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www.twitter.com/EugenePW, and by calling the regional road repair hotline at 541-984-8484.
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<br />Summer Recreation Guide Has New Programs and More than 100 Camps
<br />It’s a sure sign of summer – the arrival this week of Summer Recreation Guides in Eugene resident mailboxes. This
<br />season, the guide includes dozens of new programs along with 103 summer camps for ages 3 - 18.
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<br />This catalog includes activities, events, classes and programs offered by the Recreation Division
<br />from June 1 – August 31. It includes listings for children, teens, adults, and families in six
<br />categories: youth and family, outdoors, aquatics, adults and seniors, adult athletics, and adaptive
<br />recreation.
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<br />At 84 pages, it’s one of the largest guides ever. Among the new offerings are Storytelling and
<br />Puppet Shows for newborns to age 5, Stand-Up Paddleboarding for ages 16 and older, Swim &
<br />Tennis Camp for ages 6 - 14, Eugene Flying Disc Festival for all ages, Vinyasa Yoga for adults,
<br />and Partner Dancing for people with disabilities, ages 16 and older.
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<br />Attendance is free for many events listed in the guide, including Friday family fun nights, park
<br />walks, theatrical performances, community festivals, biking activities and kids’ track events.
<br />Dozens of free, Summer in the City events are listed in the guide, including free movies and
<br />concerts in the parks, and free events every Wednesday evening at the Broadway Plaza,
<br />downtown. The guide also includes information about the free summer playground program, Fun For All, which will
<br />operate five days a week in area parks, from June 28 - August 27.
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<br />Registration is now open for most activities and summer camps that run from June 21 – August 27. Most camps center
<br />on themes such as art, outdoor adventure, sports and just plain fun. New camps this summer include Challenger British
<br />Soccer, DiscMania, Full Moon Rising Environmental Camp, Ready, Set, Garden, Wild Explorer and Sk8 Oregon
<br />Overnight. Camps are either part-day or all-day and some extended care is available.
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<br />For more information, contact Craig Smith at 541-682-5334.
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<br />Fire & EMS Career Day Continues to Grow
<br />Last week’s high school Career Day at the Fire & EMS Department drew 43 local students - the highest total ever- to the
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<br />2 & Chambers campus for a daylong learning experience that included hands-on fire skills practice as well as
<br />classroom information about emergency
<br />response careers and the steps needed to
<br />prepare for them. In addition to the Fire &
<br />EMS Department, participating agencies
<br />providing information included Lane
<br />Community College, Chemeketa Community
<br />College, Life Flight, the Red Cross,
<br />Eugene’s 9-1-1 Center and Human
<br />Resources Division, the Oregon Department
<br />of Forestry and the Springfield Fire
<br />Department.
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<br />On the drill field, students donned turnouts and other firefighting gear and tried their hand at climbing the training tower,
<br />hoisting and lowering hose rolls, moving 55-gallon drums with fire hose streams, and other exercises simulating routine
<br />firefighter duties.
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<br />In the profession, this type of outreach has been proven to be of benefit not only in firefighter recruitment generally, but
<br />also in helping departments to reach their ethnic and gender diversity goals. This was the fourth Career Day offered by
<br />the department in what has become a twice-yearly event; resources permitting, the department hopes to expand its
<br />career-prep curriculum into a full-fledged cadet program at some point in the future. For more information, please
<br />contact Deputy Chief/Special Operations Joe Zaludek at 541-682-7103.
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<br />Community Conversations: What is a Hate Crime? and What You Can Do!
<br />The City of Eugene’s Human Rights Commission and Police Commission are collaborating to present a public forum,
<br />Community Conversations: What is a Hate Crime? and What You Can Do! The forum is on Wednesday, April 21, from 6
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<br />April 15, 2010
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