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<br /> 05/al/02 FRI 09:29 FAX 541 682 4882 CITY ELrG PVPMAINT PW ADMIN X1041 <br /> r ~ <br /> ~ <br /> May ~ 1, 200: <br /> CON1 ACT: <br /> • L.ornr aidwin, coordinator, Eugene Stream Team, 682-4850 (office), 913-1292 (cell <br /> 1 phorn : or the day of event only and not far release) <br /> • 1'her~ s M. Picado, public information specialist, Eugene Parks and Open Space, 682- <br /> ~i814 <br /> FOR I MNIEC I TE RELEASE <br /> 1 UGENE STREAM TEAM AND LOCAL RADIO STATIONS HOST <br /> 11T" ANNUAL AMAZON APPRECIATION DAY <br /> E_~ ge ~ Stream Team, N:ZEL 96.1, KNRQ 97.9, and KUGN 590 invite the Eugene <br /> j coma unify b, help clean up Amazon Creek this Saturday, June 1, at the 11"' Annual Amazon <br /> ApprE ci:at on ay. The kick-off begins at 9 a.m. at Patterson Elementary School, 1510 W. 15"' <br /> I <br /> Avenr ie ire E r ene. volunteers ~NIII receive work instructions, directions to sites, equipment, and <br /> ~ snacl+s. At 1 a.m., work will begin at several sites along the creek, including Jiffy Mart on East <br /> l <br /> j Amaz ors, 33'' and East Amason, the running trail at 24~' and Hilyard, Oakpatch Road and <br /> Amazon l;rE k, and Patterson hlementary. Volunteers will reconvene at Patterson School at <br /> 12:15 p.nr. f r lunch, which is provided by event sponsors. <br /> ,4tna an Appreciation D~~y began in the early 1990s when there wer® no formal <br /> f resource:; of efforts dedicated to the clean up of the creek. In 1994, Eugene Stream Team <br /> becar nE: i ivc ved and began recruiting neighborhood groups, service organizations, businesses, <br /> J <br /> ~ and 2 gr::ncie to adopt segmeni:s of the creek and initiate specific clean up and restoration <br /> proje~;te~. In ~ event years, 900 tr:? 200 people have participated in the event, depending on the <br /> weatl ier, <br /> "'VJor k is love made visit~le," says Stream Team Coordinator Loma Baldwin. "Every year <br /> peop a cc>m~:out to show appreciation for the creek at fihis event." Baldwin also adds that <br /> grout ~s, s uc r as Southeast, Jefferson-Westside and Farwest neighbors, Satre Associates, <br /> Euge ~e? IAe ro Rotary, and Lane Council of Governments, sponsor projects at the creek <br /> throu ~l'io Jt 7e year. <br /> F~~r Wore information at~out Amazon Appreciation Day and other Stream Team projects, <br /> call E 8~!-~18 0 or a-mail loma j.taaldwinQa ci.eugene.or.us_ <br /> <br />