The Register Guard (Eugene, OR) back issues from May 2005:
Three strikes and you're out.(Sports)(When it comes to athletes using illegal drugs at the University of Oregon strict rules dictate)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: Rob Moseley The Register-Guard In September of last year, sophomore Jordan Carey was dismissed from the University of Oregon football team. The afternoon of the announcement, Carey's dismissal was attributed to an undisclosed violation of team rules; student ...
County needs its mobile home parks.(Columns)(Column)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Peter Ferris For The Register-Guard Last week, a neighbor and I were talking about the latest attempt to subdivide a manufactured home park near us, detailed in an April 19 business section story in this newspaper. We had heard rumors about a similar ...
Summary of recommendations.(Editorials)(Editorial)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Following is a summary of recommendations The Register-Guard has made to voters for the May 17 election. Where there are no contests, no recommendations are listed. OFFICES Offices Nonpartisan Lane ...
Measure 20-104: Yes.(Editorials)(City should find different way to pay for jail)(Editorial)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Supporters of Springfield's new utility tax say the May 17 vote on whether to repeal it is really a vote on whether or not to build a city jail. They're wrong. It's not a vote on whether to build a municipal jail. Repealing the tax won't ...
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Service in Iraq was an honor The other day I was enjoying the comfort of my home when I looked out of the kitchen window and saw the cherry tree that has weathered many storms through the years and now graces the backyard with its lofty ...
People certainly can help mentally ill family members.(Columns)(Column)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Monica Kosman For The Register-Guard In her April 24 Commentary article, ``The other side of mental illness,'' Kate Gawf suggests that relatives who suffer from mental illness are extremely difficult to help. This is true. Every person with a mental ...
Won't you be my neighbor's mediator?(Columns)(Column)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: Bob Welch / The Register-Guard Meet Ottavio Cannava, 52, a welder, and Joe Clifford, 56, a salesman. Former neighbors in West Eugene. Neighbors who had bad blood between them. Neighbors whom the TBS network might have considered for its new "Losers Leave ...
HOSPITAL TURNS 50; SO DOES BABY LEO.(General News)(He's a big boy now, but McKenzie-Willamette's first baby is still part of the party)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - Almost every time McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center acknowledges a milestone, Leo Howard gets a call from a reporter. That's because he was the first baby born there. This time it's the hospital's 50th ...
A celebration in slow motion.(Health)(Devotees practice a popular form of martial arts en masse at Skinner Butte Park)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: Jim Feehan The Register-Guard Six weeks after open-heart surgery, Jim Funk of Eugene took up tai chi for its therapeutic value. Five years later, the retired employee of the city's building department said he's grateful for what the martial arts form has brought to his ...
Teen accused in fatal shooting.(Crime)(Police say the boy, 17, shot the Eugene man at the Bethel house after an early-morning argument turned violent)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: Jim Feehan The Register-Guard A teenage boy was in custody Saturday in connection with the shooting death of a 24-year-old Eugene man. Police said the man was shot during an early-morning dispute at a residence in the Bethel neigh- borhood. Eugene police ...
BRIEFLY.(General News)(REGION)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Animal welfare groups honored this week Several organizations that work to improve the lot of animals throughout Lane County will get special thanks this week from one of their peers, the Shelter Animal Resource Alliance, better known as ...
CALENDAR.(Government)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Cottage Grove MONDAY South Lane School Board - 5:30 p.m., District Service Center, 455 Adams Ave. Work session. 6:30 p.m., same address. Regular session, with executive (nonpublic) session for labor negotiations. 942-3381. ...
THIS WEEK AT THE UO.(Higher Education)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard TODAY Knitting workshop - 2 p.m. The University Student Fibers Guild will work on Mother's Day presents. Free knitting lessons and supplies provided to new knitters. Room 318, Erb Memorial Union. 543-7795. Mah Jongg - 5 p.m. The ...
Public can sound off on proposed city budget at Monday meeting.(Government)(A 30-day opportunity to comment on new rules for landlords and tenants also begins this week)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: CITY BEAT/EUGENE By Edward Russo The Register-Guard There are a lot of interesting facts in the city's proposed budget. For example, the city will have 1,467 full-time-equivalent employees in the next fiscal year, up from 1,454 this fiscal year. ...
FOR THE RECORD.(Vitals)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Deaths Conlon - Evelyn G. Conlon, 80, of Eugene, died April 28. Lane Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home, Eugene, in charge of arrangements. Floyd - Donald C. Floyd, 62, of Springfield, died April 28. A private memorial service is ...
BRIEFLY.(Accidents)(METRO)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Veneta man indicted in drunken-driving crash Oregon State Police troopers arrested a Veneta man Saturday on multiple charges after he was indicted by a Lane County grand jury following an alcohol-related crash March 6 west of ...
ELECTION 2005: LANE COUNTY RACES.(Elections)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Here is a list of Lane County races on the May 17 ballot that have not been featured in Register-Guard election stories. Blachly School Board POSITION 2 Rodger Hartwig Jr. Occupation - Rover, Rosboro Lumber ...
OBITUARIES.(Vitals)(Obituary)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Waneta Looney A celebration of life will be held May 22 for Waneta Rajean Looney of Redmond, formerly of Eugene, who died April 22 of age-related causes. She was 89. Looney was born Oct. 16, 1915, in Newton, Kan., to Pliney and ...
UO SPRING FOOTBALL REVIEW.(Sports)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard QUARTERBACKS Senior starter Kellen Clemens left no doubt he'll remain at the top of the depth chart, even if the more wide-open offense was an adjustment for him. Dennis Dixon held his spot as the primary backup with his running ability, ...
Competing interests harm BCS product.(Columns)(Column)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: Ron Bellamy / The Register-Guard Comedians make jokes about the Bowl Championship Series. Sports columnists lampoon it. Talk show hosts can talk themselves hoarse. It's among the easiest targets in sports. Is this good business? "In theory, it is ...
Ducks catch on quickly.(Sports)(Oregon's receivers show what they can do as the Green team beats the White 20-15 in the spring game)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: Bob Clark The Register-Guard If this was about food, the Green will eat better than the White, the reward for a 20-15 victory in Oregon's spring game Saturday at Autzen Stadium. `We get bigger steaks,' Green team receiver James Finley said of Monday's planned ...
Future Duck wows with sneak preview.(Sports)(Newberg's Rachel Yurkovich sets a national prep record in the javelin at the XO Invite)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: Adam Jude The Register-Guard Rachel Yurkovich covered her tearful eyes with her shaking hands, shying away from the attention as disbelief and ecstasy swirled in her mind. With one colossal toss, the Newberg senior eclipsed the national high school record ...
QBs have their day in OSU spring game.(Sports)(Gunderson has the best statistics as Beavers entertain crowd in Portland)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: Bob Rodman The Register-Guard PORTLAND - Ryan Gunderson may not be the starting quarterback for Oregon State come September. But he tried to play like one on Saturday. The Beavers ended their month-long spring football practice in Gunderson's ...
OSU SPRING FOOTBALL OUTLOOK.(Sports)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard QUARTERBACKS For the first time since late in the 1998 season, the Beavers are looking for a starting quarterback. The four candidates are not similar - junior Matt Moore, a former UCLA starter; Ryan Gunderson, a sophomore with two years in ...
PREP SCOREBOARD.(Sports)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Nonleague At Grants Pass GRANTS PASS ROTARY INVITATIONAL SHOT PUT - 1, Jacob Olson, EP, 57-2 1/4 . DISCUS - 1, Davlin Hall, WV, 168-6. JAVELIN - 1, Jared McClellan, EP, 179-4. 4, Nathan Smith, Mar, 159-8. 5, Justin ...
Zysett leads Monroe to win.(Sports)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Devin Simmons, Jon Zysett and Doug Ballard combined on a three-hitter with eight strikeouts to lead No. 10 Monroe to a 7-1 Trico League prep baseball win over visiting Mohawk on Saturday. Zysett was also 2-for-3 with a double for the Dragons ...
UO men's relays shine at Drake.(Sports)(Ducks' 4x100 quartet places first at Drake Relays with the third-best clocking in school history)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard DES MOINES, Iowa - Oregon's men's relays continued to press their case for being among the best in school history with more impressive performances on the final day of the Drake Relays on Saturday. REGIONAL ROUNDUP The ...
Ducks finally fall to Devils.(Sports)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: Chris Hansen The Register-Guard Riddle me this, Duck fans: If a regulation softball game is seven innings, and a team fails to score a run for 15 straight innings, how many times should that team lose? Once for sure, but probably twice, right? Try ...
In the GAME.(Business)(The buyout of Eugene's Pipeworks Software doesn't mean the studio is gone)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard Back in 1999 when Dan Duncalf and Dan White founded Pipeworks Software, a Eugene-based computer games studio, they hoped that one day it would be acquired by a larger company. After six years of churning out ...
Eugene still fostering video game startups.(Business)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard The future for computer game development in Eugene looked bleak when Dynamix began laying off workers and eventually shut its Eugene studio in 2001. But several startups formed by Dynamix alumni have proven that the ...
Create policy to define job abandonment.(Columns)(Column)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: ON THE JOB by Bureau of Labor and Industries For The Register-Guard Question: One of our employees hasn't shown up for work in the past couple of days. Is this considered "job abandonment'? Will the employee be eligible for unemployment benefits? And when and how do I ...
Event brings draft horse fans together.(Animals)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Lynn Miller is egging them on under the big tent at the rodeo grounds in Sisters. "Come on, this is a legitimate auction," he tells the crowd of 300 or so. "We're going to sell the world's only cast draft pig." The pig's a gag, ...
BEASTS OF BURDEN.(Animals)(Draft horses make a comeback on small Oregon farms)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: Susan Palmer The Register-Guard SISTERS - All it takes to get Belgian draft horses Pete and King moving is a soft click of the tongue. The Belgians are listening for it, one ear flicked back and waiting for teamster David Mader to tell them what to do. Mader, ...
For Slovenian, weak coffee, hectic pace set Eugene half a world apart.(General News)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: Matija Stepisnik For The Register-Guard On a recent morning in a bustling Washington, D.C., Starbucks near the White House, I sleepily ordered a double shot of espresso. "Do you want some coffee too, or will this be all?" the barista sarcastically asked, ...
Where the poet left off.(Entertainment)(Singer puts music to the words of Chilean writer Pablo Neruda)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: Paul Denison The Register-Guard `I really can't complain,'' Luciana Souza said, laughing. ``It doesn't get any more exciting than this.'' Souza was on the phone from Los Angeles, where she was preparing to sing at Disney Hall in the April 24 premiere of a work ...
Beethoven didn't make it easy for singers.(Entertainment)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: Paul Denison The Register-Guard Last month, Diane Retallack's Eugene Vocal Arts Ensemble sang Sergei Rachmaninoff's Vespers in Russian with a Ukrainian choir. On Saturday, the ensemble and her larger Eugene Concert Choir will sing Ludwig van Beethoven's Missa Solemnis in ...
Concert pays tribute to an amateur's love songs.(Entertainment)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: Paul Denison The Register-Guard A concert of unpublished love songs written during the 1940s by an amateur songwriter from Oklahoma might not sound like everyone's cup of tea. But Eugene vocal music educator Sandra Brown Williams believes that it's just the ticket for ...
Concert honors late student.(Entertainment)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Four concerts are scheduled this week in Beall Concert Hall at the University of Oregon School of Music, 961 E. 18th Ave. UO SCHOOL OF MUSIC Oregon Wind Ensemble Today, Beall Hall The Oregon Wind Ensemble ...
PERFORMANCE NOTES.(Entertainment)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Motet Singers to perform today The Motet Singers, an all-female vocal ensemble, will sing classical, folk and popular music at 5 p.m. today at Trinity United Methodist Church, 440 Maxwell Road. The program will ...
Bilingual `Coyote' visits Eugene.(Entertainment)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Cuentame Coyote Lord Leebrick Theatre Friday and Saturday Two-legged and four-legged tricksters test the courage and faith of two Mexican orphans who set out to find a better life in Los Estados Unidos in ``Cuentame ...
ARTS NOTES.(Arts & Literature)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Art sale to benefit Laurel Hill Center Laurel Hill Center's second annual art sale and silent auction will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday at 174 W. Broadway, next to the Tango Center on the Eugene Mall. ...
`Aida' a really big road show.(Entertainment)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Giuseppi Verdi's "Aida" is such a big, spectacular opera that small or medium-size U.S. companies rarely dare tackle it. So taking a fully staged production on the road - with more than 100 people including singers, musicians, dancers and ...
PLAYING WITH MOTHER NATURE.(Reviews)(Romanticized as some kind of `bear whisperer,' perhaps he was simply bothering the wildlife)(Book Review)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: Bob Keefer The Register-Guard Death in the Grizzly Maze: The Timothy Treadwell Story By Mike Lapinski (Globe Pequot, 175 pages, $14.95) Timothy Treadwell, as many people will remember, was killed and eaten by a grizzly bear ...
BOOK NOTES.(Arts & Literature)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Speaker to fill in some Botswana background Donna Cohen of Portland will give a slide show and talk on "Mysterious Botswana: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and Life in Botswana" at 6 p.m. Friday at the Eugene Public Library and 1 p.m ....
Eugene woman marks 100th birthday.(Family)
May 01, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard A 100th birthday celebration for Frieda George Storms is planned for Saturday at the Songbrook clubhouse in Eugene. She was born on April 27, 1905, in Elm Creek, Neb. Her family moved to Idaho when she was very young. In 1930, she married ...
Battle brewing over civil unions.(Legislature)(Conservative Republicans plan to offer a scaled-back "reciprocal benefits" bill)
May 02, 2005 ... Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard SALEM - During last year's heated campaign over an initiative banning gay marriage, there seemed to be a fall-back position that both sides agreed on: civil unions. The legal arrangements, pioneered five years ago in Vermont, ...
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
May 02, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Bush ignores global warming Imagine the headlines if an al-Qaeda plot was uncovered that could credibly lead to the extinction of humanity. Probably, it would even temporarily get more coverage than the Michael Jackson trial. Yet, within ...
The Zen of zones.(Editorials)(Enterprise zones no magic bullet for job growth)(Editorial)
May 02, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard The Eugene City Council is wrestling with the nitty gritty of reviving an enterprise zone in west Eugene as a way to stimulate job creation and economic growth. So far, councilors with significantly different ideas about how best to configure an ...
Republicans get it.(Editorials)(Hastert finally makes right move on ethics rules)(Editorial)
May 02, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard It took Republican leaders only four months to understand that they had shot themselves in the foot with a majority-piercing bullet when they changed House ethics committee rules and membership to protect House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. ...
Most couples counseling does work.(Commentary)
May 02, 2005 ... Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By John Miller For The Register-Guard On April 19, The Register Guard published an article from The New York Times with the headline,`Marital counseling may only make things worse." It was an unfortunate headline, because it did not seem to represent what ...
He's a rocket man.(General News)(It's been a long, long time, but Apollo engineer will lecture for lunch)
May 02, 2005 ... Byline: Susan Palmer The Register-Guard Kenneth Hartman feels like an ancient time traveler, as if all the people he came with have left him behind. The 88-year-old Eugene resident has outlived his wife and most of his friends and colleagues, all the people who knew ...
This Employee of the Year is well-schooled in her job.(Schools)
May 02, 2005 ... Byline: FACES AND PLACES by The Register-Guard Name: Barb Sward Occupation: Secretary, Ridgeview Elementary School, Springfield Age: 54 Accolades: Last month, Sward was recognized as the Springfield School District's Classified Employee of the ...
Vitamin C might help protect fetuses of smoking women.(Health)(An Oregon Health & Science University study finds that large doses aid lung function)
May 02, 2005 ... Byline: THE HEALTH FILES By Tim Christie The Register-Guard Any woman who smokes knows that she should quit when she gets pregnant, but some women simply cannot or will not kick the habit, despite the known health risks to themselves and their fetuses. About 12 ...
AREA TEENAGER WHIPS UP COOKBOOK TO FUND TRIP.(Schools)
May 02, 2005 ... Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard COTTAGE GROVE - Breakfast cookies ... upside-down caramel corn bread ... wild rice salad ... potato loaf ... chewy gooeys ... Lucie's bread pudding ... . Mouth watering yet? Sean Snyder hopes so. The ...
Easter arrives a little later, but it's still Orthodox.(Religion)(Their churches use the Julian calendar, which sets their observance on Sunday)
May 02, 2005 ... Byline: Jim Feehan The Register-Guard They weren't late - just observing Easter on a different calendar. Orthodox Christians gathered late Saturday night to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus with a midnight service, then gathered again Sunday for a late-morning ...
Teen charged with murder.(Crime)(Police have identified the 17-year-old suspect in Saturday's Bethel shooting)
May 02, 2005 ... Byline: Jim Feehan The Register-Guard A teenage boy accused in the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old Eugene man Saturday in the Bethel neighborhood has been identified as 17-year-old Anousone Vinnie Xayaveth. Xayaveth was charged Sunday with murder in connection with ...
BOOK PICKS.(Schools)
May 02, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard "Shakespeare Bats Cleanup" By Ron Koertge Candlewick Press, 2003 Ages 10 to adult What would you do if you suddenly became so sick with mononucleosis that it felt as if you'd disappeared from your own life? ...
OPPORTUNITIES.(Schools)
May 02, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Deadline is Friday for ACT registration The registration deadline is Friday for high school students planning to take the next nationwide ACT test on June 11. The standardized test measures college readiness, and is typically ...
ACHIEVEMENTS.(Schools)
May 02, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Churchill senior earns service award Katryna L. Powell, a senior at Churchill High School, was awarded a $1,000 Presidential Freedom Scholarship from the Corporation for National and Community Service and Boys and Girls Clubs of America ...
CALENDAR.(Government)
May 02, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Coburg TUESDAY City Council - 7 p.m., 32694 E. Pearl St. Wastewater project. 682-7850. Cottage Grove TODAY South Lane School Board - 5:30 p.m., District Service Center, 455 Adams Ave. Work ...
FOR THE RECORD.(Vitals)
May 02, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Deaths Belden - Gladys Christena Belden, 92, of Eugene, died May 1. England's Eugene Memorial Chapel in charge of arrangements. Bolton - Charles C. Bolton, 90, of Portland, formerly of Eugene, died April 20. Ross Hollywood ...
OBITUARIES.(Vitals)(Obituary)
May 02, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Myron Smith A memorial service will be held May 5 for Myron Jerry Smith of Eugene, who died April 29 of cancer. He was 71. He was born Aug. 7, 1933, in Canby, Minn., to Myron and Edith Larson Smith. He married Sharron McCabe in ...
BRIEFLY.(General News)(METRO)
May 02, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Plant expert to lead Hendricks Park tour Ginny Alfriend, Hendricks Park gardener and native plant expert, will lead a walking tour of the native plant garden at Hendricks Park beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Participants will meet ...
BACKPACK.(Entertainment)
May 02, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard ENTERTAINMENT Menomena, Talkdemonic, Yeltsin - Rock, 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave. $7. (687-2746) Global Funk Culture - 8 p.m. Wednesday, Cozmic Pizza, 199 W. Eighth Ave. $3 to $5. (338-9333) Joe ...
Have say in proposed teen center.(General News)
May 02, 2005 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Adults don't always have all the answers. That's why organizers of the Leadership, Education, Adventure and Direction program want young people to share their ideas about a proposed teen center. A two-hour forum open to Lane County teens is ...