City-Tribes extend policing contract - No good deed goes unpunished - Wild Coho seasons set - Athletes of the Year

Policing Contract to be extended

A three-year trial policing agreement between the City of Florence and the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians had been set to expire at the end of this month. But, says Florence City Manager Bob Willoughby, it’s worked out well.
Willoughby – “That’s being extended for five years with an automatic five year renewal for that where the city provides some policing services in exchange for a payment by the tribes.”

Florence Police will continue to respond, when requested, to Three Rivers Casino and Hotel to assist tribal police. The revision to the original agreement has been in the works since January of this year and could net the city nearly $1.5-million over ten years. The terms of the agreement spell out when Florence police would be dispatched; which would be when no Tribal police are available or at their request. It also specifies that Florence officers would be in command unless they specifically turn it over to another agency. The new deal would go for five years and if neither side objected, would automatically extend another five.

No good deed goes unpunished. Oregon State Police say several people who stopped to help out at a car crash four miles north of Florence Sunday evening found themselves under attack. Police had been tracking a report of a blue Dodge pickup being driven recklessly on Highway 101 when they got a fresh report that the vehicle had crashed… and the occupants were fighting people who had stopped to help. One trooper arriving on the scene moments later witnessed the driver of the pickup punching a ‘good Samaritan’. 22-year old Thomas James Stansbury of Vidor, Texas was arrested but his troubles with the law didn’t end there. After being placed in the back seat of a cruiser, police say he kicked out a rear window. Also arrested was 26-year old Amber Bisterfelt of Veneta. She’s facing four counts of assault. A third arrest was made… 27-year old Britani K. Bertrand of Texas was charged with endangering the welfare of a minor. Her 9-year old son was a passenger in the pickup and was temporarily taken into protective custody. Bisterfelt and Bertrand were released yesterday morning… Stansbury was transported to the Lane County Jail.

Salmon fishermen will have more chances to take and keep Chinook and endangered Wild Coho on the Central Coast this coming fall. The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted bag limits and season lengths for a variety of fisheries last Friday. Anglers will be able to keep one wild Coho per day, and no more than five on the season, on 11 coastal rivers, including the Siuslaw and Umpqua. Efforts on those rivers have yielded increased fish runs adequate to handle some angling. The new fisheries are in addition to previous Coho seasons that have been in effect on Siltcoos and Tahkenitch Lakes. They must also gain federal approval before they go into effect.

Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Lawmakers in Oregon want to give egg-laying
hens more room to stretch their wings and move around. The state
House voted 51-8 yesterday to impose new requirements on egg
producers, sending the measure to Gov. John Kitzhaber
(KITS'-hah-ber). The bill requires the state Department of
Agriculture to come up with new standards for cages, lighting and
ventilation based on data from the American Humane Association.
Violations of the requirements would mean a $2,500 fine.

UNDATED (AP) - Oregon's state veterinarian says it appears a
recent outbreak of a potentially fatal horse virus has been
contained. Dr. Don Hansen says any horse that hasn't tested
positive for the neurological form of the equine herpes virus, or
exhibited symptoms or been exposed to a confirmed positive horse,
should be OK to travel and take part in events. One Oregon horse
died from the virus.


EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Eugene police say they're looking for a
missing 14-year-old boy with a functional mental age of about 7
years old. They say Victor Dunn has a history of walking away and
did that yesterday morning from his school. Officials say the boy
has a tendency to seek out crowds. He also has a medical condition
that requires medication he does not have with him.

MCMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) - More than 200 children helped christen
a new waterpark at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in
McMinnville yesterday. At Wings and Waves, kids can climb out of an
actual Boeing 747 jetliner to slide down a 62-foot water slide.
Eight winners of a school water science essay and drawing contest -
and their classmates - were special guests yesterday during the
first hour the waterpark was open.

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Eugene City Councilor Mike Clark, who was
elected in 2006, says he always wondered why the council didn't
start its meetings with the Pledge of Allegiance. He says he'll ask
his seven colleagues and the mayor on June 20 to begin starting
their meetings with the pledge.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The city of Portland is asking the state
for a variance from water quality standards that aim to protect the
public from a parasite called cryptosporidium
(crip-toe-spor-ID-ee-um) that causes diarrhea. The Water Bureau
says extensive testing shows there's no cryptosporidium in the
water from the Bull Run watershed and the city doesn't need to
build a $100 million treatment plant or cover water reservoirs.

OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) - A defense lawyer has told jurors that
an Oregon City couple are the victims of inflexible bureaucrats and
religious persecution because of their faith-healing beliefs.
Timothy and Rebecca Wyland are accused of failing to seek medical
care for their infant daughter when an abnormal growth of blood
vessels engulfed her left eye, nearly blinding her. In closing
arguments yesterday, prosecutors said the law doesn't expect
parents to be doctors, but does expect them to know when their
children need medical care.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:

The Coast Radio Sports’ Athletes of the year have been announced… Raelyn Robinson wrapped up her prep athletic career with a full-ride athletic scholarship at Oregon State University… that’s despite missing her final track and field season due to injury. The Viking senior ended her career with two individual state championships… one in Cross Country, the other in the 1500-meters… and set four school records, three of which still stand. Robinson holds records in the 5,000-meter Cross Country as well as the 800 and 1500 meters. She also proved to be a leader on the court, playing basketball all four years and earning all-league Honorable Mention this year, despite injuring her knee late in the year.

Siuslaw Junior Sonny Tupua has proven to be one of the toughest running backs in the history of Siuslaw football. Tupua earned 2nd team All League honors on both sides of the ball for running back as well as defensive lineman. Tupua carried the ball 197 times for a net 1,246 yards last fall, placing him in second place for career rushing yardage. He didn’t limit his accomplishments to the gridiron. In only his third year of competitive wrestling he duplicated his 2010 success, finishing 3rd at the OSAA 4A State Meet at 215 pounds.