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TO THE EDITOR
operation of Parvin Butte a quarter mile
from my house. Come see for yourself.
My house is a passive solar home,
built to be part of the land with large front
windows; it is like having your own bug
show in your living room. The design
of this house is to allow the outdoor
environment into the home, capturing
maximum light and heat. It is built partially
in the ground to benefi t from the earth’s
constant temperature for cooling in the
summer and warming in the winter.
It is diffi cult for me to fathom the violent
assault that is about to be directed at my
home. I will be driven from my sanctuary.
The dust will have the potential to actually
kill me because of my life-long history with
asthma. I am utterly screwed. No telling
how my PTSD from military and civilian
life will affect me from the extreme noises
that will penetrate into my home. I might as
well just send them the keys and title to the
house with a list of items that need work.
Thomas W. Baxter
Dexter
GIVE THE MONEY TO DOUG
On Jan. 18 last year I paid $383 to see an
orthopedic physician for less than 30 min-
utes. This was in response to increasing pain
in my knees. After looking at X-rays and ex-
amining me, the doctor essentially instructed
me to take ibuprofen daily into the foresee-
able future. While the ibuprofen helped a
little, the problem persisted and caused con-
siderable hardship for the following year.
Then late last year, I was talking with
my friend Doug who earns a meager
living canvassing door to door for an
environmental group. I mention my knee
pain and Doug suggested that I change
my diet to prioritize foods that increase
alkalinity and avoid foods that increase
acidity. Becoming desperate, I made a
New Year’s resolution to adopt this diet.
Within two weeks, this minor change in
my diet absolutely nailed the problem. It’s
been wonderful! I’m ecstatic! I had been
lamenting a trajectory that would have
made me an invalid by my 60th birthday.
And now I’m ready for some serious
hiking when the weather improves.
But I’m mystifi ed! How I could pay a
medical school graduate $383 to be told
to take ibuprofen and then have it fall on
my friend Doug to tell me how to fi x the
problem. Do they simply not teach nutrition
in medical school? Had no one ever told
the physician about this? The Slocum
Orthopedic Center is welcome to refund my
money. I’ll give it to Doug. He can use it.
Robert Bolman
Eugene
LUNCH?
DEADLY MISTAKES
At a recent presentation about Pvt.
Bradley Manning — the soldier who released
fi les to WikiLeaks — we viewed one of the
released documents, a chilling video of the
shooting of a group of civilian Iraqis and
Reuters photographers from a helicopter
and then the killing of the people, including
children, who tried to rescue the injured.
Another whistle blower, a mid-level
Army offi cer, Daniel Davis, after a recent
tour in Afghanistan, documents that the war
in Afghanistan is going disastrously wrong,
and that top military brass have routinely lied
and mislead the public about how the war is
going. Davis chose a few receptive senators
to receive his report, one of whom is Sen.
Jeff Merkley. The military establishment —
no surprise — is discounting the report.
So how many more men and women will
have to die for the mistakes that the Iraq and
Afghanistan wars have been? How many
more men and women will suffer long-
term trauma from what they experienced
and observed in combat? How many more
whistle-blowers will be discounted and will
risk their personal well-being before we
stop the war? It is time to get out now. We
need to stop the damage to our troops and
our country. We need to learn the lesson
that we cannot make people from another
culture into American-like folks by war.
War is not the answer.
Carol Van Houten
CALC Truth In Recruiting
Eugene
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in an order determined by lottery.
Schools Open for Visits
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when parents can visit. Please phone ahead or
see www.4j.lane.edu/choice for details.
School Choice
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4J Education Center, 200 N. Monroe St.
Learn about the school choice process.
Eugene School District 4J
www.4j.lane.edu/choice
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