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TO THE EDITOR
brought forward multiple plans to create
multiple residential lots and new roads
since 1998.
Now yet another PUD application is in
process. The proposed Deerbrook PUD
envisions 75 residential lots, extends West
Amazon south to connect with Fox Hollow,
and includes several new streets.
A public hearing to address the PUD
application is scheduled for 5 pm Thursday,
June 28, in the City Hall Council Chambers.
The public hearing is our opportunity to
submit factual information or raise issues.
Attend the hearing and state your
concerns or submit a written statement to
the Hearings Offi cial c/o Associate Planner
Becky Taylor, Eugene Planning Division,
99 West 10th Ave, Eugene 97401. Or email
Becky.G.Taylor@ci.eugene.or.us
Save the Amazon Headwaters!
David Saul & Debbie Hebert
Eugene
HEARTS & MINDS
SAVE THE HEADWATERS
A treasured resource for our city lies
at the foot of West Amazon where the
Amazon Headwaters Trail starts to climb
towards Spencer Butte.
Strolling along the canyon beneath
majestic trees we hear the sounds of forest
denizens and Amazon Creek. There is no
place in town that is as accessible and yet
seems so remote from the cityscape.
Protecting the headwaters of Amazon
Creek is vital to the environmental health
of the whole watershed. As the only
remaining place to complete an ecological
corridor between the Amazon Greenway
and the headwaters of Amazon Creek, this
site was identifi ed by the Army Corps of
Engineers Metro Waterways study as a
priority for open space acquisition.
Concerned citizens have struggled to
preserve this area while developers have
I am excited to hear about the upcoming
50th gathering of Occupying the Heart and
Mind, a silent interfaith meditation/prayer
circle to cultivate love and compassion
for the oppressed. The Occupy movement
may not be getting the attention in the
press that it did months ago, but please do
not be fooled into thinking that it is not
growing. The social challenges that led to
its inception have yet to be overcome.
As long as our people go unhoused,
denied access to education and health
care, while the wealthy elite continue
to ravage the environment, there will
be a movement. As long as there is a
movement, meditation and prayer will be
at its heart (and mind). It is no accident that
Malcolm X, Mother Teresa, Thich Nhat
Hanh, Mohandas Gandhi, and so many of
our other most prominent social leaders,
activists and educators shared the practices
in common.
When we come together as a community
to create and hold sacred space in silence,
when we take the time to listen deeply to
our own hearts and minds, we come to
know the interdependence of life. Through
the cultivation of this awareness we fi nd
the strength and guidance needed to move
forward in love and compassion.
As Martin Luther King Jr. has so
eloquently said, “Darkness cannot drive
out darkness: only light can do that. Hate
cannot drive out hate: only love can do
that.” May we all come to know with
ever increasing clarity the truth of these
words. May we continue to be open in our
awareness of the divine nature of our own
hearts and minds.
Taylor Pierson
Eugene
A GIFTED JUDGE
The American Bar Association says
that a trial judge should require that every
proceeding before him or her be conducted
with “unhurried and quiet dignity,” and
should establish surroundings that are
appropriate to the administration of justice.
The opinion of the Cottage Grove City
M e d i c a l M a r i j u a n a h a s h e l p e d
t h o u s a n d s o f p e o p l e r e d u c e t h e i r
u s e o f p r e s c r i p t i o n p a i n m e d i c a t i o n .
I f y o u s u f f e r f r o m M i g r a i n e s ,
C h r o n i c N a u s e a , F i b r o m y a l g i a ,
D e g e n e r a t i v e D i s c D i s e a s e ,
N e u r o p a t h y , A r t h r i t i s o r a n y
c h r o n i c p a i n c o n d i t i o n , i t ’ s
p o s s i b l e t h a t y o u q u a l i f y f o r y o u r
O r e g o n M e d i c a l M a r i j u a n a C a r d .
D O Y O U Q U A L I F Y F O R Y O U R
M E D I C A L M A R I J U A N A C A R D ?
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V i s i t u s o n l i n e a t O M M P C A R D . C O M
I t ’ s Y o u r M e d i c i n e I t ’ s Y o u r R i g h t
G E T L E G A L !
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JUNE 14, 2012
EUGENE WEEKLY
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