Seven Nominees for Stu Johnston Business of the Year
Insurance, photography, banking, books, groceries and fitness… those are the classes of businesses that have been nominated for the Stu Johnston Business of the Year Award. The Florence Area Chamber of Commerce is presenting the third annual Siuslaw Awards on Friday, February 12th. The list of nominees… 22 in five different categories… was announced yesterday. For the top award, it’s Coastal Fitness & Aquatics, Digital Dunes Photography, Grocery Outlet, Oregon Pacific Bank, Port Hole Books, Siuslaw Bank and State Farm-Sue Gilday Insurance Agency. Five candidates have been named in a new category… Curb Appeal… the business that has done the most to not only make their business more attractive, but to inspire those around them to do the same. Those businesses include Black Diamond Flooring, Chen’s Family Dish, Florence Pharmacy, the Little Brown Hen Café and the River House Inn. The three other categories, Excellence in Customer Service, Spirit of the Community and Community Caring round out the program. The awards will be presented February 12th in conjunction with the Florence First and Future First Citizens. A complete list of nominees can be found at coastradionews.blogspot.com.
A lot of attention has been paid to the music at this weekend’s Winter Folk Festival, and rightly so. A total of ten different acts will offer up a huge variety of music… all within the folk genre. But there’s also a free artisan fair that features vendors of products like hand-turned woodwork, leather goods, stained glass and fabric art. From ten A.M. to seven P.M. tomorrow and then again Sunday between ten and 3 browsers and shoppers can find soy candles, book restoration, soaps, quilts and even handmade dulcimers.
The Siuslaw School District Board will interview four applicants for the open position created when Nancy Phelps passed away late last year. Michelle Rose, Joni Bour (bore), Sean Barrett, and Cathy Dietz (deetz) have applied. The interviews will be held during a public meeting, 6:30 PM at February 3rd, at the district’s administration offices on Oak Street.
3 ½ years ago a husband and wife team from Gold Beach, Oregon set off to travel overland across West Africa using just local transportation. They carried with them a tent, two backpacks, some good maps, eight months of research and video equipment. What came out of that journey was a movie called Just a Drop and it documents their trip from Accra Ghana to Timbuktu Mali. During their trip they met Rashed Anaba (rah-SHEED AW-nuh-bah) who introduced them to a remote village of subsistence farmers. From that meeting grew a desire to help raise money to help provide water for the villagers. Tony and Terri-Lynn Kalhagen (CAL-hay-gen), along with Anaba will present the film Sunday afternoon, two pm at Best Western Pier Point Inn.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A Lane County Circuit Court jury has
convicted Shawn Monro of attempted aggravated murder in the
throat-slitting of a drug dealer during a 2006 home invasion
robbery. The victim, Eugene Miller-Pomlee, survived the attack to
testify at Monro's trial. Jurors found Monro guilty yesterday of 18
felony counts including assault, robbery and burglary. Monro's 28th
birthday is today. His sentencing is scheduled for Tuesday.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An autopsy of a Portland-area man who went
on a fatal November shooting rampage before he was shot and killed
by police offers no conclusive clues to his actions. Blood tests
confirm that 28-year-old Shawn Schumacher of Hillsboro had only
marijuana in his system, not the peyote or mescaline found in his
apartment. He shot 56-year-old Danny LeGore to death on Nov. 21 in
a car near a Hillsboro intersection.
MILL CITY, Ore. (AP) - Linn County sheriff's officers say as
many as 30 horses and miniature horses have been removed from a
Mill City-area farm and placed in foster care. Sheriff Tim Mueller
tells KATU-TV the animals were evaluated based on their body
weight, with the thinnest ones headed for foster care to be
rehabilitated. Mueller says the farm owner could face criminal
charges. The owner, 30-year-old Tania Herring, declined comment.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Secretary of State Kate Brown estimates
62-to-64 percent of registered voters will return mail ballots for
Tuesday's tax election. The turnout as of yesterday was 36 percent,
but a spike in votes tends to occur the weekend before an election.
Oregon's last special election to raise taxes was in 2004 with a 60
percent turnout. This election asks whether a tax package approved
by the 2009 Legislature should take effect.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - The Eugene and Springfield fire departments
are a step closer to merging. The Eugene City Council has endorsed
the plan to put them under the same administration. Eugene Fire
Chief Randy Groves will become chief of both departments when
Springfield's chief retires June 30. The Eugene Fire Department has
218 employees and Springfield 108.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Eugene police are changing their Taser
policy in response to a federal appeals court ruling that police
can be sued for using a stun gun on an unarmed person who poses no
threat. Lt. Doug Mozan told The Register-Guard that Eugene officers
will be trained to shock only people who pose an immediate physical
threat to an officer or someone else.
(Register Guard)
COQUILLE, Ore. (AP) - A woman who robbed three Oregon banks has
been sentenced to five years and three months in federal prison.
Gwendolyn Sherbondy pleaded guilty to robbing banks in Myrtle
Point, Roseburg and Lincoln City. The sentence does not include the
two years she must serve for embezzling money from the Coquille
High School Project Graduation fund. Prosecutors say the
47-year-old stole to pay for her gambling addiction.
CANYONVILLE, Ore. (AP) - The U.S. Postal Service has asked post
offices across the state and beyond to be on the lookout for nearly
1,000 Douglas County ballots lost in the mail. The envelopes were
supposed to be delivered to registered voters in Camas Valley and
Canyonville. Replacement ballots for Tuesday's election were sent
to the affected homes.
ALBANY, Ore. (AP) - A 22-year-old Corvallis man has been charged
with raping a 14-year-old girl. The alleged victim told authorities
that Lucas William Dykstra raped her during the Fourth of July
weekend while camping near Sweet Home. The girl told a school
resource officer after discovering she was pregnant.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Police arrested three people of accused of
stealing thousands of dollars in gear from a truck parked at the
Motorcycle Superstore warehouse in Medford. Charged with
first-degree theft are 33-year-old David Johnson, 40-year-old
Kimber Holden and 26-year-old Jacob Hefner.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
College Basketball Scores…
The Oregon State Men matched their lowest scoring output in 26 years last night, losing to Stanford 59 – 35 in the Bay Area. The Beavers have lost five of their last seven games. Across the bay in Berkeley, Oregon fell to the Cal Golden Bears 89 – 57. It was the Ducks’ fourth straight Pac-Ten loss. For the women, number two ranked Stanford downed Oregon State 63 – 47 in Corvallis and in Eugene Cal slowed down the nation’s highest scoring offense with a 72 – 62 victory over Oregon.
On the Schedule:
It’s back to the Far West League hardwood tonight as the Siuslaw Vikings open up the second round of play on the road in Sutherlin… the pregame show starts at 5:45… the Viking Girls tip off at six, the boys right after. In the Mountain West Mapleton is at home against Lowell. And, in Sunset League play, Reedsport makes the long trip to Southern Oregon to take on Cascade Christian… tomorrow the Braves will be in Gold Beach. Prep Wrestling tomorrow has the Siuslaw Vikings in Central Oregon for the LaPine Invitational.
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