The Shedd Institute
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Oregon Festival of American Music 2017
The Sweetest Melody
Giants of the Classic Songbook
Star Dust The Great Craftsmen
Jesse Cloninger,
director
Thu Aug 10, 8:00p
August 2-12 - The Shedd
I am sorry that an editorial decision was
not made that demonstrated a similar sensi-
tivity when designing your cover. I think it
sends the wrong message and does not ad-
equately reflect the good journalism inside.
Dana Vion
Springfield
BEST IN SHOW
350 Eugene was honored to be cho-
sen Best in Show and to receive the Slug
Award at the July 29 Eugene Parade, con-
sidering all of the competition. This event
shows the community’s creativeness and
dedication to volunteerism by the variety
and number of entrants.
For many curb-sitting parade watchers
wondering what 350 means, we would like
to share what our organization is about: 350
is the number of parts per million (ppm) of
carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere
scientists say is the safe upper limit.
The planet is currently at 408 ppm and
was at 285 ppm before the Industrial Revo-
lution. The emission of carbon from burn-
ing fossil fuels is the main contributor to
global rising temperatures, drought, flood
and increased intensity of weather events.
350 Eugene is a local grassroots move-
ment found online at world.350.org that fo-
cuses on climate warming solutions, chang-
ing political dynamics when possible and
demonstrating the benefits of moving to a
clean energy through renewable sources.
If you would like to learn more or how
you can get involved, visit our website
at world.350.org/Eugene. As the Raging
Grannies sang Sunday along with Our
Children’s Trust youthful plaintiffs, “Get
off the couch, get into the street, we must
turn down the planet’s heat.”
Jim Neu
350 volunteer
Eugene
FUZZBUTT FEEDBACK
As a double adoptee husky parent who
now lives in Bend, the “Fuzzbutt” (Pets,
July 27) article hit close to home. I adopted
a First Avenue Animal Shelter husky a de-
cade ago, and our family also has adopted
a Craig s list husky pupper who is now 6.
I just wanted to share our happiness of
reading about the fuzzbutts and the work
those wonderful people are doing to help
lil’ lost huskies. We often scour Craigslist
ads, too, because they are littered with adds
for year-old huskies needing re-homing.
They are such a difficult breed that has so
much love to give.
So cheers to those lovely people helping
out huskies, and a reminder not to go out
buying pups just because they are adorable
without understanding the responsibility.
Maybe Bend can get involved too?
Dana Robles
Bend
COMPANY TOWNS
In his column (“It’s The Jobs, Stupid”,
July 20), Bob Warren crows about how he
was instrumental in bringing “two respon-
sible companies” (Entek and Lowes) to
Lebanon.
Turns out Entek uses a cancer-causing
solvent (trichloroethylene). When the De-
partment of Environment Quality began
investigating risk to residents, local pols
began to pressure the state to back off, and
it has (The Oregonian, Jul 22).
Here’s a quote from the article: “State
lawmakers who represent the area around
Entek berated the department during hear-
ings in Salem; one pledged to never fund
its budget again.”
So when it comes to public health, em-
ployers rule, responsibility be damned. So
when Warren says he’s bringing “the kind
of jobs that support and enrich families
and communities,” what he really means is
ignore what the companies do, as long as
there’s a paycheck in it for you.
They used to call those type of commu-
nities “company towns.” I guess they still
do, but please don’t BS us with how “re-
sponsible” these employers are.
Steve Jenson
Eugene
They All Laughed
Shirley Andress,
director
Ira
Gershwin
Fri Aug 11, 1:30p
Lorenz Hart
My FunnyValentine
Siri Vik,
director
Fri Aug 11, 8p
Harold Arlen
That Old Black Magic
Vicki Brabham,
director
Sat Aug 12, 1:30p
Finale
So Hard To Forget
Jesse Cloninger,
director
Sat Aug 12, 8p
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