West Lane County Candidates vie for open seat…
There’s a wide variety of political experience in the four candidates for the open West Lane Seat on the Board of County Commissioners. All four were in Florence together Friday afternoon, showing many similarities and few real differences. The most politically experienced is Jerry Rust. He’s already served two decades on the board, although his latest term ended 14 years ago. He has the support of the incumbent, Bill Fleenor and promises to continue Fleenor’s ‘listening tours’ and office hours in Western Lane County if elected. Rust supports more forest thinning and says drugs are the main cause of increasing crime rates in the county. Jay Bozievich agrees that drugs are driving crime, advocates for a revitalization of the timber industry and has political experience. He previously served on the Lane Community College Board and chaired that panel. His guiding principal is to make it easier to do business with Lane County. D.W. Northey wants to open former O&C Railroad land managed by the Bureau of Land Management to more logging in order to spark the economy. He’s a retired contractor with no political experience and says he will refuse any campaign contributions. Another newcomer is 18-year old Fred Starr. He advocates for decreasing government regulation of business, saying the government – quote – “can’t create jobs, only eliminate them”. If any one of the four earns more than 50-percent of the vote in the May 18th primary election his name will be alone on the November ballot. If there’s no majority winner, the top two will square off.
The dispute over changing the name of the Beltline Highway in Eugene will spill over to the Florence Area tomorrow afternoon when the Oregon Transportation Commission meets at the Florence Events Center. The Beltline renaming has drawn a lot of attention… and controversy… since the commission first decided to rename the highway in honor of Randy Pape’, a former member of the commission who passed away in 2008. Opponents of the renaming say they intend to bring their protest to Florence and will be on hand outside the F-E-C. The Commission regularly holds meetings in different communities around the state. Tomorrow they’ll meet beginning at three o’clock, they’ll meet again Wednesday morning.
Florence Food Share volunteer Betty Holden was singled out for her efforts and honored as the Volunteer of the Year by the Florence Area Coordinating Council last week. Food Share director Karen Lyn says Holden was selected from a group of a dozen nominees put up by area non-profits for the honor. In addition to extensive work at Florence Food Share, Holden also assists with the Senior Meals program, Peace Harbor hospital and the Siuslaw Pioneer Museum
32 different restaurants, food vendors, breweries and wineries will offer samples of what they do best tomorrow night in order to feed hungry people in the Florence Area. The third annual Coastal Cuisine Gala runs from six to 8:30 at Three Rivers Casino and Hotel. The $50 entry fee goes 100-percent to Florence Food Share. Food Share provides emergency food boxes for more than 500 households in Western Lane County each month.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
BEND, Ore. (AP) - After 10 months in Iraq, the first of the
soldiers from the Oregon Army National Guard have received a warm
welcome-home. Crowds lined the streets in Bend yesterday to greet
385 soldiers with the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team as they
rode in charter buses to their demobilization ceremony at Vince
Genna Stadium.
GEARHART, Ore. (AP) - A scientist says a baby whale that washed
up on a northwest Oregon beach died from entanglement with crab pot
lines. KATU-TV reports that a necropsy completed yesterday at
Portland State University also found evidence it was still of
nursing age. The baby whale washed up dead on Clatsop Beach north
of Gearhart Friday.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police have identified a
young man killed in a weekend crash in Lake County. Police say
17-year-old Nicholas Pickering, Jr. of Redmond was killed Saturday
in the crash on Highway 31 two miles north of Valley Falls. His
father suffered non life-threatening injuries. Nicholas' two
younger siblings, 11 and 13, were not injured. State police say
driver fatigue was a factor.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police have identified a
young man killed in a weekend rollover crash in Lake County. Police
say 17-year-old Nicholas Pickering, Jr., of Redmond died Saturday
when the Chevy Blazer he was driving crashed on Highway 31, two
miles north of Valley Falls. His father, Nicholas Pickering, Sr.,
suffered non life-threatening injuries. The Oregonian reports
Nicholas' two younger siblings, 11 and 13, were not hurt.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Quick action by witnesses has helped thwart
the kidnapping of a 2-year-old outside a church in Eugene. Eugene
police spokeswoman Melinda McLaughlin says witnesses heard a mother
calling out for her child outside Bethesda Lutheran Church on
Saturday. Some saw a man attempting to lure a toddler away from the
rest of the crowd. A woman grabbed the child, and the man jumped
into a vehicle and drove away. The Register-Guard newspaper reports
that 23-year-old Azoulas David Yurashunas was arrested and booked
into jail.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Voters who don't identify themselves as
either Democrat or Republican now make up one-fourth of Oregon's
registered voters. The Statesman Journal reports that
"nonaffiliated" voters and those enrolled in other parties
account are shaking up Oregon politics. Three decades ago, they
only accounted for 14 percent of voters.
PHOENIX (AP) - Andre Miller scored 15 points in the fourth
quarter and tied his career playoff high with 31 points as the
Portland Trail Blazers stole homecourt advantage with a 105-100 win
over the Suns last night in Phoenix. Blazers scoring leader Brandon
Roy missed the first-round playoff game, but LaMarcus Aldridge
scored 22 points, Nicolas Batum had 18 and Jerryd Bayless added 18
for Portland. Game 2 is tomorrow night in Phoenix.
SEATTLE (AP) - Right-hander Max Scherzer pitched six solid
innings and Miguel Cabrera hit a three-run homer into the second
deck as the Detroit Tigers avoided a three-game sweep with a 4-2
win over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday. Scherzer gave up just a
pair of runs and scattered six hits as the Tigers stopped Seattle's
four-game winning streak. Cabrera gave Detroit an early lead,
clubbing a three-run shot in the third off Seattle's Ian Snell.
SEATTLE (AP) - Seattle Mariners left fielder Milton Bradley was
a late scratch yesterday after being bothered by a sore calf. Eric
Byrnes replaced Bradley in the lineup for Sunday's series finale
against Detroit. Bradley left Friday's game against Detroit with
what manager Don Wakamatsu said was a sore knee. Bradley was in the
lineup Saturday and scored the go-ahead run in Seattle's 4-2 win.
He is 4 for 15 with six RBIs in Seattle's homestand.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Missouri men's basketball coach Mike
Anderson has decided to remain with the Tigers rather than pursue
the same job at Oregon that could have doubled his salary. Anderson
released a statement late Saturday night calling the West Coast
overtures nothing more than a "quick conversation." Anderson
signed a seven-year, $10.85 million contract extension one year ago
after leading Missouri to a record 31-win season.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
Prep Baseball:
It was an exciting day Friday for the Siuslaw Vikings who improved to three-and-oh in Far West League play with a double-header sweep of the Sutherlin Bulldogs in Florence. Game one was tight until the sixth inning when the Viking bats exploded to give Siuslaw a 4-1 lead that held up. Kevin Warren threw ten strikouts and allowed only two hits in the effort. Game two went to extra innings and the Bulldogs scored two runs on five Viking Errors in the top of the eighth. But, the first two Siuslaw batters reached base and Kevin Strenke smacked a towering three-run homer for the ‘walk-off’ win 8 -7.
Prep Softball:
The number five ranked Sutherlin Bulldogs swept the Lady Vikings Friday afternoon in two games, 6-1 and four-nothing.
Track and Field:
Several good finishes for Siuslaw at the Crater Rotary Classic in Central Point Saturday… Raelyn Robinson won an individual victory in the 1500; Alexis Reavis won the shot put and took second in the discus. Seabre Church threw the javelin 132-feet, 5-inches for second place, improving her previous school record personal best by five feet. Top finishers for the boys, Jacob Berkner was seventh in the 1500, Matthew Campbell ninth in the 3,000. He took 12 seconds off his previous personal best with a time of 9:38.8.
College Baseball:
The Oregon Ducks won their second consecutive Pac-10 series and knocked off the number one ranked UCLA Bruins two out of three games over the weekend, winning 5-4 and 8-4 Friday and Saturday before losing 5-1 yesterday. The Oregon State Beavers struggled at home, swept by the Stanford Cardinal 14-6; 5-3; and 10-7.
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