The Register Guard (Eugene, OR) back issues from April 2006:
PARENTAL PURPOSE.(Higher Education)(Saturday Circus offers its tried-and-true principles for raising children)
Apr 01, 2006 ... Byline: Anne Williams The Register-Guard It's 5:30 p.m., and 4-year-old Evan Smith is curled up on a reclining chair in the living room of the Springfield duplex he shares with his mother, contentedly watching The Cartoon Network. The calm is short-lived. His mom, Amy ...
SURE AS THE SUN COMES UP, SOMEONE WILL BE LATE.(General News)
Apr 01, 2006 ... Byline: Matt Cooper The Register-Guard Spring forward, fall back. Not a tough concept, really, but who among us hasn't forgotten the rule at least once over the years, waking some springlike Sunday morning, rested and refreshed and ready to seize the day ... and ...
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 01, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Don't tell people where to shop Good King George back in 1776 would be proud of Ava Hayes' March 19 letter and Gavin McComas' March 21 letter. Who do we the people think we are? We obviously are incapable of knowing where we ...
Farmers' Market needs the fresh air to thrive.(Commentary)
Apr 01, 2006 ... Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Lotte Streisinger For The Register-Guard Many have recently suggested building a year-round indoor facility for the Saturday Market and the Farmers' Market. Those who have brought up this idea are well meaning; they want to help the market, ...
The efficacy of prayer.(Editorials)(Some things aren't scientifically verifiable)(Editorial)
Apr 01, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard That study finding no evidence to support the effectiveness of intercessory prayer says more about the limitations of science than it does about the efficacy of prayer. The comprehensive and well-designed study was funded mainly by the John ...
Buckets of fish.(Editorials)(Closure threat should spur government response)(Editorial)
Apr 01, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard On May 7, 2001, a throng of thousands, including federal lawmakers and state and local officials, held a "bucket brigade" in Klamath Falls to protest the federal government's short-lived decision to cut off irrigation water in order to protect ...
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 01, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Medicare drug plan works fine In response to the March 21 editorial regarding Sen. Ron Wyden and the ability of the federal government to negotiate lower drug prices, here are the facts: The hundreds of health insurance companies ...
Martin joins those bidding for UO job.(Sports)(Ex-Stanford and South Eugene star has applied to succeed Steve Nosler)
Apr 01, 2006 ... Byline: Rob Moseley The Register-Guard A couple years back, Stanford approached one of its alumni about the school's men's golf coaching position. The answer, from Eugene native and PGA Tour veteran Casey Martin, was thanks, but no thanks. "I was more ...
Deluge defeats Ducks, Devils.(Sports)(Oregon and Arizona State will finish their game in May in Tempe)
Apr 01, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard A fifth-inning attempt by the Oregon softball team to catch ninth-ranked Arizona State was caught in a downpour on Friday at Howe Field. The Pac-10 Conference opener, its start delayed for nearly 40 minutes, was finally stopped for good in ...
Vitus pitches, hits Marist to two wins.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Chris Vitus excelled at the plate and on the mound Friday to lead Marist to two victories in a prep baseball tournament in Goodyear, Ariz. Vitus was 3-for-3 to help the Spartans (7-2) beat Winslow, Ariz., 10-5 in their first game, and he ...
Three Ducks hit regional marks.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2006 ... Byline: From news service reports STANFORD, Calif - The University of Oregon men's and women's track and field teams scored three regional qualifying marks in Friday's distance carnival section of the Stanford Invitational at Cobb Track and Angell Field. Freshman Zoe ...
THE BULLETIN.(Religion)
Apr 01, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Services, events and people Unity of the Valley Church - A Vipassana/Metta meditation session will be held from 9 a.m. to noon today at the church, East 39th Avenue and Hilyard Street. Also, a Taize service, involving singing, music, common ...
Realizing dreams becomes possible.(Columns)(Column)
Apr 01, 2006 ... Byline: FROM HEART TO HEART By Chieko Robinson For The Register-Guard My first big dream was to climb Mount Everest. After three years of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo (or daimoku, the core practice of Nichiren Buddhism), my dream came true. My boyfriend organized an ...
Sports group denies politics at play.(Recreation)(Despite accusations, Kidsports board members say lobbying isn't a factor in their search for the organization's new leader)
Apr 01, 2006 ... Byline: Edward Russo The Register-Guard The closely watched hiring of Kidsports' next top executive has the leaders of the prominent youth sports organization playing defense. Some Kidsports parents who want Randy Rogers to be the executive director suspect that ...
Eugene police arrest four teenagers suspected of throwing eggs at cars.(Crime)
Apr 01, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard It was no yolk when Eugene police on Thursday night arrested four teens for their involvement in an alleged egg-throwing escapade. Officers suspect the teens drove around Eugene on Thursday and tossed as many as four dozen eggs at passing ...
Hotel tax revenue may go to help fund Trials.(Government)
Apr 01, 2006 ... Byline: CITY BEAT/SPRINGFIELD By Jack Moran The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - The City Council on Monday will consider using hotel room-tax revenue to provide $100,000 to organizers of the 2008 Olympic Trials in Eugene. If approved, Springfield would join Lane County ...
Kitzhaber talks reform for state's health care.(Government)(The former governor urges locals to get involved in a radical coverage makeover)
Apr 01, 2006 ... Byline: Edward Russo The Register-Guard He doesn't hold public office any more, but former Gov. John Kitzhaber still knows how to inspire a crowd. Kitzhaber on Friday brought his quest to reform American health care to the City Club of Eugene in a lunchtime speech ...
Governor strives for two-topic agenda.(Government)(A possible special session may only discuss human services and lottery surplus)
Apr 01, 2006 ... Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard SALEM - Gov. Ted Kulongoski said Friday that he wants to limit an anticipated special session to bailing out the human services agency and doling out surplus lottery dollars to the financially troubled Portland schools and the state's ...
SPLIT PRECISION.(Weather)
Apr 01, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard A Springfield firefighter examines a 100-foot tall Douglas fir that was struck by lightning shortly before 2:30 p.m. Friday in front of a home at 65th Place and Main Street in Springfield. No ...
FOR THE RECORD.(Vitals)
Apr 01, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Deaths Benton - Jewel A. Benton, 98, of Springfield, died March 31. Major Family Funeral Home, Springfield, in charge of arrangements. Carney - William "Bill" Carney, 85, of Eugene, died March 29. A memorial service will be at 2 ...
BRIEFLY.(General News)(METRO)
Apr 01, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Police turn to public for help catching bandit Eugene police are seeking the help identifying a bank robber who struck the Washington Mutual Bank at 1111 Valley River Drive at 10:30 a.m. Friday. The man did not ...
OBITUARIES.(Vitals)(Obituary)
Apr 01, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Virgil Rose FLORENCE - A memorial service was held March 30 for Virgil Julian Rose of Florence, who died March 23 of Parkinson's disease. He was 76. He was born Nov. 15, 1929, in Portland, to William and Mable Blakely Rose. He ...
New chief to lead scanner firm.(Business)(Former PSC executive Bill Parnell will return as CEO of the west Eugene company, which is now owned by Datalogic)
Apr 01, 2006 ... Byline: Ilene Aleshire The Register-Guard CORRECTION (ran 4/4/2006): PSC Inc. has 50 temporary workers. An incorrect figure was given in a story that ran in Saturday's Business section on Page D5. The new owners of a west Eugene bar-code scanning and data collection ...
A matter of SURVIVAL.(Environment)(A threatened closure pulls salmon fishermen out of port and into public hearing rooms, where the appeals are simple and direct: "Please, try to get our season for us. I need to go fishing. I need money.")
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard SALEM - He sat in the back of Hearing Room F, his hands shaking slightly. He fumbled with the big bright signs he'd brought with him to illustrate his point. He wasn't sure whether to stand up or remain in his chair. He is a ...
CAMERAS MAKE SECURITY A SNAP.(Business)(Gateway Mall personnel have a better view of crime in the corridors)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: Joe Mosley The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - Big Brother is watching, but he only wants to help. He sees a shopper who has locked the keys in her car and is ready to tear her hair out, and he sees a morning mall-walker who has collapsed on a bench, holding his ...
Injured worker's firing may be risky.(Columns)(Column)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: ON THE JOB by Bureau of Labor and Industries For The Register-Guard Question: We own a small restaurant, and recently we have been struggling with how to handle a situation regarding an employee who claimed an injury on the job. One of our sous chefs, Alfred, ...
BUSINESS DATEBOOK.(Business)(Calendar)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Calendar TUESDAY Toastmasters No. 8553, Toast of the South Hills - Weekly meeting of public speaking group. Time: 7 p.m. Place: Unity of the Valley Church, 39th and Hilyard. Information: Call Dan Pimental at 344-2301 or on the ...
CALC CONNECTS DOTS FOR ITS 40TH YEAR.(General News)(The organization celebrates by pointing up the parallels between racism and war)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: Jeff Wright The Register-Guard "When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism and militarism are incapable of being conquered." - Dr. Martin Luther King ...
Candidate forums offer voters chance to choose.(Government)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: CITY BEAT/EUGENE By Edward Russo The Register-Guard Daffodils are blooming, campaign signs are appearing. It must be spring. With ballots to be mailed to voters in about a month, there's no time like the present for residents to learn more about City Council ...
Fowl feedings or foul messes, birds park it.(Animals)(Here to stay, geese and ducks delight or disturb city parks visitors, depending on which side of droppings you stand)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard Squeaky wheels aren't the only things that get the grease. So do an awful lot of city parks, in the form of the bird droppings sometimes known as "goose grease." Bird waste, especially the greenish plugs dropped by Canada geese, ...
To market, to market.(Business)(Seasonal Saturday standby opens for colorful business)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard "Saturday, Saturday Market/Have some fun/Prosperity and fun for everyone/Let's have some fun, Saturday Market." - Weekly chant sung by a group of artisans before they open their booths each week The Saturday Market, a ...
BRIEFLY.(General News)(REGION)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Greenhill takes in dogs from Redmond shelter Greenhill Humane Society planned to take 12 dogs Friday to help The Humane Society of Redmond after that shelter seized more than 30 dogs from a home after the owner died. Greenhill ...
CALENDAR.(Government)(Calendar)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Cottage Grove MONDAY South Lane School Board - 6 p.m., District Service Center, 455 Adams St. Report on Lincoln Middle School literacy; draft 2006-07 goals; Pool Task Force; Team Up Project; Cottage Grove Community Foundation ...
FOR THE RECORD.(Vitals)(Obituary)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Deaths Gernandt - Leo W. Gernandt, 81, of Cottage Grove, died ...
BRIEFLY.(General News)(METRO)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Police seek suspects in brutal beating SPRINGFIELD - Police are asking the pubic's help to identify three suspects in a beating Saturday that left a 25-year-old Eugene man with a life-threatening head injury. The ...
OBITUARIES.(Vitals)(Obituary)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Leo Gernandt COTTAGE GROVE - Leo W. Gernandt of Cottage Grove died March 25 of age-related causes. He was 81. Gernandt was born May 30, 1924, in Graceville, Minn., to John and Lena Hess Gernandt. He married Margaret Ecker on May ...
UO LOOKS TO TINKER AFTER '05 OVERHAUL.(Sports)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: Bob Clark The Register-Guard Oregon heads into its first spring football practice on Tuesday minus its leading rusher and receiver from last season, not to mention the quarterback who started the first eight games, and yet with fewer concerns about the offense than there ...
Arizona's ace quiets Duck bats.(Sports)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: Bob Rodman The Register-Guard It may have been April Fool's Day on Saturday, but there was no fooling Arizona star pitcher Alicia Hollowell. Not by Oregon, which fell to the senior right-hander and the Wildcats 4-1 in a Pac-10 Conference softball game at Howe ...
Spartans third at tourney.(Sports)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Brooks McKee was 3-for-3 with a double, and Ryan Bell and Colton Thomas both had three singles and three runs scored as Marist defeated St. John's, Ariz., in the third-place game of the Goodyear, Ariz., prep baseball tournament on Saturday. ...
ASU ends Beavers' streak at 28.(Sports)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard CORVALLIS - Kaitlin Cochran hit two home runs, including the game-winning solo shot in the eighth inning, to lift ninth-ranked Arizona State to a 3-2 victory over seventh-ranked Oregon State, snapping the Beavers' 28-game softball winning streak on ...
Quinney comes back to pack.(Sports)(The ex-South Eugene standout leads by two strokes at Livermore)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: From Register-Guard and news service reports Jeff Quinney has some company. GOLF The former South Eugene standout kept his lead at the Nationwide Tour's Livermore Valley Wine Country Classic despite shooting a 2-over-par 74, ...
FOREIGN OBJECTIONS.(Commentary)(Demagoguery is overwhelming logic in the immigration debate)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: COMMENTARY By G. Dennis Shine For The Register-Guard Immigration has become a major political issue in this election year. I am concerned that the politicization of what is at its heart an economic issue will generate more heat than light. Three major concerns ...
The politics of censure.(Editorials)(Dizzying spin accompanies Feingold's resolution)(Editorial)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Trying to sort through the politics and get to the substance of Sen. Russ Feingold's proposal to censure President Bush is a bit like walking down an escalator that's going up. The destination may be clearly visible, but even with steady effort, it ...
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Jury duty rewarding experience Recently, I received a summons in the mail stating that I had been picked for federal jury duty. My initial thoughts were of how I might avoid this untimely task in light of my busy schedule. Of the ...
Log Cabin lost.(Editorials)(Fire destroyed McKenzie Valley landmark)(Editorial)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Few landmarks along the verdant, meandering Mc- Kenzie River Valley were as familiar and beloved as the Log Cabin Inn, which was destroyed Wednesday by a fire. Anyone who has done much driving over the McKenzie Pass has stopped time and ...
Fine deeds bloomed at Jefferson school.(Columns)(Column)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Misa Joo For The Register-Guard Changes lie ahead for Jefferson Middle School. Responding to lagging enrollment, Eugene School District officials suggest a change of focus and even school uniforms. However, rather than throw `our baby' out with the ...
Keeping the RIVER ROAD story alive.(General News)(The city launches a project to chronicle the neighborhood's colorful past)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard During a party at the Brunner House, the best friends flipped a coin to see who would date the new girl. Ernie Brunner won. But just two years after he married Marie Darrington, the recent nursing graduate from ...
Business idea: Turn old pop bottle into poop bottle.(Business)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard `Made by Worms.'' That's what is says on the back of the bottle. ``Made'' as in the way we humans might ``make'' something in the bathroom, not with our hands. There's even a drawing on the back of the plant-food ...
Doing home improvement as an old-style barn-raising.(Real Estate & Housing)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard From the beginning, it sounded like a great idea, but part of me didn't believe it would ever work. There was a loose set of rules, a confusing acronym - the Monthly Improvement Collective of Eugene (MICE) - and a whole lot of ...
BOOK NOTES.(Arts & Literature)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Library's fundraising book sale next weekend The 28th annual Friends of Eugene Public Library Book Sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. next Sunday, April 9, at the Lane County Fairgrounds ...
Event planners shoot for zero waste.(Columns)(Column)
Apr 02, 2006 ... Byline: RECYCLING By Alex Cuyler For The Register-Guard On April 22, the 36th anniversary of Earth Day will be celebrated at the Eugene Water & Electric Board waterfront plaza. Earth Day is both a celebration of conservation successes and a call to action. It was ...
SWEET LITTLE PONY INSPIRES BIG DREAM.(Entertainment)(Maty Eitner, 10, hopes her song becomes a hit)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard It all started with a white pony named Laddie. That was the inspiration for the poem that led to the song that led to a whole lot of excitement for a 10-year-old aspiring country singer from Monroe. "Laddie was a ...
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Pre-emptive strike policy foolish I appreciated The Register-Guard's excellent March 19 editorial, "Deepening losses - Three costly years of war in Iraq." It expressed my own thoughts and feelings perfectly. I would add to the ...
Wyden's sensible idea.(Editorials)(Bill closes loophole to fund counties program)(Editorial)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Here's a wild idea: Instead of selling 300,000 acres of national forests to partially satisfy the federal government's century-old obligation to rural counties and schools, why not fund the entire program by closing a loophole that allows government ...
Warlord in the docket.(Editorials)(Taylor's trial brings hope - and fear)(Editorial)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard The extradition of Liberia's former President Charles Taylor from Nigeria to face war-crimes charges in The Hague is cause for both celebration and trepidation in West Africa. Celebration, because the prospect of Taylor facing justice on ...
BITES.(General News)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard WHAT ONE THING DO YOU HOPE TO DO BY THE TIME YOU'RE 30? I'd like to have an epic venture- quest Learn how to wink Regularly serve ice cream ...
BACKPACK.(Entertainment)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard ENTERTAINMENT Zilla - Jazz rock, 9 p.m. today, WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave. $12, $10 advance. (687-2746) Youth open mike - 6:30 p.m. today, Cozmic Pizza, 199 W. Eighth Ave. Free. (338-9333) Kathy Mattea - Country ...
His mission: Helping inmates.(General News)(The Sponsors director makes prisoners' transition into society possible)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Byline: PEOPLE By Bill Bishop The Register-Guard After helping more than 3,200 inmates get off the bus from prison and get back into the community, you might assume Ron Chase could tell which ones will make it and which ones are headed back to prison. You would be ...
Mystery of two bells only half solved.(Higher Education)(The Sigma Nu fraternity reclaims its property, while the similar, but not identical, Hoven House artifact is still missing)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard If this story rings familiar, it's because it's a tale of two bells. One belonged to Hoven House, the one-time Northwest Christian College residence hall. The other is the Sigma Nu victory bell, a storied clapper belonging to the ...
Program targets underage drinking.(Health)(Nearly one in three Lane County eighth-graders had alcohol in the past 30 days)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Byline: Matt Cooper The Register-Guard Nearly one in three Lane County eighth-graders have drunk alcohol in the past 30 days, health officials say. That's higher than the national average and sets a dangerous precedent, they say - and they hope to do something about ...
Young scientists like their bunnies burnt.(Science & Technology)(Science Factory students' experiments teach them some scientific principles)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard Celeste Smith has done a lot of things at the Science Factory, even yoga. But the 7-year-old Ridgeline Montessori School student had never made a bunny "crumble" before. The really cool thing, however, was that you could ...
ACHIEVEMENTS.(Schools)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Chess students pick up tournament honors Young local chess players have been racking up awards in recent tournaments. Some results: Oleg Zaikov, a senior at South Eugene High School, is the 2006 Oregon chess champion, having ...
OPPORTUNITIES.(Schools)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Scholarships to LCC offered by utility district Emerald People's Utility District is offering $500 "EmPowering" scholarships to people who live in the district and plan to attend Lane Community College in the fall. ...
BOOK PICKS.(Schools)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard "Uglies" By Scott Westerfeld Simon Pulse, 2005 Ages 12 and up Have you ever thought that you would like to have an extreme makeover and a life devoted to pleasure-seeking? What could be wrong with that? ...
CALENDAR.(Government)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Cottage Grove TODAY South Lane School Board - 6 p.m., District Service Center, 455 Adams St. Report on Lincoln Middle School literacy; draft 2006-07 goals; Pool Task Force; Team Up Project; Cottage Grove Community Foundation ...