Brewery to hold benefit.Brewery to hold benefit for animal shelter "Dog Pound" redirects here. For the rap group, see Tha Dogg Pound. An animal shelter is a facility that houses homeless, lost or abandoned animals; primarily a large variety of dogs and cats. Greenhill Humane Society A humane society is a group that aims to stop animal suffering due to cruelty or other reasons. Examples 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 and the Eugene City Brewery will team up to provide the "Bubbles and Brew Two Doggie Wash" from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Eugene City Brewery, 844 Olive St., Eugene. For a donation to Greenhill, participants get a clean dog, a free beer, dog tags for your pooch and a T-shirt. All proceeds help the animals at Greenhill. Call the shelter at 689-1503. Campground program looks at life after dark Discover the night life at 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. From 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. presenters will discuss changes in the wildlife between day and night. Poetry slam poetry slam n. A spoken-word poetry competition. champ will lead workshop for teens Jon Labrousse, Eugene Poetry Slam champion and National Poetry Slam The National Poetry Slam (NPS) is a performance poetry competition where teams from across the United States, Canada, and France participate in a large-scale poetry slam. The event occurs in early August every year and takes place in a different US city. competitor, will lead a free poetry workshop for teens on Saturday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Eugene Public Library. Participants can learn about the differences between print and performance poetry; try writing techniques The literature on journalling and creative writing has generated various writing techniques to encourage self-discovery and self-expression for those who may wish to expand their techniques or address issues of writer's block. that bring poems alive; and practice in supportive, small groups to help the audience feel what they're saying. Those who attend should bring two or more poems to read aloud. The free Youth Poetry Slam & Literary F<220>te at Hult Center Plaza will take place Aug. 25 at 3:30 p.m. This noncompetitive slam will feature 15 poets chosen in a random drawing. For more information or to enter the drawing, visit www.hultcenter.org; click Celebrating Hult 25, then Summer @ the Hult. The event is sponsored by the Eugene Public Library, the Friends of the Library, and the Eugene Public Library Foundation. For more information, call 682-8316. Alpine to celebrate with 54-mile bike ride ALPINE - This community west of Monroe will host its annual Alpine Half Century Ride Saturday. The ride begins and ends at the Alpine Community Center, located about four miles west of Highway 99W on Alpine Road. The route passes by area vineyards, forests, Alsea Falls and the Finley Wildlife Refuge wildlife refuge, haven or sanctuary for animals; an area of land or of land and water set aside and maintained, usually by government or private organization, for the preservation and protection of one or more species of wildlife. . A 4,000-foot elevation gain takes riders to the foot of Marys Peak and over a portion of Alsea Mountain before a switchback switch·back n. 1. A road, trail, or railroad track that follows a zigzag course on a steep incline. 2. A sharp bend in a road or trail on a steep incline. 3. Chiefly British A roller coaster. descent to the community center, where volunteers will serve lunch. Registration for the 54-mile bike ride will run from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. the day of the event at the Alpine Community Center, 25114 Alpine Road. Registration fees are a tax-deductible contribution to the nonprofit community center, which offers social and educational events at the former Alpine Elementary School. Information is available online at ORBIKE.com or www.alpinecommunity.net or by calling (541) 847-6028. 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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