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As always, the free Hershey Games invite youth ages 9-14 to compete in one of a series of meets. This <br />year, the meets will be held from 5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. on May 20, at Willamette High School; May 27 at <br />North Eugene High School and May 29, at South Eugene High School. The games are free and <br />participants register at the meet. <br />Events include 50m, 100m, and 200m dash; 400m, 800m, and 1600m run; 400m relay; softball throw and <br />long jump. Participants may compete in up to three events. The first place finishers at these meets will <br />be invited to participate in the state meet on June 14 at Willamette High School. For information, call Tim <br />Patrick at 682-6347 or visit www.Hersheystrackandfield.com. <br />Cody to Appear on NBC’s Today Show <br />Cody, Official Fire Safety Dalmatian, was <br />part of a Today Show filming that took place <br />Saturday, May 3, at the City's Emergency <br />Services Center at 2nd and Chambers. The <br />filming was part of an NBC feature (air date <br />TBA) on Animal Assisted Crisis Response, a <br />volunteer network of dog teams that are <br />trained and certified to provide emotional <br />comfort and support to persons who have <br />been involved in crisis or disaster. <br />As a member of AACR, Cody and his owner, <br />Eugene Deputy Fire Marshal Amy Linder, <br />traveled to Northern Illinois University earlier <br />this year in the wake of a tragic shooting, <br />offering their own brand of warmth and <br />assurance to survivors, family members and <br />first responders. <br />Cody made a special point to go to the DeKalb Fire Station that responds to the NIU campus. He had <br />lunch with the crews and a wonderful visit with our fire service brothers who responded to this event. <br />Recently, Cody and Amy were selected as one of three teams to return to NIU to surprise students and <br />staff that were being interviewed by the Today Show, and last weekend the show's cameras covered <br />Cody and other AACR dogs participating in disaster simulation drills staged by Eugene Fire & EMS and <br />recruited volunteers. In the drills, the dogs comforted individuals awaiting information at a Red Cross <br />Service Center following a simulated earthquake, and were exposed to the noise and activity involved in <br />a simulated apartment fire. Such exposure makes the dogs better able to do their job in an actual <br />emergency. <br />Council will be notified when the broadcast date for the Today Show segment is announced. For more <br />information, please contact Deputy Fire Marshal Amy Linder at 682-8428. <br />2008 Road Repair Projects Scheduled to Begin This Month <br />More than 46 lane miles of streets in Eugene are scheduled for <br />overlay or slurry seal types of repairs this summer, with work slated <br />to start on some streets as soon as next week. Total estimated cost <br />of 2008 pavement preservation work is $5.5 million. <br />More than 23 lane miles of overlay paving is scheduled to begin <br />May 11 and continue through the summer. Streets being overlaid <br />thth <br />include East 13 Avenue (Franklin Boulevard to Agate Street), 27 <br />Avenue (Amazon Parkway to Jefferson Street), Barger Drive <br />(Highway 99 to Altimont Street, and also Primrose Street to Terry Street), Chad Drive (Coburg Road to <br />the east end of Chad), Chambers Street (Railroad Boulevard to Eighth Avenue), and Roosevelt <br />Boulevard (Chambers Street to Beltline). Eugene Sand & Gravel has been awarded the bid for the East <br />th <br />13 Avenue work, and Wildish Construction has been awarded the bid for all the other projects except <br />Roosevelt Boulevard, which has not yet been awarded. <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 <br />May 8, 2008 <br />