COMMUNITIES BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Rosie the Riveter Rosie the Riveter popular WWII song romanticizing women workers. [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 395] See : Mannishness group plans get-together Friday The Rosie the Riveter Association will meet Friday at 11:30 a.m. for lunch at the Willamalane Senior Center, 250 S. 32nd St., Springfield. Call 736-4444 by today to make reservations. The association is open to women who worked in the war effort during World War II. For more information or to schedule a ride to the meeting, call 942-5877. Testimony to be heard on proposed state budget The state Joint Ways and Means WAYS AND MEANS. In legislative assemblies there is usually appointed a committee whose duties are to inquire into, and propose to the house, the ways and means to be adopted to raise funds for the use of the government. This body is called the committee of ways and means. Committee will hold a public hearing tonight in Room 282 at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. Lillis Business Complex The Lillis Business Complex (LCB) is a building on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon. It is home to the Charles H. Lundquist College of Business, and comprises the new main building (called Lillis Hall , on 13th Avenue near Kincaid Street, starting at 6:30 p.m. A sign-up sheet will be available at 5:15 p.m. and testimony will be heard in groups of four on a first-come, first-served “FCFS” redirects here. For the figure skating competition, see Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. This article is about a general service policy. For the technical concept, see FIFO. basis. Each person will be limited to two minutes of testimony. The co-chairs of the committee, Sen. Kurt Schrader, D-Canby, and Rep. Mary Nolan For other persons named Mary Nolan, see Mary Nolan (disambiguation). Mary Nolan (born Mary Imogene Robertson on December 18,1905) was an American actress. Ziegfeld Follies dancer , D-Portland, will take testimony on the proposed state budget. The hearing is part of a seven-city tour around the state. Commuter transportation programs to be presented A free presentation on a program aimed to change travel patterns will be held Thursday from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Bascom/Tykeson rooms of the Eugene Public Library. In October 2005, the Oregon Department of Transportation commissioned the international transportation research firm SocialData to conduct three TravelSmart pilot projects in three cities The Three Cities is a collective description of the three fortified cities of Cospicua, Vittoriosa, and Senglea on the Island of Malta, which are enclosed by the massive line of fortification created by the Knights of St John, the Cottonera Lines. : Eugene, Salem/Keizer and Bend. TravelSmart focuses on reducing single-occupant vehicle use and encourages transportation options such as bicycling, walking, public transportation and ride sharing. It uses marketing techniques such as informational brochures, personalized timetables, maps, incentive items and alternative transportation services. Werner Brog, managing director of SocialData, will present the final results from all three pilot projects here Thursday. Snacks and drinks will be provided. For more information, contact Cindy Clarke at 682-5285 or cindy.j.clarke@ci.eugene .or.us. War-tax resistance to be discussed at forum The topic of this week's Pacifica Forum is "War-Tax Resistance: Overview and Assessment," a talk by Orval Etter. The free forum will be at 4 p.m. Friday at 129 McKenzie Hall, on the University of Oregon campus The University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon has around 80 buildings and facilities, including athletics sites such as Hayward Field, which is the site for the 2008 Olympic Track and Field Trials, and McArthur Court, and off-campus sites such as nearby Autzen Stadium and the near 11th Avenue and Kincaid Street. For more information, call 344-0483. 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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