complained at the time that the recommen-
dations were being ignored by county
staff.— Bobbie Willis
CAN’T BEAT ‘EM?
School District 4-J has long chaffed at
the money district officials say charter
schools divert from its budget. But now, the
district is getting in on charter schools itself.
The district plans to submit a grant applica-
tion to the state for $50,000 to start an in-
district charter school at North Eugene
Alternative High School. If the district gets
the $50,000, it will be in line for another
$150,000 implementation grant. According
to a grant description, the money will “help
the school staff move toward goals of im-
proving test scores, developing a more rig-
orous math and science curriculum, develop
transition planning for students, and develop
learning experiences that promote social
growth.” — AP
FREE SOULS
“Blame the Other Guy Friday.” The phone
call came after the Board of County
Commissioners expressed support for the
name change, going so far as to offer to pay
for the new street signs.
“He [Papé] was pissed,” Dwyer says
matter-of-factly. “He said I was the one who
started all of this,” referring to the factors
that led councilors to reverse their decision
to wait on the name change. “He said it was
me who asked Torrey to assign Bonny
Bettman to the committee [proposing the
name change]; that it was me who asked for
the UO letter of support.” Dwyer says re-
naming Centennial Boulevard is “a tremen-
dous opportunity,” and that Papé was “just
upset that it didn’t turn out the way he
wanted. He wanted to blame someone else.”
Dwyer adds, “He was really venting. I
didn’t exactly like the tone. Things might
have been different if we’d been face to
face.” Councilor Pape did not respond to
phone or e-mail requests for comment.
—BW
CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS
• Last week’s Slant item regarding the
Oregon Country Fringe Festival July 10-12
listed the wrong day for the $25 entry ticket.
The correct days and ticket prices are $3 for
Thursday, $25 for Friday ($20 in advance)
and $5 for Saturday. For updated info, in-
cluding parking and shuttle services, visit
www.ocff.com
• Last week’s news item “What I did over
Summer Break,” neglected to mention the
first name of the UO Registrar’s Herb
Chereck.
• In last week’s “Crying Shame” cover
story, Jennifer Solomon’s first name was in-
correct on Page 12. In the same story on
Page14, the quote from Langston Hughes
should have read: “What happens to a dream
deferred?” In the sidebar to the story Moon
Lee Lane was described as being named for
an African American, but Don Moon Lee
was Asian American.
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The EPD has been cracking down on the
Free Souls Motorcycle Club. Officers re-
cently seized allegedly stolen Harley-
Davidson motorcycles and motorcycle parts
from members and associates of the group,
according to a June 26 memo from Interim
Police Chief Thad Buchanan to City
Manager Dennis Taylor. Other investiga-
tions have focused on alleged methampheta-
mine use, selling and/or manufacturing by
Free Souls. The investigations have led to
threats of lawsuits and one threat against a
detective’s life. Investigations into the
threats lead to one arrest.
FLAG BURNERS OUT
Sam Bond’s Garage, a pub on Fourth
Avenue and Blair Street, will close on
Independence Day, canceling “The Flag
Burners Ball,” a benefit for Eugene’s
Cascadia Media Collective.
The event, with anti-establishment per-
formances planned, along with video
footage from the recent San Francisco
protests, “didn’t end up being the show we
bargained for when we booked it,” says Sam
Bond’s part-owner Mark Jaeger.
Bond’s has been “closed the last few
Independence Days,” says Jaeger, who adds
he’s been “having trouble finding enough
staff members who were willing to work on
the Fourth.”
Marshall Kirkpatrick, one of the organiz-
ers of the Flag Burners Ball, says he’s disap-
pointed that the pub “pulled the plug” after
six weeks of organizing and promotion. “We
even had posters up on the wall at Sam
Bond’s,” he says. The event was to help de-
fray costs of sending four Eugene videogra-
phers to the San Francisco protests, and to
send people to the next big protests in Miami.
“We’ll be doing it (the event) at a later
date,” says Kirkpatrick.
Jaeger says the pub is open to future ben-
efits and events with Cascadia Media
Collective. — BF/TJT
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Centennial Boulevard, Commissioner Bill
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