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Byline: The Register-Guard

Fifty more free tickets

available for Hult event

About 50 free tickets have become available for Friday night's "sold-out" 25th anniversary celebration at the Hult Center.

The tickets will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis at the Hult box office when it opens at noon today. Limit is two per household, and tickets must be picked up in person.

The tickets had been been picked up previously by patrons who returned them for various reasons.

The free show, which begins at 8 p.m. Friday on the Silva Concert Hall stage, involves performances by all eight of the Hult's resident companies: Eugene Ballet, Eugene Symphony, Eugene Opera, Eugene Concert Choir, Oregon Bach Festival, Oregon Mozart Players, Willamette Repertory Theatre and the Shedd Institute.

Springfield Library marks Banned Books Week

SPRINGFIELD - Children and adults alike can celebrate Oregon Banned Books Week at the Springfield Public Library.

Beginning Saturday and running through Oct. 6, library patrons can pick up a reading list and fill out a short form about a banned or challenged book they have read. Participants will receive a free button that reads "I Read Banned Books."

The library is located inside City Hall, 225 Fifth St.

Coos Women Voters hold membership meeting

NORTH BEND - The League of Women Voters of Coos County will hold its annual membership meeting at 9 a.m. Saturday at Solo's Tea and Coffee House, 1955 Union Ave., North Bend.

Betty James will be the featured speaker. She will discuss a shelter for homeless teens in Coos County and her plans for a new organization to develop the shelter. Cost for the breakfast buffet is $10 and reservations are required. For reservations, call 396-3096.

Pain Society offers

seminar at library

The Pain Society of Oregon will hold a seminar, "Relax and Renew - Hands-on Strategies for dealing with Chronic Pain," at 3:15 p.m. Saturday in the Bascom Room of the Eugene Public Library. The program will be presented by Jude Kehoe, a certified healing touch practitioner and meditation instructor. For information, call 345-7300.

People and dogs to walk for Humane Society

COTTAGE GROVE - The Humane Society of Cottage Grove will sponsor its first ever "Bow Wow on the Row," a 2.5-mile walk for dogs and their people, beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday at the corner of Thornton Lane and Mosby Creek Road. Most walkers will be done by noon and a South Lane Wheels bus will be waiting to transport the walkers (dog and human) back to the starting point where they can pick up their cars.

Registration for the event is $7 per person, $10 per family if registered in advance. Registration on the day of the event will be $10 per person and $13 per family. Participants are urged to bring only one dog per adult.

Jeannie Peterson, Board member of the Humane Society of Cottage Grove Board of Directors added, "Doggie participants should be socialized and nonaggressive for this event. There will be a lot of participants and it should turn out to be a really fun day."

All money raised will go to help the Humane Society of Cottage Grove. Participating animals must be on a leash and have a current rabies shot. Dogs will receive a ribbon and a treat bag.

Registration forms can be picked up at the Humane Society thrift shop, the This&That Corner, 33 N. Eighth St., and should be mailed to Bow-Wow on the Row c/o Humane Society of Cottage Grove, P.O. Box 61, Cottage Grove, OR 97424.

Rosenbergs' son to speak at civil liberties program

The Civil Liberties Defense Center will present "McCarthy Era Lessons from Bush's America" at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Wesley Center, 1236 Kincaid St.

Attorney Robert Meeropol, executive director of the Rosenberg Fund for Children and son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who were executed in 1953 for conspiring to steal the secret of the atomic bomb, will speak on the dangers of history repeating itself. Attorney Lauren Regan, executive director of the Civil Liberties Defense Center, will speak about how the 1950s Red Scare has become the Green Scare of today.

The program is sponsored by the Civil Liberties Defense Center and the Wesley Foundation. For information, call 687-9180 or 346-4594.

Alpaca Farm Day set

at Lone Pine Farms

Emerald Valley Alpaca Association will hold Alpaca Farm Day 2007 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Lone Pine Farms, 91909 River Road, Junction City.

Alpaca ranches from Junction City, Eugene, Coburg and Roseburg will "bring their ranches to you." Alpacas and alpaca products will be on display. For information, call 688-9184.

Debate scheduled

on land use law revision

The City Club of Eugene will host a debate between State Sen. Floyd Prozanski of Eugene and David Hunnicutt, president of Oregonians in Action. They will debate ballot Measure 49, which would change provisions of the Measure 37 land use law.

The event will be held Friday at the Downtown Athletic Club at 11:50 a.m.

Admission is $3 and is open to the public.