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MATSLER Clara T From: MATSLER Clara T Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 10:48 AM To: DARNELL Kelly A Subject: RE: Hundreds of Feet of City Copper Wire Stolen Leaving Eastbank Path in Darkness Hi, There is an article in today's RG, but it is not appearing online. I have an email into RG staff for retrieval. FYI. -clara From: DARNELL Kelly A Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 10:44 AM To: *Eugene PW POS Mgmt Team Subject: FW: Hundreds of Feet of City Copper Wire Stolen Leaving Eastbank Path in Darkness Importance: High From: KLETZOK Melinda A Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 4:22 PM Subject: Hundreds of Feet of City Copper Wire Stolen Leaving Eastbank Path in Darkness Importance: High NEWS RELEASE September 30, 2008 For further information, contact: Kerry Delf, Public Information Specialist, at 682 -5197, or Melinda Kletzok, Public Information Director, at 682 -5124 Police Ask for Public's Help Reporting Suspicious Activity After hundreds of feet of the City's copper wire stolen and seven junction boxes damaged. Case No. 08 -18058 More than a half mile of a popular bike path has been plunged into darkness following the theft of a section of copper wire along the East Bank Path. Eugene Police are asking the public's help in reporting similar suspicious activity. Approximately 700 feet of five - strand copper wire was stolen and seven junction boxes were damaged along the East Bank Bicycle Path beginning near mile marker .75. The stolen wire provided power to path lights from Valley River Center to Marist High School. The theft and property damaged occurred sometime on Friday night, September 26. The thieves pried seven junction boxes off the ground along the bike path. The boxes had been glued shut with epoxy to prevent theft, so the thieves just pried them out of 1