The Register Guard (Eugene, OR) back issues from November 2008:
Democrats foresee win, woes.(City/Region)(As the potential for a big Election Day looms for the party, the recession and budget deficits bedevil state lawmakers)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard SALEM - With a blue wave cresting over Oregon, Democrats are getting ready to party Tuesday night. Eventually, though, the champagne will go flat, the beer buzz will fade, and the triumphal party will have to govern in a ...
Navigator guides cancer patients through medical ordeal.(Health)(A local imaging center has hired an advocate to make sure the needs of women diagnosed with breast cancer are being met)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard Learning you have breast cancer is tough enough, but finding out Friday afternoon before the long Labor Day weekend - when doctors, like other folks, are more apt to be out of town and unavailable to discuss the diagnosis - makes the ...
Ballot return rate lagging 2004; officials expect rush on final days.(City/Region)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: Whitney Malkin The Register-Guard With political tension mounting and just days until votes are counted, Lane County elections officials are bracing for the rush of ballots expected to slam their office early next week. On Friday afternoon, more than 101,000 ...
CORRECTIONS.(-)(Correction notice)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard City/Region: A free Job Search & Resume class at the Eugene Public Library will be from 4 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. Sunday. Registration is required. Call 682-5450, and select ...
Mysterious ad prompts Bellotti to declare support for Green.(Elections)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: Christian Wihtol The Register-Guard With just four more days to go, the war of words continued Friday in the fight for the north Eugene commissioner post. The focal point remained an ad that ran Thursday in The Register-Guard questioning who has endorsed ...
Port of Coos Bay gets nod on rail line.(City/Region)(The value of the 111-mile, Coquille-to-Eugene line is still under consideration, and the price may be too much for the port)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard COOS BAY - The good news is, the rail line between Coquille and Eugene probably won't be abandoned. The U.S. Surface Transportation Board ruled Friday that the 111-mile line should be sold to the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay, ...
Person cornered in house may be shooting suspect.(City/Region)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: Laura Ruggeri The Register-Guard FLORENCE - Lane County sheriff's investigators on Friday night said they believe they may have cornered in a house a suspect in a shooting that occurred midmorning Friday on Canary Road, south of Florence near Jessie Honeyman Memorial ...
Break out the rakes.(City/Region)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jim Murez The Register-Guard The Fall Classic gets under way Monday, pitting local leaf crews against trees ranging from Santa Clara's Duck Horn Drive to Thurston's Laksonen Loop in the first round of the annual clash of the titans. And while his squad may be ...
Critical Mass bike ride goes without hitch.(City/Region)(But the advertised plan for riders to appear without a stitch doesn't materialize)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard This time there was nary a patch of bare skin - just a bunch of pedaling Halloween costumes. But Friday's Critical Mass bike ride in Eugene, initially billed on the Internet as the World Naked Halloween Bike Ride, still drew the ...
Some voters miss out on pamphlet.(City/Region)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Due to an error, about 11,000 Eugene School District households did not receive the official voter's pamphlet that contains information on Measure 20-137, the school district operating levy that is up for a renewal vote in the Nov. 4 election. ...
BRIEFLY.(City/Region)(REGION)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Doggie Dive at Amazon Pool to benefit PAAWS The city of Eugene's Aquatics Program invites dog owners to bring their pooch to Amazon Pool for a Doggie Dive from noon to 2 p.m. today. The pool is at 2600 Hilyard St. A suggested ...
OBITUARIES.(Obituaries)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Gene Butterfield JUNCTION CITY - A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Nov. 9 at First Christian Church in Junction City for Gene M. Butterfield of Junction City, who died Oct. 27 of cancer. He was 58. He was born Nov. 18, 1949, ...
FOR THE RECORD.(For the Record)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Deadlines The For The Record deadline is noon the day before publication for Tuesday through Saturday newspapers, and noon Friday for Sunday or Monday newspapers. Items may be delivered to The Register-Guard newsroom at 3500 Chad Drive, ...
Police: Suspect may have drowned.(City/Region)(The alleged shoplifter, who jumped into the river, hasn't been found)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jack Moran The Register-Guard Police say one of two things happened to a suspected shoplifter who pedaled away from Valley River Center security guards Thursday night and jumped into the chilly waters of the nearby Willamette River to avoid capture. Either he ...
Former library, now home to engineering firm, gets new name.(Business)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip The former Eugene Public Library building now owned by Balzhiser & Hubbard Engineers has been renamed the Balzhiser Building in honor of the firm's founder, Jim Balzhiser. Balzhiser moved to Eugene in 1954 to assist with a project at the request of ...
When recession hits: Stick to fundamentals and don't panic.(Business)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tim Berry For blue chip In 1981 I took a finance course from Ezra Solomon, a short, bald, wise man who was chief economic adviser to President Reagan and also an excellent teacher. Toward the end of each class he would hold court, and answer questions from students. We ...
This downturn is serious, but we've weathered them in the past.(Business)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: John Brown For blue chip The current economic crisis is extremely serious. It has been described by some as having the potential of becoming even worse. Many in the real estate industry who were here in the 1980s saw what happens when the economy ...
BUSINESS CALENDAR.(Business)(Calendar)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Nov. 1 Fern Ridge Chamber of Commerce - Health Fair and Business Expo. When: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m Where: West Lane Center in Veneta. Cost: Free. Call: 935-8443. Nov. 6 Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce - Young Professionals ...
Through high and low.(-)(Chuck Shepard calls himself a failed hippie who stumbled into real estate - and then saw opportunity in the '80s recession)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: Joe Mosley blue chip Entrepreneurship became the path of least resistance for Chuck Shepard after he graduated from the University of Wisconsin in the early 1970s with a degree in accounting. He'd already washed out as a member of the counterculture. ...
DEALS.(Business)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip Tennessee company buys into Eugene neurosurgery clinic A Tennessee company that manages ambulatory surgical centers has bought a piece of a Eugene neurosurgery center. Meridian Surgical Partners of Brentwood, Tenn., has purchased a ...
EUGENE BUILDING PERMITS.(Business)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip Projects valued at $20,000 or more: issued between September 19 and october 24Begin DateSub CategorySite AddressOwner NameProject TypeValue10/3/2008ADDITIONS/REMODELS2176 CAL YOUNG RD EUG STECK ROBERT & MEGAN E Addition ...
Fellowship focuses on sustainable development.(Business)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: David Hauser For blue chip I was fortunate to be selected as a participant in the Ford Foundation Fellowship for Regional Sustainable Development. This unique 12-month program is designed to help Chamber of Commerce and economic development leaders gain a deeper ...
BUSINESS KUDOS.(Business)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: blue chip Carl Burgdorfer, managing director/senior portfolio manager of the Eugene private client group at U.S. Bank, has been elected president of the Chartered Financial Analysts Society of Portland for the 2008/09 term. Kari Westlund, president and CEO of ...
Lane County jobless rate creeps up to 6.7 percent.(Business)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Job losses at manufacturers, retailers and professional and business services helped push up Lane County's unemployment rate in September. The rate was 6.7 percent in September, up slightly from 6.6 percent in August, according to figures ...
Rule change means all employers must have safety meetings.(City/Region)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: BUSINESS AND THE LAW By Andy Lewis For blue chip If your business employs more than 10 people or you are engaged in a "high-risk" industry such as construction, it's not news that the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division, known as OSHA, requires your business ...
BUSINESS REGISTRATIONS.(Business)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard These are new business registrations with the Oregon Secretary of State's office from Sept. 1 to Sept. 30. The list also includes business names that were not renewed by the deadline and were required to file a new registration. Blachly ...
OPEN FOR BUSINESS.(Business)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Alex Han's Izumi Sushi and Grill is the fifth retail operation at north Eugene's Crescent Village mixed-use development. The 92-seat restaurant offers Asian fusion cuisine - which combines Japanese, Korean and other influences. Izumi is Han's fourth ...
LANE COUNTY PROPERTY SALES.(Business)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard commercial improved: all salesSellerBuyerSale DateSale PriceAddressOFFICE DEPOT INCOLP EUGENE LLC9/26/2008$4,334,9262859 CHAD DR, EUGENE, OR 9740885 CENTENNIAL LOOP LLCJAKE LLC9/30/2008$1,881,59285 CENTENNIAL LOOP, ...
BUSINESS PEOPLE.(Business)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Pat Seitz has been hired as assistant manager at Coastal Farm & Ranch in Eugene. He previously was manager and owner of a farm store business in Nebraska. The Convention & Visitors Association of Lane County Oregon has promoted the ...
AROUND THE REGION.(Business)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Sanyo plans to build solar cell factory in Salem Sanyo Electric Co. plans to build an $80 million solar cell plant in Salem that will employ at least 200 workers, the company said. Construction crews are set to break ground next ...
LANE COUNTY PROPERTY SALES.(Business)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Residential Improved: $299,000 or moreSellerBuyerSale DateSale PriceAddressBIERCE DALE E & MARTHA JBAARSTAD TERRI L9/9/2008$571,2502886 MARTINIQUE AVE, EUGENE, OR 97408ANN BETTMAN TRUSTDAY JANAE SUTHERLIN & JIMMY ...
BUSINESS SNAPSHOT.(-)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Kartar Khalsa, CEO of the natural foods company Golden Temple and chairman of the Eugene Chamber of Commerce executive board, talks to Emerald Award nominees at the Jacobs Gallery prior to the awards ceremony. The Emerald Awards, sponsored by the ...
SPRINGFIELD BUILDING PERMITS.(Business)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Residential Projects valued at $20,000 or more: issued during SeptemberPermit #IssuedJob AddressNameProject DescriptionValueCOM2008-0144609/22/20081232 S 41ST STOwnerBRUCE WIECHERT CUSTOM HOMES INCSingle Family ...
Workers who are engaged, not just satisfied, are more productive.(Business)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: WORKPLACE MATTERS blue chip "Beware of the satisfied work force", says Ken Dychtwald, author of "Workforce Crisis: How to Beat the Coming Shortage of Skills and Talent." Dychtwald says employee satisfaction and employee engagement are separate concepts. ...
THE MONTH IN BUSINESS.(-)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard McKenzie-Willamette revenues up, profits down SPRINGFIELD - McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center's net revenue was up 20.2 percent in 2007 from 2006, according to its most recent financial disclosure statement. But its pretax ...
Beavers look to pour it on vs. sinking Sun Devils.(Sports)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: OSU VS. ARIZONA STATE By Bob Clark The Register-Guard CORVALLIS - Over to Arizona State quarterback Rudy Carpenter for this preview of tonight's game at Oregon State. "Obviously, it's going to be tough playing in Corvallis, a night game and it's probably going ...
It's double time for Rupp.(Cross Country Oregon Men)(The senior sets a course record for his second title and Ducks' third in a row)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: PAC-10 CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS By Curtis Anderson The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - Not bad for a season debut. Oregon senior Galen Rupp broke the course record with a winning time of 22 minutes, 55.14 seconds over 8,000 meters at Springfield Country Club ...
Huskies turn in perfect performance.(Cross Country)(Washington's women sweep the top six spots to run away with the team title)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: PAC-10 CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS By Curtis Anderson The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - It was an unprecedented performance by the top-ranked Washington women's cross country team on Friday. The Huskies wowed an estimated crowd of nearly 5,000 spectators at ...
Colts cap wild run through league season.(Football Prep)(No. 2 Thurston tops Marshfield 49-27 to finish 5-0 in MWL play and claim its first outright league title since 1989)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: PREP FOOTBALL By Steve Mims The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - Mission accomplished for Thurston in the regular season. Now the second-ranked Colts will try to advance deep into the postseason for the first time since 1995. Thurston capped off a ...
Title drive requires leaving Golden Bears in blue state.(Football Oregon)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: Rob Moseley The Register-Guard BERKELEY, Calif. - Amid all the tumult at quarterback, the meltdown against Boise State, the humbling at USC, there's this: the Oregon football team currently sits at 4-1 in the Pac-10, tied for first place with the Trojans. ...
Lancers win, double their fun.(Football Prep)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: MIDWESTERN LEAGUE By Adam Jude The Register-Guard The outcome of the game was never much in doubt for Churchill. Not with Eric Knapp and Blake Determan scoring more goodies in the first half than a neighborhood full of ambitious trick-or-treaters. The fate of ...
Hawks soar into 4A state berth.(Football Prep)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: ROUNDUP The Register-Guard LA PINE - Ty Slater completed 21-of-32 passes for 193 yards and three touchdowns to lead La Pine to a 38-19 Sky-Em League football victory over Pleasant Hill that earned the Hawks their first berth to the Class 4A playoffs in eight years. ...
Panthers take SWC title from Sheldon.(Football Prep)(The Irish rally late but come up short to earn No. 3 seed for playoffs)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: Kris Henry The Mail Tribune MEDFORD - It took just about all South Medford had, but the second-ranked Panthers were finally able to pry the Southwest Conference title away from Sheldon. Only two years removed from going winless in the SWC, South Medford ...
Millers' fate not in cards.(Football)(Springfield ties for second with a 48-41 win over Willamette, then finds it's odd team out of playoffs)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: MIDWESTERN LEAGUE By Chris Hansen The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - Springfield's postgame celebration went from triumph to tears faster than one of Mike Travess' breathtaking touchdown runs Friday night. Gathered together in Silke Field's north end zone ...
Cal, Beavers hold edge at the turn.(Football College)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: Bob Clark The Register-Guard Oregon State and California, the two Pac-10 teams that have gone the longest since their last appearance in the Rose Bowl, enter November as the only conference teams in complete control of their destiny for that berth. Cal hasn't ...
UO offers 1-2 punch against Bears' 3-4.(Football Oregon)(UO GAMEDAY: OREGON VS. CALIFORNIA)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: OREGON FOOTBALL The Register-Guard Just when the UO offense looks to be finding its groove at the plate, to use a baseball metaphor, the Ducks will face a curveball today. This is the first time Oregon will face a 3-4 defensive front, with three down linemen ...
Xs and Os.(Football Oregon)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: Xs and Os With Ken Woody The Register-Guard The Ducks face Cal today in a game that features a rivalry between former UO coordinators. Jeff Tedford, now the head man at Cal, was formerly the offensive coordinator for the Ducks when Nick Aliotti was the defensive ...
Bank's small-business index declined in September.(Business)(Global economic woes, which could hurt U.S. exports, is cited as part of the reason)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard The LibertyBank Small Business Index for Oregon declined to 78.2 in September, from a revised 79.1 in August, driven down in part by the global economic slowdown. The slowing of the global economy - hampered by the same credit ...
Investors rally for downtown.(Business)(Nearly $1.5 million is pledged to support development on the former site of the Sears store, now a big hole in the ground)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: Joe Mosley The Register-Guard Jean Tate's downtown challenge has been made and accepted, to the tune of about $1.5 million. She pledged in January to invest $100,000 in a project to be named later, and publicly urged others to join her in the effort to upgrade ...
THE BULLETIN.(Religion)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Services, events and people Central Lutheran Church - The Central Chorale will present Gabriel Faure's Requiem at the 8:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Sunday worship services at the church, 1857 Potter St. The performance will include orchestra and ...
Prayer helps us keep our hearts open to love.(Religion)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: FROM HEART TO HEART By Barbara Nixon For The Register-Guard As I write these words for today's From Heart to Heart column, the presidential election is still many days away. By the time this appears in print, we will be casting our ballots by mail. If things ...
Nuclear bait-and-switch.(Editorials)(Gates says new warhead will reduce proliferation)(Editorial)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Layering irony atop unintended irony, Defense Secretary Robert Gates chose the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace as the setting this week to announce expanded justifications for going to war and to insist that the production of a new nuclear ...
Restore protest period.(Editorials)(Administration pushing logging plan into place)(Editorial)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Bush administration officials insist their plan to dramatically increase logging in Western Oregon forests is the very model of sustainability. If that's true, they should have had no problem giving Oregonians one last chance to comment on ...
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters Editorial)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Make sure your voice is heard "Don't complain if you don't vote." I am sure many people have heard this phrase growing up. I sure did. I now know exactly what they meant and how important it is to get out and vote. We are at a ...
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters Editorial)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Don't forget past support of Bush We seem to have a new political party forming in the United States that doesn't have a name yet but has attracted a lot of Republican incumbents. Perhaps we could call it the Lobotican Party. Jim ...
Dean to appear at Eugene rally.(Elections)
Nov 02, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean will be in Eugene this evening to campaign for U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Merkley. Dean is scheduled to speak at a get-out-the-vote rally with Merkley and U.S ....
Market shift snags liquid gas project.(Energy)(Changing demands and new technology may affect the course of a Coos Bay plan)
Nov 02, 2008 ... Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard COOS BAY - He has faced down skeptics, foes, naysayers and doomsayers. A liquefied natural gas terminal in Coos Bay is safe, good for the economy, will lower energy prices and bring in new businesses, says Bob Braddock, the manager of the ...
ALL-OUT TESTS.(Elections)(Campaign volunteers focus passion on politive outcomes)
Nov 02, 2008 ... Byline: Matt Cooper The Register-Guard It may take awhile to establish the importance of the 2008 general election in history. One thing is already certain: The people who have poured their lives into Tuesday's contests - the volunteers in the presidential and local ...
Pedal pushers only.(City/Region)(Bicycles are the sole mode of transport in a move from an apartment to a house)
Nov 02, 2008 ... Byline: Laura Ruggeri The Register-Guard It took a little less than three hours and roughly six trips back and forth Saturday for April DeLaurier to move from her apartment on West 11th Avenue to her newly purchased house on Adams Street. And she did it without a car, ...
Green, Handy walk, knock.(Elections)(The two rivals for north Eugene's Lane County commissioner seat go door-to-door, hoping to get their supporters to vote)
Nov 02, 2008 ... Byline: Edward Russo The Register-Guard Nearing the end of their political battle, Lane County Commissioner Bobby Green and his challenger Rob Handy spent a rainy Saturday morning knocking on doors where they thought it would do them the most good. Green visited west ...
Neighbor dispute ends in death of two Florence men.(Crime)(A disagreement over trespassing and pets erupts into violence with a shooting death and a subsequent suicide)
Nov 02, 2008 ... Byline: Laura Ruggeri The Register-Guard CORRECTION (ran Nov. 3, 2008): City/Region: A Florence man shot in the head Friday was transported to Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield via Emergency Airlift Services of North Bend. A story on Page B1 Sunday ...
Spin cycle leaves voters wrung out.(Columnist)
Nov 02, 2008 ... Byline: Bob Welch The Register-Guard Mel Mead, a Eugene retiree, was opening the Emerald Empire Kiwanis Club in prayer recently when he invoked help from the Almighty during these trying times. No, not in reference to the economy. Or the war. But the election, whose ...
BRIEFLY.(General news)(REGION)
Nov 02, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Immunization clinic scheduled for Tuesday Eugene Recreation's Senior Program is offering a flu and pneumonia shot clinic, sponsored by Maxim Health Systems, from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday at Campbell Community Center, 155 High St. ...
CALENDAR.(Government)(Calendar)
Nov 02, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Coburg Monday Police Options Committee - 6:30 p.m., Coburg City Hall, 91069 N. Willamette St. Elkton Monday Elkton School District Site Council - 4 p.m., Grade School library; Title I Parent ...
Police field scores of holiday calls.(Crime)
Nov 02, 2008 ... Byline: The Register-Guard The Eugene Police Department responded to 241 calls between 9 p.m. Friday night and 3 a.m. Saturday, more than double the calls for Halloween night in 2007, according to EPD spokeswoman Melinda Kletzok. Last year, when Halloween fell on a ...