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Five environmental activists currently facing felony charges in four states for temporarily
shutting down fossil fuel pipelines to fight climate change will discuss their nonviolent
direction action this weekend. The “valve turner” protest was in response “to a call
from the Standing Rock Sioux for international prayer and action on the growing climate
emergence,” organizers say. On Oct. 11, 2016, activists Ken Ward, Annette Klapstein,
Emily Johnston, Michael Foster and Leonard Higgins (previously of Corvallis, now living
in Eugene) shut off emergency valves on five pipelines from Washington to Minnesota,
stopping the flow of tar sands oil into the U.S. Their message was, “We are in a climate
emergency now.” With the final easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline granted under
the climate-change-denial-oriented Trump administration, the valve turners say that our
future is hanging in the balance. Higgins says, “Because of the climate change emergency
I am committed to the moral necessity of participating in nonviolent direct action to
protect life.”
“‘Rebellious’ Valve Turners Speak on Civil Disobedience, the Dakota Pipeline” is 7 pm,
Friday, Feb. 24 at the First United Methodist Church, 1376 Olive Street in Eugene and
6:30 pm, Saturday, Feb. 25 at the Corvallis Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2945 N.W.
Circle Blvd., with author Kathleen Dean Moore. FREE. Find out more at shutitdown.today.
— Camilla Mortensen
Open Session Figure Drawing,
6:30-9pm, Emerald Art Center,
500 Main St., Spfd. $6.
“Out of the Fog,” meeting of
Marijuana Anonymous, 7:30pm,
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church,
1300 Pearl St. FREE.
HEALTH Cognitive Emotional
Wellness Acupuncture, 10am-
12:15pm, Trauma Healing
Project, 2222 Coburg Rd., 687-
9447. $10.
Forever Fit: Getting More w/
Less w/Kevin Cosmo, 1-2:30pm,
Natural Grocers, 201 Coburg Rd.,
345-3300. FREE.
Acupuncture Healing Circle,
1:30-2:45pm, Trauma Healing
24
Project, 2222 Coburg Rd., Call for
appt., 678-9447. $15.
KIDS/FAMILIES Classroom
tours while school is in session
at Waldorf, adults & babes-in-
arms only, 8:30-10:30am, RSVP
683-6951 x103, 1350 McLean
Blvd. FREE.
Lapsit Storytime, ages 3 &
under w/adult, 10am, Spfd.
Library, 225 5th St., Spfd. FREE.
Preschool Storytime, 10:15am
& 11am, downtown library, 682-
8316. FREE.
Sensory Storytime, 1pm, down-
town library. FREE.
Legos, 4pm, Eugene Public
Library. FREE.
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Children’s Intro to Ki continues.
See Monday.
Family Swims at warm saltwater
Tamarack Pool continues. See
Monday.
Rush Hour Resistance contin-
ues. See Thursday, Feb. 23.
LECTURES/CLASSES Build a
Wardrobe That Works for You,
1-3pm., Willamalane Adult
Activity Center, 215 W. C St.,
Spfd.$13-$15.
Spring Cleaning: Weeding &
Seeding, 1-3pm, Willamalane
Adult Activity Center, 215 W. C
St., Spfd. $14-$17.
Intro to Ki continues. See
Monday.
Talks at the MNCH continues.
See Thursday, Feb. 23.
LITERARY ARTS Book Signing,
Rejected Princesses by Jason
Porath, 326 Main St., Spfd.
FREE.
ON THE AIR “The Point” contin-
ues. See Thursday, Feb. 23.
“Truth Television,” live call-in
local news/politics, 6pm,
Comcast 29.
“That Atheist Show,” weekly call-
in, 7pm, Comcast 29, 790-6617.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION Mom
& Baby Stroller Run, 9:30am,
Run Hub Northwest, 515 High
St., 344-1239. FREE.
Community Group Run, 3-6
miles, 6pm, Run Hub Northwest,
515 High St., 344-1239. FREE.
WDYK Trivia w/Kevin, 6pm,
Friendly St. Deli. FREE.
WDYK Trivia w/Zach,
7pm, Bugsy’s Bar & Grill.
FREE.
Pinball Knights, 3-strikes pinball
tournament w/IFPA points, 21
& over, 8pm, Blairally, 245 Blair
Blvd., 683-1721. $10 buy in.
Duplicate Bridge continues. See
Thursday, Feb. 23.
Pool Hall continues. See Thurs-
day, Feb. 23.
SOCIAL DANCE Ballroom
Dancing, ages 18+, 7pm, Wil-
lamalane Adult Activity Center,
215 W. C St., Spfd. $3-$3.50.
Scottish Country Dancing,
7-9pm, Santa Clara Grange,
295 Azalea Dr. First time FREE,
monthly $15.
Lindy Hop, East Coast, Charles-
ton, 8-10pm, Veterans Memorial
Building, 1626 Willamette St.
$5.
TEENS Grrrl Jamz, practice an in-
strument w/Grrrlz Rock, for girls
10-18, 3-6pm, Ophelia’s Place,
1577 Pearl St., #100. FREE.
Women’s Advisory Council for
girls 12-18, 4-5pm, Ophelia’s
Place, 1577 Pearl St., #100.
FREE.