Articles Posted in April, 2008

The Washington County (Oregon) Sheriff’s Office Newsletter always has at least one, and usually more, interesting (and even funny!) story. This latest issue includes this article:

What is the Difference Between Assault IV and Assault I: What do the numbers mean?

“People often hear that criminals are charged with Theft I or Theft III. Have you ever wondered what the different numbers mean after the charges? Or maybe you have heard that someone was charged with a Class A, B or C felony or misdemeanor. Both of these systems are ways of classifying the seriousness of the crime. Here’s a bit of info to help you remember what these designations mean.

Your lawyer, your insurance company, your executor, and your family may love you for this Home Inventory Guide one day, though only one of the latter is likely to help you complete this guide:

Via Neat New Tricks (which also links to this Picanswers site – gotta love the web), comes this: Home Inventory Guide

It’s a California guide so don’t phone them for help, unless you live in California! Phone your own state’s “people.” (You DO have People, don’t you? If you don’t know who they are, phone your public library reference staff – they are Your People.)

You wouldn’t think you’d have to study the Oregon Elections Division web pages to find the impending, looming, terrifyingly close voter registration deadline, but you do!

Here’s what it says at the Election Division Homepage. Find it there? Nope. Click on Voter Registration. Find it there? Nope.

Now, click on the next link, Register to Vote, (and then read half-way down the page). It says:

Great minds think alike. The following organizations all have their annual meetings in Portland this year:

League of Women Voters U.S. (LWVUS), June 13-17th, 2008

American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) 2008, July 12-15th, 2008

Adams Drafting blog takes a bite of the Bear Stearns Merger Agreement (and don’t forget to read the Comments):

“…. This deal raises all sorts of policy issues, but we at AdamsDrafting say to heck with the big picture—let’s look at the drafting angle! I offer below some random impressions derived from ten minutes spent skimming through the agreement.” (full blog post).