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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1994)
Ocean Aid educates through music and song Kristin Mihalko hw rfv <>«yon Om>r f mm aid Would you swim in the ocean if you knew that three and a ciuarter million tons of oil enter the world's oceans eat h year? Would it help to know that, at < ording to Surlrtder Founda tion. in the United States, sewage treatment plants dump 5 9 trillion gallons of waste water Into coastal waters eat h year? Friday evening at WOW Hall, Ocean Aid Alliance will demon strate the distressed state that our Oi earn are in. with the help of musical performers famhay and a video narrated by Ted Demon. The performance, which Icegins at 9 If) p rti , features the )«**-influenced rot k music of lamhny and their acoustic sounds as the Lu/.y Port h Dogs 1‘roe creeds from the tickets which are $5 in advance and So at the door, benefit Ocean Aid Oi ean Aid it. art international, environmental and educ ational campaign that uses musical events to bring to its audience a sense of the ocean's power and beauty and an awareness of the stresses impacting them, said Malcolm Falk, founder of Ocean Aid “The problem is us," Faik said “We're still doing stuff that's impacting the ocean envi ronment We need III Start mak ing the right choices.'" The concert series tries to teach the audience the fight chon es by showing a six minute video and then providing them with alarming facts, suggestions COURT! SY Musical group Jambay will bo port of on Ocaan AM AlUaoco bonoflt Friday avaning at tha WOW Hall. on how to help end information on Ocean Aid. said Falk's wife. Condi Falk The musical acts, which per form after the edut ational se>; inent. are hands that would like to show their support for the ocean as well as Ocean Aid. Gn di Falk said The Ocean Aid concert series ku ked off its global education and entertainment lour on Sun day with the first in a series of 30 shows on three continents, Mali olm Falk said Die tour began in Hollywood featuring Dick I tain. most reomt ly of fhilp Fiction fame. and con tinue* op the west coast making H> stops, including Portland and Seattle. Malcolm Falk said According to Qndi Falk. Ouxn Aid is boginning its series at small venues, audiences of 2.000 to 5,000 members, and hopes to eventually have audi i*n< us of stadium size "We want everyone to come out of the c om ort with more ol an understanding of what is happening and what they can do." Qndi Falk said. “But most importantly, a value change of how they perceive their sur roundings Malcolm Falk, started Ocean Aid two and a half years ago when toxins and oils wore washed from the streets into the ocean at the end of the Califor nia drought "I spent most mornings surf ing in the ocean and started to get really sick.” Malcolm Falk said “Three out of the last six months of 1*102, 1 was very sick " The serious illness of the Falks' neighbor and the amputa tion of their friend’* leg, both due to time spent in polluted water, drove Malcolm Falk to try and make p«H»ple aware "The environment isn't able to deal with man-made toxins, it wasn’t made for them," Malcolm F’alk said, "And until we get it through our thick skulls, we're just going to make the situation worse " Besides educating the general public. Malcolm Falk know that something else had to be done He put the best mean minds together and formed Ocean Aid According to Malcolm Falk. 0< ean Aid brings together, for the first time, the world's lead ing 1« environmental organiza tions "They will put aside their per sonal agendas and develop a unified well funded plan to restore and preserve our or oanic environment," Malcolm Falk said "All the money generated by Ocean Aid will go directly to the oceans, which is decided specif ically by the alliance members," Cindi Falk said. According to Malcolm Falk the two have gone broke trying to get Ocean Aid running, but feel that the non-profit organiza tion will do a lot of good for the future. "Our first mission is to he aware and tare, and our second mission is to get the alliance working on solutions in a gov ernment by government educa tion campaign." Malcolm F’alk said. ■ CALENDAR Daniel West (\a*r trnturatd • The City Halt Gallery will display art i realed by Tonya Harding today through Feb 2H I hi' show includes watercolors and pencil drawings of animals and flowers The gallery is pist outside the Springfield puhlii library on Fifth and A streets The free show is open to the public from Ham to H p m Monday and Tuesday. H a m. to fi ji m Wednesday. Thursday and Friday; and noon to 5 p in Saturday • KUGN will sponsor a one day radiothon to raise money for Kugene's Birth to Three non profit Warmline. a telephone program for families with infants and young children who are at risk Hit* mdiothon will he Friday from 5 30 to 10 30 a rn • (junpbell Center will spon sor its annual holiday bazaar on •Saturday from 9 a m to 3 p in at 1535 High St Dolls, wooden (rafts, preserves and baked goods will lie sold at the bazaar Breakfast will Ik? served from 8:30 to 10:30 a,m., and lunch will lie served from 11 30 a in to 1:30 p m Coffee and pie will be provided throughout the day A raffle for a child’s wooden rock er. a port elam doll and a large basket will lx* at 2:30 p in • First (Christian Cliurch. 1 ltifi Oak St will offer four Christ mas concerts The concerts will he on Wednesdays throughout December al 12 15 p m The firs! performance on Dot 7 will fea ture Barbara Baird, organist at Finn Congregational Church. IBartholomew. Minister of Music; at First Christian, will perform Dec: 14, and Timothy Tikker, organist and choir direc - tor at Westminster Presbylunan Churc h, will perform Dec 21. For more information, c all 344 1425 • WillnmaUnes ninth annual Santa's Magical Workshop will be Dec 10 from H to 11 a m at 215 C St. in Springfield Santa and helpers will serve a pane ake breakfast There also will Ih» activities such as train rides, trinkets and fac e paintings The workshop will i ost $ t for adults and $1.50 for children 12 and younger For more information, cal! 746*1669 • Womenspac.e will offer a two-day training session for vol unteers on Jan. 7 and 8 Women space is Making volunteers to assist the 24-hour crisis line as advocatte., peer counselors, rur al outreach workers or a child's worker To register for the ses sion, call 68fM»fi60 • The City of Fugene Recre ation Services Division is plan ning a variety of activities for the holiday season. How to make homemade gifts is the top ic for children ages 3 through 8 Participants are required to pre register by Dec:. 12 for the class at Washington Park Center, 2024 Washington St Classes will cost 57. • Santa invites children and parents to eat breakfast on Sat urd ii\ The breakfast will tost S3 per person arnd will be at Petersen Barn Community Ceil ter. 870 Bemtzen Hoad, from 9:30 to 10:30 a m • Celestri Rose's Oregon Fan tasy Theater will present a mar ionette production of Little Red Riding Hood The free show will begin at 11 a m and 1 p m. on Saturday at the Eugene Public Library. For more information, call 687-5450. • The Goodwill Donation Dri ve has started. The drive-thru at 50th Place and Main Street in Springfield will allow donors to drop off used goods quickly and easily without getting out of their cars An attendant will issue o receipt for tax purposes The drive-through will lie open seven days a week from 8 a.m to H) p in For more information, (.all 345-1801 Freshman Seminars Winter Term 1995 PSY 199 PNG 199 GECXi 199 ICOL 199 ICOL 199 ANTH 199 I N I L 199 PHIL 199 1 A I'M MI'S 199 LNG 199 Introduction to Mental Disorders The Middle Ages and the Movies Reason vs Justification in Fthno-Territorial Disputes Ixology and Democracy: The Struggle for Environmental Justice Human Mind International Perspective Primates, Politics, and People Introduction to Australian l iterature and Culture Contemporary Moral Issues from a Multicultural Perspective The Legacy of Oracy Humor in Music Science Fiction: A New Mythology? ror more information, turn to the sponsoring department in the Schedule of Classes. 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