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<br /> 06/0~~6/06 TtTE 15: 5 FAX 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ADMIN ~ 001 <br /> E U E N E <br /> Par s and ~ aav~s~owarrusucwoR,rs <br /> p 1 H2O ROOSEYEIT B1YD. <br /> 0 e Space <br /> c e E• R w r i H a EU6ENE, ORE60N 91102 <br /> Year of Paxks (541) d82-1800 <br /> 0 O 190 •2006 www.EU6ENE-0R.60Y/PARI6 <br /> PARKS ANU OPEN SPACE PIANNIN6 PARKS AUlINTENANtE URBAN FORESTRY NATURAL RESQURCES <br /> EWS ELEASE <br /> Jane 6, 2006 <br /> FQDR IMMEDIAT RELEASE <br /> CIpNTACT: M tt McRae, City of Eugene Parks and Open Space Division Volunteers In Parks <br /> C ordinator at 682-4845 or Mobile 912-2142 <br /> C rrie Peterson, Parks and Open Space Division Pork Development Coordinator <br /> at 82-4907 <br /> ver 100 Home De of Staff Members Local 8~' Grade Students and Communi Volunteers Team U <br /> t l ro Gold n Gardens P rk <br /> n Wednesday, June 7'"from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., over 50 8th grade students from Prairie Mountain <br /> S~hool will partn r with members of Team Home Depot and community volunteers to construct v quarter <br /> rr~ile trail, build kiosk, and pick up litter at Golden Gardens Park_ <br /> TI a trail will be t e be innin of a s tem of soft surface trails that will offer the community a natural <br /> 9 9 Ys <br /> setting in which t run and walk. The volunteer project is part of a larger effort to increase the number of <br /> pieople using G (den Gardens Park for safe recreational activities. The 46-acre natural area park is <br /> Igcated in Euge 's Bethel neighborhood, at the intersection of Golden Gardens Street and Jessen Drive, <br /> north of Barger rive. <br /> The 8'~ grade st dents from Prairie Mountain were classmates of Nick Davis, one of the two young boys <br /> vtho drowned in he park last June. Jenny Sink, a Teacher at Prairie Mountain School says, "Our kids <br /> Ibved Nick and y doing this they are remembering their friend and helping make the park safer." The <br /> trail will be kno n as the Davis Trail. <br /> <br />