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<br />Sheldon Pool and Fitness Center Closed for Annual Maintenance
<br />Sheldon Swimming Pool and Fitness Center will be closed for annual maintenance from Sunday,
<br />December 17, through Monday, January 1, 2007. The closure affects the pool, fitness center and front
<br />desk. Sheldon Pool and Fitness Center is located at 2443 Willakenzie Rd.
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<br />Echo Hollow Pool and Fitness Center at 1655 Echo Hollow Rd. will be open during the closure and all
<br />passes will be honored while Sheldon is closed. For more information, contact Doug Smith at 682-5314.
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<br />Recreation Guide Offers Ways to Keep New Year’s Resolutions
<br />The winter Recreation Guide will begin arriving in Eugene mailboxes this
<br />weekend. In it are dozens of ways to help citizens keep their New Year’s
<br />resolutions to get fit, have more fun and learn something new. Programs
<br />offered January through March include aquatics, child care, outdoor
<br />adventures, adaptive recreation, team athletics, arts, youth and family,
<br />and adult education.
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<br />Non-Eugene residents can pick up a copy of the Recreation Guide at any
<br />Eugene community center or swimming pool, or at the downtown or
<br />branch libraries.
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<br />New classes this winter include Yoga for Kids age 3-5, Hip Hop Eugene
<br />spring break camp for youth ages 14-18, Gotta Dance for ages 16 and up,
<br />a Dog and Pet Therapy Training seminar, free Movie Nights with the
<br />Outdoor Program for families, bus service to the ski slopes, classes on
<br />how to get Restful Sleep, and Good Morning Qigong exercise classes.
<br />Many offerings are free, and scholarships are available for many others.
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<br />Citizens may register for Recreation programs online through RecEnroll at
<br />www.eugene-or.gov/rec, or by calling or visiting the facility offering the program. For information, contact
<br />Sarah Rankin at 682-5333.
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<br />Families Flock to Pete Barn’s First Family Fun Night
<br />Full stomachs, fresh smiles, and frolicking families marked the inaugural First Friday Free Family Fun
<br />Night at Petersen Barn Community Center. The event packed the Barn with over 100 people gathering
<br />for an evening that started with a spaghetti dinner, peaked with some fantastic local youth entertainment,
<br />and concluded with some good old family board games.
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<br />Recreation Programmer Lizz Zitron, who coordinated the event, felt the fever of the evening and (in
<br />keeping with the multiple “Fs” in the event title) exclaimed her “fascination at the foaming response by
<br />local families.”
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<br />The highlight of the night was the youth entertainment provided by the Jefferson Hip Hop class taught by
<br />Recreation Staff Member Collette Ramirez, and the singing and poetry provided by “Youth 2 Make It
<br />Happen” members Takana Thomas and Mcque Linder. “FFFFF Night” will occur each month through
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<br />May. For more information, contact Lizz Zitron at 682-6042.
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<br />Fire Station Tours
<br />There have been 16 fire station tours so far during the last quarter of 2006, with a total of 358 visitors.
<br />Visiting organizations have included Patterson Pre-School, Beth Israel Pre-School, Boy Scouts,
<br />Newberry Child Care-DAC, Pearl Buck, Tiny Tots, Thurston High School, Willamette Family Child Care,
<br />Cub Scouts, Churchill Child Development, Eugene Child Parent Pre-School, Life Lutheran Pre-School,
<br />Brownies, Edison Kindergarten, in addition to a couple of citizen groups. As always, thank you to the
<br />crews and staff that take the time to coordinate, schedule and host these tours. For more information or
<br />to schedule a fire station tour please contact Administrative Specialist Karen Orr at 682-7100.
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<br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2
<br />December 7, 2006
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