Write in Race for Port Commission…
Three contested races will be highlighted this afternoon during KCST’s Our Town, the monthly news magazine. Voters will only see candidates’ names on their ballot for two of the highlighted races. That’s because nobody filed for an open position on the Port of Siuslaw Commission currently held by Bud Saulsgiver who opted to not seek re-election. At least three candidates have publicly expressed a desire for voters to write their names in. Two of them will be on the air this afternoon. Bianca Hein is a licensed marine surveyor and writer. Florence has been her ‘home port’ since 1992, but she has only made it her full time residence since 2007. Her past public service experience includes helping to set up Oregon’s office of economic development in the early 1990s. John Murphey is a lifelong resident and also has public experience. He’s currently the chair of the City of Florence Budget Committee and served two terms on the Siuslaw School Board. Hein and Murphey will each answer a series of prepared questions. A third write in candidate, former Lane County Commissioner Bill Fleenor has declined to come on the air and has refused to answer the questions. Fleenor says he believes his decade of serving as an elected official speaks to his – quote – “qualifications and philosophy sufficient for the voters to make an informed decision”. This afternoon’s program features two other races… one for the school board between Tammy Butler and Rob Spooner… the other for the fire district board between Bill Mead and Cindy Spinner. Local authors Judy Fleagle and Dick Smith will also be on the program talking about their new book “Crossings” about the construction of the Siuslaw River Bridge, completed in 1936. The program airs from four to six pm this afternoon.
A major telephone outage in the Reedsport and Winchester Bay left residents there without phone service for several hours yesterday afternoon. Frontier Communications reported the outage also impacted internet connections for many Coos County residents. Reedsport residents were without 911 service for a time, but the Douglas County Sheriff’s office said cell phones were operable… and they had a temporary connection with emergency services in the area until the connection was restored.
Lane County Sheriff Tom Turner is hoping to warm up some cold cases. He’s teamed up with Crime Stoppers to produce a deck of playing cards highlighting seven missing persons and 11 unsolved homicides in Lane County dating back as far as 1968. The cards feature profiles and photos of the people involved in each case. Turner says they’ll be distributed to jails and prisons, including the Oregon State Penitentiary, in the hope of developing new leads. Crime Stoppers will provide a 24-hour tip-line as well as fund rewards. Turner says the playing cards were first used in Florida with success and have spread across the country. They’ll be available for sale at the Sheriff’s Office in Eugene for $5 a deck… proceeds from the sales will go towards the cold case unit.
The national average price for regular unleaded gasoline increased by ten cents this past week and is just three-cents shy of $4 a gallon. Oregon’s average price, as measured by Triple-A, jumped by seven cents this week, it’s at $3.95. In Florence we saw a commensurate jump, but the average continues to track well below the statewide average… it’s at $3.81 a gallon. According to Marie Dodds there could be an adjustment coming. She says a growing number of industry analysts are suggesting crude prices may be inflated and susceptible to a price correction.
Fire destroyed a home on Woodland Lane in Dunes City overnight. The 911 call came in around 12:30 this morning to report the two story home, owned by Siuslaw Track and Field Coach Chris Johnson was completely involved by the time firefighters arrived. Nobody was home at the time, but neighbors reported that Johnson’s black lab made it out ok. The cause of the blaze is not immediately apparent according to Fire Chief John Buchanan. He said local investigators, aided by the State Fire Marshall’s Office are sifting through the rubble today. Firefighters were on scene mopping up several hours. Buchanan said nobody was injured.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say a 61-year-old
Creswell man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for sexually
abusing his daughter over seven years. A Lane County jury convicted
the man Friday of multiple counts of sexual abuse. He was sentenced
yesterday. The Associated Press is not identifying the man to
protect the victim's identity.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Police say a Portland bus driver accused
of sexually abusing a teenage girl he met on a bus has been
arrested. The Oregonian reports that 53-year-old TriMet driver
Christopher Parker is accused of third-degree sex abuse and related
counts. He was arrested yesterday and booked into the Multnomah
County Jail.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Multnomah County sheriff's office says
a body found early yesterday in the Columbia River near the
Interstate 5 bridge in Portland is that of a man missing since Dec.
17. The body was identified as 68-year-old Lyle Lunceford of
suburban Gresham. The Oregonian says his unoccupied boat was found
motoring in the river channel between north Portland and Hayden
Island last December with no one aboard.
ST. HELENS, Ore. (AP) - Columbia County deputies say they've
arrested a former Clatskanie police officer on a burglary charge.
The sheriff's office says a neighbor identified Joseph Harrison as
the man who broke into a home near Clatskanie in February. At the
time, Harrison was on probation for burglary and misconduct
convictions for break-ins that occurred in 2009 when he was an
officer.
BEND, Ore. (AP) - A couple from Bend who went for a drive on a
Forest Service road became stuck in the snow and had to be rescued.
Deschutes County dispatchers got a call about 8:00 last night from
the couple who said they had been trying to free their vehicle for
six hours on the road west of Bend. County search and rescue
personnel and a Forest Service officer found them unharmed about 10
p.m.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A Redmond man who had child pornography on
his computer and a pipe bomb in his garage has been sentenced to
four years in prison. Federal prosecutors in Eugene said Brian
Fabbrini was discovered in an undercover investigation conducted by
the state Internet Crimes Against Children task force. A search of
his computer found movie files of children engaged in sexual
conduct. A search of his home uncovered the pipe bomb and blasting
caps.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Portland-area transit agency spokeswoman
says additional security personnel have been added to the TriMet
system following the death of Osama bin Laden. Spokeswoman Mary
Fetsch says the system is on "heightened alert," and that
additional uniformed employees have been looking for any suspicious
behavior or items.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon's ban on using a cell phone while
driving doesn't apply to people who use their phone while doing
their job. But state lawmakers are looking at removing that
exemption and yesterday's House vote on the measure was postponed.
The bill would require people to use hands-free headsets while
talking on a phone, even if they're using the phone in the course
of their work.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Oregon Supreme Court Justice Martha Walters
will deliver the commencement address at the University of Oregon
School of Law later this month. Walters is a 1977 graduate of the
law school who was an employment rights attorney before she became
the first woman to serve as president of the Uniform Law
Commission. The law school graduation is May 21 at the Hult Center
in downtown Eugene.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Siuslaw Viking Baseball is back atop the Far West League Standings today, sharing the number one spot with the Sutherlin Bulldogs. The Vikings swept the South Umpqua Lancers in both halves of a double-header at home yesterday afternoon, winning 5-2 and 9-4. In game one, Jake Thompson threw a complete game, allowing five hits, but striking out seven. Alex Snow threw five innings in the nightcap for the win on the mound and Hagen Holmes came in for two innings of relief, slamming the door on the Lancers. Ryan Smith was four-for-seven at the plate for the afternoon with three RBI and two triples.
It won’t count in the Pac-10 standings, but the Oregon Ducks finally notched their first victory in Corvallis. The Diamond Ducks upset number three Oregon State 7-2 yesterday at Goss Stadium, the first win in Corvallis since baseball was reinstated at Oregon two years ago. Christian Jones picked up the win on the mound, allowing only two hits and throwing a shutout through the first eight innings… Oregon State got on the board in the bottom of the ninth with a two-run Garrett Nash home run. The Beavers are now set to host #21 Cal this weekend …. Oregon will host the UCLA Bruins.
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