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Wastewater Division Receives First Year SHARP Award <br /> The Public Works Wastewater Division is committed to safe work <br />practices and a safe working environment. Wastewater employees have <br />stepped up their efforts over the years in all aspects of the safety <br />program. Through hard work and conscientious attitudes, Wastewater <br />Division staff recently met all of the requirements of the Oregon OSHA <br />Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP). <br />Acceptance into SHARP is a public acknowledgement by Oregon OSHA <br />that the Wastewater Division has a model safety and health program and that safety is a division value. <br />The SHARP program requires strong management commitment to safety and health, employee <br />involvement at all levels in the program, a comprehensive consultation process evaluating 58 required <br />elements of the program, an injury rate below the state industry average for their industry classification, <br />and a collaborative relationship with Oregon OSHA consultation concerning changes that could affect <br />safety. <br />The Wastewater Division is committed to maintaining and continually improving its safety and health <br />program. SHARP approval is granted in 12-month increments. Recertification is granted after verification <br />that all SHARP requirements are still being met. An employer that has been approved as SHARP for the <br />second and subsequent years can be deferred from scheduled Oregon OSHA inspections. <br />Several OR-OSHA officials, including Deputy Administrator Joan Fraser and SHARP Program Manager <br />Mark E. Hurliman will be on hand to present this award to the Wastewater Division on January 30. For <br />more information, contact Donna Adams, wastewater environmental health and safety supervisor, at <br />682-8613. <br />Oregon Book Awards: Live on Tour at the Library <br />On Thursday, January 24, 6:30 – 8 p.m., the Eugene Public Library is honored <br />to celebrate Oregon writers with a reading and booksigning by four finalists for <br />the 2007 Oregon Book Awards, including two of the just-announced winners. <br />Meet and hear: <br /> Alison Clement, winner of the Ken Kesey Award for the Novel. Her <br />Twenty Questions is a mystery filled with twists, turns, and surprises in <br />both plot and insight. <br /> Shannon Riggs, winner of the Children's Literature Award for Not in <br />Room 204, which shares the reassuring story of a teacher who helps a <br />child facing abuse at home. <br /> Paul Merchant, finalist in Poetry for Some Business of Affinity, a <br />collection of “translations, reworkings, interpretations, and responses" addressing writings that <br />range around the globe and across eras. <br /> Ben Saunders, finalist in General Nonfiction for Desiring Donne: Poetry, Sexuality, Interpretation. <br />Eugeneans may also recognize Saunders as a moonlighting actor and musician, most recently at <br />Lord Leebrick Theater. <br />Introductions will be made by Susan Denning, director of programs and events for Literary Arts, the <br />organization that presents the annual Oregon Book Awards. The Oregon Book Awards are sponsored by <br />the Oregon Cultural Trust and the National Endowment for the Arts. For the complete list of 2007 <br />finalists, visit www.literary-arts.org. <br />The authors' books will be available for purchase and signing. This event is sponsored by the Eugene <br />Public Library, Literary Arts, UO Bookstore/Duck Store, Friends of the Library, and the Eugene Public <br />Library Foundation. For more information, contact the Eugene Public Library, 682-5450 or www.eugene- <br />or.gov/library. <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 4 <br />January 10, 2008 <br />