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This Issue City Ask the City ............................2 Grease In the Drains ................2 Citizen Police Academy ............2 Pick Up After Your Dog ...........3 Summer Reading for Kids .........3 Golf Tournament .....................3 Wildfire Prevention ..................4 BridgesNews to keep you connected to Albany City government Summer 2003 Willamette River Facts ..............4 Summer Concert Series Opens July 3 Sidebar lbany Parks & Recreation August. Performances begin at 7:00 p.m. Swanson Son Department will present the Art activities for children begin at 5: A20th annual River Rhythms 30 p.m. behind the adjacent Albany Visits Site of concert series at Monteith Riverpark Senior Center. Food vendors open beginning Thursday, July 3, 2003. their booths at 5:00 p.m. Future Waterpark The lineup should appeal to nearly Beginning Monday, July 7, The son of the man for whom every musical taste: the family entertainment concert Swanson Park is named visited Albany • July 3—Lavay Smith & her Red series, Mondays at Monteith, in April to look at the City’s plans for Hot Skillet Lickers (Swing & opens. This series is also free, Swanson Family Aquatic Center. Jump Blues) and held at Monteith Riverpark. John Swanson Duggan of • July 10—Subdudes (Rock & Concerts begin at 7:00 p.m. and Henderson, Nevada, was three years Blues) conclude about 8:30 p.m. Food is old when his father, Thomas Albert • July 17—Rosanne Cash available from vendors on site. “Tommy” Swanson, was killed in action (Country) The lineup: on June 13, 1944, near the small town • July 24—Suzanne Vega (Folk, • July 7: The Linn-Benton of St. Lo in Normandy. Pop) Concert Band, directed by Tommy Swanson had been a • July 31—Oliver Mtu Kudzi & Dr. Richard Sorenson. Rosanne Cash on July 17 popular teacher and football coach at Black Spirits (African) • July 14: Black Swan Classic Jazz • August 4: David Valdez Jazz Albany High School before he went overseas in World War II. He had been • August 7—Robert Earl Keen Band. Latino with Nancy King. an outstanding halfback and punter for (Country) • July 21: Jamie’s Rock ‘n Roll • August 11: Artists of the Lon Stiner’s football squads at Oregon • August 14—Cubanismo Legends. Live band featuring Portland Opera. State College in the 1930s. After his (Cuban) Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee Lewis death, the City of Albany named the impersonators. For more information, contact City park and outdoor pool at Seventh The free concerts are held on seven • July 28: 234th Army National Albany Parks & Recreation at Avenue and Railroad Street in his honor. consecutive Thursdays in July and Guard Band. 917-7777. Tommy Swanson’s widow eventually remarried and her new husband adopted her young son. John Duggan took his adopted father’s name. Duggan, his wife Carol, and their Christopher Cross at Art & Air Festival Police Promote sons Brian and Kevin, met with Park Development Coordinator Shaun Oscar-, Grammy-, and Golden Globe-winning singer-songwriter Pedestrian Safety Cooper early in April to view plans Christopher Cross is the headliner for the fourth annual Wah Chang for the water park at the site of the Northwest Art & Air Festival, Friday through Sunday, August 15-17, 2003, The Albany Police Department abandoned outdoor pool. at Timber Linn Park. has begun an aggressive pedestrian “This will be nice,” Duggan said in Cross will perform in the Oregon Amphitheater on Saturday night, safety campaign in response to a an interview with the Albany Democrat- August 16, 2003. The performance is free of charge. high number of complaints from Herald. “It’s going to be a wonderful Cross, who grew up in Texas, is best known for his 1980s hits “Sailing,” pedestrians. This effort includes park. I’ll be back for the dedication, and “Ride Like the Wind.” His first album, driver/pedestrian education and definitely. I wouldn’t miss this.” “Christopher Cross,” won five Grammys. He aggressive enforcement. Swanson Pool, the city’s only also won an Oscar for the title hit for the The purpose of the Pedestrian public outdoor pool, was built in 1938 movie “Arthur.” As of 2001, Cross had four Safety Law Enforcement program is by the Works Progress Administration and was open every summer until it number one singles, nine top 20 hits, and to raise awareness of pedestrian safety closed in 1999. worldwide album sales of $9 million. issues and to reduce the number of The Albany City Council has made Cross’s music is described as intelligent, auto/pedestrian crashes within the replacing the pool a top priority for melodic pop. city limits of Albany. the last two years. The new facility will The Northwest Art & Air Festival Most of the serious auto-pedestrian include a multipurpose swimming area, features hot-air balloons, vintage aircraft accidents occur while the pedestrian a leisure pool with a beach-like entry, on display, a juried art show and sale, is trying to cross one of the busy water slide, river channel, therapy pool, children’s hands-on art activities, music, multilane roadways. A high majority concession area, bathhouse, picnic food, and Oregon wines. The event of these accidents occur while the shelter and parking. is coordinated by the Albany Parks pedestrians are in a crosswalk. The City hopes to open the new & Recreation Department and the Albany Visitors In each auto vs. pedestrian center in the summer of 2004. The Albany Paper Mill has donated Association. Wah Chang is the title sponsor. collision, the pedestrian is sure to $250,000 toward the project, and lose. The result of almost every Weyerhaeuser Foundation donated collision is substantial injury or death. $125,000. A private anonymous donor Foundation Enhances According to the Oregon Department has pledged another $250,000. The of Transportation (ODOT), 637 Albany City Council has promised up Downtown Carnegie Library pedestrians were injured or killed in to $1 million toward the $2.4 million Have you visited the Downtown Carnegie Library recently? collisions with vehicles in 2001 in total needed. By mid-April the amount As you enter the historic building, note the elegant lighting fixtures that enhance Oregon. Of that number, 292 were remaining to be raised was about $515,000. the warmth of the building and highlight the natural wood tones of the newly in a marked or unmarked crosswalk at the time of the collision. Over the Tax-deductible contributions refinished historic furniture. Period lighting fixtures will soon be added to the may be sent any time to Swanson basement to complement those upstairs. past several years, pedestrians have accounted for 10%-15% of all traffic- Family Aquatic Center, Albany Parks & These features are provided to the Downtown Carnegie Library through the Recreation Department, P.O. Box 490, generosity of the Albany Public Library Foundation. The Foundation also provides related fatalities, though walking Albany, OR 97321. funding for Novelist, a reader’s advisory database that is available at both branches of comprises only 3%-5% of the trips For more information, contact the Library and the Library Web site (www.library.ci.albany.or.us). The Foundation that Oregonians make. Shaun Cooper at 917-7774. also helps to fund the popular Summer Reading Program hosted by both Libraries. continued on page 4 2 City Bridges City Bridges 3 Sewer Problem Comes from Our Kitchens City of Albany Police Host Second Directory What lurks below our streets • Put baskets or strainers in sink Citizens’ Academy and sidewalks causing costly sewer drains to catch food scraps and other Mayor: maintenance and leading to pollution solids, and empty them into the trash. The Albany Police Department Chuck McLaran 928-3114 of our environment due to sewer • Speak to your family about how to is accepting applications for the spills? The culprit comes right out of keep grease out of the sewers. fall 2003 Citizens’ Academy. The Ward I Councilors: our kitchens — grease from cooking. Also, if your home or business Academy begins in September Dick Olsen 926-7348 With some effort, we can keep the has a garbage disposal unit, use it and runs for 10 weeks each Doug Killin 926-6829 problem under control. wisely. Ground up kitchen waste may Tuesday evening. Specific dates Ward II Councilors: Grease comes from food preparation combine with grease to plug up the and class schedules will follow. involving meat fats, lard, oil, sewer. The Citizens’ Academy is Sharon Konopa 928-3067 shortening, butter, margarine, food Restaurants and other food offered free to Albany citizens Ralph Reid, Jr. 928-7382 scraps, baking goods, sauces, and dairy preparation facilities are faced with 18 years of age or older who pass Ward III Councilors: products. When washed down the their own challenges to keep grease a criminal background check. sink, grease sticks to the insides of out their sewer systems. These The Academy is designed to Bessie Johnson 791-2494 sewer pipes, either on your property or facilities should be equipped with develop citizen awareness and Leonard Smith 791-9540 in the streets. Over time, it can build grease removal devices called grease understanding of the role of the City Manager: up and block the entire pipe. interceptors, which need regular Police Department in the criminal The results can be: cleaning and maintenance to keep justice system and our community. Steve Bryant 917-7505 • Raw sewage overflowing in your them operating properly. The Public Twenty-five citizens will be home or your neighbor’s home; Works Environmental Services office selected to attend 30 hours of City Hall Phone NumbersGeneral • Raw sewage overflowing into has information for restaurants to interactive classroom and hands- Information 917-7500 parks, yards, and streets; assist them in keeping grease out of on instruction.