New CEO named at PeaceHealth Siuslaw Region
The new head of the largest health organization in Western Lane County has been identified… he’ll step into the role officially July First.
200 – “I’m really pleased to inform that the selection committee has named Rick Yecny as the Siuslaw Region’s next Chief Executive Officer.”
Current CEO Jim Barnhart has been in a transition since early last year to Washington State where he’s working on opening up a new rural hospital in the San Juan Islands. Barnhart says the selection of Yecny was a natural.
201 – “Everybody’s just thrilled. We had been looking to Rick as the next CEO. He and his wife Jane are just dedicated to Florence, love the community and Rick’s been with PeaceHealth, you know, really almost 20 years. Initially as a board member here at Peace Harbor.”
For the last nine years Yecny has served as the region’s Chief Financial Officer.
202 – “He knows the community, knows PeaceHealth and he’s just committed to our mission, our vision of serving this community.”
Yecny has lived in the Florence area since 1982.
Nine people were injured, three of them seriously, and Highway 101 was closed for more than three hours following a crash Saturday evening. Following the preliminary investigation, Oregon State Police Sergeant Andy Kenyon says it appears a north bound car driven by 19-year old Brandon Schooley of Eugene crossed the centerline on a sharp curve and collided head-on with a southbound vehicle driven by 25-year old Han Kim, also of Eugene. Schooley, three passengers in his car, Kim and one of his passengers were transported to the hospital in Newport where they were treated and released. 21-year old Esther King; and 25-year old David Chai, passenger’s in Kim’s vehicle were taken to Peace Harbor Hospital and then transferred to Sacred Heart River Bend in Springfield with serious or critical injuries. 21-year old Minhye Park, also Kim’s passenger, was taken to Good Samaritan in Corvallis with serious injuries. Police say all were wearing safety restraints.
Florence area free-television went digital six days ago, nearly doubling the number of channels available to households that aren’t linked to a cable or satellite system. The conversion caps an effort by the all-volunteer Western Lane Translator Association which has made nearly a half-million dollars worth of upgrades to the system including a new tower, translators and antennas. Much of the upgrades are being funded by federal grants and the television stations being rebroadcast. Association boardmember Dennis Hunt says the best reception will come by using an external UHF antenna. Older non-digital tvs will require a converter box. The system operates on a voluntary subscription basis of $10 annual or a $75 lifetime membership.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) - About 500 people have said farewell to
Army Sgt. Joshua Lengstorf. The 24-year-old soldier and three
others were killed in Afghanistan on Jan. 3. He was raised in
Elkton and was a former resident of Yoncalla. Mourners packed
Pacific Hall at the Douglas County Fairgrounds for the memorial
service on Saturday.
SEATTLE (AP) - An emergency medical organization that is sending
teams from the Northwest to Haiti says it could remain there for up
to five years. The Washington state director of Medical Teams
International says the organization's first team from the Northwest
arrived in Port-au-Prince on Saturday morning, and another team
left for Haiti yesterday. The teams include doctors, nurses and
other staff from Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - The state ethics commission has fined the
director of the Lane County Department of Youth Services and a
supervisor for using county resources to pursue a book deal.
Director Lisa Smith, casework supervisor John Aarons and a former
staffer co-authored "Dispatches From Juvenile Hall: Fixing a
Failing System," which was published last year.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - LibertyBank in Eugene has agreed to a
consent order that gives state and federal regulators significant
oversight of its operations. Now the bank must get an infusion of
up to $30 million cash within six months after it had to charge off
more than $60 million of bad debt last year. But CEO Bob
Fenstermacher said Friday that the worst is behind the Eugene-based
bank.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A man who kidnapped and raped a 10-year-old
Eugene girl last January has been sentenced to 130 years in prison.
Jurors did not buy Malcolm Gerlach's insanity defense at his
November trial, and at yesterday's sentencing Lane County Judge
Debra Vogt agreed, saying "we need to recognize some monsters
don't just exist in fairy tales."
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Portland man accused of compelling girls
into prostitution has been arrested in New Mexico. U.S. Marshals
arrested 33-year-old Jammie Smith on Thursday outside an
Albuquerque grocery with his mother and a woman sought on
prostitution charges. Portland police started investigating Smith
after girls aged 13 to 16 said he forced them into prostitution.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon State Marine Board voted 4-1
this week to ban gas-powered engines at Waldo Lake in the high
Cascades east of Oakridge. The issue has been a hot topic for years
at the pristine lake, pitting those who value quiet against those
don't want to lose their right to use a gas motor.
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union says it
won't sue Ashland over a citywide nudity ban recently approved by
the City Council. The ACLU has maintained that nudity can be a form
of political, artistic, social or lifestyle expression. City
Attorney Richard Appicello tried to build in legal protections for
the citywide nudity ban.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Police say they took a person of interest
into custody for investigation of a suspicious fire at a Fred Meyer
store in Eugene. The fire started with a blast that shook the store
yesterday afternoon. Firefighters discovered several small
canisters of propane fuel burning in the sports goods section. The
Register-Guard reports the person of interest is a suspected
shoplifter caught by store security officers.
(Register Guard)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Police who went to check on a Portland man
who hadn't been heard from since Thursday found his body yesterday
in a sinkhole in his back yard. The Multnomah County medical
examiner's office says 57-year-old Michael Zerwas was found
partially submerged in water in a 25-foot deep hole. The Oregonian
reports a neighbor told police there had been a depression - but no
hole - in the yard.
(The Oregonian)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A memorial service will be held at noon
tomorrow at the Air National Guard base in Portland for Retired
Brig. Gen. Fred Rosenbaum, who once led the Oregon Air National
Guard. Rosenbaum died Tuesday at the age of 83. He had retired from
the National Guard in 1986 after a 42-year military career that
included Army service during World War II.
(Statesman Journal)
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - A grand jury has indicted two young men
accused of setting fire at a Medford duplex in an effort to the
kill a person living inside. Seventeen-year-old Brad Oliver and
24-year-old Lee Leon Tyrone Ollison are charged with arson and
attempted murder. Nobody was injured in the Jan. 5 fire that burned
a porch.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Detectives arrested a 19-year-old man last
night in connection with a shooting in North Portland. Shawn Richey
of Portland is charged with unlawful possession of a weapon,
unlawful use of a weapon and possession of a controlled substance.
There were no injuries.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Prep Basketball:
First the girls… Siuslaw fell to North Bend on the road Friday night, 43 – 32. Kasey Strenke had ten points for the Viks. In other Far West League games, Sutherlin remains unbeaten in league play, coming out on top 65-56 over South Umpqua. Brookings-Harbor downed Douglas 47 – 23. In the Sunset League it was Bandon over Reesport 40 – 29. //
For the Boys, in the Far West League, Siuslaw fell hard to the Bulldogs in North Bend 61- 26. Brookings Harbor beat Douglas 50 -41 and Sutherlin edged South Umpqua 62 – 56. In the Sunset League, Bandon beat Reedsport 47 – 33.
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Prep Wrestling:
Cottage Grove came out on top in the Siuslaw Invitaitional with 196 points. Siuslaw was eighth out of 14 teams with 98 ½ points. Jason Graber and Jacob Graber continue their strings of tournament victories at 112 and 125 pounds respectively.
College Basketball:
Oregon and Arizona combined Saturday afternoon for the most points ever in a Pac Ten Women’s Basketball contest… 231. The Wildcats came out on top 119-112. Over in Tempe the score was somewhat less, but the results similar as Arizona State defeated Oregon State 56 – 47.
For the men, Arizona’s Derrick Williams put up a double-double with 20 points and 13 rebounds as the Wildcats beat Oregon 74 – 60 at Mac Court in Eugene. In Corvallis, Oregon State led briefly early in the second half but Arizona State pulled away for a 66 – 57 victory.
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