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Article: Step on the gas-tropods, stop being slug-gish: Slime time is near.(Festivals)(The goo has settled; the Slug Queen coronation is set to be a part of Eugene Celebration)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- August 24, 2003
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Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard
Where have all the slug queens gone?
If you thought it a tad strange that only one candidate showed up at the downtown park blocks last week to vie for this year's Royal Slimeness, you were right: It was a little strange.
Of course anything having to do with gastropods and slug queens is always somewhat odd.
But only one candidate?
Well, it's just not true.
The Society for the Legitimization of the Ubiquitous Gastropod says Inspira Gastropodium, also known as Kassy Daggett of Eugene, was not crowned the 2003 Slug Queen Aug. 15 during what is usually the annual coronation in ...