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4 Public Works Maintenance and Parks & Open Space News ~ May 2004 <br /> day with a good breakfast. I wolfed down my meager The Story of the Man Dog (see drawing this page) <br /> portion of orange juice (after half-dumping it down the By Annalyce Miller, age 10 (daughter of Chris Miller, ISD's <br /> drain) and my bread. I snatched a coat from the hanger and representative to the yard) <br /> bolted down the stairs, surprisingly more limber than usual. I <br /> slipped on my new pair of Suacony shoes and called to my "The stick figure in the middle is the man. The black dots are <br /> mom to be a bit quicker with her "gourmet" breakfast. I the swarm of bees that attacked and killed the man. The circle <br /> slipped into the car and buckled my seat belt with a huge around the man is the man's tomb. The rectangle above the <br /> smile on my face for today was "Take your Kids to Work "tomb" is the tombstone, and the circles in the "tombstone" are <br /> Day"... at "The Yard!" (Unfortunately, Ihad to take out the the windows to view the body. The ears of the dog are the tears <br /> trash before we left.) that people who loved the man cried." (approximate translation <br /> by Bob and Therese) <br /> Chapter 2: First Task <br /> We were going to the wetlands with Matt, Paul and Jamie. <br /> They all seemed to be nice...until we got there! It turns out <br /> that Jamie loves Mountain Dew which I hate. I like Sierra <br /> Mist which he hates so we had some arguments. Then we ~ r <br /> took to the boardwalk. We then figured out that he was out <br /> to trip us and make us fall on our faces. He did that by <br /> kicking the bottoms of our feet. Of course, we got our Beginning Monday, May 3, 2004, the Tool Crib <br /> revenge by doing the same. Then, he tried to make us summer hours of operation will be: <br /> believe that fake raccoon prints were real. Next we blazed 6:30a.m. to 5:OOp.m Monday -Thursday and <br /> trails in tall grasses. 6:30a.m to 4:OOp.m. Friday. <br /> After that escapade, we drove back to the Yard to edit the <br /> Eugene Outdoors! newsletter with my mom. My brother did MORE WEBCAM FANS <br /> most of it while I was on e-Bay surfing for miscellaneous <br /> objects. After that, it was time for lunch. Dear Bob, <br /> We went to the New Day Bakery and I ordered a burrito and I like this camera a lot! The controls are especially nice and <br /> a muffin. conveniant for me because I can check out anything in fine <br /> detail within the 360 degree radius. Would like to see more <br /> cams set up like this in Eugene. --Mike <br /> Chapter 3: Rocky's Ride <br /> After lunch I took a ride with Rocky in the street sweeper. Thanks, Mike. We'd like to put up more cameras like this. It's <br /> The street sweeper feels totally different than a car. After all a matter of time and resources. But we appreciate feedback „ <br /> that, I looked at some of Robin's drawings for RiverPlay! <br /> and I thought they were great! Then I had to leave to go to like yours. -Bob <br /> some boring. meeting about Public Works Day. More info on the Meadowlark Prairie webcam <br /> Chapter 4: Goodbye! For those who can't visit the West Eugene Wetlands in person <br /> <br /> I'd like to thank all the people I met for making this day a or like surfing the web, the installation of a new controllable, <br /> <br /> great day! THANK YOU! pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) web camera at Meadowlark Prairie offers <br /> viewers a virtual panorama of the wetlands and its diverse <br /> wildlife, including more than 100 species of birds, dragonflies, <br /> and a mosaic of colorful wildflowers. The camera can be <br /> , , maneuvered using controls in the user's web browser to pan <br /> across an area, tilt up or down, and zoom in for aclose-up view <br /> { of the plants and animals that <br /> inhabit this beautiful, natural <br /> t z area. Control of the camera is - . <br /> ~ s` given to one person at a time <br /> }i ~ n by the software on the web <br /> x~~ ~ ~ ~ page. Each person gets a ~ <br /> a ~ ~ -a ~ ~ , <br /> minute and a half to pan, tilt, ~ " ~ ' <br /> ~ ~ L <br /> ~ i <br /> r and zoom the camera across ~ ~ ~ <br /> ,t <br /> y ~ - _ s <br /> ' ` ~ ~ ~ the wetlands. Other users <br /> ~ f ~ . ~ { who want to take a turn are <br /> t 4 ~ Y ~ ' ' ~ queued until the current <br /> user's time runs out. To ~ <br /> check out Eugene's only PTZ <br /> <br />