The Shedd Institute
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Greg
Brown
Thu, Oct 6
Tonight!
Bruce
Molsky
Fri Oct 7
- Old time Fiddler
workshop, 4:30 p
QUESTIONABLE ACTIONS
District Attorney Patty Perlow’s state-
ments regarding the shooting [Sept. 10] of
Edgar Rodriguez are a classic example of
blaming the victim.
It “doesn’t make sense” to her that
Rodriguez would “come outside armed to
‘greet’ police officers,” but I can think of a
very good reason why he would not want
to leave a loaded weapon in his apartment
when two drunk people were engaged in
a fight.
When people call 911, they have an
expectation that police will drive to their
residences with lights flashing when they
respond. Not only did both officers come
in the dark and park their cruisers out of
sight, but one of them actually approached
Rodriguez from behind the apartment. He
walked around the apartment listening for
a dispute.
Although the officers didn’t know Ro-
driguez was an Iraq war vet, sneaking up
on someone who is armed (according to his
911 call) can be a dangerous thing to do.
If Rodriguez had been aware that the
police were there, he probably would have
put his weapon down.
More relevant than Rodriguez’s five
shots of liquor is the history of Officer
Timothy Hunt’s questionable actions,
which have been given nods and winks by
the police investigator and the DA’s office.
Steve Hiatt
Eugene
HAPPY HIPPIES
I just want to thank the hippies and oth-
er colorful folk who ride tricked-out bikes
past my house on River Road and on the
bike path. Their freak flags and happy mu-
sic always make me smile. There are some
who ride by at night with their bikes all lit
up with neon. It’s wonderful! In a world
that seems so dark, these people lift my
heart.
Toni Hanner
Eugene
Guy Mendilow
Ensemble
Tales from the
Forgotten Kingdom
Ladino Songs Renewed
Presented in cooperation
with The Robert D. Clark
Honors College at the UO
Sun Oct 9
STORY OF RECOVERY
I was homeless in Eugene and ready
for suicide attempt number three when my
spiritual helper from above caused it to
rain that morning, sending me from the wet
alley where I was sleeping into the Eugene
Mission, only to seek shelter, warmth and
food. Definitely not for help; I was done
asking for help.
Once there, a flyer on their bulletin
board gave me the number to a crisis line
that referred me to Willamette Family for
drug evaluation. I enrolled in treatment,
stayed clean and became a nationally rec-
ognized published author of more than
10 recovery articles. I have written about
my experiences up to this point. In a five-
month period, three of those articles are
due out in print in a respected literary jour-
nal in April and May. This story is full of
miracle after miracle, all in the infancy of
sobriety!
I was just interviewed by a nationally
recognized recovery podcast that wanted
to be the first to share my story on the na-
tional level. This is just a brief synopsis of
my story. It is truly a miracle.
My story gives reference to three social
service agencies in Eugene for their part in
saving my life, and nobody in Eugene real-
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Coming up at The Shedd this Fall and beyond…
10.13 Jazz Kings: Mood Indigo
10.21 Moombah: Doctor, Doctor!
10.23 Tracy Bonham
10.25 Michael McDonald
10.27 Dave Douglas meets The
Westerlies w/Anwar Marshall
11.3 Bill Frisell: When You Wish…
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11.4 Hapa
11.5 Ehud Asherie
11.10 Michael Feinstein
11.11 Riley Etheridge Jr.
12.2-18 Annie Get Your Gun
12.8 Jazz Kings: Happy Holiday
1.11 Karla Bonoff
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