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NEWS BRIEFS
BEST BEERS ON TAP
1. The Bier Stein, 345 E. 11th Ave.
485-2437, thebierstein.com
2. Ninkasi Brewery Tasting Room,
272 Van Buren St. 344-2739,
www.ninkasibrewing.com
3. 16 Tons, 265 E. 13th Ave.
345-2003, sixteentons.biz
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elections than the r est of the country, “Like
a stadium
m sound syystem dro
owning o ut the
v oice of our peopple, and thhat’s nott what
o ur countty is abouut,” he saidd.
One suuch case w as the th
hree quartters of
a millio
on dollarrs that a New York
f inancier spent in a failed atttempt to e nable
R epubliccan candiidate Art Robinsoon to
d efeat DeeFazio.
The o ther issuee, Merkleey said, i s that
t hat “legiislators knnowing thee compan
ny can
s pend thaat kind of money inn secrecy might
e xercise caution inn taking on the special
i nterests as vigoorously a s the might
o therwisee.”
Merklley called
d the issue “a d agger
p laced at the heart of democcracy.”
— Cam
milla Morrtensen
BEST RADIO SHOW OR DJ
1. The Donkey Show on
101.5 FM KFLY
2. The Rev. Marc Time’s
Sunday Morning Hangover on
88.1 FM KWVA
3. Elliot Martinez’s
Thirsty Thursdays on
88.1 FM KWVA
MORE BEST OF
EUGENE
WINNERS
Oops! In the frantic process that involved putting
together our 68-page Best of Eugene issue last
week, we left out the results for “Best Beers on Tap”
and “Best Radio Show or DJ.” See the complete list
of Best of Eugene winners on our website.
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F UN IN T HE R AIN
N
As thhe rainy s eason geets underr way,
outdoor a ctivities seem to become more
l imited. B ut, since w hen havee Eugeneaans let
a little raiin stand in the way o f fall funn?
Get ou
ut those gaaloshes and raincoaats and
j oin in on the fun at M ount Pissgah Arbooretum
f rom 10 a m to 3 pm
m Saturdaay, Nov. 1 2, for
t he fourth
h annual P lay in the Rain Day
y. The
e vent willl be held inn the White Oak Pavvilion.
“It’s r eally a g reat way
y to spen
nd an
a fternoonn outdooors,“ says Heeather
S hellenbeerg of Norrthwest Y o uth Corrp s, an
o rganizatiion that haas been inv
volved wiith this
e vent for the last tw
wo years.
Play inn the Rain
n is a freee event — yes,
e ven the p arking annd the foodd — for p eople
o f all agges. This year, mo
ore than 1,000
p eople a re expectted to paarticipate in a
p lethora of family
y-fun activities, raanging
f rom clim
mbing treess, cooking o ver a cam
mpfire
a nd doingg nature c rafts. Theere will a lso be
b ackcoun
ntry horse demonstrrations annd hay
r ides. Sm
moky Beaar will also stop by to
r einforce his philossophy of t he impo
ortance
o f fire safety and
d taking c are of n ature
t hrough a scavengeer hunt.
The e vent is h osted by the You
uth in
N ature P artnershiip, a colllaboratio
on of
n onprofits and goovernmentt organizzations
t hat aim
m to inccrease thee amounnt of
o pportuniities the youth hass to speend in
n ature. T he partnnership w as form
med to
c ombat cooncerns off a declinee in the am
mount
o f time yoouth was s pending i n nature.
— Kendall F ields
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