NEWS BRIEFS
also review rare and unusual bird sightings and submit all
results to NAS.
Those who cannot participate on a count team but would
like to count birds that visit backyards can call Herb Wisner
at 344-3634. Wisner has forms for feeder watchers, though it
may be getting late to ask for them.
After the count, participants will gather at the Eugene
Garden Club at 1645 High St. for the traditional chili feed.
Doors will open around 3:30 pm and the chili feed will start
around 5 pm.
BAD DUCK JOKES
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to help the court decide the matter.
In the brief Hansen warns of threats to our climate
and a need for action. “Failure to act with all deliberate
speed in the face of the clear scientific evidence of the
danger functionally becomes a decision to eliminate the
option of preserving a habitable climate system,” he
writes.
This type of lawsuit has never been filed in the U.S.,
according to professor Mary Wood, faculty director of
the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program
at the UO.
“This is a case of planetary significance,” she said.
“It’s almost a case of indescribable importance.”
If the plaintiffs win the lawsuit, the court will order
the federal government to come forth with an enforceable
plan for carbon reduction.
Wood emphasizes that Hansen’s role is crucial for
the lawsuit because he and other climate scientists have
done research to find out what is necessary for curbing
the effects of global warming.
There is no set date as of now for the court case to
begin in the nation’s capital.
— Ted Shorack
BIRD COUNT
COMING UP
The Eugene Christmas Bird Count (ECBC) will be
Sunday, Jan. 1, and this year will be the 70th year for Eugene
and the 112th National Audubon Society (NAS) Christmas
Bird Count.
The count this year will not conflict with college football
bowl games that are typically on New Year’s Day. The Rose
Bowl will be on Monday, Jan. 2.
The 15-mile-diameter count circle is centered in the
Danebo part of town and is divided into 27 areas, each with a
team leader who organizes the team, leads the group through
the area during the count day and then submits the results to
the ECBC Committee.
Dick Lamster is the count compiler this year, and he will
be working with NAS on the administrative tasks of the
count. He will also be coordinating with the team leaders as
well as handling publicity, assembling the packets for the
team leaders and writing part of the post-count narrative.
Lamster can be reached at 343-8664.
Barbara Gleason is the volunteer coordinator and can be
reached at 345-3974. Dan Gleason will be gathering checklists
from team leaders and can be reached at 345-0450. He will
We polled our readers for jokes going around about
the UO Ducks, University of Wisconsin Badgers and the
upcoming Rose Bowl game Jan. 2. We found a few that
may or may not be worth passing along.
• What do Ducks and pot have in common? Both get
smoked in bowls.
• What does the average Wisconsin player get on his
SAT? Drool.
• What’s the difference between Duck football players
and Rice Krispies? The cereal knows what to do in a
bowl.
• An unknown white powdery substance was found on
the Ducks’ practice field and an FBI forensics team
determined it was — the goal line. Practice resumed after
agents decided the team was unlikely to encounter the
substance again this season.
• Two Badger fans were walking through the woods
near Madison when they came upon a set of tracks. The
first Badger fan said, “Those are deer tracks.” The second
Badger fan said, “No. They’re too big to be deer tracks.
They must be elk tracks.” As they were arguing back and
forth they got hit by the train.
• Why should the Wisconsin Badgers change their
name to the Wisconsin Opossums? Because they play
dead at home and get killed on the road.
• How do you get to own a small business? Take a
large business and put a Duck grad in charge of it.
• How do you get a Duck grad off your front porch?
Pay for the pizza!
• What are the longest three years of a Wisconsin
football player’s life? His freshman year.
• Did you hear about the Wisconsin Badgers fan who
was injured in a pie-eating contest? A cow stepped on his
head.
— Ted Taylor
ACTIVIST ALERT
• “Occupying the Heart and Mind,” a silent meditation/ prayer circle, will
continue despite the camp’s shut-down at 11:30 am Friday, Dec. 30. The location will
be announced later this week at http://occupyeugenemedia.org and on Facebook. A
basic introduction to the universal practices of prayer and meditation will be offered
at 11:30 and the meditation will be from noon to 1 pm. Bring a chair, cushion or floor
mat and warm clothing.
• Parvin Butte owners (see news story this week) have appealed the fines the
county has assessed for their illegal mining and a hearing is scheduled for 2 pm
biz beat
SeQuential Biofuels has a sign up at one of the two
closed 76 service stations at the busy intersection of 18th
and Chambers in Eugene. SeQuential will take over both
stations, selling both regular gas and biofuels, opening just
after Christmas, but will not occupy the 7-Eleven
convenience store that shares a parking lot with Bi-Mart.
SeQuential is expected to offer its popular natural food
selections later in January at the station across the street
that shares a parking lot with Albertsons.
Blanton Turner is a Seattle-based property
management firm expanding in the Eugene market. The
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Thursday, Jan. 5, in Harris Hall, 125 E. 8th Ave.
• Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy will give the annual State of the City Address at
5:30 pm Thursday, Jan. 5, in the lobby of the Hult Center downtown. Council Vice
President George Brown will be emcee for the event.
• Lane County Board Chair Faye Stewart will deliver the State of the County
Address at 6 pm Tuesday, Jan. 10, at the County Fairgrounds Gleason Atrium.
• Springfield Mayor Christine Lundberg will give her State of the City Address at
5:30 pm Wednesday, Jan. 11, at the Wildish Theater, 630 Main St. in Springfield.
firm opened its Eugene office in July and now manages
Broadway Place and Boulders on the River in Eugene.
Owner Blanton Turner says he’s taking a creative approach
in management of mixed-use properties, student housing
and multi-family housing. See blantonturner.com
Street Ministry, a local nonprofit that has been feeding
and caring for the homeless for years, now has a concession
cart at the corner of 6th and Lincoln selling biscuits and
gravy, nutritious bran muffins, local Equator coffee, Jenny’s
Street Cookies and other breakfast and lunch food.
Proceeds will go to assisting offenders coming out of
prison. Contact Robert Swan at robjswan@gmail.com
New CEO at United Way will be Noreen J. Dunnells, who
is currently president and CEO of United Way of Central
Minnesota, an organization similar in size to Lane County’s.
She will succeed Pricilla Gould, who has served as executive
director for 22 years.
Oregon’s Pride Foundation has awarded more than
$50,000 in grants to Oregon’s LBGTQ equality movement.
Along with the Portland and statewide groups, HIV Alliance
in Lane County got $5,000, Community Alliance of Lane
County got $4,500, and Valley Aids Network of Corvallis
got $1,500.
A date of Aug. 26, 2012 has been set for the third
annual Eugene Women’s Half Marathon, lauded as “one of
the best women’s events in the Northwest.” More info on
commercial
participation
and
registration
at
eugenewomenshalf.com
Send suggestions for Biz Beat items to editor@eugeneweekly.com with “Biz
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