Florence to begin issuing e-Permits…
By the end of this year the process for getting a building permit in the City of Florence could be as simple as clicking a mouse. Florence has been selected by the State of Oregon as one of the test sites to implement the e-Permits system for issuing construction permits online electronically. Five years ago the Oregon Building Codes Division began implementing the “Quik-Permits” system that allowed limited access for plumbing, electrical and mechanical contractors to get some of their permits online. The City of Florence joined that program just over a year ago. That program saved time and money for both the contractors and the jurisdictions issuing the permits. Now the state has expanded the program to include simple construction permits that don’t require extensive plan reviews. Contractors can apply for permits from the job site using a ‘smart-phone’ or laptop computer. They can get their permit issued nearly instantly and don’t have to make a trip to city hall. The city saves because the system automatically handles the process and payment has already been pre-authorized using a credit or debit card. The process also means permit applications and issuing will be standardized across the state so contractors who work in different jurisdictions can more easily get permits needed for whatever job they’re working on.
Lane County is preparing to tear down a work camp for low-risk inmates that was built nearly two decades ago in a remote area southwest of Eugene. County Administrator Jeff Spartz says there has been little interest by anyone else in the jail facility and tearing it down would save maintenance costs. It was closed two years ago for lack of funding when Congress prohibited spending timber payments on work camps. Lt. Greg Fox witht the Lane County Sheriff’s office says inmates did a lot of work on federal and other public lands while learning a work ethic. He says many former
inmates found meaningful work after their release.
Just under 500 people stood in line Saturday afternoon to sample 13-different varieties of Clam Chowder at the Florence Events Center. It was the Oregon Coast Professional Chowder Cookoff during the Chowder Blues and Brews. The People’s Choice went to last year’s professional winner… the SportHaven Marina in Brookings while the professional panel picked the winner from two years ago… the Tides Inn Bar and Grill from Reedsport. Second place in the professional judging went to Dun-Rite Catering from Grants Pass.
Today is the final day to register to vote in the November 2nd General Election. Voter registration cards mailed to the county elections office must be mailed and postmarked by today in order for a ballot to be issued. Online registration will be accepted through 11:59 PM. Ballots are scheduled to begin being mailed this Friday.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A member of the Salem police bomb squad has
testified that the shop used by two men on trial for the Woodburn
bank bombing appeared to have been cleaned up not long before it
was searched. Prosecutors have said police found evidence the bomb
was put together in Bruce Turnidge and his son Joshua's shop. The
two are facing murder charges after the 2008 bombing killed two
officers and maimed a third.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A spokeswoman for the Multnomah County
sheriff's office says crews searching for a missing Portland boy
for a second straight weekend on Sauvie Island turned up junk piles
and deer bones. Lt. Mary Lindstrand says no decision has been made
yet whether the volunteer searchers would return again this weekend
as part of the ongoing investigation into Kyron Horman's June 4
disappearance.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon's two major political parties are
ready to staff call centers and focus on middle-ground voters in
their final push of the gubernatorial campaign during the state's
vote-by-mail election. Oregon is the only state to mandate 100
percent mail-in ballots, which start going out on Friday.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The former head of a conservation group's
Bend office has filed a civil rights complaint alleging the group's
former director Bob Stacey bullied her. Carol MacBeth's filing
comes in the waning election days for the Metro Council presidency,
which Stacey seeks. Stacey denies the charges, saying the 1000
Friends of Oregon's board approved of MacBeth's firing.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A coordinated effort among farmers,
educators from Oregon State University and some emergency money
from the state Legislature helped stave off damage to blueberry
crops from a voracious Asian fruit fly. Growers and researchers are
pleased with their efforts this past summer, but that they realize
that the spotted wing Drosophila is here to stay.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court will decide whether child
social workers should have to get warrants to interview potential
victims of sex abuse at school when the alleged abuser lives at
home. The court decided today to hear an appeal from Oregon
prosecutors, who had their conviction of Nimrod Greene thrown out.
Greene was convicted of abusing a 9-year-old child.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Nobel prize winner Dale Mortensen is an
Oregon native and graduate of Willamette University. Mortensen was
one of three men to share the prize in economics yesterday for
their work explaining how unemployment can remain high despite a
large number of job openings. The Oregonian reports Mortensen was
born in Enterprise and raised in Hood River.
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's campaign schedule
through Election Day will take him from coast to coast over the
next three weeks as he looks to buoy Democratic candidates,
including a visit to Oregon during a West Coast swing next week.
The White House says the president will appear at both fundraisers
and rallies.
TUALATIN, Ore. (AP) - Affiliated Computer Services plans to hire
400 employees by December for a call center the company is opening
in Lake Oswego. KGW reports more than 100 jobseekers lined up in
the rain Saturday to apply at the company's office in Tualatin, and
25 were hired on the spot.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
Oregon State flanker James Rodgers will miss the rest of the season with a left knee injury. The senior was injured on Saturday in the second quarter of the Number 24 Beavers' 29-27 victory over Arizona. According to Oregon State, Rodgers is eligible for a medical hardship year because he has played just four games this season. Rodgers missed the Beavers' Oct. 2 game against Arizona State with a concussion.
On the Schedule…
The Siuslaw Vikings begin the second half of the Far West Volleyball season this evening at home against the Douglas Trojans. In the Sunset League, Reedsport will host Bandon and the Mapleton Sailors will host Triangle Lake in the Mountain West.
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