Former Florence Resident Plans Insanity Defense
An Army veteran charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his Creswell neighbor has filed notice that he’ll rely on an insanity defense. Jarrod William Pardun (parr-DUNN) also says in the filing that he did not intend to kill 59-year old Stephen Thurston last July 18th. Pardun’s trial on murder and other charges is set to begin March 30 in Eugene. Lane County Circuit Court Judge Maurice Merten has ordered the 29-year old to submit to an examination next week by a prosecution psychologist. According to the Register Guard, Thurston died from a shotgun blast shortly after confronting Pardun about his driving in front of Thurston’s home. Pardun told investigators the day of the shooting that he was under treatment for extreme post-traumatic stress disorder related to his Army service five years earlier. Thurston was a fellow veteran who had also battled PTSD following his service in the Vietnam War.
(Register Guard via AP)
Oregon’s ‘shaky history’ will be explored this afternoon on KCST’s Our Town. Oregon Department of Geology spokesman James Roddy will talk about the devastating earthquakes that have occurred along the Oregon Coast many times over the past several hundred years. Joining him will be Florence Police Chief Maury Sanders and Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue Chief Jon Buchanan. All three will talk about efforts to prepare coastal residents for the probability of a large quake similar to those that have happened recently in Chile and Haiti. That show this afternoon on KCST from four to six pm.
After holding steady for several weeks fuel prices are beginning to move up. In Florence the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded went up by three cents this week to $2.68. Oregon’s average went up by twice that amount and is at $2.81. The national average is $2.70 … four cents higher than last week. Marie Dodds with Triple-A of Oregon says fuel prices often begin to increase in the spring, partly because of increased economic activity. She says refineries also often shut down in the spring for maintenance, decreasing supply.
Once again the three-day Florence Home and Garden Show will be anchored by the displays of four separate nurseries but that’s not all. The 14th edition of the show opens Friday at two pm and area residents who still don’t have their H1N1 vaccines can get one courtesy of Lane County Public Health. Saturday hours run from ten to six, with ‘no-cost’ admission in the final two hours. Sunday it wraps up from 11 to three. Free flu shots are Friday only from two to seven.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon man has been sentenced to 11 years
in federal prison after pleading guilty to child pornography
charges. Prosecutors said 46-year-old Dale Wayne Manning of Eugene
e-mailed pornographic images of a 5-year-old boy after responding
to an ad on Craigslist seeking single fathers. A federal grand jury
indicted Manning in June 2008.
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - Federal investigators say a member of
the Oregon Air National Guard stole ATVs, motorcycles and
electronics, then used Craigslist.com to resell many of the items.
A search warrant affidavit unsealed in U.S. District Court
yesterday says neighbors saw Senior Master Sgt. Adam Michael
Monticelli of Vancouver bringing the items home in a U.S. Air Force
truck, then resell them to people who showed up there. Monticelli
has not yet been charged with any crime.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Eugene Police Chief Pete Kerns says
excessive force was used in a case in which a police officer let
his dog go after a man who turned out to be a homeowner. Moments
before police arrived at his home last November, Tim Crossan had
been fighting with the intruder who crawled through an open window
while fleeing police. Crossan says he intends to sue.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A bill that would allow highly trained
psychologists to prescribe some drugs is now on the desk of Gov.
Ted Kulongoski. The Oregonian reports that if the bill that passed
the Legislature last week becomes law, Oregon would become the
third state where psychologists - who are not physicians - can
prescribe drugs.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. (AP) - NASA says an astronaut from
Eugene, Ore., 41-year-old James Dutton, will make his first trip
into space on the next shuttle flight to the International Space
Station. The Discovery is scheduled to launch April 5 at the
Kennedy Space Center for a 13-day mission to deliver supplies, new
crew sleeping quarters and lab equipment.
ELKTON, Ore. (AP) - The body found a month ago along the Umpqua
River near Elkton has been identified as a transient from the Salem
area, 57-year-old Salvador Quezadea-Morales. The Douglas County
sheriff's office says he died of exposure to the cold.
(Register Guard)
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - U.S. senators from Oregon and
Washington have joined their East Coast counterparts to file a bill
to return control over liquefied natural gas ports to the states.
Oregon and Washington are fighting the Bradwood Landing LNG project
being developed near the mouth of the Columbia River, saying it is
not needed and that federal approval was granted before full
environmental reviews were completed.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A Salem-based organization has found new
homes for nearly all the 600 hedgehogs that were rescued in
December from an animal wholesaler in Arlington, Texas. Vicki
McLean of the Hedgehog Welfare Society says its nearly 1,000
members helped place more than 500 of the animals throughout the
United States and Canada.
(The Oregonian)
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
College Baseball:
Oregon’s Nick Wagner singled in two of the four runs posted in the first inning last night as the Ducks opened PK Park in Eugene with a 6-2 nonleague victory over the Washington Huskies. Eddie Rodriguez posted a career high three hits in four at-bats for Oregon. The two teams meet again tonight in Eugene.
Prep Basketball:
Siuslaw’s Eric Tipler was named to the 2nd team All Far West Basketball Squad by coaches this week. Brad Greenburg made Honorable Mention and Ryan Larson was named to the ‘all defensive’ team.
In the OSAA 4A basketball playoffs the Brookings-Harbor Lady Bruins were eliminated from play in the first round last night by LaPine, 55 – 33. For the boys, Sutherlin is at Phoenix tonight.
Oregon State University basketball coach
Craig Robinson has agreed in principal to a two-year contract
extension.
School officials said Tuesday the agreement will keep Robinson
with the Beavers through the 2015-16 season.
As the brother-in-law of President Barack Obama, Robinson has
brought some national attention to Corvallis as he works to turn
around a basketball program that was struggling near the bottom of
the Pac-10.
His 31 wins since taking the Oregon State job in 2008 are the
most for the Beavers over two years since the 1989-91 seasons.
Oregon State (12-15 overall) finishes the regular season at
home, playing Washington State on Thursday and Washington on
Saturday.
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