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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 />January 23, 2014 <br /> <br />IN THIS EDITION <br /> <br />CITY ‘GOOD EARTH’ BOOTH FOCUSES ON HEALTHY HOME, HEALTHY WATER, HEALTHY RIVERS <br />VISITING ARCHAEOLOGISTS AT EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY <br />(SUB)URBAN PROJECTIONS LIGHTS UP DOWNTOWN EUGENE <br />LEAF PICKUP SERVICE ENDS FOR SEASON <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br />City ‘Good Earth’ Booth Focuses on Healthy Home, Healthy Water, Healthy Rivers <br />Outdoor activities around homes and yards can have a negative impact on the health of local waterways. Some residents <br />may not realize that runoff from yards or business properties can <br />carry lawn chemicals, pressure washing debris, soap suds, oil and <br />more into the stormwater system and ultimately into Amazon <br />Creek or the Willamette River. <br /> <br />Attendees who stop by Booth 607 at this year's Good Earth Home, <br />Garden and Living Show can learn about healthy choices that <br />benefit children, pets and the environment. Booth visitors who <br />want to test their knowledge and answer a question from a <br />spinning wheel are able to participate in a drawing for a yard, auto or canine gift basket. <br /> <br />The Good Earth Home and Garden show starts this Friday, Jan. 24, at 5 p.m. and ends at 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26. Staff will be <br />on hand to answer questions and provide handouts. The booth is a collaborative effort between Eugene’s Public Works <br />Stormwater Management Program and Springfield’s Environmental Services Department. For more information, please <br />contact Stormwater Information Specialist Kathy Eva in Public Works Administration at 541-682-2739 or <br />kathy.a.eva@ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br />Visiting Archaeologists at Eugene Public Library <br />Through a partnership with the Eugene chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America and the University of Oregon <br />Classics Department, the Eugene Public Library offers the community a series of free talks by world-renowned <br />archaeologists. These visiting experts’ presentations have been enormously popular. <br /> <br />The latest installment is coming up on Thursday, Jan. 30, at 6 p.m., at the Downtown <br />Library, with Dr. Mark Aldenderfer’s illustrated talk “Silk Route and Diamond Path: The <br />Archaeology of Tibetan Buddhism.” He is currently the only western archaeologist <br />conducting research in the Tibet Autonomous Region. He is dean and professor at the <br />University of California at Merced and has conducted fieldwork in Tibet, Nepal, Peru, <br />Argentina, Ethiopia, and at sites throughout the United States. <br /> <br />Dr. Aldenderfer’s work explores the substantial material expression of Tibetan Buddhism <br />that is tied to pre-Buddhist political institutions, imperial expansion and collapse and <br />subsequent transformation into the monastic and temple tradition found on the plateau <br />today. He will discuss the intimate connections of historical and cultural influences between Buddhism and Tibet, as well as <br />the changes they have undergone in the modern political climate. <br /> <br />For more information, contact the Eugene Public Library at 541-682-5450 or www.eugene-or.gov/library. <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />January 23, 2014 <br />