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allows outreach training with other agencies such as the Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB), area hospitals, and <br />volunteer fire departments throughout the county, so they are better prepared for large-scale scenarios that may occur in <br />the region. <br /> <br />To view the episode online, go to the City’s home page www.eugene-or.gov and click “Videos.” Episodes can also be seen <br />via the City’s Facebook site, or online at www.metrotv.org or http://vimeo.com/85361222. For more information, contact <br />Deputy Chief Joe Zaludek at 541-682-7103. <br /> <br />Snowshoeing Helps Injured Veterans Get Outdoors <br />The sky was blue, the weather crisp and excitement was in the air as a group of six injured veterans and three guests from <br />the Wounded Warrior Project strapped on their snowshoes for a seven-mile hike around the rim of Crater Lake recently. <br />The weekend was a culmination of a four-week snowshoeing program <br />conducted and funded by the Wounded Warrior Project. Lead-up trips <br />included Gold Lake, Odell Lake overlook and a hike up Mary’s Peak. The <br />staff from Adaptive Recreation and Outdoor Recreation led each outing. <br /> <br />Adaptive sports and other forms of "non-conventional" therapy are helping <br />veterans heal physically and emotionally. Whether they participate in <br />sailing, downhill skiing, snowboarding or snowshoeing, many disabled <br />veterans are experiencing forms of outdoor recreation they thought were a <br />part of their past. <br /> <br />“Our efforts are designed to promote <br />independence and quality of life for veterans who incurred life-changing injury as a result of <br />service to America,” says Adaptive Recreation Programmer Patty Prather. "Over the past couple <br />of years we worked with a number of injured service people, and found that their bonding and <br />inadvertent mentoring has had a profoundly positive affect on each individual.” <br /> <br />Another program that brings injured veterans together is Archery for Veterans. Through a grant <br />from the USA Paralympics, Prather obtained archery instructor certification and is now teaching <br />a six-week archery program for injured veterans and those with physical disabilities. The <br />program teaches safety and proper archery techniques to promote and provide a means to <br />practice all forms of archery. <br /> <br />Upcoming programs for veterans include a sled hockey clinic in March and a dragon boat clinic in May. For more <br />information regarding programs for injured veterans, please contact Patty Prather at 541-682-6365 or <br />patty.l.prather@ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br />Public Invited to Review Future Transportation Projects <br />A list of transportation projects to keep Eugeneans moving through the next 20 years is now available for public review <br />and comment. This project list is important because, once adopted as a component of Eugene’s Transportation System Plan, <br />it will guide how the City spends its limited transportation monies, for what purposes, and when. The Transportation <br />System Plan will become an element of Envision Eugene, the City’s long-range plan for creating a future that is livable, <br />sustainable, beautiful and prosperous. <br /> <br />Working from goals and objectives developed by the Transportation Community Resource Group, City staff filtered and <br />prioritized a draft list of transportation projects. The Transportation Community Resource Group, a task force advising City <br />staff about local transportation needs, structured their goals and objectives to integrate triple bottom line sustainability <br />considerations, i.e. economy, equity, and environment, into the transportation plan from the outset. <br /> <br />The projects list is available on the project website at www.EugeneTSP.org/Resources. The Transportation Community <br />Resource Group will review the project list on Tuesday, Feb. 11, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Bascom-Tykeson Room in <br />the Eugene Public Library. <br /> <br />After the project list is established, City staff will prepare cost estimates for these projects, craft policies that will guide <br />future transportation decisions, coordinate non-construction programs (such as demand management, bus pass programs, <br />and marketing), and package the Transportation System Plan for adoption by the City Council. The transportation plan is <br />being coordinated with Envision Eugene, Lane Transit District’s Long-Range Transit Plan, the Eugene Pedestrian and <br />Bicycle Master Plan, and other long-range plans in the region. <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 <br />February 6, 2014 <br />