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About Eugene weekly. (Eugene, Oregon) 1993-current | View Entire Issue (May 17, 2012)
NEWS BRIEFS Springfield’s initial SCYP is wrapping up this spring and a celebration is planned from 4:30 to 6:30 pm Friday, May 18, at the Royal Caribbean International Call Center in Springfield. UO students, faculty, Springfield government officials and community partners will gather to review the work of 500 students who participated in 10 disciplines: planning, public policy, business, law, economics, journalism, sustainability, architecture, landscape architecture, and arts and administration. Springfield’s SCY program consisted of 31 classes and 60,000 hours of creative work focused on making Springfield a more sustainable city. The program is evolving and might even draw in OSU’s Department of Horticulture next year, says Liberty. But the SCYP is an ambitious program and it takes about $250,000 a year in funding from cities or counties to keep it going. “We are pursuing addition sources of funding, but nothing has been nailed down yet,” says Liberty. Eugene applied for the program several years ago, but did not reapply this year, citing the high cost and the city’s existing sustainability programs. — Ted Taylor biz beat The Willamette Angel Conference competition at the Downtown Athletic Club May 10 awarded a $200,000 investment prize to Cascade Prodrug Inc., a Eugene-based drug development company using technology licensed from UO. Other finalists included Amorphyx of Corvallis and Vizme of Eugene. A combination of cash and consulting services valued at $7,000 also went to Coyle Design, a Corvallis company that makes hand-crafted wood and cork bicycle helmets. See eugenechamber.com for more information. HEROweb Marketing & Design will present a free talk on “Developing Effective & Compelling Website Content” from 6 to 7:30 pm Monday, May 21, at the Eugene Public Library’s Singer Room. See heroweb.com or call 746-6418. The company has been in business since 1996 and CEO is Michael Sterns. Urban Lumber Company held a grand opening celebration for its new Eugene retail store and art gallery May 12 at 28 E. Broadway next to Voodoo Doughnut. The business salvages urban trees to be milled in Springfield and turned into custom fine furniture, says owners Christina and Seth San Filippo. See urbanlumbercompany.com or call 988-WOOD. Aqua Serene hosted its annual “Mother of All Garden Parties” May 12-13, at 2836 W. 11th Ave. The building was recently remodeled with new siding, awnings, and display windows. Call Robert Rubin at 968-6089 or email robert@ aquaserene.com Journey Tree Financial Planning and Investments has moved to the KeyBank building at 975 Oak St., Suite 785. Journey Tree was founded in 1993 by Jonathon C. Brandt and provides financial planning, consultation, and investment services to individuals and small businesses. Call 485-3154. Tuesday Market featuring crafts, clothing, artwork and food, has started up again from 10 am to 3 pm every Tuesday through October. Location is the North Park Block at 8th and Oak. A new farmers market is starting up in the Whiteaker neighborhood from 11 am to 3 pm Sundays at New Day Bakery, 449 Blair. Sarah Hucka of Circle h Farm is a vendor and co-organizer. Call 937-2413. Valley River Inn is undergoing renovation of the entire property and the 275-room inn on the waterfront should be back to normal by June 1. The staff is leading tours of the project every Tuesday from 4 to 7 pm with complimentary wine tasting. McKenzie River Trust, a local nonprofit working to protect clean water and fish and wildlife habitat in western Oregon, is busy leading bird and nature hikes this spring. On Earth Day, Oakshire Brewing gave MRT $1,774, proceeds from three beers brewed to commemorate EWEB’s 100th anniversary. Earlier, the Eugene-based retailer Tactics gave $2,500 in support of MRT’s local land conservation efforts. The Trust recently purchased and protected 161 acres of wetlands five miles southwest of Eugene. Visit mckenzieriver. org or find them on Facebook. ProHealth Family Medicine is a direct-pay clinic now open and accepting new patients at 1410 Oak St., Suite 102, in Eugene. See prohealthfamilymedicine.com for more information or call 228-3270. Justin Montoya, MD, is a Eugene native and has a background in family practice and sports medicine. ACTIVIST ALERT • Volunteers are needed for the AIDS Walk at 9 am Saturday, May 19, at Alton Baker Park, sponsored by HIV Alliance. Call 342-5088, ext. 116 or email volccord@hivalliance. org or info@aidswalkeugene.org or visit www.aidswalkeugene. org to register or donate. • The Whiteaker Community Garage Sale is from 9 am to 3 pm Saturday, May 20, throughout the neighborhood and CALC is one of the groups participating. Call 485-1755 to donate good used items. • The UO will host a two-day conference on “Indigenous People, Climate Change, and Environmental Knowledge” May 23-24. The conference includes keynote presentations and student research presentations about the impacts of climate change on indigenous and native communities. All events are free. See uoclimateconference.wordpress.com LANE AREA SPRAY SCHEDULE • Keith Lawson of Strata Forestry Inc., (541) 726-0485, plans to backpack spray four acres for Giustina Resources near Noisy Creek in Dexter, T19S R01W Section 23 with Oust, Westar and glyphosate. See ODF notice 2012-771-00320. • Jason Klemp, (541) 927-3118, plans to ground spray two acres with 2,4-D amine, 2,4-D ester and glyphosate near Highway 36 and Lake Creek at T16S R08W Section 8. See ODF notice 2012-771-00289. • Jason Klemp plans to ground spray two acres with glyphosate, Arsenal and Garlon on two acres near Horton Road and Lake Creek at T16S R07W Section 2. See ODF notice 2012-771-00275. • Western Helicopter, (503) 538-9469, has been hired by Roseboro LLC, (541) 746-8411, to aerially apply Velpar, Transline and/or Oust on 97 acres near Swartz Creek and High Pass Road. See ODF notice 2012-781-00297. Compiled by Jan Wroncy, Forestland Dwellers, 342-8332, www.forestlanddwell- ers.org Open House Saturday, May 19, 10am - 12pm Now accepting applications for fall 2012 541-683-6951 1350 McLean Blvd. EugeneWaldorf.org drive, learn all things considered 3 to 6:30 pm mo to fr WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM 5 to 6 pm sa to su EUGENE WEEKLY MAY 17, 2012 11
