Morning Lookout: What Springfield Library cuts might look like, WOW Hall rocks on

Good morning, Lookout Eugene-Springfield,

The director of the Springfield Library put together a scenario explaining where cuts might be made if the library’s budget has to shrink by $500,000. The projection calls for cutting three staff positions, one day of operation and $89,000 from the book budget. Lillian Schrock-Clevenger reports.

Our partners at the Oregon Journalism Project have a Q&A with Dan Rayfield, Oregon’s rookie attorney general, who has been busy suing Donald Trump.

Annie Aguair wrote a fun one about WOW Hall and the WOW-A-Thon happening this weekend. The first WOW-A-Thon raised the money that saved the historic building from demolition. The second is to celebrate the half-century of music and community since.

Dorcas Smucker’s beautiful writing returns to Lookout today for the first time since the death of her 30-year-old son Steven. The grief, she writes, is like carrying a 600-pound California sea lion draped across her shoulders. This one put a lump in my throat.

In case you missed these stories published Thursday…
• Providers report denials in PacificSource-Trillium Medicaid transition
• 30-foot grand fir goes up in Kesey Square
• Progressive organizer, archaeologist to run for Springfield legislative seat

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Springfield Library director outlines example of what $500,000 budget cut could look like

By Lillian Schrock-Clevenger

The scenario calls for cutting three staff positions, one day of operation and $89,000 from the book budget. City officials will determine any cuts to the library during the budget process next spring.

‘It’s almost like the building’s alive’: WOW Hall marks 50 years of music and more

By Annie Aguiar

The original WOW-A-Thon in 1975 raised the money needed to save the historic building from demolition. A second, WOW-A-Thon II, has been planned to celebrate the half-century of music and community since.