Dunes City Candidates protest clarification letter
An open letter to Dunes City residents, and published in the Siuslaw News, from city recorder Fred Hilden has drawn fire from three candidates for the Dunes City Council. Troy Sathe says Hilden’s letter clarifying revenues went to far in defending sitting councilors who are seeking reelection.
215 – “That has us very upset. Fred has always been a fair person before and with this letter coming out it endorses the current city councilors instead of the people that are on the brochure. And that ‘s something a city election official should not do and it could be a breach of state law.”
Hilden’s letter came in response to the mailer sent out by the group “Citizens for Fairness and Ethics in Government” in support of Sathe, Richard Anderson and Duke Wells. It shows city general fund reserves have dwindled from a high of $160-thousand three years ago to less than $20-thousand by the end of this year. Sathe, a sitting councilor himself, said Hilden’s letter amounted to an endorsement of the incumbents and was sent without approval of the council. Dunes City Mayor Eric Hauptman disagreed, saying Hilden consulted with him before sending the letter and defended it saying it did not violate any rules.
Transportation officials will make another attempt to complete a bridge resurfacing project that backed up traffic over the Siuslaw River in August about four miles in each direction. The initial applications of the two-part epoxy material were halted because of the delays and resumed again last month. But, there is still about a quarter of the surface that still needs the double-layer of epoxy. Motorists are expected to endure delays of up to 20-minutes as work is scheduled between seven am and five pm tomorrow and Wednesday. Additional work on aligning the draw-spans will be done Thursday night between eight pm and midnight.
Former state legislator Kevin Mannix wants repeat sex offenders and drunken drivers to face stiffer sentences as part of his push to increase mandatory minimum sentences in Oregon. He faces significant opposition from labor unions, civil-rights groups and sex-abuse victims advocates who say the money that would be used for longer prison terms would be better spent on support of crime victims. Measure number 73 is estimated to cost between $4.4 million and $6.6 million in the first four years and would require anyone convicted of a second sex crime to be sentenced to 25-years in prison. The Oregon Republican Party supports the measure.
Today is October 11th… the observation of Columbus Day. It’s observed in different ways in different places. In Hawai’i it’s ‘Discoverer’s Day”; in South Dakota it’s “Native American Day”; and in Berkley, California it’s “Indigenous People’s Day”.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - 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 the Eugene-Springfield area.
County Administrator Jeff Spartz told The Register-Guard there
has been little interest by anyone else in the jail facility and
tearing it down would save maintenance costs. The facility was
closed two years ago for lack of funding when Congress prohibited
spending timber payments on work camps.
Lt. Greg Fox 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.
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Information from: The Register-Guard,
WESTPORT, Ore. (AP) - Officials are resuming the search today
for a man who fell overboard from a sailboat in the Columbia River
between Westport and Cathlamet, Wash. The Coast Guard says the
46-year-old man was not wearing a life jacket when he fell from his
65-foot vessel, leaving three older children on board. They are OK.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A small plane piloted has made a safe
emergency landing in a field near a school in southwest Portland.
Police say Conrad Mcgreal of Snohomish, Wash., was unhurt last
night when he set the single-engine plane down near the Robert Gray
Middle School. Police say that the plane reportedly ran out of
fuel.
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Growers along the West Coast are rushing
to pick grapes after a cool summer led to a late harvest. They say
the harvest is running two to three weeks behind because workers
were waiting to let the grapes ripen. But if they can beat the
coming frost, vintners say the grapes have the potential to make
great wine.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The USDA plans to re-survey small grains
farmers in Washington and six other states. The agency says
estimates of this year's spring wheat, durum wheat, barley and oats
crops might change -- data in a Sept. 30 report were based on
farmer surveys done in early September, when there was significant
unharvested acreage.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Football:
The Mapleton Sailors cruised to a 48-18 victory over the Siletz Valley Warriors Friday night. Micah Espinosa carried the ball 23 times for 246 yards and six touchdowns. Hagen Holmes also carried 23 times, but for 158 yards. The Siuslaw Vikings had the night off, they defeated Brookings-Harbor Thursday 12-7, but there were two other Far West League games Friday. Douglas rolled over South Umpqua; Sutherlin beat North Bend.
On the college gridiron… The Oregon Ducks got two bits of good news yesterday… running back Kenjon Barner was released from a Pullman, Washington Hospital after being taken from the field in an ambulance during Oregon’s 42-23 win over Washington State. The other bit of good news… the Ducks moved up to number two in the national rankings behind only Ohio State. Oregon will have this weekend off to recover and recuperate then they’ll face UCLA at home Thursday the 21st. // Oregon State upset Arizona Saturday night 29-27. Ryan Katz threw for 393 yards and two touchdowns… plus sneaked across for another score.
Cross Country:
The Siuslaw Viking girls claimed the team title in Saturday’s Paul Mariman Invitational in Philomath. Raelyn Robinson ran away from the pack winning the individual title 31-seconds ahead of the nearest finisher in 18:54. Linda Paredes was eighth, Katie Potter tenth. The boys finished third behind the individual victory of Mitchell Butler in first and Matthew Campbell in eighth.
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