About 20,000 gray whales pass by the Oregon Coast beginning in early March on their way to northern feeding grounds in the Bering and Chukchi seas. They turn around in October, returning to breed in Mexico’s warm lagoons, so the chances of seeing whales along the coast are good to great, particularly during the peak […]
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Rise and Shine at Morning Glory Cafe
Morning Glory, downtown near the train station, opened in 1996 and is Eugene’s longest-running vegetarian and vegan café. The menu is large and well-rounded enough, however, that all hungry diners can find something satisfying.
Tattoo Invitational Inks Money for Local Economy
There’s a buzz surrounding the Evergreen Tattoo Invitational, and it’s not just the sound of tattoo needles. Last February’s inaugural convention brought tattoo artists from around the world to Springfield’s Willamalane Center for Sports and Recreation. This year a tattooist from California who wasn’t invited to the 2015 show tried to hack his way in.
Swap Seeds, Graft a Fruit Tree
Gardeners can learn about seeds and grafting at the volunteer-run Spring Propagation Fair March 28-29 at the Head Start/Whiteaker School in Eugene and help themselves to the event’s free seed and scion swap.
Small Gardens, Lush Ideas
What do you see when you close your eyes and visualize your ideal small garden? In her five Lane County Home & Garden Show presentations, Melinda Myers will endeavor to help you answer that question and impart the knowledge to make it happen.
Do You Need Joint Replacement?
Joint replacement, along with organ transplants, is one of the greatest medical advancements we’ve made. Surgeons today can take a damaged or arthritic joint and replace it, decreasing pain and increasing function in the ankle, elbow, knee, hip or anywhere two bones are connected.
Say What? Advances in Hearing Loss Technology
Having to turn down the volume on a squealing hearing aid was an uncomfortable fact of life for many people with hearing loss—these devices were in no way discreet. Thankfully, hearing aid technology has advanced significantly within the last 10 years.
Exposing Lane County’s Geology
By Vanessa on March 5, 2015 in Boomer and Senior News, History, Outdoors, Retirement, Science and Technology, Seniors
Most fossils are hidden. They are buried under our homes and roads, embedded in the stony hills around us. Some fossils, however, are right out in the open, where we can walk past them every day. One of those is Metasequoia glyptostroboides, a tree known as the Dawn Redwood. One of these trees thrives at […]
Volunteer Forest Trail Maintenance
It’s nice to imagine that a hiking trail, once cleared, stays cleared. But in fact, publicly accessible hiking trails in wilderness areas require regular, ongoing maintenance in order to stay usable. It’s also nice to imagine that the United States Forest Service has a well-paid crew to take care of these repairs, but again, that’s […]
Why We Have Flag Day
Celebrating Flag Day may not hold as much social cache as a Fourth of July picnic or Memorial Day parade, but that holiday has more pomp and circumstance behind it than any other.