LET TERS
LONG LIVE COMICS
I loved your write up on “The Blind Illus-
tratrix” (EW, May 24). I might be looking in
all the wrong places, but this is the only local
comic artist news that I’ve seen in years. I
figured this passion was outdated, no longer
relevant. And that’s a disheartening thing to
believe as an aspiring comic artist.
Representation of informative graphic
artists such as M. Sabine Rear, Ellen Forney,
Jesse Springer and others is critical to fueling
the fires of the comic community. Thank you
for keeping my dream alive, EW. I hope this
article has inspired others in a similar way.
Cicely Blackwell
Eugene
SPEND SMART
In the letter “Bow to Your Corporate
Overlords” (May 31), Jacob Dials lament-
ed the greenwashing of today’s natural
products industry. As someone who works
in this field, I (and many of my cohorts)
also feel tricked into supporting corpora-
tions we’d rather avoid.
Instead of bowing down to the corpo-
rate overlords, let’s participate in a coun-
ter-revolution. March your dollars across
the counters of local retailers to purchase
products from family-owned companies
with integrity like Carlson, Natural Fac-
tors, Nordic Naturals, Redd Remedies and
Barlean’s, to name just a few.
Practice these counter-revolutionary tac-
tics at any of Eugene’s independent natural-
food/natural-health stores — Sundance,
Kiva, Capella, Red Barn, Friendly Street
Market, Evergreen Nutrition, Mountain Rose
Herbs or Mrs. Thompson’s Herb Shop.
In addition, the regional chain Natural
Grocers (from Colorado) is also family-
owned and has an admirable corporate ethic.
Don’t bow down to the corporate over-
lord; rise up and ally yourself with local/
independent businesses and conscien-
tious companies who contribute to a better
world for all of us.
Paula Hegarty
Eugene
SAVE THE WOOD
I recently wrote two letters to the “new”
Register-Guard and hand-carried them to
the offices on Chad Drive. Neither was
published. The second letter was in refer-
ence to Hayward Field and the destruction
of the East Grandstands. Here is the gist of
that letter (I didn’t keep a copy ... it was
hand-written):
It is inevitable that the structure will be
demolished, but here is a hint that might
work. Save the wood! Some craftsperson
will be able to create a scale model using
the wood salvaged, and maybe in decora-
tive ways in the building of a small mu-
seum to house that model along with other
track-and-field memorabilia.
That would (thankfully) eliminate the
blankety-blank phallic symbol that is cur-
rently proposed.
Thank you for considering my idea. I hope
someone latches onto it and runs like crazy!
JoAnn Napier
Springfield
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LOCALS ONLY
Congratulations for being the only local
newspaper! Ever since The Register Guard
sold itself to media giant Gatehouse Media
it has become a wasted shell of its former
self. Giant headlines bleed the ink from the
faint content in the skimpy pages. The pa-
per itself is as thin as toilet paper. Local
content such as the Home and Garden sec-
tion with local writers Ellen Schlesinger
and John Fisher are eliminated. The com-
ics page is truncated and so tiny that it’s
worth skipping.
It’s too hard to read that faint print any-
way.
It’s a sad year in Eugene, losing our
local paper to a conglomerate media cor-
poration. Thank you, Eugene Weekly for
staying local.
Jaice Sunseri
Eugene
LOVE GANJA
Love is the only way there is.
We are all just messengers showing off
LOVE! The definition of love is coopera-
tion, and actions always speak loudest. Just
like there is neither a devil nor a god, there
is not evil. You would never know it if you
asked other people though. Too much fear
and ignorance. Beliefs are handed to you
by others, knowledge comes from within.
Knowledge comes from awareness and ex-
perience. Maybe you have heard: Believe
nothing you hear and only half of what you
see.
Praise and blame are all the same. Praise
and blame mean absolutely nothing, ex-
cept maybe to the foolish bully who gives
it. Praise and blame come from the un-
conscious personality, not your conscious,
higher self. For me personally, ganja con-
nects me to my higher self quicker. Here’s
another personal lob, screw the ducks, GO
GANJA!
Peace, love and all that hippie stuff.
Joe Canfield
Springfield
LANGUAGE MATTERS
Wonderful idea to want “language to be
the fundamental alternative to violence in
the world” (“Peace Through Poetry,” May
31). Writing is definitely an option: to ex-
press opinions, to talk to those who repre-
sent us in Congress, to suggest new ways
to bring about peace.
Writing like this is one of the reasons
the bipartisan Reach Every Mother and
Child Act may soon pass and help end mil-
lions of preventable deaths of mothers and
children in our world. So follow Oregon’s
new poet laureate and express yourself to
help create a better world.
Willie Dickerson
Snohomish, Wash.
HOISTED BY CORRUPTION
Please join with me in prayer that Mike
Pence never becomes the flatulence be-
neath our nation’s wings.
Shouldn’t the Koch brothers buy our
entire government instead of just crooked
policy makers?