Flashback to 1973
Imagine strolling past a glass cabinet filled with historic artifacts on a public tour of the Lane County Jail — and spotting a tear sheet of an RG feature story with your byline on prominent display.
It happened to me a week ago as the jail commander took 20 civilians into the inner sanctum of the “adult corrections facility” to see how the county invests our tax dollars in programs to rehabilitate selective inmates.
My story on the first such rehab services ran Dec. 9, 1973 — just six days before RG reporter Ann Baker (yes, those Bakers) and I got married. A fellow jail tourist, Chris Mack, 45, got a kick out of seeing his dad’s byline on the newspaper article in the display case.
— Donovan Mack
The members of The Register-Guard Reunion Steering Committee are Ann Baker Mack, Donovan Mack, Paul Neville, Lloyd Paseman, Dean Rea, Mike Thoele and Sandy Thoele.
They can be reached at the email address [email protected].