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would like additional copies of the flier, or any other information, please contact the Fire Marshal's Office (Acting Fire <br /> Marshal Lampkins) at 682-5411. <br /> Children's Courtyard is Now Open <br /> The Children's Courtyard at the new Downtown Eugene Public Library is now open. This outdoor reading area will be <br /> open to the public year-round, from the start of each day until 20 minutes before closing time. When the weather <br /> cooperates, Library staff will hold some children's activities, such as storytimes, in the courtyard, which features both art <br /> and landscaping. In accordance with the Library's Patron Code of Conduct, when using the courtyard children under the <br /> age of eight must be supervised by a responsible adult. <br /> The Children's Courtyard is also known as"Oliphaunt's Garden," as its centerpiece is an elephant outlined in mosaic tile <br /> with the text of the poem "Oliphaunt"from J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings." Additionally, the courtyard features <br /> three intricately and colorfully decorated fish-shaped benches, an easy chair, a frog sculpture, a lizard-shaped bench, <br /> and leaf-shaped tables. Two of the benches honor Eugene and Bethel schoolchildren who donated funds for the new <br /> Library. Other courtyard donation honorees include Helen and Tony Adamek, Pauline Robinson, and Jo-Anne <br /> Stepanovich. <br /> The artists who designed the Courtyard, Marvin and Lilli Ann Rosenberg of Jacksonville, Oregon, have a 20-year history <br /> of creating public art for children and adults. They will appear at the Downtown Library on Friday, August 1, with a <br /> program about the Children's Courtyard and their other art projects. This First Friday program will begin with a slide <br /> show at 1 p.m. in the Bascom-Tykeson Room, and continue until 3 p.m. in the courtyard where many of its hidden <br /> symbols and surprises will be revealed. For more information, call Mary Ginnane at the Eugene Public Library at 682- <br /> 8315. <br /> Owen Rose Garden Gazebo Unveiled <br /> The dedication of the new gazebo at Owen Rose Garden last Friday <br /> was truly a family affair. Mayor Jim Torrey invited a child from r--4" A <br /> Danebo Elementary, who helped lay brick for the gazebo pathway, to <br /> help him cut the ribbon and dedicate the new gazebo at Owen Rose • • ` • <br /> Garden. The child had participated with his father in one of the many <br /> work parties sponsored by the Delta Rotary Club and the City of <br /> Eugene Parks and Open Space Division over the past five years. In _ . <br /> 71- <br /> addition, Dick Owen, George Owen's son, attended the event with two <br /> of his daughters and shared his father's vision to create a garden <br /> where the people of Eugene could "go and smell the roses." In 1951, <br /> George Owen donated the riverfront land that became the rose -- <br /> garden. Owen lived in the family's small home which was located on 4, - <br /> the property just down the walkway from the gazebo and has fond ' <br /> memories of playing in what was then just"a hayfield with a cherry ' =' ' <br /> tree by the river." r ' } <br /> • <br /> Owen and Mayor Torrey both acknowledged the efforts of the Delta ` <br /> Rotary Club, which adopted the rose garden as a community service ` <br /> project in 1999, and the many improvements the garden has seen in <br /> the past five years. As a tribute to their accomplishments, the mayor 'r <br /> concluded the proceedings by inviting the over 100 people gathered to <br /> take some time to enjoy the garden. "There are those who make Mayor Torrey and a young helper from Danebo <br /> things happen, those who watch things happen and those who don't Elementan cut the ribbon for the new gazebo. <br /> even know what's happened," said the mayor. "It's our job to let the world know what has happened in this wonderful <br /> garden." <br /> In addition to constructing the new gazebo, Delta Rotarians, in partnership with Parks and Open Space staff, have <br /> decorated the garden with trellises, installed benches, and constructed rose bed borders, a paver pathway and a large <br /> pergola to adorn the walkway with climbing roses. <br /> For more information about the City's partnership with the Delta Rotary Club or to purchase a personalized brick, slate <br /> tile or planter in the garden, call Park Development Specialist Carrie Peterson at 682-4907. <br /> Public Works Prepares Online Developer's Guide <br /> EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 <br />