Mark Baker
The Register-Guard
Eugene, OR, United States
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Eugene High’s Class of 1954 reunites for 80th birthdays
It was a different time, for sure. “Considerably smaller,” Dale Reed said of Eugene in 1953. “It was a lumber town, a logger town. Lots of sawmills. And, of course, the university was here.” Eugene High School also was here; had been since 1901. And it had a brand-new building at 400 E. 19th Ave. — complete with outdoor courtyards and quarter-mile-long hallways — to replace the old one at West… → Read More
Sanders topping Clinton in early Oregon returns; Trump way out front
In a possible hard-fought victory that has likely come too little, too late, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is winning Tuesday’s Oregon primary over rival Hillary Clinton, according the first returns of the night. Sanders has 53 percent of the vote to 46 percent for Clinton with fewer than 25 percent of the votes counted. → Read More
Ten years after preparatory program for troubled youth, Eugene man earns his coveted veterinary degree
Nine years and four months ago, a headline in this newspaper’s City/Region section read, “Troubled students find cat-alysts for change.” The Jan. 12, 2007, story told about seven local people, ages 14 to 23, who were helping sick cats as part of the Lane County Department of Youth Services’ Veterinary Preparatory Program that had launched the previous year. The idea was to get at-risk youths,… → Read More
Once reluctant, Eugene beauty pageant contestant now aspires to national crown
She thought she had retired from beauty pageants. She was done. Time to move on to something else. → Read More
Trump protesters hold training, plan pre-rally event
Eugene, Donald Trump. Donald Trump, Eugene. The center of the ultra-liberal universe meets the blustery billionaire businessman turned reality television celebrity turned presumptive Republican presidential nominee. → Read More
Daughter, father prepare to graduate together at Northwest Christian University
HARRISBURG — When trying on your cap and gown and getting ready for one of the biggest moments of your young life, graduating from college, it’s always important to make sure dad’s cap and gown fits, too. Wait. What? Madison Reed, 21, laughed when asked her response four years ago when her father, William Reed, told her that he, too, was going to enroll at Eugene’s Northwest Christian University. → Read More
Car flips and crashes on River Road, closing northbound lanes
The driver of the flipped car was injured and taken to the hospital → Read More
Girls show by example and exploration that they rule
The annual Ophelia’s Place Girls Rule! event focused on science, technology, engineering, art and math → Read More
Sanders supporters eager to see candidate in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — Thousands of Lane County Bernie Sanders supporters are moving through a Secret Service checkpoint to see the popular Democratic presidential candidate speak at noon today in Island Park. Some have been here since 5:30 a.m. “We wanted to be the first here; maybe get close to him and be the first to shake his hand,” said Emyn Zaleski, 21, of Springfield, who was first in a line that… → Read More
KWAX veteran Jack Fleming signs off for the last time Thursday afternoon
What began almost 59 years ago, on July 20, 1957, at a small radio station in Waterbury, Conn., ends Thursday. Jack Fleming, 81, will sign on at 1 p.m, at Eugene’s KWAX-FM — and sign off at 4 p.m. “It’s an honor,” Fleming said Wednesday, before going on the air during KWAX’s biannual fundraising drive, from inside the nondescript, gray cinderblock building on Centennial Loop that houses the… → Read More
Stream of consciousness: Bill Walton talks life, love of Oregon and his new memoir
The former Trailblazer and current Pac-12 broadcaster visited UO for a book signing → Read More
Eugene veteran was there 60 years ago when Truman told MacArthur: You’re fired
There are moments in history that we are all privy to — moments so ingrained that most of us of a certain age still remember exactly where we were when they happened. The assassination of President John F. Kennedy comes to mind; or when men first walked on the moon; or when the planes hit the Twin Towers. → Read More
Eugene climber takes break from scaling Seven Summits — by skiing across ice-cold Greenland
It began in 1999 with an ad posted on corkboard at a branch of the South American Explorers Club in Quito, Ecuador. Tim Edgar was looking for a partner to climb some of the highest peaks in the Andes, the longest continental mountain range in the world. Morgan Watson responded. → Read More
Eugene thespian doesn’t care that her big night on Broadway comes with a price
Maida Belove won’t quit until she’s a star — on Broadway. Even if she has to pay her own way. “I was like, ‘What? I can buy my way on?’” the Eugene real estate agent says. → Read More
A personal conquest
“I chose to tell myself a different story from the one women are told. I decided I was safe. I was strong. → Read More
Dexter man, hailed as Carnegie hero, reunites with the man he saved
SPRINGFIELD — Rick Wetzel says he is no hero, just a guy who happened to be “in the right place at the right time.” Edward “Phil” Blomquist begs to differ. “That was probably the best day of my life,” said Blomquist, 79, standing with Wetzel in a cul-de-sac off Hayden Bridge Road in Springfield, where Wetzel was working Wednesday on a fencing project. “Oh man, that makes me feel so good,” said… → Read More
Sing a fight song: Thursday is “Mighty Oregon Day”
“Whereas, ‘Mighty Oregon’ is a rousing song...” Yes, Thursday is not only “Mighty Oregon Day” across the state, it’s the law. The above language is part of House Bill 3348, decreeing that March 10, today and forevermore, is so-named. It’s a celebration of the University of Oregon’s fight song, which turned 100 this year. → Read More
Eugene businessman recalls his years as Nancy Reagan’s chief of staff
As the limousine quickly rounded the corner of a busy Manhattan street one day in 1987, on its way to a fundraiser at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he tried to help secure her necklace. Suddenly, she flew into his side of the backseat, landing in his arms. “You never saw that, Tim,” First Lady Nancy Reagan said to Secret Serviceman Tim McCarthy, who was riding in a seat ahead, after she… → Read More
For Eugene man, the autographs just keep coming....
When you have more than 4,000 of something, each and every one unique, it’s difficult to choose a favorite. But a couple of weeks ago, Randy Morrow was reminded of his “all-time favorite autograph” and posted it on Facebook. “To Randy/My best to you always/Jesse Owens ’36 Olympics,” reads the black penmanship, printed beneath a photograph of the legendary track star taking the baton on the final… → Read More
South Eugene High School graduate David Linde finds success in movie production
He remembers riding his bicycle to a downtown theater in the early ‘70s, a quest to watch four “Planet of the Apes” movies in one sitting. One of his “absolute fondest memories” is attending a Charlie Chaplin film series at the University of Oregon when he was 9 or 10. “What was wonderful about Eugene is you had so much freedom,” David Linde says by phone from his office in Beverly Hills, where… → Read More