Joint Meeting at the FEC on the future of fire service…
Just over 20-percent of the nearly five-thousand fire service surveys sent out in January to Florence residents were returned. That’s a significant response according to Florence City Manager Bob Willoughby.
208 – “The consultants helping us with the survey had never seen a reply like the one that we got here. So obviously the people in Florence care about fire services and I think it reflects on the community.”
Just exactly what those surveys show will be the main topic tonight when elected officials get together to determine the next step in an effort to annex the city into the Siuslaw Rural Fire District.
209 – “It is a Town Hall Meeting with the task force prepared to make a recommendation to both the City Council and the Fire District Board with regard to what it feels is the best option for how we should fund fire services in the future.”
A joint task force, made up of representatives from both bodies, has been meeting for the past two years in order to try to determine the next step. Willoughby says there are three or four options, with one being outright annexation. The town hall meeting begins at seven pm… it’s at the Florence Events Center.
Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent…
202 – “The preparation for the biggest celebration, you know in the Christian year, is Easter and, uh, you know, it signifies the terrible terrible suffering that Christ had to endure for our salvation on that cross.”
Dr. A. J. Brauer has been instrumental in organizing an annual Lenten Renewal Weekend in Florence. This year will mark the 14th observance. Brauer says internationally known theologian Dr. Marva J. Dawn will present three workshops on February 27th, then lead a joint service of five different congregations the next morning at the Florence Events Center.
Retail gas prices continue to creep downward in other areas, while locally, they’ve been considerably lower and remain flat. The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded fell by three-to-four cents a gallon nationally and statewide according to Triple-A. The national average is at $2.61 while Oregon’s average price is $2.73. Florence’s average price actually slipped up a penny a gallon this week and is at $2.63. That’s still 13-cents a gallon less than the average in the Eugene-Springfield area.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon assistant attorney general has
been arrested for investigation of assault and harassment, accused
of punching and strangling her longtime partner. Susan Gerber was
arraigned yesterday on charges of fourth-degree assault, harassment
and strangulation in connection with Friday's alleged incident. She
did not attend the court hearing because she has checked herself
into inpatient treatment. Her attorney declined to specify what
kind of treatment.
SEATTLE (AP) - Authorities say the body of a climber who fell
into the crater atop Mount St. Helens has been recovered. The
Skamania County Sheriff's office says the body of 52-year-old
Joseph Bohlig of Kelso, Wash., was found yesterday, more than a day
after he tumbled 1,500 feet. Bohlig reached the summit Monday, then
fell while posing for pictures near the crater's rim.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson called the
fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man in Portland an
"execution" and criticized plans to allow the officer to return
to regular duty this week. The civil rights leader made the
comments last night at a rally at a Portland church. The Oregonian
reports that the city commissioner who oversees police, Dan
Saltzman, is reconsidering whether to allow Officer Ronald Frashour
to return to regular duty today as scheduled. Earlier in the day Jackson addressed a crowd of about 800 at the University of Oregon.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A University of Oregon football player badly
beaten in a Jan. 24 fight has been cited for investigation of
misdemeanor assault in the incident. Eugene police said yesterday
that 19-year-old placekicker Rob Beard was not taken into custody.
A police spokeswoman says she can't provide further details. Beard
was hospitalized for injuries suffered in the fight.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Legislature could be holding a
regular session every year. The state Senate is scheduled to vote
today on a resolution that will ask voters to amend the
constitution and require annual sessions. The session would be
limited to 135 days in odd-number years and 45 days in
even-numbered years. Currently, regular sessions are held only in
odd-numbered years.
(The Oregonian)
DURKEE, Ore. (AP) - The Ash Grove Cement Company is recalling 45
employees who were laid off in December from its plant in Durkee,
in Eastern Oregon. It's one of seven Ash Grove plants across the
country where employees were temporarily laid off due to a building
slump in the slow economy.
MILWAUKIE, Ore. (AP) - Bob Moore, owner of Bob's Red Mill
Natural Foods store in Milwaukie, celebrated his 81st birthday this
week and gave his employees a present. The Oregonian reports he's
giving his 209 employees full ownership of the business through an
employee stock ownership plan. Moore plans to stay on as the boss.
(The Oregonian)
BEND, Ore. (AP) - Bend police say they arrested a man accused of
beating his girlfriend when he went to visit her in a hospital. The
18-year-old man, Benjamin Luis Edwardo David, was arrested Sunday
and is held in the Deschutes County Jail on charges including
attempted murder. Police say he attacked his 18-year-old girlfriend
on Saturday, tied her hands to a steering wheel and then punched
and slapped her head.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Prep Basketball…
The Mapleton Sailors beat Lowell in a Mountain West League Boys’ playoff last night 65 – 57. The Sailors will go up against Mohawk tomorrow in Marcola for the next round.
In the Far West last night, Siuslaw led most of the way in a girls’ matchup, but gave up the lead late in the fourth quarter, ultimately falling to South Umpqua 46 – 45. Seabre Church led the Vikings with 16 points and went ten of 16 at the free-throw line. In other Far West League girls’ games North Bend downed Brookings-Harbor 44 -40 and Sutherlin eased past Douglas 40 – 24.
For the boys… Eric Tipler scored 19 and Brad Greenburg had 18, but the Vikings fell to the South Umpqua Lancers 68 – 51. Around the Far West League North Bend beat Brookings-Harbor 55 – 44 and Sutherlin beat Douglas 69 – 43.
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