BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Postal authorities seek leads on mailbox blast The U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs. will pay up to $100,000 for information leading to the conviction of the person who blew a downtown Eugene mailbox to smithereens smith·er·eens pl.n. Informal Fragments or splintered pieces; bits: The fragile dish broke into smithereens. over the weekend. Shrapnel shrapnel Originally, a type of projectile invented by the British artillery officer Henry Shrapnel (1761–1842), containing small spherical bullets and an explosive charge to scatter the shot and fragments of the shell casing. from the blast at the corner of West Eighth Avenue and Lawrence Street was found 144 feet away, Eugene police Detective Ralph Burks said. Investigators were working to determine exactly what kind of device was used. "It was something pretty substantial," Burks said. "Anyone in the area would have been substantially injured or killed." No one was injured, but the blast shook several neighbors from their beds at 12:17 a.m. Sunday. The explosion destroyed any mail inside the box, said Larry Dziomba, a postal inspector in Portland. People who dropped bills or letters in the box Saturday should contact the intended recipients to determine whether the items arrived. Anyone with information about the explosion may call the U.S. Postal Inspectors office in Portland at (503) 279-2060. Recycling teams to vie in junk art junk art n. Three-dimensional art made from junked materials, such as metal, glass, or wood. competition Recycling professionals from across the state will be making art from discarded materials today The Materials Today is a scientific journal concerning material science and technology. It was is published by Elsevier. External links
Four teams will compete in the conference's junk art challenge event from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Valley River Inn. A team of celebrity judges will award prizes, and the finished works will be auctioned off with the proceeds benefitting the Association of Oregon Recyclers. The conference continues Saturday with an awards ceremony recognizing top recycling programs. Planetarium planetarium, optical device used to project a representation of the heavens onto a domed ceiling; the term also designates the building that houses such a device. A modern planetarium consists of as many as 150 motor-driven projectors mounted on an axis. to reopen under interim director The Science Factory has hired Kevin Lane-Cummings as an interim director to restart its planetarium, which holds its first show next week. He will coordinate operations, staffing and volunteers as the planetarium opens after being closed the past six months. He will be joined by Frank Gornto and Bob Rathmann. Lane-Cummings ran the Willard W. Smith Planetarium at the Pacific Science Center The Pacific Science Center is a science museum in Seattle, Washington. Organization Pacific Science Center is an independent, non-profit science museum based in Seattle, Washington. It sits on 7.1 acres of land located on the south side of the Seattle Center. in Seattle as part of his 10 years of experience in astronomy education. Gornto has been the planetarium's technician and will continue in his post. Rathmann is a retired planetarium director from Illinois and is a member of the Oregon Air and Space Museum's board of directors. He will serve as a volunteer, working with teachers, schools and school districts. The first show in the Planetarium at The Science Factory will be at 2 p.m. June 28. The show, "Summer Sky Above Eugene," will be held at that time every Saturday through the summer. REGION Federal investigators probe storehouse fire LOWELL - Federal officials continue to investigate a fire that damaged a 30-year-old modular building Modular buildings are sectional prefabricated buildings that are manufactured in a plant, and delivered to the customer in one or more complete modular sections. Modular buildings are considerably different from mobile homes. attached to the Lowell Service Center Wednesday night. Lowell Rural Fire Department volunteers arrived on the scene about 11:20 p.m. and had the fire extinguished ex·tin·guish tr.v. ex·tin·guished, ex·tin·guish·ing, ex·tin·guish·es 1. To put out (a fire, for example); quench. 2. To put an end to (hopes, for example); destroy. See Synonyms at abolish. 3. by midnight, Willamette National Forest The Willamette National Forest is a National Forest located in the central portion of the Cascade Range of Oregon, US.[1] It contains 1,675,407 acres (2,618 mi², 6,780 km²) making it one of the largest national forests. spokeswoman Patti Rodgers said. The building stores furniture and equipment, Rodgers said. The U.S. Forest Service shares space in the service center with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and state Parks and Recreation Department. Officials from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms have begun an initial investigation. The cause of the fire is unknown, with no immediate evidence to suggest arson or sabotage, Rodgers said. - From news service reports |
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