BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Junction City Junction City, city (1990 pop. 20,604), seat of Geary co., NE Kans., at the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers; inc. 1859. The rail, trade, and processing center of an agricultural and dairy area, it grew as the supply point for nearby Fort Riley, DMV DMV abbr. Department of Motor Vehicles office to close for renovations JUNCTION CITY - The state Driver and Motor Vehicle Services office here will be closed Monday and Tuesday and again June 1 through June 3 for renovations. On the closure days, a DMV employee will be available to answer questions, provide basic forms and driver manuals, and direct customers to other field offices, which can also be found at www.OregonDMV .com. Area residents invited to sound off on Brewer Park Brewer Park is a municipal park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Rideau River at Bronson Avenue and Carleton University. The park is a very popular, attracting many different types of people. Residents who live around Brewer Park in north Eugene are invited to share ideas on Thursday for improving the park. The park, on Brewer Avenue west of Gilham Road, is classified as a neighborhood park, mainly meant to serve residents in the immediate area. Neighborhood parks Neighborhood parks, which generally range in size up to 30 acres, serve as a social and recreational focal points for neighborhoods and are the basic units of a park system. Many include a playground. do not have restrooms, off-street parking, organized athletic events, off-leash dog areas and other facilities that attract residents from other areas. The playground equipment and other features in the 1.9-acre park are about 25 years old, said parks planner Robin Hostick. About $75,000 is available from the 1998 parks and open space bond measure for park improvements, he said. The meeting will be from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Sheldon Community Center, 2445 Willakenzie Road. For more information or to share ideas, contact Hostick at robin.a.hostick@ci.eugene.or.us, call 682-4915, or visit the Web site: www.ci.eugene .or.us/PARKS/brewer/index.htm. Greenhill shelter to open spay spay v. To surgically remove the ovaries of an animal. spay, spey to remove the ovaries. See also ovariohysterectomy. spay hook see spay hook. and neuter neu·ter adj. 1. Having undeveloped or imperfectly developed sexual organs. 2. Sexually undeveloped. n. A castrated animal. v. To castrate or spay. neuter 1. facility Greenhill Humane Society has created a surgical room at the shelter for veterinarians Veterinarians and veterinary surgeons (vets) are medical professionals who operate exclusively on animals. Well-known and notable veterinarians include:
Greenhill plans to open the facility by mid-August, but needs donations to do so. Donations can be sent to the shelter at 88530 Greenhill Road, Eugene, OR 97402. Staff members estimate that each year more than 2,400 unwanted animals are euthanized in Lane County and another 40,000 are homeless and wandering the streets. For more information, call 689-1503. University Women have new slate of officers The 2005-06 officers of the Eugene-Lane branch of the American Association of University Women ''This article or section is being rewritten at The American Association of University Women (AAUW) advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. are: president, Jon Ann Lawrence; program vice president, Linda McCleary; membership vice president and recording secretary, Marian Spath. Also communications vice president, Patricia Lanier; finance vice president, Erika Seiferling; and immediate past president, Gwyneth O'Connell. Marilyn Holbrook Mullanix was elected membership vice president for the American Association of University Women of Oregon. She is responsible for AAUW AAUW abbr. American Association of University Women membership in the state of Oregon and its 28 branches. 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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