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Pool supporters hoping for online grant…

Backers of the Siuslaw Regional Aquatics Center are hopeful that an online grant application… backed by a popular vote… will help them achieve their goal.
200 – “We are trying to get our pool in Mapleton reopened. It’s been closed since October.”

Beth Hammond says they’ve been fortunate enough to get a chance at a “Pepsi Refresh grant”. But, just getting on the list isn’t enough. Now they need to get more online votes than competing grant applications. Hammond says the last day to vote is at the end of this month.
201 – “People can go online every day and vote. And it’s www.pepsirefresh.com”

She says once you get to the site, just type in ‘reopen rural pool’ in the search window and follow the prompts. The payoff could be $50-thousand… enough she says to repair cracks in the pool and rehire staff to get it open again.
202 – “You know we just, you know, it’s just a terrible waste to have our pool sitting empty.”

It’s been 10-months now, and Hammond admits that the longer the pool remains closed, the more difficult it will be to get it open again.

Fire crews had a busy holiday weekend… while most people were picnicking, camping, or just taking it easy… volunteers with Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue were out doing what they train to do… responding to ATV crashes on the dunes, fighting fire and even performing steep angle rescue such as the one late Friday when they plucked an injured man off the top of a thousand foot cliff over the ocean.
205 – “This rope rescue was a three-hour event, we were done at 3:00 in the morning. We had a trailer fire, a car fire, a smoke alarm, a little variety of everything.”

Fire Marshall Sean Barrett said in addition to the nearly dozen calls since Friday afternoon… they also found time to help raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association through their annual ‘Fill the Boot’ campaign.
206 – “The estimated amount is about $8,250.”

All in all, Barrett says the holiday weekend was a full one for volunteers.
207 – “It was very full.”


It’s going to be a full agenda for the Florence City Council when they meet this evening. Among discussion items, a public hearing on a proposal to allow garbage haulers to add a 48-gallon receptacle to their rate sheets; an ordinance on withdrawal of annexed property from Heceta Water District and a separate ordinance charging the district a franchise fee for territory that they’ll retain. A joint marketing agreement between the Florence Events and the Chamber of Commerce will also be discussed. That meeting begins at seven pm, it’s at City Hall.

Students at all area schools headed back to classrooms today… that means the familiar yellow school busses on area roads and streets, along with students lined up at bus stops or crossing crosswalks. In Florence most of the approximately 14-hundred students were back today. Grades 10, 11 and 12 start tomorrow. In Mapleton there are just under 200 students hitting the books and classes in Reedsport got underway as well.

Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - Klamath Falls police have charged a
26-year-old man with attempted murder in a stabbing attack on a
22-year-old California man. The Herald and News reported that
26-year-old Dallas Yellowhammer Soliz, surrendered to Klamath Falls
police Sunday night. Soliz was being held at the Klamath County
Jail with bail set at $500,000.

LA PINE, Ore. (AP) - An attack by a pit bull on some other dogs
practicing for a show at the Deschutes (duh-SHOOTS') County Fair in
July has led La Pine officials to consider tougher leash laws. The
city was incorporated in 2006 and is no longer covered by tougher
county animal control regulations.

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - The 2010 Matsutake mushroom harvest
season opens today in the Deschutes (duh-SHOOTS'), Fremont-Winema,
Umpqua and Willamette National Forests in Oregon. A commercial
harvest permit is required for the hunt, which runs through Nov. 7.
The U.S. Forest Service requires commercial harvesters to have
written permission from the agency to camp in any national forest,
except in designated camping areas.

LA GRANDE, Ore. (AP) - The flag believed to be the first state
flag in Oregon has been restored and is going to be put on display
at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande. The flag was made in
1925 and donated to the university in 1954. The Observer in La
Grande reports that the flag also has a new 50 by 70-inch wooden
frame with protective glass.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Ten Oregon counties could face cuts in
property tax revenue, due to a change in the way cable TV companies
are taxed. The Oregonian reported that cable giant Comcast paid
property taxes to 10 counties in Oregon for the 2009 tax year based
on assessments totaling $224 million. But the state has now
assessed that property at more than $1 billion, and Comcast is
fighting it in court.

YONCALLA, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Troopers say a man found dead
under a freeway overpass near Yoncalla may have jumped or fallen to
his death. Investigators say 26-year-old Jesse Golden of Eugene did
not appear to have been struck by a vehicle. A truck driver spotted
the body early yesterday.

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) - A logger from Washington state was killed
while felling trees in Oregon. The Daily Astorian reports that
Jerrold Samuel Florek of Cathlamet, Wash., was struck by a tree
Friday at the Matoaka logging site in Clatsop County. His family
told the newspaper the 51-year-old Florek was a third-generation
logger.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Portland Beavers played their final
game at downtown PGE Park yesterday. The Triple-A affiliate of the
San Diego Padres was left without a place to play when the city won
a bid to attract Major League Soccer. After renovations to the
stadium, the Portland Timbers begin play next year. The Beavers are
also up for sale.

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

Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…

If there’s a more explosive offense in the country than Oregon’s, Tennessee coach Derek Dooley hasn’t found it.
210 – “The scored 72 points and didn’t punt the ball. They shut the team out, you know. They looked pretty awesome.”

That’s Dooley talking about the Ducks’ victory Saturday over New Mexico. He’s well aware that the Volunteers defense is in for a true test when number 11 Oregon comes to Knoxville on Saturday. The Tennessee defense was dominating in their own way in a 50-nothing win over Tennessee-Martin on Saturday, stopping runners at the line of scrimmage, snaring two interceptions and keeping U-T Martin out of the red zone. But, Dooley admits they’ll get a much better idea of what kind of defense they really have against Oregon’s speedy ‘spread’ offense led by quarterback Darron Thomas, a threat in both the passing and running game, and LaMichael James, who rushed for 1,546 yards last year.