The Register Guard (Eugene, OR) back issues from September 2008:
END OF BRIDGE IN SIGHT.(Transportation)(The I-5 flyover is near completion and could be open by late October)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard They aren't Archie Bell and the Drells, but the crews working on the new Belt Line Road flyover bridge certainly know how to do the "Tighten Up." The R&B group's late '60s dance hit might even be a theme song for the $72.5 million ...
MAKING THE MOST OF RECYCLING.(Art)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard On the last Sunday of the summer, the Friends of BRING, an all-volunteer group, host BRINGfest, featuring handcrafted items from reuse materials and a market for re-crafting vendors, many of whom are BRING volunteers and customers. ...
Gypsy moth find may lead to spraying.(Animals)(For the second year in a row, the invasive insect is trapped in southeast Eugene)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard Gypsy moths have been found in southeast Eugene for the second year in a row, prompting an expanded trapping effort and raising the possibility of aerial spraying next spring. Traps set by the state Department of Agriculture caught ...
LEAKY LIGHTHOUSE IN NEED OF FIX.(Transportation)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard FLORENCE - America's most photographed lighthouse has sprung a leak. Dozens of leaks, actually, allowing water to permeate so thoroughly throughout Heceta Head lighthouse's 115-year-old tower that algae now creeps down the ...
Duck game occupies police on Saturday.(Crime)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Ilene Aleshire The Register-Guard Eugene police reported a busy weekend, thanks in no small part to the Duck football game. Police officers working the University of Oregon season opener ejected 60 spectators on Saturday night. Forty-four of these were ...
Levy would save after-school program.(City/Region)(Bond measure would preserve Springfield's highly successful SAFE program, which combines recreation with academics)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Andrea Damewood The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - As federal funding for a popular after-school program expires, Willamalane Park and Recreation District officials are hoping that local voters will help the district not only save, but expand, the program this fall. ...
BRIEFLY.(General news)(REGION)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard LCC Phi Theta Kappa chapter to hold reunion Lane Community College's Phi Theta Kappa chapter, Sigma Zeta, will hold its 40th anniversary reunion Sept. 12 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the ...
CALENDAR.(Government)(Calendar)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Eugene TUESDAY Cal Young Neighborhood Board - 5:30 p.m., Sheldon Community ...
ACHIEVEMENTS.(Education)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Springfield teen completes summer dance program SPRINGFIELD - Cassy Follett of Springfield recently completed the Virginia School of the Arts' six-week summer intensive program and was also accepted to its full-time residential program. ...
BOOK PICKS.(Education)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Shift By Jennifer Bradbury 2008 Ages 14 and up During their senior year of high school, best friends Chris and Win plan a graduation gift for themselves: a two-month, cross-country bicycle ride from West ...
OPPORTUNITIES.(Education)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Hispanic scholarship fund applications now online Scholarship applications will be available online today for the Hispanic Scholarship Fund. Students can apply for funds for the 2009-10 academic year at apply.hsf.net until 8:59 p.m. on Feb ....
SCHOOL NEWS.(Education)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Farr to serve as member of Bethel School Board Debi Farr, a former state representative who now works as director of marketing and community relations for McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center, was sworn in last month as the Bethel School ...
HOLIDAY CLOSURES.(Holidays)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Labor Day, today Closed: Schools, banks, stock market, Lane County garbage sites, government offices, mail, Eugene, Springfield and University of Oregon libraries. LTD bus: Sunday schedule. Garbage: Lane Apex: ...
OBITUARIES.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Morton Hyman A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. today, Sept. 1, at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Eugene for Morton Abraham Hyman of Eugene, who died Aug. 29 by suicide. He was 77. He was born Aug. 21, 1931, in ...
FOR THE RECORD.(Vitals)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Deadlines The For The Record deadline is noon the day before publication. Deaths Hyman - Morton Abraham Hyman, 77, of Eugene, died Aug. 29. A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. today at the Unitarian Universalist ...
Grab hold of the steering wheel to make budgets your business.(Business)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip Most people hate budgets and budgeting. It's like balancing a checkbook, not much fun, mainly a reminder of resources you don't have and money you can't spend. But, frankly, that's dumb. All of us running businesses should love budgeting and ...
Even in economic downturn, resilience, open-mindedness count.(Business)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip There are very serious concerns nationwide regarding the stability of our economy. Daily news reports tell about cutbacks, layoffs closures and financial collapse. Major national corporations and small locally owned companies are all vulnerable. ...
BUSINESS CALENDAR.(Business)(Calendar)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip Sept.9 Latino Business Network - 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Carmen's Chips 2675' Willamette St. Speaker: Dave Martinez. Information: Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce, 484-1314. Cost: members $6, nonmembers $8. Sept. 11 Young ...
DEALS.(Business)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip Siuslaw Bank financing several public projects FLORENCE - Siuslaw Bank successfully bid on an $800,000 finance package to fund infrastructure improvements for the city of Cottage Grove's citywide high speed broadband network. The network ...
Number of jobless in county is `building'.(Business)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip Lane County's unemployment rate rose to 6.2 percent in July, up from 5.4 percent in June and nearly a full point higher than a year ago, the state Employment Department said. The county's seasonally unadjusted rate is higher than the state rate of ...
EUGENE BUILDING PERMITS.(Business)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip Projects valued at $20,000 or more: issued between July 25 and Aug. Begin Date Sub Category Site Address Owner Name Project Type Value 8/12/2008ADDITIONS/REMODELS85 OWOSSO DR EUG WESCOTT TRAVIS & TRACI M Master bedroom addition to existing ...
GRANTS.(Business)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip Applications will be taken for 4th-quarter development grants The Oregon Economic and Community Development Department will be accepting Community Development Block Grant applications during the fourth quarter application round scheduled for Oct. 1 ...
Region could profit from economic development game plan.(Business)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip The announced closure of Hynix Semiconductor Manufacturing America, coupled with lay-offs at a handful of the region's most prominent employers, served to remind us all just how fragile our local economy can be. And while Eugene-Sp ringfield has had ...
The rebirth of Oakway Center.(Business)(Linda McKay Korth has helped lead her family's renovation of what was once the family farm)(Company overview)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Joe Mosley blue chip Before it was a courtyard - before there was an Oakway Center, even - the spot in the middle of the hugely successful shopping center in Eugene's Ferry Street Bridge neighborhood was a special place to Linda McKay Korth. Her grandparents' ...
BUSINESS KUDOS.(Business)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip Michael Fischnaller, vice president of New Pacific Corp., a Eugene-based commercial property investment company, has been elected the 2008-2009 Rotary International District Governor for District 5110. The district includes 70 clubs throughout Oregon ...
Managers should know off-the-clock wage rules like clockwork.(Business)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip Nothing grabs a business owner's attention like the prospect of an expensive wage claim. In June's edition of blue chip, I addressed the rising tide of wage and hour lawsuits and described some preventive steps employers can take to minimize the risk they will ...
American Mattress.(Business)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip Location: 4075 W. 11th Ave., Eugene Owners: LeRoy and Cheryl Brazil Employees: 10 Annual revenues: not disclosed When founded: 1978 Product: Mattresses What it costs: $89 on up Who ...
BUSINESS REGISTRATIONS.(Business)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip These are business registrations with the Oregon Secretary of State's office from July 1 to July 31. The list also includes business names that were not renewed by the deadline and were required to file a new registration. Alvadore ...
These are business registrations with the Oregon Secretary of State's office from July 1 to July 31.(Business)
Sep 01, 2008 ... These are business registrations with the Oregon Secretary of State's office from July 1 to July 31. The list also includes business names that were not renewed by the deadline and were required to file a new registration. Blachly Tawna L. Righter, Tawna L. Righter, ...
OPEN FOR BUSINESS.(Business)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip Best Buy Mobile is open at 3000 Gateway St. in Springfield. The business is a joint venture between Best Buy and Europe's leading cell phone retailer, Carphone Warehouse. Matthew Backer has opened an Allstate Insurance Company agency at 651 A Street ...
BUSINESS PEOPLE.(Business)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip Christine Armstrong has been promoted to business development officer at Century Bank in Eugene. Kernutt Stokes Brandt & Co. LLP in Eugene has hired the following: J. Patrick Deming, a certified public accountant, as manager in the audit and ...
LANE COUNTY PROPERTY SALES.(Business)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip Residential Improved: $235,000 or more Seller Buyer Sale Date Sale Price Address HEITMAN CUSTOM HOMES LLCHALL MICHAEL S & MISTY D 7/31/2008 $1,100,0003195 SUMMIT SKY BLVD, EUGENE, OR, 97405 SMEJKAL ROBERT A EUGENE W GRAMZOW ...
AROUND THE REGION.(Business)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip Portland law firm sets up group for `green' issues PORTLAND - Law firm Black Helterline has launched a Sustainability Practice Group that will provide legal expertise in areas of renewable energy, green building, clean-tech development and climate ...
LANE COUNTY PROPERTY SALES.(Business)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip Commercial Improved: All Sales Seller Buyer Sale Date Sale Price Address PRADO PARTNERS URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY OF CITY OF EUGE 7/2/2008 $2,400,000 44 W BROADWAY STE 100, EUGENE, OR, 97401 HAWES INVESTMENTS LLC AFICIO PROPERTIES ...
BUSINESS SNAPSHOT.(Business)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip Holiday Inn representatives (from left) Grace Godfrey, Jamie Wilcox and Sasha Elliott follow Eugene Airport ground control personnel to the Eugene Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours hosted Aug. 21 by Flightcraft Inc. and the Eugene Airport. ...
SPRINGFIELD BUILDING PERMITS.(Business)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip residential Projects valued at $20,000 or more: issued during July Permit # Issued Job Address Name Project Description Value COM2008-00982 07/31/2008 1344 WIMBLEDON PL Owner GARCIA PHILLIP & KERI Single Family Residence $24,150 Cntrctr ...
Lean principles put into practice keep workers in cost-saving mix.(Business)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip Increasingly, local businesses are adopting lean business practices based on the Toyota production model. This systemic approach identifies and eliminates waste through continuous improvement of production and operations. Estimates are ...
THE MONTH IN BUSINESS.(Business)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip New Sacred Heart RiverBend hospital opens for business SPRINGFIELD - Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend officially opened after months of drills and planning for every contingency. When the first patient came into the emergency ...
FIFTY YEARS AGO, THESE BLACK SOX WENT THE DISTANCE.(Sports)(Labor Day weekend in 1958 saw the Drain nine win a National Baseball Congress title)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Bob Clark The Register-Guard Even half a century later, the men who claimed a national championship as the Drain Black Sox still can't quite get over what they accomplished by winning seven baseball games in the sweltering heat of that late summer in Wichita, Kan. ...
Canadians leave Eugene little margin for error with three-game sweep.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Steve Mims The Register-Guard VANCOUVER, B.C. - Eugene remains mathematically alive in the race for the Northwest League West Division title heading into a season-ending three-game homestand with Everett, but just barely. Vancouver completed a three-game sweep ...
Ducks' stock ticks up.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Rob Moseley The Register-Guard Coaches and media members will wait for tonight's UCLA-Tennessee game before updating the weekly top-25 polls, so there was no bump for No. 21 Oregon in that regard the day after Saturday's 44-10 win over Washington. For a ...
Fitting the frame not in Ducks' picture.(Sports)(Oregon misses on more than its share of chances in a 3-1 loss to 25th-ranked Purdue)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Chris Hansen The Register-Guard Oregon has proved to be a prolific shot-taking team so far this season. Shot-making, however, has been a struggle. That was the case again on Sunday, as the Ducks fell 3-1 to No. 25 Purdue in a nonconference women's soccer game ...
Outlaws event set at Speedway.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: REGIONAL ROUNDUP The Register-Guard The World of Outlaws, sprint car's top racing series, will visit The Cottage Grove Speedway on Tuesday night. Racing begins at approximately 6:30 p.m., and tickets are still available at the gate for $37 for adults and $20 ...
Employee Free Choice Act restores workplace balance.(Commentary)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Bob Bussel Over the last month, both the print and electronic media have been blanketed by ads denouncing the Employee Free Choice Act, a proposed piece of legislation that would reform the nation's labor laws and make it easier for private sector ...
The shrinking pie.(Editorials)(The working class is feeling squeezed this Labor Day)(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Something is happening here, but you don't know what it is. Do you, Mr. Jones? - Bob Dylan, "Ballad of a Thin Man" Something unusual has been happening to the American middle class for some time now, and like Bob Dylan's Mr ....
Letters in the Editor's Mailbag.(Letters Editorial)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Mailbag boosts self-esteem The Mailbag frequently prints letters that give me the wim-wams, but the recent offering by Norman Fox (letters, Aug. 21) was a real delight. In his right-wing beeblings du jour, Fox accuses Barack ...
He gives new life to classic pieces.(Labor)(An appreciation for old furniture came about early)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard John Freshwater, 56, has been making old things like new for the past 30 years. He sands, stains, carves and uses other tricks of the trade to restore antique furniture at Freshwater Furniture Restoration. Freshwater said his appreciation ...
The driver on the bus goes ...(Labor)(John Perry, the senior driver for Lane Transit District, has 30 years of safe driving experience.)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Every weekday morning at about 5:30 a.m. John Perry walks from one end of his million-dollar vehicle to the other. He looks up and down and underneath it. He sometimes even kicks its massive tires before taking a slow walk through the spacious ...
A little laughter goes a long way.(Labor)(Christine Friedmann delights children as Doodles the Clown)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard She started out face painting, doodling as she put it, three years ago, and now Christine Friedemann has turned "Doodles the Clown" into a burgeoning business. Unlike the dental office she used to work in, Friedemann says, "It's just fun ....
He sees signs as area history.(Labor)(Many in Martin Heyman's collection are valued relics)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Martin Heymann collected his first vintage sign in 1978 when he was sixteen. It took him eighteen more years to get the building to put it in. Now he and his wife, Barbara, own and run Mobile Glass Service in Creswell, replacing and repairing ...
Clients beg for a buzz cut.(Labor)(Groomers eavesdrop on dogs "gossiping" at this business)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard There are not many jobs where you can expect some clients to sink their canines into you. At The Foxy Dog pet groomers, owner Jessica Kane expects it, and that may be one of the keys to her success. Upon entering her River Road shop, visitors are ...
Etching memories into stone.(Labor)(Jim Watkins labors to create a bond between deceased and descendant)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Jim Watkins, 47, owner of Northwest Monument Service in Junction City, didn't set out to go into the monument business. He really wanted to go into construction, but back in the 1980s, construction jobs were hard to come by. He landed a job building ...
Dream fulfillment offered here.(Labor)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Portraits of women aviators taken through the ages hang on the walls. On one wall four women pilots stride toward the camera from their B-17 bomber, members of the Women's Air Force Service during World War II. On another wall, Amelia Earhart stands ...
Dialing back to a distant era.(Labor)(Ken Smith continues a lifelong love of electronics by restoring vintage radios)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard To view Ken Smith's collection of old radios is to step back in time. The Golden Age of Radio is well represented in a collection of restored vintage radios from the 1920's, 30's and 40's. As long as he can remember, Smith has been ...
This ranch is a family affair.(Labor)(Generations of the Sprague family in Pleasant Hill work the land together)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard A close relationship to family, community, the land and a life built through hard work are old-fashioned ideas that never went out of style in the Sprague family. Three generations have worked the land in Pleasant Hill since the 1940s. ...
PET OF THE WEEK.(Animals)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Millicent is a 1'-year-old Seal Point Siamese-tabby mix. She has a genetic deformity in her left eye so she may sometimes have a discharge or puffiness, but she is in ...
Lend a helping hand.(Personal Life)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard You've heard the expression "Give till it hurts." Well, volunteering time to your favorite charity shouldn't have to hurt, say those in the business of managing volunteers. "(By volunteering) you gain a better understanding of ...
community sports.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Twenty-eight-year-old mother Bethany Price of Springfield is not your typical BMX racer. This summer she placed second at an international competition in China - not the Olympics, but the 2008 World Challenge, which included cyclists from 23 nations ....
Shaking up Springfield.(City/Region)
Sep 03, 2008 ... Byline: Andrea Damewood The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - To hear him tell it, Jack Dugger - who until recently employed 16 women to dance naked at his Shakers Bar and Grill in Springfield - had never set foot in a strip club until he decided to open one eight years ago. ...
Decent visibility plus low rents make city's strip a club hot spot.(City/Region)
Sep 03, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - The key to why strip clubs are big business in Springfield is location, location, location. City leaders and business owners have myriad theories why the city is host to 2' times the number of strip clubs than neighboring - ...
Liquor license factors into opening.(City/Region)
Sep 03, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - It's been five months since Jack Dugger signed a three-year lease at 535 Main St. in downtown, intending to open his Shakers Bar and Grill strip club there. Every month, Dugger says, he pays about $5,000 to rent the unopened ...
Slumping test scores set off alarms.(A-Section)(With tougher standards in the future, an achievement gap still exists, official says)
Sep 03, 2008 ... Byline: Anne Williams The Register-Guard With new, more rigorous diploma requirements just around the corner, assessment scores at Oregon's middle and high schools slipped or stagnated in 2007-08 - a trend that underscores the rocky path ahead for teachers and students alike. ...
CORRECTION.(A-Section)(Correction notice)
Sep 03, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard City/Region: Springfield School Board Vice Chairman Jonathan Light teaches in the Pleasant Hill School District. A School News item in ...
Tally of traffic deaths among holiday's highest.(City/Region)(Throughout the state, 10 people died in wrecks over the Labor Day weekend; none of those fatal crashes took place in Lane County)
Sep 03, 2008 ... Byline: Jack Moran The Register-Guard This year's Labor Day weekend was among the deadliest ever on Oregon's roads. Oregon State Police officials said 10 people died in eight traffic wrecks statewide between 6 p.m. Friday and 11:59 p.m. Monday. The only ...
FIRST DAY ACTIVITY.(City/Region)
Sep 03, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Children in Mari Jones' first-grade class make name tags on the first day of school at Elmira Elementary ....