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their kids to enjoy the benefits of recreation. One family represented three generations! As one participant concluded,
<br />"Extremely well-organized - time, instructions, and food. The leaders were all so kind, friendly, supportive and fun!" A
<br />number of families asked, "When are you going to do this again?" The answer: The next Team Adventure Family Snow
<br />Day is scheduled for February 14, 2004. For more information, contact Recreation Manager Craig Smith at 682-6322 or
<br />682-6340.
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<br />Eugene Youth "Show-Off"
<br />On February 16, youth from across the City will attend a no-school day event at Cascade Middle School called "Show-
<br />Off!" The event will kick off with creative workshops from 9:00-11:00 a.m. on topics including guitar, breakdancing, hip
<br />hop dance, mural street art, juggling, hacky-sack, creative writing, drumming and improvisational theatre.
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<br />^ Talent Show, from 11:15 a.m. -1:00 p.m., will display what these youth have created in afterschool programs as well as
<br />in their morning workshops. To quote Kevin, a sixth grader at Cascade Middle School, "You are sure to be holding your
<br />belly for laughing a lot. You will probably be seeing people get their groove on, or some beautiful art."
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<br />The remainder of the day, from 1:00-4:00 p.m., will be a social including a dance with a DJ, judging of the art gallery,
<br />frisbee golf, and other open gym activities, and pizza! For additional information, contact Raquel Wells, LRCS recreation
<br />programmer, at 682-6380.
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<br />"Meet the Chief" Events to Beqin
<br />Wednesday, February 4, will begin the first of monthly "Meet the Chief" opportunities throughout the community. This
<br />event will be held the first Wednesday of each month from 7:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m. at various locations in Eugene to allow
<br />community members the opportunity to speak one-on-one with Eugene Police Chief Bob Lehner.
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<br />February's event will be held at Cal's Donuts and Deli, 977 Garfield Street. Community members are invited to stop by,
<br />grab a donut and cup of coffee and join the chief. "1 look forward to these informal opportunities to get to know this
<br />community better and hear from them directly, their questions, concerns and comments," says Chief Lehner. March's
<br />event will be held in the Whitaker neighborhood on March 3 at the Whitaker Public Safety Station. For additional
<br />information, please contact the Public Information Office at 682-5124.
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<br />New Community Park Offers Somethinq for Everyone
<br />Phase 2 is complete at Bethel Park, a 33-acre community park, just
<br />south of Barger Avenue between Legacy Street and Haviture Way. In
<br />addition to a large sports field complex built in 2000 by Babe Ruth
<br />Baseball and a skate park completed in early 2003, the park now
<br />includes a new playground, picnic shelter, basketball court,
<br />amphitheater, restroom, landscaping, walkways, and lighting. Funded
<br />by the 1998 Parks and Open Space bond measure, the park is a vast
<br />expanse of green, punctuated by special features that attract children,
<br />teens, adults, neighbors from the growing residential communities that
<br />border the park, and even whole classrooms from nearby Meadowview
<br />Elementary for the occasional extended recess.
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<br />Five-year-old Abbey Kruska, who frequently visits the park with her
<br />sister, mother and sometimes friends says, "It's fun, fun, fun." Her
<br />older sister, Callie, carefully defines what her sister means by fun:
<br />"Climbing the ropes almost to the top," making sand buns under the
<br />slide in the kid's park and serving them to her "customers," and having
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<br />lunch with a friend at the top of the "really tall, straight slide" and Callie Kruska ascends to the top of her world!
<br />sliding down only after they've had a "good talk."
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<br />The brightly-colored playground features a sand and water play area,
<br />climbing wall, spinners, slides, swings, and spring toys. But the allure of the park is not limited to the playground, says
<br />Erin Kruska, Abbey and Callie's mother. "We were
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<br />attracted to this neighborhood because of the park," she says. "We hoped the park would attract other young families and
<br />raise the value of the homes in the area."
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<br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2
<br />March 17, 2004
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