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<br />Unused Playground Becomes Much-Needed Bike Shelter <br />Earlier this summer, Eugene Park Steward volunteers including local skaters, McKenzie Commercial, the Rotary Club of <br />Eugene, and the Eugene Parks Foundation were the first to break ground for the new skatepark at Washington Jefferson <br />Park. <br /> <br />More than 30 volunteers carefully dismantled and removed the 40-year-old play <br />structure to make way for the new 1.2-acre skatepark, currently under construction. <br />The well-preserved timbers were repurposed by McKenzie Commercial into a <br />donated bike storage shelter at the Highway 99 Shelter Care. The timbers have <br />settled nicely into their new home and continue to serve the community. The shelter <br />is now complete and looks incredible. A huge amount of thanks is due for the <br />ingenuity, teamwork and resourcefulness of the Eugene Park Stewards! <br /> <br />For more information, contact Eugene Park Stewards West Region Coordinator <br />Lorna Baldwin at 541-682-4845 or lorna.j.baldwin@ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br />Adaptive Sport Project Empowers Veterans and Encourages Healthy Lifestyles <br />The Eugene Parks Foundation in collaboration with Adaptive Recreation Services has developed the "Veteran Adapted <br />Sport Project." This project will help provide funding for injured, ill and disabled veterans to engage in adaptive sports all <br />year long and will encourage veterans to stay active and live a <br />healthy lifestyle. <br /> <br />At Adaptive Recreation, the goal is to provide as many <br />recreational sport opportunities as possible. For many injured <br />veterans, sports and activities are an integral component of <br />rehabilitation and recovery. Veterans that participate in <br />adapted sports overcome perceived limitations and <br />boundaries and can exceed their own expectations. The <br />activity and accomplishment fosters a sense of pride and self- <br />esteem that carries over to participants’ daily lives, and <br />encourages reasonable risk taking which empowers them to <br />challenge themselves, and much more. <br /> <br />The Eugene Parks Foundation is now accepting donations to <br />send eight disabled veterans to San Diego for the National <br />Veterans Summer Sports Clinic this Sept. 15 -20. All donations are tax-deductible. For more information about the project, <br />visit www.eugeneparksfoundation.org/partnersVeterans.htm or contact Patty Prather at patty.l.prather@ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br />Harvest Set for Poplar Trees <br />The Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission (MWMC), a partnership between Lane County and the Cities of <br />Eugene and Springfield, grows hundreds of acres of poplar trees. The trees are grown as an agriculture crop using recycled <br />water and biosolids, a nutrient-rich byproduct of the regional wastewater treatment processes. <br /> <br />The MWMC has entered into a contract with Lane Forest Products to harvest a 52-acre portion of the Biocycle Farm, <br />MWMC’s poplar plantation. As an agricultural crop, the first management unit (156 acres) must be harvested by the fall of <br />2015. This first, smaller harvest will help the MWMC test the market for poplar wood products and evaluate the process <br />prior to harvesting the remaining 104 acres of management unit one. <br /> <br />Lane Forest Products is scheduled to begin work the week of Aug. 19 and will work through the fall. The on-site work <br />hours are 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.; however, harvesting operations are limited to 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The trees will be removed, <br />including root wad, and will be chipped on-site, or hauled to a different location prior to chipping. The site will be left <br />readied for planting at a later time. <br /> <br />For additional information, view an online flier or contact Public Works Wastewater Division Director Michelle Cahill at <br />541-682-8606. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 <br />August 15, 2013 <br />