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I won’t beat around the blackberry bramble: William L. Sullivan is joining Lookout Eugene-Springfield. Bill is the dean of the Oregon outdoors, and I am excited that he will bring his expertise and storytelling to our readers.
I’ll let “the author of all those hiking guides,” as he describes himself, tell you more:
“My monthly Oregon Trails column has shifted over the years from What’s Happening to The Register-Guard to Eugene Weekly. Starting in January, my columns will appear every Thursday in Lookout Eugene-Springfield.
“The new online format allows me to share videos, maps and more photos. And because it’s every week, I’ll be able to explore further afield, with some memoir and articles about history and travel. Join me each Thursday for your weekly Oregon Trails adventure!”
Having Bill join our list of contributors — alongside Bob Welch, Dorcas Smucker and Duane Noriyuki — is a great way to end the year.
For those of you who might not know Bill, he has written 27 books, including “The Ship in the Ice” and the updated “100 Hikes” series for Oregon.
When I moved to Salem in 2014 and started asking about where to go outside, I was quickly referred to Bill’s books, which were scattered across the Statesman Journal newsroom.
There is no one better to help you enjoy the Oregon outdoors than Bill Sullivan.
We are able to add Bill to Lookout Eugene-Springfield’s esteemed list of contributors because of our members. If you are a member, thank you. If you are not, this is a great time to join and start your year with the most comprehensive, independent news report in Lane County. Only members get full access to all that our team produces every day and every week.
Bill’s first column will appear Jan. 1.
Food insecurity in Lane County
Hunger is a real problem facing people throughout the Lane County. It’s a topic that we at Lookout Eugene-Springfield have dedicated time and resources to helping address.
We teamed up with local author, journalist and former University of Oregon professor Lauren Kessler to examine hunger in our community. This three-part series offers a look at who is suffering from hunger, what is being done to help and how the system works in Lane County to feed our neighbors in need.
We also partnered with Food for Lane County on a membership drive that will provide meals for people in our community. For every new annual membership to Lookout Eugene-Springfield, we are donating 10% to Food for Lane County, enough to provide 100 meals.
Those meals are desperately needed, as Lauren tells in Food Insecurity in Lane County. The series launched Nov. 30 with “Living in the shadow of hunger” and was followed this past Sunday by part 2, “Delivering food, giving hope”.
Lauren spent months visiting with food pantries across the county, working at the Food for Lane County Dining Room and delivering food alongside Meals for Wheels volunteers.
Her reporting coincided with the federal government shutdown, which made those already struggling to find enough food concerned that the system designed to help them was going away.
While the base problem is the same — people are hungry — the reasons behind their hunger are complex.
But there is no shortage of people in our community trying to help and there is a web of agencies and volunteers doing everything they can to put food on as many tables as possible.
The final part publishes this coming Sunday, Dec. 13.
Being a member of Lookout is the best way to support this type of independent, local journalism. If you are not already a member, I hope you will join us and support our work to tell the stories of Lane County.
