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<br /> h: <br /> PUBLIC WORK DEPARTMENT • 858 PEARL • EUGENE, OREGON 97401 <br /> ' NEWS RELEASE <br /> ;May 17, 1988 <br /> CONTACT: Sa dra Gleason, Public Information, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMMEDIAT RELEASE <br /> CELEB TION MARKS BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTION ON AIRPORT TERMINAL <br /> ~ On Mond y, May 23, at 1 p.m. in the main lobby of the Mahlon Sweet <br /> ;Airport, th city of Eugene will host a ceremony for the community celebrating <br /> ;the beginni g of construction on the airport terminal. <br /> Speake s include Jim Hartigan, vice-president of San Francisco's regional <br /> .;office for nited Air Lines; Matt Cavanaugh, civil engineer of the Federal <br /> f <br /> Aviation Ad inistration, Seattle, Washington; Eugene Mayor Brian B. Obie; <br /> } Robert Boul on, chair of the Aviation Commission; and Orlando Hollis, chair <br /> I of the Cham er of Commerce Aviation Committee. <br /> During the ceremony, Obie will unveil the new Mahlon Sweet luggage <br /> stickers an the air-form boards that will be placed on the walls of the <br /> terminal du ing construction. Airport users will be encouraged to place <br /> flying or t avel-related quotes on the board. At the conclusion of the <br /> ceremony, t e public will be invited to write a quote on the boards or to sign <br /> their names <br /> or to sign he board. Cadets from the Mahlon Sweet Composite Squadron of the <br /> Civil Air P trol will participate in the celebration. <br /> The S2 .2 million, two-and-one-half year project is funded through a <br /> combination of local, state, and federal revenues and includes reconstruction <br /> of the park ng lot and road systems, the expansion of the terminal, air side <br /> improvement and installation of a storm and sanitary sewer system. <br /> Landsi a construction, the first phase of the project was completed in <br /> October, 19 7. Improvements include 1.8 miles of new roads, a covered walkway <br /> more <br /> <br />