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About What's happening. (Eugene, OR) 1982-1993 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1983)
1. J Folk-singer Mark Levy joins with Citizen Action for Lasting Security to celebrate the opening of their new office. Levy will sing at 9 pm following a showing of Atomic Cafe at 7:30 pm, at Harris Hall, 8th & Oak, in Eugene. A Grand Opening of the new CALS office precedes this event from 4-7 pm at the new location, 59 W. 13th, on August 3. —22s, Panue? J - TERRA NOVA TRADING COMPANY ANTIQUE W CON TEMPORARY JEWELRY 2851.. 5th Eugene, OR 10-5 M-Sat 484-9500 Book Review Sister Age By M.F.K. (Mary Frances Kennedy} Fisher, AlfredA. Knopf, Inc., New York, and Random House of Canada, Ltd., Toronto, 1983, 243 pgs., $12.95. (Book courtesy of Marketplace Books, Fifth Street Market, Eugene, OR.) Sister Age is a collection of fifteen well-written, easy-reading short stories, many of them previously published in various magazines or periodicals including The New Yorker, Ellery Queen, Prose and West ways. Easy reading these tales may be; the understanding may be less ap parent, even though the central theme is revealed in the title. Sister Age is a fact of life often ignored in this society even though she is an implacable part of our lives as much as rain, wind and ocean tides. So, stroll, if you will, into the twilight years, led by the gentle hand of M.F.K. Fisher. Read her foreword and afterword carefully before you savor the subtleties contained in the delectable, literary gems en cased between. Read, reflect and enjoy! —Kenneth N. Harris IMPROVE PHYSIC Al ENDURANCE AM) ME MAI ( 1 ARITY THE VITAMIN SHOP We cover the basics with quality vitamins and minerals; we also have powdered amino acids, DMAE, liquid and sublingual formulas, and a wide selection of ginseng products. We are specialized yet competitive, and ... "Information is our Forte" THE V II Al SHOP • 20- r t H I H W f M2-\ 11 I • I It 1 HPI ARI SHG )PS Friends of the Spring Trust Are Still Sweating... A few months ago, as many of you know, free use of Cougar Hot Springs was almost lost to the public. Only the efforts of the Friends of the Spring Trust have managed to save the springs from being either capped up or else cooped up in cement tubs by the side of the road. The Trust, a cooperative in con junction with the Forest Service, has come up with a plan under which the Trust will manage the area around the spring, the camping area along Boone Creek, a portion of Rider Creek and the Reservoir frontage. In cluded are plans for providing a full-time resident caretaker at the spring, protection and im provements of the land and trails, acquisition of insurance for personal and property dam age, and better control of van dalism and general misuse of the spring. The permit is proba tionary and valid for one year, to be renewed by agreement of both parties contingent on the permit requirements being car ried out. Much help on many levels is needed. Volunteers are necessary to assist the. caretaker in moni toring the area and educating users as well as in organizing fund-raising activities. con structing decks and other im provements, preparing educa tional materials, and for mail ings and other tasks. The Trust has a major need for funds to pay for insurance costs, for the caretaker’s residence, and for signs, brochures, and other com munications. One good way to contribute is to be come a mem ber of the Trust, which costs $10 per person or $15 per family per year. Donations of materials are welcome and necessary for con structing the residence, the deck ing and trail improvements, and for the new toilets and kiosk. It is up to us to keep Cougar Hot Springs open for all to use. We have one year in which to prove we can meet the Forest Service’s criteria or we will lose the spring to private main tenance. Please do whatever you can to help. To become a member or to get additional information, contact: Friends of. the Spring Trust, P.O. Box 11681, Eugene, OR 97440, (503) 683-3533. The next meeting of the Trust is Monday, July 25, at 7:30 at 2519 Harris. All are invited and welcome to attend. —Amy Lustig Friends of the Spring Trust Journey for Peace to Wah Chang/Albany by Pamela Seaworthy Most of us know Teledyne Wah Chang from its grand stench which seeps in through closed car windows as we pass through Albany on 1-5. The plant is a famous polluter. But we may not all be as aware of the activities that go on within the plant. Wah Chang produces zir conium, which is an essential material in the nuclear industry, both for reactors and bombs. To call attention to this defense con nection as well as to the toxic dumping of radioactive and other wastes, Eugene Direct Ac tion, a local anti-nuclear group, is joining the environmentalist group Forelaws on Board in a protest journey to Albany by foot, bicycle and raft on July 29 and 30. Teledyne Wah Chang/Albany is the world’s largest producer of zirconium and the only plant in the western world capable of producing the finished metal from raw zircon ore. Most of this zirconium is used in the nuc lear industry as a housing for the plutonium or uranium used in nuclear fuel rods and in nuclear bombs. It is the only metal which can withstand the stress of the radioactive material and at the same time allow the nuclear reactions to pass freely through it. However this process is not without its dangers. Under certain conditions Zir conium can be highly explosive (because of this it is used in cer tain incendiary bombs). This property posed a serious threat of explosion in the Three Mile Island accident where the zir conium was also responsible for the formation of the dangerous hydrogen bubble due to its che mical reaction with the steam. These accidents are a kind of in evitability in the type of nuclear reactors in use in the U.S. In nuclear warheads, includ ing the ones to be used in the Cruise and Pershing missiles, zir conium is similarly essential as cladding for the plutonium. Wah Chang’s parent corpora tion Teledyne is among the top 50 defense contractors and one of the most profitable com panies in the Fortune 500. It is directly involved in the produc tion of cruise missiles, producing about half of their engines. Among its other defense com mitments are the Navstar satel lite which can accurately guide sea-launched missiles, parts for the B-1 bomber and Trident sub marine, and ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missiles) research. Additionally, Teledyne Inc. draws the greatest I NIVCRSITY VPAVEL 774 E. 13th (in the Smith Family Book Building) 683-5577 free parking in rear ROUND TRIP BARGAIN FARES AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS Portland-Mazatlan Portland-Yucatan Seattle-Athens Seattle-London Portland-New York •Fares subject to certain restrictions $249 $369 $849 $599 $339 part of its income from stock which it holds in other cor porations, including a control ling interest in Litton Industries, a major defense contractor. The production of zirconium has as a byproduct radioactive sand containing radium 226, a known carcinogen. For years Wah Chang Albany dumped this waste in sludge pools near its plant, and recently it received a license to keep it there perma nently. Forelaws on Board, an environmental group, is pro testing this license in court and in a Walk on Wah Chang, a twelve-mile hike from Corvallis to Albany on Saturday, July 30. Eugene Direct Action is ad dressing the defense involve ments of Wah Chang Albany and Teledyne Inc. with a simul taneous Journey for Peace com posed of walkers, boaters and bicyclists. The bicyclists will leave Eugene on Friday, July 29; on Saturday all the groups will travel from Corvallis to Albany. Those who cannot go are invited to pledge money for miles tra velled; proceeds will benefit nuc lear resistance groups in the region. A parade through Albany Sa turday afernoon and a rally will allow people who have not tra velled from Corvallis to join at that point. The rally will be fol lowed by a picnic, music, party and overnight camping if de sired. The event is free and open to everyone. For details see the calendar listings or call Journey for Peace, 343-8548. (RUN Wouldn't You “Love" to have Your Tennis Shoes Resoled? 2705 Willamette 687-9538 . M-F: 10-6 • Sat 10-1
