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Plus, Local Glass from over 30 Eugene Artists! 541-393-2334 Friendly, personalized & compassionate healthcare 541-654-5772 Mon-Sat. 10-7pm On the Corner of Irving & River Rd in Eugene Behind the Shell Station Nurse Practioner, Board Certified www.santaclarasmokeshop.com annemariemoore.com Visit us for cleaning, exams & x-rays & receive a custom set of bleach trays at no additional cost! $350 value Binder Family Dental General Dentistry for the Whole Family New Patients Of All Ages Are Welcome 1110 Fairfi eld, Eugene, OR 97402 • Preventive & Periodontal care • Oral surgery & Endodontics • Crowns, bridges, & implant restorations • Dentures and partials • Sedation options available • Invisalign Visa • Master Card • Care Credit Accepted Insurance Services Provided We off er a 5% discount for cash or check payment if services are paid in full at the time of service 541-689-1645 TO THE EDITOR involving the Auburn quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner. When he asked NCAA reps if that investigation was over, it was reported the Auburn coach was told: “No, and you’ll fi nd out when it is over.” Sounds ominous for Auburn, but good for Oregon. If Auburn is found guilty and has to give up the BCS title, Oregon should inherit it! Then again, the NCAA is grilling Oregon about recruiting illegalities. If the Ducks are guilty, I wonder how they determine who gets the title as third place team. If the Auburn quarterback is found to have become ineligible because of charges involving illegal money for his father, maybe his Heisman would revert to the second place player, who happens to be from Oregon. Then again, he’s the focus of the recruiting investigation. But that’s another story. George Beres Eugene ASKING RIGHT QUESTIONS? EPUD today doesn’t read like the EPUD I used to know! I served on the Metro Waste Water Commission with Katherine Schacht and we worked together to serve the ratepayers with the best service possible. Katherine devoted many extra hours to make sure the public was well taken care of and with low rates, and she never missed the necessary details. When I read the R-G article it was hard to believe it was about the Katherine I knew and I had to wonder if maybe she was asking too many of the right questions to the wrong people. Any whistleblowers stepping forward? Ruth Duemler Eugene THANK YOU, FOX NEWS The entire fl ap over reciting the Pledge of Allegiance including Fox’s professional handling of it and the number of responses they received from outraged conservatives nationwide has been wonderful source of entertainment for me. I think every liberal in Eugene owes Fox News a sincere, heartfelt thank you a pint is just right! for deterring legions of right-wingers from ever stepping foot in our fair city. Even if the city were swimming nude in a sea of cash we could never afford to buy that amount of positive publicity. Now there are millions of quiet, out- of-town liberals who are thinking “Golly gee, if Fox News hates Eugene so much and all council members ride their bikes naked, we might fi t right in. Let’s move to Eugene today!” Tim Neun Eugene ISSUE OF FREEDOM I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at Stephanie Golubski-Stark’s comments (letters, 7/21) about George Brown not reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Given that most conservatives/Tea Partiers and Libertarians are so anti-federal government I would have thought they would see George’s refusal as supporting freedom for each state. In reality, all Oregon elected offi cials should uphold what is engraved on the Capitol building in Salem: “A free State is formed and is maintained by the voluntary union of the whole people joined together under the same body of laws for the common welfare and sharing of benefi ts justly apportioned.” That’s what our elected offi cials should be pledging to uphold. Dr. Virginia Lubell aka Wintergreen Eugene YUCKY BREWSKY Since I don’t drink beer because it tastes yucky to me, I was happy to see on the cover of EW’s “State of Suds” July 14 that beer is 50 percent bullshit. Bob Saxton Eugene LETTERS POLICY: We welcome letters on all topics and will print as many as space allows, with priority given to timely local issues. Please limit length to 200 words, keep submissions to once a month, and include your address and phone number for our fi les. E-mail to letters@eugeneweekly.com fax to 484-4044, or mail to 1251 Lincoln, Eugene 97401. Ready to make a difference? Host an Ayusa exchange student for a semester or a school year! Learn more about becoming a host family, visit us at www.ayusa.org or call 888-552-9872 to get started today! Dari Mart proudly introduces Lochmead ice cream in a convenient snack-sized pint. Count on Dari Mart for the freshest milk and ice cream. All natural Lochmead ice cream, now in pints! 6 JULY 28, 2011 EUGENE WEEKLY WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM
