Running
Pre’s Trail & Beyond
The Second Annual Spring Fling
Fun Run will start at 9:30 am, Sun
day, April 24, at the KASH/KSND
Studios, 1600 Day Island Road in
the Alton Baker Park area about
one-half mile up the KASH Road to
wards Springfield from the Ken
Nielson Rose Gardens. The event is
sponosred by the local nonprofit,
tax-exempt running promotions
group—DZI Running Team, Inc.
The Spring Fling Run includes a
10K (6.2) mile road race, as well as a
two-mile fun run on the bike paths
along the scenic Willamette River.
The course has been certified and the
runs sanctioned by the Athletic Con
gress. Prizes will be given to the top
men and women finishers, as well as
special prizes for middle and final
place finishers. A number of local
merchants have donated prizes for
the finishers as well as for post-race
drawings eligible to all entrants. En
try fee is $6.50 for those pre-regis
tered before April 17, and $8.00 on
the day of the race. Merchants’ cou
pons and T-shirts will be available
on day of race registration. The
Spring Fling Fun Run is open to all
fun runners, recreational joggers
and serious road racers. Parking is
available in the general area.
On Saturday, April 23, 1983, the
(J of O Business School Alumni will
stage a 10,000 meter “Rainbow”
run. A late entry fee of $6 is payable
in check, cash or money order. Race
is to start at 9 am in front of Gilbert
Hall (located just east of 13th & Kin
caid) and will include a flat and fast,
but challenging route including a run
along Fairmount Loop. Luminary
alumni will include Art Boileau,
Canadian National Mararthon
Champion, a CBA Alumnus; Paul
Geis, U of O Sub 4 miler, and Ros
coe Divine, U of O, All American
6-miler and also a CBA Alumnus.
Prizes will be awarded for male and
female winners and there will be an
all-entrant drawing.
Fitness Through Pleasure is the ti
tle of a new Rodale Press book, au
thored by Porter Shimer, editor of
Executive Fitness Newsletter. Like
another recent book reviewed by
Pre’s Trail & Beyond, Fitness
Through Pleasure offers suggestions
and self help which will not only
help an individual toward ‘well be
ing of body and mind," but as the
book’s foreword suggests is a first
step in a personal preventive pro
gram. With hospital beds going at an
average of $500 per day, who can af
ford not to look at self help?
Author Porter Shimer not only
gives suggestions as how to shuck
bad habits (such as alcohol, food
cravings, smoking) but also tells why
and how exercise doesn’t have to be
hard (or a bore); how to acquire a
taste for healthful foods; how to
relax and avoid stress; and details on
how fitness fights disease. Part IV of
the book offers a number of ques
tions and answers which have ap
peared in Executive Fitness, the
popular newsletter which goes to
thousands of persons all over the
world each week for a nominal sum.
Running is dealt with indirectly ex
cept for the Q&A sections which in
clude a chart showing calories burn
ed while running. The book contains
a more positive stance towards
vitamin suplements including some
good information about Vitamin C.
Next week, we’ll preview the
"Footrace to Stop the Arms Race,"
and go into some views on running
by Dr. Glasser, the world famous
behaviorist, who recently held a
seminar on depression during an all
day event at the Eugene (Hilton)
conference center.
—Jack Craig
(Jack Craig is now into his 7th
year of daily running, mostly on
Pre's Trail in Eugene-Springfield. He
runs (or tries to) about one hour
each day and from six to seven miles
daily. He also operates a running
guide service and has written articles
for running magazines. Persons in
terested in his guide-coaching ser
vice, telephone 686-0812 for ap
pointment.
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Garden Site Selection
and Soil Preparation
With all the sunshine that we
have been having recently, I’ve
been thinking about putting in a
new garden. When I look for a
garden site I evaluate potential
sites using the following criteria:
sun exposure, slope, soil type,
and convenience. I want a
garden that has a gentle slope to
the south with no trees to block
the sun. The soil should be
workable but this is the one fac
tor that is easily modified.
If all the following are met, I
judge the site on the basis of
convenience. Is it close to water?
Can animals be kept out? How
easily can water be obtained?
If it’s an exceptional site, I can
trade off some criteria against
another. If the sun is blocked
part of the day. I’ll plant shade
tolerant plants in that area. Most
herbs need full sun to develop. If
the drainage is not that good, a
raised bed will help. The soil, as
long as it is not contaminated,
can be modified. Sawdust and
straw can turn the nastiest clay
into a workable soil. Beware of
planting next to the foundations
of houses. The ground may be
full of lead from the paints used.
This would only be a problem
with older houses because leaded
paints have been removed from
the marketplace.
All herbs like a well made soil,
contrary to a popular belief that
herbs want to grow on a gravel
slope. They will grow anywhere,
but the better soils will yield a
healthier plant with more usable
leaf, stem and root.
Some herbs like Rosemary
and French Tarragon thrive in
raised beds, while annuals like
basil seem to grow fine on the
flat.
I fortify the soil with soft or
collodial phosphate. This has a
faster release than rock powders
and will also last in the soil for
years. Most soils are acidic in
high rainfall areas and would
benefit from an application of
dolomite lime. Nitrogen is sup
plied by cottonseed meal, blood
meal or fish emulsion. The fish
emulsion has a quick release but
the meals are cheaper and longer
lasting.
I find that our soils don’t seem
to need a specific fix for potas
sium. We pick up potassium
with the nitrogen sources.
All amendments should be
worked into the soil. Clay soils
should not be worked until they
dry. A good rule of thumb is to
drop a lump of soil from waist
height—if it shatters then the
soil is dry enough to work with
out causing damage to the soil
structure.
Local sources for organic
amendments are the Down to
Earth store on W. 11th, or Lane
Co. Feed and Seed at 5th and
Charnelton.
Any gardening questions can
be addressed to Sweetwater
Nursery, c/o John Karlik, 83036
N. Weiss, Creswell, OR 97426. I
will try to answer questions in
future articles.
—John Karlik
STARS, STARS, STARS
The skies of Eugene and
Springfield have now been
recorded on a glow-in-the
dark star map. They are
available for 87 from Larry
Deckman or Sloan Heer
mance at 2406 Lawrence St.
in Eugene. Call 343-7166.
Book Review:
The Parsifal Mosaic
By Robert Ludlum, Random House, Inc., New York, Random House,
Limited, Canada, Bantam Books, Inc. (paperback), 1982, 630 pages, J15.95.
(Currently on sale for JI 1.95 at Marketplace Books, paperback J4.50, located
in the Fifth Street Market, Eugene.)
In his latest novel, Ludlum once again demonstrates his mastery of the
espionage novel. Ludlum writes with an economical style, wasting few
words, which results in a fast-paced adventure filled with spies and
counter spies, agents and double agents, and behind it all a mysterious
figure known as Parsifal. Parsifal is a shadowy figure with the power
to bring the U.S. to its knees, and if his demands are not met, the
power to plunge the world into the holocaust of nuclear war.
The one man who can identify Parsifal, ex-agent Michael Havelock,
has been labelled psychotic by his superiors and marked for death
before his obsession with a dead woman destroys their fragile spy net
work.
Havelock can prove his sanity only if he can find Jenna Karas, the
woman he loved and yet, believing she’d betrayed him, ordered her ex
ecution, even witnessed it. Now he is convinced that he has seen her
alive, must find her and convince her that he still loves her.
The reader is compelled to follow Havelock through Ludlum’s
carefully orchestrated maze as he searches for Jenna, always headed
for the inevitable clash with parsifal, whose influence reaches even into
the White House.
The book is gripping, believable, and chilling because of it. It is
perfect reading for a rain drenched spring weekend.
—Kenneth N. Harris
Tuesday
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Fairs/ Festivals
Full Moon Medhatton, the full moon is a
time for humanity as a door is opened
when more light is available for our planet.
Group meditation, Amazon Community
Center, 2700 Hilyard, 8 pm. 689-7761.
Meetings
Committee In Solidarity with the Central
American People meets to discuss current
events in Central America and a planned
fundraising for Medical Aid for El Sal
vador, 7:30 pm 2880 Mill St, Eugene.
485-1755.
Speakers
Antique Seminars featuring Gwen
Znerold, noted collector, author, apprais
er and lecturer on antiques. Topics this
week. Needlecraft and Folk Art. $20,
344-4813.
Film
Photographer for National Geographic to
present slide show. Rich Cooke offers a
sensitive look at the country of Ladakh,
Free, 7:30 pm. EMU ballroom on U
of O campus. Sponsored by U of O Out
door Program, 686-4365.
Mary Wigman: When Fire Dances Be
tween Two Poles. Part of National Dance
Week, 7 pm, 150 Geology, UO.
Sports / Recreation
Amazon Community Stamp Club meets
between 4 and 5 pm at 2700 Hilyard.
Students in grades 1-12 are invited to join.
More information, 687-5373.
Etc.
Bookmobile service includes: Parkview
Terrace, 3rd & High, 9:15-10:15 am; Ya
Po-Ah Terrace, 350 Pearl, 10:30-11:30
am; Edgewood Shopping Center, 40th &
Donald, 2-5:30 pm.
Art
Open drawing figure studies. See 4/21
listing.
Macedonian Bridal Costumes, a lecture
on the UO Natural History Museum Ex
hibit. Social customs, symbolism and pro
cess of manufacture will be covered. 7:30
pm, at the Museum, UO.
Concert Music
Folksinger Judy Gorman-Jacobs at 7:30
pm in Gerlinger Lounge, U of O. Pre
sented by Students for a Nuclear Free
Future, Women’s Referral and the EMU
Cultural Forum. Ms. Gorman-Jacobs per
forms traditional and original music of
labor, peace, environmental and women’s
movement. $3 at door and $2.50 students.
TV/Video
Cable 11 (Community Access) presents:
Seeds of Peace, televised anthology of
Peace Art in Eugene, song, poetry, story,
dance, painting, 6 pm; Winds of Change,
Andrew Elliott, ND, discusses naturo
pathic and homeopathic remedies and
Cascade Health Exchange, a local effort
to provide health care to low-income peo
ple, 7:00; Nicola Studio One, 7:30; Deci
sion: America, analysis of the European
nuclear weapons deployment decision,
8:00; Unique Woman, Mickey Black,
creative sewer and expert on stitchless
sewing, 8:30; Potluck, 9:30.
Workshops / Classes
Self Development, introductory class in
meditation, discussion of diet and lifestyle
practices conducive to greater mental
health and physical harmony, 7 pm at
1802 Lawrence St. 345-0042. Contact
Shyam/Vidura.
My Relationship with My Child, and See
ing I to I. A workshop for parents, focus
ing on parents’ goals, expectations, feel
ings. At Westmoreland Community Cen
ter, 1545 W 22nd, 7-9 pm. Phone
687-5316. $2.50/individual, $4/couple.
TV/Video
Cable 11 (Community Access) presents:
Oregon Work, a documentary produced
for KEZI by Sharon Genasci, deals with
unemployment caused by small business
closures, 6 pm; Cracker Barrel, 6:30;
Nguzo Saba, 7 principles of blackness, 7
pm; La Voz Hispanica, 7:30; Is God a
Dream?, part 2, 8:00; Metamorphosis,
8:30; Nuclear Questions, 9:00; Dave on
the Fly, 9:30.