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<br /> <br />City of Eugene <br />125 East 8 Avenue, 2 Floor <br />thnd <br />Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br />(541) 682-5010 <br />(541) 682-5414 (FAX) <br /> <br />www.eugene-or.gov <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br />May 22, 2014 <br /> <br />IN THIS EDITION <br /> <br />RECREATION RECEIVES GRANT TO CONTINUE BICYCLE SAFETY PROGRAM <br />JOURNALIST SPEAKS ON CLIMATE CHANGE PROFITEERS AT EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY <br />NEWSLETTER HIGHLIGHTS AMAZON CREEK, WJ SKATEPARK, SIDEWALK SAFETY AND MORE <br />NATIVE PRAIRIES RESTORATION BEGINS AT SOUTH EUGENE MEADOWS <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br /> <br />Recreation Receives Grant to Continue Bicycle Safety Program <br />The Recreation Division of the Library, Recreation, and Cultural Services Department has received a $22,000 grant from <br />the Jane Higdon Memorial Fund through the Oregon Community Foundation. The funds will be used to continue the Bicycle <br />Safety Education Program that teaches fifth- and sixth-grade students in the <br />Eugene 4J, Bethel, and Springfield school districts how to be safer and more <br />predictable cyclists. It is one of the first regional programs of this type in the <br />country and reaches approximately 1,000 students annually. The City was also <br /> <br />awarded this grant in 2012. <br /> <br />The bike safety program provides extensive road and, specifically, on-bicycle <br />education with the goal of increasing youth bike ridership and safety so kids <br />can have fun traveling predictably, visibly, and legally through the community. <br />An additional goal is to teach students lifelong skills about getting around in the <br />community using active and healthy transportation choices. <br /> <br />The Bike Safety Education program includes a 10-day curriculum for sixth- and <br />fifth-grade students. It starts with classroom instruction on the rules of the <br />road, how to ride properly and how to check bikes for safety. Next, students <br />participate in on-bike drills conducted on school grounds and then on open streets. The class culminates in a community <br />ride around local neighborhoods that is made possible with the assistance of community volunteers from each district’s <br />Safe Routes to Schools program. <br /> <br />For more information, contact Recreation Program Assistant Zane Wheeler at 541-682-6321. <br /> <br />Journalist Speaks on Climate Change Profiteers at Eugene Public Library <br />On Thursday, June 5, at 6 p.m., the Downtown Eugene Public Library will host a free talk by journalist McKenzie Funk about <br />his book, Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming. <br /> <br />Funk spent the last six years traveling the world researching entrepreneurs who see the <br />promise of profits in the climate change crisis. Environmental writer Elizabeth Kolbert says <br />the book is "smart, daring, and darkly funny.” According to The New Yorker, "Funk's take on <br />global-warming profiteering is as entertaining as it is disturbing." <br /> <br />In its Best Books of the Month list for January 2014, Amazon’s Neal Thompson wrote, "Like <br />a mashup of Michael Lewis and Mark Twain, Funk is an intrepid investigator and a lively, <br />smart writer. From eco hedge funds to dam building to desalination plants, he shows how <br />climate change is creating new opportunities and a potential boon for cowboy <br />entrepreneurs. This is the rare book that’s both important and highly readable." <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />May 22, 2014 <br />