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Funny Medicine Helps Mental Health

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Comedian Frank King came very close to committing suicide five years ago. “I had an itch on the roof of my mouth that I could only scratch with the front sight on my nickel-plated .38,” King says, his voice a warm North Carolina drawl. It almost sounds like King is cracking a joke. Starting Sunday, July 26, at the Wildish Theater in downtown Springfield, King will coach up to a dozen participants as they turn their mental health issues into short stand-up routines, which they will perform for audiences in November. Continue reading →

Local Middle Schooler Designs Nike Shoe To Benefit Doernbecher

Jacob Burris

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Jacob Burris

If Jacob Burris, an eighth grader at Shasta Middle School, and his parents hadn’t followed up on a high blood pressure reading at a routine checkup, doctors may never have detected the life-threatening heart condition that sent the 13-year-old to OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland last year.  Now, because of his time at Doernbecher, Jacob is designing his own shoe at Nike as part of a fundraiser for the children’s hospital. Continue reading →

Proposed sewage sludge management plan for Premier RV Resorts

Pollution Update 7-16-15

Pollution Update

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is accepting comments through 5 pm on Tuesday, July 21, on the proposed “biosolids” management plan for Premier RV Resorts. (“Biosolids” is a term for treated sewage sludge.) Premier RV Resorts is located near Coburg, southeast of exit 199 on I-5. The plan includes requirements for spreading biosolids on farm land south of the RV resort. Visit goo.gl/ott3SM for more information on commenting. Continue reading →

War Dead 7-16-2015

War Dead

In Afghanistan • 2,355 U.S. troops killed (2,355 last month) • 20,071 U.S. troops wounded in action (20,071) • 1,599 U.S. contractors killed (1,592) • 16,179 civilians killed (updates NA) • $707.3 billion cost of war ($704.7 billion) • $282.9 million cost to Eugene taxpayers ($281.9 million)   Against ISIS • $5.1 billion cost of military action ($4.7 billion) • $2 million cost to Eugene taxpayers ($1.9 million) Continue reading →

Activist Alert 7-9-2015

Activist Alert

• 350 Eugene’s summer gathering will be from 7 to 8:45 pm Thursday, July 16, at First United Methodist Church, 1376 Olive St. “Hang out with fellow climate activists and jump into action-planning leading up to U.N. Climate Talks in Paris, and on to big actions next spring,”  organizers say. Email 350eug@riseup.net to get on the email list or call 343-5091.  Continue reading →

Biz Beat 7-9-2015

Biz Beat

What’s going on with Barnhart Associates Real Estate? We hear the Barnhart office building at 186 E. 14th Ave. has been sold to Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) and will be vacated soon, but the office phone goes unanswered and email queries are not being returned. The agency still has listings and is still advertising. Owners are Jim and Nancy Barnhart and David Holland, who became a full partner in 2004. The historic building, called the Soults-Westfall Duplex, is an elaborate bungalow dating to around 1915. Continue reading →