The Register Guard (Eugene, OR) back issues from April 2005:
Big Green Events chosen to run Eugene, Ore., fest.
Apr 01, 2005
New freeway lane will crowd Eugene, Ore., bike path.
Apr 01, 2005
Home sales up, prices dip slightly in Lane County, Ore.
Apr 01, 2005
Not all Eugene, Ore., residents are sold on site for hospital.
Apr 01, 2005
Oregon Lottery Director proposes softer profit cut on retailers.
Apr 01, 2005
Eugene, Ore., station adds local talk to radio dial.
Apr 01, 2005
Powerful lobbyist touts drug tracking.
Apr 01, 2005
Landscaping supplier Rexius sustains its recycling roots.
Apr 01, 2005
57 lose jobs at Whittier Wood.
Apr 01, 2005
The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., Business Beat column.
Apr 01, 2005
Bittersweet homecoming.(General News)(Parents of a fallen soldier share the joy of return and the grief of loss with his comrades)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: Susan Palmer The Register-Guard Michelle DeFord couldn't put her arms around her son David on Thursday, so she reached out instead to the soldiers who were with him when he died. DeFord and her husband, Steve, attended the demobilization ceremony of the 2nd ...
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Schools should track victims We can reduce school harassment with a simple change: Start tracking harassment by the victim and produce a victim report. It works like this: Within two weeks of an incident, a computer-generated ...
The long goodbye.(Editorials)(Resolution elusive after Terri Schiavo's death)(Editorial)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard It's tempting to suggest that now Terri Schiavo can rest in peace, but neurologists who examined her would be quick to correct that misperception. For 15 years before her death on Thursday morning, Schiavo was enveloped by the unconscious peace of ...
A floor, not a ceiling.(Editorials)(Minnis' plan needs room for school improvement)(Editorial)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Oregon's schools desperately need all that a plan proposed by House Speaker Karen Minnis would provide: a predictable level of state financial support, along with a reserve account to cushion budgets during economic downturns. The danger is ...
Invest in kids.(Editorials)(Editorial)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard The Fresno Bee reports that putting all of California's 4-year-olds in high-quality preschools would yield $2.62 in benefits for every $1 in costs by the time the children reached age 14. The calculations come from a Rand Corp. study. ...
Arctic wildlife refuge itself a critical resource.(Columns)(Column)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Pat Boleyn For The Register-Guard I had the privilege of traveling and working on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern Alaska as a volunteer biologist after receiving my degree in biology. ANWR is the second-largest ...
Now is the time to prepare for life's end.(Columns)(Obituary)(Column)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Jennifer Wagner For The Register-Guard Death in the United States is often regarded as the enemy. Everywhere you look in end-of-life care, you see evidence of our societal defiance of death. Our attitudes are reflected in the fact that so ...
Amended suit filed against church leaders.(Courts)(Two top Pentecostal officials are accused of advising a rape victim to attend a "church tribunal" instead of going to police)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: Jeff Wright The Register-Guard An amended lawsuit filed Thursday accuses two top Pentecostal Church of God officials of counseling a young rape victim against going to police, instead urging her to travel out of state to face her perpetrator and other church officials in ...
Accident with auto destroys car wash.(Accidents)(A motorist is shaken up after accidentally hitting the gas at a Texaco station, smashing the car and the washing machinery)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: Rebecca Nolan The Register-Guard No car washes at Higgins Texaco for awhile. The automatic washer behind the station at 18th Avenue and Willamette Street was destroyed Thursday when a motorist stomped the gas pedal instead of the brake and brought the whole ...
Burglary routine doesn't play after music school calls police.(Crime)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: Rebecca Nolan The Register-Guard Two men accused of stealing musical instruments from the University of Oregon may have made a classic mistake. They allegedly returned to the scene of the crime - twice. During their first visit to the UO School of ...
Powerful lobbyist touts drug tracking.(Legislature)(The White House backs a bill that would create a prescription database)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard SALEM - An unusual lobbyist - the White House - is touting a bill in Salem. The Bush administration is trying to revive a stalled proposal that would make it easier to pursue illegal prescription drug abusers. But some fear ...
Deputies shoot, kill knife-wielding man.(Crime)(A stun gun fails to stop the man, whose father says he was "off his medications")
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard CHARLESTON - Two sheriff's deputies shot and killed a knife- and hatchet-wielding man on his parents' rural Coos County property after a stun gun failed to stop him, authorities said Thursday. Three deputies initially responded ...
BRIEFLY.(General News)(REGION)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Sno-parks will reopen in Santiam Pass area McKENZIE BRIDGE - The McKenzie River Ranger District of the Willamette National Forest will reopen the Santiam and Ray Benson sno-parks today. The Santiam Pass area received ...
Course aims to prevent child abuse.(General News)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: COUNTY BEAT By Matt Cooper The Register-Guard Child sexual abuse has devastating consequences for youngsters, families and communities, officials say. But an upcoming free course aims to help people stop abuse before it happens. The course, ...
CALENDAR.(Government)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Eugene TODAY Police Commission Complaint Adjudication Review Committee - 11:30 a.m., A/B Conference Room, Eugene Hotel, 244 East Broadway. 682-5852 ....
FOR THE RECORD.(Vitals)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Births McKENZIE-WILLAMETTE MEDICAL CENTER SPRINGFIELD March 13, 2005 Stiner - Mikco and Jason Stiner, of Eugene, a son. March 14, 2005 DuMars - Denise and Mark DuMars, of Springfield, ...
Registration deadline today for workshops on sex abuse.(General News)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard The Eugene Police Department will host two workshops aimed at helping prevent child sexual abuse. People interested in attending must sign up by noon today. The first session is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday at the Emergency ...
LOOKING BACK.(Transportation)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Construction of the Washington-Jefferson Street Bridge was a massive undertaking in the early 1970s. Western Equipment of Eugene furnished some of the equipment for the project ....
BRIEFLY.(Crime)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard REGION Fires that destroyed truck, shed ruled arson YONCALLA - Detectives say fires that destroyed a pickup truck and damaged a tool shed early Sunday were arson. A man called 911 at 4:48 a.m. to report ...
OBITUARIES.(Vitals)(Obituary)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard June Morganti June Vennette Morganti of Eugene died March 29 of age-related causes. She was 84. No service is planned. Morganti was born June 6, 1920, in Drain, to Delbert and Vera Howarth Gorsline. She married Ben Morganti on ...
A DOG IN THE CATBIRD SEAT.(General News)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Terry Lavelle pedals near Valley River Center with his Chihuahua, Pixie, enjoying Thursday's weather while on a shopping ...
57 lose jobs at Whittier Wood.(Business)(A large order cancellation is blamed for the first layoffs in the company's history)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: Diane Dietz The Register-Guard Fifty-seven Eugene employees lost jobs this week when Whittier Wood Products announced the first layoffs in the company's 30-year history. An order cancellation by a major retailer clipped the furniture manufacturer's sales by ...
Landscaping supplier Rexius sustains its recycling roots.(Business)(The Eugene-based company practices sustainable solutions, its new logo)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard Early this year, Rexius, a Eugene-based provider of landscaping services and materials, adopted a new logo - Rexius: sustainable solutions. On Thursday, Jason Giles, Rexius' director of sustainability, got the chance to ...
CATCHING UP WITH HER PAST.(Sports)(Suzie Barnes is leading the Ducks even as her personal history comes to light)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: Bob Rodman The Register-Guard She will focus on the Huskies today, and then defending NCAA softball champion UCLA on Saturday and Sunday. Just like the rest of the Ducks. But lining up smack dab next to all of that concentration is Suzie Barnes' ...
Oregon can still do great things in track.(Columns)(Column)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: Ron Bellamy / The Register-Guard Two weeks ago today, on the eve of the outdoor track and field season, the University of Oregon announced the resignation of coach Martin Smith. If you think we don't know the whole story yet, well, we don't. Suffice to say ...
UO's Litzenberger among the finalists at Fresno Pacific.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: Bob Clark The Register-Guard Fred Litzenberger, for the past decade an assistant coach for either the Oregon women's or men's basketball teams, is one of the finalists for the vacant head coaching position of the men's team at Fresno Pacific University. ...
Larsen leads Lancers to win.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Travis Larsen smacked a two-out double to drive in Kyle Lindros with the winning run in the top of the eighth inning as Churchill improved to 8-0 for the season with a 6-5 nonleague prep baseball win over host McNary on Thursday. Corey Kent ...
PREP SCOREBOARD.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Class 3A At Pleasant Hill SHOT PUT - 1, Katherine Tripp, Sutherlin, 34-9 1/4 . 2, Bowtoon, Creswell, 33-5. 3, Pick, La Pine, 33-4 1/2 . DISCUS - 1, Tripp, Sutherlin, 121-6. 2, Samantha Franklin, Pleasnat Hill, 103-5. 3, Pick, La ...
Lane grabs tight win.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Jesse Hansen hit a game-winning RBI double in the bottom of the 10th inning to give Lane Community College a 3-2 victory over Clackamas in the opening game of an NWAACC baseball doubleheader on Thursday. REGIONAL ROUNDUP Tyler ...
FRESH SHEET.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard NEW MOVIES Cinemark will have a sneak preview of `Fever Pitch' at 7:30 p.m. today. `Sin City' and `The Upside of Anger' open today Cinema World and Cinemark. `Schultze Gets the Blues' opens today at the Bijou Art ...
Even in Eugene, it can't all be the best.(Columns)(In honor of the holiday, Team Best of ... takes a look at the other end of the excellence spectrum)(Column)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: BEST OF ... by The Register-Guard In honor of the nation's holiday, we decided to scrape together a few ideas from the Best of ... cutting room floor. What can we say, they can't all be gems. So here it is, our April 1 gift to you, the worst of the Best of ...
Daddies in the swing for charity.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: BUZZWORTHY by The Register-Guard No foolin', cats and kittens. It may be April Fools' Day, but this is no joke. The Cherry Poppin' Daddies are back in the swing of things for the band's first local show since summer '04. The gig is a benefit for ...
What's Sting doing in a place like this?(Entertainment)(Yes, he's a legend, but he's two decades beyond the college crowd)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard He has one of the most distinctive voices in popular music - a crisp wail that can easily dissolve into a husky whisper or simmer into a powerful growl. His work with the Police is legendary. As a solo artist, he expanded the definition of ...
BRIEFLY.(Entertainment)(MUSIC SIDESHOW)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Country Fair group plans a musical fund-raiser Joules Graves will headline a show Saturday at Cozmic Pizza that will benefit the Oregon Country Fair's Community Village. A kids' show featuring Michael the Dulcimer Dad will get ...
For Taj Mahal, music is a living, growing thing.(Entertainment)(He tends his own garden of sound and can't abide that prepackaged stuff)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard "I walk with the energy of music every day. I don't have to turn it on to hear it play." - Taj Mahal Taj Mahal is rapping. In your ear. Through the tele- phone. You're tempted to put him on speaker phone ....
He's straight outta London.(Entertainment)(Dizzee Rascal brings his English 'grime' sound to a rare 'small hall' show)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard Things could have turned out differently for Dizzee Rascal, the young hip-hop star who helped create the aggressive British garage sound known as "grime." Rascal, aka Dylan Mills, was a troubled teen with a penchant for ...
Escovedo is a genre of one.(Entertainment)(Lots of influences have colored the music of this under-the-radar singer)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard "A poet of the ordinary event." "A folk-blues classicist with a gritty, plaintive voice and an equal fondness for dirty boogie and spectral balladry." A survivor of hepatitis C. There are many ways to ...
Rock 'n' Roll Soldiers on slow march.(Entertainment)(They're getting the star treatment, although it might not seem like it)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard The Rock 'n' Roll Soldiers' music is everywhere these days. You just have to know where to look for it. The Eugene rock band is starting to see its songs seep into the pop culture subconsciousness. The Soldiers' ...
'Big Monti' is back and he's ready to celebrate.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard You've heard of "The Full Monty," but now you've got to get ready for the "Big Monti." And, yes, he performs fully clothed. For if you were part of Eugene's blues scene in the 1980s, you well remember the Blubinos and their gigs ...
Show benefits programs for gay youth.(Entertainment)(Comedy troupe is the `tofu in the middle of the sandwich' of PFLAG's three-act performance)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard The show's called "Damsels & WYMPROV!" but don't forget about the "dudes," says Vicki Koch, program coordinator for this first-ever event Saturday at the Hult Center's Soreng Theatre. And that's pretty much the point of the whole ...
BRIEFLY.(Entertainment)(WILD CARD SIDESHOW)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Saturday Market ready for its 35th opening day It's the nation's oldest "open-air" crafts festival. It's also known as Eugene's Saturday Market, and it opens its 35th season Saturday on the downtown park blocks at the corner of ...
BRIEFLY.(Entertainment)(SCREEN SIDESHOW)
Apr 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Samurai classic slashes its way into Bijou series After a week off for spring break, the LateNite at the Bijou series returns this weekend with the classic 1980 Japanese action-adventure `Shogun Assassin.' `Shogun ...
Burley co-op pedals through a low cycle.(Business)(The bicycle maker posts losses but still looks to the future with optimism)
Apr 02, 2005 ... Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard After 25 years of remarkable growth, Burley Design Cooperative has hit some hard times. The Eugene-based manufacturer of bikes and bike accessories reported its first loss ever in 2003, while taking on millions of ...
Local reaction: Loss is mixed with joy that leader will be in heaven.(Religion)(Obituary)
Apr 02, 2005 ... Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard Standing in front of a large weekday congregation Friday at St. Mary Catholic Church, the Rev. Mark Bachmeier prayed that the ailing Pope John Paul II be given a happy and speedy death. About 150 people attended the 12:15 p.m ....
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Apr 02, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard U.S. isn't a one-party system After President Bush and his Cabinet completely restructure the government to suit their needs, I plan on moving far, far away. I'd do it before they play tiddlywinks with our country, but it looks like I won't ...
Well-spent 36 hours: The New York Times visits Eugene.(Editorials)(The New York Times visits Eugene)(Editorial)
Apr 02, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard A New York Times travel writer passed through Eugene recently, and judging from the report in Friday's edition he seemed to like the town. Reading what a travel writer has to say about a familiar place can be like looking in a funhouse mirror - but in ...
A lack of intelligence.(Editorials)(Report rips post-9/11 performance)(Editorial)
Apr 02, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Anyone hoping to feel encouraged - or safer - after reading the presidential commission's report on U.S. intelligence will be gravely disappointed. More than three years - and numerous reforms - since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, ...
On one clock.(Editorials)(Editorial)
Apr 02, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Daylight saving time will arrive at 2 a.m. Sunday, and Oregonians may be groggy, but they'll all be on the same clock. It wasn't always that way. Oregon was a patchwork of standard and daylight saving time for decades - in one case, a hospital was on ...
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Apr 02, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Literary device unfair to Jones George Beres' ghastly ghostly literary device, "Ghost of Morse was present" (letters, March 23), in which he purports to channel Oregon's revered late senator on environmental policy, points to a fundamental ...
Husband-and-wife team leaving UO.(Sports)(McNeills leave assistant coaching jobs to concentrate on family matters and Canadian women's national team)
Apr 02, 2005 ... Byline: Bob Rodman The Register-Guard Less than two weeks after the Oregon women's basketball program won its first NCAA Tournament game in six years, half of the Ducks' coaching staff has departed. Allison McNeill, the often intense associate head coach, and her ...
Early hole too deep for Ducks to escape.(Sports)(Washington posts a 4-0 lead after the second inning and hangs on to win 4-3)
Apr 02, 2005 ... Byline: Bob Rodman The Register-Guard The overcast skies faded away, but the Washington softball team's early four-run lead did not. Trailing 4-0 after two innings in Friday's Pac-10 Conference opener at Howe Field, the Ducks scrambled almost all the way back on a ...
Platoon approach works fine for Marist.(Sports)(Wataru and Vitus combine to help No. 2 Marist shut out No. 3 Pleasant Hill)
Apr 02, 2005 ... Byline: Steve Mims The Register-Guard Marist's pitching platoon paid off again. Akaoka Wataru and Chris Vitus threw three scoreless innings apiece and Michael McCormick finished off the shutout as second-ranked Marist opened the Sky-Em League baseball season with a ...
SCOREBOARD.(Sports)
Apr 02, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard At Crescent Valley CRESCENT VALLEY 6, SPRINGFIELD 2 SINGLES -Zinh Nguyen, CV, d Shawn Perea, Spr, 0-6, 7-5, 6-4. Travis Harper, CV, d Stephen Truebe, Spr, 6-1, 6-3. B.J. Shaw, Spr, d Garrett Fowler, CV, 6-3, 6-4. Vincent Yeh, CV, ...
Falcons get off to winning start.(Sports)(Elmira scores three runs in the late innings to beat Cottage Grove 3-0 in the teams' Sky-Em opener)
Apr 02, 2005 ... Byline: Chris Hansen The Register-Guard ELMIRA - Elmira and Cottage Grove, two softball teams with high - though not similar - expectations this season, opened Sky-Em League play against each other with a chance to make an early statement. Arguably, both got their ...
Lebanon rolls to track win over Wolverines.(Sports)
Apr 02, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Brandon Beyer, Nick Rose and Michael Lofton won two events apiece to lead Lebanon to an 85-59 Midwestern League prep boys track and field victory at Willamette on Friday. Rose had times of 23.34 seconds in the 200 and 51.95 in the 400. ...