Dickens Christmas wraps up with a little moonlight madness…
The second annual Dickens Christmas in Historic Old Town Florence will wrap up this weekend with a little bit of a Christmas classic, some hayrides and madness in the moonlight. The final presentation of The Nutcracker, presented by Nouvelle Lune Dance Company at the Florence Events Center takes the stage at seven tonight. Tomorrow, the hay wagon will be circulating through Florence ferrying shoppers through the Old Town area. For those who prefer to walk, there’ll be a ‘mutt strut’ on the Boardwalk from 12:30 to three and the GALA Second Saturday Artwalk from three to five. A wide variety of music, food and events will be offered up and down the avenue and the entire day will be capped with “Ebenezer Scrooge’s Moonlight Madness”. Participating Merchants of Old Town will stay open until ten pm. The final events of the Dickens Christmas Festival will take place Sunday afternoon, two pm, at the Florence Events Center with the Community Chorus Holiday Concert. And of course, don’t forget the Victorian Christmas Open House at Heceta Lighthouse from four to seven tonight and tomorrow.
A Eugene couple have been charged with aggravated murder in what court documents describe as the "intentional maiming and torture" of a teenage daughter. The Lane County sheriff's office said the victim was 16-year-old Jeanette Maples. Authorities say the girl's 41-year-old mother, Angela Darlene McAnulty, and 40-year-old Richard Anthony McAnulty were arrested early Thursday. They were arraigned and are being held in the Lane County jail. The Register-Guard newspaper in Eugene said prosecutors allege in court documents the death was in the course of, or as a result
of, the violence. No cause of death was specified. The sheriff's office says a caller told 911 dispatchers Wednesday night that someone at Maples' house wasn't breathing. Deputies say an ambulance took her to a hospital, but she died.
Florence police officers were reaching outside city limits again yesterday when they served a search warrant on a home at 87738 Highway 101, just north of town. The resident, 47-year old Jerry M. Hamilton, was not present when the warrant was served just before noon. Officers recovered a small amount of various controlled substances, plus marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The search warrant was based on information developed by officers, as well as two controlled buys of methamphetamine. Hamilton is currently wanted on a Felony Warrant out of Lincoln County and is on Felony Probation in Lane County. Police Spokesperson Sarah Huff says this case will be forwarded to the District Attorney to seek an arrest warrant.
Officials from the Oregon Department of Transportation and the City of Florence will officially cut the ribbon Monday morning at eleven on a pedestrian safety improvement on Highway 101 at 30th street. The crossing features pedestrian activated flashing lights and a center refuge island aimed at preventing a repeat of a tragedy that occurred near that location in July of 2000 when then 14-year old Dustin Eichelberger was struck by a car and killed.
Visitors to the beach on the Oregon Coast are once again finding dozens of dead giant squid, this time in the Seaside area. Keith Chandler with the Seaside Aquarium says it’s not unusual to find the dead squid on beaches in the early fall, but this is very late in the season.
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Prep basketball is on the court tonight… in Florence the Siuslaw girls will host the number one ranked team in the state tonight when the Cottage Grove Lions come calling. The Viking boys will be in Cottage Grove. Both games tip off at seven. The Boys’ game will air on Coast Radio Sports beginning at 6:45.
Forecasts for freezing rain may cause school officials to cancel both games… the final decision won’t come until 2:30 this afternoon.
The Mapleton Sailors will take on the Cougars in Crow for Mountain West League action with the girls tipping off at 5:30… the boys at seven.
The Reedsport Braves are on the court at home for boys and girls basketball against the North Bend Bulldogs with the first game at six.
Prep wrestling… Reedsport is in Central Oregon at the Culver pre-season tournament… the Siuslaw Vikings are in North Bend tomorrow at the Coast Classic.
College Basketball:
The Oregon State men are in Lincoln, Nebraska tomorrow where they’ll take on the Cornhuskers at five o’clock. Airtime on KCFM is at 4:30. The Oregon men will host St. Mary’s at one tomorrow afternoon… airtime in KCST is at 12:30. The Oregon State Women will host Weber (WEE-bur) State tomorrow night at seven.
College Football:
No. 15 BYU is returning to familiar territory in the Las Vegas Bowl, but coach Bronco Mendenhall says his players are happy with the trip this time around because of their opponent, No. 16 Oregon State. Mendenhall said Thursday that his Cougars are anxious to play and believe the matchup elevates the status of the bowl his team
has been a part of for five years in a row. BYU (10-2) was upset 31-21 by Arizona at Sam Boyd Stadium last year, but tight end Dennis Pitta says his team has a different attitude going into this game. Oregon State (8-4) is shaking off its own disappointment after losing to Oregon with a Rose Bowl berth at stake. The bowl game is Dec. 22.
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