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Discussion regarding possible financing from City Council, bridging budget gap, and viability of the future of the River Road Park District

City Council meeting
Wednesday, July 23; 12:00
McNutt Room, City Hall; 777 Pearl Street

City Council meeting
Wednesday, July 23; 12:00
McNutt Room, City Hall; 777 Pearl Street

Discussion regarding possible financing from City Council, bridging budget gap, and viability of the future of the River Road Park District.

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**********RIVER ROAD PARK DISTRICT FUTURE AT STAKE**********

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Population Projections
Land Supply and Demand Assessment
Transportation Plan Update

This will take place in the Bascpm-Tykeson Rooms.

Lancer Parent Association (LPA) is the parent group formed to connect with and support parents and guardians of all Churchill students. LPA is a great way to connect to CHS administration, to sports and clubs, and to other parents. LPA is free and open to any interested parent, guardian, or family member of a CHS student or any Churchill community member. We meet at 6:30 on the first Monday of each month in the library, except for September.

Here is the schedule for the fall:
September 15: Parent meeting with guests Principal Dennis Biggerstaff and Athletic Director Tim Carmichael
October 6: Parent meeting, no guest speaker
November 3: Parent meeting with guest Counselor Betsy Hoell on the Career Center and Scholarships
December 1: Parent meeting, no guest speaker

One of the LPA’s goals is to create community through communication. In addition to parent meetings, we also create an annual student directory. Parents who used last year’s directory have found it to be a very handy way to get in touch with other parents. These are for sale for $3-look for them in the back-to-school fee form included in the G'Lancer.   If you purchase one using the fee form, it will be mailed to you when it is ready shortly after the beginning of the school year.  Look for directories at the Open House in October as well.  An opt-out form for the directory has been inserted into the back-to-school G'Lancer.  It is very important to us that we do not include people who do not want to be included. Please complete the opt-out form if this is the case for you and return to the office by Friday, September 12, 2008.

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jep

Hello to friends of Cadojen Park!!

Since we've had such a wet spring, I've waited until now to contact
you for help with watering our 24 nice native trees. It was great to
have many of you help us plant these trees on sat march 29th. You'll
be glad to know that most of them are doing fine. Only a few of the
oak trees never leafed out, but the city said i can replant them in
the fall. I'll probably do this in November.

Below is a list of watering dates that I'd like 6 volunteers to help
out with each date. I'm hoping to get some contacts from the high

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Megan Kennedy, a senior next year, died in a single car accident on Friday, June 20th. She lost control of her car when she swerved to avoid hitting a deer. A memorial for Megan is being held on Wednesday, June 25th, at 1:00pm at the Eugene Faith Center on 18th Street. A memorial account is set up at the Umpqua Bank on West 11th.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the Kennedy family.

Local programs that help families with grief and loss:

• Courageous Kids: http://www.peacehealth.org/Oregon/CourageousKids.htm
• Bereavement support for adults: http://www.peacehealth.org/apps/course/CDetails.asp?CourseID=35
• Compassionate Friends: http://www.peacehealth.org/apps/course/CDetails.asp?CourseID=36

Some written material:

• How to talk to kids about grief and loss: http://www2.chs.lane.edu/files/How to talk to children.pdf
• Ideas for students grieving the death of a loved one: http://www2.chs.lane.edu/files/ideas for students.pdf

A memorial service is being held for Alex Brown at 5pm Wednesday, June 25th, at Milton Park, 3300 University Street, Eugene. A reception is to follow the service, during which there will be time to share your memories of Alex. A viewing is scheduled from 2pm to 3pm at Musgrove Family Mortuary, 1152 Olive Street, Eugene. An Alex Brown memorial fund has been established at Oregon Community Credit Union.