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article. <br /> <br />Horizon Air, sister carrier to Alaska Airlines, offers daily service to and from Eugene. A copy of the <br />inflight magazine has been placed in the Council Office. For more information, contact Airport Manager <br />Bob Noble at 682-5430. <br /> <br />Free Wireless Internet Access at All Eugene Public Library Locations (Wi-Fi) <br />Free wireless Internet access is now available at all Eugene <br />Public Library locations: the Downtown Library, Bethel Branch, <br />and Sheldon Branch. <br /> <br />Anyone with a wireless-equipped notebook can log on from <br />anywhere in the Library. The Downtown wi-fi “hot spot” extends <br />into the Entry Garden and coffee shop area, and even to the <br />café tables outside, when the doors are open for warm <br />weather. <br /> <br />Internet access is an important and popular Library service. <br />Now that people who carry their own notebook computers can <br />access the Internet by wi-fi, more time on the Library's public <br />Internet access computers is available to better meet demand. <br /> <br />Along with websurfing, wi-fi allows users to sit wherever they <br />choose and visit the EPL website, www.eugene-or.gov/library, to access Library services such as the <br />catalog, library card accounts, and many of the Library’s specialized databases. Wi-fi is especially <br />appreciated by people who need or prefer to use their own computers, such as business people, <br />teachers, or students who need access to their own software or stored information while using the Web. <br />Increasingly, travelers rely on wi-fi hot spots both to stay in touch and to get information about the areas <br />they’re visiting. <br /> <br />Wireless Internet access at the Library is made possible by the support of the Eugene Public Library <br />Foundation, which has committed to sponsoring this service for the next three years. For more <br />information, contact the Eugene Public Library, 682-5450. <br /> <br />MultiCultural Festival Draws Diverse Crowd <br />An estimated 1,600 people representing a broad cross-section of <br />the community attended the fourth annual MultiCultural Festival <br />held at Sheldon Community Center Park on August 11. Library, <br />Recreation and Cultural Services presented the free event that <br />included pre-event swimming, one of the Concerts in the Parks <br />Series (The Vipers with Deb Cleveland), Kid Zone arts and games, <br />and cultural crafts by the Library. <br /> <br />Recreation Programmer Kim McManus, who organized the event, <br />noted a wide diversity in the attendees this year. She said that <br />while the concerts remain a key draw, participation in all festival <br />activities was up from previous years. The festival’s International <br />Marketplace also realized a 50% increase craft vendors, including seven representatives from the <br />Regional Association of International Non-profits (R.A.I.N.) that is <br /> <br />based in the Willamette Valley, but works internationally on projects in developing countries. R.A.I.N. <br />vendors sold items from Nepal, Zimbabwe, Burma, Darfur, Guatemala and Kenya. <br /> <br />The MultiCultural Festival meets the City Council goal of “Accessible and Thriving Culture and <br />Recreation,” and furthers the council’s priority to strengthen and promote the community’s arts and <br />outdoors assets by integrating arts and recreation at a free, public event held at an outdoor venue. For <br />more information, contact Sandy Shaffer, recreation manager, 682-6338. <br /> <br />City Promotes ‘Sustainable Sunday’ at Lane County Fair <br />A sampling of the City’s sustainable activities will be on display Sunday at the Lane County Fair. Staff <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 <br />August 17, 2006 <br />