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VOLUME 4 NUMBER 164:33, FEBRUARY 22-FEBRUARY 28, 2011

EditorialEditors Courtney Clenney, Stanley TollettStaff Writers Courtney Clenney, Noah Stroup, Stanley TollettBump Editor Noah StroupContributors Dirtstir, Josh Goller, Jimbo Ivy, Bryan Smith, Michael Thomas, Lisa Wells ArtArt Director Freddy RuizLayout Editor Courtney ClenneyCover photo by: Jimbo Ivy

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Mr. Tollett, Your contribution to the Alchemist

of Jan. 18-24, caught my attention. You stated that, “In fact, many of the leaders of the ‘New Left” were killed.”

Who are you? Are you a student at OSU?

May I please know the details about your Facts?

I lived at Ground Zero from the mid-60s and 70s and did not miss much about the social/political changes dur-ing those years.

I was a typical So. Calif. beach kid un-til I attended a Dylan concert. I moved north across the Golden Gate to Fair-fax in Marin County and immersed myself in the Counter Culture. I was anti-establishment, anti-war, anti-seg-regation, pro-abortion, gay rights, etc. I loved Uncle Walter, marched in the 1st Earth Day parade, made my own gra-nola, grew a beard and wore beads and bell-bottoms. I indulged in the music, recreational drugs and casual sex, I was drafted, had a home and a family and a dog.

What I am saying is that I could not have been unaware of the deaths of the leaders that you alluded to. Without supporting information I consider that these notions are myths in your mind.

I look forward to your response. If I can understand your reasoning then maybe we ought to have coffee or a beer and talk about things related.

Jay White p.s. - I retired to Corvallis 2 yrs. ago

after 30 years of global medical research. I have three daughters in college (one at OSU). I have never been more worried about the future of this country than I am now.

Dear Mr. White, Thank you for taking the time to re-

spond to my Symposium. I am an owner and editor of The Alchemist Weekly. I am not a student at OSU.

The deaths I was referring to in my ar-ticle were those of Fred Hampton, Mal-colm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Kennedy and George Jackson.

I think perhaps our misunderstanding lies in my usage of the term "New Left,”

which is a broad term and is mostly as-sociated with the SDS, and more radi-cally, The Weather Underground, along with other political groups.

While Fred Hampton, George Jack-son and Malcolm X can easily be af-filiated with what most people define as "New Left." MLK and RFK may not be. I realize that because of my age I cannot begin to understand those times in the way in which those that lived them do. However, I do attempt to research and learn as much as possible about subjects before I articulate a viewpoint.

I would very much enjoy a conversa-tion with you over coffee any time you are available, and am humbled by your invitation. I'm sure there is much I could learn from someone who was actually there and actively participated in those turbulent and incredible times.

Sincerely and Respectfully,Stanley Tollett

Owner/EditorThe Alchemist Weekly

Noah,

Thank you for writing on the important topic of compassion. As I understand it, in Buddhist thinking, compassion goes hand in hand with the understanding that we are not separate entities (as it seems), but rather all pieces of the same whole.

In your discussion, you mentioned some properties of compassion: being divided and proportioned, being reduced, being depleted, and being a moment of action.

I would say that it also has the property of being able to increase, both linearly and exponentially. I’m thinking linearly in the case of the individual, who increases his/her compassion through practice (Oh, that’s why they call it Zen practice!), and exponentially through the interactions that a person has as she/he goes through each day (i.e., kindness and compassion beget kindness and compassion).

I also think that compassion has the ability to span time.

-Merry Clarkster

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I need a niche. I’m struggling to provide a different interpretation of the world. Prob-lem is, the big ideas (revolution, love, etc.) are covered, world and national events are presented by another writer, and if anything of consequence occurs in town, someone else is sure to give their input. I feel redun-dant, with that not so fresh feeling caused by venting something so last week. Any ideas?

Funny...and not so Funny

A sportscaster said, “The Lakers have been inconsistent at times.” “Imagine” is the favorite Beatles song of the sex lady that spoke at OSU recently.

The emotional, subjective, “he said she said” basis of most of the Craigslist rants around the food cart issue. OK, more like worried, because they demonstrate little in-sight or exploration of the issue beyond, “I like food carts.” Unless this issue gets fast-tracked, and it shouldn’t if the City wants to do it right, this process will take at least six months and more than a handful of meet-ings of a few city committees and commis-sions. Pay attention, kiddies.

If the lessor to Broken Yolk is the lessor to the potential food pod, how does the lessor weigh the risk of losing the big dollar les-see? What compensation would the lessor receive if lessee leaves the premises before the lease expires? It’s just business.

No Food Cart Blanche

Last week, three members of the Down-town Commission oversaw a preliminary meeting, the purpose of which was to gather input from the community, and later pres-ent this information to the Commission as a whole. I heard about ten of the approxi-mately 50 in attendance speak on the issue. Maybe you read the Feb. 16 Gazette-Times article, but it really didn’t put into perspec-tive what the food cart proponents are really aiming for.

I spoke first, asking the Commission to review the impact and viability of food carts on/in like-sized communities, and requested amenities like bathroom, hand washing and garbage facilities for the public, if the carts were to be allowed. I also noted the carts can already operate year-round, as long as they move every 45 days. I guess I approve of them, conditionally.

The head of the Corvallis Food Cart Alli-ance then read a lengthy letter on the ideals, operations, composition and benefits of a food cart “pod” (like peas or whales), giving an informal limit of 6-8 carts in the lot at 3rd and Monroe. She spoke idealistically of carts sharing a solar energy array, but sug-gested accessing water and electricity from the site, and when she leaned on the point that half of food carts are owned and op-erated by ethnic minorities, I(ronicly) rec-ognized only two non Caucasians in the room. Commission members raised ques-tions about potable water access, gray water disposal, and public amenities.

Next, one opposed pointed out these carts desire an essentially permanent es-tablishment on a parking lot very near her business, but wish to circumvent the major costs of traditional restaurant operation. This person also commented that if eco-nomic conditions were different, they might not be so opposed to food carts, but allow-ing carts at this time would undercut their business. Carts don’t have the risk (dollars invested) of a restaurant or the earning po-tential; that to me is the main trade-off. I also think without an increase in market (number of people dining out), any new food service will compete with existing food service.

I truly appreciate and agree with one person’s straightforward outlook that the food carts provide variety, and let the mar-ket bear. Product, popularity, presentation, and profit will determine if they stay or not, so give them a chance. The director of the Corvallis Farmer’s Market also spoke in support, noting the popularity/success of food vendors at the Farmer’s Market. She spoke about the annual 45-day limit on op-eration in any one location (FoodChapter 3.0.30.03 (hh), Corvallis land development code Temporary Outdoor Markets, as food carts are viewed by Corvallis Code Enforce-ment) affecting mobility of farmer’s mar-kets. Because the Farmer’s Market doesn’t operate more that 45 days annually in any one location, I don’t see mobility as an issue for them. Testimony I heard beyond that was largely anecdotal.

I went to Benton County Health De-partment on-line (http://www.co.benton.or.us/health/environmental/restaurants.php) and looked at information regarding fees, definitions, and rules of operation for food carts. Under a “farmer’s market provi-sion”, an annual $627 temporary restaurant fee is charged to food vendors (they may also choose to pay $93/month). Mobile food vendors pay $230 or $252, depending on the class (I-IV, based on level menu), and restaurants pay $459-$807 depending on seating capacity. Food handling rules are the same as a restaurant.

In the Mobile Unit Guide (from Oregon Department of Human Services), “Mo-bile units must be mobile at all times dur-ing operation. The unit must be on wheels (excluding boats) at all times (Section 1-201.10(B)(48.1)). The unit and all opera-tions and equipment must be integral to the unit. There are three exceptions that may be allowed provided that specific conditions are met.” These are external barbecue units and storage, and seating. “Operators may provide seating for customers if rest rooms are readily accessible within one-quarter mile or a five-minute walk from the mobile food unit. The rest room must have a hand washing facility that provides hot and cold running water, soap, and paper towels or air dryer (OAR 333-162-0020(4)).”

With all that said, I oppose not food carts but the vision of CFCA to have year-round operation in Burton’s parking lot at 3rd

and Monroe, with access to electricity and running water. While power from Pacific Power may be preferable to several gen-erators, and piped in water may be fresher and cooler than what’s in a cart’s reservoir, they violate rules of mobility. Hot and cold hand washing for the public would rapidly deplete a cart’s water supply, so I don’t envi-sion CFCA providing rest rooms. Based on accessibility of public rest rooms, unless the CFCA intends their customers to use other business’ rest rooms. I don’t envision seating provided either.

Bottom line? Mobile means mobile, so no umbilicus for water or electricity. CFCA

needs to confront DHS on that issue. If CFCA wants power, water, and a place to park all year, pay the $627 “farmer’s market provision” and operate as a “temporary res-taurant” (food booth or kiosk). Just remem-ber, “temporary restaurants” are to operate in conjunction with an “event” (fair, carnival, circus...). Shoot, if this gets screwed around enough, Farmer’s Market may figure out a way to get food booths recognized as mo-bile food vendors.

-TCj [email protected]

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mation has al-ways possessed a certain magic, even before Walt Disney cornered the market on pen-ciled whimsy by etching a car-toon mouse. But as computers have replaced the sketch pad, that particular brand of magic has grown out-moded. Hand drawn fiction became quaint.

The protago-nist in French director Sylvain Chomet’s mostly hand drawn The Illusionist suffers a similar fate. A small scale magi-cian by trade, the aging Tatischeff finds work where he can, but the small audiences who turn out are largely unimpressed with parlor tricks when splashy rock and roll acts beguile them.

As the illusionist travels from France to the British Isles in search of a payday, one bit of serendipity lands Tatischeff a gig on a remote island. He wins at least one fan, an inquisitive young woman who’s enchanted by both his skill as magician and his gen-erosity. She follows him back to Scotland, where they take up residence in a hotel occupied by other disenfranchised enter-tainers. There is the down-on-his-luck ven-triloquist, the trio of perpetually bouncing acrobats, and the suicidal clown.

But, the girl and Tatischeff discover fleet-ing platonic joy as she cooks for him and he uses his paltry income to buy her the sort of stylish clothes of which she’s only dreamed. But soon Tatischeff is moonlight-ing with ill-suited odd jobs, and his career hits an all time low as he performs cheap tricks to hock merchandise in a department store window.

Set in a time period when this very type of animation would have sucked away busi-ness from Tatischeff, The Illusionist captures

a bittersweet charm. It doesn’t dazzle, it simmers. The film’s slow crawl takes some getting used to, as does the lack of any sig-nificant dialogue. Though brief utterances of English, French, and Gaelic pop up here and there (along with plenty of mumblings and murmurs), emotion is primarily con-veyed through silent gestures. While this works on the whole, it comes off as too styl-ized up front.

But The Illusionist conjures a melancholic atmosphere that beautifully reflects the dreariness in the lives of the downtrodden; an uncommon tone in most hand drawn animation. And, with a screenplay penned by a man ( Jacques Tati) who passed away nearly three decades ago, the film serves as a tribute to a bygone era, where not every-thing popped and sizzled, but the simple things could still captivate.

An enchanting piece of grown-up anima-tion, The Illusionist doesn’t always mesmer-ize, but it still has a few tricks up its sleeve.

The Illusionist is now playing at the Dark-side Cinema.

For shows and show times, visit dark-sidecinema.com.

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“Acts of violence don't win wars. Nei-ther wars nor revolutions. Terror-ism is useful as a start. But then, the

people themselves must act. That's the rationale behind this strike: to mobilize all Algerians, to assess our strength.” -Ben M'Hidi from The Battle of Algiers

We live in a world where terrorism is common place, something known almost universally and understood to be evil, cow-ardly, and unnecessary. Between 9/11, IEDs in Iraq, and images of the aftermath of suicide bombers in Israel or Palestine on CNN, most Americans are very familiar with the concept of terror and think they have a fairly firm grasp on the moral im-plications surrounding it. The same can be said of torture; we are all quite familiar via the same media sources of the results and implications of governments using torture in order to fight their wars, both abroad and domestic. But, where and when did these tactics, both terrorist and anti-terrorist, be-come so crystallized?

The 1966 film, The Battle of Algiers, is a shocking view into the mentalities behind both terrorists and government agents em-ploying torture tasked to defeat them, by any means. Most Americans have no idea where Algeria is on a map or that it represents an almost perfect analog to the United States, and its troubles in both Iraq and Afghani-stan. The similarities are pretty clear; terror-ist cells waging a clandestine war against a primarily white, Christian minority on the behalf of a primarily dark-skinned, Islamic majority who felt that their country was being controlled and invaded by outsiders. Both modern terrorism and anti-terrorism tactics can directly trace their roots back to the incidents illuminated by the film.

Plot-wise, The Battle of Algiers is a depic-

tion of the violent struggle between Islamic revolution-ary forces led by the National Lib-eration Front in the Algerian city of Algiers and the French colonial military tasked with maintaining order and protecting the French interests in North Africa. The film covers a period of time from 1954 to 1960, follow-ing the rise of the NLF from a small group of ideologi-cal revolutionaries to a fully-realized revolutionary war in which terrorism, worker strikes, and assassi-nation were variously employed as a means of political resistance.

Filmed in Algeria, a mere four years after the war had ended, the film utilized many first hand accounts of the violence of the era, and indeed many of the extras that made up the large protest scenes were wit-nesses and participants in the actual events of the film.

The Battle of Algiers is very dualistic in na-ture; it alternately follows the rise of Ali la Pointe, a scarred Algerian lieutenant in the NLF who favors violent action over strikes or negotiation, and Colonel Mathieu, a French Paratrooper sent to quash the re-bellion who frequently employs torture as a means of discovering the persons behind the terrorist attacks. The cast speaks in both

Arabic and French, depending on their alle-giance and even the filming style and light-ing changes depending on where the scene is talking place. Scene shot in the French quarter are brightly lit, clean and orderly, thriving… whereas scenes shot in the Kas-bah (Muslim) quarters are dark, shadowy and full of people barely surviving.

While the film favors the NLF as the he-roes of the narrative, it is only slightly. The use of terrorism is condemned and shown to be effective only in the short-term, and at too high a cost, as is the French militaries use of torture in order to combat it.

The Battle of Algiers is an important film for us to see, I think, because it illuminates very specifically and very sympathetically the motivations behind both tactics for controlling a political situation. By the end of the film, I felt as if both sides were a little

bit right, but supremely foolish in how they reacted to each other. The overall message of the film is summed up nicely in an ex-change towards the end of the film in which one of the NLF leaders has been captured and is being asked questions by the French media:

Journalist: M. Ben M'Hidi, don't you think it's a bit cowardly to use women's baskets and handbags to carry explosive devices that kill so many innocent people?

Ben M'Hidi: And doesn't it seem to you even more cowardly to drop napalm bombs on defenseless villages, so that there are a thousand times more innocent victims? Of course, if we had your airplanes it would be a lot easier for us. Give us your bombers, and you can have our baskets.

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There is some mythical quality to the way that Muriel Spark writes that is hard to characterize and

is fleeting to behold. Her beautiful and terse novel, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961) has a delicate kind of rhythm, and unspools like a fairy tale; a misty inter-war fable that plays out in the streets and homes of Edinborough, Scotland.

Taking place mostly in the 1930s, Muriel’s story follows five girls and their attachment to a school teacher. The women owe their friendship to their instructor, Jean Brodie, who is a sophisticated and slightly unorth-odox bachelorette. As youths, functioning under Miss Brodie’s shadow, the strength

of their affiliation is incredibly resilient, but as they grow older their bond grows tenu-ous and they fall into disunion. The story opens with the young women standing at a kind of metaphoric and artificial thresh-old, just outside of the school grounds. Spark writes, “The boys, as they talked to the girls from Marcia Blaine School, stood on the far side of their bicycles holding the handlebars, which established a protective fence of bicycle between the sexes… The five girls, standing very close to each other because of the boys, wore their hats each with a definite difference,” (1). It is in the author’s soft, unremarkable set up that the story has its potency. The novel retains its

feeling of innocence, boundary, and nostal-gia partly because the tale is so plainly and tenderly spoken. Spark’s prose is simple, but The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie has last-ing power because the cycle of these girls’ friendship is familiar, relatable to readers in the twenty first century. Each of the women is crafted memorably even if their mark upon the story is ephemeral. Being that the novel is only one hundred and fifty pages long, this speaks strongly to Spark’s mastery as a storyteller. Even more impressive is her ability to shift Jean Brodie’s character in the eyes of the women as they mature. Miss Brodie’s unorthodox behavior is revealed to us as something dangerous, deceptive even,

as she tries to control the lives of the school children that adored her into their adult-hood. The elegance and power of the men-tor, through Spark’s writing, is shown to be a thin shell—a façade holding in something unseemly. Mostly, it is the portrayal of the girls’ companionship that impressed me the most. In its character’s bonds, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie has the facility to make you remember your own childhood friends, and wonder what became of them.

The Modern Library and Time Magazine have both listed The Prime of Miss Jean Bro-die as one of the great books of the Twenti-eth Century.

BookwormThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961) by Muriel Spark

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Through Corvallis’ morning mist 18 figures charge across the West-ern View fields, curved wooden

sticks in hand, like ancient warriors cry-ing havoc across a pitch that is their bat-tlefield. But, there are no drums, no pipes, no clashing swords or flights of arrows blotting out the sun, for this is not war—this is hurling.

The national sport of Ireland, hurling can be described as a mix of baseball, hockey, and lacrosse. It is played with 9 to 15 play-ers on a team, each carrying a three-foot, curved stick, made from the wood of an ash tree called a hurley or a camán in Irish Gaelic (pronounced like ‘c’mon’). It takes a special section of the ash tree to make a hurley; the very bottom of a tree before it goes into the ground, the curve there, makes up the curved end of a hurley. The art of making hurleys is so specialized, in fact, that there is only one hurley maker in America, currently.

The players use their hurleys to strike

a leather-covered ball with a cork center called a slitter, similar in size to a baseball. They may strike the slitter on the ground, or in the air, and unlike field hockey, they may pop the slitter up off the pitch with their hurley and carry it in hand for no more than four steps, after which they must pass or shoot the slitter. To get around this four-step rule, one of the skills important in hurling is running down the pitch with the slitter balanced on the flat of the hur-ley. To score, you put the ball in one of the goals at either end of the field. These goals resemble soccer goals with American foot-ball uprights attached to the top. If you put the slitter over the crossbar (between the uprights) you score one point. By putting it under the crossbar and into the net, you score three points.

Hurling was brought to Corvallis by the founding of the Benton Brigade Hurling Club in 2008 by Dustin O’Herron, with the help of Block 15, who sponsored the initial equipment purchase, and still sup-

ports the team today along with Sheet Metal Solutions. The Benton Brigade is led by Coach Jon Cox and Assistant Coach Austin Shahan, who were among the club’s founding members. Shahan recalled joining the Benton Brigade as a means to finding a new team sport in Corvallis. “I was actually looking for a roller hockey team, Googled roller hockey in Oregon, and as hockey is one of the descriptors for hurling, the Bri-gade popped up,” Shahan said. Many of the Brigade’s current members have previous hockey experience, but Shahan believes that any “stick and ball” person would love hurl-ing; “stick and ball” sports generally refers to lacrosse, baseball, field hockey, and ice hockey. Shahan considers the best way to describe hurling is ‘Irish hockey.’ “It’s basi-cally the same concept; everyone has a stick and there’s a goal at each end and a small object like a puck or a ball is struck, except hurling [is] played on a really, really big field,” he says. In fact, a regulation hurling pitch is 145m (475ft) long and 90m (295ft)

wide, and because hurling is played during two, uninterrupted 30-minute halves, it is often called the fastest field sport on the planet.

“Play never stops,” Shahan says, grin-ning proudly. “You can’t train hard enough for hurling. You’re sprinting and then stop-ping for a second or two, over and over. You could run ten miles a day and then go out and play a hurling match and still not be in shape for it.” In this sense the game is valued by many athletes as being more “hardcore” and physically challenging than other field sports. “There are a limited number of subs and not many opportunities to switch out, so many of us play the entire game, and if you get injured, they won’t stop play,” Sha-han says, again with the grin. “It’s a pride thing. If we are physically capable of getting off the pitch, we do…unless we’re out cold, we’re still playing.”

According to the Benton Brigade Hurl-ing Club’s web site, hurling is believed to be the world’s oldest field game: “When

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the Celts came to Ireland as the last ice age was receding, and they brought with them a unique culture; their own language, music, script and unique pastimes. One of these pastimes was a game now called hurling. It is featured in Irish folklore and has been chronicled as a distinct Irish pastime for at least 2,000 years.”

In recent years, more and more Caucasian Americans have been struggling for a sense of unique identity in an American culture filled with rich and varied pasts, and hurl-ing is a way for those with Irish heritage or a resonance with Irish culture to feel like a part of something unique. “Health and heritage is two of our big things,” Shahan says. “We play healthy, hard, and it’s the national sport of Ireland so for a person like myself [with Irish heritage] it’s a great way to feel connected to your past. But, we don’t exclude anyone that doesn’t have Irish heritage, of course. We want everyone that wants to try it to come out and see what they think.”

And by everyone, they don’t just mean men.

Nick McKee is the equipment manager for the Benton Brigade and explained their policy regarding ladies on the hurling pitch, “We are open to having women on the team, and encourage it whenever a lady shows in-terest,” he said. Officially, if the Benton Bri-gade were to go to a national tournament they would not be allowed to field female players as hurling is the men’s version of the sport, the women’s version is called camogie and has its own national organization and teams. “[Coach] Jon’s wife has played for us in the past, she’s probably going to come

back this season and we’ve had a few ladies over the years, spo-radically,” McKee said.

Currently the Benton Bri-gade has around 30 members and plays regional teams from the Northwest Division such as Eugene, Portland, and Seattle. “We’re hosting a tournament in May,” McKee says. “And we have interest from some of the teams in California for that.” Hurling, while popular in Ire-land, hasn’t quite caught on yet in America, though it’s been documented as being played on American soil as early as the 18th century. “We’re hoping for a boom similar to the one soccer had. This season we had a major recruiting drive, so we’ve had a big spike in our numbers,” Mc-Kee says. “A lot of people have been checking out our posters and our web site, it’s been great so far.”

The Benton Brigade’s web site (benton-brigade.com) is their primary source of in-formation for players and those interested in attending a practice or a game to see what hurling is all about. Their first match of this season is February 26th in Eugene, against the Eugene Trappers, and their next practice will be Saturday, March 5th at a location to be determined and displayed on their web site, as it varies week to week. Those interested in finding out more about this thrilling sport or attending a practice can also email the Brigade at [email protected].


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Corvallis Corvallis Elks Lodge Beginner Line Dance 7:00 pm, $3Impulse Bar & Grill Cuban Salsa 7:30 pm FREEPeacock Bar and Grill On the Top: DJ Big Cheese, 9:00 pm FREEOSU Women’s Building Room 112 Salsa Dancing 8:00 pmLebanonCascade Performing Arts Center Beginner Adult Ballet Classes, 7:30-8:30 pm, $5

AlbanyLBCC Room F-104 Illumination Project, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, FREE [INTERACTIVE THEATER]Pizza King Author Ruby Lewis, “A Taste of Italy: My Favorite Soups,” 4:00 pm, FREE [BOOK SIGNING]

CorvallisApplebee's National Trivia Association Night, 9:00 pm, FREEEnoteca Wine Bar Girls night out! Knit night, 7:00 pm [SHE'S CRAFTY]WineStyles Tuesday Night Trivia (Winter League) 6 pm [FUN]

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CorvallisOSU LaSells Stewart Center Corvallis-OSU Symphony Ochestra “Twilight of the Gods,” 7:30 pm, $15-$30, [CLASSICAL]LebanonPeacock Bar and Grill East The Brand , every other Wednesday, 7:00 pm [BLUES]TangentDixie Creek Saloon Blues Jam with Wild Bill [BLUES]

danceAlbanyEagles Lodge Albany Senior Dance, 1:30 - 3:30 pm, $3CorvallisPeter Gysegem’s Studio Argentine tango classes, 7:15 pm, $5Old World Deli Belly dance, 8:00 pm, $5Peacock Bar and Grill On the Top: DJ Mike 9:00 pm, FREELebanonMerlin's Bar and Grill Karaoke

stuffAlbanyAlbany Public Library Poetry slam, 6:00 pm, FREE [POETRY]CorvallisCloud 9 Beer and Blog, 5:00 pm, FREE [LAGER BLOGGER]Enoteca Wine Bar 2 Towns Ciderhouse Cider tasting, 7:00 pm, $10 [ONCE IT HITS YOUR LIPS]OSU LaSells Stewart Center Jennifer Burney “Food’s Footprint: Agriculture and Climate Change,” 7:00 pm, FREE [LECTURE]

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Albany Calapooia Brewing Wild Hog in the Woods, 7:00 pm, FREE [STRINGBAND]CorvallisBombs Away Cafe Ambush Party, Dessert First, 10:00 pm, FREE [ROCK]Cloud 9 Anne, Old Age, Shipped (Caribou Canoe), 8:30 pm, $5 [ROCK]Lebanon Peacock Bar and Grill Blues Jam, 7:00 pm, FREE [BLUES JAM]TangentDixie Creek Saloon Rich Cliburn and The Midnight Ramblers, 7:00 pm, FREE [ROCK]

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danceAlbanyEagles Lodge Line dancing, 7:00 pm, $4Riley's Bar & Grill Cutting Edge Productions presents Throwback Thursday with Dj Tray, FREE [DJ]CorvallisPeacock Bar and Grill On the Top: DJ Mike, 9:00 pm, FREEOld World Deli Belly dance, 8:00 pm, $5PhilomathPhilomath Middle School Family-friendly swing dance lessons, 6:30 pm, FREE

stuffAlbanyAlbany Civic Theater “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” 8:00 pm, $13 [STAGE]CorvallisEnoteca Wine Bar Chocolate Truffle Thursdays, 6:00 pm FREE [YUMMERS]First Alternative North Beer tasting, 2nd and 4th Thursdays, 5:00 pm [BEER ME]OSU Memorial Union Ballroom Native American regalia, 5:00 pm, FREE [CULTURE]OSU Owen Hall Room 102 Erik Parens, “Technology Shaping Selves: Ethics and the Pursuit of Enhancement,” 7:00 pm [LECTURE]WineStyles 3 Fools Winery wine tasting, 5:30 pm, $5 [WINE]

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CorvallisBeanery on 2nd John Shumway, 8:00 pm, FREE [ACOUSTIC]Bombs Away Cafe Abolitionist and Proplanet, 10:00 pm, FREE [ROCK]Fireworks Jesse Meade, 8:00 pm, FREE [ACOUSTIC BLUES]First United Methodist Church Best Cellar Coffeehouse The Nettles and Adam Scramstad, 7:30 pm, $2-$10 [ACOUSTIC]TangentDixie Creek Saloon The Strange and Unusual with Radion, 9:00 pm, FREE [ROCK]

singCorvallisPeacock Bar and Grill Karaoke, 9:00 pmHalseyWoody's Bar and Grill “Terry-oke” karaoke with Terry Geil, 9:00 pm, FREELebanonDuffy’s Irish Pub Karaoke, 10:00 pm, FREEMerlin's Bar and Grill Karaoke

danceAlbanyRiley's Bar & Grill Cutting Edge Production presents Ladies Night with Dj Tray, FREE CorvallisCloud 9 “Riot in the Clouds,” 10:00 pm, FREE [DJ]Peacock Bar and Grill On the Top: DJ Alex, 9:00 pm, FREE

stuffAlbanyAlbany Civic Theater “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” 8:00 pm, $13 [STAGE]Linn County Expo Center SafeHaven Humane Society “De-Sex in the City,” 5:30 pm, $20 [BENEFIT]CorvallisCHS Theater “Inherit the Wind,” 7:00 pm, $10 [STAGE]First Alternative South Wine tasting, 5:00 pm, [WINE]Majestic Theatre Corvallis Community Theatre “The Comedy of Errors,” 7:30 pm, $12 [STAGE]New Morning Bakery 2 Towns Ciderhouse cider tasting, 6:00 pm [TASTING]Odd Fellows Hall Eco-Film Festival: “Ant Bully,” 6:00 pm, “Addicted to Plastic,” 7:30 pm, $5 [FILM]OSU Memorial Union Journey Room Peter Sears and Henry Hughes, 7:30 pm, FREE [POETRY READING] WineStyles Friday Flights, 5:00 pm [WINE]

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AlbanyCalapooia Brewing Matthew Price, 8:00 pm [ACOUSTIC]CorvallisBeanery on 2nd Mobius K, 8:00 pm, FREE [ACOUSTIC]Bombs Away Cafe Norman and A Leaf, 10:00 pm, $5 [ROCK]Fireworks Future Roots Benefit for the South Corvallis Food Bank, 8:00 pm [REGGAE]TangentDixie Creek Saloon Roadhouse Deluxe, 9:00 pm, FREE [ROCK]

Lebanon Duffy’s Irish Pub Karaoke, 10:00 pm, FREEMerlin’s Bar & Grill Karaoke

AlbanyLBCC Performance Center “Nick Tickle, Fairytale Detective,” 3:00 pmCorvallisBenton County Fairgrounds Crazy Eight 5K/10K and Play-a-Thon, 9:00 am [RUN]Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis Free CPR Class, 8:00 am [LEARN]Enoteca Wine Bar Saketini Saturday, 3:00 pm [DRINK]

Albany Riley's Bar and Grill Cutting Edge Production presents DJ Tray, FREE Corvallis Odd Fellow’s Hall Swing dance with Syncopated Rhythms, 8:00 pm, $5, ALL AGESPeacock Bar and Grill On the Top: DJ Big Cheese, 9:00 pm FREE

27sundaysundayAlbanyCalapooia Brewing Blues Jam, 4:00 pm [ACOUSTIC]Novak's Hungarian Restaurant Strings of Time, 6:00 pm, FREE [FOLK]CorvallisFireworks Matthew Rosenberg, 8:00 pm [ACOUSTIC]First United Methodist Church Sing Out! A Benefit for the Orange and Black Vocal Scholarship Fund, 3:00 pm [CHOIR]OSU LaSells Stewart Center Sing Out! A Benefit for the Orange and Black Vocal Scholarship Fund, 3:00 pm

Lebanon Merlin’s Bar & Grill Karaoke

CorvallisDarkside Cinema Crossroads International Film Festival, 1:30, 4:00 and 6:30 pm, $8, This week: Munyurangabo - Rwanda, Only When I Dance - Brazil, XXY - ArgentinaEnoteca Wine Bar Saketini Sunday, 3:00 pm [DRINK]

Corvallis Peacock Bar and Grill On the Top: DJ Big Cheese, 9:00 pm FREE

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Saturday, February 26thDoes anyone know CPR?! ! !

I’ve always had visions of me stepping forward in a moment of crisis and saying, “Step aside people, I’m actually a doctor.” Then I yell at a man with a short tie and a short sleeve button up “Hey! You! Yeah, you! Look, we’re all counting on you, this is your moment. Help me save this man’s life man, phone an ambulance pronto....Well, what are you waiting for. Go! RUN!!”

In all practicality, it would behoove me to actually know some CPR in the event that I get the opportunity to live out my vision. It could save someone’s life. “But Stanley,” you say, “it costs an airway and a sternum to take those classes...I just don’t have the cash.” Well, worry not CPR WORKS is holding its 3rd Annual Free CPR Certifica-tion Classes on February 26th at the Boys and Girls Club in Corvallis.

Too good to be true you say? There is a “suggested donation” of $30, which basically amounts to glares and judgment if you don’t cough up. But be like me...immune to glare and judgment and you’ll get along without having to cough up a penny.

In the end, you will receive a two-year certification through Good Samaritan Train-ing Agency. The class session times to choose from are three (8-10 am, 10am -12:30 pm and 1-3 pm). Contact Todd Washington, owner of CPR WORKS at [email protected] or at (541) 760-7632 to register. Their website is www.cpr-works.com if you want to learn more or check to see if it’s legit.

Imagine yourself being interviewed by the TV crew later after you’ve saved that man.

“Look lady, I did what any trained professional would do in that situation. You don’t have time to think up there. If you think, you’re dead. I just fell back on my hours of training and then yelled at some guy with a small tie and well...did I uh...I’d uh, I’d like to say now, for the record that I am in no way impersonating a doctor. I am not actually a doctor and have no idea who insinuated that. However, I did get free CPR training at the Boys and Girls Club.”

Saturday, February 26thBlock 15: Three Year Anniversary

Why do people celebrate anniversaries? Why do people celebrate birthdays? Is it because they are glad they made it one more year, either in bliss because they weren’t sure they would make it or in arrogance knowing that they would.

It doesn’t make sense to me. Why not just celebrate life? But now that I’ve written that “celebrating life” sounds like some sort of support group, which makes me gag a little. Celebrate life...really? Why not celebrate death, breathing, urination...the list could go on.

I think what I’m getting at is that celebrations seem to have become too common-place. There needs to be days of self flagellation and depression and then we can all crawl out from under ourselves and really let our hair down, really get rowdy.

A good example of both of these is Block 15’s 3rd anniversary coming up on Feb-ruary 26, at. It seems like most every weekend is a celebration down at this Corvallis beer and food landmark. But in this particular case, I suppose I can lift the pallor of my somewhat dank and dreary philosophical view of celebrations. Screw it! Let’s all go down to Block 15 and get waist deep in some beer batter fries, pulled pork something and drink until the cock crows, or until you start looking around and wondering why the bartender is intentionally not looking at you as she wipes down the empty bar completely void of other patrons. Then you are “that guy”. And the party...is...over.

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Across1. Some wireless consoles5. Dark Tolkien land11. Dater’s letters14. Wild15. Beats in H.O.R.S.E., say16. “Eureka!”17. 61-Across nominee about familial

vengeance in a Spanish wine mulling community?

19. Hell, as they say20. Physicist and coil creator Nikola21. “Nessun dorma” from “Turandot,”

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(quote from 24-Down)25. They may be taken on bibles27. 61-Across nominee about the

early years of a website that helps people connect to Korean potato liquor?

33. Person of action34. It’s often near crackers or carrots35. Throwdown36. Grecian vessel37. Go the other way38. “Good” cholesterol40. Recent Bar Mitzvah, e.g.41. Chocolate source43. Before, archaically44. Church branch45. 61-Across nominee about how

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predicts the world will end61. Award for which 17-, 27-, and

45-Across are among the hope-fuls?

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Down1. Speaker unit2. Ever ___ Morissette-Treadway

(Alanis’s new baby)3. Some signed notes4. Half of a Beatles song5. Bird in a natural history museum6. “Oliver!” choreographer White7. Prepare to start over8. Asian fruit that smells so bad it’s

often banned from hotels9. Heroin, for one10. The only African G20 country:

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someone into something12. French musician Manu13. Pull in

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Know It (And I Feel Fine)”24. Speaker of 23-Across26. Language in which many websites

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are sometimes set37. Suffix with some dinosaur era

names38. Many mins.39. Frequent collaborator with Burton42. Place for some relics43. Will subjects44. Occasions for calling people back?46. To a higher degree47. An Alou48. Clean up your language?51. Bit of online laughter52. Frozen drink company with a

polar bear mascot53. Key at the top-right of some

keyboards55. “...blackbirds baked in ___”57. Like a great many rice farmers58. Take a load off59. Pitchblende and bauxite61. Attacked dentally62. “___ be an honor”

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It’s mid February, have you made good on your New Year’s Resolu-tions? Are you heading in the di-

rection you want to go? Do you need a spark to get you going? Would a free class help?

In the headiness of New Year’s all things seem possible. In the darkness of January it can be difficult to pick oneself up and create the changes that our bodies need. We are creatures who easily overlook the care of our bodies. Particularly in the depths of winter, we are hardwired to nest, to put on weight, to sleep more, and to do less. In our dim and wet northwest climate it takes extra effort to manifest change in January.

But, it’s mid February now, and the light is longer. If we pay attention we discover that the rising sap of spring is rising in our bodies, just as it is in the plants around us. It is easier to get up in the morning and our bodies are starting to crave activity. There is itchi-ness in our muscles and in our bones. It is time to walk, to run, to dance, to stretch, to move, to train, and to mani-fest that change you resolved to make in January.

The first day moving might be rough, but once you get over a little soreness, the second day will be easier. After a couple of weeks your body’s desire to move will override your mind’s desire for inertia. You will begin to enjoy ex-ercising. If you start now, your body will be ready in time for your favorite spring sport or activity. Maybe even for the Corvallis half marathon in April (corvallishalfmarathon.com).

What to do? It doesn’t really mat-ter. I like Yoga, Pilates, and dancing. They make me happy. My body smiles after a workout. So, that is what I do. Choose an activity that makes you happy—something that you don’t have to force yourself to do. Exercise should not be drudgery or self-flagel-lation. If you are the type who needs variety, choose a program where you can mix and match classes. If you pre-fer consistency, choose something you can repeat every day.

Carve a little time out of your day; you can begin with as little as 20 min-utes, three to five times a week. Start with a frequent small commitment that you can easily keep. If exercise is going to take two hours out of your day, and you don’t have that time to spare, then you won’t keep your commitment. So, be realistic, make a commitment to yourself and keep your commitment.

How often do you need to exer-cise? If you exercise three to five days a week, you will notice a difference in

your body within about a month. See-ing that change in yourself will make it easier to continue exercising and eventually you will naturally ramp up your program. You will feel good and it will show.

There are enough free exercise op-tions in Corvallis that you could com-pose a whole fitness program out of it. However, these places won’t stay in business if that is all you do. So, use the freebies to shop around and find a program that works for you. Then make the commitment and show up for yourself. Choose something you enjoy, someplace easy to get to, and with people you like. Then manifesting the change you desire will be easy.

Planet Boogie, by donation, 2nd and4th Saturdays, 7:30-9:30 pm, Odd Fellows Hall (223 SW 2nd), Freestyle dancing, any old way that feels good. No partner needed. They provide the music, you provide the body. Really, it’s a hoot. (Facebook: planet boogie)

Yoga, free, Ecofusion Fitness (116 SW 4th) Sundays 11-12am. A mixed level yoga class. Sessions vary from dynamic and energizing to quiet and meditative. You’ll sweat and stretch and feel better for it. (ecofusionfitness.com)

Teen Yoga, free, Live Well Studio (971 NW Spruce), Thursdays 4-5 pm, open to anyone ages 13-19. Taught by Reach Out Yoga volunteers, the class is a mix of stretch and strength, balance and grace, work and ease. (livewellstu-dio.com)

Cross Fit Training, free, Corvallis Crossfit (350 SW Wakerobin) Satur-days mornings, 10 am, free class. A training program designed around your body’s natural movements. Run-ning, jumping, squatting, lifting, bend-ing and pulling., a sweaty good time in an adapted industrial building. (cor-valliscrossfit.com)

Corvallis Trails: We are blessed with an abundance of green spaces to walk and explore. My personal favorites are Mulkey Creek, Oak Creek and Dim-ple Hill. You can choose an easy walk in the lowlands or a hill climb that will get you sweating and your heart racing. Put on a comfortable pair of walking shoes, grab your raincoat, and head outside. It’s free and good for your spirit!

-Lisa Wells (Live Well Studio Owner)[email protected]


Do not be alarmed, but see your alarm.Do not be broken, but see your pain.Do not be ravaged, but know your fatigue.Note the present conditions,And observe how they pass away from you.

Breathe.

We have created an enemy which was once our friend.We rode on it's back and shouted, “manifest destiny!”The God of old could not avoid it's sword,Now death itself appears to tremble at it's approach.

This is a creature which does not know deathAnd so too it does not know lifeIt denies the value of either, as neitherHave monetary valueWhen either can be simulated.

We lament the natives of a now paved landAnd did not consider that we could becomeJust like them, when a new territory was found.The new Gold Rush, into the human mind.Slaughtered, paved over, and smiled atWith a virtual grin.

We have each created this monsterCollectivelyAnd Individually.We are responsible.You are responsible.I am responsible.

Responsibility is present.But only if you accept itAs the price of Freedom.

Notice the narratives which you build,And the narratives which are given to you.Notice your projections, your fears, your desiresAnd where they have come from.

“They are to blame,” you say, and your finger pointsOutward.While three fingers point back.And you can feel the accusationBuilding in your gut.

“I am guilty of being dupedI am guilty of being a maggotI am guilty of being a whoreI am guilty of being a rapistI am guilty of being greedyI am guilty of creating a monster.”

But friends,It will remain a monster for as long as we are unable toForgive ourselves.It will remain a monster for as long as we are unable toSay “Thank you for showing me what I have wrought.”It will remain a monster for as long as we are unable toLove our enemy.

This enemy is our child.Your child, personally.It's actions are driven by immense suffering:The suffering we each hold against ourselves.

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Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): My words come fleeting like the deer, boldly there, then vanished, leaving only a well-defined track. Pisces, track words better than any Wikipedia scout. Work verses into your own fish bubble song and enjoy the ensuing opus of sing-song water.

Aries (March 21-April 19): Unique, those snakes, eyelid-less, external ear-less, one-lunged, a specialized wind pipe, and exhibiting strange eating habits (binge and purge type). I wondered if they snort when they laughed. I mean, what do they think of as they languish while digesting? Most hilarious or unusual bone cough-ups? Skin shedding scenes? Aries, discover shape-shifting snakes in your — if you can make them laugh. Study the snorts.

Taurus (April 20-May 20): John E.

Eggen, a retired Lebanon photographer, upon being given “some old glass nega-tives,” developed and published the photos. Amongst — Teddy Roosevelt making the historic trek across territories to designate wildlife refuges. Today we enjoy and regard the foresight of both. Ansel Adams added, “The only things in life that compatibly ex-ists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.” An inspiration doused with synchronicity of this sort is headed your way.

Gemini (May 21-June 20): You have

been gleaning from your sources for several weeks. How does this fit into what you’ve gathered? “Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some people move our souls to dance. They awaken us to a new under-standing with the passing whisper of their wisdom. Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon. They stay in our lives for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same. (Flavia Weedn.) You will share now.

Cancer ( June 21-July 22): Last Friday,

the Sun moved into Pisces and the Moon filled to her glorious capacity. Did you feel it Cancer? Do you remember Friday? Ah, yes, the “heart sees deeper than the eye.”

Leo ( July 23-Aug. 22): Ditches: vital or-

gans of the world, courteously maintained, yet mostly ignored, until collected rainwater breeches the protective walls, flows out and over. These vessels of the Earth dump into bigger ditches, rivers, and finally the ocean.

Harboring wildlife niches like the quintes-sential cattails and fertile spots for errant ‘weeds,’ although minute, they contain and preserve a vast force. Leo, like the ditches, your little ways mean a lot. Know this and acknowledge your contribution.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Haumea is a

dwarf plant beyond Neptune in the Kuiper belt. With an elliptical shape, it touts two moons, Hi ‘iaka and Namaka and has one-third the mass of Pluto. The triumvirate naming is after the Earth Mother goddess of Hawaii and her daughters, one a midwife and representative of the sacred hula dance and one a water spirit. Their potentially un-usual eclipses have yet to be correctly dis-cerned. Virgo, you are part of a three-way relationship whose potential remains un-known.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The poet Rob-

ert Frost’s advice for Librans for this week, “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” And I will add mine. Attitude in the darkest and brightest times equals perspective. Gather your most positive energies together. Load them on the optimistic side of the scale. Rain subsides.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Mevlana

Rumi said of suffering, “Sorrows are the rags of old clothes and the jackets that serve to cover, and then are taken off. That un-dressing, and the beautiful naked body un-derneath, is the sweetness that comes after grief.” My suggestion Scorpio: one doesn’t have to experience grief to discover the beauty of a naked body or a naked spirit.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Witness-

ing ozone trails left by jets, I noticed their crisscrosses made a star similar to the one teacher writes on your work in grade school. Now jets aren’t inclined to be creative. Then I realized that you were headed for a dif-ferent plane of existence this week. You are leaving creative traces and don’t realize it Sag. Where are your arrows flying?

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): While

helping a sheep rancher round up wander-ing sheep, one of them and I met face-to-face in the dark. Terrified with all those large people chasing it, it hissed at me loud-ly, made a grotesque face, and used its front legs to ward off capture. That moment of fear for both of us, is at least remembered by me. (Sheep sometimes won’t recognize their babies. If one sheep starts walking, they all follow like there was somewhere important to go, even if the lead sheep was just travel-ing a short way for taller grass.) Face the sheep in the dark, Cappy. Stay away from flock walks and anything in between.

Aquarius ( Jan. 20-Feb.18): Mary Shelley,

that masquerading author, literally stitched together body parts, electrified the recipe, and created — human consciousness. Wa-ter Bearer, the critical mass grows. Ancient Egypt recently managed, minus so many body parts. Continue the collecting.

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This is very simple pasta to put together for kids, or as a side dish. It can be topped with chicken or fish to turn into a meal.

Cook penne pasta rinse and chill

• 1 cup Penne pasta (cooked) • 1 tablespoon butter• 1 tablespoon EVOO

• 1 tablespoon fresh chopped garlic• Fresh chopped basil to taste• 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese sprinkle of salt

This is for 1 or 2 servingsIn a large non-stick pan

heat EVOO on med-high heat, once oil is hot add fresh, chopped garlic. Let garlic cook for 1 - 2 minutes (until golden

brown). Add the penne noodles, stir and then add butter. Let the dish sit until butter starts to turn brown. Once butter is brown turn off the heat, add your fresh chopped basil, salt, and cheese. Stir until the cheese is melted and noodles are coated with butter. Now, you’re ready to serve. Topping with chicken or fish will create a more entree style meal.

Penne Pasta w/ browned butter & cheese sauce

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