Lees sells jewelry both online and at the market. Her business has been better than ever, she said. “At the beginning of the pandemic, online was just insane — so good,” she said.

Bret Pendlebury, who sells his artwork at the Saturday Market, said his sales went up during the pandemic because of his online store. “I was worried because I’m not an essential worker,” he said.

“But people are still buying stuff, and I think more people are

buying stuff locally too.”

Roy said she has also seen a renewed interest in shopping locally since the start of the pandemic. “Eugene is a community that likes to support local business,” she said. “A lot of our local businesses have been experiencing a lot of love, and they’re busy. That’s a beautiful thing in this community.”

Local shoppers of the Saturday Market reached out to Roy to see how they could support high-risk vendors who could not sell in person, she said.

The market started a Facebook Marketplace with almost 3,000 people to support vendors.

Roy said the Saturday Market is a staple of the community and has served as a bit of normalcy throughout the turmoil of the pandemic. It will return to full capacity on Sept. 25, she said.

The Lane County Farmers Market holds its Saturday market just a few blocks away from the Eugene Saturday Market. The markets remained open throughout the pandemic because the mandates classified them as grocery stores, Office and Communications Manager Meghan Verberkmoes said.

Although the Lane County Farmers Market had to limit the number of booths in the beginning, Verberkmoes said the pandemic had more of a cultural impact than a financial one.

Staff spaced booths ten feet apart and created specific flows of traffic around the booths to enforce social distancing, Verberkmoes said.

“The result of all that was it turned the market into strictly a grocery shopping trip as opposed to a social, community event that a lot of people were accustomed to it being,” Verberkmoes said. “Lots of people come to the market not just to get food, but to hang out, visit with friends and talk with people. We had to eliminate all

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Vendor Kimberly Gladen who is seen at her stand, Magical and Spiritual Gifts and Treasures, said the change in customer demographics has been hard for business. “There were a lot more tourists,” said Gladen. “Tourists love this market.” Eugene Saturday Market and its vendors, who have faced the challenge of navigating the past year, as seen in Eugene, Ore. on September 11, 2021 (Isaac Wasserman/ Emerald)

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that type of behavior.”

Verberkmoes said interest in locally produced food and products has grown during the pandemic. However, some vendors said they have had less business since the Delta variant appeared.

Michael Thal and his family rely on farmers markets to sell flower bouquets. He said business has been slower than usual due to fear over the Delta variant. “It’s off and on. It picks up and it goes down,” he said. “It just depends on whether or not people

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Some vendors turned to online methods to sell their goods.

Verberkmoes said selling locally grown food online is tricky because the food has a short shelf life.

Vendors selling online created locations for pick up — such as local restaurants, stores and farms — and delivery of their goods, Verberkmoes said. “It was kind of neat to see some things that came out of it,” Verberkmoes said. “We actually had one vendor develop a whole new business.”

Moondog’s Farm created the website Lane County Bounty, where customers can order locally grown food from its farm as well as other small farms in the area, Verberkmoes said.

Decks Family Farm also created an online store that allows customers to order goods from the farm for pick up.

“We have had a lot of orders,” Kelly Snyder, a worker for the farm, said.

“There’s an increase of people getting them that way.”

Verberkmoes said she hopes the interest in local food during the

pandemic will continue as the Lane County Farmers Market develops a new site in downtown Eugene.

Opening in winter or spring of 2022, the new site will allow more vendors and increased membership, Verberkmoes said.

“There’s so much good food being produced in the area, and I think people caught on to it,” Verberkmoes said. “It feels like locally produced food is becoming more and more like the norm for what people want to eat here.”

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THE INDIE THEATER THAT PERSEVERED

BY KRISTA KROISS

Eugene’s only surviving independent theater continues bringing film enthusiasts together and showcasing unique movies through the pandemic.

Edward Schiessl, the managing director of the Broadway Metro, poses inside one of the theaters. The Broadway Metro, located in downtown Eugene, is Eugene's last remaining independent theater. (Will Geschke/Emerald)

On the left hand side of the main lobby in the Broadway Metro, an old movie projector sits next to a concessions stand with taps for alcoholic drinks –– and, during pre-COVID times, a kitchen where quality meals are prepared for film watchers. Down the hall and to the left is the older part of the theater, where retro movie posters line the walls of a small, intimate space. The red carpeted floors create a cozy feeling that only grows when you enter a theater about a quarter of the size of what you get at a Regal.

This is the experience at the Broadway Metro, Eugene’s only independent movie theater to survive the pandemic.

COVID-19 lockdowns were “pretty devastating” for the theater, Edward Schiessl, the managing director and primary owner of the Broadway Metro, said. “Like most cinemas, we were shut down for most of the last year. When we weren’t shut down, we had lots of restrictions on capacity and food and drink, which is the only place we really make money.”

Open since 2013, the multiplex theater originally had four smaller auditoriums with an entrance on Broadway Street in downtown Eugene. Shortly before the pandemic, the theater finished developing a two million dollar expansion and only recently finished connecting the original multiplex to the new development on Willamette Street, which has three large theaters and a new lobby to feed all seven theaters, Schiessl said.

Because the expansion was completed just before the pandemic, the shutdown had a more devastating impact, he said. Governmental financial support was based on 2019 taxes — from before the expansion was in operation. The theater has managed to stay afloat with grants and loans as well as side operations such as allowing theaters to be rented out with concessions and renting from a library of 11,500 DVD and Blu-ray videos on a subscription basis. Yet the Delta variant has led to fewer visitors and another stretch of lower income, Schiessl said.

“If we can limp along with some reasonable attendance, we could probably stretch for a year or more,” he said. “But if we have to fully shut down or there’s 12 people a day like there was yesterday, that’s going to get us 5 or 6 months at best before we’re out of money.”

Although indie theaters have struggled during the pandemic, with beloved local theaters like the Bijou and David Minor Theater closing down, many community members still value the unique experiences they provide.

“The viewing experience was so intimate,” Ella Hutcherson, a UO student who recently visited the Metro for the first time to watch the indie movie “Lorelei,” said.

“It’s got that small feeling that I think is really special in a movie theater that’s not one of those chains.”

Indie theaters have the freedom to play lesser known or unconventional films that aren’t found in mainstream theaters. “The Metro was initially a supplement [to another theater], but just sort of gained its own identity,” Schiessl said.

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allowed the Metro to “get more of the buzzy indie stuff” as well as mainstream films, he said.

“We have a fair amount of indie films that are sort of off the beaten bath, that are future cult classics,” Schiessl said. “We play a lot of things that are very small movies, but they’ll end up playing for a long time just by word of mouth.”

A community of regular Metro attendees will come to see small-budgeted movies like “Pig”: a Nicolas Cage film about an Oregon hunter returning from the wilderness to discover his pig was stolen. Small films, like “Pig,” with little recognition nationwide are played for weeks on end at the Metro because praise spreads like wildfire through Eugene’s community of indie film lovers, Schiessl said.

The Broadway Metro is also a meeting place for a wide variety of film-loving communities and festivals. It has hosted the DisOreint Asian American Film Festival, Encircle Films, filmmaking groups like the Lane County Filmmakers and the Eugene Film Society, for which Schiessl is a board member.

“We have the ability to be kind of an anchor and a venue to match those groups together,” Schiessl said, “because we have this large audience of just film enthusiasts, and all these groups do programming and filmmaking.”

Like many moviegoers, Hutcherson appreciates that independent theaters provide an opportunity to see movies that “are really good,” but not well known. Buying tickets for these movies also supports independent filmmakers during a challenging time for indie films, Hutcherson said.

“You’re doing a service to the film just by going to the theaters,” she said. “I don’t know what more you would ask from a movie going experience.”

Edward Schiessl, the managing director of the Broadway Metro, poses outside of the theater in downtown Eugene. The Broadway Metro, located in downtown Eugene, is Eugene's last remaining independent theater. (Will Geschke/Emerald)

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Anthony Brown, quarterback for the Oregon Ducks, falls into the end zone for a touchdown. (Will Geschke/Emerald)

With a 17-7 lead just before halftime, Oregon marched down the field with a perfect chance to put the game beyond reach. But back-to-back sacks ended the drive and sent the Ducks into the half on a sour note.

It was just that kind of day for Oregon.

Even though the score may depict a blowout, Oregon had plenty of chances to put the game away early and didn’t.

The Ducks repeatedly shot themselves in the foot. It wasn’t their best performance, but a plus-four turnover margin propelled the Ducks to a 48-7 win over the Stony Brook Seawolves at Autzen Stadium.

Saturday’s affair started the same way last week’s ended: with a Verone McKinley III interception on just the third play from scrimmage. He now has three interceptions through three games this season after entering 2021 with five through his collegiate career.

“This guy is a student of the game,” head coach Mario Cristobal said.

“He understands formations, route running and he’s a game-changer for us. He wants to take on more.”

Later in the quarter, the Ducks marched 86 yards down the field while getting multiple players involved, just like last week. CJ Verdell would cash in for the Ducks on a 9-yard touchdown pitch -- eerily similar to a

play call that yielded a pair of Oregon touchdowns last week, except this time to the opposite side.

Verdell’s fourth score of the young season grew the Oregon lead to 10-0.

Stony Brook didn’t break into Oregon territory until just under two minutes left in the quarter, converting on a big fourth and four in the process. Later, on third-and-3, Seawolves running back Ty Son Lawton scampered into the endzone untouched to cut the deficit to three.

At certain points in the first half, the Oregon offense got anything it wanted.

A 30-yard Anthony Brown Jr. to Mycah Pittman strike, perfectly thrown over the linebackers head, followed by a 7-yard Brown rushing touchdown grew the Oregon lead to 17-7 and added an exclamation point on an all-important Ducks scoring drive.

The Ducks had a few chances to put the game beyond reach, but they simply couldn’t.

Oregon nearly converted on a third-and-11 midway through the second quarter but a holding penalty on the play negated the yards and soon ended the drive, stunting any momentum and nixing the Ducks’ ability to separate from the Seawolves.

Oregon’s lack of discipline cost them 65 yards of penalties on the day.

Pinned on their own 10, Stony Brook converted on a third-and-15 with a

Tyquell Fields 50-yard pass to a wideopen Seawolf streaking along the sideline –– another blown opportunity for the Ducks.

Stony Brook marched into the Oregon red zone on the drive, but another diving interception from McKinley III allowed the Ducks to breathe a sigh of relief.

Still, the Ducks led just 17-7 going into halftime against a team that many assumed they would trample.

As the Ducks walked sluggishly into the locker room, Brown appeared to be limping. True freshman five-star Ty Thompson started the second half in his place.

“We expect [Brown] to be okay,” Mario Cristobal said. “We expect him to play next week.”

Thompson finally answered the burning question of the Oregon backup quarterback spot.

The Ducks got within the 3-yard line of the Seawolves on a pair of explosive runs from Travis Dye. A potential drivekilling unnecessary roughness call backed them up, but they eventually capitalized with a 1-yard touchdown pass to Terrance Ferguson.

Even though Oregon continuously seemed to make it hard on themselves, the lead grew to 24-7.

The roaring Autzen crowd began to come into play in the third. On a Stony Brook fourth-and-2, the

overwhelming noise of the Ducks fans generated a delay of game –– the Seawolves second on the day.

Late in the third, a Bennett Williams interception and return along the sidelines set up Oregon at the Seawolves 11-yard line –– his first as a Duck. Dye would score just two plays later on a two-yard run to grow the lead to 31-7.

“We played down to their level in the first half,” Dye said. “We brought it back to our level in the second half, but we still aren’t satisfied.”

With the score reading 34-7 in the fourth, Cristobal turned to his bench.

Trey Benson, Seven McGee, Byron Caldwell, Jay Butterfield and Dont’e Thornton saw their first in-game action.

Thornton and Caldwell scored in the final moments of the fourth quarter, combining to open the floodgates, 48-7.

“We got 80 guys in the game tonight, which I’m happy about,” Cristobal said.

The win wasn’t perfect, but it still counts the same. The real victory of the day was the plethora of Ducks that got to see game action for the first time all season. Many of these men may not see the field for the rest of the season with Pac-12 play starting next Saturday.

After three non-conference wins, Oregon’s playoff implications will begin to rise by the week starting against the Arizona Wildcats.

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