Science Lab will allow expansion of offerings…
When the new science lab at Lane Community College in Florence is put into use for spring term it will be light-years ahead of the previous facilities. Lane President Mary Spilde (SPILL-dee) say the previous lab had to serve up to two-dozen students at a time with very limited amenities.
215 – “Our laboratory as you know was a classroom with a sink and now we have a fully equipped state of the art science lab for the Florence community and I just think that’s a great step forward.”
Spilde will officially dedicate the lab and a new ‘Smart’ classroom with a ‘linked’ multi-media capability at ten o’clock. The combined cost for the two, about $365-thousand and represents the fulfillment of a promise made two years ago.
216 – “The money came from our bond that we passed in 2008.”
Spilde said she and others promised to spend a portion of that $83-million capital levy on facilities in Florence. The new lab allows the Florence Center to expand the number of classes available for health-care related classes, including an expanded nursing program.
After just over an hour of deliberation yesterday a Lane County jury cleared the former director of Siuslaw Outreach Services of all 21 first degree theft charges. Ethel Bassett was fired from her postion, which she held for nearly a decade, in the fall of 2008. A state Department of Justice investigation the following year led to the charges that she misappropriated $54-thousand in cash received from a domestic violence education program. After a weeklong trial jurors agreed with Bassett’s defense attorney that the state failed to prove the allegations.
After spending the winter along the Oregon Coast, thousands of California tourists have headed off for other digs.
219 – “They folded up their lawn chairs and they took their umbrella tables and we saw them, you know, a few of them going south.”
Sea Lion Caves owner Steve Saubert says the approximately 17-hundred California Sea Lions seen on and around the rocks recently began moving out a few weeks ago. Saubert says there are usually a few of the California Sea Lions mingling with the Stellars, but since November their numbers have increased. Scientists say they were puzzled, but figure the huge mammals were simply following food. They’ve been showing back up in the San Francisco Bay where they’ve been a fixture for more than two decades.
The 14th annual Home and Garden Show will run this weekend at the Florence Events Center. In addition to the dozens of exhibitors offering products and services for the home, visitors can also get a free H1N1 flu shot today… and get help filling out their census form. Census workers will be on hand inside the new Rhody Express bus that will be on display in the parking lot.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say several 1,000-lb.
hay bales that fell from a tractor-trailer rig traveling southeast
of Eugene demolished the cab of an oncoming commercial truck,
killing a 37-year-old Nevada man. Authorities say Gregory Ralph
Muller of Sparks was killed early yesterday on Oregon Highway 58
west of Oakridge. The hay truck did not stop.
HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) - Washington County sheriff's officers says
detectives have arrested a 34-year-old man suspected of
burglarizing a home while the residents were on their honeymoon.
Jamie Pierce was arrested at his Beaverton home Tuesday and booked
into jail for investigation of burglary and aggravated theft.
Officers say they found property in the house from three other
burglaries, including diamond earrings taken from a Tigard home on
Valentine's Day last year.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A federal grand jury has indicted two men
on charges they sold heroin that resulted in the overdose deaths of
two Portland men. Federal and Multnomah County prosecutors say Jose
Luis Torres Rojas and Jose Hernandez Flores were arrested
Wednesday. Both are accused of two counts of distribution of heroin
resulting in death and one count of distributing heroin. The case
involves the 2009 deaths of 38-year-old Patrick McGinnis and
28-year-old Joshua Reeves.
YARMOUTH, Maine (AP) - Nike subsidiary Cole Haan has agreed to
eliminate exotic skins like lizard, snake and alligator from its
product lines. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said
Thursday that Cole Haan is the first maker of high-end accessories
and shoes to ban exotic skins. Cole Haan, which is based in New
York and Yarmouth, Maine, defines exotic as including alligator,
crocodile, lizard, snake and ostrich. Cole Haan's parent company,
Nike, is based in Beaverton, Ore.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Republican state chairman Bob Tiernan says two GOP
lawmakers who voted for tax increases in the Oregon Legislature should swear off help from public employee unions or consider giving up their re-election bids. State representatives Greg Smith of Heppner and Bob Jenson of Pendleton each face Republican primary challengers and may get help from public employee unions who backed Measures 66 and 67. Tiernan says he questions why the two are
running as Republicans.
OREGON CITY , Ore. (AP) - The sentencing for an Oregon City
couple convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the
faith-healing death of their 16-year-old son is coming up next
week. Jeff and Marci Beagley face up to a year and half in prison
at their sentencing on Monday. The Beagleys are members of the
Followers of Christ Church, which shuns doctors in favor of prayer.
Their son, Neil, died of urinary tract blockage that led to kidney
and heart failure.
TRI-CITIES, Wash. (AP) - An 11-year-old Irrigon, Ore., boy was
fatally injured in motocross bike accident near the Tri-Cities in
the Horn Rapids area. Trevor Fox was rushed to Kadlec Medical
Center in Richland where he died. The Benton County coroner told
KNDU that the bike hit the boy's chest in the crash.
(KNDU)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Lewis & Clark law Professor Jim Huffman
has announced he's running for the U.S. Senate seat held by
Democrat Ron Wyden. The Oregonian reports Huffman is a conservative
commentator who says widespread voter anger this year gives him a
chance to unseat Wyden. He's seeking the Republican nomination.
(The Oregonian)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Portland girl who was shot with a
beanbag round by one police officer must spend a year on probation
for hitting another officer during a fight at a MAX light rail
station. The Oregonian reports that a judge said the girl must also
perform 24 hours of community service for charges that include
resisting arrest and interfering with public transportation.
NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport has
added two sea lion pups to its facility after both were found blind
in one eye and unable to hunt for food. The two 9-month-old females
were found stranded as newborns in Southern California. One has a
large cataract and the other had an eye injury.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
Pac Ten Men’s Basketball…
Oregon State led by 18 at the half, but shot poorly in the second period, narrowly holding off Washington State 59 – 55 last night to dodge the “play-in” game at next week’s Pac Ten Tournament. Jared Cunningham had 20 points, eight steals and the game-sealing free throws down the stretch. In Eugene, the Oregon Ducks are headed for the “play-in”, they lost to Washington at Mac Court 86 – 74. The Huskies head for Corvallis and the Beavers tomorrow; the pregame show on KCFM is set for 4:30. Washington State and Oregon will face off in the final regular season game… ever… at Mac Court. The pregame show on KCST will begin at 4:30…. Both games tip off at five.
For the women… Oregon will be in Pullman against Washington State tonight… Oregon State at Washington. The teams will trade opponents Sunday.
College Baseball:
Oregon State is at the Surprise, Arizona tournament this weekend… They downed UC Riverside 4-3 last night. Today they’ll take on Arizona State… play continues through Sunday. Oregon opens up a four-game series on the road today against Fresno State.
Prep Basketball:
The second round of the OSAA 4A girls playoffs are set for tonight… two Far West League teams are in action… Sutherlin will host Molalla; Astoria is in North Bend. Tomorrow, for the boys, North Bend will host Newport, Brookings-Harbor is in Tillamook.
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