Superintendent given better than average grade
On a four-point scale the job performance in the first year of Siuslaw Superintendent Jeff Davis’ was ranked at 3.29. The Siuslaw School District Board of Directors are being asked to accept that evaluation and extend Davis’ contract for another year during their regular meeting this evening. Davis was graded on seven categories and received the highest, a four, on his management of Human Resources. He received a 3.5 on three other categories and 3.0 on two more. His lowest score was in “communications and community relations”. Davis has been on the job since July First of last year. In other business the board is expected to adopt the final budget for the coming year by approving expenditures of $18.3-million. They’re also being asked to ratify a tower lease for a communications company that wants to erect a cell phone tower near the football field. The meeting tonight is 6:30 at Siuslaw Elementary School Library.
There was some action last night on the Cascadia Subduction Zone, the 600-plus-mile fault that stretches offshore from Northern California to Washington. A 4.4 magnitude horizontal quake was recorded 248 miles west-northwest of the Coos Bay entrance at about 8:40 last night. No damage was reported and no tsunami warnings were generated.
Retail gas prices are holding steady after dropping between ten and 20 cents in areas around the country over the past month. In Florence, the average for a gallon of regular unleaded remains at $2.81… That’s down from a high of $2.87 two months ago. Oregon’s average price, measured by Triple-A of Oregon is holding steady at $2.89 and the national average has dropped 20 cents in the last month… it now stands at $2.72. Around the state, Triple-A says the average in Portland is at $2.85; Eugene, $2.89, and in Medford it’s $2.95 a gallon.
Free fishing day is coming up this weekend and the Florence STEP group has planned an event at Honeyman State Park. Youngsters aged five to 12 are invited to Cleowox Lake from 8:30 to one Saturday for some tips onhow to catch a Rainbow Trout. No gear? No problem say organizers. STEP will be providing loaner rods and reels for those who need them. Forest Service Biologist Paul Burns encourages parents to come along and fish with the kids as well.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Police say investigators are limiting the
search for a missing 7-year-old Portland boy to the city's metro
area, despite tips from as far away as Washington state. Kyron
Horman disappeared Friday after a science fair at the rural Skyline
Elementary School. Multnomah County sheriff's Capt. Jason Gates
says crews are facing a difficult, hilly terrain as they search
near the school.
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) - The trial of a man accused of attempting
to kidnap a 7-year-old Roseburg girl has been postponed until at
least October. Kenneth Wolfe of Roseburg was set to go on trial
today, but prosecutors have agreed to send the case back to the
grand jury, saying the panel didn't get all the information in the
case.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Felesia Otis says she watched her
outgoing, artistic son slowly deteriorate into a mentally ill
recluse. On May 12, 25-year-old Keaton Otis was shot and killed by
Portland police after he wounded an officer during a traffic stop.
Now his mother and her husband are calling for reforms that would
broaden criteria for a mental health commitment.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The U.S. Agriculture Department is
investigating the escape of monkeys from the Oregon National
Primate Research Center. The center confirmed that investigation
yesterday after the USDA denied an animal rights group's request
for public records because of "an open investigation."
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - The adoptive parents of a 9-year-old Oregon
boy who suffered severe burns, broken bones and other injuries have
both pleaded not guilty to assault and mistreatment charges. In
Lane County Circuit Court in Eugene, Alona Hartwig and her husband
Rodger Hartwig Jr. entered their pleas yesterday to two counts of
second-degree assault and five counts of first-degree criminal
mistreatment.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A federal judge has ruled that grazing on
public land in the Malheur National Forest has led to degradation
of steelhead streams the U.S. Forest Service has failed to
adequately protect. Conservation groups said the ruling showed the
Forest Service grazing plan allowed livestock to damage steelhead
habitat along more than 300 miles of streams in the John Day River
Basin.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An orphaned young cougar whose mother was
legally killed in Idaho has found a new home at the Oregon Zoo in
Portland. Idaho Fish and Game rescued the cougar, named Paiute
(PIE'-yoot) and then contacted zoo officials who say the young cat
is getting used to his new home and is being introduced to Chinook,
the zoo's adult female cougar.
BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) - A flood emergency has been declared on the
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest allowing that agency to seek federal
money for repairs. Heavy rain and melting snow triggered severe
flooding in Eastern Oregon over the weekend damaging roads, bridges,
trails and recreation sites. The popular Wallowa Mountain Loop Road
between Halfway and Joseph remains closed due to erosion from North Pine Creek.
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Information from: Baker City Herald,
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
The Three Rivers Sandblasters posted 12 hits in the rain yesterday to record a 13-4 non-league win over the North Coos Waterfront. Trevor Roberts got the start on the mound, and the win. Joe Crowe was four-for-five at the plate, Dalton Iveans three-for-four. The Sandblasters face the Challengers in Eugene tomorrow.
The Major League Baseball draft went to the mound repeatedly in the state of Oregon yesterday… More than a dozen players were taken from Oregon, Oregon State and Southwestern Community College, 11 of them pitchers. Oregon State contributed six pitchers, an infielder and two outfielders to the mix. The Ducks had four pitchers drafted, including two that have only just committed and haven’t yet even made the roster. Former Three Rivers Sandblaster and North Bend Bulldog Bryce Wiedman, who plays for Southwestern, was drafted in the 14th round by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The University of Oregon is expected to tangle with Texas A&M for the women’s team title at the NCAA Track and Field Championships set to open Wednesday afternoon at Hayward Field in Eugene. The Oregon men have four projected champions but will need more than that to compete with Florida and Texas A&M for the Men’s crown. Competition continues through Saturday in Eugene.
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