The Register Guard (Eugene, OR) back issues from June 2004:
The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., On the Job Column.
Jun 01, 2004
The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., Business Calendar Column.
Jun 01, 2004
Oregon Credit Union Merger Is Called Off.
Jun 01, 2004
Oregon Plywood Mills Boost Output but Add Few Jobs.
Jun 01, 2004
Oregon Senate Likely Won't Meet in Special Session.
Jun 01, 2004
Some Eugene, Ore., Residents Oppose Proposed Church Expansion.
Jun 01, 2004
As Opening Nears, Florence, Ore., Casino Opponents Refuse to Leave Table.
Jun 01, 2004
Opponents Fought Florence, Ore., Casino on Several Issues.
Jun 01, 2004
Three lead courtroom charge.(Courts)(Bob Lane, Karsten Rasmussen and Russell Barnett will be the key courtroom figures in the sex assault trial of Roger Eugene Magana)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Deputy District Attorney Bob Lane saves his words for the courtroom. When asked to provide information about his professional background for this story, he declined to participate in any way. "Bob does not believe this case ...
FORM OF SALVATION.(Higher Education)(A generous scholarship enables an artist to put hard days behind him)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard By the time he was just 18, Alex San Pedro had been on the road to nowhere for so long he'd run out of pavement. Abused, homeless and alcoholic, he'd already seen one more birthday than he expected, and he doubted there would be ...
No deals as former officer's trial nears.(Courts)(The case involves charges of rape and harassment of 15 women while he was on duty)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: Rebecca Nolan The Register-Guard Jury selection is set to begin Wednesday in the much-anticipated trial of Roger Eugene Magana, a former Eugene police officer charged with sexually assaulting women while in uniform. Defense attorney Russell Barnett said there ...
Report details Magana's early brush with law.(Crime)(The former police officer was arrested for burglary at 19; charges weren't pressed)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: Rebecca Nolan The Register-Guard His arrest last year on allegations that he sexually abused more than a dozen women wasn't the first time Roger Eugene Magana tangled with the law. The disgraced former Eugene police officer was arrested in 1982 in connection ...
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Election will help Springfield I was very disappointed upon seeing the election results for the new Eugene mayor and City Council members. I have always felt that councilors like David Kelly and Betty Taylor have agendas of their own and do ...
The torture temptation.(Editorials)(It's not just bad PR - it's not effective)(Editorial)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard If torturing one person saved the lives of many, the practice would be widely defended. Interrogation techniques that encounter moral objections, or that create lasting enmity among their subjects, would be accepted for their immediate payoff. But ...
Got (money for) milk?(Editorials)(Record prices threaten American way of life)(Editorial)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard It's got to be a conspiracy. Faced with an expanding population of expanding people whose ballooning weight weighs more heavily on health care costs every year, the feds had to do something drastic. So a couple of the flat-stomached Type A ...
Focused effort seeks global polio eradication.(Columns)(Column)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Jim Torrey For The Register-Guard Polio disrupted the lives of American children born in the 1950s and 1960s. Many weren't allowed to go to swimming pools in the summer, because no one knew how the disease spread. Almost everyone born in those years ...
South Eugene graduate in good spot for Athens shot.(Sports)(Rick Hawn is ranked No. 1 in his judo weight class)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: Chris Hansen The Register-Guard Olympic judo hopeful Rick Hawn has been honing his skills at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., for eight years now, but thanks to fluky timing and funky rules, he has never actually had much of a chance to make an ...
Balanced team has Pleasant Hill back in familiar playoff territory.(Sports)(No longer a one-man show, the Billies meet No. 2 Henley today in the state semifinals)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: Chris Hansen The Register-Guard PLEASANT HILL - Last season, Pleasant Hill rode the back of one do-everything player into the OSAA Class 3A baseball semifinals. The Billies have made it just as far this spring, but this time it has taken more of a group ...
Emeralds tickets go on sale today.(Sports)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Individual tickets for Eugene Emeralds baseball games will go on sale this morning. Tickets will be available in person from the Emerald ticket office at Civic Stadium or by phone with MasterCard or Visa at 342-5367 beginning at 9 a.m ....
A FLOCK OF FALCONS.(Sports)(Elmira has much more than just ace pitcher Alicia Cook)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: Jeff Smith The Register-Guard ELMIRA - Walking toward Elmira's softball field last week, a couple of Henley supporters spoke of the topic most associated with the Falcons. `It should be exciting to see Alicia Cook pitch,' one fan said. `Yeah, I hear she's ...
Irish shine despite lack of stars.(Sports)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: Steve Mims The Register-Guard Waldport did not have one player who was a first-team all-Trico League selection in softball. "I thought we should have had four of them, at least," second-year coach Ed Phillips said. "But the girls were expecting it. Last year ...
BRIEFLY.(Sports)(NEWS & NOTES)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Heavy hitters in 2A baseball Top-ranked Grant Union probably figured if it could average 17 runs per contest in the OSAA Class 2A baseball playoffs, the Prospectors would be a good bet to reach the championship game for the second straight ...
Insights from Z to A on this year's grads.(Columns)(Column)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: Bob Welch / The Register-Guard Zackery Last of Oakridge High. There. What better way to begin our fifth annual Graduation Name All-Star Team than by letting Last be first? The coolest individual name of 2004? Junction City's Kazuki Suzuki. The ...
Not all bless church's expansion.(Real Estate & Housing)(Neighborhood residents challenge plans to remove rental houses and construct new buildings and a parking lot)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard Eugene Faith Center has a grand vision to rebuild its campus at 13th Avenue and Polk Street near the county fairgrounds. The church wants to tear down the smattering of buildings on its eight-acre site and replace them ...
Agile dogs vault to the head of the pack.(Animals)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: Jim Feehan The Register-Guard The dance with the Doberman ended in 32 seconds. That's how long it took Kestrel to zip through a winding obstacle course during Monday's dog trials competition at the Lane Events Center. And that's how Craig French of ...
Hundreds pray at vigil for missing Veneta woman.(Crime)(Search crews comb 1,800 acres of natural areas for the Elmira High School graduate as police sort through 1,100 tips)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: From Register-Guard and news service reports CORVALLIS - About 650 people showed their support for Brooke Wilberger's family at a Monday night prayer vigil as the search for the missing teenager moved into its second week. Wilberger, 19, whose parents live in ...
WINNING ISN'T EVERYTHING.(General News)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Upon winning the Little Cutie Contest, Dea Ferguson, 3, was all smiles. But after several minutes of ...
CALENDAR.(Government)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Coburg TODAY City Council and Budget Committee - 5:30 p.m., courthouse, 32694 E. Pearl St. Coburg. Budget meeting. 7 p.m., City Council, same address. Local improvement district hearing. 485-0655. Eugene ...
BRIEFLY.(General News)(THE REGION)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Documentary examines the history of logging "Natural Timber Country," a documentary about the history of logging in the Pacific Northwest featuring rare footage of logging in the early part of the 20th century and unique ...
FOR THE RECORD.(Vitals)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Deaths Brand - Donald E. Brand, 74, of Eugene died May 29. Musgrove Family Mortuary, Eugene, in charge of arrangements. Choo - Wol Choo of Reedsport died May 29. Dunes Memorial Chapel, Reedsport, in charge of arrangements. ...
OBITUARIES.(Vitals)(Obituary)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard George Travess SPRINGFIELD - The funeral will be held June 2 for George D. Travess of Springfield, who died May 28 of age-related causes. He was 91. Travess was born June 9, 1912, in Sully County, S.D., to John and Lucy Jane Bown ...
Gravel producer seeks OK for plants.(Business)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: DEVELOPMENT REPORT By Joe Harwood The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - Morse Bros. Inc. will soon seek permission to install portable concrete and asphalt plants along the northern portion of its 416-acre Springfield Quarry. Representatives of the Tangent-based ...
BUSINESS BEAT.(Business)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard People Jeffery Keim has joined Eugene-based embedded computer manufacturer VersaLogic Corp. as an application programmer, and Barb Cole has joined the company as technical services manager. Keim previously worked at Codecraft in Calgary, ...
Florence, Ore.-Area Tree Clearing Comes under Fire.
Jun 02, 2004
Students without honor.(Schools)(Teachers grapple with an epidemic of cheating)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: Susan Palmer The Register-Guard Jeanne Wagenknecht has a message for University of Oregon students who take her finance classes. If you cheat, she will mess with your head. For a student she suspected of computer hacking to get access to her exams, she ...
Biscuit logging details released.(Environment)(The Forest Service scales back board feet estimates, but opponents vow to fight)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: Diane Dietz The Register-Guard Timber companies stand to gain 370 million board feet of lumber in the massive Biscuit Fire salvage sale, the U.S. Forest Service announced Tuesday. National environmental groups, members of Congress and city councilors from ...
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Don't abandon returning troops I attended the groundbreaking ceremonies for the new $70 million federal courthouse in Eugene. There are efforts to build a multi-million dollar wetlands interpretative center, and the administration wants to ...
Don't rush memorial.(Editorials)(School board's delay is prudent)(Editorial)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Those inclined to find public schools insufficiently respectful of the armed forces and their veterans will undoubtedly add the Eugene School Board's latest decision to their stockpile of evidence. The board decided last week to postpone approval of a ...
The session that wasn't.(Editorials)(Tax reform still out of Legislature's reach)(Editorial)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard The Oregon Legislature's mistake was in thinking that reaching an agreement on tax reform would be easier now than it was last year. In fact, the obstacles that have prevented a generation of Oregon lawmakers from making fundamental changes in the ...
We can improve energy efficiency.(Columns)(Column)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Joshua Skov For The Register-Guard The recent rise in gasoline prices has generated a lot of noise. Calls of outrage and demands for change compete with harsh accusations and big promises by politicians. But one field has suffered most: economics. The ...
Victory not in the cards for Billies.(Sports)(Henley ace Bryn Card ends Pleasant Hill's playoff run with a 9-2 semifinal victory)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: Chris Hansen The Register-Guard PLEASANT HILL - Henley pitcher Bryn Card's fastball was working early, his change-up was working late, and thus, in between, nothing was working for Pleasant Hill. The Billies, who had been emboldened by their offensive output ...
Young players do the job for Elmira.(Sports)(Heather Cordell's RBI triple scores the winning run as Elmira reaches softball final)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: Jeff Smith The Register-Guard TURNER - Heather Cordell and Nicole Shaw look back fondly on last year's state championship run. They remember the emotion, and the celebration after Elmira won the state softball championship. They also recall where ...
Helgerson hits, pitches Waldport into final.(Sports)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard WALDPORT - Tasha Helgerson's one-out single up the middle in the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday pushed Waldport past Kennedy 2-1 and into the championship game of the OSAA Class 2A softball playoffs. The 10th-ranked Irish, who lost in ...
Webb returning to Pre Classic.(Sports)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Alan Webb, who broke Jim Ryun's 36-year-old national high school mile record during the 2001 Prefontaine Classic, returns to the IAAF Grand Prix track and field meet on June 19. Webb is entered in the meet's mile run, the same event in ...
HUMOR, BUSINESS SENSE A PART OF YOUTH DIRECTOR'S LEGACY.(General News)(Jim Forbes leaves Looking Glass behind and sets sail for retirement in Texas)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: Bill Bishop The Register-Guard What began as a three-month volunteer summer job for a college student eager to help runaways in 1972 became a 32-year career of hard-nosed, good-humored, passionate service to troubled youths and families across the county. Jim ...
Some cuts restored as budget emerges.(Government)(Eugene's Budget Committee proposes tapping reserves and raising stormwater fees)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: Edward Russo The Register-Guard Some long-term financial trends for the city of Eugene may look troubling, but shapers of the city's budget feel generous enough in the short term to spend instead of save. The Eugene Budget Committee is recommending adding ...
Couple's community service runs from their farm to the Grange.(General News)(The Herricks host school field trips and help with benefit breakfasts)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: Profile by The Register-Guard Name: Paula and Vernon Herrick of Walterville Claim to fame: Owners of Herrick Farms, 88080 Millican Road Field trip fun: In October, the Herricks host field trips for 2,000 preschoolers and kindergartners across Lane ...
Family takes short respite from search.(Crime)(As relatives take a day to regroup, volunteers continue to look for Brooke Wilberger)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: Rebecca Nolan The Register-Guard The family of a missing college student left town for the day Tuesday to regroup after more than a week of searching for 19-year-old Brooke Wilberger, who vanished May 24 from a Corvallis apartment complex. The family has been ...
Session abandoned as Democrats stay home.(Legislature)(Hopes of revamping Oregon's tax system dim as the House fails to muster a quorum in the special meeting)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard SALEM - Tuesday's special session ended before it began, when Democrats' absence from the Capitol forced Republicans to abandon their effort to cap spending growth. With the Senate's decision last week not to participate in a ...
Loose hose caused fire on LTD bus.(Accidents)(The new vehicles have been upgraded and the damaged bus is being rebuilt)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard Investigators have determined that a hydraulic hose failure caused the fire that burned the back of a Lane Transit District bus in April. The hydraulic hose came loose from a crimp fitting, either because it wasn't inserted far ...
PET DAY.(Schools)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Second-grader Alexa Gardner cuddles her dog, Zena, amid a crowd of other Walterville Elementary School students carrying their favorite pets during the school's Pet Day on Tuesday afternoon. Kids got to march their ...
BRIEFLY.(General News)(REGION)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard American Red Cross holds auction on e-Bay Duck tickets and a rafting trip will be among the 1,000 items to be auctioned Thursday on e-Bay as part of a nationwide fund-raiser for the American Red Cross. The charity ...
CALENDAR.(Government)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Coburg THURSDAY Planning Commission - 7 p.m., Courthouse, 32694 Pearl St. Work session on residential zones and design standards. 682-7850. Eugene TODAY Redevelopment Advisory Committee - 4 ...
FOR THE RECORD.(Vitals)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Births McKENZIE-WILLAMETTE MEDICAL CENTER SPRINGFIELD May 25, 2004 Finsand-Cutler - Brandi Finsand and Tori Cutler, of Springfield, a daughter. Deaths Bock - Donald Marvin Bock, 71, ...
Music school funding grows.(Higher Education)(Donors are coming through with money for the UO renovation)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Six donors have pledged nearly $2.5 million to help finance a building expansion and renovation of the University of Oregon's School of Music, officials announced Tuesday. The donations will provide nearly one-third of the UO's $7.6 million ...
BRIEFLY.(General News)(METRO)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Rip current grabs pair, leaves one of them dead A Springfield man drowned and his wife was left unconscious after an ocean rip current swept the couple into rough water as they were playing in the surf near a resort in Gold Beach on Saturday ...
OBITUARIES.(Vitals)(Obituary)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Helen Kyle COTTAGE GROVE - A memorial service will be held June 3 for Helen Madeline Kyle of Cottage Grove, who died May 27 of age-related causes. She was 89. Kyle was born June 6, 1914, in Bird City, Kan., to Herman and Pearl ...
WorldCom failure cost Oregon counties.(Government)(Lane commissioners will vote today whether to accept a partial tax payment)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard The collapse of communications giant MCI WorldCom in bankruptcy two years ago caused shock waves in the nation's financial centers, but didn't seem to have much effect in Oregon. Yet it turns out that the conglomerate owed a ...
County looks to boost tourism.(Government)(Commissioners appoint a task force to draft a plan to keep Lane County from falling behind other places)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard Many Oregon communities have begun to see the convention and tourism business as one of the most attractive industries to woo to create economic stability, and Lane County doesn't want to be left behind. Spurred by hearing ...
Lamb tajine brings home scents, tastes of North Africa.(Food)(Recipe)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: THE $10 GOURMET By Jim Boyd The Register-Guard Budget-wary cooks looking to prepare a tasty, simple meal might enjoy making a lamb tajine with carrots and fava beans, says John Higby, the lunch chef at Cafe Soriah. Higby offers a recipe for this North African ...
ENTREE NOTES.(Food)
Jun 02, 2004 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Event to showcase lavender-flavored food The Eugene Convivium of Slow Food USA is now offering tickets to "An Afternoon at Sawmill Ballroom Lavender Farm," an event from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. June 27 at Joey and Nancy Blum's lavender ...
Eugene, Ore., Chamber Is Taking Economic Contribution Awards Nominations.
Jun 03, 2004
The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., Retail Notebook Column.
Jun 03, 2004
Oregon Democrats' Absence Stymies Special Session at Capitol.
Jun 03, 2004
U.S. Officials Release Logging Details of Biscuit Fire Salvage Sale in Oregon.
Jun 03, 2004