A Life Steeped in the Arts
In Memory of Lois Wadsworth, 1936-2019
My mother was a gatherer of people. She could draw someone she had just met into conversation, then into friendship, almost before they knew what … Continue reading
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Clean Fun with an Electric Car
Have more fun driving and save the planet, too
By Phil Barnhart Driving an electric vehicle (EV) may be the best automotive decision of your life. EVs have an enduring but false image as … Continue reading
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• In addition to buying local at the Saturday Market’s Holiday Market this weekend, you can support local authors at the neighboring 2019 Authors & … Continue reading
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• If you saw the full-page Trump ad in The Register-Guard on Nov. 20 and also in The Oregonian earlier in the week, you know … Continue reading
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• Kudos to Sarah Ciampa, exhibits coordinator of Maude Kerns Art Center, who hung the work of 150 member artists in the Art for All … Continue reading
Water for Warm Springs
MRG Foundation fundraises for tribe as water issues continue
Water is life, Chúush iwa Waqishwit in the Sahaptin language commonly spoken in Warm Springs. A motto that many tribal people have adopted takes on … Continue reading
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• A half century ago, Rachel Carson sounded the alarm in her book Silent Spring: We were killing off birds with the use of the pesticide … Continue reading
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Whatever Trump may say, we are not the enemy
• We are not the enemy. On Aug. 16, more than 350 newspapers across the United States, led by The Boston Globe, have signed on … Continue reading
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Black Culture Endures
UO’s new Black cultural center is a reminder of the uphill battle
We attended, my wife Cheri and I, the opening of the University of Oregon’s Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center, a place first demanded 50 years … Continue reading
Lane County’s Kids Don’t Have Time For This Nonsense
You can’t deny the facts of climate change
By Dawn Lesley Hero youth activists such as Greta Thunberg, the Sunrise Movement and the plaintiffs in the Our Children’s Trust lawsuits don’t need lectures … Continue reading
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• Election Day has come and gone; only one in five Eugene voters bothered to cast ballots. After the City Council passed a payroll tax … Continue reading
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• Eugene Weekly has a hiking column again! Chandra LeGue of Oregon Wild, who recently authored a book on hikes in Oregon’s ancient forest, will … Continue reading
A Collaboration of Kindness
Cultivating kindness to help the homeless
by Guy Maynard and John Kline Kindness spreads. As cold weather was setting in during the early days of autumn, Jeff Jones, 56, who shares a … Continue reading
Democracy and Education
Parents should resist the onslaught of corporate testing of kindergarteners
By Jo Schroeder One year ago, my family was gearing up for a change. Our eldest was heading off to kindergarten. He had attended our … Continue reading