Dunes City Mayor resigns…
The Dunes City Council is all too familiar with the process for naming a successor to fill a vacancy on the panel. At 7:19 yesterday morning Becky Ruede said she received notice that Mayor Eric Hauptman had submitted his resignation. Just under 12 hours later she was being sworn in to fill the post. It turns out his resignation came on the morning of a regularly scheduled council meeting. In a well orchestrated, and seemingly pre-arranged process, Ruede called the meeting to order as Mayor Pro-Tem and before any other business was done, announced the former Mayor’s resignation. Councilor Duke Wells immediately moved to appoint Ruede as Mayor to serve the remainder of Hauptman’s term. Richard Kohler objected, saying it would be better to wait a month but Wells countered by saying the city needed strong leadership “at the helm immediately”. Kohler went along with the majority of the board and Ruede was confirmed unanimously.
Hauptman is the third consecutive mayor in Dunes City to resign mid-term. He said he was fed up with the “hidden agendas” of the majority of the panel. He had praise for Ruede and Wells, saying they were they only two without an agenda. He leveled sharp criticism though, at the remaining councilors… Kohler, Dick Anderson, Jaime Mills and Troy Sathe. He had particularly strong words for Sathe, saying he was – quote – “out of control”. Ruede said she was saddened by Hauptman’s resignation and was prepared to be a ‘calming influence’.
Applications are being accepted for Ruede’s spot on the council through early next month.
The Florence Area Chamber of Commerce has tabbed a familiar face to head up that organization and take over as Executive Director. Cal Applebee will leave his job in business development with Siuslaw Bank on May First. Chamber board member Cindy Wobbe said he’ll be a good fit.
200 – “What appealed to us about Cal was his strong community involvement already. In the five years that Cal has been in the Florence community he’s just jumped right in and initiated several projects.”
She said Applebee has a very strong marketing background and already has strong ties to the community. Probably most important, she adds, is that he understands the mission of the Chamber and will be able to “hit the ground running”. He’ll work with outgoing executive Kady Sneddon during May and the Rhododendron Festival. She’s leaving the Chamber after the festival. She’s been named the General Manager of the Heceta Lighthouse Bed and Breakfast.
“A person’s a person, no matter how small”. That’s a line, and the message, in Dr. Seuess’ 1954 children’s classic Horton Hears a Who! Along with several other Seuess classics, it’s the inspiration and source for the Children’s Storybook Theater production of Seussical Jr! on stage this weekend at the Florence Events Center. Already several samples of the show have been presented, and about 450 school kids from Florence and Reedsport watch the show yesterday in a special rehearsal presentation. Last night’s dress rehearsal drew a strong response with many audience members citing not only the performances put forth by the nearly three-dozen child actors on stage, but the technical aspects… costuming, makeup, lighting, staging and sound. Tickets are still available at the FEC box office for two evening performances… Friday and Saturday; then two matinees Saturday and Sunday at two pm.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon jury has convicted a transgender
defendant of murder for the death of a roommate killed with a
pickax. The Oregonian reports the Multnomah County jury rejected
self-defense arguments by David Wayne French in the May 2007 death
of Frank Johnson at their apartment in Portland. French, who
identifies as a woman, is scheduled for sentencing on May 5.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon mother says she's shocked to
learn the father of her two autistic sons has been accused of
caging the 5- and 7-year-old boys in his apartment. Jona (JAH'-nah)
Bronson of Tillamook is a former girlfriend of 30-year-old John
Eckhart. He and his current girlfriend, Alayna Higdon, are now
accused in Vancouver, Wash., of unlawful imprisonment and
mistreatment.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon congressman under fire after losing
seven staff members is reporting his strongest first-quarter
fundraising haul in eight years. A spokesman for Oregon Democrat
David Wu says the seven-term congressman raised just over $219,000
between Jan. 1 and March 31 this year - and during a series of
media reports about Wu's erratic behavior during the 2010 campaign.
REDMOND, Ore. (AP) - The "hero dog" of the Humane Society of
Redmond, Ore., has finally found a home. The stray pit bull mix
named Nala became a celebrity last December when she dragged her
volunteer dog walker to a nearby ditch where a lost, blind cocker
spaniel had collapsed in freezing temperatures. KTVZ reports she
was adopted yesterday by Philip and Janet Roberts of Powell Butte
after recently spending one year at the shelter. She'll share their
ranch with a lab/mastiff mix and a cat.
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - Military officials acknowledge that Oregon
National Guard soldiers returning from Iraq received poor treatment
as they were processed through Madigan Army Medical Center at Joint
Base Lewis-McChord last May. The National Guard soldiers complained
they were treated as second-rate soldiers and referred to as
"weekend warriors." The Army says the investigation has led to
some improvements in the way returning soldiers are processed.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Jurors who awarded a Portland woman
$82,000 said they wanted to send Portland police a message: Hand
over a business card when a citizen asks for one. The case involves
a 33-year-old woman who told two officers she thought they were too
rough in arresting a fellow MAX rider in 2009. The officers told
her to mind her own business, refused to give her a business card
and arrested her when she tried to read a name on a uniform.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - The city of Corvallis has been awarded a
$492,000 federal grant as a climate showcase community. The city
will use the funding for a project called "Energize Corvallis" to
find ways to reduce energy use and carbon emissions from homes and
businesses throughout the community while creating new work for
energy conservation companies.
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - A sex offender released from custody in
Utah after being deemed incompetent to stand trial has been added
to a list of registered sex offenders in Clark County, Wash. Lonnie
Johnson was listed Wednesday as a Vancouver transient. He is
required to register because he pleaded guilty to the raping a
16-year-old girl in Washington in 2006. He registered Tuesday in
Washington County, Ore., but his sister said he just paid a brief
visit and moved on.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Democrats in the Oregon House have introduced
two bills that would dig deeper into savings to pay for schools and
other programs. One bill would boost school funding using $100
million from a savings account known as the Education Stability
Fund. A second measure draws on $75 million from the Rainy Day Fund
to pay for social services and police.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
On the diamond today, Viking Softball is at home against the Douglas Trojans for a three o’clock double-header… Siuslaw is looking for their first league victory. Siuslaw Baseball is on the road to Winston where they’ll face the Douglas Trojans for two at three.
On the Track, it’s the Crater Rotary Classic tomorrow morning in Central Point… The Vikings will be competing.
And in Pac-10 baseball the Ducks and the Beavers are both on the road for three-game series. Oregon State is in Palo Alto against the Stanford Cardinal; Oregon is at USC.
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