Bridge Support winds up blocking highway…
It almost made it there... A 177-foot long cast concrete bridge support destined for a construction project over Knowles Creek on Highway 126 just west of the Peterson Tunnel yesterday morning wound up blocking the highway a few miles away for much of the day. A transport truck hauling the beam rounded a corner three miles west of Walton and the truck went into a ditch. The truck and the load overturned, blocking the West-bound lane. Flaggers routed one-way traffic through the scene for much of the day and traffic was completely blocked from time to time as a crew worked to remove the beam. Representatives from Knife River Incorporated, the Harrisburg company that manufactured the beam, planned to cut it into pieces and use a crane to remove it. All traces were taken away just after midnight and complete traffic flow was restored early this morning. State police say nobody was injured in the crash. An Oregon Department of Transportation spokesman said the destroyed beam will delay bridge construction for a couple weeks but have no impact on the project completion date.
The Dunes City Council held a special work session yesterday afternoon to discuss their options and gain more understanding of water rights issues. The meeting came as the results of a draft report from the Dunes City Water Quality Committee recommending the city abandon its water rights for Woahink Lake. Mayor Eric Hauptmann (HOWPT-munn) said he was strongly opposed to that move. David Williams, the regional water master for the Oregon Water Resources Department buttressed the mayor’s position. Currently there are 135-permit holders withdrawing water from Woahink for domestic use under the city’s rights. If that went away, they would have to find another legal source of water. An application for an extension of those water rights has already been submitted.
A 90-minute forum this evening at the Florence Events Center is intended to provide insight to one candidate for the Lane County Commission on how to possibly increase employment opportunities. Jay Bozievich has organized a panel of community members and is seeking ideas. The candidate say decisions made by Lane County leaders need to “make it easier to do business”. That forum runs from 6:30 to 8:00.
A different sort of forum is set for this evening at the Siuslaw Valley Fire Station on Highway 101. It’s a disaster preparedness meeting that is focused on possible victims of the four-legged variety. Lane County Animal Services has been working on plan to provide aid to animals following a large scale disaster. Karen Gaffney, assistant director of Lane County Health and Human Services, says they want to engage as many pet owners as possible. That forum runs from seven to 8:30 P.M.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Transcripts from a grand jury proceeding
that cleared a Portland police officer in the fatal shooting of a
homeless man show vital details didn't reach the officer or
emergency dispatchers. The Oregonian reports Officer Jason Walters
testified the police response would have been different on March 22
had he known the man reported to be harassing people at Hoyt
Arboretum had threatened to kill two people and been seen with
blood on his hands. Grand jurors listened to 28 witnesses before
deciding against criminal charges.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Closing arguments are expected to start
today in a $29 million sex abuse lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of
America. A Portland man filed the suit against the Scouts and their
Cascade Pacific Council, claiming they were negligent for failing
to prevent abuse of Scouts.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Treasurer Ted Wheeler has
unveiled new measures to clamp down on travel by the agency's
investment officers, who oversee some $67 billion in pension and
other state investments. Yesterday Wheeler asked for a review of
the agency's travel policies and conduct. A recent investigation by
The Oregonian has been examining travel by 13 employees of the
agency.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Two Democrats contending for governor of
Oregon have stepped back from their party's legislative leadership,
suggesting they'd have supported temporary rather than permanent
tax increases a year ago. Bill Bradbury and John Kitzhaber appeared
in a Portland debate sponsored by business groups, including one
that tried to negotiate temporary taxes in 2009.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon drivers have another week to use
studded tires because of the winter weather that's arrived this
spring. ODOT said yesterday that under the new deadline, studded
tires will be legal in Oregon through Saturday April 17. Weather
forecasts call for continued difficult driving conditions in some
snow zones until early next week.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland City Commissioners have approved
spending $7 million over the next five years on red light cameras.
KGW reports the city is not adding more cameras but is upgrading to
digital models that produce clearer pictures. The camera tickets
earn Portland less than $10,000 a year, but the city's traffic
engineer says they cut crashes by 30 percent.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Medical examiners say a man whose body was
found yesterday in Johnson Creek in Portland accidentally drowned.
Police say he was identified as 45-year-old Robert Merle Mulligan.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland officials say mental health
professionals should be helping police respond to some emergency
calls. The Oregonian says that's among the recommendations in a
report today that was written by City Commissioners Dan Saltzman
and Amanda Fritz and Police Chief Rosie Sizer. It's a response to
two fatal police shootings this year and the 2006 death of a man in
police custody.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland police say a man who held up a
Portland bank yesterday, then stole a late-model Jaguar with two
Chihuahuas inside. He crashed the car a short time later in a Jack
in the Box parking lot and fled on foot. The car and dogs' owner
says the man robbed the bank and then demanded her car keys. The
dogs were recovered unharmed.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland police say a man robbed a north
Portland Bank of America branch yesterday, then stole a late-model
Jaguar with two Chihuahuas inside. After grabbing the money, the
man demanded car keys from Melanie Davis, who was inside the bank
during the holdup. He crashed the car a short time later in a Jack
in the Box parking lot and fled on foot. The dogs were recovered
unharmed, but the robber remains at large.
HAPPY VALLEY, Ore. (AP) - A 48-year-old Portland man has been
cited on numerous charges and released after sheriff's deputies
responded yesterday to a report of a suspicious man possibly
stealing a bicycle at the Clackamas Town Center. Detective Jim
Strovink says the man had registered as a sex offender, then broke
into a nearby newspaper box as he was leaving and stole $61 in
quarters before running slowly down some light rail tracks.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
Three former Oregon State baseball players are on Major League rosters as play opened up this week. The most notable is Madras, Oregon native Jacoby Ellsbury who signed with the Boston Red Sox organization in 2005. Ellsbury led the Sox in stolen bases with 70 last year and has moved to center field. Brian Barden signed with the Florida Marlins in the off season after spending three seasons with Arizona and St. Louis. He lettered with the Beavers from 2000 to 2002 and was OSU’s first baseball Olympian in the 2008 games. There’s one former Beaver Pitcher in the bigs… Mike Ekstrom joined the Tampa Bay Rays after two seasons with San Diego, he last played for the Beavers in 2003.
On the schedule today, girls golf at Ocean Dunes this afternoon as the Lady Vikings host South Umpqua.
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