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Summer Reading for Adults returns for a second year—this time focused on travel-themed titles, book <br />groups, performances, and activities. Starting June 3, official review forms are available at the <br />Downtown Library (3rd floor), and the Bethel and Sheldon Branches. Participating adults will get a $1 <br />coupon good for books at the Friends of the Library's Second Hand Prose book store or a free coffee at <br />Novella Café. Participants who return three reviews get a free journal (while supplies last) and a chance <br />to win a Library book bag filled with great reads and gift certificates from Destinations, the travel store, <br />and LetterHead Fine Papers & Gifts. Watch for Summer Reading First Fridays too! For more <br />information, call the Eugene Public Library at 682-5450. <br /> <br />“Out in the Artdoors” Urban Adventure Race a Great Success <br />The Recreation Division’s inaugural “Out in the Artdoors” <br />Urban Adventure Race, held on Saturday, May 20, promoted <br />Eugene as the “World’s Greatest City for the Arts and <br />Outdoors,” built community, encouraged physical activity, <br />and was fun for everyone! <br /> <br />Fifteen teams raced through 11 stops from Alton Baker Park <br />to the Spencer Butte Challenge Course and back again. At <br />each stop, they completed tasks that ranged from performing <br />a hip hop dance routine in front of the Hult Center, to rafting <br />across the Willamette, to making art using adaptive <br />equipment at Hilyard Community Center. <br /> <br />Organized by Recreation Programmer Kellie Nemke, the race wasn’t just about speed or physical ability. <br />Teams earned “deDUCKtions” to their overall finish time by admiring art along the race route, earning a <br />judges’ “wow” factor for their creativity, working cooperatively with another team, and building <br />developmental assets for youth during the course of the race. And, while the “C-Plus Team” (so named <br />because they didn’t consider themselves the “A-Team”) was the last to complete all 11 challenges, they <br />earned so many deducktions along the way that they ended up with the lowest overall time! <br /> <br />Pictured is the Public Works P-We's Team, made up of Katie Blair, Katie Marwitz, Milissa Bateman and <br />Karen Roybal. They “suited up” to compete in the “costumed-in-line-skate-hockey” challenge at Amazon <br />Community Center. For more information, contact Recreation Programmer Kellie Nemke at <br />682-6324. <br /> <br />Recreation Services and USA Track & Field Sponsor “Be A Champion” <br />Program <br />World Championship medalists Bershawn Jackson, Sanya Richards and two-time <br /> <br />Olympian Jon Drummond will speak from 9-10 a.m. on Friday, May 26,to hundreds <br /> <br />of Madison Middle School studentsaspart of the "Be A Champion"program. Later in <br />the day, World Silver Medalist Wallace Spearmon and Olympian Rose Richmond will <br />speak to students at Jefferson Middle School from 2:15-3:15 p.m. <br /> <br /> <br />A major initiative byUSA Track & Fieldand the American College of Sports Medicine, “Be A Champion” <br />facilitates direct interaction between Olympic medalists and middle-school-aged children around the country <br />in order to positively impact their lifestyles and decision-making ability. The athletes will address healthy <br />lifestyles, answer questions from the students, and lead them in reciting the "Be A Champion" pledge. <br /> <br />City of Eugene Recreation Services is partnering with USA Track & Field to help fight childhood obesity. <br />WECAN <br />The City follows the We Can! (ays to nhance hildren's ctivity & utrition) approach, a new national <br />education program developed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help youth and families <br />maintain a healthy weight. We Can! will provide activities and programs that encourage improved <br />nutritional choices, increased physical activity, and reduced screen time in youth ages 8-13. <br /> <br />The visiting medalists represent a wealth of talent and experience: <br /> <br />? <br /> The newest “phenom” over the intermediate hurdles, Bershawn Jackson's victory in Helsinki is <br />the first by an American in the 400m hurdles at a world championship since Derrick Adkins won <br />the gold at Gothenburg in 1995. <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 4 <br />June 8, 2006 <br />
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