Eugene’s largest charity effort to feed thousands The 31st annual Whiteaker Free Community Thanksgiving Dinner is coming up on Nov. 28. Held at the Whiteaker Community Head Start Center at 21 North Grand Avenue in Eugene, the dinner will take place from 11:00 a.m.to 3:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. There will also be a fun…
The city’s push to stop homelessness numbers from rising Eugene has homelessness issues. According to Security.org, a website that collects homelessness data on each state, Oregon is the seventh-highest with over 14,000 people experiencing homelessness overall. Oregon places fourth in the country with a rate of 350 per every 100,000 people experiencing homeless. The state…
Master Carver Tom Lindskog shows Halloween spirit by carving two huge pumpkins. On the final weekend of October, a timely tradition of pumpkin carving was carried out by Eugene’s own master carver, Tom Lindskog, at the 5th Street Market. This year he carved two pumpkins in two days. The first on Saturday was 600+ lb…
