• The May 26 murder of two men and near-fatal stabbing of a third by a white
supremacist on a Portland commuter train is a sickening punch to the gut. People lost
their lives standing up to a man harassing a Muslim teenage girl and her friend.
Meanwhile, a local racist hung a banner proclaiming “Jews did 9-11” off an I-5 bridge
north of Eugene. Local activists raced to stop it but didn’t arrive in time. And yet, that is
our answer: Keep trying to stop the hate. Intervene. Be the helpers.
• If you watched the CNN program on the early 1960s in America, you must have
shared our wonder about where we are today. Can you imagine President Kennedy or
President Johnson tweeting? Or falling into the orbit of Putin, as President Trump has
done for a complex of personal reasons, probably mostly money? Or alienating Europe
until Der Spiegel, the Time magazine of Germany says “A Danger to the World”? It’s time
to get rid of Donald Trump.
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CELEBRATE our PRECIOUS COMMUNITY
Gratitude For Th e Earth Ceremony at noon
June 11th, 12-3:30 PM
Lamb’s Cottage at Skinner’s Butte | 101 Cheshire Ave.
MUSIC, DANCE & LUNCH
Special Guest
Chad Wilkins
mystic minstrel
Bringing heart-
songs that reveal a
better way! Lively,
progressive grooves,
and deeply prayerful
chants. Giving voice
to our cry for spiritual
transformation
Rob Tobias & Friends
Rob Tobias is a singer/songwriter &
recording artist. Infl uenced by folk,
blues, reggae, & Jewish roots music, he
has his own stamp of originality that’s
both familiar and distinctive.
BARGAINS OF THE MONTH ®
• The results of the annual Point in Time Homeless Count are in. Lane County tells
us that 1,529 people were counted, and “this number includes homeless community
members who were counted in a myriad of locations including the streets, under
bridges, in parks, at food pantries, day access centers, schools, churches, emergency
shelters, and transitional housing programs for homeless persons on January 25,
2017.” One piece of good news is that on the night of the count, 741 previously
homeless people were living in permanent housing designated for homeless people. We
have yet to do enough to help the area’s unhoused — see our news story this week on
the homeless and tickets from the police — but there are bright spots. Another possible
ray of hope? The city of Eugene’s Budget Committee recently recommended $1 million
of the Comcast settlement be used for housing for the homeless. Kudos, Eugene. Now
the City Council just needs to pass it!
• Oregon’s seven-member Supreme Court will have a female majority for the first
time in June when Justice David Brewer from Eugene steps down and Rebecca Duncan
steps up from the Court of Appeals. It would be great if Justice Martha Walters from
Eugene moved into the presiding judge job. She has been a fine jurist, moving straight
from trial practice to the Oregon Supreme Court.
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