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contents FEBRUARY 13 - FEBRUARY 20, 2025 Asian Food Market Largest Selection of Asian Groceries Seaweed, rice, noodles, frozen products, deli, snacks, drinks, sauces, spices, produce, housewares, and more. We carry groceries from Holland, India, Pakistan and Polynesia Sushi & Asian deli take-out SHOPPING CENTER 29TH AVENUE OAK STREET WILLAMETTE STREET Woodfield Station 2 4 5 6 10 15 17 17 19 Letters News Slant Love and Sex Calendar Arts Classifieds Savage Love Astrology LOVE, SEX AND HEARTBREAK. Photo by Mason Falor Sunrise www.sunriseasianfood.com M - Sa 9am - 7pm • Su 10am - 6pm 70 W. 29th Ave. Eugene • 541-343-3295 OPINION letters Just a Touch Late Last Week Went past three different red boxes, but there were not any issues in the box but last week’s issue. Is something going on? Please let me know. I love my Weekly! Juanita Rinas Eugene Editor’s Note: Ironically, almost exactly a year after we returned to print Feb. 8, 2024, our Feb. 6 issue was held up due to issues our printer was having with the weather in the mountains. We were back in the boxes by Friday, and thank you for checking (and supporting EW). We do Love a Party Mayor Kaarin Knudson has requested ideas for bringing people back downtown. Bringing back the Eugene Celebration would be an idea whose time has come! Steve Beaudreau Eugene ALL ARE WELCOME Call Out Bullying editorial Jody Rolnick Camilla Mortensen CALENDAR EDITOR Emma J Nelson COPY EDITOR Dan Buckwalter BRICKS $ MORTAR Christian Wihtol CONTRIBUTING ARTS WRITER Will Kennedy CONTRIBUTING COPY EDITOR Jane Dods ARTS EDITOR EMERITUS Bob Keefer HAPPENING PEOPLE Paul Neevel PUBLISHER EDITOR COME FOR THE FOOD, BUT LEAVE LIKE FAMILY CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Ester Barkai, Dan Bryant, Tom Coffin, Ayisha Elliott, Henry Houston, Will Kennedy, Chandra LeGue, Rick Levin, Susan Palmer, William L. Sullivan, Dorothy Velasco, John Zerzan HAPPENING PEOPLE Paul Neevel INTERNS Pierce Baugh V, Savannah Brown, Sadie Gustavson, Mason Falor, Eve Weston It was with a heavy heart that I read the viewpoint by Rene Gonzalez (EW, 1/30). It’s just another example of how awful our world is becoming under the current dictatorship. At a loss for words, I can only quote Edmund Burke: “The only thing neces- sary for the triumph of evil is when good men” — and women, this is my addition — “do nothing.” It is our responsibility to call out these people when things like this happen. It’s unacceptable, and unless called on it, bullies will continue to bully. Marion Sproul Eugene CATALYST JOURNALISM PROJECT REPORTERS Chicken Fried Steak Biscuits & Gravy Bailey Meyers, Emma J Nelson, Emily Rogers, Amelia Winkelman art department ART DIRECTOR/PRODUCTION MANAGER McKenzie Young-Roy Eggs Benedict TECHNOLOGY/WEBMASTER James Bateman advertising Hand Made Burgers ADVERTISING MANAGER Dave Newman JJ Snyder ADVERTISING / OFFICE MANAGER Daily Soups BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Cuchulain Kelly Lunch Specials ADVERTISING TRAINEE Bentley Freeman business Kernutt Stokes Bob Becker (lead distributor and box maintenance), Denise Novak, Pedalers Express, Norman Riddle, Jeff Tanner, Burt Tate, Tina Vellody PRINTING APG Printing Solutions HANDYMAN John Winings ACCOUNTANT DISTRIBUTORS BREAKFAST & LUNCH SERVED ALL DAY BAKERY Bread, Cakes, Cookies, Pies, Danish, Cinnamon Rolls, Cupcakes, Custom Ordering 790 Blair Blvd., Eugene (541) 603-9888 abilitiesdinerandbakery.com HOW TO REACH US CALL 541-484-0519 EDITOR/NEWS TIPS Editor@EugeneWeekly.com LETTERS Letters@EugeneWeekly.com ADVERTISING Sales@EugeneWeekly.com CLASSIFIED ADS Classy@EugeneWeekly.com CALENDAR/EVENTS Cal@EugeneWeekly.com CIRCULATION Distribution@EugeneWeekly.com FOUNDED JOYFULLY BY ELISABETH LYMAN, LUCIA MCKELVEY, SONJA (UNGEMACH) SNYDER, BILL SNYDER AND LOIS WADSWORTH AS WHAT’S HAPPENING IN 1982, EUGENE WEEKLY WAS THEN PUBLISHED AND LOVED BY ANITA AND ART JOHNSON, AND FRED AND GEORGA TAYLOR STARTING IN 1991. Eugene Weekly is published every Thursday by What’s Happening Inc. Five free copies maximum per person from newsrack. $1 per additional copy. Find us on 2 February 13, 2025 or POSTMASTER: SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO EUGENE WEEKLY, 1251 LINCOLN ST., EUGENE, OR 97401-3418. ©2025 WHAT’S HAPPENING INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No to Nukes! There are currently four bills under consideration in Salem designed to facil- itate the use of nuclear power plants in Oregon. SB 215, SB 216 and HB 2426 all call for the repeal of the 1980 Ballot Measure Law which made siting of nukes in Oregon contingent on the availability of reliable nuclear waste depositories. HB 2410 would permit citizens of Umatilla County to vote on construction of nukes there. The nukes in question are so-called SMNRs (Small Modular Nuclear Reactors). The issue of waste disposal is more than enough reason to let our legislators know that we oppose these bills. But nukes are now being touted as “climate-safe” alter- natives to fossil fuels. They are not. It is the exponential growth of the industrial economy that endangers life, not fossil fuels alone. So far, the increasing use of “sustainable fuels” (which uranium is not) has only added to global energy use, not supplanted fossil fuels. Ultimately, the only remedy for global heating (and ecological overshoot, of which it is a small part) is degrowth, planned industrial downsizing. Jere Rosemeyer Eugene Connect the Paths I cannot agree more with Peter Pagter’s letter (1/23) regarding connecting the multi- use path from the Knickerbocker Bridge to Frohnmayer Bridge along the Willamette River. I bike this section frequently and cannot express how frustrating it is to disconnect from that portion of the path and venture out on to Franklin Boulevard. Not to mention how dangerous this can be for cyclists. How on Earth have we not connected this section of path yet? This should be a high priority for the city. Curt Thrapp Eugene Of Course We’re Classical Curious Are you classical curious? A low-risk venture into this incredible world is avail- able right here in town with the University of Oregon Symphony Orchestra! I have had the privilege to attend several of their concerts within past years and always come away awed. The most diffi- cult part of attending a UO Symphony concert is finding any information about it. For such a treasure, I find it disheart- ening that this ensemble is not promoted more within the community. The performance on the evening of Feb. 4 at Beall Hall was stunning. Beall Hall is a relatively small venue, and the sound was incredible. The stage was packed with musicians and it seemed that for every two attendees there was a performer on stage. The sound took my breath away. Unlike the Eugene Symphony at the Hult Center, where sound dies after leaving the stage, Beall Hall amplifies sound with its acoustics and brings the music to life for the audience. The musicians are brimming with passion and you could see it in their faces and hear it in the performance. Their raw talent brings unheard energy to the music and I could feel that this performance was special. The highlight of the evening was the performance of Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony, a grand adventure of barely-con- strained Romanticism. The surging motifs and melodies brought forth outpourings of emotion throughout the 45-minute opus. After a finale that brought tears to my eyes, the ensemble received a well-deserved standing ovation. All this for 10 bucks! Eric Burdette Eugene A Community Gem On Jan. 25 my husband and I had the pleasure of going to South Eugene Theatre’s production of Wait Until Dark. We see as many of their plays as we can as we are always blown away by the quality of the students acting. That, and no matter how serious the play is, they always manage to include some light-hearted moments and comedy. Can’t beat purely enjoyable and enter- taining plays for the low price of $10! ($7 for seniors and students, a little more for musicals). We are looking forward to the musical Legally Blonde in a couple weeks. I just wanted to share this community gem with you. It’s great to support the young talent we have here. Viriam Khalsa Eugene support.eugeneweekly.com
