Gallery: A Look back - Gazette-Times 20 years ago - April 2000
Harry Lagerstedt prunes branches from one of his 1000 peach trees in full bloom at his orchard outside of Corvallis earlier this week. Lagerstedt and his wife Carol own the Peach Place U-Pick peach orchard and have been busy keeping the trees pruned back. According to Lagerstedt, the blooms were about 11 days late this year.
"Radio Ray" Ray Pietz broadcasts the news on his morning slot at KGAL radio in Lebanon.
Ray Pietz, known as Radio Ray to his listeners, broadcasts the morning news at the KGAL studios in Lebanon.
Service station attendant Karl Briggs fills a sport utility vehicle Thursday afternoon. Higher gas price have not stymied the sale of SUV's.
Philomath second-graders, left to right, Michael Bowman, Kelsey Wait and Ryan Kildea finish planting a tree Thursday afternoon in front of the Philomath Public Library under the supervision of Philomath High senior Jeff Eberhardt. The primary students pitched in to help the high schoolers finish up a project of planting close to 100 trees in Philomath.
Members of the Philomath Elementary school Falcon Singer Choir sing during a concert for area senior citizens Thursday at the school. The choir is made up of all third and fourth grade students at the school and they preformed songs from the British Isle during the concert.
George Edmonston, Editor of the Oregon Stater looks over the grave marker of William Jasper Kerr, who was president of Oregon State College from 1907 to 1932. Kerr and his family are buried in the Crystal Lake Cemetery in south Corvallis along with many other prominent Oregon State University and Corvallis figures
Carpenter Carol Gradel builds a form for part of the new outdoor pool at the Osborn Aquatic Center earlier this week. The Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters is asking Good Samaritan board of directors to consider the"lowest responsible bidder" like was done for the aquatic center.
Matt Simonson looks up to his teammates as they applaud his signing a letter of intent to play basketball for Western Oregon University, as Junia Simonson, his mom, finishes the paperwork. Simonson was a standout during his years at Philomath High School.
Oregon State University softball pitcher Tarrah Beyster, center, is congratulated by her teammates after striking out ten University of Oregon batters in the Beavers' 2-0 win over the Ducks in Eugene. This was OSU's first Pac-10 win.
Dave Phillips brushes stain over one of the two beavers he has carved into a tree stump on 29th Street near Walnut Boulevard. Phillips said he enjoys hearing compliments on his work, but likes to work alone.
Advanced Placement Biology teacher Carole Beedlow holds up a plant specimen in class Tuesday night. Every one of her AP students passed their final exam last year.
Advanced Placement Biology student Megan Christie looks closely at a frond in class Tuesday night. The class meets three times a week and is not required.
Alsea pitcher Tyson Hendrix pitches in Alsea's first home game in nearly 40 years.
Benton County Emergency Services Program Coordinator Peggy Peirson, left and Michael Bamberger Emergency Program Manager "smoke" a new drum for a seismograph on display at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library. April is earthquake and tsunami preparedness month, and Oregon State University set up the seismograph at the library so people could see how they work. The seismograph etches off the soot, so the drum must be changed ever few days, and "smoked" so it can be reused.
Claire Winograd, 7, helps set tables with a Haggadah supplement Thursday evening at the Chintimini Senior Center for the Beit Am Community Seder. The Haggadah is a guide to the Seder service and includes the story of the exodus. By participating in a Passover Seder, Jews fulfill their obligation to retell the biblical story of the flight from Egypt.
Oregon State's Parisa Plant lays down a bunt in the Civil War game against the University of Oregon in Eugene. OSU won 2-0.
Balz Frei, director of the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University, believes the federal government's new Recommended Dietary Allowances don't go far enough.
Western View Middle School student Savannah Gaid talks to Heart of the Valley Health Care Center resident James Wolcott about the center's Cockatiel Dusty Friday. Gaid's Social Responsibility Class visits the elderly at Heart of the Valley every week.
Carol Hagel gets a kiss from her wolf/husky cross named Chakotay at their Blodgett home. Hagel raises many animals, including a bobcat kitten named Tuffie that she adopted after the cat was found abandoned in a clear-cut. Tuffie is now at the Chintimini Wildlife Rehabilitation Center where workers are trying to teach him to be wild.
Folk singer Ani DiFranco performs to a full crowd Sunday evening at Gill Coliseum in a benefit concert for Corvallis' In Harmony project. DiFranco and fellow artist Greg Brown, sang to help the project meet its goal of raising $800,000 to build a village in northwest Corvallis for foster children.
Census 2000 enumerators Twyla Heffron, left, and Kristal Eddington interview Jenelle Leo, second from right, and Mary Kolseth to make sure the Albany residents are counted. They spent Friday evening counting the residents of the Blue Ox RV Park.
Sixth-graders, clockwise from left, Erin Bell, John Chakerian, Sarah Devine, Beth Dunfield and Alyssa Dray work on finalizing a design for the Highland View Middle School courtyard. The group is taking ideas from eight different designs done by their classmates and compiling them into one master plan.
Joseph Ringo, 18, center and his mom Karen pet Dutch, their 2-year-old chocolate lab, in front of the charred remains of their home west of Philomath. The father, Anthony, left, said the dog saved their lives by waking them and alerting them to the fire.
Dianne Neslon, right, will travel to New York Monday to be on the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." She has been preparing for the show by reading Trivial Pursuit cards with her husband Joel, daughter Joy, 5 and son Henry 18 months.
Oregon State University student Jose Osuna reads under the shade of a tree on campus Monday afternoon. The warm sunny weather is forecasted to continue through Wednesday with highs expected in the 70's .
Kaylee Marsh sits with her 8-1/2-month-old son Wyatt in their Albany home. Marsh was evacuated from Vietnam when she was 1-year-old during Operation Babylift.
Sam Tillery of Corvallis hits a chip shot at the eighth hole of Golf City's par three course. Tillery and three friends said they play the course nearly every week in the summer months.
With the help of Oregon State student Augie Lung, Matt Gaston, a third grader at Inavale School learns how to set a choker Tuesday at Forest Expo at the Benton County Fairgrounds. The Expo was held to show kids different aspects of forest use.
Oregon State University shortstop Shawna Feldt cheers on her team during an at-bat against the University of Oregon.
Frank Cochrane retired from his job as a mechanical engineer in 1991 an now teaches classes on fly tying and fly fishing. Cochrane's classes in Corvallis on Monday nights draw between 16 and 22 people.
Jim Adams of Corvallis raises his hands in praise during Easter 2000 Sunday, the largest gathering of evangelical Christians in the history of Benton County. Over 10,000 of the faithful from over 25 area churches filled Gill Coliseum on the Oregon State University campus to hear Easter services.
Pastor Steve Rydin with the Kings Circle Assembly of God church in Corvallis leads the songs of praise and worship section on the Easter 2000 service.
Philomath Frolic Rodeo Queen Cassie Tuttle plays with her horses Kodee, right, and Dixie at her home in Kings Valley. A horse she was riding at a Rodeo in Heppner reared up and fell on her, but she was saved by the belt buckle she was wearing.
Oregon State Baseball Player Corky Wray, center, looks up at the sky through thick rain as he and fellow players Mark Newell, left, and Nick Renault fold the tarp back up after a rain delay Friday afternoon. The tarp stayed on the field for just a few minutes, the rain stopped and the tarp was pulled off just in time for the rain to start again.
Corvallis High School Seniors Sara Seitz, left and Brooke Gentle deliver plants, raised by students in pots created by students, to neighbors of the school along with invitations to attend school again Friday morning from 8 a.m to 10 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with the high school students. The plants and other efforts by Corvallis students to pick up trash in the neighborhood are all part of the district's Back-To-School Week activities. Elsewhere in the district community members are invited to get involved at Crescent Valley High school today from 7:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. for a career and job experiences discussion. Jefferson Elementary will be open Thursday from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. for classroom visits and to find out more about how students today work to meet state education standards.
Oregon State's Brian Barden hit a grand slam home run on this swing that put the Beavers ahead of Arizona for a 6-3 win at Goss Stadium.
Angie, 11 and Donald Machado, 15, of Philomath ride over the foot bridge that spans Newton Creek at Applegate Street. The Philomath City Council is discussing plans to construct a traffic bridge for two-way traffic at the site.
Western View Middle School 14-year-olds Treybor Dowrie, left, and Jake Roy, right, spread bark mulch around the dinosaur bones at Avery Park Wednesday. The eighth grade humanities class pulled weeds, picked up branches, cut back blackberries and raked the mulch as part of a service learning lesson during Volunteer Week.
Oregon State University sophomore Erika Davidson won the top contract in a modeling contest in which 25,000 women competed. She begins modeling this summer in New York City.
Corvallis firefighter Steve Bowen performs an escape drill at the old CEW Motel Thursday. The escape drill requires the person to punch a small hole through a wall and then crawl through the opening. The maneuver is done to get away from a fire when no door or window is available. The owners of the motel allowed firefighters to use the facility to train various techniques including forcible entry and ventilation and firefighter escape.
Oregon State University associate professor Laura Rice was project director for a team of people that recently traveled to Tunisia to help teach English and Internet skills.
Anna and David Evan of Albany take a walk through the tulip fields at Greengable Farms on Peoria Road south of Corvallis earlier this week. David surprised Anna, who is originally from Holland, with a trip to the farm for her 60th birthday. The farm is open to the public and flowers should be in bloom through Mother's Day.
Rachel Armstrong, 3, enjoys cake during a birthday party at home of her family childcare provider. Under new rules providers with more then four kids must receive food handlers permits as part of their training for certification.
Left to right, Associate Professor of Philosophy Courtney Campbell, Physics Professor Ken Krane and Associate Professor of English, Richard Daniels take part in a panel discussion organized by the Oregon State University Philosophy Club on the distinction between training and education at OSU. Associate Professor of Bio Resource Engineering Michelle Bothwell also participated in the discussion.
Jennifer Joy of Corvallis raises her hands in prayer during Wednesday night rally to end a 10-day prayer vigil at the Corvallis Evangelical Church. The vigil was held to prepare for Easter 2000, a huge mass scheduled for Sunday in Gill Coliseum.
Cindy Rossi of Corvallis picks up tax forms at the Corvallis Benton County Public Library Sunday afternoon, just one day before taxes are due. The library will move all of its tax forms and a photocopier to the meeting room on the main floor today to accommodate late filers. Although the rest of the library will close at its normal time, the meeting room will remain open until midnight. The Corvallis post office at 300 SW Second Street will be open from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The latest time to drop off your taxes and still have them receive an April 17 postmark will be 11:59 p.m.
Corvallis pitcher Candice Freel slides around the McKay catcher to score the Spartans second run during their victory over McKay Monday afternoon.
The man, played by Steve Harvey, yells at Eva, played by Aerin Holman, left, as Lil Miller, played by Leonora Rianda, is stuck in the middle during a scene from Kindertransport.
Christina Calkins laughs as she reads a statement from WinCo Foods president and CEO Bill Long asking her group to leave the Corvallis store location. More than 30 protesters marched from WinCo to Albertson's and then to Fred Meyer warning shoppers of the dangers of genetically modified food.
Robert McCain watches a hockey match on his personal television monitor that is part of the E-Zone system available at the Corvallis Fitness Center. E-Zone helps keep the exerciser distracted, enabling them to workout longer.
Irley Jarrett, holds her 5 month old son Aidan up to a tree so he can touch and smell the flowers in Corvallis Monday afternoon. Jarrett said Aidan loves to smell and touch flowers, but if shes not careful he will try to put everything in his mouth.
RYAN GARDNER/Gazette-Times Travis Hatton, director of the Oregon State University symphonic band, teaches a conducting class Thursday evening in Benton Hall. In the class, Hatton reviewed a method for rhythmic practice.
Allan Stuart shows one of the many coffee-related items on sale at his newest Beanery Cafe and Bakery located inside his headquarters in Albany. Stuart founded Allann Bros. Coffee in 1972.
Hoover Elementary second grader Andrea Higdon waters newly planted flowers Tuesday afternoon at Hoover's Bulb and Butterfly Garden. Laurie Iverson with the Wildlife Steward Program helps the children plant and maintain the garden which was first planted last fall to attract neighborhood butterflies. The Wildlife Stewards are volunteers in partnership with public and private organizations who assist students and teachers in the development and use of schoolyard wildlife habitats.
Construction worker Percy Nichols cleans up the concrete floor at the new Sunset Center mall being built on 53rd Street and Philomath Blvd. Nichols was working in the building that will house a new Hollywood Video Store.
Oregon State right fielder Josh Carter makes a catch at the end of the warning track for the third out after a rain delay Friday afternoon.
Baker Tony Michalski pours fresh blueberries into the scone batter in the kitchen at Allann Bros. Coffee headquarters. The fresh pastries are sold in The Beanery restaurant.
The recent discovery of cancer in rainbow trout at a OSU lab prompted Gary Booth and his wife, Joan Taylor to switch from well water to bottled water at their home.
Oregon State athletic department employees Jess Lewis, left, and Steve Driskill tried to get the softball field into playable condition, but continued hail and rain forced the cancellation of OSU's game against Arizona.
Mt. View Elementary third grade teacher Dennis Osburn talks with a parent of one his students Francine Schmidt during a conference last Friday. School officials are encouraging more parents and other community members to get involved in schools by kicking off a week of events today called Back-To-School Week.
South Albany's third baseman Jeff Wulf holds up the ball for the umpire during a tag out play against Crescent Valley's Frank Keffer in Wednesday's game.
Mary Lluellyn prays during last year's rally on the Benton County Courthouse lawn in honor of the National Day of Prayer. Community members plan to gather again this year to pray for local and national leaders, churches, schools and the world for the 49th annual event.
Crescent Valley's Dan Marker gets a high five from assistant coach Stan Steele after hitting a grand slam home run in the third inning that put CV up against South Albany 7-5.
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