BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard REGION Ballot measure wording panel against deadline The clock is ticking ticking a coat color pigmentation pattern in which hairs of one color are distributed in small groups throughout the background color, e.g. Australian cattle dog. Called also speckling. for a group that has until noon today to come up with a 500-word statement explaining Lane County's income tax measure, which is headed for the November ballot. The county's Explanatory Statement Committee will meet at 10 a.m. this morning to make final adjustments to a description it has been working on for nearly a month. The group, whose members are appointed by county commissioners, is facing a noon deadline to submit to the county clerk's office an informative statement about the income tax proposal. The explanatory statement will be included in the voters' pamphlet pamphlet, short unbound or paper-bound book of from 64 to 96 pages. The pamphlet gained popularity as an instrument of religious or political controversy, giving the author and reader full benefit of freedom of the press. . Voters will decide Nov. 7 whether to authorize To empower another with the legal right to perform an action. The Constitution authorizes Congress to regulate interstate commerce. authorize v. to officially empower someone to act. (See: authority) a 1.4 percent income tax to fund the county's public-safety system. The tax would raise $68 million annually. The committee meeting will be in the Board of Commissioners Conference Room in the Public Service Building, 125 E. 8th Ave. in Eugene. Father of Army war resister to speak twice Bob Watada, the father of Lt. Ehren Watada Ehren Watada (born 1978) is a First Lieutenant (1LT) of the United States Army who in June 2006 publicly refused[1][2] to deploy to Iraq for his unit's assigned rotation to Operation Iraqi Freedom. , a commissioned Army officer who has refused deployment to Iraq on legal and moral grounds, will give two talks today in Eugene. The elder Watada will take part in a noon rally at the Federal Building, Seventh Avenue and Olive Street, and give a presentation at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church First United Methodist Church is a common name for the first United Methodist church established in a particular locality. Many First United Methodist Churches exist around the world. , 1376 Olive St. Watada's son faces court-martial at Fort Lewis, Wash., on charges that include contempt and conduct unbecoming Conduct Unbecoming is a play by Barry England. The plot concerns a scandal in a British regiment stationed in India in the 1880s. The widow of a heroic officer is assaulted by an unrevealed comrade in arms and an investigation takes place to determine his identity. an officer. More information on his situation is available online at www.thank yoult.org. Send announcements to: Briefly News at The Register-Guard, P.O. Box 10188, Eugene, OR 97440. |
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