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4A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL October 26, 2016 O PINION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Boone for Mayor Thank you, Jon Stinnett, for your outstanding endorsement of Jake Boone for Mayor. I completely agree with everything you said. When I moved to Cottage Grove 10 years ago, I wanted to be an in- volved citizen, so I attended every City Council meeting for months. It didn’t take long for me to realize nothing I said would ever matter to that group. Every recommenda- tion from the Planning Commission got rubber-stamped. It was pointed out that one issue clearly violated state law, and the contents of said law were read. There was no fur- ther discussion, and they passed it anyway. When some citizens held a pub- lic meeting to organize against the Downtown Revitalization Plan, I at- tended to learn about the issues. It was a large gathering and most, if not all, in attendance expressed feel- ing disenfranchised. That is where I met Jake. He was on the Coun- cil and had come not to oppose the plan but to hear what people’s con- cerns were. I was stunned because it was the fi rst time, to the best of my knowledge, that anyone from the Council showed any concern about what we the people thought. I was so impressed that I knew we needed him to be our mayor. Now we have that chance. Jake has called for having town hall meetings. He already seeks out people’s concerns and opinions. He delves into issues and makes deci- sions based on what he thinks is best for our community, and I doubt fi rst came to my attention as an ad- vocate for LTD bus service to Cot- tage Grove. This was a contentious issue that created some divisions in our community. While opinions were very strong at times, Mike presented a calming infl uence to the discussions. In addition to almost 10 years’ service as a city councilor, Mike has participated in numerous addi- tional public service arenas. He has served as a planning commissioner, and on the City budget committee. He has been a resource for organi- zations such as the Lane Council of Governments, Lane Regional Air Protection Agency, League of Or- egon Cities, Habitat for Humanity, CG Community Foundation, South Lane Fire and Rescue, South Lane Community Broadcasting, Lane Area Commission on Transporta- tion, Lane County Public Safety Coordinating Committee and the Region 2050 Committee. Mike has also served as president of the CG Hospital Foundation and the Rotary Club of Cottage Grove. Mike has also been very involved with leadership training over the years. He graduated from the Ford Family Foundation and Pacifi c Pro- gram leadership programs, then went on to become a community trainer for Ford Family classes. Councilor Fleck has clearly dem- onstrated that he has the commit- ment to devote any and all efforts to preserve and enhance those precious values our community enjoys. that he will ever rubber-stamp any- thing. A vote for Jake Boone is a vote for accessibility and inclusiveness. This election is a momentous op- portunity to move away from busi- ness as usual and move toward a new model. Why would anyone settle for less? Jan Ogsbury Cottage Grove Mike Fleck for Mayor The City of Cottage Grove has a horrible housing shortage. The Cottage Grove Board of Realtors is endorsing Mike Fleck for May- or. Mike understands the problems Cottage Grove faces with afford- able housing and will work hard to solve the problem. Darin Hemenway President-elect, CG Board of Realtors To my fellow ‘Grovers’ This election season has given us three very capable mayoral candi- dates. Each has demonstrated his unique abilities to provide reasoned approaches to the many complex is- sues that challenge our city. I believe one candidate has risen above the others in his overall ser- vice to our community. Mike Fleck The day Andy Warhol pranked Oregon college students O n the evening of Oct. 5, 1967, students were pouring out of the doors of one of the biggest rooms in Oregon State University’s Erb Memo- rial Union. It was a big day. The one and only Andy Warhol was scheduled to appear for something he called an “illustrated lecture.” For the students, it was a once- in-a-lifetime chance to see and talk to one of the most infl uential characters in the art world … or, so they thought. At last, the man of the hour stepped out on the stage with already-legend- ary fi lm director Paul Morrissey. With his crazy-cut white hair, his ever-pres- ent Ray-Ban Wayfarers and his stylish cigarette, the speaker was instantly rec- ognizable as Warhol. "It is diffi cult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a referendum, but are then incapable of democratically accepting the will of the people." Gary Williams Former Cottage Grove Mayor Offbeat Oregon History BY FINN J.D. JOHN For the Sentinel This week's special guest cartoonist is Cottage Grove's Dave Davis. Almost immediately, the lecture got off to a rocky start. The two men on the stage started an “art fi lm” showing a young black man in jeans and T-shirt running through crowds in New York City yelling, “I love you! I love you!” to everyone whose eye he could catch. The fi lm, of course, had no narrative arc or plot — the absence of any such bourgeois conventions was de rigeur in the avant-garde art of the day — so ba- sically it was just several dozen minutes of that sort of thing, until the fi lm ran out of the spool. Then the lights came up, and Morrissey asked if anyone had any questions. The questioners started out curious, but soon they were sounding baffl ed, and by the end of the evening, some of them were actually angry. “I don’t know how to say what my meaning is,” he told one student. “I guess it means to me that I fi lm it, mostly.” “That is one of the big questions,” he told another, after being asked why he made fi lms. “Let’s just say we do it to keep us off the streets.” As the questions got tougher and more specifi c, Morrissey started break- ing in and fi elding them, to the annoy- ance of students who had wanted a re- sponse from Warhol. By the end of the event, the students from the School of Journalism were starting to make their presence known, fi ring zingers at the white-wigged swinger on the stage. “Sir, do you give a damn?” one of them demanded. (For- mer students and colleagues of the late legendary journalism professor Bill Winter will instantly recognize the pedigree of that question.) The by-now- beleaguered speaker replied, hesitantly and vaguely, “Sure … (about) all kinds of things. It changes all the time.” The Oregon students didn’t know it, but they were looking at one of their own up there on the stage: A Univer- sity of Oregon-trained actor named Allen Midgette who was now one of — Jose Saramago Warhol’s cronies in the Factory art loft in New York City, dressed to look like Warhol and sent out to do a series of four college lectures for him. Warhol himself had never left New York. The University of Oregon appear- ance was the second stop on the tour, and it represented a distinct turn for the worse. At the University of Utah, where it had started out, the reception had been warmer; but almost as soon as he’d left, faculty members were won- dering if it was really Andy Warhol. The student newspaper there stepped up and started pulling together evi- dence, including a shot that one of their photographers had snuck of him during the visit — “Warhol” had been very insistent that no pictures be taken, but someone had anyway, likely intending it only as a personal souvenir. Close ex- amination had left them convinced that unless Warhol had had a nose job, the speaker had been someone else. And so it was that the day after “War- hol” spoke, Oregon Daily Emerald Entertainment Editor Chris Hougham got a phone call from an editor at the University of Utah’s student newspa- per, the Daily Utah Chronicle, asking if there had been any suspicion of War- hol’s identity. Hougham assured her that it had been Warhol who appeared at the U of O; but after the phone call, Emerald staffers started connecting the dots as well. By this time, of course, “Warhol” was well away from the scene of the crime, and moving on to his next appearance, at Linfi eld College in McMinnville. There the reception was considerably less hostile, according to the recollec- tions of Mt. Angel College art profes- sor Leland John, who traveled to Mc- Minnville to attend. This was clearly due in part to the fact that, mindful of the trouble his vacuous answers had caused at the fi rst two stops, Midgette had adopted the tactic of responding to most questions by simply issuing an ironic laugh or giggle. Then it was on to Montana for one fi nal appearance at Montana State Uni- versity, and home once again to New York. Meanwhile, back in Eugene, Please see OFFBEAT, Page 10A The best foods for healthy eyes BY JOEL FUHRMAN, MD For the Sentinel A s This may be because carrots (and other orange and yellow vegetables and fruits) are abun- dant in beta-carotene, which is a provitamin A carotenoid, mean- ing it is converted to vitamin A in the body. Vitamin A is impor- tant for eye health, especially for night vision as it helps to produce a pigment called rho- dopsin in the retina, which helps a child, you probably heard that carrots are good for your eyes. $ PUUBHF ( SPWF 4 FOUJOFM 116 N. Sixth Street · P.O. Box 35 · Cottage Grove, OR 97424 ADMINISTRATION: JOHN BARTLETT, Regional Publisher.............................. 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In foreign countries, postage extra. No subscription for less than Ten Weeks. Subscription rates are subject to change upon 30 days’ notice. All subscritptions must be paid prior to beginning the subscription and are non-refundable. Periodicals postage paid at Cottage Grove, Oregon. Postmaster: Send address changes to P.O. Box 35, Cottage Grove, OR 97424. Local Mail Service: If you don’t receive your Cottage Grove Sentinel on the Wednesday of publication, please let us know. Call 942-3325 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Advertising ownership: All advertising copy and illustrations prepared by the Cottage Grove Sentinel become the property of the Cottage Grove Sentinel and may not be reproduced for any other use without explicit written prior approval. Copyright Notice: Entire contents ©2015 Cottage Grove Sentinel. the eye detect low levels of light and allows us to see at night. Vi- tamin A defi ciency is known to cause night blindness. However, beta-carotene is not the only carotenoid that contributes to healthy vision. Out of about 600 known ca- rotenoids, 20 have been found circulating in human blood, and only two are found in the eye. They are lutein and zeaxanthin, which cannot be synthesized by the body and are primar- ily found in green leafy veg- etables. Once consumed, these two carotenoids accumulate in the macula, the inner portion of the retina, which has a high con- centration of photoreceptor (or light receptor) cells. The typical amount of lutein and zeaxanthin in the macula (called “macular pigment”) is quite low among Americans, due to low intake of leafy greens. The retina is the most metabolically active tissue in the body, and lutein and zeaxanthin provide antioxi- dant protection. Furthermore, macular pigment reduces glare, enhances contrast and visual acuity and acts as a fi lter to pro- tect the macula from blue light damage. Blue light is a part of visible light (and sunlight), and electronic devices and energy- effi cient lighting increase our exposure to it, especially in the evenings. The idea that leafy greens benefi t vision began to gain mo- mentum about 20 years ago in research on age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a disease in which the photoreceptors in the macula are progressively damaged or lost, causing im- paired vision. This degeneration is the leading cause of blindness worldwide. In 1994, a study on AMD found that higher total carotenoid intake was associ- ated with lower risk of the dis- ease, and lutein and zeaxanthin were the specifi c carotenoids most strongly associated with decreased risk. When looking at foods, higher intake of spinach and collard greens (rich sources of lutein and zeaxanthin) were also associated with decreased risk. More studies followed, many reporting that higher lutein and zeaxanthin intake was linked to lower AMD risk. Supplementation trials in AMD patients also reported increases in macular pigment (more lutein and zeaxanthin in the eye) and improvement in visual perfor- mance. These results sparked the marketing of eye health supple- ments containing lutein and zeaxanthin. However, previ- ous fi ndings on isolated carot- enoid supplements should urge us to be cautious; several trials of beta-carotene supplements have reported an increased risk of lung cancer, cardiovascu- lar disease, or overall mortal- ity. This is an unacceptable risk for a nutrient we can easily get from foods, which have no risk. These nutritional benefi ts are also enhanced by accompany- ing phytonutrients in green veg- etables that have further benefi ts to the entire body. The typical American diet is dangerously low in leafy greens, and the average adult’s intake of lutein and zeaxanthin from foods is a meager 1.5 mg per day. Just a single cup of cooked spinach or kale contains more than 20 mg of lutein + zeaxan- thin, and collards more than 14 mg; commercial vision supple- ments commonly contain 10-20 mg of lutein plus two mg or less zeaxanthin. So, a healthful diet actually supplies more of these benefi cial nutrients for the eye than supplements do, and of course leafy greens have several advantages over supplements, in particular a huge variety of ad- ditional carotenoids and other benefi cial nutrients, with no risk of excess. Dr. Fuhrman is a #1 New York Times best-selling author and a board certifi ed family physician specializing in lifestyle and nu- tritional medicine. The Eat To Live Cookbook offers over 200 unique disease-fi ghting deli- cious recipes and his newest book, The End of Heart Disease, offers a detailed plan to prevent and reverse heart disease using a nutrient-dense, plant-rich eat- ing style. Visit his informative website at DrFuhrman.com. 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