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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 />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br />May 8, 2014 <br /> <br />IN THIS EDITION <br /> <br />WAYNE MORSE FAMILY FARM OPEN HOUSE MAY 18 <br />METRO TV AND SMARTTRIPS TEAM UP TO WIN TELLY AWARD <br />INSPECTORS PROVIDE ON-SITE ADVICE AT HOME IMPROVEMENT STORES <br /> <br />EVENT PUTS HARD WORK IN A FUN CONTEXT <br />EXPLORE YOUR FAMILY TREE AT EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br />Wayne Morse Family Farm Open House May 18 <br />The Wayne Morse Family Farm will be open to the public from 1- 4 p.m. on <br />Sunday, May 18, in honor of National Historic Preservation Month. Formerly a <br />working cattle and horse farm, the site was the family home of Oregon Senator <br />Wayne Morse who served in the U. S. Senate from l944 to1968. Today it is a 26- <br />acre, multi-use city park listed on the National Register of Historic Places. <br /> <br />The annual open house, sponsored by the Wayne Morse Historical Park <br />Corporation, will include house tours, the famous political cartoons exhibit <br />highlighting Senator Morse’s opposition to the Vietnam War, Oregon Public <br />Broadcasting’s “Wayne Morse,” a 30-minute documentary, marimba bands, and <br />an ice cream social. <br /> <br />The Wayne Morse Family farm is located at 595 Crest Drive. To get there, take <br />Willamette Street south to 32Avenue; turn right onto Crest Drive and drive a <br />nd <br />half-mile up the hill. <br /> <br />For more information, visit www.waynemorse.org or call Craig Smith, director, Recreation Services, at 541-682-5334. <br /> <br />Metro TV and SmartTrips Team Up to Win Telly Award <br />A “Working City” video about Eugene’s SmartTrips program has won a bronze award in the <br />35 Telly competition. The 4:19 minute video was produced by Metro Television in July <br />th <br />2013. Metro TV Channel 21 is provided as a community benefit through the Comcast Cable TV <br />rights-of-way use agreement managed by the City’s Telecommunications Program <br />(Information Services Division). Telecommunications program staff members support Metro <br />TV in showcasing its work for awards such as this and are pleased when exceptional <br />programming about the City’s efforts receives national recognition. <br /> <br />The SmartTrips video explains the innovative and effective incentive program developed by <br />the City’s Transportation Planning team in the Public Works Engineering Division. In the <br />program, Transportation Options program coordinator Lindsay Selser and former intern <br />Moorea Strueby explain that even small amounts of informational tools and resources can <br />convince people to walk, ride bikes or take the bus. This, in turn, allows them to rediscover <br />their neighborhoods, save money, and improve their health. <br /> <br />The Telly Awards annually showcases the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, <br />television stations, cable operators, and corporate video departments in the world. The Telly Awards receives over 12,000 <br />entries annually from all 50 states and many foreign countries. <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />May 8, 2014 <br />