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<br /> 04/26/05 TUE 17:47 FAX 541 682 4882 EtTGENE PW MNTNC & POS PV6 ADMIN X001 <br /> E U G E N E <br /> Pans and <br /> open space N E ~N S RELEASE <br /> www.ci.eugene.or.us/parks <br /> Apri126, 2005 <br /> CONTACT: <br /> ~ Lorna Baldwin, Stream Team Coordinator, 682-4850, 913-1292 (cell phone) <br /> ¦ Therese Picado, Parks and Open Space Public Information Specialist, 682-4814/682-800 <br /> NOTE to the media: tf you don't arrive at 9:15 a.m. at the ptatfonn at Stewart Pond near Stewart and Bailey <br /> Hill, please call 913-1292 for precise location of the group. <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> Village School Fourth Graders Complete Ypar-long Course with Eugene Stream Team <br /> Tomorrow morning, Wednesday, April 27, from 9:15 to 11:30 a.m., fourth grade students from the <br /> Village School will wrap up their year-long, hands-on Eugene Stream Team course with a tour of Stewart <br /> Pond in west Eugene. Stream Team Coordinator Loma Baldwin and Willamette Resources Education <br /> Network Guide Liz Meyer will lead tomonow's adventure. <br /> This is the third consecutive year that Village School has partnered with Stream Team to teach <br /> students about the local watershed and what they can do to contribute to its health. The program begins <br /> with a classroom discussion about the water cycle. Students then help paint storm drains with the "Dump No <br /> Waste -Drains to Stream message and place educational door hangers in the surrounding neighborhood. <br /> The program also includes several field trips to Amazon Creek and the mitigated wetland behind Amazon <br /> Pool, Fern Ridge Dam and finally Stewart Pond, where the students can explore nature in an urban setting. <br /> Stream Team provides the opportunity for people of all ages to do hands-on environmental work and <br /> team more about the city's waterways and natural areas. f=or mon: information. ca11682-4850 or e-mail <br /> loma.j.baldwin(c~ci.euaene.or.us. <br /> <br />