017628
• Arcade
• Novelties
• Gases
New Releases weekly
VHS&DVD
5-day Rentals
Over 3,000 DVDs
ADA accessible
HE & SHE I HE & SHE II ALBANY
290 River Rd., Eugene 720 Garfield, Eugene 1-5 EXIT 233, 3404 Spicer Dr
688-5411 345-2873 541-812-2522
* -
BARN
NATURAL GROCERY EST. 1982
- * 1
Wholefoods, for whole people... Fresh from the farm to you!
organically grown prod vice * organic beer & wine
organic bulk foods • vitamins & supplements
organic herbs & spices • special orders / case discounts
natural body care products • locally owned & operated
10% discount with student ID
'A '
4I'll & Blair • 342-7503 • M-Sa. 8AM-10PM • Su. 10am-9pm
is/no
Pre-Season Snowboard sale
Sale ends when the slopes open.
Create your own package! New merchandise only.
Board, Boots
& Bindings.additional s50 OFF!
Board & Boots or
Board & Bindings.additional *30 OFF!
M-F 10 7 ■ sat 9-6 • Sun 12-5 NW 9th St. • Corvallis • 754-7529
__2598 Willamette ■ Eugene • 342-4041
The store for any budget
1C%^4¥
Nike • Adidas • Kappa • Puma • Diadora
• Kelme • Brine • Ref Gear • Official
Sports* Baden • Reusch • Vici • KwikGoal
• Reedswain • Goal Sporting Goods
Your Community Soccer Source
1510 Coburg Road in Imr/eway near Safewat
HOURS: mon-sal 11-6, sun 12-4 • 685-0535
JAMS HONEY JERKY POTATOES PLANTS
MUSHROOMS
The Lane County Farmers' Market presents
in the Lane County Fairgrounds Auditorium. 13th <f Jefferson
STARTING THIS WEEKEND. OPEN 10 am - 6 pm
Saturday & Sunday, November 22nd & 23rd
AND also OPEN for the NEXT 4 weekends...
FRIDAY, Saturday & Sunday, November 28th, 29th & 30th;
Saturday & Sunday, Dec 6 & 7; Dec 13 8. 14; Dec 20 & 21.
THIS YEAR, LOOK FOR 30 VENDORS & 60 FARMS OFFERING THE COUNTY'S BEST...
• Local, Seasonal Veggies, Fruits, Preserves, Honeys, Fine Foods & MOREII
• Herbal & Natural Bath, Body & Skin Lotions & Salvesl
• Live & Dried Wreaths & Arrangements; Many Varieties of Tiees, Plants & Nursery Stock!
• AND_.QJJR NCVV FOOD COURT featuring prepared farm products by
Holy Cow Cof6, Canby Foods, Sweet Briar Cafe & others!
•FltBE ADMISSION A PARKING! FARM A MUSICAL PRESENTATIONS!
• For Product Availability or More Information, Call (541) 43 1-4923
PORK SQUASH GARLIC PEARS LAVENDER JAMS PORK
Perry overcomes tough past
to lead Michigan this season
Chris Perry has been at the
forefront of Michigan's
offensive attack this year
By Michael Rosenberg
Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT)
ANN ARBOR Mich. — She had
come to Michigan to be with him,
and now she was not. This hit Chris
Perry all at once, moments after the
game of his life.
As people disappeared from Spar
tan Stadium late in the afternoon
Nov. 1, Perry scanned the crowd for
his mother, Irene Egerton Perry. He
was told his mom was home at her
apartment. As soon as he got back to
Ann Arbor, he went to see her. She
hadn't watched the game on TV —
too stressful — but she had heard
what her son had done.
He had carried the ball 51 times —
the most ever by a Michigan Wolver
ine — for 219 yards. Michigan had
beaten Michigan State for the most
satisfying victory of Perry's career.
"I bet you're tired," Irene said.
"1 low the heck did you do that?"
He just laughed, as he often does
when she starts talking about football.
Chris rested on the couch, across
from his mom. It was the first time he
had seen her without her hair; before,
she had always worn a hat. Now she
was in her own apartment and she
was tired, and she didn't feel like
wearing a hat.
She said she was sorry she missed
the game. She said she was OK. But
she said the reality was that she had
breast cancer, and even though she ex
pected to survive, there were some
days she could barely get out of bed.
And then they changed the topic.
"Chris and 1 talk about anything,"
Irene Perry said. "We talk about poli
tics, school, we try to talk about foot
ball — but that's not always that great
because he says I don't understand a
thing about football — relationships,
race relations, history, the Internet."
She mentioned that now, without
her hair, she looks even more like
him. Chris said he hadn't thought
about that.
Irene always thought they were
friends as much as they were mother
and son. Chris doesn't share his feel
ings with many people, but he opens
up with his mom. Irene expresses her
self more easily — or as Chris often
says, shaking his head, "she talks too
much."
On this day, they talked into the
night. Although Chris can talk to
Irene, and Irene can talk to anyone,
they stayed away from what was really
on their minds. Ihey have avoided it
for four months. It's just too big.
"Dying?" Irene asked. "No, I
haven't talked about dying with him. I
think that's what he probably thinks
about, quietly. He doesn't mention it
to me."
Chris Perry is one of the best col
lege football players in the country.
He has run for 1,435 yards in his sen
ior season, and if he has a big game
Saturday against No. 4 Ohio State, he
has a good chance of going to New
York next month as a I leisman Tro
phy finalist.
This is how he always thought it
would be.
His mother never imagined it.
And sometimes, it must have
seemed as if she were trying to throw
obstacles in his path.
By the time he reached seventh
grade, Chris was already sure that
football was his future. It began to
dominate his life. He began to slack
off in class, talk out of turn, crack
jokes at inappropriate times.
He never got in big trouble, but his
mom was concerned enough that she
thought she had to do something.
Irene had divorced Chris' father, Ray
mond Perry, and was raising Chris
and his sister Elizabethe in Advance,
N.C.
She told him all the time: "You will
not be able to blame you failing in life
on me. I will have done anything I
could to help you succeed."
She thought about sending him to
wilderness camp. Raymond told her
no. Her mother, Pearl Bostic, went to
look at the camp and said, "No way."
Chris spent 10 months at the Eck
erd Wilderness Camp — 10 months
with no running water, no electricity,
and worst of all, no football. Irene
hoped that when he came back, he
would behave better.
He thought he did. She thought he
Turn to MICHIGAN, page 19B
( Daycare & Training ]
590 Wilson St.
Eugene, OR 97402
344.DOGS (3647)
PM
13th & Lawrence • 683-1300
www.bergsskishop.com
Duck Basketball
The PAC-10 basketball preview hits
the stands Thursday, January 8.
Oregon Daily Emerald
Duck Football
The football bowl preview hits the
stands Monday, December 8.