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For the full schedule of free events, pick up a Readin' in the Rain bookmark at your library or bookstore, or visit www.read-rain.or.q. Readin' in the Rain is organized by Eugene Public Library, Springfield Public Library, UO Libraries, Oregon Council for the Humanities, Lane Arts Council, as well as being joined by local bookstores and book lovers. Read The Jump-Off Creek with your neighbors this winter, and discover new ideas, friends, and facets of Oregon's past! For more information, contact Eugene Public Librarian Mary Kontny at 682-8311. Healinq Hands of Euqene Tsunami Benefit You probably will never forget where you were when you heard about the tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia, but where will you be on January 30, 2005 from 12:00 - 7:00 p.m.? Come to the Hult Center for Healing Hands of Eugene: A Benefit for the Survivors of the TsunamL This is a unique opportunity to provide healing at home and abroad in this time of crisis for so many in our human family. Many healers will come together, donating their services to the public through small mini-sessions. Practitioners include shamanic healers, massage therapists, reiki masters, breema practitioners, energy healers and acupuncturists. People attending the event will make a suggested donation at the door and receive healing work from a practitioner of their choice. The Hult Center is a partner in this event, and has made the Hult Center Lobby available for this event. One hundred percent of the funds raised will be donated to the international relief and development agency, AMURT (,www.amurt.net), a volunteer-based non-profit organization. AMURT and its sister organization AMURTEL have been working since day one of the crisis and are now beginning rebuilding efforts. See the AMURT website for more information on the organization. Don't miss this opportunity to come together as a community and help make a difference in the world. For information on attending or volunteer opportunities, contact info@dharmalaya.org or call Hult Center Operations Director Mark Loigman at 682-5307 or Hult Center Administrative Aide Theresa Sizemore at 682-5242. Pesticide-Free Hot Foam Kills Moss, Ivy in Parks Across Euqene What looks like a blanket of powdery snow but is only hot water, corn sugar and coconut oil? Though it's made in New Zealand, it's not an exotic beverage but rather the newest, pesticide-free, weed control technique in the parks maintenance arsenal. The hot foam treatment was recently applied to the moss-covered sidewalks on the north side of Skinner Butte. "It's essentially just hot water with only 0.04 percent organic surfactant to create the insulating foam," says Eric Cramer, owner of Green Life, organic weed control contractor and the sole proprietor of the Waipuna hot foam product in the northwest. "It's particularly ideal when the site is near a river, other waterway or a catch basin." The way the method works is by using very hot water, 205 degrees to be exact. The hot water mixes with air and creates foam that insulates and literally cooks the weed down to its roots. The system attacks the plant on the cellular level; the cell walls burst because the temperature outside the plant is hotter than inside the cell. Follow-up is only necessary on flat surfaces, requiring that the dead plant EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 January 28, 2005