County Commission preserves West Lane Justice Court…
The West Lane Justice Court will remain open on a limited basis, and the services of Justice of the Peace Cindy Cable will be shared with Central Lane in Springfield. Lane County Commissioners reviewed five options last week on the future of all justice courts in the county, and came up with a sixth and final solution. The Florence Justice Court will remain open two half-days each week for civil matters such as small claims or eviction proceedings only. Traffic citations will be heard only in the Central Lane Court in Springfield. Operations at the Oakridge Justice Court will be consolidated with the Springfield Court and Oakridge Justice Gary Carl will oversee operations at the combined court while West Lane Justice Cindy Cable will split her time between Florence and Springfield. West Lane Commissioner Jay Bozievich called the arrangement a – quote – “good solution”, allowing local access to small claims and civil matters.
Highway 101 just north of the Waldport bridge reopened just before nine this morning, but police are still seeking a man they say shot a Lincoln City police officer several times during a traffic stop last night. 43-year old David Anthony Durham, an Oregon resident, has been identified as the registered owner of the vehicle involved in the shooting. A Newport Police officer spotted the car in Newport shortly after 11 pm last night and began pursuit south on Highway 101. The car was stopped just north of Waldport by police using spike strips and the driver fled on foot. Durham is described as being 6-3, 185 pounds. Police say the suspect is considered armed and dangerous. They also say anyone driving through the area is cautioned to not pick up any hitchhikers or unknown persons. The action also prompted closure of all Waldport schools today.
High school students in the area are being asked to submit written essays on the question of why a military museum would be advantageous to the central coast and the Florence area. Oregon Coast Military Heritage Museum board president Sam Spayd says two winners, one boy and one girl, will receive $750 scholarships funded by the Florence Elks Lodge and the Judd Huntington Scholarship Foundation. Application information can be picked up in the high school counseling office.
The best is saved for last say organizers of the 2011 Winter Folk Festival. More than 900 elementary school students are taking part in two concerts today at the Florence Events Center. The backdrop on stage, created by Siuslaw Elementary Students, depicts a theme based on what Oregon Trail Pioneers ‘left behind’ as well as a few things they wish they would have taken along on their trek across the West. It’s a compliment to the music performed by The Trail Band as they cover the music on their “Voices of the Oregon Trail” CD, along with other period music from the early and mid 1800s. Drummers and dancers from the Siuslaw Native America education program, as well as a choir made up of students from Siuslaw and Mapleton will perform with the Trail Band. The Winter Folk Festival got underway Thursday evening and featured more than a dozen regional and national performers of folk music. It also featured folk arts and crafts, as well as a pie baking contest. Sharon Gallagher of Florence won grand prize with her pecan cherry chocolate pie.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
MOUNT ANGEL, Ore. (AP) - Two boys are dead and their father and
three other people are hurt after a two-car crash at a rural
intersection east of Mount Angel. The Marion County Sheriff's
department says the crash happened at about 11 a.m. Saturday. The
boys were identified as 9-year-old Devin Hunt and his 12-year-old
brother, Dawson, of Mount Angel.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The father and son convicted of killing two
police officers in a bank bombing two years ago are to be formally
sentenced today in Marion County Circuit Court. Judge Thomas Hart
is to sentence Bruce and Joshua Turnidge to death. A jury last
month unanimously agreed the state should impose that sentence for
the 2008 attack in Woodburn.
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) - Hospital officials in Roseburg say a
national shortage of doctors is making recruitment difficult. But
both Mercy Medical Center and the Roseburg Veterans Affairs Medical
Center are reporting some success. The News-Review says Mercy has
attracted four doctors in the past several months; Roseburg VA
Healthcare System has hired seven in a year.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Two of Oregon's leading figures in higher
education are pushing for loosening legislative and other
government controls of public universities. The Register-Guard says
Oregon University System Chancellor George Pernsteiner and Oregon
State University president Ed Ray made the case Friday at a City
Club of Portland luncheon.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Gov. John Kitzhaber and legislative leaders
from both parties will meet today with newspaper editors from
across the state. The political leaders will discuss their
priorities for the upcoming legislative session during an annual
meeting of news editors sponsored by The Associated Press.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Two specialists in finding tall trees say
they've spotted the tallest known pine tree in the world in
Oregon's Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. The Mail Tribune
says that Michael Taylor and Mario Vaden measured the ponderosa
pine at 268.35 feet tall.
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) - Filmmakers are finding that Ashland is a
good place to make movies. The Ashland Daily Tidings reports that
five graduates of Ashland High School and Southern Oregon
University have returned to the city in the past six months to work
on film projects.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan
dreads hearing his phone ring first thing in the morning because it
usually means bad news, like another injury. McMillan has had quite
a few of those calls, and they haven't let up since early in the
season. Still, the Blazers have managed to win. They're riding a
five-game winning streak, the longest of the season, and are 25-20
-- five games over .500, also a season high.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
The Reedsport Braves outdistanced the competition at Saturday’s Reedsport Wrestling Invitational, winning the team title with 298 points. The Siuslaw Vikings were fourth with 110. The Braves had seven individual champions, Byrce Barnhart, Anthony Halstead, Marcus Gabaldon, Bobbi Short, Jon Thurber, Ricky Schlitz and Andrew Orr. Edwin Vasquez was the sole winner for Siuslaw at 103 pounds.
Kasey Strenke was seven of ten at the free throw line and scored 13 in all as the Lady Vikings downed the North Bend Bulldogs 41 – 37 Friday night at home. Elsewhere in the Far West League, Brookings-Harbor remained undefeated, beating South Umpqua 60 -12. Douglas beat Sutherlin 43 – 32. In the Sunset League Coquille ran past Reedsport 74-17. Mapleton fell to Triangle Lake 78-22 in Mountain West League action.
For the Boys… the North Bend Bulldogs pulled away in the second quarter and cruised to a 52-27 win over the Siuslaw Vikings in Florence Friday night. In other Far West games it was Sutherlin over Douglas 38 – 36; Brookings Harbor over South Umpqua 56-38. In the Sunset League, Reedsport fell to Coquille 80 – 18; and in the Mountain West Mapleton edged Triangle Lake 50-46. Isaiah Holman-Gross had a career high 17 points, 15 of those from beyond the arc, along with seven steals.
The Oregon Men took an early lead in Corvallis, gave it up down the stretch, but then edged back for a 63-59 Pac-10 victory over the Oregon State Beavers Saturday afternoon. In Eugene yesterday afternoon, a Pac-10 record crowd of 12,320 was on hand as the Oregon Women downed Oregon State 81-72 in the inaugural women’s game at Matthew Knight Arena.
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