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. I
gotta go.”
On Dec. 19, indeed, K-Fed’s lyrics
choked the airwaves at 94.9.
— Kera Abraham
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KFED’S
FANTASY
We know a publicity stunt when we see
one, but in this case, we’re indulging it.
Failed radio station Success FM has become
KFED-FM, as in Kevin Federline, awful rap-
per and soon-to-be ex-husband of pop starlet
Britney Spears.
Just a year ago, KCGR-FM in Cottage
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