EUGENE, Ore. - Billy Mac's Bar and Grill has only been around for a little more than 2 years. 

However, chef and owner, Bill McCallum, has been in kitchens for around 30 years.

McCallum first started cooking back in 1977 at his fathers place, The Tree House Restaurant, right here in Eugene. 

Since then he has made a name for himself with Billy Mac's, 605 W. 19th, a joint he describes as being Northwest Cuisine with a French flair.

From the entrees to the baguettes, McCallum does pretty much everything right in the restaurants kitchen himself. 

He said that making everything fresh with as many local ingredients as he can not only results in a better product, but it also saves a little money - something he can transfer on to the customers. 

Although, when it really comes down to it, the real reason for all the hard work is McCallum's passion for food.

In the video below McCallum demonstrates a simple chicken marinade.

A neighborhood open house has been scheduled for Tuesday, May 22, to discuss walking and biking improvements for East and West Amazon Drive (from Hilyard Street to Snell Street).  

The city is preparing a grant application to improve bicycle facilities and install pedestrian crossings of Amazon Creek.  

Design options may include buffering the existing bike lanes or installing a two-way bike facility on one side of the Amazon Parkway.  

The meeting will also discuss extending the Amazon Path south to Tugman Park along Hilyard Street.

SALEM, Ore. -- Family members of Chris Kilcullen attended a service at the Oregon Fallen Law Officer's Memorial Tuesday in Salem. The family members were accompanied by representatives from the Eugene Police Department as Officer Kilcullen's name was added to the memorial wall.

This honor comes just two weeks after the one-year anniversary of his death.

Every May, the Oregon Fallen Law Enforcement Ceremony honors law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty. The memorial is at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem.

This year three names were added to the wall. Also added to the memorial were Oregon Department of Corrections Officer Buddy Ray Herron and Lake County Sheriff's Officer Samuel J. Lewis. A retired Texas Sheriff researching line-of-duty deaths discovered that Officer Lewis died in 1882 guarding a prisoner in Klamath Falls from a lynch mob.