Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from November 1998:
GROUP HELP PARENTS DEAL WITH OFF-TO-COLLEGE BLUES.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: LINI S. KADABA Knight Ridder In our angst-ridden society, every step in life seems to require support. So it should come as no surprise that one of the newest additions to the arsenal of support groups has sprung from yet another bend in life -- the college ...
SCHOOL MOMS ON-SITE DAY-CARE CENTERS HELP HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS FOCUS ON EDUCATION.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: PAUL GRONDAHL STAFF WRITER A shrill bell pierces the morning stillness and signals the end of third period. Wide, bright hallways that smell of fresh paint and new linoleum in the just-built Ballston Spa High School swell with teen spirit. A ...
STEP FAR AWAY FROM THE PLATE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: KATE GURNETT Staff writer Now that baseball season is over, I wonder if we might all stop stepping up to the plate. Not physically. In fact, if you can dig out a white rubber plate this winter, step right up and take a few swings with the shovel for me. ...
MAKE COPIES OF BIRTH CERTIFICATE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: HELOISE DEAR HELOISE: My children are very much involved in sports. About twice a year, there is some occasion for which my kids are required to bring a copy of their birth certificate for a tournament, etc. Until now, each time this happened I would have to dig out ...
SWIMMING BOOMERS' NEW FITNESS WAVE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: TIM NELSON Knight Ridder ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Bob Brober got into swimming the way a lot of people do -- toe first. ``Believe it or not, I hurt my big toe running,'' says Brober, a 43-year-old controller for a Little Canada engineering company. ``I used to run ...
BOOK CAN HELP PEOPLE PREVENT MEMORY LOSS AS THEY AGE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: JANE GLENN HAAS The Orange County Register The older you gets, the more you forgets. Mostly, you forget names -- movie stars, old friends, office colleagues you haven't seen for months. ``Age-related memory loss is a fact of life,'' says Thomas H. Crook III, ...
`LINDBERGH' CHARTS LIFE OF GIFTED AVIATOR.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: MARY ANN GROSSMANN Knight Ridder It isn't far-fetched to say that the cult of modern celebrity was born at 10:24 p.m. on May 21, 1927, when Charles Lindbergh touched down in his little plane, the Spirit of St. Louis, at Le Bourget airfield near Paris. He was the first ...
CIVIL WEDDINGS FULL OF MEANING.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: ERIC ADLER Knight Ridder No rice. No music. Ten guests max. When it comes to courthouse weddings, most folks aren't expecting frills. They call the courthouse to get hitched quick. Say vows. Swap rings. By the power vested in me ... ...
PRESCRIPTION FOR DOCTORS' HANDWRITING.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: LEXIE VERDON Washington Post Ever try to read the prescription form from a doctor? Besides the fact that it might have a few Latin abbreviations, most of the writing is usually illegible. Officials at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis are ...
ONE OF CANADA'S BIGGEST EXPORTS ELICITS NOTHING BUT POTTY TALK.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: DAVE BARRY I say it's time our ``leaders'' in Washington stopped blathering about sex and started paying attention to the issues that really MATTER to this nation, such as whether we should declare war on Canada. I say: yes. I base this position on a document ...
GIRL GETS A TITANIC CELEBRATION.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: Associated Press PITTSBURGH -- A 13-year-old girl ``obsessed" with "Titanic" got the bat mitzvah of her dreams when a hotel ballroom was transformed into the luxury liner, with 12-foot steaming smokestacks at the buffet table, phosphorescent artificial icebergs and a ...
FATE TEACHES SIBLINGS TO LEAN ON EACH OTHER.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: HALIMAH ABDULLAH The Dallas Morning News DALLAS -- Keevondrick ``K.T.'' Wilkerson kneels on the floor of the two-bedroom apartment he shares with his mother and aunt, listening. The sisters' voices dissolve overhead into a soft hum as they talk of family and ...
TEEN FAR TOO YOUNG TO BLOW OFF FUN TIMES.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: CAROLYN HAX Washington Post Writers Group DEAR CAROLYN: I just started my senior year of high school. Between classes, my job, my unpaid internship with a doctor, orchestra, applying for colleges, visiting them and worrying about scholarships, I've given up the majority ...
CLOTHESPINS.(AT HOME)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: FRANCES INGRAHAM Staff writer The clothespin, like the staple and paper clip, so simple in design, has been a common convenience for more than a century. The modern gas and electric clothes dryer would seem to have made the clothespin a thing of the past. But ...
PLUSH PLAYGROUNDS SOME ADDITIONS THAT ARE BEING PUT ON HOMES INCLUDE IN-HOUSE MOVIE THEATERS WITH REAL MOVIE SEATS, BALLROOMS AND WATERSLIDES.(AT HOME)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: ANNE CHEN and PSYCHE PASCUAL Contra Costa Times A Piedmont, Calif., movie theater showing ``The Apostle'' is like most: a ticket booth out front, a concession stand packed with a variety of colorful candies and seats with handy cupholders. But unlike other ...
NATURAL HUES FOR FALL DECOR.(AT HOME)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: MARTHA STEWART Decorating in autumn is almost effortless because nature does most of the work. A variety of gourds, dried leaves, nuts and grains, all in deep autumnal hues, need only minimal arranging for a lovely effect. Welcome guests to your home at this time of year ...
MINT-CONDITION ROSEVILLE VASE WORTH HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS.(AT HOME)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: ANITA GOLD Knight Ridder/Tribune DEAR ANITA: I have a 12-inch-high Roseville vase with a handle on each side, decorated with white clematis flowers on a green and rose shaded background. It is marked Roseville USA 112 -- 12'' on the bottom, and is in perfect ...
NASTURTIUM CAN BRIGHTEN NEXT YEAR'S GARDEN.(AT HOME)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: LAURENCE SOMBKE Special to the Times Union Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) is a bright, easy-to-grow little annual that most people know quite well. It has large seeds, about the size of a kidney bean, that make them very easy to plant. They will grow in almost ...
A LOOK AT VICTORIAN FLOWERS ON TUESDAY IN KINDERHOOK.(AT HOME)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: GLORIA MAZURE Staff writer A presentation, ``Where Have All the Flowers Gone: The Victorian Garden Then and Now,'' will be offered by Ellen McClelland Lesser of Stuyvesant at a meeting of the Columbia County Historical Society Docents Tuesday at North Pointe Cultural ...
DISEASE AFFECTS MAPLE TREES.(AT HOME)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Various species of maple trees are sporting the tar spot of maple this year, ``with a vengeance,'' reports Joel W. Allen, an educator for Cooperative Extension of Columbia County. This disease organism usually causes raised, tar-looking black spots to form on upper leaf surfaces ...
`BELOVED' FURNISHINGS A HISTORICAL CHALLENGE TO FILMMAKERS.(ARTS)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: DIANE GOLDSMITH Knight Ridder It wasn't the kind of thing you'd leave lying around the house, this iron collar with the ugly curved hooks. But as assistant to the propmaster for the movie ``Beloved,'' Kia Steave-Dickerson had been asked to find and forge the ...
INVISIBLE ART FATE OF ASSEMBLY CHAMBER'S CRUMBLING HISTORIC MURALS REMAINS DOUBTFUL.(ARTS)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: MICHAEL LOPEZ STAFF WRITER Hidden above the sedate oak and papier-mache coffered ceiling of the state Capitol's Assembly Chamber is a tragedy that began as an artist's last masterpiece, painted on the walls of a building meant to convey the brash, immense promise of late ...
`FLASH!' PHOTOGRAPH EXHIBIT LACKS COMPLEXITY, DEPTH.(ARTS)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: WILLIAM JAEGER Special to the Times Union Think of the most amazing news photographs you've ever seen -- the Marines at Iwo Jima raising the flag, a girl running down a road in South Vietnam after a napalm attack, Cassius Clay knocking down Sonny Liston in the first ...
MUSIC FAN CONDUCTS A LYRICAL DONATION.(ARTS)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: Amy Biancolli - This is a tale of two men, one named Cannon, the other Gannon. Cannon (first name Thurlow, middle initial ``O'') is a sometime Colton resident and retired public-relations director for St. Lawrence University in, well, Canton. Gannon (middle ...
BERNHARD'S ONE-WOMAN SHOW OPENS THURSDAY.(ARTS)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- Broadway ticket availability as of Friday. Unless otherwise noted, tickets are available for the shows listed. Credit card holders may order tickets by phone or by calling Telecharge or Ticketmaster. ``ART,'' the London comedy ...
THE AMERICANIZATION OF MOZZARELLA'S IS UNDER WAY.(ARTS)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: WILLIAM M. DOWD Associate Editor COLONIE -- Ever since Mozzarella's Cafe opened in Colonie Center in the mid-90s, I've been a regular. One of my guilty pleasures is its fettuccine New Orleans. As noted in the past, I'm not normally enamored with the ambience ...
NOTES ON NAPKINS.(ARTS)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: William M. Dowd - Harvest Fest grows on eve of third event Nearly 40 exhibitors are signed up for the 3rd annual Pride of New York Harvest Fest, set for Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 21-22, at The Desmond (Albany Shaker Road, Colonie). The event, which ...
TRICKS FOR PUMPKIN TREATS.(FOOD)(Recipe)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: CAROL J.G. WARD Knight Ridder If the only kind of pumpkin you've ever eaten is canned puree baked in a Thanksgiving pie, then get out to the pumpkin patch and carry home a fresh one. But don't choose a giant-size jack o' lantern pumpkin -- like you might have ...
TAPPING A TREND TAPAS, SPANISH BAR FARE, MAKES THE PERFECT ACCOMPANIMENT FOR AMERICAN COCKTAILS.(FOOD)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: TINA DANZE UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE, WITH STAFF REPORTS Not long ago, eating in a tapas bar sounded like dirty dining. ``People who had never heard of tapas thought my restaurant was `topless,' '' recalls Ildefonso Jimenez, former co-owner of a popular tapas ...
THERE'S A GOAT CHEESE FOR EVERY ACQUIRED TASTE.(FOOD)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: KATHLEEN PURVIS Knight Ridder How many times have you heard that something is ``an acquired taste?'' It's usually right after somebody has handed you a bite of something that turns your mouth inside out and sends you searching for an out-of-the-way trash can ....
AMERICANS SHORT OF `APPLE A DAY'.(FOOD)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: The Orange County Register Some facts about apples: The average American eats about 18 pounds of fresh apples a year, or about one a week -- a far cry from ``an apple a day.'' An average-size apple, about 5 ounces, has 80 calories, 18 grams ...
SHIP SHAPES CRUSIERS HAVE SIZABLE CHOICES OF VESSELS, AMENITIES AND ON-BOARD ACTIVITIES.(TRAVEL)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: JOHN MAXTONE-GRAHAM Universal Press Syndicate Today's buoyant cruise industry is churning out huge numbers of huge ships. Accommodations for 2,000 have become commonplace and, aboard a few giants, you will share your cruise with more than 3,000 fellow passengers. ...
BON VOYAGE.(TRAVEL)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Travel tailored for gays, lesbians Access Alliance offers a new wrinkle in the travel business, with specially tailored travel planning and consumer services for gays and lesbians. For an annual fee of $20, the California-based firm makes available travel agents who ...
SWEET HOME, OREGON.(TRAVEL)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Photo by ANDY ANDERSON The road sign was sighted this summer by former Capital Region residents Andy and Ruth Anderson of Poulsbo, Wash. The photograph was taken in Oregon, where Albany and Sweet Home are separate communities, ...
WINDJAMMER INTIMATE WAY TO SAIL CARIBBEAN.(TRAVEL)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: ARTHUR FROMMER King Features Syndicate It was the very first morning of our sojourn on the SV Legacy, a wooden, four-masted sailing ship headed for the British Virgin Islands, when I started to realize how different the feel of this was going to be compared with he many ...
WRITER RE-CREATES AN ARCTIC VOYAGE.(BOOKS)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: KAREN HELLER PHILADELPHIA -- In May 1855, naturalist Erasmus Darwin Wells, who made his home in Bartram Heights, set sail from Philadelphia for Baffin Bay off the west coast of Greenland. The Narwhal departed from the docks of the Delaware in search of the British ...
`ROAD' DETAILS EFFECTS OF A DENIAL OF LOVE.(BOOKS)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: JOHN GALLAGHER Odds are this long, formless novel by Jim Harrison, Northern Michigan's resident best-selling author, will hardly be a crowd pleaser. Nor is it likely to wind up on movie screens like some of his other tales. Harrison's style, as always, contains lucid ...
CRUISING ON FREIGHTERS CAN BE ADVENTUROUS.(TRAVEL)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: MARCIA SCHNEDLER Universal Press Syndicate Frances M. Barber, 73, took her first cruise in 1996, but not on one of the large luxury liners or smaller adventure ships that attract most seagoing seniors. Instead, Barber has sailed aboard freighter ships that transport ...
CHRISTMAS, NEW YEAR, DISNEY CRUISES ON SALE.(TRAVEL)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Carnival Cruise specials for Christmas and New Year's holidays and Disney Cruise Line's new Sunshine Getaway are deals being suggested by Mike McCabe of Advantage Travel (426-0052) in Albany. The three-day ``Ecstasy'' cruise, a Friday sailing from Miami to Nassau, is available ...
FINALISTS FOR '98 BOOK AWARDS.(BOOKS)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: Lexington Herald-Leader - Finalists for the 1998 National Book Awards include: Non-fiction: Edward Ball, ``Slaves in the Family'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux); Harold Bloom, ``Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human'' (Riverhead Books/Penguin Putnam); Yaffa ...
N.Y. TIMES PAPERBACK BESTSELLERS.(BOOKS)
Nov 01, 1998 ... FICTION BELOVED, by Toni Morrison. (Plume, $12.95.) Memories of her past haunt an escaped slave in post-Civil War Ohio. 821 CAT & MOUSE, by James Patterson. (Warner, $7.99.) Alex Cross contends with two serial killers determined to take his life. 42 THE MACGREGOR GROOMS, by ...
N.Y. TIMES HARDCOVER BESTSELLERS.(BOOKS)
Nov 01, 1998 ... FICTION BAG OF BONES, by Stephen King. (Scribner, $28.) A series of terrifying events besets a best-selling novelist four years after his wife's sudden death. 13 RAINBOW SIX, by Tom Clancy. (Putnam, $27.95.) John Clark, heading an international task force, investigates ...
LOCAL BESTSELLERS.(BOOKS)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Barnes and Noble Bookstore on Wolf Road in Colonie reports the following bestsellers for week ending Oct. 25: 1. ONE TRUE THING, by Anna Quindlen 2. RAINBOW SIX, by Tom Clancy 3. BAG OF BONES, by Stephen King 4. DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD, by Rebecca Wells 5. ANIMORPHS ...
PARKS CHIEF READS ABOUT TR, MOSES.(BOOKS)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: Paul Grondahl, staff writer - ``Theodore Roosevelt: A Life,'' by Nathan Miller. ``I'm on Governor Pataki's commission on Theodore Roosevelt to mark Roosevelt's centennial as governor in 1898. This book is about 600 pages long and I'm about two-thirds of the way through. ...
TANNER'S BACK AS `ICE' SPY.(BOOKS)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press - It's been more than five years since the talented crime and mystery writer Lawrence Block brought bookseller-cat burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr out of retirement to great success, giving him a franchise that was a lighter airport alternative ...
LITERARY CALENDAR.(BOOKS)(Calendar)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Dara Joy, author, 1 p.m. today: Joy will sign copies of her latest book, ``Mine to Take,'' the third in her Matrix of Destiny series. Ballston Book House, 124 Lakehill Road, Burnt Hills. 399-6317. Douglas Brinkley, historian and writer, 8 p.m. Wednesday: Brinkley will read ...
`KREISLER' AN ENGAGING MEMORIAL.(BOOKS)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: RAY BONO In the early years of this century, three stars flooded the musical universe with unrivaled brilliance. One was Caruso, the portly Italian tenor. One was Paderewski, the lion-locked Polish pianist. And one was Kreisler, the tall, mustached Viennesse violinist. ...
`WILD' CAPTURES CONTRADICTIONS OF AFRICA.(BOOKS)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: DEBORAH SCROGGINS This wise first novel is something new out of Africa: ``Wild'' is a love story that also offers an accurate portrait of Kenya's white expatriate community in the 1990s. While on safari in Kenya, Esme, the daughter of a well-known Italian ...
LOPSIDEDNESS KEEPS RACE OFF CENTER STAGE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: JOHN CAHER State editor Albany Even Democratic die-hards are doubting Peter Vallone will come anywhere near upsetting George Pataki in what would normally be the featured attraction of an election season: the gubernatorial race. But the contest for a seat ...
SENATE RACE MEANEST, AND CLOSEST, OF CAMPAIGN SEASON.(CAPITAL REGION)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: JAMES M. ODATO Capitol bureau ALBANY Voters get to boot either Sen. Alfonse M. D'Amato or Rep. Charles Schumer from the nation's Capitol. One of the two men will exit Congress after one of the most expensive, combative and nasty campaigns witnessed in ...
ALBANY COUNTY FAMILY COURT JUDGE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Beverly C. Tobin Democrat, Conservative, Independence, incumbent Background: Tobin, 61, of Albany is running for her second term. Born in Albany, she is a mother of three and grandmother of three. She graduated from Albany Law School in 1972. She was in private law practice from 1962 to ...
SOLOMON STEPS DOWN, AND HEATED CAMPAIGN STEPS UP.(CAPITAL REGION)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: JAY JOCHNOWITZStaff writer The race for the 22nd Congressional District has proven to be almost as colorful as the man who represented it for 20 years. Rep. Gerald Solomon, who once suggested a U.N. secretary-general should be horsewhipped and called out a ...
DEBATE OVER ALBANY'S CHARTER FOCUSES ON POWER OF MAYOR.(CAPITAL REGION)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: EDWARD FITZPATRICKStaff writer It has been lauded as a ``quantum leap forward'' for Albany, but also branded as the ``Cro-Magna Carta,'' a giant step backward. The proposed new city charter, forged during 20 months of sometimes acrimonious debate, will be on ...
MONEY MATTERS LOOM LARGE IN CAMPAIGN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: JAMES M. ODATO Capitol Bureau AlbanyIncumbent H. Carl McCall and challenger Bruce Blakeman face two challenges as they compete for the $110,000-a-year comptroller's job. They must explain what the job is while raising big amounts to win the statewide office. ...
ACRIMONIOUS CONTEST SECOND ONLY TO SENATE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: LARA JAKES Staff writer Albany Political observers call it D'Amato-Schumer ``junior.'' The race for the state's attorney general seat has been almost as nasty as the high-profile U.S. Senate campaign. Name-calling between Republican incumbent Attorney ...
3 SEEK SEATS ON BOARD OF EDUCATION.(CAPITAL REGION)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: RICK KARLINStaff writer With three candidates seeking two seats and no overwhelming issue to rivet the attention of voters, this year's city school board race has been a low-key affair. There are three candidates -- Pat Amodeo, Dan Cunningham and Barbara ...
SCHENECTADY COUNTY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Nov 01, 1998 ... County Clerk John J. Woodward Democrat, Liberal, Conservative, Independence, incumbent Background: Woodward, 42, was appointed county clerk in May 1994 by Gov. Mario Cuomo to fill the vacancy created by the death of Republican Merritt Willey. In November 1994 he was ...
ALBANY COUNTY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Green Island village Board of Trustees (Four seats up for two-year terms) Ellen M. McNulty-Ryan Democrat, incumbent Background: McNulty-Ryan, 47, is a licensed funeral director and the owner of McNulty Funeral Home. Michael A. Cocca Sr. Democrat, incumbent Background: Cocca, ...
RENSSELAER COUNTY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Town of Sand Lake Receiver of Taxes Barbara A. Biittig Democrat, incumbent Background: Biittig, of Burden Lake Road, Averill Park, was appointed to the position last January by the Sand Lake Town Council. She has lived in Averill Park for 39 years. She is married to Richard ...
VILLAGE OF SCOTIA TRUSTEES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Trustees James Archibald Republican, incumbent Thomas J. Messitt Republican, incumbent Roger S. Peugh Republican, incumbent On the Issues: The Republicans have a strong record of reducing taxes in the past four years in the heavily taxed village and pushing the formation of a ...
STATE ASSEMBLY 105TH DISTRICT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Nov 01, 1998 ... The district: All of Montgomery County and the following towns in Schenectady County: Rotterdam, Princetown and Duanesburg. Also about half of the city of Schenectady. Paul D. Tonko Democrat, Liberal, Independence, Property Tax Cut, incumbent. Background: Tonko, 49, has been a member ...
STATE ASSEMBLY L03RD DISTRICT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Nov 01, 1998 ... The district: In Schenectady County, the towns of Glenville and Niskayuna, the village of Scotia, and half the city of Schenectady. In Saratoga County, the towns of Ballston, Charlton, Day, Edinburg, Galway, Greenfield, Hadley, Milton and Providence. James N. Tedisco Republican, ...
SCHENECTADY COUNTY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Town of Duanesburg Town Council Ruth Easton Republican Background: Easton, 69, is running to fill out the remaining year in the term of Donald DeVito, who stepped down earlier this year for personal reasons. A Duanesburg native, Easton was appointed over the summer to fill his seat until ...
STATE LEGISLATURE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Nov 01, 1998 ... State Senate 42nd DistrictThe district: All of Albany County NEIL D. BRESLINDemocratic, Independence, Liberal, Conservative, incumbent Background: Breslin, 56, lives in Delmar and is running for his second term. He grew up in Albany and practiced law with his brothers Michael (now ...
TUESDAY'S TURNOUT EXPECTED TO BE LOW, AGAIN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Nov 01, 1998 ... Byline: CHRIS COLLINS Gannett News Service WASHINGTON -- At first glance, it seems the ultimate nightmare of those who fret about the country's sagging voter turnout: an Election Day where no one shows up at the polls. That, however, is exactly the concept Oregon ...