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NEWS BRIEFS the documented instances of the toxics in residents’ urine and in the Triangle Lake school’s drinking water. At the PARC meeting, Owen plans to show a slide of the front page of the October newsletter of Oregonians For Food and Shelter where the group thanks the co-chair of PARC, Dale Mitchell, and several politicians for helping limit the Triangle Lake pesticide investigation. Members of Occupy Eugene will also participate in the effort to call attention to the issues with the study. Owen plans to request that PARC look at the Barr study, which he says it so far has refused to do. Also at the meeting, Triangle Lake resident Eron King will document some of the threats residents have faced in the efforts to stop the toxic sprays by playing her recording of one Weyerhaeuser employee telling another that he can get rid of that “complaining woman” (Eron King) by “getting my sniper rifle and taking her out.” — Camilla Mortensen OCCUPY NOW HAS A NEWSLETTER Occupy Eugene (OE) is welcoming spring with a new print and online newsletter and more public events. An open house and volunteer fair will be from 2 to 4 pm Saturday, March 24, at OE’s headquarters, Occupy Eugene V (OEV) 1274 W. 7th. “We are excited to welcome the community to come and meet us and find out what we are up to and where we are headed,” says Larry Leverone of OE. “A dozen or more of our committees and working groups will be on hand with literature and newsletters.” ACTIVIST ALERT • A community forum on Envision Eugene and the city manager’s recommendations will be from 6 to 8 pm Thursday, March 22, at North Eugene High School. See envisioneugene.org for more information and an online survey. • The 10th annual César Chávez Celebration will begin at 6:30 pm Thursday, March 22, at Agnes Stewart Middle School, 900 S. 32nd St. in Springfield, honoring the union leader for his dedication to human rights and his commitment to nonviolence. This year the event also honors Benito Juarez, the famous Mexican leader who was an inspiration for Chavez. Sponsored by Springfield Alliance for Equality and Respect and numerous community organizations. • Dining for Women is planning an informational event at 6 pm Thursday, March 22, at Tsunami Books, 25th and Willamette in Eugene. DFW chapters meet to learn about programs that empower women and girls living in extreme poverty in undeveloped regions of the world. Call Nicki Maxwell at 517-0427 or Tish Hathaway at 912-1069 or visit www. diningforwomen.org • The Many Rivers Group Sierra Club hosts a presentation on local watershed issues at 7 pm Thursday, March 22, at the Eugene Garden Club, 1645 High St. Speakers will be Jared Weybright of the McKenzie Watershed Council and Max Nielson-Pincus of the Long Tom Watershed Council. Contact Sally Nunn at 302-4476 or email salaxnunn@gmail.com • The Fembot Collective and the UO Center for the Study of Women Table space will be also be available for groups allied with OE. “We embrace the opportunity to share our common interests and struggles. The better we know each other, the better we can support each other,” he says. Leverone says the newsletter is being distributed as 300 hard copies; it’s available at www.occupyeugenemedia.org under the “media” link, and it can be emailed as a pdf by contacting admin@occupyeugenemedia.org The newsletter has stories on OE’s free medical care, an update on the city’s task force on homelessness, photos and stories from past events, and information on upcoming events and the inner workings of OE. — Ted Taylor CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS • We used “Cirque du Eugene” as a headline and in homage to Cirque du Soleil for our story March 8 on Kaleidoscope: Cirque-Curious, an event at Bounce Gymnastics March 10. We’ve since heard that a different event is actually called Circque de Eugene, and it’s put on for the second year in a row by Fusion Friendly, a group of avant garde bellydancers. Circque de Eugene will be at 8 pm Friday, March 30, at Cozmic Pizza, 199 W. 8th Ave. $5, all ages. Find Fusion Friendly on Facebook or email fusionfriendlyevents@gmail.com • In our March 8 story “Plants for a Cause,” the address for the Kennedy School of Sustainability was incorrectly identified as “in Eugene,” though luckily we also included the info the sale had moved to Cottage Grove! The Healing Harvest plant sale will be from 10 am to 4 pm Saturday, May 5, at the Kennedy School, 1310 S. 8th Ave. in Cottage Grove. in Society are hosting a screening of the documentary, Miss Representation! by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, at 2:30 pm Friday, March 23, at Lillis 282 on the UO campus. • Occupy Interfaith is an Occupy Eugene gathering for allied religious groups at 1 pm Sunday, March 25, at the Unitarian-Universalist Church, 477 E. 40th Ave. • Laura Van Tosh, a nationally recognized mental health consumer advocate, will speak and lead a discussion from 1 to 3 pm Tuesday, March 27, at the Lane County Behavioral Health Services building, Room 198, at 2411 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Tosh will also be on a panel at 7 pm later that day at the Eugene Public Library befor a free showing of the documentary Open Dialogue: An Alternative, Finnish Approach to Healing Psychosis. • Envision Eugene will be on the agenda of Eugene’s Neighborhood Leaders Council at 7 pm Tuesday, March 27, at the Atrium Building Sloat Room, 10th and Olive. • No Coal Eugene, the local group working on a city ordinance prohibiting coal trains from passing through Eugene, will meet at 7:30 pm Wednesday, March 28. upstairs at the Growers Market Building, 454 Willamette. Everyone welcome. The group is working on a rights-based ordinance similar to the one prepared for Bellingham, Wash. More meetings are planned for late March and April. Contact nocoaleugene@ gmail.com or call 357-9883 for more information. biz beat Back in this column March 1 we wrote about Eugene dentist Josephine Stokes, DDS opening her new practice in mid-March, called Pearly Whites of Eugene. She tells us the opening has been delayed a bit, but she’s able to take calls and schedule appointments. “I have also worked out with my dental neighbors that if I have an emergency, I do have a place to be able to see them,” she says. “I have been practicing in Eugene for 10 years and it was time to start my own practice. Everything will be brand new — except my staff!” Lyn Hayden- Scugall will be her hygienist, Nancy Lawrence will be her dental assistant and her office manager will be Liz Daugherty. New offices will be at 622 E. 22nd Ave. Phone is 686-3003. The Olympic Trials at Hayward Field, called TrackTown12 this time around, selects food vendors through its Local Organizing Committee, and this year the vendors will be Ritta’s Burritos, Café Glendi, Lorenzo’s BBQ and Papaya’s Asian Catering. All four were featured at the 2008 trials. “The businesses selected have the experience and personnel to handle the volume and the demanding schedule,” says TrackTown12 co-chair Greg Erwin. The Olympic Trials will be held June 21 to July 1 and fans are expected to exceed 200,000 this year. Deadline to apply for the fourth annual Willamette Angel Conference is March 19. The May 10 investor conference (see willametteconference.com) connects early stage and seed businesses with venture capitalists. Entrepreneurs can submit their business plans for review and coaching, ultimately vying for a potential $200,000 investment, plus some matching funds. A related “pitch competition” will be at the Chamber of Commerce SmartUps Pub Talk from 5 to 7 pm Thursday, March 22, at the Oregon Electric Station, 27 E. 5th Ave. in Eugene. Dr. Matt Freedman, a Eugene chiropractor and Marine veteran, is making an appeal to the public this spring to donate new or used DVDs which will be shipped to U.S. military personnel overseas. His office is at 315 W. Broadway, Suite 100, and donation hours are from 2 to 6 pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. His phone number is 343-5633. Send suggestions for Biz Beat items to editor@eugeneweekly.com with “Biz Beat” in the subject line. At the Eugene Water & Electric Board, we’re empowering citizens with the resources to save money and energy in their homes and businesses. Take Ted and Ann Treffry, for example. They saved 40% on their energy bill with a new ducted heating system – made possible with rebates from EWEB – and got the confidence of a job well done thanks to the Quality Installation program from ENERGY STAR®. To find out about EWEB’s energy-saving programs for your own home, visit eweb.org/saveenergy or call 541-685-7000. Maybe yours will be the next powerful tale we tell. WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM EUGENE WEEKLY MARCH 22, 2012 9
