The Register Guard (Eugene, OR) back issues from December 2003:
LOCKER ROOM REACTIONS.(Higher Education)(The Ducks' lavish facility gets media attention for the signal it sends)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard If money can't buy happiness, it can buy notoriety. And lately the University of Oregon athletic department has been ordering it by the truckload. The indoor practice center. The Joey Harrington billboard. The $90 million football ...
Yachats braces for a repair job that could cut it off.(Transportation)(Tourism-based businesses ask: Will fixing the tunnel break the bank? Stephanie Barrow
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard YACHATS - In the early 1930s, a crew of 140 hearty men from Kern & Kibbe Construction in Portland hauled steam shovels and bulldozers to the Oregon Coast to burrow through Devil's Elbow, carve a roadway out of the steep rugged cliffs and ...
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Calendar critics off base Get real, people! The men of the Long Tom Grange (Register-Guard, Nov. 22) have made a humorous, tasteful calendar for a very worthy cause. They have done nothing illegal. This is wonderful news - more than ...
Turnover likely.(Editorials)(Some legislators opting out of running again)(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard It's no surprise that some Oregon legislators have decided against running for re-election next year, or are seriously considering bringing their legislative careers to a voluntary end. Considering what the Legislature's 90 members have been through ...
A turn for the better.(Editorials)(Oregon's economy, revenue improving)(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Bearing in mind politicians' frequent yearning for one-armed economists, so that all of them would point in the same direction, the latest news for Oregon is positive. After a protracted period of unrelieved gloom, that's a welcome change. ...
Give children the gift of less stress.(Columns)(Column)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: Judy Newman For The Register-Guard While many of us strive to re-create and recapture idealized winter holidays from our childhood, our expectations - especially of ourselves - can escalate out of proportion. Instead of creating a storybook holiday for our families, we ...
Health care studies offer hope for troubled students.(Schools)(Riverfront School and Career Center trains teens to take on real-world jobs)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: Matt Cooper The Register-Guard Even in a heady class like Health Occupations, there's room for levity. Amanda Field wrapped a blood-pressure cuff around the arm of Kevin Jenks, took a reading and delivered the punch line: "Well I got some good news ...
Head Start taught with extra heart.(Schools)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: FACES AND PLACES by The Register-Guard Name: Jan Olguin Occupation: Teacher School: Head Start of Lane County B Street Center, Springfield Age: 47 Job background: She's worked for Head Start of Lane County for 10 years, all ...
Mattress recycling no longer a dream.(Environment)(Local workers are helping to keep the bulky items out of the landfill and finding new uses for bedding parts)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: Scott Maben The Register-Guard CORRECTION (ran 12/02/03): The St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County developed and operates a mattress recycling plant in Oakland, Calif. A story on Page B1 Monday incorrectly said another of the organization's chapters started the ...
Counselors give strategies for grieving during the holidays.(Health)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: THE HEALTH FILES By Tim Christie The Register-Guard Fred Hughes always wore bright red pants during the holiday season, and he always sang in the choir on Christmas Eve. Every year around this time, Yvonne Young remembers those pants her husband wore, and that ...
Holiday wish list.(Holidays)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Agency/Program: Creswell Clothes Room Purpose: Provides clothing and small household items to those in need. Serves about 30 families a ...
Travelers play waiting game after holiday.(Travel)(Whether on trains, planes or automobiles, passengers pay for trips with their time)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: Ben Fuchs The Register-Guard Becky Hancock isn't a huge fan of holiday travel. "It sucks," she said Sunday afternoon as she picked up her luggage at the Eugene Airport bag claim. The Central Oregon resident, who spent the last week visiting her ...
BRIEFLY.(General News)(THE REGION)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Drunken driving victims invited to candlelight vigil The Lane County chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving will hold its annual Candlelight Vigil of Remembrance & Hope on Wednesday at the Campbell Senior Center, 155 High St., Eugene. ...
FOR THE RECORD.(Vitals)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Deaths Alexander - T. McKenzie "Mac" Alexander, 89, of Albany, formerly of Eugene, died Nov. 26. The memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at United Presbyterian Church in Albany. Fisher Funeral Home, Albany, in charge of ...
CALENDAR.(Government)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Coburg TUESDAY City Council - 7 p.m., Municipal Courthouse, 32694 E. Pearl St. Public hearing on the repeal of obsolete ordinances. 682-7850. Creswell TODAY Creslane Site Council - 3:45 p.m., ...
LOOKING BACK.(General News)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Ned Risbrough, speech pathologist and a former executive director of Eugene Hearing and Speech Center, teaches hearing-impaired children about sound. The photo was taken in the early 1960s. The center, which originated in 1955, celebrates its 48th ...
OBITUARIES.(Vitals)(Obituary)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Pamela Aguirre A memorial service will be held Dec. 2 for Pamela K. "Pam" Aguirre of Merritt Island, Fla., formerly of Springfield, who died Nov. 26 of breast cancer. She was 49. She was born April 27, 1954, in Eugene to Don and ...
BRIEFLY.(Crime)(REGION)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Police hold suspect in Sutherlin slaying SUTHERLIN - A 38-year-old Sutherlin man has been arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder following a shooting at a Sutherlin apartment complex Saturday night. ...
OPPORTUNITIES.(Schools)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Interlochen invites music scholarship applications Top high school musicians from across the United States and Puerto Rico are invited to apply for an Emerson Scholarship Award to the Interlochen Arts Camp in northern Michigan. Scholarships ...
CALENDAR.(Schools)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Eugene SATURDAY Eugene Waldorf School Winter Light ...
BOOK PICKS.(Schools)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Epossumondas By Coleen Saley (Harcourt 2002) Ages: Kindergarten to 3rd grade Epossumondas was his mama's and his auntie's sweet little patootie. They just loved him to death. Epossumondas used to go see his ...
ACHIEVEMENTS.(Schools)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Thurston senior first recipient of new award Kara Willis, a senior at Thurston High School in Springfield, has been recognized with a $100 savings account from Northwest Community Credit Union for her academic achievements. ...
BITES.(General News)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard WHAT'S THE BEST EXCUSE YOU'VE GIVEN AT SCHOOL FOR BEING TARDY? I couldn't find my car I was finishing the homework that's due in this class so it wouldn't be late My mom wouldn't get out of bed ... so not ...
BACKPACK.(Entertainment)(ENTERTAINMENT)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Eugene Community Orchestra, Sheldon High School Orchestra - 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sheldon High School, 2455 Willakenzie Road. Free. (343-7443) Paul Wright, Logan Martin, Shawn McDonald - Christian pop-rap CD release party, 7 p.m. Tuesday, WOW ...
TALK BACK.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Love of photography captured in story I just wanted to let Mary Hansen know how much I enjoyed her article (``The Memory Box,'' Nov. 14). I, too, have been a photographer of family and friends, trips, etc., for many years. ...
Ducks return to late-season practice mode.(Sports)(Oregon's football players and coaches get back in action this week as they await the final word on bowl matchup)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: Bob Clark The Register-Guard Still not sure of its bowl destination, Oregon will resume practicing today with the postseason date, site and opponent of little importance to the Ducks. Oregon had a couple of conditioning workouts last week but hasn't been in ...
AN ASSIST FROM DAD.(Sports)(Ryan Orton has veteran help in his first season as LCC men's coach)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: Chris Hansen The Register-Guard Ryan Orton was practically raised on a basketball court. The son of a high school coach, Orton's baby-sitters were often his father's assistants, who kept the toddler occupied when he had to attend practice. When Orton was old ...
COMMUNITY SPORTS.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT Four local players from Downtown Athletic Club participated in the recent World Handball Championships in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Evan Brown, 13, a student at Roosevelt Middle School, won the boys' 13-and-younger ...
Brains Behind Eugene, Ore., Start-Ups Know about Business Challenges.
Dec 01, 2003
The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., On the Job Column.
Dec 01, 2003
$3.2 Million Locker Room Causes Controversy for University of Oregon.
Dec 01, 2003
Lane County, Ore., Charity Recycles Mattresses from Landfill.
Dec 01, 2003
Eugene, Ore.-Area Retailers Hope to Get Shoppers Rolling in Tough Economy.
Dec 01, 2003
Environmental Groups, Timber Industry at Odds over Post-Fire Logging in Oregon.
Dec 01, 2003
The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., Development Report Column.
Dec 02, 2003
Furniture Store to Fill Former Montgomery Ward Space in Eugene, Ore.
Dec 02, 2003
Oregon Travelers Play Waiting Game as They Try to Go Home after Holiday.
Dec 02, 2003
Weyerhaeuser Wins Ruling by State Official on Alder Sawlogs.
Dec 02, 2003
LOCAL MAN FESSES UP TO TAKING HUMORIST'S BYLINE IN VAIN.(General News)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: Matt Cooper The Register-Guard Question: What do renowned humor columnist Dave Barry and a Eugene hospital advocate have in common? Answer: A lesson in misrepresentation. Rob Zako, a member of a group opposed to PeaceHealth's plans to build a $400 ...
Shooting prompts close look at facility.(Crime)(State licensing officials are trying to determine whether Alpine Court took adequate steps to protect residents)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: Diane Dietz The Register-Guard State elder care regulators are working alongside police to figure out how an Alzheimer's patient got a gun and why he used it for two murders and his own suicide. State officials also said Monday they'll push for an official ...
Arizonan may become Eugene's top lawman.(Government)(Hailing from Tucson, Robert Lehner is the top choice to be the city's chief of police)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: Rebecca Nolan The Register-Guard Assistant Chief Robert Lehner has spent 25 years working his way up the ranks of the Tucson, Ariz., police force. Now he could be the next chief of police in Eugene. City Manager Dennis Taylor announced Monday that ...
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Remember all the victims As a parent, the tragedy that recently struck the community of Veneta saddens my heart. Every article and letter to the editor mentions support for the three victims and their families and friends. It seems we have ...
The swimmers' Everest.(Editorials)(First woman to swim English Channel dead at 98)(Editorial)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard It's not likely that many Americans remember Gertrude Ederle, who became an international celebrity of the 1920s as the first woman to swim the English Channel. She performed her feat in rugged seas in August of 1926, and made the swim in a record time ...
Let the debate begin.(Editorials)(Nation deserves a visionary energy policy)(Editorial)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard One of the few victories for which Democrats in Congress can be thankful over the holiday recess is that Republican leaders were unable to win enough votes to push through the Bush administration's pork-laden energy bill. What began last ...
25 acres sold, 100 available at Marcola site.(Real Estate & Housing)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: DEVELOPMENT REPORT By Christian Wihtol The Register-Guard September was a good month for Eugene businessman Al Pierce. Pierce sold two big chunks of industrial land off Springfield's Marcola Road: 22.5 acres to the Oregon Military Department for a new armory, ...
Weyerhaeuser wins alder ruling.(Government)(A state forestry official sides with the timber giant in a dispute over supply raised by independent mill owners)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: Joe Harwood The Register-Guard SALEM - A top Oregon forestry official ruled on Monday that Weyerhaeuser can continue buying alder sawlogs harvested off state forest lands even though the company exports softwood timber to overseas markets. A group of ...
Furniture store to fill void at Valley River Center.(Business)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: Edward Russo The Register-Guard Valley River Center has found a local furniture retailer to fill most of the former Montgomery Ward store, at least until the mall attracts long-term tenants that would prompt a renovation of the big building. Rife's Home ...
BUSINESS GIVING.(Business)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Donations The KIDSPORTS Foundation has received the following: $3,000 from US Bank for student scholarships for 2004; $7,591 from the Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation to establish an endowed fund for scholarships and equipment; and $5,000 ...
Holiday wish list.(Holidays)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Agency/Program: Junction City Sharing Tree, sponsored by Junction City Business and Professional Women Purpose: Provides gifts for low-income ...
Tim-brrr! Rain drips on tree trip.(Columns)(Column)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: Bob Welch / The Register-Guard BLUE RIVER - And there came a decree from my wife, saying: "Yea, we shall venture into the snowy mountains Saturday and pluck from the hinterlands our Tannenbaum as part of an old-fashioned family Christmas experience." Or something like ...
Speaking other tongues.(Higher Education)(A surge in UO foreign language enrollment follows a nationwide trend)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard The word "globalization" is on a lot of lips these days, but at the University of Oregon, more and more students are learning to talk the talk. Enrollment in foreign languages at the UO is up almost 13 percent this year alone, ...
Prozanski moving up to Senate.(Legislature)(Lane County votes weigh in favor of the Eugene attorney, who will resign his House seat to serve more people)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard COTTAGE GROVE - In a vote split mostly along geographical lines, the commissioners of Lane and Douglas counties chose state Rep. Floyd Prozanski on Monday to succeed Sen. Tony Corcoran in Senate District 4. Prozanski, a ...
Tribe snaps up waterfront tract for development.(Real Estate & Housing)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard NORTH BEND - For a decade, the Coquille Indian Tribe has been eyeing a 60-acre stretch of prime waterfront property in North Bend - and not just because it's adjacent to The Mill Casino. On Monday, that attention paid dividends ...
Downtown plan something to build on.(Government)(Eugene city councilors praise a draft that calls for expansions, preservations and even a new movie theater)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: Joe Mosley The Register-Guard A new blueprint for the future of downtown Eugene drew raves from the City Council on Monday night for its blend of concepts and specifics. The draft copy of the 2003 Downtown Plan - an update of a 1984 version - calls for ...
BRIEFLY.(General News)(THE REGION)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard 'Fame' performance postponed 1 week "Fame" will arrive in Eugene a week later than planned. Clear Channel Entertainment has changed the dates of the Broadway in Eugene production from Jan. 9 and 10 to Jan. 16 and 17. ...
CALENDAR.(Government)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Coburg TODAY City Council - 7 p.m., Municipal Courthouse, 32694 E. Pearl St. Public hearing on repeal of obsolete ordinances. 682-7850. Eugene TODAY Police Commission SWAT Policy Review ...
FOR THE RECORD.(Vitals)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Births SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER EUGENE Oct. 29, 2003 Harrison-Kneeland - Michelle Harrison and Devin Kneeland, of Eugene, a son. Nov. 25, 2003 Thelen-Winsted - Krystle Thelen and ...
TRUCK RIDES FOR TOTS.(Holidays)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Three-year-old Katie Russell is helped down from a 1941 fire engine, owned by Greg Musil from the Eugene Fire Department, while her father, Mike Russell, watches after a ride around the parking lot at Shopko on Chad Drive Sunday afternoon. Eugene and ...
BRIEFLY.(General News)(METRO)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Gun-wielding suspect robs pub on Highway 99 A robber pulled a gun on an employee at the Brew and Cue pub early Monday and ran away with an unspecified amount of cash, Eugene police said. No one was injured. The robbery happened ...
OBITUARIES.(Vitals)(Obituary)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Kenneth Wiederholt The funeral Mass will be held Dec. 3 for Kenneth Joseph "Kenny" Wiederholt of Prineville, formerly of Eugene, who died Nov. 25 of age-related causes. He was 81. Wiederholt was born Aug. 16, 1922, in Lisbon, ...
Beavers' Browner earns Pac-10's freshman honor.(Sports)(OSU's Euhus, Jackson, Newson, Seigler, and Oregon's Lewis, Washington and Snyder make the first team)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: From Register-Guard and news service reports Oregon State's Brandon Browner was named the Pac-10's freshman of the year and Churchill High graduate Tim Euhus was one of four Beavers named to the all-league first team announced Monday. Three Oregon players were ...
Pappas named top U.S. track and field athlete.(Sports)(The Azalea native and former Lane Community College standout won the world decathlon title in 2003)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: From Register-Guard and news service reports Tom Pappas, the Oregon native who became a world champion in the decathlon, won the Jesse Owens Award on Monday as the top male track and field athlete in the United States for 2003. Distance runner Deena Drossin ...
Wildcats win ahead of schedule.(Sports)(George Crace had a 10-year plan when he took over a fledgling team, but it's in the finals in its ninth year)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: Steve Mims The Register-Guard Just a couple of months after Wilsonville High School opened in the fall of 1995, George Crace took his junior varsity football team to Ridgefield (Wash.) High School and lost 48-0 to the Spudders. Crace later grimaced when he ...
Big break finally over for UO men.(Sports)(The Ducks meet Portland State tonight, their first game since they defeated Fresno State 10 days ago)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: Bob Clark The Register-Guard Oregon returns to the court for a game tonight, playing host to Portland State in what will be only the second game of the season for the Ducks. There are Pac-10 teams that have played three or four times. Oregon hasn't played ...
Ducks, Beavers firm up bowl plans.(Sports)(Oregon will make it official today that the Ducks will play in the Sun Bowl, while OSU will play in Vegas)
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: Bob Clark The Register-Guard Oregon began December with a return to practice Monday night, minutes after finding out the Ducks will be finishing the month in the Sun Bowl. `We're pretty excited,' UO quarterback Kellen Clemens said. `I've heard they treat you ...