First, shoppers sought out local foods.
Until two years ago, Tom Rohe was one of the top commercial voice-over guys in the business. He had worked on commercials for Nissan, the Miami Dolphins, Walt Disney World, and many others. But a wisdom tooth extraction on Nov.
Even now, Ken Jacobson recalls with vivid clarity the moment the world turned upside down. On a brilliant Hawaiian morning, he was standing with teammates outside the Moana Hotel, waiting to catch a bus.
The end will come on Dec.
When Fred and Margaret Thorngate of Florence married on July 19, 1945, it was a union with an expiration date. Thirty days. World War II not only cost the lives of soldiers, but forced love to work around an obstacle that, at times, seemed insurmountable. “But it also …
Lane, 85, was a high school dropout from Brooklyn, N.Y., who would take a circuitous route to a Fulbright scholarship in Japan, the main obstacle being an island in the southwest Pacific called Iwo Jima.
Today, The Register-Guard begins a four-day series that profiles, through photographs and words, a small sliver of the men and women in Lane County who served. Who sacrificed. Who help bring understanding to a time like no other in the nation’s history.
The author Relandi[1], a real scholar, geographer, cartographer and well known philologist, spoke perfect Hebrew, Arabic and ancient Greek, as well as the European languages. The book was written in Latin.
People who ate a serving of canned soup every day for five days had BPA levels of 20.8 micrograms per liter of urine, whereas people who instead ate fresh soup had levels of 1.1 micrograms per liter, according to the study.
He has recently turned 18. He is physically fit. He is an Eagle Scout. He is a good kid. He has taken an interest in parkour, a term he uses interchangeably with free-running.
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The greenhouse sits on property owned by friends who like to garden and who wanted to find a way to extend Oregon’s short growing season.
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We tried growing sunflowers once, years ago, in southern California. They were aphid magnets. Somehow we did manage to get some flower heads with seeds. But when we got the seeds out, most of them were bug-eaten.
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Update: Victory Declared by Plaintiffs This week, Judge Jeffrey White, federal district judge for the Northern District of California, ruled in favor of the plaintiffs (see original article below) to rescind the USDA's approval of genetically engineered GMO sugar beets.
The Bethel School Board tossed HomeSource a lifeline Monday, giving the beleaguered home-schooling resource center a chance to become the district's first charter school.
FLORENCE — Teams of searchers were combing the area around a beachside state park where a 5-year-old Veneta boy was reported missing Wednesday afternoon.
One couple chose a candid, witty letter to reveal the diagnosis
They came to help, with advice, tools, plants, compost, and a lot back-breaking work. I was told to expect four, but only two managed to come the extra distance.
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On the Harrison family's idea of a trip, "Are we there yet?" takes on a whole new meaning. To start with, their trek is 7,000 miles long.
A potentially deadly strain of fungus is spreading among animals and people in the northwestern United States and the Canadian province of British Columbia, researchers reported on Thursday.
As children are pushed to achieve academic goals at earlier and earlier ages, the incidence of learning disabilities is growing at an alarming (some say epidemic) rate.
About forty years ago I went on a long hike, through hills absolutely unknown to tourists, in that very old region where the Alps penetrate into Provence. At the time I undertook my long walk through this deserted region, it consisted of barren and monotonous lands, …
When the $187 million bridge over the Willamette River is completed some three-plus years from now, I'll probably remember the guy every time I drive over the span. That, and fish bladders.
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'He left us for dead' | A father reacts to the arrest of a suspect in the hit-and-run accident in Eugene that left him and his 6-year-old son facing a long recovery
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Doctors in Peru have found a "parasitic twin" in the stomach of a 3-year-old boy, and plan to surgically remove the tissue Monday.
A Seattle resident recently got a big surprise when she discovered a strange-looking furry visitor on her property.
"They were just going after the man like he was a piece of steak," said Stanley Lee.
Oregon's incredible offense busted up Wisconsin and the record books on the way to the Ducks' first Rose Bowl victory in 95 years.
A Cambridge, Mass.-based architect devotes two years of his life to develop Compleat, a disposable coffee cup that doesn't require a plastic lid. Seasoned takeaway coffee drinkers, what do you think?
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