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<br />City of Eugene <br />125 East 8 Avenue, 2 Floor <br />thnd <br />Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br />(541) 682-5010 <br />(541) 682-5414 (FAX) <br /> <br />www.eugene-or.gov <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br />May 2, 2013 <br /> <br />IN THIS EDITION <br /> <br />JOIN MAYOR PIERCY AT EUGENE’S NATIONAL TRAIN DAY <br /> <br />A JOYFUL NOISE AT HULT CENTER <br />SUMMER RIDES PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR VETERANS <br />TEENS HELP VETERANS, TOO <br />TWO EUGENE NEIGHBORHOODS FINALISTS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE YEAR <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br /> <br />Join Mayor Piercy at Eugene’s National Train Day <br />On May 11, 2013, from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Eugene will join with more than 200 <br />communities throughout the country as it celebrates the importance of trains <br />to the town. This year the theme of these community events will be “trains <br />matter.” <br /> <br />Eugene will host a fun and festive day beginning with an opening ceremony <br />featuring Mayor Kitty Piercy. Mayor Piercy will welcome the community and <br />provide a short update on the exciting work she has helped to facilitate which <br />will bring an increased number of train routes to the Pacific Northwest <br />Corridor and provide ease in passenger commuting between Eugene and <br />Portland. <br /> <br /> <br />The event will feature local vendors, model train displays, entertainment and <br />tourism information along with a special event area for children hosted by <br />Disney’s Chuggington Kids Depot. <br /> <br />For more information about the event, contact Amtrak’s Rose Blackson at <br />BlacksonR@Amtrak.com. <br /> <br />A Joyful Noise at Hult Center <br />Can you sing with your yawn voice? Over six-hundred elementary and middle school students visited the Hult Center for <br />the Performing Arts on April 22 for the Oregon Children’s Choral Festival (OCCF) and learned how to do just that and other <br />vocal and performance techniques to create a joyful noise. Now in <br />its 27 year, the OCCF brings choristers from around the region <br />th <br />excited and ready to fill the Silva Concert Hall with song. This <br />fabulous event not only provides the kids an opportunity to <br />perform, but to learn from each other and work with a guest <br />clinician. <br /> <br />From “Wow!” to “This is the best day ever!”, kids truly enjoy this <br />invaluable opportunity and are having so much fun, they don’t even <br />realize they are honing their creative and critical thinking skills, <br />modeling awareness and self-control, and upping their <br />performance game – all in one day. <br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />May 2, 2013 <br />