Make the McKenzie Connection!
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Honeybee By Daniel Robison Photo by Lynn Ketchum Sensor data will eventually inform the design of horticultural landscapes that attract bumblebees to crops that depend on pollination to produce fruits and vegetables. Oregon State University will design miniature wireless sensors to attach to bumblebees that will provide real-time data on their intriguing behavior. Many aspects of bumblebees' daily conduct are unknown because of their small size, rapid flight speeds, and hidden underground nests. OSU plans to build sensors that will reveal how...
Mug shot By Finn J.D. John October 20, 1926, could easily have been the day Mrs. M.D. Lewis died — suddenly, silently and violently. She was doing some work around a small house she had for sale in the Sellwood neighborhood of Portland when an old car pulled up in front of it and a small man with black hair and dark complexion stepped out. Rude and brusque, he beetled into the house as if he owned it, muttering, “House for sale” as he passed her. Lewis, of course, found his manners completely offensive. Perhaps that was why she disliked h...
Walterville Market WALTERVILLE: “This was an 11th hour save for our store,” according to Jerry Swartz, commenting on new ownership for the 13,000 square foot grocery in the Walterville Shopping Center. Only a month ago, the Brookings based C&K Market chain had announced plans to lock the doors to the store on September 8th, saying it wasn’t profitable. That deadline has passed without a shutdown, thanks to brothers Don and Lai Sidhu, who arranged to take over on September 23rd. The two have classic entrepreneurial backgrounds. Lai start...
LRAPA logo Tomorrow, October 1st, marks the first day of the open/backyard burning season for most residents in Lane County. “Generally, most residents who live outside the urban growth boundaries of Eugene and Springfield are allowed to burn under LRAPA rules,” said Sally Markos, of the Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority. “However, some cities, including Oakridge, have enacted ordinances that further restrict burning.” LRAPA also recommends residents call their local fire departments for information regarding restrictions on burning...
