Tsunami Advisory exercises warning system…
Saturday’s 8.8 earthquake in Chile triggered a tsunami that ultimately put emergency managers on alert along the coast of the Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada. Only small surges of tidal action were ultimately felt along the Oregon Coast.
200 – “We have all these systems in place, with the redundancy in place, so that if something were to change that required immediate notification, the emergency managers here in our community, myself, Chief Buchanan, we can take the action to let people know and get them going to where they need to be if it ever comes to that case.”
Florence Police Chief Maury Sanders and Fire Chief John Buchanan received the advisory early Saturday morning and passed it along. Sanders said it was very timely, coming with 24-hours of the monthly test of Florence’s tsunami advisory system.
A proposed ban on legal fireworks in the Old Town District, an appeal of a business license denial and an update on Lane County’s ‘non-decision’ concerning co-adoption of the City’s 20-20 comprehensive plan are just three of several items on the agenda for tonight’s Florence City Council meeting. The fireworks ban would strengthen earlier action taken by the Port of Siuslaw to ban legal fireworks on Port property, but would also expand the prohibition over a several block area. The license denial appeal is being sought by Theresa Lofy who wanted to locate her business, Doggie Den Day Care in the industrial park on Kingwood Street. Lofy’s application was rejected because of zoning restrictions. City Manager Bob Willoughby is also expected to ask councilors what steps to take next in regards to the Lane County Commissioners decision to hold off on ratifying the city’s 20-20 comprehensive plan as it applies to unincorporated areas inside the urban growth boundary.
Oregon’s largest private foundation will be holding four community meetings along the coast this week to provide advice about how to seek grants from the Meyer Memorial Trust. Trust program officer Sally Yee says she’ll also be collecting information about the needs of non-profit organizations on the Central Oregon Coast. The “Two Way Street Tour” begins at Reedsport’s Douglas County Library tonight at 5:30. Tomorrow the tour will be at Siuslaw Public Library in Florence from nine to 11, then they’ll go on to Newport tomorrow afternoon then Lincoln City on Wednesday.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A Lane County jury convicted a driver on all
charges stemming from an October crash in which he struck a
bicyclist and left the scene.
Joshua Gene Clifton of Springfield was found guilty of assault,
hit and run, reckless driving, driving while suspended and filing a
false report that his car had been stolen.
Police say the 23-year-old was racing another driver late at
night when he lost control of his Mitsubishi Eclipse and hit a
bicyclist pedaling on a sidewalk.
A witness testified he saw the Eclipse speed away from the
scene, leaving the bicyclist unconscious and bleeding from a head
injury.
The victim, 26-year-old Hart Godbold, told The Register-Guard
newspaper he has mostly recovered and forgives Clifton.
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Information from: The Register-Guard,
http://www.registerguard.com
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Damage is estimated at about $1 million from
Saturday's fire at Emerald Forest Products in Eugene. Firefighters
were able to save the majority of the plywood mill, and District
Chief Randy DeWitt told The Register-Guard is should be up and
running again shortly.
(Register Guard)
PHILOMATH, Ore. (AP) - Organic farmers in Oregon the wind will
carry pollen from genetically altered sugar beets that they say
could render their crops worthless, and are asking a federal judge
to halt the plantings nationwide. If a judge approves their
requested injunction at a hearing this week, it would halt the
planting of altered beets until the government does an
environmental impact statement.
CLACKAMAS, Ore. (AP) - A Clackamas man says he was just
exercising free speech rights when he made an obscene gesture with
a finger at sheriff's deputies two different times. He was detained
or cited on charges that were dismissed. Now 46-year-old Robert J.
Ekas is suing the sheriff's office, accusing officers of harassment
and intimidation. Ekas told The Oregonian the gestures in the
summer of 2007 were a protest against officers shooting unarmed
people.
(The Oregonian)
TOLLGATE, Ore. (AP) - A search will continue today for a
13-year-old Washington state boy who disappeared during a
cross-country ski trip in northeastern Oregon. Blue Mountain
Television in Washington state reports that Nathan Cain of Walla
Walla was skiing with his father and some adult friends when he got
separated from the group Saturday in Union County.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon car salesman is expected to
recover after police say he was shot while taking a man on a test
drive. Officers say 32-year-old Robert Joe Johnson from Lithia
Toyota in Medford was wounded in the abdomen Saturday in an alleged
carjacking. The Mail Tribune reports that 49-year-old Clayton Emil
Huff of Eagle Point was taken into custody.
SILVERTON, Ore. (AP) - Silverton police say a 22-year-old man
died from a shotgun wound after he and some friends were playing
with firearms at a party. Sgt. Jerry Blaylock says Mark Berry died
immediately from the shotgun blast early Saturday. He says it
appears the shooting was accidental, and that Berry and the others
apparently thought the weapon was unloaded.
CRESWELL, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say a sex-abuse
suspect found dead after a four-hour standoff was 46-year-old Troy
Adam Baker. Baker was found dead Friday night in his Creswell-area
home of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was being
investigated for the sexual abuse of a male victim over a several
years.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Log exports from Washington and Oregon
fell a little more than 10 percent last year, but researchers say
the market should turn around soon. The two states exported 697
million board feet in 2009, with a total value of $429 million.
Softwood lumber exports from the region jumped 17.5 percent from
2008.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A man released after spending a decade in
prison for killing three people has filed lawsuits seeking $21.5
million from Oregon and Polk County officials for wrongful
conviction and imprisonment. The suits filed yesterday by
43-year-old Scott Cannon came almost 10 years after he was
convicted of the slayings near Salem. Ballistics tests used to
convict him were later discredited.
DALLAS, Ore. (AP) - Three teenagers who beat a man with their
skateboards have each been sentenced to serve up to seven years in
prison. Polk County prosecutors said yesterday that the trio
pleaded guilty to assault, robbery and unlawful use of a weapon in
the Sept. 25 attack on a 52-year-old man.
ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) - A Portland driver has been arraigned on
charges that he intentionally struck a bicyclist on U.S. 101 south
of Seaside. Stephan Joseph Fox is jailed in Clatsop County on
$250,000 bail. Prosecutor Ron Brown says the 23-year-old "just
took off" after hitting Seaside chiropractor Seth Goldstein in
November. Brown says Goldstein will likely need physical therapy
for years to come.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - NASCAR driver Greg Biffle says he has become
part owner of a dirt track in Oregon and formed a late model series
to help budding racers in the Northwest. The DAA Spec Motor Series
will run 22 events on six tracks with a $25,000 season points fund.
Biffle is now part owner of is Sunset Speedway in Banks, a 3/4-mile
clay dirt track outside Portland.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS
Prep Wrestling:
Siuslaw ended the OSAA State Wrestling meet with 45 team points and two medals. Jacob Graber completed his senior season with a second place medal in the 125 pound weight class; sophomore Sonny Tupua was fifth at 215 pounds.
College Basketball:
The Oregon State men held off Southern California 49 – 44 Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles. Roeland Schaftenaar (ROO-lonn SHOFF-teh-narr) made four free throws in the final minute to seal the win for the Beavers who had lost two straight. // Tajuan Porter scored 29 points and Oregon hung on for a 70-68 win over UCLA to end a six-game losing streak at Pauley Pavillion. Porter’s seventh three-pointer of the game snapped a 65-all tie and came after the Bruins rallied from a 14 point second half deficit. // For the women, UCLA downed Oregon 91 – 75 at Mac Court on Saturday; USC extended Oregon State’s losing streak to 16 games, 53 – 50.
College Baseball:
Oregon fell to Hawai’i 2-1 Friday afternoon, then split a double header with the Rainbows yesterday, losing the opener 5-2, then taking the nightcap 3-nothing. The two teams had been scheduled to play Saturday, but that game was moved to yesterday because of the tsunami warning. // In Corvallis, Oregon State claimed the rubber match of a three-game Pape’ Grand Slam against Tennessee one-nothing yesterday. They opened with a 17-1 win Friday and fell to the Volunteers 9-2 Saturday.
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