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WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM EUGENE WEEKLY JANUARY 31, 2008 3 iinnssiiddeerr bbaasseebbaallll BY TONY CORCORAN A View from Left Field Election predictions I have been hounded by the Blackberry Pie Society, a coven of do-gooder progressives down here in Cottage Grove, to blather unproductively about what’s at stake politically in Oregon’s 2008 races. Oregon has some pretty intriguing races: U.S. Senate – Incumbent Republican Gordon Smith voted straight-party with the George Bush Republican line for six and a half years; now all the sudden he’s a friggin’ moderate! Excuse me? Steve Novick and Jeff Merkley in the Democratic primary pose an interesting dilemma. I’ve supported Novick since the beginning because I believe he presents a greater contrast to Gordon Smith than Merkley. But Merkley’s a great guy, and the mainstream Senate Democratic Campaign Committee want to go with Jeff; he’s the speaker of the Oregon House and he helped bring Democrats to victory in the Oregon House for the fi rst time in 12 years. Both men are incredibly hard working, salt of the earth types. At the end of the day: I think Gordon’s gonna be hard to beat, and I think the only way you beat him is with a strong contrasting candidate: Steve Novick’s the man. Oregon Secretary of State — As important as this position is in everyday Oregon government, it becomes pivotal every 10 years when it weighs in on redistricting of political boundaries in our state. Kevin Mannix has been on a self-described lleetttteerrss TO THE EDITOR one-man search to fi nd a candidate; latest rumor is that he has found himself … so to A POSITIVE MODEL Mayor Piercy is offering Eugene almost Regarding your Dec. 27 cover story on more than we deserve, a mayor who knows speak … not biblically. homelessness, I would like to respond by the importance of bridging the ideological sharing a hopeful shelter model. On Nov. divides that are preventing us from moving Currently, Oregon Democrats are pretty happy with this race: four Oregon 15 the Corvallis Homeless Shelter coalition forward on many critical issues. Democratic State Senators — Kate Brown (the current Senate Democratic opened the doors of a former sorority Far too many of Eugene’s left-leaning Leader), Brad Avakian, Rick Metzger and Vicki Walker — are running against building as a men’s cold weather shelter. activists seem to be holding onto a playbook each other in a primary with no announced Republican opponent in the general The shelter operates through March that hasn’t been revised since 1969. While election. Of course, the Oregon Senate President, Peter Courtney, is a little 15 with volunteers. Each week a different indeed we must defend our fair city from nervous, since all four are members of the same caucus that’s about to go into community organization staffs two or three over-development, we also must work with a special “supplemental session” of the Oregon Legislature in February — with greeters who open up the shelter at 7 pm and those whom we don’t always agree. We have House Speaker Merkley. interact with guests for four hours. At 11 a seat at the table; now we have to use it I served with all four senators. I respect them all. I endorsed Kate early; she pm another volunteer arrives to accompany wisely. took the Oregon Democrats from a 10-20 minority in 1996 to an 18-12 majority our only paid staff person who attends the I have seen our mayor lead our city in last session during her leadership. That’s enough for me. I’d have no problem shelter from 11 pm to 7 am. In addition, the a productive direction by avoiding using with Brad or Rick, Oregon citizens would be well served. I really believe Vicki’s organization of the week provides a snack ideological labels and being willing to done a great job as state senator and we need her to hold that seat. State Attorney General — Again, a beautiful scenario for Democrats at this for each evening. Granted, the capacity work with all the people we need to have a moment; two Democrats are running in the primary, and the Republicans have of this shelter is small; nevertheless, it is a productive and sustainable city. yet to fi nd a candidate. The Democrats are State Rep. Greg McPherson and viable community model. It is not always necessary to contradict Lewis and Clark professor John Kroger. Both are smart, hardworking lawyers. Although most of the organizations the R-G, and in this case I think it was fl at- I served with Greg in the 2003 legislative session. Greg’s dad and granddad supporting this model are faith-based, out wrong and sounded even a little mean- served in the Oregon House. His father, Hector, is the father of seminal there is no proselytizing. The faith-based spirited. I think all of us who want to see 1971 land use planning legislation in Oregon. Greg is highly respected by his organizations represent a wide range positive, sustainable change in our Emerald colleagues, he is principled and bright. of diverse communities that have come City should be a little kinder to those who Meanwhile, on the other side, lurking in the darkness beyond the pale of together to meet the shelter needs of those give their heart and soul as Piercy does, acceptable political behavior in Oregon is Kevin Mannix, three-time statewide less fortunate. In addition to faith-based for a job that offers so little compensation. loser, former head of the Oregon Republican Party. Kevin has been on a self- groups, other community organizations A woman of her talents could be leading described one-man search to fi nd a candidate; latest rumor is that he has found are welcome and have participated in the an organization that pays her much, much himself … so to speak … not biblically. sheltering experience. more. She has nothing to gain from this job State Treasurer — This one is bizarre! Apparently, in order to show that any Actually, the model does more than she’s taken (and hasn’t tried to exploit her candidate for this offi ce must be totally effi cient and penurious, you can only shelter homeless men. The shelter puts position for fi nancial gain). I’d be surprised run for this offi ce if you’ve been a Republican, an Independent and a Democrat. the community in touch with each other. if Piercy had any political ambitions beyond There’s only one announced candidate: Ben Westlund is the only guy who fi ts It provides opportunities for real-people- Eugene at this point (though I’d be delighted the bill. Isn’t switching parties twice like having transgender surgery twice? to-real-people interactions. Although the to support her if she did). I served with Ben in the House and Senate — if he were a special education shelter is open for only four months, the We could at least appreciate our honest, student, he’d be what they call a “line of sight” kid: Never let him out of your acquaintances last longer. Sincere caring ethical, compassionate, hard working, and direct visual contact or interesting and devious things might happen. Ben never and concern, once individuals have allowed (dare I say it) liberal leaders who actually saw a deal he didn’t like, and Oregon is still paying back federal penalties for his themselves to connect. is proving to be a get things done. We have few enough; let’s bookkeeping sleights-of-hand with the feds when he was the powerful co-chair powerful and hopeful force. not drive them away. of Ways and Means. Don’t get me wrong, he’s a great guy, I love him. I watched him courageously Aleita Hass-Holcombe Rose Wilde battle cancer, never losing his resolve or his sense of humor. He’s a good man. Corvallis Eugene I’m just sayin’, he’s a “line of sight” guy. Besides, I’m not sure he could do much harm over there in the Treasurer’s offi ce anyhow because I ain’t quite sure what PIERCY’S VALUE OVERRIDING CONCERN the Treasurer does. While I appreciate the difference in In regards to the Slant bit on Al Gore perspective that EW brings to our local and global warming in the Jan. 10 EW: It Former State Sen. Tony Corcoran is a member of the state Employment Appeals Board and co- media scene, compared to the R-G, I disagree seems to me that there should not even be founder of the Hot Air Society of South Lane, Eugene and Springfi eld (HASSLES). The views with EW’s characterization of our mayor a debate. I am not saying Global Climate expressed herein are those of a private citizen of Oregon. as more moderate or even conservative. Change (GCC) is really happening due to 4 JANUARY 31, 2008 EUGENE WEEKLY WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM lleetttteerrss TO THE EDITOR 8 L o c a t i ons in Eugene and Springfield human infl uence or not. I do not even think TIME FOR COMPROMISE I need to take a side to believe in a correct A portion of the EW Slant column course of action. I just think that given Jan. 17 begs a response. This is the portion even the slightest possible chance that it is referring to [John Kerry saying] Barack happening, we should be doing all we can to Obama can “bring people together.” prevent It. Period. (“Kumbaya”? Sounds a little African, Try something FROM the vegetarian menu! The worst case implications of GCC, if doesn’t it?) it turns out to be true and we do not curb Really, do we need a “revolution” in • Veggie Burrito • Chile Relleño • Bean Tostada it in time, may be so serious that all other this country to affect change? 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We will be crowding in on each progress in a positive direction to right a other due to major fl ooding and people myriad of wrongs. Compromise is a practical displacement. You get my point. necessity. What is wrong with a leader who (cid:44)(cid:81)(cid:89)(cid:72)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:47)(cid:82)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:92)(cid:3) So, what if it turns out there is not GCC? can accomplish this? (cid:54)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:28)(cid:25)(cid:28) Well, then we thank our lucky stars. We tell Karen Ecker the disbelievers they were right all along. We Eugene realize the preciousness of life. We deal with the economic implications, if any, of having BURN, BABY, BURN (cid:180)(cid:53)(cid:72)(cid:73)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:92)(cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:3) taken action. Especially to those who oppose the light If it turns out to be true and we all do rail trolley system, how about burning some (cid:9)(cid:3)(cid:79)(cid:82)(cid:90)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:92)(cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:85)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:3) everything we can to lessen our impact on calories instead of gasoline/liquid fuel for this small blue and green globe we call home your health, the environment and world (cid:69)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:68)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:8)(cid:4)(cid:181) — then we just might skirt a catastrophic peace by riding a two-wheeler? It sounds (cid:11)(cid:50)(cid:17)(cid:36)(cid:17)(cid:38)(cid:17)(cid:12) experience. Taking action on an uncertainty like an excellent New Year resolution. As is not really a bad thing. It might just save I chime in with one of my gym instructors, our hides. I personally like my hide. 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We need to do more to re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic help the homeless because they have little Tickets 434-7000, 868 High St www.theshedd.org we’re riding. Mr. Eco-Village Rob Bolman education, horrible medical needs and no The Shedd Institute (1/24), for example, whose vision is a light place to stay. rail system. Many don’t go to school, so they can’t get Always an industrial solution; never smarter, and that defi nitely hurts our society. At The Shedd mind that industrialism is steadily snuffi ng They don’t have insurance or medical help, out the natural world and is the basis of the so they could die if they get badly injured or 01.31-02:08 Jazz Kings: Well, Git It! high-tech world with its mounting emptiness sick. Most homeless people are forced to live 02.02 Chris Smither and desolation. under bridges and in bushes. 02.09 Brazilian Guitar Festival More mining, smelting, etc., more of the Although some people say that the 02.14 The Bad Plus foundation for all that takes us further and homeless people did this to themselves, I 02.20 Carolina Chocolate Drops further from reconnecting with the earth think most of the time they are born into 02.21 Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars 02.24 Cadillac Sky Saturday and each other. But rail is better than cars! bad situations. We need to help homeless And a slightly slower growing cancer is people, and a good start would be instead 03.01 Moombah: Rumbles Rambles 02.02 better than a faster moving one. How about of spending millions of dollars to build new Chris Smither a vision of no industrial cancer instead of retail downtown, we should build a homeless promoting it? shelter. John Zerzan Mitchell Reese Dr. David Lippincott Eugene Grade 7 – Kennedy Middle School Concert Sponsor SO FAR FROM SHORE DON’T MOVE VILLAGE SCHOOL What a great play — thought-provoking, I am a seventh and eighth grade teacher Sérgio & Odair Assad skilled actors, and a fabulous location (Wildish at the Village School, where I’ve taught for Romero Lubambo Theater). So Far From Shore is an original the past six years. I have been a classroom Badi Assad play by retired psychotherapist Marty Cohen teacher for over two decades. In that time I which deals with a very diffi cult subject — have seen several policy decisions that were Celso Machado sexual child abuse. It’s a story about victims intended to solve problems actually create Brazilian and survivors, about those who wound us more problems than they would solve. With and those who love us, and the mistakes we all due respect, Superintendent Russell’s make as parents. Since approximately 12 recommendation to displace the Village Guitar percent of us have been abused, usually by School from their current site in an attempt an acquaintance or relative, it’s a topic which to solve the ongoing confl ict between deserves our attention. Eastside and Parker is one such policy that Festival Please make time to see this compelling would create far more harm than good. production. It’s at the Wildish Theater Friday The Village School is a model of what and Saturday evenings and Sunday matinees the district strives for in its alternative Saturday, Feb 9 through Feb. 2. schools. The school is well-loved and Lana Lindstrom supported by its families, offering a truly The Shedd Eugene unique curriculum and approach. We are WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM EW-Shedd -2008-01-31.in dd 1 EUGENE WEEKLY JAN1U/2A9/R20Y0 8313, :0270:5058PM 5 lleetttteerrss TO THE EDITOR a socio-economically diverse community communities. Over the past eight years, the KEEP HOLY COW COW CAFÉ SUSTAINABLE with a Title I program that serves more Village School has become a model for what One of the best things UO has going I would like to give my support to Holy than 40 percent of our students (who the charter school initiative intended. It is a for it as far as social responsibility and Cow Café. Holy Cow buys direct from qualify for free or reduced meals). Our thriving, neighborhood school, doing more sustainability is Holy Cow Café — the very Willamette Valley organic farmers and school’s commitment and approach to our with less, and should be recognized and thing a few administrators at UO’s student Organic Growers Company. When I moved racially and ethnically diverse community supported for such. union decided behind closed doors to to the Valley to work on an organic farm, I is outstanding. Bottom line: The Village Andy Traisman replace with the franchise Laughing Planet. discovered a strong bond between restaurants School is accomplishing what the district Eugene They didn’t seem to seriously take into and local producers, with Holy Cow leading would like its alternative programs to consideration the hundreds of signatures on a in that connection. Few restaurants on the accomplish. Messing with this success by ANOTHER STEP FORWARD petition showing support for Holy Cow. And planet serve over 90 percent organic foods requiring a poorly conceived move is bad In the long eternal quest for female now they have a lot of people at UO upset and like the Holy Cow. Organic foods are grown policy. Village School parents have spoken equality, a legislative act passed and signed shocked that our only vegetarian restaurant without chemical fertilizers, pesticides, clearly in several past surveys and last by the governor was implemented on Jan. 1. on campus is being yanked out despite its human waste or sewage sludge — testaments year’s focus groups about the importance It took the force of this legislation to require popularity and cutting-edge sustainability that restaurants serving conventionally of a central location to their continued private health insurance to include in their practices. I wonder how many people in grown crops cannot guarantee, especially involvement with the school. More than half plans some of the cost of birth control. It the administration who were in charge of when few imported foods are quality tested of our families live within the immediate should come as no surprise to the reader deciding on the fate of UO’s vegetarian/ by the FDA. Owners Kathee and Anton area of the current Willard site. Many of our that private health insurance plans had vegan restaurant were actually vegetarian or have designed a fresh space, not to mention families are economically situated such that prolonged their unwillingness to provide this vegan? Perhaps if they were, they would not an atmosphere that delights in promoting transporting their children to a distant site type of pharmaceutical equity for women replace a vegetarian restaurant with one that issues in social justice, community and good is not possible. It is ill-advised to consider under the probably guise that “abstinence” serves fl esh. Where can the growing number stewardship. Holy Cow owners and staff do moving any schools this year, until the long would accomplish the same thing, while of ethical vegetarians get a meal on campus a commendable job of accounting for waste, awaited comprehensive planning process simultaneously exalting Viagra, which without supporting a business that also sells from composting food scraps to recycling is complete. Moving Eastside and Village private health plans willingly covered. As fl esh? I only hope that the administration veggie oil into biofuel, recycling and donating (or any schools for that matter) might limit long as these types of antiquated Paleolithic is now willing to listen to the will of most extra foods to nonprofi ts and the Mission. future options and/or cause targeted schools blocks exist (primarily a male phenomena) of the campus consumers and change their For 10 years they have continued to build to endure an expensive, time-consuming against female equality, it will take state decision in order to keep Holy Cow — a customers, build family in a dedicated staff move again next year. The prudent choice is and federal legislation to create a sense of local and beloved campus icon. and offer lessons for all on how to manage to leave things be for this year. Attempting to fairness and equal status for women. Carrie Packwood Freeman a sustainable business. This year the café solve the Eastside-Parker confl ict should not Oliver Thornton Eugene was given a sustainable business award involve displacing other schools and their Eugene while Kathee and Anton were recognized DESIGNMATTERS BY JERRY DIETHELM DIVA and the Downtown next door. A clear civic commitment here will make development of that hole in the downtown all that much more attractive — and more whole. Eugene needs to come to its senses Mayor Kitty Piercy, no stranger to the arts and the emerging art of sustainability, told the evening’s standing-room-only crowd that she hoped Something new happened downtown the other night (Jan. 10) at DIVA. The that we could remember how important it was to listen to each other’s stories as subject of the forum — downtown — wasn’t new, but the outlook was. It was as we began to build our new story for downtown. A vibrant city grew out of a dynamic though the train going in the wrong direction had fi nally left the station, and conversation of many views and voices, she said. Downtown development has certainly we were all left standing on a higher platform rediscovering the basic principles of a proved to be great theater. better way. I heard no one express disappointment that they were not going to Kemper Also discussed briefl y was the usual chicken and egg economics of a downtown City. That new platform was being built on art and a triple bottom line sustainability. trolley. You’ve heard it before: There is no present adequate demand for such a Robert Oshatz, an architect from Portland, said, “Everyone wants to live where service, so we can’t afford to build it. And if we built it, they might not come. Alan artists want to live.” He said that we needed to strive to make our downtown beautiful Pittman wrote a good article on trolleys (1/10) that imported useful knowledge and and better connect it to the university and the river. Once we made it special, people experience from comparable size communities who have traveled this path. with money could play their usual role of driving the artists out so that they could work But talking about trolleys is to settle too quickly on a solution before we are clear their magic elsewhere. Eugene needed to profoundly come to its senses. about the problem or need that calls such solutions into mind. I see that need as Brad Malsin of Beam Development talked about incorporating DIVA in the still making Willamette Street into the great street called for in our Downtown Plan. I see a unfolding Centre Court-Aster’s Hole-Washburn Restoration project. He spoke movingly central dimension of that greatness as being the enhancement of Willamette’s role as about the qualities of places he most admired and the kind of historically sensitive a service corridor, linking and moving a growing density of downtown residents up and work his fi rm tried to do to a room full of affi rmatively nodding heads. down the corridor to the things they want and need. I thought again of local architect-artist Scott Wylie’s advice and his brilliant Carlos Building up our principal north-south corridor would honor the pioneering Scarpa examples (Viewpoint, 9/13/07) that showed how artfully it was possible to investment of the founders of the Tate and help call into being: a Dotson Building, a blend historic fragments and new construction. We didn’t necessarily have to fully Pellitier Towers, a mixed-use and multistory Newman’s, a Chamber Apartments and a restore older, too heavily remodeled buildings, such as the Taco Time Building on Euphoria Place, and it would stimulate development throughout midtown and South Broadway and Willamette, in order to preserve our downtown history. Building Willamette. One of the reasons the trolley solution keeps coming up is that it could slip a “temporal collage” in our downtown could also mean enfolding just the right easily between the present Hult and Hilton squeeze. architectural remnants and/or recontextualizing signifi cant historic shards within the And I’d connect that same service corridor down 5th Avenue to the Market architecture of our own time. with its proposed new hotel and nearby riverfront, shift our east-west great street Don Genasci, a professor of architecture who teaches at the UO’s Portland emphasis from 8th to 5th (because 5th leads directly into the EWEB property and the Center, spoke about the essential, eternal civic role of public open space in the life of Courthouse riverfront) and give West Broadway some time to incubate and tango to its downtowns. It was more than just building wide sidewalks or Disney-inspired formulaic own tune. storefronts. His class, like several others before him, had explored the designing of Yes, there is always a risk — no chickens need apply — to public development as well an urban open space across from the Eugene Public Library, a popular consensus to as private. Perhaps it’s time to turn the tables and begin asking for large subsidies emerge from the last election. ourselves? Now it remains to be seen if we will apply some of that thinking to the next round But it was a good evening. And, at DIVA, it became obvious once again that the of planning and design for the area. It would seem civically and profoundly retarded central purpose of an economy was to enable art, that of wine to enhance civic to put out a new RFP for the Sears property that didn’t include a conceptual plan, gatherings — and vice versa. showing our community’s strong preference for honoring the library by having a new “whatever” (housing, offi ces, mix of uses) clustered around a library park or square Jerry Diethelm is a Eugene architect, landscape architect and planning and urban design consultant. 6 JANUARY 31, 2008 EUGENE WEEKLY WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM lleetttteerrss TO THE EDITOR Indulge in a little Ecstacy! Aphrodite’s Love Oil by Eugene Weekly as Happening People. WTF? Love Oil Lip Balm Business is better then ever. This seems no I am tired of reading the word “fuck.” time to void their contract. Laughing Planet This is the fourth fucking time I have seen This is a delightful Made with our infamous (the franchise scheduled to move into Holy this. 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The BLM plan would cut down old-growth forests in areas around Eugene and triple the timber output in the area. The resolution calls for the BLM to reject the alternatives offered in the WOPR and asks the U.S. Congress to pass legislation that “provides stable county pay- ments based on ecosystem services such as clean water and air, recreational opportunities, carbon storage, and habitat conservation.” The resolution also asks Congress to protect Oregon’s mature and old-growth forests and advance restoration-driven forestry projects. “The Cascadia Wildlands Project has been working to educate the council and mayor on the implications of WOPR for Eugeneans,” says CWP’s Josh Laughlin. CWP is calling for concerned Eugeneans to weigh on the issue, either at the Feb. 11 meeting or via an email to Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy. Contact Josh Laughlin at [email protected] or call 434-1463 for more information. — Camilla Mortensen news BIKE AND WALK THE GUT Imagine Willamette Street closed to cars on a summer Sunday morning from 29th Street to the train station. Kids in strollers, on bikes, neighbors chatting, stop- ping for coffee, food booths, costumes, music, dancing in the streets — all this could briefs happen monthly in a quiet, safe and sustainable open space through the heart of South Eugene. That was the vision of about 30 bike and pedestrian advocates who gathered in a work session at a City of Eugene Walking and Biking Summit on Jan. 26th. Longtime local cycling advocate Paul Moore said the fun event would promote green transportation and personal and community health. Instead of “cruising the gut” in cars, Moore said, Eugene could “walk and bike the gut.” BAN ON ing red advisories even if they are not faced “And lose your gut,” piped in another cyclist. with the $500 fine. Hundreds of cities throughout the U.S. and the world regularly or annually close WINTER Industries in and around Eugene that emit busy thoroughfares for such walking and biking festivals. Portland’s annual Bridge PM 2.5 and other pollutants are not affected Pedal closes lanes on ten central bridges, including the towering I-5 bridge, and at- BURNING by the ban. Hough says this is because they tracts 20,000 people a year. “It’s just such a hoot,” said city transportation planner have “tighter control requirements all of the Cindy Clarke. On Jan. 24, Lane Regional Air Protection time.” The Eugene Toxics Right-to-Know “It could have an impact like Bridge Pedal,” said Moore. Closing the street for Agency (LRAPA) issued its first red advisory database doesn’t track PM 2.5 emissions. But the event would help promote cycling and walking as healthier, greener transporta- since 1991. Eugene residents were asked not according to the National Climactic Date tion, he said. “You give people the experience,” said Moore. “This shows them how to use wood burning that day to heat their Center Air Stagnation index, the same stag- to do it.” homes in order to help reduce air pollution in nant air that traps particulate matter also traps In Portland the cycling rate has almost doubled in the last decade. Eugene still the form of particulate matter. Local busi- gaseous toxic pollution. has a higher rate, but bike commuting here dropped from 8 percent in 1990 to 5.5 nesses were not asked to curtail their emission — Camilla Mortensen percent now, according to Census figures. of particulates or other pollutants during the The event will also help build support for bike lanes and safe sidewalks on the ban. PESTICIDE busy Willamette Street while promoting alternative transportation, Moore said. Wood burning creates the same particulate “This moves them in that direction faster than anything else I know.” matter (PM 2.5) that causes breathing prob- LINKED TO One participant questioned whether closing Willamette to traffic would be fea- lems for many Oregonians during field burn- sible. “I love the idea of Willamette,” he said but, “to do that would be an incredibly ing season. In the winter, air can stagnate over AUTISM major political battle.” The man instead suggested closing a low traffic neighbor- the valley in what is called an inversion, trap- hood street. “It’s much easier to accomplish.” ping the smoke and raising particulate levels What is behind the increasing frequency of But other participants said closing a side street would not attract the people above the Environmental Protection Agency’s autism? Twenty years ago, autism was diag- needed to make the event a success. A major draw of the event in Portland and standards. nosed in about one in 5,000 U.S. children. By other cities is the ability to bike or walk quietly on a thoroughfare that usually roars This was the first red advisory for Eugene 2002, that frequency had risen to one in 250 with dangerous traffic. since the pollution program began in 1991. and is now at roughly one in 150. In some On a Sunday morning there’s little traffic, and Willamette has many parallel, al- “Air quality has improved” over the past sev- states (and in the U.K.) it is as high as one in ternative streets that could be used, one man pointed out. “I don’t see it dramati- eral years, says LRAPA’s Merlyn Hough, but 100. Is this alarming increase in diagnosis due cally affecting people.” the EPAreviews its standards every five years simply to a broader definition of autism or a Meeting participants pointed out that in other cities the crowds attracted by and tightened them in 2006. greater awareness of the disorder? Several such road closures have been a major boost to local businesses along the route. Springfield, Goshen, Pleasant Hill and studies say no to both theories. Moore said the event would allow cross car traffic at signalized intersections other nearby areas were not affected by the Because changes in the standards for diag- with volunteers helping with safety. A similar model has worked in other cities. ban though they were affected by the smoky nosing autism occurred in the early ’90s, one Clark said the city would legally be required to use police officers to control the air. This is because Eugene’s city ordinances would expect to see a rapid increase in diagno- signaled intersections. But, she said, “we have the support of the EPD and the city” call for a ban to be in effect when particulates sis followed by some tapering off. In fact the to do a new walking and biking event. become unhealthy, but Springfield isn’t due to pattern of increase shows a steady rise over the Clark said the city will plan and facilitate another meeting next month about the vote on its ordinance until Feb. 4. Lane entire period up to the present. walk and bike the gut event. She cautioned that “it does take a lot, a lot, to plan and County will vote on the ordinance in February Over the past decade a number of ideas pull off a major event.” But, she said, “we’ve got a lot of great energy, a lot of great as well. Until then LRAPA, the agency that have emerged to explain the increase in ideas.” — Alan Pittman monitors PM 2.5 emissions, hopes homeown- autism. Mercury preservatives in childhood ers in those areas will choose not to burn dur- vaccines are still suspected by some people, 8 JANUARY 31, 2008 EUGENE WEEKLY WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • Closing Willamette Street to carsfor monthly “Walk and Bike the Gut and Lose although a recently published study (plotting Your Gut” events on Sunday mornings this summer sounds like a great idea that number of diagnoses against time since such everyone should get behind. The idea from this year’s Walking and Biking Summit preservatives were, theoretically, phased out (see news brief) would promote a healthy community and environment and is just in California) fails to support this notion. Age- the fun prescription Eugene needs to fight against obesity and global warming. netic link has been discovered but apparently • First, it was “Love’s a faggot.” Then it changed to “Love’s a pussy” — among other cannot explain the entire increase. Ageneti- things. And there were signs. At Jan. 24’s UCLA vs. Oregon men’s basketball cally determined predisposition to other trig- game, things were ugly everywhere except on the court, where UCLA freshman gers may be involved, however. Kevin Love (whose father Stan played for the Ducks back in the day), his team- In its winter 2008 newsletter, the mates and the Oregon team didn’t respond to the Pit Crew’s nasty taunting. What Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to would make the students think these chants were appropriate? University officials Pesticides (NCAP) reports on a new study that tects sea lions, but they are not listed as a didn’t take control of the situation though Athletic Director Pat Kilkenny later told shows a link between autism and maternal ex- threatened species. States can get permission the R-Ghe should have told the students to stop. But the crux of the issue remains posure to organochlorine pesticides during the to kill identifiable sea lions or seals that have unaddressed: The fans didn’t use those words to “question Love’s sexual orienta- critical first weeks of pregnancy. The re- “a significant negative impact” on endangered tion” (as newspapers and ESPN have put it) or, as R-Gcolumnist George Schroeder searchers identified children diagnosed with salmon and steelhead. Oregon, Washington wrote, to “call him soft in an especially demeaning way.” No, what they did was use autism and matched their mothers’addresses and Idaho made the request to kill the animals sexual orientation and gender as insults, as if it were inferior to be gay or female. toapplication records for the pesticides difo- in 2006. Dear Pit Crew: What’s your problem with gay people? And you think it’s demeaning col and endosulfan in California’s Central There are four possible alternatives, in- to have female genitalia? Hm. We wonder: If heterosexual, male leaders at the UO Valley. cluding “no action” and nonlethal deterrence, would do a bit more to show they’re against sexism and homophobia — like sup- According to the study in the Oct. 2007 but NOAArecommended lethal action. porting women’s sports in the same manner as men’s sports, for instance — would the young fans follow suit? issue of Environmental Health Perspectives, Opponents to the plan say the real problem children were six times more likely to have is not the sea lions but problems with the habi- • Given the choice between a McKenzie-Willamette hospital siteon the far been diagnosed with autism if their mothers tat and the dam itself, which blocks the fishes’ sprawling edge of Eugene or a centrally located Glenwood or Springfield site, we’d lived within 500 meters of fields with the migratory routes. The dam’s fish ladders, choose the latter. The Eugene-at-any-cost school of hospital siting argues that highest levels of pesticide use. which are intended to help salmon get through Eugene shouldn’t give up the estimated $3 million a year in property taxes the hos- The finding is particularly interesting in the dam, concentrate the salmon in a small pital might provide. But the costs of extending roads, sewers, water and other serv- light of a previous study which found elevated area, making them easier for the sea lions to ices to a sprawl site for such a massive development would far exceed any likely tax rates of autism correlated with distribution of prey upon them. revenue. That’s exactly why the Delta site on the edge of town was such a dumb air pollution by heavy metals (including mer- It is unclear if killing the sea lions will fix idea and eventually collapsed. The hospital shouldn’t repeat the error. There are cury) and organochlorines (chlorinated sol- the problem. Some think that the killing of plenty of centrally located redevelopment sites in Eugene and Springfield that vents). Diagnoses of autism in California in- problematic animals will scare off other sea would work far better and on balance save taxpayers millions while saving lives creased by about 10 between 1993 and 2004, lions, and others say more sea lions will come with a close, full-service emergency room. close to average for the U.S. as a whole. In and replace the ones killed. For more informa- • One central hospital site that would be a huge mistake is the UO Riverfront some states (including Oregon), autism has in- tion or to comment on the plan, go to Research Park’s landnorth of the railroad tracks. Siting a big building and parking creased more than 100 fold in the same period. www.nwr.noaa.gov and click on “what’s lots in a green, natural area along the river would result in an explosion of opposi- — Rachel Foster new.” — Camilla Mortensen tion from local environmentalists and the UO community. A majority of the UO and Eugene community has long wanted to preserve the area as a park. SLAYING SEA COUGARS GO • Eastside Alternative Elementary Schoolmust move. But the choice of the old Willard elementary site for Eastside makes little sense in terms of the district’s stat- LIONS FOR TO COURT ed goal of increasing diversity in alternative schools. Willard is on the shoulder of one of the wealthiest, most educated neighborhoods in Eugene, College Hill, and SALMON? A lawsuit to stop the hunting of 2,000 centrally located in white, well-off south Eugene. If the district is serious about inte- cougars in Oregon by federal officials has gration, a better choice would be to set up the popular Eastside as a magnet school The public has until Feb. 19 to comment on been filed by local and state wildlife advocates in a more diverse neighborhood. Moving Eastside to Willard will also displace the a federal plan to shoot sea lions at the in conjunction with Goat Ranchers of Oregon slightly larger and far more diverse Village School. Why did the district choose to Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. and Ranchers for Rural Responsibility. prioritize the Eastside kids over the Village School kids? Eastside has about 4 per- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric The suit charges officials at the U.S. cent of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch while the Village School has Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Service has Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services about 40 percent. So moving the Village School looks bad. recommended that up to 85 sea lions a year be with violating the National Environmental • We, like many in Eugene, were appalled by the Police Union’s Jan. 17 guest shot in order to protect wild salmon. The Policy Act (NEPA) by not examining all the viewpointin The R-Gsavaging Mayor Kitty Piercy, library funding, sustainability, California sea lions are intelligent and are environmental impacts of their decision to kill believers in global warming, young people, diversity and progressives, a list that often used as entertainment in marine parks or cougars on behalf of the Oregon Department makes up a majority of the people in Eugene. Thoughts of banana republic military trained by the Navy for military operations. of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). juntas come to mind. Why do we continue to pay enormous sums to employ and California sea lions are native to the Pacific Plaintiffs include Big Wildlife, Cascadia heavily arm a bunch of people who hate us? Maybe they don’t all hate us. But as Coast from as far north as British Columbia Wildlands Project, Center for Biological usual, we’ve seen no cracks in the blue wall. Unless they want to be tarnished by and as far south as the Galápagos Islands. Diversity, Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands the same brush, individual police officers need to write letters to the editor sepa- The Marine Mammal Protection Act pro- Center, Mountain Lion Foundation and rating their personal views from the bile of their elected leadership. BiZ ’ N I N E P P A H David Doucet Violins “I grew up working with wood,” says David Doucet. “My dad was a great carpenter.” Doucet also grew up with music, beginning with accordian at age six, then rock guitar in his teens (he played the club circuit in LA) and eventually the violin as a music major at UCSD. “I never went back,” says Doucet, who continued to play violin in small ensembles while he worked at remodeling and bike repair along the “hippie circuit” north to Santa Cruz, to Nevada City and to Eugene in 1976. After two years learning violin repair as an apprentice in Seattle in the late ’80s, he had a violin shop inside the Pacific Winds music store through the ’90s. “There’s no substitute for working next to talent- ed people,” says Doucet, who went back to Seattle for six years in the violin shop of Rafael Carraba. But tiring of big-city life (“I love the outdoors”), he returned to Eugene in ‘05. In October of ‘07, he opened David Doucet Violins at 21 E 28th (also at www.doucetviolins.com). “I’m into it because of love of music,” he says. “I like to work with people who make music. My latest passion is Celtic music on the violin.” WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM EUGENE WEEKLY JANUARY 31, 2008 9 Umpqua Watersheds, It is illegal to kill spotted cougar kittens or CLIMATE in addition to the to kill nursing female cougars, but it is diffi- ranchers. cult to tell if a cougar has kittens once she has CHANGE When established been treed, say cougar advocates. adult cougars are ODFWestimates the cougar population in A SECURITY killed by government Oregon to be at 5,100 and wants to bring the officials, it skews the number down to 3,000. A2006 study in the THREAT? population towards Journal of Wildlife Managementsays cougar younger cats “more populations in the Pacific Northwest are al- Anew report called, “An Uncertain Future: often implicated in ready declining. Law Enforcement, National Security and conflict with domestic The cougar quota for the 2007 hunting sea- Climate Change,” warns that climate change animals,” said goat son was set at 777 kills, according to ODFW. could lead to societal breakdown and civil un- rancher Michael As of Dec. 31, 509 cougars have been killed, rest in the world’s wealthiest countries, includ- Moss, one of the but news reports indicate the number has gone ing the United States. plaintiffs. up since then. — Camilla Mortensen The report comes from the Oxford Research Group, an independent English organization working for “a sustainable approach to security for the UK and the world.” The research group reports, “Climate change can no longer be con- sidered solely as an environmental issue” and warns that the physical affects of climate change will lead to “civil unrest, intercommunal violence, and international instability.” The report claims that while governments are focusing on international threats, the actual “threats” may come from within. It says, “If re- sponses to the aftermath of natural disasters are inadequate, then people may begin to lose con- fidence in the government’s ability to protect them.” The report calls for “Western governments to overhaul their approach to security and disas- ter planning” and calls for a focus on preventa- tive rather than reactive strategies. The report predicts that people will increase their protests against polluting companies and perceived government inaction. It specifically cites the testimony of James F. Jarboe, the FBI’s domestic terrorism section chief on “ecoterror- ism” and arsons by the Earth and Animal Liberation Fronts. However, report author Chris Abbot told the Toronto Star, “The term ecoter- rorism is applied very loosely, and it is a dangerous game.” — Camilla Mortensen WAR DEAD Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq began on March 20, 2003 (last week’s numbers in parentheses): • 3,941 U.S. troops killed* (3,923) • 28,870 U.S. troops injured* (28,870) • 135 U.S. military suicides* (135) • 307 coalition troops killed** (307) • 933 contractors killed (accurate updates NA) • 88,044 to one million Iraqi civilians killed*** (88,004) • $487.7 billion cost of war ($485.7 billion) • $138.7 million cost to Eugene taxpayers ($138.1 million) * through Jan. 30, 2008; source: icasualties.org; some figures only updated monthly ** estimate; source: icasualties.org *** highest estimate; source: iraqbodycount.org; based on confirmed media reports; other groups calculate civilian deaths as high as 655,000 to one million 10 JANUARY 31, 2008 EUGENE WEEKLY WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM