COMMUNITIES BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Doggie wash on tap for brewery, Greenhill 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 are teaming up again for the second annual Bubbles and Brew Doggie Wash, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Eugene City Brewery, 844 Olive St., Eugene. Clean your dog, enjoy a free beer and get dog tags dog tag n. 1. A metal identification disk attached to a dog's collar. 2. A metal identification tag worn on a chain around the neck by members of the armed forces. Noun 1. and a T-shirt, all for leaving a donation. Call 689-1503, Ext. 115. Garage sale aims to raise funds for gardening SPRINGFIELD - Brattain Elementary School elementary school: see school. will host a garage sale Friday and Saturday to raise money for summer watering and other garden needs. The sale goes from noon to 4 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the school, 425 10th St., on the C Street side by the cafeteria cafeteria: see restaurant. . To donate items for the sale or for more information, call Hanalei Rozen, 741-8058. Gluten gluten, mixture of proteins present in the cereal grains. The long molecules of gluten, insoluble in water, are strong and flexible and form many cross linkages. intolerance intolerance /in·tol·er·ance/ (in-tol´er-ans) inability to withstand or consume; inability to absorb or metabolize nutrients. congenital lysine intolerance group to discuss eating out The Eugene Gluten Intolerance Group will meet today from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 1800 Lakewood Court. A discussion on "Eating out and taking food with you" will be followed by a talk by Rex from Capella's market. Bring a dessert for a potluck and include an ingredient list. For more information, call Diane 343-0459. Ranger district seeks input on forest project WESTFIR - The Middle Fork Ranger District of the Willamette National Forest The Willamette National Forest is a National Forest located in the central portion of the Cascade Range of Oregon, US.[1] It contains 1,675,407 acres (2,618 mi², 6,780 km²) making it one of the largest national forests. will host a public meeting at the ranger station on Thursday, June 21, at 7 p.m. to discuss the proposed Oakridge/Westfir Thinning and Fuel Reduction project. The project proposes to reduce hazardous fuels on National Forest lands in the wildland urban interface north and east of Oakridge using commercial thinning on about 3,600 acres. Treatments of smaller fuels on 300 to 400 acres of additional National Forest land and up to 200 acres of private land are also proposed. A brochure is available at the Middle Fork Ranger Station, Oakridge City Hall, Westfir City Hall, Oakridge Fire Station, and the Willamette National Forest supervisor's office in Eugene. Those who are unable to attend the meeting and would like to provide input or comments, or to get more information, contact Eric Ornberg at the Middle Fork Ranger Station, 46375 Highway 58, Westfir, OR 97492, or by e-mail at eornberg@fs.fed.us, or by phone at 782-5217. Meatloaf dinner to raise funds for ladies club YACHATS - The Yachats Ladies Club will hold an All American Meatloaf Dinner fundraiser for its "Raise the Roof Fund" from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Clubhouse, 286 W. Third in Yachats. Now in its 80th year, the Yachats Ladies Club is raising money to replace the roof on its facility. The dinner includes meatloaf, baked potato, green beans green beans Noun, pl long narrow green beans that are cooked and eaten as a vegetable , coleslaw cole·slaw also cole slaw n. A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise or a vinaigrette. , roll, apple cobbler and beverage. Tickets, available at the door, are $9.50. For more information, phone club president Sandy Dunn at (541) 547-3205. Citizens' group to show presentation on Iraq war Iraq War: see under Persian Gulf Wars. Iraq War or Second Persian Gulf War Brief conflict in 2003 between Iraq and a combined force of troops largely from the U.S. and Great Britain; and a subsequent U.S. FLORENCE - Progressive Responses, a program of Community Alliance of Lane County, will be showing a free power point presentation, "The Big Picture Behind The Iraq Occupation: Moving Toward the Effective Foreign Policy We Need," in Florence on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. The free event will be held at the Siuslaw Public Library, 1460 Ninth St. The event is co-sponsored by Citizen Democracy Watch of Florence. For information, contact Citizen Democracy Watch, Stu Henderson, (541) 997-2997 or Michael Carrigan, 485-1755. Car wash, bake sale “Bake Sale” redirects here. For the episode from the TV show 8 Simple Rules, see List of 8 Simple Rules episodes. A bake sale is a fundraising activity where baked goods such as doughnuts, cupcakes and cookies, sometimes along with ethnic foods, are sold. to raise fire district funds SCOTTSBURG - The Scottsburg Community Service Association will have a car wash and bake sale Saturday to benefit the rural fire district and the association. The event starts at 9 a.m. at Bob's Market on Highway 38. For information, call Ellie Blanton, (541) 587-4354. Youth farm stand sales to benefit food bank FOOD for Lane County will hold a "grand reopening Reopening Treasury offerings of additional amounts of outstanding issues, rather than an entirely new issue. A reopened issue will always have the same maturity date, CUSIP number, and interest rate as the original issue. " for its youth-run farm stand from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The stand will be open those hours every Saturday through October. All proceeds from produce sales benefit FOOD for Lane County and the youth farm program. Strawberries, peas, lettuce, salad mix, spinach spinach, annual plant (Spinacia oleracea) of the family Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family), probably of Persian origin and known to have been introduced into Europe in the 15th cent. , cucumbers and carrots will be for sale this Saturday. Low-income teenagers participate all summer in the growing of more than 35 kinds of fruits and vegetables. The majority of the three-acre youth farm's produce is donated to FOOD for Lane County for distribution to agencies countywide to help alleviate hunger and poor nutrition. The youth farm is located on Flamingo flamingo, common name for a large pink or red wading bird, similar to the related heron, stork, and spoonbill but with a longer neck, webbed feet, and a unique down-bent bill. Flamingos are tropical birds, although large colonies have been observed high in the Andes. Avenue off Game Farm Road in Springfield. For more information contact FOOD for Lane County at 343-2822 or www.foodforlane county.org. Applicants wanted for citizen advisory group The Metropolitan Policy Committee is seeking people to sit on its Citizen Advisory Committee, which advises on regional transportation issues. Applications are due June 29. Applicants must be able to attend a meeting the first Wednesday of the month and commit to a three-year term. New members will be chosen on July 12, and the first meeting of the new committee will be on Aug. 1. Fliers and applications are available at www.lcog.org/mpo/cac.html or at Lane Council of Governments, 99 East Broadway, Suite 400, Eugene, OR. For more information, call Kathi Wiederhold at Lane Council of Governments, 541-682-4430. Send announcements to: Briefly News at The Register-Guard, P.O. Box 10188, Eugene, OR 97440. |
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