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letters TO THE EDITOR controlled, minority candidate would best represent their interests as president. Maybe they should take a break from politics. A working vacation might be in order. I hear there’s plenty of job openings in British Columbia. The multi-billion dollar, corporate-sponsored Winter Olympics will be held in Vancouver and Whistler in 2010. Huge facilities for the games, resort/condo construction and highway projects are paving the way toward sustainable games. An American could go up there and work as an illegal alien and see how it feels. At least they speak English. The native peoples of the area — Coast Salish, St’at’imc and Squamish — are complaining about the extensive destruction of their traditional homelands, but the only people listening to their protests are police in riot gear. During a recent visit to Vancouver, International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge declared “Sport can act as an agent of change. Hosting the Olympics is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to showcase the celebration of environmental and social legacies that can change a community and its citizens forever.” Mr. Rogge is trilingual — speaking French, English and Orwellian. Robert Simms Corvallis gg r Bi u O est Sale of the Sea son ! & Home Garden SALE 20% 25% OFF • All Bareroot Fruit Trees, Straw- berries, Caneberries & Asparagus • Heavy Duty Stainless Steel Measuring Spoons (set of 5) • Grace Note Chimes • All Kid’s Rainboots • All Recycled Glass Vases …& more! Community Partnership BeneÄt OFF Floral Watering Cans Blue, Green or Terracotta (3 liter) 15% OFF Simple Pleasure® Summer Blooming Bulbs • Biosta Sprouting Kit • Seagrass Floor Mats Through March 23 All 4" Perennials & Herbs........$2.19 Bio-Live 8-3-5 25lb. Bag.........$24.99 Bio-Turf 8-3-5 6lb. Box..............$7.19 Vegan Mix 3-2-2 50 lb. Bag....$31.99 Shop with us Sunday, March 16 10am-5pm at either store. 5% of our total sales will go to: NCAP Nothwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides NCAP protects the health of people and the environment by advancing alternatives to pesticides. www.pesticide.org 532 Olive St. 342-6820 2498 Willamette 349-0556 8 MARCH 13, 2008 EUGENE WEEKLY THE REAL EASTSIDE I am a 9-year-old fourth grade Eastside student, and I disagree with Katelyn Best’s judgment about Eastside students being elitist (2/28). My experience here (having been here for four years) has been very, very good. And I get the free-and-reduced lunch sometimes, because it is hard for my parents to afford school lunches. I’d like to know the Parker kids more and would like to be friends with them — everybody at Eastside would — but I don’t have the chance. I have seen Parker students only four times during school. One of my best friends goes to Fox Hollow, and I got really mad when you called her a “Frenchie.” I hate it when people call other people names, especially for no good reason. I also have lots of friends at other schools, too. At least once every month at Eastside we have a discussion about bullying just to see if anyone has seen bullying. Only one person has seen something even close to bullying this year. Sometimes school is my favorite part of the day because Eastside is a very fun kid-friendly school. Sometimes the parents even come in just to tell stories or to sing! Anyway, I was very confused when I read your message. Sadie Willow Palatnick Eugene CONSIDER MERKLEY Mon-Sat - 10-6 Sun - 10-5 I was puzzled that EW found it appropriate to include in its Feb. 14 “News” section an article about Pete Sorenson’s recent endorsement of an U.S. Senate candidate and not mention any of Democratic candidate Jeff Merkley’s endorsements. The many local leaders endorsing Jeff include Phil Barnhart, Paul Holvey, Floyd Prozanski and Kitty Piercy. A healthy and growing list of labor unions also back Merkley, including the Oregon AFL-CIO, Oregon Nurses Association & the American Federation of Teachers-Oregon. Like his endorsers, progressives have many reasons to support Merkley. As speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives, Merkley used his leadership this past year to help pass legislation legalizing domestic partnerships, investing in alternative energy, and expanding funding for Head Start and education. He did so with a razor- thin majority while representing West Linn, requiring skill, guts and consensus building. Merkley also brings a wealth of community, federal and international experience to the table. My guess is that Merkley might not have had a lot of time to meet people for beer this past month because he was busy serving Oregonians in Salem during the legislative session. I hope that voters won’t hold this against him and support Jeff because he offers us the opportunity to elect someone with progressive values and who has the experience and background to defeat Gordon Smith. Jennifer Geller Eugene NO INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS I’d like to thank John Zerzan (1/31) for his input regarding a light rail system and how any industrial solution is not good for Eugene. In the coming months I encourage John to host a symposium demonstrating how he has converted his home to harness wind and solar power, his gray water and rain collection system as well as his ability to grow all his food and harvest all of life’s essentials from the natural environment. I hope the symposium will include information on how to be a profi table writer without using a computer and how these ideas can be implemented in cities such as Oakland, Detroit, Cleveland, Philadelphia and New York City. Keep up the good work, and thank you for your input. Peter Griffi n Eugene TOBACCO AD OFFENSIVE Did I really see a full page color WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM
