Fire takes no holiday….
Over a five-year period from 2004 through 2008 there were 584 candle-related fires in Oregon resulting in 14 deaths; 93 injuries… 22 of those to firefighters… and estimated property losses of nearly $16-million. According to information from the Oregon State Fire Marshall’s Office, almost half of that death, injury and destruction came during the three-week period between December 17th and January 8th. Siuslaw Valley Fire Marshall Sean Barrett says, especially this weekend, people need to use extra care with candles.
210 – “It’s very important to keep them away from combustibles. Put them in trays or in containers that are not combustible or won’t catch fire, and if you leave the room, always blow them out. It’s amazing what candles can do when they’re left alone.”
Gift wrap, greenery and blankets seem to be in abundant supply around living rooms and family rooms over the Christmas holiday, presenting exceptional risks. Barrett says it’s also a good idea to make sure your fire extinguisher is readily available and your smoke detectors have fresh batteries and are in good working order.
A state legislator from Newport is calling the threat of U.S. Senate hearings on relocation of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Pacific Operations Center a – quote – “abuse of power”. Democratic Oregon State Representative Jean Cowan also said comments made by Washington Senator Maria Cantwell about the proposed site in Newport were ‘disrespectful. Cantwell, said she wanted to investigate whether the move, from Puget Sound to the Oregon Coast, would harm NOAA’s capacity to hire and retain qualified mariners. Cowan said the entire process has been ‘open and transparent’. NOAA already has a significant operation in Newport and the center would bring more than 100 additional employees and their families.
Holiday travelers will find slightly lower gas prices this weekend. The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded dipped by about a penny this week to $2.59. According to Triple-A, the statewide average in Oregon fell by more than two cents… it’s now at $2.70. Florence’s average fell by one cent this week… it’s ten cents below the Oregon average at $2.60.
There are several options for those wishing to observe Christmas Eve with other congregants. The Florence Church of the Nazarene will offer a special service at 5:30; Siuslaw Valley Christian Center at six. St. Andrews Episcopal will host “lessons and carols” at eight pm and St. Mary’s Catholic Church will offer two services… 5:30 and 10:30.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say a multi-state,
multi-agency investigation has led to the seizure of more than 225
pounds of marijuana with ties to the Oregon Medical Marijuana
Program. OSP says three people were arrested and additional arrests
are pending as investigations continue in Oregon and Minnesota. The
drugs' street value is at least $750,000.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon attorney general John Kroger has
become the victim of a car prowler. The Oregonian reports that a
briefcase containing official items was stolen from Kroger's
vehicle between 1 and 8 a.m. on Tuesday. Police say officers combed
Kroger's neighborhood and brought in a fingerprint specialist. The
briefcase contained his official badge, his law enforcement
credentials, information on drug treatment programs, a draft policy
document and confidential information.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Some dogs left behind in rural Eastern
Oregon are getting another chance. Some 60 dogs were left behind
earlier this month, and a Long Beach, Wash. woman who grew up in
Harney County is set on saving them. Melanie Eppig is the founder
of Harney County Save a Stray. She headed to the site yesterday and
rounded up 23 of the dogs, including six puppies, put them in
kennels and hauled them to Salem. She also plans on heading back to
the property on Saturday.
JUNCTION CITY, Ore. (AP) - Financial woes have forced the
closure of two small weekly newspaper. The Register-Guard reports
the Tri-County News in Junction City and the West Lane News in
Veneta stopped publishing Tuesday night. Publisher Andrew Polin
says he just doesn't have the money to continue and hopes someone
will come along and resurrect the papers.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Public employee unions and business groups
are fighting over two state tax increases on the January ballot.
Election finance records show each side has raised about $2.3
million for their campaigns.
COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) - A dance club in Coos Bay is losing its
liquor license. State officials say bartenders over-served patrons
at Mak's Old City Hall Lounge and didn't keep the crown under
control which led to problems inside and outside the club.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Fire tore through a Medford apartment
complex last night, displacing eight families just before
Christmas. There were no injuries and the cause has yet to be
determined.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Firefighters were also busy in Salem, where a
two-alarm fire heavily damaged a home this morning. The Salem Fire
Department says it's believed the occupants were away at the time.
JACKSONVILLE, Ore. (AP) - Police arrested three southern Oregon
men accused of growing and distributing more pot than is legally
allowed under the state's medical marijuana program. Police say an
undercover officer recently bought 65 pounds of marijuana in a
Grants Pass parking lot. Information gained from the buy allowed
them to obtain three search warrants in Josephine and Jackson
counties. Police seized a total 225 pounds of marijuana at homes in
Williams and Jacksonville.
ALBANY, Ore. (AP) - Albany police arrested a motorist involved
in an Oct. 28 crash that killed a man. A grand jury indicted
48-year-old Clayton Baunach on charges of manslaughter, assault and
criminally negligent homicide. A warrant was issued Dec. 16. Police
say the victim, 50-year-old Bently Wells, was working on a car when
a Ford Expedition towing a flatbed utility trailer failed to
negotiate a curve. The trailer struck the back of the car, causing
it to roll and pin Wells.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Prep Basketball:
First the boys… The Vikings led briefly very early in the game, but after that it was all Cheesemakers as Tillamook routed Siuslaw 61 – 33 last night in Florence. Trevor Roberts led scoring with nine points.
The girls were in Tillamook against the Cheesemakers… where they trailed by five at the half. In the second half the defense broke down and Tillamook ran away with a 37-21 victory.
College Basketball:
Calvin Haynes tied a career high with 25 points to lead Oregon State to a 73-65 victory over Fresno State last night in Corvallis. It was program win number 16-hundred for Oregon State… only the 15th program in the country to reach that milestone.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Coos Rail Update - Swine flu vaccine - voter registration deadline - county charter committees sought. And what happens in Vegas: you know the drill
Coos Bay Rail Line making progress…
It’s been 28-months since the last train made the run between Coos Bay and Eugene, and just under a year since the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay bought the line. But, it still may be another year before freight service is restored to the entire 110-mile long railway that connects the Willamette Valley with Coos Bay. Martin Callery with the port says L-R-L Construction recently completed renovation work on a tunnel near Vaughn and another at the south end of Tahkenitch Lake and is currently working on a third tunnel near Florence at Canary Road. From there, the crews will switch to the Tenmile Lake area and Callery says if there is enough funding, engineers have identified additional work. The port has applied for federal stimulus and state transportation money to continue rehabilitating the line that serves about a half-dozen central and south coast manufacturers. The port won’t be operating the rail line itself. After the first of the year they’ll begin the process of selecting an experienced and qualified shortline rail operator.
Health officials call it the gift that keeps on giving. The H1N1 vaccine is in ample supply across Oregon with the total number of doses reaching more than 1.2-million. Oregon’s Public Heath Director, Dr. Mel Kohn, says there are many good reasons to get the vaccine, but the most significant is to protect you and those close to you from getting the flu. He says the flu is still around and can be spread easily, especially during the holiday season when people gather together in large, closely confined groups.
Oregonians will be deciding a pair of tax measures next month. Anyone who is not already registered to vote must do so at least 21 days prior to the January 26th election. That means the cutoff is January 5th. Elections officials say many people change their address or name and forget about re-registering until it’s too late. Registration information is available at any DMV office, or can be found online at the Lane County Elections website.
Speaking of elections, Lane County will be presenting three measures to voters in May aimed at changing the county charter. They’re seeking volunteers to serve on three committees that will draw up the explanatory statements to be included in the voter’s pamphlet. Zoe Gilstrap with Lane County says the three measures are all in response to recent changes in state law requiring the formation of a voluntary citizen charter review committee; state-required qualifications for elected office; and changes in election laws. Interested applicants can contact her directly at Lane County Administration, the deadline to apply is January 5th.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Friends and family members remember a
Portland climber lost on Mount Hood as a woman who lived a life of
adventure and compassion for others. A memorial service yesterday
in Portland for 29-year-old Katie Nolan was the third for members
of a party that ran into trouble on a Dec. 11 climb. She and
25-year-old Anthony Vietti of Longview, Wash., are missing and
presumed dead. The body of 26-year-old Luke Gullberg of Des Moines,
Wash., was found on a glacier.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Two Eugene roommates have been convicted of
murdering a Eugene homeless man known as "Pac-Man."
Twenty-three-year-old Michael Andrew Baughman and 22-year-old Ryan
Eugene Casch were convicted yesterday of intentionally murdering
Herbert "Pac-Man" Bishop on May 11. Court documents show the two
also stole Bishop's belongings.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Authorities are offering a reward of up to
$10,000 for information about a serial bank robber nicknamed the
"Grandpa Bandit." The gray haired man robbed his fifth bank in
the Willamette Valley on Tuesday. He robbed a Bank of America
branch in Hillsboro. Witnesses have described the man as white,
5-foot-8 to 5-foot-10 and 160 to 180 pounds.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Multnomah County judge has denied early
release to a man who had plotted to kill an entire family.
Prosecutor Chuck Sparks told the judge that Daniel Loren Jenkins,
is incredibly dangerous and would be a terrible candidate to
receive a 30 percent reduction in his prison term. A law that took
effect in July is allowing about 4,600 inmates across the state to
be eligible for a 30 percent decrease in their sentences for good
behavior, instead of the standard 20 percent.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - As Pendleton Woolen Mills celebrates its
100th anniversary, the company is celebrating a rebirth of sorts.
No longer just the maker of woolen blankets and heritage fabrics,
Pendleton is also partnering with small, upscale fashion labels
that want to include woolens in their designs.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Walmart want to try again to make friends
with Portland. The world's largest retailer says it plans to build
a second Portland store on the city's northern edge. But Walmart's
recent history with the City of Roses suggests it could be in for a
fight over wages, health care and trade practices. The retailer has
pulled back twice in the past five yeas on proposed Portland
stores.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The mother of a Salem toddler who was
murdered last year has pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal
mistreatment. Prosecutors say 20-year-old Amanda Burciaga failed to
provide adequate physical care for her two children when she left
them with a boyfriend who abused them. The boyfriend is now serving
more than 75 years in prison.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon commercial crabbers are enjoying the
largest early harvest in at least five years. Crabbers landed 12
million pounds of Dungeness crab in the first two weeks of the
season that started Dec. 1. That's almost as much as last season's
total harvest. Crabbers credit the catch to good weather, hungry
crabs and a season that started on time.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - An 11-year-old Medford girl was treated for
smoke inhalation after rushing inside her family's burning
apartment to search for her 12-year-old brother. The boy had gone
to a friend's house without his sister's knowledge. There were no
other injuries.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - Thavin Saliphan is lucky she was in
Klamath Falls instead of Bedford Falls. The owner of Siam Thai
nearly lost the restaurant's receipts Monday night when she left a
bank bag containing more than $600 in a Wal-Mart shopping basket.
Fortunately for Saliphan, that greedy Mr. Potter wasn't in the
store. Shara Sampson was the next person to touch the shopping
cart. She gave the bag to store managers who returned it to the
restaurant.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Las Vegas Bowl:
Forget all the catchy leads… the Beavers were blown away; the Cougars mauled the Beavers; BYU Bowls over Oregon State; Quizz Rodgers woke up with Sean Canfield’s tooth in his pocket… // Oregon State scored first, on their second possession but their offense then went dormant as the BYU Cougars put up 37 straight points on their way to a dominating performance over the Beavers, 44 – 20, in the Maaco Las Vegas Bowl last night. The loss was the first in recent history for Beavers’ head coach Mike Riley, ending a streak of five consecutive bowl wins.
College Basketball:
Malcom Armstead scored a career high 23-points to help Oregon hold off Idaho State 77 – 71 last night at Mac Court. It was the sophomore’s seventh consecutive start in place of injured point guard Tajuan Porter. The Oregon women were in Salt Lake last night where they lost a 15-point lead in regulation, then lost the game in overtime, falling to Utah 89-86.
Prep Basketball:
The Reedsport Girls claimed the consolation final at the Dunes Country Classic in Reedsport yesterday with a 43-25 victory over Taft. The boys fell in their consolation final, Toledo coming out on top of Reedsport 77 – 56.
On the Schedule:
Prep Wrestling today… Siuslaw is in Drain at the North Douglas Invitational… Viking Basketball is taking on Tillamook today: The girls in Tillamook, the boys at home against the Cheesemakers. Both games at six, the boys game will air on Coast Radio Sports. Beaver basketball is on the court at home against Fresno State. The pregame show on KCFM is at 5:00.
It’s been 28-months since the last train made the run between Coos Bay and Eugene, and just under a year since the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay bought the line. But, it still may be another year before freight service is restored to the entire 110-mile long railway that connects the Willamette Valley with Coos Bay. Martin Callery with the port says L-R-L Construction recently completed renovation work on a tunnel near Vaughn and another at the south end of Tahkenitch Lake and is currently working on a third tunnel near Florence at Canary Road. From there, the crews will switch to the Tenmile Lake area and Callery says if there is enough funding, engineers have identified additional work. The port has applied for federal stimulus and state transportation money to continue rehabilitating the line that serves about a half-dozen central and south coast manufacturers. The port won’t be operating the rail line itself. After the first of the year they’ll begin the process of selecting an experienced and qualified shortline rail operator.
Health officials call it the gift that keeps on giving. The H1N1 vaccine is in ample supply across Oregon with the total number of doses reaching more than 1.2-million. Oregon’s Public Heath Director, Dr. Mel Kohn, says there are many good reasons to get the vaccine, but the most significant is to protect you and those close to you from getting the flu. He says the flu is still around and can be spread easily, especially during the holiday season when people gather together in large, closely confined groups.
Oregonians will be deciding a pair of tax measures next month. Anyone who is not already registered to vote must do so at least 21 days prior to the January 26th election. That means the cutoff is January 5th. Elections officials say many people change their address or name and forget about re-registering until it’s too late. Registration information is available at any DMV office, or can be found online at the Lane County Elections website.
Speaking of elections, Lane County will be presenting three measures to voters in May aimed at changing the county charter. They’re seeking volunteers to serve on three committees that will draw up the explanatory statements to be included in the voter’s pamphlet. Zoe Gilstrap with Lane County says the three measures are all in response to recent changes in state law requiring the formation of a voluntary citizen charter review committee; state-required qualifications for elected office; and changes in election laws. Interested applicants can contact her directly at Lane County Administration, the deadline to apply is January 5th.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Friends and family members remember a
Portland climber lost on Mount Hood as a woman who lived a life of
adventure and compassion for others. A memorial service yesterday
in Portland for 29-year-old Katie Nolan was the third for members
of a party that ran into trouble on a Dec. 11 climb. She and
25-year-old Anthony Vietti of Longview, Wash., are missing and
presumed dead. The body of 26-year-old Luke Gullberg of Des Moines,
Wash., was found on a glacier.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Two Eugene roommates have been convicted of
murdering a Eugene homeless man known as "Pac-Man."
Twenty-three-year-old Michael Andrew Baughman and 22-year-old Ryan
Eugene Casch were convicted yesterday of intentionally murdering
Herbert "Pac-Man" Bishop on May 11. Court documents show the two
also stole Bishop's belongings.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Authorities are offering a reward of up to
$10,000 for information about a serial bank robber nicknamed the
"Grandpa Bandit." The gray haired man robbed his fifth bank in
the Willamette Valley on Tuesday. He robbed a Bank of America
branch in Hillsboro. Witnesses have described the man as white,
5-foot-8 to 5-foot-10 and 160 to 180 pounds.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Multnomah County judge has denied early
release to a man who had plotted to kill an entire family.
Prosecutor Chuck Sparks told the judge that Daniel Loren Jenkins,
is incredibly dangerous and would be a terrible candidate to
receive a 30 percent reduction in his prison term. A law that took
effect in July is allowing about 4,600 inmates across the state to
be eligible for a 30 percent decrease in their sentences for good
behavior, instead of the standard 20 percent.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - As Pendleton Woolen Mills celebrates its
100th anniversary, the company is celebrating a rebirth of sorts.
No longer just the maker of woolen blankets and heritage fabrics,
Pendleton is also partnering with small, upscale fashion labels
that want to include woolens in their designs.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Walmart want to try again to make friends
with Portland. The world's largest retailer says it plans to build
a second Portland store on the city's northern edge. But Walmart's
recent history with the City of Roses suggests it could be in for a
fight over wages, health care and trade practices. The retailer has
pulled back twice in the past five yeas on proposed Portland
stores.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The mother of a Salem toddler who was
murdered last year has pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal
mistreatment. Prosecutors say 20-year-old Amanda Burciaga failed to
provide adequate physical care for her two children when she left
them with a boyfriend who abused them. The boyfriend is now serving
more than 75 years in prison.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon commercial crabbers are enjoying the
largest early harvest in at least five years. Crabbers landed 12
million pounds of Dungeness crab in the first two weeks of the
season that started Dec. 1. That's almost as much as last season's
total harvest. Crabbers credit the catch to good weather, hungry
crabs and a season that started on time.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - An 11-year-old Medford girl was treated for
smoke inhalation after rushing inside her family's burning
apartment to search for her 12-year-old brother. The boy had gone
to a friend's house without his sister's knowledge. There were no
other injuries.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - Thavin Saliphan is lucky she was in
Klamath Falls instead of Bedford Falls. The owner of Siam Thai
nearly lost the restaurant's receipts Monday night when she left a
bank bag containing more than $600 in a Wal-Mart shopping basket.
Fortunately for Saliphan, that greedy Mr. Potter wasn't in the
store. Shara Sampson was the next person to touch the shopping
cart. She gave the bag to store managers who returned it to the
restaurant.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Las Vegas Bowl:
Forget all the catchy leads… the Beavers were blown away; the Cougars mauled the Beavers; BYU Bowls over Oregon State; Quizz Rodgers woke up with Sean Canfield’s tooth in his pocket… // Oregon State scored first, on their second possession but their offense then went dormant as the BYU Cougars put up 37 straight points on their way to a dominating performance over the Beavers, 44 – 20, in the Maaco Las Vegas Bowl last night. The loss was the first in recent history for Beavers’ head coach Mike Riley, ending a streak of five consecutive bowl wins.
College Basketball:
Malcom Armstead scored a career high 23-points to help Oregon hold off Idaho State 77 – 71 last night at Mac Court. It was the sophomore’s seventh consecutive start in place of injured point guard Tajuan Porter. The Oregon women were in Salt Lake last night where they lost a 15-point lead in regulation, then lost the game in overtime, falling to Utah 89-86.
Prep Basketball:
The Reedsport Girls claimed the consolation final at the Dunes Country Classic in Reedsport yesterday with a 43-25 victory over Taft. The boys fell in their consolation final, Toledo coming out on top of Reedsport 77 – 56.
On the Schedule:
Prep Wrestling today… Siuslaw is in Drain at the North Douglas Invitational… Viking Basketball is taking on Tillamook today: The girls in Tillamook, the boys at home against the Cheesemakers. Both games at six, the boys game will air on Coast Radio Sports. Beaver basketball is on the court at home against Fresno State. The pregame show on KCFM is at 5:00.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Homeless population growing? Whale Watching week starts Saturday; Local girl finishes out of the finals in national PPK; don't toss that tv
Homeless population appears larger than expected
She doesn’t have any firm estimates, but Joni Bour (BOR) with Siuslaw Outreach Services says the number of homeless people in the area is larger than what many people think.
201 -- "I can only say the number of people we've seen in the last one year and that's been 155 people who have declared themselves to be homeless, so I'm sure that there are more."
Bour called for the creation of a Homeless Services Task Force, the first meeting of which last week drew more than 50 people to talk about how to provide services to a segment of population that’s been traditionally small in Florence… but appears to be growing.
202 -- "It's a big number and we're getting a lot of people who are homeless who say when we ask where are you from they'll say I'm from Eugene or I'm from California. And when we ask why would you come from a larger city to a smaller one and they say it's because we're scared."
That first task force meeting Friday at the fire station drew representatives from government agencies; churches; and service clubs. Bour said she hopes that SOS can provide the catalyst for a broader community effort.
200 -- "We hope to be kind of like the center of a wheel and have the spokes going in many directions at once."
The goal is to have at least temporary measures in place to provide assistance in the event temperatures drop back below the freezing level.
Morris Grover says there are two possible experiences waiting for whale watchers next week. Either one would be ‘exciting’ says the Oregon State Park Ranger. Clear skies and calm seas will offer the possibility of exceptional whale watching but even if conditions are less than ‘ideal’ trained whale watching volunteers at 26 different locations up and down the Oregon Coast will add to the experience. Grover coordinates the State Parks’ “Whale Watching Spoken Here” program. He says volunteers will be at posted locations between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. each day beginning December 26th and through January 1st.
Beginning January First it will be illegal for Oregonians to put televisions and computers in the trash. The new dumping ban will keep products known for a host of toxic components out of landfills, where they could pose a threat to air, soil and water. A year ago, the state established drop-off stations in every county for people to get rid of their old electronic devices free of charge. They’ve proven popular. Lane County, for example, collected 216 tons of electronic devices in the first eleven months of 2009. That's four times the amount collected in 2008.
She was in the running until the final weekend, but 12-year old Ashlee Cole of Florence won’t be making the trip to an NFL playoff game after all. Cole won the regional competition earlier this month in Seattle for the NFL’s Punt Pass and Kick Competition, leaving her in third place nationally at the time. Only the top four scores advance to the finals, after the two final weekends of competition in other cities, Cole wound up in fifth place overall.
From the Associated Press:
SIZEMORE RECORDS
With judge watching, Sizemore turns over laptop
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Republican gubernatorial candidate
accused of using tax-exempt organizations for political gain has
turned over his laptop computer to a computer expert hired by two
teachers unions.
Conservative activist Bill Sizemore surrendered the laptop
Monday when Multnomah County Circuit Judge Janice Wilson enforced a
previously-issued injunction by wresting the organizations' records
away from him.
The Oregonian reports the judge rejected claims that giving up
the computer would violate Sizemore's constitutional rights against
self-incrimination.
The Oregon Education Association and American Federation of
Teachers hired a computer expert to copy the hard drive, but the
files can't be accessed without Wilson's approval.
Sizemore's battle with the teachers unions goes back a decade,
when he placed two anti-union initiatives on the 2000 ballot.
---
(Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com )
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The woman who attacked author Katherine
Dunn is headed to prison for 26 months for violating her probation.
Twenty-five-year-old Brandy Amber Carroll was sentenced yesterday.
She was already on probation for theft when she tried to take
Dunn's purse last month. Dunn says Carroll kicked and slapped her
when she refused to give up the purse.
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) - Oregon's appeals court has dismissed a
Douglas County Sheriff's Office challenge of an order that forced
authorities to give pot seized during a drug raid to three patients
who -were- prescribed medical marijuana. The ruling stems from a
2006 raid on the home of a Dixonville man accused of selling pot to
people -without- medical marijuana cards.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The developer of the Pronghorn resort
northeast of Bend have agreed to pay $200,000 to the U.S.
government after the government sued the developers for
trespassing. The Oregonian reports the suit and subsequent
settlement took place simultaneously. High Desert Development
Partners LLC agreed to pay, but did not admit any liability.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Beginning Jan. 1, it will be illegal for
Oregonians to put televisions and computers in the trash. The new
dumping ban will keep products known for a host of toxic components
out of landfills, where they could pose a threat to air, soil and
water. The state has set up county drop-off stations for people to
get rid of old electronic devices free of charge.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - An Ashland man who fled the U.S. after
pleading guilty to child sex abuse is back in jail. Arthur
Silverman was extradited from Israel and returned to the Jackson
County jail in Medford. Silverman was a former counselor who
treated sexually abused children when he was arrested in December
1996 for molesting two boys who were not clients.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A Salem man who nearly blew off his hand
while handling a homemade explosive has been convicted of
manufacturing explosives and recklessly endangering others. Marion
County Judge Albin Norblad ordered probation and a mental-health
examination for 42-year-old Patrick Hibler.
MONMOUTH, Ore. (AP) - Petition gatherers seeking to repeal the
prohibition of hard liquor in Monmouth have collected enough valid
signatures to place the issue on the May ballot. Monmouth was a dry
town until voters in 2002 agreed to allow sales of beer and wine.
TIGARD, Ore. (AP) - Authorities say a 60-year-old woman who
suffered burns in a fire at an assisted living center in Tigard has
died. Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue found the woman in a
second-floor unit while responding to Monday's blaze at Park Place
Assisted Living Center.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Athlete of the Week:
Mapleton basketball standout Chad Walker is Coast Radio Sports’ Athlete of the Week. The 6’ 2” Sailor senior forward scored a total of 39 points in two Sailor victories last week, putting up 17 against Highway 36 rival Triangle Lake and 22 against Powers… Honorable mention to Walker’s Mapleton teammate, Micah Espinosa, who scored 14 points in the Sailors’ Friday night victory over Triangle Lake.
Maaco Las Vegas Bowl:
The Oregon State Beavers apparently know how to get ready for bowl games. Head Coach Mike Riley is five-and-oh in bowl appearances over the past few years. But, it’ll be a tough matchup as the number 16 ranked Beavers take on number 15 BYU in the Maaco Las Vegas Bowl this evening. The pregame show on KCFM is set for 4:00… kickoff at 5:01.
Also on the schedule tonight… The Oregon Men host Idaho State in non-league basketball action at seven o’clock. The pregame show on KCST is at 6:30. The Oregon women are in Salt Lake City where they’ll take on Utah. On the prep schedule, the 38th Dune Country Classic Basketball Tournament wraps up in Reedsport this afternoon… and Viking Wrestlers are in Drain at the North Douglas Invitational.
She doesn’t have any firm estimates, but Joni Bour (BOR) with Siuslaw Outreach Services says the number of homeless people in the area is larger than what many people think.
201 -- "I can only say the number of people we've seen in the last one year and that's been 155 people who have declared themselves to be homeless, so I'm sure that there are more."
Bour called for the creation of a Homeless Services Task Force, the first meeting of which last week drew more than 50 people to talk about how to provide services to a segment of population that’s been traditionally small in Florence… but appears to be growing.
202 -- "It's a big number and we're getting a lot of people who are homeless who say when we ask where are you from they'll say I'm from Eugene or I'm from California. And when we ask why would you come from a larger city to a smaller one and they say it's because we're scared."
That first task force meeting Friday at the fire station drew representatives from government agencies; churches; and service clubs. Bour said she hopes that SOS can provide the catalyst for a broader community effort.
200 -- "We hope to be kind of like the center of a wheel and have the spokes going in many directions at once."
The goal is to have at least temporary measures in place to provide assistance in the event temperatures drop back below the freezing level.
Morris Grover says there are two possible experiences waiting for whale watchers next week. Either one would be ‘exciting’ says the Oregon State Park Ranger. Clear skies and calm seas will offer the possibility of exceptional whale watching but even if conditions are less than ‘ideal’ trained whale watching volunteers at 26 different locations up and down the Oregon Coast will add to the experience. Grover coordinates the State Parks’ “Whale Watching Spoken Here” program. He says volunteers will be at posted locations between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. each day beginning December 26th and through January 1st.
Beginning January First it will be illegal for Oregonians to put televisions and computers in the trash. The new dumping ban will keep products known for a host of toxic components out of landfills, where they could pose a threat to air, soil and water. A year ago, the state established drop-off stations in every county for people to get rid of their old electronic devices free of charge. They’ve proven popular. Lane County, for example, collected 216 tons of electronic devices in the first eleven months of 2009. That's four times the amount collected in 2008.
She was in the running until the final weekend, but 12-year old Ashlee Cole of Florence won’t be making the trip to an NFL playoff game after all. Cole won the regional competition earlier this month in Seattle for the NFL’s Punt Pass and Kick Competition, leaving her in third place nationally at the time. Only the top four scores advance to the finals, after the two final weekends of competition in other cities, Cole wound up in fifth place overall.
From the Associated Press:
SIZEMORE RECORDS
With judge watching, Sizemore turns over laptop
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Republican gubernatorial candidate
accused of using tax-exempt organizations for political gain has
turned over his laptop computer to a computer expert hired by two
teachers unions.
Conservative activist Bill Sizemore surrendered the laptop
Monday when Multnomah County Circuit Judge Janice Wilson enforced a
previously-issued injunction by wresting the organizations' records
away from him.
The Oregonian reports the judge rejected claims that giving up
the computer would violate Sizemore's constitutional rights against
self-incrimination.
The Oregon Education Association and American Federation of
Teachers hired a computer expert to copy the hard drive, but the
files can't be accessed without Wilson's approval.
Sizemore's battle with the teachers unions goes back a decade,
when he placed two anti-union initiatives on the 2000 ballot.
---
(Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com )
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The woman who attacked author Katherine
Dunn is headed to prison for 26 months for violating her probation.
Twenty-five-year-old Brandy Amber Carroll was sentenced yesterday.
She was already on probation for theft when she tried to take
Dunn's purse last month. Dunn says Carroll kicked and slapped her
when she refused to give up the purse.
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) - Oregon's appeals court has dismissed a
Douglas County Sheriff's Office challenge of an order that forced
authorities to give pot seized during a drug raid to three patients
who -were- prescribed medical marijuana. The ruling stems from a
2006 raid on the home of a Dixonville man accused of selling pot to
people -without- medical marijuana cards.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The developer of the Pronghorn resort
northeast of Bend have agreed to pay $200,000 to the U.S.
government after the government sued the developers for
trespassing. The Oregonian reports the suit and subsequent
settlement took place simultaneously. High Desert Development
Partners LLC agreed to pay, but did not admit any liability.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Beginning Jan. 1, it will be illegal for
Oregonians to put televisions and computers in the trash. The new
dumping ban will keep products known for a host of toxic components
out of landfills, where they could pose a threat to air, soil and
water. The state has set up county drop-off stations for people to
get rid of old electronic devices free of charge.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - An Ashland man who fled the U.S. after
pleading guilty to child sex abuse is back in jail. Arthur
Silverman was extradited from Israel and returned to the Jackson
County jail in Medford. Silverman was a former counselor who
treated sexually abused children when he was arrested in December
1996 for molesting two boys who were not clients.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A Salem man who nearly blew off his hand
while handling a homemade explosive has been convicted of
manufacturing explosives and recklessly endangering others. Marion
County Judge Albin Norblad ordered probation and a mental-health
examination for 42-year-old Patrick Hibler.
MONMOUTH, Ore. (AP) - Petition gatherers seeking to repeal the
prohibition of hard liquor in Monmouth have collected enough valid
signatures to place the issue on the May ballot. Monmouth was a dry
town until voters in 2002 agreed to allow sales of beer and wine.
TIGARD, Ore. (AP) - Authorities say a 60-year-old woman who
suffered burns in a fire at an assisted living center in Tigard has
died. Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue found the woman in a
second-floor unit while responding to Monday's blaze at Park Place
Assisted Living Center.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Athlete of the Week:
Mapleton basketball standout Chad Walker is Coast Radio Sports’ Athlete of the Week. The 6’ 2” Sailor senior forward scored a total of 39 points in two Sailor victories last week, putting up 17 against Highway 36 rival Triangle Lake and 22 against Powers… Honorable mention to Walker’s Mapleton teammate, Micah Espinosa, who scored 14 points in the Sailors’ Friday night victory over Triangle Lake.
Maaco Las Vegas Bowl:
The Oregon State Beavers apparently know how to get ready for bowl games. Head Coach Mike Riley is five-and-oh in bowl appearances over the past few years. But, it’ll be a tough matchup as the number 16 ranked Beavers take on number 15 BYU in the Maaco Las Vegas Bowl this evening. The pregame show on KCFM is set for 4:00… kickoff at 5:01.
Also on the schedule tonight… The Oregon Men host Idaho State in non-league basketball action at seven o’clock. The pregame show on KCST is at 6:30. The Oregon women are in Salt Lake City where they’ll take on Utah. On the prep schedule, the 38th Dune Country Classic Basketball Tournament wraps up in Reedsport this afternoon… and Viking Wrestlers are in Drain at the North Douglas Invitational.
Local woman leads police on long and winding road; Sex offenders listed; City Council to hear update on HWD
Florence woman leads police on long and winding road…
A Florence woman is facing a variety of charges including Fleeing, Attempting to Elude and Reckless Driving after she allegedly led police on a chase from Florence to a remote road in the forest near Swisshome. It began about 4:30 Saturday afternoon on Highway 101 near the Siuslaw River when a Lane County Sheriff’s Deputy attempted to stop a 1996 red Ford Mustang for failing to stop at a stop sign. The car then fled north through Florence, taking several turns and managed to elude officers. A passenger in the car exited at one point and called 911, identifying the driver as 27-year old Tosha Marie Gustina. Police picked up the trail, followed the car on Munsel Lake Road to North Fork, and from there, via a logging road, onto Highway 36 north of Mapleton. The vehicle was eventually located, abandoned, on Stagecoach Road. Sergeant Spence Slater said officers lost sight of the car several times during the pursuit but were able to pick up the trail with the assistance of several residents who called 911 to report the car’s location. Slater said officers searched the area after finding the abandoned car and eventually located Gustina, on foot, near the Swisshome Store.
In an effort to keep local residents informed of risks in the community the Florence Police have compiled a report detailing sex offenders in the area. First off, according to spokesperson Sarah Huff, there are no predatory sex offenders living in the Florence zip code. But, she says, there are 52 individuals identified as being registered offenders. Of those, two are wanted for absconding from parole or probation and seven are currently supervised by the Sheriff’s Department. Huff said disclosure of information on non-predatory sex offenders is restrictive, but any member of the public can obtain a list simply by requesting it. She said it takes about two-weeks to process the request. Information on how to do so is available on the website www.florencepolice.net.
The Florence City Council will hear an update this evening on the status of current talks with the Heceta Water District to forge a series of inter-governmental agreements. City Manager Bob Willoughby says a series of issues are being worked on, including the charging of a franchise fee for Heceta water lines that run in city owned rights-of-way. In his report to the council Willoughby says the two parties are working out the details of how to implement such a fee that is not only easy to administer, but equitable for both agencies. The Council meets at seven pm at City Hall.
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
Boys’ Prep Basketball:
The Viking Boys basketball team picked up their first victory of the 09-10 campaign Saturday afternoon in Myrtle Point with a 59-49 victory over Gold Beach. With the win, Siuslaw picked up the consolation trophy at the Oregon First Community Classic basketball tournament. Friday night, they fell to tourney host Myrtle Point 54-31. In the Mountain West League, the Mapleton Sailors cruised to a 45-21 victory over Triangle Lake Friday evening. The win moves the Sailors to 2-1 in league play.
Girls’ Prep Basketball:
Siuslaw won the first round at the Oregon First Community Classic in Myrtle Point Friday evening, downing Myrtle Point 43-30. Gold Beach came away with the tournament trophy Saturday evening though, beating the Lady Viks 69 – 46. In the Mountain West, Mapleton fell to Triangle Lake Friday afternoon 41-30.
Oregon’s longest-running prep invitational basketball tournament opens up this afternoon in Reedsport. The 38th Dune Country Classic features boys and girls teams from Taft, Toledo, Yoncalla and Reedsport. It wraps up tomorrow.
College Basketball:
First the men… it took a while to get some separation, but the Oregon State Beavers eventually outpaced the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils 76 – 62 Saturday evening in Corvallis. Head Coach Craig Robinson expressed his displeasure with the Beavers’ lackluster performance in the first half. Down Highway 99 in Eugene, Sophomore center Michael Dunigan had 16-points and ten rebounds to lead Oregon to a 72-60 win over Oakland of Michigan. Grizzlies’ coach Greg Kampe was ejected from the game with 4:29 remaining after strenuously arguing an offensive foul called on one of his players.
For the women… Talisa Rhea (REE-uh) led the Beavers with 20-points and Oregon State ended a four-game homestand with a 64-48 victory over Seattle University Friday night. The Oregon women are off to their best start in five years, improving to 9-2 with a 78-66 victory Sunday afternoon over Wyoming. Senior guard Micaela Cocks scored 15 of her 17 points in the second half to lead the way for the Ducks.
A Florence woman is facing a variety of charges including Fleeing, Attempting to Elude and Reckless Driving after she allegedly led police on a chase from Florence to a remote road in the forest near Swisshome. It began about 4:30 Saturday afternoon on Highway 101 near the Siuslaw River when a Lane County Sheriff’s Deputy attempted to stop a 1996 red Ford Mustang for failing to stop at a stop sign. The car then fled north through Florence, taking several turns and managed to elude officers. A passenger in the car exited at one point and called 911, identifying the driver as 27-year old Tosha Marie Gustina. Police picked up the trail, followed the car on Munsel Lake Road to North Fork, and from there, via a logging road, onto Highway 36 north of Mapleton. The vehicle was eventually located, abandoned, on Stagecoach Road. Sergeant Spence Slater said officers lost sight of the car several times during the pursuit but were able to pick up the trail with the assistance of several residents who called 911 to report the car’s location. Slater said officers searched the area after finding the abandoned car and eventually located Gustina, on foot, near the Swisshome Store.
In an effort to keep local residents informed of risks in the community the Florence Police have compiled a report detailing sex offenders in the area. First off, according to spokesperson Sarah Huff, there are no predatory sex offenders living in the Florence zip code. But, she says, there are 52 individuals identified as being registered offenders. Of those, two are wanted for absconding from parole or probation and seven are currently supervised by the Sheriff’s Department. Huff said disclosure of information on non-predatory sex offenders is restrictive, but any member of the public can obtain a list simply by requesting it. She said it takes about two-weeks to process the request. Information on how to do so is available on the website www.florencepolice.net.
The Florence City Council will hear an update this evening on the status of current talks with the Heceta Water District to forge a series of inter-governmental agreements. City Manager Bob Willoughby says a series of issues are being worked on, including the charging of a franchise fee for Heceta water lines that run in city owned rights-of-way. In his report to the council Willoughby says the two parties are working out the details of how to implement such a fee that is not only easy to administer, but equitable for both agencies. The Council meets at seven pm at City Hall.
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
Boys’ Prep Basketball:
The Viking Boys basketball team picked up their first victory of the 09-10 campaign Saturday afternoon in Myrtle Point with a 59-49 victory over Gold Beach. With the win, Siuslaw picked up the consolation trophy at the Oregon First Community Classic basketball tournament. Friday night, they fell to tourney host Myrtle Point 54-31. In the Mountain West League, the Mapleton Sailors cruised to a 45-21 victory over Triangle Lake Friday evening. The win moves the Sailors to 2-1 in league play.
Girls’ Prep Basketball:
Siuslaw won the first round at the Oregon First Community Classic in Myrtle Point Friday evening, downing Myrtle Point 43-30. Gold Beach came away with the tournament trophy Saturday evening though, beating the Lady Viks 69 – 46. In the Mountain West, Mapleton fell to Triangle Lake Friday afternoon 41-30.
Oregon’s longest-running prep invitational basketball tournament opens up this afternoon in Reedsport. The 38th Dune Country Classic features boys and girls teams from Taft, Toledo, Yoncalla and Reedsport. It wraps up tomorrow.
College Basketball:
First the men… it took a while to get some separation, but the Oregon State Beavers eventually outpaced the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils 76 – 62 Saturday evening in Corvallis. Head Coach Craig Robinson expressed his displeasure with the Beavers’ lackluster performance in the first half. Down Highway 99 in Eugene, Sophomore center Michael Dunigan had 16-points and ten rebounds to lead Oregon to a 72-60 win over Oakland of Michigan. Grizzlies’ coach Greg Kampe was ejected from the game with 4:29 remaining after strenuously arguing an offensive foul called on one of his players.
For the women… Talisa Rhea (REE-uh) led the Beavers with 20-points and Oregon State ended a four-game homestand with a 64-48 victory over Seattle University Friday night. The Oregon women are off to their best start in five years, improving to 9-2 with a 78-66 victory Sunday afternoon over Wyoming. Senior guard Micaela Cocks scored 15 of her 17 points in the second half to lead the way for the Ducks.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Christmas Baskets get a bump; Jordan Cove approved by FERC; Urban Renewal targets water project; and Museum gets the land
Christmas Baskets get a boost…
The volunteers with the Community Christmas Basket project had extra large smiles and an extra spring in their step yesterday afternoon as they prepared for tomorrow’s distribution.
217 -- "We're doing much better than we were about a week ago. We're about $25,000 which means we're going, at this point, to be able to do nice baskets for about 550 families."
That also means they raised about $10-thousand in just over the past week alone. Something that made Carol Bennett beam as she talked about preparations. For the second year in a row the baskets will be handed out at the former Dunham Motors site on Highway 101. Bennett said there are no requirements… all someone has to do is say they have a need. They’ll begin handing out the boxes at ten A.M. tomorrow morning. Bennett said people need to enter from Spruce Street and use the 25th street entrance.
A $1.25-million project to install a new 12-inch water line in the historic Old Town Florence area got the nod recently by the Florence Urban Renewal Agency Board of Directors.
216 -- "as the top infrastructure priority for the first bond issue and the board approved that recommendation. So that's the initial step in the structuring of a bond issue and getting into the program next year."
Mayor Phil Brubaker said there’s still a lot of planning and engineering needed and it may be up to two years before they begin to dig. When it’s completed however, it’s expected to provide more reliable service and dramatically increase the ‘fire-flow’… the amount of water that can be used in event of an emergency.
Backers of the Oregon Coast Military Heritage Museum now have some real estate to go under the building that they purchased earlier this year. They signed a lease with the City of Florence earlier this week to place the new museum on a parcel of ground in the Business Park on Kingwood near the airport.
215 -- "The next move is to continue our museum design so that we can finalize a construction budget, start pulling permits, prepping the ground, and actually get the building started. We think that we are still on schedule to meet our building shell to be completed by November 11 of 2010."
Cal Applebee said the group is grateful for the assistance and cooperation of the city through the entire process so far.
Federal regulators approved the construction of a liquefied natural gas terminal on the north edge of Coos Bay along with a pipeline through South-West Oregon to the California state line. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission… FERC… voted 3-1 yesterday in Washington, DC to approved the Jordan Cove project. The super-cooled gas would be delivered to the terminal by ship, then distributed through the 230-mile long pipeline set to run through Douglas, Jackson and Klamath Counties. Economic development proponents say the terminal will bring much needed jobs to the region, but opponents say they plan to appeal. Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski and Attorney General John Kroger say they intend to request a re-hearing of the decision.
From the Associated Press...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A suspended Portland high school teacher
has been indicted on charges of delivery and possession of
methamphetamine. A Multnomah County grand jury indicted 35-year-old
Zuleyma Noemi Figueroa, who taught Spanish at Benson Polytechnic
High School. The Oregonian reports she is due to be arraigned today
in Multnomah County Circuit Court.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Environmental activist Jeffrey "Free"
Luers has been released from prison after spending more than eight
years behind bars for setting three SUVs on fire at a Eugene
dealership. Luers was initially sentenced to almost 23 years in
prison, but the Oregon Court of Appeals ordered resentencing in
2007. A Lane County Circuit Court judge cut it to 10 years.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon's attorney general says the popular
Cash for Clunkers program required that car dealers pass along the
scrap value of old cars to the customers who traded them in.
Attorney General John Kroger says that two Portland-area
dealerships have agreed to settle disputes by paying 236 customers
a combined $43,571 for the scrap value of trade-ins.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - An analysis by The Oregonian newspaper shows
that more people in Oregon are committing fraud to get government
benefits. Since the economy dived into a deep recession last year,
instances of cheating to get unemployment and Medicaid benefits
have jumped. Investigators confirmed nearly 1,500 cases of
unemployment fraud in October 2009 - a 122 percent increase over
October 2008.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Zoo has taken in two orphaned
cougar cubs over the past week and a half. The brother-and-sister
duo were captured by wildlife officials after a homeowner near the
Springfield Country Club shot and killed their mother as she
approached his dogs. Orphaned cubs nurse until three months and
can't survive on their own in the wild.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Portland television station is reporting
that a 43-year-old man convicted of a 1998 triple homicide in West
Salem could soon be out of jail. K-A-T-U reports that the Polk
County district attorney's office has decided to dismiss the case
against Phillip Cannon, who has maintained that he did NOT murder
Jason Kinzer, Suzan Osborne and Celesta Graves.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Water flowing from southern Oregon's
Applegate Dam could start generating electricity by 2014 under a
new federal hydropower license issued yesterday. The Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission issued the license to Symbiotics, a
Utah-based utility that plans to attach a 10-megawatt generating
facility to the dam on the Applegate River.
EAGLE POINT, Ore. (AP) - Authorities are deciding whether to
file felony charges against three Eagle Point teenagers accused of
sending sexually explicit photos of minors by text message. Eagle
Point Police Chief David Strand says the teens - two boys and one
girl - sent the photos to numerous students at the local high
school.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Lots of prep basketball on the court today and tomorrow… the Mapleton Sailors are at home this afternoon for a double-header against Triangle lake… the girls tip off at three, the boys at 4:30. Siuslaw enters the holiday tournament season in Myrtle Point this evening… the Viking Girls take on Myrtle Point at six… the boys also face the Bobcats in their game at 7:30. The tourney continues tomorrow.
On the college court… the Oregon State women are at home this evening against Seattle University. The Oregon women are in Laramie Sunday afternoon where they’ll face the University of Wyoming. Tomorrow for the men, it’s Oregon State against Mississippi Valley State at seven… .a 6:30 airtime is set for KCFM. The Oregon Men are also at home tomorrow… they’re hosting Oakland of Michigan at 7:30… the pregame here on Coast Radio will be at seven.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Three Oregon football players are scheduled
to appear in Eugene Municipal Court next month on charges of
discharging a firearm. Police say one of the players shattered an
apartment window Monday with a shot from a pellet gun. The
department says 18-year-old Brian Harris, 18-year-old Benjamin
Butterfield and 19-year-old Brian Jackson were playfully shooting
at each other and did not aim for the window. They're due in court
Jan. 4 -- three days after the Rose Bowl.
The volunteers with the Community Christmas Basket project had extra large smiles and an extra spring in their step yesterday afternoon as they prepared for tomorrow’s distribution.
217 -- "We're doing much better than we were about a week ago. We're about $25,000 which means we're going, at this point, to be able to do nice baskets for about 550 families."
That also means they raised about $10-thousand in just over the past week alone. Something that made Carol Bennett beam as she talked about preparations. For the second year in a row the baskets will be handed out at the former Dunham Motors site on Highway 101. Bennett said there are no requirements… all someone has to do is say they have a need. They’ll begin handing out the boxes at ten A.M. tomorrow morning. Bennett said people need to enter from Spruce Street and use the 25th street entrance.
A $1.25-million project to install a new 12-inch water line in the historic Old Town Florence area got the nod recently by the Florence Urban Renewal Agency Board of Directors.
216 -- "as the top infrastructure priority for the first bond issue and the board approved that recommendation. So that's the initial step in the structuring of a bond issue and getting into the program next year."
Mayor Phil Brubaker said there’s still a lot of planning and engineering needed and it may be up to two years before they begin to dig. When it’s completed however, it’s expected to provide more reliable service and dramatically increase the ‘fire-flow’… the amount of water that can be used in event of an emergency.
Backers of the Oregon Coast Military Heritage Museum now have some real estate to go under the building that they purchased earlier this year. They signed a lease with the City of Florence earlier this week to place the new museum on a parcel of ground in the Business Park on Kingwood near the airport.
215 -- "The next move is to continue our museum design so that we can finalize a construction budget, start pulling permits, prepping the ground, and actually get the building started. We think that we are still on schedule to meet our building shell to be completed by November 11 of 2010."
Cal Applebee said the group is grateful for the assistance and cooperation of the city through the entire process so far.
Federal regulators approved the construction of a liquefied natural gas terminal on the north edge of Coos Bay along with a pipeline through South-West Oregon to the California state line. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission… FERC… voted 3-1 yesterday in Washington, DC to approved the Jordan Cove project. The super-cooled gas would be delivered to the terminal by ship, then distributed through the 230-mile long pipeline set to run through Douglas, Jackson and Klamath Counties. Economic development proponents say the terminal will bring much needed jobs to the region, but opponents say they plan to appeal. Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski and Attorney General John Kroger say they intend to request a re-hearing of the decision.
From the Associated Press...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A suspended Portland high school teacher
has been indicted on charges of delivery and possession of
methamphetamine. A Multnomah County grand jury indicted 35-year-old
Zuleyma Noemi Figueroa, who taught Spanish at Benson Polytechnic
High School. The Oregonian reports she is due to be arraigned today
in Multnomah County Circuit Court.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Environmental activist Jeffrey "Free"
Luers has been released from prison after spending more than eight
years behind bars for setting three SUVs on fire at a Eugene
dealership. Luers was initially sentenced to almost 23 years in
prison, but the Oregon Court of Appeals ordered resentencing in
2007. A Lane County Circuit Court judge cut it to 10 years.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon's attorney general says the popular
Cash for Clunkers program required that car dealers pass along the
scrap value of old cars to the customers who traded them in.
Attorney General John Kroger says that two Portland-area
dealerships have agreed to settle disputes by paying 236 customers
a combined $43,571 for the scrap value of trade-ins.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - An analysis by The Oregonian newspaper shows
that more people in Oregon are committing fraud to get government
benefits. Since the economy dived into a deep recession last year,
instances of cheating to get unemployment and Medicaid benefits
have jumped. Investigators confirmed nearly 1,500 cases of
unemployment fraud in October 2009 - a 122 percent increase over
October 2008.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Zoo has taken in two orphaned
cougar cubs over the past week and a half. The brother-and-sister
duo were captured by wildlife officials after a homeowner near the
Springfield Country Club shot and killed their mother as she
approached his dogs. Orphaned cubs nurse until three months and
can't survive on their own in the wild.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Portland television station is reporting
that a 43-year-old man convicted of a 1998 triple homicide in West
Salem could soon be out of jail. K-A-T-U reports that the Polk
County district attorney's office has decided to dismiss the case
against Phillip Cannon, who has maintained that he did NOT murder
Jason Kinzer, Suzan Osborne and Celesta Graves.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Water flowing from southern Oregon's
Applegate Dam could start generating electricity by 2014 under a
new federal hydropower license issued yesterday. The Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission issued the license to Symbiotics, a
Utah-based utility that plans to attach a 10-megawatt generating
facility to the dam on the Applegate River.
EAGLE POINT, Ore. (AP) - Authorities are deciding whether to
file felony charges against three Eagle Point teenagers accused of
sending sexually explicit photos of minors by text message. Eagle
Point Police Chief David Strand says the teens - two boys and one
girl - sent the photos to numerous students at the local high
school.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Lots of prep basketball on the court today and tomorrow… the Mapleton Sailors are at home this afternoon for a double-header against Triangle lake… the girls tip off at three, the boys at 4:30. Siuslaw enters the holiday tournament season in Myrtle Point this evening… the Viking Girls take on Myrtle Point at six… the boys also face the Bobcats in their game at 7:30. The tourney continues tomorrow.
On the college court… the Oregon State women are at home this evening against Seattle University. The Oregon women are in Laramie Sunday afternoon where they’ll face the University of Wyoming. Tomorrow for the men, it’s Oregon State against Mississippi Valley State at seven… .a 6:30 airtime is set for KCFM. The Oregon Men are also at home tomorrow… they’re hosting Oakland of Michigan at 7:30… the pregame here on Coast Radio will be at seven.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Three Oregon football players are scheduled
to appear in Eugene Municipal Court next month on charges of
discharging a firearm. Police say one of the players shattered an
apartment window Monday with a shot from a pellet gun. The
department says 18-year-old Brian Harris, 18-year-old Benjamin
Butterfield and 19-year-old Brian Jackson were playfully shooting
at each other and did not aim for the window. They're due in court
Jan. 4 -- three days after the Rose Bowl.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Music education crucial to young students; LCC science lab nearing completion; Winter Folk Festival lineup previewed; and Florence Urban Renewal...
Younger students get lasting benefits from music in the classroom
His youngest students are in the sixth grade, but Siuslaw High School and Middle School Band Director Steve Conaton (KON-uh-tunn) says including music education in younger grades is imperative.
205 – “You know music is something that is absolutely universal to everyone and not having the opportunity for a musical education will make kids miss out on so many different things.”
Working on rhythms and scales can create a bonding experience for kids and Conaton says it makes them feel like they’re part of something larger.
206 – “That idea of putting this whole group of kids together in one classroom and having them all do something exactly together and learning like the procedures they will always have an opportunity to put on a performance.”
That ability to perform is something that, as adults, we do all the time; whether it’s a business presentation or some other public engagement:
207 – “That experience of being on a stage and performing in some way is a hugely important skill that will definitely last with them for a lifetime.”
Conaton will present sixth, seventh and eighth grade band members as part of the annual Holiday Concert at Siuslaw Middle School this evening. The concert is free and open to the public. It begins at 7:30.
While we’re on the topic of music and music education… For the past several years the Florence Winter Folk Festival has funded a two-week music curriculum in Mapleton and Siuslaw schools culminating in a free concert for grade-schoolers at the Florence Events Center by headliners. This year the popular all-female acoustical group “Misty River” will appear at the festival and offer two free concerts to area grade-schoolers. The Winter Folk Festival is set for January 23rd and 24th.
(Noon Only)
Festival Director Hal Weiner will talk about the lineup this afternoon on KCST’s Community Forum.
Work is wrapping up at Lane Community College in Florence on the construction of a new science lab. Dr. Ken Stone teaches microbiology. He said students are forced to share one small sink and he has do most of his lab preparations at home. That will change when the work is complete just after the first of the year. Stone showed off the new science lab and ‘Smart Classroom’ technology yesterday.
210 – “A podium that has all the electronics in one location to be able to teach using almost all of the media available. It allows us to use more materials in the classroom than we were ever able to.”
When construction is complete there will actually be two ‘smart classrooms’ allowing instructors to switch freely from video to overhead to computer presentations without delay.
The Florence Urban Renewal Agency released its annual report earlier this month. Today at noon the agency’s Vice President, Mike Webb will talk about it during the monthly Chamber of Commerce Noon Forum at Tavolo Restaurant at Sandpines Golf Links… It’s open to the public.
From the Associated Press:
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Authorities say they have officially
suspended the search for two climbers missing and presumed dead on
Mount Hood. Searchers have been able to do little during a snow
storm the past two days. Twenty-nine-year-old Katie Nolan of
Portland and 24-year-old Anthony Vietti of Longview, Wash., have
been missing since Friday. The body of a third climber, 26-year-old
Luke Gullberg of Des Moines, Wash., was found Saturday. Rescuers
suspect they had an accident.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - The mother and stepfather of a 15-year-old
Eugene girl who died last week have been indicted on charges of
aggravated murder. Lawyers entered not guilty pleas on behalf of
Richard and Angela McAnulty yesterday in Lane County Circuit Court.
That hearing took place shortly before a public memorial was held
for Jeanette Maples in Springfield.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Portland Water Bureau says a seagull
is likely to blame for E. coli that contaminated a city reservoir.
The city issued a rare boil water order in November for 50,000
homes and businesses after two samples taken over two days came
back positive for a relatively mild strain of E. coli. The bureau
says genetic testing has indicated seagull DNA.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Multnomah County inmate has been
sentenced to five years in prison while he awaits trial on a murder
charge. Charles Louis Sampson Jr. pleaded guilty to charges that he
cheated Qwest Communications and the county jail by figuring out
how to avoid making collect calls. The scheme involved setting up
business lines for fictional people, and Sampson sold his method to
other prisoners for about $50-$60.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service is rewriting
the basic planning rule that balances logging against wildlife,
clean water, and other benefits of the national forests.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced from Washington D.C.
this morning that work is starting on an environmental impact
statement to take the place of one produced by the Bush
administration that was struck down by a federal judge.
WHITE CITY, Ore. (AP) - A jury has convicted a man who led
police on a chase in White City that injured two Jackson County
sheriff's deputies. Prosecutors say Nathan Lynn Ramey rammed the
patrol cars with his pickup during a May 7 pursuit on Highway 62.
Jurors found him guilty of assault and attempted assault. Ramey
will be sentenced Dec. 22 - the day he turns 45.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - A man responsible for a notorious Southern
Oregon crime spree earlier this decade has been found NOT guilty of
welfare fraud. Eric Ziegler had been out of prison for 13 days when
he was arrested in June on charges of unlawfully obtaining food
stamps, unlawfully obtaining public assistance and theft.
BONANZA, Ore. (AP) - The authorities arrested a motorist accused
of driving his truck into a power pole and telephone box near
Bonanza and then fleeing. Klamath County sheriff's deputies
arrested 30-year-old Tom G. Wilkie at a residence on Bly Mountain
Cutoff Road. He is charged with criminal mischief and failing to
perform duties of a driver.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Prep Basketball:
The Siuslaw Viking girls trailed the number one ranked Cottage Grove Lions early, ultimately falling 68-28 last night in Florence. Leigh Aurich led the Vikings with 8 points.
College Basketball:
First the women… Number-25 Georgia Tech downed the Ducks 87 – 69 last night in Atlanta. Micaela Cocks led Oregon with 19 points. For the men, in Eugene… Garrett Sim had 19 points in the Ducks’ 79-51 victory over Mississippi Valley State. It was Sim’s first start of the season, he was five-of-nine from outside the arc and six of 12 from the field overall. In Chicago, Illinois-Chicago’s Robo Kreps scored on a drive to the basket with six seconds left to rally the Flames to a 63 – 61 upset victory over the Oregon State Men. Head Coach Craig Robinson called the loss – quote – “frustrating”. The Beavers blew a late seven point lead and are now four-and-five overall.
His youngest students are in the sixth grade, but Siuslaw High School and Middle School Band Director Steve Conaton (KON-uh-tunn) says including music education in younger grades is imperative.
205 – “You know music is something that is absolutely universal to everyone and not having the opportunity for a musical education will make kids miss out on so many different things.”
Working on rhythms and scales can create a bonding experience for kids and Conaton says it makes them feel like they’re part of something larger.
206 – “That idea of putting this whole group of kids together in one classroom and having them all do something exactly together and learning like the procedures they will always have an opportunity to put on a performance.”
That ability to perform is something that, as adults, we do all the time; whether it’s a business presentation or some other public engagement:
207 – “That experience of being on a stage and performing in some way is a hugely important skill that will definitely last with them for a lifetime.”
Conaton will present sixth, seventh and eighth grade band members as part of the annual Holiday Concert at Siuslaw Middle School this evening. The concert is free and open to the public. It begins at 7:30.
While we’re on the topic of music and music education… For the past several years the Florence Winter Folk Festival has funded a two-week music curriculum in Mapleton and Siuslaw schools culminating in a free concert for grade-schoolers at the Florence Events Center by headliners. This year the popular all-female acoustical group “Misty River” will appear at the festival and offer two free concerts to area grade-schoolers. The Winter Folk Festival is set for January 23rd and 24th.
(Noon Only)
Festival Director Hal Weiner will talk about the lineup this afternoon on KCST’s Community Forum.
Work is wrapping up at Lane Community College in Florence on the construction of a new science lab. Dr. Ken Stone teaches microbiology. He said students are forced to share one small sink and he has do most of his lab preparations at home. That will change when the work is complete just after the first of the year. Stone showed off the new science lab and ‘Smart Classroom’ technology yesterday.
210 – “A podium that has all the electronics in one location to be able to teach using almost all of the media available. It allows us to use more materials in the classroom than we were ever able to.”
When construction is complete there will actually be two ‘smart classrooms’ allowing instructors to switch freely from video to overhead to computer presentations without delay.
The Florence Urban Renewal Agency released its annual report earlier this month. Today at noon the agency’s Vice President, Mike Webb will talk about it during the monthly Chamber of Commerce Noon Forum at Tavolo Restaurant at Sandpines Golf Links… It’s open to the public.
From the Associated Press:
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Authorities say they have officially
suspended the search for two climbers missing and presumed dead on
Mount Hood. Searchers have been able to do little during a snow
storm the past two days. Twenty-nine-year-old Katie Nolan of
Portland and 24-year-old Anthony Vietti of Longview, Wash., have
been missing since Friday. The body of a third climber, 26-year-old
Luke Gullberg of Des Moines, Wash., was found Saturday. Rescuers
suspect they had an accident.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - The mother and stepfather of a 15-year-old
Eugene girl who died last week have been indicted on charges of
aggravated murder. Lawyers entered not guilty pleas on behalf of
Richard and Angela McAnulty yesterday in Lane County Circuit Court.
That hearing took place shortly before a public memorial was held
for Jeanette Maples in Springfield.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Portland Water Bureau says a seagull
is likely to blame for E. coli that contaminated a city reservoir.
The city issued a rare boil water order in November for 50,000
homes and businesses after two samples taken over two days came
back positive for a relatively mild strain of E. coli. The bureau
says genetic testing has indicated seagull DNA.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Multnomah County inmate has been
sentenced to five years in prison while he awaits trial on a murder
charge. Charles Louis Sampson Jr. pleaded guilty to charges that he
cheated Qwest Communications and the county jail by figuring out
how to avoid making collect calls. The scheme involved setting up
business lines for fictional people, and Sampson sold his method to
other prisoners for about $50-$60.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service is rewriting
the basic planning rule that balances logging against wildlife,
clean water, and other benefits of the national forests.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced from Washington D.C.
this morning that work is starting on an environmental impact
statement to take the place of one produced by the Bush
administration that was struck down by a federal judge.
WHITE CITY, Ore. (AP) - A jury has convicted a man who led
police on a chase in White City that injured two Jackson County
sheriff's deputies. Prosecutors say Nathan Lynn Ramey rammed the
patrol cars with his pickup during a May 7 pursuit on Highway 62.
Jurors found him guilty of assault and attempted assault. Ramey
will be sentenced Dec. 22 - the day he turns 45.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - A man responsible for a notorious Southern
Oregon crime spree earlier this decade has been found NOT guilty of
welfare fraud. Eric Ziegler had been out of prison for 13 days when
he was arrested in June on charges of unlawfully obtaining food
stamps, unlawfully obtaining public assistance and theft.
BONANZA, Ore. (AP) - The authorities arrested a motorist accused
of driving his truck into a power pole and telephone box near
Bonanza and then fleeing. Klamath County sheriff's deputies
arrested 30-year-old Tom G. Wilkie at a residence on Bly Mountain
Cutoff Road. He is charged with criminal mischief and failing to
perform duties of a driver.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Prep Basketball:
The Siuslaw Viking girls trailed the number one ranked Cottage Grove Lions early, ultimately falling 68-28 last night in Florence. Leigh Aurich led the Vikings with 8 points.
College Basketball:
First the women… Number-25 Georgia Tech downed the Ducks 87 – 69 last night in Atlanta. Micaela Cocks led Oregon with 19 points. For the men, in Eugene… Garrett Sim had 19 points in the Ducks’ 79-51 victory over Mississippi Valley State. It was Sim’s first start of the season, he was five-of-nine from outside the arc and six of 12 from the field overall. In Chicago, Illinois-Chicago’s Robo Kreps scored on a drive to the basket with six seconds left to rally the Flames to a 63 – 61 upset victory over the Oregon State Men. Head Coach Craig Robinson called the loss – quote – “frustrating”. The Beavers blew a late seven point lead and are now four-and-five overall.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Clarification of H1N1 Vaccine recall
The voluntary recall of H1N1 vaccine intended for young children doesn't mean the vaccine was unsafe or defective. Christine Stone, Communications Officer with the Oregon Public Health Division says the vaccine was not as potent as specs called for but would be effective enough to provide the anti-bodies needed to prevent H1N1 flu. Any children who may have been vaccinated by the 'under-strength' serum would not neccesarily need to be re-vaccinated, but Centers for Disease Control guidelines suggest that children nine and under receive a second dose about one month following the first one.
An earlier story was unclear and may have suggested that any child who received the low potency vaccine would have to be vaccinated again.
An earlier story was unclear and may have suggested that any child who received the low potency vaccine would have to be vaccinated again.
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