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<br /> <br />Windfall Reading Series Features Poets <br />The Windfall Reading Series features soulful, skillful poetry by Tom Crawford and Candice <br />Favilla at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 21, at the Downtown Eugene Public Library. Meet <br />and hear the writers in person, with refreshments at intermission; authors’ works available for <br />purchase and signing. Influenced by years teaching in China and Korea and an interest in <br />Eastern philosophy, Tom Crawford writes poems that make everyday experiences <br />transcendent. Simultaneously, his working-class pragmatism offers a <br />humorous acceptance of life’s surprises and disappointments. Crawford has <br />been honored with the Pushcart Prize and the Oregon Book Award for <br />Poetry. He lives in Santa Fe, and his latest collection is titled "wu wei." Candice Favilla grew up <br />on a California almond farm, the first of her family to finish high school. Her work expresses both <br />outrage and intellect, bristling with passion and concern for the working poor, the old, and a world <br />overtaken by the demands of “have mores.” Favilla’s collections are titled "Cups" and "Things <br />That Ease Despair." She lives in Bandon-by-the-Bay and teaches at Southwestern Oregon <br />Community College. The Windfall Reading Series is sponsored by the Eugene Public Library, Lane Literary Guild, <br />Friends of the Library, Eugene Public Library Foundation, and the Cultural Services Division of Lane Arts Council. <br />For more information, visit www.eugene-or.gov/library or call 682-5450. <br /> <br />Publications Offer Information on Ballot Measures and Candidates <br />Eugene voters this week received several pieces of information related to the November election ballot. <br />An informational tabloid about two City of Eugene measures on the November ballot went to the post office last <br />week. The tabloid contains information about Measure 20-145, bonds to fix streets, and Measure 20-146, a charter <br />amendment on external review of complaints involving police employees. A total of 71,000 copies of the tabloid <br />were printed. Total cost of printing and distribution were approximately $17,000, well under the $25,000 budget <br />approved by the City Council. Meanwhile, the City Recorder’s Office has mailed copies of the Eugene Voters’ <br />Pamphlet to all households in Eugene. That publication includes information about the two ballot measures, <br />including arguments in support (no arguments in opposition were filed for either measure), School District 4J <br />Measure 20-137 (renew five-year local option levy for general operations), and candidates for Eugene Mayor, the <br />City Council, and the Eugene Water and Electric Board. In addition to mailing the publications to all city <br />households, copies have been sent to all City departments, community centers and libraries. For more information <br />about the tabloid or to receive additional copies, please contact Community Relations Manager Jan Bohman at <br />682-5587. For more information about the Voters’ Pamphlet, please contact City Recorder Mary Feldman at 682- <br />8353. <br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 <br />October 17, 2008 <br />