City/Region Digest.Byline: The Register-Guard LOCAL Briefcase scare clears out dining hall City workers discovered a suspicious-looking briefcase that prompted the evacuation of a senior center's dining hall Wednesday morning, but police said it didn't turn out to be a danger. A Eugene public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. crew spotted the briefcase leaning against a light pole near the Campbell Senior Center at Second Avenue and High Street, police said. A wire was hanging out of the top. Police responded to the scene and notified the bomb squad. The squad's electrical robot, "Big Jim Big Jim was a popular line of action figure toys produced from 1971 through 1986 by Mattel for the North American and European markets. Inspired by G.I. Joe, the Big Jim line was smaller (closer to 10 inches in height compared to Joe's 12) and each figure included a push button in ," doused the briefcase with water. Investigators determined that it didn't contain explosives. They don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. who placed it near the center, police said. Dance to help family of slain employee A downtown Eugene restaurant will host a fund-raiser to help pay funeral expenses for Azucena Terrazas, the 28-year-old Eugene woman found dead at work last week, victim of an apparent homicide. The benefit salsa dance will be Friday evening at the Rumba A popular family of PC-to-host connectivity programs from NetManage, Inc., Cupertino, CA (www.netmanage.com). Acquired in 1999 from Wall Data Inc., the RUMBA software gives desktop PC users access to virtually any host across any network. Room (pronounced room-ba room), a new Mexican New Mexico Abbr. NM or N.M. or N.Mex. A state of the southwest United States on the Mexican border. It was admitted as the 47th state in 1912. restaurant at 100 E. Broadway, near Oak Street. Friends will use the money raised at the door to help Terrazas' family pay for her burial. Eugene police continue their investigation into Terrazas' death at DolEx Dollar Express, a currency exchange depot on West Seventh Avenue in west Eugene. Police believe that Terrazas, who moved to Eugene from La Boquilla, Mexico, two years ago, was physically assaulted and killed between 7 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. Friday. Graffiti vandal gets 3-year prison term Derek Preston Harvick, a 19-year-old graffiti vandal, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison and ordered to pay $11,262 in restitution for spraying graffiti and etching etching, the art of engraving with acid on metal; also the print taken from the metal plate so engraved. In hard-ground etching the plate, usually of copper or zinc, is given a thin coating or ground of acid-resistant resin. glass on buildings primarily in the downtown Eugene area. Harvick was on probation for similar crimes when he was arrested for vandalizing businesses, government offices, railroad overpasses and phone booths between April and December of last year, 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. court records. He was convicted on three counts of second-degree criminal mischief and five counts of first-degree criminal mischief. Harvick was featured in a story last August in The Register-Guard about a public mural mural Painting applied to and made integral with the surface of a wall or ceiling. Its roots can be found in the universal desire that led prehistoric peoples to create cave paintings—the desire to decorate their surroundings and express their ideas and beliefs. project and claimed that he had reformed. Police officers working on a new graffiti task force caught Harvick in the act on a few occasions. Police and business owners last month announced a new enforcement effort and established a tip line and reward system to catch graffiti vandals. Anyone with information concerning graffiti vandalism may phone the tip line at 682-8848. |
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