Parks Masterplan Update ready for testimony…
The last comprehensive look at how the city of Florence would plan, develop and maintain parks began in 1985 and was adopted as part of the 1988 Comprehensive Plan. Now, the first update in 25 years will be the subject of a public hearing tonight before the Florence Planning Commission. Senior Planner Wendy Farley says the current plan identified specific steps to be undertaken in the first five years of its existence. After that it only outlined a plan for acquisition of future parkland. Six years ago Farley and members of the Parks and Recreation Committee began the process of forging a new document to help guide Florence parks into the 21st century.
200 – “There was a lot of public process that went into creating this new park masterplan. The needs analysis was completed between 2004 and six, and then it was brought up again when we finally decided to go through with the park adoption.”
They’ve been vetting the plan since last year to make sure nothing was left out. The new plan suggests moving away from small ‘pocket parks’ and moving towards fewer regional parks and also identifies areas in the city that are currently under-served. Once the Planning Commission signs off on the plan it will go to the city council later this summer. Tonight’s hearing is at City Hall; it begins at seven.
Nobody was injured but a Florence woman and her 18-year old granddaughter were shaken up yesterday after the car they were in crashed through the front wall of a Motel on Highway 101. The manager on duty at the time, Sherry Higby, said she was outside taking a break when a white sport utility pulled into an empty parking spot a few feet away from where she was standing. The vehicle bounced hard off the curb she said, then the engine roared and it shot through the front wall of an unoccupied room at the Old Town Inn. Neither 63- year old Donna Solbrig, the driver, nor her 18-year old granddaughter were injured, but firefighters said they had to assist Solbrig out of the vehicle. Higby said Solbrig was reportedly coming in to pick up a job application but never completed that errand. Firefighters said fortunately nobody was in the room at the time, and no structural components were damaged in the early afternoon crash.
Traffic on Highway 101 just north of Sea Lion Caves has been restricted to one-way since yesterday when transportation authorities discovered that a portion of the rock base beneath the pavement had washed away. Officials don’t know what may have caused the ‘void’ beneath the road surface. Crews will dig into the roadway today in order to assess the situation and begin repairs. The area is just south of the Cape Creek Tunnel and a slide area that kept the highway closed for several months in 2004.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) - A 16-year-old Roseburg boy has been
arraigned as an adult on aggravated murder and rape charges in the
death of a 5-year-old girl. Authorities say Dustin Michael Wallace
entered no plea yesterday in Douglas County Circuit Court in the
death of Sahara Dwight. The boy was arrested Friday, the day the
girl died.
GLADSTONE, Ore. (AP) - A man suspected of shooting his father at
a Gladstone home has surrendered to authorities. Gladstone police
Sgt. Lynn Benton says Kent Friesen was booked into the Clackamas
County Jail yesterday on charges of assault and attempted murder.
Fifty-year-old David James Friesen was shot on Sunday.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Clackamas County sheriff's spokesman
says an 87-year-old woman who died after she was stunned by a taser in a
confrontation with deputies was armed with a pellet gun, not a real
handgun. Phyllis Owens died about an hour after she was shocked
Thursday in Boring, Ore. An autopsy showed she died of heart
disease.
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) - The parents of a 25-year-old graduate
student have filed a $2 million wrongful death lawsuit against
PeaceHealth and its Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend. Thom
and Ann Barr say a nearly six-hour wait to see an emergency room
doctor proved fatal for their daughter, Martha Barr, who died from
a blood clot in her lung on Dec. 23, 2008. The Springfield hospital
declined comment.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Some Oregon lawmakers are working on a
plan to outlaw disposable plastic bags in the state in 2012. The
Oregonian reports a proposed plastic bag ban was introduced in
February's special session. Opponents of a ban says people can
prevent plastic bags from becoming litter or going into landfills
by simply recycling them.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The father of a missing Portland boy says
the boy's stepmother has been engaging in a sexual affair as police
conduct an investigation into the boy's disappearance. A motion
filed by Kaine Horman's attorney yesterday is the latest twist in
the investigation into what happened to 7-year-old Kyron Horman.
Kaine Horman said he believed Terri Horman was involved in the
boy's disappearance. Police have not said she is a suspect.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - The body of a Grants Pass teen missing
after swimming in the Rogue River has been found. The Josephine
County Sheriff's Office says residents of the Riviera Mobile Park
spotted the body of 18-year-old Shane Patrick Marshall on Sunday
about seven miles downstream from where he was last seen.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Northwest League Baseball:
The Eugene Emeralds spotted the Boise Hawks two runs early last night, then posted eight unanswered runs over the next five innings and held on for an 8-5 victory in Boise. Pedro Martinez allowed four hits and two runs in five innings work for the win. Eugene begins a five-game homestand this evening against Tri-City.
American Legion Baseball:
The final week of Zone Three play begins this afternoon in Salem for the Three Rivers Sandblasters when they face Salem’s Post Nine Highwaymen for a double-header beginning at two o’clock. Both games will air on Coast Radio Sports with the pregame show at 1:45.
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