State Parks expecting full house…
If you’re headed out with the RV or the tent this weekend, you probably have a reservation and that would be a good thing. Parks all over Oregon are booked up according to Shirley Stentz with Oregon Parks and Recreation.
211 – “We anticipate full parks everywhere in the state. It doesn’t mean that some folks won’t have to cancel at the last moment and there will be some availability that we can’t predict right now.”
Despite recent rate increases the Central Coast District Manager says the summer camping season will be a busy one.
210 – “We think camping will be every bit as strong as it was last year. And we were pleasantly surprised that people’s budgets allowed them to come for four and five day Oregon vacations.”
Camping can be extremely affordable, especially if you don’t mind sleeping on the ground. Five nights of tent camping at an Oregon State Park can cost less than one or two nights at a mid-level hotel along the Oregon Coast.
When the bells started ringing Tuesday night at Three Rivers Casino it meant that a Florence woman had just hit a jackpot of nearly a half-million dollars. Jodi Mulligan had to wait almost 24-hours though for verification but by eight last night, it was confirmed that she had won $437-thousand playing a Monopoly themed progressive slot machine. Casino spokesman Rich Colton said the prize payout will come directly from the slot machine company, and it was especially sweet that a local resident was the winner.
Somewhere around two PM this Sunday afternoon at least 25-hundred rubber ducks will be dumped into the Siuslaw River for this year’s edition of the Great Kiwanis Duck Race. At $5 a pop, that means a pretty good return for the local club according to spokesperson Lonnie Iholts.
212 – “We thought last year was good, this year has been remarkable. 12-thousand 5-hundred is a realistic goal for this year.”
With nearly two-dozen prizes to be awarded, the duck race is always popular, and don’t worry… they’ll retrieve all of them from the river. Iholts adds that the Duck Race isn’t the club’s biggest fund-raiser. A minimum of ten times each year, and often more than that, Kiwanians put out hundreds of American Flags along Florence’s streets to mark major holidays. Between both programs it means the Florence Kiwanis Foundation provides for several local projects.
213 – “Kiwanis Duck Race and the Kiwanis Flag Program are what the Kiwanis Foundation issues their grants from. Their scholarships and the various community grants that we’ve awarded over the last two years. And the Kiwanis Foundation has put back into the community $50-thousand over the last two years.”
This year on the Fourth of July in addition to the 25-hundred rubber ducks, the club will put out at least 475 American Flags.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A spokeswoman for former Vice President Al
Gore says he welcomes a Portland police decision to reopen an
investigation into a massage therapist's allegations that he groped
her at a hotel four years ago. Portland police did not say why it
was reopening the investigation in its brief statement issued
yesterday.
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - A surgeon dubbed "Dr. Death" in
Australia for a string of botched operations was sentenced Thursday
to seven years in prison for killing three patients and permanently
harming another. Indian-born U.S. citizen Jayant Patel once worked
at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Portland, which banned him from
liver and pancreatic surgeries in 1998 dozens of complaints.
NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) - A grand jury has indicted a 40-year-old
Prineville resident on murder and manslaughter charges in
connection with a case from 1990. The Lincoln County Sheriff's
Office says Troy Culver was charged in the death of Walter Ackerson
Jr. of Puyallup, Wash. Ackerson was 16 when he was reported as a
runaway from the Angell Job Corps in Yachats, Ore.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A fire at a University of Oregon building
that houses the university's School of Music and Dance has caused
$500,000 in damage. Eugene firefighters say Tuesday night's blaze
caused heavy smoke damage inside Gerlinger Annex. No one was
injured. KVAL-TV says the fire apparently started after a stove
burner was accidentally left on in a third-floor break room.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon's first-in-the-nation environmental
plan for recycling paint takes effect today, and consumers will see
the price of paint increase with it. The previous system had
consumers dropping off excess paint at government-funded hazardous
waste centers. Now, they'll pay up to $1.60 extra for a five-gallon
bucket of paint to fund the program.
GRASS VALLEY, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say an armed woman
surrendered early this morning to a SWAT team following a six-hour
standoff at U.S. Highway 97 near the northcentral Oregon town of
Grass Valley. Authorities say shots were fired during the
confrontation but no injuries were reported. No names were
released.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The stepmother of a missing 7-year-old
Portland boy has retained a prominent criminal defense lawyer.
Attorney Stephen Houze (howz) confirmed to The Oregonian yesterday
that he is representing Terri Moulton Horman. Her stepson, Kyron,
was last seen walking down a hallway at his school on June 4.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - A 25-year-old Grants Pass man faces an
aggravated murder charge in the stabbing death of his girlfriend.
The Grants Pass Daily Courier reports that a Josephine County grand
jury handed down the indictment late Tuesday against Nathaniel L.
Geith in the June 16 death of 17-year-old Savanna Albertson.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Marion County authorities are searching for a
sex offender who failed to report to his parole officer and cut off
his GPS ankle bracelet. Sheriff's deputies say 64-year-old William
Althouse has a history of exposing himself and sexually abusing
children. Althouse served more than 12 years in prison for past
crimes.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
American Legion Baseball:
The Three Rivers Sandblasters picked up a couple of wins yesterday to open the Papa’s Pizza Invitational Tournament in Eugene. In the opener Trevor Roberts threw a one-hitter and the ‘Blasters beat Hoopa Valley, California 3-1. Later in the evening Joe Crowe threw a one-hitter of his own and the Sandblasters shut out the Vancouver, Washington Gnomes seven-nothing. The Papa’s Pizza Tournament continues through Sunday at Swede Johnson Stadium in Eugene. They take on Evergreen State out of Washington this afternoon at 3:30.
Northwest League Baseball:
The Eugene Emeralds scored seven runs through the middle innings last night at P-K Park and capped their five game series against the Boise Hawks with a 7-3 win. The victory snapped a four-game losing streak for the Ems. They’ll head out on the road today where they’ll start a three game series against Vancouver.
College Basketball:
The successful head coach of Division III George Fox University’s women’s basketball team will take over at Oregon State. Scott Rueck will replace LaVonda Wagner who was fired after five seasons this spring. Georg Fox is a private Christian school in Newberg.
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