BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard METRO Hotel fire forces evacuation of guests A Saturday night fire at the Phoenix Inn at 850 Franklin Blvd. caused $30,000 damage, 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. the Eugene Fire Department. Guests were evacuated as smoke filled the hallways, triggering the sprinkler system at about 10:30 p.m. Fire crews and eight fire vehicles responded, and Eugene police conducted traffic around the area. Guests were allowed back inside at 11:15 p.m. No addtional information was available Sunday. A desk clerk who answered the phone at the hotel said she could not comment. NORTHWEST Sheepdog sheepdog: see working dog. sheepdog In general, any dog breed developed to herd sheep; specifically, the border collie. Most sheepdog breeds stand about 2 ft (60 cm) and weigh over 50 lbs (23 kg). event returns to Klamath Falls Klamath Falls, city (1990 pop. 17,737), seat of Klamath co., SW Oreg., at the southern tip of Upper Klamath Lake; inc. 1905. It is the processing and distribution center of a lumber, livestock, and farm area. in fall KLAMATH FALLS - The National Sheepdog Finals are returning to the Klamath Basin this fall. The five-day competition at the Kerr Ranch features 150 border collies from the United States and Canada. ``Nowhere else in North America will you have an opportunity to watch the best sheepdogs in the world compete,'' said Geri Byrne, a member of the Klamath Basin Stockdog Association that is hosting the nationals. Byrne, owner of Border Collies in Action in Newell, was the coordinator for nationals held in the Klamath Basin in 1997 and 2001. ``These master herders demonstrate the traits that have resulted from over 200 years of careful selection for the skills that make the border collie border collie, breed of medium-sized, sheepherding dog developed in the British Isles. It stands about 18 in. (45.7 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 30 to 45 lb (13.6–20.4 kg). unique among the herding breeds - intelligence, style and heart,'' Byrne said. The competition is scheduled to run from Tuesday, Sept. 26, until Sunday, Oct. 1. The expected judges are from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , England and Wales England and Wales are both constituent countries of the United Kingdom, that together share a single legal system: English law. Legislatively, England and Wales are treated as a single unit (see State (law)) for the conflict of laws. . Manure-to-energy plan could become reality RICKREALL - The cows at a Polk County Dairy may soon be offering up more than just milk. There are plans that could make Rickreall Dairy a manure-to-energy provider. If it works, waste from 1,700 mature cows and 1,400 young stock will be converted to methane gas and used to fire electric power generators. RealEnergy, a Yountville, Calif., company, is the dairy's partner in the $6 million project, expected to be financed with government loans and energy-tax credits. ``I think we're over the hurdles,'' said Charlie Smither of RealEnergy's acquisitions and development department. If the project is finalized, work could start in September. Oregon Department of Energy officials say Rickereall could generate about 6 million kilowatt hours of electricity each year, enough to light about 500 homes. Pacific Power would purchase the electricity. Other plans call for possibly processing the methane with a ``scrubber'' and selling it to a natural-gas utility. A facility operated by the Port of Tillamook Bay now is the largest methane digester di·gest·er n. 1. One that makes a digest. 2. Chemistry A vessel in which substances are softened or decomposed, usually for further processing. Noun 1. in Oregon, producing one-fifth the electricity that would be generated at Rickreall. Cal-Gon Farms, a dairy near West Salem, has operated a small methane digester for four years as a demonstration project for Portland General Electric This article is not to be confused with PG&E, a San Francisco, California-based utility company Portland General Electric (PGE) (NYSE: POR) is an electrical utility, formerly owned by the Houston-based Enron Corporation (but now independent), that distributes electricity to . Man, 23, booked in grandfather's death SPOKANE - A 23-year-old Spokane man was booked into jail Sunday for investigation of first-degree murder in the slaying of his grandfather, police said. Ryan M. Snow was at his grandparents' home when officers arrived at 11:45 p.m. Saturday to find James R. Bittick, 65, dead from homicidal hom·i·cid·al adj. 1. Of or relating to homicide. 2. Capable of or conducive to homicide: a homicidal rage. violence, the Spokane Police Department said. Snow previously lived with his grandparents grandparents npl → abuelos mpl grandparents grand npl → grands-parents mpl grandparents grand npl , but left their home three months ago, the department said. |
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