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shift driving a cab. A jingle producer called
hack, and soon her voice was heard singing the
well-known jingle for the N estles Sweet Dreams
white chocolate bar.
anonymous, is furious that his city is planning to
erect a life-size bronze sculpture of Ken Kesey,
who grew up in Springfield. T he man cites the
1986 Esquire article “Blows to the Spirit: W here
and How the American Male Has Taken It on
the C h in ,” in which the author made “some
shockingly
offensive, almost violently homo
en
esey culpture
phobic statements.”
pposed
“You know, some people say syphilis came
O eventeen-year-old com m ents have com e
from screwing sheep and pigs, and there are some
O hack to haunt the acclaimed author o f One
who say that A ID S may have come from mon
Flew O ver the C u ckoo’s Nest.
keys," Kesey said. “So, when the Scriptures, not
A Eugene resident, who wishes to remain
just the Judeo-Christian Scriptures, hut lots of
2 Scriptures
say,
9 ‘D on’t screw ani-
3 mals,’
it’s
not
because God doesn’t
want us screwing
animals, he’s telling
us that if we’re going
to screw animals,
we’re going to get
things from them.”
Kesey, who died
in 2001 , also said:
"It seems to me it’s
o n e’s job to put
sperm in a place
that’s designed for
it. You don’t put
crankcase oil in
your power-steering
system. And when
God says, ‘Do not
put crankcase oil in
your power-steering
system,’ h e’s not
Ken Kesey associated homosexuality with bestiality in 1 9 8 6 , according to saying, ‘If you do,
an angry Eugene man
you’ll go to hell,’’
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he’s saying, ‘If you do, you’ll blow the seals out of
your power steering.’ ”
E state P lanning
W orkshops O ffered
cKenzie River Gathering Foundation will
play host to two estate planning work
shops this spring. They will provide a good
overview of the variety of ways people can pre
pare their estates, including information on
wills, medical directives and tax issues.
These workshops are appropriate for every
one, regardless of estate size. Facilitators are
experienced estate planning attorneys.
Ellen Adler will lead a workshop from
10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 5 in Eugene. Judy
Uherberlau will facilitate a class from 9:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. May 3 in Ashland.
T h e requested donation is $10-$20. No one
will he turned away.
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To register contact Sheryl Sackman at
503-289-1517 or sheryl@mrgfoundation.org.
P uyallup S tudent
F ights D iscrimination
D
amian Ball of Puyallup, Wash., has been
selected to receive a Youth Activist Schol
arship Award in recognition of his work for civil
liberties. T he $4,000 college scholarship is one of
14 awarded by the American Civil Liberties
Union to high school students around the nation.
Ball received the award because of his demon
strated commitment to working for equal treat
ment of all students as an activist with the Gay
Straight Alliance at Emerald Ridge High School.
In the face of concerted opposition, the club
courageously carried out a protest action to raise
awareness about the harassment of gay students.
Founded in 2000, the G S A has provided
support and advocacy for individuals facing dif
ficulties because o f their sexual orientation.
W hen members decided to participate in April
2002’s Day of Silence P roject, a national action
designed to spread awareness of the need to
combat intolerance, they anticipated it might
catch some flak but did not realize the degree of
controversy it would generate.
Mobilized by conservative religious forces,
some parents objected that the event was
wrongly promoting the “homosexual agenda."
Several dozen people pressured the district to
stop the Day of Silence, pressed their case on
the letters page of Tacoma’s The News Tribune
and threatened to vote against the district
school levy in protest.
T he school board and principal stood behind
the right of students to hold the event, and the
Day o f Silence took place without major inci
dent. About 50 kids kept their vow to remain
silent, close to 200 wore rainbow ribbons in sup
port, and others wore a sticker.
“I cringe at the thought of what might happen
to our country if people don’t stand up for what is
right, even if they are standing alone,” Ball said.
“It is every person’s job to defend the civil liber
ties of others; there is not any other way to ensure
that we will all remain free. I stand firmly resolved
to do my best to make sure that ideas that pro
mote human rights and civil liberties, regardless
of their popularity, are not suppressed.” J H
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