Area residents provide input to legislative process…
Oregon Representative Arnie Roblan says one of the most important roles he has is to “provide access to the legislative process”. He’s introduced several pieces of legislation based on the input of area residents. Among them: bills that would redefine “hatchery produced” salmon; help taxpayers resolve disputes with the Oregon Department of Revenue; provide funding for the Oregon Coast Military Heritage Museum; and designate Reedsport as the Chainsaw Carving Capital of Oregon. One more, requested by the Port of Siuslaw, would help make it easier to change land-use laws by balancing economic benefit with environmental protection. A full list of the bills is available on Roblan’s website.
The President’s budget proposal released yesterday would continue federal payments to counties, but the amount would likely be about half of this year’s payment. Initially the payments were begun to offset reduced revenue because of logging cutbacks on federal lands. At the peak, Lane County received more than $40-million in a single year. For the fiscal year ending in June Lane County will receive just under $30-million. Next year’s income is projected to be less than $15-million… matching the amount in the President’s budget.
Members of the Florence Kiwanis Club… and their customers… braved heavy winds and rain over the past few days at their Candy Wagon. The club traditionally sells See’s Candy at Christmas and Valentine’s Day. Club spokesman Dick Shores says this year they sold out by Noon yesterday… that means more than $1600 raised for local projects.
Forecasters had said yesterday’s storm would likely bring cold air behind the precipitation and it has. The cold air overlapped with some of the precipitation to bring snow to higher elevations and interior portions of the state. Highway 126 between the Peterson Tunnel and Walton had a two-inch accumulation in areas. In Eastern Lane County the McKenzie Highway was closed and several schools were delayed because of downed trees and snow. To the south, Highway 42 was closed between Winston and Myrtle Point because of snow accumulations. No real problems reported locally… some scattered power outages were handled quickly yesterday by utility crews.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - Landslides along a section of Burlington
Northern Santa Fe railroad track just north of Vancouver, Wash.,
mean Amtrak is using charter buses to move travelers between
Portland and Seattle until Thursday. Three landslides have hit the
area recently, one of them last night.
CLATSKANIE, Ore. (AP) - The Coast Guard says it has rescued two
people stranded on a small island in the Columbia River north of
Clatskanie. Petty Officer Nate Littlejohn says a tug alerted the
agency to distress lights coming from the island last night. The
two said their skiff became swamped.
KEIZER, Ore. (AP) -Keizer police say they consider a woman's
death in an apartment to be suspicious. They were called to the
apartment yesterday and found the woman dead. Keiser detectives are
investigating along with Marion County sheriff's officials. The
cause of death hasn't been released.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - A Grants Pass man convicted of being a
felon in possession of a firearm has been sentenced to 15 years in
federal prison as a career criminal. Prosecutors say 54-year-old
Clyde Baker Jr. was arrested in 2009 at his trailer home after
deputies found a loaded .22-caliber rifle.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Portland City Council today will
examine the city's 2005 decision to leave the Joint Terrorism Task
Force. The city removed its police officers from the task force
under then-Mayor Tom Potter because the FBI refused to give Potter
the top-secret security clearance he said he needed for full
oversight of the officers on the task force.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Eight minutes. That's how long Portland
police accepted job applications before hitting their limit of 200
applicants. The Oregonian reports most people completed
applications online. Another 40 lined up yesterday at two sites
where police took applications in person. Portland police
anticipate as many as 50 retirements in July.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Gov. John Kitzhaber has announced that
$200,000 in grants is available to help get Oregon's biomass
industry moving. The grants would go to up to a half dozen
companies help for doing feasibility studies on building or
expanding plants that burn forest thinnings to produce energy, or
turn woody biomass into fuel.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Siuslaw Wrestling standout Jason Graber is Coast Radio Sports’ Athlete of the Week. Wrestling at 125 pounds the Viking Junior captured the Far West League District title by defeating North Bend’s Jonathon Fall 4-3 in the championship match. Graber pinned Levi Williams of Brookings-Harbor in the first round of the semi-final to advance.
Honorable Mention is given to 160-pound Siuslaw wrestler Neal Larson who scored a dramatic turnaround and pin in the semi-final match at the Far West District Meet before falling in the final match to finish second in his weight class and advance to the OSAA regional meet.
Siuslaw opens the final week of regular season play with a Far West League boys and girls double header against the South Umpqua Lancers tonight. Airtime on KCST is 5:45, tip off at Siuslaw High School is 6 o’clock for the girls, with the boys’ game following in the night cap….the Mapleton boys host Triangle Lake’s Lakers in Mountain West post season play this evening at 7 o’clock…
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