Second reading on Fireworks Prohibition set for tonight…
The Florence City Council will take up the second reading of a proposed ordinance banning the use of all fireworks in most areas of Old Town Florence this evening. The move has drawn fire from several businesses in the area who claim it will put a damper on Fourth of July business. The Council opted to make the fireworks ban a priority in December during their annual goal-setting. It was in response to a move made last year by the Port of Siuslaw banning fireworks on all Port property. The council, on a 3-2 vote, approved the first reading March 15th. If it passes this evening, the ban would be in place in time for this year’s Independence Day Holiday. The council will also hold a pair of public hearings on proposed zoning code changes in the business park this evening. The council meets at seven at city hall.
In his final state-of-the-state address, Governor Ted Kulongoski said he’s the first to acknowledge that 10.5 percent unemployment is not acceptable. But, the 69-year old Democrat says state government weathered this recession better than the dot-com collapse. He said it’s not “dumb luck” that Oregon isn’t cutting health care, school days, or support for families in crisis. Still, he says, Oregon faces a “decade of debt” unless it does more to shore up state finances. Kulongoski argues the state’s kicker rebates, which return money to taxpayers when revenue runs well above estimates, keep the state from saving in good times. He wants that money diverted into reserve funds for hard economic times. The Democratic Legislature rejected Kulongoski’s recent efforts to revamp the rebates.
Highway 36 just west of Triangle Lake was closed between Friday afternoon and Saturday because of downed trees and rock slides. Oregon Department of Transportation spokesperson Rick Little said the slide occurred Friday morning and workers weren’t able to safely access the area until Saturday morning. Traffic was restored by mid afternoon.
He can’t formally file for another 60-days, but former Florence Mayor and current councilman Alan Burns says he wants his old job back. Burns was first elected to the City Council in 1992, then served as Mayor between 1996 and 2004. Two years later, he was elected to council once again. No other candidates have formally announced their intentions, but it’s expected that the incumbent… Phil Brubaker will run again.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Items meant to go to an orphanage in
Uganda have been stolen Saturday from a Portland church's storage
container. The Oregonian reports members of the Abundant Life
Church discovered thieves had taken food, clothing and shoes.
Member Mark Covener said the theives made a "huge mess."
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) - Springfield police says a man crashed a
suspected stolen car into a tree after shutting off the car's
lights in an attempt to lose police officers. The Eugene
Register-Guard reports 21-year-old Christopher Lee Rose was in
hospitalized in critical condition Saturday. Officers lost sight of
the car when the lights were shut off, but police found the car
after it had crashed.
JORDAN VALLEY, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say a Nampa man
has been charged with DUI after a weekend accident that took the
life of his 9-year-old son. Police say 33-year-old Rigoberto
Martinez-Perez was driving a pickup truck on Highway 95 at a high
rate of speed when the vehicle went off the right shoulder, rolled
several times and went down a 40-foot embankment.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Anyone who sees an 8-foot boa
constrictor looking for a warm spot in Grants Pass, authorities
would like you to call them. The Grants Pass Department of Public
Safety says the boa -- named d'Artagnan -- was last seen at his
home Thursday. They say the snake escaped when a roommate at the
home opened the door without realizing the snake was loose.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Arbitration is scheduled today and tomorrow
in the contract dispute between the Oregon Department of
Corrections and the union for more than 1,800 corrections officers.
The two sides differ over furlough days, vacation and a freeze on
step pay increases.
FORT LEWIS, Wash. (AP) - About 120 Oregon Army National Guard
soldiers who returned Saturday to Joint Base Lewis-McChord are
among the first of nearly 2,700 troops coming home after a year in
Iraq. The Army says the rest of the 41 Infantry Brigade Combat Team
soldiers are due to return to Lewis-McChord in the next few weeks.
HUBBARD, Ore. (AP) - Marion County sheriff's detectives are
helping look for the hit-and-run driver whose vehicle killed a man
walking along a street in Hubbard. The 29-year-old Hubbard man,
Freddie Foster, was fatally injured Saturday night. The only
description of the suspect vehicle is that it's a white van.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Track and Field:
The Siuslaw Vikings had a half-dozen individual event winners at Saturday’s Junction City Invitational, including the longest shot put of the year at the high school level in Oregon… Alexis Reavis also moved to number two on the all-time Siuslaw High School list with a put of 42-feet-9-1/2 inches. Raelyn Robinson won the 800 meter, Samantha Pummer the 15-hundred. On the boys side, Joe Campbell won the 15-hundred in a personal best time of 4:16:68… little brother Matthew Campbell won the Three-thousand. The boys four-by-400 relay team of Wyatt Alletson, Neal Larson, Brad Greenburg and Will Fandrey won that event in 3:39.65.
College Baseball:
The Oregon Ducks handed the Arizona State Sun Devils their first loss of the season Friday night… well, actually Saturday morning. The Ducks and the Devils went 12-innings and ended up at 12:46 Saturday morning with the ducks on top 6-5. ASU won Saturday’s matchup 7-3 to take the three-game series. Oregon State split the final two games of their series in Los Angeles against the USC Trojans, winning Friday 4-3; losing Saturday 8-2.
On The Schedule…
Siuslaw baseball and softball scheduled for this afternoon against Marshfield has been called because of weather and field conditions.
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