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<br /> CITY BEAT Continued from Page 1C it
<br /> wonder festooned with gurgling
<br /> fountains and rambling roses,
<br /> where area residents would feel
<br /> compelled to tow their out-of-town ° •, r .t .4'
<br /> visitors for a post-repast stroll. i •
<br /> And Peschiera, chairman of the •4.e ,,
<br /> Eugene Delta Rotary Club's rose ►- ' ,' 'is•`"
<br /> garden committee, has done a lot '' �� `�'
<br /> more than dream. i
<br /> During the past three years, he
<br /> and 30 to 50 other Rotary volunteers „ i
<br /> d'lave logged more than 2,000 hours
<br /> oing beautification projects in they
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<br /> garden. On each of 20 Saturday
<br /> mornings, they came with gloves , f.
<br /> and wheelbarrows, installing rose w k
<br /> bed borders, stringing trellis wire, Jj1
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<br /> spreading gravel or leveling brick. !Last year, they built a sevenarch pergola, which is an Italian-
<br /> style walkway that will eventually , _ „ �
<br /> appear as an airy tunnel of climbing Paul Peschiera and other Eugene Delta Rotarians are raising money
<br /> roses. to put an iron gazebo like this one in the Owen Memorial Garden.
<br /> "They get more ambitious each
<br /> year," City parks planner John
<br /> Weber said. environmental concerns may be will require that the chosen contrac-
<br /> Now Peschiera and his Rotarian amused to know the city is facing tor finish the segment near Valley
<br /> crew are seeking the money they precisely the same problem. River Center by Oct. 18;that 66
<br /> need to buy the iron gazebo, which The Eugene Public Works staff is trees be removed along the course;
<br /> is estimated at$62,000,including the ready to let a contract and get the that trees damaged during construc-
<br /> foundation and rose patterned floor- East Bank Bike Path built—after a tion be replaced threefold;and that
<br /> ing. They hope they'll soon collect tricky seven-year delay — but the the contractor plant a continuous
<br /> the first$12,000 needed to order the city must first get a green light border of blue-foliaged pfitzer juni-
<br /> gazebo from the ironworks. (Call from the National Marine Fisheries per shrubs where the path borders.
<br /> 682-4908,if you want to donate.) Service through the U.S. Army the Willamette Oaks Retirement
<br /> The Rotarians hope to install the Corps of Engineers. Living Community.
<br /> base footing and walkways this Apparently,there's habitat of the Jones said the project funding is
<br /> summer, Weber said. On that time endangered spring chinook salmon secure,the designs are complete,
<br /> line, they could place the gazebo by in the path of the long-awaited bike the property owners agree with the
<br /> November. path, the final link in the grand plan,potential contractors even at-
<br /> Peschiera, whose enthusiasm for eight-mile river bank loop. tended a"pre-bidding conference"
<br /> the garden seems borderless, said And the federal agencies aren't --and all awaits word from the fed-
<br /> 'ie Owen gazebo will be a thing of telling the city staff what kind of eral government.
<br /> Beauty that will last; if not forever, review they'll conduct or even how "We've gone as far as we can
<br /> "longer than you or I will." long that might take. without the permit,"Jones said.
<br /> Karma? "It certainly takes time," city
<br /> spokesman Eric Jones said. "We
<br /> Developers and builders who don't control the time." Reporter Diane Dietz can be
<br /> love to complain that the city is The city, meantime, has pub- reached at 338-2376 or by e-mail at
<br /> holding up their projects based on lished project specifications that ddietz@guardnet.com
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