The Register Guard (Eugene, OR) back issues from June 2009:
City workers face cutbacks.(Government Local)(Wage concessions from municipal employees are needed to produce a balanced budget, the city manager says)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Edward Russo The Register-Guard Longtime city of Eugene employee John Loomis wasn't thrilled a few months ago when he heard that he might not get a cost-of-living raise for a year starting in July. But the lead stagehand at the Hult Center for Performing Arts ...
GROWERS IN TOWN.(City/Region)(Lane County's smaller cities launch their own farmers' markets)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Whitney Malkin The Register-Guard DEXTER - Pam Driscoll lives in a town where the only market is more convenience store than supermarket, and the nearest groceries are miles away. An avid gardener, she craves fresh fruits and veggies, but oftentimes finds produce at ...
Sporting a slim size, designed to please readers.(City/Region)(Today's trimmer Register-Guard reflects a trend in the newspaper industry that is saving paper)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Dave Baker Managing Editor The Register-Guard No, your arms are not getting longer. But it may seem that way when you open today's newspaper. That's because the page you're reading is, in fact, narrower - 1.5 inches, to be exact. This new look ...
Abduction robberies raise alarm.(City/Region)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Eugene police are asking the public to be especially vigilant after a second woman this week was robbed after being forced to drive her car to a local ATM. On Saturday about 7:10 p.m., a 30-year-old woman was sitting in her car at the West ...
Injured man's home found burglarized.(City/Region)(Items were stolen from the residence of Andy Laird, who is in a Bend hospital with a broken neck)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard The home of a Eugene businessman in the intensive care unit at a Bend hospital was burglarized Sunday, police said. A section of a back-door window at Andy Laird's Ferry Street Bridge area residence was shattered, and several ...
Springfield council begins work to replace Woodrow.(City/Region)(The process to find an appointee to succeed the late Ward 5 councilor will be the topic of discussion tonight)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Andrea Damewood The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - The City Council this week will begin the process of finding a replacement for Ward 5 Councilor John Woodrow, who died April 28. Tonight the council will discuss how to go about selecting candidates and also ...
LCC lays out plan of `shared pain' cuts.(City/Region)(A budget that requires sacrifices from students and staff is formulated)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard Students at Lane Community College will pay more, and faculty and staff probably will see their compensation frozen under a plan to absorb deep cuts in state funding without laying off workers or cutting enrollment. LCC President ...
Memorial honors a life too short.(City/Region)(Mourners try to grasp the death of a 4-year-old boy, whose mother is accused of throwing him off a bridge)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard I could take a hundred lifetimes to tell the world what you mean to me And it still wouldn't be enough ... - From "Love of a Father for His Son," as read by Jason Smith at Sunday's service ...
ACHIEVEMENTS.(Education)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: EDUCATION EXTRA The Register-Guard Students earn district scholarships The following Springfield high school seniors are the recipients of district scholarships: Garrett Cogburn, Thurston High School, and Amie Parcell, Springfield High School, $700 ...
BOOK PICKS.(Education)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: EDUCATION EXTRA The Register-Guard The Brave Little Parrot By Rafe Martin 1998 Ages 4 to 8 Weslandia By Paul Fleischman 1999 Ages 5 to 9 Mole Music By David McPhail ...
OPPORTUNITIES.(Education)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: EDUCATION EXTRA The Register-Guard Trent closure event scheduled Thursday PLEASANT HILL - The closing party for Trent Primary School in Pleasant Hill will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday at the school, 37981 Wheeler Road. According to records, Trent ...
SCHOOL NEWS.(Education)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: EDUCATION EXTRA The Register-Guard Early career scientists receive grant money Two early career scientists at the Oregon Social Learning Center have been awarded nearly $500,000 from the National Institutes of Health to investigate their areas of interest and ...
BRIEFLY.(City/Region)(COMMUNITY)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Session set on dance and pre-K education Sparkplug Dance will provide a free workshop for early childhood service providers on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Washington Park Community Center. "Creative Movement as a ...
CALENDAR.(Government)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Elkton TODAY School Board - 6 p.m., High School Library, 739 River Road. Budget hearing followed by maintenance bond projects and review of Oregon School Boards Association policy updates. 584-2227. Eugene ...
BRIEFLY.(City/Region)(METRO)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: The Register-Guard R-G reporters win regional awards Register-Guard reporter Whitney Malkin was named a Rookie of the Year at the Society for Professional Journalists' awards banquet on Saturday in Portland. Malkin, 22, was hired by The Register- ...
OBITUARIES.(City/Region)(Obituary)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Evelyn "Jan" Moon OAKRIDGE - A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, June 4, at Forest Vale Memorial Park in Oakridge for Evelyn Janet "Jan" Moon of Oakridge, who died May 28 of lung cancer at age 66. Visitation will be from 10 ...
FOR THE RECORD.(For the Record)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Deaths Austin - Mary Austin, 67, of Eugene, died May 31. Arrangements by Musgrove Family Mortuary in Eugene. Bartlett - Robert B. Bartlett, 93, of Springfield, died May 30. Arrangements by West Lawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home ...
BUSINESS CALENDAR.(Blue Chip)(Calendar)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: blue chip June 4 Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce - Young Professionals Network. Time: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.. Place: Residence Inn, 25 Club Road, Eugene. Cost: Prepaid $8, at the door $10. For more information: 484-1314 June 10 Springfield ...
Throwing a party every day.(Blue Chip)(Ibrahim Hamide borrows from both Palestinian and American cultures, but less from banks)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Joe Mosley blue chip Ibrahim Hamide came to Eugene for college in 1969 and felt that he'd been deposited in a different universe. He'd been born 19 years earlier into a large Palestinian family on the West Bank of the River Jordan. His family lived a ...
DEALS.(Blue Chip)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: blue chip Neighborhood development group opens up in downtown Springfield SPRINGFIELD - A local nonprofit group long dedicated to bringing life to blighted neighborhoods soon will be making its move from the Whiteaker area in Eugene to its next target: ...
EUGENE BUILDING PERMITS.(Business)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: blue chip Projects valued at $20,000 or more: issued between April 25 and May 22Begin DateSub CategorySite AddressOwner NameProject TypeValue5/1/2009ADDITIONS/REMODELS625 E 33RD AVE EUG KOESTER DAVID P Convert existing attached garage to create living space$29,467 ...
GRANTS.(Blue Chip)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: blue chip Federal funding now available for multifamily housing projects PORTLAND - Jeff Deiss, the acting state director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's rural development program, has announced a notice of funding availability for several multifamily ...
WORK FORCE SUMMARY Nonfarm payroll employment Lane County jobless rate climbs to 13.6 percent.(Blue Chip)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: blue chip Lane County's jobs picture remained bleak in April. The county's jobless rate rose to 13.6 percent, up from 12.9 percent in March, more than double the 5.3 percent rate of April 2008, according to figures released Tuesday by the state Employment ...
BUSINESS KUDOS.(Blue Chip)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: blue chip Lisa Abia-Smith, director of education and outreach at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, has been appointed to the Northwest advisory board of Visual Thinking Strategies. The program an educational curriculum and teaching method that uses art to ...
LANE COUNTY PROPERTY SALES.(Blue Chip)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: blue chip Residential Improved: $170,000 or moreSellerBuyerSale DateSale PriceAddressKEZAR WAYNE A & GAYLAN EHAIDAR HAISSAM G & MARY J4/13/2009$1,050,0002603 RIDGEMONT DR,EUGENE,OR,97405RUHOFF CHAD D & KATHRYN ESCHNAPPER MARC & TINA4/28/2009$885,0003951 MIRROR POND ...
LANE COUNTY PROPERTY SALES.(Blue Chip)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: blue chip Residential Improved: $170,000 or moreSellerBuyerSale DateSale PriceAddressHASKINS JEFFREY J & DANA MFRY JOHN P4/15/2009$283,000825 DIAMOND ST,SPRINGFIELD,OR,97477NORRIS GLENN W & ANGELA DDEMING JAMES & HEATHER4/17/2009$280,0001627 W 13TH AVE,JUNCTION ...
LANE COUNTY PROPERTY SALES.(Blue Chip)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: blue chip Residential Improved: $170,000 or moreSellerBuyerSale DateSale PriceAddressJOY LIMITED PTRSHPHAWES GEORGE & BORCHARDT JONI4/13/2009$220,0001560 HILYARD ST,EUGENE,OR,97401TIMBERLINE PROPERTY INVESTMENTS LLCARNOLD ERNEST A & BEULAH M4/15/2009$215,0001949 S 8TH ...
LANE COUNTY PROPERTY SALES.(Blue Chip)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: blue chip commercial improved: all salesSellerBuyerSale DateSale PriceAddressWADE PATRICK WOREGON PACIFIC BANKING CO4/24/2009$2,103,631N/ABUCKLUNDS INVESTMENT COSHALOM COMPANY LLC4/23/2009$2,050,000655 E 11TH AVE STE 4,EUGENE,OR,97401GEIGER INVESTMENTS LLCMCDONALD ...
MADE IN LANE COUNTY.(Blue Chip)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: blue chip Ninkasi Brewing Co. Location: 272 Van Buren St., Eugene Annual revenue: Not publicly available Employees: 25 When founded: 2005 Product: Microbrewed beers, including Total Domination IPA, Believer Double ...
BUSINESS REGISTRATIONS.(Blue Chip)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: blue chip These are business registrations with the Oregon Secretary of State's office from April 1 to April 30. The list also includes business names that were not renewed by the deadline and were required to file a new registration. Blachly ...
Blue Chip.(Blue Chip)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Patrick Leiser and a couple of silent partners have opened Bar 201 in a 1,900-square-foot space on the northwest corner of Broadway and Charnelton Street. Bar 201 is in a space previously occupied by The Moxie, a combination hair salon/cocktail lounge that closed at the end of ...
BUSIINESS PEOPLE.(Blue Chip)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: blue chip Brent Laird, a Wells Fargo personal banker in Eugene, also has become an investment consultant for Wells Fargo Investments, LLC. Laird joined the bank in 2008. He previously worked at Oregon Community Credit Union and Smith Barney. Margo Schaefer ...
AROUND THE REGION.(Blue Chip)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: blue chip Frozen yogurt manufacturer reaches out to Japan and Taiwan PORTLAND - YoCream International, Inc. (Pink Sheets: YOCM) is strengthening its international business with new distribution partners in Japan and Taiwan. The company has been ...
SPRINGFIELD BUILDING PERMITS.(Blue Chip)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: blue chip Residential Projects valued at $20,000 or more: issued during AprilPermit #IssuedJob AddressNameProject DescriptionValueCOM2009-0053404/23/20095764 MINERAL WAYOwn/CntHAYDEN ENTERPRISESNew single family residence, 2007 S. 57th St.$175,000 ...
THE MONTH IN BUSINESS.(Business)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: blue chip Fifth Street Public Market will be adding sushi restaurant to the mix Eugene's Fifth Street Public Market is getting some new tenants, including Pure, which offers sushi along with Japanese kitchen cuisine, in the 3,200-square-foot anchor space that ...
OSU can't complete climb.(Sports)(The Beavers beat Texas A&M to stay alive, but TCU scores in the bottom of the ninth to end their season)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Andy Friedlander For The Register-Guard FORT WORTH, Texas -- The pressure was there from the moment they arrived. The Oregon State Beavers spent all day Sunday with it after a lopsided loss the previous night sent them to the loser's bracket of the NCAA ...
another foreign invasion.(Track-Field)(International athletes continue to flock to the Prefontaine Classic)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Ron Bellamy The Register-Guard Over the years, foreign athletes have had an impact on the annual Prefontaine Classic track and field meet at Hayward Field. In the very first Pre Classic in 1975, when the Restoration Meet was renamed in memory of Steve ...
Two more international friendlies for EMFC.(Sports)(Club soccer teams from Mexico and Germany are scheduled to play matches in Eugene this month)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Adam Jude The Register-Guard After hosting two successful matches against major Italian clubs the past two years, the Eugene Metro Futbol Club is expanding its global reach and doubling its production. EMFC organizers expect the local Hispanic community, in ...
Kahalehoe gets hot for Beavers.(Baseball College)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Andy Friedlander For The Register-Guard FORT WORTH, Texas - Koa Kahalehoe came to the NCAA Fort Worth regional as an afterthought, a part-time player batting an anemic .218. By the end of Oregon State's third game at TCU's Lupton Stadium, a 13-5 victory over ...
Monaco ties for second place.(Regional Roundup)(The South Eugene standout finishes three shots off the lead at Junior PGA event)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: REGIONAL ROUNDUP The Register-Guard TUMWATER, Wash. - South Eugene High School's Bobby Monaco tied for second place in the boys 16-18 division Sunday at the Pacific Northwest Junior PGA Championship at Tumwater Valley Golf Course. Monaco shot rounds of 73 and ...
We don't have 10 years to cut carbon emissions.(Local Opinion)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Bob Doppelt For The Register-Guard Although support for a regional version failed this year here on the left coast, momentum is growing on Capitol Hill for passage of national cap and trade legislation. Meaningful cuts in climate-damaging carbon emissions, however, would ...
Rationalizing health care.(Editorials)(Provider tax helps reduce number of uninsured)(Editorial)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: The Register-Guard The most urgent need of the health care system is not more resources. What's needed are more rational ways of using the vast resources already available. Oregon is about to take a big step in that direction. Oregon already has universal ...
A roadless moratorium.(Editorials)(Vilsack reinstates the Clinton era rule for one year)(Editorial)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: The Register-Guard The Obama administration's decision to order a moratorium on road-building and other development on 50 million acres of remote national forests is a critical first step toward saving the Clinton era roadless rule. Last Thursday, Agriculture ...
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters Editorial)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Exhibit didn't please everyone Regarding the display of the photo of a transgendered individual at Meadowlark- Buena Vista schools by Principal B.J. Blake (Register-Guard, May 21), isn't it strange that public educators have no problem ...
Going the distance.(Health and Fitness)(Veteran runner gives back by training novices for a marathon)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard At first, Joe Schmich thought his longtime friend, Shogan Naidoo, was crazy. "He came over to my house and told me he was going to train a bunch of novices to run a marathon and said I should come and do it, too," Schmich ...
BUZZWORTHY.(Health and Fitness)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard IF THE SHOE FITS ... When buying "serious" running shoes, seek expert help to figure out how your feet hit the ground and which brand, model and size help them come closest to the desired running gait. Look for a thumb-width ...
Pair's spree worries police.(City/Region)(Investigators study incidents of women being forced by two men to ATM machines and robbed)
Jun 02, 2009 ... Byline: Jack Moran The Register-Guard Police detective Dan Braziel said he's never seen anything like it in Eugene. Investigators believe the same two men are behind a string of frightening robberies in which they target unsuspecting women - each time compelling ...
Bill on menu labeling awaits governor's signature.(City/Region)(House Bill 2726 is expected to give consumers calorie counts and other information at many Oregon eateries)
Jun 02, 2009 ... Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard SALEM - The Oregon Legislature gave its final approval Monday to a new law requiring chain restaurants to post calorie information on menu reader boards or in menus. House Bill 2726 passed the Senate, 21-7. Having already ...
State lacks funds for safety study.(City/Region)(Springfield mulls short-term fixes for a stretch of Main Street)
Jun 02, 2009 ... Byline: Whitney Malkin The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - Nearly four months after a 17-year-old girl was struck by two cars and killed on Main Street, Oregon Department of Transportation officials told Springfield elected officials Monday that there is not enough state money to ...
LUMBER.(Business)
Jun 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Lumber and plywood cash prices This Last Year week week ago Framing lumber composite price $196 $196 $281 2x4 #2 & Btr. KD Western S-P-F $170 $164 $252 2x4 Std. & Btr ....
Man charged with murder in Coos Bay shooting.(City/Region)
Jun 02, 2009 ... Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard COOS BAY - A 59-year-old Coos County man was arraigned Monday on murder charges after a weekend shooting near the Barview area of Coos Bay. Nickolas Lenn Crooks of Coos Bay was charged with murder in connection with a shooting ...
Judge delays trial for driver.(Courts)(Matthew Ellmers is charged with manslaughter and DUII in the deaths of two adults and two children)
Jun 02, 2009 ... Byline: Karen McCowan The Register-Guard A trial has been postponed, most likely until early August, for a Eugene driver facing four manslaughter counts and other charges in connection with a deadly Jan. 21 crash in west Eugene. The trial was scheduled to begin today ...
City union OKs freeze on pay raises.(Government Local)
Jun 02, 2009 ... Byline: Edward Russo The Register-Guard The city of Eugene and its smallest labor union on Monday announced that Hult Center for the Performing Arts stagehands will not get a pay raise for a year, a concession sought by City Manager Jon Ruiz to help balance the city budget. ...
FEELING PRANKISH.(City/Region)(Ghosts give chase to Pac-Man in final days at Thurston High)
Jun 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - They were just a gleam in Pac-Man's eye when the iconic video game was introduced in 1980, but Thurston High School seniors Garrett Cogburn, Ben Carlisle, Matt Galceran and Jeff Forrest know a good prank when they see one. ...
Film, talk studies porn implications.(City/Region)(The event will bring out issues of sexism, race and violence in the multibillion-dollar industry)
Jun 02, 2009 ... Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard A documentary movie that takes an unflinching look at the multibillion-dollar pornography industry will be shown tonight on the University of Oregon campus. "The Price of Pleasure" is billed as an effort to move the discussion on ...
Essays show our home, sweet home.(City/Region Columnist)
Jun 02, 2009 ... Byline: Bob Welch The Register-Guard Correction (published June 5, 2009): CityRegion: The names of Thurston High School student Cory Holt and Northwest Perspectives essay award-winner Katey Gries were misspelled in Bob Welch's May 31 and June 2 columns, respectively. ...
BRIEFLY.(City/Region)(COMMUNITY)
Jun 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Save Civic Stadium group holds meeting Save Civic Stadium, a group that wants to preserve south Eugene's baseball stadium, will meet today at 7 p.m. in the meeting room of the Eugene Water and Electric Board, 500 E. Fourth Ave. ...
CALENDAR.(Government Local)
Jun 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Creswell WEDNESDAY School District Budget Committee - 6 p.m., School Board Room, 998 West A St. Review/discussion of budget revenues. 895-6000. Elmira WEDNESDAY West Lane Technical Learning ...
OBITUARIES.(Obituaries)
Jun 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Register-Guard Bernald Bailey CRESWELL - A memorial service will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 27, at Trinity Luth eran Church in Cottage Grove for Bernald Elmo Bailey of Cres well, who died May 23 of a heart attack. He was 65. A reception at the church ...
FOR THE RECORD.(For the Record)
Jun 02, 2009 ... 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, ...
Office building in the works.(Business)(Trammel Crow hopes to break ground in August for a facility with space for Oregon Research Institute)
Jun 02, 2009 ... Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard Correction (published June 4, 2009): Business: The developer of a proposed building in the Riverfront Research Park in Eugene is Trammell Crow Co. The name was misspelled in a story on Tuesday on Page B4. A developer ...
Tennis center had filed Chapter 11.(Business)(Owners sought protection against Siuslaw Bank; a judge dismisses the case for lack of a reorganization plan)
Jun 02, 2009 ... Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard In the months before U.S. SportsPlex in Eugene closed last weekend, its owner filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in U.S. Bankruptcy Court and sought to fend off its main creditor, Florence- based Siuslaw Bank. But in the end, a ...
House approval sends `Max's Law' to governor.(City/Region)
Jun 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Register-Guard The Oregon House of Representatives gave its approval Friday, by a 47-0 vote, to Senate Bill 348, also known as "Max's Law." The Senate also unanimously passed the bill, 29-0, in April. Named for Max Conradt, who sustained a ...
4A semi offers rematch with twist.(Softball Prep)(Gladstone will have new Spartans to deal with today in addition to standouts Braud and White)
Jun 02, 2009 ... Byline: Steve Mims The Register-Guard It will be a rematch in the OSAA Class 4A softball semifinals when Marist hosts Gladstone this afternoon at 4:30 p.m., but the visitors may not recognize all the Spartans. "This group is a little less experienced this season," ...
Time to get started.(Track-Field)(Pre Classic is Nick Symmonds' first meet in what he hopes to be a busy summer)
Jun 02, 2009 ... Byline: Curtis Anderson The Register-Guard In the fall of 2006, a relatively unknown Division III middle distance runner from Willamette University moved to Eugene to join Oregon Track Club Elite, a fledgling group of post-collegiate runners. At the time, Nick ...