BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Eugene event will mark 30 years of federal grants Eugene residents on Thursday are invited to celebrate 30 years of federal community development grants with 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. and Rep (programming) REP - A directive used in IBM object code card decks (and later PTF Tapes) to REPlace fragments of already assembled or compiled object code prior to link edit. . Peter DeFazio Peter Anthony DeFazio (born May 27, 1947) is an American politician. He serves as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Oregon, representing the 4th Congressional District and is currently serving his 11th term. , D-Ore. The funds, which total more than $1.7 million annually, are used to improve parks, build community centers, remove architectural barriers architectural barrier Public health Any structure or design feature that makes a building inaccessible to a person with a disability–eg, lack of ramps, narrow elevator doors. See Americans with Disabilities Act, Service dog. , create jobs, support low-income housing, and provide services to low-income and disabled people. The celebration will be at 11:30 a.m. in the Atrium Building, 99 W. 10th Ave. Springfield mayor to talk about cities' metro plan Sid Leiken, mayor of Springfield, will discuss the Springfield/Eugene Metro Plan at the noon luncheon meeting of the Rubicon Society on Thursday at the Pearl Street Ice Cream Parlour & Restaurant in Eugene. Lunch is optional. For information, call 431-7359. KRVM fund-raiser starts with lots of Grateful Dead KRVM, heard locally on 91.9 FM, will kick off its spring fund-raiser at 8 a.m. Friday with an 11-hour marathon of Grateful Dead music called "Grateful Fool's Friday." The fund-raising effort Noun 1. fund-raising effort - a campaign to raise money for some cause fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive crusade, campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported will continue through noon April 11, and the station's goal is to raise $70,000 to keep the station operating. Ed K., the host of the KRVM specialty show A specialty show is a dog show which reviews a single breed, unlike other dog shows, particularly conformation shows, which are generally referred to as "all-breed" because they are open to all breeds recognized by the sponsoring kennel club. "A Short Strange Trip," will host the Grateful Dead marathon. For more information, contact Bobbie Cirel at 687-5786 or bobbie@krvm.org. To make a donation, call 687-5786 or go to the KRVM Web site, www .krvm.org. 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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