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remaining suggestions would be retained in a library which the City can utilize for future amendment <br /> <br />efforts. For more information on the City of Eugene Code Amendment Project visit the webpage at <br />www.eugeneplanning.org (click on “Code Amendments” tab), or contact Steve Nystrom, project <br />manager, at 541-682-8385 or steven.a.nystrom@ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br />ACT-SO Youth Medalists at Eugene Public Library's First Friday <br />On First Friday, April 6, at 6:30 p.m., the Eugene Public Library <br />presents the teen winners of the Eugene/Springfield NAACP's ACT-SO <br />competition, which was held in the Soreng Theater on March 17. ACT- <br />SO stands for Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific <br />Olympics, an enrichment program designed to promote high academic <br />and cultural achievement among high school students of African <br />American descent. The competition includes 25 categories in the <br />sciences, humanities, and performing and visual arts. Local gold <br />medalists will go on to compete at the National Competition in Detroit, <br />Michigan in early July. In recent years, several Eugene/Springfield <br />winners have gone on to win national medals. Here are this year’s <br />winners: <br /> <br />Churchill High School Doriana Wallace Bronze Vocal/Contemporary <br /> <br />Marist Catholic High School Bryson Black Bronze Filmmaking <br /> <br />North Eugene High School Alicia Harley Gold Photography <br /> Dion Brown Silver Drawing <br /> Macque Linder Silver Poetry <br /> Takana Thomas Silver Painting <br /> Audrey Wiltz Bronze Poetry <br /> <br />Riverfront Alternative School <br /> Lewis Wallace-Ryan Bronze Photography <br /> <br />Sheldon High School Yasha Stubbs Gold Vocal/Contemporary <br /> <br />Yasha StubbsSilverVocal/Classical <br /> <br />Willamette High School Christina Stubbs Silver Vocal/Contemporary <br /> <br />ACT-SO is sponsored by the NAACP, the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization. Other local <br />sponsors include Lane County Board of Commissioners, Lane County Department of Children and <br />Families, City of Eugene - Library, Recreation and Cultural Services, School Districts 4J and 52, <br />Comcast, and Barnes & Noble. Partners of the ACT-SO program include the City of Springfield, The <br />John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts, University of Oregon, Lane Community College, and Oregon <br />Electric Station. <br /> <br />Also at 6:30 p.m. in the Downtown Library's Rotunda, The Slow Ponies cowgirl band features guitar, <br />fiddle, banjo, bass, tight harmonies, spirited lyrics - and yodeling. The band is made up of relatives and <br />old friends who've made music together for years, and who carry the heritage of the region's history. <br />Singers include Esther Stutzman, descendant of the Kalapuya inhabitants of Western Oregon's Umpqua <br />Valley, and three descendants of the early-settler Applegate family: Susan Applegate, Shannon <br />Applegate, and Marie Helmer. Completing the line-up are banjo player Margaret Corbett, fiddler Linda <br />Danielson, and bass player Susie Harms. <br /> <br />The First Friday of each month, in connection with the Lane Arts Council ArtWalk, the Downtown Library <br />stays open until 8 p.m. featuring free cultural events as well as full library services. For more <br />information, call the Eugene Public Library at 682-5450. <br /> <br />Public Access Computer in Council Chamber <br />As a part of the City’s continuing efforts to reduce paper use and provide documents in electronic form, a <br />public access computer has been installed in the City Council Chamber. Using telecom funds, a public <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 <br />April 3, 2007 <br />