It's a guy of the month club.Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard As with so many good ideas, the `Men of Eugene' calendar began as a little lie told in a bar. "Two girlfriends of mine were hitting on a guy," said Crystal Walen, the mastermind behind the beefcake beef·cake n. Informal 1. Images, especially photographs, of minimally attired men with muscular physiques. 2. Attractive men with muscular physiques, such as those in these images. calendar. "They came up with this whole idea that they were making a calendar so they could get his phone number." Partly to help her friends and partly because she thought it sounded like fun, Walen produced the `Men of Eugene,' a calendar she calls "a great gift for your sister, but not your mom She goes to the gym. ." The calendar features such indelible images as a naked service industry worker with a half-bushel of lemons in his lap and a stylish bartender plunging a toilet. Other men about town are seen doing what local XYs do: skateboarding skateboarding Form of recreation, popular among youths, in which a person rides standing balanced on a small board mounted on wheels. The skateboard first appeared in the early 1960s on paved areas along California beaches as a makeshift diversion for surfers when the ocean , break-dancing and balancing shot glasses on a knife edge. The men featured in the calendar are service industry workers selected during a beauty and talent contest held last month at John Henry's. The audience selected 11 men and one woman, who sneaked into the contest. The calendar, which will be unveiled at a free release party at 10 p.m. Tuesday at John Henry's, will sell for $12. Music for the party will be provided by Burt Reynolds Burt Reynolds (born February 11, 1936) is an Oscar-nominated Emmy Award-winning American actor. Some of his memorable roles include Lewis Medlock in Deliverance, Paul Crewe in the original version of The Longest Yard, Bo 'Bandit' Darville in Overdrive. `The Men of Eugene' comes on the heels of two other highly publicized local produced skin calendars: the `Men of the Long Tom Grange,' which helped raise money for Junction City Junction City, city (1990 pop. 20,604), seat of Geary co., NE Kans., at the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers; inc. 1859. The rail, trade, and processing center of an agricultural and dairy area, it grew as the supply point for nearby Fort Riley, schools, and `Oh Girls,' which featured scantily scant·y adj. scant·i·er, scant·i·est 1. Barely sufficient or adequate. 2. Insufficient, as in extent or degree. scant clad coeds and helped raise money for - well, let's just say it's a nice-looking calendar. Walen said she wasn't thinking of those other calendars when she produced the `Men of Eugene.' She was just trying to help out some friends in need. Incidentally, neither of those friends ended up connecting with the bachelor in the bar who inspired the project. "That's what's so funny," said Walen, who hopes to make another `Men of Eugene' next year. "He wouldn't do it." CAPTION(S): Jeremy Shank shank (shangk) 1. leg (1). 2. crus ( 2). shank n. The part of the human leg between the knee and ankle. is one of the `Men of Eugene.' |
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