|
The grant funds five projects: compilation of transportation volume, citation, and accident information by neighborhood;
<br /> a radar gun/speed reader board program staffed by volunteers with follow-up educational letters; a voluntary speed
<br /> pledge program; a bicycle safety information and targeted enforcement program; and bicycle/skateboard safety
<br /> information targeted to middle school students.
<br /> "'rojects should be implemented by the early fall. For more information, please contact Beth Bridges, Planning and
<br /> velopment, at 682-5272 or via e-mail, beth.b.bridges@ci.eugene.or.us.
<br /> Neighborhood Sing-a-long and Potluck Picnic
<br /> On Sunday, August 4, from 12:30 p.m.to 5:30 p.m., neighbors from the Far West Neighborhood and kids from the
<br /> Emerald Valley Boys and Girls Club will come together for a neighborhood sing-a-long and potluck picnic. The event,
<br /> part of National KidsDay, will be held at Westmoreland Community Center, 1545 West 22nd Avenue. The sing-a-long will
<br /> be led by members of the Eugene Peace Choir and the Bethel Temple Choir. At 1:30, Mayor Torrey will add his voice to
<br /> the harmony. For refreshments, organizers are asking participants to bring "comfort food"for a potluck.
<br /> National KidsDay was established in 2001 as a day to celebrate and honor America's children. The underlying message
<br /> of the event is that adults who spend meaningful time with kids fulfill one of the most basic needs in a child's healthy
<br /> development. In addition to the sing-a-long and potluck, there will be games, arts and crafts, and a carnival atmosphere
<br /> outside of the Emerald Valley Boys and Girls Club.
<br /> To register for the event, contact Val Rogers at 344-8931 or via e-mail (vrogers@peoplepc.com) or sign up at the Boys
<br /> and Girls Club at Westmoreland Community Center. The event is partially funded by the City's Neighborhood Matching
<br /> Grants program. For more information, please contact Beth Bridges, Planning and Development, at 682-5272 or via
<br /> e-mail, beth.b.brfdges@ci.eugene.or.us.
<br /> City Staff and Volunteers Receive Award for Beautifying Campbell Senior Center
<br /> Campbell Senior Center received this year's"Beautification
<br /> Award"from the Eugene Garden Club. Presented by club `:; � �
<br /> President Dorothy Cruickshank, the award recognizes efforts to Ka1k3 '" '
<br /> create and maintain an attractive landscape that beautifies •
<br /> ','
<br /> Eugene. The award will be on display for the public at the
<br /> g
<br /> center at 155 High Street. 7=,; ,:. CELESTE CAMPBELL
<br /> SENIOR CEIJf` "°
<br /> ne landscape at Campbell Senior Center has been
<br /> maintained by Parks and Open Space crews for many years
<br /> About ten years ago, center and parks staff began to envision a `� _ .=P• '` � .f 'x''r '`t
<br /> showcase landscape at the center. The vision gained •' ' .
<br /> momentum with several donations, including tulip bulbs from - a a . , s . ` *` +4 r
<br /> the White House that volunteers planted on the hillside, bark V, ,
<br /> mulch for the flowerbeds, perennial plants from Rokey Nursery : �' 3.
<br /> •
<br /> and Johnson Brothers and Bloomers Nursery, rhododendron ..
<br /> transplants from Hendricks Park, large plexiglass planters from
<br /> Lane County, annuals for those planters from Pitcher Lane Growers, and, most recently, several planter bowls that were
<br /> salvaged from the Broadway opening project and are now in full bloom. The landscape crew began to rehabilitate
<br /> overgrown, declining areas, and the irrigation crew installed a watering system. As the landscape began to unfold,
<br /> volunteers pitched in and began helping plant and maintain the flowerbeds, as well as making planter boxes and frames
<br /> in the center's woodshop.
<br /> A few years ago, the center began hosting an annual spring social each April to raise money for ongoing efforts to
<br /> beautify the center.
<br /> "The help of parks staff and center volunteers has really made a difference at the center," says center program
<br /> supervisor Jeanne Seward-Wallberg. "The volunteers feel a real ownership in the center and continue to take pride in the
<br /> beauty created here."
<br /> Efforts to beautify the center landscape continue. Center volunteers and staff are currently working on funding to build a
<br /> rock retaining wall. For more information about this project, contact landscape lead worker Houston Sheppard at 682-
<br /> 4825 or Campbell Senior Center manager Rita Kingsbury at 682-6392.
<br /> wastewater Division Receives Award for Environmental Management System
<br /> EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2
<br /> August 1,2002 CCnewsO80102.wpd
<br />
|