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Council funds program for youths Eugene youths will have more recreational and educational opportunities this summer By Tricia Duryee Community Reporter After months of debate as to how the city of Eugene can offer children an alternative to ‘hang ing out,’ the city council passed a series of summer programs on Monday. The programs come at the price of $117,510 and will as sist youth between the ages of nine- and 18-years old. Councilman Pat Farr, who has been working on the recommen dation for six months and is also chairman of the Committee for Homelessness and Youth, said he was surprised at the unanimous response from the council be cause never before has the coun cil approved spending of such a large portion of the $604,000 Council Contingency Fund. “Usually we go through hours of analysis for a $2,000 request,” said Farr. “It is a big surprise.” The summer recreation pro gram, which was devised with the help of outreach agencies and city staff, consists of a variety of activities. Some of the activities include skateboarding, ice skat ing, and arts and science projects — which according to the specif ic program extend for a period of a week for a certain cost or are of fered free everyday. Farr said the classes were con structed with both the main stream and the at-risk youths in mind. For example, he said the summer program will not only offer activities like basketball and soccer, but also life skills. The three sec tors targeting at risk youth in- fSaanH^Ml dude the council drop-in New Roads School, the Summit Summer Recreation Center and the New Roads REAL (Recreation, Athletics, Educa tion, and Life Skills) Program. “We asked the kids on the street, 'what would it take [to get them off the street),” Farr said. “Overwhelmingly we heard, ‘give us someplace better to go.’” Most of the three sectors of the recreational services will take place at the Lane County Fair grounds. Farr said the fair grounds was not only a central location, but it was also easily ac cessible by either bicycle or bus and residential and commercial areas would not be impacted. The costs were mainly attrib uted to the on-site programs: the outdoor programs and the ser vices offered by Looking Glass, an outreach facility. The total cost of the program is $126,734 with a revenue of $9,224 from program fees. Councilwoman Betty Taylor was excited to see a place for youth to go. However, she also thought the children would be coming from all over, and that it shouldn't only be supported by the city of Eugene. “Kids come from everywhere,” said Taylor. “This is a place for intergovern mental opportunities.” Councilman Scott Meisner said he also thought the county should help with the funding and that it should be considered a priority. “We need to explore other options. [All participants] are not going to be Eugene resi dents. Lane County has money for what it wants to do.” Other costs included in the budget are $12,000 worth of scholarships for the classes that range anywhere from $7 to $80, and a transportation van to bus children from one area of town to another. The van is to help aid children from areas such as Bethel, where programs had to be cut in order to fund the ones at the fairgrounds. Court: Case exposed several problems ■ Continued from Page 1 The court’s original decision does not affect the presidential election, even though De Poe’s griev ance named Geneva Wortman and Morgan Cowl ing, who are running for president and vice presi dent. The court agreed that Wortman and Cowling had distributed campaign flyers from the illegal table, but said their material was not conspicuous and could not have changed the results of the presiden tial primary. Justice Heidi Barker disagreed with that decision in her dissent. She argued that Wortman and Cowl ing “have been able to reap all the benefits of an ‘un official’ relationship with the Progressive Slate ... without having to be subjected to the same stan dards as the rest of the candidates ...” De Poe said she was disappointed by the Progres sive Slate’s response to the ruling. She said she would probably not pursue her case further, citing harassment as one reason. 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