Spanning the Years…
Queen Rhododendra Emalee Joslin reigned over the 104th Rhododendron Festival that turned out to be a spectacular weekend in the Florence area. Joslin also won the talent competition during Friday night’s Queen’s Coronation and Scholarship pageant at the Florence Events Center. First Runner up was Emma Claussen and Miss Congeniality was Ashley Velarde. Saturday morning more than 600 Rhododendron and Azalea trusses were entered in the American Rhododendron Society show. The Sweepstakes Winner was Gene Cockerum of Florence. Best of Show went to “Grand Slam” entered by Dave Gruesz (gruze). As the judging was going on at the FEC for the flowers, some of the hottest hot rods and coolest cruisers around were on display at the Grocery Outlet Center for the 19th annual Show and Shine put on by the Beach Kombers Kar Club. The “best in show” award went to a 69 Camaro owned by Mike and Cindy Ramsay. The Davis Carnival was packed all three days of the festival, as was Old Town Florence which hosted hundreds of motorcycles and pedestrians all weekend. Motorcycles were on display at Three Rivers Casino as well… Saturday’s “Let it Ride” show hosted plenty of bikes there. Chris Ketchum of Coos Bay earned the ‘best of show’ award.
Thousand of spectators lined both sides of the parade route along Highway 101 and Bay Street. The sun was out, but the wind stayed away, creating the perfect opportunity to enjoy the day. Just under 100 entries, including 850 band members, dozens of classic cars, corvettes, clowns and several floats. One float in particular stood out to Grand Marshall Frank Nelson who bestowed his award on the entry from ABC Pre School. The Mayor’s Trophy went to Lane Community College in Florence and the Queen’s Award went to Quality Child Care of Florence. The One More Time Again Marching Band from Portland may have been the final entry in the parade but they were the first choice in the band selection. Quality Child Care of Florence also won the best commercial float entry and the Florence Elks Lodge the best Non-Commercial. Dr. Fred Bower won the best vehicle entry and Western Lane Ambulance the best Service Entry.
Moving on to other news… the Siuslaw Fisherman’s Association, after a more than seven year effort to replace the commercial ice machine on the Port of Siuslaw wharf delivered their first load of ice last week. The Hayley Ann purchased 15-hundred pounds of salted and shaved ice for her hold on Thursday. Bud Saulsgiver said they began making ice earlier in the week and by Friday had about 10-thousand pounds accumulated… just about half of their normal capacity. Saulsgiver said he hopes the ice machine will attract more commercial fishers to the Port of Siuslaw.
The process of hand-counting the 1,183 write in votes cast in last week’s election for the Port of Siuslaw Commission position #4 begins today. The Lane County Elections department has assembled a three-person panel to begin sorting the ballots. Lane County Elections Supervisor Cheryl Betschart says the write-ins don’t have to be exact, but the panel must be able to determine the voter’s intents. She said it could take several days minimum to tally the ballots… but state law requires the task to be completed no later than Monday June 6th.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
ALBANY, Ore. (AP) - Albany police say a man found crushed to
death inside a recycling center was a 50-year-old transient who
likely fell asleep inside a cardboard compactor. Sgt. Jerry Drum
tells KVAL that 50-year-old Gordon Lemke's body was discovered
Thursday morning at the Allied Waste recycling plant. The death
does not appear to be suspicious.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Triple-A reports the average price of a
gallon of gasoline in Oregon is $3.93, down 3 cents from a week
ago. It's still 9 cents higher than the national average and $1
higher than a year ago. Some metro prices -- Portland $3.90, Salem
$3.89, Eugene-Springfield $3.91, and Medford-Ashland $4.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Searchers have been unable to find a
fisherman whose boat was found empty Saturday in the Multnomah
Channel near Coon Island. KGW reports 51-year-old Jeffry Ferguson
went fishing Friday from the Scappoose Bay Marina. He was reported
missing Saturday by his family.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A man who helped create the Mount Hood Ski
Patrol in 1937 has died. The Oregonian reports Henry W. "Hank"
Lewis died Saturday in Portland at the age of 98. Lewis ran the
Mount Hood ski patrol for its first two years. During World War II
he trained troops in skiing and served with the Army's 10th
Mountain Division.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Debate over charter schools has stirred
ideological rancor and stalled other education issues not just for
this year's Legislature but for the past several years. The
Oregonian newspaper reports that lawmakers this session have held
nearly two dozen hearings and work sessions on the topic, but only
one charter school bill successfully moved through a legislative
chamber.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Work is scheduled to begin next month on a
new athletics administration building at the University of Oregon.
The project to build football practice fields and a stadium for
women's soccer and lacrosse is expected to create hundreds of
construction jobs. The work is being paid for by Phil and Penny
Knight. Phil Knight is chairman of Nike, Inc.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Rob Summers was a sophomore at Oregon
State University in 2006, working on a business major and playing
baseball when a hit-and-run accident on a Portland street left him
unable to use his legs. Last week he made international headlines
as the first such spinal injury patient to stand and regain some
purposeful movement with the help of an electrical stimulator. He
tells the Oregonian he hopes his story will motivate others with
spinal cord injuries.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Prep sports first… on the baseball diamond… The Siuslaw Vikings season came to an end Friday afternoon where they fell to the North Valley Knights 7-2. Several key defensive highlights in the game included a rare double-play at the plate by the Vikings.
The 4A Track and Field finals were held at Hayward Field in Eugene where there were several Vikings in action. Marisha Reavis made the medal stand twice: she finished third in the discus, fourth in the shot put. Matt Campbell was sixth in the boys 15-hundred; Mitchell Butler sixth in the three-thousand; Linda Paredes seventh in the girls’ 800; Leigh Aurich was 8th in the 300-hurdles, 9th in the Triple Jump.
Friday afternoon Katy Potter finished tenth at Hayward Field in the girls’ 3-thousand meters… then bright and early Saturday morning she won the women’s 5-k at the Rhody Run. 408 runners registered for the 33rd annual race. Hayden Schaffner of Florence won the men’s 5-k; Eulalia Galvan won the women’s 10-k. and former Florence resident and current Davis, California project manager Brian Gruenemay won the men’s 10-k.
On the college diamond… number 2 ranked Oregon State opened the weekend with a win over the USC Trojans at home, but then dropped two straight Saturday and Sunday. The Beavers are still on top of the Pac-10. Oregon was in the Palouse where their NCAA hopes may have ended with a loss to the Washington State Cougars yesterday.
The NCAA Hopes for Oregon Softball are still alive. The Lady Ducks beat Penn State 3-1 yesterday to advance to their second straight NCAA Super Regional.
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