General election ballots to go in mail tomorrow
Just over 200-thousand ballots will go in the mail tomorrow in Lane County for the November Second General Election. Voters in Western Lane County will be deciding a variety of issues locally including four city council races in Dunes City and a mayor’s race in Florence. Area-wide there’s a contested race for West Lane County Commission… former commissioner Jerry Rust and a former member of the Lane Community College Board, Jay Bozievich are in a ‘winner take all’ runoff. In addition to that, however, there are four Lane County Charter Amendments to be decided as well as seven statewide ballot measures and numerous statewide offices such as Treasurer and Governor. Lane County Elections Supervisor Cheryl Betschart says ballot drop boxes will open tomorrow as well… She adds if voters don’t receive their ballot by next Wednesday they can call or visit the Lane County Elections office to check the status of their registration. Ballots are due back by eight pm on election day.
For about 55 years it’s been a community fixture on Airport Road… first as a clubhouse for the organization known at the Florence Booster Club. For the past three decades the building has been known as the Booster Senior Center and was in operation until last spring when a new center was completed. Now, it’s run down and beyond repair but, says Assistant Florence City Manager Jacque Morgan, it still have one more purpose and that’s as a training tool for local firefighters.
200 – “They want to do some ladder training, they have some hose line advancement exercises and then they’ll do some interior search and rescue.”
Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue will be using the facility as a training ground over the next several months before burning it to the ground next summer.
Lane County is considering some land-use changes in many parts of the county. It’s in response to directives by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in relation to flood zones.
205 – “Those areas, you know like on the Siuslaw for example, that’s the main channel of the Siuslaw and the areas adjacent to that, that FEMA’s basically said that counties have to reserve that area in order to allow flood waters, you know, to move through the community quickly.”
Associate Planner Keir Miller says the Lane County Planning Commission will hold an open house in Eugene from two to seven pm October 20th to explain the restrictions.
206 – “We’re proposing that no development be allowed within that floodway, it’s hazardous to people who live there.”
A hearing with the combined Lane County Planning Commission and the Board of Commissioners will be held on Tuesday the 26th at 6:30 pm. Both meetings will be at Harris Hall.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris
Dudley says he doesn't think a proposed liquefied natural gas
pipeline from Coos Bay through southwestern Oregon "pencils out."
During a solo appearance yesterday at a KOBI-TV forum, the former
Portland Trail Blazers Center said he is more interested in seeing
low-cost gas from the Rockies brought to Oregon. Dudley and
Democrat John Kitzhaber couldn't agree on a date for a debate,
leading to their separate appearances.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A former employee testified in the bank
bombing trial of Joshua Turnidge that he repeatedly joked to her
about robbing a bank to keep his family business afloat. Turnidge
and his father, Bruce Turnidge, are accused of planting a bomb
outside West Coast Bank in Woodburn in December 2008, as part of a
failed robbery attempt. The bomb exploded, killing two police
officers.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Port officials say passenger volume at the
Portland International Airport is up 4.5 percent in September over
the same period last year. The airport also saw a passenger
increase of 2 percent in August. Port director Bill Wyatt says
back-to-back increases indicate the fall travel season will be
strong.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A Christmas Valley hay farmer is on trial in
the hit-and-run death of a commercial truck driver in March.
Forty-three-year-old Bonnie Puckett was charged with criminally
negligent homicide after failing to stop after 24,000-pound bales
of hay slipped off his trailer, crushing and killing truck driver
Gregory Muller of Sparks, Nev.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A ballot measure seeking approval for the
first private nontribal casino in Oregon is getting plenty of
attention from newspaper editorial boards around the state - mostly
in opposition. The Register-Guard in Eugene and The Oregonian in
Portland urge voters to reject Measure 75. Supporters argue that
Measure 75 would create jobs, boost tourism and support state
programs.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - About 50 goats were hired for an unusual
job in Portland, but one they obviously were born to do: lawn
mowing. The goats were brought in to clear weeds from a two-acre
lot, drawing hundreds of onlookers. The idea came from Brett
Milligan, whose Portland landscape company GreenWorks was hired to
tend the lot. Milligan liked the idea of avoiding gas-powered
mowers.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
On the Schedule:
Prep volleyball tonight… the Siuslaw Vikings will make the long trip to Brookings where they’ll take on the Bruins in Far West League play. In the Sunset, Reedsport will be at Glide and in the Mountain West it’s Mapleton in Blue River against McKenzie… all three teams: Siuslaw, Reedsport and Mapleton sit atop their respective leagues.
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