Spring Beach Cleanup set for tomorrow…
It all started about 25 years ago when an Oregon State Parks employee organized a spring beach cleanup to clear accumulated debris that had washed onshore in the winter storms. Since then, thousands of Oregonians have flocked to the shore twice a year to pick up garbage… tomorrow marks the spring edition and State Parks Beach Ranger Trisha Wymore says rain or shine, they’ll be out picking up trash.
206 – “It starts at ten AM and actually all of the registration is on line, so they can go to SOLV, S-O-L-V.org. Or, we have six volunteer check-in stations in Florence.”
Wymore says if they’re not sure where they can go, volunteers can check in at Siuslaw Bank in Florence or the Oregon Dunes NRA office in Reedsport. Every year tons of trash gets picked up; some of it large; some of it small. This year’s focus, says Wymore, is on the small stuff.
207 – “I’m waging war on the nerdle this year; it’s kind of like turtle but with an ‘n’. It’s little pieces of plastic and they end up in the ocean and right now there’s tons of little balls on the coast right now and the birds will eat those and they can’t digest them.”
Once that happens, the birds usually die. Tomorrow’s cleanup, again, from ten until one.
Traffic around Siuslaw Schools on Oak Street will be congested come Monday… not just because classes will resume following Spring Break… but also because work on a waste water line has now moved into the area. Excavators are expected to begin work at the 22nd and Oak intersection beginning Monday… a key entry to Siuslaw Elementary. A second crew will continue work on paving streets that have already been torn up by the work. Traffic on Kingwood between 9th and 10th, as well as on 10th street will continue to be disrupted. A spokesman for Laskey-Clifton Corporation, the contractor working on the job, says the bike path that borders Miller Park between Airport Road and 20th Street will also continue to be blocked for at least the next 30 days.
Florence will be going green again for the second year in a row next
Saturday at the Florence Events Center. Show organizer John Bartlett says about 50 different organizations will assemble at the center one week from tomorrow with information and displays on how to leave a smaller mark on the environment. One highlight of the show will be a demonstration by local builders Marv and Darlene Beckman highlighting their ‘off-the-grid’ home and showing how ‘thinking outside the box’ can lead to a greener lifestyle.
Noted Oregon writer Jane Kirkpatrick will speak at a special women’s retreat next month in Reedsport. The event, April 30th, will be at the Reedsport Community Building and is hosted by the Reedsport Church of God and Reedsport Christian Church. Organizers say it’s a non-denominational event open to all women. Kirkpatrick is internationally known for her lively presentations and well-researched-stories that encourage and inspire says Karin Waggoner. Tickets for the day-long event are $25. In addition to being available at the two churches in Reedsport, they can also be purchased in Florence at the Church of the Nazarene on Nopal Street.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Gov. John Kitzhaber (KITS'-hah-ber) has
signed two bills extending unemployment benefits for thousands of
people looking for jobs. Kitzhaber signed the bills yesterday, a
day after they were approved in the state House. One allows
unemployed workers to continue drawing on federally funded extended
benefits. They last up to 20 weeks. The other provides an
additional six weeks of state-funded unemployment for people who
have exhausted all 99 weeks of federal benefits.
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) - Springfield police say they caught a
break when a hospital notified them that it was treating a man with
a gunshot wound to the leg. Jacob Allen Greenlee was arraigned
Wednesday in Lane County Circuit Court on robbery and related
charges, including being a felon in possession of a firearm. The
27-year-old is accused of using a gun to rob a cab driver last
weekend. The Register-Guard reports that police say Greenlee
accidentally shot himself with the gun hours later.
LA PINE, Ore. (AP) - Search teams have found the body of a
missing 58-year-old La Pine man in the Deschutes (duh-SHOOTS')
River, about 1,000 yards downstream from where his pickup truck was
found parked in La Pine State Park several hours earlier. Deschutes
County sheriff's Capt. Marc Mills says Dean Marsh's body was found
yesterday afternoon. An autopsy is scheduled for sometime today.
STAYTON, Ore. (AP) - The Marion County sheriff's office says
deputies have seized 14 starving llamas and three malnourished
horses from a farm outside Stayton. It's the fourth seizure this
year of neglected horses and farm animals in the county. Senior
Deputy Brenda Lumley seized a malnourished colt from the same farm
in January and offered the owners resources to avoid further
seizures. But Lumley says the conditions of the remaining animals
worsened. A judge authorized this week's seizure.
TOLEDO, Ore. (AP) - A Lincoln County sheriff's officer says a
Toledo mother and daughter face five counts of animal neglect after
one mud-mired horse drowned in a partially flooded pasture and four
others appeared to be in poor condition. A deputy who responded
last weekend to a report of a horse stuck in mud found the animal
submerged in water. The horse died. The sheriff's office says the
women have turned over ownership of all their horses to another
person in the area.
COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) - Proponents of a proposed meat processing
plant in Coquille say a plant would save growers money, improve the
local food system and open a supply avenue to local retailers. The
Coos Bay World reports a Kansas livestock planning firm has been
hired to research the possibility of building a butchering
facility. Oregon has nine meat processors approved by the USDA. The
closest to Coos Bay are in Roseburg and Eugene.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - U.S. Forest Service officials will be
in Portland today to host a public hearing on proposed new planning
rules that will govern logging and protection of fish and wildlife
and clean water on 193 million acres of public lands. Public forums
are at 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Airport Hotel.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - California condors at the Oregon Zoo have
laid 10 eggs, with one more possibly on the way. The Oregonian
reports that's the most eggs since the Portland zoo joined the
effort to save the critically endangered species in 2003 with a
captive breeding program. The zoo has 11 breeding pairs and 38
condors total.
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
On the diamond this weekend the Viking Softball team is set for two at home tomorrow against the Philomath Warriors… game one of the double header is at noon. Viking Baseball is also set for a home double header… against Taft, also at noon.
Duck Basketball Coach Dana Altman says it may not be where he and his team wanted to be in March, but they’re still playing basketball. The Oregon Men are traveling to Omaha, Nebraska this weekend where they’re set to face the Creighton Bluejays in game one of the best-of-three championship series of the College Basketball Invitational. It will be a homecoming of sorts for Altman. He left the college last spring after spending 16 years as head basketball coach for the Jays. He says there’s no special significance to the game just because of his previous relationship…
219 – “Our guys don’t care, it’s just another game. You know and heck. It doesn’t mean much to them. You know, it’s a ballgame. You know, they don’t care about me, heck, they care about them. And I don’t blame them. Heck. It’s their team, it’s their guys.”
Monday’s game tips off at five.
(Thanks to Steve Kay for audio and story assistance)
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