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Corvallis Advocate | 3 By Rachel Henevoy By Johnny Beaver HALLOWEEN DRINK UNDRIVE LINN-BENTON Some Free Rides and Cheap Taxis BACKWASH alloween in Corvallis brings the and Saturday from 8:45 p.m. until Fun with Local Media Hjoy of trick or treating, costume 2:45 a.m. through June 5, with the Copy, and Misogyny parties, and massive amounts of exception of Thanksgiving and alcohol for some. Lieutenant OSU’s winter break. A bonus lans for a Five Guys burger joint local media either, so I guess that’s a Cord Wood of the Corvallis of the Night Owl Bus is that and a Sports Clips hair salon for P thing now. Police Department says each bus has a bike rack in men near 9th Street and Buchanan that between the numerous Some dude that was dressed like he case your bike is drunk, too. in Corvallis have been scrapped. cab companies in Corvallis was from the southern water tribe in When your Halloween Sorry, folks, no overpriced grease- and the SafeRide program Avatar rolled up to the Albany Fred partying takes you far into burgers or dorky a*s haircuts by for OSU students, there is the night or you are SOL for women in referee outfits while Meyer store... and then rolled back no reason that someone would the freebie rides, a quick Internet you watch “the game.” Mmmm, out with a $9,575 ring—just about have to drive intoxicated or walk search yields a fair number of taxi misogyny! Maybe this is punishment $400 or so short of making it a Class home alone. Wood cautions partiers for being a douche. B felony, which can get you 10 years to be safe, and on that note, there listings in Corvallis. You may want in the clink. Klink? No, clink. Clink is to cut out this list and keep it with Some sort of car chase involving are services for students and non- right. Dammit. students. you just in case: the coppers ended on OSU territory Ali’s Taxi: 541-829-1103 on Oct. 23. A video was captured The main news slider on the For OSU students, the Associated Auto-Taxi: 541-714-3015 from a dorm window showing the Democrat-Herald’s website was Students of Oregon University Hub Cab: 541-738-9000 police instructing the driver to lift kind enough to deliver this hard- (ASOSU) has a free SafeRide service Beaver Cab: 541-738-8294 his shirt up, walk backwards, touch hitting story earlier this week: “Cooler taking students home or to the OSU Going Green Taxi: 541-738-9000 his toes, turn his head and cough, weather mean it’s time to clean your campus. The program operates Roadrunner Taxi: 541-766-8294 etc. I went to find more details, but home’s chimney.” throughout Corvallis and Philomath. Their app may be your best option Corvallis Pedicab: 541-609-8949 daily media seems to be lacking The Lebanon Log: And we’re back! 1 Cab Inc.: 541-223-6007 any sort of reporting. C’est la vie, for using the program because the On Oct. 17 a man in a pink wig was program has policies, boundaries, Orange Taxi: 541-979-6622 comrades. And we both know I’m walking around Oak Street acting and hours of operation which may too lazy to check in later. Here’s The ASOSU SafeRide Program can “weird.” When police stopped him, conflict with your weekend plans. the video for your viewing pleasure: be contacted at 541-737-5000, or he had a machete strapped to Low on data this month? Go low https://www.youtube.com/ request a ride through their app, from his back. Half an hour later he had tech and call to book a pickup. The watch?v=J3W1XYYMWzk. Google Play at https://play.google. shown up at Merlin’s Bar and was SafeRide program operates from com/store/apps/details?id=com. A woman driving near Southeast “making customers nervous,” so 6 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. totuit.tapride.oregonstate&hl=en Kiger Island Drive in Corvallis had officers eyeballed him until he left. Non-students looking for a free ride or from iTunes at https://itunes. a bullet tear through her window. Fast forward a few hours... the dude home can make use of the City of apple.com/us/app/saferide-osu/ Deputies found two men who were is running down the middle of Main Corvallis Fareless Night Owl Bus, id930134879?mt=8. admittedly shooting behind their Street, still in his wig and whatnot, so for those who live along the offered Night Owl City Bus route house, and despite using a backstop police thought to themselves, “Hmm, routes. The Night Owl Bus routes information is available at http:// a bullet had ricocheted out into the maybe we should take him to the are up and running as of Oct. 1. www.corvallisoregon.gov/index. street. What kind of idiots shoot at hospital for a hold.” Later that night Service runs every Thursday, Friday, aspx?page=180. a backstop that’s anywhere near a people were once again reported By John M. Burt road, let alone concrete? The same stealing items from the Goodwill kind of idiots that the deputies let trailer outside of Mega Foods (you AN OCCURRENCE OF AN OWL go without a citation, instead telling know, where that dude was caught them to find a better location to whacking off a number of months CREEK BRIDGECorvallis’ Inadvertently shoot. This wasn’t mentioned in the ago). Spooky Reference here’s a new bicycle bridge I don’t know—does anyone Tgoing in over Owl Creek, part even remember that story? Does of the bike path running parallel anyone even remember Ambrose to Highway 34, right next to the Bierce? highway bridge that’s been there Well, a couple of years ago, for years. It’s made of steel and someone put a stand-up sign actually looks a lot cooler than next to the highway bridge the highway bridge. over Owl Creek that just said, I don’t see how there’s a story “An Occurrence,” so I’d say the in that, though it’s topical for story is still pretty well known. Halloween. You know, because it’s Plus, I can always work in a Owl Creek Bridge, as in one of the reference to the fact that Bierce creepiest stories Ambrose Bierce ever wrote The Damned Thing, which wrote, and one of the coolest episodes was the inspiration for the Predator of The Twilight Zone, ever. movies. 4 | Corvallis Advocate By Johnny Beaver AS THE STATE TURNSOPB Pulls a CNN, Gun Nut Likes Pot, Senioritis, State Goes Bureaucratic on Weed OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING sounds. Let’s all skip the court FINDS NEW WAY TO DISCUSS system and just vote in band- EARTHQUAKES aid measures to try and I thought all of you might like to gum up the works! Sounds know that OPB has now graduated like the plan of a bunch of from “Megaquake Preparedness damned geniuses! Tips” and “Oh Sh*t, Earthquake!” I should also mention articles, now moving on to polling that Coos County is right By Sidney Reilly Oregonians to see if they think around the corner from they’re prepared.