Winter Folk Festival Draws Large Crowd
The total attendance at this weekend’s Winter Folk Festival topped 24-hundred… including the eighth straight sellout of Saturday night’s headliner concert. That was the announcement made by Festival director Hal Weiner as he introduced the opening act for Misty River. Jasper Raia from Florence won the youth talent contest finals earlier that afternoon and performed an a cappella folk song that ended with a standing ovation. Saturday morning 29 entries into the festival’s pie contest were judged with the Grand Prize going to Eagle Point resident Karen Hopkins and her Caramel Apple pie. Liz Breon of Westlake was a double winner, sweeping first and second in the nut division with a Macadamia Nut Pie and a Double Musky Inn Pie. The high points of the festival, according to Weiner, were the two Kids Koncerts at the Florence Events Center on Friday. The Misty River Band performed two shows for elementary students from all over the Central Coast. More than 900 students stomped their feet, clapped their hands and waved their arms as they sang along with the band.
A single vehicle crash just west of Walton yesterday sent four people to the hospital and closed Highway 126 for just over an hour. According to Oregon State Police Sergeant Chris Ashenfelter, a westbound vehicle driven by 18-year old James R. McGrath of Florence left the road about 10:30 yesterday morning, went over an embankment and rolled. The most serious injuries were suffered by 18-year old Kristin Kohanes of Eugene who was sleeping in the back of the car. McGrath, 15-year old Balaram Brashers of Eugene and 26-year old Gene M. Joseph were all treated at Sacred Heart RiverBend in Springfield for non-life-threatening injuries. Police say one occupant left the scene before emergency personnel arrived.
The big push is underway to get out the vote on a pair of Oregon tax measures that would raise $727-million from the wealthy and corporations. Ballots are due back tomorrow night. Tax measures have fared poorly in past elections, but supporters say they believe a large turnout will help them gain approval for 66 and 67. A Portland pollster says it appears to be very close. Tim Hibbitts says Measure 66 was leading by a margin of 50 to 44, 67 is ahead 48 – 45. The margin of error in Friday’s polls are 4.4%.
Oregon State Fire Marshall Randy Simpson is encouraging communities around the state to honor the work of those in the fire service by observing Fire Service Appreciation Day this Wednesday. In 2007 the Oregon Legislature passed a permanent resolution establishing January 27th each year as that date. Simpson will host a brief public ceremony in Salem tha morning, he says communities should get involved in any way they can to say thank you to the fire service.
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Prep Wrestling:
The Siuslaw Vikings finished second overall at Saturday’s LaPine wrestling invitational. Douglas claimed the team title out of seven teams in all. Two individual first place finishes for the Vikings, Jacob Graber and Jason Graber at 125 and 112 pounds.
Prep Basketball:
First the girls… The Sutherlin Bulldogs downed the Siuslaw Vikings Friday night 48 – 18. In other Far West contests it was Brookings Harbor over South Umpqua and North Bend defeated Douglas. In the Sunset League, Cascade Christian defeated Reedsport Friday night 44 – 21; Saturday, the Braves were in action again when they fell to Gold Beach 65 – 26.
For the Boys… Siuslaw lost to Sutherlin 45 – 35 in the Far West; South Umpqua ran over Brookings-Harbor; and North Bend beat Douglas. In the Sunset, Cascade Christian remains undefeated after an 86-33 victory over Reedsport on Friday. The Braves were in action again Saturday when they edged Gold Beach at home 46 – 45. And, in the Mountain West League Lowell downed Mapleton 49 – 42.
Pac Ten Basketball…
The Oregon Men lost their fifth straight game Saturday at Stanford, falling to the Cardinal 84 – 69. In Berkeley, the Cal Golden Bears edged Oregon State by four, 65 – 61 for the Beavers’ third straight loss. The women were at home, Oregon State fell to Stanford 79 – 75; Oregon put up a fight against number two ranked Stanford before eventually falling 100-to-80.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Inmates at the Oregon State Penitentiary are
helping to make sure a 2-year-old girl killed in November has a
proper gravestone. Erika Meza was killed on Nov. 24 when she was
hit by a truck in the parking lot of the apartment complex she
lived in. Her mother, Martha, lost her job after her daughter's
death. Inmates at the prison who saw the story of the girl's death
collected $670 for the grave marker and installation.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Visiting hours are expected to return to
normal Wednesday at the Oregon State Correctional Institution where
more than 30 inmates fought Saturday in the prison yard. The
Department of Corrections says no one was injured. The Statesman
Journal reports the nearly 900 inmates were put on a lockdown and
confined to the cells 24 hours a day for an investigation.
(Statesman Journal)
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Police accuse a Medford couple who operate
a foster care home of pressuring an elderly woman to pay more than
$100,000 for odd jobs. Police say a bank teller worried about the
size of the checks the couple cashed for little jobs and tipped off
authorities, who arrested Mineretta Viliamu and her husband,
Saolotoga Viliamu.
ALBANY, Ore. (AP) - A 28-year-old Mexican national has agreed to
a plea bargain and prison sentence for killing his girlfriend's
2-year-old son in Linn County. Prosecutors dropped an aggravated
murder charge against Mario Juan de Dios Tomas in exchange for his
guilty plea to manslaughter. He was sentenced to at least 10 years,
and another 10 years was added because of his record of drunk
driving convictions.
MILL CITY, Ore. (AP) - A well-known Oregon horse breeder faces
multiple charges after 115 horses were found malnourished and
diseased on a Linn County ranch. The Oregonian reports
investigators seized 31 horses after Friday's search of a ranch in
Mill City, about 30 miles outside of Salem. Tania Herring was cited
with 31 counts of second-degree animal neglect.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Health officials say 8 people from Oregon
and 14 from Washington have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak
that led to the recall of more than 1 million pounds of
pepper-coated salami. Officials say 184 people in 38 states have
gotten sick since July. Nobody has died.
FOREST GROVE, Ore. (AP) - A Good Samaritan is dead after he was
struck by a pickup truck while trying to help people involved in a
crash. The Washington County Sheriff's Office says Joshua Heiter of
Gaston was hit yesterday, shortly after getting out of his vehicle
on Highway 47 south of Forest Grove. Five people from the initial
crash were taken to area hospitals, two were in critical condition.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - University of Oregon football placekicker
Rob Beard was critically injured in a beating on the streets of
Eugene. The Register-Guard reports the 19-year-old from Fullerton,
Calif., was at a gathering of more than two-dozen people early
yesterday morning when a fight broke out. Police says Beard stepped
in to help fellow placekicker Mike Bradley Bowlin and was knocked
to the ground and kicked until he was unconscious.
(Register Guard)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Police responding to an alarm caught two
teens early yesterday morning inside Marshal High School in
Portland. Police say they 17- and 18-year-old were trying to steal
computers. KGW reports police are investigating whether the pair
are responsible for a string of school burglaries in which computer
equipment was stolen.
(KGW)
OREGON CITY, OR. (AP) - The defense is expected to call medical
experts Monday morning in the trial of Jeffrey and Marci Beagley,
the Oregon City couple accused of criminally negligent homicide for
not providing medical care for their 16-year-old son, who died in
2008. The Beagleys are members of a church that believes in faith
healing rather than most medical care.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A draft analysis of wage trends by the
Oregon Employment Department has found that the gap is growing
between the state's wealthy and its middle class and poor. The
study found incomes are growing for the wealthiest, while wages for
the middle class have remained stagnant for the past decade.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A University of Oregon placekicker was
critically injured in a fight on a Eugene street. Rob Beard, a
19-year-old redshirt freshman from Fullerton, Calif., was injured
Sunday morning in a fight that broke out among more than two dozen
people.
COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) - Commissioners in Coos County have decided
to hold off on selling the county's timber for the second year in a
row. Commissioners say market prices are low and they want to wait
until the timber can bring in more money.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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