When the news came that 15-year old Trevor Denning had been seriously injured in an ATV accident last week, many members of the community instantly began looking for things they could do to help.
205 – “I think that’s what’s so great about Florence is that everybody feels affected by it and, you know, we love the family and we love Trevor and everybody just has the feeling that we want to do something.”Shannon Graham, a friend of the extended Barnett and Denning Family said one of the things that came to mind was an event that would show their emotional support, as well as provide some economic support. Many of Denning’s friends will be converging on the track at Hans Peterson Field tonight… from nine pm to midnight. Graham says there’s no cost to get in.
206 – “We’re just encouraging people that if they would like to help the Denning-Barnett family there’ll be a donation jar, but also there’ll be an opportunity for people to videotape a message to Trevor and they can sign posters for Trevor as well as write a message that we’re going to put in a book.”She said the late evening time frame was intentionally designed to target other youth in Denning’s age-group. Doctors have told family members that the active 15-year old will likely never walk again… but he has been able to use his arms and that, say friends… is a positive sign.
The wet spring in Oregon has made it to number 2 in the record books. Acording to information released this week by the National Climatic Data Center this has been the second wettest spring in 117 years of record keeping. It’s also been the fifth coolest. The springtime weather included mountain snowpacks that kept growing well into May this year… when they usually peak by April 1st. Oregon was not alone for wet weather. Montana also had the second wettest spring in recorded history, while Washington and Wyoming had the number one wettest springs on record.
Governor Kitzhaber signed legislation yesterday allowing the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay to own and operate the rail link between Danebo, just West of Eugene and Coquille in southern Coos County. It’s a good thing, because the port has already spent millions of dollars on acquiring and repairing right of way and tunnels along the route. The legislative move is the latest in a series of actions that have been under way since the previous rail operator… Central Oregon and Pacific… embargoed the line in September of 2007. Other than completing the physical repairs and restorations, the legislative approval is one of the final requirements before the port can begin operating the Coos Bay Rail Link and providing freight service to several different central and south coast manufacturers.
TAKING A LOOK IN TO ASSOCIATED PRESS REGIONAL NEWS…
COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon man who police say suffered a severe head wound in a fight with an acquaintance has died in a Portland hospital. The World newspaper says 45-year-old Kelly Mintz of Coos Bay died Sunday. Coos County District Attorney R. Paul Frasier told the newspaper yesterday that he planned to upgrade a charge against the man arrested in the case from attempted murder to murder.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Relatives and friends plan a candlelight vigil for a 20-year-old Springfield man killed in a personal watercraft crash. KEZI says the vigil for Shea Slayton is scheduled for 8:30 tonight on the North Eugene High School football field.
Lane County deputies say Slayton was killed Saturday at the Blue River Reservoir when his watercraft slammed into a tree stump sticking four feet out of the water.
NEWBERG, Ore. (AP) - Newberg police say a man who accidentally shot himself in the groin with a .40-caliber pistol is expected to recover. Capt. Jeff Kosmicki says the shooting happened yesterday in the parking lot of an auto supply store. Newport-Dundee Fire Department medics happened to be inside the store and quickly located
and treated the man once they got the emergency call.
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) - Searchers have been looking for an 18-year-old Roseburg man who disappeared while swimming in the Umpqua River while swimming with friends on Sunday. Douglas County deputies say the missing man and some friends decided to swim
across the river 11 miles northwest of Roseburg. KVAL reports that Drake Wallace was pulled into swift water, went under and never came back up.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Gov. John Kitzhaber now has control of a bill he requested offering low-cost loans to retrofit schools with energy efficient technology. The Oregon Senate approved the measure yesterday, sending it to Kitzhaber, who says he will sign it. The measure is known by supporters as Cool Schools.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Legislatures went home for the night without passing any of the major education bills that were supposed to consume the day yesterday. The state House deadlocked on a compromise plan to vote on 14 education bills after one Republican priority died in a 30-30 split. The bill would expand access to online charter schools, and lawmakers will take up the measure again today.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Legislature will try again to vote on a slate of education bills. House lawmakers vote on 14 bills today, a day after the first effort flamed out. Altogether, the bills would provide more money for schools and would significantly remake the structure of education in Oregon.
SILVERTON, Ore. (AP) - Marion County sheriff's deputies have seized two malnourished horses that had been kept in a 15-by-40-foot pen near Silverton, east of Salem. Mud in the pen was a foot deep and the horses had no shelter. Deputies and animal
rescue workers say the animals are also suffering from skin ailments, muscle loss and hoof rot. The property owner called deputies, saying he rented the space to the horses' owner but she failed to care for them. He told deputies he tried to reach the
owner, but she blocked his calls.
SEATTLE (AP) - The Mariners start a three-game series today against the Washington Nationals on the road. The M's left home after a 2-0 victory over the Phillies. At 37-and-35, the Mariners are just a half-game behind Texas in the American League West.
SEATTLE (AP) - Qwest is becoming CenturyLink, and that applies to the Seattle stadium where the Seahawks and Sounders play. The company says the new logo for CenturyLink Field will be unveiled at a news conference Thursday at the stadium.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A group of NFL Hall of Famers is backing a class-action lawsuit against the NFL, demanding better benefits for former players. Defensive end Carl Eller is one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit and he says the league has not done what is "fair and right" in supporting the financial and medical concerns of
former players.
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Three Rivers swept both halves of a double header against the single A - Salem Senators in Florence, 6-4 and 5-2.The Blasters are on the diamond this afternoon in Florence for a double header against Salem Post 9. Airtime for game one is 1:45 over Coast Radio Sports…
It was a wild game last night that included 13 runs on 22 hits and three errors. But a seventh inning rally lifted the Emeralds past the Hawks 9 / 4. Now at 3 and 1, the victory secures the first series of the season for the Ems. The series closes out tonight at PK Park in Eugene. The Em’s move up I-5 tomorrow for the first of five games against the Salem Keizer Volcanos.
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