It’s Election Day…
According to the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office fewer than one in four registered voters had returned the ballot for today’s Primary Election by yesterday afternoon. Voters in Lane County have been a little more diligent with a 29-percent return. Elections officials in Eugene and around the state are bracing themselves for a stiff turnout today as the eight pm deadline approaches. Turnout could reach 40 percent overall in Lane County and that would mean about 20-thousand ballots coming in today only. Voters in Florence are being asked to say yes or no to a proposal to annex their property into the Siuslaw Valley Fire District. Four candidates for the open West Lane seat on the Lane County Commission are hoping to at least make a runoff if not a clear majority. Several other races and measures will be decided today. Ballots must be returned by eight pm, results will begin being released shortly after that.
One mainstay of the annual Rhododendron Festival has been the coronation of Queen Rhododendra. This Friday’s Queen’s Scholarship and Coronation Pageant has new producers who promise a tight, fast paced… and entertaining show. John Flaherty of the Florence Playhouse has teamed up with Joshua Greene.
200 – “John and I are working hand in hand from every aspect of the production with the focus on it being theatrical, entertaining, funny… it has secrets that no one is going to know about until the curtain goes up.”
Greene says timing and pacing is very important…
201 – “This show will not be three hours, I’m thinking it will be closer to two.”
There will be a Thursday night rehearsal open to the public, but Greene says if you’re just looking for a free version of the Friday night festivities…
202 – “Thursday’s show is really not going to be the same as Friday’s show. It’s part of the mystery. So Friday’s really the go get ‘em night.”
Tickets are available at the Florence Events Center Box Office… they’re $15 and proceeds from the show go towards scholarships for the five Siuslaw High School Seniors on the court.
The last time anyone remembers seeing Raymond Glover was last Friday morning, about 9:30, as he was driving his white 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee through downtown Reedsport. The 59-year old lives in the Lower Smith River Road area, just north of Reedsport. Family members say Glover normally contacts them on a daily basis but has not done so since Thursday evening. Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputies have searched the area around his home. They’ve checked out other possible spots but have turned up no sign. A photo of the missing man can be viewed on the Douglas County Sheriff’s website. Police are asking anyone with information to contact them.
An early morning fire Saturday destroyed a metal shop building in Glenada. Firefighters say they were called to 85175 Hemlock at about 6:15 that morning. By the time they arrived the 20-by-60 wood frame building… and contents… were nearly totally involved. It took an hour to control the blaze, another to extinguish it. Fire Marshall Sean Barrett said the shop contained equipment and vehicles and estimated the loss at about $250-thousand. The owner, Mike Ramsey, helped investigators track the probable cause to an over heated extension cord.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon man accused of assuming the
identity of a murdered boy could be released to home detention
pending a review this morning. A federal judge yesterday approved
the release of the man known as Jason Evers to his home in Bend
under strict conditions that include electronic monitoring. But
prosecutors won a 24-hour delay to appeal the decision, arguing
that the man still refuses to reveal his real name and is a flight
risk. Authorities say the name he's using is that of a 3-year-old
Ohio boy murdered in 1982.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - While congressional incumbents are running
scared in other states, members of Oregon's delegation face either
light or no opposition in the primary. In House districts,
Republican Greg Walden and Democrats Peter DeFazio and Kurt
Schrader are unopposed. Democrats Earl Blumenauer and David Wu are
expected to win their contests easily today, as is Democratic Sen.
Ron Wyden.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State University engineering
students have won an international competition for designing a
Formula-style racing car, beating 122 other teams from around the
world. The Formula SAE contest took place last weekend in Michigan.
SAE stands for Society of Automotive Engineers. The OSU students
will next compete in a world championship in Europe.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Corvallis school officials say 20 boys
have been disciplined for taking part in a fight club at a
Cheldelin Middle School that staged fights after school in a
restroom. Principal Lisa Harlan tells the Gazette-Times that no
particular individual or group was being targeted. She says the
boys are friends with each other and told her the fighting was fun.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say speeds reached 120
mph on a 20-mile chase on Interstate 5 that ended last night in
Salem when troopers used a spike strip to shred the fleeing car's
tires and force it to stop. The chase began with a report of a
possible domestic disturbance in the car. Troopers arrested a Salem
man for several possible charges A woman passenger in the car was
released unharmed.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Police say an unpaid drug debt prompted a
28-year-old man to break down the door of a Medford home and
threaten everyone inside with an assault rifle. Toris Henley of
Medford is in jail on charges of burglary and menacing. A Jackson
County judge set bail at $250,000 yesterday.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Portland Bureau of Environmental
Services warns people to avoid water skiing or swimming in the
Willamette River for a couple of days because of sewer overflows.
The agency said yesterday that recent rain forced sewer water into
the river.
HUNTINGTON, Ore. (AP) - An Eastern Oregon group seeking to bring
sternwheeler voyages back to the Snake River has acquired a boat.
Bill Burley of the Snake River Sternwheeler Association says the
sternwheeler was purchased for $20,000 from an amusement park in
the Midwest. It's being hauled west on a truck and is due in
Huntington on Saturday.
Burley says the sternwheeler still needs some work before it's
ready to carry passengers on tours of Brownlee Reservoir.
Burley became fascinated by sternwheelers on the Snake about
three years ago while researching Huntington's past.
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Information from: Baker City Herald,
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Portland-area transit agency says a man
was briefly separated from his 4-year-old son after the boy darted
through a light-rail train's open doors at a stop while his father
was talking on a cell phone. Surveillance video taken inside the
MAX train shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday shows the man briefly
distracted by the phone with his back turned to the young boy. The
two were reunited about six minutes later.
COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say a man was
found hanging from a low tree branch at the northbound Interstate 5
rest area north of Cottage Grove. Detectives say there's no
evidence of foul play. Sgt. Alan Gilbert says a woman walking her
dog at the Gettings Creek Rest Area spotted the man about 1 p.m.
Monday. State Police responded along with Lane County Rural Fire
District personnel, who pronounced the man dead.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - A medical marijuana clinic in the
Southern Oregon city of Rogue River is complaining that
restrictions imposed by the city are making the clinic invisible to
the public. The Grants Pass Daily Courier reports that clinic owner
Sheryl Rabitoy has filed notice she will ask the state Land Use
Board of Appeals to overturn the restrictions. City Administrator
Mark Reagles says Rabitoy had agreed to the restrictions.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Prep Golf:
Siuslaw’s Verrill Beaudro posted a 16-over-par 88 in the first round of the OSAA state finals at Emerald Valley Golf Course in Creswell yesterday… Austin Landis of Gladstone is the individual leader with a one-over 73.
Prep Softball:
Sutherlin came out on top in a ten-run shortened shutout in Florence yesterday, but the Siuslaw Vikings still wound up in a three-way tie for third place with Brookings and South Umpqua. A three-way playoff will determine who will travel to Scappoose Friday in the opening round of the OSAA Softball Playoffs.
Prep Baseball:
Siuslaw hitters put up four home runs and cruised to a 15 – 11 win over the Sutherlin Bulldogs in the final game of the Far West League regular season. Siuslaw now has a week off, they’ll face either Cascade or Elmira at home in the second round of the playoffs next Tuesday.
Athlete of the Week:
Mapleton track and field standout Jesse Nelson is Coast Radio Sports’ Athlete of the Week. The junior posted his fastest time this year in the 110 meter intermediate hurdles, winning the Mountain West District Championship in 18.52 seconds. Nelson also finished 2nd in the javelin and will compete in both events at the State 1A Track and Field finals. Honorable mention goes to Mapleton sprinter Andrea Leclaire, who also qualified for two events at the state meet, finishing 2nd in the 100 meter dash and as a member of the girls 4x100 relay team.
On the Schedule:
Oregon’s Diamond Ducks host Portland in non-conference baseball action this evening; Oregon State opens up a two-game non-league series against Seattle in Corvallis.
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