BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard REGION Piercy attends conference on global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. effects Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy "Kitty" Piercy is the current mayor of Eugene, Oregon, sworn in January of 2005. The press dubbed Piercy's election part of a "shift to the left" for the Eugene City Council. will join more than 30 mayors from 17 states in Alaska today to see how global warming has affected the environment. Piercy is to attend a two-day conference in Girdwood, Alaska Girdwood is an unincorporated year-round ski resort community within the Municipality of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. It lies in a valley in the Chugach Mountains near the end of the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet, 38 miles (61 km) southeast of Anchorage proper. , sponsored by the city of Anchorage, Local Governments for Sustainability, the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the Alaska Conservation Foundation. The mayors will meet with American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. tribal officials, Alaska leaders, business and government representatives and climate change scientists. The group will tour the Kenai Peninsula and Kenai Fjords National Park Kenai Fjords National Park, 669,983 acres (271,248 hectares), S Alaska. The park features the great Harding Icefield and its radiating glaciers, many of which descend to tidewater, and a magnificent series of fjords along the coast of Kenai Peninsula, with rain to see the effects of record insect infestations, retreating glaciers and changes to the marine environment. Piercy's travel costs, including accommodations, will be paid for by the conference sponsors. Neighborhood residents invited to Sunday picnic Residents are invited to the Southeast Neighbors community-building picnic on Sunday at Tugman Park, East 36th Avenue and Hilyard Street. The potluck picnic starts at 4:30 p.m. For details, call Kevin Matthews at 514-4766. Summit to address chronic homelessness The Lane County Human Services Commission is hosting the "Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness Human Services Leadership Summit" on Monday. The session will be held in the Bascom-Tykeson Room at the Eugene Public Library, 100 W. 10th Ave. The emphasis of the plan is on chronic, not situational, homelessness. Key components include creating new permanent housing beds, increasing the success rate of employment and discontinuing the discharge of vulnerable populations into homelessness. For more information, call 682-4629. Whiteaker Plant Sale to benefit park events The Friends of Scobert Gardens will hold its ninth annual Whiteaker Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at Scobert Gardens on Fourth Avenue off Blair Boulevard. Proceeds from the fundraiser will go toward providing free tai chi Tai Chi Definition T'ai chi is a Chinese exercise system that uses slow, smooth body movements to achieve a state of relaxation of both body and mind. lessons, concerts and other summer activities in the neighborhood park. Trees, shrubs, perennials and houseplants are donated for the event by more than a dozen local nurseries. Fern Ridge trail program lines up a day of activities VENETA - The Fern Ridge Country Trail is offering a free escape for nonfootball folks and families this weekend. Stillpoint Farm is open today from noon to 2 p.m. at 86915 Territorial Road, featuring "Your Fall Organic Garden: How to keep the garden going with strawberries, basil, cucumbers and tomatoes." For details, call 935-0136. ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. Riding Center & Rocking Horse Barn is offering free pony rides for children and mini-riding lessons of 10 minutes for $5. From noon to 4 p.m., there will be a "Fun With Horses" demonstration with trick dog and pony shows. The barn is at 26721 Pickens Road, off Highway 126 at Central. For details, call 935-9348. The Fern Ridge Country Trail program emphasizes a series of stops in the country to help facilitate rural revitalization. For more information, visit www.fernridgecountrytrail.com or call 998-2828. League of Women Voters League of Women Voters, voluntary public service organization of U.S. citizens. Organized in 1920 in Chicago as an outgrowth of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, it had as its original nucleus the leaders of the latter organization. to gather for luncheon The League of Women Voters of Lane County fall membership luncheon will be held Thursday at the Mallard mallard: see duck. mallard Abundant “wild duck” (Anas platyrhynchos, family Anatidae) of the Northern Hemisphere, ancestor of most domestic ducks. The mallard is a typical dabbling duck in its general habits and courtship display. Banquet Hall at West First Avenue and Madison Street in Eugene. Bill Lunch, political analyst for Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) is the primary public broadcasting network for most of Oregon as well as southern Washington, with (as of 2006) over one million viewers throughout that region and an average of over 380,000 radio listeners each week. and political science professor at Oregon State University Oregon State University, at Corvallis; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1858 as Corvallis College, opened 1865. In 1868 it was designated Oregon's land-grant agricultural college and was taken over completely by the state in 1885. , will speak on the topic "Six-Year Itch: Will 2006 be a Critical Year in National Politics?" The program begins at noon and is open to the public. The cost of the 11:45 a.m. luncheon is $12. To make a lunch reservation, call 343-7917. The League of Women Voters is a grassroots, nonpartisan political organization that encourages informed and active citizen participation in government to build better communities. Send announcements to: Briefly News at The Register-Guard, P.O. Box 10188, Eugene, OR 97440, fax 683-7631 or e-mail rgnews@guardnet.com. |
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