Another home destroyed by fire…
Fire has struck for the second time in four days. A home at 8206 Fiddle Creek Road, southeast of Florence, was completely destroyed yesterday morning. Siuslaw Valley Fire Marshall Sean Barrett said the remote location and construction type… a converted travel trailer with wood-frame additions… contributed to the loss. He also said there was no relationship between yesterday’s mid-morning blaze and a similar one Saturday.
200 – “They’re both most likely electrical. The one north of town was narrowed down to the furnace area, I just couldn’t determine how the furnace did it. The other one, the area of the origin was the kitchen and usually that’s electrical.”
The occupants of the Fiddle Creek home asked their names not be released. Barrett said another factor hampered efforts to reach the home.
201 – “A lot of people, you know, they like living out in the country and they don’t build their roads adequate enough for fire apparatus to go up and down. And in this particular case the road bed wasn’t good enough, it was muddy and slippery and very steep and so it was very difficult to drive the trucks up.”
Firefighters were able to save an adjacent structure.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and the City of Florence recently completed paperwork that will lead to an interest free $4.9-million loan to pay for upgrades to the city’s sewer system.
203 – “Basically this is to take care of what we refer to as the bottleneck project. This will fully fund the project going from our Ivy Street pump station, down at Ivy Street and First, all the way up to, basically just shy of Munsel Lake Road and Highway 101.”
Florence Public Works Director Mike Miller said lines in what he calls the “Oak Street Corridor” weren’t large enough to accommodate flow from additional development in the north end of town. Phase One is planned for this summer and will increase line sizes on the southern half of the project. Because it adds capacity to the system, the loan will be repaid primarily by Systems Development Charges.
When the Siuslaw School District enacted a construction excise tax two years ago, the ordinance included an exemption for “affordable housing”. However, that exemption wasn’t worded broadly enough to include organizations such as Habitat for Humanity. The local chapter of Habitat is preparing construction on their latest home just off Airport Road. Permits can’t be issued however until they either pay the excise tax or get an exemption. That exemption is on the agenda this evening for the Siuslaw School Board. They meet at 6:30 at district offices on Oak Street.
Despite an easing in crude oil prices, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded increased slightly this week. Florence’s average price is up three cents to $2.82… Oregon’s statewide average as measured by Triple-A is up six cents to $2.96 and the national average lies in between… it’s up three cents to $2.86. The average in Eugene and Springfield is at the highest point since June of 2008… $2.99 a gallon.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A mother has pleaded guilty in Portland to
killing her 4-year-old son and trying to kill her 7-year-old
daughter by sending them off a Willamette River bridge last year. A
plea bargain will allow 32-year-old Amanda Stott-Smith to avoid the
death penalty and instead spend at least 35 years in prison. The
children went into the river from the Sellwood Bridge on May 23.
Formal sentencing is set for later this month.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A $1.4 million jury award to an Oregon man
who filed a sex abuse lawsuit against the Boy Scouts is not the end
of the case. There could be more financial damage to come, with
jurors set to go back to court next week to decide whether the
Scouts must pay up to $25 million in punitive damages.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon's chief economist says he's
encouraged by an increase in manufacturing jobs. Tom Potiowsky
tells The Oregonian the state could being seeing overall job growth
in the second quarter, although it's likely to be mild. State
unemployment held flat in March at 10.6 percent.
MILWAUKIE, Ore. (AP) - The Clackamas County sheriff's office
says an attack on three men in Milwaukie was not random. Two men
were shot and one was stabbed last night by a group that approached
them while they were working on a pickup truck in a driveway. The
attackers fled. The three wounded men were taken to local
hospitals.
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) - About 800 Oregon National Guard troops
will be welcomed home in a ceremony April 22 at the National Guard
headquarters in Springfield. The Register-Guard reports they are
among about 2,500 soldiers returning this month from deployments in
Iraq and Afghanistan.
DALLAS, Ore. (AP) - The Polk County sheriff's office says
deputies caught up with the so-called Ferrari fugitive. Tips led to
the arrest yesterday of a 29-year-old transient, Leon Mickey Davis,
who was found hiding in a mobile home in Grand Ronde. Two other
people with him were arrested and accused of hindering prosecution.
He faces numerous charges in the theft of a $125,000 Ferrari and
police chase.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Food company executive and Oregon State
University benefactor Al Reser has died at his Florida vacation
home. He was 74. Reser helped to turn what began with a family
potato salad recipe into a food empire. He may have been better
known in Oregon as a passionate promoter of Oregon State who
donated the $15 million that etched his name on the football
stadium.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Prep Baseball:
Kevin Warren continued his dominance at the plate for the Siuslaw Vikings yesterday, going three-for-four with a double and 3 RBI as Siuslaw opened up Far West League play with a 4-3 win over the Douglas Trojans in Winston. Trevor Roberts threw a complete game with seven strikouts and allowed only four hits on the day. Kevin Strenke had a good day at the plate as well going three-for-four including one double.
Prep Softball:
The Vikings scored in the first inning, the Douglas Trojans tied it in the fourth… and the game was tied at one-all going into the seventh. But a combination of five hits and three Siuslaw errors allowed nine runs for the Trojans and they held on for a 9-1 win to open Far West League play in Florence yesterday.
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