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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Ambulance Licenses Renewed; EMTs Recertified <br />The Fire & EMS Department recently was issued new ambulance licenses for 2007-2008. All <br />ambulances and ambulance service providers within the state are required to be licensed by the <br />Department of Human Services, EMS Section(DHS-EMS). This license allows Eugene Fire & EMS to <br />operate as an ambulance service in the state of Oregon and ensures compliance with all the applicable <br />administrative rules and revised statutes associated with transporting sick and injured citizens of our <br />community. This license is renewed annually, and the department updates the State with any changes <br />that have taken place within the service such as physician adviser, number of EMS personnel, number of <br />ambulances, or change in Fire Chief. <br /> <br />The department's EMS personnel have also completed the recertification biennium. Every two years <br />Emergency Medical Technicians are required to recertify with DHS-EMS. Emergency Medical <br />Technicians are required to have a variety of continuing education and skills checked off to maintain <br />their certification. July 1st will start the next training biennium which will end June 30, 2009. For more <br />information, please contact EMS Chief JoAnna Kamppi at 682-7104. <br /> <br />Free Summer Playground Program Gets Underway <br />City of Eugene Recreation Services’ free, drop-in, playground <br />program, Fun For All, gets underway at eight neighborhood <br />parks on Monday, June 25. <br /> <br />Fun For All offers dozens of recreational events and fun for <br />children and youth ages 7 and up (under 7 years if <br /> <br />accompanied by someone at least 15 years old). <br /> <br />The program is held weekdays, beginning at 10 a.m., through <br />August 24 (closed on July 4). Ending times vary by site. At <br />seven of the sites, the program includes a free lunch every day, <br />provided by Food for Lane County; the eighth site offers a small <br />snack item. <br /> <br />Fun For All programs include the Roving Storyteller and a “celebrity” mystery reader program; hands-on <br />science and nature-related arts and crafts with the University of Oregon Roving Artist; and the Super <br />Special Summer Olympics, featuring such sports as the water balloon toss, baseball bat-go-round, and <br />an egg race. <br /> <br />Other Fun For All activities are the low-cost Outdoor Adventures Program that features river rafting, <br />bicycling trips, introduction to fly fishing, yoga in the park and more, and family events, such as the free <br />Movie Night in the Park, most Friday evenings. A complete list of events and activities is included in the <br />Fun For All Resource Guide, available at any City community center, at the Eugene Public Library, or <br />online at www.eugene.gov/recyouth. For information about Fun For All, call Lisa Adler at 682-5521. <br /> <br />Movie Night in the Park is Family Fun <br />Back by popular demand, Recreation Services begins <br />its fourth season of Movie Night in the Park this Friday, <br />June 22. The family event is free – and so is the <br />popcorn! The season opener is The Muppet Movie, <br />rated G, shown at Petersen Barn Park. All movies will <br />have subtitles for the hearing impaired. The movie on <br />August 24 will be presented in Spanish. <br /> <br />Movies begin at sundown (approximately 9 p.m.) with <br />pre-show events beginning at 8 p.m. This Friday, Hip <br />Hop Eugene – area youth who participated in <br />Recreation Services’ Hip Hop Hope spring break camp <br />– will perform positive hip hop music they wrote. Other <br />pre-show events include fire dancing demonstrations, poi spinning workshops, and, on August 10, a <br />spelling bee to accompany the movie, Akeelah and the Bee. Upcoming movies and locations are: <br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 <br />June 21, 2007 <br />