Candidates for District 9 to speak.

Byline: ELECTION NOTEBOOK by The Register-Guard

Republican Susan Massey and Democrat Arnie Roblan, opponents for state representative of House District 9, will speak at a luncheon forum at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at The Mill Casino-Hotel, 3201 Tremont, North Bend.

Massey and Roblan want the seat now held by Democrat Joanne Verger, who is running against Al Pearn for state senator.

Massey and Roblan will discuss their plans for Coos County businesses. RSVP to [e-mail].

The Bay Area Chamber of Commerce will hold the event. Upcoming events include an Oct. 20 forum on Measure 34, dealing with logging in the Tillamook and Clatsop state forests; and Measure 38, dealing with SAIF. Speakers will give the opponents' side for both; if you wish to speak in favor of either, call Shirley Liberante at the chamber, [phone].

Verger and Pearn will speak Oct. 27, and Scott Christiansen, of Bi-Coastal Media, on Nov. 10.

State schools chief to speak

at Kerry/Edwards meeting

Susan Castillo, state superintendent of public instruction, will be the guest speaker at a Lane County for Kerry/Edwards general meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Veterans Memorial Building, 1626 Willamette St., Eugene.

Castillo also spoke before the recent visit to Eugene by Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Sen. John Kerry, the Democratic nominee for president.

At that rally, Castillo urged women to vote: During the 2000 election, she said, six states were decided by fewer than 10,000 votes - and 22 million unmarried women didn't vote, many who were disillusioned by the process.

Singer/songwriter Carole King, who has crisscrossed the country in support of the Kerry/Edwards ticket, also will speak at the Thursday event.

Kerry/Edwards supporters and those interested in learning more about the local campaign are invited to attend. This is the last general meeting before the election, and it will take place in the upstairs ballroom.

For more information, visit www.lanecountyforkerry.org or call 747-4111.

League of Women Voters 

available to discuss ballot

If you have ballot questions, the league has answers.

That's the League of Women Voters of Lane County - it's available to speak to groups and organizations about state and local ballot issues before the Nov. 2 general election.

The group is nonpartisan and neither supports nor opposes political parties and candidates. They explain ballot measures and present pro and con arguments in a presentation that takes 20 to 30 minutes.

For more information, call Dora Harris at 687-2498.

Filmmaker Michael Moore

bringing his tour to Eugene

Author and filmmaker Michael Moore will visit Eugene on Monday as part of his "Slacker Uprising Tour" leading up to the Nov. 2 election.

Moore's appearance, beginning at noon at the Lane Events Center, is sponsored by the University of Oregon Cultural Forum. Tickets are $5 and available to the general public beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday through the UO ticket office.

Tickets can be purchased by phone at 346-4363 or at the window at the Erb Memorial Union on campus. Moore is the director of the Oscar-winning documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11," about President Bush's actions before, during and after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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