Rebounds in Sacramento Salmon means opportunity for Oregon anglers
Oregon fishermen will reap the benefits of plentiful Sacramento River Fall Chinook this year, along with relatively abundant runs of salmon from the Klamath River. The Pacific Fisheries Management Council yesterday adopted sport and commercial fishing seasons for Oregon, as well as Washington and California. The economic benefits of increased salmon fishing off the central and southern Oregon Coast is estimated at around $11.5-million according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Sport fishing for Chinook has already started off the Oregon Coast and will run through September. One opening for commercial trollers opens tomorrow and runs through July 9th…. They can harvest Chinook between Cape Falcon in the north and Humbug Mountain just south of Port Orford.
The Oregon Food Bank Network is asking state lawmakers to boost funding for hunger programs as food banks continue to deal with an influx in demand. Advocacy director Jon Stubenvoll was one of about 100 anti-hunger advocates who met one-on-one with lawmakers yesterday to stress the importance of continued general fund support for their efforts. Stubenvoll says demand for emergency food boxes increase 17-percent over three years as more families struggle financially. $2.2-million in funding would help provide more than a million pounds of food.
211 – “What we’re hopeful is, is that the legislature will recognize that for a small amount of investment by the state, additional resources can be leveraged at the community level, through these capacity dollars.
The amount is $350-thousand more than what Governor Kitzhaber proposed in his budget.
The Siuslaw Estuary Partnership, a coalition of 19 different state, federal and local agencies will host their second Open House April 25th to raise awareness of their efforts. One key goal of the group is to establish the Siuslaw Estuary Trail. Florence Community Development Director Sandra Belson says the exact layout of the trail has not been set and participants at the Open House will have a chance to make suggestions. The event, from seven to nine pm at the Florence Events Center, will also provide information about the impacts of climate change and the importance of estuaries and wetlands.
Oregon Department of Transportation crews will be working… once again… on adjusting the span lock system on the Highway 101 Siuslaw River Bridge tonight. That will result in 15 to 20 minute delays overnight tonight according to ODOT spokesman Rick Little. Between 11 tonight and four tomorrow morning workers will be raising and lowering the spans, causing temporary disruptions.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon House committee today takes up
legislation to prohibit picketing at funerals. The measure would
ban picketing within 300 feet of funeral, burial and memorial
services. It is an apparent response to protests by the Westboro
Baptist Church, which has picketed the funerals of military
members. The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that the church's
protests are free speech under the First Amendment.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Not many assignments require you to get a
little bit drunk. But volunteers who took part in a training video
for the Oregon Liquor Control Commission and ODOT drank enough to
get to the legal limit for driving. The two state agencies made the
four-minute video to help servers and bartenders better recognize
the signs of alcohol impairment.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - It's Packy the elephant's 49th birthday,
although the big celebration at the Oregon Zoo isn't planned until
Saturday. Packy has been a Portland celebrity since his birth on
April 14, 1962. At the time he was hailed as the first elephant
born in the United States in 44 years. Packy now tips the scales at
more than 6 tons. He has fathered seven elephant calves.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Lane County is paying a part-time employee a
$35,000 salary while he attends Lane Community College. The county
also agreed to give Rudy Chavarria $15,000 for a car to get to
class and to find him a county job once he graduates. And, the
county is paying his lawyer $10,000 as part of the settlement of a
harassment case. Chavarria was an administrative assistant who said
he felt pressured by a commissioner to give favorable testimony
during a trial on alleged open meeting violations.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Three Beaverton men who pleaded guilty in
the attempt to kidnap Columbia Sportswear Chairwoman Gert Boyle are
being sentenced today in Clackamas County. The Oregonian reports
that Ramon Alberto Midence, Jose Luis Arevalo and Nestor Gabriel
Caballero Gutierrez entered plea agreements on kidnapping, robbery
and burglary charges that will bring sentences of 6 to 14 years in
prison.
TIDEWATER, Ore. (AP) - The Lincoln County sheriff's office says
a Tidewater man called 911 when he saw a car crash into the Alsea
River, then jumped into his small boat and rescued the 61-year-old
woman driving the vehicle. Deputies say Peter Carlich helped Mary
Hendrix out of her car before it sank and brought her to safety in
his boat yesterday. Hendrix was treated at Carlich's house for
minor injuries and possible hypothermia before she was sent by
ambulance to a Newport hospital.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Two fights involving inmates at the Oregon
State Penitentiary in Salem have left 11 prisoners in segregation
and led prison officials to temporarily cancel visits and evening
activities. The prison says staffers used chemical spray to halt a
multiple inmate fight in the dining room during lunch yesterday.
Another fight broke out later in the day in the receiving and
discharge area. The fights are under investigation.
SEATTLE (AP) - Two naturalized U.S. citizens living in
Washington state and Oregon have been arrested over allegations of
war crimes in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
That country requested the arrest of Edin Dzeko of Everett,
Wash., and Rasema Handanovic of Beaverton, Ore.
Both are accused of being members of a Bosnian Army unit in 1993 that
attacked the village of Trusina where 16 civilians were killed.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Reggie Williams scored 28 points and
Stephen (STEF'-ihn) Curry had 18 points and nine assists in the
Golden State Warriors' 110-86 victory over the playoff-bound
Portland Trail Blazers last night. Patty Mills had a career-high 23
points and Wesley Matthews added 18 points for the Trail Blazers,
who already had locked up the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference
playoffs.
SEATTLE (AP) - Jose Bautista hit a three-run homer off Seattle
reliever Chris Ray, part of Toronto's six-run eighth inning, and
the Blue Jays avoided a three-game sweep by rallying for an 8-3 win
over the Mariners yesterday. It was Bautista's third homer of the
season and snapped an 17-inning scoreless streak by the Mariners'
bullpen, ruining a strong start by Seattle lefty Jason Vargas.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Portland Timbers will finally get to
play in front of their hometown fans as a Major League Soccer team
tonight when they host the Chicago Fire. While they're excited
about opening their newly refurbished stadium, the expansion
Timbers are also anxious to get that first victory. Three games
into the season, a win has eluded Portland - which has two losses
and a draw.
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
The Oregon Ducks recovered from an early two-run deficit to record a 6-4 win over the Portland Pilots yesterday afternoon. It was the second straight win for the Diamond Ducks who began an extended road trip in Portland before heading to Los Angeles this weekend for a crucial Pac-10 series against the USC Trojans.
Registration for the 33rd annual Rhody Run is now open. The run is set for Rhody Weekend… Saturday morning the 21st of May. It begins and ends at the Florence Events Center and offers both five and ten kilometer courses. Registration forms are available at several locations in town… Coastal Fitness, State Farm Insurance and the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce… as well as online at http://www.runnerspace.com/EclecticEdgeRacing
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