BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Smoke scare closes downtown streets Smoke in the basement of a downtown retirement home prompted the brief closure Wednesday of one block of Broadway while Eugene fire crews investigated. An employee of the Eugene Hotel retirement home at 222 E. Broadway reported smoke in a downstairs exercise room shortly before 11 a.m. The smoke appeared to be coming from air conditioning air conditioning, mechanical process for controlling the humidity, temperature, cleanliness, and circulation of air in buildings and rooms. Indoor air is conditioned and regulated to maintain the temperature-humidity ratio that is most comfortable and healthful. vents and had spread to other basement rooms. Employees evacuated e·vac·u·ate v. e·vac·u·at·ed, e·vac·u·at·ing, e·vac·u·ates v.tr. 1. a. To empty or remove the contents of. b. To create a vacuum in. 2. the basement, and Eugene firefighters responded but found no indication of a fire, fire department spokesman Glen Potter said. Police closed Broadway between High and Pearl streets for about 15 minutes, he said. Couple arrested in robbery at Fred Meyer SPRINGFIELD - A man and a woman accused of stealing merchandise from a Springfield store and threatening employees with a knife were arraigned Wednesday on charges including felony felony (fĕl`ənē), any grave crime, in contrast to a misdemeanor, that is so declared in statute or was so considered in common law. robbery. Brian Lee For other uses, see Brian Lee (disambiguation) Brian Harris (born November 26, 1966) is an American professional wrestler who wrestled the majority of his career under the ring name Brian Lee. Neal, 25, of Dexter and Ursula Andrea Jung Andrea Jung (鍾彬嫻, pinyin: Zhōng Bīnxián) (born 1957 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a business executive. In 2001 she was named one of the 30 most powerful women in America by Ladies Home Journal. , 26, of Portland appeared in Lane County Circuit Court to face charges related to the Jan. 15 robbery of the Fred Meyer store at 650 Q St. They were being held in the Lane County Jail. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. police, store security workers saw Jung leave without paying for merchandise. When they confronted her outside, a man later identified as Neal drove up and allegedly threatened store employees with a knife. The pair then drove away in a car that had been reported stolen, police said. Springfield detectives soon learned that the pair were suspected of involvement in a robbery three days earlier in Clackamas. With help from a police dog, detectives arrested the pair Tuesday at a Springfield apartment complex. - From Register-Guard and news service reports |
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