argus...variations of social media are a part of life in any vi-brant organization today. both lwvor...

update committee, work-

ing closely with Becky

Gladstone, our current web

master and a member of

the LWVOR technology

committee. Also on the

committee are Charlcie

Kaylor, Phyllis Loobey,

Kathy Madison, and the co-

presidents.

The initial step was to con-

tact CAWOOD, a Eugene

public relations firm, to

provide professional de-

sign. We have worked with

them before on projects

such as They Represent

You. (Liz Cawood is a long-

time League member.)

The first thing learned was

that a good web site is well

organized and that organi-

zation had to be done by

us. We also needed to de-

cide what kind of content

to include.

Becky and Janet have been

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At least

that’s what

the first few

days of fall

have always

seemed like

to me. It’s the start of

classes, football season

and, of course, the League

luncheon, the beginning of

our program year.

We are trying something

new this year for the fall

luncheon, which will be

September 20, 11:30 am at

the Eugene Hilton next to

the Hult. Our budget in-

cludes funds for League

members to bring a guest

to the event and the

League will pick up the

$15 tab for the guest’s

lunch. In other words, the

guest really will be our

guest. Treasurer Phyllis

Loobey needs reservations

for members and guests by

September 17. Please pay

at the door, cash or a

check made out to LWVLC.

Our speaker will be Dr.

Margaret Hallock, director

of the Wayne Morse Center

for Law and Politics at the

University of Oregon. Her

topic is "Women Workers,

Women Careers, and

Women Voters in

2012." (For more informa-

tion, see below.)

There is something else

lurking in our future: an

updated web site. Web

sites along with all the

variations of social media

are a part of life in any vi-

brant organization today.

Both LWVOR and LWVUS

have renovated their web

sites in the past year or so.

Our current League Web

site was a good beginning,

but it needs to be easier to

use for members and the

public and to be much

more appealing. Janet Cal-

vert agreed to chair the

Presidents’ Column - Sue Boyd & Susan Tavakolian, Co-Presidents

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

FALL LUNCHEON - September 20 by Sue Wieleseck

This year's luncheon is at

the Eugene Hilton (next to

Hult). If you are a member,

you a e entitled to bring a

prospective member to the

luncheon at no cost.

We very much want to en-

courage new members,

and have budgeted funds

to provide a no-cost lunch

for one guest per member.

Cost to members $15.

Please make reservations at

the League office by Sep-

tember 17. 541-343-7917.

Parking at the Hilton is un-

der the building, easy and

accessible.

UNITS & FRUIT SALE 2

VOTER SERVICE 2

ACTION 4,5 & 6

EMX COMMENTS 7

NEW MEMBERS 8

PICTURE PAGES 9 & 10

BOOK SALES &

MEMBERSHIP FORM

11

CALENDAR BACK

Inside this issue:

ARGUS

ARGUS September 2012

L e a g u e o f W o m e n V o t e r s L a n e C o u n t y

Dr. Margaret Hallock

Speaker at our

Fall Luncheon

September 20

Monday, Oct 8

10 am - South Willamette #1

90 Westbrook Way (Block beyond 46th)

H: Barbara Greenley 684-9127

C: Anne Best 343-5124

2 pm - Harlow Road #2

305 Cherry Drive ( this meeting only )

H: Sally Mills 345- 1200

C: Mary Keating 344 - 4889

Tuesday, Oct. 9

9:30 am - Coburg Road #3

2135 Rocky Lane

H: Dorothy Cruickshank 342 -2577

C: Punky Smith 844-9277

4 pm - S.W. Eugene #4

2365 W. 23rd

Avenue

H: Pat McDaniels 343-4728

C: Sally Weston 484-4404

Wednesday, Oct 10

10 am - East Eugene #5

555 E. 15th - Central Presbyterian

H: Stephanie Winsor 342-8243

C: Diana Grandberry 342 -8402

Noon - Cottage Grove/Creswell #8

Creswell Library

H: Gayle Downing 942 -1858

C: Dian Missar 942 - 7676

Friday, Oct 12

9:30 am - Cascade Manor #9

Cascade View Room, 65 W. 30th Ave.

C: Lorraine Abbott 434-4107

Frank Carlton 434 4140

Anne Mehl - Units Chair-541-302-2806

UNITS - BALLOT MEASURES Anne Mehl, Units Chair

FRUIT SALE - YEAR TWO

for you or the person

you’re selling it to? We sug-

gest a win/win solution.

Buy one or more boxes of

fruit, which benefits the

League and indicate that

you want to give it to FOOD

for Lane County. FOOD for

Lane County has agreed to

pick up the fruit boxes that

have been designated for

the agency. More details in

the October letter.

The first week in October

you will receive more infor-

mation, instructions and an

order form. This will be a

six-week campaign begin-

ning the first week of Octo-

ber with all prepaid orders

due by November 15.

The fruit will arrive the first

full week of December, just

in time for holiday gift giv-

ing and entertaining.

What can you do to help?

Start thinking now of

friends, relatives,

neighbors, coworkers, doc-

tors, dentists, hairdressers

and civic minded acquaint-

ances who would enjoy

having the fruit or giving it

to someone else. And have

FUN supporting the League!

Fruit Loops. Christy Albin,

Fran Boehner, Merle Bottge,

Barbara French, Mary

Keating, Marjorie Maxwell,

Sally Mills, Sharon Posner,

Linda Roe, and Janet Cal-

vert.

Questions? Call Janet at

541.686.2697.

Every League member, their

friends, acquaintances and

others made the 2011 Fruit

Sale a great success. The

goal for this year is to

match or exceed last year’s

$3,000 profit. The price the

same, $25 for a 20-23

pound box of oranges,

grapefruit, apples, pears or

a combination of fruit.

Everyone who buys a fruit

helps support our League

with its public policy educa-

tion, voter education and

advocacy. Selling fruit is

not hard. It is a great prod-

uct. We received many ap-

preciative comments about

the quality and flavor of the

fruit.

Too much fruit in the box

Unit Briefing

Tuesday,

October 2

Atrium

Sloat room

10th & Olive

3:00 pm

Voter Service has had a

busy month planning our

Candidates' Forum that

LWVLC is co-sponsoring

with the Morse Ranch Board

on September 9th. Candi-

dates are confirmed in at

least one contested race to

appear, and a number of

public officials have been

invited for a "Meet & Greet"

opportunity. Please plan to

attend the event from 2- 4

PM. Cookies and beverages

will be served, and there

will be tours of the Morse

family home.

August 10th Miriam Aiken,

Stephanie Winsor, and Flo

Alvergue attended the

Naturalization ceremony at

the Federal Courthouse. We

helped welcome 19 new

citizens from 15 countries.

See Kappy's article for a

discussion (page 5) of the

ballot measures on the No-

vember ballot. If you would

like to help with research

on local measures, please

call Flo or Miriam as we will

have the October units de-

voted to these measures.

Voters' Guides have been

ordered from LWVOR and

should arrive in early Octo-

ber. We are getting re-

quests from various groups

to speak on ballot meas-

ures. The calendar is filling

fast! Speakers' Training will

be at Kappy's in late Sep-

tember.

and email. My grandchil-

dren have pushed me into

Facebook and texting and

who knows what’s coming

next. And that’s not a bad

thing.

LWVUS is on Facebook and

it’s been an easy way to get

information that I would

probably never seek out on

my own. If it were not for

Facebook, I would never

have learned that LWVUS

working hard to get a basic

outline done and it will

soon be in CAWOOD’s

hands to design a site. With

the needed review, “test

runs” and the realities of

scheduling, we expect the

new site will be completed

before the new year.

Of course, electronic media

is more than web pages

(Continued from page 1)

VOTER SERVICE - Flo Alvergue & Miriam Aiken, Co-chairs

Happy New Year!!

EUGENE CELEBRATION PARADE - (photos pages 9 & 10)

Zonta Club members, and

members from Eugene's

Fortnightly Club joined

LWVLC participants. In ad-

dition, Dorothy Cruick-

shank's granddaughter,

Annie Jenike, and Betsy

Boyd, Sue's daughter,

joined our group. We thank

Jerry Walton who drove

Kappy Eaton as honored

passenger in his Austin-

Healy. Applause and nods

were very evident along the

15-block Parade route as

we waved flags and lifted

signs and banners. The

weekend marked the anni-

versary of the passage of

the 19th amendment when,

in 1920, women’s right to

vote became law. The

League is fiercely commit-

ted to its mission of edu-

cating and mobilizing new

voters. Thanks to all our

participants in the Parade.

It was great fun and a won-

derful celebration!

Flo Alvergue

With this year's centennial

celebration of women's

suffrage in Oregon, LWVLC

had a perfect theme for our

entry in the Eugene Cele-

bration Parade. Modeling

our 1912-era costumes

with festive hats we won

2nd place in the "Best

Dressed" category! Our

walking contingent num-

bered 21 including several

participants from other

women's groups. Jo Brew,

president of AAUW, two


LWV of Lane County

Board & Off Board

Roster 2012-13

Co-Presidents

SUE BOYD &

SUSAN TAVAKOLIAN

Vice President

MARY KEATING

Secretary

MERLE BOTTGE

Treasurer

PHYLLIS LOOBEY

Action

KAPPY EATON &

PAT HOCKEN

Argus Editor

CHARLCIE KAYLOR

Finance

JANET CALVERT

Historian

GAYLE DOWNING

Membership

SUE WIELESEK

Public Relations

FRAN BOEHNER

Units

ANNE MEHL President Elisabeth MacNa-

mara is a regular contribu-

tor to the Arena political

and policy forum on the

Politico web page. She was

most recently featured

commenting on the choice

of a women as moderator

in the presidential debates.

The League also shares

news stories about other

Leagues from around the

country. Topics lately have

been voting rights and

campaign funding.

We hope to see you at the

luncheon in September and

units and Third Thursdays

in October. Welcome back -

it’s a new League year!

STATE OF THE STATE

UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE

The University of Oregon

(UO) and Portland State

University (PSU) can estab-

lish institutional boards

under the legislation pro-

posed by the Special Com-

mittee on University Gov-

ernance. Legislative Council

draft 759 was forwarded to

the Interim Senate Educa-

tion and Workforce Com-

mittee and the Interim

House Committee Higher

Education Committee on

August 15, after approval

of the Special Committee

on August 9. Public com-

ments may be made for 30

days. The two Interim com-

mittees will hold a joint

public hearing on Septem-

ber 14, and the final rec-

ommendations will be sub-

mitted to the Governor and

the Legislature by Novem-

ber 1. The LWVOR Action

committee will determine

whether to comment based

on our Higher Education

positions.

Under the proposal, the

public higher education

institutions under the Ore-

gon University System de-

siring institutional boards

will be subject to the

evaluation by the Oregon

Education Investment Board

(OEIB) and Higher Educa-

tion Coordinating Commis-

sion (HECC) of their capac-

ity for self-governance ac-

cording to specified crite-

ria, established by OEIB and

the HECC, and will make

commendations to the Leg-

islature. The two entities

also will do an annual

evaluation to the Legisla-

ture of the boards created

by the Legislature. The

Governor, with Senate ap-

proval, will appoint 11-15

member of each board.

The recommended legisla-

tion also provides for the

divisions of powers be-

tween internal boards and

the State System.

Among the findings of the

Special Committee which

led to their recommenda-

tions are the following:

● An institutional board can

provide greater transpar-

ency, public accountability

and support for a univer-

sity. They are public and

similar to the State Board of

Higher Education in compo-

sition and constitution

● Institutional boards

should lead to greater ac-

cess and affordability for

Oregon residents and not

greater proportions of out-

of-state student

● The Legislature will moni-

tor the ability of institu-

tional boards to meet the

mission of the board,

achievement compacts and

the principles

● Ownership of all univer-

sity property, regardless of

when acquired, resides with

the people of Oregon

● Institutional board mem-

bers have a dual fiduciary

responsibility: to the insti-

tution and o the state of

Oregon as a whole.

Kappy Eaton

nue forecast from the State

Economist. The Governor’s

Proposed Budget for 2013-

15 is based on this projec-

tion and must be published

December 1, and under the

The Interim Senate Finance

and Revenue Committee

and the Interim House

Revenue Committee will

meet jointly August 29 to

hear the September reve-

new rules, it must be bal-

anced with the revenue

available, not reserves nor

increases without accompa-

nying cuts.

Kappy Eaton

ACTION - Kappy Eaton & Pat Hocken, Co-chairs

FISCAL POLICY

PLANNING FOR 2013 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

ized and bill draft requests

made. These will be re-

viewed between December

12-14. The Legislature will

convene the second Mon-

day in January, organize for

a few days, and convene to

start hearings on bills and

the budget February 4.

Kappy Eaton

All Interim committees will

be meeting between Sep-

tember 12 and 14. Issues

for consideration at the

2013 session will be final-

Action Meeting:

September 11

9:30 a.m.

175 S. Garden Way

Of the eight state measures

on the General Election bal-

lot, the League of Women

Voters of Oregon is taking

positions on four. The Lane

County League will be dis-

cussing all the state and

local measures at the Octo-

ber units. The LWVOR Vot-

ers Guide will be available

early in October, and the

local Speakers Bureau will

be presenting voter educa-

tion information also. Fol-

lowing are the League’s

selected measures for ac-

tion:

● Measure #78; Amends

Constitution. Changes con-

stitutional language de-

scribing governmental sys-

tem of separation of pow-

ers; makes grammatical

and spelling changes. This

is a referral from the Legis-

lature to clarify the three

branches of state govern-

ment and change the refer-

ences to the Secretary of

State from he, him and his

to gender-neutral wording.

SUPPORT

● Measure #79; Amends

Constitution: Prohibits real

estate transfer taxes, fees,

other assessments, except

those operative on Decem-

ber 31, 2009. This measure

takes away control from

local governments, and

should not be in the Ore-

gon Constitution. OPPOSE

● Measure #84: Phases out

existing inheritance taxes

on large estates, and all

taxes on intra-family prop-

erty transfers. This meas-

ure takes away operating

funds from the state with-

out providing revenue re-

placement for needed es-

sential services which are

being cut. OPPOSE

● Measure #85: Amends

Constitution: Allocates Cor-

porate Income/Excise Tax

“Kicker” Refund To Addi-

tionally Fund K Through 12

Public Education. The

League’s position advo-

cates for adequately fund-

ing public education.

SUPPORT

Other state measures ad-

dress issues of private casi-

nos, gill net fishing and

additional emergency

power for the Governor on

which the League is remain-

ing neutral. Lane County

League may be taking posi-

tions on Eugene and

Springfield issues not yet

finalized.

Kappy Eaton

LEAGUE ACTION FOR NOVEMBER

SORTING OUT THE LIES

which can be used by TV

and radio stations to refuse

to run misleading informa-

tion. The problem is the

huge amounts of money

which the broadcasters can

charge for prime time ads.

While Oregon is not a fed-

eral election battle-ground

state, there could be some

negative, untrue state-

ments made during the

local Congressional cam-

paign, and we might con-

sider discussing them with

our local media.

Kappy Eaton

At the LWVUS Convention,

we learned about a new

aide in combating misinfor-

mation and outright lies.

It’s called FlackCheck.org,

and it calls attention to

negative ads and state-

ments which are mislead-

ing and deceptive. Kathleen

Hall Jamison, a communica-

tions and information

strategist, provided excel-

lent details and examples

of campaign materials

which really stretched the

truth. You can go on-line to

find out more. More impor-

tantly, there is a federal law


Kappy Eaton and

US Representative Peter DeFazio at

Eugene Celebration Parade

LOCAL ACTION - Pat Hocken

ment services.

The City of Eugene oper-

ates the regional wastewa-

ter facilities, which includes

the treatment plant, the

sludge processing agricul-

tural operations, the bene-

ficial reuse site, the pump

stations and the transmis-

sion sewers. Springfield

provides administrative

services including legal and

risk management services,

financial management and

The Metropolitan Wastewa-

ter Management Commis-

sion (MWMC) has sent the

League its 2011 Annual

Report. The following are a

few tidbits from the report.

The MWMC was formed in

1977 through an intergov-

ernmental agreement. Lane

County and the Cities of

Eugene and Springfield

work together to provide

the community with high

quality wastewater manage-

accounting, budget and

rate development, and long

-range capital planning,

design, and construction

management.

The MWMC has 220,000

residents in its service area

and treated 13 billion gal-

lons of wastewater in 2011.

A new initiative in 2011

was to partner with local

law enforcement agencies

to provide three permanent

drop boxes for unwanted

MWMC NEWS

LOCAL BALLOT MEASURES

ing bike and pedestrian

projects. This measure is a

renewal of a similar one

approved in 2008. If ap-

proved, the bonds would

be repaid from property

taxes beginning in 2014

with an estimated tax rate

of $0.65 per thousand of

assessed value.

The other City of Eugene

measure is an advisory

question which reads “Shall

Congress send to States

constitutional amendment

reversing the negative im-

pact of the Citizens United

case and limit independent

campaign spending?” The

Council previously passed a

resolution in 2012 which

stated that corporations,

unions, and special inter-

ests should not have the

same constitutional rights

that natural persons pos-

sess.

The City of Springfield will

seek voter approval to re-

new a public safety operat-

ing levy. The renewal would

be for five years at a rate of

$1.28 per thousand of as-

sessed property value and

would fund the city’s mu-

nicipal jail and court as well

as 20 positions in the po-

lice department.

The Willamalane Park and

Recreation District, which

Voters in the Eugene-

Springfield metropolitan

area will have some local

ballot measures to consider

in the November election.

The League’s Action com-

mittee will review these

measures at its meeting on

September 11 and develop

a recommendation for the

LWVLC board about

whether the League should

support, oppose, or remain

neutral on them.

The City of Eugene has

placed two measures on

the ballot. One is a $43

million bond measure for

fixing approximately 74

miles of streets and fund-

WEST EUGENE EmX

The League of Women Vot-

ers of Lane County submit-

ted comments to Lane

Transit District on the Envi-

ronmental Assessment (EA)

for the West Eugene EmX

project. In its remarks the

League stated that “After

reviewing the EA, the

LWVLC has concluded that

the project will provide sig-

nificant benefits to the

community with only lim-

ited and minor adverse im-

pacts.” The full text of our

comments is found on

page 7 of this Argus.

The League also provided

copies of these comments

to the Eugene Mayor and

City Council and the Lane

Transit District Board of

Directors.

serves residents of the City

of Springfield and some

surrounding areas, will

seek approval of a bond

measure for up to $20 mil-

lion for land acquisition,

hiking-trail improvements,

parks and athletic facilities

and energy conservation

upgrades. The bonds would

be repaid in up to 21 years

with a property tax levy of

$0.34 per thousand of as-

sessed value.

Lane County has declined

to put a measure on the

November ballot to raise

funds for public safety,

partly because of insuffi-

cient time to craft a meas-

ure and educate voters

about it.

and expired medications,

prescription and over the

counter. The drop boxes

are located in the lobbies

of the Springfield Justice

Center, Eugene Police Sta-

tion, and Lane County Sher-

iff’s office. Using the drop

boxes rather than flushing

medications, keeps such

potentially harmful sub-

stances out of the wastewa-

ter stream more effectively

and less costly than later

treatment.

Thank you for the opportu-

nity to comment on the

Environmental Assessment

(EA) for the West Eugene

EmX project. A review of

the EA leads the League of

Women Voters of Lane

County to conclude that the

project will provide signifi-

cant benefits to the com-

munity with only limited

and minor adverse impacts.

Some of the expected ef-

fects are described below.

The League believes it is

time to move forward with

the Locally Preferred Alter-

native, a well-planned, criti-

cal transportation link that

will benefit everyone: bus

riders, drivers, bicyclists,

and pedestrians.

Development of the Locally

Preferred Alternative (LPA)

would expand the bus

rapid transit system of high

quality transportation ser-

vice, a key component of

the adopted Regional

Transportation Plan. It

would also support the

goals of compact urban

development and efficient

transportation found in the

City of Eugene’s 20-year

growth plan, Envision

Eugene. The project would

serve eight designated

nodal development (mixed

use) areas . In contrast, the

No Build Alternative would

not advance state, regional,

and city land use and trans-

portation policies that en-

courage increased density

and transit oriented devel-

opment along major arte-

rials.

The LPA would improve

traffic flow in one of the

most congested corridors

in Oregon.

Travel times in 2031 for

both transit vehicles and

private autos would be

shorter with the LPA option

compared to the No-Build

option. Implementing the

LPA for EmX is also ex-

pected to reduce system

wide transit operating cost

by at least 3% and to re-

duce transit travel time in

the corridor compared to

the No-Build Alternative.

The LPA includes two new

bicycle/ pedestrian bridges

over the Amazon slough to

improve connectivity for

neighborhoods and EmX

service and businesses on

West 11th Avenue. In addi-

tion, sidewalks will be wid-

ened in several locations

along the corridor.

Changes to traffic signali-

zation would help reduce

potential conflicts between

cars, trucks, transit vehi-

cles, bicycles, and pedestri-

ans. The No-Build alterna-

tive does not include any of

these improvements.

Compared to the No-Build

Alternative, the LPA is more

likely to increase transit

mode share and reduce

energy consumption and

air pollution emissions. The

LPA also includes new

storm water treatment fa-

cilities that will reduce the

amount of untreated runoff

reaching waterways.

Any large project will gen-

erate some adverse im-

pacts. However, the EA con-

cludes that the impacts are

minimal or that strategies

are available for adequate

mitigation of other than

minor negative effects as-

sociated with the LPA sce-

nario. Property impacts

include acquisition of about

2.5 acres in 117 minor

strips, potential relocations

of up to three businesses/

residences, net loss of a

few parking spaces, and

modification of a few drive-

way accesses. Owners will

be compensated in such

situations in accordance

with Federal and Oregon

laws. There will likely be

some temporary disrup-

tions to businesses and

residents during construc-

tion, which will be man-

aged by adequate flagging

and signing, proper staging

of equipment, and main-

taining access to adjacent

businesses during normal

operating hours. .

The LPA Alternative will

provide faster, more reli-

able transit service to an

area of our community

where 29% of the house-

holds are low income and

22% of the households do

not own a vehicle. Federal

and Oregon funding, which

can only be used for the

project and not for transit

operations, is expected to

cover the entire cost of the

LPA.

Building the Locally Pre-

ferred Alternative is ex-

pected to generate over

2500 direct and indirect

short term jobs with over

$100 million in payroll.

LWVLC - Comments to LTD on West Eugene EmX - Pat Hocken


The League of Women Vot-

ers of Lane County urges

the Federal Transit Admini-

stration to issue a Finding

of No Significant Impact for


native. The West Eugene

EmX project is designed

for the future. The Environ-

mental Assessment points

out the future benefits ex-

pected from implementing

the LPA: reduced conges-

tion; lower transit operat-

ing costs; improved travel

for transit vehicles, autos,

trucks, pedestrians, and

bicycles. And the LPA plan

is expected to minimize

impacts on adjacent prop-

erties through its route

design and thoughtful miti-

gation strategies.

The purpose of the League

of Women Voters is to pro-

mote civic responsibility

through informed and ac-

tive participation in gov-

ernment and to act on se-

lected governmental is-

sues. The Lane County

League has been studying

local transportation issues

since 1966 and supports

comprehensive, long-range

transportation planning

with consideration of pub-

lic transportation, parking,

downtown land use and

finance. The League mem-

bership has been following

the proposed development

of the West Eugene EmX

system for several years

and supports approval of


native.

Margot Fetz

New member Margot Fetz

originally joined the League

of Women Voters so that

she could be a more in-

formed citizen. Margot pre-

viously was a member in

both Missoula, Montana

and Bellingham, Washing-

ton, so she joins this

League as a well-

acquainted newcomer.

Her interest in politics led

to her election as a mem-

ber of a study commission

in Missoula, Montana that

was established to evaluate

governmental processes in

that community.

She has a special interest in

issues having to do with

population.

Margot was born in North-

ern, Illinois and spent the

years of her childhood and

youth there. She studied

geology at the University of

Illinois and the University

of California, Berkeley. She

later earned an MBA at Se-

attle University.

While living in Australia for

nine years, she worked as a

curator in a geological mu-

seum, putting her educa-

tional achievements to

good use.

Margot’s family has an in-

ternational flavor. One

daughter lives in Wisconsin,

another in Spain, and a

third in Germany. She has

six grandchildren.

In addition to her interest

in political matters, Margot

enjoys gardening and hik-

ing.

in Spanish language studies

and worked full time as a

supervisor in the circulation

department in the univer-

sity library.

From 1985 to 1987 Nancy

served as a Peace Corps

volunteer in Paraguay, as-

sisting native farm women

to learn ways of working

with and using the food

grown in their area. She

worked alongside a native

Paraguayan man, who was

assigned to do this work

with the men of the region.

In addition, Nancy has

worked as an assistant to a

local chiropractor and, for

45 years, has enjoyed the

Nancy Davison

Dexter resident Nancy Davi-

son has always been politi-

cally oriented and has al-

ways held the League of

Women Voters in high re-

gard. So when a friend told

her about the Lane County

League, she decided to be-

come a member.

Before earning her four-

year degree at Western New

Mexico University, she did

prerequisite studies at

Springerville/Eagar Com-

munity College and Cochise

Community College in Ari-

zona . While in school at

Western New Mexico Uni-

versity, she both majored

avocation of astrology. She

retired a couple of years

ago.

Nancy is the mother of

seven daughters, thirteen

grandchildren, and fifteen

great grandchildren.

GETTING TO KNOW… by Jeanne Armstrong

Welcome to the League Margot and Nancy!

LWVLC Parade participants

EUGENE CELEBRATION


Charlcie Kaylor

Sue Boyd, Carol Hildebrand, Janet Calvert

CELEBRATION PICTURES

LWV’s Straw Poll at our Eugene Celebration Booth

1. Should a private developer be granted a large quantity of McKenzie River

water for future use? Yes 13 No 264

2. Should the Eugene City Council oppose shipping coal n open train cars

through Eugene? Yes 207 No 31

3. Do you support the November ballot measure to use the corporate in-

come tax refund to help fund K-12 education? Yes 263 No 22

4. Would you support a city ban on all retail check-out plastic bags?

Yes 238 No 50

5. Would you support a city ban on all retail check-out plastic bags?

Yes 188 No 64

6. Do you support extension of Lane Transit District’s EmX bus rapid tran-

sit system to West Eugene? Yes 199 No 74

Becky Gladstone

Kappy Eaton

Fran Boehner after

putting together

LWVLC booth.

Thanks to all of you who

have kept us so busy all

summer selling books for

the League. You didn't for-

get our on-going fund

raiser. The amount raised

since the new year started

on July 1 is $285.90.

For the benefit of our new

members, one way that we

raise money for operating

expenses is to sell used

books that the members

and others donate to the

Lane County League of

Women Voters. We sell to

the local bookstores and on

eBay. We accept all books

that are in good condition,

and that includes both hard

bound and paperback.

There is a blue box at the

office in the work room

where you can leave books

for us. However, if you are

unable to get them there,

or if you have too many of

them, we will be happy to

pick them up at your home.

Just give us a call.

Thank you,

Elleen and Louie Levy

541-343-7592

A BUSY SUMMER


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Membership Form

League of Women Voters Lane County

As a member of the League,

you will receive the monthly

newsletter from LWVLC

(Argus), which has informa-

tion about our monthly and

unit meetings, and the quar-

terly newsletter from the

Oregon League (Voter).

Mail the form and check pay-

able to LWVLC to:

LWVLC

338 West 11th Ave, Suite 101

Eugene, OR 97401

Individual $65

Household (Two people at the same address) $97.50

Student $20

Individual after February 1st $32

Name

Address

Phone

Email (for League use only)

Please give this to

a friend Thanks to our

2011-12 Directory Advertisers

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Unique Properties

Flo Alvergue

(left) leading our

marchers

SEPTEMBER

9, 2-4 pm, Candidate Forum at Morse Farm

11, 9:30 am, Action Committee

20, 11:30am - Fall Luncheon (reservations by Sept. 17th)

OCTOBER

2, 3pm, Briefing, Sloat Room, Atrium, 10th & Olive

8-12th, Units - Ballot Measures

The League office is open

Monday, Wednesday and Friday

11am to 1:30pm

The office will be closed Monday, September 3, for Labor Day.

Our Mission

The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan

political organization, encourages the

informed and active participation in

government, works to increase

understanding of major public policy

issues, and influences public policy through

education and advocacy.

CALENDAR

336 West 11th Ave., Suite 101

Eugene, OR 97401

541-343-7917

lwvlc.org

Educating voters.

L e a g u e o f W o m e n V o t e r s L a n e C o u n t y

NON-PROFIT ORG.

US POSTAGE PAID

EUGENE, OR

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