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The only pond at Brasada Canyons protects the left side of the green on the par-5 finishing hole. BADLANDS At Brasada Canyons Golf Course, the hazards include distracting mountain views
By Mike Stahlberg Brasada Canyons Golf Course is the centerpiece of vistas,” said Jacobsen, the former three-time all-Amer- The Register-Guard Brasada Ranch, one of several new resort communities ican golfer at the University of Oregon and seven-time springing up in Central Oregon. The course’s second winner on the PGA Tour. Currently rehabbing from OWELL BUTTE — Brasada Canyons Golf nine opened for play last August. knee replacement surgery, Jacobsen hopes to resume Course is like the game of golf itself — It is located on the west slope of Powell Buttes, a play on the Champions Tour soon. (He was heading for seldom as easy as it looks. Not by a long shot. short chain of volcanic hills about 16 miles northeast the practice range when interviewed by telephone last Wide fairways. Large greens. Only one of Bend and 13 miles southeast of Redmond. week). water hazard, and that well off to one side. The 1,800-acre site was previously known as the “We had an opportunity to build a great course,” At first blush, it appears course designers Shumway Ranch, but the resort’s developer (Jeld-Wen Jacobsen said, “and I think we accomplished that.” Peter Jacobsen and Jim Hardy left their latest Development, Inc.) renamed it Brasada — a Spanish The main design challenge, he said, was choosing Pcreation as defenseless as a sod buster in a drought. term for “brush country” often associated with the bad- from among the many options for locating holes. Yet the course at Brasada Ranch is among Oregon’s lands of south Texas. “On a piece of property like that, there are a lot of 15 toughest to play, based on its United States Golf This sagebrush, juniper and lava rock country is holes you can build — you can route a lot of different Association course rating of 74.3. rugged enough to have a badlands feel to it. But it’s ways,” Jacobsen said. “The difficulty was making sure Elevation changes, undulating greens and clever badlands with a view. Brasada Ranch is perched above we found the best 18 holes out there” while providing a bunkering — not to mention distracting panoramic the surrounding High Desert plateau and offers sweep- good variety. views that make it difficult to keep your head down — ing views of Newberry Crater, Smith Rock, Black Butte Jacobsen and Hardy utilized the network of natu- combine to make shooting par 72 a challenge, no matter and the Cascade Range. which of the five sets of tees best suit your game. “It’s a beautiful piece of property with beautiful Please turn to BRASADA, Page B2
Rob Romig/The Register-Guard The Three Sisters provide visual distraction from the golfing task at hand from the tee at the par-3 sixth hole at Brasada Canyons Golf Course.
Brasada Canyons on course to be tough test OREGON’S MOST DIFFICULT 18-HOLE GOLF COURSES* Course Rating Slope Yards the 13th-most difficult course in the state. HHHH 1. Bandon Dunes 76.7 149 7,326 “Course rating” is the score a scratch-handicap Based on course rating and slope rating, male golfer “who plays to the standard of the U.S. 2. Crosswater Club 76.5 145 7,683 the course is among the state’s most difficult Amateur” would theoretically average on a particular 3. Pronghorn — Nicklaus Course 76.2 151 7,379 course. 4. Pronghorn — Fazio Course 75.8 148 7,447 By Mike Stahlberg According to the United States Golf Association 5. Sandpines Golf Links 75.2 131 7,173 The Register-Guard manual on course ratings, the mythical male golfer the 6. Centennial Golf Club 75.0 130 7,309 handicapping system is based upon “can hit tee shots 7. Chehalem Glenn Golf Course 74.8 154 7,054 t’s too soon to say where Brasada Canyons Golf an average of 250 yards and reach a 470-yard hole in 8. (tie) Pumpkin Ridge — Witch Hollow 74.7 139 7,017 Course will rank among Oregon’s great golf two shots.” 8. (tie) The Reserve Vineyards — South 74.7 132 7,170 I courses. The major golf magazines have yet to The USGA’s Course Rating System provides a way 10. Wildhorse Resort Golf Course 74.6 131 7,060 weigh in with their ratings of the semi-private resort to level the playing field among golfers by taking into layout that opened east of Redmond last August. account the fact that some courses are more difficult 11. Diamond Woods Golf Course 74.5 143 6,975 But Brasada Canyons has already made the list of than others. 12. Aspen Lakes Golf Course 74.4 139 7,302 the Oregon Golf Association’s most difficult 18-hole In Oregon, the most difficult course to play from 13. (tie) Brasada Canyons Golf Course 74.3 147 7,314 courses to play from the tips — or “Jake’s tees,” as the back tees is Bandon Dunes, on which the mythical 13. (tie) Royal Oaks Country Club 74.3 133 7,017 Brasada Club members refer to the back tees in honor scratch golfer is expected to post an average score of 15. Eugene Country Club 74.2 136 7,033 of Peter Jacobsen, the former University of Oregon 76.7 — nearly five strokes over par. *All ratings, slopes and yardages calculated from the back tees. golfer who helped design the course. Crosswater at Sunriver is second with a rating of Source: Oregon Golf Association The 7,295-yard, par-72 layout has been assigned a course rating of 74.3 by the OGA, putting it in a tie for Please turn to RATINGS, Page B2 B2 The Register-Guard OUTDOORS Tuesday, May 20, 2008 OUTDOORS BRIEFLY GOLF NOTEBOOK NEWS & NOTES HHHH Many favorite Memorial Day campsites still snowed in This is not a good year for Memorial Day to fall on the Leiken leads at Emerald Valley earliest date possible — that just means fewer days for the heaviest snowpack in a decade to melt. Many campgrounds, HHHH setting, Doyle said. GPS devices that substitute for day-use sites and trails are still covered by snow and are not The former South Eugene High School golfer takes The clubhouse and park- a caddy. open. For example, the popular Proxy, Koosah and Sahalie ing lot get overcrowded when “That’s been the darling Falls sites, as well as Fish Lake, Ice Cap, Coldwater Cove, over as head pro and general manager in Creswell non-golf events are held on category” of golf-related items, Lakes End and Big Lake campgrounds are covered by snow, busy summer weekends, he Whalen said. Valley are planned, Leiken according to Willamette National Forest officials. Holiday By Mike Stahlberg said. The B&B building “has “A lot of guys wouldn’t use said. campers are encouraged to contact a local ranger district The Register-Guard enough acreage for parking them, but now that their com- The owners “wanted a for details. All four WNF ranger stations are open 8 a.m. to in back and a big, well-land- petition is, they’re thinking seamless transition,” he said, 4:30 p.m. every day. Information can be found online at www. A changing of the guard at scaped area in front.” they need one too,” Whalen “and I knew a lot of the mem- fs.fed.us/r6/willamette/recreation/tripplanning/index.html. Emerald Valley Golf Club tops Construction is expected to said. “When the other guy hits bers coming in.” Also, www.hoodoo.com has details on more than 2,000 USFS this month’s edition of Golf be completed this fall. a good shot after using one, it Emerald Valley is a daily campsites managed by Hoodoo Recreation Services. Notebook. makes a believer out of you.” fee golf course that sells Todd O’Neal, head pro and Golf course owners group Hybrid and “rescue” clubs general manager of the Cre- annual passes that allow are another popular category Angling regulations subject of three meetings swell public course during its unlimited play for $265 per honors Eugene’s Giustina this year, Whalen said. Proposed changes in Oregon’s angling regulations for 2009 recent revitalization under month. Greens fees are $50, up Eugene businessman and and beyond will be discussed at a trio of public meetings the ownership of Jim and Hal $5 from what they’ve been the golfer Larry Giustina has been in southwestern Oregon this week. The Oregon Department Pliska, resigned in February past two years. Golfing in Oregon among honored for his leadership of Fish & Wildlife will host sessions tonight at the Douglas to become general manager of LIFE’s top vacation choices of the National Golf Course County Library in Roseburg, Wednesday at Lane Community Orchard Hills Country Club in Diamond Woods lodging Owners Association (NGCOA). Golfing in Oregon is one College in Eugene (Room 308 of Building 17) and Thursday at Washougal, Wash. under construction Giustina, who owns Toka- of the 100 best ways to spend the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport. All begin at O’Neal told “Golf Oregon” tee Golf Club in Blue River, a vacation, according to the 7 p.m. (An article in the May 13 Outdoors section incorrectly magazine he wanted to be The owners of Diamond was named winner of the editors of LIFE magazine. indicated the meetings were last week). For more details, closer to family. Woods Golf Course were association’s Don Rossi Award, “Dream Destinations: 100 of go to: www.dfw.state.or.us and click on the “ODFW invites Taking his place is Brad among the organizers of Golf which goes to an NGCOA the World’s Best Vacations” public comment on proposed fishing rules” link. Leiken, 44, who for the past Lane County, a nonprofit orga- nine years has been general nization formed to promote member who has served the includes golfing in Oregon in association with distinction. a chapter on the best vaca- Annual bicycle ‘Ride of Silence’ set for Wednesday manager and head pro of Oak area golf by encouraging visi- Hills Golf Course in Sutherlin. tors to “stay and play” in the Giustina served on the associ- tions for “sporty types.” The Eugene’s second annual Ride of Silence will be held He is the brother of county. ation’s board of directors from coffee-table style hardbound Wednesday. Bicyclists will gather at the Erb Memorial Union Springfield Mayor Sid Leiken, Now they are in the pro- 1992-2005. book released May 1 sells for Amphitheater at the University of Oregon starting at 6:45 who is also involved in the cess of making it possible to Golf Oregon, the magazine 29.95 at bookstores and at p.m., then begin a slow-paced ride at 7 p.m. The Ride of ownership of Oak Hills. both stay and play at Diamond of the Oregon Golf Associa- www.life.com/dream. Silence, in its sixth year worldwide, is held to honor the Like O’Neal, Leiken grew Woods’ Monroe-area course. tion, quoted NGCOA executive memories of bicyclists who have been killed or seriously up playing golf at Emerald Construction of a five-bed- Mike Hughes as saying, “Lar- Oregon courses experience ry’s vision for what the asso- injured by motor vehicles on public roads, and to promote Valley and played competi- room, 6,000 square foot “bed increase in rounds played safety and “sharing the road.” Details: www.rideofsilence.org. tively for South Eugene High and breakfast” is under way ciation could do and needed School and Oregon State Uni- on the slope overlooking the to do in order to represent The number of rounds of Youth Outdoor Day events planned May 31 versity. He and O’Neal were 10th fairway, with sweep- owners’ best interests and golf played in Oregon during serve the game was a guiding Ducks Unlimited and several other sportsmen’s and con- even teammates at OSU for a ing views of the Willamette the first three months of 2008 light in our development.” servation groups will host an outdoor skills day for youth year. Leiken graduated from Valley and the distant Cascade was up 1.2 percent over last Saturday, May 3 at EE Wilson Wildlife Area north of Cor- South Eugene, where he won Mountains. year, according to the PGA vallis. Participants will select from among dozens of outdoor the Midwestern League dis- The addition, which repre- Range-finders, hybrids of America and the National activities. The $5 registration fee includes a T-shirt, lunch trict title in 1981, and from sents an investment of more on fathers’ wish list Golf Course Owners Associa- and prizes. Details and a registration form are available at Oregon State in 1986. than $500,000, according to co- tion. www.ducks.org/Page1143.aspx. Youngsters are urged to sign He worked as an accoun- owner Jeff Doyle, is needed By the time the next edi- That in spite of misera- up by 5 p.m. today to assure a spot. tant and in the construction “more to create a good spot tion of Golf Extra rolls ble weather in March that development business until for non-golf events” than to around in June, Father’s Day saw rounds played that month Sign-up under way for bike education courses 1998, when he was part of a provide accommodations for will be on the tee. drop 5.9 percent from 2007. group of investors that bought road-weary golfers. According to Fiddler’s Nationwide, however, the Registration is open for four bicycle education classes Oak Hills. He became a golf “We mostly did it because Green’s Alan Whalen, many number or rounds played year sponsored by the city of Eugene and area bicycle organi- pro shortly thereafter. we get so many requests for golfing dads are likely to to date is down. Last year, zations. The classes — Commuter Skills, Street Skills I, No significant changes weddings and reunions” as a be hoping to receive a laser rounds played were up 0.2 per- Street Skills II and Kids I — use curriculum developed by in the operation of Emerald result of the course’s scenic range-finder or one of those cent. the League of American Bicyclists and are aimed to make cyclists responsible, safe and effective road users. Information on the classes can be found in the education section of www. bikeleague.org. Online registration is available at eugenege- ars.org. For more information, call Cindy at 682-5285. Brasada: Few forced carries, but greens are difficult FISHING, HUNTING & WILDLIFE VIEWING Continued from Page B1 a golfer has avoided — or ers who play from the front walking the course a chore, maybe not — 21 white sand tees. but the fact that the holes are Rivers and streams: The McKenzie above Leaburg Dam is ral “canyons” on the property bunkers and discovered the “We’d rather challenge so widely scattered around scheduled be stocked this week with 7,000 rainbow, but high — routing some holes through challenge at Brasada Ranch people when they get to the the resort’s 1,800 acres makes flows could change that. Fall Creek and Salmon Creek will them, some along their edges Golf Course doesn’t end once green, and make it an inclu- walking difficult. The course each be planted with 2,000 fish. The Middle Fork Willamette and some either from one the ball is on the green. sive golf course,” Jacobsen may measure 7,000 yards as above Hills Creek will be stocked with 1,350 legals, and the edge into the canyon below or “The greens are tough,” said. the ball flies, but it’s two to Coast Fork Willamette at Cottage Grove will get 1,400. Spring across them to another edge. said head professional Zach That’s not to say that those three times that distance as chinook salmon and summer steelhead fishing in area rivers (It must be pointed out, how- Swoffer, who has worked at who want a challenge can’t the golf cart rolls. is very slow, but prospects are gradually improving; about ever, that term “canyon,” is Coeur d’Alene Resort, River’s find plenty of them at Bras- “It’s probably on the edge 3,100 salmon and 3,500 steelhead had been counted through a bit of real estate hyper- Edge in Bend and The Quarry ada Canyons. of being almost a course Willamette Falls Fish Passage as of May 14. Salmon fishing bole; most of the geologic at La Quinta. “A lot of folks It all has to do with which where you need to take a is better on the Umpqua River. features on the site are not over-read the break here.” set of tees you choose to use. cart,” said Jacobsen. “I have Lakes and ponds: Carmen (3,000 trout) and Smith (5,000) steep-sided enough to be true While generous in size Jacobsen and Hardy placed walked it, and it’s a tough reservoirs and Clear Lake (3,750) will each will be stocked canyons. Arroyos, draws or — they average about 5,000 tee boxes so as to provide a course. You have to be in good this week with hatchery rainbow. Junction City Pond (1,500) gulches would be more accu- square feet, Swoffer said — wide variety in distance, eleva- shape to walk it.” and Leaburg Lake (1,350) will each be planted with a mixture rate terms). the greens require precise iron tion and angles of shots. The Golf Club at Brasada of legal-size and larger fish. Wickiup Reservoir continues to The first hole is a 573-yard play to have a good chance at From the three back tees, Ranch is private, with mem- kick out lots kokanee. Several high lakes remain inaccessible par 5 that plays uphill, with two-putting or better. about half the holes require berships capped at 325. because of snow; call before you go. the fairway cupped in a slope- “The greens might be big forced carries over natural However, the course is Marine zone: Halibut fishing is good when ocean condi- shouldered “canyon.” on paper, but Jacobsen and chaparral to reach fairways. open to anyone staying in one tions cooperate. Anglers are also doing well on rockfish and The 430-yard, par-4 second Hardy make a lot of pock- “I try to get people to the resort’s rental units. The cabezon. Bay crabbing remains quite slow. hole plays on top of a long ets” on their greens, Swoffer alternate tees as much as green fee of $125 includes natural ridge. The green is said. “If the pin is in the front they can,” said Swoffer. “The power cart and unlimited Hunting perched at the end of a steep and you’re in back, it’s not an tees are so different that practice balls. Timely tips: Hunters have 12 days to fill their spring natural lava escarpment. easy two-putt.” with every tee box you get a For more information, go turkey and bear tags. Those seasons end May 31. Tee shots on No. 3, a Jacobsen-Hardy designs lot more yardage, but more to www.brasada.com. 404-yard par 4, are played (others in Oregon include importantly a lot more eleva- — Compiled from ODFW and Register-Guard reports. For from atop a ridge down into a Oregon Golf Club in West tion change.” updates: www.registerguard.com/rg/Weekly/Outdoors/index.csp gulch, where the green sits in Linn, Creekside in Salem, Brasada Canyons has -!885- a natural bowl. Stone Creek in Oregon City “more elevation change BY .ORTH 2IVER Hole No. 4 is a 222-yard and the renovation of Salis- than any course in Central CALENDAR par 3 that plays from one han Golf Links in Gleneden Oregon,” he said. “We’ve got ridge downhill across a draw Beach) emphasize playability about a 1,000 feet of eleva- tion change throughout all 18 MONDAY to another ridge. Views from by all skill levels. Thus, there To submit events its tee boxes are stunning. are virtually no forced carries, holes.” Submit listings to: outdoors@ Obsidians: Janet Jacobsen will registerguard.com. Unless otherwise lead a 4-mile Masonic Cemetery hike. By this point in the round, even over bunkers, facing golf- That alone would make noted, events are free. Details, sign-up at the Eugene Family YMCA, 2055 Patterson St. k (0 3UZUKI TANDEM TRAILER Bicycling Hunting HYDRAULIC STEERING CUSTOM OVERSIZED ÜSH WEDNESDAY TODAY GEARS: 20-mile Dillard Road ride, 6 Oregon Hunter’s Association: BOXES PERFECT FOR TUNA HALIBUT ÜSHING p.m., Alton Baker Park. biologist Brian Wolfer will speak on Ratings: Brasada Canyons’ slope seventh SATURDAY 2008-09 tag updates and local wild- GEARS: 32- and 44-mile Pleasant life surveys and hunt results, 7 p.m., Continued from Page B1 sliding scale and are more sig- To correctly figure a net Hill and Dale Kuni area rides, 9 a.m. for Emerald Peoples Utility District offices, faster riders and 9:30 a.m. for slower 33733 Seavey Loop Road, Eugene. nificant the higher the handicap. score, one needs to consult a -!885- -!2).% riders, Alton Baker Park. 76.5. For example, it takes 20 units course handicap table that takes 0RAIRIE 2D n Nature - SUNDAY Following in close order of slope to equal one stroke of the USGA slope and course rat- GEARS: 32-mile Mohawk Store ride TODAY and 80-mile Brownsville/Brush Creek Obsidians: “Nature Conservancy are two Central Oregon course rating at the 5-handicap ings into account. Road ride, 9 a.m. faster riders, 9:30 Projects in the Southern Willamette courses that Brasada Canyons level, while at a 20-handicap A handicap chart for any a.m. slower riders, Alton Baker Park. Valley,” a presentation by Charlie overlooks from the shoulders level, five or six units of slope course and set of tees can be Quinn, 7 p.m., Obsidians Lodge near MONDAY of Powell Buttes — the Nick- can equal one stroke. generated by using the free cal- Altair Ski & Sports Club: Biking: the end of Spring Boulevard above Lau- 15-mile Amazon Creek ride, 10 a.m. relwood Golf Course. laus Course (76.2) and Fazio The average course in the culator at www.mulligansoft- Details, RSVP: 510-3846. Course (75.8) at Pronghorn, a U.S. has a slope rating of 113. ware.com/golf/stats.html. %!2,9 ")2$ 30%#)!, - & 34 -!4).%% 3(/74)-% Navigation !$5,4 -!4).%% "%&/2% 0- GEARS: 50-mile Wolf Creek ride TODAY few miles to the northwest. Brasada Canyons’ slope ).$)!.! */.%3 !.$ 4(% +).'$/- /& 4(% #2934!, 3+5,, from Twin Oaks Elementary, 9 a.m. REI: Basic GPS seminar, 7 p.m., REI, Rounding out the top five rating is 147 from the back -IDNIGHT 3HOWS 7ED 2EGULAR 2UN 3TARTING 4HUR l$%!4( ./4%m 4UE 7ED PM Birding 306 Lawrence St. Details, registration: is Sandpines in Florence, at tees. Only six courses in Oregon l",%!#( -EMORIES OF .OBODYm 465-1800. SUNDAY 75.2. have higher slope ratings. (Teth- 7EDNESDAY *UNE 4HURSDAY *UNE PM The Obsidians: Janet Hall will Water sports &%!452).' /k$%,,3 2%!, "544%2 4/00).' /. /52 0/0#/2. lead a 20-mile Fern Ridge bike ride for Brasada Canyons’ course erow’s slope is 141). THURSDAY (4(% #(2/.)#,%3 /& .!2.)! "!"9 -!-! 0' birders. Details, sign-up at the Eugene UO Outdoor Program: “Home- rating of 74.3 puts it in a A typical (mid- to high-hand- 02).#% #!30)!. 0' Family YMCA, 2055 Patterson St. town Throwdown” kayak festival, 6 tie for 13th with Royal Oaks icap) golfer would get three &/2")$$%. +).'$/- 0' TUESDAY, MAY 27 p.m. Details: 346-4365 or www.world- Country Club in Vancouver, more strokes playing a course $IGITAL &/2'%44).' 3!2!( Audubon Society: “A Visit to Wild kayakblogs.com/throwdown/register/. Wash., just ahead of Eugene with a slope rating of 130 than (30%%$ 2!#%2 0' -!23(!,, 2 China” presentation by Robert Flem- TUESDAY, MAY 27 Country Club at 74.2, and a at an average course. (!2/,$ +5-!2 %3#!0% ing, 7:30 p.m., Eugene Garden Club, UO Outdoor Program: “Discover (7(!4 (!00%.3 ). 6%'!3 &2/- '5!.4!.!-/ "!9 2 1645 High St., Eugene. SCUBA” program, 6:30 p.m. Register at couple of spots behind Dia- Course ratings are designed 0' Cooking the OP office in the Erb Memorial Union mond Woods, in 11th place to help adjust a golfer to par, (/24/. (%!23 ! 7(/ ' by Friday, May 23. Details: 334-0696. )2/. -!. 0' THURSDAY at 74.5, (Several of the above while slope ratings adjust one’s .)-k3 )3,!.$ 0' Joe’s: Traeger barbecue demo, 1-3 Walking courses will be bumped down handicap for the course (or set $%!4( ./4% .2 p.m, Joe’s, 1030 Green Acres Road. WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY -!$% /& (/./2 0' a notch when Tetherow, the of tees) being played. 2%$"%,4 2 Gold mining Altair: 5- to 6-mile Hendricks Park (.O PASSES OR SUPERSAVERS ACCEPTED new David McLay Kidd track Brasada Canyons and ! SATURDAY-MONDAY Walk, 9 a.m. Details, RSVP: 726-8154. ! & ! Bohemia Mine Owners: Learn THURSDAY in Bend, opens later this Eugene Country Club, for exam- "" how to pan and sluice for gold at the %!!& . REI: “Wonders of Walking” club summer. The OGA last week ple, have nearly identical course association’s claim about three miles presentation, 7 p.m., 306 Lawrence St. announced Tethrow’s USGA ratings from the championship ! ! up Sharp’s Creek east of Cottage Grove, SATURDAY ,%!4(%2(%!$3 0' "# 0' 9 a.m. to dusk Saturday and Sunday, 9 course rating is 74.8.) tees, but Brasada has 11 more Altair: 4.5-mile river trails walk, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday. Brasada Canyons also slope points. So, it plays a stroke 4(% "5#+%4 ,)34 0' .!4)/.!, 42%!352% "//+ /& a.m. Details, RSVP: 343-7893. 3%#2%43 0' Hiking ranks high in the second com- higher than ECC at most hand- 4(% 30)$%27)#+ #(2/.)#,%3 Mossbacks Volkssport Club: $! # 0' SATURDAY Carpool to Silver Falls State Park for ponent of the handicapping icap levels — and two strokes $! # ). "25'%3 2 Altair Ski & Sports Club: Dem- a 6.8- mile walk, 8 a.m., Willamalane, system — “slope.” higher at some index levels. *5-0%2 0' etri Liontos will lead a 7-mile hike and 215 West C St., Springfield. Details: -)33 0%44)'2%7 ,)6%3 &/2 ! potluck at Gwen Creek. Details, RSVP www.mossbacks.org or 726-7169. Slope is a formula-driven For example, a 10-handi- 6!.4!'% 0/).4 0' $!9 0' 345-0207. number designed to reflect a capper actually gets 12 strokes SUNDAY &//,k3 '/,$ 0' *5./ 0' Obsidians: Richard Sundt will lead Mossbacks: Carpool to southeast course’s difference in difficulty when playing from the back & " "! a 3-mile Baldy hike and Laurie Funk- Albany walk of 3.1 or 6.2 miles, 1 p.m., $2),,")4 4!9,/2 0' for a scratch player versus a tees at Eugene Country Club. & . houser will lead a 6.6-mile Rooster Willamalane, 215 West C St., Spring- !! . Rock hike, Details, sign-up at the field. Details: www.mossbacks.org or bogey player. The same golfer would get 13 - Eugene Family YMCA, 2055 Patterson. 726-7169 Slope adjustments work on a strokes at Brasada Canyon. !()',*+ / BIG PLANS IN SANTA CLARA CHALLENGE COURSE A developer envisions a “village-style” project at 9iXjX[X:Xepfej`jfe\f]Fi\^feÊjkfl^_\jk Outdoors, B1 k_\]fid\i\c\d\ekXipjZ_ffcj`k\ Business, D1 TRG Eugene, Oregon Tuesday, May 20, 2008 50 Cents Move by Election 2008 adult club drawing Nation awaits Oregon tale HHHH a way that allows him to win over as the critical measure of the will Clinton’s supporters and unify the of the party: winning a majority of Barack Obama hopes to capture a majority of the pledged party. the delegates awarded in primaries opponents delegates with a victory today against Hillary Clinton For her part, Clinton is making and caucuses. He also continues to a counterargument that she is win- gather support from the party lead- HHHH By Jeff Zeleny Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton or sug- ning the popular vote if Florida and ers known as superdelegates that he and Patrick Healy gest that it should end until the final Michigan are counted, and that the still needs to secure the nomination, Several Springfield residents The New York Times three contests are finished on June party’s leaders should take that into picking up five more endorsements ask councilors to block 3. consideration before deciding which on Monday. the shift to the city’s core Sen. Barack Obama is poised to For Obama, the situation is deli- candidate to support. reach a milestone in the presidential cate. While eager to proceed to a gen- The results from the Kentucky Please turn to CAMPAIGN, Page A4 By Jack Moran race today by capturing a majority eral election match with Sen. John and Oregon primaries today will The Register-Guard of pledged delegates, but he said he McCain of Arizona, the likely Repub- almost certainly allow Obama to INSIDE would not declare victory in the long lican nominee, Obama also is trying reach a threshold that his cam- u Chelsea Clinton drops in at a SPRINGFIELD — Lori Eichel- Democratic nominating fight against to bring the contest to a close in paign has long sought to establish Springfield Fred Meyer store/E1 berger is sure of one thing. “I know (strip) bars and high schools don’t go together,” Eichel- berger, whose daughter attends the Academy of Arts and Academics in downtown Springfield, told the City Council on Monday night. Eichelberger was one of 11 people who pleaded with councilors to stop adult club Shakers Bar and Grill from relocating to the city core, to a spot just two doors down from the arts school and directly across Main Street from City Hall. “Find a way to prevent this from happening,” Springfield resident Jason Gayton asked of the council. City officials told the crowd that they are studying potential strategies that could work to keep the bar — which owner Jack Dugger character- izes as a “gentlemen’s club” — from moving into the space at 535 Main St. The building is owned by Eugene investor Peter Kryl. But the city’s options may be lim- ited, considering that local govern- ments cannot bar establishments that employ nude dancers from set- ting up shop in a commercial district such as downtown Springfield. Still, Mayor Sid Leiken said the challenge is well worth pursuing. “This is an opportunity for the council to be bold,” Leiken said, adding that he was pleased that people care enough about the issue to ask city officials to address it. “We can’t do it alone,” Leiken told the crowd. “We take our cue from you.” City Attorney Joe Leahy said
Please turn to SPRINGFIELD, Page A5 Kevin Clark/The Register-Guard Lane County election worker Tom Lesiak drops a ballot in the box after checking to make sure it was signed. Lesiak and Robert Graves collected ballots on Pearl Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues Monday afternoon. High-rise raises issues of infill, density in city DROP-IT-OFF DEADLINE HHHH An apartment proposal Today’s primary election is drawing higher-than-normal ballot returns in Lane County changes, but the controversy it created still simmers By Andrea Damewood noon, signaling the beginning of plus registered voters had turned ON THE WEB the rush that will continue through in their ballots, but those numbers The Register-Guard Results: Get the latest updates on By Diane Dietz today, Lane County elections super- include only up to the end of the election returns as ballots are counted The Register-Guard his primary election offers visor Annette Newingham said. day Sunday. at www.registerguard.com unquestionably hot national “It’s been pretty steady,” New- The expected crush of last- A dispute over a planned seven- and local races. And Orego- ingham said. “So far, the returns minute voters eager to get their story apartment building in south nians received their ballots have been higher than normal.” ballot in by today’s 8 p.m. dead- BALLOTS RETURNED Eugene has ended, with neighbors a full two weeks ago. But By 4:30 p.m., a cumulative total line prompted Eugene police to Voting deadline: Ballots not returned singing the praises of the developer. Ttens of thousands of Lane County of 46.5 percent of Lane County reg- issue a traffic congestion warning by mail must be deposited in a drop box by 8 p.m. today. Ballots turned in But a broader conflict over the issue voters aren’t about to be rushed istered voters had weighed in on for the drop box near City Hall on as of Monday: of building high-density projects in into a decision. today’s primary race, setting the Pearl Street through today. New- Lane County: 46.5% older, core neighborhoods of Eugene They’re leaving their vote until pace for an impressive turnout in ingham has nicknamed the site as an alternative to urban sprawl still the last moment, which is pretty the low 60 percent range, she said. “The Mother of Pearl” because of Oregon: 36% looms on the horizon. much now. The county has 197,236 registered the bounty of ballots that drop box Developer Dean Pickett had On Monday alone, Lane County voters. yields. INSIDE planned to put up a 52-unit, 212- voters had deposited 10,492 enve- Statewide, the latest figures u A list of ballot drop boxes in Lane bedroom apartment building on the lopes in drop boxes by late after- showed 36 percent of the 2 million- Please turn to BALLOTS, Page A4 County/A4 northeast corner of East 19th Avenue and Alder Street, which is one block south of the University of Oregon campus. The project was strongly opposed by some of the nearby res- Stalled Highway 20 project gets idents, who felt it was out of scale "# for the neighborhood. After sitting in the neighbors’ $#! back on track as price tag soars living rooms, exchanging e-mails " By Winston Ross million. ! and frequent telephone conversa- ! The Register-Guard The project will replace a danger- tions, the Portland developer agreed "# ous stretch of roadway linking the to scale back his project to four floors NEWPORT — One of the larg- central coast to the southern Wil- and no more than 20 units, although est highway construction projects in lamette Valley. The highway winds he didn’t have to do this. “Their con- state history is back on again, after through the Coast Range and is the cern is real,” he said. #! an eight-month delay. main connection between Corvallis “He is a good man,” said south Oh, and there’s a new price tag and Newport. university neighbor Lauren Hulse, for straightening a seven-mile, eight- Unforeseen landslides caused the bridge section of Highway 20: $177 Please turn to DEVELOPER, Page A5 Tom Penix/The Register-Guard million, up from the original $129.9 Please turn to HIGHWAY, Page A5
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