BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard METRO Masked gunman robs pizza restaurant SPRINGFIELD - A man wearing a Batman mask and armed with a short-barreled shotgun or rifle robbed the Fast Track Pizza on Gateway Street early Sunday morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
The man entered the store at 1:55 a.m., confronted a clerk, and left with an undisclosed amount of money. Two customers were in the store at the time but were unaware that a robbery occurred, police said. An investigation is continuing. NORTHWEST Oregon on the lookout for in search of; looking for. See also: Lookout destructive insects SALEM - It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to begin setting bug traps in Oregon. The state Department of Agriculture is placing thousands of insect traps across Oregon in its annual effort to detect potentially devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. plant-eating pests. Among the insects targeted by the trapping effort are the gypsy moth, Japanese beetle, imported fire ant fire ant Any of a genus (Solenopsis) of insects in the ant family, several species of which are common in southern North America. They are red or yellowish and can inflict a severe sting. The semipermanent nest consists of a loose mound with open craters for ventilation. , various wood-boring beetles, and a host of fruit and vegetable pests. ``Early detection makes for smaller, more defined eradication efforts,'' said Kathleen Johnson, supervisor of the state pest prevention and management program. ``That has been our history, especially when dealing with the gypsy moth and Japanese beetle.'' Most of the 28,500 insect traps being placed in Oregon are designed to detect the gypsy moth, with most traps set west of the Cascades. More than 5,000 Japanese beetle traps are also being placed throughout Oregon. State insect trappers are also keeping an eye out for signs of Asian longhorned beetle Noun 1. Asian longhorned beetle - a beetle from China that has been found in the United States and is a threat to hardwood trees; lives inside the tree; no natural predators in the United States Anoplophora glabripennis , emerald ash borer  This article or section may deal primarily with the U.S. and may not present a worldwide view. and imported fire ant - three
pests not yet seen in Oregon but very threatening to the environment.
Crater Lake park still under blanket of snow CRATER LAKE - With major renovations in the offing coming; arriving in the foreseeable future. visible but not nearby. See also: Offing Offing , Oregon's only national park is deep in snow, and the superintendent says it will be some time before you can do much there except use cross country skis or snowshoes snowshoes, footgear enabling the wearer to walk on soft snow without sinking. A snowshoe consists of a light frame of tough wood or aluminum, roughly the shape of a large tennis racket, which is strung with caribou skin or other material and is attached to the shoe . ``We're hoping for some rapid melting. Sunshine is a wonderful snow removal agent,'' said Chuck Lundy, superintendent of Crater Lake National Park Crater Lake National Park, 183,224 acres (74,206 hectares), SW Oreg., in the Cascade Range; est. 1902. Crater Lake, 20 sq mi (52 sq km), lies in a huge pit that was created when the top of a prehistoric volcano was blown off by a violent eruption. . ``What's been complicating things is it's been so cold. We just haven't had any warming periods.'' So far this season the park has received 555 inches of snow, slightly above the 530 inches that falls in an average winter season. It's not unusual for snow to fall in May and June. Student-made film addresses sexual abuse MADRAS - Not many people want to talk about sexual abuse in a small town. But a group of high school students did, so they made a movie about it. ``Silent Message,'' a movie conceived by and starring Madras High School students, is to premiere at the school on May 31. Students in the Youth Development Team, a high school club, volunteered weeks of lunches and most of their spring break to make the movie. The rate of child abuse in Jefferson County was about twice the state average in 2004, according to the most recent state Department of Human Services statistics. The rate of abuse was 67 per 1,000 in Jefferson County. A $3,000 grant from the National Center for Victims of Crime helped fund the film, said adviser Sevina Falquist, a juvenile officer based at the school. ``We've got real kids portraying real situations,'' said Falquist, who added that most of controversial subject matter is implied, not shown. The students enlisted the help of Madras filmmaker Duke White. |
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