The Register Guard (Eugene, OR) back issues from March 2004:
Police robot hands officers advantage in touchy situations.(Crime)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: Susan Palmer The Register-Guard When things get dicey for the bomb squad or the SWAT team, they send in Big Jim. The squat, 350-pound robot has eyes, ears, a weapon and enough dexterity to open doors, punch out windows, dismantle bombs, handle hazardous ...
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Corruption goes unpunished More than two years following Enron's implosion, the criminal indictments continue to slowly climb into the corporation's old hierarchy. Enron's criminal frauds were not theirs alone; Wall Street and regulatory ...
Battle of the bulge.(Editorials)(Parents need help to teach healthy eating habits)(Editorial)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard By failing to pay closer attention to nutrition, many Americans are saddling their children with a burden they're likely to wear around their waists all their livelong days. The worst consequences - health problems such as cardiovascular disease and ...
Judges lose independence.(Editorials)(Recess appointments create political risks)(Editorial)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard President Bush's second recess appointment to a federal appeals court raises an unsettling question: Will the job security of the next person named to the U.S. Supreme Court depend on who is elected president? The appointment process has become so ...
Convert outrage into action to reduce domestic violence.(Columns)(Column)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Kamala Shugar For The Register-Guard Three domestic homicides in Lane County in the first 54 days of 2004. Three women dead. The community is rightly outraged. But to whom do we turn our outrage? Ten years ago, the Centers for Disease ...
Same-sex weddings get mixed reception.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Religion is invading government I thought it was a hallmark of the Republican Party to have less government. Here they go again, sticking their rules in my face. My advice to Republicans: If you don't want a same-sexed marriage, ...
`GREEN' TO BLOOM ONCE AGAIN.(Business)(Investors hope a $3 million renovation will draw people to the garden-themed luxury resort in Cottage Grove)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: Karen McCowan The Register-Guard COTTAGE GROVE - This was the place, back in the day. The Village Green was built in 1959, when Interstate 5 first cut a four-lane swath down the West Coast. Alongside the newfangled freeway, the local Woodard family built no ...
Student masters her family's past.(Schools)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: FACES AND PLACES by The Register-Guard Name: Taylor Jernagan Grade: Sixth School: Shasta Middle School Age: 12 Hometown: Born at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Eugene, Taylor lived in Springfield until age 5 and has lived in ...
Coach sets sights on another glory.(Schools)(Retiring McKenzie High teacher Galen Scrivner plans to move to Yuba City, Calif.)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: Bob Keefer The Register-Guard BLUE RIVER - Twenty-six years ago, Galen Scrivner showed up for work at this town's tiny high school thinking he'd teach some math and coach a few years of double-A basketball before moving up to a bigger school and greater athletic glory. ...
Author offers straight talk on 'ex-gays'.(Politics)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: Jeff Wright The Register-Guard As Wayne Besen sees it, this year's presidential contest could come down to how Americans answer a single question: Do gay people have a choice, or are they born that way? "It's a key issue because those who believe it's a ...
Timing works for leap day birth.(General News)(Kathleen Ramsey's Feb. 29 home birth of a girl is extra special when Army Lt. Micah Allen is there for his daughter's birth)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: Jim Feehan The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - Micah Allen had good reason to leap for joy Sunday with the leap day birth of a healthy baby daughter. The fact that Allen was even there for partner Kathleen Ramsey's home birth was a small miracle: A lieutenant in ...
BRIEFLY.(General News)(THE REGION)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Group to meet on setting plans for the end of life The importance of having an advance directive for health care decisions will be the focus of a general meeting of Partners to Improve End-of-Life Care at 3 p.m. Wednesday at England's Eugene ...
CALENDAR.(Government)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Coburg TUESDAY City Council - 6 p.m. 32694 W. Pearl St. Work session with planning commission. Regular meeting follows. 682-7852. Douglas County TUESDAY Board of Property Tax Appeals - 9 a.m., ...
FOR THE RECORD.(Vitals)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Deaths Campbell - JoAnn Campbell, 58, of Springfield, died Feb. 28. Buell Funeral Chapel, Springfield, in charge of arrangements. Crofford - Clara Dorothy Crofford, 80, of Cottage Grove, died Feb. 26. Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral ...
Couple create endowment, scholarship.(Higher Education)(The gift funds studies in Shakespeare and art history at the UO)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard A former University of Oregon student and his wife have donated more than $1 million to establish an endowed professorship in Shakespeare and a scholarship in art history. Robert and Gloria Lee named the professorship in honor of ...
LOOKING BACK.(General News)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard A quiet day in Florence in 1910. The unpaved street looks like a combination of sand and mud. Ready's Meat Market, a restaurant and a clothing store offer the bare essentials in merchandise. Want to submit? If you have an old photo you think ...
OBITUARIES.(Vitals)(Obituary)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard James Dennis YONCALLA - A memorial service will be held March 2 for James Carl Dennis of Yoncalla, who died Feb. 26 of a heart attack. He was 77. He was born Feb. 15, 1927, in Lamesa, Texas, to Thomas and Sarah West Dennis. He ...
Clues sought in walker's death.(General News)(Obituary)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - A middle-aged woman collapsed on a sidewalk in north Springfield on Sunday morning and later died, and police are asking for the public's help in locating a good Samaritan who came to the woman's aid. The cause of death has ...
BRIEFLY.(General News)(METRO)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Driver cited after crash along Highway 126 SPRINGFIELD - A 44-year-old Eugene man was cited Sunday for driving while intoxicated and careless driving after a motorist struck an unoccupied disabled car while heading west on Highway 126, ...
BRIEFLY.(Schools)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard OPPORTUNITIES Springfield students' artwork to be on display The work of Springfield elementary, middle and high school students will be showcased beginning Wednesday at City Hall, 225 Fifth St., and the Island Park Art Gallery ...
CALENDAR.(Schools)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Eugene TODAY Eugene School Board - 7 p.m., Education Center, 200 N. Monroe St. Work session on possible names for two new elementary schools. 687-3309. Springfield SATURDAY Springfield High ...
BOOK PICKS.(Schools)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard "The Beast" By Walter Dean Myers Scholastic Press, 2003 Ages 13 to 18 Black History Month - observed in February - is over. But the country's most prolific black author has a recent publication that merits ...
ACHIEVEMENTS.(Schools)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Three area students named scholarship semifinalists Seniors Mary Pilon of Churchill High School, Patricia Rogers of Harrisburg High School and Chauncey Freeman of Junction City High School have been selected as semifinalists for the 2003-04 ...
BITES.(General News)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR WALLET? A rubber goldfish Tinkle tokens (my Spanish teacher doesn't believe in ``bathroom passes'') Some lint and a couple of buttons A fake student ID I made to get into a Howard ...
BACKPACK.(Entertainment)(ENTERTAINMENT)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard The Locust, the Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower, YOB, Ned - Metal, 8:30 p.m. today, WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave. $10, $8 advance. (687-2746) Andru Bemis - 7 p.m. today, Art of Everything, 513 E. Main St., Cottage Grove. Free. (942-6174) ...
Qualification or elimination will be decided this weekend.(Sports)(Oregon's Pac-10 tournament hopes are still on the line)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: Bob Clark The Register-Guard Two weeks after playing for second place in the Pac-10, Oregon will try to avoid falling into an eighth-place tie in the league standings that could keep the Ducks from even participating in the Pac-10 tournament. That's what four ...
Thurston ready for playoff game.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: Steve Mims The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - Thurston opens the postseason tonight by hosting an OSAA Class 4A sub-tournament boys basketball game against Clackamas, which has already survived one playoff game. The Colts (16-8) finished tied for third in the ...
Cold-shooting Lane falls in semi.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard KENNEWICK, Wash. - Lane never could get its shooting going, and it cost the Titans a berth in the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges women's basketball final. The Titans shot just 29 percent from the field and fell 62-47 to ...
UO men's tennis stuns Washington.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard The Oregon men's tennis team accomplished something Sunday that had been done only five other times in school history. Spurred by an upset from Manuel Kost over the third-ranked player in the country, the Ducks shocked No. 18 Washington 4-3 ...
COMMUNITY SPORTS.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Cottage Grove High School equestrian team members Brent Neely, 17, and Katie Munsell, 18, will be looking to match their February success when the South Valley Oregon High School Equestrian Teams hold their second competition this Friday, Saturday and ...
`C' IS FOR COMMUNITY, CARING AND ...(General News)(A Girl Scouts outreach program wants more young Latinas and their families to feel included)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: Susan Palmer The Register-Guard Daisy and Patricia Martinez turn all shy and serious when you ask them why they like the Girl Scouts. The Eugene sisters - 10 and 7 years old - say Scouting is fun and they liked camp last year. Then, looking over at ...
Chavez, Holt seem unlikely school picks.(Schools)(As a vote nears, few board members back those names for two new buildings)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: Anne Williams The Register-Guard Advocates for naming Eugene's two new elementary schools after Bertha Holt and Cesar Chavez may want to steel themselves for a letdown. In a Eugene School Board work session Monday, few of the seven members voiced strong ...
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard CORRECTION (ran 3/05/04): Lindsay Rangel's last name was misspelled in the signature of a letter published on Tuesday. Make domestic violence a crime We are writing in regard to the Feb. 24 article on the stalker who killed his ...
Make Haiti governable.(Editorials)(A job of nation-building lies ahead)(Editorial)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Jean Bertrand Aristide placed not far behind Cuba's Fidel Castro and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez on the Bush administration's list of least favorite leaders in the Western Hemisphere. Yet as much as it disliked Aristide, the Bush administration disliked ...
Going it alone.(Editorials)(Bush administration won't join land mine treaty)(Editorial)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard The combat phase of warfare can end in many ways - victory, defeat, truce. The shooting stops and the troops depart. Civilians come out of hiding, cautiously emerging from the basements, forests and mountains to put the pieces of their lives back ...
Several Cottage Grove businesses expanding.(Real Estate & Housing)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: DEVELOPMENT REPORT By Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard Several business expansions are under way in Cottage Grove. Brad Cohen, owner of Brad's Cottage Grove Chevrolet, plans by summer to open a recreational vehicle sales lot at 90 Thornton Lane, across ...
Tech section now on Sunday.(Business)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard The Register-Guard's weekly technology package is on the move. Specifically, effective today, the package is moving from inside the Tuesday Business section to inside the Sunday Business section. Other than the day it runs, nothing else will ...
Bi-Mart employees approve plan to buy out retail chain.(Business)(More than 70 percent agree to borrow from pensions to finance the $94 million deal)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: Joe Mosley The Register-Guard That cashier who helped you at the Bi-Mart checkout stand, or the sporting goods clerk who showed you to the fishing lures? Chances are, they own the place now. Employees of the 64-store retail chain decided last ...
BUSINESS BEAT.(Business)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard People Steve Holden is the new plant manager of the Trus Joist factory in Eugene. He replaces Joe Fyie, who becomes manager for a special engineered lumber project at the company's plant in Albany. Holden was manager of the Trus Joist plant ...
Unfinished buildings, and other business.(Columns)(Column)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: Bob Welch / The Register-Guard Let the March trivia madness begin: Q. Just before you come into Florence from the east, along the Siuslaw River, there's a building on piers that has been years in the making. What is it and when might it be finished? ...
University of Michigan professor to lead UO College of Business.(Higher Education)(University of Michigan professor James Bean, 49, returns to Oregon; he'll start work July 1, replacing Philip Romero)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard The University of Oregon's new business school complex will have a new face beginning this summer because James Bean is coming back to Oregon. The University of Michigan professor has accepted the UO's offer to become dean of the ...
Damaged river home slated for demolition.(Environment)(Fishermen and river enthusiasts push to act before the house falls apart into the McKenzie)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard CEDAR FLAT - After months of frustrating and futile work to save their house from falling into the McKenzie River, Randy and Cindy Mathews will watch their 3,000-square-foot dream literally being wrecked on Saturday. It ...
New clinics to expand health options.(Health)(A federal grant funds establishment of a three-site network offering care to those who might not otherwise be served)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard CORRECTION (ran 3/03/04): A story on Page D1 on Monday contained incorrect information. The address of the new community health clinic in Springfield is 1640 G St. Also, Lane County officials have not yet chosen a name for the clinic, but ...
Oregon National Guard units put on alert for Iraq.(General News)(Units from La Grande, Redmond and Woodburn could deploy later this year)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: From Register-Guard and news service reports PORTLAND - Pentagon officials have alerted Oregon National Guard units in La Grande, Redmond and Woodburn to be ready for possible deployment to Iraq late this year or in early 2005. The alert came as four major ...
CALENDAR.(Government)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Coburg TODAY City Council - 6 p.m., 32694 W. Pearl St. Work session with planning commission. Regular meeting follows. 682-7852. Douglas County TODAY Board of Property Tax Appeals - 9 a.m., ...
FOR THE RECORD.(Vitals)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Births SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER EUGENE Feb. 24, 2004 Barajas - Tammy Barajas, of Springfield, a son. Hogan-Scott - Deena Hogan and Armad Scott, of Eugene, a daughter. Howell - ...
Don't make plans for a dry spring.(Weather)(After a partly sunny start, March is expected to see `pretty normal' weather)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: Jeff Wright The Register-Guard Even with a 29th day, February mustered less than two-thirds of the rainfall that typically falls in Eugene. But don't go jumping to conclusions about a mild spring, advises meteorologist Rodger Nelson at the National Weather Service in ...
BRIEFLY.(General News)(REGION)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard High court to hear two cases on campus Wednesday The Oregon Supreme Court will be at the University of Oregon School of Law on Wednesday to hear oral arguments in two criminal cases during its annual spring visit to the campus. ...
RAINBOW JUMPER.(Weather)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard A late-afternoon rainbow forms an ethereal dome for basketball games last week at Crescent neighborhood park in northeast Eugene. Outdoor courts in the area should stay dry today as a break in a series of storm systems is ...
OBITUARIES.(Vitals)(Obituary)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Anna Prall A celebration of life will be held March 3 for Anna Mae Prall of Eugene, who died Feb. 27 of age-related causes. She was 77. Prall was born Nov. 6, 1926, in Eugene to James and Callie Stephens Tipton. She married ...
BRIEFLY.(General News)(METRO)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Man robs south Eugene office of credit union A man in need of a shave robbed a south Eugene credit union Monday. Police were looking for the robber, who handed a note to a teller at the Selco Credit Union at 29th Avenue and ...
Finally over the Marist hump, Billies are rolling.(Sports)(Pleasant Hill enters the OSAA Class 3A girls basketball tournament as Sky-Em League champions)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: Chris Hansen The Register-Guard There were times over the past several years when it was hard not to get frustrated playing in the Sky-Em League, Pleasant Hill girls basketball coach Bill Neal admitted. His Billies hadn't won a title in 14 seasons, and for the ...
COURTING MORE SUCCESS.(Sports)(Sheldon heads to state tourney intent on adding to an amazing year)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: Curtis Anderson The Register-Guard These are heady times for girls athletics at Sheldon High School. The third-ranked Irish basketball team became the latest group to join the victory party as they advanced to the OSAA Class 4A state tournament with a ...
Oregon recruits test playoff mettle.(Sports)(Taylor, Leunen lead their teams in the early rounds of their respective state tournaments this week)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: Bob Clark The Register-Guard Two of Oregon's three signed recruits are still playing out their senior seasons with their teams qualified for the early rounds of their respective state championship playoffs. Bryce Taylor scored 29 points Saturday night to lead ...
Axemen play role of favorites this year.(Sports)(South Eugene deals with higher expectations after a surprising run last year)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: Steve Mims The Register-Guard South Eugene can sit home and wait for its opponents to arrive for the OSAA Class 4A boys basketball playoffs this year. The Axemen know the type of attitude that first Wilson and then possibly either Hillsboro or Roseburg will ...
Sky-Em teams begin perilous journey to tourney.(Sports)(Creswell, Junction City and Marist all could reach the final eight)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: Jeff Smith The Register-Guard Until tip-off, the Creswell boys basketball team does little to distinguish itself as one of the state's top 3A teams. There's no "wow factor" as the Bulldogs run onto the court with only one player taller than 6-foot-1. The ...
Poised Cavaliers break Colts.(Sports)(Clackamas rallies from a nine-point deficit to knock Thurston out of the playoffs)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: Steve Mims The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - Clackamas coach Steve Gustovich kept his message simple as he took the Cavaliers, who have only one senior on the roster, on the road for the playoffs. "We had nothing to lose, so I told them to go have a good time, ...
Injuries may hurt Oregon's WNIT bid.(Sports)(With so many hurt players, accepting a potential WNIT bid may be impossible)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: Bob Rodman The Register-Guard After a year away from the postseason, are the Ducks on their way back? Not to the NCAA Tournament. At 14-14 for the season and 6-12 in the Pac-10 Conference, the Oregon women's basketball team would need to win this weekend's ...
NCC hunts for another national crown.(Sports)(After a one-year hiatus, the Crusaders are seeded third in the national tournament)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: Chris Hansen The Register-Guard After a one-year hiatus from the postseason, the Northwest Christian College men's basketball team is playoff-bound again and in the hunt for the school's third national championship under head coach Dave Lipp. The Crusaders ...
Southern quartet of Pac-10 coaches getting testy.(Sports)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: PAC-10 NOTES By Bob Clark The Register-Guard It must be the rigors of a long season, without enough success. Everywhere in the Pac-10, there's a note of crankiness. Arizona coach Lute Olson snapping at his players for their effort. Arizona State coach Rob ...
Titans fall in tourney.(Sports)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard KENNEWICK, Wash. - Poor shooting again cost Lane Community College a victory. The Titans shot just 26 percent from the field and lost 72-57 to Umpqua in the third-place game of the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges ...
Ellis grabs title for Oregon State.(Sports)
Mar 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard TEMPE, Ariz. - Matt Ellis was the only one of Oregon State's three finalists to win a title at the Pac-10 wrestling championships at Arizona State on Monday. Ellis, the titlist at 165 pounds, will lead a contingent of five Beavers into the ...
The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., Development Report Column.
Mar 02, 2004
Damaged Home in Cedar Flat, Ore., Slated for Demolition.
Mar 02, 2004
The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., Business Beat Column.
Mar 02, 2004