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KIDSPORTS!
and Fiddle. For more info: 514-3653,
fredcolgan@aprovecho.org,
www.
aprovecho.org or see our story at blogs.
eugeneweekly.com
• The last of the current series of
“Conversations on the Forest,” is 6 pm
Monday June 4 at Cozmic. Called
“Looking at Solutions” the evening will
examine: What would an integrated set
of solutions and forest policy reform look
like? How would best practices protect
drinking water sources and our
environment? What can be done to
improve the prosperity of rural
communities? How is fair taxation and
funding streams for governments that
provide services possible? And what are
the current policies and practices that
the timber industry can be proud of? For
more info contact Rob Handy rob@
robhandy.com
or
go
to
www.
conversationsontheforest.org
• Saturday, June 9, will be the day this
year when cyclists in Eugene will join
thousands of other cyclists around the
planet for the World Naked Bike Ride.
“We celebrate the human body and the
bicycle, our best alternative to fossil fuel
addiction,” says local ride coordinator
Ralph Forrest-Ball. “We ride our bikes
naked (or nearly so) to remind fellow
travelers that bicycles are vulnerable
when sharing the road with two-ton
metal monsters.” Participants will gather
at 4 pm at the corner of Cheshire and
Lawrence, and the ride begins at 4:30.
Clothing, costumes and body paint are all
optional but please wear a helmet. Email
tiedyeguy@hotmail.com or visit www.
worldnakedbikeride.org
What runs and jumps and yells and
plays all over? A human child, of course.
Bev Smith, executive director of
Kidsports and former UO women’s
basketball coach, will speak at 6 pm
Thursday, May 31, at the downtown
library about physical literacy, the social
values of team sports and Kidsports.
Smith says that physical literacy is
about children learning the building
blocks of movement and motor control,
which are optimally learned prior to
puberty. And the lessons don’t end with
the physical. “Being on a team provides
life lessons — whether how to win with
grace and lose with class, to helping a less
skilled teammate, or learning to find your
place and role within all the different
talents of your team,” Smith says.
With physical education programs
diminishing in public schools, Kidsports
offers another avenue for children to get
involved with sports and learn physical
literacy. And it doesn’t leave out lower-
income kids, due to its scholarship
program. Smith says fundraising can be a
challenge to make sure that coaches get
mandatory education and make
scholarship funding available, but
educational and health grant opportunities
help.
To learn more see kidsports.org
— Shannon Finnell
Executive director of Kidsports Bev Smith
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