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<br />comrl.llhng oHke or center for the community and 11 phH;:e to uevehp the pmg:r;;u:n;;; they had be!:-,'Un.Hc
<br />also hoped. for SOlne help in applying f<..,r 501 (;;-)f}) st:atmL He asked that the Mayor and councit support
<br />the Slavic Home and perhaps 'pwvi<'l~ a rd'en.~nce-. He also wondered ifintorm.atil>n \vas available on
<br />where t<'l End cOontacts to privat<~ ti.:H.mdation::; and public support for a.n orguni:zatiOon such as the Skvic
<br />Home. He observed tha.t Eugtme was d.iverse and many similar programs ~Nere alrt.ady established, but
<br />none of them rdated to the Siavic culture. He n.oted that the City of Springfield had a large Ukrainian
<br />population and held aUkmini;;m (:e.kbratinrL Member::> of the S.lavk community in Eugene have held a
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<br />Russian Ne\v Yt:ar Gdebmtion since 1996. He provided a folder oHnfo.unation t(; the City Coum.::iL
<br />Rusty Rexius, 86301 Panonmut Road, Springfield, bW'iincss addresi;: 1275 Bailey Hill. Road, .Engen.),
<br />thanked Iv1ayo; Piercy f()r the eon:1promiSt (.;he rt.a;;-hed with County com:n:l.issione-rs in regard to the
<br />enterprise zone, fit remarked that the definition of a compromise was an agreement in whkh pe\.)pk did
<br />my! get exactly what they want;;::d, He. tJl;,mked the City Council andl..ane HOilrd of Comity Commi~.,siOllers
<br />fOol' thei.r work on th~ enkrprise zone. He zibserved that no OJK got l;:~x~!dly \vhat they wanted in the
<br />e-ompromise, I.Ie recall.ed his work on the Mayor's Committee on fk{lnOomic I)evdopment and thanked the
<br />z~mm.dJ for finishing what the committee ;,.;tmti...y.l two years earlier in Iwpe(.; that the i;;ouncii. w~)uld J.eave its
<br />meeting with '<~.;omething that. is very hendki.ai, helpful, and u.ltimatdy {{pod t"()r the comnmnity,"
<br />Melody Spear, 1442 Pearl Street, explain~;:d that sht: and her husband own<0 a local chiropradk otIicl;:.
<br />caHed 8041.' a/Light. She <.mrmunGed an event. t.hey were holding ;~aik'd "Kids Day America," whkh 'Nas
<br />happening aH over tlK >,vodd on th.) same day and w<.t~., being ::;ponsoRy.l hy ehiropra<:tk ot!lce-s. She said
<br />the event w~!(.; free to the community, though donations "'muld. he ac;;-epted to bendH the LitemcyPartners
<br />Program sponsored by the Eugene ./\rca Chamber of Commerce, Shz~ stated that Kkb Day A.mcrka was
<br />de-dkakd to health, ::;afdy, and environme.ntal awareness, She rdate.d that the heaHh a:"pcct wodd he
<br />Gwered hy her oWce, which would be conducting spiual ::;creening and providing b:alth intlJmwtion <'l!l
<br />topks such as nutrition and breasUbedi.n.g, She notl;::d that the police or sheriff':.:; department WOUld be
<br />present to fingerprint the children and create identifkation cards n.sing photos taken, at thl;:~ l;:~venL
<br />AdditimmU y, she said, a dentist would he prc.sent to start il record of the 1..mique dental fbtu.re::; of the
<br />(~hildren. She underscored thM the- e-vent was f,ee and wzmld be hdd on S~pkmber 17. Slw' thanhA the
<br />Ivhyo; for ::;igning (J pnx:.l<'lmad{)11 fOor Kids .Day America.
<br />Paul SQlom.ou, 2100 Tyler St;eet, Direl;;tor zyf~1"en' s Services at the Sponsors prog:r;;u:n, ex~pbjned that the
<br />.WOb.'Tam pmvkled tmnsltbnal services for ex.off;;:~n.ders for the- lJast 32 years. He thanked the wundl fOor
<br />considering ilmding 1(..>1" the {Jl.lfchase of a quad in the West Univ~i'sityNdghl:H)rh(X)d through the Homt
<br />Investment Panner::>hip Program.. He stat<::d that the p1..:n;;h<.i$e W01J1d allow Spon::>or::; to serve greakr
<br />numbers of low^"im:'.mne. eX-{jftendelli in their bid to becOome more ;:;:o.n;;tnKti.v'C, hw..abidillg membti.TS of
<br />the cOommunity_ He Ci;lHed it an inva.luabh:: opportunity il.'}r the City, [(); Sponsors, and for t.he c.lients it
<br />serves,
<br />Eugene lkh:, 307-~<East JAill ,\venue, introduced hitmdf as a resident of the West Universh.y
<br />neighborhood, He said Charlntte Lennon named the nd.ghb01;hood association the Vie;;;t Uniyeri;ity
<br />Neighbors. He thanked the council for the recent aUey impf(}vement~.; it authorized, He z::.mnrnentcd that
<br />the <.tHeys looked good and the nmm$ and zbteg of each alley ~;vere poskd on a sign. He announced thM
<br />the n.d.ghborhood. was holding a '.waIk of names." on Augu.st 11, at whiGh natnes of people who had a
<br />positive In.f1uec-nce on the neighbod:Klodwzmld be Oon diBplay. He suggested th~c conn.d.1 check his Weh site
<br />at www,llrix.,Qrg tbr more details,
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