Extension Program Ballot Measure Kicks Off
Lane County Voters will be asked to approve a five-year special tax levy in May with the proceeds going to fund the local share of the OSU Extension Service. Because of tight budgets over the past several years, the Lane County share of Extension funding has eroded to the point where OSU is saying they may have to pull the program completely. Backers of the measure… 20-158… will kick off their campaign next week in Eugene. The measure, if approved by voters in the May 18th primary election, would cost property owners five-cents per thousand dollars of assessed property value… That’s $10 a year for a home assessed at $200-thousand. Campaign co-chair Gail Karlsen says the local programs are at stake. Programs like 4-H; Nutrition Education; the Master Gardener and Food Preserver Programs and much more. Oregon State Extension provides about half of the $1.7-million annual funding to support the Lane County Programs… the other half would be provided for by Measure 20-158.
Nomination forms for the annual Florence Area Chamber of Commerce Siuslaw Awards are due a week from today. The third annual awards ceremony will be held on February 12th in conjunction with the First and Future First Citizen presentations. There are five categories of business awards covering curb appeal, customer service; community service; community spirit; and the Stu Johnston Business of the Year. Nomination forms can be downloaded from the Chamber’s website, or picked up at the Visitor Information Center.
Confluence 2010 is the next edition of an award winning community festival… it’s coming up February 12th through the 14th in Gardiner. The festival will feature a variety of music, local beer and wine, arts and crafts vendors and plenty of ‘good times’. Weekend passes are $15 and are available at the Reedsport Winchester Bay Chamber of Commerce.
A class aimed at helping people gain relief from excessive debt will begin in early February…
210 – “It’s called Financial Peace University, it’s a 13-week program. It basically teaches you how to eliminate debt from your life.”
Tim Adams says the course was developed by nationally syndicated financial consultant Dave Ramsay.
209 – “And what he teaches you is how to eliminate having credit card debt and actually paying cash for things. And once you get past that point of eliminating your credit card, how much more money it gives you to attack other bills such as car payments and house payments.”
It’s proven to be successful in the Florence area.
211 – “We started at Florence Christian Church about three years ago. We’ve had about 80, 85 people go through it. They’ve paid off well over $400-thousand in debt.”
Adams says it’s a 13-week commitment and past attendees have paid off an average of $5,300 and put away $2,700 in savings by the end of the class. There are two sections to choose from: Sunday or Tuesday evenings. Information is available at Florence Christian Church or online at florencechurch.com
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland firefighters have freed a
40-year-old man who was trapped between a stack of plate steel and
a rolling crane at Oregon Steel Mills. Fire Lt. Allen Oswalt says a
technical rescue team and more than 25 firefighters responded last
night. The unidentified man was flown to a hospital in critical
condition.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A failed voltage regulator that ignited
mineral oil is being blamed for a fire at Portland substation that
disrupted electrical power to about 1,900 Pacific Power customers
and snarled yesterday morning's commute. The blaze that broke out
early Thursday also cost a brewery about 250 barrels of a new brew.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A lawyer for a non-English-speaking Chinese
college student disputes a Eugene police officer's account of
events that led the officer to shoot the student with a Taser stun
gun. Eugene attorney Ilona Koleszar says her client, who has not
been identified, denies making any move toward Officer Judd Warden
inside the student's west Eugene townhouse. Eugene's police chief
says Warden was justified in using the stun gun.
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) - A California-based rail group has asked
the federal Surface Transportation Board to defer ruling on a
petition to have West Texas and Lubbock Railway operate the
Siskiyou Summit line. The Siskiyou Regional Railroad Authority has
signed a memo of understanding with Union Pacific Railroad to buy
an 80-mile section of line. Siskiyou Regional Railroad would then
hire a short line operator to operate the railroad.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Negotiators have wrapped up the second
half of a two-part agreement to remove four dams on the Klamath
River to help salmon. Representatives of governments, tribes,
fishermen and conservation groups concluded talks yesterday in
Sacramento. The agreement involves $1 billion for fish and wildlife
habitat restoration and greater assurances of irrigation water for
farmers.
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) - A dispatcher for the Clackamas County
sheriff's office says this morning that deputies are still looking
for a fugitive who escaped after ramming a police car during a
chase. Deputies spotted Brett Timothy Bogart yesterday at a gas
station. Before they could grab him he rammed a police car and sped
off on I-205. The 28-year-old Gresham man is wanted on a drug
charge.
(The Oregonian)
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A Salem police officer suffered a broken
ankle in a struggle with a man resisting arrest. Officer Jesse Rios
chased down a 25-year-old man yesterday who was wanted on an arrest
warrant. The man was taken into custody. Rios was treated at a
Salem Hospital and is now on light duty.
(Statesman Journal)
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Two Eugene men were sentenced to 25 years in
prison for beating a homeless man to death. Lane County prosecutors
say 24-year-old Michael Andrew Baughman and 22-year-old Ryan Eugene
Casch were drunk when they attacked 56-year-old Herbert "Pac-Man"
Bishop last May in a park. The Register-Guard reports the two men
are not eligible for sentence reductions and must serve the full 25
years.
(Register Guard)
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - A wake is scheduled at 6 this evening at
Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Vancouver for the DuPont, Wash., man
who was one of seven killed Dec. 30 in suicide bomb attack on CIA
base in Afghanistan. Dane Clark Paresi was a former Fort Lewis
soldier working as a security contractor. The 46-year-old Portland
native will be buried tomorrow at Willamette National Cemetery.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A man accused of trying to rape a woman on a
Salem roadside last summer has pleaded no contest to kidnapping and
sexual abuse. Darrell Root was sentenced to nearly six years in
prison.
SHADY COVE, Ore. (AP) - Shady Cove police say a young couple
lost nearly $4,000 in a "mystery shopper" scam. The couple got
money orders from a purported store-evaluation company and were
directed to deposit the money into their bank account. They were
told to use that money to buy goods at the store being evaluated
and wire the remainder back to the company. The money orders were
forged, however, so the money came out of the couple's personal
funds.
TILLAMOOK, Ore. (AP) - The body of a man found at the base of a
cliff in Cape Lookout State Park has been identifed by the
Tillamook County Medical Examiner as a missing Illinois man who was
reportedly suicidal. The 45-year-old man's car was found at the
park on Wednesday.
BEND, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon State Police recruit trooper has
been released from the hospital following a head-on collision west
of Tumalo. Joshua Nagle had to be cut from his patrol car yesterday
after it collided with a pickup on an icy highway.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Prep Wrestling:
It came down to the final match of the night and North Bend’s Brian Beasley pinned Aaron Te’o in the final seconds for the victory at 285 pounds… and giving the Bulldogs a 42-40 dual meet victory over the Siuslaw Vikings last night. Nick Ough (OW), Neal Larson and Sonny Tupua scored pins for Siuslaw; Jacob Graber and Kwartel Hendrickson picked up Technical Falls. The Vikings are back on the mat tomorrow at the Coquille Invitational.
On the Schedule…
Prep Basketball tonight has the Siuslaw Vikings on the home court once again when the South Umpqua Lancers come calling. The girls tip off at six, the boys immediately following. Airtime on KCST is set for 5:45. In the Sunset League, Reedsport will host Glide and Mapleton is at home against Eddyville Charter for Mountain West League action.
In college basketball… it’s civil war weekend. First up the women tomorrow in Corvallis at one o’clock, then, Sunday evening at 7:30 the men have at it for the last men’s Civil War Basketball Game ever at Mac Court… airtime for the Beaver broadcast on KCFM and the Duck broadcast on KCST will come at seven o’clock.
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