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.
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