Florence City Council to transition this evening…
Two city councils and two meetings tonight at Florence City Hall. Both councils will have very similar makeups however. The outgoing council will convene at seven PM, approve the minutes of the December 13th meeting and receive a presentation by the VFW on a fire hydrant painting project then break for a reception in honor of outgoing councilor Alan Burns. Burns is wrapping up his second stint on the council, he first served beginning in 1992 and, other than a two year break in the middle, has been heavily involved in city government the entire time. Following the break, the new council will convene and swear in Phil Brubaker as Mayor and Suzanne Roberts as councilor. Both won reelection in November. First time councilor Brian Jagoe will also be sworn in. The 2011 council will have plenty of work to do. They’ll review the 2010 council goals and consider adopting a new set that they worked on last month. Also up will be approval of a new employment agreement for city manager Bob Willoughby and amendments to planning and building fees.
Residents of the Mapleton Area have another option when it comes to listening to the radio. And it’s an option that could eventually bring access to Mapleton Sailor athletics on a more regular basis. KCFM AM 1250 now has two FM translators… at 104.1 in the Florence and Dunes City Areas, and at 103.1 in Mapleton that provide clear, 24-hour signals, in stereo. Coast Radio Owner and General Manager Jon Thompson says the expansion offers a benefit to Oregon State Beaver fans… KCFM has been the home of Beaver football and basketball, but in the old days, AM 1250 had to reduce power at sundown, limiting the coverage… now both translators offer full power, 24-hours a day and provide the Music of Your Life from the Peterson Tunnel on Highway 126 to Sea Lion Caves and the Lane County-Douglas County lines.
Douglas County is seeking written comments on a variety of transportation programs, including two that will affect Reedsport, Gardiner and Winchester Bay. Funding from the Oregon Department of Transportation will provide inter-city bus service between Coos Bay and Reedsport. That money, $16-thousand, would go to Coos County Transit. The other program would appropriate $29,405 to the City of Reedsport for Dial-a-Ride service in Reedsport, Winchester Bay and Gardiner. The Douglas County special Transportation Agency is inviting written testimony through next Tuesday. Comments can be sent to 621 West Madrone, Room 130, Roseburg, 97470.
A sea otter rescued from an Alaska beach has found a new home at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport. Mojo was found in Homer, Alaska in October, officials say the six-month old otter appeard to have been hit by a boat, suffering a broken jaw and several cuts. After quarantine and recuperation he was deemed unsuitable to be returned to the wild. He was introduced to the aquarium’s otter habitat for the first time last Thursday.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon State trooper escaped with
minor injuries when he was hit by a car as he stood on the shoulder
of Interstate 5 just south of Grants Pass. State Police say a car
went out of control on an icy stretch of pavement around 6:30 a.m.
Saturday as trooper Eric Tholberg and a colleague were
investigating a crash. The driver wasn't ticketed.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - The lumber trade dispute is erupting once
again between the United States and Canada. The Oregonian says,
this time, the fight includes Oregon mill owners, a renegade
Canadian lumber baron and North America's most destructive bark
beetle. The conflict entangles two nations, with two-way trade
exceeding $430 billion a year.
OAKLAND, Ore. (AP) - The 2010 grape harvest on Legacy Vineyards
could have been worse. Considering the wet spring, cool summer and
late harvest marred by the arrival of hundreds of hungry migrating
birds, the 6 tons of tempranillo grapes and 3 tons of pinot noir
were a respectable take. But the Register-Guard reports the best
news for wine growers Kevin and Karen Kohlman was this: Their vines
did not get hit this season by pesticides drifting onto their
property from surrounding private industrial forestlands -- unlike
several previous years.
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Wild horse activists are criticizing BLM
Director Bob Abbey's plans to attend a Las Vegas conference held by
groups that support euthanasia as a way to deal with excess numbers
of the animals. Advocates think it's inappropriate for Abbey to
address groups that seek to profit from horse slaughter. The BLM
manages 38,000 wild horses and burros in Oregon and other western
states.
LEBANON, Ore. (AP) - A project to build a few homes near Lebanon
has been in the works for a decade. It has taken that long for Linn
County commissioners to rule that the 15 acres is not valuable farm
or forest land. The project has been blocked primarily by the
Friends of Linn County, a group that tries to conserve farm and
forest lands.
CHEMULT, Ore. (AP) - A California woman is dead after her car
went out of control U.S. 97 and was struck by another vehicle near
Chemult in central Oregon. State Police said 65-year old Hadley Ann
Alger of Chico was returning home from vacation visiting a relative
in the Bend area.
NEW YORK (AP) - A Canadian real estate company says it's offered
$211 million for the U.S. regional TV and radio station owner
Fisher Communications Inc. but said the offer had been rejected.
Fisher operates a group of 28 broadcast stations in Washington
state, Oregon and Idaho.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Joe Burton’s basket in the lane with 28-seconds remaining, followed by four straight Calvin Haynes freethrows lifted Oregon State to their second straight Pac-Ten win, this one 76-75 at home over the Arizona Wildcats. Haynes had 18 points, Jared Cunningham 17 and Burton 16 for the Beavers who swept the Arizona schools at home for the second straight year. Carrick Felix had 19 points and Arizona State held off Oregon 60-55 Saturday night in the final game at McArthur Court in Eugene. The Oregon men are at oh-and-two in Pac-10 play. They head out on the road this week and will be back at home January 13th when they host USC for the first game at Matthew Knight Arena.
Two undefeated teams are in Phoenix, Arizona this week as they prepare for the BCS National Championship game one week from today. Number One Auburn, at 13-0 and Number Two Oregon, 12-0, will kick off at 5:30 PM Monday, January Tenth.
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