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Olympic torch warms Eugene.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 23-JAN-02 		Format: Online - approximately 1175 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Olympic torch warms Eugene.(General News)(Sports: Residents from near and far line the streets downtown to cheer on runners bearing the flame.)

Article Excerpt
Byline: JEFF WRIGHT The Register-Guard

THEY CAN'T MAKE the trains run on time in America, but they sure know how to celebrate the human spirit once the train arrives.

About 200 people gathered Tuesday at the Eugene Amtrak station to welcome the 2002 Winter Games Olympic flame, and hundreds more lined Eugene streets to cheer on about 25 torchbearers who took turns running, walking and wheeling the flame along a seven-mile route.

No one seemed concerned that the 18-car Olympic train arrived 45 minutes late, least of all Amy Feinberg, a 45-year-old Junction City woman assigned the relay's first leg.

"I woke up at 5 this morning and thought, `Oooh, today's the day,' ' said Feinberg, who has a degenerative joint disease and uses a motorized wheelchair. "But I'm not nervous. This is fun, this is exciting. I'm going to take all the mental pictures that I can."

Feinberg and her compatriots were among 11,500 people picked to carry the Olympic flame across 46 states to Salt Lake City by Feb. 8. Torchbearers were nominated...

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