The art of storytelling
SPRINGFIELD — It’s a tale he’s been telling most of his life. “I’ve been telling this story longer than I can believe,” Christopher Leebrick told the small audience who came…
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
‘Pioneer’ transgender makes magazine cover
He didn’t win, but he’s still a cover boy. Eugene’s Aydian Dowling, who was vying to become the first transgender man to land on the cover of Men’s Health magazine…
Flight of fancy
SPRINGFIELD — A copy of a two-page spread from the inside of a book hangs on a wall in Vic Leonard’s bedroom. It shows head shots of 24 men, 18…
The man who saw water
He didn’t believe in little green men — but he also didn’t shy away from theories about Mars that some people thought were just as preposterous.
Marking history
Ella Fitzgerald slept there. So did Louie Armstrong and Nat King Cole. So did many a black University of Oregon athlete and who knows how many black laborers, including railroad…
Horseshoe pitcher joins state’s hall of fame
Patty Sapp, 85, a four-time Oregon women’s champion, is recognized by the sport’s association
Nike’s dance party
It was Jan. 2, the day after the Oregon Ducks had crushed Florida State in the Rose Bowl, and Ohio State had upset mighty Alabama in the Sugar Bowl, in the semifinals of the first-ever College Football Playoff.
Girl power X 10
Love yourself as you love others Get in touch with your guardian angel Don’t be afraid to live Don’t worry so much about what other people think And … Remember…
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SPRINGFIELD — When Bruce Berg’s daughter came home one day during her sophomore year at Springfield High School, she told him about a seminar students attended on the dangers of…
Going the distance against Parkinson’s
If you were a progressive, debilitating disease, you might be wise to pick someone other than a McChesney to inflict.In Track Town, USA (aka Eugene), there’s not much danger in…
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