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four vacancies; Lane Regional Air Pollution
Authority: one vacancy
Interested persons must complete an ap-
plication and for some bodies, a supplemen-
tal questionnaire is required. Application in-
formation is available at the City Manager’s
Office, Room 105, City Hall or visit
www.ci.eugene.or.us
Finalists may be interviewed by the City
Council in early October. For additional in-
formation contact Mary Walston at 682-5406
or mary.f.walston@ci.eugene.or.us
Tuesday, Aug. 3
5:00–8:30 pm
BY PAUL NEEVEL
In celebration of
our community
A L I T O AL E SS I
An all-state cross-country runner in
New York, Alito Alessi came west to
run for the Ducks in 1972. “But my per-
sonal politics had changed,” he says. “I
didn’t want to compete.” Instead, he
studied community education —
“exactly what I do now!” — and joined
the Eugene Dance Collective at the
WOW Hall. “I grew up in several inner
cities,” he notes. “I always danced.” In
1979, he co-founded Joint Forces, a
pioneering contact-improv dance com-
pany. Since 1985, he has performed
and taught contemporary dance in
Europe and the Americas. With three
disabled members in his own family,
Alessi became aware that he was
dancing with an exclusive group of
able-bodied, white, middle-class people. “I wanted to lead a dance class that
wouldn’t leave anybody out,” he says. DanceAbility began in 1988 as a workshop
for a Mobility International exchange group from Germany. “It was really fun,”
says Alessi, who was soon exporting his methods. “The focus is on mixed-ability
groups.” DanceAbility has since become an international movement. Following a
month-long course for teachers in Eugene, Alessi is currently teaching at the Full
Moon Dance Festival in Pyhäjärvi, Finland. — Paul Neevel
Sheldon Community Center
2445 Willakenzie Rd.
Keynote address by
Dennis Nakata
Enjoy festive mariachi music with
Los Mex Pistols and Lo Nuestro
• UO Athletes
• Cosmic Swim
• Classic Cars
• Eugene Taiko Drummers
• Food and Information Booths
• Meet Eugene police officers,
including motorcycle and
K-9 units as part of "National
Night Out."
Call 682-5312 for
more information
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