Military Heritage Museum seeks support from state…
Lawmakers in Salem deal with big numbers… a $14.8-billion dollar general fund budget; $5-billion for education; hundreds of millions of dollars for job creation, public safety and human services. But one day next week members of the House Veterans Affairs Committee will conduct a hearing on a relatively small amount of money by their standards. House Bill 2638 would allocate $41-thousand to help pay for building permits and fees for the proposed Oregon Coast Military Heritage Museum. Retired Air Force Colonel Sam Spayd says the idea is to create a tribute to coastal residents who have served in the armed forces…as well as create an attraction that will draw visitors.
210 – “The community is going to benefit by this museum being built in Florence for several reasons. It’ll be a draw for the community and we think that it’s important that we get the people to come to Florence as a destination.”
The museum organization has already cleared ground and they have a metal pre-fabricated building in storage that will eventually serve as the main museum building. Spayd says they hope to begin construction this summer, as well as continuing fund raising efforts.
Local sports anglers are petitioning the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to allow them to catch and keep up to ten threatened Coho salmon each year. Ron Caputo, with the local Salmon Trout Enhancement Program Chapter, says aggressive habitat restoration projects and other conservation measures have led to the return of a strong wild Coho run on the Siuslaw. Because it comes at the same time as the Chinook fishery, many of the wild Coho are caught and released by sports fishermen already… often resulting in high mortality rates. Caputo says by allowing a limited number of the fish to be caught and kept… as in similar fisheries on Siltcoos and Tahkenitch lakes… those fish wouldn’t be wasted. He says the local economy and ODFW would also benefit through additional revenue. STEP members will hold an information meeting Monday afternoon, four pm, at Siuslaw Public Library.
The second annual Florence Area Chamber of Commerce Business Expo will show off local merchants this afternoon. Chamber Executive Director Kady Sneddon says the purpose…
211 – “Is to showcase local businesses and services in our area to, you know, other area residents. Oh, a lot of the focus is also to get the vendors and the exhibitors to interact with each other so it’s business to business as well as showcasing the business to area residents.”
There’s no cost to get in… the show runs from two to seven pm. About three-dozen local business will have booths set up. Sneddon says there are about 30 door prizes that will be given away during the event as well.
WILSONVILLE, Ore. (AP) - A floatplane pilot trying to land on
the Willamette River flipped the aircraft over but was able to get
out of the cockpit and use the plane's pontoon as a flotation
device yesterday. Sixty-six-year-old Phillip Guy Fogg of Tualatin
(TWAL'-uh-tihn) had only minor scratches.
ROGUE RIVER, Ore. (AP) - A 66-year-old Rogue River man has been
found dead in a creek. Authorities say Royal Irwin Streeter walked
to a café for breakfast yesterday morning, but his nephew learned
later that his uncle never made it. A family member who went to
search found the man's body.
BEND, Ore. (AP) - Search teams have rescued a 38-year-old
Portland snowboarder who found himself stuck on a steep grade in
central Oregon, clinging to a tree. Stephan Kresage was
snowboarding with friends when he tried a cliff band with a 60
percent grade. Kresage was not injured.
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) - A starving, injured, nearly lifeless
cat abandoned inside an Oregon City storage locker is recovering
after the facility manager heard the animal and called the Oregon
Humane Society. Officials say the adult male tabby likely had no
food or water for two to four weeks.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A fetus born to a Lane County Jail inmate in
Eugene was found dead last night during a routine security check.
Police tell The Register Guard the inmate had been in custody only
a few hours and jail employees were aware she was pregnant.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say a multi-agency drug
enforcement team has seized nearly 100 pounds of marijuana from an
Eagle Point home in southern Oregon. Agents arrested John Lee Hull
Jr. of Eagle Point for investigation of several drug charges.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A tax increase for businesses approved by
voters a year ago would be scaled back under several bills being
considered by Oregon lawmakers. Rolling back the tax hikes is a top
priority for Republicans. They acknowledge they probably can't
repeal the tax hikes altogether but they hope there's enough
support for smaller changes.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A duffel bag with a suspicious package inside
found in downtown Salem turned out to be just a bag filled with
clothing. The military-style duffel bag was found yesterday
afternoon near the Oregon Department of Energy building at Church
and Center streets. Businesses were briefly evacuated before it was
determined there was no threat.
ST. HELENS, Ore. (AP) - A judge has ordered a mental competency
hearing for a 21-year-old man accused of killing Rainier Police
Chief Ralph Painter. Lawyers for Daniel Butts told Circuit Court
Judge Ted Grove their client is mentally impaired and doesn't
understand the charges against him.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
It’s Ducks and Beavers and Trojans and Bruins tonight on the basketball court… Oregon is at UCLA this evening for Pac-10 action… tipoff is at 7:30… the pregame show on KCST is set for seven. Oregon State is at the Galen Center in Los Angeles where they’ll face USC at eight… the pregame show on KCFM is at 7:30.
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