What to do on spring break?
Spring break gets underway for most Oregon schools this afternoon and there’s always the question of what to do to fill the time. Heading to the beach is always an option.
Tomorrow will mark the 25th annual SOLV Spring Beach Cleanup along the state’s 360-mile coastline. From ten to one tomorrow volunteers will pick up trash that has accumulated along the beach this past winter.
A second option is to catch the annual spring migration of Gray whales. Oregon State Parks officials are expecting a large turnout, both in the water and on the shore, for the northward movement of the large mammals to their arctic feeding grounds. Park ranger Morris Grover with the Whale Watching Center at Depoe Bay says “the migration is off to a fast start”. Grover adds “that usually means it will reach its peak before the end of the month, like next week”. The parks department has trained more than 400 volunteers who will staff 26 interpretive sites along Highway 101 from ten A.M. to one P.M.
There’s also a third option… the Tall Ship “Hawaiian Chieftain” is calling on Coos Bay this weekend. The replica of a 19th century European merchant trader will be docked on the Coos Bay Boardwalk through Wednesday. From the south coast it will make stops at Newport and Garibaldi before eventually making its way back to home port in Grays Harbor, Washington.
It’s not easy being green. But for those local businesses that have made the effort to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle or Compost there could be a little recognition in the deal. The City of Florence’s Environmental Management Advisory Committee is accepting nominations for area businesses or services that have made “significant efforts towards a more environmentally friendly Florence”. Nominations for the ‘green’ awards are being accepted at City Hall through April 12th. Awards will be presented on Earth Day, April 20th.
Preparations are underway for the third annual Coastal Cuisine Gala to benefit Florence Food Share. It too is set for Earth Day, April 20th and it will feature 25 to 30 vendors of fine wine, beer and ale and gourmet foods. Organizers say there are still a limited amount of booths available. Tickets for the gala itself are $50-each and are on sale at Food Share and several other area locations.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
REDMOND, Ore. (AP) - A Deschutes (duh-SHOOTS') County sheriff's
officer says one member of the sheriff's Special Operations Team
accidentally shot and wounded another team member during a live
fire training exercise at a firearms range. Capt. Tim Edwards says
the deputy suffered a non-life-threatening wound yesterday. He was
treated at the scene by paramedics and taken to a Redmond hospital.
The deputy is in good condition.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Curry County sheriff's office says a
missing 4-year-old girl was found crying in the woods late Thursday
less than 200 yards from her southwest Oregon home. Zoey Dorsey
vanished from her house two miles east of Brookings on Wednesday
afternoon. Overnight temperatures were only in the upper 30s and
cougars had been seen in the area. The sheriff's office says Zoey
was taken to a Crescent City, Calif. hospital.
KEIZER, Ore. (AP) - State police have identified a pedestrian
struck and killed while trying to cross Interstate 5 early Thursday
as 44-year-old Dale Underwood of Keizer. Lt. Gregg Hastings says
Underwood was trying to cross the freeway when he was hit by a
sport utility vehicle. Four other vehicles then ran over
Underwood's body. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators aren't sure why Underwood was on the interstate
before dawn.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A trial is under way in Portland for the
Boy Scouts of America, amid an Oregon man's claims that the group
covered up sexual abuse by Scout leaders for decades -- and that he
was one of the victims as a child. The man's attorney, Kelly Clark,
told a jury in his opening statement that about 1,000 files which
the Boy Scouts were ordered to hand over will show a national
pattern of failure to prevent abuse or punish child molesters. The
Boy Scouts claim the files helped them weed out sex offenders,
especially repeat offenders.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Principal Allison Couch says hugging was
out of control at her southwest Portland middle school. So she
banned hugs. She says her policy may sound unreasonable to some
outside the school. But if someone had filed suit because of
unwanted touching, Couch said that would have been a bigger story.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - After listening to three hours of
testimony on a proposal to strengthen oversight of Portland police,
the City Council has decided to hold one more hearing - on March 31
when police chief Rosie Sizer will be back in town. The U.S.
Justice Department is conducting a civil rights investigation into
the Jan. 29 fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a white
police officer.
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Ashland City Council won't be joining
the U.S. Forest Service as a defendant in a lawsuit over thinning
in the Ashland watershed. Council member Kate Jackson says the
thinning project is essential to the health of the watershed, but
the city's legal staff doesn't have expertise in environmental law.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A for-profit subsidiary of Portland-based
EcoTrust has sold its first carbon credits from Washington forest
land it owns. The deal puts more than 3,000 acres on Washington
Olympic Peninsula into the market for credits designed to offset
business and government greenhouse gas emissions.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A 30-year-old Eugene man has been acquitted
on a charge of obstructing an officer. Ben Bond clashed verbally
with a city parking enforcement officer over his efforts to feed
money into other people's expired meters. A municipal judge
yesterday agreed with Bond's lawyer that the city had failed to
prove a key element -- that Bond had threatened to commit a crime.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Prep Baseball:
A five-run rally in the bottom of the sixth inning yesterday lifted the Siuslaw Vikings to a 7-4 win at home against the Newport Cubs. Kevin Strenke was 2-for-3 with two RBI to aid Siuslaw to a two-and-oh start for the season.
Track and Field:
Alexis Reavis returned to the throws for Siuslaw, winning the shot put and the discus in yesterday’s Siuslaw Ice Breaker meet. The senior threw the discus 115-feet-eight inches, her best ever for that event. Other individual winners for Siuslaw… Sam Pummer in the 15-hundred; Raelyn Robinson in the 3,000; Seabre Church in the Javelin and Morgan Siegel in the triple jump. For the Boys, three individual winners: Brad Finnell (FIH-nell) in the 800; Jacob Berkner in the 15-hundred; and Connor Meyers in the Javelin. The Boys four-by-400 relay team also finished first.
College Basketball:
Micaela Cocks scored 16 points to lead five players in double figures and Oregon marked its return to the postseason with a 95-66 victory against Eastern Washington last night in a Women's National Invitation Tournament first-round game at McArthur Court. The Ducks will host New Mexico on Tuesday.
On the Schedule:
The Oregon State baseball team is ranked in the top-20 of all five major polls this week. The Beavers will open up a four-game series against the Maine Black Bears today in Corvallis. Oregon is at home this weekend, the Ducks take on Nevada this evening for the first game in a four-game series.
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