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• We recently received a $1,000 contribution
from an anonymous friend of Eugene Weekly. This
is the largest single gift we have received through
these tough pandemic times, and we want to send
a huge thank you. Gifts, large and small, from
readers have helped us keep printing while so
much of our advertising community has been
shut down. We have not let a single employee
go, although we have cut some hours. And the
owners continue to take no profit. And thank
you as well to those who sent in subscription
contributions for adults in custody in prisons in
this state. You made some folks happy, based on
the letters they have written.
• Oct. 18 was the day Oregon’s vaccine
mandate took effect, and we are good with
that. We need vaccinations to control COVID-19.
The news coverage lately has focused heavily on
those who are fighting the mandate and, given
that the numbers of people who are vaccinated
or pro-vaccination, that’s not actually fair or
objective coverage. Back when climate change
first came to media and public attention, the
media covered it like climate deniers were on
equal footing with those concerned about global
warming. They were not, the science is real, and
giving equal attention to deniers created a false
sense that climate change was in question. The
science on the vaccines is real, too (sorry, tin
foil hatters). Let’s focus on the folks who are
embracing humanity, getting the vaccine and
making the world a better place.
• Here's some good news from Eugene Civic
Alliance. Since the beginning of the pandemic to
fall of 2021, more than 78,000 people visited Civic
Park for the first time. A catered dinner event
for South Eugene High School alums was done at
the park on Oct. 16. About $1 million still needs
to be raised to have the park and the Kidsports
fieldhouse fully funded. It's fun to drop in and
see all the activities going on there, including
flag football, soccer, lacrosse, ultimate Frisbee,
even choir practices and a free Easter egg hunt.
• Speaking of Civic, remember when the Ems
used to play baseball there? The cool old wooden
stands, the crack of ball and bat? The Ems need a
new home now that their play schedule exceeds
the availability of the University of Oregon’s
PK Park. One place being considered is the Lane
County Fairgrounds. There was a survey asking
residents if we’d like to see the Ems back in the
middle of town (we would) but it also asked if we
were down to move the Fairgrounds and Events
Center out of town. That’s a resounding no. Let’s
keep this multi-use area — concerts, shelter in
times of crisis, fairs and fun — in the heart of
town and accessible.
• “Responding to Fires in the Western
Cascades” is the City Club of Eugene topic for
Friday, Oct. 22. Speakers are Amanda Astor,
forest policy manager for Associated Oregon
Loggers, and John Bailey, Oregon State University
forestry professor. With more than one million
acres burned and at least 11 deaths, 2020 was
another incredible year for wildfires; the fires of
2021 are still burning over hundreds of thousands
of acres. This program will air on the city club
Facebook and YouTube pages starting at noon.
MAID
• What we’re watching: Maid. Based on
Stephanie Land's memoir, Maid: Hard Work,
Low Pay and a Mother's Will to Survive, the
Netflix series follows a young mother who flees an
abusive relationship, funding herself by cleaning
houses, living in a shelter and transitional housing
and jumping through way too many hoops to get
help from government social services. It sounds
depressing, and at times it is, but it’s also funny
and heartwarming with a distinct Northwest feel.
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