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workshop with Paul Calandrino and Connie Bennett, playwrights and producers of the annual Northwest Ten Festival at Oregon Contemporary Theatre. Create! Eugene is a project featuring 100+ creative workshops in the local area during the month of August. For more information, visit www.eugene-or.gov/library or call the Eugene Public Library at 541-682-5450. Recreation Offers Opportunities to Create! Eugene Eugene Recreation Division joins the Art and Business Alliance of Eugene in celebrating the arts in August through “Create! Eugene.” Recreation offers arts to tap the creativity of adults, teens and kids year-around. Adults can create a bird house at a Craft Workshop on Friday, Aug. 15, from 2 - 4 p.m., at Petersen Barn Center. On Wednesday, Aug. 20, adults interested in woodworking can attend a free orientation of the City’s woodshop located at Campbell Community Center. Arts camps in August include Express Yourself, at Petersen Barn Center which encourages three- to five-year-olds to express themselves through art, dancing, telling stories, and dress-up. Idolized, held Aug 18 - 22, is part of the Art on the Amazon series held every summer at Amazon Center. In this camp, six- to 11- year-olds share their singing, acting, dancing and other artistic abilities in a talent show. Camp Messy, for six- to eight-year-olds, and Camp Mess, for nine- to 11-year- olds, are both held Aug. 18 - 22, as part of the Art on the Amazon series. Campers play, experiment, create, and, not surprisingly, get messy in these camps. Tweens and teens 12- to 18-years-old will learn to play African music at the African Marimba Song Camp, held Aug. 18 – 22, at Petersen Barn Center. Art on the Amazon offers Hip Hop dance classes, from Aug. 25 – 29, for three- to five-year-olds and six- to eight-year-olds. For more information about Recreation’s art classes and camps, please contact Recreation Division Manager Craig Smith at 541-682-5334. Volunteers from Opportunity Village Sign Up to Help Maintain Local Park On Sunday, Aug. 3, several volunteers from Opportunity Village in Eugene reported for duty, donned gloves, grabbed cleaning supplies and took on responsibility for the day-to-day upkeep of the restroom at Sladden Park. This new pilot program is aimed at keeping the restroom open and safe for the public. When Opportunity Village board members heard about the restroom being closed at Sladden Park due to City budget cuts, they contacted the City of Eugene Parks and Open Space Division to see if they could help. A pilot program was born and today volunteer duties include general custodial work, cleaning, re-stocking and closing the restroom every night at dusk through the end of October. In addition, they are checking for any damage or vandalism and reporting their findings to park maintenance staff. Prior to the program’s launch, volunteers participated in a training led by park maintenance staff on how restrooms in Eugene’ s parks system are cleaned and maintained and how to use gloves and other protective equipment supplied by the City to stay safe while doing their work. Parks and Open Space Volunteer Coordinator Lorna Baldwin oversees the work of the volunteers and will help evaluate the program on an ongoing basis. For more information, contact Parks and Open Space Division Manager Craig Carnagey at 541-682-4930 or craig.t.carnagey@ci.eugene.or.us or Volunteer Coordinator Lorna Baldwin at 541-682-4845 or lorna.j.baldwin@ci.eugene.or.us. EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 August 7, 2014