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Where the Wild Things Are

Want to learn more about wolf recovery in Oregon? Drop by Cozmic tonight at 7 pm and catch the Western Environmental Law Center's screening of Wild Things, a documentary that delves into the relationship between ranchers, reintroduced wolves and the people trying to strike a balance. Unleash your inner wild thing and stick around for the panel discussion afterwards, with filmmaker Daniel Hinerfeld, Oregon State University professor Robert Beschta and Western Environmental Law Center attorney John Mellgren. Continue reading →

Checking out future homeless camp site

News 12 years ago

The city of Eugene has approved a new homeless camp at a parcel of city land off Chambers at the intersection with the Northwest Expressway. Train tracks border the site. Here is a video posted on the Homeless Action listserv Oct. 31. Continue reading →

Activist Alert 10-31-2013

Activist Alert 12 years ago

• Author R. Sheldon Lewis will read from book The Torah of Reconciliation at 6:30 pm Monday, Nov. 4, at Temple Beth Israel, 1175 E. 29th Ave. Free, donations welcome. Sponsored by Jewish Events Willamette-valley (JEW) and Temple Beth Israel. See JewishEventsWillamette-valley.org. Continue reading →

Biz Beat 10-31-2013

Biz Beat 12 years ago

Residential property sales are up significantly in Lane County, comparing last September with this September, according to a Regional Multiple Listing Service report passed along to us by Prudential broker Sally Nunn. The median residential sales price is up 15 percent, the number of new listings is up 15 percent and the number of closed sales is up 16.8 percent. Neighborhoods leading in average price change are Mohawk Valley, Springfield, McKenzie Valley, River Road, Coburg/I-5 and southwest Eugene. Continue reading →

David Kayfes

Happening People 12 years ago

Shortly after graduating from University of California, Berkeley in 1963 with a bachelor’s in journalism, Bay Area native David Kayfes joined the Army National Guard. He had the good fortune to be stationed for two years in Italy, where he met Anneke, a young woman from Holland. “I got out in October of ’66,” he says, “and got married in December.” Back in the U.S., he worked for the Associated Press in Salt Lake City, then found a job back at Cal, in the Sports Information Department. Continue reading →

Marriage Campaign Marks One-Year Countdown

News 12 years ago

Oregon’s vote on marriage equality is approaching T-minus one year and counting, and Oregon United for Marriage (OUM) is thriving. Eugeneans will mark the countdown with several house parties in the area and 100 throughout the state. The statewide campaign has hired a new director, and a Students United for Marriage chapter has been active in Eugene since late September. Statewide, petitioners have gathered 104,908 of 116,284 signatures required to make the November 2014 ballot. Continue reading →

Defazio Forest Plan Goes To Video ‘Ad’

News 12 years ago

The battle over Oregon’s federal O&C forestlands isn’t just taking place in the backrooms and hallways of Washington, D.C., it’s playing out on the internet, in emails and on video. A new video about the O&C lands out of Rep. Peter DeFazio’s office has made it through the House Franking Commission, which has to approve “unsolicited mailings of 500 or more pieces of the same matter” before taxpayer money is used to send it. Continue reading →

Another County Commission Contender

News 12 years ago

Yet another non-partisan contender is in the running for the East Lane County Commissioner position currently held by Faye Stewart. Jack Schoolcraft will also be facing Jose Ortal, Joann Ernst and Kevin Matthews in the May 2014 primary. Continue reading →

Youth Soccer Options Grow With Pelada

News Sports 12 years ago

Pelada Football Academy, a youth soccer academy founded as a nonprofit in February, aims to give more kids the opportunity to play and learn while seeking to complement and not compete with other soccer clubs by bringing in kids and their families who find recreational soccer too recreational or competitive soccer too competitive. These kids, in addition to clinics and scrimmages, will have a chance to play more than just soccer. Continue reading →

Uphill Fight To Ban Bee-Killing Toxics

News 12 years ago

Bee advocates and pesticide foes have been slowly gaining traction in their fight against neonicotinoids, a class of insecticides that many believe is contributing to the dramatic declines in honeybee populations. Groups such as Eugene-based Oregon Sustainable Beekeepers (OSB) and Beyond Toxics have been fighting to have local businesses remove neonics from their shelves and, while they haven’t fully succeeded, they have persuaded some local businesses to distribute information about the toxics. Continue reading →