2013-01-17 Eugene Weekly

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In Loving Memory
of Our Precious Kitty
May 2000 ~ January 11, 2013
ELTON
A Benefit for ELAW
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t is with great sadness that I announce “Mutual Admiration Society” from which
the passing of our Precious Doober Kitty, I have been a benefactor for years. He has
my Beautiful Baby Boy, Elton, who kept me company, loved me unconditionally
passed from this life peacefully, this past (providing the food thing is covered) helped
Friday night. Words cannot express the joy and me transition when our daughter left for
gratitude we feel for having shared in his life. college and has basically been a member of
Some of Elton’s talents and hobbies our family since adopting him from Greenhill
included an ability to be completely present, nearly 13 years ago.
copious time for snuggling was a hallmark, Elton of course has always had many
extreme merriment over all things small admirers. If you were lucky enough to stroll
and shiny (paperclips were never allowed past the sidewalk at 21st and Lincoln whilst he
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insects at sunset in the summertime (though too could not resist, and thus joined the many
never a hunter, I think it may have something (hundreds) who have stopped to greet him, and
to do with the shiny silver things) pawing stroke his baby soft fur, usually while he laid
under a door he wanted open (skills), face on on his back with his feet in the air, completely
face resting (need I say more), napping for relaxed, The Zen Buddha Kitty he was.
Friday, Jan. 25th
hours on end (sometimes in very odd places) Thank you to our vet Elise from Healing
he was a good listener and never tired of my Paws Wellness Center, to the staff of The
Hult Center I Silva Concert Hall I 7:30 pm endless I love yous, or to hear yet again, he Emergency Vet Clinic (incredibly empathetic
was the most beautiful boy in the world. He and loving) to our neighbors Dave and Vickie
Tickets $15 I $20 Day of show
woke early each morning so as to enjoy our for caring for Elton the times we were away,
www.hultcenter.org I 541.682.500 time together. He made pies (story for another and to our friends and family for your support
PRODUCED BY Geni Morrow I danceforareason.com day) and was patient most always (barring and understanding during our time of loss.
dogs and delayed meal times) purring in my Elton was preceded in death by his most
ear as I fell asleep/slept, or anyone who’d let beautiful brother Mister Mister, and is survived
EDGE Swannies I Musical Feet Tap Dance Co. I Eugene Youth Ballet I Kings Krew him for that matter (he had genius orchestral by his family Michelle, Shogan, Natasha, and
Eugene Bhangra I Dance Factory I DTO I Dale Tumbao I Kindred Tribal Belly Dance purring abilities, sometimes bordering that Little Michelle. We will be observing a minute
UO Department of Dance I In Shape Shifters I All That! Dance Company I Won Tan Nara of a mac truck) he possessed claws he never of silence in Elton’s memory on Sunday at
Lane Dance Program I HeartDance Company I BOUNCE/Circus Arts Academy I Work Dance Co. once used in anger (even given the constant noon and ask you to join us wherever you may
The Crazy Diamonds Hoop Troupe I The EDGE harassment and steady stream of adoration). be in remembering your special friends and
He was an enthusiastic bather who always family members.
SPONSORED IN PART BY: made time for a proper mani-pedi. He was Donations of love can be made in Elton’s
Bring a food donation for
quite perfect in every way. memory to anyone who needs it…
Pacific Food for Lane County to the show! Elton was co-founder and President of our He would have liked that!
Northwest
Publishing ~Elton’s People
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LETTERS
CRIMINALIZING SURVIVAL it was deemed dangerous and killed.
As I write this I am looking at a ticket She was scared that the same thing
a friend, who happens to be homeless, might happen to Travis because he was a
received for using a heating vent in one puppy and had puppy traits like jumping
of our many alleys here to warm his up and nipping people. I offered to help
hands. His charge? Criminal trespass 2, her train Travis and we spent fi ve or six
which carries a $280 fi ne. It appears that sessions together trying different collars
in the minds of the EPD, homeless people and techniques. She was dedicated to
who have died from exposure are much her dog and she turned him into a well-
preferable to the sight of one warming his trained companion dog that gave her a lot
hands in an alley. of comfort and a feeling of security while
My question to the EPD, Chief Kerns living on the street.
and our ineffective City Council would I had not seen her around town lately
be this: When did it become a crime to and wondered why. Her friend Larry told
survive, and when does the city end its war me about her death last week. She died
against the homeless? As a city who feels Oct. 13 from viral meningitis. I hope she
appearance is more important than human got the care she needed at the hospital.
necessity, and prefers the homeless go hide Goodbye and I will miss you, Tracy.
away from the sight of “normal” citizens, Thank you to the rest of the un-housed, the
Eugene has shown itself to be a city of churches, the City Council and mayor, the
vanishing moral and ethical reasoning Occupy homeless coalition, and SLEEPS
and should cast off all pretense of being for continuing to work on solving the un-
concerned with human rights, dignity and housed problem.
sense of humanity. Joann Ernst
It’s time the city and its leaders wake Eugene
up to the fact that the homeless are not
going away. They will not suddenly vanish BEYOND THE ‘STREET’
into thin air. Homelessness will persist Until then the EPD will continue to TRACY AND TRAVIS Upper Willamette Street between 29th
and perhaps even worsen. Avoidance of punish and ticket those who are doing I am writing this letter to tell people and 24th perhaps should be visualized
the issue is not the solution. It is time that nothing more than trying to survive. about another homeless person’s death. not as a through street but to facilitate
real effort gets put into dealing with the Shame on you Chief Kerns, shame on you I met Tracy at the Egan Warming Center shopping. Amazon Parkway is the logical
core issues: mental illness, addiction, an City Council and shame on all of you who with her Labrador puppy Travis. Through throughway for traffi c into town down
economy only seen as good by the rich, would demonize and cast out the homeless. the course of that season I learned some (revising the transition with Pearl of
and most of all a lack of concern for other You have all made calling Eugene “a things about her. I learned that at one time course).
human beings. A system of assistance that human rights city” a laughable matter. she owned a German shepherd and one day By creating a “parking avenue,” merging
also stresses accountability is possible and Eugene Wanderer while walking by the river some people private frontage parking with circulation
is a must if we are ever going to begin (Jeremy Lawrence) startled her and the dog bit someone. The eliminating curbs and driveways, auto,
to correct the situations that create the Eugene police took the dog, and she was unable to bus, pedestrian and bicycle access could
homeless. do what they asked to get the dog back, and be coordinated and planned into the design

VIEWPOINT
BY KIM GOODWIN
Canola Questions
Canola contamination will have widespread effects
on economic and food security. Talking to many seed
farmers this fall, I was impressed to learn that vegetable
WHY DO SEED FARMERS FEAR CANOLA IN THE VALLEY? seed production provides some of the highest paid,
living-wage jobs in agriculture. Unlike canola production
(which requires only minimal amounts of low-paid labor),
I Seed purity is a very big deal to food growers. vegetable seed requires highly skilled, and consequently,
keep hearing the question, “Why are farmers
Commercial seed growers cannot settle for anything well-paid workers. Plus it’s a farming venture that works
so worried about canola?” For the last seven less than purity. “Satisfactory” results seriously harm on small acreage, with high profi t per acre. This means
months I’ve studied the topic, spoken with diverse their business and reputation. Producers of high-quality new generations of vegetable seed farmers can develop
farmers, read books on seed-saving and vegetable vegetable seed sell their product to market farmers who a profi table farm, pay fair wages, and support the
development, and researched canola. Here’s what grow food for the public. Market farmers are called economy and their families. This is an astounding rarity
I’ve learned and what you should know before the Oregon a “critical trade” because the seed they buy must be in agriculture today.
Department of Agriculture holds its hearing in Salem on absolutely consistent and reliable. Each vegetable must During OSU’s investigation into the risks posed by
Jan. 23: grow uniformly and, of course, taste great. canola, international seed buyers and growers expressed
Growing high-quality seed is a LOT of work. With When a cross-pollinator like canola is planted nearby, their deep concern. They testifi ed about the worldwide
brassica seed (like cabbage, broccoli, and caulifl ower) it en masse, a brassica grower’s ability to keep seed purity importance of Oregon’s vegetable seeds, and warned of
is extremely diffi cult to keep the genetic quality pure. A is lost. Because of this fact, regions across the world that other seed growing regions now lost to canola production.
gardener and seed-saver myself, I was really surprised now produce canola no longer have noteworthy brassica The Oregon Department of Agriculture is poised to
by this fact. In his book, Gardening When It Counts: seed production — as our Willamette Valley farmers have allow canola to be grown in the seed-producing regions
Growing Food in Hard Times, Territorial Seeds founder been repeatedly warned. of the Willamette Valley. We are at a crossroads. One way
Steve Solomon explains the extreme diffi culties of Canola is harmful whether it is genetically continues us down the path of local economic and food
growing brassica seed. For example, cabbage requires engineered (GE), or not. Cross-pollination and seed security. The other choice will end the hard-won gains
a minimum of 200 plants in order to save high-quality contamination issues come with both GE canola and farmers and food/farm organizations have cultivated for
seed with varietal purity. Varietal purity is what keeps traditional canola. International seed buyers, as well years. If you value these contributions, if you want to
your cabbage displaying the characteristics of that as organic seed buyers, cannot use seed that contains support our local economy and farmers, or if you eat
specifi c cabbage, rather than devolving into a wilder, genetically modifi ed organisms (GMOs), but the problem food, please make your voice heard at the upcoming ODA
less palatable plant. Seed growers may plant twice the is bigger than cross-pollination. Contamination also occurs hearing at 9 am Jan. 23 at the Salem Fairgrounds Cascade
amount of needed cabbages, and then cull out less tasty, when canola seed is accidentally mixed into other seed, Hall. To read more about issue with canola or for directions
less uniform, less desirable plants. The remaining plants such as when “volunteer” canola plants are unintentionally to the hearing, please visit www.farmandfoodrights.org
harvested with the intended crop. This is a problem not
must be cared for until they bloom and develop seed — a
Kim Goodwin is the executive director of Oregonians for Farm & Food
only for brassica growers, but also beet seed, grass seed,
huge investment in labor, water and space, aka, money. Rights. To read a longer version of this piece with quotes from internation-
clover and wheat growers — uniting an unprecedented
This is not a venture for your average home gardener or al seed buyers about the problems with canola, please see the full article
amateur seed-saver. group of farmers, conventional and organic, against canola. at eugeneweekly.com
4 January 17, 2013 • eugeneweekly.com
The Shedd Institute
of the layout. Traffi c volume would be stretch a mile wide from the West Coast to
www.theshedd.org - 541-434-7000
reduced since through traffi c would bypass the East Coast with 500 miles still to go.
on Amazon as well as accessed from Millions of acres. A lot of trees.
Amazon. Deliveries should access the My former hometown, Howard Beach,
stores from the streets behind. was fl ooded by Hurricane Sandy. Cars
Utilities should be buried underground and boats fl oated down the streets. My
to reduce visual clutter and trees planted old grade school was damaged. I was
along with other calming green shade reminded of an incident in my fi fth grade
features to attract consumers. biology class. Two frogs accidentally left The Shedd
Bike paths, sidewalks and bus transit in jars on the radiator were found dead. I 10 am
could fl ow through the district facilitating asked my teacher, “Why didn’t they jump & 1 pm
access to the various stores in a park-like out?” He said, “Put frogs in hot water they The Magical Moombah!
setting. will jump out, but slowly heat the water
Rumbles & The Wild Skies!
A Willamette commercial district and they will stay.” He added, “They can’t
should focus on a multi-mode circulation understand what is happening to them.”
pattern for destination shoppers by Dr. Kitzhaber should. Saturday Jan 19
eliminating through traffi c. Without that Leslie Weinstein
congestion and traffi c pressure, more Eugene
people would be attracted to visit and shop
with far less stress. BETTER SCHOOLS Solas: Shamrock City
Mark Murphy This is in response to Michele Renee’s
Creswell letter [“Guns for Teachers?” 12/27] about
the state of schools. I agree with your
Thursday
FILL A BUS! sentiments with regards to the state of our
Our church has a group that supports schools and the way we teach our students. Jan. 24
health care as a human right. We are The school I teach at in Eugene actually
planning to charter a bus and go to Salem meets the criteria you set forth for better
to join others from across Oregon at the public schools. The Network Charter School
rally on the fi rst day of the new legislative limits class sizes to 15 middle school and
session, Monday, Feb. 4. We plan to fi ll high school students per class. We also have
the bus to show our legislators we want three-hour-long classes where teachers are
comprehensive publicly funded health care able to build community with the students.
for everyone! Classes are taught by the organizations
A majority of people in our congregation Peace Village, MECCA (Materials
has health care coverage, many of us, Exchange for the Community Arts), Nearby
Medicare. So why should any of us care if Nature, and Le Petit Gourmet. Our students
health care is available to everyone? We’ve can take classes ranging from peace studies
got ours, right? to permaculture to printmaking. Our
But wait, my children are not eligible for students cook our breakfasts and lunches
Medicare. Neither are my grandchildren. under the guidance of a trained chef using Black Prairie
Well, maybe the new Obamacare will take whole foods.
care of them. Or, maybe they won’t get sick. We have students from all over
Or, maybe they’ll land a job that provides Lane County who make the daily trek
health care with their employment. Or, to our classes. In this era of increasing
maybe if a frog had wings, he wouldn’t go class sizes and more limited options for
bump when he jumps. schools, Network Charter School is a true
Are you interested in making health alternative education.
care available to all? If so, gather your Josh Livie
friends, car pool, take the train, rent a bus Eugene
on Feb. 4 and come to Salem to support the
cause of “Health Care, a Human Right!” SINGING PRAISE
Wear a red shirt. If the people led, the We would like to thank Scott Landfi eld
leaders will follow! from Tsunami Books and all of the fi ne
Friday
The local chapter of Health For All- folks who attended the Egan Warming
Oregon meets regularly. See www.hcao.org Center fundraising concert on Dec. 22. Feb. 1
Blake English & Deb McGee Scott gave his time, effort and space
Eugene to help make this event a success. The
patrons donated over $800 in cash and two
GOD’S COUNTRY carloads of warm clothing, blankets and
Afro-Cuban
As a young man I left Howard Beach, more in addition to their attendance on a
N.Y., for points unknown. Somewhere in the cold, rainy Saturday evening. Every dollar
All Stars
Northwest I saw my fi rst uncut rain forest. and all donations were delivered to the St.
“This is God’s country,” I thought. While Vincent de Paul drop-off site on Seneca
still in the Northwest I saw my fi rst large Road on Dec. 28.
clearcut. I was shocked. As far as I could The participation of everyone involved
see in every direction was a Hiroshima-like exceeded our expectations and we are
scene of gray and brown. I’d never seen very grateful for the generous Eugene
anything like this. “How in 1970 could we community. It is our intent to make this an
still be doing this?” I thought. annual event so we’ll see you again next
Unfortunately, clearcutting and the year on the Winter Solstice!
transformation of forests to tree farms Sean McGowan, Beth Wood
Victor
continues in Oregon and elsewhere. I was and 14 co-signers of the
shocked to learn Gov. Kitzhaber wants to Caldera Songwriters Group
clearcut federal forests to pay county bills. Wooten
Under timber company and Lane County WINE AT THE HULT Saturday
pressure a proposed clearcut on publicly As a strong supporter of the recovery
Friday Feb. 15 Feb. 16
owned former O&C railroad lands is in the community in the Eugene/Springfi eld
works. These lands, if reconfi gured, would area, I was surprised to fi nd myself sitting
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LETTERS
next to someone drinking a glass of wine this policy. If someone has to grab another out to destroy the Constitution. The voices for these types of weapons to be in the
during the Dec. 8 performance by the drink at intermission, maybe it’s time to of reason can not be heard today because hands of either law-abiding citizens or
Eugene Concert Choir in the Silva Concert start fi nding a meeting. of all the paranoid, child-like screaming criminals because of their high fi repower
Hall. This is the fi rst time I have had this Paul Pattison tantrums from the far right. and ability to penetrate body armor which
experience at the Hult Center, and it was not Eugene Michael Hinojosa puts everyone at risk. I fi rmly believe that
pleasant. To have someone drinking wine, Drain we must do all that we can to prevent gun
with its overpowering smell, one foot from WILL BULLETS FLY? violence in America.
where I was sitting, was unacceptable. I have a question for all you terrifi ed gun PROTECT US It’s not the whole answer. But it’s an
Serving alcohol and allowing it to be purchasers/worshippers. What will happen Enough is enough. We need to do more important start. As Americans, we know we
consumed in the lobby seems to work when you go where people gather and a to protect our citizens, especially our are better than a country where there are 32
well for everyone. Forcing someone to sit balloon pops or a fi recracker explodes or children, from mass shootings like the one gun murders every day. That is why I ask you
right next to someone drinking does not. a car backfi res? Will you all start shooting in Newtown, Conn. to contact Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff
In the Eugene/Springfi eld area, there are at each other? You are creating your own And, yes, we need a real ban on semi- Merkley and strongly urge them to sign on
an average of 30 AA meetings and fi ve Al- self-fulfi lling prophesy. automatic assault weapons and on magazines as co-sponsors of Feinstein’s important gun
Anon meetings offered each and every day. The NRA proclaims that “the only thing of more than 10 rounds. California’s state violence prevention bill immediately.
This is not a small problem to be taken or that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy assault weapon ban should be the model. Curtis Taylor
treated lightly. with a gun.” There are no good guys with I’m pleased to learn that California Sen. Eugene
I do not remember ever getting a survey guns! The police are paid/sworn enforcers Diane Feinstein has announced that on day ARM EVERYBODY
asking me whether I thought this change with guns. All the others are incredibly one of the new Congress, she will introduce I’m not saying it’s true, just that it could
was a good idea or not. People have plenty ignorant or paranoid or sadistic or worse. a bill similar to the 1994 Federal Assault be true: What do the fashion industry and
of time to enjoy a drink before the beginning Ramona McCall Weapons Ban signed into law by President the NRA have in common? Think about it:
of the performance. The response from the Eugene Clinton. That life-saving bill was tragically the NRA wants to arm just about everyone
Hult Center management was tepid at best. allowed to expire in 2004, despite President in order for us to be safer, and as noted in
I quote from the letter I received from Jeff VOICES OF REASON Bush’s assurance that he would sign the the Second Amendment, ready to defend
Goodyear and Karm Hagedorn: “With the “We are writing to urge your support extension if passed by Congress. Now is ourselves against the federal government.
short amount of time available during a for a ban on the domestic manufacture of the time for President Obama to fi nally But clearly our clothing has not been
typical intermission, letting patrons bring military-style assault weapons …We urge back commonsense actions to prevent gun designed to comfortably haul around
their beverages inside affords them an you to listen to the American public and violence. the appropriate weaponry. Who wants to
opportunity to enjoy a drink more slowly to the law enforcement community and While I fully support the right of an attend Christmas parties or bar mitzvahs
without having to quickly gulp it down. support a ban on the further manufacture individual to have a gun in their home for with an assault weapon tucked in their
We’ve had very good customer feedback of these weapons.” This is from a letter self-protection, there should be restrictions skirt, pants or cummerbund? I mean, really,
on this point as we’ve navigated our way to Congress , May 13, 1994, written and and limitations on the kinds of weapons that is so 1770s. But the NRA knows darn
through this change during the past months signed by Presidents Ford, Carter and we allow in our society. I wholeheartedly well we will need clothing designed to
and have learned that this enhances the Reagan. If this letter was written today, support Feinstein’s effort to ban the accommodate our ordnance. And who
whole patron experience for many people rather than almost 20 years ago, the far sale, import, transfer, and possession of benefi ts? It’s the economy, stupid.
which is one of our primary goals.” right gun supporters would accuse these assault weapons and high-capacity clips, Robert L. Weiss
I hope the Hult Center will reconsider men of being liberal, gun-grabbing wackos magazines, and strips. I see no reason Eugene

LIVING OUT
BY SALLY SHEKLOW
Let Them
Wifey arrived to the box wide open, waxed paper removed and a giant gluten-
laden, sugar-iced coffee cake shimmering under our compact fl uorescent lights.
Wifey read the card, not in the least troubled by the mismatch of the gift. “That’s
Eat Cake sweet of them.”
We sat down to our pink salad and only slightly over-baked chicken. The cake
glistened. For dessert, in homage to our relatives, we each ate a slice. I’ll admit it
was tasty, not unlike deservedly departed Hostess Twinkies. The label — which I
didn’t dare read until after we’d had some — gave sugar as the fi rst ingredient and
WHAT TO DO WITH A THREEPOUND TWINKIE
one of the only recognizable substances in there.
Wifey’d had her fi ll, but no way was I going to keep 48 ounces of tempting
T “bleached fl our, modifi ed food starch, sodium phosphate, potassium sorbate,
he doorbell rang. I was grating an organic beet for our dinner salad, hydrogenated cotton seed oil, propylene glycol, mono and diesters of fats and fatty
which we’d have as soon as Wifey got home from yoga. Ding-dong. A acids, mono and diglycerides, dextrose, and cellulose gum” in the house.
quick rinse swirled magenta beet juice down the sink. With neighbors and friends out of town for the holidays, there was no one
Dish towel in hand, I raced to the door. Sometimes the neighborhood around to give it to. Local ducks and geese suffer from pin-wing
tamale maker has her bilingual kid ask if I want to buy any, which I because of people feeding them white-fl our bread. It would
never do because we’re corn and gluten free. “Hello?” I called into the dark. A UPS take forever to break down in the compost bin and I’d feel
truck drove away. guilty adding it to the landfi ll. Our poor old toilet has been
Balanced on my doorstep sat a brown-paper package the size of a hatbox, fl ushing gingerly enough as it is.
addressed to both Wifey and me. It must’ve weighed fi ve pounds. In large block I stuck the cake in my car. We’ve had things stolen
letters it was stamped “PERISHABLE.” Probably not a hat. from our cars before. No such luck. The next morning the
I set it on the kitchen counter and sprinkled shredded beet onto chilled romaine. cheerful box was still sitting in the passenger seat.
The oven timer on the free-range chicken went off. Wifey was late. On my way across town I came to a light where a
The box did nothing. Determined to keep my hands off, I tossed the salad, raggedy man held an “Anything Helps” cardboard sign.
inadvertently turning cucumber slices beet-pink. No more futzing with the salad. I rolled down the window and hefted out the box.
The package didn’t move. The urgency of the word “PERISHABLE” tested my “You like coffee cake?”
impulse control. Maybe there was a plant inside, or potted amaryllis bulbs. I might He seemed genuinely grateful, but then so did my
as well give the poor thing some air. I sliced the tape and pulled back the wrapping. thank-you note to our cousins. I just hope he didn’t
A red and yellow striped box with a fancy cursive logo announced “The Original feed it to any ducks.
Boston Coffee Cake!” A gift card ID’d our dear East-coast cousins, generous but
Best of Eugene Award-winning writer Sally Sheklow has been striving
oblivious to our dietary orientation. to live clean and green in Eugene, Oregon since 1972 .
6 January 17, 2013 • eugeneweekly.com
SHORTCHANGING OUR SCHOOLS
BY ANNE BRIDGMAN
Foreign Language Squeeze
BUDGET CUTS REDUCE CHOICE OF LANGUAGES, BOOST CLASS SIZE
Eugene public schools have been hit hard by budget but some students like to sing.” on-one contact and less getting to know the students.”
cuts. Since the 2008 fi nancial crisis, 4J has made Moreover, Bernstein notes, offering languages like In addition, large classes are more likely to use such
more than $32 million in budget cuts and spent nearly Japanese that have totally different alphabets “exercises tools as partner practice, where students learn with
$37 million in reserves. It’s diffi cult to conceptualize the mind in a different way, not to mention where a another student, not just from the teacher, and not all
what such continuous loss in school budgets means. To student might take that in terms of business and trade.” students take to this type of learning. Finally, O’Connor
supplement the anecdotal evidence, EW is publishing this The narrowing of options has other effects, according says, “We do go a little bit slower,” which she conceded
column to draw attention to the cuts, compare current to Catherine Wiebe, who teaches French at Roosevelt can be diffi cult for students who learn at a faster pace.
conditions to that of past school years, and highlight Middle School. It’s harder to offer classes in other Sheldon’s Engstrom also has seen class sizes rise.
programs that attempt to fi ll some gaps. languages at the University of Oregon, she notes, because He says that her fi rst few years at Sheldon, his average
O kids are afraid to start a new language in college and tend class size would be between 27 and 32: “You know,
ne Eugene high school used to offer seven to take what they’ve already had. “The less exposure you manageable,” he remembers. “Now it’s at 40,” a number
foreign languages. Today, it offers three. have early on, the less interest and knowledge you have he says he could never have imagined when he fi rst
Three of the eight middle schools in 4J later.” started teaching. One Spanish class at his school has 48
don’t offer any foreign language classes, Decisions to cut courses — and whole languages — students.
and one offers only one language. are made by administrators on a school-by-school basis “I have found that it is relatively easy to keep 25
And although research suggests that foreign language and refl ect student interest amid fi scal realities. students on task at all times,” he says. “It is nearly
is best learned in small classes, some high school classes At Churchill, when students were asked in the spring impossible to do so with 37 to 47 students and one
here have more than 40 students. to forecast which languages they wanted to take in the teacher,” given the greater number of disruptions
As in many districts across the U.S., budget cuts have fall, French didn’t fare well, according to Principal Kim during class. He adds that there are a “greater number
forced 4J schools to make stark decisions about funding Finch, who says the school will offer the language to a of instructional minutes lost,” Engstrom says, as it takes
— and foreign languages have borne the brunt. handful of IB students next year, then phase it out. In more time to complete activities, catch up those who have
“Decision makers often don’t understand how its place, Asian languages are gaining momentum in been absent, take attendance, get the class’s attention,
critical it is for our students’ future to know other the region, spurred by Churchill’s new STEM (Science, check homework, return written evaluations and pass out
languages and understand other cultures,” says Martha Technology, Engineering and Math) program. work.
G. Abbott, executive director of the American Council At Sheldon High School, “course offerings, many “The hardest thing with the bigger classes, obviously,
on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), which times, really depend upon the demand,” explains you have more kids fall through the cracks. It’s harder to
promotes the study of foreign languages and cultures. Christopher Engstrom, who has been teaching Spanish at manage the class,” he says. “I’ve had to become more
“It is no longer something nice to have, but something Sheldon for 17 years. If only a handful of students sign up severe,” and adds, “In a foreign language class, you want
necessary to have in working and living in our new global for a class, it isn’t feasible to offer it — even if research to be more relaxed and to have [the students] let their
economy.” suggests that learning a foreign language is best done in guard down because you want them to experiment with
Oregon is one of 19 states in which the percentage small classes. the language.” Engstrom says, “The more apprehensive
of students enrolled in foreign languages has declined, At South, where administrators have phased out kids are because of the numbers, and maybe the teacher
going from 15.7 percent in the 2004-05 school year to German and are offering less French because of declining [has to be stricter], the harder it is for them to acquire the
14.6 percent in the 2007-08 school year, the latest year enrollment, “these days, unfortunately, when classes get language.”
for which ACTFL has data. Although 4J doesn’t compare down to 20 or less, it’s hard to justify offering the class,” Engstrom also says that although he doesn’t think
language enrollment over the years, discussions with according to Bernstein. instruction has changed that much, he can’t cover as
school administrators and teachers here suggest that Which is ironic, because ACTFL recommends much material. “I have to cut out an activity maybe every
numerous languages and classes have been cut over the language classes of no more than 15, citing the value couple of days.” He estimates that he’s accomplishing
last decade. of developing students’ ability to communicate and similar goals, but perhaps with less depth.
For example, Churchill High School is phasing out the importance of “opportunities for frequent and At the end of each year, he measures students’
French and its feeder middle schools no longer offer meaningful student-to-teacher and student-to-student profi ciency on written and spoken evaluations and has
foreign languages. Madison Middle School phased out interaction, monitored practice, and individual feedback seen a decline in profi ciency. “Class grade averages have
Spanish several years ago, and Spencer Butte Middle during instructional time.” Both the National Education dropped nearly 1 percentage point per year, even though
School cut French last year. Association and the Association of Departments of the material, instruction, expectations, evaluations,
To graduate from high school, students in Eugene Foreign Languages echo the recommendation. requirements, grading scales, etc. have remained
are required to take any combination of arts and foreign The reality in Eugene is much different. “The main extremely consistent.” While many factors could account
languages. To get into an Oregon University System way that budget cuts have affected our classes has been for this drop in students’ performance, Engstrom says,
school, they have to take two years of a foreign language. with class size,” notes Julie McCauley, a Spanish teacher “Intuition and research tell me that class size is
International High School students have to take three. who has worked for 27 years at North Eugene High a signifi cant player in this fi nding.”
And other colleges have different requirements regarding School, which phased out German in 1989 and French Note: This column deals with
foreign language instruction. last year. She says that when she fi rst started “It was rare issues related to foreign language
So as long as all 4J high schools offer at least one to have a class larger than 20.” Today, she says, “classes instruction outside of immersion
foreign language, why does it matter that they’re cutting typically start in the high 30s and low 40s.” programs. Educators in Eugene
other options? As a result, she says, “It’s easy for the students to not say that the immersion programs
“It’s almost the same as [asking] why should we offer get the individual help they need to be successful when — which operate in three of the
any choices in other disciplines?” says Randy Bernstein, they are in such huge classes.” And as her department four regions — have also been
principal at South Eugene High School, which used to anticipates teachers going from three classes a day to four stretched.
offer seven languages and now offers three. “Students’ next year with the new district schedule, she says, “there
Anne Bridgman is a freelance
interests vary quite a bit. While Spanish certainly is will be even less time to help those struggling students writer and editor and an ad-
a practical language around here given the need for as our teaching time, number of preps [times allotted for vocate for public schools
and children in poverty.
bilingual professionals and people in business and trades preparation], and number of students increases, and our
She lives with her hus-
as well, there’s a lot of kids whose life plans might take planning and open time to help students decreases.” band and daughter in
them in other directions.” Mary O’Connor, a Spanish teacher at South, has 39 Eugene. To share ideas
or stories about how
“To siphon them all into just one language just isn’t students in her second year Spanish class. Language
the budget cuts in Eu-
desirable,” he continues. “When kids have choices, instruction today is more focused on oral communication gene have affected your
they’re more engaged in classes.” Bernstein says, “We than it was when she started teaching in the late 1970s. school or child, email
her at shortchangingour-
could just offer drawing [to fulfi ll the arts requirement], Today, with larger class sizes, she says, “There is less one-
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fi cers among its approximately 90 employees, but public broad powers in the state of Oregon,” Gissiner says. “I fi nd
safety offi cers (who can cite and arrest) are its primary that interesting.”
CAMPUS COPS COULD work force. Even if UO retains its current policies, it’s still smart to
UOPD’s Kelly McIver says that right now a UO consider them police because UO properties in Eugene aren’t
BE EVERYWHERE administrative policy means that its sworn offi cers aren’t always obvious in their ownership. McIver says, “There are
supposed to enforce the law off-campus. “That’s something some very funky property lines over in [the EWEB] area
Accustomed to seeing a UO cop, thinking “rent-a-cop” that’s coming from them [UO’s administration] rather than that you wouldn’t think were UO campus but are actually
and continuing your misbehavior? Better take a second coming from some sort of state rule,” he says. university-owned properties.” — Shannon Finnell
glance in that rearview. The newly christened University of For UOPD to make the transition to a statewide
Oregon Police Department (UOPD) could hand you a ticket authority, McIver says the fi rst step would be to have them COURT SAYS BP MUST
or lock you up off campus if UO decides — internally — to carry guns, which is a discussion the campus community
change its public safety policies. will continue this term. Then the UO administration RELEASE CHEMICAL INFO
Eugene Police Auditor Mark Gissiner says that the would have to make a change to its policy and create a
state of Oregon has statewide jurisdiction, which means memorandum of understanding with EPD and possibly the The BP oil disaster that sent an estimated 4.9 million
that any sworn law enforcement offi cer has the power Lane County Sheriff Department. gallons of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico for three
to act as a cop anywhere in Oregon. “If there’s a UO Until June 2011, Oregon universities had two policing months after an April 2010 oil rig explosion is neither
police offi cer, on or off duty, and they’re in Bend and options: local police and campus departments of public gone nor forgotten. BP is still paying settlements on the
they see you do something that makes it probable cause safety. Then the Oregon Legislature passed a law that long-term effects of the Macondo well’s spill on the fragile
that some sort of law was broken whether it was a viola- allowed universities to create full police departments. ecosystem as well as paying millions in criminal fi nes.
tion, misdemeanor or felony, they can take enforcement California also has statewide jurisdiction; Washington, And the legal cases continue: On Jan. 9, the Fifth Circuit
action there or later,” he says. UOPD has 11 sworn of- Idaho and Nevada do not. “Police offi cers have really Court of Appeals ruled that a lower court had wrongfully
TREVOR ROSS
PHOTO BY TRASK BEDORTHA
BREWS NEWS YOU CAN USE gravity beers, I think our intent is to have beers that McDonald thought a locally centered name was fi tting
have a low gravity that you can enjoy over a longer on a number of levels. “That’s where he was honing his
Eugene might want to update its slogan: “A Great period of time and that have the body and balance that skills and sharing beers with his friends,” McDonald
City for the Arts and Outdoors — and Beer.” Claim 52 pair well with food,” McDonald says. says. “We decided it would be good to pull back to that
Brewing, a west Eugene craft brewery that began fi rst McDonald and Ross aren’t only thinking of the area since that’s where his craft started.”
and third Friday dock sales in November, is adding a Eu- brewery as a place to make great beer; they’re also While Claim 52 is the latest in a surge in local
ropean-style fl avor (among others) to the local offerings. picturing it as an educational brewery that could help breweries, McDonald says she pictures local breweries
“We would like to present a beer style that is the people learn about home brewing from a system that’s as competing against larger, Coors-sized companies
equivalent to the pinot noir,” says Mercy McDonald, who fairly similar — the 3.5-barrel brew system is just a step as the locavore movement generates more and more
began the brewery with Trevor Ross, a family friend and up from the home brew system where Ross has been appreciation for local food. “It makes me feel like
award-winning home brewer. “There’s a lot of variety in honing his skills for years. “I think what [Ross] would there’s a window of opportunity for these smaller
it, it pairs well with a lot of different kinds of foods.” like to eventually do is incorporate some weekends localized breweries to chew away at that, rather than at
McDonald and Ross plan to have a variety of where people can come in and it will be small enough each other,” she says.
different brews, but they say their focus will be groups that they have an ability to ask all the questions Beers from Claim 52 are already available at South
“sessionable” beers, those with lower alcohol content they want, get walked through the system and have a Eugene and Blair Laughing Planets, 16 Tons, The Bier
that can be enjoyed for longer drinking sessions. One resource to problem-solve when they get home and Stein, Hot Mama’s Wings, Blairally Vintage Arcade,
of these beers is the German-style Claim 52 Kölsch, a walk through it themselves,” McDonald says. Pantry and Pub, Holy Cow, The Barn Light, Cornucopia
fresh, light beer that is one of Ross’ favorites to brew. Claim 52 is the name of the pioneer land claim on 17th. The next dock sale will be 4 to 6:30 pm Friday,
“While we’ll have a couple IPAs and a couple high- where Ross’ house now sits, and both Ross and Jan. 18, at 1030 Tyinn St. Suite 1. — Shannon Finnell
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dismissed the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD)’s Right-to-Know Act, the appellate court upheld the exceeded the relevant water quality standard by up to seven
legal claim seeking full disclosure of which chemicals dismissal of CBD’s Clean Water Act claims on the grounds times. Vehicle brake pads are a primary source of copper
spilled into the ocean during the disaster. Eugene attorney that the claims were mooted when the well was capped. in water, and a 2010 California law addresses this issue
Charlie Tebbutt is the lawyer for the case. Tebbutt says, “With regard to fi nding that CBD’s Clean by requiring brake pad manufacturers to begin phasing out
Back in November, BP pleaded guilty to lying to Congress Water Act claims are moot, this means that no citizen the use of copper in vehicle brake pad manufacturing. For
about the amount of oil that spilled into the Gulf, Tebbutt ever could pursue a citizen suit against an oil company lead, about 40 percent of samples exceeded the relevant
says, and he adds, “Just as BP has lied to Congress about for an oil spill, because an oil spill will eventually stop.” water quality standard. According to the Environmental
the amount of oil that was released into the environment, He adds, “It’s absurd to think Congress intended such a Protection Agency, tire weights from vehicle tires ground
BP continues to withhold information from the public about result.” The Clean Water Act, which Congress legislated to dust on roadways are the primary source of particulate
the amount of toxic chemicals that were on board when the 40 years ago to protect the nation’s waters, allows citizens lead in stormwater.
Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank.” to sue polluters and has resulted in a signifi cant decline in Other highlights: At least fi ve different pesticides (2,4-
Tebbutt and CBD fi led suit in summer of 2010, only industrial pollution. — Camilla Mortensen D, dichlobenil, diuron, triclopyr, and propiconazole) were
months after the disaster, seeking $20 billion in penalties detected in the basin.
from BP and Transocean, the owner of the Deepwater POLLUTION UPDATE Various portions of the basin are listed as “water quality
Horizon, to be used for gulf restoration, and the suit limited” for bacteria, with. E. coli counts exceeding the
sought information on the amount of oil spilled, as well as Monitoring of the Amazon Creek Basin by the city water quality standard for about 30 percent of samples
identifi cation and amounts of all toxic pollutants. of Eugene under the city’s Clean Water Act permit for collected from the Amazon Basin sites.
CBD’s case was dismissed by the district court on June urban stormwater discharges during 2011-2012 shows a Surveys of creek-bed organisms show “heavily
16, 2011, a decision the conservation group then appealed. decreasing trend for about 77 percent of indicators, though degraded” populations.
While it reversed the district court’s decision on the water quality standards for various pollutants are still Visit goo.gl/n8VdD to view the full report.
chemicals under the Emergency Planning and Community exceeded in the basin. For copper, 30 percent of samples — Doug Quirke/Oregon Clean Water Action Project
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ACTIVIST LERT
The Eugene-based nonprofi t Environmental Law
Alliance Worldwide has welcomed a new ELAW fellow,
Bazarsad Nanjindorj from Ulaanbaatar, the capital
• Volunteers are still needed at most of the Egan
of Mongolia. He is an attorney working to protect
Warming Center sites in Eugene and Springfi eld
communities, traditional economies and wild spaces
that shelter the homeless on these cold winter
in Mongolia from large-scale mining. Bazarsad recently
nights. See eganwarmingcenter.com for information
Community Alliance of Lane County has founded a new nongovernmental organization, the
on volunteering and to donate. The next volunteer
announced the departure of Kori Rodley as executive Public Interest Lawyers’ Initiative, and he collaborates
orientations are from 6 to 8 pm Thursday, Jan. 17,
director. Rodley is taking a new position in marketing with the Centre for Human Rights and Development. See
and from 10 am to noon Saturday, Jan. 19, at the First
with Mountain Rose Herbs in Eugene. She has served elaw.org
Christian Church basement, 1166 Oak St. in Eugene.
as CALC director since March 2010 and will continue
The Willamette Chapter of SCORE is offering a • A community meeting on public safety in Lane
with fundraising and donor cultivation, according to a
“Small Business Success Seminar” from 8 am to 4 pm County is being planned for 6 to 8 pm Thursday,
CALC statement Jan. 12. CALC started in 1966 as Clergy
Wednesday, Jan. 23, at the Papé Building Conference Jan. 17, at the Hilyard Community Center, 2580
and Laity Concerned but changed its name when it’s Hilyard St. in Eugene.
Room in Eugene. For information and registration,
mission expanded beyond opposition to the Vietnam • Friends of Trees is organizing tree planting in
call 465-6600 or visit Willamette.score.org SCORE
War. For information on the staffi ng changes and the the Cal Young and Harlow neighborhoods starting at
also offers free one-on-one counseling sessions to
search for a new co-director to help fi ll Rodley’s duties, 9 am Saturday, Jan. 19. Meet at Sheldon Community
entrepreneurs.
see calclane.org or call Stephanie Talbott at 485-1755. Center at 2445 Willakenzie, followed by a potluck.
The Eugene Area Chamber is planning its annual Additional planting dates will be Jan. 21, Feb. 9
Impact Grantmaking, LLC, is a new Eugene-based
“Celebrate Business” social hour and awards and March 2. See friendsoftrees.org for details or to
nonprofi t advocating for the needs of nonprofi t organiza-
dinner at 5:30 pm Wednesday, Jan. 30, at the Hilton. donate.
tions and their funding challenges. The group is currently
Individual tickets are $75. See eugenechamber.com for • A panel on “The Economic War on Women:
focusing on Lane County but plans to expand to assist
registration or stop by the Chamber at 1401 Willamette Taxes, Austerity and Debt” will be at noon Tuesday,
nonprofi ts throughout Oregon. Jennifer Durand is the
in Eugene. Feb. 22, at the Erb Memorial Union Fir Room on
founder. Call 214-0605 or visit impactgrantmaking.com to
campus, sponsored by the Wayne Morse Center.
get the free newsletter. Friends of Family Farmers is raising money in its fi ght
Speakers include Roberta Mann, Sandra Morgan and
against canola crops in the Willamette Valley. “Big Ag and
Local wedding and portrait photographer Stevi Kaja Tretjak. Moderated by Carol Stabile. Free.
the Oregon Department of Agriculture are trying to expand
Sayler is having a contest to give away her wedding • A “Gun Violence Prevention Forum” will be
GMO canola into the Willamette Valley, which would
photography services to a couple who are getting held from 6:30 to 8 pm Thursday, Jan. 24, at First
threaten many of Oregon’s small farmers, especially
married in 2013. Deadline for applying for the contest is Christian Church, 1166 Oak St. in Eugene. Sen.
seed companies, organic vegetable farms and more,”
Jan. 23 and details can be found at her website at http:// Floyd Prozanski will preside over a panel of experts,
according to the group. Canola, also known as rapeseed, followed by discussion. Free, but donations accepted.
wkly.ws/1ey or email her at [email protected]
is known for genetically modifying other crops nearby. Sponsored by CALC and the Democratic Party of
Nonprofi t board members and their advisers are See friendsoffamilyfarmers.org or call [phone]. Lane County. Call 486-0960 for more information.
invited to a special day of training from 9 am to 4 pm • Health Care for All-Oregon’s Eugene chapter
HIV Alliance, a nonprofi t based in Eugene, has two
Saturday, Jan. 19, at the OSU LaSells Stewart Center will be joining others from 62 statewide organizations
positions opening. One is a social network strategy
in Corvallis. Talks and workshops will cover legal risks, Monday, Feb. 4, for a kick-off rally for universal
specialist (.75 FTE, $12/hour), the other is a men’s
grant writing, IRS audits, leadership skills, avoiding bank health care in Salem on the fi rst day of the 2013
liaison and prevention assistant manager (FT, $12-$13/
fraud, working with the media, etc. Find program and Legislative session. A chartered bus from Eugene
hour). Contact Program Director Renée Yandel at 342-
registration at www.fi nancialsteward.org or call 929- is being planned for the rally. See hcao.org or email
1150 or see hivalliance.org for job descriptions.
9320. [email protected] or [email protected]
The date for the 25th annual Eugene Record or call 484-6145. The rally is in support of Rep.
Farmers Carol and Anthony Boutard will speak on
Convention has been set for 10 am to 5 pm Sunday, Michael Dembrow’s proposed Affordable Health
“Local at the 45th Parallel: The Farmers’ Perspective”
Feb. 10, at the Eugene Hilton. Admission is $4. About Care for All Oregon Act.
at 6:30 pm Monday, Jan. 21, at the Garden Club, 1645
100 independent vendors will be offering new and used • Registration is now open for the Social Justice,
High St. in Eugene. The Boutards own Ayers Creek Farm
music in all formats. For information, call 485-7920 or Real Justice Conference Feb. 14-16 at the UO,
in Gaston, Ore., and he is the author of Beautiful Corn,
email [email protected] featuring Cornell West, Dolores Huerta, Winona
documenting the culinary value of much-maligned
LaDuke and others. See http://wkly.ws/1ez for free
heritage corn varieties. Sponsored by Avid Gardeners Send suggestions for Biz Beat items to editor@
registration.
and the Willamette Farm & Food Coalition. eugeneweekly.com with “Biz Beat” in the subject line.
L HARPER KEELER
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V When his father, an Air Force pilot, died in Vietnam, and his
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NE mother remarried, Harper Keeler went from grade school
L at the Air Force Academy to middle and high school in
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A Pleasantville, N.Y. After two years of college at SUNY Potsdam,
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Y he worked for fi ve years at a plant nursery in Bedford, N.Y.
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“That got me interested in plants and designing with plants,”
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says Keeler, who spent two years living the “hippie life” off
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the grid in Vermont before he moved west in 1990 to study
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landscape architecture at the UO. “I was admitted into the
O OWL program, for Older, Wiser Learners.” He specialized in
E sustainable agriculture and became a team leader in the
school’s innovative Urban Farm Program, directed by its
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co-founder Ann Bettman. “When you fi x stuff long enough,

G eventually they need you,” says Keeler, who continued to
volunteer at the Urban Farm after graduation in 1994, then
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was hired as an adjunct instructor in 1996. “In 2007, Ann
I asked me to take over from her as director.” He also joined
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the board of the Willamette Farm & Food Coalition, promoting
E locally grown foods and wines, and he now serves as its
P president. “The university pays me to teach students how
to grow their own food,” says Keeler, standing in front of the
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Urban Farm’s newest off-campus garden plot, along Columbia
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Street. “It’s an honor.”
H Know anyone whose good work deserves attention in this space? Call the editor
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