BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Cleanup, road closure planned for Skinner Butte Skinner Butte (also called Skinner's Butte) is a prominent hill on the north edge of downtown Eugene, Oregon, United States, near the Willamette River. Skinner Butte is a local landmark and the location of Skinner Butte Park, a municipal park. Eugene Rotary Club and Eugene Volunteers in Parks will team up today from 8:30 a.m. to noon to do spring cleaning Spring cleaning is the period in spring time set aside for cleaning a house, normally applied in colder climates, where the house is difficult to clean during winter. at Skinner Butte Park. Skinner Butte Loop between Lincoln and West Third Avenue will be closed from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Road access to the top of the butte Butte, city, United States Butte (by  t), city (1990 pop. 33,336), seat of Silver Bow co., SW Mont.; inc. 1879. It is a trade, ranching, and industrial center. will be
available via the eastern section of the loop, accessed off of West
Third Avenue from High Street.
Fee season for county parks begins Sunday Lane County Parks will begin its fee season Sunday at five county parks. The season lasts from Sunday through Sept. 30. Lane County's three campgrounds - Baker Bay, Harbor Vista and Richardson - are already open and ready for campers. "Lane County Season passes are a great value for park visitors that regularly use their Lane County Parks," said Todd Winter, Lane County Parks Division Manager. Due to the dam repairs at Fern Ridge Lake, Orchard orchard, generally an area on which fruit or nut trees are planted and cultivated. The words grove and plantation are often used when the fruits are tropical, e.g., a "citrus grove" or a "banana plantation. Point and Perkins Peninsula parks are closed and will reopen re·o·pen tr. & intr.v. re·o·pened, re·o·pen·ing, re·o·pens 1. To open or be opened again: Officials reopened the airport after the snow was cleared. Schools reopen in September. in May 2006. Visitors to Fern Ridge Lake can still recreate at Richardson or Zumwalt parks. Day-use fees for parks are: Howard Buford Recreation Area, a daily fee of $2 per vehicle and a $20 season pass for this park only; Armitage, Baker Bay, Hendricks Bridge, and Richardson, a daily fee of $3 per vehicle and an all-parks season pass of $30. The all-parks and Howard Buford Recreation Area season passes are available at Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI), G.I. Joe's and the Lane County Parks' main office inside Armitage Park. The Mount Pisgah Arboretum The Mount Pisgah Arboretum (85 ha / 209 acres) is a non-profit arboretum and botanical garden located within the Howard Buford Recreation Area (930 ha / 2,300 acre), between the Coast Fork of the Willamette River and the slopes of Mount Pisgah near Eugene-Springfield, Oregon, does not sell either pass. For either pass, senior citizens may receive a 50 percent discount with a Golden Age Passport, available from the local offices of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. The discount does not apply to the daily fee. For more information, call Lane County Parks at 682-2000. Students, stream team join to help plant nursery Willamette High School Willamette High School is a school in Eugene, Oregon. Willamette, or "Wil-Hi," is located in the Bethel-Danebo area of west Eugene, and is the only high school in the Bethel School District. community service club students will help the Eugene Stream Team at its volunteer-run Native Plant Nursery from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday. The nursery is located inside the Wastewater Plant at 410 River Ave. |
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