NEWS BRIEFS
Jakabosky, Laura Hinrichs, Randy Prince,
Carlos Barrera, Matt McRae, Mark
Robinowitz, Kelly Bell, Lorraine
Kerwood, Robin Scott, Matt Sprecher,
Steve Newcomb, Lisa Arkin, Terry
McDonald, Morris Ostrofsky, Teresa
Damron, Pat Patterson, Brett Jacobs, Anne
Donahue, Jen Atonia and Amy McCann.
See a compete schedule at http://wkly.
ws/v4
FREE MONEY
PLANNING
It’s not free money, but rather free
money planning. If your personal finances
are less than ideal and you can’t afford the
expertise of a private financial consultant,
the city of Eugene and local certified
financial planners are here to help.
A free “Financial Planning Day” is
from 10 am to 4 pm Saturday, Oct. 23, at
Sheldon Community Center, 2445
Willakenzie Road in Eugene. Register at
www.financialplanningdays.org/Eugene
Workshops throughout the day will be
held on credit ratings, budgeting, managing
money in hard times, surviving job loss,
retirement planning, investments and
“forging your financial future.”
Financial planners will not be soliciting
business nor collecting names and contact
information from those attending.
ACTIVIST ALERT
• West Lane County Commission
candidates Jerry Rust and Jay Bozievich
will debate at 11:50 am Friday, Oct. 22, at
City Club of Eugene. This week’s City
Club forum will be back at the Hilton
Ballroom on the 12th floor.
• Community Alliance of Lane County
(CALC) will be hosting its 25th annual
Cornucopia Multicultural Celebration
from 3 to 6 pm Sunday, Oct. 24, at the
Hilton downtown. The event will feature
Latin singers Duo Piel Canela, spoken
word/hip hop artist Siche Green-Mitchell,
and music by the Whiskey Chasers. MC
will be Elliot Martinez, editor of
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auction
and
community
tables. Admission is $5-$100 sliding scale.
Proceeds will benefit CALC’s work to
educate and mobilize for peace, human
dignity, and racial, social and economic
justice.
• The McKenzie River Trust will give
a free talk on conservation and restoration
projects at Green Island and other areas in
the region from 7 to 9 pm Monday, Oct.
25, at the Garden Club, 1645 High St. in
Eugene.
• Proposed changes to the county’s
floodplain regulations are being
considered by the Lane County Planning
Commission and the Lane County Board
of Commissioners. The board will also
consider whether or not to adopt a new set
of zoning regulations intended to protect
sources of public drinking water. An open
house was held Oct. 20 and a public
hearing will be at 6:30 pm Tuesday, Oct.
26, at Harris Hall, 125 E. 8th Ave., in
Eugene. More information at http://wkly.
ws/v1
• The next community workshop on
Envision Eugene is set for 4 to 7 pm
Thursday, Oct. 28, at the Eugene Public
Library downtown. Envision Eugene is a
public process to deal with projected
growth in Eugene’s population. One key
issue is expansion of the city’s Urban
Growth Boundary.
CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS
Our Sept. 30 issue incorrectly reported
the timing of an incident in which police
used tear gas against partying students.
The incident occurred late Friday night,
Sept. 24, and early Saturday morning, not
Saturday night.
WAR
DEAD
In Afghanistan
• 1,333 U.S. troops killed* (1,312)
• 8,706 U.S. troops injured** (8,530)
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EUGENE WEEKLY
• $356.3 billion cost of war ($354.0 billion)
• $101.3 million cost to Eugene taxpayers
($100.7million)
In Iraq
• 4,421 U.S. troops killed* (4,421)
• 31,935 U.S. troops injured** (31,934)
• 185 U.S. military suicides (updates NA)
• 1,507 U.S. contractors killed** (1,507)
• 107,235 to 1.2 million civilians killed***
(107,153)
• $750.0 billion cost of war ($750.0 billion)
• $213.3 million cost to Eugene taxpayers
($213.3 million)
* through Oct. 18, 2010; source: icasualties.org; some figures only
updated monthly
** sources: icasualties.org, defense.gov, U.S. Dept. of Labor
*** highest estimate; source: iraqbodycount.org; based on con-
firmed media reports; other groups calculate civilian deaths as
high as 655,000 (Lancet survey, 2006) to 1.2 million (Opinion
Research Business survey, 2008)
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