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TO THE EDITOR
‘CARVIN’ PARVIN’
They’re carvin’ away at Parvin Butte
They want to haul it away to sea.
By the time they get done
with their disruptive fun,
Parvin Butt is all it will be.
McDougal & Demers see bucks
in the Butte,
Laws of nature & man they don’t fear.
For all that they care we can all go to hell,
and if we can’t go
they’ll bring it right here.
I moved out to Dexter
for peace & some quiet,
I see now that wasn’t so smart.
For the next 20 years of blasting & dust
Might not be so good for my heart.
I’m told that these folks are religious,
I guess.
So they believe that God
put the butte there,
Just for them, I suppose,
to blast & dispose,
But I think that God meant to share.
Phil Robbins
Dexter
PARVIN RAPISTS
Thank you, EW, for the Parvin Butte
stories. About the headline on the KVAL
website “Park ranger fatally shot near Mt.
Rainier, gunman still on loose”: If only
our law enforcement with their guns and
wilderness tracking resources had the same
concerted effort to hunt down, arrest and
convict those defi ling our earth as they have
hunting the murderer of a young woman
serving Mount Rainer National Park, all
our environmental problems would be
solved. On New Year’s Day, a 368-square-
mile wilderness area was closed to catch
one little disturbed man. With that kind of
response, it should be no big deal for cops
to shut down the rape of Parvin Butte.
Is there really much difference
between Lost Creek Rock Products
(one of many greedy, perverse, sadistic
mining companies) and Benjamin Colton
Barnes, who is suspected of shooting
park ranger Margaret Anderson? If you
shoot someone dead you are murdering
a person, mutilating them with bullets. If
your mutilate the earth uninhabitable you
are murdering people in the future. Think
about who criminals really are. What are
you brave, bold and heroic, big, strong law
enforcement offi cers waiting for?
Karl Lehman
Eugene
ARTS IMPACT
I am thrilled that EW regularly includes
the Arts Shorts section, highlighting the
visual arts in Lane County. As a newspaper
with an emphasis on the arts, it is vital that
the visual arts get proper coverage.
The Art Shorts in the Dec. 29 edition
appropriately focused on the Last Friday
Art Walk, which is the backbone of the
thriving arts community in the Whiteaker
neighborhood. I completely agree with
Sterling Wallach that the Last Friday Art
Walk provides an opportunity for young and
emerging artists to showcase their work. I
also believe that Lane Arts Council’s First
Friday ArtWalk in downtown Eugene
shares this goal and provides such access.
With more than 30 participating galleries
and venues, the majority feature the work
of local and emerging artists, many of
whom have never shown their work before.
The arts are a refl ection of our
community. Artists create art to express
their thoughts and emotions, represent
an opinion and initiate dialogue. As
community members we contribute to
this dialogue by attending local galleries
and art gatherings while supporting the
incredible talent of our local artists. I
invite you to participate in all of the art
walks in Lane County, including First
Friday in downtown Eugene, Last Friday
in the Whiteaker and Cottage Grove
(April-September), and Second Friday
in Springfi eld. As you open yourself up
wholeheartedly to art, you may fi nd its
incredible capacity to impact your life.
Liora Sponko
Executive Director
Lane Arts Council
MORE LOVE, LESS HATE
We are hoping that our Eugene down-
town continues to improve and prosper;
that the newfound democracy-uprisings Oc-
cupy Wall Street and Occupy Eugene con-
tinue to ask the tough questions and push
for much-needed changes such as universal
health care, the elimination of the idea that
corporations are people, and getting money
and lobbyists out of elections; that human-
ity evolves to fi nd other ways to solve dif-
ferences than with violence and wars; that
all are fed, have a warm place to sleep and
someone who cares about them; that we treat
all creatures from the tiniest to the greatest
with honor, respect and compassion; that we
show ourselves and each other kindness and
compassion and help those in need when we
can; a Rose Bowl victory for the Ducks; and
I know this last one is particularly tough, but
a Cubs World Series championship.
More love, less hate; more hope, less
fear; more community, less isolation; more
friends, fewer perceived enemies; more
listening, less judging; more dancing, fewer
couch potatoes; more sharing, less greed;
more live music, fewer leaf blowers; more
caring, less apathy; more beards, fewer
razors; more muting, fewer commercials;
more storytelling, fewer movies; more
trees, less concrete; more compromising,
less suing; more joy, less sadness; more
gratitude, fewer car alarms; more singing,
less yelling; more calm, less rushing; more
wildness, less suburbia; more BRING,
fewer landfi lls; more truth, fewer lies (we
can handle it); more color, less off-white;
more art, less Walmart; more silly, less
serious: more health care, less insurance.
What if less is more?
Tim and Bert Boyden
Eugene
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