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LET TERS to enforce classroom management in order to keep those test scores up. Teachers and students need opportuni- ties to build relationships in a loving en- vironment that is not overcrowded. When behaviors become unsafe to the group, schools need to provide counselors, psy- chologists and space in the building to work with these students. Oregon currently has the third-worst graduation rate in the nation! If this is something you want to see addressed in the coming future, please vote for Marty Wilde as Democrat for State Representa- tive. He has children in our local public schools, has been an active member of their PTO and sees first-hand how schools are in need. Wilde plans to make better funding for state education a top priority and believes we are under-funding education by at least a billion dollars per year. Please support the candidates who sup- port our schools and our future. Susan Kay Byerley Eugene KEEP ENERGY CLEAN I am responding to the article “The Nuclear Option” the Eugene Weekly pub- lished 3/29. Calder writes that clean energy such as wind and solar is inefficient and too expensive. I counter that it is not true. Clean energy provided more electric- ity than nuclear power did in the U.S. this year. Clean energy’s output has increased steadily by 21 percent while nuclear en- ergy’s output has dropped by 2.9 percent. According to Bloomberg New Energy Fi- nance, the majority of America’s nuclear reactors are losing about $2.9 billion annu- ally, as opposed to clean energy increasing profits gradually. Without cleanup cost, clean energy is less expensive to build. Once the setup of clean energy sources is covered, it can quickly begin to pay for itself. Besides, the cost of clean energy is now falling fast and its cost will drop significantly by 2020, making it less expensive than fossil fuel or nuclear energy. On the other hand, nuclear energy takes longer to build and costs more than clean energy. Also, there will be poten- tial cleanup cost from nuclear incidents. Japan’s government already spent more than $100 billion, and will exceed $300 bil- lion more collecting the pile of radioactive waste, which cleanup operations could take up to 40 years. I would ask you: Continuous finan- cial loss from nuclear plants is more ef- ficient? Tremendous cost to build nuclear plants and operate cleanup process is less expensive than clean energy? In my opinion, nuclear energy is not the proper alternative to fossil fuel at all. Mina Moon Eugene The Shedd Institute www.theshedd.org - 541.434.7000 Fri, April 20 Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Shedd Classical 2017-18 HEALTH CARE FOR ALL Did you know Physicians for a Nation- al Health Program (PNHP) is a nonprofit research and educational organization of 20,000 physicians, medical students and health professionals who support single- payer national health insurance? These people are our country’s caregivers laboring in hospitals and clinics in a system that all too often rewards the bean counters and neglects the plight of families finding themselves facing medical bankruptcy. While PNHP has its sights set on a na- tional plan for single-payer health care in the U.S., there are at least 20 states delving into creating a state version that does away with needless insurance industry involve- ment and profit taking. Oregon is one of those states. Its en- ergetic organization, Health Care for All Oregon is pointing toward 2020 to get out the vote for a citizen-generated ballot mea- sure creating a comprehensive, equitable, affordable, publicly funded, high-quality, universal health care system serving ev- eryone in Oregon and eventually the U.S. It’s high time for a change. Let it begin here! Contact HCAO.org Stuart Henderson Florence shoe·a·holic Saturday, April 21 Michael Anderson & microphilharmonic Schubert Octet in F Major Sunday, April 22 - 3 pm Evynne Hollens Contemporary Songbook Project V Real Broadway April 27-28 Other events coming to The Shedd 4.26 ArtSpark 2018 5.3-6 TAC International Film Fest 5.5 The Willamette Valley Old Time Social 5.5 Molsky’s Mountain Drifters 5.10/13 The Jazz Kings: You Asked For It! 5.11 John Pizzarelli Trio Noon to 3pm Get a free tree or we’ll plant a tree for you! Try on a pair of Oboz Enter to win a free pair of Oboz Drawing to be held at 5pm (while supplies last) 957 Willamette St 541-687-0898 shoeaholic.biz $15 OFF PURCHASE OF $100 OR MORE INCLUDES SALE ITEMS With this coupon | Expires 04/27/18 The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts Community Music School Try The Music Box . Sign up for private lessons any time! Contact the registrar at 541.434.7015 / registrar@theshedd.net eugeneweekly.com • A pril 19, 2018 7
