Council to begin steps to fill vacancy
One of the first items of business next week for the Florence City Council will be the initial steps of filling a vacancy on that panel. Mayor Phil Brubaker says it’s important to move quickly.
215 – “Good governance dictates that we should keep moving on this process, not play any possible games with the actual election that’s occurring this November. And so I would see a fairly expeditious application and interview process that we take, but it’s up to the full council.”
With the election filing date just two weeks away, and two four year terms available on the ballot, there’s nothing wrong with a possible candidate pursuing filing for the ballot while at the same time seeking appointment to the two-year term left vacant when Councilor Dave Franzen passed away last month. That just means the council needs to work quickly.
216 – “I would hope before the November election day though, so that the voters would know when they’re making the choices on the November ballot what the full picture would look like with that vacancy being appointed.”
Applicants for the vacancy must be registered to vote and a resident of the city. Brubaker said information on how to apply will be available next week.
A 33-year old Florence woman was arrested and charged Saturday afternoon with arson, theft and reckless endangerment after police say she set a fire in a cardboard bin of merchandise at Grocery Outlet to cover up a theft. Florence Police spokesperson Sarah Huff said the investigation was a quick one after police were able to identify Jaclyn Michelle Gentry (jacklyn) as the prime suspect.
217 – “There was a surveillance video and they recognized her from the video. We’ve had prior engagements with Miss Gentry, or we’ve dealt with her before and so our officers knew her.”
Nobody was injured when employees spotted the fire just after two pm. They quickly evacuated about 50-customers and extinguished the blaze before firefighters were able to arrive. The store was able to reopen within just a few hours.
Hundreds of uninsured area residents will be able to benefit from a program that is offering discounted medical lab services. The EasyAccess Savings Program applies to most tests collected at PeaceHealth Laboratories and there’s no membership fee. The cost for most lab services have been discounted and are available only when the patient pays at the time of service.
NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) - Here's an added feature: People who bought
pink shrimp at some Oregon stores are reporting that it glows in
the dark.
Don't worry, experts tell The Register-Guard. They say it's due
to certain marine bacteria that can cause shrimp and other seafood
to appear luminescent. They say it's not a health risk and does not
indicate mishandling during processing.
Specialists at Oregon State University Sea Grant Extension say
the bacteria can grow at refrigerator temperatures, especially on
seafood products where salt was added during processing.
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Information from: The Register-Guard,
http://www.registerguard.com
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The 7-year-old Portland girl who found
herself at the center of a national flap when health inspectors
shut down her lemonade stand is going to Disneyland. Julie Murphy
made over $1,800 after a radio station and a tire store allowed her
to set up another lemonade stand. She says she'll use the money to
go to Disneyland with her mother.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland-area officials are supporting a
proposal to build a new 10-lane, $3.6 billion bridge across the
Columbia River between Portland and Vancouver, Wash. But the mayors
of Portland and Vancouver, Wash., are taking issue with a recent
independent report that says an off-the-shelf design would be
smarter, easier to build and less expensive.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland city officials say a blocked
sewer pipe sent 1,400 gallons of raw sewage into the Willamette
River downtown. Officials are warning against any contact with
river water near the Morrison Bridge today because of a higher
bacteria levels.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A 25-year-old Portland man has been
sentenced to nearly six years in prison for running down two
pedestrians after a night of heavy drinking. Dallas Lazar Lawrence
pleaded guilty last month in the February crash that injured a
21-year-old woman. Investigators say Lawrence had a blood alcohol
content about three times the legal limit.
BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) - Federal environmental regulators say
they'll consider extra time for a Baker County cement plant to
comply with new emission rules. The Baker City Herald says the
Environmental Protection Agency has acknowledged the effort Ash
Grove Cement has already made to substantially reduce mercury
emissions from its plant near Durkee, about 25 miles southeast of
Baker City.
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say they seized 100
pounds of marijuana and a half-pound of cocaine in two weekend
traffic stops on Interstate 5 near Roseburg. A couple from
Washington state were arrested after the cocaine was found and a
California man was charged in the marijuana seizure.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - A body found in the Klamath River
appears to be that of a Medford man whose car was abandoned on a
remote backcountry road near the Oregon-California border. Klamath
County Sheriff Tim Evinger says the body fits the description for
25-year-old Ryan Finchum, but an autopsy this week will make a
positive identification.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Northwest League Baseball:
The Eugene Emeralds completed a three-game sweep of the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes last night with a 3-1 victory at PK Park in Eugene. It was the first three-game sweep of the Vols by Eugene in more than a decade. The Emeralds are a game behind Everett and Vancouver, at 8-5 in the second half of the season. They’ll head to Keizer tonight where they’ll play the first of three games in Marion County against the Volcanoes.
Pac Ten Football:
Fall camp got underway yesterday for all the programs in the Pac-10. Picked to repeat as conference champions, the Oregon Ducks have all the pieces in place says Head Coach Chip Kelly. The only major decision remaining to be made is who will call the signals.
218 – “The one thing about this quarterback competition that excites me is that all the other pieces have been in place for a little bit. They don’t have to be the guy and it’s not going to be put on their shoulders that, you know, we’ve gotta be able to throw for 350 a game, or we have to be able run for 350 a game. It’s what improvements do they make and what are their strengths? And what strengths give us the best opportunity to win?”
Kelly says it’s likely he and the coaching staff won’t make a decision on whether Daron Thomas or Nate Costa will be the starting quarterback until the week before the September Fourth opener against New Mexico.
(Steve Kay)
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