Turner says about 90 Oregonians are
working on the project, including doctors,
activists, insurers and representatives of
hospitals and medical groups. The board is
also seeking public input.
A presentation and workshop by the
Archimedes Movement and Health Care for
All-Oregon is planned for 7 pm Wednesday,
May 28, at EWEB, 500 E. 4th Ave. And the
board plans to meet at 7 pm Wednesday,
June 4, at LCC, Building 19.
“I think the board is quite aware of the
severity of the problems we face and the tre-
mendous political pressure that will be brought
to bear on it and on the Legislature,” says
Turner. “Our whole community is feeling
anxious, victimized and fearful of the impact
of our economy of their jobs and health insur-
ance. As a community, we have had to put up
with unfairness, uninsurance, inefficiency,
delays and poor health results. Our supply of
doctors is drying up. We see our money disap-
pearing into a deep dark pit.”
ELY BACK
IN CONTEST
www.oregoncountryfair.org. The OCF, now
in its 39th year, runs from 11 am to 7 pm
Friday through Sunday, July 11-13, at the
OCF site near Veneta. All tickets must be
purchased off-site through the TicketsWest
system; no tickets will be sold at the fair.
The OCF brings three days filled with
handmade crafts, international cuisine, and
entertainment, including musicians, poets,
hip-hop artists, jugglers, clowns, comics,
magicians and live circus performances on
several vaudeville stages. More than 350
craft and food booths are planned this year.
The voluntary $1 “green ticket” contribu-
tion that began last year continues this year
in order to promote projects that reduce the
Fair’s carbon footprint. Green tickets will
fund carbon sequestering or carbon reducing
fair projects that will move the fair closer to
its goal of becoming climate neutral.
Advance ticket prices are a few bucks
higher this year: $18 for Friday, $21 for
Saturday and $18 for Sunday. Tickets for all
three days are $48. Children under 10 are
free, and discounts are available for those
who are over 65 or alter-abled.
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ACTIVIST
ALERT
Eugene community activist and fundraiser
Erin Ely is a finalist again in her campaign to
raise seed money for an indoor Farmers’
Market in Eugene. Ely has entered a national
• The May Brewhaha political forum is
contest at www.ideablob.com and a link to
set for 6 pm Wednesday, May 28, at Sam
her proposal can be found on the website’s
Bond’s Garage, 407 Blair in Eugene. The
home page, where visitors can vote for
topic is “Spring Cleaning:
her idea after free registration.
Dusting off Democracy”
and will include discus-
If Ely wins, she says she will
sion of the Citizen
donate the $10,000 prize to
Initiative
Review
Willamette Farm and Food
Project and Voter
Coalition to facilitate public
Owned
Oregon.
discussion of Farmers’
Presenters
will
Market options and to draft a
include members of
preliminary presentation of
Healthy Democracy
two or three designs as well as
and Lane County
a business plan.
Commissioner
Pete
Ely entered this competition
Pete Sorenson
Sorenson. The May forum
two months ago with the idea for a
is at a different location
permanent Farmers’ Market for
due to a scheduling conflict.
Eugene. She lost the contest by 20 votes and
is trying again this month.
OCF TICKETS
NOW ON SALE
Tickets for the 2008 Oregon Country
Fair are now available at TicketsWest out-
lets and online at www.ticketswest.com and
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DEADLINE
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26, for Memorial Day. Early deadline for
reserving display advertising space for our
May 29 issue will be 5 pm Thursday, May
22. Questions? Call 484-0519.
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