LET TERS
Sounds good? No.
We spent hundreds of dollars for our
children to show their animals and were
treated like second-class citizens. We were
given scant access to our children and
animals. We were forced to park blocks
away from any fair entrance when they said
the “lot is full” only to see at least 50 open
spots in the west end parking near mounted
police. I understand crowd control, but I
demand access to my 11-year-old daughter.
To top it off, it became apparent that
some cattle guy with the youth fair had his
own private key to the west gate. I watched
him let countless people in and out. Security
claimed they are not aware of this. For all I
know he was charging to let his buddies into
the fair. I just wanted reasonable access to
my 11-year-old child. I have photos of this.
Melissa Gannon
Springfi eld
NO COHERENT RESPONSE
It’s always fun and interesting to see
lefties resort to name calling and personal
insults when faced with opinions that differ
from theirs or questions for which they can
provide no coherent answers.
I’ll add Ryan Foote’s Aug. 1 letter to my
collection.
Jerry Ritter
Springfi eld
MOLLY’S GIFTS
I read your paper frequently, and fi rstly
want to thank you for its often funny,
occasionally frustrating, but always
engaging content. But I especially want to
thank you for Molly Templeton’s wonderful
movie reviews.
That I take movie reviews seriously
would be noted by anyone around me
(beginning at an early age, arguing to
convince my parents why they should let
me watch the Ridley Scott fi lm Alien). It
was through these early explorations that
I discovered the wonders of well-written
reviews — no other writing combines the
subtle mix of personal, intellectual and
emotional descriptions, and Templeton’s
reviews are truly some of the best I’ve ever
read. They always strike a thrilling balance
of description, refl ection and opinions, and
are intellectually engaging and ultimately
revealing, and a joy to read.
I simply want to say thank you for
sharing your gift of writing.
Steve Boggs
Springfi eld
home or the hotel and riding a bike, take
LTD or maybe even walk? It’s just not safe
to drink and drive, especially in a small
neighborhood with a thriving bike culture.
The “brewery district” as we are now called,
has some great business to enjoy. Just be
responsible. Local breweries also step up
to the game; let’s start giving some sort of
deals to the “locals” who opt for a safer
way of getting to your place. Offer a dollar
off to cyclists that show their helmets or
something.
Take notice of all the cars at these
breweries; that’s a lot of people drinking
and driving. These are high-alcohol-content
beers in most cases, too. Just something to
think about.
Darin Lomsdalen
Eugene
TOXIC DISTRICT
Some months ago EW columnist Jerry
Diethelm asked, “What happened to
Cannery Square?” [11/7/2012]. I have some
observations relating to that mothballed
planning “vision” cooked up by Nan
Laurence. Sam Bond’s Garage is opening
a brewery and tasting room in the area
next year. A credit union is redeveloping
the former site of the Courthouse Garden.
It seems like the real question to be asking
is what happened to the toxic waste dumps
there on EWEB and UO owned property?
To fi nd out details about the dumps
you must refer back to a 2005 article that
appeared in The Register-Guard. The
article by Joe Harwood was “EWEB, UO
battle over soil cleanup.” In recent weeks
people have been picking blackberries at
the partially gated toxic dump. Will the city
of Eugene streamline development of the
EWEB property without any consideration
of the oozing slime stored underground?
New businesses moving into that area
should prompt city planners and the DEQ
to adequately inform and involve the public
in a thorough cleanup. EWEB and UO both
have turned away from any mitigation of
the current toxic situation. The failure of the
Cannery Square concept is not just a surface
issue.
The real problems at that location lie
below the surface. If UO is so green why
has it failed to cleanup the toxic riverfront
of the UO campus? Perhaps Diethelm can
explain what he thinks about the historic
waste dump in his next Emerald Canal
update.
Zachary Vishanoff
Eugene
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DRINKING IN THE WHIT
I’ve lived in the Whiteaker for well over
10 years and have watched the neighborhood
slowly evolve and seen a number of positive
changes. Papa’s Soul Food was a great
addition to our hood; it brought people
down here that would have continued to live
in fear of “felony fl ats.”
I’m fi ne with growth and new business.
What I’m not OK with is people who very
obviously don’t live in this part of Eugene
or this part of the country who come down
to party, be reckless and disrespectful to the
folks who live and work in the neighborhood.
I see so many people that are driving around
so fast and so unsafely looking for the other
breweries on their list.
Might I suggest leaving your car at
CELL-PROOF WRAP
The tragic death of a child due to a bus
accident in New Jersey is blamed on the
driver using his phone. They can do it with
kryptonite. Why not put a shield, for safety
sake, around the LTD buses that blocks all
cell phone frequencies? And you would be
able to tell the difference from the people
who are talking to themselves from the rest
of us.
Vince Loving
Eugene
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