LUPER PIONEER CEMETERY OPEN MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

Posted on May 24, 2022 by Peter Thurston

NEWS RELEASE

SUBJECT: Luper Cemetery Gate is Open Memorial Day Weekend – May 28, 29, 30

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT: WWW.LuperCemetery.com

CONTACT: Peter Thurston, President, Luper Cemetery Inc. 541-321-0798



Luper Pioneer Cemetery will open the vehicle gate at 30391 Beacon Drive West (north of Eugene’s Santa Clara neighborhood) from 9 AM to 4 PM May 28, 29, 30 (Saturday, Sunday, and Monday) so people can walk the grounds and take a self-guided tour of this historic site.

In November of 1853 about 1000 pioneers arrived in the Willamette Valley by way of the Oregon Trail cutoff across central Oregon “to farm the fertile soil of the Willamette Valley, between the Cascade Mountains and the Coast Range” according to the McClure wagon train by-laws.

On Saturday and Sunday there will be information for completing a self-guided tour of the cemetery, including interpretive signs describing the 18 people from the wagon train who are interred at the cemetery. On Monday, Memorial Day, there will be additional information displayed about the people who arrived in 1853 on the wagon train. As an added bonus, on Memorial Day the Poodle Creek Pickers will be playing their down home music from 1 to 3 PM.



DIRECTIONS to Luper Pioneer Cemetery: From Eugene, follow River Rd. north to Beacon Drive, on the north boundary of Santa Clara, and follow signs west. From Junction City, take River Rd. south, turn west onto Beacon Drive and travel about a ½ mile to a white metal gate, on the north side of Beacon Drive. Proceed through the gate approximately 1/2 mile to the parking lot and cemetery entrance. The cemetery may be accessed every day from dawn to dusk by walking the half-mile gravel road from West Beacon Drive to the cemetery. Please check www.lupercemetery.com for more information about the cemetery, and other resources.

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Ready NW Eugene 2022 Meetings

Posted on May 24, 2022 by Tim Foelker

Topic: Ready NW Eugene Monthly Meeting
Time: Every month on the First Tuesday
      Jun 7, 2022 06:30 PM – 7:30 pm
Speaker: Margaret Mazzotta, Crime Prevention Specialist, to discuss the programs the city provides.
        Jul 5, 2022 06:30 PM – 7:30 pm
        Aug 2, 2022 06:30 PM – 7:30 pm
        Sep 6, 2022 06:30 PM – 7:30 pm
        Oct 4, 2022 06:30 PM – 7:30 pm
        Nov 1, 2022 06:30 PM – 7:30 pm
        Dec 6, 2022 06:30 PM – 7:30 pm
Join Zoom Meeting:
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Monthly SCCO Meeting Thursday, June 2 – 7PM

Posted on May 24, 2022 by Gary Haliski
Monthly Meeting

The agenda for our June 2nd meeting is as follows:

  • Amanda Dellinger from Square One Village presenting the possibility of their annual fundraiser at Peace Village property (15 min presentation, 10 min Q and A)
  • Outreach ideas for the River Road – Santa Clara Neighborhood plan this summer to gear up for adoption in winter.
  • How best to spend our HRNI neighborhood funds before the end of June – possibly a newsletter, yard signs, banners or other ideas.
  • Discussion of going to in-person or hybrid by July

Topic: SCCO June meeting
Thursday, June 2, 2022 7:00 PM
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Get more free at home Covid tests

Posted on May 17, 2022 by Gary Haliski
Covid Test box picture

Americans can once again order free COVID-19 tests from the federal government by visiting COVIDtests.gov. In this round, the U.S. Postal Service will deliver eight free rapid antigen tests to any household in the U.S. that wants them, according to the website. That brings to sixteen the total tests offered per household so far.

This comes as COVID cases in the U.S. have risen more than 60% in the past two weeks and hospitalizations have begun to climb again as well. “As the highly transmissible subvariants of Omicron drive a rise in cases in parts of the country, free and accessible tests will help slow the spread of the virus,” explains a White House fact sheet.

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Navigation Center Video posted

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Gary Haliski

Two videos from our May 5th SCCO meeting have been posted.

The first is a video about the Navigation Center and Good Neighbor Agreement. The Navigation Center is a low barrier facility that will be housed at 100 River Avenue. The center is part of a shared plan between the City of Eugene and Lane County to make homelessness rare, brief and non reoccurring. The center should open in August of this year. The presentation lasts about 16 minutes and is followed by a half an hour of questions and answers. For further information contact Sarai at sarai.johnson@lanecountyor.gov . Here is the link to the video.

The second video consists of committee reports, a social justice committee report following up on the hate crime in our community from last summer (starts at 9:31), and a further discussion of the Navigation Center (starts at 33:12). Her is a link to the video.

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