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Eugene’s historic Civic Stadium, built in 1938, went up in flames 10 years ago Sunday, on June 29, 2015.
The cause? Four boys, between 10 and 12 years old, were playing with matches in the old press box. Their sentence was up to five years of probation. Because they were minors, their names have never been released.
Civic Stadium had been beloved in the community. Dennis Hebert moved to Eugene in 1987 and kept hearing cheering crowds from his home. ‘‘It grabbed me by the heartstrings,” he said about the stadium. He became a regular there, watching Eugene’s minor league team, the Emeralds, also known as the “Ems.”…