BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Speech to mark Roe vs. Wade anniversary Dr. Susan Wood will speak on `Policy and Power in Women's Health' on Monday as part of the 34th anniversary observation of Roe vs. Wade. Wood, a former Food and Drug Administration assistant commissioner for women's health Women's Health Definition Women's health is the effect of gender on disease and health that encompasses a broad range of biological and psychosocial issues. , said she resigned her post because "politics took precedence over good science, and women's health suffered." The free event begins at 5 p.m. in the Gumwood gum·wood n. The wood of a gum tree, especially of a sweet gum. Noun 1. gumwood - wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum gum Room of Erb Memorial Union on the University of Oregon campus The University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon has around 80 buildings and facilities, including athletics sites such as Hayward Field, which is the site for the 2008 Olympic Track and Field Trials, and McArthur Court, and off-campus sites such as nearby Autzen Stadium and the . A reception will follow. Utilities to dispose of To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of control over; to fix the condition, application, employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use. See also: Dispose pesticides, fertilizers Lane County farmers can make a clean sweep of old pesticides, fertilizers and waste oil that have been stored for years. Local utilities are willing to take the material for free. Those who need assistance packaging the waste for disposal can call a firefighting official to come to their property. Farmers must sign up to participate no later than Friday, according to Ross Penhallegon of the 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. Extension Service. A confidential application form and farm chemical survey is available online at http:// extension.oregonstate.edu/lane/ horticulture/index.php. For information, call Penhallegon at 682-4243; Audrey Eldridge of the state Department of Environmental Quality at (877) 823-3216, Ext. 223; or Jared Rubin of the DEQ DEQ Abbreviation for the Incoterm "Delivered Ex Quay." at (541) 687-7437. Volunteers sought to set up Iraq war display Volunteers are needed to set up flags for the Iraq Body Count Exhibit on Sunday, beginning at 10 a.m. Volunteers will set up 120,000 white flags representing Iraqi dead and 3,000 red flags representing U.S. war dead. Set-up will be at the Memorial Quad, between Lillis Hall and the Knight Library on the University of Oregon campus. County Republican women to hold monthly meeting Kaye Ridley, president of Republican Women Central Lane County, will discuss the new direction the group will take this year during the organization's meeting on Monday at the Hilton Eugene. The monthly meeting will begin at noon, with doors opening at 11:30 a.m. Call Didi DIDI Digital Image Design Incorporated (New York) at 687-1388 for reservations. Send announcements to rgnews@guardnet.com. |
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