COMMUNITY Snake’s weeklong adventure ends, to relief of all J Cassandra is back home with owner af ter escape put neigh borhood on alert By Tim Nett Emerald Associate Editor Joggers nnd small pots breathed a collective sigh of re lief Sunday night after Univer sity student Scott C.ilison found his escaped boa constrictor near the Amazon Park running trail. Gibson found the eight-foot long, ton-pound serpent named Cassandra about 50 yards off the running trail, which is near his house at the corner of 24th Avenue and Willamette Street. The boa constrictor escaped from its cage sometime during the night of July 4, while Gib son was out celebrating. The reunion was made possi ble by an anonymous tip left on Gibson's answering machine. Gibson hud spent the day at the Oregon Country Fair, where un acquaintance told him that local television stations were reporting thnt the snnke had been sighted in Amazon Park Gibson raced home and checked his machine for mes sages. As luck would have It. someone had left a message that his child had spotted the snake. Lacking enough details to be gin a search, Gibson called a television station to inquire about the reported sighting Gibson headed toward Amazon Park after finding out that Cas sandra had been spotted near the park's skateboard pool. That was all he needed. Within a few minutes, Gibson had found the reptile. "I hud a direction to go on. and I got lucky," Gibson said. Judging from the snake's healthy appearance. Gibson suspects the reptile had found u food source while on the loose “She had eaten something," Gibson said "She was very healthy and very active." While neighbors check up on their cals, Gibson is taking steps to assure Cassandra's fu ture captivity. Ho has installed an extra latch on the cage and has blocked the exit. “She's contained and she's not going anywhere.” Photo Jmli Scott Gibson was raumtad with his pat tnaka Cassandra Sunday, sight days attar It aacapad from Gib son'a homa. That's not to say that tho snake has accepted It "She's liking tho taste’ of fns; dom." Glhson said. "She keeps trying to push it open again." After finding (aissandrn, Gib son took the snake around the neighborhood while he re moved the signs he had posted in hopes of recovering his pet Keuetion from local residents was a mixture of joy and relief "One guy told mo that his wlfti hadn't jovial since she heard Cassandra was missing, " C.ihson said TEAM Continued from Page 1 Civic Stadium boasts natural grass, a hand-op oratod scoreboard in right field, now box seat ing and clean restrooms. Debun has also rid the stadium of beer nights, replacing them with weekend promotions aimed at drawing the en tire family to the ballpark. Bcban is quick to admit that only about HO percent of his customers are actually Emoralds fans. "Most of them are looking for wholesome entertainment or a chance to get out of the houso." Bcban said. Fans or not. the Eugene murket has been es pecially receptive to the idea of minor league baseball. The Emeralds drew close to 7.000 people to a July 4 game with Boise, despite cloudy skies and pre-game rain showers Eugene is an ideal market for minor league ball. Bohan said, because of its size and a strong, cooperative media. Behan said The Register-Guard employs a full-time boat writer for the Emeralds' home game coverage and all four local television sta tions follow and are involved with the club In fact. Eugene's enthusiasm for the Emeralds persuaded local television to broadcast the team live for the first time earlier this year. Deban's Involvement in baseball began a lit tle more than 20 years ago when he worked as a minor league umpire. He credits his travels through minor league ballparks as an umpire for many of the ideas he has implemented with the Emeralds 'I've never had an original idea," he said "I try to emulate successful programs I take both the good and the laid ideas from other people.” Deism said that one of the most valuable les sons he ever learned is not to over-manege "I was allowed to make decisions, and I was allowed to fail." he said "In life, people must be given the opportunity to fail if they are to learn." Behan received his first experience in front office management when he was offered a job with Salt Lake City of the Pacini Coast League Soon after, he and several others got together to purchase the Emeralds, an opportunity her refers to as both "lucky and fortunate " It’s a definition he still finds appropriate for himself "A lucky man cun go to work and It's fun," he said “I have a very enjoyable job I never miss a day." TRIAL Continued from Page 1 Building was sparked by the April 29 acquittal of four white Los Angolos police officers of all but one assault charge in connection with tho videotaped booting of black motorist Rod ney King. About 400 University stu dents and Eugene residents gathered in the EMU Courtyard the day after the verdict to a stage a rally. The rally was followed by a march to the Federal Building, where protestors broke 15 win dows and two doors. No official damage estimates have been released, although some unofficial figures have ran as high as $27,000. Hoop was arrostiid May 13 by Eugene police. Arias and Menretab later turned them selves in to federal authorities. Each defendant entered a not guilty plea at separate arraign ments. Arias and Mohretab will be represented by private attor neys. A federal defender will argue Hoop's case. 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