Curb Appeal added to business awards…
The third annual Siuslaw Awards banquet is a week away…
205 – “This is my favorite event of the year. This is when we all get together and celebrate excellence not only in local business, but also in local individuals and volunteerism in our community.”
Kady Sneddon is the Executive Director of the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce. She and other key volunteers have been putting together this year’s ceremonies that include the presentation of awards for Florence First Citizen, Future First Citizen and group award categories. A new one this year, “Curb Appeal”.
206 – “A point we’ve been trying to drive home with our business owners this year which is to really get out and improve your space. Because the small door to your business is the big door to our community.”
Five nominees for that award include Black Diamond Flooring, Chen’s Family Dish, Florence Pharmacy, The Little Brown Hen Café, and the River House Inn. Capping the awards next week will be the Stu Johnston Business of the Year. Seven nominees are up for that honor. Tickets are $25 in advance and are available at the Visitor Information Center on Highway 101.
The Siuslaw School Board selected Michelle Rose to fill a vacancy on the panel created last fall by the death of Nancy Phelps. Rose will serve the remaining 17 months of the term that expires in June of 2011.
210 – “I think that there’s just a great team of people on there right now that I have a great deal of respect for. And, I’d like to work with them as a unit… and, you know, it’s just a positive place right now but I think there’s just areas where we can improve upon.”
Rose was one of four applicants interviewed for the position. The board met Wednesday in a special meeting to make the selection.
A dispute between the City of North Bend and the Coquille (ko-QUILL) Indian Tribe was resolved this week. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Hogan mediated an agreement that will govern the fees paid by the tribe to the city for fire, police, and other city services supplied to the tribe’s Mill Casino and surrounding property. The city sued last fall after the tribe stopped making payments under an agreement forged in 1995. Under the new ten-year deal the fees will start with a first year payment of $362-thousand and then increase by five-and-a-half percent each year. The tribe also agreed to pay $275-thousand for services already received in 2009. However, the Mill Casino and Hotel will no longer make payments in lieu of room taxes.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say a 49-year-old
log truck driver and his small dog died when their loaded log truck
crashed on State Highway 126 East about five miles east of Vida.
Lt. Robert Edwards says the log truck driven by Jimmy Ray Martin of
Cottage Grove drove off the highway shoulder on a curve and hit a
steep embankment yesterday.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Environmentalists and health care providers
say Oregon should ban a common industrial chemical from baby
bottles, formula cans and infant "sippy cups." The chemical is
bisphenol A (BIS'-fen-all AY), used in rigid plastics and the
liners of food and drink cans. Supporters of the ban say the
chemical is a hormone disrupter linked to various health problems.
SEATTLE (AP) - A person with knowledge of the negotiations tells
The Associated Press that the Mariners and left-hander Erik Bedard
are nearing a deal on a one-year contract, pending a physical. The
source spoke yesterday on condition of anonymity since Seattle
hasn't announced a deal. Bedard had surgery in August to repair a
torn labrum in his pitching shoulder.
JUNCTION CITY, Ore. (AP) - It took less than an hour to auction
$2.58 million worth of Country Coach motor homes that were the
highlight of a marathon liquidation sale. The high-end RV manufacturer founded 37 years ago in Junction City has gone out of business and its assets are being sold to satisfy creditors under order of a bankruptcy judge. The crowd was standing room only on Thursday, the first day of a
two-day auction. About 1,000 people registered as bidders and 300
more signed up to bid online.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A deal with federal officials is moving
ahead to deport Oregon prison inmates who are in the United States
illegally. It would apply to inmates with less than six months left
on their sentences. The state hopes to save more than $2 million by
sending the inmates back to their home country - usually Mexico.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - LaMarcus Aldridge had 28 points and 13
rebounds and the Portland Trail Blazers rallied for a 96-93 victory
over the San Antonio Spurs last night. The Spurs led by 10 points
early in the fourth quarter but the Blazers made it 85-83 on
Nicolas Batum's layup. With the victory, Portland swept the
three-game series over San Antonio this season.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The state Senate voted yesterday to override
two vetoes by Gov. Ted Kulongoski. The bills vetoed last summer
deal with fisheries and public retirement employee benefits. The
Oregonian reports the state House must vote to complete the veto
overrides. The fisheries bill involved the possibility of acquiring
a trout farm in Lake County. The employee benefits bill clarified
who pays in case retirement benefits are miscalculated.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports:
Prep Wrestling:
The defending Far West League Wrestling Champion Lancers of South Umpqua may have come away with a victory over the Siuslaw Vikings last night to close out the league season, but Siuslaw came away with several impressive victories themselves. Winning in the light weights were Blake Huff at 112 and Jacob Graber at 130. Kwartel Hendrickson claimed a mid weight victory at 171, Jackson Brasko a pin at 179, and Sunny Tupua claimed a pin at 215. South Umpqua claimed the meet 45 to 33.
On the schedule... Prep Basketball tonight has the Siuslaw Vikings at home against the North Bend Bulldogs. The girls at six, the boys right after. Airtime on Coast Radio Sports is at 5:45. In the Sunset League the Reedsport Braves will host Coquille. In the Pac-Ten it's Civil War basketball. The Oregon Ducks are at Gill Colliseum Saturday afternoon at three for the men. Pregame shows are at 2:30... the Oregon Broadcast is on KCST... the Beavers on KCFM.
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