100 BANNERS
FOR 100 YEARS
The Eugene Public Library (EPL) will
turn 100 years old Nov. 14 and 100 commem-
orative banners by 100 local artists will go on
display on the second floor of the downtown
library, to be auctioned off Dec. 4 at the fifth
annual Authors & Artists Fair.
Artist Bob DeVine came up with the idea
for the banner project. He was inspired by a
banner his partner Tylar Merrill had decided
to make last fall for him to paint in order to
mark the location of his birthday party. This
year, as Merrill, who is EPL’s marketing co-
ordinator, was thinking about ideas for the li-
brary’s 100th anniversary, DeVine suggested
producing 100 original banners.
The EPL Foundation invited community
members to participate in the banner project
on a first-come, first-serve basis. “The most
important thing,” DeVine said, “is that we
reached out to everyone, not just artists, so
the community itself could express its rela-
tionship to the library.”
Indeed, respondents included community
members of all ages and walks of life as well
as established artists from Eugene,
Springfield, Albany, Cottage Grove, Noti and
Veneta. They used painting, drawing, callig-
raphy, photography, printing, quilting, col-
lage and assemblage to decorate the banners.
One of the artists is legally blind, another a
paraplegic, and some banners were a group
effort.
“We didn’t have a library or a literary
theme,” DeVine explained. “It could be any-
thing they wanted to express in a visual form
that they
felt could be auc-
tioned.” The backside of the banners
shows the commemorative logo and signa-
ture of the artist.
Each banner will be assigned a number
corresponding to the name of its maker, as
listed on the display’s brochures available to
visitors. This system, developed by Merrill,
will allow visitors to search for the banners of
specific artists and to identify the creators of
the banners they may be interested in bidding
for at the silent auction from 7 to 10 pm Dec.
4. Bidding starts at $25 and proceeds will go
to the Library Foundation.
To volunteer, contact Barbara Dellenback
at the Foundation office, 682-5338.
— Sylvie Pederson
SUPPORTING
THE TROOPS
Veteran’s Day is this week and a gathering
supporting U.S. troops and opposing the Iraq
War is planned from 7 to 9 pm Thursday,
Nov. 11, at McNail-Riley House at 13th and
Jefferson. Refreshments will be served start-
ing at 6:30 pm.
BANNER DESIGNED BY ALEX AMEND
work for ESSN, along with Jeanine Malito,
an ESSN co-chair and member of the steering
committee.
ESSN has been advertising for a new or-
ganizer since September, and the deadline for
application is this week. Application materi-
als can be requested from essn@efn.org
The non-profit group is dedicated to pro-
moting economic and social justice through
fair wages, improved working conditions,
sustainable business practices and building
community. — TJT
The meeting is sponsored by WAND
(Women’s Action for New Directions) and
will include a conversation with Army Sgt.
1st Class (Ret.) Laurie Anderson. “Laurie”s
perspective may help us explore ways to con-
nect with Oregon’s Guardsmen when they re-
turn. This election brought back the divide
between veterans and the peace community,”
says a statement from WAND. “Let’s not let
that happen again.”
Topics for discussion will include reac-
tions to the election, Pentagon mismanage-
ment and waste, ongoing actions regarding
the Iraq War, and efforts to collect care pack-
ages to send to member of the Oregon
National Guard.
For more information, call WAND at
338-8605.
SCHOOL’S OUT
Parents wondering what their kids can do
during this week’s parent-teacher confer-
ences might want to check out The Science
Factory offerings. Thursday, Nov. 11 is a
Treecentric Day looking at all elements of the
watershed, combining collective forces with
members of the Young Writers Association,
Lane Arts Council and the Science Factory.
Friday is an all-day trip to
the Oregon Zoo in
Portland. Call 682-7888
for information.
gested amendments. Straub says the board is
not pushing for expanding the ordinance to
deal with blight at this time. Also, the chair of
the Housing Policy Board was quoted as op-
posing the new code, but he was only listing
the arguments opposing the code in his memo
to city staff. Another page not provided to EW
listed the arguments in favor. He states in the
memo that he personally voted in favor of the
code.
• LCC Board member Jay Bozievich re-
sponded to our Slant item last week criticiz-
ing him for calling local Kerry supporters
“terrorists,” as reported in the R-G and in e-
mail discussions. He claims he never called
Kerry supporters terrorists, but rather “re-
ferred to the behavior of some of the Kerry
supporters present that evening as terrorist
actions.” He reportedly did, however, send a
note to fellow Republicans Oct. 24 urging
sign-waving on Ferry Street Bridge, saying
“Let’s show the D’s that Bush supporters
don’t run from terrorist[s]!” Bozievich also
said he has “never voted against increased
funding of higher education.” We were refer-
ring to his vote last year opposing an LCC
Board endorsement of HB 2152, the
Legislature’s three-year tax package that
would have supported higher education.
CORRECTIONS/
CLARIFICATIONS
• In last week’s news
story “Renters’ Rights” on
a proposed housing stan-
dards for city residents,
Jim Straub, a board mem-
ber of the Rental Owners
Association, says the
ROA position statement
we quoted from opposing
the new code was never
approved by the board,
and in fact the board has
decided to support the
housing standards ordi-
nance, with some sug-
james von boeckmann
attorney at law
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