SWAT practices, conducted by the organiza-
tion they are affiliated with, National Tactical
Officers Association (www.ntoa.org). The
Police Commission’s new SWAT Policy
Review Committee (which has been meeting
late Tuesday mornings since March) will
hold an evening meeting later in June to hear
and go over the audit results, says Jeannine
Parisi of the Police Commission staff.
NTOA is a pro-SWAT professional orga-
nization, says Parisi, and the audit will focus
on tactical, rather than ethical or community
relations issues. “NTOA,” according to its
website, “was created in 1983 to promote the
Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) re-
quired to deal with ...” and “dedicated to the
advancement of the SWAT profession
throughout the world.”
Ehrling and Regan will be on KLCC’s
“Critical Mass” at noon Sunday, June 8. For
more information on the Whiteaker events,
call 684-8064 or e-mail thewhit@efn.org —
Ted Taylor
supplies such as pencils, crayons, notebooks
and paper.
“We donate these items to a variety of
rural schools, clinics, orphanages, and non-
government organizations serving the indige-
nous populations of the northwest high-
lands,” he says.
For more information, call 681-7757 or
visit www.partnersinsolidarity.com
MARCH FOR MLK
IS MONDAY EVENING
Supporters of renaming Centennial
Boulevard for Martin Luther King Jr. are
gathering at 6 pm Monday, June 9, at the Park
Blocks downtown to march to City Hall for a
City Council meeting. Marchers are encour-
aged to bring their children.
“The idea for this march came after the
disheartening City Council meeting last
week, when the council was divided about
the name change,” says an e-mail from orga-
nizers.
About 30 Eugene residents spoke in favor
of the change at the May 27 council meeting.
Only one person spoke against the
change.
CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS
• We mentioned in a Slant item May 22
that 13 county residents testified in favor of
the County Commission putting on its
agenda a stand against the USA PATRIOT
Act’s attack on civil liberties at home and na-
tionwide. What was not mentioned was that
nearly 100 people showed up in support of
the county agenda action, 89 people signed
up to speak, and 4,000 signatures were deliv-
ered. “We filled the board room and they had
to open up an overflow room for us,” says
Hope Marston of the Lane County Bill of
Rights Defense Committee.
• A caption in last week’s Calendar for
Mike Leckie’s art work titled, “The
Offering,” and a listing in the On the Road
section, lists an incorrect location for
Leckie’s June 5-6 art opening. The event
takes place at Elements Glass, 1315 NW
Overton St., Portland.
LOCAL NON-PROFIT SENDS
SUPPLIES TO GUATEMALA
Partners in Solidarity, a Eugene-based
non-profit organization, is preparing a large
container of computer, medical and school
supplies to ship to an impoverished area of
Guatamala in mid-June.
“We have gathered many donations but
have come up short on medical
equipment/supplies,” says Matthew Rutman,
director of the organization. Rutman says he
is still looking for rubber gloves, stetho-
scopes, alcohol, bandages and classroom
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