Armed Forces Day in Florence…
It was created by Congress in 1949… the Third Saturday in May of every year was set aside as Armed Forces Day, intended to honor Americans serving in the five U.S. Military branches. In Florence there will be a particular focus on Veterans. The Oregon Coast Military Heritage Museum has organized an observance for the west end of Bay Street with displays of vintage military vehicles and several veteran’s groups from 11 to 3:00. Saturday evening at seven, the Pacific Coast Wind Ensemble will present a special concert at the Florence Events Center…
210 – “You know, we’ve put together some special music, including some home front world war II tunes. We’re doing the military service tunes. We’ve got a number of Sousa marches, We’re doing a lot of concert band music with a World War II and Veteran theme, just a great concert band concert.”
Tom Payn is a trumpeter with the group. He’s personally underwritten the cost of the center for the night so all money raised will go towards the museum. Organizers say they’ve already raised more than $14-hundred. Free tickets are available at several location, the suggested donation is $10.
The Siuslaw School Board will meet this evening at the Elementary School Library to hear the final recommendation of the Budget Committee on the coming year. One item not included in the budget however, but could have serious future repercussions, is the roof for the elementary school. Facilities supervisor Mark Mueller will present a report presenting several options ranging in cost from $440-thousand to $1.6-million. The Budget Committee meets at 6:30, the board immediately following.
A $200-thousand Federal Economic Stimulus project has disrupted traffic on one of the busiest arterials in Florence this week. Florence Public Works Director Mike Miller says the grinding and resurfacing of 4 ½ blocks of Ninth Street between Highway 101 and Juniper Street is expected to be complete by the end of next week. Motorists have faced detours on either end of Ninth as workers have been grinding the old pavement off and patching what Miller called ‘soft spots’. An overlay should be completed this week with striping and final details next week. Miller says the last component will be the traffic light sensors at Highway 101. They should be complete by the 21st.
Florence’s average price for a gallon of regular unleaded fell by two-cents this week to $2.84, six cents below the national average and 14-cents less than Oregon’s average price. Marie Dodds with Triple-A says crude oil prices tumbled this week, falling from a high of $87 a barrel to around $75 on Friday. Then, as of yesterday it was trading at $77.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - University of Oregon President Richard
Lariviere (lah-RIV'-ee-air) says it's time to try a new way of
operating - and funding - his school. He's proposing creation of a
$1.6 billion endowment, partly funded by state bonds. He plans to
present the idea to the Oregon Legislature when it meets next year.
SEASIDE, Ore. (AP) - A Portland State University biology class
plans a necropsy today on a rarely seen minke (MINK'-ee) whale that
washed ashore at the mouth of the Columbia River. The young whale
that was spotted yesterday measured just over 13 feet and was
probably about to be weaned. Experts say minke whales are common in
Northwest waters but typically stay far out to sea.
COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) - Officials in North Bend say the city will
lose almost $200,000 in the next fiscal year after the Coquille
Indian Tribe decided to no longer pay the city a hotel room tax
from The Mill Casino-Hotel. The World newspaper reports that the
tribe made the move because the casino hotel is on land held in
federal trust. The city sued but a mediator ruled in favor of the
tribe.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Eugene-based Golden Temple has sold its
cereal division to Hearthside Food Solutions, an Illinois-based
food manufacturer. Golden Temple employs 230 people and produces
bulk granola, private-label products and Peace, Yogi and Sweet Home
Farm branded cereals.
LOW PASS, Ore. (AP) - One Triangle Lake High School student was
killed and two others were injured when their SUV slid off a Bureau
of Land Management road and rolled about 300 yards near Low Pass.
The Lane County sheriff's office told The Register-Guard
18-year-old Shayleen Monticue was thrown from the Jeep Cherokee
Tuesday afternoon and died at the scene.
LA GRANDE, Ore. (AP) - Eastern Oregon University has announced
the creation of the Dylan Steigers Memorial Scholarship. The
scholarship will be awarded to a football player at EOU in memory
of Steigers, a Montana player who died Sunday of a head injury
suffered during the team's spring game Saturday. He was 21.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Two former Oregon State football players
and a current team member who went on a golf cart joyride in March
have pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of unauthorized use of
a vehicle. Ex-linebacker Keaton Kristick was sentenced yesterday to
25 hours of community service, while former quarterback Lyle Moevao
(MOY'-vow) received 40 hours and defensive tackle Brennan Olander
received 65 hours.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State quarterback Peter Lalich has
received a boating DUI while in Shasta, Calif. The Gazette-Times
reports Lalich was booked and released Friday. It's his third
alcohol-related incident in college. He had two while at Virginia,
which forced him off the team. Lalich transferred to OSU in 2008.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Former West Linn Mayor Patti Galle has
pleaded guilty to making a false statement in the state voter
pamphlet. The attorney general's office says Galle was sentenced
yesterday to three years probation and 120 hours of community
service. Galle misrepresented her education credentials when she
said she was "degreed in English" while filing to run for mayor
in 2008.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - Federal authorities today start
irrigating the drought-stressed upper Klamath Basin's federal
irrigation project. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said water from
Upper Klamath Lake will start filling canals in the Klamath
Reclamation Project, which serves 1,300 farms covering 200,000
acres south of Klamath Falls.
BALTIMORE (AP) - Seattle Mariners designated hitter Ken Griffey
Jr. insists he was available to pinch-hit during a recent game
despite reports he was taking a nap. The (Tacoma) News Tribune
quoted two Mariners who spoke anonymously and wrote that Griffey
was asleep in the clubhouse Saturday and unavailable to bat. The
40-year-old Griffey was asked about the matter yesterday and told
reporters that he's "available all the time."
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Prep Baseball:
Trevor Roberts pitched a five-inning no-hitter, striking out seven and was two-for-three at the plate yesterday afternoon as the Siuslaw Vikings extended their win streak to 13 and shut out the Brookings Harbor Bruins 10-nothing. Hagan Holmes and John Duman were each three-for-three and the Vikings are 12-and-oh in Far West League play.
Prep Softball:
Brookings-Harbor downed the Lady Vikings 7-3 in Brookings. That drops Siuslaw to a 5-and-7 record, one game behind the Bruins for the final playoff spot. The Vikings have three games remaining.
Track and Field:
Alexis Reavis won the shot put and the discus yesterday at Marshfield High School. Reavis threw the discus 134-feet for a personal best and the third longest in Siuslaw High School History. Raelyn Robinson won the 800 meter; was second in the high jump. Seabre Church captured the javelin. For the boys… Joe Campbell had a P-R in the 800 along with first place, Brad Finnell had the same results in the 1500.
Prep Golf:
Siuslaw’s Verrill Beaudro will be the lone Viking at the State Golf Tournament. He finished tenth individually with a two-day 174 in the Far West District Boys’ golf tournament at Bandon Crossings. Brookings claimed the team title; North Bend second; Siuslaw was third.
College Baseball:
Number 22 Oregon easily outpaced number 19 San Diego 13-4 in nonleague action yesterday in Eugene.
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