Eighth Winter Folk Festival set to go…
A pair of free concerts for local elementary school students on Friday will be the opening event for this weekend’s Winter Folk Festival at the Florence Events Center. The concerts are aimed at exposing students to folk music and getting them excited says festival organizer Hal Weiner. The public portion of the festival actually begins Saturday morning when Igor Glenn (EYE-gore) takes the stage as the first of ten acts over the two-day festival. Weiner says a new feature this year is the youth folk music talent competition at 4:30 Saturday afternoon. Several performers have been selected as finalists and will audition for festival goers. The winner will open that evening on stage for the Saturday headliner Misty River. Judging for the popular pie-baking contest begins at 11 Saturday morning, followed by the ‘pie-by-the-slice sale. And there will be several booths featuring folk artisans and crafters. The festival wraps up Sunday afternoon when the Brothers Four take the stage at three.
He admits he does “get excited” and maybe he has good cause. Local Realtor Michael Cocciolo said well over 100 separate donors contributed just over $9,000 to the Western Lane Community Foundation in the past five days. The cash will go to the international relief organization Samaritan’s Purse, working in Haiti following that devastating earthquake. Cocciolo said the account will be left open for the next week or so to accept any more donations that may come in, but the ‘big check’ will be sent off today.
A $300-thousand visitor information center is set to open February First in the Gateway area of Springfield just off Interstate Five. Lisa Lawton with Travel Lane County says it has the potential to make a difference for the travel and tourism industry on the coast. Lawton, with the organization formerly known as the Convention and Visitor’s Association of Lane County, will talk about the new Adventure Center tomorrow when she speaks in Florence. It will give I-5 travelers a look at all of Lane County and in addition to the traditional brochures and maps will also feature personal assistance and local gift products. Lawton will speak to the Florence Area Commerce tomorrow noon at Tavolo Restaurant… It’s open to the public.
After starting the year off with a rapid climb, nationwide gas prices have stabilized while wholesale prices for crude have declined slightly. According to Triple-A the national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is now $2.74… down a penny from last week. Oregon’s average price dipped less than a penny and is at $2.80 this week. While Florence’s average price increased by one cent… it’s well below both figures at $2.64.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The mayors of Portland and Vancouver have
sent a letter to Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski and Gov. Chris Gregoire
calling the plan for a new Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia
River "unacceptable." The letter says the proposed 10-lane bridge
with possible light rail and tolls would imposed unacceptable
impacts on the communities. The Oregonian reports that the lack of
local consensus threatens $1 billion in federal funding for the $4
billion project.
(The Oregonian)
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon is applying for $200 million in
federal money in the Race to the Top school competition. Oregon's
application calls for using the money to recruit and train
effective teachers and principals and to turn around the state's
lowest-performing schools.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - The state of Oregon, environmental groups
and the National Marine Fisheries Service have filed appeals to the
federal approval of a liquefied natural gas terminal at Coos Bay
and pipeline to California. The appeal filed yesterday by Gov. Ted
Kulongoski and Attorney General John Kroger says the approval from
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is unlawful because the
state has not yet certified the project.
(Register Guard)
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Lane County Republican Party Chairman Bill
Young says Sarah Palin will visit Eugene April 23 to speak to the
party's Lincoln Day fundraiser. Young told The Register-Guard the
fundraiser is typically held near Lincoln's birthday in February
but the date was changed to April to accommodate Palin's schedule.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An 18-month-old Portland boy has been
taken to Oregon Health & Science University Hospital after being
hit by a sport utility vehicle that his mother was driving. Brock
Aschenbrener was listed in critical condition last night. The
Clackamas County Sheriff's Office says 33-year-old Charmin
Aschenbrener struck her son at about 11:20 yesterday morning while
trying to maneuver into a parking space at a Milwaukie home.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A 20-year-old Yakima, Wash., man has died
after falling from a fourth-story window at a northeast Portland
hotel. The Portland Police Bureau says Joseph Aguilar was at the
Inn at the Convention Center hotel while attending a conference. He
fell from a window to the street below at about 3 a.m. yesterday.
He died at Legacy Emanuel Hospital. Police say Aguilar might've
been drinking and they believe the fall was accidental.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - A 69-year-old California man nicknamed the
"Zombie Bandit" after starting his bank robbery career in the
Midwest in the 1990s has been sentenced to more than 17 years in
federal prison. Alan David Hurwitz of Orleans, Calif., was
sentenced Tuesday for committing an armed bank robbery in Medford
and three additional robberies in Northern California in December
2008. He was arrested in Wyoming in January 2009.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - A Klamath County grand jury has
indicted a transient in the death of a man whose body was found
floating in the Link River in September. District Attorney Ed Caleb
says 52-year-old Donald Farnsworth is charged with second-degree
manslaughter. Authorities believe Farnsworth pushed Raife Hartman
during an argument and failed to help when the 26-year-old fell in
the river.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Medford police are investigating a bizarre
traffic accident in which two men walking on a sidewalk were struck
by a full-size pickup and dragged across traffic. Lt. Bob Hansen
says the 65-year-old driver was trying to turn from an alley onto a
busy road and apparently did not see the two men. Hansen says the
injuries looked to be serious.
BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) - National leaders from the cattle
industry are scheduled to appear at the annual Cattlemen's Workshop
in La Grande. The theme of Saturday's workshop is "Opportunities
in a Changing Beef Industry." Issues to be discussed range from
the activities of animal rights groups to the importance of
regaining export markets.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Prep Basketball:
First up the boys… Kenny Johnson had 20 points, Chad Walker 15 as the Mapleton Sailors downed Alsea 57 – 38 in the Mountain West League. In the Sunset Myrtle Point downed Reedsport 64 – 42. And, in the Far West League Brookings-Harbor ground out a 55 – 45 victory over the Siuslaw Vikings in Florence. In other Far West League action Sutherlin beat Number Four ranked North Bend 67 – 62; South Umpqua defeated Douglas 74 – 43.
For the girls… it was Alsea over the Mapleton Sailors 56 – 33 in Mountain West League action. In the Far West League Brookings-Harbor rolled over the Siuslaw Vikings 60 – 28. Also in the Far West… Sutherlin demolished the North Bend Bulldogs 51 – 21; Douglas beat South Umpqua 54 – 41.
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