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Next Step in Water Service Transition…

The Florence City Council will take testimony this evening on a proposal to begin providing water to areas already inside the city that have been previously served by the Heceta Water District. City Manager Bob Willoughby says tonight’s hearing was the next step in a process that’s been underway for several months. It was facilitated by a decision made two weeks ago by the council setting up the change.
210 – “Starting the process to withdraw the territory that’s in the city limits now, other than Fawn Ridge and Driftwood Shores so that the city will provide the service. And that territory is primarily north of Fred Meyer on both sides of 101.”

Under the proposal, the commercial and residentially zone land on the 101 corridor north will be served by city water lines, but not immediately.
211 – We plan to build our own facilities. That process will take some time so there’s an effective date in the proposed ordinance that will allow public works time to build the facilities we need to serve those customers.”

A staff report spells out that the estimated $50-thousand price tag for the new water main will be paid for by Systems Development Charges. It’s expected to take a year to complete work. The council meets tonight, seven pm at City Hall.


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Work on clearing a mud slide that blocked Highway 101 near the downtown area of North Bend yesterday afternoon is expected to be completed today. Oregon Department of Transportation officials say the estimated 700-cubic yard slide came down just before two pm Sunday between the Pancake Mill and Mack’s Saw Shop. Officials believe it may have been related to a fire in the early morning hours that destroyed a portion of the Celebration Center, a former school and current church that sat atop the hill. It’s thought that a broken water main or water from fire fighting operations may have saturated the hillside, causing it to move.

Highway 126 just west of Mapleton was closed for under an hour yesterday morning as State Police investigated a two-vehicle crash that injured five people. Troopers say a car driven by 60-year old Lilas Dunn of Eugene was pulling onto the highway from a driveway when it was struck by another vehicle operated by 71-year old Royal Murdock, also of Eugene. Dunn, Murdock and all three passengers in Murdock’s car were taken by ambulance to Peace Harbor Hospital with minor injuries. The highway was reopened by 10:30 am.

Hang up and drive… and make sure your seat belt is buckled. That’s the message this week from Florence Police who will be making a concerted enforcement effort this Saturday, looking for seat belt and cell phone violations. Spokesperson Sarah Huff says officers will also be looking to make sure child safety seats are properly utilized.

A 38-year old Keizer man was killed and three other men were injured when a black powder cannon exploded while the men were loading it Saturday night in Seal Rock, just south of Newport. Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies say Eric Jason Rose was struck by a fragment of metal as were the others. One other man wasn’t injured.

Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The the commander of the Mountain Home Air
Force Base says the FAA's denial of a request for expanded training
airspace could harm Idaho's chances of landing F-35 Joint Strike
Fighter wings. Idaho officials predict the jets could pump $1
billion into the area economy, which is competing with other states
to land the F-35 fighters. Final decisions are not expected until
2011.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An environmental study says four proposed
wind energy projects in southeastern Oregon would have little
effect on the beauty of Steens Mountain. But opponents are
skeptical that the grandeur of the 9,733-foot mountain and its
wildlife would not be affected by 200 wind turbines, some towering
415 feet above the juniper and sagebrush of the area.

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Oregon and other states with lots of
trees have been counting on generating more electricity by burning
forest thinnings and logging leftovers as a promising future source
of green jobs and renewable energy as well as a way to pay for
projects to prevent forest fires. But a rule issued by the EPA in
May has the biomass industry, and more than 60 members of Congress,
worried that biomass may lose its long-standing green status.

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (AP) - Police in the Portland suburb of Lake
Oswego say heroin arrests have been increasing for the past four
months. Since the end of February, police have arrested 18 people
suspected of possessing or dealing heroin -- by far the most in any
comparable period for Lake Oswego. Most of the arrests are
traceable to an influx in black-tar heroin smuggled from Mexico.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The father of a missing 7-year-old
Portland boy says he believes a third party was involved along with
his estranged wife in the disappearance of Kyron Horman six weeks
ago. In e-mail answers to questions from Portland reporters, Kaine
Horman gives no basis for his belief other than "briefings."

HUBBARD, Ore. (AP) - Police in Hubbard say a 34-year-old man
wanted on major sex-crime charges has been arrested in south Texas.
Sgt. William Gill says Victoriano Humberto Garza fled Oregon
earlier this month after police contacted him about the charges.
Gill says Garza told officers -- quote -- "I'm not going back to
prison."

ENTERPRISE, Ore. (AP) - A building that housed a popular
visitors center and forest ranger headquarters near the Wallowa
Mountains was getting a coat of stain just before it burned last
weekend. The La Grande Observer reports that the painters went on a
lunch break Sunday and didn't know about the fire until they got a
call.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Zoo is preparing to release
nearly 70 endangered western pond turtles back into the wild. A zoo
scientist says the turtles experienced nearly three years' growth
during the 11 months they were raised at the zoo, giving them an
edge against predators. The turtles will be weighed tomorrow in
preparation for their trip.

(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 their second and final win of the regular season at home yesterday against the Springfield Titans. Trevor Roberts pitched seven innings and struck out nine as the ‘Blasters beat the Titans 13-3 in the first half of a double header. In game two however, it was the Titans on top… they scored the go-ahead run on a throwing error and took the nightcap 5-4.

Northwest League:
They went into the weekend on a five-game winning streak, but came out of it losing three straight. The Eugene Emeralds closed out their five-game home series against Tri-City with a three-run shutout loss Friday, followed by a six-run shutout loss Saturday night at PK Park. Then, yesterday in the opener of a three-game series against Everett they led going into the eighth inning. But, a couple of bases-loaded free passes followed by a two-rbi single gave the Aqua-Sox the lead and the Emeralds were unable to answer in the Ninth giving Everett an 8-5 win. The two teams meet again tonight.