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Byline: The Register-Guard

Animal shelter offers

color-conscious discount

Greenhill Humane Society is reducing adoption fees for all black animals through April 24, officials said.

The shelter hopes the 20 percent discount will encourage people to take a second look at black animals, which are often overlooked in favor of more colorful animals. People interested in adopting can stop by the shelter, 88530 Green Hill Road, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays through Tuesdays. Call 689-1503.

City workshop to focus

on downtown projects

A panel of developers and business people will meet with Eugene City Council members to discuss the challenges of downtown development at a workshop Monday evening.

The event will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the council chamber. It is open to the public, but no public comments or testimony will be taken.

The discussion will focus on what it requires to develop successful projects, as well as potential opportunities and challenges of development downtown. Panel members will offer comments and take questions from the council.

Panel members include Hugh Pritchard, a partner in Broadway Place; developer and housing expert Jean Tate; Down to Earth owner Tom Bowerman; McKay Development representative Steve Korth; and UO professor Greg McLauchlan, former member of the Downtown Visioning Committee. Other developers and professionals have been invited and may participate.

The workshop came out of an Urban Renewal Agency work session on the redevelopment of West Broadway, but the discussion Monday will not be specifically aimed at the two current proposals for the project.

Psychic discourse set

for Monday evening

Six Sensory Eugene, a group that discusses psychic abilities, will hold its monthly meeting from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Downtown Athletic Club.

For information, call 521-0272 or e-mail [e-mail].

Free screenings to test

for type 1 diabetes risk

Screenings to determine the risk of the onset of type 1 diabetes will be held today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Cascade Health Solutions, 2650 Suzanne Way, Suite 200.

The free screenings are being conducted by the Benaroya Research Institute in Seattle and are meant to identify family members of people with type 1 diabetes who are at high risk. Those who are will have the option to be closely monitored or take part in a study.

To be screened, people must be between 1 and 45 years old with a brother, sister, child or parent with type 1 diabetes, or between 1 and 20 years old with a cousin, aunt, uncle, nephew, half sibling or grandparent with type 1 diabetes.

The screening is funded by the National Institutes of Health, The American Diabetes Association and The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. For more information, call Karen Craddick at [phone].

Conference offers info

on Parkinson's disease 

A conference for patients, families and health care providers interested in learning more about Parkinson's disease will be held Sunday at the Valley River Inn.

The conference begins at 10 a.m. with a keynote presentation. Registration is $25. Workshop topics will include nutrition, medications, and choosing a facility.

For more information, call [phone].

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