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ncal'tK Services. women or stop by to it you ^uaii+y. Planned Parenthood • 1670 High, Eugene • 344-9411 § s SUMMER 2000 MEETS GROUP REQUIREMENTS FOR SCIENCE CREDIT Natural Environment Weeks 1-4 Global Environmental Change Weeks 5-8 Geomorphology Weeks 5-8 MEETS GROUP REQUIREMENTS FOR SOCIAL SCI. CREDIT Cultural Geography „ Weeks 1-4 Geography of the United States Weeks 5-8 SPECIAL INTERESTS Population & Environment Weeks 1-4 Oregon Landscapes Weeks 1-4 Friday Only (a field-based course) Mountain Landscapes Weeks 5-8 Friday Only (a field-based course) U0 GEOGRAPHY CARHENGE Alliance. Nebraska In a bizarre homage to the mystery and beauty of ancient Britain, modern day Stonehenge's are strewn across our nation. Easily the-most strange is the monumental Carhenge in Alliance. NE. Signs on the outskirts ' of town proudly herald the strange road side attraction, and a gift shop sells souvenirs. In - Geography, we call this the "man-made environment." The globe's packed with fascinating geographic sights. Take a class and see for.yourself. FILES GE0GRAPHY...II S OUT THERE. Little Caesars II**2 MEDIUM PEPPERONI OR CHEESE PIZZA 1711 Willamette (next to Blockbuster) 343-3330 Pioneer cemeteries point out mystery in Oregon’s history ■ Many graves contain pioneer families with an unknown history, and the state is trying to track down descendants EUGENE — A small cemetery at the bottom of the long Willamette Valley is keeping fam ily tradition alive for descendants of some of the earliest Oregon pi oneers, who the state is finally trying to find. The graves of John and Mary Gay Cogswell are in just one of the hundreds of pioneer cemeter ies across the state, ranging from one to dozens of graves. No one knows how many an cestors rest in small family plots. But the Oregon Legislature has ordered the state to find out, even though officials aren’t sure how to start looking. The key to documenting pio neer history may rest with de scendants such as Emery Ing ham, a Portland antique dealer who belongs to the fourth gener ation of a family that crossed the Oregon Trail more than a century and a half ago. Ingham, 66, made a trip to the family cemetery west of Creswell over the weekend to bury a por tion of the ashes of a cousin, Doris Norton of Long Island, N.Y., who died last fall in her 70s. Norton’s family spread most of the remains in her favorite places back East. But Ingham will per form the final honor — making sure she becomes part of Oregon history. Gathering at the cemetery has become a family ritual, and dozens of descendants show up every Memorial Day to trim the grounds, set new flags, eat a potluck picnic, tell stories and watch children of the family’s fifth and sixth generations play among the headstones. “This was a Garden of Eden to them, you know,” Ingham said of the farm set in the long valley that is now home to most of the people in Oregon. “Everything they planted grew,” Ingham said. “Seeds, hopes, dreams — everything.” The family cemetery began in 1857, when John and Mary Gay Cogswell lost their first two chil dren, daughters Mary Anne, 4, and Florida, 1, to scarlet fever. John Cogswell was born in 1814 in New York, helped herd horses to California in 1845 and worked his way north the next year. He was nearly shipwrecked heading back to California for the gold rush of 1849, but was lucky enough to survive and strike it rich. He carried as much gold as he could to Pennsylvania, had it minted and bought a herd of cat tle, horses and sheep. In 1851, he drove them to Oregon to build a ranch. One day, while scouting ahead of the herd, Cogswell came upon a wagon train with one of the prettiest woman he’d ever seen. Family lore says 19-year-old Mary Francis Gay had already quickened men’s hearts from Missouri to Oregon, and the love struck Cogswell hurried back to his cattle. He urged his cowhands to “hurry up — I’ve just seen the woman I’m going to marry.” Theirs was the first marriage li cense recorded in Lane County, and to her death in 1887, Mary said she always “had all I need ed.” The Associated Press Memorial Day continued from page 1 “Thjs day is sacred with al most a visible presence of those who have gone before us,” he said. Potter said many people tend to forget what Memorial Day is ALL DAY TUESDAY m ALL H YOU CAN EAT EVERY TUES! includes Garlic Bread 11:30 am-10 pm PIZZ* vtTej. 2673 Willamette • 484-0996 all about, and he said he hopes that as the number of those veter ans able to attend Memorial Day services decreases, the annual memorial service at Pioneer Cemetery reaches out to younger people. “We’re trying to pass on to the generations coming on the sacri fices that people made,” he said. And those sacrifices, Potter said, were not only for Ameri cans, but also for the thousands of immigrants who come looking for a promising future in the United States every day. “The gates are open to this country,” he said. “That’s free dom, and that’s what it is all about.” Paul Gilbertson, a member of the American Legion and presi dent of the Eugene Pioneer Cemetery Association board, said he was pleased to see so many people come to the memorial service. “It was good,” he said. “I look at the people each year.” But Gilbertson also said he feels that some tend to forget the meaning of the holiday. “So many people have lost re ality of these days that have a special significance,” he said. Past commander of American Legion Post 3, A1 Reeves, said many younger people look at Memorial Day as nothing more than a long weekend and an op portunity to go camping. “We will soon be forgotten,” he said. But he also said he noticed that some young people are starting to show an interest in learning about history, wars and veterans. Some of those young people — a choir from Shasta Middle School in Eugene — sang at the memorial service. Choir director David Fitch said he tries to prepare his students for more than just concerts, and performing at the annual memo rial service gives them a chance to learn about veterans and the wars they fought. Coming to the service year after year, he said he has watched many of his stu dents understand what the holi day is all about. “The experience for me was re ally moving,” Fitch said. Fitch was not the only one at the memorial service who en joyed seeing his students react to the service. “It really is wonderful to see the young people out here,” said Ruth Holmes, secretary treasurer of the Eugene Pioneer Cemetery Association. “I thought it was beautiful.” LEO What are you doing this weekend? -Check your RO. Box 3159. 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