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
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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.
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ficers should not be members of the court. But the
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the court.
"As we’re muddling through this, we keep
spotting these conflicts, vague areas, uncertain
ties and gaps,” Corcoran said. The court plans to
completely rewrite these rules during the sum
mer, he said.
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