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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER
December 22, 2011
City of Eugene
777 Pearl Street, Room 105
Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793
(541) 682-5010
(541) 682-5414 (FAX)
www.eugene-or.gov
IN THIS EDITION
ANNOUNCING NEXT WORKING CITY EPISODE: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FIREFIGHTER
GET FIT WITH CITY’S WATER OR LAND FITNESS CLASSES
WINTER BREAK FUN FOR KIDS AND TEENS AT EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY
AROUND THE CITY
Announcing Next Working City Episode: A Day in the Life of a Firefighter
The next Working City episode will feature “A Day in the Life of a Firefighter,” and is scheduled
to run the first part of January 2012, on Comcast’s cable channel 21. Working City segments
air on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings, and before the start of each regular Eugene
City Council meeting on Monday evenings.
An important aspect of living in Eugene is knowing that in the case of an emergency, the
Eugene Fire & Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Department is ready and well trained to
respond. Personnel are strongly committed to the department’s motto - Duty, Honor, Service.
In this Working City episode, Captain Anthony Bucher shares how the crews spend their days on duty, and how they
prepare for the next call. Whatever the emergency is, Eugene Fire & EMS is ready to assist in protecting persons and
property.
To view the episode online, go to the City’s home page, www.eugene-or.gov and click on the YouTube link to go to the
City’s YouTube channel. Episodes can also be seen via the City’s Facebook site, or online at www.metrotv.org. For
more information, contact Deputy Chief of EMS & Community Relations Mark Walker at 541-744-3388.
Get Fit with City’s Water or Land Fitness Classes
The Recreation Division’s Aquatics and Adult Services Program wants to help residents meet that New Year’s
resolution to be more fit. The programs offer a variety of water aerobics and land fitness classes to meet individual
goals – and many have a “try for free” option in early January.
Water aerobics classes range from shallow-water aerobics to
deep-water fitness, to meet one’s preferred level of intensity.
Classes can be customized for special needs such as
arthritis, pre/post-natal, or recovery from an injury. Land
fitness classes include total body workout, Pilates and slow
and easy fitness. Any first, water aerobics class is free.
Many one-day, try-for-free classes are offered in land fitness
classes, such as Total Body Workout, Nia Dance/Movement,
Slow and Easy Fitness, and Arthritis Land Exercise. Try-for-
free martial arts classes include Tai Chi and Chair Yoga. In
addition, residents can try for free Beginning Line Dance.
Check out the paper or online Winter Spring Recreation Guide
for a complete list of try- for-free and water aerobic fitness
classes. Classes are ongoing and held at City pools and community centers. For more information, call Kathy Madison
at 541-682-6342.
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December 22, 2011
Winter Break Fun for Kids and Teens at Eugene Public Library
It’s amazing! It’s amusing! It’s the explosively entertaining Mad Science show “Spin, Pop, Boom!” Kids love the high-
energy mad scientists, who will demonstrate colorful, noisy, chemical reactions and physical transformations at all
Eugene Public Library locations during winter break. Admission is free on Tuesday, Dec. 27, at 11 a.m., at Bethel
Branch, at 2 p.m. at Sheldon Branch, and on Wednesday, Dec. 28, at 1 and 3 p.m., at the Downtown Library.At the
Downtown Library, pick up free tickets starting 30 minutes before each show.
The Downtown Library will host a teen drum circle on Friday, Dec. 30, from 2 – 4 p.m. Jill Sager of Hands-On Rhythm
and Drum School will teach the basics of playing African hand drums and rhythms, then lead teens in creating their
own rhythms. Drop in: no experience necessary, all drums provided.
For more information, call the Eugene Public Library at 541-682-8316 or visit www.eugene-or.gov/library.
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