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As promised in this week's New Briefs, here's the full text of Greenhill Executive Director Cary Lieberman's answers to EW's questions about the Lane County Animal Services/Greenhill Human Society Transition. My understanding is that the county commission votes today (6/25) on the Greenhill contract with LCAS? Would Greenhill takeover July 1? Continue reading
We just solved a mystery. It's summer, and semen is in the air — or at least it smells that way, and probably not for the first time at the southwest corner of downtown Eugene. This time (luckily), it's just a tree. According to The Frisky, that scent of semen has a lot of people wondering WHAT that smell is, and the author conducted a survey of the literature (Google!). Continue reading
This just in from Congressman Peter DeFazio's office as Lane County Jail reports it's releasing inmates due to budget cuts: NEWS FROM U.S. REPRESENTATIVE PETER DeFAZIO Continue reading
Storm Large sings with Pink Martini July 1 at the Cuthbert as part of the Bach fest. Even though "(My Vagina is) Eight Miles Wide) is a Storm Large, not a Pink Martini tune, we at EW are hoping they play it anyway. You may want to use headphones to play this in your office. And below is a song more typical of Pink Martini. Continue reading
We heard unconfirmed rumors that The Register-Guard's highly paid chief operating officer David Pero got himself fired Friday after more than five years. Maybe leaving was his idea, but that's not what we heard. Nothing in the paper or online, unless we missed it. We checked his LinkedIn profile and sure enough, it lists the R-G as his employer from February 2007 to June 2012. Pero was overseeing editorial, advertising, circulation, marketing, production and technology, including the website. Continue reading
David Jacobs-Strain slides into Cozmic The roots of slide guitar roll deep. Dating back to the blues of the '20s with Blind Willie Johnson and the like, it's a technique that's still being used today, by the psuedo-guitar-gods of this generation: Jack White, Dan Auerbach have used the technique to great effect, though it might be worth adding one young Eugenie by the name of David Jacobs-Strain to the list. Continue reading
This press release just in from the Eugene Police Department. Don't freak out when that Black Hawk helicopter flies overhead and lands on 22nd Avenue. It's all for the kids. You know, nothing says "promoting positive youth development" like a large military aircraft. News Release June 20, 2012 For further information, contact: Paula Hunt, AIC Public Information Coordinator, at 541.682.5124, or Continue reading
Missed the 5th Annual Great Whiteaker Clean-Up? No problem, it's on video via EW's enterprising cub reporter Ted Shorack and the Oregon News Lab. Continue reading
The Goddess of Canadian Blues visits Eugene This week, Bijou Art Cinema will begin screening Music from the Big House, a film that follows Canadian blues chanteuse Rita Chiarelli through her experience with putting on a show inside Louisiana’s Angola prison. Continue reading
The Corvallis City Council took a stand against ocean pollution this week, becoming the second city in Oregon to approve a comprehensive ban on plastic bags. A second reading and final vote are still required to secure the ordinance, but all city councilors are on record in support of the bill, which they voted 8-1 to enact at Monday’s meeting. Continue reading