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EUGENE <br /> PAI 1,3 <br /> April 15, 2003 <br /> CONTACT: <br /> ■ Therese Picado, Parks and Open Space Public Information Specialist, 682-4814 or 682- <br /> 4800 <br /> ■ Lorna Baldwin, Stream Team Coordinator, 682-4850, 913-1292 (cell phone on day of the <br /> event only) <br /> • Armando Morales, Spanish Teacher, Oak Hill School, 747-0954 <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> EUGENE STREAM TEAM OFFERS EXCHANGE STUDENTS FROM MEXICO <br /> OPPORTUNITY TO PLANT NATIVE PLANTS ALONG AMAZON CREEK <br /> Eugene Stream Team will facilitate a cross-cultural experience at Amazon Creek this <br /> Wednesday, April 16, when 13 eighth and ninth grade students and their chaperones from <br /> Guanajuanto, Mexico, learn about and participate in the program's efforts to restore and care for <br /> Eugene's waterways and natural areas. The students, who arrived last week to participate in a <br /> two-week exchange program with Oak Hill School, will begin their educational program with a <br /> presentation and discussion about Stream Team's work at 10:45 a.m. at the Public Works <br /> facility at 1820 Roosevelt Boulevard in Eugene. Stream Team volunteers, fluent in Spanish, will <br /> then lead students in the hands-on part of the program—planting native shrubs and wildflowers <br /> along Amazon Creek at Oakpatch Road off of W. 11th Avenue. <br /> The Oak Hill exchange program is organized by Armando Morales, who teaches <br /> Spanish at the school. Morales has organized exchanges between eighth and ninth grade <br /> students at Oak Hill and from his hometown in Mexico for the past seven years. For more <br /> information about the Oak Hill exchange program, call 747-0954. For more information about <br /> Stream Team projects, call 682-4850. <br /> # ## <br />