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happening people NEWS BRIEFS BY PAUL NEEVEL ACTIVIST ALERT • A special OPB program on the life of Wayne Morse will be previewed for the public at 5 pm Thursday, Feb. 16, at the Knight Law Center Room 110. An earlier showing for students will be at 12:30 pm that day. The program will be broadcast on OPB at 8 pm Tuesday, Feb. 21, as part of the “Oregon Experience” series of documentaries. • Architect Richard Gage of San Francisco, founder of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, will give a free public talk on “9/11 Blueprint for Truth: Re-examining the Destruction of the three World Trade Center Skyscrapers” at 7 pm Friday, Feb. 17, at LCC’s Building 17, rooms 308-309. Gage will also be speaking in Portland Feb. 19 and 20. Contact Merri Sue Clark, clark_m@4j.lane.edu for more information. • Friends of Trees and Willamalane Park and Recreation District are holding a tree pruning work party from 9 am to noon Saturday, Feb. 18, at Wallace M. Ruff Jr. Memorial Park and Magnolia Arboretum, 1161 North 66th St. in Springfield. Preregistration required. Email eugene@friendsoftrees.org or call 632-3683. • An Occupy Solidarity Social Forum and national conference is being planned for Feb. 18-19 in Olympia, Wash. Occupiers will share their experiences, network and strategize about taking the movement to the next level. Sponsored by Alliance for Global Justice and Occupy Olympia. Email ossf2012@gmail.com or visit http://wkly.ws/162 • A Day of Action for a Strong Oregon will be at noon Monday, Feb. 20, at the Oregon Capitol in Salem. Focus is on budget cuts. See ouroregon.org • A film showing of ¡Viva Mexico! and discussion about Farmworkers United will be at 7 pm Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 100 Willamette Hall on the UO campus. • A showing of the documentary film Âs Nutayuneân: We Still Live Here followed by a discussion of the revitalization of Native American ancestral languages in the Northwest will be at 7pm Feb. 21 at the UO’s Many Nations Longhouse. CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS In our Wine column Feb. 2, we printed the wrong venue for the SMART silent auction benefit March 20. The correct location will be the Boulevard Grill at 2123 Franklin Blvd. in Eugene. To donate items or services for the auction, contact Larry Malmgren at 636-3347 or email larrymalmgren@ comcast.net and to RSVP, call Liz Degner at 726-3302. MARK STAFFORD Lifelong Eugenean Mark Stafford attended River Road, Kelly and North Eugene schools while his family was steadily disintegrating into alcoholism. “My friends were going to college,” says Stafford, who instead joined the Army to get the GI Bill, then earned a UO business degree in 1980. A year later, he got a start in video as an assistant on a documentary series for athletes by UO track coach Bill Dellinger. Afterwards, he sold his motorcycle to buy a VHS camera and founded Stafford Video Productions. Though SVP mostly works with local businesses and arts groups specializing in training videos, it has also provided Stafford with adventures across the U.S. and around the world, including three projects for National Geographic in the past five years. In 2000, he smuggled a prohibited video camera into the King’s Chamber of the Great Pyramid. “Right now, we’re finishing a huge project on Parkinson’s,” he says. “I’m getting paid, but contributing a lot of time.” Look for the five-part documentary, Many Faces of Parkinson’s, directed by Vicki Anderson of Leaburg, on CTV Channel 29 at 4 pm Sundays, beginning Feb. 26. SVP contributed to the documentary feature, If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, which is up for an Academy Award. Join Us! LCC SUMMER IN FRANCE 2012 Improve your French this summer while studying at the University of Caen, Normandy, and roaming the streets of Paris. FULL CIRCLE FUN Program t XFFLTJOUFOTJWF'SFODI BU$BFO /PSNBOEZ (6 credits Fr199) t %BZTFYQMPSJOH1BSJT t 'SFODIIPNFTUBZXJUINFBMT t $VMUVSBMBDUJWJUJFT HEALTH & WELLNESS Hoop Dance Classes Requirements Beginning Hoop will take you through a thorough breakdown of three hooping techniques and fun dance inspired hoop moves all paced for the beginner. Yes, you can do this! Tuesday classes: February 21 st , 28 th , March 6 th and 18 th 7:00-8:00pm June 25 – July 25 Saturday classes: Feb. 18 th , 25 th , March 3 rd , and 13 th 11:45am-12:45pm Cost: 4 class session $40/ session for Members $48/ session for Potential Members Space is limited, so make sure to sign-up in advance. Hoops will be provided. 15 years and older, please. EUGENE FAMILY YMCA 2055 Patterson Street, Eugene OR 97405 P 541 686 9622 W eugeneymca.org WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM Costs Application &RVJWBMFOUPGUFSNPGDPMMFHFMFWFM'SFODI NVTUCFZFBSTPSPMEFS UVJUJPOIPNFTUBZFYDVSTJPOIPUFMT "JSGBSFBOETPNFNFBMTOPUJODMVEFE "QQMJDBUJPOTBWBJMBCMF'FC &BSMZBQQMJDBUJPOEFBEMJOF.BS For more information: Karin Almquist almquistk@lanecc.edu Classes starting soon. Let your inner kid out to play! Jennifer Falzerano falzeranoj@lanecc.edu 541.463.5750 EUGENE WEEKLY FEBRUARY 16, 2012 9
