Recently added articles from The Register Guard (Eugene, OR):
Taste a little `Sugar' both indoors and out.(Ticket)
May 22, 2009 ... Byline: The Register-Guard The timely release of "Sugar," a movie set around baseball that manages not to be a sports movie, reminds us how splendid is the season for games with bats and balls. Instead of trading in sappy nostalgia for the game or building a ...
BRIEFLY.(Ticket)(SIDESHOW)
May 22, 2009 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Flatlanders provide finale for Shedd concert series The Shedd concludes its 2008-09 Now Hear This series today with a 7:30 p.m. concert by the Flatlanders. "Three legends form one hot band," a news release says of Joe Ely, Jimmie ...
Santigold provides solid opening act for Spearhead.(Ticket)
May 22, 2009 ... Byline: POP NOTES By Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard Michael Franti and Spearhead have played Eugene approximately 16,413 times, so it's with great pleasure we introduce the band's special guest for the current tour: Santigold. On Sunday, the Cuthbert Amphitheater ...
New band sounds familiar.(Ticket)(Break As We Fall shows promise with music that reflects its influences)
May 22, 2009 ... Byline: Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard For those of you who wish you could like Maroon 5, we give you Break As We Fall: a amiable young band based in Portland. Maybe it's too early to know whether Evan Churchill will go the sexed-up route of Maroon 5 frontman ...
BRIEFLY.(Ticket)(SIDESHOW)
May 22, 2009 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Portland cycling culture documented in feature "Veer," a feature-length film about the bike culture in Portland, will be shown at 7 p.m. Friday in 177 Lawrence Hall, 1190 Franklin Blvd. Tickets are $5 at the door, $3 for ...
Bethel teachers approve givebacks.(Education)(The agreement eliminates up to 12 paid work days and will mean a loss of class time)
May 22, 2009 ... Byline: Anne Williams The Register-Guard Correction (published May 27, 2009): Page A1: The total that could be saved from agreed-upon employee concessions in the Bethel School District is just under $2.5 million. A Friday article had an incorrect figure. The Bethel ...
Santa Clara house for sale shows up in online scam.(Business)(The home was listed as a rental at below market rate, with $650 required to hold it)
May 22, 2009 ... Byline: Ilene Aleshire The Register-Guard Eugene real estate broker Kevin Gordon has had a busy day and a half, but not in a good way, he said Thursday afternoon. Scammers pirated a photo of a Santa Clara home he has listed for sale and posted it on the craigslist ...
County will consider fund swap proposal.(Government Local)(Exchanging $1 million with the city would allow the county to open more jail beds)
May 22, 2009 ... Byline: Matt Cooper The Register-Guard The Lane County Commissioners said unanimously Thursday that they will consider an offer by the city of Eugene budget committee to swap $1 million in funds in order to open beds at the Lane County Jail. Meanwhile, Commissioner ...
Corks will pop this weekend.(City/Region)
May 22, 2009 ... Byline: Andrea Damewood The Register-Guard With the weather looking like it's going to be as clear as a fine glass of pinot gris, area wineries are saying they're expecting one of the busiest holiday tasting weekends yet. Memorial Day weekend is one of the top touring ...
CORRECTIONS.(Corrections)(Correction notice)
May 22, 2009 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Ticket: The Old-fashioned Pioneer Picnic Sunday at the Eugene Masonic Cemetery's public square is for invited members of the Amazon neighborhood only ....
Heceta Head Lighthouse once again a shining example.(City/Region)(Repairs to the historic coastal beacon north of Florence are complete after a three-month period of darkness)
May 22, 2009 ... Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard FLORENCE - One of the Oregon Coast's brightest beacons is shining once again, now that a repair job at the Heceta Head Lighthouse is complete. For three months, the light has been off at the historic structure, as contractors ...
BEING THE CHANGE.(City/Region)
May 22, 2009 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Katelynn Moss places flags in front of Kelly Middle School Thursday in honor of victims of the Darfur genocide. Moss and fellow students in a ...
Downtown altercation ends with an arrest.(City/Region)(Restaurant manager confronts suspected intruder at Fifth Street Public Market)
May 22, 2009 ... Byline: Jack Moran The Register-Guard Things became a bit rowdy Thursday morning outside an upscale downtown eatery, when a manager of March had to get physical with a man who police say broke into the restaurant's Fifth Street Public Market business office before it opened for ...
Weekend events honor soldiers for their service.(City/Region)
May 22, 2009 ... Byline: The Register-Guard A two-day event in Reedsport highlights Memorial Day ceremonies around the region this weekend. A community barbeque on Sunday with a chance to mingle with the 29 Palms Marine Corps Band opens Reedsport's slate of events, which continues at ...
Bank workers recount terror of robbery.(Courts)(Three local men are sentenced for a pair of heists at the same Pleasant Hill branch of Siuslaw Bank)
May 22, 2009 ... Byline: Karen McCowan The Register-Guard Employees of a Pleasant Hill bank twice robbed by the same bandits described on Thursday their terror during the second heist when a robber holding a .44-magnum pistol forced them to kneel in a corner, facing away from him with their ...
Springfield considers $14 million in cuts to schools.(Education)(Among the proposed losses are nearly 40 full-time positions, staff training, all middle school and some high school sports)
May 22, 2009 ... Byline: Anne Williams The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - Like most school districts across Oregon, the Springfield district will have to scale back ambitions in 2009-10. With a general operating fund 11 percent smaller than the current year's, the district will lose ...
BRIEFLY.(City/Region)(COMMUNITY)
May 22, 2009 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Eugene `Rosie the Riveter' group hosts state meeting The Eugene chapter of the Rosie the Riveter Association is holding the state convention for Oregon's four chapters on Saturday at the Veterans Memorial Building, 1600 Willamette St. ...
OBITUARIES.(Obituaries)
May 22, 2009 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Harold Barker Harold "Bill" Barker of Bend, formerly of the Eugene area, died May 13 of age-related causes. He was 96. A private memorial service is planned. He was born July 22, 1912, in La Grande to John and Cora Prater ...
BRIEFLY.(City/Region)(DIGEST)
May 22, 2009 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Eugene man sentenced to 14 years in prison A 69-year-old Eugene man will serve more than 14 years in federal prison after being convicted for the eighth time in a string of bank robberies spanning 50 years. Willie David ...
FOR THE RECORD.(For the Record)
May 22, 2009 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Deadlines The For The Record deadline is noon the day before publication for Tuesday through Saturday newspapers, and noon Friday for Sunday or Monday newspapers. Items may be delivered to The Register-Guard newsroom at 3500 Chad Drive, ...