Gallery: A look back - March 2001 - Gazette-Times 20 years ago
Christine Kang, 3, giggles while watching a ewe eat. Kang and her fellow pre schoolers from Grant Avenue Baptist Preschool spent part of the morning watching the sheep at Oregon State University Sheep Barns. The spring ritual brings hundreds of kids out to the barns to look at the new born lambs in early March of 2001.
Cheryl E. Allison leads the Inner Strength Gospel Choir in the song "Siyahamba" during a kick off meeting for the Community Alliance for Diversity Study Circles program Thursday morning. The Study Circles allow people to encourage greater diversity and acceptance of cultural and racial difference.
Western View middle school students watch as substitute teacher Chris Allen gets his head shaved during a school assembly rewarding students for collecting $2,107 for Dornbecher Children's Hospital in Portland. Six male teachers agreed to shave their heads or beards if the kids met their fundraising goal.
Spectators including members of the Grant Avenue Baptist Preschool watch as a ewe gives birth to a lamb Wednesday morning at Oregon State University Sheep Barns. The spring ritual brings hundreds of kids out to the barns to look at the new born lambs.
Wilson Elementary school first grader Taylor Waite reads her letter about stopping T.V. violence for Rep. Darlene Hooley Monday. Students have been learning how to critically analyze violence in video games and televisions, and movies as part of curriculum developed by Dr. Larry Rosenkoetter, left.
Ryan Kennedy a sixth grader at Highland View Middle School swims with Adaptive PE teach Aleita Hass-Holcomb Tuesday at Osborn Aquatic Center. Students and teachers at Highland View worry that if a new middle school is built at Western View they will lose their access to activities at the pool and the near by Boys and Girls club.
Maunakea Trask, left, protest racial profiling while Melissa White talks about being pulled over by police for no reason while driving. White said she has been pulled over five times in the last year, the most recent earlier this week.
Engineer Jason Hutchison works on a project in the technology center at Nypro Oregon, a plastic injection molding plant. Corvallis' highly educated work force and strong high tech industry were among the factors that led to the city's high ranking in Economy.com's Business Vitality Index.
Marissa, 7, Carly, 4, and Melinda Croft walk their dog through Woodland Meadow Park Tuesday afternoon. The family just moved to the neighborhood, and were checking out the popular park for the first time.
Students at Cheldelin Middle School line up to get on one of two busses that go to the Wilson Elementary area after school Wednesday afternoon. School staff were on hand to help kids get in line for the appropriate bus.
Pacific Power's Regional Community Manager Doris Johnston works out the company's Albany facility.
Swimming has been a way of life for Astrid Hancock since she was a child. Now a volunteer for the Red Cross, Hancock spent 34 years of her life instructing canoeing and swimming at Oregon State University.
Bill Albin artist
Duane Coyier prunes roses
Cassandra Schrunk and Brian Priest of Scio cut a log in the Jack and Jill bucking event at Philomath High School March 17, 2001
Tanya Corbeil spins a burning tube with her feet Monday evening during the first performance of the Circus Gatti at the Benton County fairgrounds. Spectators filled the arena at the fairgrounds for both shows Monday.
Volunteers: Jerry Smith in blue/green coat and Jim Rinker, with the Benton County amateur radio emergency services, in yellow vest attempt to find a transponder signal.
Daniel Smith, a volunteer with Benton County Search and Rescue, tries to locate a signal from a transmitter representing a plane crash just south of Philomath Saturday. Volunteers have been going through intense training this week to be prepared for real emergencies.
The Harding Building newly refurbished on the corner of Third Street and Madison Street.
Cressey Merrill untangles the string from his kite he got for Christmas.
Keeping a close eye on the ball, Dylan Deer, 5, plays catch with his dad Dick Tuesday afternoon at Avery Park.
Max Rood, foreground and Tyer Wilson read in their sleeping bags Thursday morning during a school-wide Read-In. Students brought sleeping bags, pillows and even stuffed animals to school Wednesday and Thursday and spent both mornings quietly reading. The event capped off three months of reading for the Literacy 2001 program.
Hanh Tranton, a fourth grader in Brenda Jensen's fourth grade class at Ashbrook Independent School, reads in her sleeping bag Thursday morning during a school-wide Read-In. Students brought sleeping bags, pillows and even stuffed animals to school Wednesday and Thursday and spent both mornings quietly reading. The event capped off three months of reading for the Literacy 2001 program.
David Courtney, left, and Billy Rose of Brown Contracting construct a kiosk in front of City Hall.
Patty Parnell talks with Danica Reeves third grader at Adams Elementary school in Corvallis
Oregon State Police Trooper Jim Halsey talks with OSU Forestry Professor Steve Strauss while investigating vandalized hybrid poplar trees in northeast Corvallis.
An Oregon Junko admires himself in the mirror of a car in Corvallis Ore. Saturday March 24. The bird flew around the car looking at his reflection in the windows and mirror.
Rick Gaultmey has been hired as the new principal at Cheldelin Middle School. Gaultmey will replace Bill Starnes, who is retiring.
Glenn Evans professor of Chemistry
OSU Chemistry and moral Shawn Peng a graduate student in Chem, works on a laser spectrograph
Don Bassetti at Bassetti's Authentic Italian Meats and Cheeses
Bryan Sims, center, talks with sophomore members of the Start Smart investment Club Thursday night as they decide in which stocks they want to invest their money.
Mapping Benton County Schools for law enforcement/fire department use in emergencies. Peggy Peirson, Emergency Services Coordinator for Benton County Emergency Management, and Benton County Sheriff's Deputy Randy Hiner set up the digital camera in Fir Grove school to take photos for the electronic maps.Â
Mohamed Moussaoui is upset that the city is re-doing Seavy Avenue and making too many intersections right-turn only which force him to drive a long way out of his way to get to and from his house.
Yoga teacher Siobhan VanLanen leads a yoga class at the Corvallis Fitness Center on Thursday evenings and Friday mornings. There are about a dozen instructors in the Corvallis area that teach yoga.
Clarissa Thurman looks at books in the current Alsea Library.
Ron Owen of Pacific Stonescapes in Albany and Gary Cox put in a fountain in front of the new Philomath Youth Activities Club building.
Cameron Hankins 3, and his mom Tammie ride their scooters with their dogs Tiny, right, and Britney, Wednesday afternoon in their Corvallis neighborhood. both the scooters are Cameron's, but Tammie use it to keep up with him.
Hans Ellenson, 2, helps with grass cleanup in front of the Ellenson's home in Corvallis.
Alpine Vineyards just East of Alpine. Dan Jepsen is owner
Woods Hole Morgan Horses owned by Arthur and JoAnn Baughman south of Philomath.
Woods Hole Morgan Horses owned by Arthur and JoAnn Baughman south of Philomath.
Ron Hamlett, a guard at the Benton County Jail, talks about the 1981 jailbreak.
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Melissa Kilgore, a medical technician at Chintimini Wildlife Rescue Center releases a red-tail hawk near Finley Wildlife Refuge Friday morning. The hawk was hit by a truck and brought into the center 4 months ago.
Linda Dove, education and program director at First United Methodist Church in Corvallis, looks over one of the paintings that will be on display at the "How I See the Scared II" art show at the church.
Michael Sivetz of Sivetz Coffee
