BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard REGION Creswell Creswell is the name of several places:
CRESWELL - With a taxing district approved by voters last fall and a move into larger quarters planned this spring, the Creswell Library Foundation wants to know: What do area residents hope to see in their new library? The foundation board will host a public meeting Thursday night to gather community comment. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Creswell Community Center, 99 S. First St. Open house to display bridge designs OAKRIDGE - The state transportation department will hold a public open house Thursday on draft designs for replacement of four Highway 58 bridges between Dexter dexter /dex·ter/ (deks´ter) [L.] right; on the right side. dex·ter adj. Of or located on the right side. and Crescent crescent, emblematic representation of the quarter moon. The crescent and star, ancient Byzantine symbols that became the emblems of Constantinople, were also assumed as the standard of the Ottoman Turks. Creek. The session will run from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Oakridge Fire Hall, 47592 Highway 58. It will include a 15-minute presentation at 5:30 p.m. by the project's manager, Larry Fox of OBEC Consulting Engineers. A question-and-answer session will follow, with information stations set up about each bridge. The bridge replacements are part of the Oregon Oregon, city, United States Oregon, city (1990 pop. 18,334), Lucas co., NW Ohio, a suburb adjacent to Toledo, on Lake Erie; inc. 1958. It is a port with railroad-owned and -operated docks. The city has industries producing oil, chemicals, and metal products. Transportation Investment Act, the state's largest transportation infrastructure improvement project in 50 years. New group's mission: genealogy genealogy (jē'nēŏl`əjē, –ăl`–, jĕ–), the study of family lineage. Genealogies have existed since ancient times. CRESWELL - The historical society and library have teamed up to sponsor a new community organization, the Creswell Genealogical ge·ne·al·o·gy n. pl. ge·ne·al·o·gies 1. A record or table of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; a family tree. 2. Direct descent from an ancestor; lineage or pedigree. Society. The new group's mission is to research and publish genealogical and historical information and to encourage genealogical education. The group will meet Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Creswell Historical Museum, 55 N. Fifth St. The program, designed for newcomers, will include information on charts, books, Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the sites and sources. For information, call 895-4188. 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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