Briefly.Byline: The Register-Guard National Guard to hold activation ceremony The Oregon National Guard will hold an activation ceremony at the Lane County Fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. on Wednesday for the 700 men of the Guard's Cottage Grove-based 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry. They will depart Thursday for four to six months of training at Fort Hood Fort Hood, U.S. army post, 209,000 acres (84,580 hectares), central Tex., near Killeen; est. 1942 on the site of old Fort Gates and named for Confederate Gen. John Hood. It is one of the army's largest installations and a major employer of the area. , Texas, before a yearlong deployment to Iraq. The ceremony begins at 9:30 a.m. at the fairgrounds' Exhibit Hall. Gov. Ted Kulongoski Theodore R. "Ted" Kulongoski (born November 5 1940, in rural Missouri[1]) is an American Democratic politician. Since 2003, he has served as the Governor of Oregon. He was re-elected in 2006. will attend. The battalion has companies in Eugene, Corvallis, Newport and Coos Bay Coos Bay (k  s), city (1990 pop. 15,076), Coos co., SW Oreg., a port of entry on Coos Bay; founded 1854 as Marshfield, inc. 1874, renamed 1944. . The men were mobilized for active duty Oct. 12 as part of the
state's largest mobilization since World War II. They will train in
Texas with the National Guard's 39th Infantry Brigade from Arkansas
as part of the 1st Cavalry Division that will join other American troops
in Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Springfield police chief improves after surgery SPRINGFIELD - Springfield Police Chief Jerry Smith Jerry Smith may refer to the following people:
Smith was admitted to the hospital last Monday and was listed in critical condition. His condition was upgraded to serious on Friday, when he was transferred to the surgical floor for further treatment. Smith is no longer in intensive care, a nursing supervisor said Sunday. Condition of woman hurt in crash improves A Springfield woman injured in a three-vehicle accident on Highway 126 near Walterville on Friday was upgraded Sunday to serious condition at Sacred Heart Medical Center Sacred Heart Medical Center may refer to: In the United States:
Shirley Eason, 63, suffered a broken hip and other internal injuries and was initially admitted in critical condition. Her husband, David, 57, was treated and released from Sacred Heart The Sacred Heart is a religious devotion to Jesus' physical heart as the representation of the divine love for humanity This devotion is predominantly used in the Roman Catholic Church and also used in the Anglican Church. after emergency crews spent almost four hours extricating him from his Nissan pickup. A 32-year-old Eugene man, Bryan L. Chastain, was killed in the accident when he drove north on Deerhorn Road just before 7 p.m. and ran a stop sign at Highway 126. His BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. was struck on the driver's side by an eastbound tractor-trailer rig. The impact caused the semi truck, driven by Toby Hysell, 33, of Lebanon, to cross the center line and strike the Easons' westbound pickup. Hysell was not injured. A passenger in Chastain's BMW, Rex Garner, 36, of Springfield was treated for minor injuries and released from Sacred Heart. |
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