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December 7, 2017 • eugeneweekly.com
• How low can the GOP sink? The
party of Abraham Lincoln, of Dwight
Eisenhower and of Ronald Reagan
has become the Grand Old
Pedophilia party with its
endorsement this week of Alabama
Senate candidate Roy Moore, a man
convincingly accused by multiple
women of sexual misconduct with
children as young as 14 when he
was a prosecutor in his 30s. But
what does decency matter when the
Senate needs Moore’s vote to help
steal money from the poor to give to
its rich masters?
B Y M AT T H E W D E N I S
HANNAH SCHANDELMEIER-
LYNCH (LEFT) AND CELIA EASTON
KOEHLER DISCUSS THE WHITEAKER
STREET LIBRARY WITH RON PIKE IN
FRONT OF THE KIVA
• Oops! We’ve had (a lot of)
complaints that the Sudoku puzzle
was not in EW last week. Sorry about
that. We need those little escapes
like Sudoku and crosswords these
days.
• Sabrina Parsons of Palo Alto
Software gave the City Club of
Eugene a joltingly long look for our
city and the tech industry on Dec. 1,
when she talked about some
Portlanders now applying for jobs
here because our public schools are
stronger, traffic problems not so bad
and our housing slightly easier to
acquire than in the city to the north.
So, how do we keep that advantage
without sprawl?
• When we’re asked what to do to
fight the tyranny of the Trump
administration, we go back to
electoral politics. Run for office,
knock on doors, send money, make
phone calls, march in the streets.
That’s all the more relevant in our 4th
Congressional District now that Art
Robinson has filed for the fifth time
against Peter DeFazio. Robinson will
be backed once again by Trump
buddies billionaire Robert Mercer
and his daughter Rebecca Mercer.
Their money will pour in here to
support a candidate who is even
worse than Donald Trump. It’s up to
all of us who care about our country
to see that Pete is re-elected in
November 2018
• The freezing weather season is
upon us, and as we welcome the
holidays we also recognize that for
many the season doesn't mean they
are any less cold, hungry or
unsheltered. The Egan Warming
Center has been opening its many
locations, and Occupy Medical
continues its good work, no doubt
gearing up to treat cases of frostbite.
Here at EW we are stepping up on
collecting warm clothes for those in
need that we drop off at White Bird
Clinic. Please come by EW’s offices
at 1251 Lincoln Street with new or
gently used clothing, jackets,
blankets, scarves, gloves, sweaters
and socks. Personal hygiene
products and toiletries, blankets and
sleeping bags, backpacks, tarps and
new underclothing are also needed.
PHOTO: MATTHEW DENIS
UNHOUSED BOOKS FOR
UNHOUSED READERS
Gathering community with the Whiteaker Street Library
C
elia Easton Koehler and Hannah Schandelmeier-Lynch sit perched on milk
crates on the corner of Willamette Street and 11th Avenue outside of The
Kiva Grocery on a Tuesday evening. Just another couple of do-goodniks en-
couraging positive vibes in downtown Eugene.
The duo sticks out even in a metro center where feathers in your hair are
more the norm than the exception. It’s not their clothes, though, or didgeridoos, that
are conspicuous, but the upturned bookshelf on wheels sitting next to them. The three
shelves of books make up the Whiteaker Street Library, an all-volunteer effort that
lends out books to displaced and marginalized people in Eugene. The wheels free up
the library, allowing Koehler to transport its contents and set up in various locations.
The purpose of the library is to carve more communal surroundings into the city’s
landscape.
The idea originated from Koehler’s time spent studying in Granada and Madrid,
Spain. “I loved how people gathered and met together in so many public places there.
The idea of the library is to meld more third spaces here.”
“Third spaces” represent social surroundings outside of work and home. These can
include bars, coffee shops, libraries, restaurants and other public or commercial loca-
tions. Outside of public parks and libraries, however, there are few places to gather
without spending money.
“We want to make it easier for people to find common ground,” Koehler says. “A
great way to do that is to bring people up from the periphery and to encourage acces-
sible settings.”
Indeed, a crowd gathers outside of the street library, some curious, some chatting
and some seriously browsing. Koehler records checkouts in a lined notebook, writing
down contact details to track down late returns. All of the street library’s books are
donated, and the operation makes no money.
“This creates some bafflement. People ask how we make money,” Schandlemeier-
Lynch says. “We’re not here for that, though. We want to build community through
getting people to give — whether it’s books or just good conversation.”
The Whiteaker Street Library operates from 10 am to noon Tuesdays outside The
Kiva Grocery, 125 W. 11th Avenue; and 3 to 6 pm Thursdays and noon to 3 pm Sun-
days outside the Glass House Coffee Bar, 520 Blair Boulevard.