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Crews battled three separate fires at Skinner Butte Park Fire crews responded to the scene around 7:10 p.m. Posted: Jul 10, 2021 9:12 PM Updated: Jul 10, 2021 10:22 PM Posted By: KEZI Staff EUGENE, Ore. - Crews battled three separate fires at Skinner Butte Park in Eugene on Saturday night, Eugene Springfield Fire officials said. Officials believe the fire may have been arson due to the fires occurring in three separate areas at the park. The fires were relatively small but wind and dry conditions made the task more extensive than anticipated, they said. Fire crews responded to the scene around 7:10 p.m. Witnesses say they saw wind blowing smoke into the Downtown Eugene area. ....
Note: This post will be updated as KLCC receives more information. The Corvallis Community Center is one of the places in the area offering a place for people to cool off during excessive heat this weekend. Credit City of Corvallis Lane County Lane County is activating a cooling and heat respite center at the Lane Events Center, located in Expo Hall 2 and Convention Center rooms 3 and 4. This facility is open to anyone who needs to cool down and will open from 9 am to 10 pm Saturday and Sunday, June 26th and 27th. A list of additional resources by municipality is listed below and will be updated on the Lane County website here: https://lanecounty.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=3585881&pageId=3720173 ....
War Monuments Attacked Over Memorial Day Weekend Two war monuments located in Oregon and Rhode Island were vandalized over Memorial Day Weekend. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial located at Skinner Butte Park in Lane County, Oregon was spray-painted with the phrase “I refuse to glorify imperialism,” as reported by a CBS affiliate in the area. Law enforcement waited until Tuesday to clean the monument in order to not “disrupt flags” put there for the federal holiday, and were called prior to war veterans showing up at the location for festivities on Memorial Day. “Portland gets the most attention for destructive anti-American activity, but these extremists are all over our state,” Dru Draper, communications director for the Oregon Senate GOP, told The Federalist. “These heroes gave everything for our freedom – even for those who defaced this memorial for veterans. That is the difference between real patriotism and immature extremism.” ....
Wall of Honor Memorial honoring Lane County veterans vandalized The Wall of Honor Memorial in Skinner Butte Park was defaced over the weekend, Eugene police reported Monday. The graffiti on the memorial, which sits along the park s bike path, was blue paint and included an anarchy symbol. Jimmy Lynch was at the site Memorial Day morning, adding black paint to the lettering of the memorial. I live here and like to keep it nice and clean, Lynch said. This is something I can do as a sign painter. Lynch said another person used a power-washer to remove the graffiti, but they removed some of the memorial s original paint in the process. ....
War memorials in Rhode Island and Oregon were vandalized over Memorial Day weekend, a federal holiday dedicated to fallen troops who died while serving the United States and their gold star families. NBC 10 reporter Tyler Dumont posted pictures of the defaced memorial in Providence, Rhode Island’s LaSalle Square on Twitter, showing four stones covered in black paint. “Truly disgraceful. On this #MemorialDay, someone has defaced the war memorial at LaSalle Square in Providence. 4 stones bearing the names of residents who sacrificed their lives in WWII, Korea & Vietnam have been vandalized with black spray paint. Police investigating,” he tweeted. Truly disgraceful. On this #MemorialDay, someone has defaced the war memorial at LaSalle Square in Providence. 4 stones bearing the names of residents who sacrificed their lives in WWII, Korea & Vietnam have been vandalized with black spray paint. Police [email protected]/h3QM1etBK9 Tyler Dumont (@Tyler ....