BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Commissioner schedules two meetings today WALTON - West Lane County commissioner Bill Fleenor will hold two meetings with residents today. At 10 a.m. Fleenor will be at Mt. Country Kitchen, 18935 Hwy. 126, for a "Coffee and Conversation" hour. At 7 p.m. he will team up with a state Department of Transportation engineer to talk about traffic safety on Highway 126. That meeting will be held at Walton Fire Hall, Highway 126 and Nelson Mountain Road. Event to raise awareness of summer food program Lane County Commissioner Peter Sorenson and the head of FOOD for Lane County will serve meals today to raise awareness of the summer food program. The program provides free lunches at 60 sites for children ages 2-18 regardless of income, and toddlers accompanied by an adult. The event starts at 11:45 a.m. at Creative Care, Ridgeline ridge·line n. See ridge. Noun 1. ridgeline - a long narrow range of hills ridge arete - a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains School, 2855 Lincoln, Eugene. Sorenson will be joined by Galen Ohmart, board president for the food organization. Call 343-2822. Canine Good Citizen The Canine Good Citizen (CGC) program, established in 1989, is an American Kennel Club program to promote responsible dog ownership and to encourage the training of well-mannered dogs. certification, fundraiser The public is invited to the "Doggie Wash & Canine Good Citizens Certification" fundraiser from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at 3970 W. First Ave. The Canine Good Citizen Certification program rewards well-behaved dogs. Dogs are tested on such things as sitting politely for petting and staying in place. Those who want canines bathed should bring a minimum donation of $8; participating in the certification program requires a minimum donation of $5. The event includes information on therapy dogs and testing from Friends Eager To Come Help or FETCH. All proceeds support of Lane County Animal Regulation Authority animals. For information, call 682-2370. Animal Well-Fair planned at Lane Events Center The third annual Animal Well-Fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Lane County Events Center, 796 W. 13th Ave. The event, sponsored by Animals Inc., a collaboration of several nonprofit animal groups, features live music, vendors and a low-cost vaccination and micro-chipping clinic. Dogs, cats, birds and ferrets will be available for adoption; all have been spayed spay tr.v. spayed, spay·ing, spays To remove surgically the ovaries of (an animal). [Middle English spaien, from Anglo-Norman espeier, to cut with a sword or neutered neu·ter adj. 1. Grammar a. Neither masculine nor feminine in gender. b. Neither active nor passive; intransitive. Used of verbs. 2. a. , vaccinated, microchipped and ready to go home Saturday, officials said. For information, call 686-6768. Democratic Party hosts food drive, ice cream event The Democratic Party of Lane County will hold a food drive/ice cream social on Saturday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Peterson Park, 870 Berntzen Road. People can bring a food donation and have a bowl of ice cream. For information, call 484-5099. Springfield library presents interactive puppet show SPRINGFIELD - An interactive puppet show will be presented Saturday in the Springfield Public Library's meeting room in City Hall, 225 Fifth St. The "Clueless clue·less adj. Lacking understanding or knowledge. clueless Adjective Slang helpless or stupid Adj. 1. Detective" will be shown at 1 p.m. and again at 3 p.m. The performances, by Dragon Theater Puppets of Portland, are free and suitable for children. Audience members will help characters in the show find clues and unravel a mystery. Cats, kittens available for adoption on Saturday COTTAGE GROVE Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery). - Wholly Cats, a foster home for cats, will hold an adoption for cats and kittens Cats and Kittens is a monthly magazine dedicated to cats, owners of cats, and breeders of cats. Its main rival is Cat Fancy. External links
Examples of humane societies include: The Humane Society of the United States, Peninsula Humane Society, American Humane which was founded in 1877 as a network of of Cottage Grove. Healthy cats and kittens of many types and colors will be available. Adoption fees will start at $65 to cover spaying spaying: see castration. or neutering neu·ter adj. 1. Grammar a. Neither masculine nor feminine in gender. b. Neither active nor passive; intransitive. Used of verbs. 2. a. and vaccinations. For information, call 767-3878. Fisheries fisheries. From earliest times and in practically all countries, fisheries have been of industrial and commercial importance. In the large N Atlantic fishing grounds off Newfoundland and Labrador, for example, European and North American fishing fleets have long biologist will give presentation on local fish FALL CREEK Fall Creek is the name of several places in the United States:
cascara sagra´da dried bark of the shrub Rhamnus purshiana, used as a cathartic. Campground in the Fall Creek Recreation Area. Greg Taylor, a fisheries biologist from the Army Corps of Engineers, will present a slide show on local fish. Long Tom Grange will divide up $80,000 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, - The Long Tom Grange will distribute $80,000 in proceeds from its third beef-cake calendar spoof See spoofing. spoof - spoofing to local schools and nearly a dozen other area recipients. The funds will be divided among the Junction City School District music and athletic programs; the Junction City Womenspace facility; the Oaklea Middle School math program; the Soroptimist Community Basketball Court project; the Headstart Early Education program; Junction City Emergency Response; the Junction City Public Library; Viking Sal Senior Center; the Cottage Grove Fund; the Monroe Library Project; and the Harrisburg Fund. Portions will also go toward Long Tom Grange building maintenance and a new Long Tom Grange-Larry Crowley Commemorative Endowment Scholarship in memory of Crowley, a longtime city leader who resigned as mayor shortly before his July 16 cancer death. The Grange calendar sales have raised a total of $600,000 for local school and community groups. Upcoming yoga retreat set for Cottage Grove COTTAGE GROVE - A yoga retreat called Kindered Spirits will be held at Cougar Mountain The lowest and westernmost of the Issaquah Alps, Cougar Mountain is a zone of highlands in suburban Seattle, Washington, rising abruptly from southeast of the intersection of I-90 and I-405. , 33737 Witcher Gateway, in Cottage Grove on Saturday and Sunday. Early registration is $30 to $40 with food included and massage therapists available for additional cost. For information, call 767-1113 or 912-7789 or e-mail yogalive@earthlink.net or GoyaYoga@q.com. Dance fundraiser to benefit Guatemalan communities NextStep Recycling will hold a dance fundraiser to benefit Guatemalan communities on Saturday from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at 2101 West 10th Ave. The event features performances by Emily Jensen, Paula Jo Vaden and Soulicious, as well as pizza, beer and other refreshments. Proceeds will go toward setting up computer labs and creating a parts store for those who are running the labs. Children's clothing will be packed with the computers to be donated to Guatemalan orphanages. Donations of children's clothing, medical supplies and school supplies are needed as well as volunteers on Aug. 9. 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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