School Maintenance and Capital Improvements discussed
The Siuslaw School Board will hear more information tonight on future repairs and maintenance needed for district buildings. Last month they approved proceeding with a $900-thousand low or no interest loan to fund repairs to the elementary school roof. They’ve known for the past two years the roof is nearing the end of its expected life and at least portions of it will likely begin failing sometime next year. Partial repairs could cost several hundred thousand dollars and one estimate received 18-months ago put the price for full removal and replacement as high as $1.6-million. Lower estimates ranged between a half-million and just under one-million dollars and administrators are hopeful the bids are still close to what it may ultimately cost. The debate at the August 12th meeting was over just how much money to borrow but board members wanted to see a more in depth analysis of future maintenance and capital needs. Finance director Derek Smith will review the district’s long range facilities plan that was adopted two years ago and recently revised. The School Board meets at district offices on Oak Street at 6:30.
A series of six hearings around the state will allow residents of Oregon a chance to hear an update on the process of revising health insurance. Two of those hearings are already in the books; one last week in Corvallis, the other last night in Baker City. The Oregon Health Policy Board will be in Florence tomorrow evening from six to eight pm at the Florence Events Center. The panel will be in Portland on the 13th, then will wrap up in Medford and Bend on the 15th and 16th.
The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Florence fell by six-cents over the past two weeks and is at $2.83 today. That’s 13-cents less than the statewide average as measured by Triple-A. It’s come down six cents a gallon in the same time period and is at $2.96 a gallon. The national average price has held steady, it’s at $2.68. Oregon has the sixth highest average price in the US. Drivers in Hawaii pay on average $3.98 a gallon… Washington is number three behind Alaska with the average price in the Evergreen state at $3.26.
Over the past 40-years there have been an average of seven traffic related deaths in Oregon over the 78-hour Labor Day Holiday weekend. For the past two years however, that trend has fallen sharply. This year, the preliminary information released by the Oregon State Police is that only one person was killed in that time period. That compares with two in the same time period a year ago. Troopers say they worked closely with county and city police over the holiday weekend to target hazardous traffic violations such as speeding, driving under the influence and seatbelts.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) - A 33-year-old Salem woman died after
the raft she was floating on overturned in the McKenzie River.
Autumn Lee was part of a group of rafters and kayakers paddling
from Paradise Campground to Forest Glen Park on Sunday. Police say
several people on Lee's raft stopped paddling and moved to one
side, flipping the raft and dumping them into the river. The
Oregonian reports Lee got tangled in a downed tree.
HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) - A flaming commercial dishwasher prompted
the evacuation of an elementary school on yesterday's first day of
classes in Hillsboro. Fire Department spokesman Storm Smith says
fire crews were called to Patterson Elementary School and quickly
put out the flames. There were no students in the cafeteria at the
time and no one was hurt. KPTV reports investigators believe an
electrical malfunction caused the blaze.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A $4,500 reward is being offered for
information leading to an arrest and conviction for shooting a cat
near Tillamook. The Humane Society of the United States says it's
offering a reward of up to $2,500 while United Paws of Tillamook,
together with anonymous individuals, are offering $2,000. The
Humane Society says the cat was found Aug. 13 -- shot through an
eye and with a shattered jaw. It was later euthanized.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - A Klamath Falls man has been
sentenced to 6 years in prison after he was convicted of
burglarizing his stepfather's home. The Klamath County district
attorney's office says 35-year-old John Lloyd Spradley was also
convicted of assault and criminal mischief. Prosecutors said
Spradley's stepfather had a restraining order against him at the
time of the 2009 burglary. Prosecutors call Spradley a career
criminal.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - As a new school year began at Portland's
Skyline School, the father of a missing boy last seen at that
school on June 4 joined volunteers working on a nearby "Wall of
Hope" in honor of his son. Kaine Horman helped reassemble the
chain link fence covered with cards and messages for Kyron Horman,
whose eighth birthday is tomorrow.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Democrat John Kitzhaber says there will be
tough bargaining ahead with state employee unions. If he wins a
third term as governor, Kitzhaber says he'll seek to reduce
projected increases in state worker compensation - although he
doesn't say by how much. Then he'll work to peg the aid the state
gives local schools to the outcome of the state-level bargaining -
but he didn't say how he'd get that done.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Police say a woman set fire to a travel
trailer at her boyfriend's home in Eugene.
Police arrested 32-year-old Amberlee Pyle Tuesday on
arson and burglary charges after questioning her.
The trailer fire spread to the adjacent house, but no one was
injured. Police said the woman alerted people in the house to the
fire.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
There’s no doubting Darron Thomas. The Oregon sophomore was solid in his debut as the starter, replacing disgraced Duck Jeremiah Masoli, in Oregon’s 72-nothing victory over New Mexico in the opener. The Ducks moved up from number 11 in the AP poll to number seven as the result. Thomas completed 13 of 23 passes for 220 yards and two touchdowns. Thomas and the Ducks will have a greater test this weekend when they visit Knoxville to play Tennessee.
This year’s season opener is just over for the Ducks, but they’re already talking about next year. Oregon will play LSU at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas September Third to open the 2011 season. The matchup was announced yesterday, three days after fourth ranked TCU downed then-24th ranked Oregon State 30-21 in the 2010 edition of the Cowboy Classic.
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