BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Railroad weed spraying planned in Eugene As part of a "good neighbor" agreement with the city of Eugene and several neighborhoods, Union Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Railroad, transportation company chartered (1862) by Congress to build part of the nation's first transcontinental railroad line. Under terms of the Pacific Railroads Act, the Union Pacific was authorized to build a line westward from Omaha, Nebr. will perform spot-spraying of weeds at selected area public railroad crossings on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Each railroad crossing will be inspected and crossings will be sprayed on an "as needed as needed prn. See prn order. " basis only. Spot-spraying is done to keep the tracks clear and safe, and to address visibility concerns. Contractors will be applying one of three chemicals: Glyphosate glyphosate herbicide and desiccant for grains. Heavy doses to birds cause soft shells on their eggs. VMF VMF Variable Message Format VMF Vehicle Maintenance Facility (McMurdo Station, Antarctica - USAP) VMF Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex (brain region) VMF Valve Map File , Garlon 3A, or Escort. Material safety data sheets and labels for each of these chemicals can be viewed at the Atrium Building, 99 W. 10th Avenue, first floor reception area from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, or online at www.cdms.net. The target spray area is inside Union Pacific's right-of-way - up to 50 feet from the center line of the tracks, in both directions - and will include up to 300 feet of track on both sides of every street crossing. For more information, contact Steve Norris at 682-5009 or e-mail him at steve.d.norris@ci.eugene.or.us. Belt Line lighting work to cause ramp closures An Oregon Department of Transportation electrical crew will be replacing bulbs and other electrical equipment on 40 lights along Belt Line Road beginning Sunday evening through Thursday evening. The evening electrical work will require ODOT ODOT Oregon Department of Transportation ODOT Ohio Department Of Transportation ODOT Oklahoma Department of Transportation to close one lane of Belt Line and occasionally close several on-ramps and off-ramps between 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. each night. Ramps scheduled to be closed at times are at Coburg Road, Delta Highway and River Road. Drivers are urged to slow down and proceed with caution through the work zones. Tree Foundation speaker schedules talk, walk What Eugene residents don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. about trees will be the topic at the Friday meeting of the City Club of Eugene. Whitey whit·ey also Whit·ey n. pl. whit·eys Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a white person or white people. Noun 1. Lueck, co-founder of the Eugene Tree Foundation, will speak beginning at 11:50 a.m. in the Eugene Hilton. The public is welcome. Admission is $3. Lueck will lead a walking tour on Tuesday, beginning at 5:05 p.m. at Cafe Paradiso, Broadway and Olive Street. Send announcements to: Briefly News at The Register-Guard, P.O. Box 10188, Eugene, OR 97440, e-mail rgnews@guard net.com. |
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