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<br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br /> <br />February 18, 2010 <br /> <br /> City of Eugene <br />777 Pearl Street, Room 105 <br /> <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793 <br /> (541) 682-5010 <br /> (541) 682-5414 (FAX) <br /> www.eugene-or.gov <br /> <br />IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION <br /> <br />W.S. MERWIN DELIGHTS AT LIBRARY <br />HUNDREDS OF AQUATICS PATRONS “COMMIT TO FIT” IN JANUARY <br />NEW SYSTEM ALLOWS PUBLIC TO CONVENIENTLY REPORT CERTAIN CRIMES ONLINE <br />CITY PROGRAM RECEIVES GRANT TO HELP VETS WITH DISABILITIES <br />OVER 100 VOLUNTEERS AUGMENT EUGENE POLICE OPERATIONS IN 2009 <br />CITY BOOTHS AT ASIAN CELEBRATION HIGHLIGHT CITY SERVICES AND PROGRAMS <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br />W.S. Merwin Delights at Library <br />Poet W.S. Merwin drew more than 700 avid fans to the Downtown Eugene Public Library on Sunday, February 7, <br />for the largest single program ever held at the Library. Poetry-lovers of all ages filled chairs, stood, listened from <br />between bookshelves, and employed the 3rd floor overlook as a balcony. Expectations were high, and by all <br />accounts, they were met or exceeded. <br /> <br />Merwin held a question and answer session before reading poems from his decades of <br />books, leading up to a very special surprise: new, unpublished works read from <br />handwritten sheets of lined paper. Adult Services Manager Nancy Horner reports, “He told <br />me that he doesn’t write on the computer because he wants to touch the words he writes.” <br /> <br />Community partners in making this event possible were the Lane Literary Guild and the <br />University of Oregon (UO) Humanities Center Endowment for Public Outreach in the Arts, <br />Sciences, and Humanities. The UO Bookstore/Duck Store, made books available for <br />purchase on-site with a percentage of sales going to benefit the Friends of the Library. <br />Hundreds of readers waited, happily chatting, to have books signed by Merwin. <br /> <br />One of few individuals to have won two Pulitzer Prizes, Merwin is one of the most acclaimed and widely-read <br />poets in the U.S. In addition to his writing, he is well known as a pacifist, deep ecologist, and Buddhist. For more <br />information, contact the Eugene Public Library at 541-682-5450. <br /> <br />Hundreds of Aquatics Patrons “Commit to Fit” in January <br />Sheldon and Echo Hollow Pool hosted the annual “Commit to Fit” program last month. In <br />this very popular program, patrons pick up red “Commit to Fit” cards at the front desk at <br />the beginning of the month. Each time they come in for a lap swim, fitness class, or to <br />visit the weight room, staff punches out one of the five spots on the bottom of the card. <br />When they complete five workouts, they submit the card for a prize drawing. <br /> <br />Winners of these drawings received 10-visit punch cards as first prize, and towels, <br />healthy cookbooks, flutter mini-massagers and two-day passes as other prizes. <br />Participants turned in a total of 528 cards; 178 cards at Echo Hollow and 350 cards at <br />Sheldon. That equates to 2,640 workouts and thousands of calories burned. For more <br />information, contact Rich Fay at 541-682-5331. <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />February 18, 2010 <br />