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<br />The Poetry Project at Eugene Public Library
<br />During the month of November, join a month-long celebration of poetry for all ages at the Eugene Public Library, hosted in
<br />partnership with Oregon Poetry, Lane Literary Guild, and Young Writers Association. Free events at the Downtown Public
<br />Library include Free Fall, a poetry writing workshop with Oregon Poet Laureate Paulann Petersen, on Saturday, Nov. 3,
<br />from1 - 5 p.m., and a Publish Your Poetry Workshop with Toni Hanner on Monday, Nov. 5, at 6 p.m. Both workshops
<br />require pre-registration for limited spaces by calling 541-682-5450.
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<br />The Poetry Project also includes two readings. For adults, on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 6
<br />p.m., three talented poets from the University of Oregon’s graduate Creative Writing
<br />Program, Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach, Jessa Heath, and Carl Swart will read. On Thursday,
<br />Nov. 29, at 6 p.m., kids and teens will share original works hosted by the Young Writers
<br />Association.
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<br />In a special event for teens, The New York Times #1 bestselling author Ellen Hopkins
<br />(pictured) will speak at the Library on Sunday, Nov. 18, at 1 p.m. Hopkins is the author
<br />of phenomenally popular books for young adults, many written as novels-in-verse,
<br />including “Crank,” “Burned,” “Impulse,” “Glass,” “Identical,” “Tricks,” “Fallout,” “Perfect,”
<br />and “Tilt.”
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<br />Additional activities at the Downtown Library’s Children’s Center include a drop-in poem-creating activity table and an
<br />illustrated poem display by students from Drinking Gourd Elementary School. Plus, bookmarks featuring poetry by and for
<br />all ages will be distributed at all Library locations, Downtown, Bethel, and Sheldon.
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<br />For more information, contact the Eugene Public Library at 541-682-5450 or www.eugene-or.gov/library.
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<br />Community Emergency Notification System “Alert Me” Registration Begins
<br />Everyone who carries a cell phone can now learn about an emergency occurring near their home no matter where they are.
<br />Public safety agencies in Lane County are expanding the Community Emergency Notification System, known as CENS, with
<br />"Alert Me" - emergency notifications that are sent to cell phones by text message
<br />or voice. To receive these messages register on the CENS Alert Me website at
<br />http://www.lcog.org/alertme/. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) or cellular
<br />phone owners may receive the same emergency message and critical information
<br />about emergency situations as those with land-line phones – but only those who
<br />register.
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<br />CENS allows public safety agencies in Lane County to identify an affected area
<br />and, if necessary, send a message that describes the situation and recommends
<br />protective actions residents should take. The CENS system will automatically call
<br />out to all land-line and opt-in telephone numbers within that geographic area and
<br />deliver the recorded message once a voice is heard. Some of the many uses of the
<br />system include: tsunami warnings, emergency evacuations, natural disaster alerts, missing child alerts, hazardous material
<br />incidents and neighborhood emergencies.
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<br />For information, contact Stacy M. Burr, Emergency Management, at stacy.m.burr@ci.eugene.or.us or 541-682-5860.
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<br />Firefighters Join 2012 “Cares Enough to Wear Pink”
<br />Campaign
<br />On Oct. 24, 25, and 26, firefighters in Eugene, Springfield, South
<br />Lane and Lane Rural joined the “Cares Enough to Wear Pink”
<br />Campaign. For these three shifts, firefighters replaced their
<br />blue, duty t-shirts with black and pink shirts to raise awareness
<br />for breast cancer, supporting research, and friends, co-workers,
<br />and family members with breast cancer.
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<br />October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the
<br />most commonly diagnosed form of cancer in women, and is the
<br />second leading cause of cancer deaths of women in the United
<br />States. Many friends and family members of these organizations
<br />have been affected by this disease.
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<br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2
<br />November 1, 2012
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