Gubernatorial candidate makes stop in Florence…
The Republican candidate for Governor was on the Oregon Coast over the weekend. One stop was in Florence where Chris Dudley fielded a variety of questions and heard concerns from the crowd packed into a local coffee shop. They’re the same questions and concerns he says he’s been hearing all over Oregon; and the same issues he’s been campaigning on.
201 – “The areas that I will be focused on going in immediately are the four that I’ve been campaigning on. Number one, job creation. Number two, is we’re going to have to tackle the budget. We’re facing a $3.3-billion shortfall. Third area is educational reform and the fourth area is restoring trust.”
Dudley countered claims by his opponent, Democrat John Kitzhaber, that the Dudley plan for economic recovery wouldn’t create new jobs.
202 – “I think immediately if you say that Oregon is open for business, the business environment here in the state will get better, that that capital that is sitting on the sidelines will get deployed across the board.
Further, Dudley criticized Kitzhaber’s plan saying it relied heavily on borrowing to create only temporary public sector jobs. On another matter, the former NBA Center who played for the Portland Trailblazers says if things don’t go his way on November 2nd, it’s not likely he would return to his former profession.
204 – “Yeah… if they go to the half court game, maybe. Full court, that day’s come and gone.”
Ballots were mailed beginning Friday and are due back by eight pm November 2nd.
A $13.5-million federal grant is allowing the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay to finished repairing a rail line to Eugene that has been shut down since 2007. The U.S. Department of Transportation funding will be used to repair tracks, ties and ballast so the line can reopen this coming spring. It’s been closed since September 2007 when the Central Oregon and Pacific stopped operations. The port bought the 120-mile line two years later with the help of a $12.6 million state loan and has secured a total of $27-million in grants for repairs.
Revisions to the bylaws of the proposed “Lane Area Council on Transportation” will be presented to the Florence City Council this evening. The city is being asked to provide an ‘expression of support to the latest version of the panel that would advise the Oregon Transportation Commission on projects and priorities in Lane County. The Lane County Board of Commissioners balked at the earlier version and proposed changes that would have swung control of membership on the panel their way but that was rejected by the Transportation Commission. The proposal calls for ‘at-large’ members to be appointed by the city and county representatives on the transportation council.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland police say a two-vehicle crash
early Saturday sent five people to the hospital -- two in serious
condition. Police say that at about 2 a.m. Saturday, a Nissan
Altima carrying five people collided with a BMW with two people
inside. The force of the crash spun the Nissan 50 yards into a
telephone pole. The Oregonian reports that two people were taken to
area hospitals in serious condition.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - A 6-year-old Philomath boy is
hospitalized in critical condition in Portland after suffering a
skull fracture suffered when a car struck him Friday in Albany. The
Gazette-Times reports a driver just after 5 p.m. was eastbound on
16th Avenue Southeast when he struck the boy. His name hasn't been
released.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Several members of a family have been
arrested on charges of dealing marijuana, cocaine and
methamphetamine. Medford Area Drug and Gang Enforcement Team
officers on Thursday arrested 26-year-old Victor Valencia and
22-year-old Dalia Valencia in a store parking lot. The Mail Tribune
says 25-year-old Alex Valencia and 25-year-old Tina Ann Marie Brown
were also arrested in the case.
SEATTLE (AP) - A woman whose conviction of helping with a
notorious 2001 Seattle ecoterror attack was overturned by a federal
appeals court has been released from prison. Briana Waters was
connected to a cell of radical environmentalists based in Olympia
and in Oregon who carried out attacks throughout the West from
1996-2001, causing more than $80 million in damage.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon State Police says a horse that
wandered onto Highway 99 near Junction City caused three vehicles
to crash. One car struck the horse Friday night, then two more
vehicles crashed after another motorist pulled over to help. Two
motorists suffered minor injuries, but the horse died in the crash.
UNDATED (AP) - Known for its ever-changing, often outrageous
uniforms and a point-a-minute offense, Oregon now has a new
distinction: No. 1 college football team in the country. The Ducks
climbed to the top spot for the first time Sunday, moving up one
position during an off week after previously top-ranked Ohio State
lost 31-18 at Wisconsin on Saturday night.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Prep Football:
The Siuslaw Vikings scored twice in the fourth quarter to come from behind and beat the North Bend Bulldogs 18-14 Friday night in Florence. The win leaves the Vikings alone in first place in the Far West League. That’s after Douglas handed the Sutherlin Bulldogs a 53-22 loss, their first of the season. In the other Far West game, Brookings-Harbor downed South Umpqua 60-34. In 2A football, the Reedsport Braves evened their record at three-and-three with a 44-20 win over Myrtle Point. In the Mountain West, Lowell defeated the Mapleton Sailors 66-19 to remain undefeated. Mapleton fell to a tie with Mohawk at two-and-two in league play.
Prep Cross Country:
Siuslaw’s Raelyn Robinson ran the Five-K in 18:17.2 seconds to finish second in the “Elite Varsity” division at the Concordia-Puma Cross Country Classis Saturday in Portland… That was after being crowned homecoming queen the night before. Mitchell Butler ran a blazing fast 16:06, but with the steep competition was 26th overall.
College Football:
The Beavers tried for a two-point conversion in the second overtime Saturday night against the Washington Huskies but came up short losing 35-34 for their first Pac-10 loss of the season. The Oregon Ducks had the weekend off, but earned their first-ever number on ranking in the AP poll after number one Ohio State was knocked off by Wisconsin. The Ducks are number two in the initial BCS poll of the season behind Oklahoma.
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