BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Tourism project grant applications due Jan. 31 Applications for the Tourism Special Projects grant will be available for community groups, businesses and organizations in Lane County starting Dec. 1. The Lane County commissioners approved approximately $143,500 for tourism projects. The funds, which come from hotel/motel and campground room-tax receipts, are to be used for special projects. Applications must be received by 5 p.m. Jan. 31. Applications will be available on the Internet at www .lanecounty.org/parks; at the Lane County park office, 90064 Coburg Road, Armitage Park; at the Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. office, 3040 N. Delta Highway The Delta Highway is a short limited-access freeway in Eugene, Oregon, United States, linking downtown Eugene with the Beltline Highway, northern Eugene and the Riverridge golf course to the north. ; or at the commissioners' office, 125 E. Eighth Ave., Eugene. For more information, call 682-2002. Transit district A transit district or transit authority is a special-purpose district organized as either a corporation chartered by statute, or a government agency, created for the purpose of providing public transportation within a specific region. to join in Rosa Parks Noun 1. Rosa Parks - United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913) Parks tribute In commemoration of Rosa Parks, Lane Transit District will join with bus companies across the nation by issuing a proclamation declaring Dec. 1 as "A National Transit Tribute to Rosa Parks." The district also will partner with the local NAACP NAACP in full National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Oldest and largest U.S. civil rights organization. It was founded in 1909 to secure political, educational, social, and economic equality for African Americans; W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. chapter and the city of Eugene Human Rights Commission to sponsor the following activities: A seat on each LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability bus will be dedicated to Parks. Customers can bring a canned food canned food food sterilized by heat in a closed, durable container such as tin and aluminum cans, flexible aluminum foil and thermoplastic containers including squeeze tubes. Technically, the processes used are highly efficient and used universally. item to the LTD Customer Service Center, 11th Avenue and Willamette Street, or to the Springfield Station, Fourth Street and South A Street, and receive a coupon good for an LTD Day Pass; or $1 off at Bean Buzz, in the Eugene Station customer service building; or $1 off at Burrito Boy, in the Springfield Station. All canned food collected will be donated to FOOD for Lane County. Parks, who died in October, was arrested in 1955 in Montgomery, Ala., for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger, violating segregation laws. Parks' arrest resulted in a boycott of the city's bus line and a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation in transportation was unconstitutional. For more information, call 682-6107. Concert and workshop will 'Celebrate Peace' A "Celebrate Peace" tour featuring a concert with recording artist Snatam Kaur will come to Eugene on Saturday. The family-oriented concert, "A Musical Celebration of the Spirit of Peace," will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at First Christian Church First Christian Church can refer to:
Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Children 12 and under are free. Other Saturday events include a yoga and song children's hour See also The Children's Hour (disambiguations) Children's Hour—at first: "The Children's Hour", from a verse by Longfellow (1)—was the name of the BBC's principal recreational service for children (as distinct from "Broadcasts to with Snatam Kaur at 10:30 a.m., and a "Connecting Women for Peace" workshop at 2 p.m. Both of those events will be held at Yoga West, 3635 Hilyard St. The children's hour is free, and the women's workshop includes a suggested donation of $15. Registration is required for either event by visiting www.celebratepeace.com or calling (888) 735-4800, Ext. 703. The events are part of a national series of peace-related workshops and concerts sponsored by locally based Peace Cereal. 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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