Communities Roundup.Byline: The Register-Guard CORRECTION (ran 11/26/01): The Eugene City Council will meet at noon Wednesday at City Hall to discuss changes needed to clear the way for the West Eugene Parkway The West Eugene Parkway was a proposed re-alignment of Oregon Route 126 through the western parts of Eugene, Oregon and its suburbs. Highway 126 through western Eugene currently runs along several surface streets (including West 11th Avenue); this route is well-known in the Eugene . A news brief in Sunday's paper listed the wrong day. COOS BAY Coos Bay (k  s), city (1990 pop. 15,076), Coos co., SW Oreg., a port of entry on Coos Bay; founded 1854 as Marshfield, inc. 1874, renamed 1944.
MONDAY Southwestern Oregon Community College Southwestern Oregon Community College is a college in Coos Bay, Oregon, United States. It is Oregon's oldest community college, founded in 1959. The college has about 3,000 students annually and has 60 full-time employees and 275 part-time instructors. Board - 7 p.m., Room 505, Tioga Hall, SWOCC campus, 1988 Newmark Ave. 888-7400. EUGENE Arboretum arboretum: see botanical garden. arboretum Place where trees, shrubs, and sometimes herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes. An arboretum may be a collection in its own right or a part of a botanical garden. annual meeting: Friends of Mount Pisgah Arboretum The Mount Pisgah Arboretum (85 ha / 209 acres) is a non-profit arboretum and botanical garden located within the Howard Buford Recreation Area (930 ha / 2,300 acre), between the Coast Fork of the Willamette River and the slopes of Mount Pisgah near Eugene-Springfield, Oregon, will meet from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday in the community room at the Eugene Water & Electric Board, 500 E. Fourth Ave. The agenda will include a dessert reception, arboretum news and a special presentation. Alan Kanaskie, a forest pathologist with the state Department of Forestry, will present "Sudden Oak Death sudden oak death: see diseases of plants; water mold. in Oregon. Call 747-3817. Public forum set: The Community Alliance of Lane County will present a public forum at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the First United Methodist Church First United Methodist Church is a common name for the first United Methodist church established in a particular locality. Many First United Methodist Churches exist around the world. , 1376 Olive St. Three speakers will discuss root causes of the anger behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the East Coast and the resulting trauma in the United States and Afghanistan. Dr. Carl Peterson, a Eugene psychologist who recently returned from counseling workers in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , will discuss the trauma there. Dr. Zaher Wahab, a native of Afghanistan and a professor of education at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, will discuss possible resolutions to the crisis. An analysis of the Bush administration's approach to the crisis will be presented by Dr. Martin Hart-Landsberg, an economics professor and director of East Asian studies East Asian Studies is a distinct multidisciplinary field of scholarly enquiry and education that promotes a broad humanistic understanding of East Asia past and present. East Asian Studies is located within the broader field of Area studies and is also interdisciplinary in at Lewis and Clark College. For more information, call 485-1755. MONDAY City Council - noon, McNutt Room, City Hall, 777 Pearl St. Work session on changes needed to clear the way for the West Eugene Parkway. 682-5017. City Council - 5:30 p.m., McNutt Room, City Hall, 777 Pearl St. Work sessions on capitalizing city buildings through rental rates, minor changes to land use code. 682-5017. City Council - 8 p.m., Council Chamber, City Hall, 777 Pearl St. Ward redistricting redistricting: see legislative apportionment. ; PeaceHealth alley vacation. 682-5017. Planning Commission - 11:30 a.m., Sloat Room, Atrium Building, 99 W. 10th Ave. Land use permits; metro/community planning. 682-5208. FLORENCE MONDAY City Council - 6:30 p.m., Council Chamber, City Hall, 250 Highway 101. Study session on draft comprehensive plan; public hearing. 997-3437. HARRISBURG MONDAY Planning Commission - 7 p.m., City Hall, 354 Smith St. 995-6655. JUNCTION CITY MONDAY School Board - 6 p.m., Board Room, District Administration Office, 325 Maple St. Contract between Junction City Education Association; contract with confidential employees; contract with administrators; pay adjustment for superintendent for 2001-03. 998-6311. LANE COUNTY MONDAY Department of Children and Families Senate Bill 555 System Steering Committee - 1:30 p.m., Juvenile Justice Center, 2727 Centennial Blvd., Eugene. 682-6656. LOWELL MONDAY School Board - 7 p.m., Room 11, High School, 65 S. Pioneer. Status of economy/school funding; board/superintendent goal-setting. 937-8405. NORTH BEND MONDAY City Council - 4 p.m., Council Chamber, City Hall, 835 California St. Work session. 756-8500. OAKLAND MONDAY Historic Commission - 7 p.m., City Hall, 117 S.E. Third St. 459-4531. OAKRIDGE MONDAY Oakridge Museum Potluck - 6:30 p.m., Greenwaters Park Clubhouse, 48362 Highway 58. Program will be Hal Beamer No... it's not the latest BMW! It was a window in the StarOffice desktop that displayed the contents of the element selected in Explorer. (video, hardware, communications) beamer - A personal video station (PVS) that adds video to standard telephone lines at no additional cost. and his music boxes. 782-1031. SPRINGFIELD MONDAY City Council - 5:30 p.m., Jesse Maine Room, City Hall, 225 Fifth St. Eugene-Springfield natural resources; Bus Rapid Transit
VENETA MONDAY City Council - 7 p.m., City Hall, 88184 Eighth St. Joint meeting with Lane County Board of Commissioners; progress and financial report on sewer expansion project; executive (nonpublic) session on real estate negotiations. Call 935-2191 for more information. |
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