The Register Guard (Eugene, OR) back issues from March 2003:
When shopping, less often is best.(Columns)(Column)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: Recycling by Pete Chism For The Register-Guard LANE COUNTY Waste Management would like to thank the all of the volunteers and participants of the holiday card collection project. An estimated 100,000 cards were collected for reuse at St. Jude's Ranch in ...
IT'S 'LET'S MAKE A DEAL' ON COURT BARGAIN DAY.(Government)(With state cutbacks beginning Monday because of budget problems, Lane County prosecutors settle dozens of cases)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: Bill Bishop The Register-Guard Sitting in a tight spot on a hard bench in court Friday, Kelly Rae Taylor weighed her options along with more than 100 other misdemeanor defendants: Take the district attorney's one-time-only, bargain-basement plea offer to settle her case ...
Deal prevents medical aid cuts.(Government)(Lawmakers balance the current budget and restore services to the most needy by borrowing and digging deeply into reserves)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard SALEM - With little time to spare, key legislators struck a bipartisan deal Friday to stave off cuts set to begin today in health and daily survival care to thousands of poor and medically vulnerable Oregonians. The restoration ...
Eugene ad firm gets back in black.(Business)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: Edward Russo The Register-Guard It may not be much, but it's profit. Time will tell if it's a trend. Obie Media on Friday reported that it made a $3,000 profit in its fiscal fourth quarter ended Nov. 30, 2002. While miniscule, the profit was the second ...
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Rich pay most of the taxes Ruth Duemler (letters, Feb. 23) presents her imaginary tax structure facts. She opines about our "unfair tax structure in which the poor and middle income people carry the largest part of the tax burden." And, she ...
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Time running out to stop war Watch out! We're headed for big trouble! The paramount theme at a recent town hall meeting in Albany with Sens. Gordon Smith and Ron Wyden was President Bush's rush to war against Iraq and the crying need for ...
Kids lose a friend.(Editorials)(Fred Rogers struck a chord with children)(Editorial)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard FOR 30 YEARS, America's children would have a half-hour visit with a special friend, Fred Rogers, who would tell them: "I like you just the way you are." And for those 30 years, millions of children and their children believed him. Rogers, who died ...
Taste of things to come.(Editorials)(Portland crisis reveals dilemma facing schools)(Editorial)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard IT TOOK BOLD leadership - and more than a little strong-arming - by city of Portland and Multnomah County leaders this week to forge a tentative settlement between the Portland School District and the teachers' union - averting what would have been a ...
A ratings coup.(Editorials)(Editorial)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard SADDAM Hussein's interview with Dan Rather of CBS News brought forth the Iraqi dictator's surprising suggestion that he and President Bush hold a debate on live television. Much that was said during the interview could not be believed, but least ...
LETTERS LOG.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Letters received in past week: 197 Letters published: 64 What's on readers' minds: For the fourth consecutive week, war was the hottest topic for Mailbag contributors. During the past week, we received 49 letters about a possible ...
Hawk unlikely to fly in to visit park.(General News)(The skateboarding superstar, whose foundation gave money for the facility, doesn't plan to attend the opening in April)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: Matt Cooper The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - Skateboarding icon Tony Hawk's video crew is coming to town, but don't expect a visit from the Michael Jordan of the skateboarding world anytime soon. The Tony Hawk Foundation, the charitable arm of Hawk's ...
Plan gives workers hope as budget cuts take a toll.(Health)(Even with a new round of aid, patients will be without care and staff will be without jobs)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard After weeks of turmoil coping with state budget cuts, Lane County Mental Health workers were heartened by news Friday that legislators had crafted a plan that will at least partially help those most in need. The $32.5 million ...
Respected educator will lead district.(Schools)(The Springfield board chooses the head of a UO program as its new superintendent)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: Anne Williams The Register-Guard CORRECTION (ran 3/4/03): Nancy Golden, who will start July 1 as the new superintendent for Springfield schools, has a three-year contract with the school board. The length of the contract was wrong in a story on Page B1 Saturday. ...
State illegally cut payments to hospitals, group claims.(Health)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard The state agency that runs the Oregon Health Plan made an end run around the public and the Legislature when it decided to reduce what the state pays urban and large rural hospitals for treating indigent patients, hospital leaders said ...
UO body casts symbolic vote against war.(Higher Education)(Lacking a quorum, the university assembly passes an unofficial resolution by acclamation opposing hostilities with Iraq)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard Hundreds of people gathered for an unprecedented meeting of the University of Oregon Assembly on Friday afternoon, but it wasn't enough to bring a controversial anti-war resolution to a vote. More than 500 voting members of the ...
Bus officials seek funds for project.(General News)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: Matt Cooper The Register-Guard YOU'VE HEARD of a bus running late, no doubt, but would you believe a bus station running late? Lane Transit District officials are scrambling to keep downtown's new bus station on schedule to open in the summer of 2004, despite ...
Marcola considers four-day school week.(General News)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard MARCOLA - The Marcola School District will discuss moving to a four-day school week at its March 10 meeting, and could vote whether to make the change as early as April 14. Superintendent Rolla Weber said the community feedback was ...
BRIEFLY.(General News)(REGION)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Oak Hill School hosts family information day Oak Hill School in Eugene will sponsor a family information day from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. today at the 72-acre campus located east of Lane Community College off of Eldon Schafer Road in Eugene. ...
FOR THE RECORD.(Vitals)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Births SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER EUGENE Feb. 21, 2003 Paup - Carrie and Timothy Paup, of Albany, a daughter. Feb. 22, 2003 Anguiano-Perez - Dayra Perez and Ruben Anguiano, of ...
DeFazio urges less road weight.(Transportation)(The congressman says I-5 detours will damage other highways)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard With heavy trucks forced to detour next week around two Interstate 5 bridges in the Eugene-Springfield area when weight limits going into effect because of structural problems, U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio weighed in Friday, urging the state ...
NEW BILLS.(Legislature)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard SALEM - New bills introduced in the Oregon Legislature on Friday included ones to: Require employers to provide unpaid rest periods for employees to breast-feed, Senate Bill 783, by Sen. Ginny Burdick, D-Portland. Amend the ...
BRIEFLY.(General News)(METRO)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Elderly woman struck by car at intersection SPRINGFIELD - A 76-year-old woman was taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center with head and other injuries Friday night after she was struck by a car while crossing an intersection. ...
OBITUARIES.(Vitals)(Obituary)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Thelma Willey OAKRIDGE - A memorial service will be held March 3 for Thelma Willey of Oakridge, who died Feb. 26 of complications from heart disease. She was 77. Willey was born Jan. 11, 1926, in Haines to John and Goldie Rork ...
Festival can remind us to keep our faith.(Religion)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: From Heart to Heart by Sister Kiran For The Register-Guard TODAY, March 1, falls on the 14th day of the last month of the Indian calendar. Around the world, devotees of Shiva will bathe upon rising, perform ceremonies of worship, fast all day and remain awake all night ...
THE BULLETIN.(Religion)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Services, events and people Valley Covenant Church - Jim Sundholm, director of Covenant World Relief, will speak at 6:30 p.m. today and 9:30 a.m. Sunday at the church, 3636 W. 18th Ave. Sundholm supervises relief efforts for the Evangelical ...
FOR OSU'S JACKSON, NO LOOKING BACK.(Sports)(The former Knappa High School star says he has no regrets as his roller-coaster ride with the Beavers nears the end)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: Steve Mims The Register-Guard CORVALLIS - The big man from a small town arrived here four years ago as a bit of a mystery, although a rather heralded one. The Brian Jackson believers pointed to his high school statistics - 28 points and 13 rebounds as a senior ...
Emotion, fashion could go hand in hand in home finale.(Sports)(UCLA is in Eugene for two Duck seniors' last game at McArthur Court)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: Bob Clark The Register-Guard Decisions, decisions ... it's one after another for a coach. Who starts? What defense should be used? When does he substitute? Then come the tough ones, like should Oregon coach Ernie Kent wear a bow tie during Oregon's ...
Oregon strives to repay Bruins.(Sports)(The UCLA women dealt the Ducks a crushing defeat at Mac Court)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: Bob Rodman The Register-Guard LOS ANGELES - Two months and 17 games ago, UCLA used its blitzing approach to do a 25-point number on the Ducks. The 93-68 beating was Oregon's second-worst at McArthur Court by a Pac-10 Conference women's basketball opponent in ...
Millers make sure they don't share this Midwestern League crown.(Sports)(Springfield is headed for postseason play for the first time since 1991 after a 75-57 victory over Lebanon)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: Jeff Smith The Register-Guard LEBANON - Within moments of the final buzzer, the Springfield players and coaches were being adorned with championship white T-shirts and blue hats. Soon, the players began milling alongside the fans with fingers pointing upward ....
Wolverines vie for spot at state.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard The Willamette girls basketball team shoots for its second straight trip to the Class 4A state tournament by playing host to Pendleton tonight at 7 in the final round of the sub-tournament. The Wolverines (21-3 overall, 12-2 league) finished ...
PREP SCOREBOARD.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Class 4A Midwestern W L Pct. GB Overall Springfield ... 12 4 .750 - 18 6 Thurston ... 11 5 .688 1 16 8 Churchill ... 10 6 .625 2 14 10 South Eugene ... 10 6 .625 2 13 11 ...
Lane moves on with slim win.(Sports)(The Titans' women's team beats Clackamas 68-67 and will play Chemeketa for the region's top seed)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard OREGON CITY - Lane Community College moved one win closer to the Southern Division's No. 1 seed at the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges women's basketball tournament by beating Clackamas 68-67 in a Southern Region playoff game ...
Eagles earn top Trico seed.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - Trico League champion Harrisburg earned the league's top Class 2A boys basketball state tournament seed Friday with a 44-32 victory over East Linn Christian. Harrisburg (21-4) will meet the No. 2 seed from the Columbia Basin ...
Lowell claims Trico's top berth to state.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - Regular-season champion Lowell defeated Central Linn 49-32 on Friday night at Springfield High School to claim the No. 1 seed from the Trico League in the Class 2A girls state basketball tournament in Pendleton. The Red Devils ...
SPOTLIGHT ON CLUB SAFETY.(General News)(Fire officials and venue owners turn focus to prevention after recent tragedies)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: Rebecca Nolan The Register-Guard WHEN THE Inflammable Divas took the stage at Eugene's McDonald Theatre, they were missing a crucial element of their performance - fire. Theater managers asked the fire dancers to swap their flaming fire chains last week for ...
Defenders of peace lay plans for war.(Politics)(Organizers tap the Internet to spread the word on vigils, demonstrations and readings)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: Diane Dietz The Register-Guard Eugene peace activists are intensifying their war preparations - working out the logistics of a mass vigil and making contingency plans geared to the hour that missiles hit Iraq. It's a busy time: Eugene pastors are penning ...
Ideal mix includes charter schools.(Commentary)(Some students need other options to meet their educational needs)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: Mary Bauer For The Register-Guard MY MOST ENDURING image concerning charter schools is that of the 10 blind men and the elephant. Each man, after touching the unfamiliar creature, "sees" the elephant differently. "Verily, it is like a tree," says the man who ...
Jury bias matters.(Editorials)(Court ruling affects death penalty cases)(Editorial)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard IN A RULING that could significantly affect jury selection in death penalty cases, the U.S. Supreme Court last week ruled that an African-American on death row in Texas should be given another chance to have his sentence overturned because of alleged ...
A manager's challenges.(Editorials)(Taylor to lead Eugene in interesting times)(Editorial)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard DENNIS TAYLOR looks like a good choice as Eugene's new city manager. It's hard to be certain that he was the best possible choice, because the Eugene City Council's selection process was unnecessarily and uncharacteristically cloaked in secrecy. Still, ...
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Hospitals, rivers a bad mix Locating a hospital on the flood plain of Lane County seems foolish to me. A major catastrophe - whether natural or man-made - that affects the dams would make the hospital unusable. Authorities ...
Torrey's plan deserves state's attention.(Columns)(Column)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: Paul Neville / The Register-Guard WHEN I WAS A CHILD, my father was a successful salesman, which meant that he tended to be a practical man. He strove mightily - and with limited success - to impart that practicality to his children. His favorite dinner-table ...
New mascot's funny, but not funny ha-ha.(Columns)(Column)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: Bob Welch / The Register-Guard OF ALL PLACES, The New Yorker magazine recently answered the mother of all wildlife questions. What, really, is the funniest animal? I realize our country may be on the brink of war, Mister Rogers has died and some may think this ...
Maintenance fee opponents take to streets with second petition.(Columns)(Column)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: City Beat / Eugene by Joe Mosley The Register-Guard OPPONENTS of a new street maintenance fee adopted in December by the Eugene City Council are not giving up. Lane County Commissioner Bobby Green and Eugene resident Lauren Hietzman - who failed to collect ...
Cuts bring eviction for 'Grandma Vi'.(General News)(A budget deal retains funding for some assisted-living residents, but Violet McNamara is among those to be turned out)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard Like the popular wartime image of Rosie the Riveter, Eugene's own Violet McNamara drilled bolts into airplane doors during World War II. She waited tables and opened her own restaurant to stay afloat in southern California during the ...
Prices, sentiment draw shoppers to final sale.(Business)(With its fate sealed, Emporium will keep selling until the shelves are bare)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: Edward Russo The Register-Guard Alice Parman plans to shop at the south Eugene Emporium in a couple of days, but she stopped in the store on Saturday to leave a message. "I went in to say how sorry I am to see the store closing," she said. "It's real sad." ...
Food bank uses time to regroup.(General News)(FOOD for Lane County cleans up its dining facility to create a setting that will be comfortable for families)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: Jack Moran The Register-Guard Marion Sweeney wore rubber gloves and cleaned windows as she talked about her plans to light up the neighborhood surrounding FOOD for Lane County's Dining Room on West Eighth Avenue in Eugene on Saturday. "I think the biggest ...
THIS WEEK AT THE UO.(Higher Education)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard MONDAY Guest lecture - 2 p.m. In conjunction with Black History Month, Lt. Cols. Edward Drummond and William Hollman III, both retired Air Force officers who were America's first African-American military fliers, discuss "The Tuskegee ...
BRIEFLY.(General News)(REGION)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Presentation to focus on `healing presence' Susan Cutshall, spiritual care coordinator with the Franciscan Hospice System in Tacoma, will lecture on "The Art of Being a Healing Presence" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Eugene Hilton, 66 E. ...
CALENDAR.(General News)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Bandon MONDAY City Council - 6 p.m. workshop on rules of council; 7 p.m. regular meeting, Council Chamber, City Hall, 555 Highway 101. Committee appointments; public hearing on annexation and rezoning of property off Seabird ...
FOR THE RECORD.(Vitals)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Deaths Bates - Deborah Bates, 41, of Springfield, died Feb. 28. Springfield Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Buckland - Clifford Lee Buckland, 60, of Reedsport, died Feb. 27. A memorial service will be ...
BRIEFLY.(General News)(NORTHWEST)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Man seriously injured in snowmobile accident DIAMOND LAKE - A Eugene man was in serious condition at a Bend hospital on Saturday night following a snowmobile accident just south of Highway 138 near Diamond Lake, the Douglas ...
OBITUARIES.(Vitals)(Obituary)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Robin Hargrove A memorial service will be held March 3 for Robin Lynn Hargrove of Eugene, who died Feb. 27. She was 43. The family chose not to list the cause of death. Hargrove was born Oct. 14, 1959, in Prineville to Donald ...
Bruins can't handle Oregon's best shots.(Sports)(The Ducks seize control early, then have their best defensive game so far in a 79-48 rout for their 20th win this season)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: Bob Clark The Register-Guard Quick, start the NCAA Tournament now. Why make Oregon wait? The Ducks used their home finale Saturday to provide more evidence why they should be included in college men's basketball postseason, and what they might do once there ...
Duck stars earn their curtain call.(Columns)(Column)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: Ron Bellamy / The Register-Guard IT HAD THE feeling of farewell, on an afternoon when sweet farewells were a theme in the old building that has seen so many of them. The Oregon seniors, Robert Johnson and Brian Helquist, had already left the floor of McArthur ...
Ducks collapse under UCLA's late-game pressure.(Sports)(Oregon women fail to defend a 13-point lead in the second half and fall 56-54 to the Bruins at Pauley Pavilion)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: Bob Rodman The Register-Guard LOS ANGELES - The Ducks knew it was coming ... knew the Bruins would turn up the heat before they left the kitchen. Knowledge, apparently, is not everything. With a 13-point advantage tucked in the back pocket and just ...
Oregon State seniors leave Gill crowd with a victory to remember them by.(Sports)(Brian Jackson's free throws seal a 61-60 win over USC as the Beavers secure a spot in the Pac-10 tournament)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: Steve Mims The Register-Guard CORVALLIS - The party was planned in advance. The mood was not set until minutes ahead of time. Brian Jackson ensured OSU's senior celebration would be a festive one when he hit a pair of free throws with 9.6 seconds ...
Sound Off.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Highest ideals I may be too close to the wonderful members of the South Eugene High School swim team to be objective on this subject, but I was struck by the Sunday, Feb. 23, 2003, headline concerning the state meet. "South falls ...
Wrestlers brace for Pac-10s.(Sports)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: Chris Hansen The Register-Guard The road to the NCAA Tournament begins today for the Oregon wrestling team. The Ducks may be in Boise for the Pac-10 Conference championships hosted by Boise State, but head coach Chuck Kearney hopes they all have their sights ...
Mitchum one of four Ducks to win in Seattle.(Sports)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard SEATTLE - Oregon freshman hurdler Eric Mitchum snatched his first NCAA provisional qualifying mark Saturday afternoon, winning the 60-meter hurdles in a personal-best time of 7.87 seconds at the Pac-10 Indoor meet. Mitchum was one of three ...
Willamette set for return trip.(Sports)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: Paula Lincoln The Register-Guard The Willamette girls basketball team is going back to state. Senior Denise Hill scored 23 points and sophomore Stephanie Stephens added 15 to lead the host Wolverines to a 54-45 victory over Pendleton on Saturday in the third ...
UCLA's effort is U-G-L-Y.(Sports)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: Rob Moseley The Register-Guard Steve Lavin's farewell tour of the Pac-10 hit its lowest point Saturday. All but out as UCLA head coach following this season, Lavin watched the Bruins lose 79-48 to Oregon at McArthur Court. UCLA shot 24.6 percent from the ...
OPTIMAL PATHS.(Business)(Small Eugene-based software developers tackle production and scheduling dilemmas of big business)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard PETE CACIOPPI of LogicTools Inc. and Matt Ginsberg, CEO of On Time Systems Inc., both make a living writing sophisticated computer software to help businesses or government agencies run more smoothly and save money. ...
Pregnancy not covered as disability.(Business)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: ON THE JOB by Bureau of Labor and Industries For The Register-Guard Q: I own a service station, and I have a pregnant employee who works as a fueler (filling customers' gas tanks). When the employee first advised us she was pregnant, the station manager offered to train ...
BUSINESS DATEBOOK.(Business)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Calendar WEDNESDAY Springfield Chamber of Commerce - Business after hours meeting. Time: 5:30 p.m. Place: Sony Disc Manufacturing, 123 International Way, Springfield. Cost: $7 prepaid. RSVP: Renee, 746-1651, or e-mail: ...
Cast out.(General News)(Religious shunning provides an unusual background in the Longo and Bryant slayings)
Mar 02, 2003 ... Byline: Karen McCowan The Register-Guard SHUNNING. In the eyes of most Oregonians, it's an unfamiliar, even archaic, practice - a throwback to the era of "The Scarlet Letter." Yet it provided a bizarre backdrop for two recent familicides that occurred here just two months and 75 ...