MLK observances set for tomorrow…
Florence’s eighth annual observance of Martin Luther King Junior’s birthday is set again for tomorrow beginning at one PM. That’s when an hour-long march will set out from Siuslaw Public Library on Ninth Street. Marchers will return to the Bromley Room at two for a program entitled “Healthy Minds – Healthy Bodies”. A panel of three speakers will talk about special values at risk in education and health care. First up will be Siuslaw Superintendent Jeff Davis on education and funding; Dr. Peter Mahr from the Multnomah County Health Department will discuss practical health issues and concerns; then, Bou (boo) Kilgore will talk about educational opportunities. Kilgore is a retired educator of English and American History. An open panel will follow with all three speakers. An art show and contest will also be hosted by Citizen’s Democracy Watch… all students of art and language are encouraged to bring their work for judging.
That long stretch of large rocks jutting a quarter mile into the ocean on each side of the Siuslaw River entrance can be inviting, but it’s also dangerous.
215 – “There are no signs posted that says you shouldn’t be there, but it would be in everybody’s best interest to just avoid that. If you see any breaks going over the jetty it’s just a sign not to go. It’s extremely dangerous; you could just slip and fall into the water.”
Seaman Chantal Newell with the U.S. Coast Guard’s Siuslaw River Station says they can’t prohibit people from climbing on the rocks, but they do alert them to hazards when the seas get rough.
The former national coordinator of the U.S. Forest Service’s off-highway vehicle program will take over the reigns of the Siuslaw National Forest. Jerry Ingersoll, a 22-year Forest Service veteran spent several years in Washington DC helping finalize the travel management rule that reversed a long-standing policy that allowed off-highway vehicles to go anywhere on public land. The new rule now limits vehicles to specific areas. That issue is an important one on the Siuslaw National Forest which includes the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. Ingersoll calls the Oregon Dunes the “flagship” off-highway vehicle area for the national forest system.
Ballots for the January 26th special election began showing up in mailboxes this week. Elections officials say voters need to be sure to check both sides of the ballot. Interim Lane County Elections Supervisor Roxann Marshall says Measure 66 is on one side… 67 on the other. Marshall says once you drop that ballot in the mail or drop box, you can’t retrieve it. Ballots will be counted beginning at eight pm Tuesday, January 26th.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A La Grande man has been flown to a
Portland hospital for treatment of burns he suffered while rescuing
his 6-year-old grandson from a burning house. KPTV says Jim Smith
suffered burns to his head, face, arms and 70 percent of his back.
The boy was burned on his hand. Three other children were unhurt.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A chemical spill at a health building in
Oregon City has sent at least 10 people to area hospitals. The
Clackamas Fire District says emergency personnel were called to the
Clackamas County Dental Clinic at about noon yesterday after people
complained of headaches and minor respiratory symptoms. Portland
television station KPTV reported that the spilled chemical was
formocresol, a solution used in dental work.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland police say human remains found in
a shed at a southeast Portland residence have been identified as
those of a 45-year-old woman reported missing in May 2007. The
state medical examiner's office used dental records to identify the
remains as belonging to Susan Cserepes, who had lived at the
residence.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon's largest utility is proposing to
close the state's only coal-fired power plant 20 years sooner than
currently planned. The proposal that Portland General Electric Co.
advanced yesterday would require approval from state and federal
environmental regulators. The plan calls for the utility to run the
plant until 2020, instead of 2040.
BATTLE Ground, Wash. (AP) - A Battle Ground fire district says a
cell phone caller who reported seeing smoke from a mobile home
likely saved the life of a woman inside. Firefighters arriving at
the Country Manor Mobile Villa shortly after midnight woke up the
resident and helped her escape.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Gov. Ted Kulongoski has ordered flags at
public institutions flown at half staff tomorrow in memory of Army
Sgt. Joshua Allen Lengstorf. The 24-year-old from Yoncalla was
killed Jan. 3 in battle in Afghanistan. He was with a unit from
Fort Carson, Colo.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A Lane County judge denied early release for
the Keizer man who shot at a police officer and crashed into the
Marion County Courthouse and started a fire. Circuit Judge Debra
Vogt said she did not think the Legislature intended a new early
release law to apply for acts of terrorism. The lawyer for
Christopher Lee Millis had argued that his agreement to plead
guilty for the 2005 spree made him eligible for a sentence
reduction.
(Register Guard)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The budget is forcing the Portland Police
Bureau to cut its horsepower. The bureau proposes to eliminate its
mounted patrol to save $585,000 a year. The patrol is made up of
six officers and a sergeant. Four of the officers would be switched
to bikes. The Oregonian reports the mounted patrol began in 1979.
It was saved from a 1985 funding cut by a public campaign called
Save Our Steeds.
PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) - The parents of a recent University of
Portland graduate received the news from Haiti they've been
dreading. Their daughter, Molly Hightower, died in the collapse of
a building. The 22-year-old Hightower had been volunteering at an
orphanage.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - A South Medford High School graduate who
has spent the past three years in Haiti survived the devastating
earthquake. Don Hildebrand told the Mail Tribune newspaper of
Medford that his son, Kurt, reached the U.S. Embassy and made quick
phone call to tell his parents he's OK. Don Hildebrand says his son
"sounded very fragile" on the phone, and had seen a lot of bodies
in the street.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - A Klamath Falls man pleaded guilty to
drunken driving and criminally negligent homicide in the February
2008 death of a a 73-year-old man. Armando Lara was driving home
from a wedding reception when he struck and killed Gary Keppen.
Lara, who works for the U.S. Forest Service, is expected to learn
his sentence later today.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - A Jan. 25 court hearing has been
scheduled for a Klamath County man accused of attacking a woman.
Police say Robert John Kroeber hit the woman with a fist, put a
pillow over her face and hung up the phone while she attempted to
call 9-1-1. Kroeber is charged with attempted murder and other
crimes.
(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 on the road yesterday, first falling to Brookings Harbor 44 – 27 in a Far West matchup. In the nightcap, the Vikings downed Gold Beach 60 – 30. Nick Ough was a double winner with two pins on the evening. Jacob Graber, Kwartel Hendrickson and Sonny Tupua also recorded individual victories. The Vikings will host the Siuslaw Invitational tomorrow morning… 15 teams will participate beginning at ten. Finals are expected to start in the 5:00 hour.
College Basketball:
Oregon State’s Lathen Wallace hit a three-pointer with 1.1 seconds remaining to lift the Beavers to a come-back 67-64 win over the Arizona Wildcats. In Eugene it was all Sun Devils as Arizona State ran away with a 76 – 57 victory over the Oregon Ducks. Oregon will host Arizona tomorrow at 1:30. The pregame show on KCST is at one. Oregon State and Arizona State will meet in Corvallis. That game will air on KCFM beginning at three. On the court for the women last night, Arizona State downed Oregon 73 – 68; Over in Tucson Arizona overtook Oregon State in the second half for a 62 – 53 win. They’ll trade partners tomorrow.
Prep Basketball:
Both Siuslaw Viking teams are looking for their first Far West League Victories when they get to North Bend tonight… the Girls against 16th Ranked Bulldogs at six, the boys against number two North Bend right after. The pregame show on KCST kicks off at 5:45. Reedsport is at home for Sunset League action against Bandon… Mapleton has the weekend off.
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