Today’s Weather: High — 48, 80 percent chance of rain; Low — 43
Big changes for Eugene’s minor league baseball team
The Eugene Emeralds will debut redesigned uniforms and merchandise featuring Sasquatch as the new team logo.
At a party hosted by Ninkasi Brewery Tuesday evening, the Eugene Emeralds unveiled a series of new logos for the team, and Sasquatch was the lead character.
The logos are on merchandise available to fans beginning this morning and will also be on new uniforms and baseball hats expected to be ready in January.
The design features Sasquatch gritting his teeth while carrying a tree over his shoulder. Emerald green, neon green and black are the primary colors in the design, The Register-Guard reports.
Eugene charter school will keep director
Paula Praus-Williamson retained her job as director of the embattled HomeSource Family Charter School after an emotionally charged meeting that drew more than 60 people Tuesday night.
In a unanimous vote, the HomeSource board approved a motion placing Praus-Williamson on probation for six months and giving her a plan of action to help her improve her communication skills. That plan is to be overseen by the school’s personnel committee and reviewed by the board at the end of the school year.
HomeSource contracted with the Eugene Sudbury School, a newly opened private school, to educate some of its students without first seeking permission or disclosing the arrangement to the Bethel district, a violation of the charter school’s contract with Bethel, according to district administrators, The Register-Guard reports.
Broken water main floods a street in South Eugene
Tuesday, a broken water main flooded a portion of McLean Boulevard south of West 28th Avenue. The water was starting to flood driveways and yards in the neighborhood before noon.
Family Connections of Lane and Douglas Counties and its Community Child Care – or 3C’s – which operates out of Lane Community College, is slated to receive $47,000 a year from Lane County non-profit, United Way. The funds go to 3C’s to aid selected child care providers work in neighborhoods where United Way has found many children who are not yet prepared to enter kindergarten.
Data from the 2010-11 school year show that 56 percent of Lane County children entering kindergarten fail to meet literacy benchmarks. In those neighborhoods, however, the rate is 82 percent, The Register-Guard reports.
