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A Dad’s Eye View

by Rick Epstein

‘CAN’T WE PLEASE GET A KITTEN?’ W

hen a coward knows a battle is lost, he has a few options. He can throw away his musket and run, he can lie still and hope not to get trampled, or he can try to negotiate with the victor.

These thoughts f lashed through my mind in the final moments of our household struggle over whether we would get a cat.

Wendy, our youngest daughter, had been campaigning for one for years and we’ve always told her, “Sorry, Marie is allergic to cats.” Marie is Wendy’s 21-year-old sister who is now away at college.

Of course, there’s more to it than that. Cats have sharp teeth and claws. They carry fleas and cause destruction.

They can’t use toilets (not properly anyway). They have no sense of humor and don’t share our values and beliefs. They are unpredictable and they use their urine as a medium of self-expression. They are called “animals” for a reason.

But last summer, when Wendy was 13, she renewed her attack. “Now that Marie doesn’t really live here anymore, can’t we please get a sweet little kitten?”

“Yeah, let’s get a cat,” said Sally, our middle daughter. She would be going away to college in the fall and should have no say in this. “It’ll give you old people something to do.”

“But I want Marie to feel healthy when she IS here,” I said, digging in behind the allergy defense.

Then my wife, Betsy, said, “Marie has mostly outgrown her allergies and besides she never spends more than a couple weeks here at a time.

I think we SHOULD get a cat.”

I felt like Davy Crockett as Mexican troops surged over the walls into the Alamo. I knew the battle was lost. But unlike Davy, I scrambled to do myself some good. “I’m OK with a cat as long as I don’t have to clean up after it,” I said.

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“It’s a deal,” said Betsy. If Wendy had a musket, she would have fired it into the air in joyous celebration. (We saved ourselves a lot of aggravation by never pretending that Wendy would serve the cat in any way.)

Betsy acquired a full-grown, white-and-black cat from a co-worker.

It had been named Gazoo by insensitive children. Betsy renamed him Mr. Kitty.

He was an instant success. Mr. Kitty likes curling up with people to have his head scratched. At night he sleeps snuggled against Wendy.

Now 14, Wendy still believes her room is haunted, and to repel ghosts she goes to sleep with two night-lights glowing, an electric fan whirring and a radio playing. Now Mr. Kitty is part of her defenses.

Betsy pets and combs him all the time, and in the mornings Mr. Kitty and I are the first ones up. I talk to him a little. I give him a handful of his unappetizing dry grub, and he seems to say, “My favorite!” and crunches it up with gusto. Some milk in a bowl makes him giddy with joy. It’s nice to start each day by delighting a fellow creature so easily. He never complains, is never too busy for me, and never asks me to enroll him in costly paid-in-advance dance or sports programs that he will end up hating and quitting in the middle of.

Then one morning Mr. Kitty pooped on the kitchen floor. All the experts will tell you not to use sarcasm on a cat, but I lost my temper. “Fine!” I told him, “Just poop anywhere you want!”

Having made my point, I cleaned it up and told him we wouldn’t speak of it again.

About two weeks later, he did it again.

Feeling really mean, I grabbed him, put his face in it and threw him out the back door. But it happens over and over.

Mr. Kitty continues to be Betsy’s cuddly pet, my special pal and Wendy’s nocturnal protector. Betsy tends the litter box and experiments with its placement, but we cannot get him to respect the house rules for more than a couple of weeks. After having no success with violent reprisals, now I just hold him by his furry arms, look into his yellow eyes, and address the inner beast: “Mr. Kitty, what is your deal?”

He purrs and looks back unashamed. He seems to be saying, “Look, man, that’s just who I am.” I, for one, don’t expect my friends to be perfect. For that matter, there are probably things we do that Mr. Kitty really hates but never mentions.

Anyhow, if I find the mess first, I’ll clean it up – even though, thanks to my smart bargaining early on, that’s not my job. But I get goodhusband points for doing it. And I haven’t scooped up so much goodwill since the time I sat uncomplaining through a showing of “Eat, Pray, Love” – and this work is much preferable.

Rick can be reached at rickepstein@yahoo.com.

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skills and habits everyone should learn by the time they are 11 or 12. Without sufficient functional, available space to play, most kids miss out on what is truly the most cost effective and practical form of health care: physical activity.

The plans for Civic Park include a 40,000 sq. ft. KS Field House that will house four full-sized middle school basketball courts that can be converted into six to eight volleyball/ pickle ball courts. A regulation turf field will provide accessible, year-round outdoor space for all sports that can be played on a rectangular field.

Civic Park business plans also include partnering with Lane United Football Club (LUFC) who, as an anchor tenant of

Civic Park, would bring an exciting and entertaining brand of Premier Development League soccer to the heart of Eugene.

The Field House and Turf Field are not ‘nice to have amenities,’ but rather essential components for a community that seeks to raise healthy kids that then grow into healthy, active adults.

The KS Field House will not replace the KS Core program. The KS Core Program, as it has for 65 years, will continue to provide children, Kinder through 8th grade, with an opportunity to play at their neighborhood school, with their classmates, and neighborhood friends.

Our mission remains the same—“All kids play.” No child is turned away because of ability to play or pay.

Kidsports Executive Director Beverly Smith stands on the future site of Civic Park

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ne Saturday in March of 2015 I walked into the Lane Events Center gym and looked up. Rain was leaking through the roof onto the old wooden courts purchased years ago by the county from colleges around the country.

As the Executive Director of Emerald KIDSPORTS (KS) I had to make a decision that I knew would disappoint hundreds of kids, but nonetheless I had to cancel the series of KS basketball games to be played that day.

In a city with collegiate sports facilities that are a point of community pride, indoor youth basketball games are being rained out. How did we get here?

The 14,000 children who play in KS every year, along with many other youth and adult sports organizations, face a shortage of indoor facilities and outdoor recreational fields.

The pickings are slim in the Eugene area for functional and accessible gyms and those that are available are outdated, small, and not appropriately equipped. KS has over 1,300 volunteer coaches who give time, energy, and important mentorship to thousands of children.

Yet the space and place for them to do so is limited and as a result, the most competitive sport in town has become that of volunteer coaches trying to schedule gym time for their teams to practice and play.

More than ever, a space and place is needed for our kids and community to play and be active. Elementary and middle schools in Eugene struggle to provide consistent, regular, and age appropriate physical education for developing children.

This in turn is compounded by the 21st century sedentary lifestyle that has inflicted unsustainable costs and consequences for health care services. Lane County’s obesity rates are on the rise. More than 13.2 percent of our high school students enter their senior year obese. Tragically, the trend continues.

More than 27 percent of adults in Lane County are obese. Nearly $1.6 billion is the annual medical costs paid by the state of Oregon for obesity-related chronic diseases.

We are not talking about training elite athletes. We’re talking about basic physical

Civic Park has been the site of sporting events and recreation for nearly 80 years. Creating a new facility on this historic site is an ambitious, bold, and important project for the continued health and welfare of our community. Please see www.eugenecivicalliance.org for more information about the Civic Park “Play On” project.

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Beverly holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Human Performance from the University of Oregon (1988) and her level 4/5 National Coaching Certificate from the National Institute of Coaching in Victoria, British Columbia. She helped write the draft for Canada Basketball’s Long Term Athlete Development Plan (LTAD) and has done skill and coaching clinics in Canada, Italy, Jordan, and the US.

Civic Park will provide a place and a space for locally-run tournaments, the opportunity to revitalize and expand community leagues, enhance children’s education through activity, sport, and social development academies, as well as to provide schools that currently cannot serve their populations, with additional practice and play times.

As importantly, the KS Field House will offer the community with the opportunity to participate in age appropriate physical activity and physical literacy programs tailored to meet the needs of pre-school, elementary, middle school, and high school students.

A sampling of these activities include: Pre-school Tot Tumbling, Soccer, Basketball, and Mini Movers (fundamental movement & motor skill development); K – 5 Physical Literacy Classes (agility, balance, coordination development); and middle school basketball, football, lacrosse, soccer, and volleyball development academies.

While the focus of Civic Park is primarily on kids, the site will also play home to adult recreation leagues offering basketball, pickle ball, volleyball, soccer, ultimate frisbee, and indoor/outdoor futsal. Elders will discover the “senior circuit” that will include walking, balance, strength, and social activities.

Civic Park is about building a healthy community. The 2014 Aspen Institute Project Play’s Report states,” if we are going to ensure

that all kids have the chance to grow up fit and strong we must among other efforts, eliminate the barriers to sport participation… and one of the most formidable of barriers, is that of a lack of neighborhood recreation spaces...”(http://youthreport.projectplay.us)

Beverly coached the Oregon Women's Basketball Team from 2001 to 2009 and the Canadian National Basketball Team from 1997 through to the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.

She was elected to the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame (2003), the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame (2003), the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (2004), and the University of Oregon Hall of Fame (1992) Beverly is the Executive Director of Emerald KIDSPORTS (2009 - Current)

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On-Going Events Public Skate @ The Ice Center. Call for skate times. Ph 541.682.3615 Saturday Kids Workshops at MECCA. From magnetic puzzles to robots to sock creatures.

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Kids under 10 accompanied by an adult. Each week features a different creative reuse project. MECCA, 11am – 3pm, $3-5, Ph 541.302.1810 Play Date. Young kids and family - drop in on First Friday evenings for creative fun together.

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Dog Tale Time at Eugene Library. Have fun and build skills in short one-on-one sessions reading to trained dogs. Dogs and handlers’ courtesy of PAAWS. Every Sat Oct 1 - Dec 10, 2 – 3:30pm, FREE! Ph 541.682.8316 “2PM Talks”. A docent-led talk every Tues thru Sun at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History, included with price of admission.

Ph 541.346.3024 “Earth, Moon & Sun”. A fun and informative full-dome movie weaves together Native American legends and scientific understanding of the Earth, Moon and Sun system to help distinguish between myths and science. In the exhibit hall “Take Flight” where visitors of all ages can try their hand at Paper Airplane Launchers, the Hoverport, the Rocket Launcher, and other flight experiences. The Science Factory Children’s Museum Ph 541.682.7888

1 WEDNESDAY Villalobos Brothers. The Villalobos Brothers use their violins and voices to redefine contemporary Mexican music. The Shedd Institute, 7:30pm, $23-27, Ph 541.434.7000

2 THURSDAY Ideas on Tap. UO law professor Michael Fakhri presents “Are International Trade Agreements Good for Oregon?” Debates about trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are not only about the agreements themselves but also about different ideas of what makes an agreement free or fair. Marketplace@ Sprout! 6-8pm, Ph 346-3024, FREE! Tommy Castro & The Painkillers. A fierce and fiery road warrior will deliver his driving, bluessoaked, soul-baring music. The Shedd Institute, 7:30pm, $29, Ph 541.434.7000

3 FRIDAY Jake Shimabukuro. Born and raised in Honolulu, Jake Shimabukuro’s life has always centered on the ukulele. Performing jazz, blues, funk, classical, bluegrass, folk, flamenco, and rock, Jake views the ukulele as an “untapped source of music with unlimited potential.” The Shedd Institute, 7:30pm, $28-38, Ph 541.434.7000 Tot Discovery Day: Amazing Animals. Come find out about what makes animals unique, where different animals live and the parts they play in their environments. The Science Factory, 9am-noon, FREE! Ph 541.682.7888 Free First Friday. Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art and Museum of Natural and Cultural History allow you to enjoy the museum’s new exhibits and old classics for FREE today! 11:00am-5pm First Friday Artwalk. A guided tour begins at The Lincoln Gallery, followed by stops at Raven Frame Works Inc, Contemporary Mosaic Art Studio, The Dining Room, and Maven Art Boutique. 5:30 – 8pm, FREE! Ph 541-485-2278 Family Fun Night. Fun-filled evening with dinner, games, crafts and live entertainment.

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Dinner served until 6:30pm. Petersen Barn, FREE! Ph 541.682.5521 Tinker Tech Lab for Tweens/Kids. Create and explore with science, technology, engineering, and math. Ages 7-12, Springfield Library, 2-4pm, FREE! Ph 541.726.3766

4 SATURDAY Nearby Nature Quest: Treefrog Tunes.

Learn about, and listen for, pacific treefrogs with ecologist Peg Boulay and Bruce Newhouse. Alton Baker Park, 6:30pm-8pm, $2-5, Ph 541.687.9699 Aquatic Amphibians Walk. Talk and walk through riparian areas and habitats for reproduction. Listen for Pacific chorus frogs, watch for roughskin newts in amplexus and search for egg masses of the Northwestern salamander. Bring rubber boots. Mt Pisgah, 1-3pm, $5, Ph 541.741.4100 Cavalcade of Crawling Creatures. Get upclose and personal with reptiles and amphibians from around the world! Ask questions and learn about how to take care of your own coldblooded creatures at home. The Science Factory, 10am-4pm, $5, Ph 541.682.7888 What’s Cooking? Global Foodways Family Day. A big helping of food-focused fun for the whole family! Start by exploring our newest exhibit, Hungry Planet: What the World Eats. Enjoy storytelling with Cullen Vance. Learn about local and global food traditions, and dig into culinaryinspired crafts and activities. Museum of Natural and Cultural History, 11am-3pm, $10, Ph 541.346.3024

5 SUNDAY Family Fun. This week, “The Science of Sound” with University of Oregon’s Team Duckling.

Downtown Library, 1pm, FREE! Ph 541.682.8316 2017 Race for the Cure. Celebrate survivors and forever fighters while raising significant funds for critical services in the fight against breast cancer. Valley River Center, 7am – noon, Ph 503.546.7430 Piccadilly Flea Market. Come find your newest treasure at Eugene’s only Flea Market where people sell crafts, collectibles, wares and services. Lane Events Center, Early bird 8-10am $7.50/10am – 3pm $1.50, Ph 541.683.5589

6 MONDAY Curious Kids Storytime with Taylor, at 6:30pm. Springfield Public Library, FREE! Ph 541.726.3766

7 TUESDAY Teens @ 4:30. Springfield Public Library, FREE! Ph 541.726.3766

8 WEDNESDAY WREN Wetland Wander. Join WREN and lichenologist Daphne Stone for a special lichenthemed Wetland Wander! Bring water and wear muck boots. WREN will provide binoculars. Wild Iris Ridge, 9am-11am, FREE! Ph 541.338.7047

9 THURSDAY Lane County Home and Garden Show.

Shop 325 exhibits featuring experts, products and services for homes and yards. Meet Don Engebretson, The Renegade Gardener! Learn how-to at 50 home and garden seminars. Lane Events Center, 5-9pm, FREE! Ph 541.484.9247

Villalobos Brothers Wednesday, March 1st Chuck Redd. An evening dedicated to the music of his two favorite Songbook composers, Harold Arlen and Frank Loesser, a combination he first created for a concert at The Smithsonian in 2005. The Shedd Institute, 7:30-9:30pm, $24-32, Ph 541.434.7000 Thirst 2 Create Paint Party “Blue Door!”

Create a quaint cottage scene and meet friends at this paint party! All needed art supplies and step-by-step instructions is provided. All experience levels welcome. Pre-reg required.

Adults only event. Claim 52 Taproom, 6pm-8:30, $35, Ph 541.579.8885

10 FRIDAY Teens: “Dr Who Club”. Get together to enjoy episodes, snacks, and Whovian conversation!

Downtown Library, 4-5:30pm, FREE! Ph 541.682.8316 Lane County Home and Garden Show.

See the 9th Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival. This popular festival featuring Hawaii’s 186-year-old guitar art form features the soulful, awardwinning and OPB Oregon Art Beat featured player, Bill Keale. Get ready for Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Eugene Style! Hult Center, 7:30pm, $35-39.75, Ph 541.682.5000 Second Friday Art Walk. Starts at Springfield City Hall, 5:00pm, FREE! Little Wonders: Stories and Activities for Pre-K. This month’s theme is “What Does a Bear

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Come explore what bears eat, how they find their food, and how it compares to our own lunches!

Museum of Natural and Cultural History, ages 3-5, 10:30am – 11:30, $3-10, Ph 541-346-3024

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10am-8pm, see the 9th

Emerald Valley Opry. Featuring: Billy McCoy (Great Country), Kathy Boyd & Phoenix Rising (Bluegrass), Tatiamo (Folk) and Cowboy Cadillac (Country/Rockabilly). Powers Auditorium Willamette High School, doors open 5pm, concert 6:00-9:30pm, $3-$8/under 7 free, Ph 541-688-0937 Mathematical Marvels. Solve challenging puzzles, play games and make art with numbers and shapes, the building blocks of mathematical thinking. The Science Factory, 11am-3pm, The Science Factory, 11am-3pm, $5, Ph 541.682.7888 WAG, Willamette Animal Guild, presents Night of a Thousand Spays. Join us for a night of fun, food & drink in support of WAG’s Spay It Forward program. The Shedd Institute, 5:3010pm, Tix and info at wagwag.org.

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10am-5pm, see the 9th Thirst 2 Create Paint Party “Mr Rooster”. Yes, Mr. Rooster is dressed for dinner to help celebrate The Year of the Rooster. Come capture him.

All supplies and step-by-step instructions are included. Pre-reg required. Adults only event. The Beer Garden, 2pm-4:30, $35, Ph 541.579.8885 Family Fun. This week, learn about Nepal with Dristi Manandhar from Kathmandu, a student in the U of O’s International Cultural Service Prog.

Downtown Library, 1pm, FREE! Ph 541.682.8316

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Art & Music Making with Chamber Music Amici! An interactive workshop that combines art and music-making! Girls ages 10-18 are invited to make art that reflects how they feel while listening to classical and popular music.

Facilitated by OP volunteers and staff. Advance Reg Required – deadline is 3/7. Ophelia’s Place, 2-4pm, FREE! Ph 541.284.4333

16 THURSDAY Kids: Fun with Flight. learn about the science of flight by making and testing paper airplanes.

Plus, learn about women in aviation for Women’s History Month. Grades K - 6. Downtown Library, 4pm, FREE! Ph 541.682.8316 The Quebe Sisters. Triple-threat fiddle champions, play and sing in multi-part close harmony, audiences are usually transfixed... then blown away! The trio’s vocal and instrumental performances are authentic all-Americana, all the time. Hult Center, 7:30pm, $28-31.75, Ph 541.682.5000

17 FRIDAY LEGO Club for kids. Springfield Public Library, in children’s area, 2-4pm, Ph 541-726-3766 Upstart Crow presents, Disney’s Beauty & the Beast, Jr. A tale as old as time but certainly a Disney musical favorite of both young and old.

A student performance. Hult Center, 7pm, $20$28.50, Ph 541.682.5000 Lucky Clover Race. 5k trail & road / 10k roadtrail combined. Dorris Ranch, 5:30pm start, Level32racing.com

18 SATURDAY Daffodil Drive & Festival. Enjoy sweet, gooey New Day Bakery cinnamon rolls with fresh, hot Full City Coffee at the annual Daffodil Drive and Festival! Vendors, music, daffodil sales, wagon rides, and antique cars. Free shuttle parking offered from Conser Quarry every 15 mins w/ buses and complimentary van rides. Long Tom Grange, 10am-4pm, FREE! Ph 541.998.2828

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Davina & The Vagabonds. Bluesy, blustery, bawdy and irresistibly fun, Davina Sowers and her band have carved their own niche in the blues world with their high-energy live performances. The Shedd Institute, 7:30pm, $29, Ph 541.434.7000 The Naked Magicians. (Adults Only). The world’s naughtiest and funniest magic show is returning to Eugene! Hult Center, 6:30 & 9:30pm, $38-43.25, Ph 541.682.5000 Alton Brown, Eat Your Science. The perfect mix of science, music, and food in two hours of pure entertainment. Hult Center, 8pm, $40-68, Ph 541-682-5000

Dervish

Disney’s Beauty & the Beast, Jr. 3pm & 7pm, see the 17th Read to a Greenhill Dog – Kids and Teens.

Springfield Public Library, 1 – 3pm, FREE! Ph 541-726-3766 B.E.A.R. Faire. Come join the fun as we share great picture books and matching activities. Each child will have the opportunity to pick a book of their choice from a large selection of engaging (new) books. Those dressing up as storybook characters will receive an extra book! Springfield Public Library Atrium, 1:00pm-3:00pm, FREE! Ph 541.520.5405

Keola Beamer and Jeff Peterson. One is a Hawaiian legend who has stretched the boundaries of slack key guitar music while remaining true to the soul of its deeply Hawaiian roots. The Shedd Institute, 7:30pm, $28-36, Ph 541.434.7000

24 FRIDAY Teens: WTF? What the Friday?! Something new for teens on the fourth Friday of each month. Get together, have fun, then choose next month’s activity. Downtown Library, 4pm, FREE! Ph 541.682.8316

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19 SUNDAY Family Fun. This week make music and learn dances of Southern Veracruz, Mexico with El Taller de Son Jarocho. Downtown Library, 1pm, FREE! Ph 541.682.8316

St. Patrick’s Day!!!

22 WEDNESDAY Dervish. One of the greatest bands ever to have come out of Ireland. Fronted as ever by entrancing singer Cathy Jordan whose power to charm an audience is surely a match for anybody in the whole of Ireland. The Shedd Institute, 7:30pm, $24-32, Ph 541.434.7000

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26 SUNDAY Family Fun. Aaron Wheeler-Kay leads kids in “Rhythm from Head to Toe,” including tap dance, beat boxing, and body percussion. Downtown Library, 1pm, FREE! Ph 541.682.8316 McKenzie Half Marathon. USATF certified course finishing at Armitage Park. 9am start, Level32racing.com

31 FRIDAY Teens: “Stranger Things” Marathon. Drop in for all or any part of an all-day “Stranger Things” marathon, plus snacks. Downtown Library, 10am6pm, FREE! Ph 541.682.8316

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Teens @ 4:30. Springfield Public Library, FREE! Ph 541-726-3766

Ana Popovic. Blends smoking electric funk and slide guitar in a jazzy soulful performance. The only female guitar-player added to the 2014-16 lineup of Experience Hendrix and nominated for five Blues Music Awards. Hult Center, 7:30pm, $28-36, Ph 541.682.5000

World’s Largest Garage Sale. Lane Events Center, 9am-4pm, $2, Ph 541.284.8500

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Little Family Yoga with Brynne Blevins.

Springfield Public Library, 10:30am, FREE! Ph 541-726-3766

Quixotic – Pulse. A beat-driven, exhilarating performance that fuses live music, projection mapping, cirque arts and physical beauty to explore the unifying powers of rhythm. An inspiring rhythmic cirque experience. Hult Center, 7:30pm, $28-51, Ph 541.682.5000

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Reading Patrol! Storytime with Officer Jarden Quinone. Springfield Public Library, 4:00pm, Ages 0-6, FREE! Ph 541-726-3766

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Mixed Media for Kids and Tweens.

Exploring Russia. (ages 7-12). We strongly encourage adults to attend this program with their young ones. Adults get to create, too!

Springfield Public Library. 10:30am – 12:00, FREE! Ph 541-726-3766

Thirst 2 Create Paint Party “ Lavender Splendor!” Be inspired by the rolling hills of the golf course at Laurelwood Golf Course to paint this beautiful scene. All supplies and step-bystep instructions are included. Pre-reg required.

Adults only event. The Pub at Laurelwood, 2pm4:30, $35, Ph 541.579.8885

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Earthtalk from the Editors of “E” the Environmental Magazine

Dear EarthTalk: Did anyone ever figure out what has been killing all the bees, and is there anything we can do about it?

— Gerry Sanders, Wichita, KS

B

y now, we’ve all heard about bees dying across the U.S. and around the world. This isn’t just bad news for beekeepers: these amazing insects pollinate upwards of two-thirds of our food crops—all at no cost to farmers or consumers. All we need do is keep them around, which is proving to be more and more difficult.

A third of all beehives in the U.S. have disappeared in the last decade alone, a situation that has been dubbed Colony Collapse Disorder. Experts say several factors are at play.

First, global warming has changed weather patterns so profoundly that bees have been unable to adapt fast enough. Flowers now bloom so early or late that they don’t coincide with the active season of pollinators, so when bees emerge from hibernation the flowers they need for food have already bloomed. Another threat is habitat loss: development, urbanization and monoculture farming are decimating natural areas bees need to thrive. And

a new generation of parasites is infiltrating hives and impeding chemical communication between bees.

But perhaps the biggest threats to bees are some of the pesticides routinely used in agriculture, particularly neonicotinoids.

Commonly referred to as neonics, this increasingly popular class of insecticides is meant to eliminate pests, but has been proven to have an equally devastating impact on bees.

Today, seeds are e n g i n e e re d

with neonics from the start, so this harmful chemical is present in the plant, pollen and nectar.

This chemical, approximately 6,000 times more toxic to bees than DDT, devastates bee central nervous systems and makes it impossible for them to relocate their hives. Those bees that survive a first encounter aren’t off the hook. They remain dazed and inefficient. Neonics have an addictive quality similar to that of nicotine for humans, so surviving bees inevitably return to treated flowers until their death.

Policy changes must address this issue by rewarding farmers for sustainable practices and banning neonicotinoids for use as pesticides. Unfortunately, big agri-chemical companies like Dow Chemical and Syngenta make huge profits selling neonics and as such are reluctant to withdraw them. The European Union took steps to ban the use of neonics in member countries in 2013, although that ruling is cur rently under review.

Meanwhile, in the U.S., a few cities and states have taken at least symbolic action to reduce neonics, but without a federal ban on the books such piecemeal efforts can’t do much to help.

In Spring 2016, Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate calling for new policy initiatives and interagency coordination to restore and enhance pollinator habitat across the U.S. Key provisions of Merkley’s Pollinator Recovery Act include setting aside three million acres of public land as expanded acreage for “forage and habitat” for pollinators, grant funding for R&D to develop crops to resist pests without neonics, financial incentives and technical assistance for farmers that adopt pollinator-friendly practices, and expanded health monitoring and population tracking for bees and other key pollinators.

Concerned Americans should urge their Senators to cosponsor or support the Pollinator Recovery Act. After all, protecting bees isn’t just important to environmentalists but to anyone who enjoys avocados, almonds or any of the countless fruits, vegetables or nuts pollinated by our little black and yellow friends.

CONTACTS: Greenpeace “Save the Bees” Campaign, www.greenpeace. org/usa/sustainable-agriculture/ save-the-bees; Merkley Unveils New Proposal to Help Restore Pollinator Populations Across the U.S., https://www.merkley.senate. gov/news/press-releases/ during-national-pollinatorweek-merkley-unveilsnew-proposal-to-help-restorepollinator-populations-across-the-us.

Activists would like the U.S. government to ban a class of insecticides called neonics that they blame for wiping out the bees that pollinate a majority of our food crops.

EarthTalk® is produced by Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss and is a registered trademark of the nonprofit Earth Action Network. To donate, visit www.earthtalk.org. Send questions to: question@earthtalk.org

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the Darn Menu?

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ecently, my husband Kevin and I went out to dinner sans kids, a special event in itself. We decided to forego our usual Tex-Mex spot in favor of a Spanish restaurant offering great tapas. This translates to a quieter, dimmer, adults-only atmosphere, conducive to lingering over our meal, sharing a glass of wine and not issuing please-chewwith-your-mouth-closed reminders.

With Spanish murals and soft guitar music as our romantic backdrop, we sat at our table, picked up our menus and tried to focus on the 6-point-font-sized list of appetizers.

“What? You want to plop the cat out the door?” I asked Kevin quizzically, looking around for an errant cat in the dining room.

“No, I said you dropped your napkin on the floor,” Kevin explained louder, pointing next to my chair.

We perused the menu for another minute before one of us (probably me) finally said, “I can’t see a darn thing. Why do they have to make the type so small?”

I held the menu far enough to be in another zip code, while Kevin adopted his best Robert Di Nero face as he tried to discern what camerones al ajillo means. Is this in Spanish . . . or can we really just not see . . . or both?

After struggling a few more minutes, we cast pride aside and Kevin reached for his reading glasses while I whisked out my creditcard size magnifier that fits in my wallet.

(Good God, do I really own a credit-card size magnifier?)

I leaned in toward the votive candle for an extra 2 watts, hoping not to catch the menu on fire (although the extra light from the flames would help). Meanwhile, Kevin broke out his iPhone flashlight app.

With the added luminosity and 2x magnification, we were ready to order.

by Lisa A. Beach

When the waiter arrived with some water, we questioned him about croquetas, patas a la brava, and other yummy things we usually don’t get to eat because of our finicky-teens/pizza-and-taco-based dining options.

In a thick Spanish accent, our waiter described these delicacies in detail, as we stared at him with rapt attention, trying to lip read. I was both enchanted by his charming voice and confused by everything he just said (MOSTLY because of the accent and just a little bit because I can’t hear, I swear).

Hesitatingly, I asked, “So, these are spicy potatoes?”

The waiter nodded.

Trying to summon his best high school Spanish, Kevin ordered the potato thing, some empanadas and (we think) the shrimp appetizer, camerones al ajillo. Praying we didn’t just order squid (calamares) with Kevin’s rusty Spanish, we concentrated on the wine list, with a font size even smaller than the appetizer list.

Not wanting to delay the quick delivery of wine to our table, I abandoned hope of deciphering the menu and just ordered some merlot, hoping it didn’t cost $20 a glass. The waiter said something else and paused, perhaps waiting for my response.

Not wanting to ask for the third time already, “Can you please say that again?” I looked at him, nodded and smiled. Then he looked at me, nodded and smiled, now knowing that I pretty much can’t hear a word he just said.

The food truly was fabulous, and we enjoyed the rest of our dinner without a hitch.

And then the bill came. The pale-gray-on-

white-paper bill – again with the micro-font.

We panicked – we couldn’t see the total. And if we couldn’t see the total, how could we leave a tip? We huddled together like a small football team trying to remember the playbook.

Did the shrimp cost $13 or $18? I can’t tell if that’s a 1 or a 7, can you?

Didn’t we end up ordering two spicy potato dishes? This felt like a nightmarish adult version of an algebra class word problem: I f we each ordered one glass of wine at $12 each and we’re leaving the restaurant at 9pm travelling east on the highway at 45mph…

We started to break out in a sweat, as we noticed the waiter came by twice to see if we’re ready to pay. In desperation, we break out the iPhone flashlight again, causing the other diners to turn and glare at whatever’s killing the ambience in the room. How embarrassing!

Quick turn it off! TURN IT OFF! We whipped out our cash, handed it to the waiter and scurried out with our eyes averting the others, like two teens caught making out in the back seat of their dad’s Ford Fusion.

We caught our breath out in the parking lot – hey, we scurried, remember? – and agreed that our next date night needs to be less stressful. We made a pact to choose the next restaurant based, not on type of cuisine or location or even what Groupon we haven’t yet used, but on which one has the better overhead lighting.

Lisa Beach is a freelance writer, blogger, mother of two teenagers, and former stay-at-home mom/ homeschooler who lived to write about it. Catch up with her at www.TweeniorMoments.com, a (mostly) humorous blog about family, friends, middle age and all the baggage that goes with it.

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Movie Time

Batman & Robin team up.

by Bonnie L. Harris

The Lego Behind the Mask Warner Animation Group Rated: PG Now in theatres

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xperiencing the new Lego B atman Movie was like watching an imaginative kid playing with a huge box of Legos.

It starts with a great idea, then develops and builds until the idea is nothing like the original plan. But the Lego project, like the film, ends up wonderfully unique and unexpected. Story takes a back seat to the dazzling images, but it’s hardly noticeable because of the spectacular CGI

animation and the endless parade of Lego characters riffing on pop culture while hurling jokes a mile a minute.

Just as Gotham City celebrates Batman’s latest victory over the evil Joker, the new police commissioner, Barbara Gordon, decides to follow a different approach to police work that excludes Batman. Determined to keep his super hero reputation, Batman devises a plan to send the Joker to the ominous Phantom Zone. Although he

initially succeeds, Batman’s method backfires when the Joker escapes, bringing the worst criminals with him back to Gotham. As mayhem engulfs the city, Batman finally realizes that he needs his new sidekick, Robin, as well as Barbara and Alfred, in order to defeat the Joker.

The battle for Gotham takes to the air as the Joker’s horde chases the Batplane through the skyscrapers and Batman almost loses his beloved Alfred. But the

FOR THE PARENTS She Touches the Stars Hidden Figures Twentieth-Century Fox, Rated: PG Now in theatres

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he courage and fortitude it must have taken to participate in the space program during the 1960’s can’t be underestimated. Hidden Figures, based on the true story of African American women working for NASA in that turbulent decade, tells the courageous saga of three of those indomitable women. The professional careers of Katherine, Mary, and Dorothy are blocked at every turn by entrenched racism, but each finds a way to realize her individual dream.

Katherine, the gifted mathematician, fights

Joker has more mischief up his sleeve when he detonates a bomb that literally tears Gotham apart.

Batman must join with friends and arch enemies to keep the city together. He’s later rewarded with a new family to keep him company in Wayne Manor, and he returns to crime fighting with a more humble perspective.

The Lego Batman Movie falls a bit short on charm and the subplots are hopelessly muddled, but that’s really part of the fun.

It’s not supposed to make perfect sense, because after all, it’s an ingenious Lego project.

back safely. Just like the first rocket tests, failure plagues the three friends as they struggle to be recognized as valuable assets to NASA. But in the end, their never-give-up mindset prevails, and we cheer for that final splash down.

both gender discrimination and segregation while holding her own on the task force trying to send John Glenn into orbit. Meanwhile, Mary battles to be allowed into an all-white school to pursue an engineering degree, and Dorothy matches wits with a super computer in order to preserve all of their jobs. Not just a movie about the space race or equations, Hidden Figures focuses on a steadfast friendship in the midst of the dangerous quest to send an astronaut beyond Earth’s Katherine tries to fit in. atmosphere and bring him

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Are You Hovering Too Close to Your Kids?

by Lara Krupicka

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elicopter parenting ” has become synonymous with “bad parenting” in our society.

But truth be told, most parents have tendencies to stick close in one area of life or another with their kids. If you want to know where you may be hovering, consider the fears you have for your child - that they won’t be “successful” in adulthood, that they won’t develop close friendships, or that they will encounter physical dangers. Hovering tendencies follow our fears.

Check out the list below for other warning signs of helicopter parenting.

You knowing you’re coming too close to the no-fly zone with your kids if: • You find yourself checking their grades online every day. Over-attentiveness to your child’s academic life may make them

feel you don’t believe they can handle it themselves. This sense of inadequacy combined with high parental expectations can lead to increased stress (and potentially decreased performance) for your child.

• You have a habit of intervening in social settings. You want the best for them, but your presence may be pushing others away from your child. Unless your child’s safety is an issue, follow your child’s lead when it comes to their social life. Encourage them to invite other children over. And model proper social behavior. Then let go.

• You regularly “rescue” your child.

Taking forgotten lunches or homework time and again circumvents your child’s learning process. When you allow your child to experience a natural consequence like being hungry for an afternoon or taking a late grade, it acts as a deterrent in the future. But if your child comes to expect you will be there to “fix

it” for them, they will not learn responsibility.

The pains of childhood mistakes serve to prepare them for the inevitable pains of adult life. Be there to console and commiserate, not to bail out.

We can’t protect our kids from everything.

But we can offer to be available should our kids need us and let them decide when they want us to step in. Which turns out to be a more effective model for helping those we love succeed.

As the mom of three girls, parenting journalist Lara Krupicka often walks that fine line between being a caring, involved mom, and an overly attentive one herself.

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Plant the Tiny Seed

Read & Play

by Jennifer Galvin

March into Spring Reading!

Spring forward and read some great books this March!

Here are some fabulous books about gardening, flowers, and friends to get you ready for spring. Have fun reading these books and doing these projects together while you wait for the sun to come out!

READ… Egg Greenwillow Books, $17.99, ages 3-7 by Kevin Henkes

There are four different color eggs, what will hatch out of each one? Three birds appear, then they are waiting, waiting, waiting for the forth egg to hatch. Surprise! It’s not a bird.

What’s inside? Find out in this delightful book about friendship!

Bloom Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, $16.99, ages 3-7 by Deborah Diesen

Journey together with a mother and her daughter as they plant bulbs in the fall and wait for them to bloom in the spr ing.

After enjoying the planting of the bulbs in the fall, so much happens, the girl and her mother

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almost forget that they planted the bulbs in the garden, but the bulbs don’t forget—they grow! The bulbs were growing just as strongly and steadily as their love—precious!

What Will Grow Bloomsbury Children’s Books, $16.99, ages 3-7

by Jennifer Ward

This absolutely gorgeous book, featuring gatefolds and bold, colorful illustrations, may have you wishing for a garden of your own if you don’t have one already! Each spread shows a seed and then what the seed will become when it grows into a plant. All of the seeds are also featured at the end with explanations on when to sow them and when they will grow and mature. Fabulous!

Greenwillow Books, $15.99, ages 4-8 by Christie Matheson

This rhyming, rhythmic book will have your kids asking to read it again and again! From the playful, rhyming words, to the way children can interact with the text, and “clap to bring the sun again,” or point to flowers, this book is a winner!

A Perfect Day Roaring Brook Press, $17.99; ages 4-8 by Lane Smith

The warmth of the sun feels good to Cat as she plays in the daffodils. What could possibly mess up such a perfect day? Follow along as the animals in Bert’s backyard think they are going to have a perfect day. From Cat in the daffodils to Squirrel with his cob of corn that Bert has left for him, their days are all going along perfectly—until Bear gets there. When Bear creates his perfect day, it leaves the other animals wishing for theirs back and watching from inside. A great book on perspective!

Botanicum Big Picture Press, $35.00, ages 8 and up by Katie Schott and Kathy Willis

“Welcome to the Museum” reads the gold tag on the front—and a museum it is! With all of the absolutely stunning, realistic plant illustrations and interesting information about plants, you may think you have actually visited a museum after reading this book. Amazing!

... and PLAY! Make a flower pin Materials: Two colors of felt, scissors, glitter glue, Tacky glue, and a pin back.

Directions: Cut the shape of a flower about two inches across out of one color of felt. Cut a circle out of the other color of felt for the flower center. Glue the circle into the center of the flower. Decorate the flower with glitter glue. Let dry. Glue the pin back onto the back of the flower. Let dry.

Design a daffodil to hang on your wall Materials: Blue, green, and yellow construction paper, orange or yellow tissue paper, glue, and scissors.

Directions: Cut two flower shapes that look like the petals of daffodils out of yellow construction paper. Cut two stems and four leaves out of green construction paper. Glue the stem and leaves onto the blue construction paper and the flower shapes onto the top of the stems. Cut 2 two inch squares of tissue paper. Take a square of tissue paper, place the center of the paper on your finger tip and mold the tissue paper around your finger, making it into a tube. Glue a tissue paper tube into the center of each daffodil. Hang up in your house to enjoy this spring long after the real daffodils have come and gone!

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Make a flower sun catcher for your window Materials: Pipe cleaners, beads, scissors, and ribbon.

Directions: Cut two pipe cleaners each into three equal size pieces.

Hold them together and twist them in the middle a few times, creating your flower center. Bend the pipe cleaners out to make it look like spokes on a bicycle wheel. Add beads to each of the 12 spokes, leaving about 1/2” of pipe cleaner exposed at the end of each spoke. Twist the exposed ends of the “spokes” together two at a time, creating six flower “petals.” Tie a ribbon to one petal and hang the flower in your window for decoration.

Jennifer Galvin is never far from her children, a paintbrush, or a good book. You can find her on the web at www.jennifergalvin.com.

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Rescue Spotlight

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ank is a local celebrity!! Everyone who meets him absolutely adores him! Tank is 11 years old and in great spirits. His big ole’ head is packed with personality and smarts. He knows how to sit, is housetrained, can fit up to three (wow!) tennis balls in his mouth, and loves to play games. He is the sweetest pup we’ve had in a long time and is our “go-to ambassador” for our school events. Tank absolutely ADORES children! He loves pats on the head, snuggles, kisses and hugs… but, this lover boy is best suited as an only pet.

He’s been at the shelter for over 250 days – likely an unfortunate victim of stereotype.

He’s even been on TV and featured on the radio! Staff and volunteers are mystified as to why he is still waiting – but maybe it’s because he’s been waiting for you! Come meet Tank… you will fall in love.

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eo is a loving and handsome gentleman.

He is about six years old and has a big fluffy coat. Leo doesn’t mind the company of friendly dogs and is happy to share space with other cats. He is about as laid back as a cat can get and enjoys his time lounging around and is especially fond getting attention in the form of belly rubs. Leo is looking for a relaxed, calm home, where he can get the affection he deserves and spend time being a cool cat, maybe even the coolest cat.

Greenhill Humane Society is open for adoptions and visits Friday-Tuesday, 11am-6pm (closed Wed & Thurs) at 88530 Green Hill Road in Eugene. For more information call (541) 689-1503 or visit www.green-hill.org

1st Avenue Shelter is open for adoptions and visits Tue -Fri, 10am-6pm and Sat 10am-5:30pm (closed Sun & Mon) at 3970 W. 1st Avenue in Eugene. For more information call (541) 844-1777 or visit www. green-hill.org

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