After being wrapped up in legality and state courts,
perhaps the fight didn’t seem worth it for Exxon/Mobil.
According to Laughy the modules are now being adjusted
so that they can be transported on interstates and pass
through underpasses.
“They had always argued that Highway 12 was the only
possible route and that these loads could not be reduced,” he
says. “But they ended up reducing the loads and taking an
alternate route.”
— Ted Shorack
out to stop this,” he says.
Court cases in Idaho kept the equipment at the docks for
a year, he says. But Laughy believes that it was ultimately
Montana Judge Ray Dayton’s decision to have the Montana
Department of Transportation do a more extensive
environmental analysis of the proposed route that made
Imperial Oil change their mind. Exxon/Mobil initially did
its own analysis of the potential dangers and said that
impacts would be minimal. EW found the proposed “finding
of no significant impact” in August 2010, months before
MDT had intended to release it.
“The judge determined it was inadequate and that
Montana Department of Transportation had a responsibility
to take a ‘hard look,’” Laughy says, “because of the
cumulative impacts.”
Fifty-two brand new turnouts would have been created
for the trucks — some carrying more than 500,000 pounds
— to pull off the road if necessary. The environmental
impact of those turnouts was of concern because of their
proximity to salmon-bearing rivers. “This is a wild and
scenic river corridor,” Laughy says about the region. “These
loads would be going right on the brink of the road that
drops right into the river.”
LIGHTEN UP
When a politician claims to be fiscally and socially
conservative, he is telling you that he can believe
corporations are people but he’s not sure about gays.
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ACTIVIST ALERT
• A campaign to raise money for the Eugene Sunday
Streets program kicks off at the free monthly Breakfast at the
Bike Bridges from 7 to 9 am Friday, June 29, at 24th & Amazon.
More information at bikelane.proboards.com
• A panel discussion “On Track: The Rise of Women’s
Sports” will be at City Club of Eugene at 11:50 am Friday, June
29, at the Downtown Athletic Club, 10th and Willamette.
Panelists include Beck Sisley, Ellen Devlin-Schmidt and Quenna
Beasley.
• A three-hour city workshop on designing rain gardens is
planned for 9 am to noon Saturday, June 30, at Amazon
Community Center, 2700 Hilyard St. Cost is $20 and registration
is required at http://wkly.ws/1b7 Rain gardens are shallow
depressions designed to capture and filter stormwater and
provide habitat for native plants and animals.
• Forest Web of Cottage Grove has an online petition to
the BLM that says, “I support the protection and restoration of
the 2.6 million acres of BLM forests in western Oregon. These
forests provide clean water, salmon habitat and old-growth
forests that make Oregon a great place to live. They also
provide millions of dollars to local communities from travel and
recreation.” See www.forestweb-cg.org and look for the “Action
Alerts” button.
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Pink Martini
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OREGON BACH FESTIVAL 2012
JUNE 29–JULY 15
July 1
CUTHBERT AMPHITHEATER
Joshua Bell plays Mendelssohn
Friday, June 29 at 7:30 PM
Opening Night!
SILVA— Tix: $62-15; Student and youth discounts available
A Child of our Time
Opening OBF with a performance of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto,
Bell will add his own solo at the high point of the work.
July 7
Discovery Series: St. Matthew Passion Part I
Tuesday, July 3 at 4:30 PM
MATTHEW HALLS conductor
HULT CENTER
SORENG— Tix: $15; Student, youth, and senior discounts available
The Discovery Series, with a meld of music and meaning has long been
considered the heartbeat of the Festival. The fi rst of four lecture-concerts
encompasses the opening through movement 17.
Discovery Series: St. Matthew Passion Part II
Thursday, July 5 at 4:30 PM
Tango Harmonica
SORENG— Tix: $15; Student, youth, and senior discounts available
The second lecture-concert begins with movement 18 and ends with
movement 37, the chorale “Wer hat dich so geschlagen.”
July 13
Buzz and Crow – OBF Kids
JOE POWERS Tango Quintet
BEALL HALL
Saturday, July 7 at 10:00 AM
THE STUDIO— Tix: $5
Join bassoonist Nadina Mackie Jackson and trumpeter Guy Few and their
musical alter egos Buzz and Crow for a fantasy romp through delightful
music old and new.
St. Matthew
Passion
A Child of Our Time
Saturday, July 7 at 7:30 PM
SILVA— Tix: $62-$15; Student & youth discounts available
July 15
Helmuth Rilling
HELMUTH RILLING conductor
HULT CENTER
Matthew Halls, who will succeed Helmuth Rilling as artistic director following
the 2013 Festival, opens with Bach’s Lutheran Mass in G Major, followed by
Michael Tippett’s modern choral masterwork, A Child of Our Time.
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