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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br />August 4, 2005 <br /> <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 777 Pearl Street, Room 105 <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793 <br /> (541) 682-5010 <br /> (541) 682-5414 (FAX) <br /> www.ci.eugene.or, us <br /> <br />EUGENE'S PUBLIC LIBRARY RECEIVES $90,000 GIFT FROM FRIENDS OF LIBRARY <br />WORK BEGINS THIS MONTH ON TWO STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS <br />YOUNGSTERS BRAVE THE HEAT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT NEW NATIVE PLANT NURSERY <br />RECREATION SERVICES DIVISION STAFF SAVES LIVES <br />AMAZON POOL SWIM MEET LARGEST IN OREGON HISTORY <br />EUGENE OUTDOORS SHEDS LIGHT ON PARKS MAINTENANCE, RESTORATION, MANAGEMENT <br />OFAM 2005: COLE PORTER - NIGHT AND DAY CONTINUES <br />ANNUAL RECRUITMENT FOR BOARDS, COMMITTEES, AND COMMISSIONS UNDERWAY <br /> <br />Eugene Public Library Receives $90,000 Gift from Friends of Library <br />The Friends of Eugene Public Library presented Library Services <br />Director Connie Bennett with a check for $90,000 at the Library's <br />staff meeting on July 27. The funds will be used to support Library <br />programs and events for the public in the coming year. Library staff <br />members exploded in applause and cheers for Friends <br />representatives Nancy Kibbey (Vice President), Carol Hildebrand <br />(Book Sale Team Leader), and Emily Schue (Community Action <br />Chair). <br /> <br />The majority of the donation was earned through sales of donated <br />books at the Friends Annual Book Sale in April, and at Second Hand <br />Prose Book Store, open for business year-round at the downtown <br />Library. Also contributing were proceeds from magazine sales and <br />Friends membership dues. <br /> <br />"All of us at the Library deeply appreciate our Friends," said Bennett, <br />"and everyone in the community will benefit from their dedicated <br />work and this generous gift. This represents investments by a huge number of community members-- <br />not only the Friends, for the thousands of hours of labor and years of expertise that made it possible, but <br />also every person who donated a used book to the Friends or purchased one from them. It's an honor to <br />be part of a community that uses and supports its Library the way Eugene does." <br /> <br />The Friends of Eugene Public Library formed in 1976. One of its first events was a Ken Kesey talk for <br />which the admission "ticket" was a Friends membership receipt. Ever since, the Friends have been <br />tireless fundraisers and advocates for the cause of strengthening and expanding library services. <br />Friends' gifts bought the Library's first public computer (an Apple lie for children's use), funded the <br />beginning of the CD music collection, and provided $100,000 for the new downtown Library and $25,000 <br />each towards establishing the Bethel and Sheldon branches. Since 1976, Friends have given more than <br />$850,000 to support the Eugene Public Library. In addition, Friends members served on various <br />planning, advisory, and political action committees leading to the successful vote for the new downtown <br />Library and its operating levy. <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />August 4, 2005 <br /> <br /> <br />