Schools facing loss of two teaching positions…
The Siuslaw School District Budget Committee may reach a decision tonight on what cuts to make in order to bring next year’s budget into balance. A draft proposal last month showed a $502-thousand shortfall. Much of that, however, was because of additions to the budget in order to restore programs needed for academic improvement. Superintendent Jeff Davis says the panel is facing the question of eliminating two existing positions.
200 – “At the high school the suggested cuts are in a really hands-on program with a popular teacher, so that’s tough. And at the middle school we’re talking about helping our students with reading, that struggle with reading. Anything we cut at this point with our current staffing structure is tough.”
The popular Metals program, which avoided elimination last year, will likely be cut, as well as a reading position in the middle grades. Davis said five other positions being trimmed did not exist last year. If the Budget Committee does not make a final decision tonight, they’ll meet again next Wednesday prior to the monthly School Board Meeting. The budget committee convenes at 6:30 at Siuslaw Elementary School.
He’s been recognized locally and around the state. Now Taylor Graham has been celebrated as one of ten national award winners. The 12-year old Siuslaw Middle School student was honored Monday in Washington D.C. with the “Prudential Spirit of Community Award”. His achievements: organizing a used book sale that turned into an annual series of events aimed at helping stock the shelves at Florence Food Share.
201 – “I’ve been around my parents and my grandparents who volunteered. Whenever I volunteer work it’s like a warm light turns on inside of me.”
Graham, along with family and friends, raised more than $50-thousand over the past five years for the emergency food box pantry. More than 21-thousand youth volunteers were considered this year. As one of the ten national winners, Graham received $6-thousand and an engraved gold medallion, along with a $5-thousand grant to be given to the charity of his choice.
The Florence Urban Renewal Agency will consider two more grant applications for the “preservation and rehabilitation” program. The Lighthouse Inn on Highway 101 has requested $4975 for landscape and lighting improvements. Patty Smith, the owner of the building at 1340 Bay Street, has requested $7-thousand that she will match for a $14-thousand project to remove and replace wood façade and make repairs to the front of Kelly’s Cantina. The Urban Renewal Agency meets at City Hall at 6:30.
Florence’s average price for a gallon of regular unleaded actually went down by a penny this week to $2.86. Meanwhile, the national average increased by four cents and is at $2.90 this week. According to Triple-A, the Oregon average price remains at $2.98. Marie Dodds says some markets along the I-5 corridor have reached the three-dollar mark including Medford, Eugene and Vancouver, Washington.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - An autopsy on an Eagle Point man killed in
a police standoff shows he was shot five times in the chest and
abdomen. Jackson County District Attorney Mark Huddleston said
yesterday that Jackson County sheriff's Detective Jim Biddle fired
two shots and Oregon State Police Trooper Tyler Lee fired three.
Friday's standoff began after a 911 call that 34-year-old Mark
Wehinger had fired a shot in an apartment complex.
BOISE, Idaho. (AP) - Friends say they're shocked to hear that an
Oregon liquor control investigator is facing charges for allegedly
assuming the identity of an Ohio 3-year-old who was murdered in
1982. Prosecutors have said the man calling himself Jason Robert
Evers was 17 and living in Colorado when he took the name in 1996.
The man waived extradition to Oregon during a court hearing Tuesday
in Idaho, and is now awaiting transport.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Four top candidates for governor of Oregon
say they don't want to see a proposed Warm Springs tribal casino
built in the Columbia Gorge town of Cascade Locks. Another tribe
that runs a competing casino released written statements opposing
the casino from Democrats John Kitzhaber and Bill Bradbury, as well
as Republicans Chris Dudley and Allen Alley.
CEDAR MILL, Ore. (AP) - Washington County sheriff's deputies and
animal control officers have removed 14 dogs from a home in Cedar
Mill, Ore. Authorities say the dogs were in very dirty conditions
in the home of a 67-year-old woman, who has been charged with
animal neglect. Animal control officers left eight dogs behind,
because they were in better health.
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - Jury selection has begun in the rape
trial of a Massachusetts man captured in Oregon after his case was
featured on "America's Most Wanted." Michael Bresnahan is accused
of raping a 61-year-old retired school teacher. He was arrested in
August 2008 in Cottage Grove, Ore., two days after his case was
featured on the television show.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon House Speaker Dave Hunt says
fishermen at Willamette Falls in Oregon City tell him sea lions are
stealing salmon off fishing lines or out of nets right next to
boats. Hunt says the animals are threatening fish runs and pose a
safety hazard. Hunt heard the concerns at a public hearing
yesterday in Oregon City.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Reed College students plan a Cinco de Mayo
demonstration with 2,000 Mexican flags on the Portland campus
Wednesday to symbolize the lives lost in drug violence. Some
students say the way to end drug violence in Mexico is to legalize
drugs and strip cartels of their profits.
ROGUE RIVER, Ore. (AP) - A 21-year-old horse escaped without
injury when the Rogue River barn it calls home went up in flames.
The fire sparked late Tuesday afternoon, sending Rogue River
Fire District engines rushing to the scene.
They were confronted by a barn filled with flames and quickly
called out a second alarm.
The spooked horse named Beauty escaped to an adjoining pasture.
She settled down enough to regain her appetite and lazily munched
grass, occasionally glancing at the spot where her barn once stood.
Investigators are trying to determine what caused the fire.
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Information from: Mail Tribune, http://www.mailtribune.com/
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Houston natural gas company says it's
halting development of a liquefied natural gas terminal near the
mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon. NorthernStar Natural Gas
President Paul Soanes said yesterday in a statement that extended
delays in state and federal permits led to the decision. The
company had started work on the Bradwood Landing project near
Astoria six years ago. State officials had opposed the project.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Prep Baseball:
A week after it was originally scheduled, the Siuslaw Vikings finally met the South Umpqua Lancers on the diamond… and they left little to chance, jumping to a two-run lead in the first inning on the way to a seven-run shutout at home. Trevor Roberts tossed a five-strikeout-two-hitter for the win. Hayden Hiatt and John Wesley Earle were each two-for-three, Kevin Warren two-for-four with a double… Hiatt had a double as well. Siuslaw has a commanding three-game lead over the Lancers with a half-dozen league games remaining. They can clinch a playoff spot with one win.
Prep Softball:
The Vikings and Lancers will square off for Far West League action this afternoon in Myrtle Creek.
College Baseball:
The Portland Pilots improved to 31-9 on the season and improved their chances of a post-season trip with a 3-1 win over number 15 ranked Oregon yesterday in Eugene. The Ducks are 30-and-15 and had won four straight before the midweek non-conference loss. They’re preparing for a weekend civil war series against Oregon State this weekend in Corvallis.
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