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Article: Dance of bobbing umbrellas will never grace our town.(Weather)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- April 17, 2005
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Byline: Matt Cooper The Register-Guard
The spring showers have returned, and with them this question: Are Eugeneans all wet?
There is a school of thought that says natives of the Emerald City don't mind the rain and hence, would never be caught dead - or dry - with an umbrella.
"Generally, we just don't let it faze us," said Larry Wikander, 39, stopped for a moment on his bike while riding in a recent rain near the University of Oregon. "Out-of-towners are more obsessed with staying dry."
Wikander was in hat and rainwear, an obvious choice given that perhaps the only person who could look good holding an open umbrella while riding a ...