Living Here

A regular Register-Guard column on the people, places and events that make Lane County, Oregon, a unique place to work and live

Sam Elliott at home in Oregon

The Oscar-nominated star and part-time Linn County resident is considered a “national treasure”

His shining ‘spotlight’

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.

A slam dunk

Ten-year-old Lauren Cullins pondered the question — “What’s the most important thing you heard him say?” “In school, we talk about bullying, but we don’t really talk about making the…

For the Love of song

SPRINGFIELD — Sarah Mishler’s face is as red as the rose in her hand. The Springfield Family Physicians’ medical assistant sits with one hand slightly covering her mouth. Valentine’s greetings…

Serenity now

COBURG — It’s got that new treatment center smell. It’s also drawing “ski lodge” comparisons, much like PeaceHealth’s Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield did when it opened…

Journey for justice

After all the VIPs — the mayor, a county commissioner, a University of Oregon provost, members of the UO Black Student Union — had given their speeches, Eric Richardson, president…

Quite a cut up

The phone rings off the hook. One Mayland “Pete” Peterson answers yet another call, as he’s been doing for almost 46 years. “Red Rooster Barber Shop,” Peterson says. There’s a…

A century plus one

Let’s call this New Year’s 101. Because 100-year-old Norma McNutt has — literally — been through this a hundred times. And Friday she celebrates her 101st New Year’s Day, having…

Christmas past

Good morning. It’s Christmas Day.

Not just mailing it in

SPRINGFIELD — He’s no Grinch, no Scrooge. And Joseph “Louie” Locke is no bureaucratic slowpoke when you need help expediting those last-minute Christmas packages. He’s as jovial as Santa himself….

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