Parks Master Plan and Sign Code decisions expected tonight.
The Florence Planning Commission will take 30-minutes this evening to observe “National Community Planning Month”, then get right to work on several high profile items. City Manager Bob Willoughby says two of them are of special import.
200 – “They’re working on both a sign code and a parks master plan and those two topics are both on the agenda.”
Both items are up for final discussion and action; The Parks Master Plan has been the subject of several workshops as well as public hearings over the past several months.
201 – “I think they’re to the point where they may make a recommendation and as far as the sign code, I think they’re at the point where they’re going to initiate some changes.”
The City Council will eventually take action on both items. The Community Planning observance begins at 6:30 this evening at city hall, the meeting itself starts at seven.
The theme of this year’s Heceta Head Coastal Conference is “working waterfronts” with one major focus being on how the City of Newport was successful in landing a major fleet of research vessels. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration… NOAA… agreed to a 20-year lease with the Port of Newport last year, bringing several vessels and 175 employees to the Oregon Coast. The two-day Heceta Head conference, in its sixth year, is devoted to “bringing new understanding of the Pacific Ocean”. Speakers will cover topics that include an overview Oregon’s working waterfronts; statewide port planning, and partnerships that have fostered waterfront development. The conference begins Thursday, registration is available online at Heceta Head Conference-dot-org.
Overnight temperatures in much of Oregon are expected to dip into the 30s this week and that means a higher risk for homeowners who use wood to heat their homes. State Fire Marshal Randy Simpson says there have been at least five residential fires in Oregon in the past two weeks related to wood heat. One of those resulted in the death of a six-year old child. Those fires may have been averted, says Simpson, had the owners inspected and cleaned their chimneys.
Several brief overnight closures of the Highway 101 bridge over the Siuslaw River are planned for Thursday night as crews work on wrapping up the final touches of a $5.3 million electrical and mechanical renovation. The delays will begin at eight pm Thursday and continue through about two AM Friday and should last no more than 20-minutes while the bridge spans are lifted and leveled. The work is in preparation for the final move next Monday night, November First, when additional closures will be required to install locking hardware.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A pathologist says a Woodburn police Capt.
Tom Tennant likely died instantly when a bomb exploded a West Coast
Bank branch. Dr. Larry Lewman of the Oregon state medical
examiner's office testified yesterday in the murder trials of Bruce
Turnidge and his son, Joshua Turnidge. The two are charged with
planting the bomb in a failed robbery attempt.
DETROIT (AP) - A tourist town in Oregon says Detroit is giving
it a bad name. Voters in the 300-resident village of Detroit, Ore.,
will decide next Tuesday whether to dump the moniker it shares with
the Motor City. The ballot proposal would change the name of the
town nestled in the Cascades foothills, and best known for its
boating and skiing, to Detroit Lake.
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) - The fire chief in Ashland is proposing that
all new homes in the city have fire-resistant roofs and that
flammable roofs on existing homes be phased out within 10 years.
Fire and Rescue Chief John Karns made the recommendation after a
fire burned 11 houses in the city last August, causing more than $3
million in damage in the city's worst residential fire in more than
a century.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland police say a 3-month-old boy has
been hospitalized in critical condition after his mother attempted
to circumcise him at home. Sgt. Pete Simpson says a woman called
911 after trying to circumcise the boy, then realizing he was in
trouble. Simpson says the child is expected to survive.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Bulgarian man accused of stealing the
name of an Ohio boy that he used to get a job with the Oregon
Liquor Control Commission is expected to plead guilty in federal
court next week. The Oregonian reports court records show Doitchin
Krastev (DOY'-chen KRAHZ'-tehv) is scheduled to change his plea
before U.S. District Judge James Redden in Portland on Nov. 3.
Krastev allegedly took the name of 3-year-old Jason Evers.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Lane County searchers are asking for
reinforcements from several nearby counties as they hunt for a
mushroom picker missing in the Willamette National Forest. The Lane
County sheriff's office says 54-year-old Dodie Throssel of
Springfield was reported missing Saturday in the Goodman Creek
area. Search and rescue coordinator John Miller tells the
Register-Guard that 30 to 40 trained volunteers are likely to help
today.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Returns for Oregon's largest metro areas
are slowly dripping in, failing to keep pace with the brisk voting
from rural areas. That's bad news for Democrats and good news for
Republicans, each of whom are hoping to have their party
registrants vote early so they can focus on nonaffiliated voters.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Prep Volleyball:
The Mapleton Sailors claimed the tie-breaker for the number one spot in the Mountain West League last night with a three-one victory over the Lowell Red Devils. The victory doesn’t guarantee a trip to the OSAA state finals though. The Sailors must still navigate league playoffs later this week. They’ll host either Triangle Lake or Alsea Thursday night in Mapleton. From there, they’ll compete again Saturday.
On the Schedule:
Siuslaw will wrap up the final Far West regular season volleyball match of the season at home this evening against the Sutherlin Bulldogs. Reedsport finalizes Sunset play at home against Gold Beach.
Athlete of the Week:
Mapleton Volleyball standout Andrea LeClaire is Coast Radio Sports Athlete of the week. The Sailor Senior was named to the first team Mountain West League Allstars this week as well as being selected as the All-League Player of the Year. Honorable Mention goes to Siuslaw quarterback Jake Thompson who completed six passes for 170 yards and two touchdowns, plus rushed for a third in the Vikings win over South Umpqua.
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