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<br /> <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 />November 7, 2013 <br /> <br />IN THIS EDITION <br /> <br />DONATION OPPORTUNITY FOR COFFEE MUGS <br />“MUSCLE & MAYHEM” AUTHOR LAUREN CHOUINARD AT EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY <br />EUGENE FIREFIGHTERS HELP WITH VETERANS’ HOUSING PROJECT <br />THE GRACE OF SILENCE: FACILITATED BOOK DISCUSSIONS <br />EUGENE SEEKS NEW MEMBERS FOR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE <br />CLASS TEACHES STUDENTS TO GIVE BACK <br />EUGENE READY IF OLD MAN WINTER COMES KNOCKING <br />IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT IN WEST EUGENE <br />LEAF SEASON UPON US <br />DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM PERFORMS AT THE HULT <br />COMMENTS SOUGHT ON THREE PROPOSALS TO CHANGE SKATEBOARD AND BIKE LAWS IN EUGENE <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br />Donation Opportunity for Coffee Mugs <br />Mayor Kitty Piercy recently attended the grand re-opening of St. Vincent de Paul’s (SVDP) Service Station. <br />While there, she learned that SVDP has purchased a commercial dishwasher and is hoping to obtain 200-300 <br />coffee mugs so they can stop using disposables. To help address this need, the City Manager’s Office will be <br />collecting new or used coffee mugs for SVDP until Friday, Nov. 15. Donations are greatly appreciated! <br /> <br />For more information, contact Dawn Branham at 541-682-8340. <br /> <br />“Muscle & Mayhem” Author Lauren Chouinard at Eugene Public Library <br />Join author Lauren Chouinard at the Downtown Eugene Public Library at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov.14, for a talk about his <br />book “Muscle and Mayhem: The Saginaw Kid and the Fistic World of the 1890s.” Admission is free. <br /> <br />George Henry Lavigne, known as the Saginaw Kid, was the lightweight world boxing champion <br />from 1896 to 1899. Learn about this colorful figure and the early days of boxing when the <br />Queensberry Rules – featuring gloved fists and timed rounds – began to transform boxing from its <br />rough-and-tumble roots into a legitimate sport. <br /> <br />“Muscle and Mayhem” tells the life story of the sometimes troubled Kid, including his dozen <br />arrests, bouts with alcohol, trips to the insane asylum ,and sudden death at age 58 of a heart <br />attack. Nevertheless, Kid had an impressive record as a professional fighter: 34 wins (21 by <br />knockout), 10 no decisions, six losses (four by KO) one no contest, 11 draws, and 21 exhibitions. <br />Lavigne was inducted into the Ring Hall of Fame in 1959, the Michigan Boxing Hall of Fame in <br />1965, the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1998 and the Saginaw County Sports Hall of Fame <br />in 2002. Known for his toughness and indomitable will as a fighter, Kid fought some <br />extraordinary matches against the best pugilists of the time. <br /> <br />In addition to his overall love of sport, author Lauren Chouinard became interested in this subject due to family stories <br />about Kid Lavigne, his mother’s “second cousin a few times removed.” Previously, Chouinard opened Pacific Nautilus, a <br />health and fitness club; wrote “Get off Your But,” a guide to getting in shape by overcoming excuses; and served as the <br />director of Human Resources at the City of Eugene. For more information, contact the Public Library at 541-682-5450 or <br />www.eugene-or.gov/library. <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />November 7, 2013 <br />