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probationary period under the watchful eyes of their respective captains and Training Section staff. Congratulations <br />and welcome. <br /> <br />For more information please contact Training Chief Matt Ennis at 541-682-7130. <br /> <br />Minda Drive Traffic Calming Community Meeting <br />Public Works will hold a community meeting to review a proposal for traffic calming on Minda Drive (between <br />Norkenzie and Gilham roads) to address neighborhood speeding concerns. Staff will receive input on whether to <br />implement a proposal to construct traffic calming devices (such as speed cushions) as part of a road repair project <br />planned on Minda Drive this summer. <br /> <br />The meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 11, at 7 p.m., at the Oregon Community Credit Union corporate offices, <br />2880 Chad Drive. Parking is available to the east of Costco (participants are asked to not park in the Costco parking <br />lot.) <br /> <br />More project information is available on the internet or by contacting Transportation Planning Engineer Chris Henry at <br />541-682-8472 or chris.c.henry@ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br />Eugene@150 Kick-Off Concert July 11 Includes a Fun Tweak of Eugene’s History <br />Mayor Kitty Piercy, City Manager Jon Ruiz and Police Chief Pete Kerns will take to the stage to play featured roles in a <br />fanciful accounting of the founding of the City of Eugene performed by Fred Crafts’ Radio Redux Players during the <br />first “Summer in the City” concert of this <br />Celebrating Eugene@150 <br />year on July 11: <br />with Abbey Road LIVE and Radio Redux. <br /> <br />The event is the first major public <br />Eugene@150, <br />celebration of a series of <br />th <br />civic activities commemorating the 150 <br />anniversary of the founding of Eugene. <br /> <br />Radio Redux’s 15-minute comedy will occur <br />during intermission (around 6:50 p.m.) of <br />the July 11 concert by Abbey Road LIVE, a <br />Beatles tribute band, that will perform from <br />6-8 p.m. at Kesey Square, at Willamette <br />Street and Broadway in downtown Eugene. <br />The event is free and open to the public. <br /> <br />Radio Redux’s production - staged in the <br />manner of a 1940s radio broadcast, with <br />actors reading from scripts and doing live <br />sound effects - is a take-off on the radio series “You Are There,” in which news reporters travel back in time to cover <br />historical events. In this case, the subject is Eugene Skinner’s journey to Oregon, which begins in Illinois, travels west <br />to near Sacramento, and then north up to Eugene. On the way, the Skinner party encounters real and imaginary <br />people. <br /> <br />In the show, Mayor Piercy plays Eunice Franklin, a travel agent; City Manager Ruiz is Eugene Skinner’s brother, St. <br />John Bull Skinner; and Police Chief Pete Kerns is a desperado. The cast will be anchored by Radio Redux actors - <br />Storm Kennedy as Mary Skinner, Achilles Massahos as Eugene Skinner, Bary Shaw as Elijah Bristow and Steve <br />Wehmeier as Jacob Sutter. <br /> <br />Celebrating Eugene@150 with Abbey Road LIVE and Radio Redux <br /> also offers a children’s area with “What’s Your <br />150?” activities by Materials Exchange Center for Community Arts (MECCA) and ShelterCare, and more. In addition, <br />food carts and a beer garden serving Ninkasi and local wines will be open. <br /> <br />New banners are being installed downtown this week to decorate for the event and call attention to the overall <br />celebration. Several fun, inclusive and interactive events and activities have already begun with more to come between <br />big birthday party on October 20. <br />now and the <br /> <br /> <br />NinkasiEugene@150 commemorative beer, “Commonwealth.” <br /> Brewery released a special All proceeds <br />are being donated to benefit FOOD for Lane County and the City of Eugene’s Cultural Services. <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 <br />July 5, 2012 <br />