BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard REGION Lane County family planning family planning Use of measures designed to regulate the number and spacing of children within a family, largely to curb population growth and ensure each family’s access to limited resources. program moving Lane County Public Health's Family Planning Program is moving from the downtown Eugene Public Health Annex to the county's RiverStone Community Health Center in Springfield. Services will start July 5 at RiverStone, 1640 G St. Lane County Family Planning may still be reached at 682-4361; people can call RiverStone at 682-3550. Lane County Public Health will continue to offer other clinical services at the Health Annex, 135 E. Sixth Ave., Eugene. These services include immunizations, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases Sexually transmitted diseases Infections that are acquired and transmitted by sexual contact. Although virtually any infection may be transmitted during intimate contact, the term sexually transmitted disease is restricted to conditions that are largely , counseling and testing and prevention services for HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. , and prenatal care prenatal care, n the health care provided the mother and fetus before childbirth. referral. For more information, call 682-4041. Rubicon Society to hear Oakridge police chief The Rubicon Society will meet at noon Thursday to continue its public safety series with a talk by Oakridge police Chief Louis Gomez on "Public Safety in a Small Town." The gathering will take place at the Pearl Street Ice Cream Parlor Ice cream parlors are places that sell ice cream and frozen yogurt to consumers. Ice cream is normally sold in two varieties in these stores: soft-serve ice cream (normally with just chocolate, vanilla, and "twist", a mix of the two), and hard-packed, which has an assortment of & Restaurant, 13th Avenue and Pearl Street. Lunch is optional. For information, visit www.rubiconsociety.org. Public library names two branch managers The Eugene Public Library has named new managers at both branch locations. Darren Nelson was selected as the Sheldon branch manager. He previously served as the Bethel branch manager. Angela Bray is the new Bethel branch manager. She comes to Eugene from the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library. War is topic for Eugene City Club speakers The City Club of Eugene on Friday will present three speakers discussing `War: Is it Ever Worth it? A Patriotic Question.' The speakers will be Dr. Martin Jones from Beyond War, Dennis Hoerner of Wellsprings Friends School, and Iana Matthews-Harris of the Wayne Morse Wayne Lyman Morse (October 20, 1900 – July 22, 1974) was a United States Senator from Oregon from 1945 until 1969. In 1953, he made a filibuster for 22 hours and 26 minutes protesting the Tidelands Oil legislation, which at the time was the longest one-person filibuster in Youth Program. The meeting, which begins at 11:50 a.m. at the Downtown Athletic Club The Downtown Athletic Club was an athletic club in a 35-story building located at 19 West Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, USA. It was founded in 1926. By 1927, it had purchased this site next to the Hudson River to construct its own building. , is open to the public. Admission is $3. Commissioners to take comment on tax proposal The Lane County commissioners will take public testimony on a public safety funding charter amendment limit and an income tax ordinance at 6:30 tonight in Harris Hall, 125 E. Eighth Ave. The board is considering a charter amendment for the November general election ballot, dedicating a potential income tax to fund public safety and capping the amount at 1.5 percent of net taxable income Under the federal tax law, gross income reduced by adjustments and allowable deductions. It is the income against which tax rates are applied to compute an individual or entity's tax liability. The essence of taxable income is the accrual of some gain, profit, or benefit to a taxpayer. . The county also would provide property tax relief of 95 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value. For more information, call 682-4203. 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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