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The 10-week course is offered by the City of Eugene’s Cultural Services Division in cooperation with Lane Community
<br />College and will cover topics such as how to document artwork; basic Photoshop skills; designing and making business
<br />cards, postcards and other print materials; blogs, websites and online stores; approaching and working with galleries;
<br />entering and participating in art fairs and festivals, and considerations for operating a professional art practice. Course
<br />instructor, Dan Schmitt, is a successful ceramic artist living in Eugene who exhibits his work regionally and nationally in
<br />several prominent museum collections, including the National Museum of American Art and the Luce Center at the
<br />Smithsonian. Schmitt has been an adjunct assistant professor of ceramics and design at the University of Oregon and
<br />currently teaches at Lane Community College.
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<br />The class will begin meeting on Jan. 8, 2013, in The Studio at the Hult Center and continue to meet on Tuesday evenings
<br />from 6 - 9 p.m. Tuition is $125/person and registration is available through the Hult Center’s Ticket Office (Monday –
<br />Friday 12 – 5 p.m. and Saturday, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.). For more information, contact Public Art Manager Isaac Marquez at 541-
<br />682-2057 or isaac.r.marquez@ci.eugene.or.us
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<br />Waste Prevention and Green Building Program Busts Trash
<br />This year, the City’s Waste Prevention and Green Building (WPGB) program was recognized as the Government Agency
<br />“Trashbuster” for 2012 by Lane County’s Waste Management program.
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<br /> According to the County, “This program has demonstrated consistent leadership
<br />and commitment to waste reduction, reuse, and prevention in the operation of their
<br />public services. The City's Green Building Incentive program promotes waste
<br />reduction in private construction projects by providing permit fee reductions,
<br />technical assistance, priority review and inspections, and publicity to construction
<br />projects that meet a series of waste reduction standards; so far 20 projects have met
<br />these rigorous standards. The City's Love Food Not Waste commercial compost
<br />program has 95 participants, and has diverted over 1,000 tons of food waste in its
<br />first year.
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<br />The City's leadership in this year’s Track Town '12 sustainability effort carried our
<br />local event to the national level, piloting the first ever certification for multi-day
<br />event category. The Olympic Track and Field Trials exceeded its goal by diverting over 78 percent of discard from the
<br />landfill and back into the economy. The City's long time cooperation with nonprofits, and commitment to composting,
<br />raises all boats for the sustainability of our community—creating access, resources, education and enthusiasm for turning
<br />garbage in to gardens that feed our community—schools, individuals, and local businesses alike.”
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<br />For more information, contact Stephanie Scafa at stephanie.scafa@ci.eugene.or.us or 541-682-5652.
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<br />Blog Sees Hilyard as “Enhancing the Quality of Life”
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<br />They work hard, laugh, and cheer each other on. Every Monday at 4.30, the motto is ‘Fitness for all’ at Hilyard Community
<br />Center....” So starts a blog post by Jana "Rabea" Stueckemann, who wrote about the City’s Adaptive Recreation Program for
<br />a class at the University of Oregon. She says many people with disabilities have found a safe
<br />haven in Eugene, which she calls, “a community that not only tolerates, but demands help
<br />for people with disabilities.” And, she notes, “…the Adaptive Recreation Program is a role
<br />model on a nationwide scale” that offers more than 2,500 activities annually.
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<br />In her blog post, Stueckemann explains that for the majority of the 800 individuals with
<br />cognitive, emotional, mental, social, and physical disabilities it serves, the Adaptive
<br />Recreation Program at the Hilyard Center is the only social outlet. “The center functions as
<br />a second home, where instructors and patrons form equal members of a big family.
<br />Participants visit voluntarily, not only to engage in fitness and health classes but to fight
<br />loneliness.”
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<br />She recalls her conversation with Richard Miesen. “He is a developmentally delayed
<br />individual who visits the center several times a week. Besides many friends he has also found his girlfriend at Hilyard. It is
<br />the only place where he can feel good about himself,” she writes. At the end of the blog, Stueckemann writes again about
<br />the fitness class. “As the class winds down…there is laughing, clapping and cheering everywhere. ‘Did you smile?’ the
<br />instructor asks. The participants agree and embrace each other.”
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<br />Read Stueckemann’s entire blog post. For more information, contact Andy Fernandez at 541-682-5311.
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<br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 4
<br />December 6, 2012
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