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National TV-Turnoff Week, April 25 - May 1
<br />For National TV-Turnoff Week, Eugene Public Library invites families to try Tell-A-Vision by just
<br />unplugging the TV and reading aloud 100 minutes in honor of the Library's 100 Years celebration.
<br />Serious participants may sign a pledge at any Library location. TV-Turnoff Week provides an
<br />opportunity to think, read, create, and do; to connect with families; to engage in the community; to turn
<br />off the TV and turn on life! The following free TV-Turnoff Week events will be held:
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<br />"The Joy of Reading Aloud"- parents' workshop
<br />Sunday, April, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m., Downtown Library
<br />In just 15 minutes a day, parents can bring more literacy, laughter, and love to their families. Youth
<br />Services Librarian Jeff Defty inspires and informs with practical ways to make family reading time an
<br />enjoyable part of every day.
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<br />"Sir ReadAIot!" - performance for elementary-age kids
<br />Wednesday, April 27, 4 - 5 p.m., Sheldon Branch
<br />Thursday, April 28, 4 - 5 p.m. Downtown Library
<br />Friday, April 29, 4 - ,5 p.m., Bethel Branch
<br />Sir ReadAIot, educator and performer Rickie Birran, a performing artist for Lane Arts Council's Youth
<br />Arts Program, combines acting, storytelling, and traditional oral interpretation to make words on the page
<br />leap to life. Kids can't help but be amazed and amused.
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<br />"Glitterary Festival"
<br />Saturday, April 30, at the Science Factory
<br />Join the Young Writers Association for a full day of fun with words. Eugene Public Library sponsors a
<br />performance by award-winning Irish storyteller Batt Burns, visiting from Sneem on the Ring of Kerry.
<br />Barr's tales of trees and tree spirits match this year's festival theme, Treerific!
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<br />These events are sponsored by the Eugene Public Library, Friends of the Library, and the Eugene Public
<br />Library Foundation. For more information, call 682-8316
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<br />Restaurateurs Work with City to Plant Trees Downtown
<br />Last Saturday, the City's NeighborWoods program
<br />and its community partner, Eugene Tree
<br />Foundation, worked with local downtown restaurant
<br />owners and G Group, LLC, to plant new street trees
<br />near the intersection of Pearl and Broadway. The
<br />"Trees for Concrete" project was initiated by the
<br />owners of two new downtown restaurants, Mezza
<br />Luna Pizzeria and Sweet Basil Thai Cuisine, and G
<br />Group, LLC, the firm that manages the downtown
<br />property. They removed the concrete, the City
<br />provided the trees, and Eugene Tree Foundation
<br />coordinated the effort.
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<br />"Sandy Little and John Fitzgerald, co-owners of
<br />Mezza Luna, and Max Stabin, owner of Sweet
<br />Basil, are proud business owners and are very
<br />happy to be located downtown. They're excited Trees replace concrete near Pearl and Broadway
<br />about making their restaurants more attractive,
<br />while helping beautify this area of the city," says Scott Gibbs, property manager for G Group. "It looks
<br />like both restaurants are here to stay; they have gotten very good reviews and are enjoying a thriving
<br />business already."
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<br />The project caps this year's tree planting season. According to Urban Forester Mark Snyder who helped
<br />with Saturday's effort, these business owners are already looking forward to other possible tree planting
<br />projects next year as a way of further beautifying the surrounding area.
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<br />The NeighborWoods program works with local businesses, school groups, community groups, and
<br />neighbors to build Eugene's urban forest and improve water quality by planting street trees. Since
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<br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2
<br />April 21,2005
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