BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Hieroglyphics hieroglyphics Noun 1. a form of writing, as used in ancient Egypt, in which pictures or symbols are used to represent objects, ideas, or sounds 2. is topic of library reading event The topic for next week's summer reading event at the Eugene Eugene, city (1990 pop. 112,669), seat of Lane co., W Oregon, on the Willamette River; inc. 1862. A processing and shipping center in a farming area, the "Emerald City" has lumbering, food-processing, and microchip and other electronics industries. library is hieroglyphics. Kids from first to sixth grade can explore the ancient writing systems of early civilizations with Andrea Andrea ghost returns to the Spanish court to learn of the events that followed his death. [Br. Drama: The Spanish Tragedy in Magill II, 990] See : Ghost DiPalma. They can then create hieroglyphics that tell about their own lives. The event begins at 2 p.m. on the following days at these locations: Monday Monday: see week. , downtown; Tuesday, Bethel Bethel, in the Bible Bethel (bĕth`əl) [Heb.,=house of God]. 1 Ancient city of central Palestine, the modern Baytin, the West Bank, N of Jerusalem. ; Wednesday, Sheldon; Friday, downtown. Free tickets will be available at 1:30 p.m. on the day of the event at all locations. For more information, contact the Eugene Public Library, 682-8316, or visit www.eugene-or.gov/library. Deadline extended for ambulance service Eugene-Springfield residents hoping to sign up for FireMed - a service that provides unlimited ambulance services to its members - have one more week to get on board. The service extended its normal June 30 deadline to July 13. Officials pushed the deadline back because of high demand and the addition of two new services, FireMed Plus and FireMed JobCare. FireMed Plus provides the same services as the traditional program, plus emergency air ambulance air ambulance Emergency medicine A helicopter or, less commonly, a fixed wing aircraft, used to evacuate a person who requires immediate medical attention that cannot be provided at his/her current location services. JobCare is a special ambulance program offered to businesses and their employees. Customers can sign up for the basic FireMed service for $52 per year, or FireMed Plus for $84. For more information, go to info@firemed.org or call 726-3636. 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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