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r <br /> <br /> 06i'2~/OS WED 18:22 FAX 541 682 4882 ELiGENE PW DiNTNC & POS PW ADMIN ~ 001 <br /> I E U G E N E <br /> Parks aed <br /> o ee s ace N E~~VS R E LEAS E <br /> p ~ <br /> vVww.cl.eugene.or.us/parks <br /> June 22, 2005 <br /> CONTACT: <br /> ¦ B~1 Brigmon, Alton Baker Park maintenance volunteer and event contact, 954-291 <br /> Rob Hallett, Turf and Grounds Supervisor, 682935 <br /> ¦ Therese Picado, Parks and Open Space Public Information Specialist, 682-4814/682-4800 <br /> 'FQR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> Local Running Clubs to Upgrade Worn Segment of Prefontaine Trail <br /> On Saturday, June 25, a new running club will join the campaign to restore the Prefontaine Trail in <br /> Alton Baker Park. Volunteers from Eugene Running Company Club are scheduled to help upgrade a <br /> segment of trail near the Cuthbert Amphitheatre from 9 a.m. to noon, and the Onegon Track Club, the <br /> r~nning club that has spearheaded the effort in partnership with the City of Eugene, will take over from <br /> 1~t:3Q to 3:30 p.m. Other interested community volunteers are welcome to join the two groups in helping lay <br /> several tons of gravel to this wom segment of this popular running trail that winds four miles through Alton <br /> faker Park. <br /> "We are very enthusiastic that the Eugene Running Company Club wants to be a part of the Pre's <br /> hail restoration effort," says Bill Brigmon, Oregon Trade Club volunteer. "In order to make this happen, it.is <br /> ari#icsl that we broaden the community participation in .this project." <br /> For more than a decade, Oregon Track Club has helped pay for and lay the bark for the Prefontaine <br /> hrail but unfortunately, due to the.increased needs of the trail, the funds are beginning to dwindle. Now, the <br /> ~roup and the Ciry are looking to extend the partnership to all trail users, including runners, joggers, people <br /> uN/a(king the trail, high school track programs, run organizers, and dog owners, in order to develop a long- <br /> , <br /> t+~rm solution to the trail's ongoing maintenance needs. Other efforts to raise funds for the restoration effort <br /> include a benefit walk/run this Labor Day, September 5. For more information about the race or efforts to <br /> improve the Prefontaine Trail, call 6821935. <br /> f <br /> <br />