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One call provides access to social services…
A unique funding arrangement means Lane County residents have access to a wide variety of social services with only one phone call. That means people in crisis who need emergency food, shelter or assistance for some other non-life threatening need don’t need to go looking for where to find help, they simply dial 2-1-1. Late last summer the Lane Council of Governments voted to increase their dues and pass the extra on to support the 24-7 helpline. United Way of Lane County Chief Operating Officer Doris Towery says that funding arrangement means Lane County’s 2-1-1 system won’t be as reliant on state and federal funding reductions in the future. The system was able to go on-line smoothly and quickly for two reasons. Seven Oregon counties have already been served by the system for several years, so the infrastructure was already in place. Plus, Towery says, Lane County has operated a similar system on-line so the data base of available services is up to date and current. 2-1-1 can also connect potential volunteers with social services needs. People who want to help out can go to 211LANE-dot-ORG and click on the icon that says “Give Help”.
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Three additional sites off the Oregon Coast have been recommended for protection as Marine Reserves. After hearing from community groups made up of coastal residents, commercial and sports fishers, as well as members of environmental groups, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife have put forward the three new sites… Cascade Head near Lincoln City; Cape Falcon near Cannon Beach; and Cape Perpetua near Yachats. The three locations would be in addition to two sites already designated near Port Orford and Depoe Bay. A sixth area, off Cape Arago near Charleston is also under consideration. Proponents of the plan say the total amount of set-asides in the Marine Reserves account for less than 10-percent of Oregon’s territorial sea, but some commercial fishers say the reserves are in prime fishing and crabbing grounds and would harm their livelihoods. The plan must be approved by the Oregon Legislature before it would take effect.
A four-hour investment each year can save up to 18 lives. The Lane Memorial Blood Bank has to come up with 75 units of blood each day to meet the needs of area hospitals, and according to Chelsea Wong, Community Affairs Coordinator, each unit of blood can save up to three lives. Wong says most people can donate blood up to six times each year, and the typical donation takes about 45 minutes. That means a total of four hours and six units of blood can make a huge difference. The Lane Memorial Blood Bank operates the bloodmobile that visits Florence every other month. The next visit is coming up December 13th.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland police say a 75-year-old man
apparently mistook the gas pedal for the brake when his car struck
a 22-month-old boy who later died. The Oregonian says Thomas Van
Wickle was turning right at an intersection Monday when his car hit
the boy, his father and another man. Eric DuBarry and his son,
Seamus, were flipped onto the car's hood and carried for nearly 100
feet. Seamus died the next day at a hospital.
BEND, Ore. (AP) - Bend police say they have arrested a man for
investigation of murder in the disappearance of his wife. Police
say 48-year-old Lori Blaylock, of Bend, was reported missing by
co-workers when she didn't report for work Nov. 2. Detectives began
focusing on her 46-year-old husband, Steven. He was arrested this
week.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - West Linn police have released the name of
the man they charged with the invasion of the home of Columbia
Sportswear Chairwoman Gert Boyle. West Linn police spokesman Neil
Hennelly tells the Oregonian that 39-year-old Nestor G. Caballero
faces burglary, robbery and kidnapping charges after he allegedly
tied up Boyle and ransacked her house, then eluded police for
nearly six hours. Boyle was unharmed.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The attorney for the widow of a veteran
who fell to his death from the roof of Portland's Veterans Affairs
Medical Center says the federal government has agreed to pay almost
$1.3 million to settle the case. Attorney Richard Rogers tells The
Oregonian that the settlement was reached in the February 2007
death of 50-year-old Jon Jacobsen. A U.S. attorney's office
spokeswoman says no one will comment on the case.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho Humane Society says two dozen dogs
taken from an overwhelmed breeder in eastern Oregon have new homes.
A woman told the humane society that she went to La Grande, Ore.,
to buy a puppy and found the breeder to be overwhelmed. Winters
helped persuade the breeder to relinquish the dogs.
SEATTLE (AP) - New federal data shows the number of deportations
of illegal immigrants from the Pacific Northwest fell by nearly 9
percent in the last fiscal year. But in the past three years, the
number of deportations in Oregon, Washington and Alaska of
immigrants with criminal records has doubled.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Oregonian says documents in an Oregon
lawsuit suggest that managers for Kellogg, Brown and Root had
medical tests indicating workers at an Iraqi water treatment plant
being guarded by National Guard troops had significant exposure to
the toxic chemical hexavalent chromium. Among them were 34 Oregon
Guard soldiers.
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Just a year ago when California played
Oregon, it was the Golden Bears who had the title hopes while the
Ducks were trying to find their way. But things have changed. All
Cal has to play for now is to become bowl eligible and the chance
to play spoiler against top-ranked Oregon.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Prep Football:
Far West League Champions Siuslaw, the number one seed in the OSAA-4A football playoffs will host the number 16 seed, La Grande Tigers, this evening at Hans Peterson Field in Florence. The Vikings are 9-and-oh; the Tigers 4-and-5. Kickoff is at seven, the pregame show begins at 6:45.
College Football:
The Oregon State Beavers are at home tomorrow against the Washington State Cougars… kickoff is at one pm…. The pregame show on KCFM is set for noon. Number one Oregon is on the road in Berkley where they take on the Cal Golden Bears. That game at 4:30 tomorrow… pregame here on Coast Radio Sports is at 3:30.
College Basketball:
Non-conference action gets underway this weekend… Oregon is hosting the BTI Invitational at Mac Court. The Ducks face North Dakota State tonight. Tomorrow night they’ll take on Denver at 8:30… that game will air on Coast Radio Sports following the football game. They’ll wrap up Sunday against UC Santa Barbara in a game that airs at 5:30. Oregon State Basketball gets underway Sunday… The Beavers will host U-T Arlington at 1:30… airtime on KCFM will be at one.
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