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stands at around 2,950. Local peace ac- tivists are planning actions and a candle- light vigil on the evening of the day The Register-Guard announces that the 3,000th U.S. soldier has been killed. A candelight vigil is being planned for 5 pm that day along with bell ringing and the reading of the names of fallen Oregonians, at the old Federal Building at 7th and Pearl. Organizers say other actions will be planned around Eugene throughout the day. For more information, call 485- 1755. Meanwhile, United for Peace and Justice has announced plans for a national march Jan. 27 in Washington, D.C., for an end to the occupation of Iraq. Leslie Cagan, national coordinator of UFPJ, says, “On Election Day the voters delivered a dramatic, unmistakable mandate for peace. Now it’s time for action.” A Eugene con- tingency is planning to attend the D.C. demonstration. Looking further ahead, major anti-war actions are being planned for the March 19 fourth anniversary of the war. Local ac- tions and activities will likely be a few days earlier on March 16 and 17. FAMILY BURNED OUT A Eugene woman and her adult son who has Down Syndrome lost just about everything they owned in a house fire last week. Lovina Witty and her son Chris are living with neighbors while they figure out how to recover from their loss. Witty is described by her friends as an “extraordinary woman” and “amazing” in her generosity to others in Eugene. She was honored as “Volunteer of the Year” by a local disability organization in 1990. She supports her family by cleaning houses. Her small home in the River Road area was built in 1973. “She went out for an errand this last Sunday to buy cat food,” says her son-in- law Brian Okken. “She returned home to find her house in flames. The damage is extensive. The fire department said that the fire was started in electrical wiring in a wall behind the microwave in the kitchen. The fire smoldered for a long time, then traveled up the wall to the roof.” Four of her five cats died in the fire and smoke. Okken says Witty owns her home but was uninsured at the time of the fire. The Red Cross has been notified. Meanwhile, family and friends are asking for help over the holidays. A Lovina Witty Fire Relief Fund has been established at Washington Mutual Bank. To help with cleanup and re- construction or to donate furniture or other items, call (509) 499-6435. Grove moved to Eugene and became Success FM, an all-news station broadcasting locally at 94.9. The news components of the station have now folded, but station owners have ap- parently come up with a temporary solution. Often seen in strip clubs wearing his trademark white tank undershirt, low-saggin’ pants and an unoriginally skewed baseball cap, Federline moonlights as a male model. Oh, and he also raps. Terribly, as evidenced by his critically snubbed album, Playing With Fire. But even if Federline himself has become a national joke, station owner Steve Master swears that 94.9 KFED-FM is the real deal. A Dec. 19 press release from Diamond Peak Media states: “While some ridicule and re- vile Kevin Federline, his star now shines bright 24 hours a day on 94.9 in Eugene, Oregon … This is my Christmas present to Oregon!” Still disbelieving, EW tried to nail Master on the spoof. Asked his favorite K-FED song, Masters put us on hold (yes, the hold music was K-Fed) and then returned to say, “America’s Most Hated.” Asked whether the station’s call letters have changed, Masters admitted that they’re still technically KDPM. “We’re KFED-FM like we were Success FM,” he said. Asked how the station will fill the air- waves with Federline’s single album, Masters said, “I’m getting a lot of calls. 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