A little summer music - 101 opens at North Bend - Water safety takes prep.

07-20-10 7,8,9 AM; Noon; 5,6 PM
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Folk Music Veterans bring summer music to the Coast…

The rich roots of American music will be celebrated this weekend at Three Rivers Casino during the first-ever Summer Folk Festival. Headlining the Friday and Saturday shows will be a pair of entertainers that have been together for more than a half century. Carl Allen and Bill Murlin performed at a campus talent show in 1959 when they were students at Washington State University. Over the years they balanced their musical careers with professional lives and actually mixed the two 25-years ago. That’s when Murlin, who was working for the Bonneville Power Administration at the time, uncovered two dozen songs written by Woody Guthrie during a one-month visit to Portland in 1941. Some of the songs had never been seen or heard until the Wanderers released them on an album in 1987. Allen and Murlin as the Wanderers will be joined by several veterans of the Northwest folk music circuit. Two shows will be offered, one each on Friday and Saturday at eight pm.


07-20-11 7,8,9 AM; Noon; 5,6 PM
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Traffic on Highway 101 through North Bend was restored late yesterday afternoon as Oregon Department of Transportation crews hauled away the last of an estimated 700 cubic yards of debris that had spilled onto the roadway Sunday. An O-DOT spokesman said it was likely the slide was caused when the unstable slope became saturated with water, possibly from firefighting operations or a broken water line early Sunday at a church atop the hill. Nobody was injured in either incident.

A Eugene political consultant will head up the Lane Community College Board of Directors for the coming year. Tony McCown, a former LCC Student Body President, was elected board chair this past week. He’s in the fourth year of his first term on the panel. His vice-chair will be Susie Johnston of Pleasant Hill. She was elected last spring to her second four-year term.

Inland temperatures in the 80s have sent thousands of people in Western Oregon to the water over the past few weeks. Unfortunately, many of them weren’t prepared and ran into trouble. When that happens, they call out the Sheriff’s Office Marine Patrol, and/or Search and Rescue. Lane County Search and Rescue Coordinator John Miller says a little planning and proper equipment can keep the excursions fun and minimize dangers. Miller points out that state law requires personal flotation devices be available for each occupant of a watercraft. He also urges boaters to be aware of their surroundings.

Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon sheriff and a prosecutor are
seeking an additional $438,643 for the investigation of a
7-year-old boy missing in the Portland area for more than six
weeks. The Oregonian reported yesterday that Multnomah County
Sheriff Dan Staton and District Attorney Michael Schrunk will ask
the county board of commissioners this week for the extra money to
help find Kyron Horman. He's been missing since June 4.

WINSTON, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say one person was
killed and two were seriously injured when a dump truck collided
with a small pickup outside Winston. Investigators say 22-year-old
Kaila Boyer of Riddle was killed in yesterday's crash. She was a
passenger in the pickup. The pickup driver, 23-year-old Jesse W.
James of Riddle, and the dump truck driver, 58-year-old Dudley
Lenhart of Tenmile, were both seriously injured.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Solexant Corp. reportedly plans to build a
new manufacturing plant for thin film solar cells in the suburb of
Gresham. The Oregonian says Gov. Ted Kulongoski holds a news
conference today to formally make the long-expected announcement by
the San Jose, Calif.-based company.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon couple have been recognized for
their work keeping mountain trails open in the Lake of the Woods
area west of Klamath Falls. State parks officials said Karen and
John Poole are the recipients of the 2009 Doug Newman Memorial
Award for keeping trails high in the Cascade Range open for
year-round recreation in southern Oregon.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - New Trail Blazers general manager Rich Cho
says he's impressed with Portland's youth and depth, but the team
is still lacking the piece that will bring the city another
championship. The 44-year-old Cho was introduced as the Blazers' GM
yesterday to replace Kevin Pritchard. Cho is a Northwest native who
spent nine seasons as assistant general manager of the Oklahoma
City Thunder, the former Seattle Super Sonics.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A trucking company has been fined nearly
$15,000 for letting diesel fuel spill into the Columbia River when
a fuel tank fell off one of its trucks in Portland. The Oregon
Department of Environmental Quality says about 50 gallons of diesel
ran into the river near Jantzen Beach in the April spill from a
truck owned by Sun Valley Transportation of Scio. Three geese,
eight goslings and six ducklings died after swimming through the
fuel.

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:

Northwest League Baseball:
The skid is now four straight for the Eugene Emeralds who lost 4-3 in the tenth inning last night to the Aqua Sox in Everett. Everett’s Kevin Rivers scored on an infield-bases-loaded-grounder down the third base line with one out in the tenth to seal the deal. With the win, Everett also sealed the deal on the pennant for the first half of the Northwest League, automatically giving them a playoff spot in September. The series closes out tonight and then the Emeralds head north for another three-game road series against the Canadians in Vancouver.