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Good evening, Eugene-Springfield,
- We have a new county clerk in Lane County. If that sounds like real mundane bureaucrat stuff, you should know that Tommy Gong — the official newly hired to oversee local elections, issue marriage licenses, record real estate sales, etc. — also happens to be accomplished in martial arts and once wrote a book about the actor Bruce Lee. Ben Botkins reports.
- Poppi’s Anatolia — the Greek (and sorta Indian) restaurant that has been at Willamette and 10th since Ronald Reagan was president — is moving to 5th Street Public Market in just a few weeks. Vanessa Salvia has the story.
- The Eugene nonprofit NextStep Recycling won a grant to help it expand a job skills program for young people who graduated high school with an IEP. The $8,000 grant comes from Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation.
- Finally today, we have a letter to the editor from L. Peter Deutsch, on the ongoing discussions around license-plate reader cameras being installed in both Eugene and Springfield. Deutsch says of the cameras: “Broad-scope fishing-expedition surveillance is antithetical to the American principles of civil liberty.”
What do you think about license plate reader cameras, or anything else happening in our community? Let us know with your own letter to the editor.
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Lane County hires new county clerk to oversee elections, other functions
By Ben Botkin
Tommy Gong, who succeeds Dena Dawson, comes to Eugene from California with 22 years of experience as an elections administrator — and he also once wrote a book about the movie star-martial artist Bruce Lee.
Poppi’s Anatolia to leave longtime home for spacious new location
By Vanessa Salvia
After 37 years on Willamette Street, the Greek restaurant is moving to 5th Street Public Market. The final night at its current location will be Sept. 28, with reopening planned for early October.
Eugene job-skills program wins grant from Cow Creek Umpqua foundation
By Lillian Schrock-Clevenger
The $8,000 award will help NextStep Recycling — which refurbishes and recycles old electronic devices — expand its free training program for people who graduated high school with an Individualized Education Program.
‘Surveillance antithetical to American principles of civil liberty’ | Letter to editor
By Letters to the Editor
As they used to write in high school yearbooks, “stay cool” — or try to,
Bob
