Special Session set to begin…
The Oregon Legislature will convene in special session Monday morning and Ninth District Oregon Representative Arnie Roblan says they’ll have a limited amount of time to get things done.
205 – “We will be out by the 28th of February…”
The topics that will be addressed by lawmakers will also be limited, but the economy will continue to take center stage.
206 – “I think it will continue to be one driven by these difficult economic times. We need to continue to work at trying to protect that middle class and those people that have lost jobs and continue to try to bring the economy back and find jobs for people.”
Legislators will also work on revising things they passed during last year’s session… things like the Business Energy Tax Credit and a cost cutting move that provided for early prison releases. Both have wound up costing more money than anticipated.
The Florence City Council is expected to finalize a land swap Monday night with Habitat for Humanity. The initial stages of the swap are well under way, with Habitat finishing up site preparations on a parcel of land next to the current Senior Booster Center where they’ll build several homes. In exchange for the city property, Habitat will transfer a parcel near Ninth Street that was not suitable for their intentions, but the city may use in the future. Also on tap for the Council: wrapping up an agreement on the management and operation of the new Senior Center under construction on Kingwood Street. Public Works Director Mike Miller will also present a report to the council on plans for the existing center once the new one is complete.
Myrtle and Maud are on their way to Southern California courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard. Myrtle is a rare Olive Ridley sea turtle… Maude a Green sea turtle. Both were rescued off the Oregon Coast last fall and have been recuperating at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport. The two turtles were ferried on a Coast Guard C-130 airplane based out of Sacramento, California and delivered to San Diego where they’ll complete their recovery. Commander Todd Lightle with the Coast Guard says the mission gives crews practice getting in and out of a small airport and handling a unique loading excersize. Crews kept the amphibious duo in a comfortable 70 degree temperature with cabin pressure at ‘sea level’.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) - Closing arguments are expected today in
the faith healing trial of an Oregon City couple charged in the
death of their teenage son. Testimony ended yesterday on a dramatic
note -- with the boy's mother crying on the witness stand. Marci
Beagley told prosecutors twice that she didn't believe her son was
going to die. Beagley and her husband, Jeff, are charged with
criminally negligent homicide in the June 2008 death of their son,
Neil. He died from complications resulting from a urinary tract
blockage that could've been treated.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland fire crews responding to a report
of smoke found both a brush fire and a burned-out car with a body
inside. Portland Fire Bureau spokeswoman Kim Kosmas said last night
that the victim was male. Neighbors had called to report the smoke.
Fire investigators and police detectives responded. The cause of
the fire wasn't immediately known.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A federal grand jury has indicted a former
Oregon State Hospital escapee on charges that he made threats
against President Barack Obama. U.S. attorney's office spokeswoman
Gerri Badden says 26-year-old David Anderson made his first court
appearance this week. He remains in custody with a trial scheduled
for March 30. Anderson also faces a felony escape charge for
escaping from the state mental hospital in August.
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Washington and Oregon are in line to
receive nearly $600 million for projects to increase the speed of
trains between Seattle and Portland, Ore. The improvement could
eventually cut an hour from the current 3 1/2-hour trip. Washington
Democratic Sen. Patty Murray says the projects will increase the
number of Amtrak passenger trains between the two cities, reduce
rail congestion and improve on-time reliability.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Eugene police have arrested a second suspect
in the beating of University of Oregon football player Rob Beard.
The Register-Guard reports the 19-year-old arrested yesterday and
the 20-year-old arrested Wednesday are both Lane Community College
students. Beard was knocked unconscious by kicks to his head during
a street fight early Sunday. He was released yesterday from a
hospital and is recovering at home in Eugene.
(Register Guard)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Portland police officer who saw a man on
fire accidentally used pepper spray on him instead of a fire
extinguisher. Police say when the officer went to the trunk of her
patrol car for the extinguisher Wednesday she grabbed a large can
of pepper spray, which also is painted red. The Oregonian reports
the pepper spray is water-based and not flammable. The 26-year-old
man who set himself on fire later died at a hospital.
(The Oregonian)
WOODBURN, Ore. (AP) - A man riding a bicycle about 6:30 last
night near Woodburn was struck and killed by a truck. The Marion
County sheriff's office says the man was unconscious when medics
arrived, and he died at the scene.
(Statesman Journal)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The flocks of brown pelicans that live on
the Oregon coast in the summer usually fly south for the winter to
Southern California and Mexico. But hundreds of birds are lingering
this winter. A seabird specialist for the Fish and Wildlife Service
in Newport, Roy Lowe, says this is the most he's seen in January.
Dozens of pelicans have starved.
(The Oregonian)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon's two U.S. senators have introduced
legislation that would turn thousands of acres of Central Oregon
land once occupied by the Rajneeshpuram commune into a wilderness
area. About half of the proposed Cathedral Rock and Horse Heaven
Wilderness Act would be from the former ranch near Antelope once
controlled by followers of Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The board for Oregon's state pension fund
is considering a policy change that could ease some of money
problems from the fund's 2008 investment losses. The board is
expected to vote Friday on rate changes that would lessen the
increases in contributions that state agencies must pay to the
Public Employee Retirement Fund.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Prep Wrestling:
The Siuslaw Vikings split a pair of dual meets last night on the mats, winning a Far West Dual against Sutherlin, then falling in a non-league contest to Myrtle Point. Nick Ough and Sonny Tupua were double winners on the night for the Vikings.
College Basketball:
The Oregon Men snapped a five-game losing streak last night with a 71-66 overtime victory over the UCLA Bruins. Tajuan Porter and Matt Humphrey hit for 15 points each. // Oregon State trailed most of the way, took their first lead midway through the second half; and snapped a three-game losing streak with a 51-45 victory in Corvallis over the USC Trojans. Calvin Haynes led the Beavers with 25 points. // The Trojans will face Oregon tomorrow in Eugene at three… airtime on KCST is at 2:30. UCLA will be in Corvallis with the Beavers at 4:30… airtime on KCFM is set for four. // For the women…. UCLA cruised past Oregon 104-80 in Los Angeles. Amanda Johnson led the Ducks with 18 points. Also in Los Angeles, the USC Trojans crushed the Oregon State women 61 – 34.
On the Schedule:
Plenty of prep basketball action… The Douglas Trojans are in Florence for boys and girls Far West League basketball against the Siuslaw Vikings… the girls tip off at six, the boys right after. Airtime on KCST is at 5:45. IN the Sunset League, Reedsport will host the Rogue River Chieftans. In the Mountain West… the Mapleton Sailor boys are flying solo tonight, they’ll face Oak Hill in Eugene.
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