StoryHelix

Welcome to StoryHelix! Intertwining stories past, present, and not yet imagined, told by folks in Lane County, Oregon.Wordcrafters in Eugene began this project with the idea of making our area a braver, safer, more beautiful, and more equitable place to live. We believe, as Chinua Achebe put it, that stories create people, create stories. Meaning, the stories we tell ourselves and other people make us who we are. Because of this, we also believe that if we are to move into a better imagined future, a reckoning with our past and current stories is needed. As Alice Walker said, “Healing begins where the wound was made.”The StoryHelix project invites us to trace our "EUGeneology" and examine what stories we have inherited, and what stories we will pass down.You can read more about the project, about Wordcrafters in Eugene, about our sponsors and community partners, and send in your own Lane County, Oregon stories at StoryHelix.Wordcrafters.Org. Thanks for listening!

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Jordan Crosier

August 30, 2022 • StoryHelix, Jordan Crosier, Wordcrafters in Eugene, Leah Velez, Intro and Outro Music by Otis McDonald • Season 1 • Episode 19

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Jordan Crosier talks about Motor Cross Racing in Lane County.

You can read more about the project, about Wordcrafters in Eugene, about our sponsors and community partners, and send in your own Lane County, Oregon stories at StoryHelix.Wordcrafters.Org.

Thanks for listening!

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You're listening to story Helix, intertwining
stories past, present and not yet imagined

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in Lane County, Oregon. What's
up, earthlings? I'M Leah Velez and

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I'll be your host. The stories that
follow our raw footage. So let's open

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up our ear nuggets and give these
communities submitted stories a listen.

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One of the strongest memories in Lane County was
probably when I was motor cross racing. It

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was a couple of years ago.
I was racing and almost wrecked over in

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Springfield; there's a little little dirt jumping
area and stuff. We'd go down there

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a couple of times and we'd go
racing. Every now and again one of

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my buddies would probably wreck and stuff. I saw my friends fall a lot,

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also erect a lot, so there
was a lot of pain involved with

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it, but it was pretty funny
to see my friends fall. It means--

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it means a lot to me,
mainly because a lot of my friends that

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I was motor crossing with aren't actually here
anymore. So it's a pretty decent memory

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with-- with the ones that I had
at one point. Thanks for listening.

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You can find us wherever you listen
to your podcasts. If you've got your

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own Lane County Story to tell,
we'd love to hear it at StoryHelix

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