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the Bascom-Tykeson Room at the Library. Human Resource and Library staff will be available with information to share
<br />and to answer questions about working at the library. No preregistration is necessary. For additional information, please
<br />contact Kate Rowles, 682-5788, or kate.m.rowles@ci.eugene.or, us.
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<br />The International September Proiect
<br />On Saturday, September 11,2004, people will gather at hundreds of public places all over the world to share their ideas
<br />about democracy, citizenship and patriotism. The September Project is a "collection of people, groups, and organizations
<br />working to create a day of engagement, a day of conversation, a day of democracy." On September 11, the Eugene
<br />Public Library, host for this important, free event, will provide participants with the following:
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<br />· Bill of Rights bookmarks at the display table on first floor of the Downtown branch, and at Bethel and Sheldon
<br /> branches.
<br />· Voter registration at a table set up near the rotunda, staffed with members of the League of Women Voters (LWV), a
<br /> non-partisan organization.
<br />· A memory book for collecting comments from patrons about democracy, free speech, patriotism, etc. which will
<br /> serve as a time capsule to be opened every year on September 11 to see how we are changing.
<br />· Books and materials pertaining to the Constitution and many aspects of American history. On September 11, these
<br /> will be prominently displayed on the first floor near the LWV table; throughout the month of September, the display
<br /> will be located on the 2nd floor in the non-fiction area.
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<br />"We hope many residents will come in and exercise their freedom to read and to celebrate our free community-supported
<br />library," said Reference Assistant Margaret Harmon-Myers. For further information, please contact Adult Services
<br />Manager Gloria Gehrman at 682-8377.
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<br />Lyle Lovett at the Cuthbert
<br />On September 23, 2004, Lyle Lovett will delight concert-goers at the Cuthbert Amphitheater with his wry and witty
<br />country talent.
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<br /> The Texas songwriter will be celebrating his latest release of original songs, "My Baby Don't
<br /> Tolerate," his first in seven years. Expect equal parts Texas swing, country ballads and
<br /> truly original songcraft.
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<br /> Mr. Lovett is known for his country, gospel and blues. He has won four Grammy Awards,
<br /> including a Best Pop Vocal Collaboration Grammy for "Funny How Time Slips Away,"
<br /> recorded with Al Green. He also enjoys a successful acting career, having appeared in five
<br /> Robert Airman films and also in "The Opposite of Sex" in 1998.
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<br /> Come on out to the Cuthbert and hear this country music legend rock the house Lyle style.
<br /> For more information, contact the HuIt Center Ticket Office at 541-682-5000.
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<br />Two Proiects at Draqonfly Bend Improve Stream, Riparian, and Prairie Habitats
<br />In summer 2002, the City of Eugene used a combination of federal, state, and local funds to purchase a 70-acre site in
<br />the
<br />West Eugene Wetlands. The site, which is called Dragonfly Bend, is situated immediately north of Meadowlark Prairie,
<br />and is bordered on the east by the A-1 Channel of Amazon Creek and on the west by the Amazon Diversion Channel.
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<br />With the help of Kipco, a local contractor, the City's Wetlands
<br />Program began implementing two major habitat improvement projects
<br />at Dragonfly Bend this summer. The first project is focused on
<br />enhancing the stream and riparian habitats on the A-1 Channel.
<br />Funded by a $740,000 Cooperative Conservation Initiative grant from
<br />the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the project involves
<br />excavating and re-contouring the A-1 channel so that Amazon Creek
<br />can form multiple channels, islands, and pockets of deep water within
<br />the channels. In addition, prairie habitats will be established
<br />immediately adjacent to the channels, and the streamside vegetation
<br />will be re-planted with a diversity of native riparian trees and shrubs.
<br />These types of changes will greatly improve habitat for western pond
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<br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 3
<br />September 16, 2004
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