Quality Child Care ready to take the plunge…
Another long term project in the Florence area appears to be close to fruition. The board of Quality Child Care of Florence is set to meet tonight. When they get together, the main topic will be laying out a time schedule for completion of the center that’s been in the works for nearly three years.
Alberty -- "It's really cool. It's such a dream, and I am so thrilled, I can't even tell you. I just still think about my little kids. And now the babies are going to have an option… the moms… and the dads are going to have an option. I'm so excited."
Jenny Alberty (AL-berd-ee), the Vice President of QCCF says she was excited and nearly cried last month when she learned they had won a second grant worth $100,000 that will enable them to proceed with a modular building. The grant, from the Meyer Memorial Trust, will be paired with another $100,000 in video lottery funds they’re getting from Lane County… and $78-thousand raised locally. That’s about $70-thousand short of thir original goal, but Alberty says they believe they have enough to make it work. When completed, they’ll have space for between 28 and 48 children and will provide a handful of jobs.
Alberty -- "I think, you know, to start, it will be conservative, but I think it could potentially have, you know, four to eight employees so it's just is going to depend on our… how many children."
The non-profit center will rely on volunteers as well. They already have preliminary approval to place the center next to the middle school and hope to be up and running by the end of this year.
Nobody was injured, but a complete restoration of a 1979 Volkswagen Bus went up in smoke last night. Battalion Chief John Carnahan with Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue said the four adult occupants and three dogs in the van got out safely, but the van was destroyed by a fire that started in the engine compartment. The four, all from the Midwest, were headed to Washington along Highway 101 and had just started across the Siuslaw River Bridge a few minutes before nine pm when the flames appeared in the rear view mirror. Fire crews had to deal with a fairly rare challenge… they couldn’t use water on the magnesium engine block, and had to allow it to burn itself out. Traffic was halted for just over an hour while fire crews finished their work and the Oregon Department of Transportation checked to make sure there was no damage to the span. A local motel, the Lighthouse Inn, put the travelers up for the night.
There’s no reason to stay at home this holiday weekend and Carol Daviscourt wants you to join her. Saturday, Sunday and Monday she and other field rangers at the Cape Perpetua Scenic Area have scheduled a number of activities and presentations to get visitors in touch with history and the natural world.
Daviscourt -- "Gosh, whaling, the Civilian Conservation Corps, bats, a pretty wide variety of programs are running this weekend."
One highlight, she says, will be daily activities aimed at helping visitors spot some of the more elusive residents of tidepools below the visitor center… they’re called Nudibranch (NOO-di-BRONC)… commonly called sea slugs.
Daviscourt -- "Although they're a little bit more challenging to find, they're probably the most interesting creatures in the tidepools. They come in a huge variety of shapes and colors and if you sit in on one of these programs you're going to be getting tips on how to go out and find them yourselves."
Daviscourt says the best tides for finding creatures will be in the early mornings this weekend, before the center opens, but that gives visitors a chance to make two trips… one for an afternoon session… then a return early the next morning to put your newfound knowledge to use.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Legislature is preparing to finish
its remaining duties and adjourn the 2011 session. Lawmakers plan to approve its final bills on Thursday and leave Salem until February. The measures still awaiting approval include a bipartisan congressional redistricting plan and the final pieces of the budget for the next two years.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The state Supreme Court has blocked a
planned execution in Oregon until there's more consideration of the
inmate's mental competence. The court agreed with a filing by the
Oregon Capital Resource Center, which said a neuropsychologist
found Gary Haugen incompetent. Haugen's execution was set for Aug.
16. He had asked that appeals be ended.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - An upset older man accused of threatening a
Veterans Affairs clinic manager in Eugene and pointing a shotgun at
a federal police officer was taken into custody after a SWAT team
lobbed a percussion grenade. Police say 71-year-old Milan Jackie
Boon of Creswell was cited yesterday for menacing, pointing a
firearm at another person and other charges. He wasn't jailed.
NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) - The new home for the Pacific fleet of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is officially opening in Newport. NOAA announced nearly two years ago it had chosen Newport over the Seattle area as the base for its Pacific marine operation center. But the last day of the lease on the Seattle facility did not arrive until today, so Friday will mark the first day at the new 40,000-square-foot center that will provide logistical, engineering, maintenance and administrative support for NOAA's Pacific fleet.
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Hero Fund has
honored 20 people for their bravery in saving others from danger,
including six people who died in their life-saving efforts. One of
the honorees is 33-year-old Daniel Diaz who drowned after helping
rescue a 12-year-old boy who became tired while swimming across the
swift Columbia River in Oregon on July 4, 2009. Diaz was from Kent,
Wash.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Obama administration is ready to try
solving one of the nation's long-running conservation problems: how
to save the spotted owl from extinction. For two decades, the bird
has been at the center of legal and political battles in the
Pacific Northwest. Today the government releases a plan to save the
spotted owl and also allow logging in national forests - a balance
neither the Clinton nor Bush administrations were able to strike.
The plan won't be the last word. It could go to court.
SEATTLE (AP) - Freddie Freeman knocked around Felix Hernandez
for three hits and two RBIs, and the Atlanta Braves beat the
Seattle Mariners 5-3 yesterday to complete an impressive three-game
sweep. The Braves won for the eighth time in 10 games and picked up
their 25th road win this season. They handed losses to Hernandez,
rookie star Michael Pineda and Erik Bedard during their Seattle
trip.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon man got a surprise - and some
pain - when he was stung by a scorpion during a commercial flight
from Seattle to Anchorage. Jeff Ellis of West Linn tells KPTV he
was trying to sleep on a red-eye Alaska Airlines flight June 17
when he felt something in his sleeve and tried to brush it away. He
says he felt the crawling again, looked down and saw the culprit.
Ellis says he grabbed the scorpion with a napkin, but not before it
stung him on the elbow. Ellis was checked by two doctors on board
and medics on the ground.
ST. HELENS, Ore. (AP) - A Columbia County judge has blocked U.S.
Bank from evicting a Vernonia woman whose home was sold in
foreclosure. Martha Flynn says it's a victory for a lot of people,
although her ability to stay in her home remains in doubt. The bank
tried to evict Flynn during a May 24 court hearing. But on June 23
a judge found that the original lender had sold the mortgage to
other parties, and the exchanges were never assigned in the
county's recorder office.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Trail Blazers have offered former No.
1 draft pick Greg Oden an $8.8 million qualifying offer to stay in
Portland, making the 7-foot center a restricted free agent. The
Blazers can match any other offer made for him. He didn't play last
season after microfracture surgery on his left knee. He missed his
rookie season in 2007-08 after the same surgery on his right knee.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
The Eugene Emeralds extended the streak to eight straight wins last night with a 3-2 win over Salem Keizer, but they waited until the ninth inning to make it happen. Down by one run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, Cory Spangenberg drilled a line drive into left field for a two rbi, walk off single to end the game. The San Deigo Padres’ first round draft pick improved his batting average to .432 with his seventh straight two-hit game. The Ems and the Volcanoes wrap up their three game series tonight in Eugene.
The Sandblasters are scheduled to be back on the diamond this evening in Salem when they take on the Post 9 Highwaymen. Airtime for the broadcast is set for 4:45… the first pitch is slated for five.
For Florence and the Central Oregon Coast
Mostly cloudy today with a chance of morning showers… today’s high near 61. Look for a southwest wind six to 15 miles an hour gusting as high as 25.
Mostly cloudy overnight, cool with a low around 46, and some patchy fog after 11 pm. Look for a north wind between five and 15 miles an hour gusting as high as 25.
Start your holiday weekend off with mostly sunny skies on Friday, a high near 64.
For the weekend… some morning fog, mostly sunny on Saturday, partly sunny Sunday and morning fog with mostly sunny skies on the Fourth.
The marine forecast is showing a west marine wind five to ten knots gusting to 15 today… becoming northwest this evening then veering to the north after midnight. Low tide… 7:23. High tide at 1:55 this afternoon.
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