| 2010 | ||||||
| Oregon | ||||||
| AAA American Legion Zone 3 | ||||||
| Rank | Team | W | L | Pct. | Games | |
| 1 | Richey's | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | - | |
| 2 | Withnell | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.5 | |
| 3 | Post 9 | 1 | 3 | 0.250 | 4.0 | |
| 4 | Springfield | 1 | 4 | 0.200 | 4.5 | |
| 5 | Three Rivers | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 6.0 | |
| Results: | ||||||
| Sunday, June 13 | ||||||
| Withnell def Florence | 10-1 (7 inn) | |||||
| Wednesday, June 16 | ||||||
| Post 9 def Florence | 10-3 | |||||
| Friday, June 18 | ||||||
| Corvallis def Post 9 | 23-15 | |||||
| Saturday, June 19 | ||||||
| Corvallis def Florence | 11-1 | |||||
| Tuesday, June 22 | ||||||
| Withnell def Florence 22-8 | ||||||
| Withnell def Florence 24-5 | ||||||
| Corvallis def Springfield 8-4 | ||||||
| Corvallis def Springfield 11-2 | ||||||
| Saturday, June 26 | ||||||
| Springfield def Florence 7-6 | ||||||
| Tuesday, June 29 | ||||||
| Withnell def Springfield | 3-1 | |||||
| Withnell def Springfield | 12-1 | |||||
| Corvallis def Post 9 | 12-4 | |||||
| Corvallis def Post 9 | 7-3 | |||||
| Monday, July 5 | ||||||
| Post 9 @ Withnell | ||||||
| Tuesday, July 6 | ||||||
| Florence @ Corvallis | ||||||
| Florence @ Corvallis | ||||||
| Post 9 @ Springfield | ||||||
| Post 9 @ Springfield | ||||||
| Wednesday, July 7 | ||||||
| Withnell @ Springfield | ||||||
| Wednesday, July 13 | ||||||
| Florence @ Post 9 | ||||||
| Florence @ Post 9 | ||||||
| Corvallis @ Withnell | ||||||
| Corvallis @ Withnell | ||||||
| Friday, July 15 | ||||||
| Springfield @ Post 9 | ||||||
| Saturday, July 16 | ||||||
| Springfield @ Corvallis | ||||||
| Sunday, July 17 | ||||||
| Withnell @ Corvallis | ||||||
| Monday, July 18 | ||||||
| Springfield @ Florence | ||||||
| Springfield @ Florence | ||||||
| Withnell @ Post 9 | ||||||
| Withnell @ Post 9 | ||||||
| Wednesday, July 20 | ||||||
| Zone Playoffs Begin | ||||||
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Corvallis maintains edge over Withnell in American Legion Zone 3
Wet to dry, then back to wet again? Fire season starts tomorrow. Gas prices remain stable and a local woman would like to see more foreign students.
Weather Cycle swings from wet to dry…
2010 marks the second straight year that the weather in Oregon has made an abrupt shift to summer-like conditions. Just as in 2009 a damp and soggy early June gave way for a rather dry entry into July. Phillip Mote, the director of the Oregon Climate Service office at Oregon State University says while interesting, the transitions haven’t been unprecedented. Regular weather cycles, commonly referred to as “El Nino” followed by “La Nina” have historically produced alternating wet and dry cycles along the Pacific Coast. Early June in Oregon was very wet, but not record setting according to the National Weather Service. In the Florence area, more than seven inches of rain were recorded in the first week alone. Corvallis, Eugene, Salem and Pendleton all reached their monthly average for rainfall by June 4th, and though they didn’t set records for the month, they were among the highest rainfall totals recorded. Mote says scientists continue to monitor the weather and say this summer could be dry, followed by a cooler and wetter than usual winter as the cycle continues.
Partly because of the weather and partly because of the calendar the Oregon Department of Forestry has declared the beginning of Fire Season for Western Lane County and the South Cascades. The declaration means certain restrictions are imposed on recreational and work activities in the forest. Industrial operations are required to have firefighting equipment on site. Western Lane District Forester Dave Lorenz noted unusual weather conditions of recent months should not give rise to complacency about wildfire threat. “We’ve been fortunate to have had a very wet spring” he said. But, moisture content in grasses, woody debris and standing timber are nearing seasonal averages, meaning the fuels that would burn in a wildfire are drying out.
For the fifth straight week fuel prices in Florence have remained steady. The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded remains at $2.81. Nationally, the average price increased by a penny according to Triple-A, from $2.74 to $2.75. Oregon’s average price rose by two cents and stands this week at $2.91.
An effort is underway to increase the number of foreign exchange students at area schools. Lisa Herbert says the entire student body of a high school can benefit by getting to know students from other countries. She also says exchange students through certified organizations don’t impose extra costs on schools. Herbert praised a recent decision by the Siuslaw School Board to raise the limit on exchange students from two to ten each year.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A judge has forbidden the stepmother of a
missing 7-year-old Portland boy to have access to her children or
firearms. Court officials say a Multnomah County circuit judge
granted the restraining order against Terri Moulton Horman on
Monday. The judge released part of the court file in the case
yesterday.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Eugene fire officials are investigating a
blaze that damaged a building at the University of Oregon last
night. KVAL-TV reports that the fire started in a utility rom at
the Gerlinger Annex, which houses a gym and dance studios.
University officials are working to relocate summer camps and dance
classes held in the building.
TILLAMOOK, Ore. (AP) - The Coast Guard has rescued a bodyboarder
on the north Oregon coast near Oceanside. The Coast Guard station
at Tillamook Bay sent motor lifeboat crews who was able to pull the
young man from the water. He was brought to the Tillamook Bay
station, checked by an ambulance crew and released.
KEIZER, Ore. (AP) - Keizer firefighters have rescued a man who
got stuck in a bathroom wall when the dinner he was cooking caught
fire in the kitchen. Fire officials say the homeowner was in his
bathroom last evening when he heard his smoke alarm, began kicking
his way through the drywall but became stuck. Firefighters enlarged
the hole enough for the man to crawl through. He's hospitalized in
stable condition.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - State regulators have fined a hot springs
resort in Eastern Oregon more than $500,000 for long-standing
problems with its sewage treatment system. Oregon environmental
officials say Lehman Hot Springs Resort outside Ukiah was operating
sewage lagoons for years without a permit or a certified operator,
and allowing the lagoons to leak into a nearby creek.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A prosecutor has agreed to drop
kidnapping, rape and sexual abuse charges against a man -- nearly
three years after he was arrested. That means 51-year-old Dean
Melvin Rieck will soon be free. The deputy district attorney says
evidence indicates the alleged victim was a prostitute who
willingly went with Rieck.
WARRENTON, Ore. (AP) - Warrenton police say prints recovered
from a stolen boat match those of the teen burglar known as "The
Barefoot Bandit." Police Chief Matthew Workman says Colton
Harris-Moore continues to be a suspect in the subsequent theft of a
car and the attempted theft of a Cessna plane on Oregon's north
coast.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
American Legion Baseball:
The Three Rivers Sandblasters will spend the next several days in tournament action. They’ll open up the Papa’s Pizza Invitational in Eugene with two games today. At three they’ll face Hoopa Valley, California, then at six they’ll play Vancouver, Washington. That game will air on Coast Radio Sports at 5:45… both games will be played at Swede Johnson Stadium.
Northwest League Baseball:
Eugene Emeralds pitcher Matt Lollis hadn’t given up a single run this season. But, last night in the fourth inning he gave up four and the Boise Hawks went on for an eventual 5-2 win at P-K Park. It was the fourth straigt loss for the Ems… they’re now 5-8 on the season and wrap up a five game series at home tonight against the Hawks.
2010 marks the second straight year that the weather in Oregon has made an abrupt shift to summer-like conditions. Just as in 2009 a damp and soggy early June gave way for a rather dry entry into July. Phillip Mote, the director of the Oregon Climate Service office at Oregon State University says while interesting, the transitions haven’t been unprecedented. Regular weather cycles, commonly referred to as “El Nino” followed by “La Nina” have historically produced alternating wet and dry cycles along the Pacific Coast. Early June in Oregon was very wet, but not record setting according to the National Weather Service. In the Florence area, more than seven inches of rain were recorded in the first week alone. Corvallis, Eugene, Salem and Pendleton all reached their monthly average for rainfall by June 4th, and though they didn’t set records for the month, they were among the highest rainfall totals recorded. Mote says scientists continue to monitor the weather and say this summer could be dry, followed by a cooler and wetter than usual winter as the cycle continues.
Partly because of the weather and partly because of the calendar the Oregon Department of Forestry has declared the beginning of Fire Season for Western Lane County and the South Cascades. The declaration means certain restrictions are imposed on recreational and work activities in the forest. Industrial operations are required to have firefighting equipment on site. Western Lane District Forester Dave Lorenz noted unusual weather conditions of recent months should not give rise to complacency about wildfire threat. “We’ve been fortunate to have had a very wet spring” he said. But, moisture content in grasses, woody debris and standing timber are nearing seasonal averages, meaning the fuels that would burn in a wildfire are drying out.
For the fifth straight week fuel prices in Florence have remained steady. The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded remains at $2.81. Nationally, the average price increased by a penny according to Triple-A, from $2.74 to $2.75. Oregon’s average price rose by two cents and stands this week at $2.91.
An effort is underway to increase the number of foreign exchange students at area schools. Lisa Herbert says the entire student body of a high school can benefit by getting to know students from other countries. She also says exchange students through certified organizations don’t impose extra costs on schools. Herbert praised a recent decision by the Siuslaw School Board to raise the limit on exchange students from two to ten each year.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A judge has forbidden the stepmother of a
missing 7-year-old Portland boy to have access to her children or
firearms. Court officials say a Multnomah County circuit judge
granted the restraining order against Terri Moulton Horman on
Monday. The judge released part of the court file in the case
yesterday.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Eugene fire officials are investigating a
blaze that damaged a building at the University of Oregon last
night. KVAL-TV reports that the fire started in a utility rom at
the Gerlinger Annex, which houses a gym and dance studios.
University officials are working to relocate summer camps and dance
classes held in the building.
TILLAMOOK, Ore. (AP) - The Coast Guard has rescued a bodyboarder
on the north Oregon coast near Oceanside. The Coast Guard station
at Tillamook Bay sent motor lifeboat crews who was able to pull the
young man from the water. He was brought to the Tillamook Bay
station, checked by an ambulance crew and released.
KEIZER, Ore. (AP) - Keizer firefighters have rescued a man who
got stuck in a bathroom wall when the dinner he was cooking caught
fire in the kitchen. Fire officials say the homeowner was in his
bathroom last evening when he heard his smoke alarm, began kicking
his way through the drywall but became stuck. Firefighters enlarged
the hole enough for the man to crawl through. He's hospitalized in
stable condition.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - State regulators have fined a hot springs
resort in Eastern Oregon more than $500,000 for long-standing
problems with its sewage treatment system. Oregon environmental
officials say Lehman Hot Springs Resort outside Ukiah was operating
sewage lagoons for years without a permit or a certified operator,
and allowing the lagoons to leak into a nearby creek.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A prosecutor has agreed to drop
kidnapping, rape and sexual abuse charges against a man -- nearly
three years after he was arrested. That means 51-year-old Dean
Melvin Rieck will soon be free. The deputy district attorney says
evidence indicates the alleged victim was a prostitute who
willingly went with Rieck.
WARRENTON, Ore. (AP) - Warrenton police say prints recovered
from a stolen boat match those of the teen burglar known as "The
Barefoot Bandit." Police Chief Matthew Workman says Colton
Harris-Moore continues to be a suspect in the subsequent theft of a
car and the attempted theft of a Cessna plane on Oregon's north
coast.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
American Legion Baseball:
The Three Rivers Sandblasters will spend the next several days in tournament action. They’ll open up the Papa’s Pizza Invitational in Eugene with two games today. At three they’ll face Hoopa Valley, California, then at six they’ll play Vancouver, Washington. That game will air on Coast Radio Sports at 5:45… both games will be played at Swede Johnson Stadium.
Northwest League Baseball:
Eugene Emeralds pitcher Matt Lollis hadn’t given up a single run this season. But, last night in the fourth inning he gave up four and the Boise Hawks went on for an eventual 5-2 win at P-K Park. It was the fourth straigt loss for the Ems… they’re now 5-8 on the season and wrap up a five game series at home tonight against the Hawks.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
School year shortened. Police and fire to patrol fireworks Sunday; Bridge lighting planned.
Teachers approve school year shortening
Classes will start as originally scheduled this fall on September 7th, but instead of students getting out for the year on June 15th, the last day of school will be June Ninth. Teachers approved a change in the contract for the coming year to shrink the number of instructional days by four, from 177 to 173. The change came because of a $504-thousand shortfall in state revenues. All four days will come at the expense of classroom time. Administrators had hoped to only reduce the school year by two and eliminate two of the eight in-service days for teacher preparation. But… according to Siuslaw Education Association president Tim Dodson, the hope is that additional federal funds will be provided to offset a portion of the shortfall. If so, then replacement days can be added back at the end of the year. In addition to chopping school days, Siuslaw will set aside less money this year for an expected future retirement fund shortfall. The Siuslaw School Board will meet July 14th to ratify the school year changes.
Florence police, along with Siuslaw Valley firefighters, will be monitoring fireworks use in Old Town Florence this Sunday evening during the Fourth of July celebration. Assistant Florence City Manager Jacque Morgan says the recent enactment of an ordinance prohibiting any fireworks use on public land in the Old Town district means teams of firefighters and police will be looking primarily to educate the public. Florence Mayor Phil Brubaker says the goals is to create a safe place to celebrate. Morgan added that signs will be posted on Port of Siuslaw Property and other areas reminding of the prohibition. She didn’t eliminate the possibility that fireworks might be seized.
Fireworks won’t be the only things lighting up the sky Sunday evening. Just prior to the public fireworks display from the barge in the Siuslaw River, a switch will be flipped a bit downstream on lights at each end of the bridge, and beneath it. The lights are part of the $5.3-million, 18-month renovation of the Highway 101 Siuslaw River Bridge nearing completion. Assistant project manager Steve Templin says part of that project was restoring an original feature to the bridge: interior lighting of the pylons on each end. Templin said an additional component, lighting the dolphins beneath the bridge, were a joint effort by the City of Florence and Lane County. Templin said a special ceremony will be held at 9:45 July 4th to highlight the changes.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Court documents show the father of a
missing 7-year-old Oregon boy wants to divorce the boy's
stepmother. Kaine Horman is the father of Kyron Horman, who
disappeared from his Portland school on June 4. His wife, Terri,
said she last saw Kyron after taking him to his school's science
fair.
SYDNEY (AP) - American surgeon Jayant Patel has been convicted
of manslaughter in the deaths of three former patients in
Australia. A U.S. Magistrate Judge in 2008 ordered that the
60-year-old Patel be sent from Oregon to Australia to stand trial.
An Australian jury returned a guilty verdict today against the
Indian-born doctor and U.S. citizen who worked in an Australian
hospital between 2003 and 2005.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - State environmental regulators have
offered three new options for closing Oregon's only coal-fired
power plant to cut down on smog in the Columbia Gorge. Portland
General Electric says each of the options would cost more money or
close the plant earlier than proposed by the utility.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A seafood watchdog group is warning
consumers to not eat Oregon salmon because there are too few
chinook originating from California's Sacramento River. But Oregon
Salmon Commission executive director Nancy Fitzpatrick calls the
recommendation to avoid wild-caught Oregon salmon irresponsible.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Sponsors of ballot measures have until Friday
to submit the needed petition signatures to qualify for the Nov. 2
general election. Oregon voters are likely to decide this fall
whether to set up dispensaries for medical marijuana and set
minimum terms for repeat felony sex offenders and drunken drivers.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - A man accused of fatally shooting two
people at a Klamath Falls apartment is back in jail following a
stay at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem. Matthew Avina-Norris
was sent to the mental hospital for treatment after he was deemed
unfit to stand trial. An official report on his status is pending.
BANDON, Ore. (AP) - The Port of Bandon is asking anglers to toss
their fish guts and other leftovers from fish cleaning into the
trash, not the water. The World newspaper reports that the Port has
put out garbage cans at fish cleaning stations. Port general
manager Gina Dearth says the waste can become a source of water
pollution.
HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) - Police arrested five animal-rights
activists who blocked traffic near the Oregon National Primate
Research Center. The five were booked into a Hillsboro jail
yesterday afternoon after they were arrested for obstructing
traffic. Roughly 50 people took part in the protest.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:American Legion Baseball:
The skid continues for the Three Rivers Sandblasters. They fell last night in a 12-run shutout to the Doc Stewarts in Roseburg. The Docs put up ten hits on the night while Three Rivers managed three. Josh Graham picked up the win for Roseburg… Ricky Ballentine the loss.
Northwest League Baseball:
Keyvius Sampson gave up his first runs of the season, allowing a three-run homerun in the first inning to Boise’s Richard Jones. The Eugene Emeralds responded with one run in the bottom of the first frame, tied it in the second but gave up the lead two more times on the night with the Hawks eventually coming out on top 5-4. Boise holds a 3-oh advantage in the current five game series, the two teams meet again tonight.
Community:
Registration for the inaugural Florence Rotary Club ‘Cool at the Coast’ golf tournament is now open. The tourney is set for July 31st at Ocean Dunes Golf links with proceeds supporting the club’s Polio Plus project and high school scholarships. Entry deadline is July 15th and information is available at Ocean Dunes.
Classes will start as originally scheduled this fall on September 7th, but instead of students getting out for the year on June 15th, the last day of school will be June Ninth. Teachers approved a change in the contract for the coming year to shrink the number of instructional days by four, from 177 to 173. The change came because of a $504-thousand shortfall in state revenues. All four days will come at the expense of classroom time. Administrators had hoped to only reduce the school year by two and eliminate two of the eight in-service days for teacher preparation. But… according to Siuslaw Education Association president Tim Dodson, the hope is that additional federal funds will be provided to offset a portion of the shortfall. If so, then replacement days can be added back at the end of the year. In addition to chopping school days, Siuslaw will set aside less money this year for an expected future retirement fund shortfall. The Siuslaw School Board will meet July 14th to ratify the school year changes.
Florence police, along with Siuslaw Valley firefighters, will be monitoring fireworks use in Old Town Florence this Sunday evening during the Fourth of July celebration. Assistant Florence City Manager Jacque Morgan says the recent enactment of an ordinance prohibiting any fireworks use on public land in the Old Town district means teams of firefighters and police will be looking primarily to educate the public. Florence Mayor Phil Brubaker says the goals is to create a safe place to celebrate. Morgan added that signs will be posted on Port of Siuslaw Property and other areas reminding of the prohibition. She didn’t eliminate the possibility that fireworks might be seized.
Fireworks won’t be the only things lighting up the sky Sunday evening. Just prior to the public fireworks display from the barge in the Siuslaw River, a switch will be flipped a bit downstream on lights at each end of the bridge, and beneath it. The lights are part of the $5.3-million, 18-month renovation of the Highway 101 Siuslaw River Bridge nearing completion. Assistant project manager Steve Templin says part of that project was restoring an original feature to the bridge: interior lighting of the pylons on each end. Templin said an additional component, lighting the dolphins beneath the bridge, were a joint effort by the City of Florence and Lane County. Templin said a special ceremony will be held at 9:45 July 4th to highlight the changes.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Court documents show the father of a
missing 7-year-old Oregon boy wants to divorce the boy's
stepmother. Kaine Horman is the father of Kyron Horman, who
disappeared from his Portland school on June 4. His wife, Terri,
said she last saw Kyron after taking him to his school's science
fair.
SYDNEY (AP) - American surgeon Jayant Patel has been convicted
of manslaughter in the deaths of three former patients in
Australia. A U.S. Magistrate Judge in 2008 ordered that the
60-year-old Patel be sent from Oregon to Australia to stand trial.
An Australian jury returned a guilty verdict today against the
Indian-born doctor and U.S. citizen who worked in an Australian
hospital between 2003 and 2005.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - State environmental regulators have
offered three new options for closing Oregon's only coal-fired
power plant to cut down on smog in the Columbia Gorge. Portland
General Electric says each of the options would cost more money or
close the plant earlier than proposed by the utility.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A seafood watchdog group is warning
consumers to not eat Oregon salmon because there are too few
chinook originating from California's Sacramento River. But Oregon
Salmon Commission executive director Nancy Fitzpatrick calls the
recommendation to avoid wild-caught Oregon salmon irresponsible.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Sponsors of ballot measures have until Friday
to submit the needed petition signatures to qualify for the Nov. 2
general election. Oregon voters are likely to decide this fall
whether to set up dispensaries for medical marijuana and set
minimum terms for repeat felony sex offenders and drunken drivers.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - A man accused of fatally shooting two
people at a Klamath Falls apartment is back in jail following a
stay at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem. Matthew Avina-Norris
was sent to the mental hospital for treatment after he was deemed
unfit to stand trial. An official report on his status is pending.
BANDON, Ore. (AP) - The Port of Bandon is asking anglers to toss
their fish guts and other leftovers from fish cleaning into the
trash, not the water. The World newspaper reports that the Port has
put out garbage cans at fish cleaning stations. Port general
manager Gina Dearth says the waste can become a source of water
pollution.
HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) - Police arrested five animal-rights
activists who blocked traffic near the Oregon National Primate
Research Center. The five were booked into a Hillsboro jail
yesterday afternoon after they were arrested for obstructing
traffic. Roughly 50 people took part in the protest.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:American Legion Baseball:
The skid continues for the Three Rivers Sandblasters. They fell last night in a 12-run shutout to the Doc Stewarts in Roseburg. The Docs put up ten hits on the night while Three Rivers managed three. Josh Graham picked up the win for Roseburg… Ricky Ballentine the loss.
Northwest League Baseball:
Keyvius Sampson gave up his first runs of the season, allowing a three-run homerun in the first inning to Boise’s Richard Jones. The Eugene Emeralds responded with one run in the bottom of the first frame, tied it in the second but gave up the lead two more times on the night with the Hawks eventually coming out on top 5-4. Boise holds a 3-oh advantage in the current five game series, the two teams meet again tonight.
Community:
Registration for the inaugural Florence Rotary Club ‘Cool at the Coast’ golf tournament is now open. The tourney is set for July 31st at Ocean Dunes Golf links with proceeds supporting the club’s Polio Plus project and high school scholarships. Entry deadline is July 15th and information is available at Ocean Dunes.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Water District Recall Election Set for July 27th
Voters in the Heceta Water District will get the chance July 27th to decide whether or not any of three Water District Commissioners will be recalled from office. Gene McDermott is accusing the three, Commission Chair Bob Hursh along with Jim Sievers and Debby Todd, of financial mismanagement. Lane County Elections has verified that all three petitions had at least the 248 required signatures of registered voters. The trio have been under fire since approving steep rate increases just over a year ago. All three are blaming the effort to remove them from office on ‘pro-annexation’ supporters. They’ve filed statements that will be on the ballot, defending themselves and explaining why they should not be recalled. Two other commissioners are not subject to the action. One wasn’t appointed to the panel until October, the other has repeatedly voted against increases.
A Florence police officer located a Eugene man who had been reported earlier in the day. Arthur Wayne Acques left his home Friday morning, then later in the afternoon phoned his doctor’s office saying he needed help, but didn’t know where he was. Acques suffers from mild dementia. An officer in Florence spotted him and his Jeep Friday evening just before seven PM.
Emergency officials say if a widespread disaster, such as an earthquake or tsunami, were to strike the Pacific Northwest, coastal areas could be cut off from aid for as much as two weeks. That’s why Anne Machalek (muh-HALL-eck) says residents need to learn how to be a survivor rather than a victim. A series of monthly classes, sponsored by the West Lane Emergency Operations Group, will begin Saturday, July tenth at the fire station.
Historic Old Town Florence will be a ‘hot bed’ of activity on Sunday, Independence Day. The Old Town Public Market will open at ten that morning and in addition there’ll be a duck race, watermelon eating contest and several other activities. Live music will be offered on the Boardwalk beginning that evening and then at 9:45 the Oregon Department of Transportation will energize lights beneath the Siuslaw River Bridge showing off an recently completed 18-month $6.2-million renovation project. Then, at ten, the public fireworks display will be launched from a barge in the middle of the Siuslaw River.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A dozen people were rescued after being
stranded on a Willamette River island or falling into the river
when their rafts punctured. The rafters were rescued southeast of
Junction City late Friday night. Four people went into the
Willamette's cold water about two miles south of Hayes Landing. One
man clung to branches with one hand and used the other to call for
help on his cell phone. Some of the stranded were children.
WARRENTON, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police has identified the
two people killed when their car collided head-on with a dump truck
on U.S. 101 on the north Oregon coast near Warrenton on Friday.
Police say 77-year-old Harry Lee Randall and his 82-year-old
sister, Doris Wilcox, of Tillamook, were the people killed in the
crash. They died at the scene. The Oregonian reports the dump truck
driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Bandon man died Saturday after losing
control of his motorcycle on Highway 42 near Myrtle Point. Oregon
State Police say 49-year-old Raymond Scott McMahon approached a
curve too fast, traveled off the highway, hit a ditch and was
ejected from his Harley Davidson. He was wearing a helmet but was
pronounced dead at the scene. His brother was riding behind him.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A 48-year-old pedestrian has died after a
vehicle struck him in Eugene. Police say Douglas Shelly died at the
scene of the Saturday evening crash. He was struck when he stepped
into westbound traffic on Beltline Road. Authorities say Brianna
Wells, of Eugene, was driving the vehicle. She was not hurt. Police
are still investigating.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals has
ordered demolition work halted at the Gold Ray Dam while it
examines an appeal by opponents. Dam supporters say removing the
106-year-old structure would illegally alter the Rogue River's
floodplain or violate Jackson County land-use rules. The county
says no land-use rules have been violated and LUBA has no
jurisdiction over the dam's fate.
BEND, Ore. (AP) - A Warm Springs tribal member has been arrested
more than a month after he allegedly opened fire on police
officers. Warm Springs police say 21-year-old Waylon Weaselhead was
arrested Friday after an officer tried to pull a car over for
speeding. The vehicle stopped, let Weaselhead out and then sped
off.
WOODBURN, Ore. (AP) - The Constitution Party of Oregon has
chosen Greg Kord to be its nominee in the 2010 governor's race. The
58-year-old Troutdale resident earned the nomination at yesterday's
party convention in Woodburn. Kord says state sovereignty, reviving
the economy and halting illegal immigration are his top issues.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland police have released an audio
recording of the interview between a detective and the massage
therapist who accused Al Gore of groping her in 2006. During the
2009 interview, which happened two years after she canceled three
appointments to meet with investigators, she described the former
vice president as a "crazed sex poodle." Police declined to file
charges, saying there wasn't enough evidence.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Eugene police have arrested a 22-year-old
man accused of manslaughter in the death of his 3-month-old son.
Derek Jackson called 9-1-1 late last week to report that his son
Ryder needed medical attention. The boy died Tuesday and
investigators say the father was responsible.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Federal authorities say a man who went to
prison for robbing a bank in Eugene in 1992 pulled off another
heist this month at a different bank branch. The FBI is looking for
44-year-old Douglas Ray Hicks, the suspect in a June 17 bank
robbery. The Register-Guard newspaper says Hicks spent eight years
in federal prison for bank robberies in 1992.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - The Eugene City Council and the Eugene Water
& Electric Board disagree over which has the authority to sell
water to a town outside the city limits. City Manager Jon Ruiz has
informed the council that the city charter gives it the power to
approve EWEB water sales outside the city limits. But utility
officials maintain they don't need council approval because the
water will be sold wholesale to Veneta, west of Eugene.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
American Legion Baseball:
The Springfield Titans plated the winning run in the bottom of the 13th inning Saturday, handing the Three Rivers Sandblasters a 7-6 loss… the ‘Blasters sixth in Zone 3 league play. Elliot Aurdahl was responsible for half of the Three Rivers Runs with a three-run double. Kyle Davis and Trevor Roberts were each two-for-three at the plate. The Sandblasters are on the diamond this afternoon for non-league action against the Doc Stewarts in Roseburg. That game will air on Coast Radio Sports with an airtime of 4:45.
Northwest League Baseball:
The Eugene Emeralds sandwiched a win between a pair of losses over the weekend. Friday, Eugene dropped the rubber game of a five game series against Tri-City, losing in Pasco 10-5. Saturday, they opened up against the Boise Hawks at home with a 9-1 blowout win, but were on the losing end yesterday, dropping a 5-1 decision at P-K Park. The five game series in Eugene continues through Wednesday.
Voters in the Heceta Water District will get the chance July 27th to decide whether or not any of three Water District Commissioners will be recalled from office. Gene McDermott is accusing the three, Commission Chair Bob Hursh along with Jim Sievers and Debby Todd, of financial mismanagement. Lane County Elections has verified that all three petitions had at least the 248 required signatures of registered voters. The trio have been under fire since approving steep rate increases just over a year ago. All three are blaming the effort to remove them from office on ‘pro-annexation’ supporters. They’ve filed statements that will be on the ballot, defending themselves and explaining why they should not be recalled. Two other commissioners are not subject to the action. One wasn’t appointed to the panel until October, the other has repeatedly voted against increases.
A Florence police officer located a Eugene man who had been reported earlier in the day. Arthur Wayne Acques left his home Friday morning, then later in the afternoon phoned his doctor’s office saying he needed help, but didn’t know where he was. Acques suffers from mild dementia. An officer in Florence spotted him and his Jeep Friday evening just before seven PM.
Emergency officials say if a widespread disaster, such as an earthquake or tsunami, were to strike the Pacific Northwest, coastal areas could be cut off from aid for as much as two weeks. That’s why Anne Machalek (muh-HALL-eck) says residents need to learn how to be a survivor rather than a victim. A series of monthly classes, sponsored by the West Lane Emergency Operations Group, will begin Saturday, July tenth at the fire station.
Historic Old Town Florence will be a ‘hot bed’ of activity on Sunday, Independence Day. The Old Town Public Market will open at ten that morning and in addition there’ll be a duck race, watermelon eating contest and several other activities. Live music will be offered on the Boardwalk beginning that evening and then at 9:45 the Oregon Department of Transportation will energize lights beneath the Siuslaw River Bridge showing off an recently completed 18-month $6.2-million renovation project. Then, at ten, the public fireworks display will be launched from a barge in the middle of the Siuslaw River.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A dozen people were rescued after being
stranded on a Willamette River island or falling into the river
when their rafts punctured. The rafters were rescued southeast of
Junction City late Friday night. Four people went into the
Willamette's cold water about two miles south of Hayes Landing. One
man clung to branches with one hand and used the other to call for
help on his cell phone. Some of the stranded were children.
WARRENTON, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police has identified the
two people killed when their car collided head-on with a dump truck
on U.S. 101 on the north Oregon coast near Warrenton on Friday.
Police say 77-year-old Harry Lee Randall and his 82-year-old
sister, Doris Wilcox, of Tillamook, were the people killed in the
crash. They died at the scene. The Oregonian reports the dump truck
driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Bandon man died Saturday after losing
control of his motorcycle on Highway 42 near Myrtle Point. Oregon
State Police say 49-year-old Raymond Scott McMahon approached a
curve too fast, traveled off the highway, hit a ditch and was
ejected from his Harley Davidson. He was wearing a helmet but was
pronounced dead at the scene. His brother was riding behind him.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A 48-year-old pedestrian has died after a
vehicle struck him in Eugene. Police say Douglas Shelly died at the
scene of the Saturday evening crash. He was struck when he stepped
into westbound traffic on Beltline Road. Authorities say Brianna
Wells, of Eugene, was driving the vehicle. She was not hurt. Police
are still investigating.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals has
ordered demolition work halted at the Gold Ray Dam while it
examines an appeal by opponents. Dam supporters say removing the
106-year-old structure would illegally alter the Rogue River's
floodplain or violate Jackson County land-use rules. The county
says no land-use rules have been violated and LUBA has no
jurisdiction over the dam's fate.
BEND, Ore. (AP) - A Warm Springs tribal member has been arrested
more than a month after he allegedly opened fire on police
officers. Warm Springs police say 21-year-old Waylon Weaselhead was
arrested Friday after an officer tried to pull a car over for
speeding. The vehicle stopped, let Weaselhead out and then sped
off.
WOODBURN, Ore. (AP) - The Constitution Party of Oregon has
chosen Greg Kord to be its nominee in the 2010 governor's race. The
58-year-old Troutdale resident earned the nomination at yesterday's
party convention in Woodburn. Kord says state sovereignty, reviving
the economy and halting illegal immigration are his top issues.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland police have released an audio
recording of the interview between a detective and the massage
therapist who accused Al Gore of groping her in 2006. During the
2009 interview, which happened two years after she canceled three
appointments to meet with investigators, she described the former
vice president as a "crazed sex poodle." Police declined to file
charges, saying there wasn't enough evidence.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Eugene police have arrested a 22-year-old
man accused of manslaughter in the death of his 3-month-old son.
Derek Jackson called 9-1-1 late last week to report that his son
Ryder needed medical attention. The boy died Tuesday and
investigators say the father was responsible.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Federal authorities say a man who went to
prison for robbing a bank in Eugene in 1992 pulled off another
heist this month at a different bank branch. The FBI is looking for
44-year-old Douglas Ray Hicks, the suspect in a June 17 bank
robbery. The Register-Guard newspaper says Hicks spent eight years
in federal prison for bank robberies in 1992.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - The Eugene City Council and the Eugene Water
& Electric Board disagree over which has the authority to sell
water to a town outside the city limits. City Manager Jon Ruiz has
informed the council that the city charter gives it the power to
approve EWEB water sales outside the city limits. But utility
officials maintain they don't need council approval because the
water will be sold wholesale to Veneta, west of Eugene.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
American Legion Baseball:
The Springfield Titans plated the winning run in the bottom of the 13th inning Saturday, handing the Three Rivers Sandblasters a 7-6 loss… the ‘Blasters sixth in Zone 3 league play. Elliot Aurdahl was responsible for half of the Three Rivers Runs with a three-run double. Kyle Davis and Trevor Roberts were each two-for-three at the plate. The Sandblasters are on the diamond this afternoon for non-league action against the Doc Stewarts in Roseburg. That game will air on Coast Radio Sports with an airtime of 4:45.
Northwest League Baseball:
The Eugene Emeralds sandwiched a win between a pair of losses over the weekend. Friday, Eugene dropped the rubber game of a five game series against Tri-City, losing in Pasco 10-5. Saturday, they opened up against the Boise Hawks at home with a 9-1 blowout win, but were on the losing end yesterday, dropping a 5-1 decision at P-K Park. The five game series in Eugene continues through Wednesday.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
After week 2 Richey's and Withnell without losses, but Corvallis holds a half game edge.
| 2010 | ||||||
| Oregon | ||||||
| AAA American Legion Zone 3 | ||||||
| Rank | Team | W | L | Pct. | Games | |
| 1 | Richey's | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | - | |
| 2 | Withnell | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.5 | |
| 3 | Post 9 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 2.0 | |
| 4 | Springfield | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 2.5 | |
| 5 | Three Rivers | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 5.0 | |
| Results: | ||||||
| Sunday, June 13 | ||||||
| Withnell def Florence | 10-1 (7 inn) | |||||
| Wednesday, June 16 | ||||||
| Post 9 def Florence | 10-3 | |||||
| Friday, June 18 | ||||||
| Corvallis def Post 9 | 23-15 | |||||
| Saturday, June 19 | ||||||
| Corvallis def Florence | 11-1 | |||||
| Tuesday, June 22 | ||||||
| Withnell def Florence 22-8 | ||||||
| Withnell def Florence 24-5 | ||||||
| Corvallis def Springfield 8-4 | ||||||
| Corvallis def Springfield 11-2 | ||||||
| Saturday, June 26 | ||||||
| Springfield def Florence 7-6 | ||||||
| Tuesday, June 19 | ||||||
| Springfield @ Withnell | ||||||
| Springfield @ Withnell | ||||||
| Post 9 @ Corvallis | ||||||
| Post 9 @ Corvallis | ||||||
| Monday, July 5 | ||||||
| Post 9 @ Withnell | ||||||
| Tuesday, July 6 | ||||||
| Florence @ Corvallis | ||||||
| Florence @ Corvallis | ||||||
| Post 9 @ Springfield | ||||||
| Post 9 @ Springfield | ||||||
| Wednesday, July 7 | ||||||
| Withnell @ Springfield | ||||||
| Wednesday, July 13 | ||||||
| Florence @ Post 9 | ||||||
| Florence @ Post 9 | ||||||
| Corvallis @ Withnell | ||||||
| Corvallis @ Withnell | ||||||
| Friday, July 15 | ||||||
| Springfield @ Post 9 | ||||||
| Saturday, July 16 | ||||||
| Springfield @ Corvallis | ||||||
| Sunday, July 17 | ||||||
| Withnell @ Corvallis | ||||||
| Monday, July 18 | ||||||
| Springfield @ Florence | ||||||
| Springfield @ Florence | ||||||
| Withnell @ Post 9 | ||||||
| Withnell @ Post 9 | ||||||
| Wednesday, July 20 | ||||||
| Zone Playoffs Begin | ||||||
Friday, June 25, 2010
Dredging on Siuslaw set to start; Lane County board holds off on ACT; legal fireworks can be a hazard
10-thousand dump truck loads of sand to be taken out Siuslaw…
A federally funded dredging project on the Siuslaw River turning basin in Florence could start as early as next Tuesday. The $1.4-million project is the first significant dredging on the basin since 1973. Port of Siuslaw manager Mark Freeman says when it’s done it will return the entire area just upstream from the bridge to a minimum depth of 16-feet aiding safety and navigation. The project will utilize a low-tech, but effective clamshell dredge.
215 – “A barge with a crane on it and it takes a bucket that drops down into the sand and just bring it up and they put it onto the barge and once the barge is filled a tug will just take the barge offshore.”
That process will be repeated every four hours, 24-hours a day through the end of July.
216 – “Well they’re taking out 100-thousand cubic yards or right around there. And the barge as I understand can handle about 2,000 cubic yards, there’ll be figuratively 50 trips.”
Freeman says the barge will have to pass under Highway 101 on its way to the offshore dredge spoils dump site and that means traffic over the Siuslaw River will be halted briefly while the drawbridge rises. Funding for the project is coming from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act… providing an economic boost not only to the Dutra Group out of San Rafael, California, but also to local businesses while the crew spends the next 30 to 45 days in Florence.
Lane County Commissioners held off this week on taking final action to form an “Area Council of Transportation”. The “ACT” would be made up of representatives from all over Lane County to advise the Oregon Department of Transportation. Currently, that function is held solely by Lane County. East Lane Commissioner Faye Stewart supports formation but said “there appears to be some concern” on the part of other commissioners about how members of the panel would be appointed. Eugene City Councilor Chris Pryor is hopeful commissioners will approve the ACT. He said there’s “almost universal support” for the proposal. Lane County is the sole area in Oregon outside of the Portland Metro area without a regional panel to advise O-DOT. Lane County Commissioners will address the matter again in two weeks.
Even legal fireworks can pose a hazard if they’re not used safely. Siuslaw Valley Fire Marshall Sean Barrett says anytime you put a match to a fuse there’s a chance that something can go wrong.
217 – “There’s several of them that can be modified that are very dangerous. They still got explosive type stuff in them, they burn very hot so it’s very important to be careful with them.”
Barrett endorses the Oregon State Fire Marshall’s “four-Bs” approach… Be prepared by having water on hand before lighting up; Be safe, make sure small children and animals are well away; Be responsible by disposing of spent fireworks properly; and Be aware of your surroundings, don’t light near long grass or in areas that may catch fire and spread..
The coastal leg of a run by law enforcement officers carrying the torch to Oregon’s Special Olympics this weekend at Mount Hood Community College will make a pass through Western Douglas and Lane Counties this morning. Runners began in Brookings earlier this week and peace officers have been trading off duties carrying the torch up highway 101. It will pass Reedsport at 8:30 this morning.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Department of Defense says a soldier
from Oregon has been killed while serving in Afghanistan. Officials
announced yesterday that 22-year-old Pfc. Anthony T. Justesen of
Wilsonville, Ore., died June 23 in Farah province after insurgents
attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was
assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C. A Marine
from Spokane Valley, Wash., died in a separate attack.
NORTH BEND, Ore. (AP) - The Union Pacific Railroad has agreed to
a donate a 22-mile segment of a rail line to the International Port
of Coos Bay. The Port purchased the section of the line stretching
from Eugene to North Bend from the Central Oregon & Pacific
Railroad. The remaining segment -- from North Bend to Coquille --
had still been owned by Union Pacific.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Gov. Ted Kulongoski is talking about the
need to reshape Oregon state government. His "reset" proposals
are the topic for a luncheon speech today at the Portland City
Club. An interim report from Kulongoski's Reset Cabinet suggest
changes in spending on education, health care, human services and
public safety.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Medical Board has suspended the
license of the Portland psychiatrist who plans a "death with
dignity house" for assisted suicides. The Oregonian reports that
Dr. Stuart G. Weisberg is being investigated to find if he
improperly prescribing drugs. Weisberg specializes in treating
addictions. Earlier this week he announced plans for a house in
Portland where people near death could end their lives under
Oregon's Death With Dignity Act.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Whooping cough cases have increased sharply
in Jackson County, where the number reported is already more than
double the total for last year. So far, 23 cases have been
confirmed in the southern Oregon county, which averaged about 11
cases per year over the past five years.
ONTARIO, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say two men have been
arrested after a carjacking, a chase that reached speeds of 110 mph
and a brief shootout. Lt. Gregg Hastings says as many as 40 drivers
may have had to take evasive action to avoid the fleeing men
yesterday. Twenty-five-year-old James M. Duvall and 37-year-old
David Joseph Sarbaecher were jailed for investigation of
first-degree robbery for the incident in eastern Oregon.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Portland Trail Blazers have fired
general manager Kevin Pritchard after six seasons with the team,
ending months of speculation that he had fallen out of favor with
billionaire owner Paul Allen. The Oregonian newspaper reported
about an hour before the draft started that Pritchard had been
fired. He was sequestered until late last night when he emerged
from the Blazers' war room. The team then confirmed the firing.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Northwest League Baseball:
The Eugene Emeralds never trailed, scoring four runs in the first inning en route to their second straight win, a 4-3 affair over the Tri-City Dust Devils last night in Pasco, Washington. Matthew Lollis gave up just one hit and no runs in his seven innings of work for the win. The two teams meet for the rubber game of the five game series tonight. The Ems head home tomorrow where they’ll open up a five game series against Boise at P-K Park.
American Legion Baseball:
The Three-Rivers Sandblasters are in Springfield tomorrow afternoon at two for a Zone-3 matchup against the Titans. They’ll be in Roseburg Monday evening for a non-league game against the Doc Stewarts.
A federally funded dredging project on the Siuslaw River turning basin in Florence could start as early as next Tuesday. The $1.4-million project is the first significant dredging on the basin since 1973. Port of Siuslaw manager Mark Freeman says when it’s done it will return the entire area just upstream from the bridge to a minimum depth of 16-feet aiding safety and navigation. The project will utilize a low-tech, but effective clamshell dredge.
215 – “A barge with a crane on it and it takes a bucket that drops down into the sand and just bring it up and they put it onto the barge and once the barge is filled a tug will just take the barge offshore.”
That process will be repeated every four hours, 24-hours a day through the end of July.
216 – “Well they’re taking out 100-thousand cubic yards or right around there. And the barge as I understand can handle about 2,000 cubic yards, there’ll be figuratively 50 trips.”
Freeman says the barge will have to pass under Highway 101 on its way to the offshore dredge spoils dump site and that means traffic over the Siuslaw River will be halted briefly while the drawbridge rises. Funding for the project is coming from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act… providing an economic boost not only to the Dutra Group out of San Rafael, California, but also to local businesses while the crew spends the next 30 to 45 days in Florence.
Lane County Commissioners held off this week on taking final action to form an “Area Council of Transportation”. The “ACT” would be made up of representatives from all over Lane County to advise the Oregon Department of Transportation. Currently, that function is held solely by Lane County. East Lane Commissioner Faye Stewart supports formation but said “there appears to be some concern” on the part of other commissioners about how members of the panel would be appointed. Eugene City Councilor Chris Pryor is hopeful commissioners will approve the ACT. He said there’s “almost universal support” for the proposal. Lane County is the sole area in Oregon outside of the Portland Metro area without a regional panel to advise O-DOT. Lane County Commissioners will address the matter again in two weeks.
Even legal fireworks can pose a hazard if they’re not used safely. Siuslaw Valley Fire Marshall Sean Barrett says anytime you put a match to a fuse there’s a chance that something can go wrong.
217 – “There’s several of them that can be modified that are very dangerous. They still got explosive type stuff in them, they burn very hot so it’s very important to be careful with them.”
Barrett endorses the Oregon State Fire Marshall’s “four-Bs” approach… Be prepared by having water on hand before lighting up; Be safe, make sure small children and animals are well away; Be responsible by disposing of spent fireworks properly; and Be aware of your surroundings, don’t light near long grass or in areas that may catch fire and spread..
The coastal leg of a run by law enforcement officers carrying the torch to Oregon’s Special Olympics this weekend at Mount Hood Community College will make a pass through Western Douglas and Lane Counties this morning. Runners began in Brookings earlier this week and peace officers have been trading off duties carrying the torch up highway 101. It will pass Reedsport at 8:30 this morning.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Department of Defense says a soldier
from Oregon has been killed while serving in Afghanistan. Officials
announced yesterday that 22-year-old Pfc. Anthony T. Justesen of
Wilsonville, Ore., died June 23 in Farah province after insurgents
attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was
assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C. A Marine
from Spokane Valley, Wash., died in a separate attack.
NORTH BEND, Ore. (AP) - The Union Pacific Railroad has agreed to
a donate a 22-mile segment of a rail line to the International Port
of Coos Bay. The Port purchased the section of the line stretching
from Eugene to North Bend from the Central Oregon & Pacific
Railroad. The remaining segment -- from North Bend to Coquille --
had still been owned by Union Pacific.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Gov. Ted Kulongoski is talking about the
need to reshape Oregon state government. His "reset" proposals
are the topic for a luncheon speech today at the Portland City
Club. An interim report from Kulongoski's Reset Cabinet suggest
changes in spending on education, health care, human services and
public safety.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Medical Board has suspended the
license of the Portland psychiatrist who plans a "death with
dignity house" for assisted suicides. The Oregonian reports that
Dr. Stuart G. Weisberg is being investigated to find if he
improperly prescribing drugs. Weisberg specializes in treating
addictions. Earlier this week he announced plans for a house in
Portland where people near death could end their lives under
Oregon's Death With Dignity Act.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Whooping cough cases have increased sharply
in Jackson County, where the number reported is already more than
double the total for last year. So far, 23 cases have been
confirmed in the southern Oregon county, which averaged about 11
cases per year over the past five years.
ONTARIO, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say two men have been
arrested after a carjacking, a chase that reached speeds of 110 mph
and a brief shootout. Lt. Gregg Hastings says as many as 40 drivers
may have had to take evasive action to avoid the fleeing men
yesterday. Twenty-five-year-old James M. Duvall and 37-year-old
David Joseph Sarbaecher were jailed for investigation of
first-degree robbery for the incident in eastern Oregon.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Portland Trail Blazers have fired
general manager Kevin Pritchard after six seasons with the team,
ending months of speculation that he had fallen out of favor with
billionaire owner Paul Allen. The Oregonian newspaper reported
about an hour before the draft started that Pritchard had been
fired. He was sequestered until late last night when he emerged
from the Blazers' war room. The team then confirmed the firing.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Northwest League Baseball:
The Eugene Emeralds never trailed, scoring four runs in the first inning en route to their second straight win, a 4-3 affair over the Tri-City Dust Devils last night in Pasco, Washington. Matthew Lollis gave up just one hit and no runs in his seven innings of work for the win. The two teams meet for the rubber game of the five game series tonight. The Ems head home tomorrow where they’ll open up a five game series against Boise at P-K Park.
American Legion Baseball:
The Three-Rivers Sandblasters are in Springfield tomorrow afternoon at two for a Zone-3 matchup against the Titans. They’ll be in Roseburg Monday evening for a non-league game against the Doc Stewarts.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Updated American Legion Zone 3 Standings
| 2010 | ||||||
| Oregon | ||||||
| AAA American Legion Zone 3 | ||||||
| Rank | Team | W | L | Pct. | Games | |
| 1 | Richey's | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | - | |
| 2 | Withnell | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.5 | |
| 3 | Post 9 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 2.0 | |
| 4 | Springfield | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 3.0 | |
| 5 | Three Rivers | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | 4.5 | |
| Results: | ||||||
| Sunday, June 13 | ||||||
| Withnell def Florence | 10-1 (7 inn) | |||||
| Wednesday, June 16 | ||||||
| Post 9 def Florence | 10-3 | |||||
| Friday, June 18 | ||||||
| Corvallis def Post 9 | 23-15 | |||||
| Saturday, June 19 | ||||||
| Corvallis def Florence | 11-1 | |||||
| Tuesday, June 22 | ||||||
| Withnell def Florence 22-8 | ||||||
| Withnell def Florence 24-5 | ||||||
| Corvallis def Springfield 8-4 | ||||||
| Corvallis def Springfield 11-2 | ||||||
| Saturday, June 26 | ||||||
| Florence @ Springfield | ||||||
| Tuesday, June 19 | ||||||
| Springfield @ Withnell | ||||||
| Springfield @ Withnell | ||||||
| Post 9 @ Corvallis | ||||||
| Post 9 @ Corvallis | ||||||
| Monday, July 5 | ||||||
| Post 9 @ Withnell | ||||||
| Tuesday, July 6 | ||||||
| Florence @ Corvallis | ||||||
| Florence @ Corvallis | ||||||
| Post 9 @ Springfield | ||||||
| Post 9 @ Springfield | ||||||
| Wednesday, July 7 | ||||||
| Withnell @ Springfield | ||||||
| Wednesday, July 13 | ||||||
| Florence @ Post 9 | ||||||
| Florence @ Post 9 | ||||||
| Corvallis @ Withnell | ||||||
| Corvallis @ Withnell | ||||||
| Friday, July 15 | ||||||
| Springfield @ Post 9 | ||||||
| Saturday, July 16 | ||||||
| Springfield @ Corvallis | ||||||
| Sunday, July 17 | ||||||
| Withnell @ Corvallis | ||||||
| Monday, July 18 | ||||||
| Springfield @ Florence | ||||||
| Springfield @ Florence | ||||||
| Withnell @ Post 9 | ||||||
| Withnell @ Post 9 | ||||||
| Wednesday, July 20 | ||||||
| Zone Playoffs Begin | ||||||
Woahink Ridge nearing final hurdle - Lane County Budget - City transport plan - no fireworks in forest
Woahink Ridge development nearing final approval…
When the Dunes City Planning Commission meets tonight to review the final plat for the Woahink Ridge planned unit development, it will mark the beginning of the end of long process.
209 – “Well, it’s getting us behind us at this point. Yeah, it has been a long run and it started in 2006.”
Dunes City Mayor Eric Hauptman (HOWPT-munn) says the initial plan submitted by Ron Mann, Kim Larson and Greg Hicks has seen challenges, missed deadlines and even at one point, a threatened blockade of Green Gate Road by the developers. But, says the Mayor, that’s all behind them now.
210 – “We worked out an agreement with them, essentially with the developers. Sent the attorneys home. Nobody was there, just us guys and the developers. They agreed to do what we wanted them to do, to follow the ordinances and they have. They’ve been very honorable gentlemen in keeping their word.”
Since coming together last fall to work out the details, Mann, Larson and Hicks have been working to wrap up the final requirements. Once it clears the planning commission it must also pass through the Dunes City Council. The Dunes City Planning Commission meets this evening, six pm, at Dunes City Hall.
Yesterday’s adoption of the budget for the coming year by Lane County Commissioners doesn’t wrap up a focus on finances. The county is bracing for two financial challenges, one in the near future, the other two years away. The immediate shortfall is going to come as a result of Governor Kulongoski ordering a 9-percent across the board cut in state expenditures. As much as ten percent of the $577-million state shortfall could be passed on to local and county governments. The other half of the fiscal focus will come when the Secure Rural Schools act… also referred to as ‘timber payments’… comes to an end. Lane County’s final payment under that plan is expected in fiscal year 2011-12.
The City of Florence will begin work on updating the transportation and public transit plans this summer. Staffers are seeking a panel made up of local residents to aid in developing a street system that will ultimately reduce reliance on Highways 101 and 126 for circulation in the city. The city also aims to evaluate the potential expansion of the Rhody Express transit services as well as identify potential funding. The transportation plan will be designed to provide guidance on transportation issues for the next 20-years. Interested residents can inquire at the Florence Community Development Department.
Officials have not imposed any restrictions of campfires on national forest lands, but they say fireworks pose a serious threat and are not allowed at any time. Nancy Ashlock, Fire Management Officer for the Siuslaw National Forest says campers are encouraged this time of year to think carefully about their need for a fire and consider alternatives such as propane stoves or other cooking devices. She also says there are steep penalties for possessing fireworks, even sparklers. Penalties for simple possession can include fines of up to $5-thousand and imprisonment of up to six months.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - The Josephine County Sheriff's Office
says a deputy has shot and killed a Grants Pass man after the man
threatened to kill himself and also fired at the deputy.
Authorities say deputies went to the home of Vaughn Ronald
Sanderson yesterday morning after a neighbor reported the man had
been drinking and threatening to shoot himself. Sanderson allegedly
ignored commands to drop his weapon and fired at a deputy.
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) - Sutherlin police say a woman was grazed by
a bullet fired from inside her neighbor's house. The News-Review
newspaper reports that 52-year-old Scott J. Gillespie told police
he was unloading his handgun Monday night when it fired. Police say
the bullet went through Gillespie's bedroom wall and the wall of
Gladys Bachmeier's house, hit a laptop computer and grazed her leg.
The case was referred to prosecutors.
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) - A Clackamas County Jail deputy has been
sentenced to 20 days in jail for having sex with female inmates.
Darin L. Fox pleaded guilty yesterday to two counts of first-degree
official misconduct. He'll receive credit for time already spent in
jail, but the 38-year-old Fox must still serve 18 days. Clackamas
County Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey Jones also ordered Fox to
surrender his law-enforcement certification.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Law enforcement officials say former Vice
President Al Gore was accused of "unwanted sexual contact" during
a visit to Portland in October 2006. No criminal charges were
filed. Multnomah County DA Michael Schrunk said yesterday an
attorney representing the woman contacted police but the woman
refused to be interviewed by detectives and didn't want the
investigation to proceed. Gore and his wife, Tipper, announced June
1 that they were separating.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that
Jackson County Sheriff Mike Winters must release the names of
concealed handgun permit holders requested by the Mail Tribune
newspaper. The appeals court upheld a lower court ruling which
determined that concealed handgun licenses are public records.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Gov. Ted Kulongoski (koo-luhn-GAH'-skee) says
he'll undergo outpatient eye surgery next week to deal with a
condition that has caused him to lose vision in his left eye. Last
month the governor suffered a vitreous hemorrhage in the eye. His
office says the hemorrhage was due to fragile, abnormal blood
vessels that have grown in the retina of the eye.
BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) - Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley
say the federal Transportation Department will release $3.2 million
in emergency money to repair the flood-damaged Wallowa Mountain
Loop Road. Heavy rain and melting snow triggered severe flooding in
early June in parts of Eastern Oregon.
PITTSBURGH (AP) - An Oregon teenager is among 23 people being
honored with Carnegie medals for heroism. Nineteen-year-old
Nickolas Edwards of Salem saved a 21-year-old woman from burning
after her vehicle crashed and overturned on Oct. 17, 2009. Edwards
kicked a hole through the vehicle's windshield to reach the woman.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
American Legion Baseball:
The Three Rivers Sandblasters jumped on the board early with seven runs in the first inning and then held on for a 15-5 non-league victory over North-Coos Waterfront yesterday afternoon in Florence. Tristan Metcalf was two-for-three with a double; Austin Strutz was two-for-three at the plate as well. The Sandblasters take to the diamond this afternoon at home for a 100-inning fund-raiser at one pm. Their next competition is Saturday afternoon in Springfield against the Titans.
Northwest League Baseball:
The Eugene Emeralds broke two strings last night in Pasco, Washington with a 6-1 victory over the Tri Cities Dust Devils. A two-game Emeralds losing streak and a four game Devils win streak. Keyvius Sampson (KAY-vee-uss) earned his second win of the season, going five shutout innings and striking out eight while allowing only two hits. Game four of the five game series is tonight.
When the Dunes City Planning Commission meets tonight to review the final plat for the Woahink Ridge planned unit development, it will mark the beginning of the end of long process.
209 – “Well, it’s getting us behind us at this point. Yeah, it has been a long run and it started in 2006.”
Dunes City Mayor Eric Hauptman (HOWPT-munn) says the initial plan submitted by Ron Mann, Kim Larson and Greg Hicks has seen challenges, missed deadlines and even at one point, a threatened blockade of Green Gate Road by the developers. But, says the Mayor, that’s all behind them now.
210 – “We worked out an agreement with them, essentially with the developers. Sent the attorneys home. Nobody was there, just us guys and the developers. They agreed to do what we wanted them to do, to follow the ordinances and they have. They’ve been very honorable gentlemen in keeping their word.”
Since coming together last fall to work out the details, Mann, Larson and Hicks have been working to wrap up the final requirements. Once it clears the planning commission it must also pass through the Dunes City Council. The Dunes City Planning Commission meets this evening, six pm, at Dunes City Hall.
Yesterday’s adoption of the budget for the coming year by Lane County Commissioners doesn’t wrap up a focus on finances. The county is bracing for two financial challenges, one in the near future, the other two years away. The immediate shortfall is going to come as a result of Governor Kulongoski ordering a 9-percent across the board cut in state expenditures. As much as ten percent of the $577-million state shortfall could be passed on to local and county governments. The other half of the fiscal focus will come when the Secure Rural Schools act… also referred to as ‘timber payments’… comes to an end. Lane County’s final payment under that plan is expected in fiscal year 2011-12.
The City of Florence will begin work on updating the transportation and public transit plans this summer. Staffers are seeking a panel made up of local residents to aid in developing a street system that will ultimately reduce reliance on Highways 101 and 126 for circulation in the city. The city also aims to evaluate the potential expansion of the Rhody Express transit services as well as identify potential funding. The transportation plan will be designed to provide guidance on transportation issues for the next 20-years. Interested residents can inquire at the Florence Community Development Department.
Officials have not imposed any restrictions of campfires on national forest lands, but they say fireworks pose a serious threat and are not allowed at any time. Nancy Ashlock, Fire Management Officer for the Siuslaw National Forest says campers are encouraged this time of year to think carefully about their need for a fire and consider alternatives such as propane stoves or other cooking devices. She also says there are steep penalties for possessing fireworks, even sparklers. Penalties for simple possession can include fines of up to $5-thousand and imprisonment of up to six months.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - The Josephine County Sheriff's Office
says a deputy has shot and killed a Grants Pass man after the man
threatened to kill himself and also fired at the deputy.
Authorities say deputies went to the home of Vaughn Ronald
Sanderson yesterday morning after a neighbor reported the man had
been drinking and threatening to shoot himself. Sanderson allegedly
ignored commands to drop his weapon and fired at a deputy.
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) - Sutherlin police say a woman was grazed by
a bullet fired from inside her neighbor's house. The News-Review
newspaper reports that 52-year-old Scott J. Gillespie told police
he was unloading his handgun Monday night when it fired. Police say
the bullet went through Gillespie's bedroom wall and the wall of
Gladys Bachmeier's house, hit a laptop computer and grazed her leg.
The case was referred to prosecutors.
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) - A Clackamas County Jail deputy has been
sentenced to 20 days in jail for having sex with female inmates.
Darin L. Fox pleaded guilty yesterday to two counts of first-degree
official misconduct. He'll receive credit for time already spent in
jail, but the 38-year-old Fox must still serve 18 days. Clackamas
County Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey Jones also ordered Fox to
surrender his law-enforcement certification.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Law enforcement officials say former Vice
President Al Gore was accused of "unwanted sexual contact" during
a visit to Portland in October 2006. No criminal charges were
filed. Multnomah County DA Michael Schrunk said yesterday an
attorney representing the woman contacted police but the woman
refused to be interviewed by detectives and didn't want the
investigation to proceed. Gore and his wife, Tipper, announced June
1 that they were separating.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that
Jackson County Sheriff Mike Winters must release the names of
concealed handgun permit holders requested by the Mail Tribune
newspaper. The appeals court upheld a lower court ruling which
determined that concealed handgun licenses are public records.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Gov. Ted Kulongoski (koo-luhn-GAH'-skee) says
he'll undergo outpatient eye surgery next week to deal with a
condition that has caused him to lose vision in his left eye. Last
month the governor suffered a vitreous hemorrhage in the eye. His
office says the hemorrhage was due to fragile, abnormal blood
vessels that have grown in the retina of the eye.
BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) - Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley
say the federal Transportation Department will release $3.2 million
in emergency money to repair the flood-damaged Wallowa Mountain
Loop Road. Heavy rain and melting snow triggered severe flooding in
early June in parts of Eastern Oregon.
PITTSBURGH (AP) - An Oregon teenager is among 23 people being
honored with Carnegie medals for heroism. Nineteen-year-old
Nickolas Edwards of Salem saved a 21-year-old woman from burning
after her vehicle crashed and overturned on Oct. 17, 2009. Edwards
kicked a hole through the vehicle's windshield to reach the woman.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
American Legion Baseball:
The Three Rivers Sandblasters jumped on the board early with seven runs in the first inning and then held on for a 15-5 non-league victory over North-Coos Waterfront yesterday afternoon in Florence. Tristan Metcalf was two-for-three with a double; Austin Strutz was two-for-three at the plate as well. The Sandblasters take to the diamond this afternoon at home for a 100-inning fund-raiser at one pm. Their next competition is Saturday afternoon in Springfield against the Titans.
Northwest League Baseball:
The Eugene Emeralds broke two strings last night in Pasco, Washington with a 6-1 victory over the Tri Cities Dust Devils. A two-game Emeralds losing streak and a four game Devils win streak. Keyvius Sampson (KAY-vee-uss) earned his second win of the season, going five shutout innings and striking out eight while allowing only two hits. Game four of the five game series is tonight.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Lane County Budget hearing; Devil's Staircase wilderness proceeding; gas holds steady; Iholts on national board
Lane County to hear testimony on budget…
The Lane County Board of Commissioners will meet today in Eugene to hear testimony on the proposed budget for the coming year. They’re already very familiar with the document as the five commissioners also serve on the budget committee which recommended approval in May. Despite facing a ten-percent reduction in revenues from the current year, the budget does include an increase in some services. Four full-time equivalent positions are slated for addition to the Sheriff’s Traffic Safety Team and an animal behavioral specialist is included for the county’s Animal Services department. Additional funding has also been included for human services. The public hearing begins at 9:30 at Harris Hall in Eugene. Local residents can watch it live online at the County’s website, or they can interact and possibly testify on the budget at the Florence Justice Center using an audio-video link.
Federal wilderness designation for about 30-thousand acres of Siuslaw National Forestland southeast of Florence around the Devil’s Staircase has passed out of committee and is headed to the floor of the U.S. Senate. Oregon’s two U.S. Senators, Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden issued a joint statement yesterday praising approval of the measure that also includes an expansion of the Oregon Caves National Monument. The Devil’s Staircase legislation would protect roughly 14 miles of Wasson and Franklin Creeks, which flow into the Umpqua River and is aimed at preserving native coho and chinool salmon, trout and steelhead runs as well as the habitat for black bear, elk and river otter. Wyden chairs the senate subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests which has primary jurisdiction over wilderness designations. The bill was approved by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee earlier this week.
A Eugene woman was seriously injured and Highway 126 was closed for a while for the second straight day yesterday afternoon following a car crash just West of Veneta. 26-year old Jeanna Hunt-Rattenborg was driving at approximately 50-miles an hour according to police when her car rear-ended a stopped vehicle. Hunt-Rattenborg was trapped in the vehicle and had to be extricated by emergency personnel. No other injuries were reported, the highway was closed for about 30-minutes.
The president of Siuslaw Bank has been elected to a leadership position with the Independent Community Bankers of America. Lonnie Iholts, of Florence, will serve on the board of directors for the ICBA, an industry group that serves as a voice for community banks. In addition to providing input on the group’s national policy positions and programs, Iholts will serve as a liaison between independent community banks in Oregon and ICBA staff and leadership in Washington D.C.
Pump prices are showing modest gains in most markets, but no dramatic increases have been noted this week by Triple-A. The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline rose four cents in the past week to $2.73 while Oregon’s statewide average went up one cent and stands at $2.88. In Florence, the average price remained at $2.81 for the fourth straight week. The average in Eugene and Springfield increased two cents this week and is at $2.90 a gallon.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) - Investigators have positively
identified a human jawbone found by fishermen along the McKenzie
River as that of a kayaker who capsized in 2003. The Oregonian
reports that Lane County Sheriff's office investigators and the
state Medical Examiner's office matched the jawbone with the dental
records of Sashidharan P. Chirukandoth, who capsized in rapids in
December 2003. No other remains have been found.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Portland resident fined $148 by police
for giving a friend a ride on the back of his bicycle has won a
brief court battle by proving that his bike rack was sturdy enough
to transport his 128-pound female friend. The Oregonian reports
that 43-year-old Kenneth Southerland was surprised when a Portland
police officer fined him back in February. But yesterday, with the
help of an attorney, the fine was eliminated.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A 16-year-old has been charged with
killing another Portland teenager who was returning home from a
visit with his dying mother. Authorities said yesterday that Billy
A. Moore died Monday evening at his home in a North Portland
housing project. Police expect to release the alleged shooter's
name today.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Portland Trail Blazers have a lot more
issues to deal with, other than who to take with the 22nd pick in
the upcoming NBA draft. The disarray is centered around Kevin
Pritchard, who's considered one of the NBA's best GMs after
transforming the once-struggling team to one of the league's most
promising in just a few years. But, for reasons that aren't clear,
Pritchard has fallen out of favor with billionaire owner Paul
Allen, who has reportedly hired a headhunter to find a new GM.
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) - A tree that stood on the downtown plaza in
Ashland for more than a century is now standing at a city agency --
as a table. Ashland officials decided the ancient tree had grown so
frail it had to come down because it was a hazard. But a local
woodworker was able to salvage some of it and make into a table for
the Ashland Community Development Department. The tree belonged to
a species native to China, and is popularly known as the "tree of
heaven."
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland psychiatrist Dr. Stuart Weisberg
plans to open a house in the Sellwood neighborhood where the
terminally ill can kill themselves under Oregon's Death with
Dignity Law. Weisberg tells KGW-TV he felt compelled to act after
watching a TV interview with Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who pioneered
assisted suicide. State officials say 59 people used the law last
year to end their lives.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
American Legion Baseball:
A total of 59 runs were scored in yesterday’s double header between the Three Rivers Sandblasters and Salem’s Withnell Dodgers… unfortunately for the ‘Blasters, 47 of them were scored by the Dodgers as they swept Three Rivers 22-8 and 25-4 yesterday in Florence. The Sand Blasters are back on the diamond this afternoon for a non-league matchup against the North-Coos Waterfront at three.
Northwest League Baseball:
A four-run seventh inning catapulted the Tri-City Dust Devils to their fourth straight victory… and the Eugene Emeralds to their second straight loss… a 6-5 come-from-behind decision in Pasco, Washington last night. Eugene reliever and home-town product Matt Irsfield put in a long one-third of an inning in the seventh, giving up four runs, all earned, on five hits for the loss. The two teams meet tonight for game three of the five game series.
The Lane County Board of Commissioners will meet today in Eugene to hear testimony on the proposed budget for the coming year. They’re already very familiar with the document as the five commissioners also serve on the budget committee which recommended approval in May. Despite facing a ten-percent reduction in revenues from the current year, the budget does include an increase in some services. Four full-time equivalent positions are slated for addition to the Sheriff’s Traffic Safety Team and an animal behavioral specialist is included for the county’s Animal Services department. Additional funding has also been included for human services. The public hearing begins at 9:30 at Harris Hall in Eugene. Local residents can watch it live online at the County’s website, or they can interact and possibly testify on the budget at the Florence Justice Center using an audio-video link.
Federal wilderness designation for about 30-thousand acres of Siuslaw National Forestland southeast of Florence around the Devil’s Staircase has passed out of committee and is headed to the floor of the U.S. Senate. Oregon’s two U.S. Senators, Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden issued a joint statement yesterday praising approval of the measure that also includes an expansion of the Oregon Caves National Monument. The Devil’s Staircase legislation would protect roughly 14 miles of Wasson and Franklin Creeks, which flow into the Umpqua River and is aimed at preserving native coho and chinool salmon, trout and steelhead runs as well as the habitat for black bear, elk and river otter. Wyden chairs the senate subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests which has primary jurisdiction over wilderness designations. The bill was approved by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee earlier this week.
A Eugene woman was seriously injured and Highway 126 was closed for a while for the second straight day yesterday afternoon following a car crash just West of Veneta. 26-year old Jeanna Hunt-Rattenborg was driving at approximately 50-miles an hour according to police when her car rear-ended a stopped vehicle. Hunt-Rattenborg was trapped in the vehicle and had to be extricated by emergency personnel. No other injuries were reported, the highway was closed for about 30-minutes.
The president of Siuslaw Bank has been elected to a leadership position with the Independent Community Bankers of America. Lonnie Iholts, of Florence, will serve on the board of directors for the ICBA, an industry group that serves as a voice for community banks. In addition to providing input on the group’s national policy positions and programs, Iholts will serve as a liaison between independent community banks in Oregon and ICBA staff and leadership in Washington D.C.
Pump prices are showing modest gains in most markets, but no dramatic increases have been noted this week by Triple-A. The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline rose four cents in the past week to $2.73 while Oregon’s statewide average went up one cent and stands at $2.88. In Florence, the average price remained at $2.81 for the fourth straight week. The average in Eugene and Springfield increased two cents this week and is at $2.90 a gallon.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) - Investigators have positively
identified a human jawbone found by fishermen along the McKenzie
River as that of a kayaker who capsized in 2003. The Oregonian
reports that Lane County Sheriff's office investigators and the
state Medical Examiner's office matched the jawbone with the dental
records of Sashidharan P. Chirukandoth, who capsized in rapids in
December 2003. No other remains have been found.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Portland resident fined $148 by police
for giving a friend a ride on the back of his bicycle has won a
brief court battle by proving that his bike rack was sturdy enough
to transport his 128-pound female friend. The Oregonian reports
that 43-year-old Kenneth Southerland was surprised when a Portland
police officer fined him back in February. But yesterday, with the
help of an attorney, the fine was eliminated.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A 16-year-old has been charged with
killing another Portland teenager who was returning home from a
visit with his dying mother. Authorities said yesterday that Billy
A. Moore died Monday evening at his home in a North Portland
housing project. Police expect to release the alleged shooter's
name today.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Portland Trail Blazers have a lot more
issues to deal with, other than who to take with the 22nd pick in
the upcoming NBA draft. The disarray is centered around Kevin
Pritchard, who's considered one of the NBA's best GMs after
transforming the once-struggling team to one of the league's most
promising in just a few years. But, for reasons that aren't clear,
Pritchard has fallen out of favor with billionaire owner Paul
Allen, who has reportedly hired a headhunter to find a new GM.
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) - A tree that stood on the downtown plaza in
Ashland for more than a century is now standing at a city agency --
as a table. Ashland officials decided the ancient tree had grown so
frail it had to come down because it was a hazard. But a local
woodworker was able to salvage some of it and make into a table for
the Ashland Community Development Department. The tree belonged to
a species native to China, and is popularly known as the "tree of
heaven."
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland psychiatrist Dr. Stuart Weisberg
plans to open a house in the Sellwood neighborhood where the
terminally ill can kill themselves under Oregon's Death with
Dignity Law. Weisberg tells KGW-TV he felt compelled to act after
watching a TV interview with Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who pioneered
assisted suicide. State officials say 59 people used the law last
year to end their lives.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
American Legion Baseball:
A total of 59 runs were scored in yesterday’s double header between the Three Rivers Sandblasters and Salem’s Withnell Dodgers… unfortunately for the ‘Blasters, 47 of them were scored by the Dodgers as they swept Three Rivers 22-8 and 25-4 yesterday in Florence. The Sand Blasters are back on the diamond this afternoon for a non-league matchup against the North-Coos Waterfront at three.
Northwest League Baseball:
A four-run seventh inning catapulted the Tri-City Dust Devils to their fourth straight victory… and the Eugene Emeralds to their second straight loss… a 6-5 come-from-behind decision in Pasco, Washington last night. Eugene reliever and home-town product Matt Irsfield put in a long one-third of an inning in the seventh, giving up four runs, all earned, on five hits for the loss. The two teams meet tonight for game three of the five game series.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Florence Council to hear testimony on water and sewer rates
Water and Sewer Rate Increases on agenda
The Florence City Council will hear testimony tonight on the second of what could ultimately be five annual rate increases for water and waste-water. Public Works Director Mike Miller says the increases are needed to keep rates in line with increasing costs, but also to catch up on repairs that have been put off over the past several years.
205 – “Every community has some sort of deferred maintenance because they typically like to pay cash in order to accomplish the goals. So they delay it, they defer it. They put it off as long as they can and now we’re at the point where there’s some items that need to be taken care of that just can’t be put off any more.”
A rate study in 2009 recommended the five-step increase over a five year period. The city council is looking at an additional ten-percent for water and eight percent for sewer. That means a residential user with a monthly consumption of about 7-thousand gallons of water would see an increase of about $5.75 per month. If the council agrees to the plan, it would generate an estimated $442-thousand for the city in the next year.
Coos County Commissioners were prepared to forego a second straight year of no timber sales from county-owned forestland, but a temporary jump in lumber prices attributed in part to the Chilean earthquake brought out bidders on four of five parcels offered for sale recently. Coos County will pick up $2.5 million because of the sales and if a buyer comes along for the fifth parcel in the next 30-days that could jump to $3-million.
Hunters under the age of 18 in Oregon are required to successfully complete a safety course and a field day to demonstrate safety skills before getting their license. There are a limited number of openings in a course this week in Florence. Oregon Fish and Game Trooper Scott Salisbury says the classroom portion is set for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday with the field day on Saturday. Registration can be made at Phil’s Saw Shop and the Sportsman.
The stepmother of missing Oregon boy Kyron Horman is said to be "tired and frustrated with the intensity of the questioning" she has been getting from investigators. That's according Jaymie Finster, a longtime friend of Terri Moulton
Horman, who told The Oregonian newspaper Horman was called in for a second polygraph yesterday. Terri Horman was the last known person to see Kyron alive.
Police in Portland say they can't eliminate the possibility that a missing 7-year-old Portland boy was abducted by a stranger. But, Captain Jason Gates with the Multnomah County sheriff's department says "the need for the public to be alarmed is very low." Detectives investigating Kyron Horman's June 4 disappearance are asking the public about where the boy's stepmother was the day he vanished.
The non-custody mother of a missing Portland boy has shared an open letter she wrote to her son with NBC's "Today" show. In the letter, Desiree Young tells her son Kyron Horman how much she misses him and wants to hug him. The Oregonian reports Young lives in Southern Oregon and does not have physical custody of her son. Kyron disappeared from his school June 4 after he was dropped off by his stepmother.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Washington County Sheriff's deputy has
shot and killed a man during a reported fight in northwest
Portland. The Oregonian reports that a deputy found Bryan Guerrero
inside the house threatening another man with a knife early
yesterday. Police say Guerrero failed to drop the knife as ordered,
and the deputy "was forced to shoot" the suspect, who died at the
scene.
TIMBER, Ore. (AP) - A 9-month-old boy is dead after being run
over by a flatbed truck in Washington County. Sheriff's deputies
say authorities were called to the community of Timber on Saturday
evening. Police say a family member didn't see the young boy
standing in front of the trailer tires before the trailer was
pulled forward. The Oregonian says no names have been released.
BEND, Ore. (AP) - About 15,000 people lost their power in Bend
yesterday morning after a pickup truck ran into a power pole. The
power company says electricity was restored by 6 a.m. Police have
cited the driver for driving under the influence and reckless
driving, as well as criminal mischief for damage to the pole and
transformers in the area.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Chris Wille and Diane Jukofsky have spent
more than two decades on environmental work in Costa Rica -- and
they plan to do more of the same in Oregon. The couple plans to
continue their work with the Rainforest Alliance, but they'll be
based in an environmentally friendly house in Clackamas County.
Wood stoves will burn materials from the five-acre Beavercreek
property the couple bought last year.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
American Legion Baseball:
The Three Rivers Sandblasters remain winless against triple-A opponents, losing two games at home over the weekend. Saturday the Corvallis Richey’s Market posted 17 hits and cruised to an 11-1 Zone-3 win over the ‘Blasters. Yesterday, things were closer in a non-league contest, but Three Rivers lost to the Grants Pass Nuggets 2-1. The Sandblasters host the Withnell Dodgers tomorrow for a Zone-3 double-header.
Northwest League Baseball:
The Eugene Emeralds opened the 2010 campaign with a 2-1 split in three games over the Vancouver Canadians. The Ems opened Friday with a 6-3 win at P-K Park; fell Saturday 2-1; and then came from behind in their final at-bat last night for a 4-3 victory. Eugene hits the road for the first time this season today. They’ll open up a five game road-series against the Tri-City Dust Devils tonight.
The Florence City Council will hear testimony tonight on the second of what could ultimately be five annual rate increases for water and waste-water. Public Works Director Mike Miller says the increases are needed to keep rates in line with increasing costs, but also to catch up on repairs that have been put off over the past several years.
205 – “Every community has some sort of deferred maintenance because they typically like to pay cash in order to accomplish the goals. So they delay it, they defer it. They put it off as long as they can and now we’re at the point where there’s some items that need to be taken care of that just can’t be put off any more.”
A rate study in 2009 recommended the five-step increase over a five year period. The city council is looking at an additional ten-percent for water and eight percent for sewer. That means a residential user with a monthly consumption of about 7-thousand gallons of water would see an increase of about $5.75 per month. If the council agrees to the plan, it would generate an estimated $442-thousand for the city in the next year.
Coos County Commissioners were prepared to forego a second straight year of no timber sales from county-owned forestland, but a temporary jump in lumber prices attributed in part to the Chilean earthquake brought out bidders on four of five parcels offered for sale recently. Coos County will pick up $2.5 million because of the sales and if a buyer comes along for the fifth parcel in the next 30-days that could jump to $3-million.
Hunters under the age of 18 in Oregon are required to successfully complete a safety course and a field day to demonstrate safety skills before getting their license. There are a limited number of openings in a course this week in Florence. Oregon Fish and Game Trooper Scott Salisbury says the classroom portion is set for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday with the field day on Saturday. Registration can be made at Phil’s Saw Shop and the Sportsman.
The stepmother of missing Oregon boy Kyron Horman is said to be "tired and frustrated with the intensity of the questioning" she has been getting from investigators. That's according Jaymie Finster, a longtime friend of Terri Moulton
Horman, who told The Oregonian newspaper Horman was called in for a second polygraph yesterday. Terri Horman was the last known person to see Kyron alive.
Police in Portland say they can't eliminate the possibility that a missing 7-year-old Portland boy was abducted by a stranger. But, Captain Jason Gates with the Multnomah County sheriff's department says "the need for the public to be alarmed is very low." Detectives investigating Kyron Horman's June 4 disappearance are asking the public about where the boy's stepmother was the day he vanished.
The non-custody mother of a missing Portland boy has shared an open letter she wrote to her son with NBC's "Today" show. In the letter, Desiree Young tells her son Kyron Horman how much she misses him and wants to hug him. The Oregonian reports Young lives in Southern Oregon and does not have physical custody of her son. Kyron disappeared from his school June 4 after he was dropped off by his stepmother.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Washington County Sheriff's deputy has
shot and killed a man during a reported fight in northwest
Portland. The Oregonian reports that a deputy found Bryan Guerrero
inside the house threatening another man with a knife early
yesterday. Police say Guerrero failed to drop the knife as ordered,
and the deputy "was forced to shoot" the suspect, who died at the
scene.
TIMBER, Ore. (AP) - A 9-month-old boy is dead after being run
over by a flatbed truck in Washington County. Sheriff's deputies
say authorities were called to the community of Timber on Saturday
evening. Police say a family member didn't see the young boy
standing in front of the trailer tires before the trailer was
pulled forward. The Oregonian says no names have been released.
BEND, Ore. (AP) - About 15,000 people lost their power in Bend
yesterday morning after a pickup truck ran into a power pole. The
power company says electricity was restored by 6 a.m. Police have
cited the driver for driving under the influence and reckless
driving, as well as criminal mischief for damage to the pole and
transformers in the area.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Chris Wille and Diane Jukofsky have spent
more than two decades on environmental work in Costa Rica -- and
they plan to do more of the same in Oregon. The couple plans to
continue their work with the Rainforest Alliance, but they'll be
based in an environmentally friendly house in Clackamas County.
Wood stoves will burn materials from the five-acre Beavercreek
property the couple bought last year.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
American Legion Baseball:
The Three Rivers Sandblasters remain winless against triple-A opponents, losing two games at home over the weekend. Saturday the Corvallis Richey’s Market posted 17 hits and cruised to an 11-1 Zone-3 win over the ‘Blasters. Yesterday, things were closer in a non-league contest, but Three Rivers lost to the Grants Pass Nuggets 2-1. The Sandblasters host the Withnell Dodgers tomorrow for a Zone-3 double-header.
Northwest League Baseball:
The Eugene Emeralds opened the 2010 campaign with a 2-1 split in three games over the Vancouver Canadians. The Ems opened Friday with a 6-3 win at P-K Park; fell Saturday 2-1; and then came from behind in their final at-bat last night for a 4-3 victory. Eugene hits the road for the first time this season today. They’ll open up a five game road-series against the Tri-City Dust Devils tonight.
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