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Packet pick up and day-of-race registration begins at 9:30.
Pre-registration is available at the YWCA, 841 E. 18th St.,
or on Friday, May 14"’ in front of the UO Bookstore.
Pre-registration costs are $12 for students and $15 for
adults before race day, and guarantees a free t-shirt.
Day-of-race registration prices are *13 for students and
418 for adults. Teams of 6 are only *30.
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TORREY
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Council beginning in 1994. He said
he is most proud of his efforts to fund
education and activities for children,
one of his lifelong passions. He points
to a serial levy passed to fund the 4J
and Bethel school districts in Eugene
as an example of the city's emphasis
on children under his leadership.
"I'm convinced that I've had an im
pact on the community in that area,
and it's very important," he said.
Torrey said he has also been a
"strong proponent" of higher educa
tion and has worked to lobby with
students.
"I absolutely believe the University
is a major catalyst for Eugene's eco
nomic future," he said. "Manufactur
ing jobs, natural resource jobs are very
limited — what isn't limited is the
ability of the mind to create future
products, future concepts."
Torrey said his vision for the city
has not changed during his time in of
fice. I le said he wants Eugene to be a
place with a high quality of living and
sufficient jobs so that his grandchil
dren will want to live here.
"When you encompass all of those
things, that's what I've tried to balance
as mayor of Eugene," he said.
Yet Torrey's vision hasn't always
been met with support. Torrey said
the housing development construct
ed at Broadway and Chamelton was a
controversial decision, yet it yielded
positive results.
"It provided a tremendous amount
of housing that has proved to be very
successful in terms of occupancy rate
and it provided a vitality to down
town Eugene that is sorely needed in
many areas of downtown, but that
was very controversial in the outset,"
Torrey said.
Torrey added that the new federal
courthouse, another initially contro
versial issue, will transform and unify
downtown.
"Ten years from now I'll look back,
and I believe that will be the signature
event that will have taken place dur
ing my time in office," he said.
Despite his victories, Torrey said he
would have done some things differ
ently. He said he regrets prioritizing
the placement of a measure to fund li
brary construction on the ballot over a
measure for fire department funding.
"I was struggling with which
should go first and I chose to support
putting the library before the public
safety fire measure — that was a mis
take," he said.
Torrey said the library measure was
defeated, but the fire measure won
the next year.
"Somehow we've got
to get our elected
officials and Salem and
Washington, D.C., to
start operating more
like mayors and
nonpartisan elected
officials and less like
people who are only
interested in a
partisan (agenda)."
Jim Torrey
Eugene Mayor
"I learned after that to really make
sure that my priorities stayed in or
der," he said. "The priorities of the
city are consistently public safety and
education."
Torrey said he was pleased with the
city's recent budget process.
"As proud as I am for stepping up
and asking citizens to support kids ...
I'm proud of the council and budget
committee to have the courage to say
'no' when it is necessary to maintain
our financial strategy," Torrey said.
Torrey's work has garnered respect
from some community members.
Housing and Neighborhoods Man
ager Richie Weinman said openness is
one of Torrey's strengths.
"My experience with him is that if
he's presented with good evidence,
he's willing to change his position,"
Weinman said. "He's not an ideo
logue, he's willing to move."
Weinman said Torrey has put many
extra hours into the job, which is only
part-time.
"He's been a bridge-builder in
many ways," Weinman said. "He sur
prised a lot of people because of that."
Ward 5 City Councilor Gary Pape
also acknowledged Torrey's efforts to
aid children.
"There's no doubt about his pas
sion for increasing the life and health
and opportunity for kids," he said.
Susan Ban, executive director'of
Lane ShelterCare, said she not only
admires Torrey's passion for helping
children but also his work for social
services.
"He has a real commitment to peo
ple in our community who are most
vulnerable," she said.
Torrey said maintaining the non
partisan nature of the mayoral posi
tion is vital.
"Somehow we've got to get our
elected officials and Salem and Wash
ington, D.C., to start operating more
like mayors and nonpartisan elected
officials and less like people who are
only interested in a partisan (agen
da)," Torrey said.
Torrey said being mayor of Eugene
has been an unparalleled experience.
"I've had mayors from numerous
cities in Oregon tell me that while
they believe their cities are unique,
they believe that Eugene is unique
among the unique, and it is," he said.
"That's part of the quality that I like
about our city."
He said citizens' diverse views allow
for a healthy balance of policy for the
community.
"One of the reasons that we have
such a high quality of life is that we
have a push-back element that doesn't
allow one side to push too far," he said.
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