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FREE OFF-STREET PARKING Postmaster: Send address changes to Eugene Weekly, 541-485-5100 1251 Lincoln St., Eugene, OR 97401-3418. www.evergreennutrition.com ©2016 What’s Happening Inc. All rights reserved. eugeneweekly.com • November 30, 2017 3 LETTERS CORRECTING NEGLECT one must act in any given situation. Last May, you brought our attention to The implicit assumption is that only the problem of a lack of accountability in strict instruction, codified behavior and our long-term residential centers, which the threat of swift punishment can prevent has led to abuse and neglect of our most abusive relations, as if the degree to which vulnerable citizens. Because you took the we are free is the degree to which we harm time to research, interview, listen and re- others. It is a lie at the heart of mass so- spond, change has occurred (“A System of ciety. Neglect,” 5/4). No matter the problem, mass society’s As your mission statement says, Kelly solution is always greater control; the uto- Kenoyer, you provide a voice for the op- pian vision being pursued requires robot- pressed and dismissed. like behavior governed by finely tuned Thank you so much. algorithms that deny our autonomy. It is a Kim Donahey vision that is hostile to human wellbeing. Eugene It is a breeding ground for abuse and ha- rassment. HEALTH CARE CONCERNS Ian Smith On Wednesday Nov. 8, a contingent Eugene from Health Care for All Oregon and some Eugene-Springfield Solidarity Network KNOW YOUR BOUNDARIES activists joined a newly formed group Sexual abuse can happen to anyone, so called CareWorks. The aim of our get-to- what can we do to help protect our children gether was to talk with administrators of and ourselves from sexual abuse? Take the memory care facility Benicia in Santa martial arts classes? No. Carry a gun? Clara. No. Have firm personal boundaries? Yes. The administrators refused to hear com- Personal boundaries are the physical, plaints levied against them by family mem- emotional and mental limits we establish bers of patients as well as employees, who question arises: Does Janelle McCoy have raries, in small-ensemble, secular works. to protect ourselves from being manipulat- expressed regret with the care facility’s the power to fire musicians? Or do these Christopher Logan ed, used or violated by others. They allow tactic of cutting corners to maximize re- decisions rest within the School of Music? Eugene us to separate who we are, and what we turns. Benicia’s threats and unwillingness This might have a bearing on the confi- think and feel, from the thoughts and feel- to meet in dialogue were very telling. By dence of the OBF supporters as to whether DEMAND NO ON FOREST BILL ings of others. forcing employees to double or triple their the Matthew Halls debacle might be re- Thanks for reporting on Seneca tim- Your personal boundaries speak to you workload, Benicia like many other such peated. ber’s election to the GreenLane board. I in the form of feelings, intuition or logi- facilities, increased their already bloated Norm Purdy have been disappointed by the large adver- cal pattern recognition. Recognize and ac- profits, taking advantage of people’s need Springfield tisements in the Eugene Weekly of Seneca knowledge to yourself when you feel “con- for jobs. The time to complete chores was timber including the word “sustainable” fused” or you sense something is “off.” also divided, further stressing everybody BACH FEST SUCKED and dismayed at the coverage of the 2,452 You can’t pinpoint what’s wrong. But your involved. Eugene Weekly’s pre-Thanksgiving is- acre “Goose Project” that Seneca is log- internal warning system keeps ringing. It is obvious to see how these inad- sue featured the pinched face of a woman ging. Run, run now and do not negotiate your equacies and failures affect Alzheimer’s fired from the Oregon Bach Festival on We are at a critical point in human his- boundaries with the aggressor. Know your and dementia patients, who are vulnerable the cover (11/22). About her past activi- tory with global warming and mass species boundaries; they will help keep you safe. and need reasonable staff-patient ratios. ties, and those of Matthew Halls, I have no extinction under way. The public forests Signs of unhealthy boundaries include: Costs for patients range between $3,900 to personal knowledge. But the Bach Festival in western Oregon are one of the top 10 going against personal values or rights in $5,640 per month. itself sucked last year. forests in the world for the carbon they order to please others; giving as much as Also relating to health care, people Only three works by Bach were pre- sequester and provide other important eco- you can for the sake of giving; taking as should vote “Yes” on Measure 101 on Jan. sented: three installments of the massive system services. much as you can for the sake of taking; let- 23. Federal funds will match $15 for ev- St. John Passion; an organ recital; and the A federal bill has passed in the house ting others define you or your feelings; ex- ery dollar our state puts into helping cover St. Matthew Passion, a long choral work titled; “Resilient Federal Forest Act” HR pecting others to fill your needs automati- 95 percent of Oregon’s residents (includ- involving multiple personnel.