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Kudos to Gina Tafoya, LRCS Recreation program supervisor, and Carl Stubbs, EPD School Resource <br />Officer for developing a fun and worthwhile experience for kids. For more information contact Gina <br />Tafoya, 682-6304. <br /> <br />Standinq Room Only at Downtown Library First Friday Events <br />This spring, First Friday events at the Downtown Library have been <br />packed with people. In May, an audience of more than 200 gathered <br />to hear visiting librarian Donna Cohen's stories about Botswana, <br />which reflected both her own experiences and those in the <br />bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels, plus dance, <br />drums, and songs by the University of Oregon's Dance Africa troupe. <br /> <br />Nearly 300 people enjoyed a tropical June First Friday featuring <br />Hawaiian tunes played by the He Mele 'Ukulele duo, followed by a <br />delightful and authentic performance by the Hula Halau O Na <br />Kaikuahine dancers ("Hula School of the Sisters"). <br /> <br />Join the fun at First Friday on July 1, with the Oregon Old Time <br />Fiddlers Association's toe tappin' hoedowns, waltzes, and cowboy songs (6:00), and a slideshow and talk <br />on "New Hikes in the Central Oregon Cascades" with William L. Sullivan (6:30). On August 5, it's a <br />"Starry Starry Night" when the Science Factory's traveling planetarium offers night-sky shows (6:00) and <br />Tamar Mali sings show tunes of the Broadway stars (7:00). <br /> <br />Created to complement and enhance First Friday ArtWalks, each of these evenings offers terrific cultural <br />entertainment and education at no cost. Additionally, on First Fridays all services at the Downtown <br />Library are available until 8:00 p.m., two hours later than the usual Friday closing time. For more <br />information, contact the Eugene Public Library at 682-5450. <br /> <br />New Volunteer Tree Stewards Prune Trees in Bethel Neiqhborhood <br />Last Saturday, after watching a back injury <br />prevention video as part of the last segment of <br />classroom training, a crew of 11 volunteer tree <br />stewards put their skills to the test and pruned 26 <br />young street trees in the Mangan Park neighborhood <br />in Bethel over the course of a four-hour session. <br /> <br />Sponsored by the City's NeighborWoods program <br />and its community partner, Eugene Tree <br />Foundation, the new program consists of hands-on <br />sessions in the field, plus two classroom training <br />sessions that cover all facets of tree care, including <br />tree biology, tree identification, the science and art <br />of pruning, and traffic and work safety. The program <br />was developed to better meet the need for tree <br />pruning and maintenance in Eugene's growing urban <br />forest, especially young, recently planted trees, by <br />forming a crew of trained volunteers that can be mobilized on a regular basis to perform crucial structure <br />pruning. Funded in part by a Community Forestry Assistance Grant from the Oregon Department of <br />Forestry, the program provides the comprehensive training in exchange for 20 hours of service. <br /> <br />"The difference between the first and the last trees that the volunteers pruned was amazing," says Rick <br />Olkowski, the City's NeighborWoods Program Coordinator. "On the first tree, we had to talk the <br />volunteers through every cut; but, by the time they got to the last tree, they knew what they needed to do <br />and were very quick and competent about it." <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 <br />June 23, 2005 <br /> <br /> <br />