BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Springfield mayor to give State of the City address SPRINGFIELD - Mayor Sid (1) (Society for Information Display, Santa Ana, CA, www.sid.org) A membership organization founded in 1962 devoted to the information display industry. With chapters around the world, SID hosts conferences in the U.S. and abroad and publishes a monthly magazine. Leiken will give his annual State of the City address at 11 a.m. Monday, on the stage of the new Richard E. Wildish Theater. The event is free and open to the public. The theater is at 630 Main St. A reception in the lobby of Springfield City Hall, at 225 Fifth St., will follow the address. Gardening group sets annual meeting Tuesday The Willamette Valley The Willamette Valley (pronounced [wɪˈlæ.mɪt], with the accent on the second syllable) is the region in northwest Oregon in the United States that surrounds the Willamette River as it proceeds northward from its Hardy Plant Group will host its annual meeting with a speaker and gardening mini-clinics on Tuesday. Speaker Tom Fischer Fi·scher , Hans 1881-1945. German chemist known for his research on the components of blood. He won a 1930 Nobel Prize for his work on the synthesis of hemin. is the executive editor of Timber Press in Portland and former editor of Horticulture horticulture [Lat. hortus=garden], science and art of gardening and of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants. Horticulture generally refers to small-scale gardening, and agriculture to the growing of field crops, usually on a large magazine. His topic is `The World's Great Gardens: What We Can Learn From Them.' Fischer is now primarily an editor, but he has more than 130 published garden-related articles and reviews and a forthcoming book. The evening also will feature a garden tip-of-the-month from Liz Deck on `Hedges and Edges' and a mini-clinic on sprouting seeds by Josh JOSH Joshua JOSH Job Scheduling Hierarchically Kirschenbaum of Territorial Seeds. The lecture will begin at 7 p.m. at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. in Agate Hall. Refreshments re·fresh·ment n. 1. The act of refreshing or the state of being refreshed. 2. Something, such as food or drink, that refreshes. 3. refreshments A snack or light meal and drinks. and book sales will follow the lecture. Admission is free but restricted to members, because it is the group's annual meeting. Memberships are $20 for one year and are available at the door. For more information, visit www.thehardyplantgroup.org, or contact David Starck at 895-2397 or Pam Perryman at 687-1280. Winter bike prep, safety is topic of workshop Paul's Bicycle Way of Life will conduct the first in a series of Community Bicycling bicycling Sports medicine Main injuries Pain, numbness and injuries, primarily of the knee, but also wrists, buttocks, pelvis, carpal tunnel and ulnar nerve, skin breakdown of the buttocks due to overtraining, pelvic nerve compression, transient sexual dysfunction Workshops on Tuesday. The topic will be winter safety and preparation. Participants will receive special pricing on winter gear. All workshops are free and start at 6:30 p.m. at 234 W. Sixth Ave. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, visit any Paul's Bicycle Way of Life location, call 344-4150 or e-mail kellen@bicycleway.com. Support group meeting slated at veterans building A support group for parents of military personnel will meet from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on the second floor of the Veterans Memorial Building, 1626 Willamette St. For more information, call 228-5393 or e-mail pompsgrp@aol.com. 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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