Chris Orsinger, executive director of Friends of Buford Park and Mount Pisgah will be speaking at tomorrow’s Eugene Airport Rotary meeting. About section from www.bufordpark.org : Friends of Buford Park & Mt. Pisgah is the only organization with the mission and expertise to conserve the Mt. Pisgah area’s incredible botanical, wildlife and recreational values. Friends of Buford Park & Mt. Pisgah mobilizes funding, expertise and volunteer resources to conserve and enhance the botanical, fish, wildlife and recreational values on Buford Park and other nearby public lands. Since...

Assistant Professor Gabriela Martinez and Professor Lynn Stephen Lane County has quite a rich history that many residents are unaware of. More specifically, Lane County’s racial and ethnic past. Lane County has not always been the home to European settlers, other ethnic groups made Lane County their homes far before that. To help celebrate Oregon’s 150th birthday, Assistant Professor Gabriela Martinez and Professor Lynn Stephen of the UO’s anthropology department partnered with the Lane County Historical Museum to create an exhibit and documentary featuring the underrepresented Latino...

Together with SHARE, Rotarians, and village volunteers work together to build a retaining wall that keep the wells from going dry. so they yeild all year. The Rotary club of Bombay Metro and Rotary Club of Palo Alto, California, USA, used an RI Matching Grant to help facilitate the project. Rotary Images/Alyce Henson

After receiving close to a half  million dollars from family friends and Oregon-based Angel Investors for her start-up Web site, Caroline Cummings has learned the importance of extra help and being an entrepreneur. Cummings has plenty of experience in the realm of entrepreneurship. She is the co-founder of Smart-ups, an entrepreneurial support group in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, which is a local chapter of the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN) based in Portland, OR. Now Cummings is giving back even more by assisting with the Willamette Angel Conference, an investors conference connecting...

LEAD—Leadership Education Adventure Direction—was established in 1998 as a component of the City of Eugene Outdoor Program. In July 2001, LEAD became an independent nonprofit agency offering a comprehensive leadership development program serving low-income teens ages 12 – 17 in Lane County. A lot of work goes into organizing this program with Heather Brule as the LEADership group program director, the program is like butter. Heather has facilitated groups of teens and adults in rock climbing, rafting and other outdoor adventure activities for various organizations during the last five years. She...

We have a full slate of programs this winter. We hope you’ll join us. Jan. 22 – Mike Eyster, Board President of Lane Transit District Jan. 29 – Tim Doll, Eugene Airport manager Feb. 5 – Kim Bryson-Chamley, Coordinator for UNICEF’s The Tap Project (clean water program) Feb. 12 – Derek Brandow, Director of YottaByte Feb. 19 – Kate Wilson-Hamaker, Director of Green Lane Feb. 26 – Heather Brule, LEAD Teen Program March 5 – Caroline Cummings, Willamette Angel Conference March 12 – Chris Orsinger, Friends of Buford Park and Mt. Pisgah

This year local animal organizations are shooting for a goal of finding homes for 250 homeless animals through the month of December! They will be at Johnson Brothers Greenhousesin Coburg throughout the month with lots of adoptable animals every Saturday and Sunday from 11-3. Animal groups that are participating this year include: Save the Pets West Coast Dog and Cat Rescue Luv-A-Bull (pit bull rescue) Roxie’s Chihuahuas Goldenbond (golden retriever rescue) Greyhound Pets of America Willamette Animal Guild Stop Pet Overpopulation Today F.E.T.C.H (friends eager to come help- therapy dog...

Throughout October, visit Northern Lights Christmas Tree Farm in Pleasant Hill for Colonial Harvest Days. Celebrate the harvest season with a unique fall experience in Lane County, Oregon. Fun for the entire family at Northern Lights Christmas Tree Farm. The tenth annual Colonial Harvest Days begins October 1st and continues through the month. Field Trips are scheduled during the week and the public is invited on weekends, 10:00 – 5:00 on Saturdays and 12:00 – 5:00 on Sundays. There will be live music and face painting each weekend from ...

Photo by Richard Lawrence. You can read the backstory of this people’s choice winner here.