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Articles from the February 11, 2021 edition


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  • Leaks and seismic concerns threaten EWEB power canals

    Feb 11, 2021

    Repairs could approach the $50 million spent on relicensing EUGENE: Internal erosion of the 5-mile long Leaburg power canal caused the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to order its shutdown about two years ago. Now Eugene Water & Electric Board commissioners are being asked if they want to continue to operate or decommission the Leaburg hydroelectric facility, as well as its downriver counterpart in Walterville. At last Tuesday’s board meet-ing, general manager Frank Lawson recommended t...

  • Cascade Relief Team

    Feb 11, 2021

    On Friday, February. 19th, a volunteer cleanup effort will begin in Blue River to help people who lost their homes in the Holiday Farm Fire. The work will replicate successful volunteer cleanup efforts that the Cascade Relief Team helped start in Otis Orgon. Volunteers are needed with heavy equipment and chain saws, as well as boots on the ground for helping bag and sift ash. The work will involve cutting and removing several tons of steel and a high amount of green waste that has been burned. Fire waste will be properly bagged for legal dispos...

  • Growing artichokes: Peeling off the mystery

    Feb 11, 2021

    Artichoke With deeply lobed silver leaves and a 3-foot stature, the artichoke unfolds as much mystery in the garden as it does on the dinner table. Used to set off any color in a perennial border, as a striking specimen plant or the flagship of a vegetable garden, the artichoke has much to recommend it to the gardener. But the reason most people grow them are the leathery leaves made to dip into butter – or is it mayo? – and the succulent heart at the center. Although most artichokes thrive in the cool, moist climate of coastal Cali...

  • Doodles

    Feb 11, 2021