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highfalutin meetings of the heads of
states have slowed or stopped the growth
of fossil fuel use. The meetings appear to
have been a total waste of time.
And now, we have a truly crushing
blow — the Clinton presidential campaign
has indicated that it will not support a
carbon tax. We simply cannot meet our
greenhouse gas reduction goals (locally,
statewide or nationally) without a price on
carbon. How can we take her commitment
to climate action seriously if she rejects
carbon pricing outright?
Clinton’s negligence in failing to
support a carbon tax is inexcusable.
Tom Giesen
Eugene
POLITICAL FUN
Tony Corcoran never fails to enlighten
and entertain [“If Trump Wins: Move to
Georgia!”]. He states that old geezers like
himself remember the police riots during
the divided 1968 Democratic convention
in Chicago.
However, some of us old geezers were
serving our country in Vietnam at that
time. Having missed the domestic political
fun that year, I highly anticipate watching
the upcoming Republican convention in
Cleveland.
This time around, I will gather my
brethren, open a cold beer and thoroughly
enjoy a front row seat of the likely
shitstorm. Let the fun begin!
Gerry Kosanovic
Corvallis
WATER SAFETY
Fourth of July weekend, three
Willamette
Kayak
and
Canoe
Club kayakers aided and helped rescue
several people floating in inner tubes
on the McKenzie River near RiverBend
hospital who were tangled in brush in the
river.
Every year people get in serious
trouble out of ignorance, alcohol or
cheap inflatable “pool boats” without life
preservers or sometimes even paddles.
Kayakers are often compelled to assist
these unsafe and under-equipped boaters
or at least contact the Sheriff Marine
Patrol.
Rescues are expensive and risk the
lives of responders as well as the victims.
Please invest in good equipment and
acquire the skills to be safe on the river.
The Willamette Canoe and Kayak Club
website has safety information and links.
Go to wkcc.org.
Mark Murphy
Creswell
www.theshedd.org - 541.434.7000
Shedd Theatricals 2016
POWER OF SYMBOLS
I’m a professional graphic designer.
Symbols are important, powerful
communication tools. In the Old West,
brass sheriff’s stars were six pointed.
Modern law enforcement agencies
(including the Lane County Sheriffs
Department and the Eugene Police
Department — go ahead, Google their
homepages) use seven-pointed stars
because, since World War Two, a six-
pointed star has been most powerfully
recognized as The Star of David.
Stephen Stanley
Eugene
BABY CHRISTIAN TRUMP
Great news. The New York Times reports
that James Dobson, one of the nation’s
most influential evangelical leaders, has
declared that Donald Trump has been born
again. According to Dobson, he was “led
to Christ” by an unnamed associate.
Although Trump continues to use
language typically considered coarse and
un-Christian, Dobson says we should “cut
him some slack. He didn’t grow up like we
did. He’s a baby Christian.”
Evangelical Christians can now vote for
the Donald with a clear conscience. Praise
the Lord.
Paul Wilson
Eugene
Leonard Bernstein,
Betty Comden & Adolph Green’s
1944 musical masterpiece
On The
Town
July 29
-Aug 7
Oregon Festival of American Music 2016
g.i.jive
Good Cheer From Home, 1939-45
July 29 - August 13
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Coming up next fall at The Shedd…
131 E. 5th Ave. • 687-2805
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9.16-10.2 Oliver!
10.6 Greg Brown
10.7 Bruce Molsky
10.9 Guy Mendilow Ensemble
10.11 Jazz at Lincoln Center w/
Wynton Marsalis (Hult)
10.13-16 The Jazz Kings: Mood
Indigo: Ellington, 1925-48
10.22 The Magical Moombah!
Doctor, Doctor!
10.23 Tracy Bonham
10.27 Dave Douglas
& The Westerlies
11.3 Bill Frisell: When You Wish
Upon A Star
11.4 Hapa
11.5 Ehud Asherie
11.10 Michael Feinstein
11.11 Riley Etheridge, Jr.
11.16 Chico Schwall: Charlie
Poole & Memphis Minnie
12.2-18 Annie Get Your Gun!
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