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contained in their permits. These businesses are: Forrest Paint, Molecular Probes, Murphy Plywood, Quality Metal
<br />Finishing, Springfield Creamery, Altech Finishes, Oak Patch Gifts, Pacific Metal Fabrication, Veneer Technologies,
<br />Extreme Technologies (BowTech), ALSCO, Gheen Irrigation Works, Hynix, J.H. Baxter and Oregon Medical
<br />Laboratories. Each company received a letter of recognition signed by Mayor Piercy.
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<br />For more information, contact Industrial Source Control Stormwater Supervisor Ron Morrow at 541-682-8615.
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<br />Friends of the Library Book Sale Brings in $72,000
<br />The volunteer work of hundreds of Friends of Eugene Public Library paid off big at the 2010 Annual Book Sale on April
<br />10 and 11, when more than 5,000 shoppers contributed over $72,000 in exchange for gently-used books, DVDs, and
<br />CDs.
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<br />All funds raised by the Friends go to support Eugene
<br />Public Library programs and activities, with a
<br />particular focus on those serving youth and families.
<br />In addition to supporting events, the Friends’ funding
<br />provides a brand new book for every child and teen
<br />who signs up for Summer Reading.
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<br />According to book sale coordinator Jane Gilbert, “All
<br />this is made possible by the commitment and
<br />generosity of community members who believe in the
<br />importance of the library. Thank you from the Friends
<br />to everyone who donated, volunteered, and shopped
<br />at this year’s book sale.”
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<br />She added, “The Friends accept donations year-round
<br />for the sale, and also to stock our Second Hand Prose
<br />Book Store at the Downtown Library. So you don’t
<br />need to wait for that one big clean-up day -- anytime
<br />you come to the library, bring along a book, DVD, or CD that you’re done with. Someone else will get to enjoy it, you’ll
<br />de-clutter your home, and the money will go to a great cause.”
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<br />For more information about the Friends, visit www.eugenelibraryfriends.org or call 541-484-1452. For more information
<br />about the library, visit www.eugene-or.gov/library or call 541-682-5450.
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<br />Busy Road Repair Season Off to An Early Start
<br />A busy road repair season is off to an early start in Eugene. Work is underway on the second phase of improvements in
<br />the Crest Drive area, and within the next week, repairs will start on five additional streets. By the time fall rolls around, 20
<br />repair projects will have been completed, fixing more than 70 lane-miles of streets at a cost of almost $20 million.
<br />Primary sources of funding for this year’s road repair projects include Eugene’s local gas tax, a voter-approved bond
<br />measure to fix streets, and federal and state dedicated road funds.
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<br />With this much work on the schedule, it’s inevitable that motorists will encounter
<br />detours and delays, said Eric Jones, the public affairs manager for Eugene Public
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<br />Works. “In addition to having arterials such as 11, 13 and 18 avenues under
<br />construction, there are going to be places where the number of projects in one area
<br />add up to major disruption,” Jones said. Among those hot spots: Goodpasture Island
<br />Road, where bridge work, road repaving and a major culvert installation are all
<br />scheduled this summer, and the Harlow Road area, which will see not only repairs on
<br />the Eugene side of the I-5 bridge but also work on Harlow/Hayden Bridge and the
<br />widening of Gateway Street on the Springfield side of the freeway.
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<br /> “We’re working with our partners to coordinate as much as possible the work
<br />schedules and the information available to commuters so they can make the best
<br />travel choices,” Jones said.
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<br />For more information, contact Pavement Preservation Program Manager Matt Rodrigues at 541-682-6036. Information
<br />about road work and traffic delays is available at www.eugene-or.gov/traffic, www.keepusmoving.info,
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<br />April 15, 2010
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