Domestic Violence needs increase while donations drop
More women and children than ever before are being served by domestic violence programs in Oregon. That’s what according to a recent national survey that showed on one particular day almost 600 Oregonians were in emergency shelters or transitional housing. At the same time, another 700 received other types of services. But, says Kerry Naughton with the Partnership for Safety and Justice, the most sobering statistic may be the 277 people that did not get the help they asked for that day because there wasn’t enough staff or money.
210 -- “45 percent of the programs in Oregon reported that they don’t have enough funding, and unfortunately, because of this funding shortage, women and children who are trying to flee abuse are often forced to return to, or remain in, dangerous situations, or they face homelessness.”
Naughton says domestic violence program directors also reported shortages of basics like diapers and baby food. Her group’s web site has a statewide list of shelters’ needs for those who want to donate… that’s safety and justice dot org.
(thanks to Chris Thomas and the Oregon News Service)
Oregon’s Rose Bowl Quarterback Jeremiah Masoli will be in a Lane County Courtroom this afternoon to hear formal burglary charges in connection with a theft at a campus fraternity in late January. The Lane County D-A’s office says Masoli and former Oregon receiver Garrett Embry have each been charged with one count of burglary for allegedly stealing two laptop computers and a guitar from a campus fraternity. Running back LaMichael James was in the same courtroom this morning where he was expected to enter a plea other than not guilty in an unrelated domestic violence case. Ducks’ football coach Chip Kelley issued a statement last night saying he would not comment on either situation until tomorrow.
Daylight Savings time begins overnight Saturday night and fire officials says it’s a good time to check the battery. Despite an 11-year old law requiring most battery powered smoke detectors use 10-year lithium batteries, there are still a large number of alarms that use the 9-volt or other type of power supply. Siuslaw Valley Fire Marshall Sean Barrett recommends monthly testing of the alarms themselves and battery replacement with the start of Daylight Savings Time.
You too can be a guitar hero. Seacoast Entertainment Association, formerly known as Florence Performing Arts, will present the California Guitar Trio in concert this Friday evening at the Florence Events Center. At 3:30 tomorrow they’ll also offer a free 90-minute “Master Class” for intermediate level guitar players. Organizers says space is limited. Individual tickets to the seven pm performance are $20 and are still available at the FEC box office.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A judge has dismissed a deliberate homicide
charge filed last June against an Oregon man for the shooting death
of his wife during an October 1990 hunting trip in southern
Montana. Retired Montana Supreme Court Justice John Warner found
Cary Greenlee of Bend, Ore., could not get a fair trial because
evidence he might use in his defense had been lost. Warner also
said the state reopened its investigation "for no good reason."
Greenlee is a former Montana minister.
STEVENSON, Wash. (AP) - A multi-day search for a Portland hiker
missing near Bonneville Dam in Washington state has been suspended.
Skamania County (Wash.) Undersheriff Dave Cox says Cox made the
announcement yesterday afternoon after about 45 ground searchers,
two dog teams, two horse teams and a Coast Guard helicopter
searched through another day for 24-year-old Kathrine Huether
(HEET'-er). She was last heard from last Thursday when she sent a
text message to a friend.
ETHEL, Wash. (AP) - Two Eugene, Ore., dog owners who earlier
this week used the assistance of two volunteer pilots to search
part of Washington's Lewis County for two missing Pharaoh Hounds
have recovered both animals. Owners Cynthia Guinn and Bill Martin
were staying with friends in Ethel, Wash., last weekend while they
attended a lure coursing event in Auburn. Martin says he let his
four dogs out in the yard to run around Sunday morning, but the
animals got away before the dog event.
FLORENCE, Ore. (AP) - For the third year in a row, truffle
thieves have trespassed on Roy Marshall's carefully managed
woodland along the Siuslaw River, exposing tree roots with their
rakes and scattering trash. They're not hunting for chocolate, but
for the gourmet fungus that grows a few inches below the surface.
Those truffles are worth $80 to $100 a pound wholesale.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - The University of Oregon has moved a student
group that has drawn protests for inviting speakers with views
considered racist or anti-Semitic. The Register-Guard reports the
Pacifica Forum was moved off campus to the Baker Center in downtown
Eugene. Forum members say the move should prevent their meetings
from being canceled.
(Register Guard)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A state report says the number of young
children with developmental delays has risen in Oregon. The
Department of Education reported the number of special education
students increased by 260 children, or 6 percent since last year.
Nearly all the increase was reported in Multnomah County. Education
leaders told The Oregonian many preschoolers in need of help were
missed in the past.
(The Oregonian)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Zookeepers at Oregon Zoo are donating
$56,000 to install several "sway poles" in the new Red Ape
Reserve exhibit. The poles will mimic the movement of small trees
that orangutans and gibbons would use to navigate through a forest
in the wild.
SEATTLE (AP) - Les Schwab Tire Centers has paid $2 million to
settle a hiring discrimination suit. The U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission says the company failed to hire qualified
women for tire-changing jobs at stores throughout the West.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Medford police continue to investigate a
shooting that left a man bleeding on a sidewalk with bullet wounds
to his torso. A suspect was arrested 90 minutes after yesterday's
shooting.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon State University wrestler who
failed to follow a diversion program after pleading guilty to
disorderly conduct has been sentenced to probation and community
service. The case began last May, when Michael Mangrum and a former
OSU wrestler were arrested after Mangrum sparked a fight by making
inflammatory comments toward bicyclists.
ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) - Existing tenants of the Port of Astoria are
concerned about a proposal that would allow a company to use the
central waterfront to export logs to Asia. The operation would
shift the Port's business strategy back to shipping after more than
a decade of focus on fisheries, marine services and tourism.
Current tenants are worried about noise, dust and log truck
traffic.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
03-11-10 7,8,9 AM; Noon; 5,6 PM
RBS
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Pac-10 Men’s Basketball Tournament…
E.J. Singler’s finger roll at the end of regulation forced the overtime, then Tajuan Porter scored eight of his 32 points in overtime to pace the Oregon Ducks to an 82-80 win over Washington State last night. Oregon who will get at least one more game… they’ll face conference leading Cal this afternoon at 2:30… airtime on KCST is set for two o’clock… The Oregon State men open up the men’s tourney also this evening against Washington at 8:30. The pregame show on KCFM will be at eight.
Pac-10 Women’s Basketball Tournament…
Oregon State will take on Washington this evening at Los Angeles’ Galen Center in one of two ‘play-in’ games… If the Beavers win they’ll face number two seed UCLA tomorrow night. Oregon plays USC tomorrow.
Prep Basketball
Far West League coaches selected North Bend’s Brooke Davison as the most valuable player for the girls. Siuslaw’s Seabre Church was named to the second team-all league squad. Leigh Aurich received honorable mention. // The two remaining Far West League teams still in contention at the OSAA 4A playoffs both wound up in the consolation bracket yesterday. The Sutherlin girls lost to Marist 53 – 32; The North Bend girls fell to Sky-Em champion Cottage Grove in overtime, 53 – 48.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
School board examining academic standards for athletes; gas prices going up; Florence Urban Renewal evaluating grant app. News from around the state.
Academic standards for student athletes on the table…
School board members will continue a discussion this evening on academic standards for students’ participation in sports. Siuslaw Superintendent Jeff Davis says officials will hear a report on just how student athletes perform in the classroom.
205 – “They’re going to hear data on how our students are doing. And frankly the athletes, our student athletes are performing in general better than our regular population.”
But that’s not always the case…
206 – “But there are exceptions and we know that a percentage of our students are playing ball and eligible for sports that are operating below a two-point-oh grade point average. And I think that’s what concerns people.”
There’s a delicate balance to be struck. Davis says athletics can sometimes make a difference between a marginal student staying in school or dropping out. The current standard allows one failing grade.
207 – “The other provision that we have in place, and we think this is a good fail-safe, is that students have to be on track to graduate.”
Officials are trying to decide whether or not to raise those standards, and if so, just how far. The Siuslaw School Board meets at 6:30 tonight at district offices on Oak Street.
The Florence Urban Renewal Agency will consider an application this evening for funds to upgrade the façade of the historic Kyle Building in Old Town Florence. Building owner Ron Hoaglund has applied for the money under the agency’s Preservation and Rehabilitation program. Urban Renewal set aside $100-thousand earlier this year that will be doled out to applicants who wish to enhance the appearance of their businesses. The agency board meets at city hall at 6:30
Retail gas prices continue to rise. In Florence the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded went up in the past week by five cents. It’s now at $2.73. The national average price went up the same amount… it’s at $2.76 while Oregon’s average increased by six cents and stands at $2.87 a gallon. In Eugene the average price is up to $2.91… 18 cents a gallon on average more than in Florence.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
STEVENSON, Wash. (AP) - The search will resume today for a
24-year-old Portland woman missing on a hike near Bonneville Dam in
Washington's Skamania County. About 40 ground searchers plus Coast
Guard and Washington National Guard aircraft have been looking for
Katherine Huether's (HEE'-ther), who was last heard from via text
message on Thursday.
ETHEL, Wash. (AP) - Two Eugene, Ore., dog owners have hired
spotter planes to search the open spaces of Washington's Lewis
County for any sign of two missing Pharaoh Hounds. Owners Cynthia
Guinn and Bill Martin were staying with friends in Ethel, Wash.,
last weekend while they attended a lure coursing event in Auburn.
The dogs disappeared on Sunday morning.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - A 54-year-old man has been sentenced to 22
years in federal prison for growing marijuana valued at about $6
million on his rural property in southern Oregon. Henry X. Villa
was sentenced Monday. Prosecutors say he facilitated the
recruitment of illegal aliens from California to tend the nearly
9,000 marijuana plants on his 160-acre Wolf Creek property.
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) - All first-grade students in Ashland School
District will begin learning Spanish in 2011 and continue with
lessons each year through 12th grade. The Ashland Daily Tidings
reports that the school board voted Monday to start a European
model of second-language instruction, where language teachers give
students daily lessons lasting about 30 minutes.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Three Democrats and one Republican are
running for state treasurer in the May 18 primary to replace Ben
Westlund who died Sunday. They include Multnomah County chief
executive Ted Wheeler, who was appointed yesterday as interim
treasurer. The other Democrats are former Treasurer Jim Hill of
Salem and state Sen. Rick Metsger of Welches. The Statesman Journal
reports state Sen. Chris Telfer of Bend is the only Republican in
the primary.
(Statesman Journal)
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics says
the percentage of Oregon workers who belong to a union has risen to
17 percent. However, the total number of union workers declined
last year to 250,000. The bureau's David Kong told the Register
Guard that industries that are not heavily unionized have lost more
jobs than the public sector, which tends to be heavily unionized.
(Register Guard)
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) - Authorities are searching for two boys who
ran away from an Ashland home for troubled teens. The Ashland Daily
Tidings reports that a dozen teens have fled the 13-bed Lithia
Springs Boys Home this year. An Oregon Youth Authority spokeswoman
says officials will not send any more boys there until they confer
with Community Works, the nonprofit organization which runs the
home.
ALBANY, Ore. (AP) - An Albany man accused of shooting another
man in the head has been arraigned on a charge of attempted murder.
James Brawley remains in the Linn County Jail. Police responded to
the Heatherdale Mobile Court early Sunday, where they were told
24-year-old Jacob Moffatt of Lebanon had been shot in the head and
taken to a hospital. Police initially thought Moffatt had been
grazed by the bullet. It was later discovered the bullet had lodged
in his head.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - A Klamath Falls man accused of firing
pistol shots into the wall of his grandparents' house has been
arraigned. Authorities say 27-year-old David Brown was under the
influence of methamphetamine when he entered the home screaming.
Investigators say he fired five shots before his arrest.
BEND, Ore. (AP) - Hundreds of central Oregon residents have made
the trip out to Dry Canyon east of Bend to see a Rocky Mountain
goat that's taken up residence there and is often visible off
Highway 20 East. Oregon Fish and Wildlife biologist Steve George
says his department has not seen Rocky Mountain goats in that
location before.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
College Basketball:
It’s a basketball truisim that it’s difficult to beat the same team three times in one season. Washington State is hoping that’s true as the Cougars prepare to play Oregon in the first game of the Pac-10 Men’s tournament… just four days after losing to the Ducks in the regular season finale. Oregon swept the two-game season series in two close games. They’ll go up against Washington State again tonight at eight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The pregame show on KCST is set for 7:30. The winner of tonight’s game will face conference leading California tomorrow afternoon at 2:30.
The Pac-10 has adjusted game times for tomorrow evening’s quarterfinal session… Oregon State will play Washington in the second game tomorrow evening… the tipoff is now set for 8:30.
Baseball:
Youth baseball participants can take advantage of a pair of baseball skills camps this spring. Franklin Sports, operated by Corky Franklin, the coach of the Three Rivers Sandblasters, will offer a hitting camp at Siuslaw High School on Saturday and Sunday March 20th and 21st. The second camp will be held in May and will cover ‘all skills’. The camps are open to boys and girls aged eight to 18. Details at corkyf@yahoo.com
School board members will continue a discussion this evening on academic standards for students’ participation in sports. Siuslaw Superintendent Jeff Davis says officials will hear a report on just how student athletes perform in the classroom.
205 – “They’re going to hear data on how our students are doing. And frankly the athletes, our student athletes are performing in general better than our regular population.”
But that’s not always the case…
206 – “But there are exceptions and we know that a percentage of our students are playing ball and eligible for sports that are operating below a two-point-oh grade point average. And I think that’s what concerns people.”
There’s a delicate balance to be struck. Davis says athletics can sometimes make a difference between a marginal student staying in school or dropping out. The current standard allows one failing grade.
207 – “The other provision that we have in place, and we think this is a good fail-safe, is that students have to be on track to graduate.”
Officials are trying to decide whether or not to raise those standards, and if so, just how far. The Siuslaw School Board meets at 6:30 tonight at district offices on Oak Street.
The Florence Urban Renewal Agency will consider an application this evening for funds to upgrade the façade of the historic Kyle Building in Old Town Florence. Building owner Ron Hoaglund has applied for the money under the agency’s Preservation and Rehabilitation program. Urban Renewal set aside $100-thousand earlier this year that will be doled out to applicants who wish to enhance the appearance of their businesses. The agency board meets at city hall at 6:30
Retail gas prices continue to rise. In Florence the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded went up in the past week by five cents. It’s now at $2.73. The national average price went up the same amount… it’s at $2.76 while Oregon’s average increased by six cents and stands at $2.87 a gallon. In Eugene the average price is up to $2.91… 18 cents a gallon on average more than in Florence.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
STEVENSON, Wash. (AP) - The search will resume today for a
24-year-old Portland woman missing on a hike near Bonneville Dam in
Washington's Skamania County. About 40 ground searchers plus Coast
Guard and Washington National Guard aircraft have been looking for
Katherine Huether's (HEE'-ther), who was last heard from via text
message on Thursday.
ETHEL, Wash. (AP) - Two Eugene, Ore., dog owners have hired
spotter planes to search the open spaces of Washington's Lewis
County for any sign of two missing Pharaoh Hounds. Owners Cynthia
Guinn and Bill Martin were staying with friends in Ethel, Wash.,
last weekend while they attended a lure coursing event in Auburn.
The dogs disappeared on Sunday morning.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - A 54-year-old man has been sentenced to 22
years in federal prison for growing marijuana valued at about $6
million on his rural property in southern Oregon. Henry X. Villa
was sentenced Monday. Prosecutors say he facilitated the
recruitment of illegal aliens from California to tend the nearly
9,000 marijuana plants on his 160-acre Wolf Creek property.
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) - All first-grade students in Ashland School
District will begin learning Spanish in 2011 and continue with
lessons each year through 12th grade. The Ashland Daily Tidings
reports that the school board voted Monday to start a European
model of second-language instruction, where language teachers give
students daily lessons lasting about 30 minutes.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Three Democrats and one Republican are
running for state treasurer in the May 18 primary to replace Ben
Westlund who died Sunday. They include Multnomah County chief
executive Ted Wheeler, who was appointed yesterday as interim
treasurer. The other Democrats are former Treasurer Jim Hill of
Salem and state Sen. Rick Metsger of Welches. The Statesman Journal
reports state Sen. Chris Telfer of Bend is the only Republican in
the primary.
(Statesman Journal)
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics says
the percentage of Oregon workers who belong to a union has risen to
17 percent. However, the total number of union workers declined
last year to 250,000. The bureau's David Kong told the Register
Guard that industries that are not heavily unionized have lost more
jobs than the public sector, which tends to be heavily unionized.
(Register Guard)
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) - Authorities are searching for two boys who
ran away from an Ashland home for troubled teens. The Ashland Daily
Tidings reports that a dozen teens have fled the 13-bed Lithia
Springs Boys Home this year. An Oregon Youth Authority spokeswoman
says officials will not send any more boys there until they confer
with Community Works, the nonprofit organization which runs the
home.
ALBANY, Ore. (AP) - An Albany man accused of shooting another
man in the head has been arraigned on a charge of attempted murder.
James Brawley remains in the Linn County Jail. Police responded to
the Heatherdale Mobile Court early Sunday, where they were told
24-year-old Jacob Moffatt of Lebanon had been shot in the head and
taken to a hospital. Police initially thought Moffatt had been
grazed by the bullet. It was later discovered the bullet had lodged
in his head.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - A Klamath Falls man accused of firing
pistol shots into the wall of his grandparents' house has been
arraigned. Authorities say 27-year-old David Brown was under the
influence of methamphetamine when he entered the home screaming.
Investigators say he fired five shots before his arrest.
BEND, Ore. (AP) - Hundreds of central Oregon residents have made
the trip out to Dry Canyon east of Bend to see a Rocky Mountain
goat that's taken up residence there and is often visible off
Highway 20 East. Oregon Fish and Wildlife biologist Steve George
says his department has not seen Rocky Mountain goats in that
location before.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
College Basketball:
It’s a basketball truisim that it’s difficult to beat the same team three times in one season. Washington State is hoping that’s true as the Cougars prepare to play Oregon in the first game of the Pac-10 Men’s tournament… just four days after losing to the Ducks in the regular season finale. Oregon swept the two-game season series in two close games. They’ll go up against Washington State again tonight at eight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The pregame show on KCST is set for 7:30. The winner of tonight’s game will face conference leading California tomorrow afternoon at 2:30.
The Pac-10 has adjusted game times for tomorrow evening’s quarterfinal session… Oregon State will play Washington in the second game tomorrow evening… the tipoff is now set for 8:30.
Baseball:
Youth baseball participants can take advantage of a pair of baseball skills camps this spring. Franklin Sports, operated by Corky Franklin, the coach of the Three Rivers Sandblasters, will offer a hitting camp at Siuslaw High School on Saturday and Sunday March 20th and 21st. The second camp will be held in May and will cover ‘all skills’. The camps are open to boys and girls aged eight to 18. Details at corkyf@yahoo.com
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Officials frustrated by Sr Center age restriction; City approves fire ballot title; Snowy Plover nesting restrictions and the Siuslaw Symphonic Band
Age Limit at Senior Center Causes Angst
Officials are just as frustrated about a strict age limit at the new Senior Center as are those who will be displaced. Florence City Manager Bob Willoughby says when they were in the planning and early construction phases he and others at the city were under the impression that the 60-year old minimum age was more of a guideline than a hard and fast rule.
200 – “And then when we developed the contract, which was fairly recent, they changed that and said, no, it has to be exclusive. So, we were, I think, as surprised as anyone that it was an absolute rule with no, with no leeway at all.”
The age limit was set by congressional action governing all grants for senior centers, the only category available to Florence. Willoughby says neither city nor state officials can make any exceptions. It’s unfortunate, he acknowledged, and may be difficult for some to accept. But, he adds, it would literally take an act of Congress to change it.
201 – “At some point, people need to let it go and move on. We’ve had to do that, the Senior Boosters have done that. And for five years we’re going to have to need it work for what it is.”
That means, other than caregivers, employees or volunteers assisting with a particular program, the new senior center will be off-limits to anyone under the age of 60 for the first five years of operation. Failure to maintain and observe that policy would require repayment of the $800-thousand grant received by the city to pay for the facility.
It was one of the shortest meetings anyone could recall at city hall. The Florence City Council spent about five minutes yesterday taking final action on the wording for the ballot title that Florence voters will decide May 18th. The draft title on the question of annexing property inside city limits into the Siuslaw Valley Fire District was developed last month by city staff. The Fire District Board requested a change in the final paragraph spelling out that the current level of service would be maintained and that, if approved, residents inside the city would be able to participate and vote on members of the district’s board of directors.
Ropes, fences and signs will go up on several area beaches next week, outlining nesting areas for the endangered Western Snowy Plover. The small bird lays its eggs and raises young on dry sand areas above the high tide line in specific areas along the central and south coast. Beginning March 15th the enclosures go up; they’ll remain in place until next fall. No actual beach closures take place during the nesting season, but beachgoers are restricted to only the wet-sand portions in the nesting areas.
The Siuslaw Symphonic Band will be on stage this evening at the Florence Events Center for their annual winter concert. Featured pieces for the 7:30 pm concert include Bernstein’s Candide Suite and the Galop by Dimitri Shostakovich. The concert is free.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - It may be March but scattered snow
flurries and hail have been reported in the Portland metropolitan
area. National Weather Service meteorologist Clinton Rockey calls
it "a typical spring." He said reports of hail and snow on Monday
were pretty much confined to higher elevations. Those higher
elevations could see snow again today.
STEVENSON, Wash. (AP) - Two helicopters from the Coast Guard and
Washington National Guard helped in Monday's search for a
24-year-old Portland woman missing near Bonneville Dam in
Washington's Skamania County. Undersheriff Dave Cox says search
efforts will resume today after no fresh clues were found yesterday
on the whereabouts of Kathrine Huether (HEE'-ther).
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An 80-year-old Portland man accused of
collecting more than $87,000 in federal disability payments in the
name of his dead brother has been charged with Social Security
fraud. The Oregonian says Lafayette F. Keaton appeared in Portland
federal court and pleaded not guilty to felony counts of Social
Security fraud and theft of government funds.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Democratic state Sen. Rick Metsger of
Welches is the first to announce his candidacy for the office left
vacant by the death of state treasurer Ben Westlund. He died Sunday
of lung cancer. He was 60. Metsger is leaving the state Senate and
told The Oregonian yesterday that he's running for treasurer.
Republican state Sen. Chris Telfer of Bend says she is considering
the race. The filing deadline is 5:00 tonight.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Gov. Kulongoski has named the chairman of
the Multnomah County Commission as state treasurer. Democrat Ted
Wheeler succeeds Ben Westlund, who died Sunday of lung cancer. He
will serve until voters choose a successor in November.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - Gov. Kulongoski is traveling to
Klamath Falls today to hear about the prospects for drought and how
severe irrigation cutbacks could be after the needs of federally
protected fish are met. He is scheduled to meet with farmers,
Indian tribes, business people and representatives of state and
federal agencies in preparation for requesting a federal drought
declaration.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Firefighters responded to another series of
suspicious fires in West Eugene. Two of the five fires reported
yesterday were set at the Eugene Faith Center, the site of a
weekend fire that gutted an outbuilding that housed the church's
community outreach offices.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Supreme Court will visit Medford
to hear a citizen group's appeal of a Walmart Supercenter. The Mail
Tribune newspaper reports the state's highest court will convene
May 18 at North Medford High School to hear oral arguments in the
fight over whether the City of Medford incorrectly granted the
retailer permission to go forward with its project, Walmart has
spent more than six years attempting to build the store.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
College Basketball:
The opening brackets of the Pac-10 men’s tournament have been posted… Oregon will face Washington State tomorrow night in the ‘play-in’ game at LA’s Staples Center. The winner of that will face conference champion Cal Thursday afternoon. Oregon State, the number six seed, will face number three Washington Thursday evening.
The women’s tournament gets underway this week as well. Number 10 seed Oregon State will face number seven seed Washington Thursday evening at the Galen Center in Los Angeles. The winner of that game takes on number two seed UCLA Friday afternoon. Oregon is the number six seed, they’ll open up the tourney Friday against number three USC.
Community:
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Lane County will hold their first ever Shamrock Fun Run and 5-K race this Saturday. Race day registration begins at 7:45 with the Fun Run starting at nine. The 5-K kicks off from the Bridgeport Market at 9:30. Race day entry is $3 for the Fun Run; $15 for the 5-K, all proceeds benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Western Lane County.
Officials are just as frustrated about a strict age limit at the new Senior Center as are those who will be displaced. Florence City Manager Bob Willoughby says when they were in the planning and early construction phases he and others at the city were under the impression that the 60-year old minimum age was more of a guideline than a hard and fast rule.
200 – “And then when we developed the contract, which was fairly recent, they changed that and said, no, it has to be exclusive. So, we were, I think, as surprised as anyone that it was an absolute rule with no, with no leeway at all.”
The age limit was set by congressional action governing all grants for senior centers, the only category available to Florence. Willoughby says neither city nor state officials can make any exceptions. It’s unfortunate, he acknowledged, and may be difficult for some to accept. But, he adds, it would literally take an act of Congress to change it.
201 – “At some point, people need to let it go and move on. We’ve had to do that, the Senior Boosters have done that. And for five years we’re going to have to need it work for what it is.”
That means, other than caregivers, employees or volunteers assisting with a particular program, the new senior center will be off-limits to anyone under the age of 60 for the first five years of operation. Failure to maintain and observe that policy would require repayment of the $800-thousand grant received by the city to pay for the facility.
It was one of the shortest meetings anyone could recall at city hall. The Florence City Council spent about five minutes yesterday taking final action on the wording for the ballot title that Florence voters will decide May 18th. The draft title on the question of annexing property inside city limits into the Siuslaw Valley Fire District was developed last month by city staff. The Fire District Board requested a change in the final paragraph spelling out that the current level of service would be maintained and that, if approved, residents inside the city would be able to participate and vote on members of the district’s board of directors.
Ropes, fences and signs will go up on several area beaches next week, outlining nesting areas for the endangered Western Snowy Plover. The small bird lays its eggs and raises young on dry sand areas above the high tide line in specific areas along the central and south coast. Beginning March 15th the enclosures go up; they’ll remain in place until next fall. No actual beach closures take place during the nesting season, but beachgoers are restricted to only the wet-sand portions in the nesting areas.
The Siuslaw Symphonic Band will be on stage this evening at the Florence Events Center for their annual winter concert. Featured pieces for the 7:30 pm concert include Bernstein’s Candide Suite and the Galop by Dimitri Shostakovich. The concert is free.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - It may be March but scattered snow
flurries and hail have been reported in the Portland metropolitan
area. National Weather Service meteorologist Clinton Rockey calls
it "a typical spring." He said reports of hail and snow on Monday
were pretty much confined to higher elevations. Those higher
elevations could see snow again today.
STEVENSON, Wash. (AP) - Two helicopters from the Coast Guard and
Washington National Guard helped in Monday's search for a
24-year-old Portland woman missing near Bonneville Dam in
Washington's Skamania County. Undersheriff Dave Cox says search
efforts will resume today after no fresh clues were found yesterday
on the whereabouts of Kathrine Huether (HEE'-ther).
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An 80-year-old Portland man accused of
collecting more than $87,000 in federal disability payments in the
name of his dead brother has been charged with Social Security
fraud. The Oregonian says Lafayette F. Keaton appeared in Portland
federal court and pleaded not guilty to felony counts of Social
Security fraud and theft of government funds.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Democratic state Sen. Rick Metsger of
Welches is the first to announce his candidacy for the office left
vacant by the death of state treasurer Ben Westlund. He died Sunday
of lung cancer. He was 60. Metsger is leaving the state Senate and
told The Oregonian yesterday that he's running for treasurer.
Republican state Sen. Chris Telfer of Bend says she is considering
the race. The filing deadline is 5:00 tonight.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Gov. Kulongoski has named the chairman of
the Multnomah County Commission as state treasurer. Democrat Ted
Wheeler succeeds Ben Westlund, who died Sunday of lung cancer. He
will serve until voters choose a successor in November.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - Gov. Kulongoski is traveling to
Klamath Falls today to hear about the prospects for drought and how
severe irrigation cutbacks could be after the needs of federally
protected fish are met. He is scheduled to meet with farmers,
Indian tribes, business people and representatives of state and
federal agencies in preparation for requesting a federal drought
declaration.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Firefighters responded to another series of
suspicious fires in West Eugene. Two of the five fires reported
yesterday were set at the Eugene Faith Center, the site of a
weekend fire that gutted an outbuilding that housed the church's
community outreach offices.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Supreme Court will visit Medford
to hear a citizen group's appeal of a Walmart Supercenter. The Mail
Tribune newspaper reports the state's highest court will convene
May 18 at North Medford High School to hear oral arguments in the
fight over whether the City of Medford incorrectly granted the
retailer permission to go forward with its project, Walmart has
spent more than six years attempting to build the store.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
College Basketball:
The opening brackets of the Pac-10 men’s tournament have been posted… Oregon will face Washington State tomorrow night in the ‘play-in’ game at LA’s Staples Center. The winner of that will face conference champion Cal Thursday afternoon. Oregon State, the number six seed, will face number three Washington Thursday evening.
The women’s tournament gets underway this week as well. Number 10 seed Oregon State will face number seven seed Washington Thursday evening at the Galen Center in Los Angeles. The winner of that game takes on number two seed UCLA Friday afternoon. Oregon is the number six seed, they’ll open up the tourney Friday against number three USC.
Community:
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Lane County will hold their first ever Shamrock Fun Run and 5-K race this Saturday. Race day registration begins at 7:45 with the Fun Run starting at nine. The 5-K kicks off from the Bridgeport Market at 9:30. Race day entry is $3 for the Fun Run; $15 for the 5-K, all proceeds benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Western Lane County.
Monday, March 8, 2010
3 intentional fires set; Local buildings to get fiber connections; New Rhody Express to go in service; and council to finalize annexatin ballot title
Three fires intentionally set over two months…
Officials are investigating a series of three intentional fires that have been set in the area over the past two months. Siuslaw Valley Fire Marshall Sean Barrett didn’t say whether or not they were connected, but there were similarities. The first was set January 24th in two trash cans at Miller Park. The next came in a bale of cardboard behind Bi-Mart on February 19th. Barrett said the third fire set was the same morning just a half-block away in a dumpster at J&J Automotive. The fires are not a cause for alarm at this point, but Barrett says people who set trash and recycling fires are often known to escalate to setting more destructive blazes. All three were set in early morning hours and the causes are still under investigation. If caught, the person or people responsible could face arson charges. Barrett says anyone with information about the three fire sets or any other related activity should call him at the fire station, or notify police.
An $8.3-million federal grant will strengthen wireless and broadband connections in much of Western and Southern Oregon, some of it will spill into the Florence area. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding was awarded to the Lane Council of Governments. L-COG Telecommunications Manager Dan Mulholland says it will enhance an existing fiber-optic backbone with 124 miles of additional fiber. A quarter-million dollars will be spent to connect eight public facilities in Florence to the network, including city hall; the Justice Center, the Events Center and other state and county facilities. Mulholland says the installations will be made in a way that will allow other companies to take advantage of the local network.
Visitors to the Florence Home and Garden Show over the weekend saw a shiny new green transit bus parked out front. It’s the new “Rhody Express” and will replace the existing bus that’s been in service for a decade. Florence Advisory Committee staffer Darby Conner says the new unit comes at no direct local cost…
210 – “In 2008 we partnered up with Lane Transit District. And they applied for a grant through the Obama stimulus money that was out there and we got the funding so this bus didn’t cost our community anything.”
The new Rhody Express also has an easier to operate wheel chair lift making it safer and more convenient for the driver and passengers. It is slated to go into service this month.
Today’s the last day to make any changes to the ballot title associated with Florence City Council resolution number 8. It was approved last month and calls for an election on the question of annexing property within the city into the Siuslaw Valley Fire district. The council has received comments on the ballot title and will take final action during a special meeting this afternoon at City Hall. That’s at four o’clock. Voters will make the final decision on the question in May.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - State officials say Oregon state treasurer
Ben Westlund has died after a long battle with lung cancer. He was
60. Westlund campaign manager Stacey Dycus said from the family's
home in Bend that he died yesterday morning. He served 12 years in
the Legislature, and took office as treasurer last year. Gov. Ted
Kulongoski says Oregon has lost a leader.
BLACKFOOT, Idaho (AP) - A 4-year-old girl whose parents are in
custody for what police say is their involvement in a double
homicide in Oregon has been returned to Idaho by her grandparents.
Bill and Rita Pope say they traveled to Virginia to get custody of
Kalea Morris and brought her back to Blackfoot last week. The
girl's father, Gabriel, is charged with aggravated murder in the
Feb. 8 shooting deaths of his mother, 62-year-old Robin Anstey, and
48-year-old Robert Kennelly Jr., in Bandon.
TALENT, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say a 60-year-old Talent
man has been stabbed in a restroom at the Suncrest Rest Area off
Interstate 5 near north of Talent. Police Sgt. Mark Byrd says the
man is being treated at a hospital for non-life threatening
injuries. Police say he was stabbed in the men's bathroom at about
8 p.m. Saturday. The Oregonian reports that the victim told
investigators that the suspect rode away from the rest stop on a
mountain bicycle. Authorities have no motive.
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. (AP) - Jackson County sheriff's deputies say
a 4-year-old boy lost part of his right leg after falling beneath a
riding lawn mower. Sheriff's Sgt. Nate Sickler tells the Mail
Tribune that the mower severed the boy's leg at about the knee in
the Saturday evening accident in rural Central Point. Sickler says
the injury does not appear to be life-threatening.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Democrat Bill Bradbury has been endorsed
by the major Oregon education unions in his campaign for governor.
The Oregon Education Association and the American Federation of
Teachers gave him their backing today, breaking a series of union
endorsements for his Democratic opponent, John Kitzhaber.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A Marion County grand jury has ruled that
Salem police officer Vince Dawson was justified to shoot a man who
was running from a traffic stop. Prosecutors say Dawson wounded
22-year-old Joshua Bruce on Feb. 12 when Bruce ran from the vehicle
and would not show his hands when Dawson ordered him to.
GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) - Boeing plans to invest up to $120 million
in its Gresham plant, adding about 150 jobs in the next three
years. The Oregonian reports the aerospace company will replace a
30-year-old chemical processing plant with a new facility to treat
metals such as titanium and stainless steel.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Secretary of State's office says
there hasn't been much progress in fixing serious gaps in the
state's data security systems. An audit released Friday warns that
the weaknesses could jeopardize the security of residents' personal
data, such as tax returns, Social Security numbers and confidential
medical records.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland police say a man dressed in
camouflage clothing was posing as a police officer when he
approached two women leaving a Snoop Dogg concert. He said he'd
been sent to escort them from the area so they wouldn't be stopped
for driving drunk. Both women managed to escape. Police say they
are looking for a 42-year-old registered sex offender.
COLTON, Ore. (AP) - Three horses are dead after an unloaded log
truck struck the animals on a rural Clackamas County highway after
eight horses ran onto the road early yesterday. State police are
investigating how the horses escaped and made their way onto the
road. They were owned by Marge Smith, who lives a quarter mile from
the accident scene. She later reclaimed the other five horses.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Jurors have convicted a former Comcast
employee in an attack on a clerk at a Portland check-cashing store.
Michael Hagen was found guilty yesterday of attempted murder,
robbery, burglary and assault in the beating of Nicole Loundree at
Ace Checks Cashing last summer. Hagen wore his Comcast uniform
during the robbery and fled in a company van. Sentencing is April
15.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon AFL-CIO and Teamsters Joint
Council 37 have endorsed John Kitzhaber's campaign for governor.
The two unions represent more than 255,000 Oregonians combined.
Kitzhaber is a former two-term governor. He has won every union
endorsement so far in his race against Bill Bradbury for the
Democratic nomination in the May primary election.
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon City faith-healing couple
convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the death of their
16-year-old son are scheduled to be sentenced this morning. Jeff
and Marci Beagley could be sentenced to a year-and-a-half in
prison. Their son, Neil, suffered from a urinary tract blockage
that led to kidney and heart failure.
STEVENSON, Wash. (AP) - With daylight, the search is resuming
for a 24-year-old Portland woman missing near the Bonneville Dam in
Skamania County. Katherine Huether texted a friend Thursday
afternoon that she was at a trailhead and going for a hike. The
search began Friday after she failed to return home.
SHERWOOD, Wash. (AP) - Firefighters prevented flames from a
blazing house from spreading to a nearby senior center in Sherwood.
The house was vacant and had recently been purchased by the city of
Sherwood. Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue says the house was
destroyed yesterday but there was no damage to the Sherwood Senior
Center.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Students who attend the Grant High School
prom this May will be asked to take a Breathalyzer test before they
enter the Tiffany Center in downtown Portland. Principal Joseph
Malone says school resource officers will not admit those who have
had alcohol. Malone told The Oregonian he hopes the breath tests
deter students from even thinking about drinking.
(The Oregonian)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon Republicans at the party's annual
gathering at Seaside have picked businessman Allen Alley over
former NBA player Chris Dudley in a straw vote for Oregon governor.
The vote taken Sunday doesn't have any formal impact. Voters in the
state primary election on May 18 will choose the party's nominee in
the race to succeed Gov. Ted Kulongoski.
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. (AP) - Jackson County sheriff's officials
say no criminal charges will be filled in a weekend accident in
which a lawn mower severed part of the right leg of a 4-year-old
bow in rural Central Point. Deputies say it appears the boy slipped
and fell underneath the riding mower on Saturday.
(Mail Tribune)
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Men’s College Basketball:
The Oregon Ducks ended the regular season at Mac Court with a 74 – 66 win over Washington State Saturday night. Before the game was even over, however, the word was out that it would likely be head coach Ernie Kent’s final appearance there. KVAL TV was reporting that Kent had already been informed by Athletic Director Mike Bellotti that he would be fired at the end of the season. Neither would comment over the weekend. Oregon and Washington State will have a rematch this week… they’ll open the Pac-10 tournament Wednesday with a ‘play-in’ game. // In Corvallis, Oregon State lost to Washington 82 – 70. Those two teams will also meet in their tournament opening games… Washington as the number three seed; Oregon State as the number six… that game Thursday evening.
Women’s Basketball:
The Oregon State women ended the regular season with a rare win, 50-45 over Washington State in Pullman. Friday the Beavers lost to Washington 67-49. Oregon State ended up 2-16 in last place. The Oregon women had two losses over the weekend… Friday to Washington State 67-53 then yesterday afternoon to the Huskies 62 – 52. Oregon ended the regular season 7-11 in sixth place.
College Baseball:
Oregon swept a four game series at Fresno State over the weekend; Oregon State split their final two games at the Coca Cola Classic in Surpise, AZ.
Prep Basketball:
Two Far West League girls’ teams are still in action at the OSAA 4A playoffs. North Bend beat Astoria Friday night 53 – 42; Sutherlin edged Molalla 46 – 44. Both remaining boys’ teams were eliminated Saturday… North Bend lost to Newport; Tillamook defeated Brookings-Harbor.
Officials are investigating a series of three intentional fires that have been set in the area over the past two months. Siuslaw Valley Fire Marshall Sean Barrett didn’t say whether or not they were connected, but there were similarities. The first was set January 24th in two trash cans at Miller Park. The next came in a bale of cardboard behind Bi-Mart on February 19th. Barrett said the third fire set was the same morning just a half-block away in a dumpster at J&J Automotive. The fires are not a cause for alarm at this point, but Barrett says people who set trash and recycling fires are often known to escalate to setting more destructive blazes. All three were set in early morning hours and the causes are still under investigation. If caught, the person or people responsible could face arson charges. Barrett says anyone with information about the three fire sets or any other related activity should call him at the fire station, or notify police.
An $8.3-million federal grant will strengthen wireless and broadband connections in much of Western and Southern Oregon, some of it will spill into the Florence area. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding was awarded to the Lane Council of Governments. L-COG Telecommunications Manager Dan Mulholland says it will enhance an existing fiber-optic backbone with 124 miles of additional fiber. A quarter-million dollars will be spent to connect eight public facilities in Florence to the network, including city hall; the Justice Center, the Events Center and other state and county facilities. Mulholland says the installations will be made in a way that will allow other companies to take advantage of the local network.
Visitors to the Florence Home and Garden Show over the weekend saw a shiny new green transit bus parked out front. It’s the new “Rhody Express” and will replace the existing bus that’s been in service for a decade. Florence Advisory Committee staffer Darby Conner says the new unit comes at no direct local cost…
210 – “In 2008 we partnered up with Lane Transit District. And they applied for a grant through the Obama stimulus money that was out there and we got the funding so this bus didn’t cost our community anything.”
The new Rhody Express also has an easier to operate wheel chair lift making it safer and more convenient for the driver and passengers. It is slated to go into service this month.
Today’s the last day to make any changes to the ballot title associated with Florence City Council resolution number 8. It was approved last month and calls for an election on the question of annexing property within the city into the Siuslaw Valley Fire district. The council has received comments on the ballot title and will take final action during a special meeting this afternoon at City Hall. That’s at four o’clock. Voters will make the final decision on the question in May.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - State officials say Oregon state treasurer
Ben Westlund has died after a long battle with lung cancer. He was
60. Westlund campaign manager Stacey Dycus said from the family's
home in Bend that he died yesterday morning. He served 12 years in
the Legislature, and took office as treasurer last year. Gov. Ted
Kulongoski says Oregon has lost a leader.
BLACKFOOT, Idaho (AP) - A 4-year-old girl whose parents are in
custody for what police say is their involvement in a double
homicide in Oregon has been returned to Idaho by her grandparents.
Bill and Rita Pope say they traveled to Virginia to get custody of
Kalea Morris and brought her back to Blackfoot last week. The
girl's father, Gabriel, is charged with aggravated murder in the
Feb. 8 shooting deaths of his mother, 62-year-old Robin Anstey, and
48-year-old Robert Kennelly Jr., in Bandon.
TALENT, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say a 60-year-old Talent
man has been stabbed in a restroom at the Suncrest Rest Area off
Interstate 5 near north of Talent. Police Sgt. Mark Byrd says the
man is being treated at a hospital for non-life threatening
injuries. Police say he was stabbed in the men's bathroom at about
8 p.m. Saturday. The Oregonian reports that the victim told
investigators that the suspect rode away from the rest stop on a
mountain bicycle. Authorities have no motive.
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. (AP) - Jackson County sheriff's deputies say
a 4-year-old boy lost part of his right leg after falling beneath a
riding lawn mower. Sheriff's Sgt. Nate Sickler tells the Mail
Tribune that the mower severed the boy's leg at about the knee in
the Saturday evening accident in rural Central Point. Sickler says
the injury does not appear to be life-threatening.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Democrat Bill Bradbury has been endorsed
by the major Oregon education unions in his campaign for governor.
The Oregon Education Association and the American Federation of
Teachers gave him their backing today, breaking a series of union
endorsements for his Democratic opponent, John Kitzhaber.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A Marion County grand jury has ruled that
Salem police officer Vince Dawson was justified to shoot a man who
was running from a traffic stop. Prosecutors say Dawson wounded
22-year-old Joshua Bruce on Feb. 12 when Bruce ran from the vehicle
and would not show his hands when Dawson ordered him to.
GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) - Boeing plans to invest up to $120 million
in its Gresham plant, adding about 150 jobs in the next three
years. The Oregonian reports the aerospace company will replace a
30-year-old chemical processing plant with a new facility to treat
metals such as titanium and stainless steel.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Secretary of State's office says
there hasn't been much progress in fixing serious gaps in the
state's data security systems. An audit released Friday warns that
the weaknesses could jeopardize the security of residents' personal
data, such as tax returns, Social Security numbers and confidential
medical records.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland police say a man dressed in
camouflage clothing was posing as a police officer when he
approached two women leaving a Snoop Dogg concert. He said he'd
been sent to escort them from the area so they wouldn't be stopped
for driving drunk. Both women managed to escape. Police say they
are looking for a 42-year-old registered sex offender.
COLTON, Ore. (AP) - Three horses are dead after an unloaded log
truck struck the animals on a rural Clackamas County highway after
eight horses ran onto the road early yesterday. State police are
investigating how the horses escaped and made their way onto the
road. They were owned by Marge Smith, who lives a quarter mile from
the accident scene. She later reclaimed the other five horses.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Jurors have convicted a former Comcast
employee in an attack on a clerk at a Portland check-cashing store.
Michael Hagen was found guilty yesterday of attempted murder,
robbery, burglary and assault in the beating of Nicole Loundree at
Ace Checks Cashing last summer. Hagen wore his Comcast uniform
during the robbery and fled in a company van. Sentencing is April
15.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon AFL-CIO and Teamsters Joint
Council 37 have endorsed John Kitzhaber's campaign for governor.
The two unions represent more than 255,000 Oregonians combined.
Kitzhaber is a former two-term governor. He has won every union
endorsement so far in his race against Bill Bradbury for the
Democratic nomination in the May primary election.
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon City faith-healing couple
convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the death of their
16-year-old son are scheduled to be sentenced this morning. Jeff
and Marci Beagley could be sentenced to a year-and-a-half in
prison. Their son, Neil, suffered from a urinary tract blockage
that led to kidney and heart failure.
STEVENSON, Wash. (AP) - With daylight, the search is resuming
for a 24-year-old Portland woman missing near the Bonneville Dam in
Skamania County. Katherine Huether texted a friend Thursday
afternoon that she was at a trailhead and going for a hike. The
search began Friday after she failed to return home.
SHERWOOD, Wash. (AP) - Firefighters prevented flames from a
blazing house from spreading to a nearby senior center in Sherwood.
The house was vacant and had recently been purchased by the city of
Sherwood. Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue says the house was
destroyed yesterday but there was no damage to the Sherwood Senior
Center.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Students who attend the Grant High School
prom this May will be asked to take a Breathalyzer test before they
enter the Tiffany Center in downtown Portland. Principal Joseph
Malone says school resource officers will not admit those who have
had alcohol. Malone told The Oregonian he hopes the breath tests
deter students from even thinking about drinking.
(The Oregonian)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon Republicans at the party's annual
gathering at Seaside have picked businessman Allen Alley over
former NBA player Chris Dudley in a straw vote for Oregon governor.
The vote taken Sunday doesn't have any formal impact. Voters in the
state primary election on May 18 will choose the party's nominee in
the race to succeed Gov. Ted Kulongoski.
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. (AP) - Jackson County sheriff's officials
say no criminal charges will be filled in a weekend accident in
which a lawn mower severed part of the right leg of a 4-year-old
bow in rural Central Point. Deputies say it appears the boy slipped
and fell underneath the riding mower on Saturday.
(Mail Tribune)
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Men’s College Basketball:
The Oregon Ducks ended the regular season at Mac Court with a 74 – 66 win over Washington State Saturday night. Before the game was even over, however, the word was out that it would likely be head coach Ernie Kent’s final appearance there. KVAL TV was reporting that Kent had already been informed by Athletic Director Mike Bellotti that he would be fired at the end of the season. Neither would comment over the weekend. Oregon and Washington State will have a rematch this week… they’ll open the Pac-10 tournament Wednesday with a ‘play-in’ game. // In Corvallis, Oregon State lost to Washington 82 – 70. Those two teams will also meet in their tournament opening games… Washington as the number three seed; Oregon State as the number six… that game Thursday evening.
Women’s Basketball:
The Oregon State women ended the regular season with a rare win, 50-45 over Washington State in Pullman. Friday the Beavers lost to Washington 67-49. Oregon State ended up 2-16 in last place. The Oregon women had two losses over the weekend… Friday to Washington State 67-53 then yesterday afternoon to the Huskies 62 – 52. Oregon ended the regular season 7-11 in sixth place.
College Baseball:
Oregon swept a four game series at Fresno State over the weekend; Oregon State split their final two games at the Coca Cola Classic in Surpise, AZ.
Prep Basketball:
Two Far West League girls’ teams are still in action at the OSAA 4A playoffs. North Bend beat Astoria Friday night 53 – 42; Sutherlin edged Molalla 46 – 44. Both remaining boys’ teams were eliminated Saturday… North Bend lost to Newport; Tillamook defeated Brookings-Harbor.
Friday, March 5, 2010
LCC Science Lab opens; Bassett acquitted; Sea Lions on the lam; and Home and Garden Show opens
Science Lab will allow expansion of offerings…
When the new science lab at Lane Community College in Florence is put into use for spring term it will be light-years ahead of the previous facilities. Lane President Mary Spilde (SPILL-dee) say the previous lab had to serve up to two-dozen students at a time with very limited amenities.
215 – “Our laboratory as you know was a classroom with a sink and now we have a fully equipped state of the art science lab for the Florence community and I just think that’s a great step forward.”
Spilde will officially dedicate the lab and a new ‘Smart’ classroom with a ‘linked’ multi-media capability at ten o’clock. The combined cost for the two, about $365-thousand and represents the fulfillment of a promise made two years ago.
216 – “The money came from our bond that we passed in 2008.”
Spilde said she and others promised to spend a portion of that $83-million capital levy on facilities in Florence. The new lab allows the Florence Center to expand the number of classes available for health-care related classes, including an expanded nursing program.
After just over an hour of deliberation yesterday a Lane County jury cleared the former director of Siuslaw Outreach Services of all 21 first degree theft charges. Ethel Bassett was fired from her postion, which she held for nearly a decade, in the fall of 2008. A state Department of Justice investigation the following year led to the charges that she misappropriated $54-thousand in cash received from a domestic violence education program. After a weeklong trial jurors agreed with Bassett’s defense attorney that the state failed to prove the allegations.
After spending the winter along the Oregon Coast, thousands of California tourists have headed off for other digs.
219 – “They folded up their lawn chairs and they took their umbrella tables and we saw them, you know, a few of them going south.”
Sea Lion Caves owner Steve Saubert says the approximately 17-hundred California Sea Lions seen on and around the rocks recently began moving out a few weeks ago. Saubert says there are usually a few of the California Sea Lions mingling with the Stellars, but since November their numbers have increased. Scientists say they were puzzled, but figure the huge mammals were simply following food. They’ve been showing back up in the San Francisco Bay where they’ve been a fixture for more than two decades.
The 14th annual Home and Garden Show will run this weekend at the Florence Events Center. In addition to the dozens of exhibitors offering products and services for the home, visitors can also get a free H1N1 flu shot today… and get help filling out their census form. Census workers will be on hand inside the new Rhody Express bus that will be on display in the parking lot.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say several 1,000-lb.
hay bales that fell from a tractor-trailer rig traveling southeast
of Eugene demolished the cab of an oncoming commercial truck,
killing a 37-year-old Nevada man. Authorities say Gregory Ralph
Muller of Sparks was killed early yesterday on Oregon Highway 58
west of Oakridge. The hay truck did not stop.
HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) - Washington County sheriff's officers says
detectives have arrested a 34-year-old man suspected of
burglarizing a home while the residents were on their honeymoon.
Jamie Pierce was arrested at his Beaverton home Tuesday and booked
into jail for investigation of burglary and aggravated theft.
Officers say they found property in the house from three other
burglaries, including diamond earrings taken from a Tigard home on
Valentine's Day last year.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A federal grand jury has indicted two men
on charges they sold heroin that resulted in the overdose deaths of
two Portland men. Federal and Multnomah County prosecutors say Jose
Luis Torres Rojas and Jose Hernandez Flores were arrested
Wednesday. Both are accused of two counts of distribution of heroin
resulting in death and one count of distributing heroin. The case
involves the 2009 deaths of 38-year-old Patrick McGinnis and
28-year-old Joshua Reeves.
YARMOUTH, Maine (AP) - Nike subsidiary Cole Haan has agreed to
eliminate exotic skins like lizard, snake and alligator from its
product lines. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said
Thursday that Cole Haan is the first maker of high-end accessories
and shoes to ban exotic skins. Cole Haan, which is based in New
York and Yarmouth, Maine, defines exotic as including alligator,
crocodile, lizard, snake and ostrich. Cole Haan's parent company,
Nike, is based in Beaverton, Ore.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Republican state chairman Bob Tiernan says two GOP
lawmakers who voted for tax increases in the Oregon Legislature should swear off help from public employee unions or consider giving up their re-election bids. State representatives Greg Smith of Heppner and Bob Jenson of Pendleton each face Republican primary challengers and may get help from public employee unions who backed Measures 66 and 67. Tiernan says he questions why the two are
running as Republicans.
OREGON CITY , Ore. (AP) - The sentencing for an Oregon City
couple convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the
faith-healing death of their 16-year-old son is coming up next
week. Jeff and Marci Beagley face up to a year and half in prison
at their sentencing on Monday. The Beagleys are members of the
Followers of Christ Church, which shuns doctors in favor of prayer.
Their son, Neil, died of urinary tract blockage that led to kidney
and heart failure.
TRI-CITIES, Wash. (AP) - An 11-year-old Irrigon, Ore., boy was
fatally injured in motocross bike accident near the Tri-Cities in
the Horn Rapids area. Trevor Fox was rushed to Kadlec Medical
Center in Richland where he died. The Benton County coroner told
KNDU that the bike hit the boy's chest in the crash.
(KNDU)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Lewis & Clark law Professor Jim Huffman
has announced he's running for the U.S. Senate seat held by
Democrat Ron Wyden. The Oregonian reports Huffman is a conservative
commentator who says widespread voter anger this year gives him a
chance to unseat Wyden. He's seeking the Republican nomination.
(The Oregonian)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Portland girl who was shot with a
beanbag round by one police officer must spend a year on probation
for hitting another officer during a fight at a MAX light rail
station. The Oregonian reports that a judge said the girl must also
perform 24 hours of community service for charges that include
resisting arrest and interfering with public transportation.
NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport has
added two sea lion pups to its facility after both were found blind
in one eye and unable to hunt for food. The two 9-month-old females
were found stranded as newborns in Southern California. One has a
large cataract and the other had an eye injury.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
Pac Ten Men’s Basketball…
Oregon State led by 18 at the half, but shot poorly in the second period, narrowly holding off Washington State 59 – 55 last night to dodge the “play-in” game at next week’s Pac Ten Tournament. Jared Cunningham had 20 points, eight steals and the game-sealing free throws down the stretch. In Eugene, the Oregon Ducks are headed for the “play-in”, they lost to Washington at Mac Court 86 – 74. The Huskies head for Corvallis and the Beavers tomorrow; the pregame show on KCFM is set for 4:30. Washington State and Oregon will face off in the final regular season game… ever… at Mac Court. The pregame show on KCST will begin at 4:30…. Both games tip off at five.
For the women… Oregon will be in Pullman against Washington State tonight… Oregon State at Washington. The teams will trade opponents Sunday.
College Baseball:
Oregon State is at the Surprise, Arizona tournament this weekend… They downed UC Riverside 4-3 last night. Today they’ll take on Arizona State… play continues through Sunday. Oregon opens up a four-game series on the road today against Fresno State.
Prep Basketball:
The second round of the OSAA 4A girls playoffs are set for tonight… two Far West League teams are in action… Sutherlin will host Molalla; Astoria is in North Bend. Tomorrow, for the boys, North Bend will host Newport, Brookings-Harbor is in Tillamook.
When the new science lab at Lane Community College in Florence is put into use for spring term it will be light-years ahead of the previous facilities. Lane President Mary Spilde (SPILL-dee) say the previous lab had to serve up to two-dozen students at a time with very limited amenities.
215 – “Our laboratory as you know was a classroom with a sink and now we have a fully equipped state of the art science lab for the Florence community and I just think that’s a great step forward.”
Spilde will officially dedicate the lab and a new ‘Smart’ classroom with a ‘linked’ multi-media capability at ten o’clock. The combined cost for the two, about $365-thousand and represents the fulfillment of a promise made two years ago.
216 – “The money came from our bond that we passed in 2008.”
Spilde said she and others promised to spend a portion of that $83-million capital levy on facilities in Florence. The new lab allows the Florence Center to expand the number of classes available for health-care related classes, including an expanded nursing program.
After just over an hour of deliberation yesterday a Lane County jury cleared the former director of Siuslaw Outreach Services of all 21 first degree theft charges. Ethel Bassett was fired from her postion, which she held for nearly a decade, in the fall of 2008. A state Department of Justice investigation the following year led to the charges that she misappropriated $54-thousand in cash received from a domestic violence education program. After a weeklong trial jurors agreed with Bassett’s defense attorney that the state failed to prove the allegations.
After spending the winter along the Oregon Coast, thousands of California tourists have headed off for other digs.
219 – “They folded up their lawn chairs and they took their umbrella tables and we saw them, you know, a few of them going south.”
Sea Lion Caves owner Steve Saubert says the approximately 17-hundred California Sea Lions seen on and around the rocks recently began moving out a few weeks ago. Saubert says there are usually a few of the California Sea Lions mingling with the Stellars, but since November their numbers have increased. Scientists say they were puzzled, but figure the huge mammals were simply following food. They’ve been showing back up in the San Francisco Bay where they’ve been a fixture for more than two decades.
The 14th annual Home and Garden Show will run this weekend at the Florence Events Center. In addition to the dozens of exhibitors offering products and services for the home, visitors can also get a free H1N1 flu shot today… and get help filling out their census form. Census workers will be on hand inside the new Rhody Express bus that will be on display in the parking lot.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say several 1,000-lb.
hay bales that fell from a tractor-trailer rig traveling southeast
of Eugene demolished the cab of an oncoming commercial truck,
killing a 37-year-old Nevada man. Authorities say Gregory Ralph
Muller of Sparks was killed early yesterday on Oregon Highway 58
west of Oakridge. The hay truck did not stop.
HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) - Washington County sheriff's officers says
detectives have arrested a 34-year-old man suspected of
burglarizing a home while the residents were on their honeymoon.
Jamie Pierce was arrested at his Beaverton home Tuesday and booked
into jail for investigation of burglary and aggravated theft.
Officers say they found property in the house from three other
burglaries, including diamond earrings taken from a Tigard home on
Valentine's Day last year.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A federal grand jury has indicted two men
on charges they sold heroin that resulted in the overdose deaths of
two Portland men. Federal and Multnomah County prosecutors say Jose
Luis Torres Rojas and Jose Hernandez Flores were arrested
Wednesday. Both are accused of two counts of distribution of heroin
resulting in death and one count of distributing heroin. The case
involves the 2009 deaths of 38-year-old Patrick McGinnis and
28-year-old Joshua Reeves.
YARMOUTH, Maine (AP) - Nike subsidiary Cole Haan has agreed to
eliminate exotic skins like lizard, snake and alligator from its
product lines. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said
Thursday that Cole Haan is the first maker of high-end accessories
and shoes to ban exotic skins. Cole Haan, which is based in New
York and Yarmouth, Maine, defines exotic as including alligator,
crocodile, lizard, snake and ostrich. Cole Haan's parent company,
Nike, is based in Beaverton, Ore.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Republican state chairman Bob Tiernan says two GOP
lawmakers who voted for tax increases in the Oregon Legislature should swear off help from public employee unions or consider giving up their re-election bids. State representatives Greg Smith of Heppner and Bob Jenson of Pendleton each face Republican primary challengers and may get help from public employee unions who backed Measures 66 and 67. Tiernan says he questions why the two are
running as Republicans.
OREGON CITY , Ore. (AP) - The sentencing for an Oregon City
couple convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the
faith-healing death of their 16-year-old son is coming up next
week. Jeff and Marci Beagley face up to a year and half in prison
at their sentencing on Monday. The Beagleys are members of the
Followers of Christ Church, which shuns doctors in favor of prayer.
Their son, Neil, died of urinary tract blockage that led to kidney
and heart failure.
TRI-CITIES, Wash. (AP) - An 11-year-old Irrigon, Ore., boy was
fatally injured in motocross bike accident near the Tri-Cities in
the Horn Rapids area. Trevor Fox was rushed to Kadlec Medical
Center in Richland where he died. The Benton County coroner told
KNDU that the bike hit the boy's chest in the crash.
(KNDU)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Lewis & Clark law Professor Jim Huffman
has announced he's running for the U.S. Senate seat held by
Democrat Ron Wyden. The Oregonian reports Huffman is a conservative
commentator who says widespread voter anger this year gives him a
chance to unseat Wyden. He's seeking the Republican nomination.
(The Oregonian)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Portland girl who was shot with a
beanbag round by one police officer must spend a year on probation
for hitting another officer during a fight at a MAX light rail
station. The Oregonian reports that a judge said the girl must also
perform 24 hours of community service for charges that include
resisting arrest and interfering with public transportation.
NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport has
added two sea lion pups to its facility after both were found blind
in one eye and unable to hunt for food. The two 9-month-old females
were found stranded as newborns in Southern California. One has a
large cataract and the other had an eye injury.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
Pac Ten Men’s Basketball…
Oregon State led by 18 at the half, but shot poorly in the second period, narrowly holding off Washington State 59 – 55 last night to dodge the “play-in” game at next week’s Pac Ten Tournament. Jared Cunningham had 20 points, eight steals and the game-sealing free throws down the stretch. In Eugene, the Oregon Ducks are headed for the “play-in”, they lost to Washington at Mac Court 86 – 74. The Huskies head for Corvallis and the Beavers tomorrow; the pregame show on KCFM is set for 4:30. Washington State and Oregon will face off in the final regular season game… ever… at Mac Court. The pregame show on KCST will begin at 4:30…. Both games tip off at five.
For the women… Oregon will be in Pullman against Washington State tonight… Oregon State at Washington. The teams will trade opponents Sunday.
College Baseball:
Oregon State is at the Surprise, Arizona tournament this weekend… They downed UC Riverside 4-3 last night. Today they’ll take on Arizona State… play continues through Sunday. Oregon opens up a four-game series on the road today against Fresno State.
Prep Basketball:
The second round of the OSAA 4A girls playoffs are set for tonight… two Far West League teams are in action… Sutherlin will host Molalla; Astoria is in North Bend. Tomorrow, for the boys, North Bend will host Newport, Brookings-Harbor is in Tillamook.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Officials say local disaster prep good, but need more work; Leiken opts out of 4th district race; LCC science lab dedication set and Mary's Peak gates
Local Disaster Prep held up as a statewide model, but local officials say there’s still work to be done.
Devastating earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, and subsequent relief efforts have grabbed the attention of local emergency officials. Fire and rescue responders have long known that if an earthquake happens along the 700-mile long Cascadia Subduction Zone happens, damage and destruction will stretch from Seattle to Medford and all along the Oregon Coast making it difficult to get help to stricken areas.
210 – “Are we going to be standing in line to take a number to get any resources coming in from FEMA? Yeah! We will be.”
Siuslaw Valley Fire Chief John Buchanan says local efforts to plan for such a disaster have been underway for several years.
211 – “But we’re still walking, we’re not running yet. That’s the issue. We need warehousing, we need warehousing for both sides of the bridge.”
Buchanan says the local plan has served as an example for other coastal communities. There’s a solid tsunami warning system in place; neighborhood groups are organized for a localized response; and officials have spent a lot of time trying to educate residents on the need to be personally prepared. An ongoing challenge, though, has been providing for relief efforts to bridge the gap between the onset of a wide-spread disaster and the arrival of outside help… something he says they continue to work on.
Springfield Mayor Sid Leiken (LY-kenn) announced yesterday he’s dropping out of the Fourth District Congressional race… and instead will seek the East Lane seat on the Lane County Commission. Leiken fined by the Oregon Ethics Commission last fall for unlawfully converting campaign money to personal use. He had been seeking the Republican nomination to challenge veteran lawmaker Peter DeFazio. Now he’s one of a half dozen candidates seeking the position held by Bill Dwyer who announced last year he would be retiring.
Forest Service officials opened the upper gate leading to the highest point on the Oregon Coast Range this week. That opens up public access to the summit of Mary’s Peak, midway between Corvallis and Waldport. Pam Gardner, Central Coast District Ranger for the Siuslaw National Forest said the mild winter meant a smaller snowfall and an earlier than usual opening. Hikers now have access to several popular trailheads, a campground and an observation point that offers views of the Pacific Ocean more than 40 miles away.
A new science lab, funded in part by voter approval two years ago of a bond measure, will be officially dedicated tomorrow morning at Lane Community College in Florence. Bob Purscelley says the ten A.M. ceremony will include brief comments by Lane President Mary Spilde (SPILL-dee) along with student demonstrations of the lab. The center’s new “SMART” classroom will also be on display.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - FBI agents have arrested a 49-year-old
Portland woman accused of engaging a 14-year-old Tennessee boy in
online sexual chats and trading explicit photos. Sallie Lawson
Fifield was arrested yesterday at her home on a warrant issued in
Tennessee. She is charged in a criminal complaint with enticement
and transferring obscene material.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon man has been indicted on charges
of illegally using shell corporations to move $172 million to 50
countries. Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that Victor Kaganov
of Tigard was indicted on a charge of operating an unlicensed money
transmitting business that made more than 4,200 wire transactions.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Court of Appeals has overturned
the conviction of a man whom a police officer said had spent 10
seconds "doing something with the front of his pants" before
entering a southwest Portland convenience store. The court said the
officer's suspicions about the man's behavior weren't grounds to
stop him once he bought a soda and chips and walked away from the
store in July 2007. The man had a felony conviction on his record
and had a handgun in his pants.
ESTACADA, Ore. (AP) - What first appeared to be a car-bicycle
crash on Highway 224 near Estacada turned out to be a simple
bicycle crash. Oregon State Police say the rider, a 43-year-old
Estacada man, was found unconscious in the road last night next to
his bicycle. He was treated at Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland
and released early this morning. He was cited for biking under the
influence.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A girl who was shot with a beanbag gun by
a Portland police was sentenced yesterday to year's probation for
resisting arrest. The girl was 12 years old last November when she
was shot by an officer responding to a report of suspected gang
members leaving a party and getting on a MAX train. KGW reports the
incident sparked and internal investigation of the officer.
(KGW)
FLORENCE, Ore. (AP) - The thousands of California sea lions that
crowded the central Oregon coast this winter have moved on. Sea
Lion Caves at Florence told The Oregonian that 30 or 40 of the
animals remained Tuesday with perhaps 100 in the area. Meanwhile
the number of sea lions is increasing again back at Pier 39 in San
Francisco where they disappeared last fall.
(The Oregonian)
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
College Baseball:
Oregon left a dozen base-runners stranded, falling to the Washington Huskies 5-3 in a non-conference game last night in Eugene. Danny Pulfer was three-for-four at the plate with one RBI for Oregon.
Pac Ten Basketball:
Oregon opens up their final week of regular season basketball ever at Mac Court in Eugene. The Ducks need to sweep the Washington schools to avoid an 8th or 9th place finish and the ‘play-in’ game at next week’s Pac Ten Tournament. They’ll host Washington tonight at seven… airtime on KCST is set for 6:30. Oregon State needs to win at least one of their final two games to avoid the bottom rung. They’ll host Washington State this evening, also at seven. Pregame on KCFM is set for 6:30.
Devastating earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, and subsequent relief efforts have grabbed the attention of local emergency officials. Fire and rescue responders have long known that if an earthquake happens along the 700-mile long Cascadia Subduction Zone happens, damage and destruction will stretch from Seattle to Medford and all along the Oregon Coast making it difficult to get help to stricken areas.
210 – “Are we going to be standing in line to take a number to get any resources coming in from FEMA? Yeah! We will be.”
Siuslaw Valley Fire Chief John Buchanan says local efforts to plan for such a disaster have been underway for several years.
211 – “But we’re still walking, we’re not running yet. That’s the issue. We need warehousing, we need warehousing for both sides of the bridge.”
Buchanan says the local plan has served as an example for other coastal communities. There’s a solid tsunami warning system in place; neighborhood groups are organized for a localized response; and officials have spent a lot of time trying to educate residents on the need to be personally prepared. An ongoing challenge, though, has been providing for relief efforts to bridge the gap between the onset of a wide-spread disaster and the arrival of outside help… something he says they continue to work on.
Springfield Mayor Sid Leiken (LY-kenn) announced yesterday he’s dropping out of the Fourth District Congressional race… and instead will seek the East Lane seat on the Lane County Commission. Leiken fined by the Oregon Ethics Commission last fall for unlawfully converting campaign money to personal use. He had been seeking the Republican nomination to challenge veteran lawmaker Peter DeFazio. Now he’s one of a half dozen candidates seeking the position held by Bill Dwyer who announced last year he would be retiring.
Forest Service officials opened the upper gate leading to the highest point on the Oregon Coast Range this week. That opens up public access to the summit of Mary’s Peak, midway between Corvallis and Waldport. Pam Gardner, Central Coast District Ranger for the Siuslaw National Forest said the mild winter meant a smaller snowfall and an earlier than usual opening. Hikers now have access to several popular trailheads, a campground and an observation point that offers views of the Pacific Ocean more than 40 miles away.
A new science lab, funded in part by voter approval two years ago of a bond measure, will be officially dedicated tomorrow morning at Lane Community College in Florence. Bob Purscelley says the ten A.M. ceremony will include brief comments by Lane President Mary Spilde (SPILL-dee) along with student demonstrations of the lab. The center’s new “SMART” classroom will also be on display.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - FBI agents have arrested a 49-year-old
Portland woman accused of engaging a 14-year-old Tennessee boy in
online sexual chats and trading explicit photos. Sallie Lawson
Fifield was arrested yesterday at her home on a warrant issued in
Tennessee. She is charged in a criminal complaint with enticement
and transferring obscene material.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon man has been indicted on charges
of illegally using shell corporations to move $172 million to 50
countries. Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that Victor Kaganov
of Tigard was indicted on a charge of operating an unlicensed money
transmitting business that made more than 4,200 wire transactions.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Court of Appeals has overturned
the conviction of a man whom a police officer said had spent 10
seconds "doing something with the front of his pants" before
entering a southwest Portland convenience store. The court said the
officer's suspicions about the man's behavior weren't grounds to
stop him once he bought a soda and chips and walked away from the
store in July 2007. The man had a felony conviction on his record
and had a handgun in his pants.
ESTACADA, Ore. (AP) - What first appeared to be a car-bicycle
crash on Highway 224 near Estacada turned out to be a simple
bicycle crash. Oregon State Police say the rider, a 43-year-old
Estacada man, was found unconscious in the road last night next to
his bicycle. He was treated at Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland
and released early this morning. He was cited for biking under the
influence.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A girl who was shot with a beanbag gun by
a Portland police was sentenced yesterday to year's probation for
resisting arrest. The girl was 12 years old last November when she
was shot by an officer responding to a report of suspected gang
members leaving a party and getting on a MAX train. KGW reports the
incident sparked and internal investigation of the officer.
(KGW)
FLORENCE, Ore. (AP) - The thousands of California sea lions that
crowded the central Oregon coast this winter have moved on. Sea
Lion Caves at Florence told The Oregonian that 30 or 40 of the
animals remained Tuesday with perhaps 100 in the area. Meanwhile
the number of sea lions is increasing again back at Pier 39 in San
Francisco where they disappeared last fall.
(The Oregonian)
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
College Baseball:
Oregon left a dozen base-runners stranded, falling to the Washington Huskies 5-3 in a non-conference game last night in Eugene. Danny Pulfer was three-for-four at the plate with one RBI for Oregon.
Pac Ten Basketball:
Oregon opens up their final week of regular season basketball ever at Mac Court in Eugene. The Ducks need to sweep the Washington schools to avoid an 8th or 9th place finish and the ‘play-in’ game at next week’s Pac Ten Tournament. They’ll host Washington tonight at seven… airtime on KCST is set for 6:30. Oregon State needs to win at least one of their final two games to avoid the bottom rung. They’ll host Washington State this evening, also at seven. Pregame on KCFM is set for 6:30.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Former Florence resident to use insanity defense; Our Town to explore 'shaky history'; gas up; Home and Garden Show set
Former Florence Resident Plans Insanity Defense
An Army veteran charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his Creswell neighbor has filed notice that he’ll rely on an insanity defense. Jarrod William Pardun (parr-DUNN) also says in the filing that he did not intend to kill 59-year old Stephen Thurston last July 18th. Pardun’s trial on murder and other charges is set to begin March 30 in Eugene. Lane County Circuit Court Judge Maurice Merten has ordered the 29-year old to submit to an examination next week by a prosecution psychologist. According to the Register Guard, Thurston died from a shotgun blast shortly after confronting Pardun about his driving in front of Thurston’s home. Pardun told investigators the day of the shooting that he was under treatment for extreme post-traumatic stress disorder related to his Army service five years earlier. Thurston was a fellow veteran who had also battled PTSD following his service in the Vietnam War.
(Register Guard via AP)
Oregon’s ‘shaky history’ will be explored this afternoon on KCST’s Our Town. Oregon Department of Geology spokesman James Roddy will talk about the devastating earthquakes that have occurred along the Oregon Coast many times over the past several hundred years. Joining him will be Florence Police Chief Maury Sanders and Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue Chief Jon Buchanan. All three will talk about efforts to prepare coastal residents for the probability of a large quake similar to those that have happened recently in Chile and Haiti. That show this afternoon on KCST from four to six pm.
After holding steady for several weeks fuel prices are beginning to move up. In Florence the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded went up by three cents this week to $2.68. Oregon’s average went up by twice that amount and is at $2.81. The national average is $2.70 … four cents higher than last week. Marie Dodds with Triple-A of Oregon says fuel prices often begin to increase in the spring, partly because of increased economic activity. She says refineries also often shut down in the spring for maintenance, decreasing supply.
Once again the three-day Florence Home and Garden Show will be anchored by the displays of four separate nurseries but that’s not all. The 14th edition of the show opens Friday at two pm and area residents who still don’t have their H1N1 vaccines can get one courtesy of Lane County Public Health. Saturday hours run from ten to six, with ‘no-cost’ admission in the final two hours. Sunday it wraps up from 11 to three. Free flu shots are Friday only from two to seven.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon man has been sentenced to 11 years
in federal prison after pleading guilty to child pornography
charges. Prosecutors said 46-year-old Dale Wayne Manning of Eugene
e-mailed pornographic images of a 5-year-old boy after responding
to an ad on Craigslist seeking single fathers. A federal grand jury
indicted Manning in June 2008.
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - Federal investigators say a member of
the Oregon Air National Guard stole ATVs, motorcycles and
electronics, then used Craigslist.com to resell many of the items.
A search warrant affidavit unsealed in U.S. District Court
yesterday says neighbors saw Senior Master Sgt. Adam Michael
Monticelli of Vancouver bringing the items home in a U.S. Air Force
truck, then resell them to people who showed up there. Monticelli
has not yet been charged with any crime.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Eugene Police Chief Pete Kerns says
excessive force was used in a case in which a police officer let
his dog go after a man who turned out to be a homeowner. Moments
before police arrived at his home last November, Tim Crossan had
been fighting with the intruder who crawled through an open window
while fleeing police. Crossan says he intends to sue.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A bill that would allow highly trained
psychologists to prescribe some drugs is now on the desk of Gov.
Ted Kulongoski. The Oregonian reports that if the bill that passed
the Legislature last week becomes law, Oregon would become the
third state where psychologists - who are not physicians - can
prescribe drugs.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. (AP) - NASA says an astronaut from
Eugene, Ore., 41-year-old James Dutton, will make his first trip
into space on the next shuttle flight to the International Space
Station. The Discovery is scheduled to launch April 5 at the
Kennedy Space Center for a 13-day mission to deliver supplies, new
crew sleeping quarters and lab equipment.
ELKTON, Ore. (AP) - The body found a month ago along the Umpqua
River near Elkton has been identified as a transient from the Salem
area, 57-year-old Salvador Quezadea-Morales. The Douglas County
sheriff's office says he died of exposure to the cold.
(Register Guard)
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - U.S. senators from Oregon and
Washington have joined their East Coast counterparts to file a bill
to return control over liquefied natural gas ports to the states.
Oregon and Washington are fighting the Bradwood Landing LNG project
being developed near the mouth of the Columbia River, saying it is
not needed and that federal approval was granted before full
environmental reviews were completed.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A Salem-based organization has found new
homes for nearly all the 600 hedgehogs that were rescued in
December from an animal wholesaler in Arlington, Texas. Vicki
McLean of the Hedgehog Welfare Society says its nearly 1,000
members helped place more than 500 of the animals throughout the
United States and Canada.
(The Oregonian)
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
College Baseball:
Oregon’s Nick Wagner singled in two of the four runs posted in the first inning last night as the Ducks opened PK Park in Eugene with a 6-2 nonleague victory over the Washington Huskies. Eddie Rodriguez posted a career high three hits in four at-bats for Oregon. The two teams meet again tonight in Eugene.
Prep Basketball:
Siuslaw’s Eric Tipler was named to the 2nd team All Far West Basketball Squad by coaches this week. Brad Greenburg made Honorable Mention and Ryan Larson was named to the ‘all defensive’ team.
In the OSAA 4A basketball playoffs the Brookings-Harbor Lady Bruins were eliminated from play in the first round last night by LaPine, 55 – 33. For the boys, Sutherlin is at Phoenix tonight.
Oregon State University basketball coach
Craig Robinson has agreed in principal to a two-year contract
extension.
School officials said Tuesday the agreement will keep Robinson
with the Beavers through the 2015-16 season.
As the brother-in-law of President Barack Obama, Robinson has
brought some national attention to Corvallis as he works to turn
around a basketball program that was struggling near the bottom of
the Pac-10.
His 31 wins since taking the Oregon State job in 2008 are the
most for the Beavers over two years since the 1989-91 seasons.
Oregon State (12-15 overall) finishes the regular season at
home, playing Washington State on Thursday and Washington on
Saturday.
An Army veteran charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his Creswell neighbor has filed notice that he’ll rely on an insanity defense. Jarrod William Pardun (parr-DUNN) also says in the filing that he did not intend to kill 59-year old Stephen Thurston last July 18th. Pardun’s trial on murder and other charges is set to begin March 30 in Eugene. Lane County Circuit Court Judge Maurice Merten has ordered the 29-year old to submit to an examination next week by a prosecution psychologist. According to the Register Guard, Thurston died from a shotgun blast shortly after confronting Pardun about his driving in front of Thurston’s home. Pardun told investigators the day of the shooting that he was under treatment for extreme post-traumatic stress disorder related to his Army service five years earlier. Thurston was a fellow veteran who had also battled PTSD following his service in the Vietnam War.
(Register Guard via AP)
Oregon’s ‘shaky history’ will be explored this afternoon on KCST’s Our Town. Oregon Department of Geology spokesman James Roddy will talk about the devastating earthquakes that have occurred along the Oregon Coast many times over the past several hundred years. Joining him will be Florence Police Chief Maury Sanders and Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue Chief Jon Buchanan. All three will talk about efforts to prepare coastal residents for the probability of a large quake similar to those that have happened recently in Chile and Haiti. That show this afternoon on KCST from four to six pm.
After holding steady for several weeks fuel prices are beginning to move up. In Florence the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded went up by three cents this week to $2.68. Oregon’s average went up by twice that amount and is at $2.81. The national average is $2.70 … four cents higher than last week. Marie Dodds with Triple-A of Oregon says fuel prices often begin to increase in the spring, partly because of increased economic activity. She says refineries also often shut down in the spring for maintenance, decreasing supply.
Once again the three-day Florence Home and Garden Show will be anchored by the displays of four separate nurseries but that’s not all. The 14th edition of the show opens Friday at two pm and area residents who still don’t have their H1N1 vaccines can get one courtesy of Lane County Public Health. Saturday hours run from ten to six, with ‘no-cost’ admission in the final two hours. Sunday it wraps up from 11 to three. Free flu shots are Friday only from two to seven.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon man has been sentenced to 11 years
in federal prison after pleading guilty to child pornography
charges. Prosecutors said 46-year-old Dale Wayne Manning of Eugene
e-mailed pornographic images of a 5-year-old boy after responding
to an ad on Craigslist seeking single fathers. A federal grand jury
indicted Manning in June 2008.
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - Federal investigators say a member of
the Oregon Air National Guard stole ATVs, motorcycles and
electronics, then used Craigslist.com to resell many of the items.
A search warrant affidavit unsealed in U.S. District Court
yesterday says neighbors saw Senior Master Sgt. Adam Michael
Monticelli of Vancouver bringing the items home in a U.S. Air Force
truck, then resell them to people who showed up there. Monticelli
has not yet been charged with any crime.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Eugene Police Chief Pete Kerns says
excessive force was used in a case in which a police officer let
his dog go after a man who turned out to be a homeowner. Moments
before police arrived at his home last November, Tim Crossan had
been fighting with the intruder who crawled through an open window
while fleeing police. Crossan says he intends to sue.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A bill that would allow highly trained
psychologists to prescribe some drugs is now on the desk of Gov.
Ted Kulongoski. The Oregonian reports that if the bill that passed
the Legislature last week becomes law, Oregon would become the
third state where psychologists - who are not physicians - can
prescribe drugs.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. (AP) - NASA says an astronaut from
Eugene, Ore., 41-year-old James Dutton, will make his first trip
into space on the next shuttle flight to the International Space
Station. The Discovery is scheduled to launch April 5 at the
Kennedy Space Center for a 13-day mission to deliver supplies, new
crew sleeping quarters and lab equipment.
ELKTON, Ore. (AP) - The body found a month ago along the Umpqua
River near Elkton has been identified as a transient from the Salem
area, 57-year-old Salvador Quezadea-Morales. The Douglas County
sheriff's office says he died of exposure to the cold.
(Register Guard)
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - U.S. senators from Oregon and
Washington have joined their East Coast counterparts to file a bill
to return control over liquefied natural gas ports to the states.
Oregon and Washington are fighting the Bradwood Landing LNG project
being developed near the mouth of the Columbia River, saying it is
not needed and that federal approval was granted before full
environmental reviews were completed.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A Salem-based organization has found new
homes for nearly all the 600 hedgehogs that were rescued in
December from an animal wholesaler in Arlington, Texas. Vicki
McLean of the Hedgehog Welfare Society says its nearly 1,000
members helped place more than 500 of the animals throughout the
United States and Canada.
(The Oregonian)
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
College Baseball:
Oregon’s Nick Wagner singled in two of the four runs posted in the first inning last night as the Ducks opened PK Park in Eugene with a 6-2 nonleague victory over the Washington Huskies. Eddie Rodriguez posted a career high three hits in four at-bats for Oregon. The two teams meet again tonight in Eugene.
Prep Basketball:
Siuslaw’s Eric Tipler was named to the 2nd team All Far West Basketball Squad by coaches this week. Brad Greenburg made Honorable Mention and Ryan Larson was named to the ‘all defensive’ team.
In the OSAA 4A basketball playoffs the Brookings-Harbor Lady Bruins were eliminated from play in the first round last night by LaPine, 55 – 33. For the boys, Sutherlin is at Phoenix tonight.
Oregon State University basketball coach
Craig Robinson has agreed in principal to a two-year contract
extension.
School officials said Tuesday the agreement will keep Robinson
with the Beavers through the 2015-16 season.
As the brother-in-law of President Barack Obama, Robinson has
brought some national attention to Corvallis as he works to turn
around a basketball program that was struggling near the bottom of
the Pac-10.
His 31 wins since taking the Oregon State job in 2008 are the
most for the Beavers over two years since the 1989-91 seasons.
Oregon State (12-15 overall) finishes the regular season at
home, playing Washington State on Thursday and Washington on
Saturday.
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