Today’s Highlights, April 18, 2015• New Photo Contest for Customers!• Committee Corner• Beautiful Blue Booth Weights, 4 for $32• Unclassifieds, Weather, Meetings and more on the other side

SATURDAY MARKET NEWSLETTERApril 18, 2015 • VOL. 46- NO. 330 E. Broadway #124, Eugene, OR 97401(541) 686-8885•fax (541) 338-4248www.eugenesaturdaymarket.org info@eugenesaturdaymarket.org

MARKETPLACE • COMMUNITY • CELEBRATION

From KimberlyGood morning on this lovely

spring day!I want to give a shout out to all

the new vendors who have started selling with us this year, we’re so happy you’ve joined us! Also, we have some new staff that is eager to serve you, our membership and your customers and make this the best Market it can be. I know you will all welcome the newcomers in to our Market family.

Have a super sunlicious day,Kimberly

New! Weekly Photo Contest

Hi everybody! I’ve just invented a new photo contest for customers that I want you to know about for a couple of reasons. Each week there will be a theme and a small prize. I’m asking customers to take a photo of something particular and tag it with a specific phrase and post it on Ins-tagram, Twitter or Facebook. I will pick a random winner from the par-ticipants.

This week folks are being asked to take a photo of a representation of a chicken, tag it with #ISpyChickens and post it. In the instructions I’ve asked participants to be respectful and ask before posting a picture of your artwork, and to credit you in the caption. Please do not consider it an annoyance that someone is ask-ing you if you have any chickens (or whatever theme I come up with), consider it an opportunity to con-nect with a potential customer. As these photos go out into the world, all the friends and connections of the people that post them will see fun photos from Saturday Market. Perhaps they will see something they want to buy and come on down!

In future weeks I’d love to of-fer you the opportunity to “spon-sor” one of these contests. All you’ll need to do is donate a small prize. You can also pick the theme. I will post a photo of the prize along with the contest hashtag (that’s what the # is called FYI) on a Friday. If I get a few lined up in advance, I can an-nounce them and give you an extra

mention in our monthly customer email newsletter (1800 subscribers).

I’m hoping this will be fun for everyone involved. There will be a link on the front page of the Mar-ket’s website where you can go and see the entries each week.

New! Booth Weights Available, 4 for $32

We have an incredibly good deal on weights for your pop up booths. They are locally made from heavy weight, water resistant, royal blue pack cloth. They have a 30 lb. capacity, and can be secured with a pin through the booth leg and a grommet, and have a buckled strap to wrap around the booth leg. Our Market Member Only special price for these is 4 for $32. We will also sell individual bags for $8 each. Cash or check only, as we are already selling them at a deep discount. These bags are available at the Info Booth or the office. They come with 4 pins for se-curing them to the booth legs. You can fill them at Lane Forest Products for about $1.50.

Until shortly before Market opened, it appeared that the Fire Marshal was going to require all booths at outdoor events to be weighted or tied down this season. The City has decided to suspend this rule for now. In order to prepare for this eventual requirement and make the Market a safer place on windy days, Market Board and Manage-ment is working to craft rules for weighting of booths. You can get a copy of the proposed rules at the Info Booth if you are interested. The Board will discuss this at their next meeting. Talk to board members or plan to attend the meeting if you’d like to weigh in on this issue.

Committee CornerThe Standards Committee

screened new products from 11 members last week, both new and returning. They spent most of their meeting dis-cussing several member issues. Agenda topics for next time are pre-

packaged foods and soap. Their next meeting will be May 20 at 4:15 PM.

The next committee meeting will be the Board of Directors on May 6 at 5:15. Meeting dates and agendas are always listed on the back of the newsletter and on the website under the “For Market Members” tab.

Carefully Handcraft Those Payment Envelopes!

Your Info Booth Staff would like to encourage you to check your en-velope before you turn it in at the end of the day. Please be sure you’ve done the math accurately and in-cluded the correct amount. If you are a nonreserve vendor, please be sure you’ve written your name on the envelope. It makes it much easier to record your payment and give you your point. Thanks!

Reminders!Info Booth: The Info Booth is

not really a drive-up. Please do not stop in the active traffic lane to drop off your payment. The Info Booth crew packs up and leaves at 5:30. The bell rings right around 5:15, so keep an ear out for that and hustle over to get your payment in before the crew heads out.

Load in/load out: Please pull all the way down on Oak St. to park along the Park Blocks, especially at the end of the day, so that other members can pull their vehicles in too and not be blocked or have to try to weave through stanchions/cones.

Local EventsMay 2 - Ducks Spring Game 11 AMMay 9 - Eugene MarathonMay 9 - Mother’s Day GiveawayMay 10 - Mother’s Day

UnClassifiedsTo place your free unclassified, bring it to the info booth by the end of the day, to the office by Thursday afternoon, or e-mail to kimstill@eugenesaturdaymarket.org, put “newsletter” in the subject line.Country Fair help wanted. We need a dependable helper Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the Fair. Approximate hours 8 a.m to 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. We also need a helper for general fair set up pre-fair and post fair Wednes-day/Thursday and Monday. Work for pass plus $. See us at the Market Kim and Jeff Allen oremail kjallen@efn.org. (4/18)Ranch worker wanted- PART time. Job is in Oakridge- Hourly rate paid. Contact kjallen@efn.org. (4/18)4 Armstrong Gallery Display panels, 6’ 10” tall x 38” wide. Light weight. Covered with Artm-strong reddish brown carpet on both sides. 2 panels for $150, 4 panels for $300. (Original cost $130+shipping each.) call Michi, 541-510-2580. (4/18)Hello my name is Planet and I am looking to move into a studio, cottage or separate 1 bed-room house where the owner would be open to accept a housing choice voucher beginning in May or June or later. I am a mature woman who is responsible respectful and considerate. Con-tact butoh@efn.org or call 970-221-7172 (4/18)Fiona art and garage sale Fri-Sun April 17-19. Art and craft supplies, card racks, magnet rack and other displays. Greeting cards and prints at less than wholesale prices. Plus furniture, house-hold, kid stuff and much more. 345 W 28th Ave 9AM-3PM. (4/11)For sale: a coat rack, and a print rack that holds 8x8 or 8x10s. Call Erna, 541-342-5037. (4/11)Renaissance Pizza is now serving their delicious Italian Kale Salad: OG kale, OG toasted almonds, shredded Parmesan, and it’s tossed with an OG lemony citrus dressing made with OG lemons and OG extra virgin olive oil. April will continue with the Special of the month--the Sausage and three cheese pizza: Italian sausage with shaved Asiago, Romano and Parmesan cheeses. And we’ve added our ever effervescent Cranberry Vespa: cranberry juice, apple juice, a hint of orange zest and a splash

of sparkling mineral water. (4/11)Blue 8x8 can-opy with silver lining, 4 sides and cover $120 call Sharon 541-844-1660 Lots of beads for sale: glass, pearl, semi-precious. 541-8 4 4 - 1 4 4 0 . (4/4)Black and white brother and sister tux-edo cats, just fixed, silky loving, etc. Info Susanne 541-345-8370 or stop by my booth #154. (4/4)Ritta’s Burri-tos’ special for April is Yam That’s Good! Baked yams seasoned with chipotle pep-pers, layered with grilled onions, roasted red peppers, jack and ched-dar and grilled between two whole wheat t o r t i l l a s .

The Market CornerHappy Happy

Birthday to woodworker Jason Terry last Thursday, doll maker Mary

Hebert yesterday, glass artist Sue Hunnel today, tie dye artist Laura Adams tomorrow and mosaic artist Bill Allord on Wednesday!!

Stefano and Kathleen, former market vendors (Gabbiano Leather), are hosting a launch party for Kathleen’s memoir, Love in the Elephant Tent. Pfeiffer Winery - Saturday, April 25. Three authors will read starting at 6:00. (Kathleen at 7:30.) For more info, see the Events section of KathleenCremonesi.com. Books available at reading. RSVP appreciated 541-998-2828.

The Oregon Country Fair is seeking donations of crafts and food booth certificates for its Spring Fling fundraising raffle to benefit Culture Jam, the Fair’s art and culture camp for teens. For more information, please email Norma at office@oregoncountryfair.org. I will be happy to pick up your donation or you can drop it off at booth #321 (Sue Theolass). Sue also has raffle tickets for sale. Thank you!!!

The Kareng Fund is an emergency relief fund set up to help low income, self-employed artisans and their families who experience a serious career threatening crisis. You can make donation any time, just specify your donation on the front of your payment envelope. Thanks!

On the Market Stage

Credit Card SalesMarket accepts Visa, Mastercard, Discover & American Express. Send your customer to the Info Booth with a properly filled out credit card slip (avail at Info Booth). Your check for the amount of the sale less 5% for bank charges will be ready on Wednesday at noon at the office or mailed at the end of the day Wednesday.

Weather

Committee Meetings Board of DirectorsWeds. May. 6, 5:15 PMAgenda: Booth weight requirement, Marketing committee, non-profit booths

Standards CommitteeWeds. May 20, 4:00 PMAgenda: TBA

Standards ScreeningsWeds, May 6, May 20, June 3 4:15 PM

Holiday Market CommitteeWeds, May 13, 4:00 PMAgenda: Election, work task policies, budget discussion

Food Court CommitteeThursday, May 21, 10:00 AM

Board of Directors ElectionSaturday, June 11All meetings take place at the Market Office, 30 E. Broadway #124, Eugene. All are welcome!

sun, O sun, sun I hope! -ancient Market incantation (Nov 3, 1973)

THE SATURDAY MARKET BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

Chairperson - Paulette Richards • Vice Chairperson - Willy Gibboney • Secretary - Diane McWhorter • Treasurer - Maggie Quinlan••Colleen Bauman, Paula Marie Gourley, David Hascall, Alex Lanham, Anna Lawrence, David LeeHoliday Market Chair - Deb Schussler • Standards Committee Co-Chairs - Teresa Pitzer, Lynn Brown • Food Committee Co-Chairs - Colleen Bauman, Ritta Dreier • Sustainability Committee Co-Chairs - Teresa Pitzer • Caroline Dunn General Manager - Kimberly CullenPromotions & Advertising Manager - Kim StillMembership Services Coordinator - Vi SadhanaSite Crew Supervisor - Joe GoodwinAddress - 30 E. Broadway #124, Eugene, 97401 Phone - (541) 686-8885 • Fax - (541) 338-4248E-mail - info@eugenesaturdaymarket.org Office Hours - Tuesday-Friday, 10am-4pm

Yay! Hooray! The Perfect Market Day! Sunny, with a high near 71. Light north wind increasing to 8 to 13 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

10:00 AM Lonesome Randall -Rock & Roll historian

11:00 AM Invincible Vince -seriously funny magic!

12:00 PM Richard Crandell -magical mbira

1:00 PM Acoustic Etouffee -swamp stompin’ fun

2:00 PM Brian Cutean -Acoustadelic Gypsyhooplamojobop Metafablemedicine

3:30 PM Kef -Balkan dance music ensemble