Author: EW-staff

Enter Room 237

Film

Stanley Kubrick created The Shining to exorcise his guilt for helping fake the 1969 Apollo moon landing, to represent the genocide of Native Americans or to retell the Greek myth Theseus and the Minotaur. Continue reading →

Lane County Area Spray Schedule 5-9-13

Spray Schedule

ODOT spring spraying plan:  • The week of May 6, two days on Hwy. 58 and two days on Hwy. 126 east of Eugene. • The week of May 13, the Veneta section including Hwy. 126 west of Eugene, Hwy. 36 and Territorial Highway. • The week of May 20, the Florence section of Hwy. 126 West, Hwy. 36 and Hwy. 101. Spraying began a couple weeks ago, call Tony Kilmer at ODOT District 5 (Lane County area) at 744-8080 or call (888) 996-8080 for herbicide application information.  Continue reading →

Endorsements: 2013 May Special Election

News

Ballots are in the mail for the May Special Election in Oregon. Ballots can be mailed until approximately Thursday, May 16. After that they can be dropped off until 8 pm Tuesday, May 21, at any white ballot box around town or at Lane County Elections offices at 10th and Lincoln. Here are our endorsements on selected local issues and contested races. More information can be found in our election coverage this issue and past issues, in the Voters Pamphlet and on various websites.    Ballot Measure 20-210 4J School Bonds — YES Continue reading →

Night Moves

Fashion

EW hits the streets to capture Eugene’s fashion-forward after dark. here, they describe their style in their own words. Grady Lambert, 23 Family-inspired. This is my dad’s jacket from the ’80s. [His dad fell in love with his mom in this very jacket.]   Malichian Davis Rabinowitz, 26 Continue reading →

Lane County Area Spray Schedule

Spray Schedule

Rosboro LLC, 746-8411, now plans to spray a total of 900 acres on its forest roadsides throughout Lane County with Garlon 4 and Glyphosate. See ODF notices 2013-781-00324 and 2013-771-00333. Giustina, 345-2301, plans to hire Northwest Reforestation, 554-0489, to ground spray Atrazine, Clopyralid, Hexazinone, Sulfometuron Methyl and/or Triclopyr Ester on a total of 219 acres near Preacher, Camas Swale, Coyote, Hawley and Doak creeks, also on 57 acres near Little Sand Creek. See ODF notices 2013-781-00321 and 2013-730-00485. Continue reading →

Earth Day On Wheels

Culture

Bicycles make the world go round, or at least they will as more and more people see them as essential transportation rather than a toy. There are a lot of great ways to celebrate Earth Day (for events check out the Earth Day listings in Calendar), but if you want to celebrate Earth Day every day then park your fossil-fuel guzzler and start biking. Critical Mass: It’s all about the bike community Continue reading →

Mental Illness and the Police

Film

Cinema Pacific, the annual festival featuring films from Pacific-bordering countries, is in full swing, and like any good film festival there is a dizzying array of options for movie buffs and casual cinemagoers alike to choose from. This year’s focus will be on films and filmmakers from Singapore, Mexico and the U.S. West Coast. Continue reading →

Lane County Area Spray Schedule 4-11-2013

Spray Schedule

• Rosboro LLC, 746-8411, plans to spray about 500 acres its forest roadsides throughout Lane County with Garlon 4 and Glyphosate and Methylated Seed Oil. See ODF notice 2013-781-00324. • ODOT has begun spring spraying. Call Tony Kilmer at ODOT District 5 (Lane County area) at 744-8080 or call (888) 996-8080 for herbicide application information.  Continue reading →

Word Is

Chow

Local niche catering business Ivy’s Cookin’ is celebrating 20 years in business. Check out Ivy’s vegetarian menu, designed as a convenient alternative to eating out, at ivyscookin.com   Pizza Research Institute is moving just a little farther down Blair, from 530 to 325 Blair Blvd. They’ll still be open until moving day in late April.   Continue reading →