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that during a drive home from his son’s soc-
cer game, he saw a field in flames. “It sort
of brought me back to what my brother
must have seen,” he said. “I don’t want his-
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ACTIVIST
ALERT
• Eugene’s Police Auditor Ordinance
Review Committee meets at 5 pm
Thursday, Jan. 29 in the McNutt Room at
City Hall. The city attorney’s recommenda-
tions and a finalized schedule, including
public hearings, are on the agenda. Public
testimony time is at the beginning and at the
end.
• The 2009 Bike/Pedestrian Summit
will take place all day Saturday, Jan. 31,
starting at 9 am at South Eugene High
School on 19th Avenue. For more informa-
tion on the summit and supporting active
transportation go to www.eugenege-
ars.org/news
•
As
part
of
CALC’s People’s Agenda
for a New America
series, 150 people turned
out at the UO Law School
last week to hear author
David Bacon speak about
how globalization creates
migration and criminalizes
immigrants. Bacon is still in Oregon
and will speak at 1 pm Sunday, Feb. 1, at
Western Oregon University, room 211 in the
Instructional Technology Center. The next
forum in the Eugene series is 7 pm Feb.
DENTISTRY
4, Harris Hall, 8th and Oak, featuring Susan
Cundiff of WAND speaking about
“Removing the Nuclear Option.”
• Peace groups in Oregon have kicked
off the “Campaign to Keep Oregon’s
Guard in Oregon.” Peace and Justice
Works in Portland, and Veterans for Peace
in Corvallis delivered more than 7,000 sig-
natures to Salem lawmakers last week,
demanding our state militia not be sent to
Iraq or Afghanistan. The Oregon campaign
is part of a concurrent national “Bring the
Guard Home! It’s the Law” movement. For
more information, call (503) 236-3065.
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pulling out of the Police Auditor Ordinance
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