NEWS BRIEFS
biz beat
As You Like It, the Oregon eco-sex shop, is
now offering services as consultants to wedding
and event planners in Eugene who are interested
in bringing eco-friendly products and knowledge
to their clients as well as offering “EcoSex
Product Parties.” Shop proprietor Kim Marks
says “EcoSex Product Parties are interactive
product demos and a great way to spend an
evening with your closest friends. Ask the
questions you’re most curious about in a safe
intimate environment and learn about the many
ways you can bring your passion for the
environment into the bedroom.” Email info@
asyoulikeitpdx.com for more info.
Goody’s is a new store at Fifth Street Public
Market, offering chocolate, candy and ice cream
on the market’s second level near the bridge.
Grand opening is 10 am to 9 pm Friday, June 8.
The business supports the Children’s Miracle
Network hospitals. The Oregon-based franchise
(goodyschocolate.com) has stores around the
Northwest, including Sunriver, Redmond,
Prineville and Boise.
Delacata Food Truck at 7th and Olive in
Eugene, which specializes in Southern soul food
dishes, recently conducted a “Cooking for a
Cause” fundraiser to benefit Relief Nursery.
Check out facebook.com/delacata and facebook.
com/reliefnursery
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LANE AREA
SPRAY SCHEDULE
• ODOT has sprayed the following highways in the
Eugene-Springfield area in the last two weeks: Belt
Line, 99, I-5, 126, I-105. Other highways may be
sprayed. For more information call (888) 996-8080.
• Rosboro LLC, (541) 746-8411, plans to spray
Garlon 4 and glyphosate on 500 acres of roadsides
near the McKenzie River and the following tributaries:
Doris Creek, Ennis Creek, Quartz Creek and Sugar
Creek. See ODF notice 2012-771-00433.
Compiled by Jan Wroncy, Forestland Dwellers: 342-8332, www.for-
estlanddwellers.org
WHIT SUPER
CLEAN-UP HEROES
If you’re headed through the Whiteaker on June 10,
there’s a good chance you’ll run into masked and caped
avengers sweeping through to pick up trash.
This Sunday will be the fifth annual Whiteaker Clean
Up and Community Celebration, an idea generated by
Wayde Love. “It started out with me being on the
community council and just wanting to make a really fun,
cool clean-up,” he says.
While on the Whiteaker Community Council, Love
made contacts and networked with Sanipac and community
business owners who were interested in cleaning up the
neighborhood. He now receives donations from them
every year to help out in the clean up. Love estimates that
nearly 200 volunteers will participate this year.
Since the event’s inception, Love thought wearing
costumes would make for a more fun and celebratory
approach. The costume types vary from year to year. He
got the idea for superheroes this year after missing out on
a superhero-themed party. But he also sees the inherent
similarities between those who come out to clean up and
dress up as crime fighters.
“It makes sense because we really are superheroes,” he
says. Love estimates they found about 80 used needles
strewn about last year and pounds upon pounds of
recycling and trash were picked up. “It really is a
superhero thing when you come out,” he says. “A lot of
people want to do something good and it makes it kind of
fun for them to do.”
The event starts at noon at Scobert Gardens Park with
food to gear up for the day and a speech before groups will
be divided up and assigned areas. Costumes are not
required but encouraged. There will be live music and a
raffle with prizes from local businesses including a gift
certificate to Izakaya Meji and coffee from Wandering
Goat. More info at http://wkly.ws/1am
Meanwhile, planning is well under way for the sixth
annual Whiteaker Block Party from noon to 11 pm
Saturday, Aug. 4. The big event has a Facebook page with
2,346 “likes.”
— Ted Shorack
IT’S ABOUT TIME
BY DAVID WAGNER
T
his is the greenest time of year. All the trees and shrubs have expanded their leaves. The
leaves have not yet fully toughened up so most of them retain the bright, spring
green that’s my favorite color. Still, the lowlands are drying out. The licorice ferns
have turned yellow-brown and are falling off the tree branches. Only the ground
dwelling colonies in damp, shady spots are keeping their green for a few more
weeks.
We notice that very few birds are coming to the feeders. Migrations are over
and the nesting season is in full swing. The birds are protecting their territories
so they don’t gather at feeders. We will see them again with their fledglings.
The biggest surprise for us is the chickadee family using an old decorative
nest box which was gifted to us many years ago. Corn cobs, millet heads and
lichens were glued to make it attractive to birds but they hardly ever came to
feed off it. Just as we were about to take it down because it was falling apart,
chickadees started exploring it and now are feeding young. Unlike other
nestlings I’ve known, these are very quiet to avoid bringing attention to
themselves.
Vandals scratching the educational signs along Delta Pond trails brings a
sad note to our walks. If they don’t like nature, why don’t they just stay away?
No Azolla in the ponds this year but there are lots of poppies. They will bloom
summer and into fall with occasional rainfall.
David Wagner is a botanist who has lived in Eugene for more than 30 years. He teaches moss classes and
leads nature walks. He may be reached at fernzenmosses@me.com
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