'IMP' <br /> Volunteers get <br /> well-earned <br /> thanks, <br /> SOME TEACH GARDEN composting and <br /> some show you to your seat at local <br /> symphony and ballet <br /> otSome are <br /> CITY BEAT/ <br /> committee members— <br /> planning,airport and EUGENE <br /> who-knows-what—and <br /> some lend a hand in city Joe Mosley <br /> parks. <br /> There are close to 2,000 of them, and more than <br /> a quarter are expected to turn out today to receive <br /> their due—the city's gratitude for thousands of <br /> hours of unpaid work, for know-how and a <br /> commitment to making this community a better <br /> one. <br /> "In these times of tight budgets, volunteers <br /> enable us to provide more and better quality <br /> services than we otherwise could," Interim City <br /> Manager Jim Carlson says. "In many areas they <br /> Turn to CITY BEAT,Page 2C <br /> SEPTEMBER 8, 2002 <br /> "Volunteers get well-earned thanks, party" p.1 C <br /> .. continued to "City beat" p.2C <br />