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contents NOV E M B E R 13, 20 2 5 - N OV E MBE R 2 0, 2 0 2 5 2 4 7 12 16 17 18 19 Letters OPINION letters News Hol Happs! Calendar FROM DISCERNING VOTERS TO GOLDFINGER Music Listings Gardening Classifi eds Astrology who to blame Jody Rolnick Camilla Mortensen ADVERTISING MANAGER Dave Newman PUBLISHER EDITOR 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, 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 1992. Eugene Weekly is published every Thursday by What’s Happening Inc. Five free copies maximum per person from newsrack. $1 per additional copy. POSTMASTER: SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO EUGENE WEEKLY, 1251 LINCOLN ST., EUGENE, OR 97401-3418. ©2025 WHAT’S HAPPENING INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. What Say You, EW Readers? I was perplexed to learn King Estate received a third-place fi nish as Best Local Winery in EW’s latest readers poll (10/30). Had these naive voters properly vola- tilized the swill’s esters, they would have surely discovered an off ensively brutish nose followed by a distinctly gritty fi nish. And here I’d long thought EW readers were a discerning lot. Dan Dizney Eugene NWLCT Helps Regarding your recent Local & Vocal column, “Preserving Natural Features” (EW, 11/6). When McKenzie River Trust switched to off ering conservation ease- ments only to larger parcels, we lost hope in getting an easement for our land. We thought they were the only trust in our area, but we delightedly became aware of the Northwest Land Conservation Trust. As described in the column, these folks are an all-volunteer organization that fl ies well under the radar. With their guidance, we have secured a conservation easement to protect the 45 acres we are honored to inhabit. The NWLCT group was revisiting our land just last week to confi rm we were following the easement’s requirements. We passed! For us, a childless-by-choice couple, this land is our legacy. To be able to protect in perpetuity its beauty, natural resources, and to off er safe haven for the wildlife resting, roaming and living here has meant the world to us. We have bobcats, cougars, bears, coyotes and skunks, just to mention a few, as well as a plethora of birdlife. Here is their safe haven. If you feel as we do and want to protect the land you inhabit, please reach out to NWCLT. They will assist you to do so if certain requirements and restrictions allow. Then, you can rest assured your land will be protected. Bev and Mike Hollander Eugene to Work Day,” and it’s a special day when daughters have the chance to see what their fathers do for work. How about the ICE thugs prowling around the streets of Eugene? I can see you with your mask, AK-47, bulletproof vest, your pistol strapped to your side and tear gas ready to spray in the face of an elderly Hispanic lady. Will you have your daughter sit in the front seat of the federal government ICE vehicle? Have her in the front seat so she can see you chase after “let’s see” a garden- er’s truck, boxing in the truck, rushing out like Superman, smashing the window of the truck and pulling the frightened Brown- skin men out of the truck. She can see you slam the men down on the ground and shoving your knee on their backs. Not only does she witness her brave daddy, but his buddies get to jump on top of the gardeners, too. ICE thugs have beaten and nearly killed countless non-violent human beings with- out due process all across the country. I don’t see how any ICE thug can look into the mirror and not ask themselves, “What in the hell do I tell my daughter what I do for a living?” I’m a Vietnam veteran, and my dad was wounded four times fi ghting the Nazi Germans in Italy against what is happening in America today! Frank Harper Springfield An Inspiring Letter Hats off to local hero Tim Ream (EW Letters, 11/06), underscoring the impor- tance of saving our roadless public forests and eliciting the inaction of Rep. Val Hoyle on this issue. It was 30 years ago that Ream risked his life by staging a 70-day hunger strike outside of the Eugene Federal Building to protest the devastation of our precious forests. As an activist, Ream has worked tire- lessly for decades trying to save our planet. This, by using democratic princi- ples: protesting peacefully, following the law and good old-fashioned letter writing. We have a lot to learn from him. He was in the Peace Corps. He was one of the victors at the Warner Creek blockade. He lobbied Congress in Wash- ington on the last leg of his hunger strike. Ream hosted the community-conscious Eugene cable access show Cascadia Alive! He became a lawyer to try and better the world. And he can still write a damn good letter. Check out the free documentary Pickaxe on YouTube, which he co-directed, and you’ll be inspired, too. Tom Derungs Eugene Stoning Our Neighbors Somehow, the present U.S. immigra- tion situation reminds me of Shirley Jack- son’s haunting, immortal short story “The Lottery.” It’s a cheerful, friendly weekend neighborhood gathering in the park, a potluck, so people have brought lots of food to share. And there is a lottery. Each person gets a number. Whoever gets the losing number is stoned to death by their friends and neighbors. A psychologist I once heard speak on the radio said societies go through puri- fi cation cycles when they try to cast out anyone who seems diff erent, not part of the majority. And stop people from exer- cising any of their vices. Purity means strictly following rules. Now the Donald Trump cultists think they can purify the U.S., make it look more like them, by getting rid of Brown people, visible poor people, anyone receiving subsi- dized government services, etc. And do what, replace us with robots? I don’t think so. A robot isn’t going to wipe your ass in a post-hospital rehab center. Or even if it could, that doesn’t sound very safe to me. Lynn Porter Eugene Illustration by Jade Wilker son A Loyal Fan of Goldfi nger I am fortunate to know both Downtown Deb and Reverend Marc Time. Both are entertaining to listen to. If you like their radio personalities, I believe that you will enjoy listening to Andy Goldfi nger on KOCF, FM 92.7. He is on Monday through Friday from 10 am to 2 pm. In addition to his radio personality, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of all types of music, both past and present. At least once a day, he will play a song from a Grateful Dead show. Ken Rosemarin Eugene A New Twist to the Work Day Once a year is “Take Your Daughter 2 November 13, 2025 support.eugeneweekly.com
