COMMUNITIES BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Post-traumatic stress in military is focus of talk Two guest speakers will talk to a support group for parents of military personnel, which meets Tuesday at the Veterans' Memorial Building, 1626 Willamette St. Gary Hunter, of the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs' readjustment re·ad·just tr.v. re·ad·just·ed, re·ad·just·ing, re·ad·justs To adjust or arrange again. re counseling service, and Lloyd Baldridge, a veteran representative, will discuss post-traumatic stress and other related matters. The meeting takes place from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on the building's first floor. For more information, call 228-5393 or e-mail pompsgrp@aol.com. Free reading features Willamette Valley The Willamette Valley (pronounced [wɪˈlæ.mɪt], with the accent on the second syllable) is the region in northwest Oregon in the United States that surrounds the Willamette River as it proceeds northward from its poets SPRINGFIELD - Three poets from the Willamette Valley will read from their works during a poetry reading set for 7 p.m. Tuesday in Springfield City Hall's library meeting room. The event is sponsored by the Springfield Public Library and the local chapter of the Oregon State Poetry Association, in observance of National Poetry Month. The reading will feature poets Collette Jonopulos, Stephen R. Jones and Eleanor Berry Berry, former province, France Berry (bĕrē`), former province, central France. Bourges, the capital, and Châteauroux are the chief towns. . The program is free and open to the public. City Hall is at 225 Fifth St. Day-long class helps first-time homebuyers First-Time Homebuyer An IRA owner who is exempt from the early-distribution penalty (which applies to IRA distributions that occur before the IRA owner reaches age 59.5) for distributing funds from his or her IRA to buy, build, or rebuild a home when having had no interest in a Would-be homeowners who have questions about buying a home can find answers at an all-day "ABCs of Homebuying" class in Eugene on Saturday. Sponsored by the Homeownership Center of Lane County, an arm of the Neighborhood Economic Development Corporation, the class covers financial preparation for home ownership, shopping for a home and finding a good mortgage. It also offers information about special programs for first-time and rural homebuyers, including the low-interest Oregon State Bond Loan and the PAL (1) (Programmable Array Logic) A type of programmable logic chip (PLD) that contains arrays of programmable AND gates and predefined OR gates. PALs are defined by their number of inputs and outputs; for example, a 22v10 PAL means 22 inputs and 10 outputs. down payment assistance program. Completion of the ABCs of Homebuying class is necessary to qualify for these special programs. Participants in the class must register in advance, either online at www.nedcocdc.org or by calling the Homeownership Center at 345-7106. Saturday's class will be at NEDCO'S Home Ownership Center at 783 Grant St. in Eugene, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The materials fee will be $40 for an individual or $45 for two people purchasing a home together and sharing the workbook work·book n. 1. A booklet containing problems and exercises that a student may work directly on the pages. 2. A manual containing operating instructions, as for an appliance or machine. 3. . The fee includes lunch. Day care is not provided. HOPE Coalition offers `Magical Mystery Night' The HOPE Coalition offers a `Magical Mystery Night' Tuesday to build trust and support between kids and adults. The event is for youth ages 10-14 and adults, including family members, mentors, caregivers, foster families, teachers and others. It features a 1960s theme social event with free dinner, prize drawings and games, starting at 5:30 p.m. at Northwest Youth Corps, 2621 Augusta, Eugene. The coalition promotes healthy adolescent ad·o·les·cent adj. Of, relating to, or undergoing adolescence. n. A young person who has undergone puberty but who has not reached full maturity; a teenager. sexual development, including avoiding abuse and building healthy relationships. Call 687-7373. League of Women Voters League of Women Voters, voluntary public service organization of U.S. citizens. Organized in 1920 in Chicago as an outgrowth of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, it had as its original nucleus the leaders of the latter organization. to discuss state judiciary judiciary Branch of government in which judicial power is vested. The principal work of any judiciary is the adjudication of disputes or controversies. Regulations govern what parties are allowed before a judicial assembly, or court, what evidence will be admitted, what The topic of the April unit meetings of the League of Women Voters of Lane County will be the state judiciary. The document `An Overview of the Oregon Judiciary' will be the basis for the unit discussions and can be found online under `Studies' at www.lwvor.org. The League will review the positions of the local and state league and recommend whether to retain, drop, update or restudy them. Unit meetings are the time league members and guests gather at homes and public places to discuss the topic of the month. New or prospective members are welcome to join. Monday: East Willamette, 10 a.m., 339 W. 22nd St., 344-7597; Springfield, 11 a.m., Aquila and Priscilla's Cafe, 1843 Pioneer Parkway East, 485-6626; West Eugene: 11:30 a.m., 2050 Madison St., 683-7208. Tuesday: Coburg Road, 9:30 a.m., 2283 Avengale Drive (call for directions, children welcome with advance notice), 687-9079. Wednesday:East Eugene, 9:30 a.m., Central Presbyterian Church Located on the northeast corner of Brazos and Bois d'Arc (now Eighth Street), Central Presbyterian Church in Austin Texas traces its roots to the organization of the first Presbyterian church in Austin on Sunday, October 13, 1839. That event, conducted by Rev. , 555 E. 15th Ave., 434-4112; Cottage Grove Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery). , noon, Lane Community College Cottage Grove campus, Room 136, 942-7676; southwest Eugene, 4 p.m., 2365 W. 23rd Ave., 344-4404; Thursday: Eugene Hotel, noon, (brown bag lunch), 222 East Broadway, 344-8876. Friday: Cascade A connected series of devices or images. It often implies that the second and subsequent device takes over after the previous one is used up. For example, cascading tapes in a dual-tape backup system means the second tape is written after the first one is full. Manor, 9:30 a.m., call for directions, 344-8876. 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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