NEWS BRIEFS
land inhabited by the Aleuts for more than
10,000 years. They believe that the Earth
is weary with fever and world leaders are
only looking to treat the symptoms. “The
root cause is separation. Separation from
self, separation from others, separation
from nature, separation from Earth,” says
Merculieff.
Until we reconcile the individual with
the environment, the elders say, conditions
will continue to worsen, and Alaska will
have a front row seat. Merculieff points
out coastal erosion, changes in migratory
patterns (beavers found north of the arctic
circle), and a major decline in species
(caribou, sea lions, sea otters). He predicts
that salmon — due to the Ichthyophonus
hoferi parasite, decreasing water levels,
and water temperatures too warm for fish
eggs to survive — will have completely
disappeared from Alaska in 15 years.
Merculieff and Wildcat spoke May 23
at the UO’s Many Nations Longhouse and
the conference continues on Thursday,
May 24, with an additional keynote
address at 9 am in the UO Fir Room,
followed by student presentations and
panels. The conference is free. For more
information, visit uoclimateconference.
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— Alexandra Notman
WAG FOR
A CAUSE
There will be no animals at this
Saturday’s Bingo Beach Dance Party, the
second-annual celebration of the
Willamette Animal Guild (WAG), “just
party animals!” says Vanessa Wells-
Horner, outreach coordinator at WAG. She
is hoping to get lots of tails wagging out on
the dance floor as the nonprofit celebrates
the more than 20,000 spay and neuter
surgeries it has performed on pets and feral
animals since January 2008.
“We want to raise awareness of the
importance of spay and neuter and also
just the availability of it,” Wells-Horner
says. The nonprofit offers financial
assistance options to help those in need
afford the cost of surgery. “Money is not a
reason not to fix your pets,” she says.
WAG’s currently offering a cat deal — pay
to spay your momma cat, and WAG will
fix her whole litter for free. Kitties as
young as eight to 10 weeks can be altered,
Wells-Horner says.
The fundraiser’s highlights will include
DJ Kaatskratch playing beach-themed
music “to get people dancing,” Wells-
Horner says. There will be carnival games,
a raffle and for the $10 admission, you get
snacks and two bingo cards for a game
hosted by local comedian Leigh Anne
Jasheway. There will also be alcohol and
snacks available to buy, including some
Ninkasi and Cornucopia-made delights.
The 6 to 9 pm May 26 event will be
held at the Friends of Norway Lodge, 710
McKinley St. in Eugene. If you’re not a
party animal, but a creature of art instead,
check out WAG’s silent art auction at
Pacific Rim Gallery at 405 Hwy. 99 North
through May 26. More info at www.
wagwag.org
— Stacey M. Hollis
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ACTIVIST ALERT
• Noted New York author and journalist
Do You Qualify for Your
Oregon Medical Marijuana Card ?
Thai Jones, who has strong family ties to
- Weekly Clinics
Eugene, will be reading from his new book,
Thursday, May 31, at Tsunami Books, 25th and
- Professional and
Private Setting
Willamette. Jones is the son of former
- Free Record Review
More Powerful Than Dynamite, at 7 pm
members of the Weather Underground and
- New Patients and Renewals
Welcome
his family went into hiding for 10 years
following an accidental bomb explosion in
1970 in Greenwich Village. His book is about
anarchy, corporate greed and the violent
protests of 1914, which have close parallels to
the Occupy Wall Street movement of today.
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• Public comments on draft annual
operations plans for state-owned forests
has been extended through Friday, June 1. The
public comment period opened April 9 for
plans in the Astoria, Tillamook, Forest Grove,
Western Lane, Coos, Southwest Oregon and
Klamath Lake districts. Draft plans are posted
at the ODF website at http://wkly.ws/1ad and
comments can be emailed to sfaoplans@odf.
state.or.us or mailed to Rod Nichols/Public
www.OMMPCard.com
Northwest Alternative Health is now serving the Greater Eugene Area
Affairs, ODF, 2600 State St., Salem 97310.
• The Pacific Green Party nominating
convention for the November elections will be
from 10 am to 4 pm June 2-3 at Willamette
University Eaton Hall, Room 308, in Salem.
See
pacificgreens.org
for
details
and
registration.
LANE COUNTY AREA
SPRAY SCHEDULE
• ODOT District 5 plans to spray Hwy. 99
between Eugene and Junction City, I-5,
Beltline and I-105 shoulders and ramps and
connecting highways such as Hwy. 99 South,
Cloverdale and the lower end of Hwy. 58. Call
(888)
996-8080
for
more
detailed
information.
• ODF, 935-2283, is hiring Nick’s Timber
Service, (503) 910-1120) to ground spray state
forestry roadsides on their land throughout
Lane County. Chemicals include Element 4,
Element 3A, Oust XP and Forester’s with Agri-
Dex surfactant. See notice 2012-781-00363.
• Giustina, 345-2301, is hiring Northwest
Reforestation Services, 554-0489, to cut and
spray false brome and scotch broom and
other invasives on 194 acres near Hawley
Creek and Coyote Creek and on 159 acres
near Hall Road and 80 acres near High Pass
Road. Notice 2012-781-00356.
Compiled by Jan Wroncy, Forestland Dwellers: 342-8332,
www.forestlanddwellers.org
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for Memorial Day. Please reserve your display
ad space as early as possible for our May 31
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LIGHTEN UP
The Kansas Legislature must have been
under the spell of the Saint of Farfetched
Perils when it banned Islamic Sharia law
from the state’s courts. What’s next? A
law denying extraterrestrials the right to
land at its airports?
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