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The Willamette Repertory Theatre is in its sixth season of producing quality professional theatre at the Hult. Pre-performance talks will be held in the Hult Center Lobby on January 26 and 27 at 6:45 p.m., before the two preview performances on those dates. The DrawerBoy runs through February 13. For more information, contact the Hult Center Ticket Office at 682-5000. Santa Clara Neiqhbors Invited to Preview Draft Plan for Neiqhborhood Park On Tuesday, January 25, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., neighbors in the north Santa Clara area are invited to preview the draft design for the new Filbert Meadows Park, located off Naismith Boulevard ~ii: ~' '"~tl":~ north of Irvington Drive. A draft concept plan has been prepared based on the results of the first public workshop held in November. In this follow- up session, participants will have the opportunity to review the results of the first workshop, discuss the draft concept plan and help prioritize improvements. The meeting will be held in the Spring Creek Elementary School cafeteria at 560 Irvington Drive. The 3.3-acre park was purchased with 1998 parks and open space bond measure funds for use as a neighborhood park. Improvements to the park are funded by park systems development charges. Construction is scheduled for summer 2006. The draft concept plan, as well as a report on the results of the first workshop, may be viewed online at www.ci.eugene.or, us/parks/filbert. For more information or to give input, visit the website or call Robin Hostick, park planner, at 682-4915. Rugged Volunteers Make $iqnificant Proqress at Delta Ponds Last Weekend Despite the freezing rain, approximately 55 Girl Scouts, Rotary, Lions, Alpha Phi Omega, and other Stream Team and Volunteers In Parks volunteers turned out to restore habitat and build trails at Delta Ponds last Saturday morning. The Downtown Lions, Girl Scouts from Troop #378 and members from the UO Alpha Phi Omega national co-ed service fraternity gathered just off Goodpasture Island Road north of the car dealerships at the site that the Lions adopted nearly eight years ago through Stream Team. The diverse group of volunteers of all ages was first briefed by Eugene Stream Team Coordinator Lorna Baldwin and Delta Ponds Habitat Enhancement Coordinator Laud Mullen about the history of the site and the long-term goals of the larger restoration and recreation effort underway at Delta Ponds, funded by the City, the Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Land Management, and several other local and state partners. Eager to contribute and stay warm on the frigid winter morning, the volunteers got to work and, in a little over two hours, planted 112 native trees and shrubs in four distinct experimental plots, plugged 235 willow and dogwood cuttings along the shore, built a 3-foot fence around one plot, watered and installed paper weed barrier on all the plants, and mulched nearly all the plots with chips. Information gathered from these experimental plots will be useful in preparation for the thousands of native trees and shrubs that will be planted next fall in those areas of Delta Ponds that were recently cleared of blackberries and other invasive species. EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 January 20, 2005