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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 />March 6, 2014 <br /> <br />IN THIS EDITION <br /> <br />CAMPBELL CENTER PATRONS REPURPOSE WOOD FROM FALLEN TREE <br />BESTSELLING AUTHOR TERRY BROOKS AT EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY <br />HOME SHOW BOOTH FOCUS IS ON ECO-LOGICAL AND ECO-NOMICAL <br />NEW SURVEY REVEALS LOCAL TRAVEL CHOICES <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br /> <br />Campbell Center Patrons Repurpose Wood from Fallen Tree <br />Curly Burly Milling salvaged the wood from a beautiful, old black walnut tree that had <br />toppled over in the recent storm. They milled the wood, kiln-dried it and donated it to <br />Campbell Community Center’s woodshop. Wood workers were thrilled. Kiln-dried wood <br />as fine as this black walnut is in high demand, and it was all snapped up within two days. <br />Wood that has not been kiln-dried can be dangerous or damaging to some equipment, so <br />many shops won’t allow patrons to use reclaimed or re-purposed wood. <br /> <br />The popular woodshop at Campbell Center is a public facility built and staffed by <br />volunteers. It is open to adults, age 18 and older, who want to use power tools for wood <br />products. The shop opens at 9 a.m. every weekday and recently extended its hours on <br />Mondays to 7 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, it closes at 3 p.m. Woodworkers use the shop on a <br />drop-in basis; the cost is $2 per day. Some basic skills are needed to use the shop, but <br />classes and volunteer help is available. <br /> <br />For more information, please call Recreation Programmer Tom Powers at 541-682-5318. <br /> <br />Bestselling Author Terry Brooks at Eugene Public Library <br />The Downtown Eugene Public Library will host a talk by Terry Brooks on Sunday, Mar. 9, at 1:30 p.m. Brooks is the epic <br />fantasy writer and New York Times bestselling author of more than 25 books. Admission is free. <br /> <br />Brooks is best known for the phenomenally popular Shannara novels, considered by many to <br />be one of the greatest fantasy epics ever written. The series is currently being adapted into a <br />show for MTV. Among Brooks’ other works is “Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons From a <br />Writing Life,” a memoir and writing guide. <br /> <br />Brooks has been writing since high school, starting with stories in the genres of science <br />fiction, westerns, fiction, and non-fiction. One day in college, he was given a copy of “The Lord <br />of the Rings.” That moment changed his life because in Tolkien’s work he found a way to <br />combine all the elements of his own writing in one genre. <br /> <br />A practicing attorney for many years, Brooks now writes full-time from his home in the <br />Pacific Northwest. <br /> <br />This event is sponsored by the Eugene Public Library, Wordcrafters in Eugene, Friends of Eugene Public Library, and <br />Eugene Public Library Foundation. Books will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of the UO Duck Store. For <br />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 />March 6, 2014 <br />