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About What's happening. (Eugene, OR) 1982-1993 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1984)
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Dependable • Reliable 345-9174 10% off on first month’s cleaning with this ad Expires December 31, 1984 EDITORIAL Give Peace If you drove out to Valley River Center last Saturday, you prob ably saw the people from Families for Survival picketing in protest of military toys, but generally calling for peace. They stood in the driz zle—peacefully and with the con viction that their signs would bring some thought to the critical issues of the day. As the bumper-to-bumper shopping traffic rolled by, a few "shoppers" hurled obscenities; one especially crude remark jolted me and forced a look at the tremen dous imbalances in our world to day. This scene at Valley River seemed symbolic of the extremes with which we live, extremes that have been manifesting in so many cataclysmic events—war, pover ty, drought, famine, pollution. . . . We need to remember the issues, overwhelming as they are. And especially at this time of year. You can "give peace." Just think about it. Families for Survival is a group of Eugene families who are con cerned for our future, focusing primarily on the arms race issues. They have worked on voter regis tration, petitioning and projects to further education on the disarma ment issues. Last year they mailed a "friendship" package to a sister city in Russia, Komsomol'sk-ma Amure. It contained photos and pictures of and by people here in Eugene. Their aim is to promote understanding between peoples. If you'd like to join them, they (women, children and men) will be out at Valley River the next two Saturdays. Their monthly meetings are the second Thursday of each month, 7 pm, at the Amazon Housing childcare center. LETTERS Mismanagement My opinion of the OnStage issue is this: Regina Publications pulled a fast one on the City and if wasn't difficult. The bidding process used by the City was not in anyone's interest except perhaps O'Brien's and perhaps who ever arranged the contract. According to the Register-Guard, City Attorney Sercombe stated that the contract was based on a "personal" or "working" relationship and "not necessarily on who gives the cheapest price." I'd be interested in finding out where the authorization—the statute or what ever—comes from that allows such a bidding procedure (especially if I were What's Happening or Lane County Living). It sounds like someone in the City responsible for this contract was either naive, careless, incompetent, had a vested interest or was simply playing favoritism. Which would not be sur prising given the good ole boys club down at the Hall. Finally, it sounds like no matter how the City got us into this, the terms were ambiguous and Eugene wasn't expecting the raw deal it got! Mismanagement and not enough checks and balances. —Name withheld by request Special*; Holiday Edition Next week's edition of What's Happening will be our special holiday issue—covering three full weeks of events and entertain ment, Dec. 20-Jan. 9. We'll resume weekly publication on Jan. 10. Happy Holidays! Nicaraguan VP Writes What's Happening received a copy of this letter from the Council on Human Rights in Latin America (CHRLA) who had planned to host Ramirez in Eugene. For the second time in the last few months I have been frustrated in my hopes of visiting the United States to establish direct communication with a variety of sectors of that country; to be able to express the truth about our revolution and to talk about our inter est to create an open and democratic society that can be an example for the countries of Latin America and the world. This interest has encountered the stubbornness of the present Ad ministration of the U.S., which has placed all possible obstacles to stop this trip. I ney not only considerably delayed the granting of a visa, but also attach ed a series of restrictions to it and issued it of a category that actually constitutes an insult to the Nicaraguan people and those of you who invited me to visit the United States. The Ad ministration also refused to provide the security that is granted to visiting heads of state implicitly saying that I cannot travel to the United States. Because of these circumstances, the government of Nicaragua has decided to cancel my trip. The purpose of this message is to explain to you our reasons. I am grateful for your invi tation and since I cannot travel to the United States, let me invite you and other representatives of your organi zation to come to Nicaragua so you can see for yourself the meaning of our revolution. Warm Regards, Sergio Ramirez Mercado Vide-President Elect, Nicaragua Letters to the Editor must be typewritten and no longer than 250 wordt. Send to What's Happening Letters, P.O. Box 259, Eugene, OR 97440. ON THE COVER Moz Wright, fire eater and sword swallower, is one of the many performers at this year's Old Oregon Christmas Faire. The Fake features fine hand-made arts and crafts, and runs through Dec. 23, at the Lane Co. Fairgrounds. What’s HAPPENING Eugene/Springfield’s Arts & Entertainment Magazine Published every Thursday (A special 3-week Holiday Edition will be published on Dec. 20. 1984 Weekly publi cation will then resume on Jan. 10, 1985.) Editors Elisabeth Lyman, Lucia McKelvey. Sonja Ungemach Production Manager Sonja Ungemach Office Manager Lucia McKelvey Advertising Manager Elisabeth Lyman Advertising Representatives Jack Craig, Alan Garten. Shelly Singer. Anne Stelter, Martha Wagner Production Assistant Nancy Erskine . Calendar Editor Shelly Singer Bookkeeper/Recoptionit Sheri Longobardo Distribution Dan Steinmetz, Mgr.; Jack Craig, Leonard Harris, Marcos Marotta Typeset ProtoType Camera Production Department Printing Springfield News What’s HAPPENING 335 W. 20th, Eugene, OR 97405 P.O. Box 259, Eugene, OR 97440 (503) 484-0519
