Beach Cleanup and Walk coincide tomorrow; DeFazio decries social security cut; Port locks up sanitary pumpouts.

25th anniversary Fall Beach Cleanup coincides with Habitat Beach Walk…

Tomorrow, thousands of Oregonians will hit the beach with one aim in mind… Picking up garbage along the State’s 360 mile coastline. In the Florence area, many of those walkers may do double duty as they raise money for Florence Habitat for Humanity. Oregon Parks Beach Ranger Trisha Wymore supervises the annual beach cleanup in Lane County.
200 – “We have six different locations where you can sign up. Carl Washburne, Heceta Beach, North Jetty, the Siuslaw Bank in Florence, the South Jetty and then the Siltcoos Recreation Area down south.”

The cleanup goes on, rain or shine.
201 – “Starts at ten and all the beach captains will be there about 9:30, 10:00 so you can sign up and then it goes until one o’clock.”

Beginning at eight tomorrow and running through noon will be the Florence Habitat for Humanity Beachwalk. Participants will walk from North Jetty to Heceta Beach and back to raise money.
202 – “But hopefully they can go together pretty well and when they’re walking they can pick up some trash and…”

Wymore says Habitat walkers are welcome to sign up at Heceta Beach and do ‘double duty’.

Millions of Americans on fixed incomes will get less money unless congress takes action on a bill introduced this week by Independent Vermont Representative Bernie Sanders and Oregon Democrat Peter DeFazio.
204 – “It’s absolutely outrageous that America’s seniors won’t see a cost of living adjustment in their Social Security checks this year.”

DeFazio say unless the Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act is approved, an increase in the Medicare prescription drug premium will actually reduce monthly social security payments for many. He and Sanders want to issue a one-time $250 payment to seniors to compensate for the lack of a cost of living increase and the premium hike. It would be paid for by increasing taxes of Americans earning more than $250-thousand a year.

Two sanitary pump-out stations on the docks in Old Town are locked up because of misuse and vandalism. Susy Lacer with the Port of Siuslaw says crews have spent hours cleaning out the stations over the past few months because boaters have used them improperly, forcing trash and debris into the systems and clogging lines. They’re provided to reduce pollution and allow boats with self contained facilities the ability to pump out sewage holding tanks without removing them from the water. For now, anyone wishing to use the stations are being asked to call port maintenance personnel.

TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Prep Volleyball:
Reedsport ____ Rogue River in ____ games
Triangle Lake downed the Mapleton Sailors in four games to claim a Mountain West League matchup last night. The Sailors won the first game 25-10, but the Lakers swept the next three with the final game going to 29-27.

On The Schedule:
The Siuslaw Vikings are in Molalla tonight for non-league football action against the Indians. That game will air on Coast Radio Sports at 6:45. The Mapleton Sailors host the Perrydale Pirates and the Waldport Irish are in Reedsport… all games kick off at seven. // Siuslaw High School will host the Viking Volleyball Invitational tomorrow. // On the Cross Country Course, the number one ranked Vikings are at the Molalla Tree Farm Invitational tomorrow. Reedsport is at the Prefontaine Memorial in Coos Bay.

On the college gridiron tomorrow, Oregon faces the Utah Utes at Autzen Stadium at 12:30. Airtime on KCST 106.9 is at 11:30. Oregon State will take on number 17 Cincinnati at 3:45… airtime on KCFM is set for 2:30.