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Byline: The Register-Guard

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District seeks to hire property consultant

The Eugene School Board on Monday authorized staff to negotiate a contract with Prichard Partners Inc. of Eugene for land use consulting and brokerage services.

The district wants a consultant to help it figure out the best use for various vacant and leased properties, among them Civic Stadium and the now-closed Bailey Hill, Laurel Hill Laurel Hill may refer to the following:

In Australia
  • Laurel Hill, New South Wales, a town in the Riverina region
In Ireland:
  • Laurel Hill Coláiste, a school in Limerick, Ireland
In the United States:
, Whiteaker, Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba
Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba.
, Willard and Dunn elementary schools. Westmoreland, Willakenzie, Washington and Patterson elementary schools also are slated to close in the next two years, to be replaced with two new schools.

Prichard's was one of three proposals received. Each was evaluated and scored on specific criteria, with Prichard scoring the highest. The firm's rates are $180 an hour for land use consulting and $150 an hour for real estate consulting.

School panel taps pair to lead again

The Eugene School Board on Monday unanimously elected Jan Oliver and Beth Gerot to second one-year terms as the board's chairwoman and vice-chairwoman, respectively.

Oliver, who has been on the board for 10 years, is associate vice-president for institutional affairs at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. . Gerot, who was appointed to the board in 1999 and later won election to a four-year term, is the owner of Woodruff Nursery & Landscapes Inc.

Other board members thanked the pair for their energy and leadership through a year tainted taint  
v. taint·ed, taint·ing, taints

v.tr.
1. To affect with or as if with a disease.

2. To affect with decay or putrefaction; spoil. See Synonyms at contaminate.

3.
 by fiscal woes and deep cuts to staff and services.

R-G columnist wins national recognition

PITTSBURGH - For the second year in a row Register-Guard columnist Bob Welch There are a number of famous people of this name including:
  • Bob Welch (musician)
  • Bob Welch (baseball player)
Also see Robert Welch
 has been honored by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.

At the society's annual convention, Welch won an honorable mention award in the general interest category for newspapers with less than 100,000 circulation.

Welch's entries were columns about the danger of not taking the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks personally, about a grade school classmate who committed suicide and about his son getting married.

Last year he won first place in the contest's humor humor, according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was  category.

Reporter researches Internet pharmacies internet pharmacy Online A website that offers prescription drugs from the comfort of home Cons The IP or prescribing physician may not be qualified or licensed to prescribe drugs in all states. See Operation Cure-All, VIPPS.  

More and more consumers have turned to Internet pharmacies, especially those based in Canada, to buy prescription drugs.

Register-Guard reporter Tim Christie is interested in talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"
lecture, speech

rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to
 people, particularly seniors, about their experience using the pharmacies. He can be reached at 338-2572 or at tchristie@guardnet.com.
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Publication:The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Date:Jul 2, 2002
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