Early June Heavy Weather…
This is June? The National Weather Service is saying another Pacific Storm is expected late Thursday night through Friday morning. That’s after the current storm, that’s bringing heavy rains and wind gusts to 45 miles an hour, passes through. Estimates are that today’s storm will drop between two and five inches of rain over the central coast, coast range and the cascades. With that amount of precipitation there’s a strong chance that rivers and streams could experience higher levels. The National Weather Service is saying there are potentials for localized flooding in some low-lying areas. In addition, the Oregon Department of Geology is saying there is an increased potential for debris flows in the Cascades and Coast Range. Debris flows are characterized as dangerous, rapidly moving landslides. The locations at greatest risk are steep slopes, canyons, gorges and the mouths of mountain streams. Forecasters say not to expect much of a respite once this storm washes through. Another is expected to arrive late Thursday and into Friday morning. While it has the potential to bring high winds, they say it will likely bring a little less rain.
It turned out to be a deadly weekend on the dunes in Winchester Bay. A 19-year old Olympia, Washington woman died Saturday night when she unexpectedly stood up and walked into the path of an airborne ATV as we was watching a competition near Banshee Hill. Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies said Ellie Powell’s injuries were too severe and she died at the scene. The second death, unrelated, was discovered Sunday afternoon when a 27-year old Klamath Falls man and his dog were found dead inside a utility trailer where they had been camping. Officials say it appeared to be accidental. A propane heater was found next to the body of Bradley Lamphere.
Several dozen Douglas County residents reported receiving automated phone calls that claimed to be from Roseburg’s Umpqua Bank. Bank officials said it was an apparent scam. The calls informed the recipient that their debit or credit card had been ‘deactivated’. They were instructed to input personal information such as account numbers, PINs and social security numbers to reactivate the cards.
How to protect yourself against scams like the last one and others are included in a new segment on KCST’s Our Town, which airs this afternoon. E-consultant Robbie Wright will talk about how to protect yourself against possible identity theft during the final segment of the program, which airs from four to six this afternoon on KCST. The main segment of the show will feature Siuslaw Valley Fire Marshall Sean Barrett and Oregon Department of Forestry’s Link Smith who will talk about the upcoming wildland fire season.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Investigators are looking for four Southern
Oregon teens who went out for lunch and a movie on Memorial Day but
never came home. Medford Police Lt. Bob Hansen told the Mail
Tribune that the girl and three boys all turned their cell phones
off at the same time Monday afternoon, and by yesterday none of
them had returned home or turned their cell phones back on. But
Hansen says there's no evidence they're in any danger.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon father whose trial was already
under way has pleaded no contest to promoting prostitution in a
case involving his 14-year-old daughter. The plea agreement was
reached yesterday just before the girl was scheduled to testify.
Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Angel Lopez then sentenced the
40-year-old man to five years in prison. The man was charged after
his daughter was found in a car with a 42-year-old man earlier this
year. She said he solicited men to have sex with her in exchange
for money and drugs.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A Lane County couple have been charged with
assault and criminal mistreatment, accused of injuring a 9-year-old
foster child they took in and later adopted. Forty-six-year-old
Alona Lee Hartwig and 51-year-old Rodger Eugene Hartwig Jr. were
charged yesterday. Lane County authorities say the Hartwigs adopted
the boy after taking him in as a foster child more than four years
ago. The boy is now staying with a different family.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland police investigators looking into
the force's third fatal shooting this year say an officer had
backed 20 feet away before a driver shot and wounded him. The
police bureau released the results yesterday of their investigation
into the fatal shooting of Keaton Otis on May 12. The findings say
that officer Christopher Burley tried unsuccessfully to pull Otis
from his car after a traffic stop and then retreated. The
investigators also say Otis grabbed a gun from the glove box and
fired at Burley, striking him twice in the legs.
LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Ground will be broken in Oregon today for
a biorefinery that will turn poplar trees into cellulosic ethanol.
Colorado-based ZeaChem Inc. says its plant in Boardman would
produce up to 250,000 gallons per year of ethanol. ZeaChem says
building and operating the plant will create almost 300 direct and
indirect jobs.
FOSSIL, Ore. (AP) - The wife of the late University of Oregon
track coach and Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman has died at age 96.
Son Jon Bowerman confirms that Barbara Bowerman died Saturday at
Haven House Retirement Home in the northcentral Oregon community of
Fossil. Bill Bowerman died in 1999.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Boaters, kayakers and canoeists are
reminded that it's Fleet Week in Portland. A security zone will be
enforced while Navy and Coast Guard vessels are tied up at the
seawall between the Morrison and Steel bridges. Non-commercial
vessels are asked to avoid the area from noon tomorrow to noon
Monday.
LA GRANDE, Ore. (AP) - Someone left a baby on the U.S. Forest
Service's doorstep in La Grande - a baby elk.
The Observer newspaper reports that officials want to ask
whoever brought in the baby elk where they found it, so it can be
returned to its mother.
Officials say the baby elk probably was not abandoned, because
mother elk regularly leave their babies hiding in tall grass or
brush while they lead off a threat, such as a coyote, then return.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
College Baseball:
The Oregon State Beavers will open up their fifth post-season appearance in six years Friday afternoon in the Gainesville Regional of the NCAA playoffs. The Beavers, seeded number three, will face number two seed Florida Atlantic. Florida is the host and number one seed, they’ll play number four Bethune-Cookman. Up the eastern Seaboard in Norwich, Connecticut the Oregon Ducks are seeded number three, they’ll face two-seed and host U-Conn. Florida State is seeded number one they’ll play Central Connecticut State.
College Basketball:
After several losing seasons and the departure of a half-dozen players Oregon State University announced the firing this week of Women’s basketball coach LaVonda Wagner. Wagner was 68-85 through five seasons with OSU. Athletic Director Bob DeCarolis (de-CARE-uh-luss) said he had already receive – quote – ‘double digit inquiries’ from interested replacements.
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