BRIEFLY TRAVEL NOTES.Byline: The Register-Guard Trip will benefit Cambodian people Friendship with Cambodia, a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. based in Eugene, is leading a socially responsible trip to Cambodia from Jan. 26 to Feb. 6. Friendship with Cambodia chooses hotels, shops, tour companies and restaurants based on criteria that includes protecting children and benefiting disadvantaged people. In addition to visiting tourist sites such as the ancient stone temples of Angkor Wat and the floating villages of the Tonle Sap lake, participants spend time in a rural village. Participants are given the option of spending a night in a traditional Cambodian house on stilts This article is about the poles. For the type of bird, see stilt. For other uses, see Stilts (disambiguation). Stilts are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person or structure to stand at a certain distance above the ground. . Because the trip weaves in humanitarian work, the trip fee of $2,200 is tax-deductible. A portion of the fee is donated to the programs visited. For more information, visit friendshipwithcambodia.org or e-mail friendshipwithcambodia@gmail .com. New OMSI OMSI Oregon Museum of Science and Industry OMSI Operation and Maintenance Support Information OMSI Office of Monitoring and School Improvement OMSI Open, Modular, Scalable, Integrated OMSI Open Mobile Service Interface exhibit examines fear PORTLAND - Why do our hearts race, our knees shake and our bodies sweat when we are scared? Do cockroaches cockroaches insects which may carry Salmonella spp. in their gut and play a part in the spread of the disease. give you the creeps? Are you brave enough to put your head in a guillotine, pet a tarantula tarantula (tərăn`chələ), name applied chiefly to several species of the large, hairy spiders of the families Theraphosidae and Dipluridae of North and South America. The body of a tarantula may be as much as 3 in. (7. or take a free fall? A new exhibit opening Saturday at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry  This article or section reads like a and may need a .Please help [ to improve this article] to make it in tone and meet Wikipedia's . is designed to get visitors' hearts pumping and palms sweaty as they examine the physiological, neurobiological neu·ro·bi·ol·o·gy n. The biological study of the nervous system or any part of it. neu  ro·bi and
sociological aspects of fear.
The exhibit - titled "SCREAM! Featuring Goose Bumps! The Science of Fear" - features interactive challenges as guests experience fear in a safe environment and discover the science behind their physical and emotional responses. For more information, visit www.omsi.edu. Wildlife Safari sets pet talent show WINSTON - Pets will take center stage Oct. 17 during the Pet Talent Show & Costume Competition at Wildlife Safari. Pets will be judged on their performance of tricks, or for their costumes. Prizes totaling more than $500 in value will be given to the first- and second- place finishers. The competition will be held in the Frank Hart Discovery Theatre at 5 p.m. Oct. 17. Entries must be registered by Oct. 12. To register your pet, call 679-6761, Ext. 213, or e-mail your name, phone number and pet information to: wsaazkchapter@gmail.com. - Register-Guard reports |
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