Volunteers are needed to plant bulbs, remove invasive species, and help clean up Amazon Creek in celebration of National Public Lands Day. National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance the public lands Americans enjoy. Gloves and tools will be provided. Volunteers will be rewarded with a free poster, t-shirt, coupon for admission to a national park, a lunch, and the satisfaction of working to improve our public lands alongside fellow community members.  Several organizations are coordinating this year's event: the Bureau of Land Management, WREN, Sierra Club Many Rivers Group, Eugene Stream Team, West Eugene Wetlands Partnership, and Eugene REI.

Kenan Rowlett, Churchill Neighbor and bamboo expert,  runs The Artistic Gardener at 3244 W. 16th Ave (Between Buck St. and Brittany St.).

They are holding an Open House on Saturday, October 18, between 10am and 5pm.

Come check out this urban, family owned bamboo farm and see their exotic, tropical and lush sanctuary.

www.artisticgardener.net

Our next Churchill Area Neighbors General meeting is this Wednesday,
October 22, at 7pm

I invite you all to come and meet our guest, District Chief Don Vaught with the Eugene Fire Department.

He will be speaking with us about Fire Safety in the Home, which is an especially important topic with the Halloween and the winter holidays coming up. He will also be happy to answer any other questions you might have about the Eugene Fire Department.

We will also have information regarding Neighborhood Matching Grants, the progress of the West Eugene Collaborative and other neighborhood issues.

We also welcome comments on any other topic regarding the Churchill Neighborhood.

Our meetings are held at Churchill Estates, 1919 Bailey Hill Rd.

Wed, Oct 22, 2008, 7:00-8:30 pm

Hope to see you there.

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