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<br />In addition to the author as a child, readers meet his mother, who started packing for her return to Thailand the <br />moment she arrived in this country; her best friend, his “second mother,” who lived with and cooked for the family; <br />and Sukrungruang’s wayward father whose dreams never quite came true. <br /> <br />Ira Sukrungruang has published fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in numerous periodicals, and co-edited “What Are You <br />Looking At? The First Fat Fiction Anthology” and “Scoot Over, Skinny: The Fat Nonfiction Anthology.” He is an <br />Assistant Professor of English at the University of South Florida. <br /> <br />For more information, visit www.eugene-or.gov/library or call the Eugene Public Library at 541-682-5450. <br /> <br />Eugene Airport Receives Kudos from the Federal Aviation Administration <br />Staff at the Eugene Airport and Public Works Engineering (PWE) have received kudos from the Federal Aviation <br />Administration (FAA) for construction safety management practices. <br /> <br />An FAA Safety Management Specialist, Mark Taylor, and local stakeholders met this week to discuss upcoming <br />airport construction projects. The purpose of the Safety Risk Management panel is to discuss safety management <br />plans for the projects and the effects of operating aircraft in a changed environment due to construction. <br /> <br />After a detailed review of projects, the panel discussed potential hazards and causes of those potential hazards <br />during construction, possible effects, existing safety requirements, severity and probability of hazards, and completed <br />a risk matrix to determine FAA acceptance of individual construction projects. <br /> <br />At the conclusion of the meeting, Taylor complimented the organizational skills of Public Works Airport and <br />Engineering staff stating that this was the best panel of which he had been a part. He also requested the generic use <br />of a change proposal submitted by PWE to use as a blueprint for other airports nationally, a great tribute to the hard <br />work and dedication of the two divisions. <br /> <br /> <br />For more information, contact Eugene Airport Director of Communication and Development Cathryn Stephensat <br /> <br />541-682-5430. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 <br />June 16, 2011 <br />