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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER
May 24, 2012
City of Eugene
777 Pearl Street, Room 105
Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793
(541) 682-5010
(541) 682-5414 (FAX)
www.eugene-or.gov
IN THIS EDITION
IT’S STARTING TO FEEL A LOT LIKE – OLYMPIC TRIALS TIME
LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS VOLUNTEER ON PROJECT FOR COMBAT VETERANS
“FROM PRINT TO PIXELS” COMMUNITY CONVERSATION AT EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY
AROUND THE CITY
It’s Starting to Feel a Lot Like – Olympic Trials Time
With the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials starting June 22 at Hayward Field,
the TrackTown 12 Community Programs Committee is providing ways for
community members to connect to the fun and excitement of the Olympic Trials
in anticipation of this national event. As one of its initiatives, several City
departments are hosting track and field athlete sculptures in their public places.
A sculpture of a shot putter is in the Library’s entry garden, a discus thrower is
at the Eugene Airport and a high jumper is in the Hult Center lobby. JAS
Industrial, Inc. in Junction City originally fabricated the sculptures for the 2008
Olympic Trials. After a few weeks on display at the City locations, they will
travel back to Hayward Field where they will again be on display during the
trials.
For more information, contact Billie Moser at 541-682-6347.
Local Firefighters Volunteer on Project for Combat Veterans
Members of the Eugene Firefighters Association – International Association
of Firefighters Local 851 – are assisting St. Vincent DePaul, Keller Williams
Realty and the Home Builders Association in rebuilding a home at 1925
Echo Hollow Road, as part of a plan to purchase and rehabilitate foreclosed
housing for combat veterans.
The firefighters and other volunteers are pleased to be able to assist those
who have served their country, and who are now struggling with
unemployment and lack of affordable housing.
For more information, contact Eugene Firefighters Board member Wayne
Morris at 541-285-1863.
“From Print to Pixels” Community Conversation at Eugene Public Library
The words of a novel are the same in print or pixels. But is it the same to read on a screen as on
a page? In what ways do e-books serve, or change, the act of reading? Over time, how will
digital reading affect writing and interactions with information?
On Saturday, June 2, at 2 p.m., at the Downtown Eugene Public Library, share perspectives on
these questions at “From Print to Pixels: A Community Conversation about Reading in the
Digital Age.” The discussion will be facilitated by Mark Allen Cunningham. Cunningham has
published two historical novels, “The Green Age of Asher Witherow” and “Lost Son,” as well as
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book reviews and other works for The Oregonian, Kenyon Review, Tin House, and The New York Times. This program
is part of Oregon Humanities’ Conversation Project.
For more information, contact the Eugene Public Library at 541-682-5450 or www.eugene-or.gov/library.
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