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The day begins at 11:00 a.m. with a lively Brazilian tale performed by
<br />choreographer Margo Van Ummersen and storyteller Louisa Lindsay-Sprouse,
<br />followed by a mixed-ages writing workshop with Lawson Inada, Oregon’s Poet
<br />Laureate at noon. Kids: bring your favorite adult, your imagination, and a brown
<br />bag lunch. From 1:30 - 3:30 p.m., participants will have the opportunity to explore
<br />with guest artists and scientists, create masks, artful books, carnival dolls, poems,
<br />and collages. Kids will also have the chance to record writings on Elsie, KLCC
<br />Radio’s studio on wheels. At 4:00 p.m., winners of YWA’s writing contest,
<br />selected by Lawson Inada, will read their works. Then it’s cake for everyone!
<br />On Sunday, April 27, at 2:00 p.m. at the Downtown Library, hear Home Fried
<br />Tales performed by visiting storyteller Lynnette Ford.A fourth-generation storyteller, Ford shares stories
<br />“seasoned with heritage, humor, and heart” and steeped in her family's multicultural African-American
<br />traditions. Her funny folktales and original stories, for ages six and up, feature history, mystery, rhythm,
<br />and rhyme. All events are free. For more information, please call the Eugene Public Library at 682-8316.
<br />Families Invited to April Pools Day
<br />Echo Hollow Pool is hosting a FREE family day of swimming and
<br />learning about water safety from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. on April
<br />Pools Day, Saturday, April 26.
<br />Activities include recreational swimming, try-a-kayak in the outdoor
<br />pool, prizes for kids, and water rescue boat displays. Enter to win a
<br />Family 10-visit Punch Card and an Amazon Pool Family Season
<br />Pass. Drawings begin at 11:30 a.m. and participants must be
<br />present to win. For further information, please call 682-5525.
<br />Earth Day Clean Up Builds Community
<br />What do high school students, neighborhood leaders, a former City
<br />Manager, the Mayor, City staff and caring community members all have in
<br />common? They could all be found in the former Woolworth’s basement on
<br />a cold rainy Earth Day to remove litter, vegetation and other debris from the
<br />lot next to the Center Court Building. At least 30 volunteers congregated
<br />during the noon hour on April 22. In addition to removing years of litter,
<br />some volunteers also broadcast various wildflower seeds to add color and
<br />attract birds and butterflies in the future.
<br />The site is part of a future development concept involving both the City of
<br />Eugene and Beam Development. For more information, please contact
<br />Richie Weinman, Planning and Development Department at 682-5533 or
<br />richie.d.weinman@ci.eugene.or.us
<br />“Surf’s Up” at City’s Community Centers and Pools
<br />Free public wireless Internet access is now available at all three City of Eugene pools and five community
<br />centers. Members of the public who have laptops with built-in Wifi or a WiFi network card can now surf
<br />the Internet at Amazon, Campbell, Hilyard and Sheldon Community Centers, as well as at Echo Hollow
<br />and Sheldon Pool and Fitness Centers. WiFi was extended to Amazon Pool in 2007. WiFi access will be
<br />available during each facility’s usual hours. This latest extension of the City’s WiFi is part of a strategy to
<br />provide WiFi in and around City facilities throughout the community. The WiFi service is funded for three
<br />years by the Telecommunications Tax Fund.
<br />Free wireless Internet access is also available at these City of Eugene public facilities: the Hult Center, the
<br />Eugene Airport terminal, the Downtown Library, both the Bethel and Sheldon Library branch locations, the
<br />McNutt Room, the City Council Chamber, the courtyard area at City Hall and the downtown park blocks.
<br />For more information, contact LRCS Public Information Manager Kathy Madison at 682-6342.
<br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 3
<br />April 24, 2008
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