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Council to attempt agreement on fireworks ban proposal
After failing to reach an agreement on a proposed ban of legal fireworks in portions of Old Town Florence two weeks ago, the City Council will make another run at it this evening. A short council split 2-2 March First on whether or not to approve the prohibition of legal fireworks on Port of Siuslaw Property and in surrounding areas of Old Town. Councilors Sue Roberts and Nola Xavier voted in favor of the first reading of an ordinance that was drawn up by city staff at the direction of elected officials. Councilor Alan Burns and Mayor Phil Brubaker supported the ban, but over a smaller area than proposed. Councilor Dave Franzen was not present, he’s expected to be the ‘swing’ vote when they take up the matter. Following that split vote two weeks ago, councilors informally directed staff to come back with a revised proposal, but with several different viewpoints on the matter, that task will likely fall to the Council. Also on the agenda this evening, a proposed application to the Oregon Business Development Department for an Enterprise Zone; consideration of the Airport Master Plan and a temporary agreement modification for animal shelter services. The City Council meets at seven.
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A cluster of four earthquakes off the Oregon Coast Friday registered on seismic equipment, but otherwise left no effects on dry land. The first was about 9:30 Friday morning: a 4.2 magnitude quake recorded 259 miles west of Yachats. Three more quakes were noted in an area centered about 260-miles west of the Coos Bay Entrance Friday. They ranged from 3.3 to 4.9 magnitude. Another quake, 4.6 was recorded at 5:30 this morning 255 miles west of Yachats.
The Oregon Ducks will go the 2010 season without quarterback Jeremiah Masoli, one of three football players whose suspensions were announced Friday by head coach Chip Kelly. Masoli pleaded guilty Friday in Lane County Circuit Court to second-degree burglary in the theft of a pair of laptops and a guitar from a campus fraternity. Running Back LaMichael James and Placekicker Rob Beard were each handed one-game suspensions for separate incidents. James pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault stemming from an altercation with a former girlfriend. Beard pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment for his role in a January street fight that left him seriously injured.
The Siuslaw River Bridge on Highway 101 will be closed between 11 P.M. and five A.M. all this week as crews work on structural repairs to the ends of the draw-spans. Emergency crews will be on standby south of the bridge. The work is part of an ongoing renovation of the 84-year old span.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
MCMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) - Marion County sheriff's deputies are
looking for two inmates who failed to return to the county's Jail
Work Center after being granted three-hour passes. Inmates who show
good behavior can earn the passes to take care of personal matters
or visit family. But the sheriff's office says in a news release
that Felipe Morales Jr. of Salem failed to return late Friday, and
David Torres of Salem didn't return on Saturday.
STEVENSON, Wash. (AP) - Sheriff's deputies have recovered the
body of a Portland woman missing for more than a week on a hike in
the Columbia River Gorge in Washington state. Skamania County
Undersheriff Dave Cox says a helicopter from the King County
sheriff's office was able to land yesterday near where Kathrine
Huether's (HEE'-ther) body was found Saturday. An autopsy on the
24-year-old will be performed in Vancouver, Wash.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon officials say more than 7,500 jobs
have been created or retained by the 2009 Legislature's "Go
Oregon" economic stimulus package. But an analysis by The
Oregonian shows on average, Go Oregon jobs lasted only about two
weeks and did little or nothing to dent the state's bleak
employment outlook. Democratic Senate President Peter Courtney of
Salem says it creates jobs at a time when any job is appreciated.
KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) - Burrowing owls are getting more places
to live in Eastern Washington. Volunteers and biologists with the
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service have been installing artificial burrows to
encourage the small owls to nest. The burrows are made of plastic
barrels, pipe and a bucket. They've been successful in Oregon, so
50 more have been installed in the Mid-Columbia area and 24 on the
Hanford Reach National Wildlife Refuge. The federal government
considers the owls a "species of concern."
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Wildlife officials have killed five more
sea lions at Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River as part of the
campaign to protect fish. So far this season, a total of six sea
lions on a list of 64 have been euthanized.
THE DALLES, Ore. (AP) - The Wasco County Sheriff's Office has
determined the death of 25-year-old Kathryn Robertson was an
accident. The daughter of Oregon Health & Science University
President Dr. Joseph Robertson was hit by a train west of The
Dalles on Feb. 7.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Police have arrested a 24-year-old man in
the weekend stabbing of a woman in Portland. Police say Exie C.
Phillips knew the victim but yesterday morning's stabbing wasn't an
incident of domestic violence. Phillips is being held for
investigation of attempted murder and first-degree assault. The
woman is expected to survive.
CAVE JUNCTION, Ore. (AP) - Some environmentalists are appalled
at the possibility that southern Oregon's Chetco River might be
commercially dredged for gold. The Oregonian reports that
developers plans to fly in crews by helicopter to look for gold in
the pristine river. The developer says existing mining laws won't
let environmental groups interfere.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A proposal to combat property crime in
Eugene has been shelved.
The plan would have increased the $10 annual fee on rental
units, allowing the city to hire a property crime prevention
specialist to focus on limiting burglaries, car break-ins and
vehicle thefts at rental properties.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
College Basketball…
The Oregon State Men will defend their 2009 College Basketball Invitational title. They won the tournament last year, and at 14-and-17 were selected to open at home Wednesday night against 19-and-13 Boston University. // Oregon’s season is done, at 16-and-16 on the year they were passed over by the NIT, the CBI and the College-Insider-dot-com tournaments.
In the Women’s Pac-10 tournament, UCLA eliminated Oregon State Friday 60 – 44. USC edged Oregon 80 – 76. Tournament selections for the women will be announced later today.
College Baseball:
The Oregon Ducks swept the first three games before losing the fourth and final in a weekend series against Seattle University at PK Park. The Ducks started with a five-run shutout Friday, took both halves of a Saturday double-header 7-3 and four-nothing, then lost to the Redhawks 6-4 yesterday. // In Corvallis, rain forced cancellation of the opening game of the OSU Spring Tournament but the Beavers came away with three wins in three games. Friday they downed Utah 5-4 and Portland 6-5. Saturday they got by the Pilots again, 9-2.
On the schedule:
Siuslaw opens the 2010 Baseball and Softball seasons with games against Cottage Grove today. The boys will face the Lions in Cottage Grove… the girls will play in Florence. Both games start at 4:30.
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