KCST’s Our Town to shine light on Mayor’s Race
First Alan Burns had the job, then for the past six years Phil Brubaker has occupied the center seat and held the gavel at Florence City Council meetings. Now both of them want it once again. Florence voters will decide in November… will it be the retired financial counselor and stock broker for a fourth straight term? Or will they elect the funeral director and mortuary owner? Both men will talk with voters later this afternoon during KCST’s Our Town. That’s from four to six pm and listeners will have a chance to phone in questions. The monthly radio news magazine will also explore ways that area residents will be able to weigh in on reforms to Oregon’s Health Insurance regulations approved last year by the state legislature. Listeners can also track progress on revisions to the city’s sign code. Starting it all off at 4:05 will be an interview with new Siuslaw Elementary principal Mike Harkleroad.
A change in tax rules at the federal level has meant that small non-profit organizations that formerly were not required to file annual tax returns must now do so, or risk losing the tax-exempt status. According to the IRS there are more than 43-hundred organizations in the state of Oregon at risk. They must file by October 15th. Locally 20-such groups are on the list including American Legion Post #0059 and “Concerned Citizens for Western Lane County. The complete list can be found on the newsblog at kcst.com
Watch out, that offer to sell your vacation time-share may not be such a good deal after all. Oregon Attorney General John Kroger is warning residents that there are several companies preying on time-share owners by offering to help sell their interest. Posing as an agent or broker, Kroger says they’ll offer an appraisal or generous buy offer. But, before the sale can be finalized the seller is told they owe taxes or administrative fees. Once the property owner provides financial information or forwards money for the fees, the broker or seller vanishes with the cash. Kroger says owners of vacation time-shares who wish to sell their interests should do their homework and be sure of just who they’re dealing with before releasing any financial information.
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter from Newport, assisted by another from North Bend, successfully airlifted an injured fisherman from a boat 50-miles west of Florence yesterday. Authorities did not identify the man, who suffered a head injury, nor the vessel he was taken from. He was transported to Bay Area Hospital in North Bend.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
CHARLESTON, Ore. (AP) - A Coast Guard helicopter has rescued a
woman who injured her ankle on an Oregon beach when a wave struck
her as she walked along the rocks. The Coast Guard responded after
the Charleston Fire Department called for assistance yesterday at
Bastendorff Beach. An emergency medical technician assisted as the
unidentified woman was hoisted aboard the helicopter and taken to
Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay for treatment.
DALLAS, Ore. (AP) - A Salem man has been charged with aggravated
murder in the deaths of his parents at their home in Dallas, just
west of Salem. The Polk County sheriff's office says 61-year-old
David Scott Jondle and his 58-year-old wife, Marilyn, were found
dead yesterday after deputies received a report of a person who was
unconscious. Their 20-year-old son, Andrew, is charged with
aggravated murder. He's now in the Polk County Jail.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Portland police officer who fatally
shot an unarmed man in the back during a standoff last January has
been placed on administrative leave pending a decision on
recommendations from a review panel. The Oregonian reports that
police Chief Mike Reese hasn't said when he'll make a final
determination about Officer Ronald Frashour, who shot 25-year-old
Aaron Campbell outside an apartment complex on Jan. 29.
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - A 28-year-old Vancouver, Wash., woman
severely burned when another woman threw an acid-like liquid in her
face is listed in serious condition in the burn center of a
Portland hospital. Nancy Neuwelt is the mother of the injured
woman, Bethany Storro. Neuwelt tells The Oregonian that her
daughter had purchased a pair of sunglasses shortly before Monday's
attack -- and that decision may have saved her eyesight.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A prosecution witness in the trial of an
Oregon man accused of trying to smuggle money to support Muslim
fighters in Chechnya has testified that Saudi Arabia-based Islamic
charities were regular conduits of money to that region. The
testimony was yesterday in the trial of Pete Seda, also known as
Pirouz Sedaghaty, in federal court in Eugene.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The NCAA has denied Mississippi
quarterback Jeremiah Masoli's request for a waiver that would allow
him to play immediately. That means the former Oregon standout
won't be eligible until 2011. Masoli transferred to Mississippi
after being kicked off Oregon's team after two run-ins with police.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Police believe the same woman may be
responsible for two bank robberies in Eugene. KVAL reports that in
the robberies on Aug. 23 and on Monday a woman handed a note to a
teller demanding cash. The suspect is described as college age with
brown hair and acne.
COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon woman and her younger brother
have been sentenced to nearly six years in prison after using her
toddler to gain entrance to a home for a robbery.
The World newspaper reported that 27-year-old Deanna Lynn
Deroest and her 16-year-old brother, Ryan Justin Dewolf, both of
Coos Bay, were sentenced to five years and 10 months after pleading
guilty to robbery last week.
Deroest's boyfriend, 23-year-old Harland Welsh, was committed to
the Oregon State Hospital until he is judged mentally fit to
proceed.
The three used Deanna Deroest's 14-month-old toddler to gain
access to a 72-year-old woman's home, claiming the child needed
water. The woman was taped to a chair while the trio took a
firearm, alcohol and jewelry -- including rings from the woman's
fingers.
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(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Northwest League Baseball:
Eugene first baseman Wes Cunningham gave the Emeralds the lead in the fourth inning with a two-run homer, then the Ems added two more runs for insurance in the sixth inning as they cruised to a 4-1 win over the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes last night at PK Park. Matt Branham struck out five in 6 2/3 innings of work on the mound for his sixth win of the season. The series continues tonight in Eugene.
The NCAA has ruled that former Oregon Quarterback Jeremiah Masoli must sit out a year before he can play for Ole Miss. Masoli transferred from Oregon to Mississippi after being kicked off Oregon’s team following two run-ins with police. He had already completed undergraduate work in Eugene and had enrolled in Mississippi’s Parks and Recreation graduate program. Rebels’ coach Houston Nutt says they’ll appeal the ruling and expect a final answer within a week. If it stands, Masoli will sit out his redshirt year then compete in the 2011 season.
The Siuslaw Athletic Booster Club will meet tomorrow morning to discuss allocation of money raised in the past year. Election of officers and the future of the club itself will also be on the agenda. The Booster Club meets at seven AM at Coast Insurance Services on Maple Street.
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