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<br />Summer Reading is a good time and more: studies show that participation keeps reading skills up while
<br />school’s out. Plus, Summer Reading introduces youth to new ideas, new friends, and new things to do.
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<br />For kids, each Library visit means a new opportunity to solve puzzles in the Catch the Reading Bug
<br />game, or to buzz into Entomology Central to see bugs magnified 10X. Kids' Summer Reading kicks off
<br />with free shows for the whole family during the first week of summer. Firefly Follies features juggling
<br />comedians Charlie and Zephyr Brown, who amaze the audience and then teach everyone how to juggle.
<br />Performances are Monday, June 23, at the Downtown Library, 11:00 and 2:00 pm, and Tuesday, June
<br />24, 2:00 pm at Sheldon Community Center.
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<br />Portland's Nomadic Theatre Company will bring their show The See-Saw Project: 2 Clowns, 1 Mat, No
<br />Exit! to delight Eugene families with slapstick, acrobatics, and a wild imagination. See it Wednesday,
<br />June 25, at Petersen Barn, at 2:00 pm; or Thursday, June 26, Downtown Library, at 11:00 and 2:00 pm.
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<br />Weekly events for kids continue at all Library locations, including creative activities, a visit by live exotic
<br />bugs, and more. In keeping with the Metamorphosis theme, teens can enter a new prize drawing each
<br />week by sharing a recommendation for a book, film, or CD that "changed your mind, your mood, or your
<br />life." Free teen events include t-shirt art, altered books, video games, a writing workshop, Teen Team
<br />volunteering, and a talk by Jaki Hunt of Kumoricon, Oregon’s annual anime convention. Starting on
<br />Tuesday, June 24, at the Downtown Library at 1:00 pm, Got Bugs? is a chance to meet the Bug People,
<br />Brian and Wendy Stoner, and their friends: giant millipedes, hissing cockroaches, scorpions, and
<br />tarantulas. For more information about Summer Reading events, visit www.eugene-or.gov/library or call
<br />682-8316.
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<br />ReUSE A SHOE Campaign Contributes to New Local Track
<br />Nike has partnered with Eugene School District 4J and the City of Eugene to build and surface a track
<br />that will surround a new artificial turf athletic field at the Arts & Technology Academy (formerly Jefferson
<br />Middle School.) The 2006 Parks Bond Measure included funding for the artificial turf field, but neighbors
<br />voiced support for a new track, as well. As part of the Eugene 08 legacy projects, Nike agreed to provide
<br />$70,000 to pay for the new track’s surface. The material to be used for the surface is called, “Nike Grind.”
<br />It’s made up of recycled sport shoes, and represents state-of-the-art engineering and sustainable
<br />principles.
<br />As part of the campaign to raise awareness about the track renovation--and Nike's recycling effort--LRCS
<br />has placed "ReUSE A SHOE" drop-off bins in the lobbies of all City community centers, pools, and
<br />libraries, as well as at the Arts & Technology Academy and Boys and Girls Club. The program accepts
<br />sports shoes of any brand that have no metal parts or cleats, and are free of mud. The entire shoe with
<br />laces, plastic grommets and leather uppers will be ground-up, and the rubber is gleaned for the track
<br />surface material.
<br />The campaign culminates on June 30, "Sport and the Environment Day" at the Olympic Trials, with a
<br />huge bin at the main entrance of Hayward Field that is expected to be filled with old sports shoes. The
<br />new track and the artificial turf field will be built this fall. Contact Tim Patrick at 682-6347 for more
<br />information.
<br />THIS WEEK
<br />06/06 F 11:30am BT, AZ, MC Mayor’s Ad hoc Committee on
<br /> Amazon Headwaters Acquisition McNutt Room
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<br />NEXT WEEK
<br />06/09 M 5:30pm All Council Dinner Work Session McNutt Room
<br />06/09 M 7:30pm All Council Meeting Council Chamber
<br />06/11 W Noon All Council Lunch Work Session McNutt Room
<br />06/11 W 7:00pm BT Community Listening Forum Parker Elementary
<br /> with Jon Ruiz 3875 Kincaid
<br />6/11 W 7:30pm All Council and URA Meeting Council Chamber
<br />06/12 Th 5:30pm MC, BT Police Commission McNutt Room
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<br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2
<br />June 5, 2008
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