A LITTLE RAIN WON'T RUIN THEIR PARADE.Byline: Diane Dietz The Register-Guard Imagine a chorus of Eugene Celebration The Eugene Celebration is an annual community celebration and civic event held in downtown Eugene, Oregon, United States. Featuring bands and performers from throughout the Pacific Northwest, the three-day festival is held in early September and attracts more than 40,000 attendees slug queens - royal antenna and tendrils Tendrils is an irregular collaboration between noted Australian guitarists, Joel Silbersher and Charlie Owen (musician). A difficult sound to describe, Tendrils features two seemingly chaotic but strangely melodic and complementary, guitar parts and occasionally stripped back outstretched out·stretch tr.v. out·stretched, out·stretch·ing, out·stretch·es To stretch out; extend. outstretched Adjective - wailing a la Fanny Brice in "Funny Girl": Don't tell me not to live, Just sit and putter, Life's candy and the sun's A ball of butter. Don't bring around a cloud To rain on my parade. What else can the local celebrants do when the cosmic joker sends 100 days of bone-dry summer but comes up with a prediction of rain for the parade - then blue skies for the rest of the weekend? "Oh, god, how could that be?" said Kim Still, who's first-lady-in-waiting for the slug queens. "This is some kind of weird joke." Meteorologist Tiffani Brown of the National Weather Service says clouds are likely to have gathered last night and will spill their drops on this morning's parade. The rain will bring a sheen to the ground but probably not enough for puddles, Brown said. "It's the closest thing we've had to rain for a long time. It's obviously going to be noticeable." Paradegoers may have to amuse a·muse tr.v. a·mused, a·mus·ing, a·mus·es 1. To occupy in an agreeable, pleasing, or entertaining fashion. 2. themselves looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. goose bumps goose bumps or goose pimples: see gooseflesh. when the men from the Long Tom Grange and the Willametans march by. The squall is expected to break up as the parade disperses and will be gone "before lunch. Maybe 10 or 11 a.m.," Brown said. Then, it's dry weather through at least the middle of the week, she said. The suspiciously targeted rain is raising a crop of conspiracy theories ''This is a list of conspiracy theories; it contains alleged conspiracies that are not accepted by mainstream academics. For a discussion of conspiracy theories in general, see conspiracy theory. among participants. Parade judge Victor Rozek, who will don a black robe, powdered wig and red rubber nose, said Republicans will blame Kitty Piercy "Kitty" Piercy is the current mayor of Eugene, Oregon, sworn in January of 2005. The press dubbed Piercy's election part of a "shift to the left" for the Eugene City Council. and Democrats will blame Jim Torrey for the wet weather. Sometime-mayoral candidate and celebration jester Izzy Whetstine will travel the parade route in an easy chair this year instead of taking his usual prance through the streets - a concession to his recent hip replacement. For the cause of the potentially wet weather, he looks to a higher power Higher power is a term used in a 12-step program, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, to describe "a power greater than yourself." Although many participants equate their higher power with God, a belief in God or in formal religion is not mandatory; the higher power is intended as a . "Do you suppose it's a communist plot? I'm inclined to blame Bush," he said. Recently coronated Queen Slugretha Latifah Uleafa Gastropodia Jackson said Fanny Brice aside, she'd rather it didn't rain on her parade. But "if it does, I'll just sparkle and glisten." Parade Grand Marshal Grand Marshal is a ceremonial, military, or political office of very high rank. The term has its origins with the word "Marshal" with the first usage of the term "Grand Marshal" as a ceremonial title for certain religious orders. Leslie Canton has never ridden in a convertible next to a mayor and a little water isn't going to stop her today. She'll wear a hooded hood·ed adj. 1. Covered with or having a hood. 2. Shaped like a hood, cowl, or similar covering. 3. Zoology a. Having coloration or a crest suggesting a hood. b. sweatshirt. "It's Eugene," she said. "It's the celebration." Wise Queen Inspira, who reigned in 2003, was philosophical. "A prediction is only a prediction," she said with a wave of her royal hand. "Until it actually rains, it's no one's fault. Once it rains, everyone is guilty." But her consort, Rozek, said it really makes no difference to him. "As long as the bribes are coming, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow," he said. FIRST SQUALLS Dates when Eugene got its first significant rain - about a half-inch or more - after the annual summer dry spell 2000: Sept. 2 2001: Aug. 23 2002: Sept. 17 2003: Aug. 5 2004: Aug. 6 2005: Sept. 9 - National Weather Service How long has it been since it rained in Eugene? The National Weather Service says it's been only about 50 days without measurable rain, a long way from the record. However, except for some brief rain on July 22, Eugene has been dry since June 1 - 100 days. The last significant rainfall in Eugene this summer was 0.43 inches on June 1. (There was a trace of rain on July 21 and 0.01 inches of rain on July 22.) No significant rain since June 1 (100 days). A stray shower is predicted for this morning. |
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