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<br />Fun, Active Participation and Spectacular Spectating on Sunday, July 21
<br />Walk, bike and roll on the car-free streets of downtown Eugene at the 3rd Annual Eugene Sunday Streets, organized by
<br />Public Works’ Transportation Options Program. This wonderful event promotes healthy, active living by opening the City's
<br />largest public space - its streets. Participants will have the opportunity to discover active
<br />transportation in a safe, traffic-free environment.
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<br />Library, Recreation and Cultural Service’s Summer in the City downtown program is on
<br />board as well, with a fun activity center at Kesey Square. Live music will be performed by
<br />two local bands, the Texas Toasters and Late for Dinner, as well as live DJ food stamp, all
<br />power-pedaled. In addition, there will be an obstacle course provided in partnership
<br />with Trips for Kids , make-your-own-art station by MECCA for kids of all ages, unveiling
<br />of temporary art, food carts, a beer garden and much more! Visit
<br />eugenesundaystreets.org and www.eugene-or.gov/SummerintheCity for details.
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<br />And that’s not all…. spectacular spectating starts at 7 a.m., on a closed race course in the
<br />center of downtown! Urban racing at its best, dark:30 sports, a local race organizer, is
<br />putting together the Rolf Prima Downtown Criterium and TrackTown City Center Mile.
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<br />Check out a fun video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06HgWrsmF2M, and visit
<br />www.racedowntown.com, www.eugenesundaystreets.org and www.eugene-
<br />or.gov/SummerintheCity for details.
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<br />Eugene Sunday Streets is still looking for volunteers! To volunteer, please visit www.eugenesundaystreets.org.
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<br />For more information, contact Transportation Options Coordinator Lindsay Selser at 541-682-5094, or Community Events
<br />Manager Billie Moser at 541-682-6347.
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<br />Another Benefit of Recreation: Delaying Onset of Dementia
<br />While there is no cure, research shows recreation can ward off many effects of aging – including Alzheimer’s disease, one of
<br />the most dreaded disease of aging. This month, Eugene Recreation is celebrating and sharing information about the many
<br />surprising benefits of recreation.
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<br />Research confirms that regular exercise improves motor abilities, and that can help
<br />elderly persons remain independent longer. Just walking at a brisk pace for 30
<br />minutes a day has been associated with a reduced risk for dementia; specifically,
<br />“persons who exercised three or more times a week had a 32 percent reduced risk
<br />for developing dementia.”
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<br />Eugene Recreation has an activity for every goal, including walking groups, park
<br />walks, biking, yoga, Tai Chi, water fitness, and lap swimming – for those who want
<br />to be like “Vi,” the septuagenarian featured in a new recreation video, who calls
<br />her continuing good health “a miracle.”
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<br />For more information, contact Kathy Madison at 541-682-6342.
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<br />Dig Into Nature at Eugene Public Library
<br />This year’s Summer Reading theme is “Dig Into Reading,” with many of the free events at the Eugene Public Library focused
<br />on the natural world.
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<br />Dr. James Brau, director of the University of Oregon’s (UO) Center for High Energy Physics,
<br />will talk about “The Higgs Boson: A Window on the Big Bang,” on Monday, July 8, at 6 p.m., at
<br />the Downtown Library. Brau heads a UO team of physicists collaborating on research at the
<br />Large Hadron. On Tuesday, July 9, at 6 p.m., Edward Davis of UO Museum of Natural and
<br />Cultural History will explain how climate change is affecting the evolution of new species.
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<br />“Astronomy for Beginners” will be a fun, illustrated introduction to this popular hobby on
<br />Tuesday, July 16, at 5:30 p.m., at the Downtown Library, with Jerry Oltion of the Eugene
<br />Astronomical Society. An award-winning science fiction writer by day, Oltion is an amateur astronomer and inventor by
<br />night. On Saturday, July 20, at 3 p.m., join writer, photographer, and KLCC radio host Eric Alan for an uplifting multi-media
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<br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2
<br />July 3, 2013
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