• The NAACP of Lane County’s “Community
Conversations: Building Unity in our Community”
series of public meetings on race, privilege and
equity continues from 5:30 to 8 pm Thursday, March
10, at the EWEB Community Room, North Building,
500 E. 4th Ave. The meeting begins with a light dinner
at 5:30. Additional meetings in the series will be at
the same time and place on the second Thursday of
each month through May. Reservations are requested
through naacplanecounty.org or the Facebook page.
Call 682-5619.
• A special evening City Club of Eugene meeting
on the outcome of the 2016 Oregon Legislature short
session will be from 7 to 8:30 pm Friday, March 11, at
145 Straub Hall on the UO campus. Speakers will
include Reps. Lee Beyer and Nancy Nathanson. Free
and open to the public. Find links to directions and
parking at cityclubofeugene.org.
• A public forum on “The Federal Budget: Crisis
and Opportunity: Congress’s 10-Year Plan
to Impoverish Working People” will be from 9 am to 4
pm Saturday, March 12, at the First Christian Church,
1166 Oak Street. The purpose of the event is “to
develop a statewide progressive coalition of peace
and justice activists to take on Congress and change
federal budget priorities so that the Pentagon budget
is cut, the rich and corporations will pay their fair
share of taxes and services that working families
depend on will be protected,” organizers say. The
event is free and lunch will be provided. RSVP
required. Call CALC at 485-1755 or visit calclane.org.
• Friends of Trees will be planting nearly 100
trees downtown and around town in partnership with
Lane Transit District. The plantings will be March 12
and March 19. Volunteers are needed. Call 632-3683
or visit friendsoftrees.org to get on the “Treemail”
email list.
• The Lane County Parks Advisory Committee
public hearing on the draft Five-Year Capital
Improvement Program (CIP) for County Parks projects
from 2017 to 2021 will be at 6 pm Monday, March 14,
at Lane County Public Works Goodpasture Conference
Room, 3050 N. Delta Hwy. More information available
at lanecounty.org. Search for Parks under the
Departments menu.
CORRECTIONS/
CLARIFICATIONS
• In our March 3 “It’s About Time” feature by David
Wagner, the illustration was mislabeled. The drawing
is of a rough-skinned newt, Taricha granulosa.
• In our March 3 news brief about pet fees, the
new rules actually went into effect Jan. 1, 2010. The
wrong date was due to an editing error.
LANE COUNTY AREA
SPRAY SCHEDULE
• Oregon Department of Transportation will soon
be spraying roadsides. Call Tony Kilmer at ODOT
District 5 at 744-8080 or call 1-888-996-8080 for
herbicide application information.
• Giustina Resources, 726-3588, plans to hire
Strata Forestry Inc, 726-0845, to spot spray a total of
287.5 acres at seven sites near Mount Zion and Lost
Creek south of Dexter Lake and one site near Bear
Creek, southeast of Cottage Grove with hexazinone,
clopyralid, sulfometuron methyl and/or 2,4-D. See
ODF notification 2016-771-02653, call Tim Meehan
at 726-3588 with questions.
‘FORMER FIRST LADY’
AT LAW CONFERENCE
Hayes said the issue of leisure time and the environment
The panel was “Leisure Time, Life Satisfaction and the
had
both professional and personal aspects for her, “given
Environment.” The name that was added to the March 5
what I have been through this past year.” She cited Oct. 7,
panel after the conference brochure came out was “Cylvia
Hayes, CEO 3E Strategies, former First Lady of Oregon.”
2014 — the date alt weekly Willamette Week published its
Attendees at last week’s Public Interest Environmen-
exposé “First Lady Inc.” as the beginning of a “media-driven
tal Law Conference who happened to look at the PIELC
frenzy.”
2016 addendum would have noticed that former Gov. John
Though Hayes said PIELC was her first time speaking
Kitzhaber’s fiancée was listed as a speaker alongside John de
publically, she has written of her experiences at cylviahayes.
Graaf of Take Back Your Time and Randall Burtz, a profes-
net, and her comments at the conference echoed writings on
sor of recreation.
her blog that speak of “burning humiliation and shame, the
Hayes said that the panel was
terror of feeling my identity and
the first time she has spoken pub-
career shattering, painful realiza-
lically about the aftermath of
tion of how blind I have been to
Kitzhaber’s resignation.
my own ego and a deep sense of
Kitzhaber stepped down in
loss and abandonment.”
February of 2015 amid an influ-
She told the audience she has
ence-peddling scandal involving
engaged in a “lifelong struggle to
allegations that state resources
be a human being, not a human
were being used to help Hayes’
doing” and after the scandal broke
private consulting firm. A year
she lost her clean energy work and
later, an ongoing federal criminal
even her colleagues.
probe has not produced any charg-
Hayes said, “I can’t control the
es. If no charges ensue, Kitzhaber
media, or my relationship,” adding
— C Y LV I A H AY E S ,
still faces investigations by the Or-
in an aside regarding Kitzhaber,
‘FORMER FIRST LADY OF OREGON’
egon Government Ethics Commis-
“We are doing great, by the way.”
sion and the Oregon Department
But, she said, what she can control
of Justice.
is her time.
Before Hayes, de Graaf spoke
Hayes extolled the virtues of
on his research on how shorter workdays and workweeks
meditation and said that after “being forced into this un-
make for happier workers without a loss of productivity and
asked-for sabbatical, I could not believe how hard I had been
reduces our carbon footprint. He cited studies including one
working.” She called time a “gift” and said shifting how she
by the Center for Economic and Policy Research that found
prioritizes time “brought me full spiral back to my roots.”
cutting U.S. work time to European levels could reduce our
With her return to work, Hayes says she will continue
energy use and carbon footprint by 25 to 30 percent.
practicing meditation and not working as “hard” as she did
Burtz then delved into what to do with the time that is
before.
gained. He argued that rather than use those extra hours for
In addition to confirming that she has restarted 3E Strat-
egies (Ecology, Economy, Equity), Hayes mentioned her
screen time — people average six to eight hours of screen
work freelance writing for newly launched Issue Magazine,
time a day, Burtz said — people need to get out in the woods.
including a forthcoming article on oil trains. Hayes called
The key to saving the environment, he said, is getting future
Issue the Rolling Stone of the Pacific Northwest.
generations outdoors.
Kristy and Tina Sinsara are listed on the Oregon secretary
of state’s website as members of the Issue business. Their
previous publication, Level Magazine, lists among its most
recent articles, “How to Have Sex Like a Porn Star” and
“Does Size Matter?” as well as a piece on Cecil the lion. A
January story in the Bend Bulletin delved into Kristy Sin-
sara’s past business dealings, including getting sued last
March by singer Vince Neil of Motley Crue for allegedly
refusing him access to his social media accounts when he
asked after working for him as a social media consultant.
After Hayes’ talk, several audience members expressed
skepticism over whether working less was a viable strategy
for students with hefty student loan payments or low-wage
workers. — Camilla Mortensen
I have been
engaged in a
‘lifelong struggle to
be a human being,
not a human doing.’
• Cadore Timber, 485-1500, plans to hire Strata
Forestry Inc, 726-0845, to spray 11.9 acres south of
Dexter Lake near Noisy Creek with hexazinone,
clopyralid and/or 2,4-D. See ODF notification 2016-
771-02630, call Tim Meehan at 726-3588 with
questions.
Compiled by Jan Wroncy and Gary Hale, Forestland Dwellers:
342-8332.
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CYLVIA HAYES, LEFT
JOHN DE GRAAF, RIGHT