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Byline: The Register-Guard

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Churchill High senior

honored as a performer

Katrina Morehouse, daughter of John and Donna Morehouse of Eugene, has been named the Performing Arts Student of the Month for March by the Support Hultcenter Operations.

Morehouse is a senior at Churchill High School, where she excels in music and theater. She plays tenor sax in the wind ensemble, the jazz group and the pep band A Pep Band is an ensemble of instrumentalists who play at functions or events with the purpose of entertaining, or "pepping" up a crowd. Often, members of a pep band are a subset of people from a larger ensemble like a marching band or concert band. . She sings in three choirs and performs with the Lancesingers. She played Bloody Mary in "South Pacific" and has held leading parts in "The Musical" and "Hero's Journey."

Springfield student

wins Shakespeare award

Melissa Rodriguez, a student at Springfield High School Springfield High School may refer to:
  • Springfield High School (Colorado) — Springfield, Colorado
  • Springfield High School (Illinois) — Springfield, Illinois
  • Springfield High School (Louisiana) — Springfield, Louisiana
, won the Oregon State Solo Shakespeare Competition sponsored by the Portland branch of the English Speaking Union.

She portrayed Mistress Quickly Mistress Quickly refers to either of two characters in plays by William Shakespeare:
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor
  • Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2, and Henry V (play)
 from Act II, Scene 2 of "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and read William Shakespeare's Sonnet No. 5. She will represent Oregon in April at the National Shakespeare Solo Competition in New York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City

City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
.

ENTERTAINMENT

Eugene Symphonic Band, Middle School Honor Band - Joint concert, 7:30 p.m. today, Performance Hall, Lane Community College, 4000 E. 30th Ave. Free. (485-5772)

Melissa Ferrick Melissa Ferrick is an American singer-songwriter born in 1970 and raised in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Her father was a public school teacher who managed several free-jazz bands on the side. , Anne Heaton - Singer-songwriters, 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave. $12, $10 advance. (687-2746)

Lane Symphonic Band, Middle School Honor Band - Joint concert, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Performance Hall, LCC (Leadless Chip Carrier, Leaded Chip Carrier) See leadless chip carrier, CLCC and PLCC.

1. LCC - Language for Conversational Computing. Written at CMU in the 1960's.
. $4 to $6. (463-5202)

The Pretenders, All Mighty Senators - Rock and reggae, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, McDonald Theatre, 1010 Willamette St. $38.50. (345-4442)

Quasi, the Minders - Rock, 8 p.m. Wednesday, WOW Hall. $11. (687-2746)

Karan Casey Band - Traditional Irish music, 8 p.m. Thursday, Cafe Paradiso, 115 W. Broadway. $19, $17.50 advance. (484-9933)

"Arsenic and Old Lace" - Thurston Theatre presents the classic comedy, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and March 13-15, Thurston High School Thurston High School is located in Springfield, Oregon in Lane County. Their mascot is a black colt. Shooting
On May 20, 1998, student Kipland "Kip" Kinkel killed his parents, William and Faith, both Spanish teachers at local high schools.
, 333 58th St., Springfield. $7. (988-5350)

The Old Fogeys - Performance art and comedy, 7 p.m. Thursday, WOW Hall. $4. (687-2746)

Jami Sieber, Kim Rosen - "Vesica vesica /ve·si·ca/ (ve-si´kah) pl. vesi´cae   [L.] bladder.

vesica bilia´ris , vesica fel´lea gallbladder.

vesica urina´ria  urinary bladder.
: A Poetry Concert," 8 p.m. Friday, Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St. $15. (345-8986, 345-6985)

Swing Shift, Tim Clarke, Paul Biondi, South Eugene High Jazz Ensemble - Swing, 7:30 p.m. Friday, South Eugene High School South Eugene High School is a public high school located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was founded as Eugene High School around 1900, and was located at Willamette Street and West 11th Avenue in a brick building that later served as Eugene's city hall. , 400 E. 19th Ave. $10. (334-4882)

Talent show - Springfield Acting Ensemble presents Springfield High School talent show, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Springfield High School, 875 Seventh St., Springfield. $4. (744-4768)

Dark Star Orchestra Dark Star Orchestra (or simply DSO) is a U.S. tribute band to the Grateful Dead, formed in 1997 and based in Chicago. Overview
Dark Star Orchestra achieves notoriety by performing shows from among the nearly 3,500 that the Grateful Dead performed during their 30
 - Grateful Dead redux Refers to being brought back, revived or restored. From the Latin "reducere." , 8 p.m. Saturday, McDonald Theatre. $20, $18 advance. (345-4442)

Western Oregon Opry - Benefit for the Bohemia Elementary music program featuring the Dune Country, Paul Putnam Band, Steve Blanchard Band, Amanda Turner, Hill Billy Band, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Cottage Grove High, 1000 Taylor Ave., Cottage Grove. $5. (942-4043, 942-1523, 688-0937)

Shelley Doty X-tet - Acoustic funk, 7 p.m. Sunday, Cafe Paradiso. $8. (484-9933)

OPPORTUNITIES

Oregon Liquor Control Commission The Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) is an agency of the U.S. state of Oregon. The OLCC was created by an act of the Oregon Legislative Assembly in 1933 as a means of providing control over the distribution, sales and consumption of alcoholic beverages.  - Seeks essays and posters for its annual contest with the theme "Party Time ... It's Easy to Be Alcohol Free" open to students 12 to 18 years old. Deadline is Friday. (800-453-6522, www.olcc.state.or.us)

Maude Kerns Art Center - Seeks artwork by teen artists for "Fast Forward: The Mayor's Show of Teen Art," opening Sept. 18. The application deadline is May 9. A prospectus and guidelines for application are available by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Maude Kerns Art Center, 1910 E. 15th Ave., Eugene, OR 97403. (345-1571, www. mkartcenter.org)

Willamette Resources and Educational Network - Seeks photographs celebrating Eugene's wetlands for a juried May exhibit at Cafe Paradiso. (345-1632)

REACHING US

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Phone: 485-1234,

Fax: 338-2813

Email: 20below@guardnet.com

Deliveries: 3500 Chad Drive, Eugene, OR 97408

Mark Johnson, 338-2468: Deals with story ideas, general inquiries, gripes gripe  
v. griped, grip·ing, gripes

v.intr.
1. Informal To complain naggingly or petulantly; grumble.

2. To have sharp pains in the bowels.

v.tr.
1.
 and corrections.

Lisa Crossley, 338-2342: Handles calls about information for the Backpack column.

CAPTION(S):

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n.
A resident of a particular state or type of state. Often used in combination: Lone Star staters; farm staters; the struggle between slave staters and free staters.

Noun 1.
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