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The Shedd Institute www.theshedd.org - 541.434.7000 Shedd Theatricals 2016 George & Ira Gershwin’s and hacking as your meters and smart appliances spy on you, selling data to whomever wants it! Please, get online and check out the thousands of pages of horror stories related to smart meters before you opt-in to this program. Robin Bloomgarden Eugene CLIMATE DENIER PREZ A lot of people, myself included, have grave misgivings about a second Clinton presidency. I am also concerned that the movement and sense of revolution that Bernie Sanders has worked so hard to engender will dissipate after July. No matter what happens at the Democratic Convention, that movement must spread and intensify. But my overriding concern is that Trump be defeated soundly in November. He has outraged some mainstream conservatives and Tea Partiers by appearing to take “moderate” and “practical” positions. But his views on the climate crisis lie completely within the official Republican orthodoxy — he denies the international consensus on its existence, he vows to thwart even moderate attempts to deal with it and he promises to increase greenhouse gas emissions as much as possible. All citizens who realize the urgency of keeping global warming within human control must register and vote for the Democratic opponent to Trump. Maybe Bernie will pull off a miracle, but if not, we need to make sure that the next president is not a climate denier. Jere C. Rosemeyer Eugene SILLY PEDESTRIANS Driving the speed limit on westbound 18th Avenue this morning (near O’Hara Catholic School) I encountered a couple walking in stride with their dog, crossing 18th at the delineated pedestrian crosswalk. This crosswalk features a pedestrian-activated flashing light system to alert drivers to pedestrians crossing the generally busy roadway. However, in this instance, the lights weren’t flashing. As I passed the couple (with them on the passenger side of my vehicle) I slowed to a stop, rolled down my passenger window and asked them, “Was the button to activate the pedestrian crossing light not functioning?” As God is my witness, the woman’s response: “Using those are optional!” RUFKM! Really? For the life of me … I cannot imagine a more patently idiotic response. You know … parachutes are optional, too! One thing is for certain … thinking is obviously not an option for these people. The real tragedy, of course, is the dog who is tragically saddled with two morons for owners. Poor dear. L. Arbuckle Eugene IS IT MEDICINE? I have a medical marijuana card and have been to almost every dispensary in Eugene. I am in a wheelchair and can’t enter some, as they’re not ADA compliant. (No one cares.) Then, if I can, we get in and find the BECOME A YOGA TEACHER THIS FALL YOGA TRAINING AT BALANCED HOT YOGA EUGENE twobirdsyogatraining@gmail.com FOR MORE INFORMATION www.twobirdsyogatraining.com www.hotyogaeugenebalanced.com 1927 musical comedy classic FUNNY FACE June 17-26 - The Shedd Shedd Theatricals 2016 Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden & Adolph Green’s 1944 musical masterpiece On The Town July 29-Aug 7 eugeneweekly.com • June 9, 2016 5
