The Register Guard (Eugene, OR) articles from May 2009

The Register Guard (Eugene, OR) archives from May 2009

documentary festival entertainment.(City/Region)(SIDESHOW)
May 1, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard Dalai Lama documentary gives peace a chance "Dalai Lama Renaissance" an 81-minute documentary feature narrated by Harrison Ford, screens at noon Saturday and Sunday at Bijou Art Cinemas, 492 E. 13th Ave. ...

It's a romance even a Pixie would love.(Ticket)
May 1, 2009... Byline: BUZZWORTHY The Register-Guard We are suckers for a good love story. Within these pages we have told many tales of Black Francis, Frank Black and Charles Thompson, who are all the same person. But never before has it been more...

Their story is a rock 'n' roll fairy tale.(Ticket)(He was an alt-rock giant, she was a fan; now they're a family and partners in a new band)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard From stage, Charles Thompson has looked out and seen the faces of thousands of women, but something about Violet Clark intrigued him as he played a gig at the WOW Hall in 2003. Clark almost...

BRIEFLY.(Ticket)(SIDESHOW)
May 1, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard Folk singer Jim Page to play tonight, Saturday Celebrated folk singer and lyricist Jim Page is making two Lane County stops this week. The first is a show at 8 p.m. today at Tsunami Books, 2585...

Disco Organica creates music you can dance to - or not.(Ticket)(The jazz-funk band aims for danceable tunes that also stand on their own)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard The new CD "Rocket" is an hour of music from Disco Organica, the versatile jazz and funk band that since 2004 has established itself as one of the hardest-working local acts. Since its...

For Bassnectar, making music is like playing with chemistry.(-)(The popular DJ takes bits of audio, mixes them and sees what happens)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Casey Mitchell For The Register-Guard It's not often that a DJ can rise to the level of subculture phenomenon, filling concert halls night after night with high-energy dancing and bass-heavy electronic sounds thumping out of the...

It's too loud in Whopner County.(Ticket)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard Whopner County Country All-Stars have a new CD called "It's Too Loud!" They are releasing it Saturday during a night of music that includes London Flush and Amadan. Pop Notes The new...

Road repair plan hits speed bump.(Government Local)(A majority of Crest Drive residents have signed a petition against the project)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Edward Russo The Register-Guard South Eugene resident Bill Eddie agrees that his badly rutted street, Crest Drive, needs to be rebuilt. And he likes the design his neighbors hammered out with city engineers. But Eddie, upset...

County boss wants deputies, jail beds.(Government Local)(Commissioners must weigh whether to fund public safety or save for future budget needs)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Matt Cooper The Register-Guard Adding his voice this week to a rising chorus from public safety advocates, Lane County Administrator Jeff Spartz has recommended the county spend heavily to expand inmate holding capacity at the Lane...

A PEEK BEHIND THE POSIES.(A-Section)
May 1, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard Cesar Chavez Elementary School kindergartners (from left) Sergio Albarado, Samantha Webster-Bernal, Lilly Ann Pace and Tiara Bolden are surprised Thursday by the loud noise from a machine removing foliage from...

Suspected swine flu cases crop up in Oregon.(City/Region)
May 1, 2009... Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard Oregon's first probable swine flu victim became sick Sunday after she was exposed to the disease by relatives who returned a week earlier from a trip to Mexico, state health officials said Thursday....

CORRECTIONS.(Corrections)(Correction notice)
May 1, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard City/Region: A story on Page B1 on Tuesday incorrectly described a downtown parking lot in which a shooting occurred Aug. 18. The parking lot is near but not affiliated with a restaurant and nightclub now called...

School board candidates agree bold action needed on budget.(Elections)(They differ, however, on specific approaches to cutting costs)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Anne Williams The Register-Guard Here's something candidates for any school board in Oregon can agree on: It's not a happy time to serve. That's true enough in the Eugene School District, where the recession-driven budget...

Postal rates again going up while ballots are coming in.(City/Region)(The elections office will cover the extra cost of mailing ballots,?but voters are asked to return them before the May 11 increase)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Nat Levy The Register-Guard CORRECTION(RAN MAY 2, 2009): City/Region: The U.S. Postal Service this year began changing the prices of products such as priority and express mail in January. An incorrect date was cited in a story about...

Gas tax advocates urge voter support.(City/Region)(The measure would increase Springfield's per-gallon tax to 5 cents, with the money raised going to maintain city streets)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Andrea Damewood The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - With May ballots beginning to wind their way to voters today, advocates of the city's proposed 2-cents-per-gallon gas tax increase gathered at City Hall Thursday to see if they could...

SPRING IS BLOSSOMING.(City/Region)
May 1, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard Camas blooms along Greenhill Road add color to the fields this time of year. The blooms are showing themselves throughout most of the west Eugene wetlands. Camas bulbs historically were used as a food source for...

Spraying for gypsy moths begins in south Eugene.(City/Region)
May 1, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard After a delay due to fog, a helicopter began spraying for gypsy moths in south Eugene on Thursday morning. After receiving public comments, the state Department of Agriculture decided to move ahead with the...

Veterans conference set at UO.(City/Region)(Conference news)
May 1, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard A veterans group at the University of Oregon will host the first statewide student veterans conference on Saturday. The one-day conference begins at 9 a.m. in the Skylight area of the Erb Memorial Union. It...

BRIEFLY.(City/Region)(COMMUNITY)
May 1, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard LTD revises plan for delays, detours during marathon Lane Transit District on Thursday announced a revised plan for detours and delays of bus routes during the Eugene Marathon Saturday and Sunday. A...

OBITUARIES.(Obituaries)
May 1, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard William Dingle SPRINGFIELD - William A. "Bill" Dingle of Springfield died April 21 of heart failure. He was 75. A memorial service will be held later. He was born Feb. 23, 1934, in Bismarck, N.D., to...

Man sentenced in golf club attack.(City/Region)
May 1, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard A Eugene man was sentenced Thursday to nearly six years in prison for a domestic violence attack in which he assaulted a woman with a golf club. Derald Delbert Yocum, 52, pleaded guilty to one count of...

BRIEFLY.(City/Region)(METRO)
May 1, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard Liquor store theft, assault leads to arrest Police on Wednesday arrested a Eugene man accused of using a stolen bottle of alcohol to assault a liquor store employee after an alleged botched shoplifting...

Stomach bug hits scores at Cesar Chavez school.(City/Region)
May 1, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard More than 100 students at Cesar Chavez Elementary and Family School in Eugene either stayed home or left school because of a stomach illness on Thursday. Eugene School District spokeswoman Kerry Delf said the...

CALENDAR.(-)(Calendar)
May 1, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard SATURDAY Police Commission - 9 a.m. Police and Fire Training Center, Second Avenue/Chambers Street. Annual retreat: Process and fiscal-year work planning session. 682-5852.

FOR THE RECORD.(For the Record)
May 1, 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...

Bringing his `A' game.(Running)(John Lucas aims for the Olympic Trials qualifying standard in Sunday's race)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Chris Hansen The Register-Guard Early Sunday morning, when he steps to the starting line outside Hayward Field, it will have been 18 months to the day since John Lucas ran his last marathon. That was at the U.S. Olympic Trials...

Beavers face last stand for Pac-10 title contention.(Baseball College)
May 1, 2009... Byline: OSU BASEBALL By Bob Clark The Register-Guard CORVALLIS - Oregon State takes on the monumental college baseball challenge of meeting Arizona State in a three-game Pac-10 series this weekend at Goss Stadium, starting with tonight's 5...

Bellotti shuts the final door on coaching.(Sports Columnist)
May 1, 2009... Byline: George Schroeder The Register-Guard He'd done this before. On a December night, Mike Bellotti walked off the football field in San Diego. He hugged family, friends and fellow coaches. His eyes got watery, and people wondered...

Ducks stay close to home to fill coaching holes.(Football Oregon)
May 1, 2009... Byline: UO FOOTBALL By Rob Moseley The Register-Guard A couple of local boys made good Thursday. Moving to fill the vacancy created by his own promotion to head coach, UO football coach Chip Kelly hired Marshfield graduate Mark...

Marist's Kirkpatrick mows down Billies.(Prep Roundup)(QuickRead goes here quickRead goes here quickRead goes here quickRead goes here)
May 1, 2009... Byline: PREP ROUNDUP The Register-Guard Brady Kirkpatrick struck out 11 batters, including the final seven, to lead Marist to a 13-0 victory in five innings over visiting Pleasant Hill in a Sky-Em League baseball showdown. Will...

Ducks face off with UCLA's ace.(Sports)
May 1, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard Life isn't getting any easier for Oregon's struggling hitters. The Ducks begin a three-game Pac-10 baseball series today at PK Park against the most-touted pitcher they've seen yet in UCLA freshman Gerrit...

UO soccer team faces Beavers.(Regional Roundup)
May 1, 2009... Byline: REGIONAL ROUNDUP The Register-Guard The University of Oregon women's soccer team will host Oregon State in an exhibition game at 1 p.m. Saturday at Pap Field. Admission is free. The Ducks are 1-1-1 in their three spring...

SPORTS MAIL.(Letters Sports)
May 1, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard Fans? You can look it up With regard to this last Duck men's basketball season, I have lost a great deal of respect for many community members who call themselves "fans." I haven't been able to figure...

Japanese restaurant among changes in store at Market.(Business)
May 1, 2009... Byline: RETAIL NOTEBOOK By Joe Mosley The Register-Guard Eugene's Fifth Street Public Market will undergo a cultural change this month, as new tenants begin to fill spaces vacated by those unable to weather the current economic downturn....

GETTING READY FOR TEST RUN.(Business)(Oregon Medical Laboratories is preparing for a surge in demand for swine flu tests)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard Oregon Medical Laboratories, one of the largest providers of medical laboratory testing in Oregon, is gearing up for an increase in tests for swine flu. "We've seen a small increase in...

Swine flu scams show up online.(Business)
May 1, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard The Better Business Bureau for the Oregon region and the state attorney general are warning consumers that scammers and spammers are already latching on to the swine flu outbreak as an opportunity to separate...

Addiction treatment cuts too costly.(Local Opinion)
May 1, 2009... Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Deborah Killian For The Register-Guard On Nov. 6, 1984, the people of Oregon, in a desperate attempt to find funds for statewide programs amid a recession, approved the legalization and formation of the Oregon...

Restraint makes a comeback.(Wire Columnist)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Don Kahle For The Register-Guard When everybody has an opinion about something, I usually find a way to remain noncommittal. Paper or plastic, white rice or brown rice, early Woody Allen movies or his later work - I can go either...

Heed sheriff's warning.(Editorials)(The county commissioners should add jail beds)(Editorial)
May 1, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard The hammer has been lifted. The Lane County Board of Commissioners should make sure it doesn't drop. In a recent letter to the county board, Sheriff Russ Burger warned that the county's Circuit Court judges...

Denting metal theft.(Editorials)(Ending on-the-spot payments is the best move)(Editorial)
May 1, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard Crashing commodity prices have deterred the vile crime of metal theft - it's not as lucrative as it was just a few months ago to bring a pickup load of highway guardrails, irrigation pipe, utility wire or...

LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters Editorial)
May 1, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard Specter joins a better party I am delighted with Sen. Arlen Specter's decision to join the Democratic Party (Register-Guard, April 29). While I am not a Democrat, between the two major parties, Democrats...

Successful branding goes far beyond business cards and logos.(Blue Chip)
May 1, 2009... Byline: blue chip I was on that small plane we all take from Eugene to San Francisco, talking to Chris Meeker, owner (with his wife Erika) of Imagine Graphics in Eugene. I didn't know Chris before the flight, but he was in the seat next to...

BUSINESS REGISTRATIONS.(Blue Chip)
May 1, 2009... Byline: blue chip These are business registrations with the Oregon Secretary of State's office from March 1 to March 30. The list also includes business names that were not renewed by the deadline and were required to file a new...

Look to market conditions of the past to find answers for today.(Blue Chip)
May 1, 2009... Byline: REAL ESTATE AND DEVELOPMENT blue chip As the economic decline, recession, or whatever evolves, many in the real estate industry wonder, "When is it the right time to get in?" or, "How do I know when we have hit bottom?" There is no...

BUSINESS CALENDAR.(Blue Chip)(Calendar)
May 1, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard May 5 A Champion in Education (ACE) Awards 2009 - Annual event to honor top teachers, volunteers, administrators and classified education workers in the Bethel, Eugene and Springfield school districts. When:...

Cousins have it covered.(Blue Chip)(Arlen and Rusty Rexius are co-presidents of their third- generation landscaping firm)(Company overview)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald blue chip "People often ask us, `What's a Rexius?' They think it's a thing," says Rusty Rexius, co-president of his family's Eugene landscaping service and supply company. "I tell them, `You're looking at...

DEALS.(Blue Chip)
May 1, 2009... Byline: blue chip Kesey Enterprises purchases quarter-block in Eugene core Kesey Enterprises, which has operated the McDonald Theatre in downtown Eugene since 2001, has bought the quarter-block that houses the theater from Geiger...

March jobless rate highest since recession in 1983.(Blue Chip)
May 1, 2009... Byline: LANE COUNTY EMPLOYMENT blue chip Lane County's unemployment rate climbed to 13.1 percent in March, according to figures released earlier this month by the state Employment Department. The March rate, which is adjusted to smooth...

EUGENE BUILDING PERMITS.(Blue Chip)
May 1, 2009... Byline: blue chip Projects valued at $20,000 or more: issued between MarcH 24 and April 24 Begin Date Sub Category Site Address Owner Name Project Type Value 3/25/2009 ADDITIONS/REMODELS 1471 KERVON CT EUG KAUFMAN AARON E & JANICE M...

GRANTS.(Blue Chip)
May 1, 2009... Byline: blue chip Incentive program offers funding to manage orchards, forestlands Funding is available for management activities on orchards and forestlands through the 2009 Lane County Air Quality Initiative. The program is a...

BUSINESS KUDOS.(Blue Chip)
May 1, 2009... Byline: blue chip Martha Walters, a state Supreme Court justice, has received the 2009 Making a Difference for Women award from Soroptimist International of Eugene for her work in promoting equality for women and girls in sports. ...

LANE COUNTY PROPERTY SALES.(Blue Chip)
May 1, 2009... Byline: blue chip Residential other: $190,000 or more Seller Buyer Sale Date Sale Price Address JELLESED JOEL B & TIMINIE L EVANS PAUL E & DENBY L 3/19/2009 $740,000 3940 STERLING WOODS DR,EUGENE,OR,97408 ANSLOW & DEGENEAULT INC...

LANE COUNTY PROPERTY SALES.(Blue Chip)
May 1, 2009... Byline: blue chip Residential Improved: $200,000 or more Seller Buyer Sale Date Sale Price Address EMERALD BAPTIST CHURCH OF EUGENE PEARL ON CAMPUS LLC 3/5/2009 $1,000,000 1842 HILYARD ST,EUGENE,OR,97401 CHERNE SCOTT A & SUSAN D...

Heads-up to Oregon companies: Lawmakers are hard at work.(Blue Chip)
May 1, 2009... Byline: BUSINESS AND THE LAW blue chip The Oregon Legislature's biennial process of turning ideas into laws is under way, and with the session's midpoint looming, here is a summary of the more important bills being considered: Medical...

Whitewater Designs/Mammoth Manufacturing.(Blue Chip)
May 1, 2009... Byline: MADE IN LANE COUNTY blue chip Name of company: Whitewater Designs, Inc. & Mammoth Manufacturing Location: 520 Commercial St., Suite K, Eugene Annual revenues: Growing When founded: 1985 Owner: Ken Rodgers ...

OPEN FOR BUSINESS.(Blue Chip)
May 1, 2009... Byline: blue chip Bob Clarke has opened Creative Advertising Services LLC at 1200 Executive Parkway, Suite 240, in Eugene. The company will focus on multimedia marketing campaigns and Internet marketing. Clarke previously worked...

BUSINESS PEOPLE.(Blue Chip)
May 1, 2009... Byline: blue chip Travis Eiva has joined the Corson & Johnson Law Firm in Eugene as an associate attorney. Eiva previously was an appellate attorney for the Office of Public Defense Services in Salem. Nancy Gilson has been hired...

AROUND THE REGION.(Blue Chip)
May 1, 2009... Byline: blue chip PacificSource offers coverage to Preferred Health policyholders Eugene-based PacificSource Health Plans is offering to provide health coverage to policyholders now insured through Preferred Health Plan, a Klamath...

SPRINGFIELD BUILDING PERMITS.(Blue Chip)
May 1, 2009... Byline: blue chip Residential Projects valued at $20,000 or more: issued during March Permit #Issued Job Address Name Project Description Value COM2009-004060 3/31/2009 5752 MICA ST Owner HAYDEN HOMES LLC Single Family Residence...

More employers embrace option of telecommuting.(Blue Chip)
May 1, 2009... Byline: WORKPLACE MATTERS blue chip Have you thought about starting or expanding a telecommuting program for your employees? According to a recent survey by WorldatWork, the number of telecommuters in the U.S. increased by 39 percent in the...

THE MONTH IN BUSINESS.(Blue Chip)
May 1, 2009... Byline: blue chip Gottschalks sold to liquidators; Valley River seeking new tenant The bankrupt Gottschalks department store chain, which became an anchor tenant at Eugene's Valley River Center just 2' years ago, was sold to...

Set for college life.(Education)
May 2, 2009... Byline: Anne Williams The Register-Guard Two weeks after coming home to find thick United Parcel Service packages with "GMS" on the return address, three local high school seniors are still pinching themselves. The packets informed...

Swine flu comes to Lane County.(City/Region)(Oregon now has five probable cases, with two suspected local cases involving elementary school children in Eugene)
May 2, 2009... Byline: Nat Levy The Register-Guard Lane County public health officials reported Friday that they identified one probable and two suspected cases of swine flu in the county. Statewide, the number of probable cases climbed to five,...

Suspected Ponzi schemer stays jailed.(City/Region)(A judge denies a request for Dennis Thaut to be free, considering him a flight risk)
May 2, 2009... Byline: Jack Moran The Register-Guard A Lane County Circuit Court judge on Friday spurned suspected Ponzi schemer Dennis Thaut's request to be freed from jail while his criminal case is prosecuted. Judge Debra Vogt's decision means...

CORRECTIONS.(-)(Correction notice)
May 2, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard City/Region: The U.S. Postal Service this year began changing the prices of products such as priority and express mail in January. An incorrect date was cited in a story about postal rates on Page B1 in Friday's...

School board position draws challengers.(Elections)
May 2, 2009... Byline: Anne Williams The Register-Guard Correction (published May 5, 2009): City/Region: Beth Gerot, who is running for re-election to the Eugene School Board, has served on the Quality Education Commission since 2008. An article on Page...

Active parent eager to serve on board.(Elections)(Jennifer Geller, campaigning for Position 6, has been involved with education issues on the local and state level)
May 2, 2009... Byline: Anne Williams The Register-Guard Jennifer Geller certainly isn't behaving like she's unopposed in her quest to fill Position 6 on the Eugene School Board. On the contrary, she may be running the most vigorous campaign of any of...

Man who robbed family ordered to mental hospital for treatment.(City/Region)(He will spend 65 years under the control of the psychiatric security review board)
May 2, 2009... Byline: Karen McCowan The Register-Guard A 21-year-old Springfield man will spend the next 65 years under the control of the state's psychiatric security review board for a robbery in which he and other masked intruders awoke a sleeping...

Testimony shares needs of programs.(City/Region)(State lawmakers listen as residents outline how the coming budget cuts have the potential to hurt the local community)
May 2, 2009... Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard When you're in charge of balancing a state budget with a $4.4 billion shortfall, your job is all about numbers. But members of the Legislature's Joint Ways and Means Committee spent nearly four...

Some traffic will be rerouted during Sunday's third annual city marathon.(City/Region)
May 2, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard Traffic will be restricted Sunday along several streets in Eugene and Springfield for the running of the third annual Eugene Marathon, which begins at 7 a.m. at the corner of East 15th Avenue and Agate Street in...

BRIEFLY.(City/Region)(COMMUNITY)
May 2, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard `Big Brother' reality show reunion set for Monday Fifteen house guests from the CBS reality show "Big Brother" will gather for a reunion Monday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday from noon to 7 p.m. The...

CALENDAR.(City/Region)(Calendar)
May 2, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard Eugene TODAY Police Commission - 9 a.m. Police and Fire Training Center, Second Avenue/Chambers Street. Annual retreat: Process and fiscal-year work planning session. 682-5852.

OBITUARIES.(Obituaries)
May 2, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard Peggy Anderson Peggy Jane Anderson of Eugene died April 30 of age-related causes. She was 83. No service is planned. She was born Nov. 6, 1925, in Aberdeen, Wash., to Birger and Peggy McGovern...

FOR THE RECORD.(For the Record)
May 2, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard Deadlines Deadline is noon the day before publication for Tuesday through Saturday newspapers, and noon Friday for Sunday or Monday newspapers. Deaths Anderson - Peggy Anderson, 83, of Eugene, died...

BRIEFLY.(City/Region)(METRO)
May 2, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard School investigating cause of stomach illness A stomach bug - coupled with worries about catching it - kept 173 students and three staff members at Cesar Chavez Elementary School and Family School home...

Longtime Thurston track coach `touched thousands of lives'.(Track-Field)(DeWayne Cantrall dies five days after suffering a heart attack)
May 2, 2009... Byline: DEWAYNE CANTRALL, 1953-2009 By Steve Mims The Register-Guard DeWayne Cantrall, who coached cross country and track at Thurston High School for more than three decades, died late Thursday evening at Providence Medical Center in...

Leake survives close calls.(Baseball College)(The Arizona State ace comes close to giving up long balls but escapes with 4-2 win)
May 2, 2009... Byline: COLLEGE BASEBALL By Steve Mims The Register-Guard CORVALLIS - The drama entering the bottom of the ninth surrounded Arizona State All-American Mike Leake's quest for his first career shutout. The storyline quickly shifted when...

Stavert kills UCLA softly with his curve.(Baseball Oregon)(The Oregon junior gives the Bruins a steady diet of breaking balls in a 3-2 win)
May 2, 2009... Byline: COLLEGE BASEBALL By Adam Jude The Register-Guard Erik Stavert didn't pay much attention to UCLA's multi-million-dollar arm Friday afternoon, but like everyone at PK Park, the Oregon ace certainly heard the pop of Gerrit Cole's 98...

Spring Game highlights big day for Duck teams.(Football Oregon)
May 2, 2009... Byline: UO FOOTBALL By Rob Moseley The Register-Guard Oregon's inaugural spring under first-year coach Chip Kelly concludes this afternoon when the Ducks stage their annual Spring Game in Autzen Stadium at 2 p.m. Today's exhibition...

Sheldon closes in on lacrosse playoff spots.(Prep Roundup)(The Irish boys beat Thurston in triple overtime, and Sheldon's girls team wins at Roseburg)
May 2, 2009... Byline: PREP ROUNDUP The Register-Guard Sheldon picked up a pair of key lacrosse victories Friday with the state playoffs looming in the coming weeks. Tyler Buchanan scored five goals, including the game-winner in triple overtime, to...

Offense, defense battle in Corvallis.(Football College)
May 2, 2009... Byline: The Register-Guard CORVALLIS - Oregon State will conclude spring football drills today by matching the offense against the defense rather than splitting into teams as the Beavers had planned for their spring game. The opening...

UCLA pitcher shuts out Ducks.(Baseball College)(Donna Kerr strikes out eight for the Bruins to extend Oregon's Pac-10 losing streak to eight games)
May 2, 2009... Byline: PAC-10 SOFTBALL/BASEBALL The Register-Guard LOS ANGELES - Amanda Kamekona and Kaila Shull each hit home runs, and Donna Kerr struck out eight in a one-hitter as No. 2 UCLA blanked Oregon 8-0 in six innings on Friday to complete a...

Pac-10 honors UO freshman.(Regional Roundup)
May 2, 2009... Byline: REGIONAL ROUNDUP The Register-Guard Oregon freshman Daniel Miernicki and Oregon State junior Paul Peterson made the second team of the all-Pac-10 Conference men's golf team announced Friday. Miernicki, who has a team-best 72.5...

Event to connect investors, start-ups.(Business)(A conference is designed to help "early stage" companies to grow in Willamette Valley)
May 2, 2009... Byline: Ilene Aleshire The Register-Guard CORRECTION(RAN MAY 6, 2009):Business: The Willamette Angel Conference will be held May 14 in Corvallis. An incorrect date appeared on Page D1 Saturday. A coalition of business and university...