Academic standards for student athletes on the table…
School board members will continue a discussion this evening on academic standards for students’ participation in sports. Siuslaw Superintendent Jeff Davis says officials will hear a report on just how student athletes perform in the classroom.
205 – “They’re going to hear data on how our students are doing. And frankly the athletes, our student athletes are performing in general better than our regular population.”
But that’s not always the case…
206 – “But there are exceptions and we know that a percentage of our students are playing ball and eligible for sports that are operating below a two-point-oh grade point average. And I think that’s what concerns people.”
There’s a delicate balance to be struck. Davis says athletics can sometimes make a difference between a marginal student staying in school or dropping out. The current standard allows one failing grade.
207 – “The other provision that we have in place, and we think this is a good fail-safe, is that students have to be on track to graduate.”
Officials are trying to decide whether or not to raise those standards, and if so, just how far. The Siuslaw School Board meets at 6:30 tonight at district offices on Oak Street.
The Florence Urban Renewal Agency will consider an application this evening for funds to upgrade the façade of the historic Kyle Building in Old Town Florence. Building owner Ron Hoaglund has applied for the money under the agency’s Preservation and Rehabilitation program. Urban Renewal set aside $100-thousand earlier this year that will be doled out to applicants who wish to enhance the appearance of their businesses. The agency board meets at city hall at 6:30
Retail gas prices continue to rise. In Florence the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded went up in the past week by five cents. It’s now at $2.73. The national average price went up the same amount… it’s at $2.76 while Oregon’s average increased by six cents and stands at $2.87 a gallon. In Eugene the average price is up to $2.91… 18 cents a gallon on average more than in Florence.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
STEVENSON, Wash. (AP) - The search will resume today for a
24-year-old Portland woman missing on a hike near Bonneville Dam in
Washington's Skamania County. About 40 ground searchers plus Coast
Guard and Washington National Guard aircraft have been looking for
Katherine Huether's (HEE'-ther), who was last heard from via text
message on Thursday.
ETHEL, Wash. (AP) - Two Eugene, Ore., dog owners have hired
spotter planes to search the open spaces of Washington's Lewis
County for any sign of two missing Pharaoh Hounds. Owners Cynthia
Guinn and Bill Martin were staying with friends in Ethel, Wash.,
last weekend while they attended a lure coursing event in Auburn.
The dogs disappeared on Sunday morning.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - A 54-year-old man has been sentenced to 22
years in federal prison for growing marijuana valued at about $6
million on his rural property in southern Oregon. Henry X. Villa
was sentenced Monday. Prosecutors say he facilitated the
recruitment of illegal aliens from California to tend the nearly
9,000 marijuana plants on his 160-acre Wolf Creek property.
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) - All first-grade students in Ashland School
District will begin learning Spanish in 2011 and continue with
lessons each year through 12th grade. The Ashland Daily Tidings
reports that the school board voted Monday to start a European
model of second-language instruction, where language teachers give
students daily lessons lasting about 30 minutes.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Three Democrats and one Republican are
running for state treasurer in the May 18 primary to replace Ben
Westlund who died Sunday. They include Multnomah County chief
executive Ted Wheeler, who was appointed yesterday as interim
treasurer. The other Democrats are former Treasurer Jim Hill of
Salem and state Sen. Rick Metsger of Welches. The Statesman Journal
reports state Sen. Chris Telfer of Bend is the only Republican in
the primary.
(Statesman Journal)
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics says
the percentage of Oregon workers who belong to a union has risen to
17 percent. However, the total number of union workers declined
last year to 250,000. The bureau's David Kong told the Register
Guard that industries that are not heavily unionized have lost more
jobs than the public sector, which tends to be heavily unionized.
(Register Guard)
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) - Authorities are searching for two boys who
ran away from an Ashland home for troubled teens. The Ashland Daily
Tidings reports that a dozen teens have fled the 13-bed Lithia
Springs Boys Home this year. An Oregon Youth Authority spokeswoman
says officials will not send any more boys there until they confer
with Community Works, the nonprofit organization which runs the
home.
ALBANY, Ore. (AP) - An Albany man accused of shooting another
man in the head has been arraigned on a charge of attempted murder.
James Brawley remains in the Linn County Jail. Police responded to
the Heatherdale Mobile Court early Sunday, where they were told
24-year-old Jacob Moffatt of Lebanon had been shot in the head and
taken to a hospital. Police initially thought Moffatt had been
grazed by the bullet. It was later discovered the bullet had lodged
in his head.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - A Klamath Falls man accused of firing
pistol shots into the wall of his grandparents' house has been
arraigned. Authorities say 27-year-old David Brown was under the
influence of methamphetamine when he entered the home screaming.
Investigators say he fired five shots before his arrest.
BEND, Ore. (AP) - Hundreds of central Oregon residents have made
the trip out to Dry Canyon east of Bend to see a Rocky Mountain
goat that's taken up residence there and is often visible off
Highway 20 East. Oregon Fish and Wildlife biologist Steve George
says his department has not seen Rocky Mountain goats in that
location before.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
College Basketball:
It’s a basketball truisim that it’s difficult to beat the same team three times in one season. Washington State is hoping that’s true as the Cougars prepare to play Oregon in the first game of the Pac-10 Men’s tournament… just four days after losing to the Ducks in the regular season finale. Oregon swept the two-game season series in two close games. They’ll go up against Washington State again tonight at eight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The pregame show on KCST is set for 7:30. The winner of tonight’s game will face conference leading California tomorrow afternoon at 2:30.
The Pac-10 has adjusted game times for tomorrow evening’s quarterfinal session… Oregon State will play Washington in the second game tomorrow evening… the tipoff is now set for 8:30.
Baseball:
Youth baseball participants can take advantage of a pair of baseball skills camps this spring. Franklin Sports, operated by Corky Franklin, the coach of the Three Rivers Sandblasters, will offer a hitting camp at Siuslaw High School on Saturday and Sunday March 20th and 21st. The second camp will be held in May and will cover ‘all skills’. The camps are open to boys and girls aged eight to 18. Details at corkyf@yahoo.com
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