Legislature urged to use fiscal restraint…
Representative Arnie Roblan is thankful Oregon voters said ‘yes’ to a pair of tax measures earlier this week. But, he adds, the approval doesn’t mean the state’s financial woes are over by any means.
200 – “I think that what it really says to us, at least to me, is that we have been giving an opportunity to be very wise and judicious with the monies that we have and try to help kind of guide ourselves through this recession and try to get jobs going again.”
Roblan sees the yes votes… both Measures 66 and 67 passed by more than five-percent margins… as a confirmation that Oregonians want to take care of those less fortunate. The Coos Bay Democrat says with the special session of the legislature set to begin on Monday it’s time for lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to put the campaign behind them and work together.
201 – “I hope that the rhetoric will stop and we can move on with solving the problems that Oregon has and there are a lot of them.”
Economic forecasts are expected to continue to sow a weak economy for several more months, signifying a delayed recovery.
President Obama laid out his picture for the State of the Union last night and Oregon’s Fourth District Congressman, Peter DeFazio, said for the most part he likes what he heard. The Springfield Democrat applauded the President on his announcement that job creation and growth will be high priorities in the coming year.
202 – “I also applaud the fact that he’s taken the first steps to do something that I proposed more than a year ago. Make Wall Street pay to clean up its own mess, not Main Street American taxpayers.”
DeFazio said Obama’s remarks on education were – quote – “promising”, praised comments about cutting government waste, and agrees that the recent Supreme Court decision allowing unlimited corporate campaign spending needs to be addressed. But, he said, he was disappointed by the President’s “lack of specifics on health care reform”.
A 25-year old Eugene man died over the weekend from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle crash north of Florence January 16th. David Chai was one of nine people injured in the crash about four miles north of Heceta Head that closed Highway 101 for several hours. The Oregon State Police is continuing their investigation.
The lineup is set, there’s big money and the table and to the winner goes the glory. No, it’s not the Super Bowl, it’s the first ever ‘Brew-B-Q’ rib and wing cookoff at the Three Rivers Casino and Hotel. Saturday, February 6th grill-masters from around the state will prepare their finest ribs and wings with celebrity judges determining the winners. That winner will earn $1000 and the right to serve their creation the next day during Three Rivers’ Super Sunday party.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - No injuries are reported after a three-alarm
fire engulfed a large abandoned building in Salem. Police say the
fire at the old Fairview Training Center started at about 4 p.m.
Wednesday. Fire crews say there are no fire hydrants in the area
and water was trucked in. The cause of the fire is under
investigation.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Police and fire officials are trying to
determine why a man set himself on fire in downtown Portland near a
fur store that's been the scene of protests. Portland Fire Bureau
Lt. Damon Simmons said last night that the man died at Legacy
Emanuel Medical Center. A medical examiner identified him as
26-year-old Daniel Shaull. Witnesses tell KATU-TV that the man was
screaming "There are animals dying! Animals dying!"
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Sen. Patty Murray says Washington
state is in line to receive $590 million for a high-speed rail line
from Seattle to Portland, Ore. Murray says the money will increase
the number of Amtrak passenger trains between the region's two
biggest cities, as well as reduce rail congestion and improve
on-time reliability. President Barack Obama plans to announce
grants for 13 major corridors today while in Tampa, Fla.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A state report concludes that Oregon child
welfare workers repeatedly failed to help an abused teenage girl in
Eugene whose parents were charged with aggravated murder in her
death. The report released yesterday by the Oregon Department of
Human Services said the case of Jeanette Maples was not adequately
investigated or referred for assessment despite four separate calls
alleging abuse and neglect over four years. The 15-year-old was
killed Dec. 9. Her mother and stepfather are now facing aggravated
murder charges.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Jeff Merkley says the president's call
for new jobs is what he wanted to hear in the State of the Union
speech. Sen. Ron Wyden says Obama laid out a vision for a
transparent, principled government that gets results. Republican
Congressman Greg Walden says he embraces the president's call for
Congress to work together to solve the country's problems.
(The Oregonian)
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A man accused of beating University of
Oregon football player Rob Beard was arrested yesterday on an
assault charge. Twenty-year-old Maurice Dion Peterson of Eugene is
held in the Lane County jail. Beard was beaten in a street fight
early Sunday and was released yesterday from a hospital after
surgery on his nose. The Register-Guard reports his family hopes
the placekicker will be ready for spring drills.
(Register Guard)
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A Salem food processor, Truitt Bros., is
giving 90 tons of food - eight semi-truckloads - to Marion-Polk
Food Share. The company told The Statesman Journal it decided to
donate the food after a customer discounted the products. They
include frozen chicken breasts and food-service portions of chili,
corned beef, and beans and sausage.
(Statesman Journal)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A man who yelled anti-Semitic remarks at
Portland temple and racial slurs in downtown Portland in November
has been sent to the state mental hospital. The 36-year-old man,
Michael Mark Chapman, was found guilty but for insanity yesterday
in Multnomah County Circuit Court where he was restrained in a
chair. The Oregonian reports Chapman was known to police for
disturbances in the metro area.
(The Oregonian)
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
On The Schedule Tonight:
The Siuslaw Viking wrestlers will be on the mat tonight for a ‘double-dual’ meet in Sutherlin… first up a Far West dual meet against the Bulldogs… then another non-league matchup against either Myrtle Point or Coquille.
There’s college basketball on tap this evening… the Oregon Men are looking to end a five-game losing skid when they host UCLA at Mac Court at 7:30… the pregame show on KCST is at seven. The Oregon State Men are looking to end their own three-game losing streak when they host USC at 5:30… the pregame on KCFM is at five. The women are on the court in Southern California tonight… the Lady Ducks at Pauley Pavilion against UCLA and the Oregon State women against USC.
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