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Riverbank Trail to be Extended Under Beltline Highway The Oregon Department of Transportation recently announced that the City of Eugene will receive $1,060,000 in federal Transportation Enhancement funds to extend the West Bank Riverfront Trail north along the Willamette River, under Beltline Highway, and along Division Avenue to Beaver Street. The path will also include a connection to the east end of River Avenue. This project will greatly enhance the quality of recreation and transportation trips for bicycle and pedestrian travelers north and south of Beltline Highway. The path will provide a missing bicycle and pedestrian connection from the neighborhood north of Beltline Highway to the extensive riverbank trail system. Residents north and south of the highway will have an alternative to the current, narrow, two- lane road that travels under Beltline Highway. The new offstreet trail will be a 12-foot-wide, concrete, multi-use path and will include lighting. Federal funds will be available to construct the project on October 1, 2008. For more information, contact Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator Lee Shoemaker, Public Works Engineering, at 682-5471, or by e-mail at lee.shoemaker@ci.eugene.or.us New Exhibit Opening at Jacobs Gallery “Marquee Massacres: Native Americans In One Hundred Years of Global Movie Graphics” opens at the Jacobs Gallery on Friday, January 27 and will run through March 4. This exhibition uses film ephemera to explore the falsification of Indian identity through mainstream film images. “What would we think the Native American was like if we had only the celluloid Indian from which to reconstruct history, if our exclusive available data came from motion picture archives? For millions of people these are the only images seen. On one side we see the noble redman, the faithful Tonto-like companion. On the other side we see the Indian as a ruthless pillager… we have the Puritan view of the Indian as savage sinner, the devil incarnate, offset against the new age red-skinned redeemer of attuned spirit and ecology. The duality dominates.” – from UO Knight Professor of Law Rennard Strickland’s essay, Tonto’s Revenge, or, Who Is that Seminole in the Sioux Warbonnet? The Cinematic Indian! This exhibit is scheduled to coincide with a Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics symposium exploring the rights of indigenous people worldwide. A reception and curator’s lecture will be held on Friday, January 27, 3:30-4:30 p.m. and 5:30-8:30 p.m. respectively. “Marquee Massacres” is also scheduled for the Friday, February 3, First Friday ArtWalk. This is an example of how Cultural Services meets its mission of using its facilities to support the visual arts in the community. For more information, contact the Jacobs Gallery at 684-5635. Good Earth Home Show Features Three City Information Booths The new Good Earth Home, Garden & Living Show on Saturday and Sunday, January 28-29, will feature displays by several City of Eugene programs. ? Information on clean rivers, green building and city neighborhoods will be presented at booth #400, with staffing help and information from the Public Works Stormwater Management Program and the Planning and Development Department. ? The City's Solid Waste and Recycling program will team up with OSU Extension Service to provide information on backyard composting, worm bin composting and compost tea in booth #606. ? The Eugene Police Department's Volunteers in Policing program will feature community policing, crime prevention and volunteer recruitment information at booth #227. All booths will have free handouts unique to their programs and staff will be on hand to answer questions. For more information about City participation at the event, contact Kathy Eva, Public Works public information specialist, at 682-2739. For more information about the show, visit www.eugenehomeshow.com/goodearthhomeandgardenshow.html. EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 March 3, 2006