PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The state of Oregon has the cash to
weather a showdown on the nation's debt limit beyond a potential
August federal-fund cutoff, but the looming deadline has some
social service providers worried. Gov. John Kitzhaber and state
fiscal analysts have expressed confidence in a resolution. But if
the deadline should pass without an increase in the nation's
borrowing authority, the pain won't be spread equally - the state
must wait to see which programs get funding priority. The rest
would face cuts.
BEND, Ore. (AP) - A natural gas pipeline that links Wyoming to
Oregon is up and running after three years of construction. Oregon
Public Broadcasting reports the $3.5 billion Ruby Pipeline went
online yesterday. A company spokesman says the 680-mile pipeline
provides Rocky Mountain natural gas producers a pathway to move
their gas to California and the Pacific Northwest.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The board the oversees Oregon's Public
Employees Retirement System is scheduled to take a vote today that
could affect pension benefits and rates paid by cities and school
districts. The decision involves the assumed rate of return on the
state's $59 billion pension fund. Oregon's rate currently stands at
8 percent, but the actual returns over the last five years have
averaged only 5 percent.
HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) - Fire officials in the Portland suburb of
Hillsboro say a 65-year-old man has suffered life-threatening
injuries after walking in front of a light rail train as it
approached a station yesterday afternoon. Authorities say the
unidentified man was taken to a hospital after being struck and
thrown to the sidewalk.
RENTON, Wash. (AP) - For one day at least, Pete Carroll wasn't
hopping around with the vigor and excitement that was so apparent a
season ago. The Seahawks opened camp yesterday with a pair of
walkthrough practices. But along with Carroll's reserved demeanor,
two other voices were noticeably absent: those of former
quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and safety Lawyer Milloy. Hasselbeck is
now in Tennessee. And Milloy is a free agent who has yet to sign
with a team.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A new University of Oregon website offers
online access to articles from 18 Oregon newspapers published from
1846 to 1922. KEZI says the website -- "Historic Oregon
Newspapers" -- enables unprecedented access to original historical
texts, all published by Oregon journalists. Newspapers published on
the site include Portland Oregonian, Salem Capital Journal, Sumpter
Miner, The Jacksonville Oregon Sentinel, Portland New Age, The New
Northwest, and Abigail Scott Duniway's Suffragist Journal.
MCMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) - Authorities say a barn used by
Evergreen International Aviation to store helicopter parts has been
destroyed by fire. McMinnville Fire investigators say crews battled
the blaze last night but it's expected to be a total loss. KGW
reports that two 55-gallon drums containing an undermined substance
exploded but no one was injured.
GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) - Police in a Portland suburb say a young man
punched an 84-year-old woman at least 20 times and also hit a
second woman in an unprovoked attack at a transit station. The
Oregonian says responding police arrested the 19-year-old attacker
after subduing him with a stun gun.
RENTON, Wash. (AP) - The Seattle Seahawks have signed six of
their nine picks from the 2011 draft, including fourth-round pick
wide receiver Kris Durham. Three Seattle draft picks remain
unsigned, including first-round pick James Carpenter out of Alabama
and third-round pick John Moffitt out of Wisconsin, who are both
expected to contend for starting jobs on the right side of
Seattle's offensive line.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Columbia River treaty fishing tribes are
urging Oregon and Washington state officials to apply for new
permits to kill sea lions that eat salmon bottled up at the fish
ladders over Bonneville Dam. The tribes say the science is clear --
sea lions eat about 20 percent of the spring chinook run on the
lower Columbia. NOAA Fisheries Service this month lifted the
permits while a challenge from the Humane Society works its way
through court, but urged Oregon and Washington to apply for new
permits. Oregon has already said it will.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Police say a 1-year-old boy is hospitalized
with a critical head injury after a fall from a second-story
apartment window in Salem. The boy was knocked unconscious last
evening when he landed on hard-backed dirt next to a sidewalk. He
was taken to Salem Hospital and later flown to a hospital in
Portland.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Firefighters putting out a fire in a Salem
duplex discovered snakes inside. Willamette Valley Fire and Rescue
says a Salem-area animal rescue group helped remove the snakes
yesterday afternoon as well as a turtle and a variety of fish.
Investigators said the fire was likely caused by a cigarette.
Damage to the building is estimated at $150,000.
RENTON, Wash. (AP) - Linebacker and special teams standout Matt
McCoy is returning to the Seattle Seahawks after agreeing to a
one-year deal. Also, fullback Michael Robinson appears headed back
to the Seahawks after posting on Twitter yesterday that he had
reached agreement on a deal with Seattle.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Friday, July 29, 2011
Three arrested in Elliott State Forest
It took 30 police officers, a back hoe, a cherry picker and several forest workers several hours yesterday to convince three protesters to surrender at a remote logging site in the Elliott State Forest southeast of Reedsport.
The three, 23-year old Grace Warner Pettygrove of Eugene, 26-year old Emmalynn Lorraine Garrett from Bandon, and 18-year old Robert Petersmeyer Oliver from Seattle, Washington had suspended themselves on platforms 70 to 90 feet off the ground in second growth timber. They’re with about two-dozen protesters, members of Cascadia Forest Defenders, who have blockaded roads and climbed trees to protest what they say amounts to a clear-cut at the Elkhorn Ranch timber sale site.
The three had been informed the day before they were trespassing and given until noon Thursday to leave the area. Authorities spent 3 ½ hours yesterday afternoon convincing the protesters to come down, which they eventually did. The backhoe was needed to clear debris and repair a three foot deep trench that had been dug across the roadway.
Specific comments on dunes trails encouraged
The process of identifying which trails on the dunes will remain open to off-road enthusiasts is far from complete. Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area Recreation Planner Angie Morris says they’ve received a lot of input so far, and they’re hoping for more.
Morris: “This is not a decision at this point, it’s merely a proposal. So what we’re asking is for people to take a look at what we’ve proposed and give us their specific input. You know, I agree with this because… I disagree with this because… I’d like to see this specific trail opened because, you know specifics are real important.”
Morris says the decision will be based on economic as well as environmental concerns.
Morris: “Yeah, absolutely, I’m, we’re getting a lot of comments about economic impacts. So, yeah, that definitely is a specific comment and again, the more specific the better.”
Originally the target date for wrapping up input was earlier this month. That was extended to this week, then moved yet again.
Morris: “We’re hoping to get input by September First just because we plan on going through our comments and developing a preferred alternative, is what it’s called? Basically what we think we want to do? So those comments are really important to that process.”
Once Forest Service officials develop the ‘preferred alternative’ the environmental impact statement process will begin. Morris says a final decision by Siuslaw National Forest Supervisor is likely several months away.
Please see http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/siuslaw/projects for more information.
Written comments should be sent to Angie Morris, Recreation Planner, Siuslaw National Forest, 855 Highway 101, Reedsport, OR 97467; or e-mail to comments-pacificnorthwest-siuslaw-centralcoast@fs.fed.us
Morris: “This is not a decision at this point, it’s merely a proposal. So what we’re asking is for people to take a look at what we’ve proposed and give us their specific input. You know, I agree with this because… I disagree with this because… I’d like to see this specific trail opened because, you know specifics are real important.”
Morris says the decision will be based on economic as well as environmental concerns.
Morris: “Yeah, absolutely, I’m, we’re getting a lot of comments about economic impacts. So, yeah, that definitely is a specific comment and again, the more specific the better.”
Originally the target date for wrapping up input was earlier this month. That was extended to this week, then moved yet again.
Morris: “We’re hoping to get input by September First just because we plan on going through our comments and developing a preferred alternative, is what it’s called? Basically what we think we want to do? So those comments are really important to that process.”
Once Forest Service officials develop the ‘preferred alternative’ the environmental impact statement process will begin. Morris says a final decision by Siuslaw National Forest Supervisor is likely several months away.
Please see http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/siuslaw/projects for more information.
Written comments should be sent to Angie Morris, Recreation Planner, Siuslaw National Forest, 855 Highway 101, Reedsport, OR 97467; or e-mail to comments-pacificnorthwest-siuslaw-centralcoast@fs.fed.us
Local sports and the weather...
A pair of Ruben Sierra Home runs in the final two innings, including a walk off grand slam, led the Spokane Indians to an 11-7 victory over the Eugene Emeralds last night in Spokane. Sierra hit a two-run home run in the eighth to tie the game at seven-seven, then with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, unloaded one over the left field fence off Eugene reliever Chris Wilkes to end the game. The Ems led 6-1 early in the game, but couldn’t hang on as five Eugene pitchers combined to give up 18 hits. The loss also knocked the Emeralds out of first place in the West Division of the Northwest League for the first time this season. The two teams meet again tonight and through the weekend in Spokane.
Weather for Florence and the Central Oregon Coast…
Patchy fog this morning, otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 63… along with a north northwest wind 11 to 16 miles an hour gusting to 24.
Partly cloudy tonight, a low around 48 degrees and a north wind seven to 17 miles an hour gusting to 26.
For the weekend… mostly sunny and 63 on Saturday, along with north northwest winds gusting as high as 20 miles an hour… clouds moving in overnight Saturday and then areas of drizzle and patchy fog on Sunday morning… otherwise partly sunny and 63.
Mostly sunny Monday, partly sunny Tuesday and Wednesday.
Small Craft Advisories are posted through this evening for north marine winds 20 to 25 knots. Low tide was at 6:58 (-1.0). High tide at 1:24 this afternoon. (low 6:46).
Weather for Florence and the Central Oregon Coast…
Patchy fog this morning, otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 63… along with a north northwest wind 11 to 16 miles an hour gusting to 24.
Partly cloudy tonight, a low around 48 degrees and a north wind seven to 17 miles an hour gusting to 26.
For the weekend… mostly sunny and 63 on Saturday, along with north northwest winds gusting as high as 20 miles an hour… clouds moving in overnight Saturday and then areas of drizzle and patchy fog on Sunday morning… otherwise partly sunny and 63.
Mostly sunny Monday, partly sunny Tuesday and Wednesday.
Small Craft Advisories are posted through this evening for north marine winds 20 to 25 knots. Low tide was at 6:58 (-1.0). High tide at 1:24 this afternoon. (low 6:46).
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon Republicans are saying that Rep.
David Wu should sign a resignation letter immediately. But the
Democrat said Tuesday he would quit, as he put it: "upon the
resolution of the debt-ceiling crisis." Days earlier, a published
report described claims of an aggressive sexual act by Wu against
the teenage daughter of a friend.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon tax critic Bill Sizemore has lost
several pretrial motions he had hoped to use to defend himself
against charges he failed to file state income tax returns for
three years. The Statesman Journal of Salem reports that Sizemore
is expecting a ruling on one more motion before a tentative trial
date of August 9. Sizemore has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (AP) - Federal prosecutors have charged a
member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs with
second-degree murder in the shooting death of another tribal member
on the reservation. The FBI and Warm Springs police say Delmer
Davis was fatally shot Tuesday while he was sitting in a vehicle
holding his young son outside a home. The child was not hurt. The
U.S. Attorney said Ted Barney is charged with second-degree murder
and use of a firearm in a violent crime.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A house built for a Portland lumber baron
in 1937 that helped establish the modern Northwest Style has been
designated a national historic landmark. The Aubrey Watzek House --
which is now part of the University of Oregon's John Yeon Center
for Architecture -- was added to the list of historical landmarks
yesterday.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Police say a man was holding a loaded
handgun when he was arrested at Mt. Tabor Park in Portland after
holding his 6-year-old daughter as a shield. Police say the man had
spit on a park volunteer Tuesday and threatened the volunteer with
a gun. When officers arrived they say the 32-year-old man grabbed
the girl and held her across his body. When more officers arrived,
he put down the girl and was arrested.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A man convicted of murder in a notorious
1988 Oregon hate crime has died from complications of hepatitis C.
Prison officials say Kenneth Mieske fell ill at the Oregon State
Penitientiary and died Tuesday night at Salem Hospital at age 45.
Mieske was sentenced to life in prison for using a baseball bat to
fatally beat an Ethiopian student on a Portland street corner.
NEW YORK (AP) - The Seattle Mariners snapped their 17-game
losing streak yesterday, riding a 17-hit attack to a 9-2 victory
over the New York Yankees. Felix Hernandez pitched seven innings
for his third straight win in the Bronx. The Mariners took 21 days
of frustration out on three Yankees relievers, scoring five runs in
the seventh inning - highlighted by Mike Carp's bases-loaded
triple
BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) - Police in Beaverton say they arrested a
licensed day care provider after she told them she locked a
15-month-old toddler outdoors for a "timeout." Officers had
responded to a neighbor's call about a little girl heard crying for
more than an hour outside a home. 58-year-old Susanne Pounds was arrested yesterday for investigation of endangering the welfare of a minor. Officers say they found Pounds' daughter and the daughter's boyfriend at the home with heroin. They were arrested for possession of a controlled substance.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - Klamath County needs more doctors,
even with a local residency program that trains its graduates to
work in small towns. The Herald and News reports that only one in
four doctors trained through the Cascades East Rural Family
Medicine Residency Program stay in the area after graduation.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - A man who was called a gay slur and then
injured in a fight says he feels relieved by the assault conviction
against a Gresham man. Thirty-five-year-old Chris Churilla says the
slur last spring led to a fight that left him with a cracked skull.
The jury on Tuesday convicted 21-year-old Garrett Max Strasburg of
misdemeanor assault and attempted felony assault.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Multnomah County Circuit Court judge is
deliberating the case of a Gresham woman charged with murder and
manslaughter in the 2009 death of her granddaughter. Prosecutors
said yesterday that Carolyn Bellamy shook 23-month-old Ariana
Magathan so severely she was brain dead. Bellamy maintains the
toddler crawled off a bed and hit her head on the floor.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Portland police officer who pleaded
guilty to misdemeanor drunken driving and reckless driving avoided
jail time. John Shadron was sentenced Friday in Multnomah County
Circuit Court to two years' probation and 120 hours of community
service. He'll also have his license suspended for a year and 90
days, but his lawyer says he's seeking a hardship permit to drive
to work.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon state economist Tom Potiowsky
(puh-TOW'-skee) is stepping down to return to Portland State
University as chairman of its economics department. The next
quarterly revenue forecast will be presented Aug. 26 by Mark
McMullen, senior economist in the Office of Economic Analysis.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Titans have reached a deal with former Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck. The 35-year-old Hasselbeck has spent the past 10 years with Seattle. Meanwhile, Washington Redskins quarterback Donovan McNabb was traded to the Minnesota Vikings, leaving an opening for former Oregon Quarterback Kellen Clemens.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
David Wu should sign a resignation letter immediately. But the
Democrat said Tuesday he would quit, as he put it: "upon the
resolution of the debt-ceiling crisis." Days earlier, a published
report described claims of an aggressive sexual act by Wu against
the teenage daughter of a friend.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon tax critic Bill Sizemore has lost
several pretrial motions he had hoped to use to defend himself
against charges he failed to file state income tax returns for
three years. The Statesman Journal of Salem reports that Sizemore
is expecting a ruling on one more motion before a tentative trial
date of August 9. Sizemore has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (AP) - Federal prosecutors have charged a
member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs with
second-degree murder in the shooting death of another tribal member
on the reservation. The FBI and Warm Springs police say Delmer
Davis was fatally shot Tuesday while he was sitting in a vehicle
holding his young son outside a home. The child was not hurt. The
U.S. Attorney said Ted Barney is charged with second-degree murder
and use of a firearm in a violent crime.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A house built for a Portland lumber baron
in 1937 that helped establish the modern Northwest Style has been
designated a national historic landmark. The Aubrey Watzek House --
which is now part of the University of Oregon's John Yeon Center
for Architecture -- was added to the list of historical landmarks
yesterday.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Police say a man was holding a loaded
handgun when he was arrested at Mt. Tabor Park in Portland after
holding his 6-year-old daughter as a shield. Police say the man had
spit on a park volunteer Tuesday and threatened the volunteer with
a gun. When officers arrived they say the 32-year-old man grabbed
the girl and held her across his body. When more officers arrived,
he put down the girl and was arrested.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A man convicted of murder in a notorious
1988 Oregon hate crime has died from complications of hepatitis C.
Prison officials say Kenneth Mieske fell ill at the Oregon State
Penitientiary and died Tuesday night at Salem Hospital at age 45.
Mieske was sentenced to life in prison for using a baseball bat to
fatally beat an Ethiopian student on a Portland street corner.
NEW YORK (AP) - The Seattle Mariners snapped their 17-game
losing streak yesterday, riding a 17-hit attack to a 9-2 victory
over the New York Yankees. Felix Hernandez pitched seven innings
for his third straight win in the Bronx. The Mariners took 21 days
of frustration out on three Yankees relievers, scoring five runs in
the seventh inning - highlighted by Mike Carp's bases-loaded
triple
BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) - Police in Beaverton say they arrested a
licensed day care provider after she told them she locked a
15-month-old toddler outdoors for a "timeout." Officers had
responded to a neighbor's call about a little girl heard crying for
more than an hour outside a home. 58-year-old Susanne Pounds was arrested yesterday for investigation of endangering the welfare of a minor. Officers say they found Pounds' daughter and the daughter's boyfriend at the home with heroin. They were arrested for possession of a controlled substance.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - Klamath County needs more doctors,
even with a local residency program that trains its graduates to
work in small towns. The Herald and News reports that only one in
four doctors trained through the Cascades East Rural Family
Medicine Residency Program stay in the area after graduation.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - A man who was called a gay slur and then
injured in a fight says he feels relieved by the assault conviction
against a Gresham man. Thirty-five-year-old Chris Churilla says the
slur last spring led to a fight that left him with a cracked skull.
The jury on Tuesday convicted 21-year-old Garrett Max Strasburg of
misdemeanor assault and attempted felony assault.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Multnomah County Circuit Court judge is
deliberating the case of a Gresham woman charged with murder and
manslaughter in the 2009 death of her granddaughter. Prosecutors
said yesterday that Carolyn Bellamy shook 23-month-old Ariana
Magathan so severely she was brain dead. Bellamy maintains the
toddler crawled off a bed and hit her head on the floor.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Portland police officer who pleaded
guilty to misdemeanor drunken driving and reckless driving avoided
jail time. John Shadron was sentenced Friday in Multnomah County
Circuit Court to two years' probation and 120 hours of community
service. He'll also have his license suspended for a year and 90
days, but his lawyer says he's seeking a hardship permit to drive
to work.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon state economist Tom Potiowsky
(puh-TOW'-skee) is stepping down to return to Portland State
University as chairman of its economics department. The next
quarterly revenue forecast will be presented Aug. 26 by Mark
McMullen, senior economist in the Office of Economic Analysis.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Titans have reached a deal with former Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck. The 35-year-old Hasselbeck has spent the past 10 years with Seattle. Meanwhile, Washington Redskins quarterback Donovan McNabb was traded to the Minnesota Vikings, leaving an opening for former Oregon Quarterback Kellen Clemens.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Ems win, Pac-12 announces networks, and plenty of sunshine
The Eugene Emeralds scrapped for a 3-2 win over the Spokane Indians last night on the road. Down one-nothing going into the top of the third inning, the Emeralds tied the score on an RBI single by Donovan Tate. Then, with runners at first and third a double steal allowed Jace Peterson to make the final 90-feet for the go-ahead run. Eugene made it a two-run lead in the fifth on an RBI double off the bat of Peterson. The Indians’ Giullermo Pimentel picked up a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth for the final run. The two teams meet again tonight in game two of the five-game series.
Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott made what he called a ‘monumental’ announcement yesterday in New York… the formation of a series of TV networks. The national deal with ESPN and Fox Sports had been announced earlier this year, but a new agreement with four of the largest cable operators will provide six regional networks, one each for Washington, Oregon, Northern California, Southern California, Arizona and the Rocky Mountains.
Larry Scott – “But these regional feeds will allow us to super serve our fans by tailoring for them that which they care most about, their rivalry games, their Olympic sports where they excel, as well as every football and men’s basketball game.”
Once the networks launch in August 2012, they’ll broadcast about 850 sporting events a year. Subscribers will also be able to watch games on mobile devices.
Weather for Florence and the Central Oregon Coast…
Mostly sunny today with a high near 62 and a north northwest wind eight to 18 miles an hour gusting to 22.
Partly cloudy and a low around 52 tonight… those winds continuing.
Mostly sunny and 64 tomorrow…. North northwest winds ten to 18 miles an hour gusting to 22.
For the weekend… mostly sunny skies and breezy. Some clouds expected to move back into the area by Monday.
Small craft advisories are in effect through tomorrow afternoon for north marine winds 20 to 25 knots, then gusting to 30 knots overnight. Low tide was at 6:17… high tide at 12:47 this afternoon. (low 5:57PM).
Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott made what he called a ‘monumental’ announcement yesterday in New York… the formation of a series of TV networks. The national deal with ESPN and Fox Sports had been announced earlier this year, but a new agreement with four of the largest cable operators will provide six regional networks, one each for Washington, Oregon, Northern California, Southern California, Arizona and the Rocky Mountains.
Larry Scott – “But these regional feeds will allow us to super serve our fans by tailoring for them that which they care most about, their rivalry games, their Olympic sports where they excel, as well as every football and men’s basketball game.”
Once the networks launch in August 2012, they’ll broadcast about 850 sporting events a year. Subscribers will also be able to watch games on mobile devices.
Weather for Florence and the Central Oregon Coast…
Mostly sunny today with a high near 62 and a north northwest wind eight to 18 miles an hour gusting to 22.
Partly cloudy and a low around 52 tonight… those winds continuing.
Mostly sunny and 64 tomorrow…. North northwest winds ten to 18 miles an hour gusting to 22.
For the weekend… mostly sunny skies and breezy. Some clouds expected to move back into the area by Monday.
Small craft advisories are in effect through tomorrow afternoon for north marine winds 20 to 25 knots, then gusting to 30 knots overnight. Low tide was at 6:17… high tide at 12:47 this afternoon. (low 5:57PM).
Bonneville rate hike won't effect PUD customers
A wholesale rate increase for Bonneville Power Administration announced earlier this week will not impact Central Lincoln PUD residential customers. PUD spokesperson Chris Chandler says long range planning had already anticipated the 7.8-percent rate hike. While there’s no increase this year, she did say there is a possibility of an increase a year from now. But cost-cutting measures are being implemented to prepare for that and possibly avoid the increases.
Florence man arrested in Douglas County
Authorities say it was just a “routine traffic stop”, but it wound up with the arrest of a Florence man early Tuesday morning. A Douglas County Sheriff’s deputy stopped a vehicle driven by 26-year old Samuel Ferguson on Highway 101 in Gardiner, just north of Reedsport. Ferguson ultimately wound up arrested for Driving Under the Influence, but a search of his car found methamphetamine as well as material usually associated with the sale and distribution of the drug. Police also recovered property that they say had been stolen in a residential burglary in Lane County.
Heceta Lighthouse Wayside closure delayed two weeks
You have two extra weeks to get to Heceta Lighthouse State Wayside before an extended closure kicks in. State Park and Forest Service officials had planned on closing the park, 12 miles north of Florence, for extensive renovations beginning August First. They didn’t say why, but have moved that date back two weeks. Work on reshaping and repaving the older west parking lot to improve drainage and repair erosion damage is expected to begin August 15th. During the closure a new sidewalk to the beach will also be installed. Trail rehab work will include installing culverts and shifting parts of the trail that leads to the historic lighthouse keeper’s house and the light itself. The wayside is expected to reopen by September 30th, but a longer and more extensive renovation of the lighthouse itself is also to begin next month and could take up to two years to complete. Officials say the Lighthouse Bed and Breakfast, operated by a private contractor will remain open through the work.
Comment period extended for Dunes Designated Routes Proposal
The comment period on a proposal that would re-shape the way the U.S. Forest Service regulates off-road riding on the Oregon Dunes has been extended for a second time. Public input on the designation of specific off-highway vehicle routes will now be accepted through September First. Forest Service spokesperson Viva Worthington says they are at the beginning of the process with “no decision made yet”. Opponents of the proposal, mainly off-road riders and area businesses, claim that nearly two-thirds of the trails currently used by ATVers would be off limits. Worthington says the proposed action would increase riding areas. Comments and questions can be posed on the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area website, or at the ODNRA office in Reedsport. The link to the website can be found at coastradionews-dot-blogspot-dot-com.
www.coastradionews.blogspot.com
Please see http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/siuslaw/projects for more information.
Written comments should be sent to Angie Morris, Recreation Planner, Siuslaw National Forest, 855 Highway 101, Reedsport, OR 97467; or e-mail to comments-pacificnorthwest-siuslaw-centralcoast@fs.fed.us
www.coastradionews.blogspot.com
Please see http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/siuslaw/projects for more information.
Written comments should be sent to Angie Morris, Recreation Planner, Siuslaw National Forest, 855 Highway 101, Reedsport, OR 97467; or e-mail to comments-pacificnorthwest-siuslaw-centralcoast@fs.fed.us
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
List of Oregon post offices targeted for closure
ADEL1 ADEL OREGON 97620
AGNESS1 AGNESS OREGON 97406
ANTELOPE1 ANTELOPE OREGON 97001
AROCK1 AROCK OREGON 97902
BEND1 SUNRIVER OREGON 97707
BROADBENT1 BROADBENT OREGON 97414
BROTHERS1 BROTHERS OREGON 97712
CASCADIA1 CASCADIA OREGON 97329
CRANE1 CRANE OREGON 97732
DEADWOOD1 DEADWOOD OREGON 97430
DREWSEY1 DREWSEY OREGON 97904
DURKEE1 DURKEE OREGON 97905
EDDYVILLE1 EDDYVILLE OREGON 97343
FORT KLAMATH1 FORT KLAMATH OREGON 97626
FORT ROCK1 FORT ROCK OREGON 97735
GARDINER1 GARDINER OREGON 97441
GRASS VALLEY1 GRASS VALLEY OREGON 97029
HARPER1 HARPER OREGON 97906
HELIX1 HELIX OREGON 97835
HEREFORD1 HEREFORD OREGON 97837
IDANHA1 IDANHA OREGON 97350
IMNAHA1 IMNAHA OREGON 97842
JAMIESON1 JAMIESON OREGON 97909
JUNTURA1 JUNTURA OREGON 97911
KENT1 KENT OREGON 97033
KIMBERLY1 KIMBERLY OREGON 97848
NEW PINE CREEK1 NEW PINE CREEK OREGON 97635
OXBOW1 OXBOW OREGON 97840
PAULINA1 PAULINA OREGON 97751
POST1 POST OREGON 97752
RILEY1 RILEY OREGON 97758
RUFUS1 RUFUS OREGON 97050
SENECA1 SENECA OREGON 97873
SHANIKO1 SHANIKO OREGON 97057
SUMMER LAKE1 SUMMER LAKE OREGON 97640
SWISSHOME1 SWISSHOME OREGON 97480
TILLER1 TILLER OREGON 97484
UKIAH1 UKIAH OREGON 97880
UNITY1 UNITY OREGON 97884
WALTON1 WALTON OREGON 97490
WESTFALL1 WESTFALL OREGON 97920
AGNESS1 AGNESS OREGON 97406
ANTELOPE1 ANTELOPE OREGON 97001
AROCK1 AROCK OREGON 97902
BEND1 SUNRIVER OREGON 97707
BROADBENT1 BROADBENT OREGON 97414
BROTHERS1 BROTHERS OREGON 97712
CASCADIA1 CASCADIA OREGON 97329
CRANE1 CRANE OREGON 97732
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Bears breaking out... breaking in - Post Office closures announced; Gas goes up; Emergency prep stresses 'post-disaster recovery'.
Bear conflicts warming up…
Wildlife biologists say so far it’s been a mellow year as far as black bears go… well, at least up until now. One bear made an awful mess in the garage of Marilyn Loser’s (LO-sirr) home on Heceta Beach Road yesterday morning. Loser noticed her garage door was open …
Loser – “And, it was all the way up and I says that’s not right and I went to look and I says ‘oh my God’.”
What she found wasn’t a human burglar, but evidence of a four-legged and furry intruder.
Loser – “The freezer door was wide open. He ate all the Freschetta pizzas. Whipped butter: He loved that, and all the yogurt from the new yogurt shop? He ate about six pints.”
The bear destroyed her freezer, peeling the metal off the door and crushing shelves. That wasn’t the first neighborhood visit for this bear however. Loser says she helped her neighbor clean up her kitchen after the bear came in through a screen door for a snack sometime overnight.
Loser – “She slept through the whole thing but he had himself a ball. He ate three pounds of unshelled walnuts, some brownie mix, some flour, cranberries, some fudge, some candy bars and he just went to town and messed up her kitchen real bad.”
Still, Loser doesn’t blame the bear.
Loser – “I feel sorry for them. The berries are not ripe and it seems like every year it gets later and later so they don’t have anything to eat.”
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Biologist Doug Cottam called the incidents “alarming”. He said for a bear to actually enter a home or garage is very disturbing.
Over the past several months, disaster preparedness officials have been talking about getting ready for a possible large earthquake and/or tsunami. In monthly sessions at the fire station they’ve been explaining tsunami inundation zones, evacuation routes and the importance of having a cache of emergency supplies. Outreach coordinator Frank Nulty says the next class put on by the Western Lane Emergency Operations Group will focus on what you need to make the post disaster recovery more manageable.
Nulty – “Second Saturday, August 13th, we have Frank Souza who is a FEMA representative who has been dispatched to a number of disasters, including Katrina, and knows exactly what happens when FEMA comes in and what you have to have on hand.”
Nulty says Souza will be joined by an insurance expert.
Nulty – “The other side of the equation, we have Mike Streets coming in to talk about insurance. He’s going to be able to go ahead and give people some direct information about what’s going on with the insurance industry and what they can do to be prepared.”
In addition to talking about documentation and paperwork, the August 13th session will provide information about pet stress reactions. Information and registration can be had by calling Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue. There’s no cost for the two-hour “improve your surviveability” class.
Retail gas prices are up slightly this week with both the national and Oregon averages, as measured by Triple-A, gaining a penny. This week’s national average price is at $3.63 for regular unleaded, Oregon’s is $3.76. Locally, the average increased by two cents a gallon but is still the lowest in the state… at $3.67.
The U.S. Postal Service has released a list of more than 36-hundred post offices targeted for closure. 41 of them are in Oregon including rural post offices in Walton, Swisshome, Deadwood and Gardiner.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
MADRAS, Ore. (AP) - The FBI says a 24-year-old member of the
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs was fatally shot on the Oregon
reservation as he sat in a vehicle outside a home, holding his son.
The child was not hurt. FBI spokeswoman Beth Anne Steele says a
suspect turned himself in to Warm Springs police yesterday and was
being interviewed.
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) - The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
says the Roseburg veterans' hospital will stay open and expand.
The Register Guard reports veterans in the Roseburg area feared
the VA would reduce the facility to a clinic.
The VA said Tuesday it plans to keep the hospital open with a
$55 million renovation and the addition of cardiology and
ophthalmology services.
NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) - The man accused of kidnapping a
teenage girl from a parking garage earlier this month in Lincoln
City on the Oregon coast was arraigned yesterday in Lincoln County. 28-year-old Shawn Griep is facing charges of kidnapping, robbery, assault, attempted sodomy and unauthorized use of a vehicle. He was arrested last
Friday. His attorney declined comment Tuesday.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Eugene police say a handcuffed man ran from
officers and jumped in the Willamette River, swimming away for
about 15 minutes before police used a fire department boat to catch
up with him on a downstream island. The Register-Guard says Beau
Walker Hodge is jailed on at least three charges and also had
outstanding warrants. Officers ordered Hodge out of the river but
they said he refused, saying he would rather die than go to jail.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Democratic friend of David Wu says the
Oregon congressman didn't seem able to deal with the problems that
confronted him publicly - and perhaps privately. Former Oregon Gov.
Barbara Roberts tells the Associated Press that politicians who
can't answer questions about themselves or change their behavior
eventually run out of room for "bad stories." Reflecting on the
end of Wu's congressional tenure, Roberts said a teenager's
accusation of an "unwanted sexual encounter" was that final bad
story.
NEW YORK (AP) - The Seattle Mariners flailed away helplessly
against CC Sabathia in their 17th straight loss, managing only one
hit and striking out 18 times overall in a 4-1 loss to the New York
Yankees on a rain-soaked night. Sabathia did not allow a baserunner
yesterday until Brendan Ryan singled with one out in the seventh
inning - a batter after a 30 minute rain delay - in beating Seattle
for the seventh consecutive start.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Two biofuels producers in Oregon are
getting help in developing new sources of feedstock from a federal
program designed to reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said yesterday that subsidies
will be offered for five years to farmers in Oregon wheat country
to grow camelina, an oil seed that will be turned into jet fuel by
Beaver Biodiesel, LLC, in Albany.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - A police dog trying to help officers
chase down a suspect in Klamath Falls ended up biting an Oregon
State Police trooper on the arm. The Oregonian reports that Gunner,
the police dog, was unleashed by his handler at the end of a chase
that began with a routine traffic stop by the trooper for a
speeding violation, but the Belgian Malinois (mahl-IN-wah) bit
Trooper Patrick Irish on the arm as Irish ran after the fleeing
suspect.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - A man who was called a "faggot" and
injured in a fight says he feels relieved by the assault conviction
returned by a jury yesterday in Corvallis against a Gresham man.
Chris Churilla says he was walking home in May of last year when a
group of five men yelled the slur at him and he fought with one.
Churilla suffered a skull fracture in the fight. Garrett Strasburg
was convicted of misdemeanor assault and attempted felony assault.
RENTON, Wash. (AP) - Charlie Whitehurst didn't get to his
Seattle-area apartment until about 1 a.m. after catching a late
flight back to the Northwest. He was among the first Seahawks
players at the team's practice facility Tuesday, arriving shortly
after 8 a.m. as team headquarters reopened to players following the
resolution of the NFL lockout. As of now, Whitehurst is the only
Seattle quarterback under contract.
GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) - One man was stabbed during a fight that
involved as many as 30 people last night at a skate park in
Gresham. Police say the 21-year-old man went to Legacy Mt. Hood
Medical Center where he head stitches for a wound near his right
armpit. He said he did not know his attacker. The man said there
had been an argument between two groups of young men that turned
into a fight.
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (AP) - Facebook is expanding its data center at
Prineville. Data Center Manager Ken Patchett told the city council
last night that the company is adding a second building to its
campus. It will hold more computer servers to handle growth in the
social networking service.
PHOENIX (AP) - Sue Bird had 18 points, seven assists, five
rebounds and three steals as the Seattle Storm held off the Phoenix
Mercury 83-77 on last night. Phoenix went on a 17-6 run to get
within a point with 1 minute remaining, but Camille Little took the
ball away from Diana Taurasi and made a breakaway layup with 24
seconds left to help secure the win.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
The Eugene Emeralds opened up the second half of the Northwest League Season with a 6-2 win last night at PK Park over the Everett Aqua Sox. The win continued their string of being in first place every day of the season. The Ems went up 1-nothing in the fourth inning, but their offensive spark came in the fifth off the bat of Jose Dore when the left fielder stroked a three-run homer. The Emeralds are on the road beginning today… they head off to Spokane for the first of a five game series.
Oregon Football Coach Chip Kelly’s statements were predictable yesterday during the Pac-12 Football media day… He’s unable to talk about any NCAA investigation, but he’s more than happy to talk football. The Ducks have been picked to ‘three-peat’ as conference champions this season. Oregon State was picked by sports writers to finish fourth in the North Division, the Beavers open at home September 3rd against Sacramento State… the Ducks face LSU in Arlington Texas that same day. Both teams hit the field for fall practices in ten days.
For Florence and the Central Oregon Coast…
Partly sunny today with a high near 62 degrees and a north northwest wind ten to 18 miles an hour gusting to 22.
Those winds continuing overnight along with mostly cloudy skies and a low around 50.
Mostly sunny again tomorrow… Thursday’s high near 63… and a north northwest wind eight to 18 miles an hour gusting to 22.
Mostly sunny Friday and through the weekend… a few clouds expected to move back into the area by Monday.
Small craft advisories are in effect through this evening for north marine winds rising to 20 or 25 knots. The tide is incoming, it was low at 5:34 this morning. High tide at 12:06 this afternoon. (Low 5:04 pm).
Wildlife biologists say so far it’s been a mellow year as far as black bears go… well, at least up until now. One bear made an awful mess in the garage of Marilyn Loser’s (LO-sirr) home on Heceta Beach Road yesterday morning. Loser noticed her garage door was open …
Loser – “And, it was all the way up and I says that’s not right and I went to look and I says ‘oh my God’.”
What she found wasn’t a human burglar, but evidence of a four-legged and furry intruder.
Loser – “The freezer door was wide open. He ate all the Freschetta pizzas. Whipped butter: He loved that, and all the yogurt from the new yogurt shop? He ate about six pints.”
The bear destroyed her freezer, peeling the metal off the door and crushing shelves. That wasn’t the first neighborhood visit for this bear however. Loser says she helped her neighbor clean up her kitchen after the bear came in through a screen door for a snack sometime overnight.
Loser – “She slept through the whole thing but he had himself a ball. He ate three pounds of unshelled walnuts, some brownie mix, some flour, cranberries, some fudge, some candy bars and he just went to town and messed up her kitchen real bad.”
Still, Loser doesn’t blame the bear.
Loser – “I feel sorry for them. The berries are not ripe and it seems like every year it gets later and later so they don’t have anything to eat.”
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Biologist Doug Cottam called the incidents “alarming”. He said for a bear to actually enter a home or garage is very disturbing.
Over the past several months, disaster preparedness officials have been talking about getting ready for a possible large earthquake and/or tsunami. In monthly sessions at the fire station they’ve been explaining tsunami inundation zones, evacuation routes and the importance of having a cache of emergency supplies. Outreach coordinator Frank Nulty says the next class put on by the Western Lane Emergency Operations Group will focus on what you need to make the post disaster recovery more manageable.
Nulty – “Second Saturday, August 13th, we have Frank Souza who is a FEMA representative who has been dispatched to a number of disasters, including Katrina, and knows exactly what happens when FEMA comes in and what you have to have on hand.”
Nulty says Souza will be joined by an insurance expert.
Nulty – “The other side of the equation, we have Mike Streets coming in to talk about insurance. He’s going to be able to go ahead and give people some direct information about what’s going on with the insurance industry and what they can do to be prepared.”
In addition to talking about documentation and paperwork, the August 13th session will provide information about pet stress reactions. Information and registration can be had by calling Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue. There’s no cost for the two-hour “improve your surviveability” class.
Retail gas prices are up slightly this week with both the national and Oregon averages, as measured by Triple-A, gaining a penny. This week’s national average price is at $3.63 for regular unleaded, Oregon’s is $3.76. Locally, the average increased by two cents a gallon but is still the lowest in the state… at $3.67.
The U.S. Postal Service has released a list of more than 36-hundred post offices targeted for closure. 41 of them are in Oregon including rural post offices in Walton, Swisshome, Deadwood and Gardiner.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
MADRAS, Ore. (AP) - The FBI says a 24-year-old member of the
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs was fatally shot on the Oregon
reservation as he sat in a vehicle outside a home, holding his son.
The child was not hurt. FBI spokeswoman Beth Anne Steele says a
suspect turned himself in to Warm Springs police yesterday and was
being interviewed.
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) - The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
says the Roseburg veterans' hospital will stay open and expand.
The Register Guard reports veterans in the Roseburg area feared
the VA would reduce the facility to a clinic.
The VA said Tuesday it plans to keep the hospital open with a
$55 million renovation and the addition of cardiology and
ophthalmology services.
NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) - The man accused of kidnapping a
teenage girl from a parking garage earlier this month in Lincoln
City on the Oregon coast was arraigned yesterday in Lincoln County. 28-year-old Shawn Griep is facing charges of kidnapping, robbery, assault, attempted sodomy and unauthorized use of a vehicle. He was arrested last
Friday. His attorney declined comment Tuesday.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Eugene police say a handcuffed man ran from
officers and jumped in the Willamette River, swimming away for
about 15 minutes before police used a fire department boat to catch
up with him on a downstream island. The Register-Guard says Beau
Walker Hodge is jailed on at least three charges and also had
outstanding warrants. Officers ordered Hodge out of the river but
they said he refused, saying he would rather die than go to jail.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Democratic friend of David Wu says the
Oregon congressman didn't seem able to deal with the problems that
confronted him publicly - and perhaps privately. Former Oregon Gov.
Barbara Roberts tells the Associated Press that politicians who
can't answer questions about themselves or change their behavior
eventually run out of room for "bad stories." Reflecting on the
end of Wu's congressional tenure, Roberts said a teenager's
accusation of an "unwanted sexual encounter" was that final bad
story.
NEW YORK (AP) - The Seattle Mariners flailed away helplessly
against CC Sabathia in their 17th straight loss, managing only one
hit and striking out 18 times overall in a 4-1 loss to the New York
Yankees on a rain-soaked night. Sabathia did not allow a baserunner
yesterday until Brendan Ryan singled with one out in the seventh
inning - a batter after a 30 minute rain delay - in beating Seattle
for the seventh consecutive start.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Two biofuels producers in Oregon are
getting help in developing new sources of feedstock from a federal
program designed to reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said yesterday that subsidies
will be offered for five years to farmers in Oregon wheat country
to grow camelina, an oil seed that will be turned into jet fuel by
Beaver Biodiesel, LLC, in Albany.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - A police dog trying to help officers
chase down a suspect in Klamath Falls ended up biting an Oregon
State Police trooper on the arm. The Oregonian reports that Gunner,
the police dog, was unleashed by his handler at the end of a chase
that began with a routine traffic stop by the trooper for a
speeding violation, but the Belgian Malinois (mahl-IN-wah) bit
Trooper Patrick Irish on the arm as Irish ran after the fleeing
suspect.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - A man who was called a "faggot" and
injured in a fight says he feels relieved by the assault conviction
returned by a jury yesterday in Corvallis against a Gresham man.
Chris Churilla says he was walking home in May of last year when a
group of five men yelled the slur at him and he fought with one.
Churilla suffered a skull fracture in the fight. Garrett Strasburg
was convicted of misdemeanor assault and attempted felony assault.
RENTON, Wash. (AP) - Charlie Whitehurst didn't get to his
Seattle-area apartment until about 1 a.m. after catching a late
flight back to the Northwest. He was among the first Seahawks
players at the team's practice facility Tuesday, arriving shortly
after 8 a.m. as team headquarters reopened to players following the
resolution of the NFL lockout. As of now, Whitehurst is the only
Seattle quarterback under contract.
GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) - One man was stabbed during a fight that
involved as many as 30 people last night at a skate park in
Gresham. Police say the 21-year-old man went to Legacy Mt. Hood
Medical Center where he head stitches for a wound near his right
armpit. He said he did not know his attacker. The man said there
had been an argument between two groups of young men that turned
into a fight.
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (AP) - Facebook is expanding its data center at
Prineville. Data Center Manager Ken Patchett told the city council
last night that the company is adding a second building to its
campus. It will hold more computer servers to handle growth in the
social networking service.
PHOENIX (AP) - Sue Bird had 18 points, seven assists, five
rebounds and three steals as the Seattle Storm held off the Phoenix
Mercury 83-77 on last night. Phoenix went on a 17-6 run to get
within a point with 1 minute remaining, but Camille Little took the
ball away from Diana Taurasi and made a breakaway layup with 24
seconds left to help secure the win.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
The Eugene Emeralds opened up the second half of the Northwest League Season with a 6-2 win last night at PK Park over the Everett Aqua Sox. The win continued their string of being in first place every day of the season. The Ems went up 1-nothing in the fourth inning, but their offensive spark came in the fifth off the bat of Jose Dore when the left fielder stroked a three-run homer. The Emeralds are on the road beginning today… they head off to Spokane for the first of a five game series.
Oregon Football Coach Chip Kelly’s statements were predictable yesterday during the Pac-12 Football media day… He’s unable to talk about any NCAA investigation, but he’s more than happy to talk football. The Ducks have been picked to ‘three-peat’ as conference champions this season. Oregon State was picked by sports writers to finish fourth in the North Division, the Beavers open at home September 3rd against Sacramento State… the Ducks face LSU in Arlington Texas that same day. Both teams hit the field for fall practices in ten days.
For Florence and the Central Oregon Coast…
Partly sunny today with a high near 62 degrees and a north northwest wind ten to 18 miles an hour gusting to 22.
Those winds continuing overnight along with mostly cloudy skies and a low around 50.
Mostly sunny again tomorrow… Thursday’s high near 63… and a north northwest wind eight to 18 miles an hour gusting to 22.
Mostly sunny Friday and through the weekend… a few clouds expected to move back into the area by Monday.
Small craft advisories are in effect through this evening for north marine winds rising to 20 or 25 knots. The tide is incoming, it was low at 5:34 this morning. High tide at 12:06 this afternoon. (Low 5:04 pm).
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
1st District Congressman resigns... ties it to debt agreement
By KEVIN FREKING
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Rep. David Wu of Oregon has
announced that he is resigning in the wake of allegations that he
had a sexual encounter with an 18-year-old woman.
Democratic leaders had called for a House Ethics investigation
after the initial reports of the allegation. Wu had said that
whatever occurred was consensual.
Wu said Tuesday the well-being of his children should come
first, so he will resign after Congress resolves the debate over
the debt ceiling.
Wu, 56, has won seven terms. In 2004, he won despite
acknowledging a decades-old college incident in which he tried to
force a former girlfriend to have sex. Voters said they disliked an
opponent's attempt to use that against Wu as part of a political
campaign.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Rep. David Wu of Oregon has
announced that he is resigning in the wake of allegations that he
had a sexual encounter with an 18-year-old woman.
Democratic leaders had called for a House Ethics investigation
after the initial reports of the allegation. Wu had said that
whatever occurred was consensual.
Wu said Tuesday the well-being of his children should come
first, so he will resign after Congress resolves the debate over
the debt ceiling.
Wu, 56, has won seven terms. In 2004, he won despite
acknowledging a decades-old college incident in which he tried to
force a former girlfriend to have sex. Voters said they disliked an
opponent's attempt to use that against Wu as part of a political
campaign.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Bear conflicts have been limited - Alleged burglars to remain behind bars - Federal debt ceiling debate could cost Florence cash.
Wildlife conflicts have been rare so far this summer…
In 18 years of dealing with coastal black bears and their interactions with human residents, Doug Cottam has seen a lot. This year, says the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist, he’s seen little.
200 – “This year we had virtually no problems in May and June, which is very unusual. And we are, you know, in the latter parts of July and our problems are still pretty rare. But they are picking up.”
One incident two weeks ago occurred at a neighborhood park in Florence when a young girl came face to face with a bear. Her father scared the bear away. That particular neighborhood, near 35th street, has been a problem area because the bear there has become habituated, or accustomed to getting an easy meal.
201 – “Be vigilant and not having bird feeders available, not feeding their pets outside, and making sure their garbage is secured so that bears can’t get it.”
Cottam says bears are about 90-percent vegetarian, but they’re also opportunistic feeders which means they’ll go for an easy meal left out by humans rather than forage for berries and plants.
The two men arrested last week in connection with the ransacking and burglary of a 24th street home are currently in the Lane County Jail awaiting trial. But, when Lane County Sheriff Tom Turner closed one wing of the jail earlier this month because of funding restrictions, that caused a return to an ‘early release’ program. That means those accused of simple property crimes and several other non-violent offenses may not be held in custody, but simply released on their own recognizance. Police Chief Maury Sanders says he’s talked to the Sheriff about this particular case.
202 – “It’s very likely they will not be able to retain these two young men in the jail. That’s why I’ve talked to sheriff Turner and I’ve made it very clear I needed his help. But, we get notified that they’re going to release them, we’re going to pick them up and we’ll bring them back and put them in our jail and we’ll hold them here.”
21-year old George McKenzie and 20-year old George Woodworth each face several charges, many of them felonies. They were arrested early Thursday morning and property from more than one burglary was impounded.
The City of Florence has plans to install an emergency generator at the water plant. Officials say water fees are more than adequate to pay for the $120-thousand project. But, a bond sale is scheduled for next week to provide the up-front cash. City Manager Bob Willoughby says the ongoing arguments over raising the federal debt limit could mean higher costs.
203 – “Our timing is not good for selling some bonds to do some really important infrastructure projects.”
That’s because, he says, investors could decrease the Federal Government’s bond rating… thereby increasing interest rates.
204 – “The Federal Government’s always been a triple-a rated, but they’ve always had the best rating. If their rate goes up, then those of us that are a-rated, they’ll go up as well.”
Right now he has no plans to reschedule the bond sale. Willoughby is hoping Congress and the President will get a deal worked out this week.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Democrat David Wu's decision not to seek
re-election turns the U.S. House race next year into a political
prize: A race for what's known as an open seat. So, Oregonians can
expect more candidates, more money and more national attention in
Wu's congressional district. Even before allegations that Wu attacked the teenage daughter of a friend last year, two Democrats were in the race against him and a third is expected to join them. At least seven Republicans are potential candidates.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - A new study finds that court-ordered
logging cutbacks to save spotted owls and salmon from extinction
have also helped the climate by storing more carbon. Researchers
from the U.S. Forest Service and Oregon State University found that
reducing timber production by more than 80 percent on national
forests in Oregon, western Washington and Northern California since
1994 turned those forests into a carbon sink for the first time in
decades.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt is
blasting a Republican bill that would open up more than 50 million
acres of public lands to logging and other development. The former Interior Secretary under President Bill Clinton says the bill would virtually repeal the 1964 Wilderness Act. Republican Representative Kevin McCarthy of California says it would increase access to public lands and create jobs.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland police say a Key Bank branch
employee spotted a man walking toward the bank and told a security
guard that it appeared to be the same man who had robbed the bank
three times recently. The guard detained the man shortly before
noon Saturday and called police. Police say Darrel Lawrence was
booked into jail and bank robbery charges are pending.
LINCOLN CITY, Ore – The suspect in the kidnapping of an 18-year old woman from the Tanger Outlet Mall in Lincoln City earlier this month was taken into custody at his home in Otis last week. Police found 28-year old Shawn William Griep hiding in a closet. He allegedly used a knife to carjack the victim in the parking lot of the mall July 3rd. She was able to escape with only minor injuries.
NEW YORK (AP) - Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira each homered and
drove in three runs, Freddy Garcia stifled his former team and the
New York Yankees handed the snakebit Seattle Mariners their 16th
straight loss with a 10-3 victory last night.A rain delay of 1
hour, 57 minutes was the only thing that slowed this loss for
Seattle.
TILLAMOOK, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say a 20-year-old
Hermiston, Oregon man died after struggling in the surf during a youth group outing at Cape Lookout State Park near Tillamook. Members of a Nazarene Church Youth Group were playing about 70-yards offshore when Zane Thomas Gaulke began to struggle. He was pulled from the surf a short time later and taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Yashanee Vaughn's funeral will be held
Saturday in Portland at City Bible Church - Rocky Butte Campus. The
14-year-old girl went missing in March. Her remains were found
earlier this month, and Portland police say she was shot in the
head. Her 16-year-old boyfriend is charged with murder.
GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) - The Multnomah County sheriff's office says
a man cooking methamphetamine in his apartment splashed chemicals
into his eyes during a police raid last night near Gresham. The
53-year-old man was treated with an emergency eye wash and
evaluated at a hospital before he was booked into jail on charges
of possessing and manufacturing meth. Two other men had to be
decontaminated before their arrests.
UNDATED (AP) - Questions about how Oregon and coach Chip Kelly
expect to build on recent success will no doubt be replaced today
at Pac-12 media day in Los Angeles by questions about the Ducks'
relationship with Willie Lyles. The Ducks paid Lyles and his Houston-based scouting company $25,000 last year, purportedly for information about prep athletes for the 2010 recruiting class. But when Oregon released Lyles' scouting report, it mostly included players who had already signed their letters of intent a year earlier. The NCAA is investigating Lyles links to a high-profile recruit that signed with the Ducks just before that payment.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - It's getting even harder for smokers on
Oregon college campuses to find a place to light up. The Oregonian
reports the University of Oregon, Western Oregon University and
Southern Oregon University plan to ban all tobacco, including
chewing, on campus in the fall of 2012. Oregon State University
will ban smoking. The state's other three public universities will
still allow smoking outside in restricted areas.
BEND, Ore. (AP) - A 16-year-old boy riding a bike was struck by
a pickup truck and killed last night in Bend. Police say the boy
was on the shoulder near an intersection when the truck braked and
went to the side. Witnesses told KTVZ the teen was crushed between
the pickup and a wall. A nurse in a nearby car performed CPR but
the boy could not be saved.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State athletic director Bob De
Carolis has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease but he plans to
fulfill his contract with the Beavers. The Portland Tribune
newspaper first reported De Carolis' diagnosis. The university
confirmed it late yesterday. De Carolis signed a five-year contract
extension with Oregon State that keeps him in the AD's office
through June 2016.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
Despite a disappointing 4-2 loss last night at home to the Everett Aqua Sox, the Eugene Emeralds had something to celebrate. For the first time in 11 seasons they’ll be in the Northwest League Championship Series in September. Despite losing ten of the last 13 games the Emeralds tied with Vancouver for the best record in the league at the season’s midpoint. Eugene had the better head to head record against the Canadians so will play the second half winner for the league title after Labor Day. Eugene and Everett meet again tonight at PK Park.
Single game tickets for home Oregon State football games are now on sale. Tickets for the Beavers home opener September 3rd against Sacramento State are $35 each. They’re $60 for the other home non-conference game, October 15th against BYU. Pac-12 games against UCLA, Arizona and Stanford are $45; $75 for the Washington game.
For Florence and the Central Oregon Coast…
The forecast is showing mostly cloudy skies today with a chance of morning drizzle… today’s high near 62 degrees and a north northwest wind five to 14 miles an hour.
Mostly cloudy tonight with a low around 51…
Tomorrow… partly sunny and 63 for a high.
Mostly sunny Thursday and Friday… and expected clear through the weekend.
Small craft advisories are in effect beginning this afternoon and through this evening for north marine winds rising to ten or 15 knots and gusting to 25. The tide is incoming, it’ll be high at 11:16 this morning… low tide at 4:04 this afternoon.
In 18 years of dealing with coastal black bears and their interactions with human residents, Doug Cottam has seen a lot. This year, says the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist, he’s seen little.
200 – “This year we had virtually no problems in May and June, which is very unusual. And we are, you know, in the latter parts of July and our problems are still pretty rare. But they are picking up.”
One incident two weeks ago occurred at a neighborhood park in Florence when a young girl came face to face with a bear. Her father scared the bear away. That particular neighborhood, near 35th street, has been a problem area because the bear there has become habituated, or accustomed to getting an easy meal.
201 – “Be vigilant and not having bird feeders available, not feeding their pets outside, and making sure their garbage is secured so that bears can’t get it.”
Cottam says bears are about 90-percent vegetarian, but they’re also opportunistic feeders which means they’ll go for an easy meal left out by humans rather than forage for berries and plants.
The two men arrested last week in connection with the ransacking and burglary of a 24th street home are currently in the Lane County Jail awaiting trial. But, when Lane County Sheriff Tom Turner closed one wing of the jail earlier this month because of funding restrictions, that caused a return to an ‘early release’ program. That means those accused of simple property crimes and several other non-violent offenses may not be held in custody, but simply released on their own recognizance. Police Chief Maury Sanders says he’s talked to the Sheriff about this particular case.
202 – “It’s very likely they will not be able to retain these two young men in the jail. That’s why I’ve talked to sheriff Turner and I’ve made it very clear I needed his help. But, we get notified that they’re going to release them, we’re going to pick them up and we’ll bring them back and put them in our jail and we’ll hold them here.”
21-year old George McKenzie and 20-year old George Woodworth each face several charges, many of them felonies. They were arrested early Thursday morning and property from more than one burglary was impounded.
The City of Florence has plans to install an emergency generator at the water plant. Officials say water fees are more than adequate to pay for the $120-thousand project. But, a bond sale is scheduled for next week to provide the up-front cash. City Manager Bob Willoughby says the ongoing arguments over raising the federal debt limit could mean higher costs.
203 – “Our timing is not good for selling some bonds to do some really important infrastructure projects.”
That’s because, he says, investors could decrease the Federal Government’s bond rating… thereby increasing interest rates.
204 – “The Federal Government’s always been a triple-a rated, but they’ve always had the best rating. If their rate goes up, then those of us that are a-rated, they’ll go up as well.”
Right now he has no plans to reschedule the bond sale. Willoughby is hoping Congress and the President will get a deal worked out this week.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Democrat David Wu's decision not to seek
re-election turns the U.S. House race next year into a political
prize: A race for what's known as an open seat. So, Oregonians can
expect more candidates, more money and more national attention in
Wu's congressional district. Even before allegations that Wu attacked the teenage daughter of a friend last year, two Democrats were in the race against him and a third is expected to join them. At least seven Republicans are potential candidates.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - A new study finds that court-ordered
logging cutbacks to save spotted owls and salmon from extinction
have also helped the climate by storing more carbon. Researchers
from the U.S. Forest Service and Oregon State University found that
reducing timber production by more than 80 percent on national
forests in Oregon, western Washington and Northern California since
1994 turned those forests into a carbon sink for the first time in
decades.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt is
blasting a Republican bill that would open up more than 50 million
acres of public lands to logging and other development. The former Interior Secretary under President Bill Clinton says the bill would virtually repeal the 1964 Wilderness Act. Republican Representative Kevin McCarthy of California says it would increase access to public lands and create jobs.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland police say a Key Bank branch
employee spotted a man walking toward the bank and told a security
guard that it appeared to be the same man who had robbed the bank
three times recently. The guard detained the man shortly before
noon Saturday and called police. Police say Darrel Lawrence was
booked into jail and bank robbery charges are pending.
LINCOLN CITY, Ore – The suspect in the kidnapping of an 18-year old woman from the Tanger Outlet Mall in Lincoln City earlier this month was taken into custody at his home in Otis last week. Police found 28-year old Shawn William Griep hiding in a closet. He allegedly used a knife to carjack the victim in the parking lot of the mall July 3rd. She was able to escape with only minor injuries.
NEW YORK (AP) - Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira each homered and
drove in three runs, Freddy Garcia stifled his former team and the
New York Yankees handed the snakebit Seattle Mariners their 16th
straight loss with a 10-3 victory last night.A rain delay of 1
hour, 57 minutes was the only thing that slowed this loss for
Seattle.
TILLAMOOK, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say a 20-year-old
Hermiston, Oregon man died after struggling in the surf during a youth group outing at Cape Lookout State Park near Tillamook. Members of a Nazarene Church Youth Group were playing about 70-yards offshore when Zane Thomas Gaulke began to struggle. He was pulled from the surf a short time later and taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Yashanee Vaughn's funeral will be held
Saturday in Portland at City Bible Church - Rocky Butte Campus. The
14-year-old girl went missing in March. Her remains were found
earlier this month, and Portland police say she was shot in the
head. Her 16-year-old boyfriend is charged with murder.
GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) - The Multnomah County sheriff's office says
a man cooking methamphetamine in his apartment splashed chemicals
into his eyes during a police raid last night near Gresham. The
53-year-old man was treated with an emergency eye wash and
evaluated at a hospital before he was booked into jail on charges
of possessing and manufacturing meth. Two other men had to be
decontaminated before their arrests.
UNDATED (AP) - Questions about how Oregon and coach Chip Kelly
expect to build on recent success will no doubt be replaced today
at Pac-12 media day in Los Angeles by questions about the Ducks'
relationship with Willie Lyles. The Ducks paid Lyles and his Houston-based scouting company $25,000 last year, purportedly for information about prep athletes for the 2010 recruiting class. But when Oregon released Lyles' scouting report, it mostly included players who had already signed their letters of intent a year earlier. The NCAA is investigating Lyles links to a high-profile recruit that signed with the Ducks just before that payment.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - It's getting even harder for smokers on
Oregon college campuses to find a place to light up. The Oregonian
reports the University of Oregon, Western Oregon University and
Southern Oregon University plan to ban all tobacco, including
chewing, on campus in the fall of 2012. Oregon State University
will ban smoking. The state's other three public universities will
still allow smoking outside in restricted areas.
BEND, Ore. (AP) - A 16-year-old boy riding a bike was struck by
a pickup truck and killed last night in Bend. Police say the boy
was on the shoulder near an intersection when the truck braked and
went to the side. Witnesses told KTVZ the teen was crushed between
the pickup and a wall. A nurse in a nearby car performed CPR but
the boy could not be saved.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State athletic director Bob De
Carolis has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease but he plans to
fulfill his contract with the Beavers. The Portland Tribune
newspaper first reported De Carolis' diagnosis. The university
confirmed it late yesterday. De Carolis signed a five-year contract
extension with Oregon State that keeps him in the AD's office
through June 2016.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
Despite a disappointing 4-2 loss last night at home to the Everett Aqua Sox, the Eugene Emeralds had something to celebrate. For the first time in 11 seasons they’ll be in the Northwest League Championship Series in September. Despite losing ten of the last 13 games the Emeralds tied with Vancouver for the best record in the league at the season’s midpoint. Eugene had the better head to head record against the Canadians so will play the second half winner for the league title after Labor Day. Eugene and Everett meet again tonight at PK Park.
Single game tickets for home Oregon State football games are now on sale. Tickets for the Beavers home opener September 3rd against Sacramento State are $35 each. They’re $60 for the other home non-conference game, October 15th against BYU. Pac-12 games against UCLA, Arizona and Stanford are $45; $75 for the Washington game.
For Florence and the Central Oregon Coast…
The forecast is showing mostly cloudy skies today with a chance of morning drizzle… today’s high near 62 degrees and a north northwest wind five to 14 miles an hour.
Mostly cloudy tonight with a low around 51…
Tomorrow… partly sunny and 63 for a high.
Mostly sunny Thursday and Friday… and expected clear through the weekend.
Small craft advisories are in effect beginning this afternoon and through this evening for north marine winds rising to ten or 15 knots and gusting to 25. The tide is incoming, it’ll be high at 11:16 this morning… low tide at 4:04 this afternoon.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Quick return of stolen goods
When Steve Angal (angle) and his wife Ethel Graham returned from being away for 2 ½ weeks to discover their home had been ransacked and burglarized they didn’t think they would ever see their stuff again. But, within nine hours Florence police had rounded up two suspects and recovered the vast majority of Angal and Graham’s stolen guns, jewelry, cameras, tools and even dirty laundry. Along with items stolen from the 24th Street home, police also recovered goods they believe was likely taken in other area burglaries. 20-year old George Woodworth and 21-year old George McKenzie each face dozens of charges in the one case Florence police know about. The victims, Angal and Graham, said they returned home Wednesday afternoon about three pm to find the garage door askew and a car missing from the driveway. Angal said he told his wife “uh-oh, we’ve got trouble” and told her and his elderly mother to wait in the car while he checked the home to make sure it was safe. Graham said she felt ‘violated’ as she discovered the burglars had taken their time going through drawers, closets and even a camper in the side yard. She said they not only helped themselves to their property but also ate snacks while they did their work. She was thrilled to see most, if not all, of their property had been recovered by police who, after a very quick investigation, arrested the alleged burglars shortly after midnight that night.
August 2nd is being touted as “National Night Out”, a special evening of awareness of crime and crime prevention in residential neighborhoods around the country. The night is being observed in several coastal communities, including Reedsport and Florence. In Reedsport there’ll be a picnic at Lion’s Park with special programs and safety information. In Florence the new Neighborhood Watch Program will be rolled out. An effort is being made to coordinate several individual ‘watch’ programs and coordinate them into a city-wide effort to prevent crime.
Work on restoring the Coos Bay Rail Link between Coos County and the Willamette Valley is continuing, but officials say they’re not going to have the trains running this summer as they had hoped. They do hope to have the short line between Veneta and the Danebo connector in West Eugene operable by October, but it is possible that rail cars could be carrying freight for Roseburg Forest Products in Coquille by the end of the year. The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay used state and federal subsidies to purchase the line after the former owners embargoed it in September 2007.
If you’ve ever tasted home-canned tuna you know how much better it can be than what you’ll find in stores. But canning your own at home can be pretty intimidating and hazardous if you don’t handle the fish properly and process it correctly. The OSU Extension Service in Lane County is offering a series of workshops next month, each aimed at giving ‘hands-on’ instruction… and some of the finished product for participants. 11 different dates are available, but there’s only space for five home-canners at a time. The cost is $25, plus the cost of the fish that you’ll take home with you says Master Food Preserver Nellie Oehler (AY-lurr). Information on how to register is available at the OSU/Lane County Extension website.
http://extension.oregonstate.edu/lane/food_safety
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon newspaper is reporting that
Democratic Congressman David Wu will not resign in the wake of a
young woman's claims that he engaged in "aggressive and unwanted
sexual behavior." The Oregonian newspaper reported on its website
late Sunday that a senior Democrat official, who wasn't further
identified, confirmed to the paper that Wu said he would not resign
but would complete his term and retire in 2012.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Negotiators for Oregon's largest state
workers union have struck a contract deal, ending months of
uncertainty and speculation about a possible strike. The Salem
Statesman Journal reports the deal struck Friday by the Service
Employees International Union requires workers to pay 5 percent of
their health insurance premiums by 2012. The deal still needs to be
ratified by the union's rank-and-file membership.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Officials at Lane Community College are
trying again this summer to find out what is causing health
problems for people who work in one of its buildings. The
Register-Guard reports that for years, some people who work in
Building 4 have reported upper respiratory, skin and other problems
from being in the building. The college has spent several million
dollars on renovations and upgrades but the source of the problem
has never been identified. LCC's human resources director says
officials want to completely fix the building.
TANGENT, Ore. (AP) - Farmers in the Pacific Northwest could use
a bit of the oppressive heat that's crippling much of the United
States right now. Farmers in parts of Oregon and Washington are
struggling with cold, wet weather that's slowing the growth of
their crops. Cherries aren't ripe. The region's world-class grass
seed won't dry out. There's time for the situation to improve, but
farmers say they desperately need some warmth and a break from
above-normal rainfall.
BOSTON (AP) - Jarrod Saltalamacchia drove in four runs, Kevin
Youkilis hit a two-run homer and the Boston Red Sox extended the
Seattle Mariners' franchise-worst losing streak to 15 games with a
12-8 win yesterday. Tim Wakefield joined Roger Clemens as the only
pitchers to strike out 2,000 batters with Boston and moved one win
away from his 200th victory. Michael Pineda allowed five runs in
the first after Seattle took a 2-0 lead and gave up seven runs in
4-and-a-third innings.
STEVENSON, Wash. (AP) - A 30-year-old Portland man has been
killed at a popular rock climbing spot in southwestern Washington.
Skamania County sheriff's officials say the man fell more than 100
feet from Beacon Rock late yesterday afternoon while rappelling
down the south route. The man's name was being withheld as
authorities tried to notify his family.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi has
requested an ethics panel investigation of Congressman David Wu
over a woman's reported accusation that she had an "unwanted
sexual encounter" with the Oregon Democrat last year. Pelosi
issued a statement last night calling on the House Ethics Committee
to begin looking into the allegations against Wu.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Eddie Gaven scored in the 79th minute to
lift the Columbus Crew to a 1-0 victory over the Portland Timbers
on Saturday night. Columbus improved to 8-6-7 and moved into a tie
with Philadelphia for first place in the Eastern Conference.
Portland fell to 6-10-3 overall and remained in eighth place in the
West.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A new report says Oregon State Hospital has
been making significant improvements in management and patient care
this year. The Statesman Journal reports a consulting firm hired by
the state said the 128-year-old Salem psychiatric facility is
making a dramatic turnaround from revolving-door leadership and
other problems such as obsolete facilities, understaffing and
high-profile cases of patient abuse.
FRAZIER PARK, Calif. (AP) - A man wanted by the FBI and the
85-year-old mother he allegedly kidnapped from her home in Oregon
have been found in Southern California. Kern County deputies said
when they arrested 55-year-old Marshall Goldberg northwest of Los
Angeles, his mother Doris Goldberg -- who has Alzheimer's disease
-- was found with him. Since May 24 she has been missing from the
Ashland home she shares with another adult son.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Katie Douglas hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with
56.7 seconds left, and the East All-Stars hung on to beat the West
118-113 on Saturday in one of the closest WNBA midseason showcases
ever. Cappie Pondexter led the East with 17 points, and Douglas and
Tina Charles added 15 apiece. It was only the third All-Star game
victory for the East in 10 tries. Seattle's Swin Cash led the West
with 21 points and 12 rebounds.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at coast radio sports…
It was a weekend of ups and downs for the Three Rivers Sandblasters as their season came to an end at the Corvallis Super Regional of American Legion Baseball. The ‘Blasters started off Friday night with a 6-1 loss at the hands of the Grants Pass Nuggets. Saturday, they turned around and eliminated the Liberty Falcons out of Hillsboro 17-3, jumping out to a ten-nothing lead in the first inning, ending the game after seven innings because of the ‘mercy rule’. Three Rivers was back on the diamond later that evening against the Grants Pass Nuggets once again and got in a hole early… battling back but falling short 9-8. The Nuggets went on to defeat Corvallis twice Sunday to advance to the state tournament this weekend in Eugene.
The Eugene Emeralds started the Northwest League season in first place and they remain there this morning… but today, with one game remaining in the first half of the season, they’re sharing the space with the Vancouver Canadians. The Ems lost a chance to clinch the first-half title and secure a spot in the Northwest League Playoffs in September with a 3-nothing loss at home to the Everett Aqua Sox yesterday. The Emeralds opened the weekend with a 7-1 loss to Vancouver in Eugene Friday; then downed the Canadians 2-1 Saturday night. Eugene and Everett meet again tonight at PK Park.
For Florence and the Central Oregon Coast…
There’s a chance of rain or drizzle this morning, then cloudy skies through the day with a high near 62 degrees.
Mostly cloudy overnight with a low around 52 degrees… and a 20-percent chance of rain or drizzle.
Tomorrow… a 20-percent chance of showers before 11 AM, then mostly cloudy with a high near 62.
Partly sunny skies Wednesday, mostly sunny Thursday and Friday.
The marine forecast shows a northwest marine wind five to ten knots continuing through tonight. High tide will be at 10:10 this morning… low tide at 2:56 this afternoon.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Burglary suspects arrested
Two men have been arrested and police say they recovered a large amount of stolen property and several firearms.
21-year old George Reagan McKenzie (bottom left)and 20-year old George Woodworth, both of Florence, are accused of breaking into a 24th Street home while the occupants were away on vacation. The victims returned home Wednesday after being gone for 2 ½ weeks to find their home had been forcibly entered and ransacked. In addition to missing firearms, TVs, jewelry and other household items, one of the family cars was gone.
Police officers canvassed the neighborhood and were able to glean some suspect information that ultimately led them to two other residences… one in Coast Village near the victims home; the other on Oak Street near 35th. The stolen car was also recovered where it had been abandoned near the North Jetty. Florence police say additional information gathered at the two homes led them to more property they believe may have been stolen from homes outside the Florence city limits. Oregon State Police and the Lane County Sherriff’s office have been notified and investigation will continue. McKenzie and Woodworth are on their way to the Lane County Jail where they await charges… McKenzie is facing 32; Woodworth 19. Bail has not been set.
Yesterday’s burglary arrests were the result of some good old fashioned investigation according to public officials. Assistant Florence City Manager Jacque Betz said after taking the initial report, police immediately began working leads on the case. Three officers, Sergeant Harry Johnson, Shawn Morgan and Gabe Glowacki, were able to get descriptions and plate numbers of the suspects vehicles. Armed with that information, communications officer Angie Brog (brogue) was able to track down registered owner information, including addresses of the suspects.
Owners of a dozen Florence businesses were recognized yesterday for completing a small business development program. James Burke with the Lane Community College Small Business Development program organized and coordinated the monthly classes that also featured several hours of individual counseling. Chad Bogart with Absolute Bookkeeping Service said the class changed his ideas on how to market his business. Another Chad, Clements, said dental school taught him how to be a clinician but didn’t really equip him to operate his own practice. He called the experience – quote – “invaluable”. Burke says they’re currently seeking applicants for the next series of classes. Information is available at the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
AZALEA, Ore. (AP) - The Douglas County sheriff's office has
identified two Middletown, Calif., men killed in a small plane
crash near the southern Oregon town of Azalea. KDRV says the men
killed Sunday evening were 66-year-old Thomas Bradley and
64-year-old Bernd Steffan. They were in a lightweight,
single-engine plane that crashed into a blackberry patch near a
private airstrip.
ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) - Buildings burned on Astoria's historic
waterfront have drawn the attention of thieves who pilfer from the
charred remains of a landmark local café while pieces of the
buildings fall into the river. The Daily Astorian reports demolition of the properties have been held up since the fires in December due to foreclosure proceedings, but the property manager has scheduled demolition work to begin in August. Authorities labeled the fire suspicious, but no arrests have been made.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A pair of Salem teenagers entered guilty
pleas to charges of murder, attempted murder and robbery stemming
from an August stabbing at a convenience store. Nineteen-year-old
Andy Huerta and 16-year-old Martin Covarrubias-Rivera made their
pleas yesterday in Marion County Circuit Court. Police say the two
teenagers robbed a Circle K convenience store of beer on Aug. 29,
then stabbed 68-year-old Austreberto Morales and Robert Marsh.
Morales died of his injuries.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Portland City Council has approved an
ordinance banning most plastic shopping bags at major grocery
stores and certain big-box stores. The rule approved Thursday will
take effect Oct. 15 and is designed to curb pollution. Mayor Sam
Adams proposed the ban after this year's legislative session did
not enact statewide restrictions.
TORONTO (AP) - Rajai Davis hit a tiebreaking double in the
eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays handed the Seattle Mariners
their 12th consecutive loss, 7-5 yesterday. Miguel Olivo erased a
5-1 deficit by hitting Seattle's first grand slam of the season in
the top of the eighth inning, but the Mariners couldn't add on.
It's Seattle longest losing streak since dropping 12 in a row from
Sept. 11-22, 2008.
SACRAMENTO, California (AP) - A 23-year-old Northern California
man who pleaded guilty to searching women's Facebook pages for
clues that allowed him to take over their email accounts and then
made nude pictures of them public is expected to be sentenced
today. Prosecutors say George Bronk violated the online privacy of
women in Oregon and 16 other states.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A financing plan for the proposed new
Columbia River bridge between Oregon and Washington took a hit this
week when the Oregon treasurer's office suggested the expected
revenue from tolls was overestimated by some 15 percent to 25
percent. The project is a 50-50 venture between Oregon and
Washington.
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota authorities say an Oregon man is
one of two motorcyclists killed when they were struck by a pickup
truck. The State Patrol says 61-year-old Robert Austin of Canby
died in the Crash Wednesday on Highway 14 west of North Mankato.
Troopers say the teenage driver of the pickup fell asleep at the
wheel and drifted over the center line. The State Patrol says he
may face criminal charges.
TORONTO (AP) - The Mariners recalled right-hander Josh Lueke
from Triple-A Tacoma before yesterday's 7-5 loss to the Toronto Blue
Jays and optioned infielder Kyle Seager to Triple-A. Lueke made his
major league debut with the Mariners in April, going 1-1 with a
17.05 in eight relief appearances. Seager also debuted this month.
He appeared in seven games for Seattle, hitting .136.
BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) - U.S. Open qualifier Beau Hossler of
Mission Viejo, Calif., beat Connor Black of Katy, Texas, 5 and 4 on
Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of U.S. Junior Amateur
Golf Championship. Jordan Spieth of Dallas, who won the 2009 title,
also advanced with a 2 and 1 victory against Canada's Wilson
Bateman. Spieth will take on Andrew Whalen of Ephrata, Wash., who
beat Taylor Moore of Edmond, Okla., 1 up.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
The Eugene Emeralds chances of winning the first half of the Northwest League and nailing down an automatic spot in a league playoff at the end of the season are growing slimmer. The Ems fell to the Vancouver Canadians 2-1 last night in Eugene. It was Eugene’s seventh loss in the last nine games and leaves them just one game ahead of Vancouver with four games remaining until the midpoint. Neither team had a stellar night as they combined for just seven hits between them. Canucks pitcher Justin Nicolino struck out nine and walked one in five innings of work for the win.
The Three Rivers Sandblasters hit the diamond in Corvallis this afternoon at two against the Grants Pass Nuggets. The winner plays tomorrow at three in Corvallis; the loser at 11, in the Corvallis Super Regional. The double-elimination, four-team tournament runs through Sunday in Corvallis.
For Florence and the Central Oregon Coast…
Partly sunny today with a high near 63 degrees, along with a north northeast wind seven to 17 miles an hour gusting to 30 miles an hour.
Partly cloudy tonight, with some patchy fog late, and a low around 47.
For the weekend… mostly sunny and 67 tomorrow after some patch morning fog. More of the same Sunday.
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers Monday, mostly cloudy Tuesday and then partly sunny by Wednesday.
The marine forecast is showing a north marine wind ten to 15 knots gusting to 25 knots later in the day… High tide was at 6:17 this morning… low tide at 12:09 this afternoon.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Local man injured in Lincoln Country crash - Emergency Ops presents in Dunes City - Martindale not ready to retire- Dentistry from the Heart
Local man injured in Lincoln County crash
A crash on Highway 20, four miles west of Newport earlier this week, injured a Florence area man and blocked traffic on the heavily travelled route for about ten hours. Police say 25-year old William T. Gates of Westlake was westbound just after three o’clock Monday afternoon when his Toyota pickup crossed the centerline and struck a large commercial truck hauling a crane. Gates’ truck spun off the highway and came to rest at the bottom of an embankment, while the crane came to rest on the side of the road and partially over the bank. Gates, who suffered only minor injuries, had to be extricated by firefighters. He was transported to the hospital in Newport and released. The commercial truck driver, 36-year old Sara Sweider of Coos Bay, was not injured. The crash closed all traffic for about four hours as responders cleaned up what was described as a “major debris field”. Traffic was restricted to one-lane for another six hours while the crane was righted and removed. Gates was cited for failing to maintain his travel lane and not wearing a seat belt.
Disaster and emergency response officials will be in Dunes City this evening for a presentation about the Western Lane Emergency Operations Group. Agency chiefs from Western Lane Ambulance, Siuslaw Valley Fire, and Florence Police, along with Lane County Emergency Management will be on hand to talk about how the local consortium is prepared to respond in the event of a wide-spread disaster. Dunes City Recorder Fred Hilden says the group’s message is an important one.
Hilden -- "The Florence area seemed to escape the throes of the tsunami that came from Japan's earthquake. That may not be the case if we have a Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake."
The presentation begins at six this evening at Dunes City Hall in Westlake.
When he entered his seventh year as principal at Siuslaw High School last fall Larry Martindale was looking forward to retirement at the end of the year. But, by the time springtime arrived, the 58-year old Martindale admitted he wasn’t quite ready to hang it up. He’ll begin work in two weeks as the principal at Brookings-Harbor High School. Martindale has been in education for 31-years, 22 years as an administrator.
For the second year in a row a local dentist will be providing free dental care to as many patients as he can see in one day. Dr. Charles Korando and his team of dentists, hygienists and volunteers will provide free coverage on a ‘first come first served’ basis from seven am to four pm August 18th. He’s teamed up with the organization “Dentistry From the Heart” for the second year in a row. Registration begins at six AM that morning and they’ll do cleanings, extractions, fillings and other corrective care as they can. “Dentristry From the Heart” is a national organization that has treated more than 50-thousand patients… for free… in the past ten years.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - A Medford man suspected by police of
stabbing his wife and four children to death and setting fire to
their house on Monday has been unconscious since being taken to the
hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation. Nurse practitioner
Tamara Dixon said yesterday that 51-year-old Jordan Adam Criado is
in guarded but stable condition and on a mechanical respirator to
be sure he has no breathing problems while he is in what is called
an unresponsive state.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Portland man has been sentenced to life
in prison for the murder of his wife, whom he strangled and stuffed
in a duffel bag, then dumped off on a remote forest road south of
Portland. The Oregonian reports Multnomah County judge Janice
Wilson handed down the sentence yesterday. Brian Cole must serve at
least 25 years in prison before he's eligible for parole.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - A Syracuse, N.Y., man remains on a
respirator at an Oregon hospital after falling 300 feet into the
remains of a volcano that forms the nation's deepest and clearest
lake. Rogue Medical Center spokesman Grant Walker says 27-year-old
Eric Brimlow remains in critical condition. Rescuers plucked him
from the caldera at Crater Lake last week after a tree stopped his
fall.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - The Eugene city manager has cited budget
concerns and the uncertain economy as he turned down a nearly
$8,700 pay raise from the City Council. Along with other Eugene
city employees, Jon Ruiz will collect a 2 percent cost-of-living
pay raise. That will bring his annual salary to nearly $174,000.
TORONTO (AP) - Travis Snider hit a three-run homer, Brandon
Morrow won his fifth consecutive decision and the Toronto Blue Jays
beat the Mariners 11-6 on Wednesday night, extending Seattle's
losing streak to 11 games. Adam Lind and Edwin Encarnacion also
homered for the Blue Jays, who have won seven of nine. The
Mariners' losing streak is their longest since a 12-game skid in
2008.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon death-row inmate who wants to
fast-track his execution was due back in a Salem courtroom today. A
Marion County Circuit Court is holding a hearing that's likely to focus
on psychological evaluations of 49-year-old inmate Gary Haugen and
a timeframe for determining whether he is competent to waive his
remaining appeals. Haugen has been convicted twice of murder. His
execution was scheduled for next month, but it was canceled after
his lawyers said they believed he was delusional and incompetent to
decide not to appeal.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Police are investigating the shooting
death of a man in southeast Portland. Officers responding late last
night to a report of shots fired located the wounded man. Police
said early today that he died of his wounds at a hospital. Police
set up a perimeter of several blocks in each direction in a search
for a suspect but there's no word of an arrest.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Federal prosecutors in Portland say
they've cracked a multi-state diamond theft ring that netted more
than $1.4 million in gems from various jewelers. Five people
indicted in Portland are charged with interstate transportation of
stolen property and conspiracy. The FBI says a man would walk into
a jewelry store and pretend to shop for a diamond ring. After
asking to see large gems, the phony customer would grab them and
race to a getaway car. The thefts were in Oregon and several other
states.
SEATTLE (AP) - Seattle Sounders FC goalkeeper Kasey Keller will
attend the MLS All-Star game in Harrison, N.J. on July 27 after a
deal was worked out between the team, the league and All-Star coach
Hans Backe. MLS spokesman Will Kuhns said a deal was finalized
yesterday allowing Keller to attend the game and serve as the third
goalkeeper for the MLS team against Manchester United.
BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) - U.S. Open qualifier Beau Hossler
overcame a rough start to the match-play portion of the U.S. Junior
Amateur championships on Wednesday before advancing to the second
round in Bremerton, Wash. Hossler, a 16-year-old U.S. Open
qualifier from Mission Viejo, Calif., beat Miller Capps of Denver,
N.C., 3 and 2, bouncing back after losing the first four holes.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
The Eugene Emeralds snapped a four-game losing streak last night in Vancouver with an 11-6 win over the Canadians. Much of the Emeralds offense came off the bat of left-fielder Jose Dore who amassed eight RBI in the game. Hitting just .159 going into the game with four RBI on the season Dore had two doubles for four runs, and added a grand slam in the fifth inning. The Emeralds and Canadians will be at PK Park in Eugene this evening.
The Three Rivers Sandblasters will be in Corvallis tomorrow afternoon for a game against the Grants Pass Nuggets as they open the Corvallis Super Regional. They’ll play through the weekend in the double-elimination four-team playoff. The winner of the regional advances to the state tournament in Eugene beginning July 28th.
For Florence and the Central Oregon Coast…
Mostly cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain this morning… today’s high near 62 degrees.
More cloudy skies overnight with a lwo around 53.
Tomorrow… partly sunny skies, a high near 63, and a north northeast wind between seven and 17 miles an hour gusting as high as 30 miles an hour.
For the weekend… mostly sunny Saturday with a high near 67 degrees… partly sunny and 64 for a high on Sunday. There is a slight chance of showers on Monday.
The marine forecast shows a northwest marine wind five to ten knots gusting to 15 knots becoming north by tonight. Low tide will be at 11:32 this morning… high tide at 5:58 this evening.
A crash on Highway 20, four miles west of Newport earlier this week, injured a Florence area man and blocked traffic on the heavily travelled route for about ten hours. Police say 25-year old William T. Gates of Westlake was westbound just after three o’clock Monday afternoon when his Toyota pickup crossed the centerline and struck a large commercial truck hauling a crane. Gates’ truck spun off the highway and came to rest at the bottom of an embankment, while the crane came to rest on the side of the road and partially over the bank. Gates, who suffered only minor injuries, had to be extricated by firefighters. He was transported to the hospital in Newport and released. The commercial truck driver, 36-year old Sara Sweider of Coos Bay, was not injured. The crash closed all traffic for about four hours as responders cleaned up what was described as a “major debris field”. Traffic was restricted to one-lane for another six hours while the crane was righted and removed. Gates was cited for failing to maintain his travel lane and not wearing a seat belt.
Disaster and emergency response officials will be in Dunes City this evening for a presentation about the Western Lane Emergency Operations Group. Agency chiefs from Western Lane Ambulance, Siuslaw Valley Fire, and Florence Police, along with Lane County Emergency Management will be on hand to talk about how the local consortium is prepared to respond in the event of a wide-spread disaster. Dunes City Recorder Fred Hilden says the group’s message is an important one.
Hilden -- "The Florence area seemed to escape the throes of the tsunami that came from Japan's earthquake. That may not be the case if we have a Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake."
The presentation begins at six this evening at Dunes City Hall in Westlake.
When he entered his seventh year as principal at Siuslaw High School last fall Larry Martindale was looking forward to retirement at the end of the year. But, by the time springtime arrived, the 58-year old Martindale admitted he wasn’t quite ready to hang it up. He’ll begin work in two weeks as the principal at Brookings-Harbor High School. Martindale has been in education for 31-years, 22 years as an administrator.
For the second year in a row a local dentist will be providing free dental care to as many patients as he can see in one day. Dr. Charles Korando and his team of dentists, hygienists and volunteers will provide free coverage on a ‘first come first served’ basis from seven am to four pm August 18th. He’s teamed up with the organization “Dentistry From the Heart” for the second year in a row. Registration begins at six AM that morning and they’ll do cleanings, extractions, fillings and other corrective care as they can. “Dentristry From the Heart” is a national organization that has treated more than 50-thousand patients… for free… in the past ten years.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - A Medford man suspected by police of
stabbing his wife and four children to death and setting fire to
their house on Monday has been unconscious since being taken to the
hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation. Nurse practitioner
Tamara Dixon said yesterday that 51-year-old Jordan Adam Criado is
in guarded but stable condition and on a mechanical respirator to
be sure he has no breathing problems while he is in what is called
an unresponsive state.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Portland man has been sentenced to life
in prison for the murder of his wife, whom he strangled and stuffed
in a duffel bag, then dumped off on a remote forest road south of
Portland. The Oregonian reports Multnomah County judge Janice
Wilson handed down the sentence yesterday. Brian Cole must serve at
least 25 years in prison before he's eligible for parole.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - A Syracuse, N.Y., man remains on a
respirator at an Oregon hospital after falling 300 feet into the
remains of a volcano that forms the nation's deepest and clearest
lake. Rogue Medical Center spokesman Grant Walker says 27-year-old
Eric Brimlow remains in critical condition. Rescuers plucked him
from the caldera at Crater Lake last week after a tree stopped his
fall.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - The Eugene city manager has cited budget
concerns and the uncertain economy as he turned down a nearly
$8,700 pay raise from the City Council. Along with other Eugene
city employees, Jon Ruiz will collect a 2 percent cost-of-living
pay raise. That will bring his annual salary to nearly $174,000.
TORONTO (AP) - Travis Snider hit a three-run homer, Brandon
Morrow won his fifth consecutive decision and the Toronto Blue Jays
beat the Mariners 11-6 on Wednesday night, extending Seattle's
losing streak to 11 games. Adam Lind and Edwin Encarnacion also
homered for the Blue Jays, who have won seven of nine. The
Mariners' losing streak is their longest since a 12-game skid in
2008.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon death-row inmate who wants to
fast-track his execution was due back in a Salem courtroom today. A
Marion County Circuit Court is holding a hearing that's likely to focus
on psychological evaluations of 49-year-old inmate Gary Haugen and
a timeframe for determining whether he is competent to waive his
remaining appeals. Haugen has been convicted twice of murder. His
execution was scheduled for next month, but it was canceled after
his lawyers said they believed he was delusional and incompetent to
decide not to appeal.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Police are investigating the shooting
death of a man in southeast Portland. Officers responding late last
night to a report of shots fired located the wounded man. Police
said early today that he died of his wounds at a hospital. Police
set up a perimeter of several blocks in each direction in a search
for a suspect but there's no word of an arrest.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Federal prosecutors in Portland say
they've cracked a multi-state diamond theft ring that netted more
than $1.4 million in gems from various jewelers. Five people
indicted in Portland are charged with interstate transportation of
stolen property and conspiracy. The FBI says a man would walk into
a jewelry store and pretend to shop for a diamond ring. After
asking to see large gems, the phony customer would grab them and
race to a getaway car. The thefts were in Oregon and several other
states.
SEATTLE (AP) - Seattle Sounders FC goalkeeper Kasey Keller will
attend the MLS All-Star game in Harrison, N.J. on July 27 after a
deal was worked out between the team, the league and All-Star coach
Hans Backe. MLS spokesman Will Kuhns said a deal was finalized
yesterday allowing Keller to attend the game and serve as the third
goalkeeper for the MLS team against Manchester United.
BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) - U.S. Open qualifier Beau Hossler
overcame a rough start to the match-play portion of the U.S. Junior
Amateur championships on Wednesday before advancing to the second
round in Bremerton, Wash. Hossler, a 16-year-old U.S. Open
qualifier from Mission Viejo, Calif., beat Miller Capps of Denver,
N.C., 3 and 2, bouncing back after losing the first four holes.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
The Eugene Emeralds snapped a four-game losing streak last night in Vancouver with an 11-6 win over the Canadians. Much of the Emeralds offense came off the bat of left-fielder Jose Dore who amassed eight RBI in the game. Hitting just .159 going into the game with four RBI on the season Dore had two doubles for four runs, and added a grand slam in the fifth inning. The Emeralds and Canadians will be at PK Park in Eugene this evening.
The Three Rivers Sandblasters will be in Corvallis tomorrow afternoon for a game against the Grants Pass Nuggets as they open the Corvallis Super Regional. They’ll play through the weekend in the double-elimination four-team playoff. The winner of the regional advances to the state tournament in Eugene beginning July 28th.
For Florence and the Central Oregon Coast…
Mostly cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain this morning… today’s high near 62 degrees.
More cloudy skies overnight with a lwo around 53.
Tomorrow… partly sunny skies, a high near 63, and a north northeast wind between seven and 17 miles an hour gusting as high as 30 miles an hour.
For the weekend… mostly sunny Saturday with a high near 67 degrees… partly sunny and 64 for a high on Sunday. There is a slight chance of showers on Monday.
The marine forecast shows a northwest marine wind five to ten knots gusting to 15 knots becoming north by tonight. Low tide will be at 11:32 this morning… high tide at 5:58 this evening.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Early releases from jail; Ponzi schemer gets 9 years; Marine reserves funded
Lane County Jail releases 78 prisoners early…
Ten prisoners characterized as “high risk” walked free from the Lane County Jail during a six-day period earlier this month. It wasn’t a mass breakout, but instead an early release of a total of 78 prisoners as Sheriff Tom Turner is trying to make ends meet. Turner ordered the 84-bed jail “annex” closed at the first of this month and laid off 52 department employees in an effort to close a $3.2-million funding shortfall. Of the prisoners released last week 48 were considered to be ‘low risk’ and another 20 were ‘medium risk’. The other ten may include, say officials, people charged with violent crimes. Names of the prisoners weren’t released. It’s estimated that as many as 750 Lane County prisoners will see their sentences shortened over the next 12-months because of the funding shortfall. The closure of the ‘annex’ reduces the jail capacity from 410 to 326… 110 of those beds are reserved for state and federal corrections inmates. That leaves just 216 jail beds funded by Lane County.
A 69-year-old California man who swindled more than 100 people out of nearly $19 million has been sentenced to nine years in prison. Most of the victims were elderly and retired residents of the Florence area. U.S. District Judge Michael Hogan sentenced Louis J. Borstelmann of Thousand Oaks, California Tuesday, ordering him to repay his victims upon his release at a minimum rate of $200 per month. Borstelmann previously forfeited $100,000 and a Lexus SUV. He pleaded guilty in March to mail fraud and money laundering. Through his company, Sunburst Associates, he falsely promised high rates of return and a security interest in property. He has admitted the alleged investments never existed and it was all a Ponzi scheme, in which he used new investor money to pay older investment obligations.
Funding for implementation of a series of five marine reserves off the Oregon Coast is in place thanks to the 2011 Oregon Legislature. The reserves, one of which will be just offshore Cape Perpetua north of Florence, have been in planning for several years and now will move to the implementation stage. The Governor will now coordinate a process with lawmakers and government agencies to draw up the actual guidelines for administering the reserves. The other four reserves will be near Port Orford on the south coast; Otter Rock near Newport and Cascade Head on the Central Coast; as well as Cape Falcon in the north. A sixth reserve had been proposed for near Cape Arago, southwest of Coos Bay, but there was no local support.
For the third week in a row the national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded has risen… this week it’s up four cents to $3.68 according to Triple-A. Meanwhile, Oregon’s average price held steady this week at $3.75 a gallon. In Florence, the average also held steady… it’s ten cents less than the statewide average at $3.65.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Surveillance video from an Oregon
convenience store shows a woman calmly talking on the phone and
buying cigar wrappers hours before she and her four children were
found stabbed in their home. Tabasha Paige-Criado was reported
missing Monday by her husband, Jordan Adam Criado. He's now
suspected of killing her and their children and setting the house
ablaze.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - One of Oregon's largest public employee
unions has reached an agreement for a contract with the state. The
AFSCME (AFS' me) union says the agreement reached yesterday calls
for workers to pay 5 percent of their medical, dental and life
insurance premiums and to take 14 unpaid days off work. Bargaining
with the Service Employees International Union will resume on
Friday.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Portland Fire Bureau spokesman says two
men installing gutters on the third floor of an apartment building
were shocked, burned and knocked to the ground when a gutter
section made contact with an overhead power line. A bureau
spokesman says the men were knocked off their ladders yesterday.
They suffered life-threatening injuries and were rushed to area
hospitals.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Environmentalists and Portland General
Electric have settled a lawsuit over the utility's coal-fired
electricity plant in Eastern Oregon. The deal announced yesterday
includes additional limits on sulfur dioxide emissions during the
Boardman plant's final years. The plant is the only one of its kind
in Oregon and a major source of greenhouse gases and regional haze
pollutants.
TORONTO (AP) - Rajai Davis stole two bases before scoring on
John McDonald's sacrifice fly in the 14th inning and the Toronto
Blue Jays beat Seattle 6-5 last night, extending the Mariners'
losing streak to 10 games. It's their longest slide since a 12-game
skid in 2008. Davis hit a one-out single off Jamey Wright in the
14th and stole second and third before scoring on McDonald's fly to
center.
RITZVILLE, Wash. (AP) - The head volleyball coach at Eastern
Oregon University has been killed in a two-vehicle crash near
Ritzville, Wash. Troopers believe 25-year-old Hailey Pearce of
LaGrande didn't see a pickup truck ahead of her Monday on Highway
395. The trooper says the pickup was a rear escort for a farming
combine. Pearce joined Eastern Oregon's coaching staff in 2010.
RENO, Nev. (AP) - The BLM is starting a roundup of more than
1,700 wild mustangs in Nevada now that a federal appeals court has
lifted a temporary injunction. The federal agency said the roundup
that had been scheduled to begin last week would start today in
northeast Nevada near the Utah line, weather permitting.
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) - All-Stars Sylvia Fowles and Epiphanny
Prince combined for 47 points to lead the Chicago Sky to a 78-69
win over the Seattle Storm. Fowles, the WNBA scoring leader, had 24
points and nine boards, and Prince had 23 points for Chicago. Both
players were announced as All-Star reserves at halftime. Sue Bird
scored 26 points for the Storm, who dropped their third game in a
row.
BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) - U.S. Open qualifier Beau Hossler shot a
5-under 67, the low round of the tournament, yesterday and earned
medalist honors at the U.S. Junior Amateur at Gold Mountain Golf
Club in Bremerton, Wash. Hossler, from Mission Viejo, Calif., was
at 9-under 135 through 36 holes. Will Starke of Cary, S.C., the
first-round co-leader, shot a 71 and was in second with a 139.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
Nic Canaday had quite the day at the plate yesterday, as did Kyle Davis on the mound. The Three Rivers Sandblasters swept the Springfield Titans in a double header to wrap up the regular season. Davis earned the win on the mound in both games, coming in for relief of Ryan Smith in the eighth inning of game one as the ‘Blasters fought back, coming from behind for the 7-6 victory. He then went the distance in game two, throwing a complete 7-inning game for the 5-4 win. Canaday posted three home runs on the day, a solo shot in the opener and a pair of two-run dingers in the nightcap. The Sandblasters have done their part, now must await the outcome of a double header today between Albany and Corvallis to see if they’ll make the regional playoffs.
The Eugene Emeralds slide continues on the road. They were virtually untouchable just a couple-weeks ago, but gave up four runs in the seventh inning last night and the Vancouver Canadians rallied for a 4-run victory in Vancouver. It was the fourth straight loss for Eugene, and the sixth in the last seven games. At one point Eugene held an 8-game advantage in the West Division of the Northwest League but are now only one game ahead of the Canucks… the two teams wrap up the first half of a six-game split series tonight at Scotiabank Field in Vancouver before heading to PK Park in Eugene tomorrow.
For Florence and the Central Oregon Coast…
The Forecast says cloudy skies this morning… but we can’t all be right. Today’s high near 62 degrees and calm conditions early, with a north northwest wind developing to around seven to ten miles an hour.
Mostly cloudy overnight with a low around 51 degrees… along with a 40-percent chance of rain late.
Tomorrow… a chance of morning showers, mostly cloudy skies and a high near 62.
Partly sunny Friday, mostly sunny Saturday, then mostly cloudy on Sunday…
The marine forecast shows a west marine wind five to ten knots becoming northwest at ten to 15 knots by this afternoon. Low tide will be at 10:58; high tide at 5:22.
Ten prisoners characterized as “high risk” walked free from the Lane County Jail during a six-day period earlier this month. It wasn’t a mass breakout, but instead an early release of a total of 78 prisoners as Sheriff Tom Turner is trying to make ends meet. Turner ordered the 84-bed jail “annex” closed at the first of this month and laid off 52 department employees in an effort to close a $3.2-million funding shortfall. Of the prisoners released last week 48 were considered to be ‘low risk’ and another 20 were ‘medium risk’. The other ten may include, say officials, people charged with violent crimes. Names of the prisoners weren’t released. It’s estimated that as many as 750 Lane County prisoners will see their sentences shortened over the next 12-months because of the funding shortfall. The closure of the ‘annex’ reduces the jail capacity from 410 to 326… 110 of those beds are reserved for state and federal corrections inmates. That leaves just 216 jail beds funded by Lane County.
A 69-year-old California man who swindled more than 100 people out of nearly $19 million has been sentenced to nine years in prison. Most of the victims were elderly and retired residents of the Florence area. U.S. District Judge Michael Hogan sentenced Louis J. Borstelmann of Thousand Oaks, California Tuesday, ordering him to repay his victims upon his release at a minimum rate of $200 per month. Borstelmann previously forfeited $100,000 and a Lexus SUV. He pleaded guilty in March to mail fraud and money laundering. Through his company, Sunburst Associates, he falsely promised high rates of return and a security interest in property. He has admitted the alleged investments never existed and it was all a Ponzi scheme, in which he used new investor money to pay older investment obligations.
Funding for implementation of a series of five marine reserves off the Oregon Coast is in place thanks to the 2011 Oregon Legislature. The reserves, one of which will be just offshore Cape Perpetua north of Florence, have been in planning for several years and now will move to the implementation stage. The Governor will now coordinate a process with lawmakers and government agencies to draw up the actual guidelines for administering the reserves. The other four reserves will be near Port Orford on the south coast; Otter Rock near Newport and Cascade Head on the Central Coast; as well as Cape Falcon in the north. A sixth reserve had been proposed for near Cape Arago, southwest of Coos Bay, but there was no local support.
For the third week in a row the national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded has risen… this week it’s up four cents to $3.68 according to Triple-A. Meanwhile, Oregon’s average price held steady this week at $3.75 a gallon. In Florence, the average also held steady… it’s ten cents less than the statewide average at $3.65.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Surveillance video from an Oregon
convenience store shows a woman calmly talking on the phone and
buying cigar wrappers hours before she and her four children were
found stabbed in their home. Tabasha Paige-Criado was reported
missing Monday by her husband, Jordan Adam Criado. He's now
suspected of killing her and their children and setting the house
ablaze.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - One of Oregon's largest public employee
unions has reached an agreement for a contract with the state. The
AFSCME (AFS' me) union says the agreement reached yesterday calls
for workers to pay 5 percent of their medical, dental and life
insurance premiums and to take 14 unpaid days off work. Bargaining
with the Service Employees International Union will resume on
Friday.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Portland Fire Bureau spokesman says two
men installing gutters on the third floor of an apartment building
were shocked, burned and knocked to the ground when a gutter
section made contact with an overhead power line. A bureau
spokesman says the men were knocked off their ladders yesterday.
They suffered life-threatening injuries and were rushed to area
hospitals.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Environmentalists and Portland General
Electric have settled a lawsuit over the utility's coal-fired
electricity plant in Eastern Oregon. The deal announced yesterday
includes additional limits on sulfur dioxide emissions during the
Boardman plant's final years. The plant is the only one of its kind
in Oregon and a major source of greenhouse gases and regional haze
pollutants.
TORONTO (AP) - Rajai Davis stole two bases before scoring on
John McDonald's sacrifice fly in the 14th inning and the Toronto
Blue Jays beat Seattle 6-5 last night, extending the Mariners'
losing streak to 10 games. It's their longest slide since a 12-game
skid in 2008. Davis hit a one-out single off Jamey Wright in the
14th and stole second and third before scoring on McDonald's fly to
center.
RITZVILLE, Wash. (AP) - The head volleyball coach at Eastern
Oregon University has been killed in a two-vehicle crash near
Ritzville, Wash. Troopers believe 25-year-old Hailey Pearce of
LaGrande didn't see a pickup truck ahead of her Monday on Highway
395. The trooper says the pickup was a rear escort for a farming
combine. Pearce joined Eastern Oregon's coaching staff in 2010.
RENO, Nev. (AP) - The BLM is starting a roundup of more than
1,700 wild mustangs in Nevada now that a federal appeals court has
lifted a temporary injunction. The federal agency said the roundup
that had been scheduled to begin last week would start today in
northeast Nevada near the Utah line, weather permitting.
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) - All-Stars Sylvia Fowles and Epiphanny
Prince combined for 47 points to lead the Chicago Sky to a 78-69
win over the Seattle Storm. Fowles, the WNBA scoring leader, had 24
points and nine boards, and Prince had 23 points for Chicago. Both
players were announced as All-Star reserves at halftime. Sue Bird
scored 26 points for the Storm, who dropped their third game in a
row.
BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) - U.S. Open qualifier Beau Hossler shot a
5-under 67, the low round of the tournament, yesterday and earned
medalist honors at the U.S. Junior Amateur at Gold Mountain Golf
Club in Bremerton, Wash. Hossler, from Mission Viejo, Calif., was
at 9-under 135 through 36 holes. Will Starke of Cary, S.C., the
first-round co-leader, shot a 71 and was in second with a 139.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
Nic Canaday had quite the day at the plate yesterday, as did Kyle Davis on the mound. The Three Rivers Sandblasters swept the Springfield Titans in a double header to wrap up the regular season. Davis earned the win on the mound in both games, coming in for relief of Ryan Smith in the eighth inning of game one as the ‘Blasters fought back, coming from behind for the 7-6 victory. He then went the distance in game two, throwing a complete 7-inning game for the 5-4 win. Canaday posted three home runs on the day, a solo shot in the opener and a pair of two-run dingers in the nightcap. The Sandblasters have done their part, now must await the outcome of a double header today between Albany and Corvallis to see if they’ll make the regional playoffs.
The Eugene Emeralds slide continues on the road. They were virtually untouchable just a couple-weeks ago, but gave up four runs in the seventh inning last night and the Vancouver Canadians rallied for a 4-run victory in Vancouver. It was the fourth straight loss for Eugene, and the sixth in the last seven games. At one point Eugene held an 8-game advantage in the West Division of the Northwest League but are now only one game ahead of the Canucks… the two teams wrap up the first half of a six-game split series tonight at Scotiabank Field in Vancouver before heading to PK Park in Eugene tomorrow.
For Florence and the Central Oregon Coast…
The Forecast says cloudy skies this morning… but we can’t all be right. Today’s high near 62 degrees and calm conditions early, with a north northwest wind developing to around seven to ten miles an hour.
Mostly cloudy overnight with a low around 51 degrees… along with a 40-percent chance of rain late.
Tomorrow… a chance of morning showers, mostly cloudy skies and a high near 62.
Partly sunny Friday, mostly sunny Saturday, then mostly cloudy on Sunday…
The marine forecast shows a west marine wind five to ten knots becoming northwest at ten to 15 knots by this afternoon. Low tide will be at 10:58; high tide at 5:22.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Real Estate Market mixed; Former LC Commissioner testifies in DC; Current LC Commission seeking comments
Mixed news in real estate market…
A recent uptick in real estate sales has brought some optimism to industry watchers, but things still have a long ways to go according to local property appraiser Tawfik Ahdab.
Ahdab – “The current bright spot is that our market activity in the second quarter was relatively decent which really took us out of our funk. But I don’t know how sustained it is, because things remain quite low.”
Ahdab, with Pacific Valuation Group, says one bright spot in an otherwise gloomy picture is the percentage of local sales attributed to foreclosures. In many areas, they account for a large percentage of sales.
Ahdab – “But here in Florence they are not dominant. We have only 19 closed sales in the last, uh, year to date, and only four short sales out of 103 closed sales. So, really, they don’t amount to much of a percentage, maybe 20-percent or so.”
Foreclosures also account for a very small share of homes listed for sale. But, that could also be because of the large number of homes currently on the market in Western Lane County. At the current rate of sale it would take well over two years to exhaust the supply.
Ahdab – “A normal balanced market is six months, an over supplied market is 12-months so when we’re sitting at 26.85 months it means we have a vast inventory compared with what is able to sell.”
With 528 active listings on the market at the end of June, and only 103 sales so far this year, the inventory is at it’s highest level in three years.
Former Lane County Commissioner Anna Morrison, five years out of office, is still stumping in Washington D.C. in an effort to try to stabilize funding for Oregon counties with a high percentage of federal lands. Morrison testified at a congressional subcommittee hearing last week on behalf of the group “Women in Timber” against renewal of the Secure Rural Schools act.
Morrison – “It was always meant to be a six-year funding stopgap until the forests were reopened to harvest levels sustaining rural schools and roads. It was never intended to become the entitlement program it has become.”
The original bill took effect 11-years ago and was extended several times. She told lawmakers last Thursday the original intention was never to permanently replace the jobs and revenue created by logging. Morrison told lawmakers that sustainable timber sales are the key.
Morrison – “These in turn provide jobs and socio-economic benefits, in addition to the timber receipts that are shared with the local communities. In the late 1980s increased timber harvests from the federal lands generated eight times the economic benefit that is currently being provided by Secure Rural Schools.”
Lane County is looking at receiving the last payment in the program later this year.
Along those lines, Current West Lane County Commissioner Jay Bozievich will be in Florence for two “community conversations” tomorrow afternoon. His primary concern is in hearing from residents about how best to handle a $1.2-million shortfall that appeared in the current year’s revenue when the Bureau of Land Management announced two weeks ago they weren’t going to be providing the full amount of funding Lane County expected.
Bozievich – “Looking forward to hearing from the community and their concerns in particularly with us having to do some rearranging of the deck chairs here on the Titanic.”
Bozievich will be at Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue tomorrow afternoon from two to four pm; Then again at 5:30.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
COQUILLE, Ore. (AP) - A Coos County prosecutor has told jurors
in Nicholas McGuffin's murder trial that the defendant is an
arrogant killer whose relationship with 15-year-old Leah Freeman
led him to take her life in the summer of 2000. In its closing
argument yesterday, the defense said the state has no evidence
against McGuffin and pursued him rather than finding the real
killer. Now 29, McGuffin was 18 at the time of Freeman's death.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Court documents in the case of a Portland
man accused of choking and stabbing his pregnant wife, then
stabbing himself allege he attacked when she told him she was
leaving because of his drug use. Both are expected to survive. A
probable cause affidavit filed yesterday says 33-year-old Brian
Shaun Nickel had used the drug Ketamine on Saturday before calling
his wife "the devil" and saying he had to kill her. Ketamine is
an animal tranquilizer known to cause hallucinations.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Police have identified the man suspected of
killing his wife and four children and setting fire to their home
in Southern Oregon. He is 51-year-old Jordan Adam Criado of
Medford. Police say they believe Criado stabbed his wife,
30-year-old Tabasha Paige-Criado, and their four children, three
boys aged 5-7, and a two-year-old girl. The children have not yet
been identified.
BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon judge says a 75-year-old
federal magistrate judge died Monday while working in a community
garden in the Portland suburb of Beaverton. The Oregonian says the
cause of death of Magistrate Judge Donald Ashmanskas was not
immediately known. He became a federal judge in 1992 after serving
as a district judge and circuit court judge in Washington County.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Investigators were trying to determine what
happened in the hours before a Medford mother and her four children
were pulled from a burning home and rescuers discovered they each
had been stabbed. Police believe 51-year-old Jordan Adam Criado
stabbed them and set fire to the house, staying inside as it filled
with smoke. Criado, who has not been charged, was sedated in stable
condition and under police guard after surviving the fire.
SEATTLE (AP) - For weeks, manager Eric Wedge's daily briefing
has turned into a psychological examination of why the Seattle
Mariners offense is so bad. Their start to the second half of the
season didn't dissuade any of the conversation after the Mariners
scored two runs in four games while being swept by Texas. Seattle
has also dropped nine straight and fallen to 11 1/2 games back in the
AL West.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Energy companies see renewed hope for
putting liquefied natural gas terminals on the Oregon coast - this
time to export the new supplies drillers have uncovered by
"fracking" shale formations. That raises fears among some that
exporting domestic natural gas is a step toward making the market
global and raising prices in the United States for a resource
that's abundant.
BEND, Ore. (AP) - An October jury trial has been set for a man
suspected of dumping his wife's body into the North Santiam River.
The Bend Bulletin reports Steven Blaylock will appear on charges of
murder and manslaughter in the presumed death of his wife,
48-year-old Lori Blaylock of Bend.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The family of a 14-year-old Portland girl
missing since March has scheduled a July 30 funeral, confident that
human remains found on a Portland hill are indeed Yashanee Vaughn.
The state medical examiner's office has not yet identified the
remains found last Friday on Rocky Butte. Prosecutors say the
discovery resulted from information provided by the girl's
16-year-old boyfriend Parrish Bennette Jr., who's charged with
murder in the girl's death.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland Timbers defender Kevin
Goldthwaite will miss the rest of the season because of ruptured
ligaments in his left knee. Goldthwaite hurt his knee in the
Timbers' 1-0 win over the Chicago Fire on Saturday. The 28-year-old
veteran of six Major League Soccer seasons underwent an MRI
yesterday that revealed ruptured anterior cruciate and medial
collateral ligaments.
BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) - U.S. Open qualifier Beau Hossler and
Will Starke shot 4-under 68s to share a one-stroke lead at the U.S.
Junior Amateur at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash. The
16-year-old Hossler, from Mission Viejo, Calif., is coming off a
win at last week's Callaway World Junior Tournament in San Diego.
Starke is 17 from Chapin, S.C. He had the only bogey-free round on
the 7,133-yard Olympic Course. The field of 156 players will be
trimmed to 64 after today's second round of stroke play.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
The Eugene Emeralds lead in the West Division of the Northwest League has been pared to just two games. The Emeralds fell to the Vancouver Canadians last night, 6-5, in 13-innings. It was only the Canadians second win in six tries this season against Eugene. The Ems held a one run lead heading into the bottom of the ninth, but allowed one run to tie it. Vancouver’s Steven McQuail popped a solo homer in the 13th inning for the walk-off win. The two teams meet again tonight in Vancouver.
Nic Canaday went 2-for-3 with two doubles, Ryan Smith was 2-for-4 with a double and Josh Iabichello (YAH-buh-KELL-uh) was 2-for-2 with two RBI and the Three Rivers Sandblasters picked off the Corvallis Marketmen 5-3 at home yesterday afternoon. Mike Bennett started on the mound and picked up the win; Jake Thompson threw the final four innings to seal the deal, giving up only one run. The ‘Blasters are due on the diamond this afternoon in Springfield for the final two games of the regular season… game one will air on Coast Radio Sports beginning at 1:45… first pitch at two.
For Florence and the Central Oregon Coast:
A 20-percent chance of rain this morning, along with cloudy skies and gradual clearing… with mostly sunny conditions expected by this afternoon. Today’s high near 62 degrees and a north northwest wind six to eight miles an hour.
Tonight the clouds return, along with a 20-percent chance of rain or drizzle and a low around 52.
More rain or drizzle possible in the morning… along with cloudy skies and a high near 63.
Morning showers and cloudy skies Thursday, morning drizzle and sunny skies Friday, then a change… for the weekend…
The marine forecast is showing a northwest marine wind ten to 15 knots gusting to 20 knots… becoming west at five to ten knots overnight. Low tide… 10:25 this morning. High tide at 4:48 this afternoon.
A recent uptick in real estate sales has brought some optimism to industry watchers, but things still have a long ways to go according to local property appraiser Tawfik Ahdab.
Ahdab – “The current bright spot is that our market activity in the second quarter was relatively decent which really took us out of our funk. But I don’t know how sustained it is, because things remain quite low.”
Ahdab, with Pacific Valuation Group, says one bright spot in an otherwise gloomy picture is the percentage of local sales attributed to foreclosures. In many areas, they account for a large percentage of sales.
Ahdab – “But here in Florence they are not dominant. We have only 19 closed sales in the last, uh, year to date, and only four short sales out of 103 closed sales. So, really, they don’t amount to much of a percentage, maybe 20-percent or so.”
Foreclosures also account for a very small share of homes listed for sale. But, that could also be because of the large number of homes currently on the market in Western Lane County. At the current rate of sale it would take well over two years to exhaust the supply.
Ahdab – “A normal balanced market is six months, an over supplied market is 12-months so when we’re sitting at 26.85 months it means we have a vast inventory compared with what is able to sell.”
With 528 active listings on the market at the end of June, and only 103 sales so far this year, the inventory is at it’s highest level in three years.
Former Lane County Commissioner Anna Morrison, five years out of office, is still stumping in Washington D.C. in an effort to try to stabilize funding for Oregon counties with a high percentage of federal lands. Morrison testified at a congressional subcommittee hearing last week on behalf of the group “Women in Timber” against renewal of the Secure Rural Schools act.
Morrison – “It was always meant to be a six-year funding stopgap until the forests were reopened to harvest levels sustaining rural schools and roads. It was never intended to become the entitlement program it has become.”
The original bill took effect 11-years ago and was extended several times. She told lawmakers last Thursday the original intention was never to permanently replace the jobs and revenue created by logging. Morrison told lawmakers that sustainable timber sales are the key.
Morrison – “These in turn provide jobs and socio-economic benefits, in addition to the timber receipts that are shared with the local communities. In the late 1980s increased timber harvests from the federal lands generated eight times the economic benefit that is currently being provided by Secure Rural Schools.”
Lane County is looking at receiving the last payment in the program later this year.
Along those lines, Current West Lane County Commissioner Jay Bozievich will be in Florence for two “community conversations” tomorrow afternoon. His primary concern is in hearing from residents about how best to handle a $1.2-million shortfall that appeared in the current year’s revenue when the Bureau of Land Management announced two weeks ago they weren’t going to be providing the full amount of funding Lane County expected.
Bozievich – “Looking forward to hearing from the community and their concerns in particularly with us having to do some rearranging of the deck chairs here on the Titanic.”
Bozievich will be at Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue tomorrow afternoon from two to four pm; Then again at 5:30.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
COQUILLE, Ore. (AP) - A Coos County prosecutor has told jurors
in Nicholas McGuffin's murder trial that the defendant is an
arrogant killer whose relationship with 15-year-old Leah Freeman
led him to take her life in the summer of 2000. In its closing
argument yesterday, the defense said the state has no evidence
against McGuffin and pursued him rather than finding the real
killer. Now 29, McGuffin was 18 at the time of Freeman's death.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Court documents in the case of a Portland
man accused of choking and stabbing his pregnant wife, then
stabbing himself allege he attacked when she told him she was
leaving because of his drug use. Both are expected to survive. A
probable cause affidavit filed yesterday says 33-year-old Brian
Shaun Nickel had used the drug Ketamine on Saturday before calling
his wife "the devil" and saying he had to kill her. Ketamine is
an animal tranquilizer known to cause hallucinations.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Police have identified the man suspected of
killing his wife and four children and setting fire to their home
in Southern Oregon. He is 51-year-old Jordan Adam Criado of
Medford. Police say they believe Criado stabbed his wife,
30-year-old Tabasha Paige-Criado, and their four children, three
boys aged 5-7, and a two-year-old girl. The children have not yet
been identified.
BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon judge says a 75-year-old
federal magistrate judge died Monday while working in a community
garden in the Portland suburb of Beaverton. The Oregonian says the
cause of death of Magistrate Judge Donald Ashmanskas was not
immediately known. He became a federal judge in 1992 after serving
as a district judge and circuit court judge in Washington County.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Investigators were trying to determine what
happened in the hours before a Medford mother and her four children
were pulled from a burning home and rescuers discovered they each
had been stabbed. Police believe 51-year-old Jordan Adam Criado
stabbed them and set fire to the house, staying inside as it filled
with smoke. Criado, who has not been charged, was sedated in stable
condition and under police guard after surviving the fire.
SEATTLE (AP) - For weeks, manager Eric Wedge's daily briefing
has turned into a psychological examination of why the Seattle
Mariners offense is so bad. Their start to the second half of the
season didn't dissuade any of the conversation after the Mariners
scored two runs in four games while being swept by Texas. Seattle
has also dropped nine straight and fallen to 11 1/2 games back in the
AL West.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Energy companies see renewed hope for
putting liquefied natural gas terminals on the Oregon coast - this
time to export the new supplies drillers have uncovered by
"fracking" shale formations. That raises fears among some that
exporting domestic natural gas is a step toward making the market
global and raising prices in the United States for a resource
that's abundant.
BEND, Ore. (AP) - An October jury trial has been set for a man
suspected of dumping his wife's body into the North Santiam River.
The Bend Bulletin reports Steven Blaylock will appear on charges of
murder and manslaughter in the presumed death of his wife,
48-year-old Lori Blaylock of Bend.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The family of a 14-year-old Portland girl
missing since March has scheduled a July 30 funeral, confident that
human remains found on a Portland hill are indeed Yashanee Vaughn.
The state medical examiner's office has not yet identified the
remains found last Friday on Rocky Butte. Prosecutors say the
discovery resulted from information provided by the girl's
16-year-old boyfriend Parrish Bennette Jr., who's charged with
murder in the girl's death.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland Timbers defender Kevin
Goldthwaite will miss the rest of the season because of ruptured
ligaments in his left knee. Goldthwaite hurt his knee in the
Timbers' 1-0 win over the Chicago Fire on Saturday. The 28-year-old
veteran of six Major League Soccer seasons underwent an MRI
yesterday that revealed ruptured anterior cruciate and medial
collateral ligaments.
BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) - U.S. Open qualifier Beau Hossler and
Will Starke shot 4-under 68s to share a one-stroke lead at the U.S.
Junior Amateur at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash. The
16-year-old Hossler, from Mission Viejo, Calif., is coming off a
win at last week's Callaway World Junior Tournament in San Diego.
Starke is 17 from Chapin, S.C. He had the only bogey-free round on
the 7,133-yard Olympic Course. The field of 156 players will be
trimmed to 64 after today's second round of stroke play.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
The Eugene Emeralds lead in the West Division of the Northwest League has been pared to just two games. The Emeralds fell to the Vancouver Canadians last night, 6-5, in 13-innings. It was only the Canadians second win in six tries this season against Eugene. The Ems held a one run lead heading into the bottom of the ninth, but allowed one run to tie it. Vancouver’s Steven McQuail popped a solo homer in the 13th inning for the walk-off win. The two teams meet again tonight in Vancouver.
Nic Canaday went 2-for-3 with two doubles, Ryan Smith was 2-for-4 with a double and Josh Iabichello (YAH-buh-KELL-uh) was 2-for-2 with two RBI and the Three Rivers Sandblasters picked off the Corvallis Marketmen 5-3 at home yesterday afternoon. Mike Bennett started on the mound and picked up the win; Jake Thompson threw the final four innings to seal the deal, giving up only one run. The ‘Blasters are due on the diamond this afternoon in Springfield for the final two games of the regular season… game one will air on Coast Radio Sports beginning at 1:45… first pitch at two.
For Florence and the Central Oregon Coast:
A 20-percent chance of rain this morning, along with cloudy skies and gradual clearing… with mostly sunny conditions expected by this afternoon. Today’s high near 62 degrees and a north northwest wind six to eight miles an hour.
Tonight the clouds return, along with a 20-percent chance of rain or drizzle and a low around 52.
More rain or drizzle possible in the morning… along with cloudy skies and a high near 63.
Morning showers and cloudy skies Thursday, morning drizzle and sunny skies Friday, then a change… for the weekend…
The marine forecast is showing a northwest marine wind ten to 15 knots gusting to 20 knots… becoming west at five to ten knots overnight. Low tide… 10:25 this morning. High tide at 4:48 this afternoon.
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