Briefly.Byline: The Register-Guard Police seek leads in attempted holdup An armed man wearing dark face paint and a baseball cap tried to rob a Eugene check-cashing business Thursday but left the shop empty-handed. Details were sketchy, but Eugene police said the man entered Quik Check, 315 Coburg Road, shortly before 4 p.m. wearing black face paint under his eyes, on his cheeks and on his chin. He showed the clerk a small silver handgun but ended up leaving the store without any loot, police said. The clerk locked the door behind him and called police. Officers then had a couple false sightings. They thought they saw the suspect at 4:51 p.m. near the Border's Books and Music store in the nearby Oakway shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into , but it turned out to be the wrong guy. A few minutes later, they questioned a man at gunpoint near Harlow and Coburg roads, but he, too, was not the robber. On Thursday night, they were still looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a 5-foot-8 inch-tall white man in his 30s with a medium build and dark hair. He wore a black baseball cap, and a black baggy shirt and slacks. Police asked anyone with information to call the department at 682-5111. Fire started by ashes damages apartment Discarded cigarette ashes smoldering smol·der also smoul·der intr.v. smol·dered, smol·der·ing, smol·ders 1. To burn with little smoke and no flame. 2. in a wastebasket caused a fire Thursday at the Chase Village Apartments in Eugene. The damage was confined to one apartment in the 536-unit complex on Centennial Boulevard near Autzen Stadium The stadium is tucked between the Willamette River and Coburg Hills. The uniquely shaped bowl blends in with the wooded Eugene landscape. The shape also allows for unique acoustics, making it one of the loudest stadiums in NCAA Football for its capacity. . "This was a big mess, little fire," said Joe Zaludek, district chief of the Eugene Fire Department. The fire at 3474 Centennial Blvd., apartment 33, was extinguished in about a minute, Zaludek said. The unit was unoccupied at the time of the blaze. The fire started in the kitchen, scorching scorch v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es v.tr. 1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. kitchen cabinets and causing extensive smoke damage. Damage was estimated at $45,000, Zaludek said. No one was injured. Sixteen firefighters from the Eugene Fire Department responded to the blaze. REGION Restrictions in effect because of algae algae (ăl`jē) [plural of Lat. alga=seaweed], a large and diverse group of primarily aquatic plantlike organisms. These organisms were previously classified as a primitive subkingdom of the plant kingdom, the thallophytes (plants that bloom ROSEBURG - Diamond Lake remains open to boating and fishing over the Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. weekend while restrictions continue for waterskiing, swimming and wading because of safety concerns caused by an unusually dense algae bloom. Under certain conditions, the blue-green algae blue-green algae, popular name for those microorganisms that are now more properly called cyanobacteria. can produce toxins that are harmful to humans and animals. The toxins were found in Diamond Lake in July 2002 and August 2001 after similar algae blooms. Fishing is still permitted. Anglers and boaters should be careful to avoid algae scum when launching boats. All facilities around the lake will remain open during the holiday weekend. Diamond Lake Resort's annual fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to show, live music and barbecue are set for this weekend. Police seek suspect in Junction City Junction City, city (1990 pop. 20,604), seat of Geary co., NE Kans., at the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers; inc. 1859. The rail, trade, and processing center of an agricultural and dairy area, it grew as the supply point for nearby Fort Riley, holdup JUNCTION CITY - A man robbed the Citizens Bank in downtown Junction City on Thursday and made a quick getaway in a silver sports car. Junction City police and Lane County sheriff's deputies spent much of the afternoon searching for the suspect, who robbed the bank at 955 Ivy St. shortly before 3 p.m. Police declined to release further details about the robbery, but officer Mike Bonner said no one was injured and no one had been arrested. The suspect drove off in a late 1980s model silver sports car, possibly a Nissan. Witnesses described him as a white man, about 6 feet tall, with a heavy build and light brown hair. He wore a navy blue sweatshirt, blue jeans and sunglasses. - Register-Guard reports |
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