Ore. forecast: Revenue lags by about $180 million
By TIM FOUGHT
Associated Press Writer
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon legislators have a budget hole of more
than $180 million to fix.
A revenue forecast they got Monday said income taxes collections
have been weaker than expected for the first eight months of the
two-year budget.
When they began a four-week special session last week,
legislators knew that a shortfall was ahead.
One measure to offset it is already working its way toward
approval. The legislation would cut the tax credits that have
spurred Oregon's wind farm industry by $50 million.
Legislators also expected to tap reserve funds, and the size of
the shortfall increases the chances they'll start trimming agency
budgets.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Monday, February 8, 2010
Future First Citizen nominees announced; shooting leaves one dead in Reedsport; Lawmakers begin 2nd week of special session and Roblan singled out...
Florence Future First Citizen nominees announced…
Nine Siuslaw High School Seniors have been honored as the nominees for Florence’s Future First Citizen award. The winner will be announced Friday Night during the Siuslaw Awards dinner at the Florence Events Center. Verrill Beaudro (ver-RILL BOO-dro), Mallory Brown, Carrie Gibson, Jenna Hanslits, Hannah Hodulik, McKenna Holmes, Samantha Pummer, Morgan Siegel (SEE-gul) and Alyson Vilhena (veeh-EN-nuh) were each selected based on their leadership and community involvement. Those involvements are varied and include athletics, music, volunteerism, dance, fund-raising and health care among others. In addition to the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce business awards, Florence’s First Citizen will also be named … nominees for that award will be announced later this week.
Police in Reedsport have identified the man shot and killed during an incident at 2050 ½ Elm Street early Saturday morning. Police responded to a 9-1-1 call a few minutes after Two A.M. and found 37-year old Apollo Deilan Rohkohl of Reedsport dead with what appeared to be a single gunshot wound. The resident of that home, 64-year old Garry Thomas Dawson, along with another witness were questioned. Police Chief John Smart says the shooting is being investigated as an accidental or self-defense shooting.
One coastal legislator was singled out over the weekend for his efforts in support of local government. The Special Districts Association of Oregon named Ninth District Representative Arnie Roblan as their Legislator of the Year. Legislative specialist Hasina Squires spelled out what makes the Coos Bay Democrat so important.
218 – “Representative Roblan always thinks about his local governments before he thinks about the big statewide picture. Any time we have approached him with something that deals with the smallest fire district to the smallest water district or to a large local government he always understands what the impacts are locally and he always looks out for us.”
The Special Districts Association is made up of water, port, library, fire and other special service districts. The presentation was made at their annual conference over the weekend.
Oregon Lawmakers will begin the second week of a four-week session this morning by receiving the news that the recession has continued to drive down revenue collections. An estimated $100-million shortfall in income tax and lottery proceeds is expected to be announced. State government is in the eight month of a 24-month cycle, meaning any spending reductions will be amplified. Work in Salem is not limited only to money matters. Legislative committees face a deadline for acting on some of the high-profile topics of the session, including a proposed ban on plastic bags at the checkout counter. That effort may be dead however, as key industry support was reportedly withdrawn late last week.
AP-OR--1st NewsMinute,0263 monday
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Police are investigating the death of 44-year-old
Springfield man found dead from gunshots near railroad tracks in
Eugene over the weekend. Eugene Police Department spokeswoman
Melinda Kletzok says Ronald Leo Langlois was a Portland & Western Railroad
employee. A co-worker found him early Saturday. The case is being
investigated as a homicide.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland police have arrested a man after
a stabbing left another man injured. Sgt. Greg Stewart says a fight
broke out Saturday night between two men who knew each other. The
fight escalated to one man being stabbed in the neck and the
suspect running off. The Oregonian reports the injured man was
treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon's Department of Human Services has
decided to study whether age plays a factor when welfare workers
choose which cases of alleged child abuse to investigate. The
Oregonian reports the study was prompted by the death of
15-year-old Jeannette Maples, who died in her Eugene home Dec. 9.
Her parents have been charged with murder. Human Services officials
suspect her age may have played a role in welfare workers failing
to act on calls reporting her abuse.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - With Oregon's jobless rate at 11 percent,
job hunters are finding little relief. Lawmakers say a priority of
the special February legislative session is extending unemployment
insurance coverage for 18,000 Oregonians whose benefits have run
out or soon will. But the help will be brief -- no further
emergency extentions are in sight.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - After a slow start, there's progress in a
deal with federal officials to deport Oregon prison inmates who are
in the U.S. illegally and have less than six months left on their
sentences. The state hopes to save more than $2 million over the
current two-year budget cycle by sending the inmates back to their
home countries, in Oregon's case, mostly to Mexico.
MILWAUKIE, Ore. (AP) - Authorities say a 73-year-old man and his
grandson have been arrested in Milwaukie in a counterfeiting
investigation. Lonnie Lee Thompson and 25-year-old Eric Steven
Thompson were arrested at their family home Thursday. The Oregonian
reports that a task force sergeant says officers seized boxes and
bags containing counterfeit bills.
LINCOLN CITY, Ore. (AP) - One man has been killed an another
wounded in a shooting at Lincoln City. Police pulled over an SUV
that had been reported leaving an apartment complex where shots had
been fired. When officers looked inside the SUV yesterday on
Highway 101 they found the dead and wounded men and a third man.
The Oregonian reports he's cooperating with police trying to figure
out what happened.
(The Oregonian)
COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) - Police are investigating the death of a
17-year-old girl in Coos Bay. Police says the girl, Jenna Bowling,
was taken by a private car Saturday morning to Bay Area Hospital.
The Register-Guard reports she was unresponsive and was pronounced
dead at the hospital.
(Register Guard)
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Oregon law enforcement agencies are starting
a two-week crackdown on three major killers on the state's roads:
driving impaired, speeding and not using seat belts. The agencies
are receiving federal money for overtime to help with the safety
campaign that starts Monday.
FRENCHGLEN, Ore. (AP) - Harney County in southeast Oregon has
cleared a Vancouver, Wash., company to build a wind farm on Steens
Mountain. By the year's end, Columbia Energy Partners could have
415-foot-high turbines rising from the mountain's south slopes.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
College Basketball:
The Oregon State men ran away with a 62 – 42 victory in the second basketball Civil War of the season Saturday afternoon in Corvallis. Omari Johnson had 16 of his season high 18 points in the first half for the Beavers who swept the season-series with the Ducks for the first time in 17 years.
For the women, the Oregon Ducks completed their sweep of Oregon State with an 82 – 62 win Saturday night in Eugene. Taylor Lilley scored 23 points for Oregon. Haiden Palmer led Oregon State with 25 points and 11 rebounds. The Beavers have lost ten straight since winning against Washington State on New Year’s Day.
Prep Basketball:
The North Bend Bulldogs dominated the Siuslaw Viking Boys at home Friday night with a 46 -20 victory… in other Far West League games it was Brookings-Harbor over Douglas and Sutherlin defeated South Umpqua. In the Sunset League Coquille downed Reedsport 61 - 51
For the girls, North Bend downed Siuslaw 57-27. In other Far West matchups it was Douglas over Brookings-Harbor and Sutherlin defeated South Umpqua. In the Sunset League, Coquille defeated Reedsport 56 – 26.
Nine Siuslaw High School Seniors have been honored as the nominees for Florence’s Future First Citizen award. The winner will be announced Friday Night during the Siuslaw Awards dinner at the Florence Events Center. Verrill Beaudro (ver-RILL BOO-dro), Mallory Brown, Carrie Gibson, Jenna Hanslits, Hannah Hodulik, McKenna Holmes, Samantha Pummer, Morgan Siegel (SEE-gul) and Alyson Vilhena (veeh-EN-nuh) were each selected based on their leadership and community involvement. Those involvements are varied and include athletics, music, volunteerism, dance, fund-raising and health care among others. In addition to the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce business awards, Florence’s First Citizen will also be named … nominees for that award will be announced later this week.
Police in Reedsport have identified the man shot and killed during an incident at 2050 ½ Elm Street early Saturday morning. Police responded to a 9-1-1 call a few minutes after Two A.M. and found 37-year old Apollo Deilan Rohkohl of Reedsport dead with what appeared to be a single gunshot wound. The resident of that home, 64-year old Garry Thomas Dawson, along with another witness were questioned. Police Chief John Smart says the shooting is being investigated as an accidental or self-defense shooting.
One coastal legislator was singled out over the weekend for his efforts in support of local government. The Special Districts Association of Oregon named Ninth District Representative Arnie Roblan as their Legislator of the Year. Legislative specialist Hasina Squires spelled out what makes the Coos Bay Democrat so important.
218 – “Representative Roblan always thinks about his local governments before he thinks about the big statewide picture. Any time we have approached him with something that deals with the smallest fire district to the smallest water district or to a large local government he always understands what the impacts are locally and he always looks out for us.”
The Special Districts Association is made up of water, port, library, fire and other special service districts. The presentation was made at their annual conference over the weekend.
Oregon Lawmakers will begin the second week of a four-week session this morning by receiving the news that the recession has continued to drive down revenue collections. An estimated $100-million shortfall in income tax and lottery proceeds is expected to be announced. State government is in the eight month of a 24-month cycle, meaning any spending reductions will be amplified. Work in Salem is not limited only to money matters. Legislative committees face a deadline for acting on some of the high-profile topics of the session, including a proposed ban on plastic bags at the checkout counter. That effort may be dead however, as key industry support was reportedly withdrawn late last week.
AP-OR--1st NewsMinute,0263 monday
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Police are investigating the death of 44-year-old
Springfield man found dead from gunshots near railroad tracks in
Eugene over the weekend. Eugene Police Department spokeswoman
Melinda Kletzok says Ronald Leo Langlois was a Portland & Western Railroad
employee. A co-worker found him early Saturday. The case is being
investigated as a homicide.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland police have arrested a man after
a stabbing left another man injured. Sgt. Greg Stewart says a fight
broke out Saturday night between two men who knew each other. The
fight escalated to one man being stabbed in the neck and the
suspect running off. The Oregonian reports the injured man was
treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon's Department of Human Services has
decided to study whether age plays a factor when welfare workers
choose which cases of alleged child abuse to investigate. The
Oregonian reports the study was prompted by the death of
15-year-old Jeannette Maples, who died in her Eugene home Dec. 9.
Her parents have been charged with murder. Human Services officials
suspect her age may have played a role in welfare workers failing
to act on calls reporting her abuse.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - With Oregon's jobless rate at 11 percent,
job hunters are finding little relief. Lawmakers say a priority of
the special February legislative session is extending unemployment
insurance coverage for 18,000 Oregonians whose benefits have run
out or soon will. But the help will be brief -- no further
emergency extentions are in sight.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - After a slow start, there's progress in a
deal with federal officials to deport Oregon prison inmates who are
in the U.S. illegally and have less than six months left on their
sentences. The state hopes to save more than $2 million over the
current two-year budget cycle by sending the inmates back to their
home countries, in Oregon's case, mostly to Mexico.
MILWAUKIE, Ore. (AP) - Authorities say a 73-year-old man and his
grandson have been arrested in Milwaukie in a counterfeiting
investigation. Lonnie Lee Thompson and 25-year-old Eric Steven
Thompson were arrested at their family home Thursday. The Oregonian
reports that a task force sergeant says officers seized boxes and
bags containing counterfeit bills.
LINCOLN CITY, Ore. (AP) - One man has been killed an another
wounded in a shooting at Lincoln City. Police pulled over an SUV
that had been reported leaving an apartment complex where shots had
been fired. When officers looked inside the SUV yesterday on
Highway 101 they found the dead and wounded men and a third man.
The Oregonian reports he's cooperating with police trying to figure
out what happened.
(The Oregonian)
COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) - Police are investigating the death of a
17-year-old girl in Coos Bay. Police says the girl, Jenna Bowling,
was taken by a private car Saturday morning to Bay Area Hospital.
The Register-Guard reports she was unresponsive and was pronounced
dead at the hospital.
(Register Guard)
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Oregon law enforcement agencies are starting
a two-week crackdown on three major killers on the state's roads:
driving impaired, speeding and not using seat belts. The agencies
are receiving federal money for overtime to help with the safety
campaign that starts Monday.
FRENCHGLEN, Ore. (AP) - Harney County in southeast Oregon has
cleared a Vancouver, Wash., company to build a wind farm on Steens
Mountain. By the year's end, Columbia Energy Partners could have
415-foot-high turbines rising from the mountain's south slopes.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
College Basketball:
The Oregon State men ran away with a 62 – 42 victory in the second basketball Civil War of the season Saturday afternoon in Corvallis. Omari Johnson had 16 of his season high 18 points in the first half for the Beavers who swept the season-series with the Ducks for the first time in 17 years.
For the women, the Oregon Ducks completed their sweep of Oregon State with an 82 – 62 win Saturday night in Eugene. Taylor Lilley scored 23 points for Oregon. Haiden Palmer led Oregon State with 25 points and 11 rebounds. The Beavers have lost ten straight since winning against Washington State on New Year’s Day.
Prep Basketball:
The North Bend Bulldogs dominated the Siuslaw Viking Boys at home Friday night with a 46 -20 victory… in other Far West League games it was Brookings-Harbor over Douglas and Sutherlin defeated South Umpqua. In the Sunset League Coquille downed Reedsport 61 - 51
For the girls, North Bend downed Siuslaw 57-27. In other Far West matchups it was Douglas over Brookings-Harbor and Sutherlin defeated South Umpqua. In the Sunset League, Coquille defeated Reedsport 56 – 26.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Siuslaw Awards a week away; School board fills vacancy; North Bend and Coquille Tribe settle
Curb Appeal added to business awards…
The third annual Siuslaw Awards banquet is a week away…
205 – “This is my favorite event of the year. This is when we all get together and celebrate excellence not only in local business, but also in local individuals and volunteerism in our community.”
Kady Sneddon is the Executive Director of the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce. She and other key volunteers have been putting together this year’s ceremonies that include the presentation of awards for Florence First Citizen, Future First Citizen and group award categories. A new one this year, “Curb Appeal”.
206 – “A point we’ve been trying to drive home with our business owners this year which is to really get out and improve your space. Because the small door to your business is the big door to our community.”
Five nominees for that award include Black Diamond Flooring, Chen’s Family Dish, Florence Pharmacy, The Little Brown Hen Café, and the River House Inn. Capping the awards next week will be the Stu Johnston Business of the Year. Seven nominees are up for that honor. Tickets are $25 in advance and are available at the Visitor Information Center on Highway 101.
The Siuslaw School Board selected Michelle Rose to fill a vacancy on the panel created last fall by the death of Nancy Phelps. Rose will serve the remaining 17 months of the term that expires in June of 2011.
210 – “I think that there’s just a great team of people on there right now that I have a great deal of respect for. And, I’d like to work with them as a unit… and, you know, it’s just a positive place right now but I think there’s just areas where we can improve upon.”
Rose was one of four applicants interviewed for the position. The board met Wednesday in a special meeting to make the selection.
A dispute between the City of North Bend and the Coquille (ko-QUILL) Indian Tribe was resolved this week. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Hogan mediated an agreement that will govern the fees paid by the tribe to the city for fire, police, and other city services supplied to the tribe’s Mill Casino and surrounding property. The city sued last fall after the tribe stopped making payments under an agreement forged in 1995. Under the new ten-year deal the fees will start with a first year payment of $362-thousand and then increase by five-and-a-half percent each year. The tribe also agreed to pay $275-thousand for services already received in 2009. However, the Mill Casino and Hotel will no longer make payments in lieu of room taxes.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say a 49-year-old
log truck driver and his small dog died when their loaded log truck
crashed on State Highway 126 East about five miles east of Vida.
Lt. Robert Edwards says the log truck driven by Jimmy Ray Martin of
Cottage Grove drove off the highway shoulder on a curve and hit a
steep embankment yesterday.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Environmentalists and health care providers
say Oregon should ban a common industrial chemical from baby
bottles, formula cans and infant "sippy cups." The chemical is
bisphenol A (BIS'-fen-all AY), used in rigid plastics and the
liners of food and drink cans. Supporters of the ban say the
chemical is a hormone disrupter linked to various health problems.
SEATTLE (AP) - A person with knowledge of the negotiations tells
The Associated Press that the Mariners and left-hander Erik Bedard
are nearing a deal on a one-year contract, pending a physical. The
source spoke yesterday on condition of anonymity since Seattle
hasn't announced a deal. Bedard had surgery in August to repair a
torn labrum in his pitching shoulder.
JUNCTION CITY, Ore. (AP) - It took less than an hour to auction
$2.58 million worth of Country Coach motor homes that were the
highlight of a marathon liquidation sale. The high-end RV manufacturer founded 37 years ago in Junction City has gone out of business and its assets are being sold to satisfy creditors under order of a bankruptcy judge. The crowd was standing room only on Thursday, the first day of a
two-day auction. About 1,000 people registered as bidders and 300
more signed up to bid online.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A deal with federal officials is moving
ahead to deport Oregon prison inmates who are in the United States
illegally. It would apply to inmates with less than six months left
on their sentences. The state hopes to save more than $2 million by
sending the inmates back to their home country - usually Mexico.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - LaMarcus Aldridge had 28 points and 13
rebounds and the Portland Trail Blazers rallied for a 96-93 victory
over the San Antonio Spurs last night. The Spurs led by 10 points
early in the fourth quarter but the Blazers made it 85-83 on
Nicolas Batum's layup. With the victory, Portland swept the
three-game series over San Antonio this season.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The state Senate voted yesterday to override
two vetoes by Gov. Ted Kulongoski. The bills vetoed last summer
deal with fisheries and public retirement employee benefits. The
Oregonian reports the state House must vote to complete the veto
overrides. The fisheries bill involved the possibility of acquiring
a trout farm in Lake County. The employee benefits bill clarified
who pays in case retirement benefits are miscalculated.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports:
Prep Wrestling:
The defending Far West League Wrestling Champion Lancers of South Umpqua may have come away with a victory over the Siuslaw Vikings last night to close out the league season, but Siuslaw came away with several impressive victories themselves. Winning in the light weights were Blake Huff at 112 and Jacob Graber at 130. Kwartel Hendrickson claimed a mid weight victory at 171, Jackson Brasko a pin at 179, and Sunny Tupua claimed a pin at 215. South Umpqua claimed the meet 45 to 33.
On the schedule... Prep Basketball tonight has the Siuslaw Vikings at home against the North Bend Bulldogs. The girls at six, the boys right after. Airtime on Coast Radio Sports is at 5:45. In the Sunset League the Reedsport Braves will host Coquille. In the Pac-Ten it's Civil War basketball. The Oregon Ducks are at Gill Colliseum Saturday afternoon at three for the men. Pregame shows are at 2:30... the Oregon Broadcast is on KCST... the Beavers on KCFM.
The third annual Siuslaw Awards banquet is a week away…
205 – “This is my favorite event of the year. This is when we all get together and celebrate excellence not only in local business, but also in local individuals and volunteerism in our community.”
Kady Sneddon is the Executive Director of the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce. She and other key volunteers have been putting together this year’s ceremonies that include the presentation of awards for Florence First Citizen, Future First Citizen and group award categories. A new one this year, “Curb Appeal”.
206 – “A point we’ve been trying to drive home with our business owners this year which is to really get out and improve your space. Because the small door to your business is the big door to our community.”
Five nominees for that award include Black Diamond Flooring, Chen’s Family Dish, Florence Pharmacy, The Little Brown Hen Café, and the River House Inn. Capping the awards next week will be the Stu Johnston Business of the Year. Seven nominees are up for that honor. Tickets are $25 in advance and are available at the Visitor Information Center on Highway 101.
The Siuslaw School Board selected Michelle Rose to fill a vacancy on the panel created last fall by the death of Nancy Phelps. Rose will serve the remaining 17 months of the term that expires in June of 2011.
210 – “I think that there’s just a great team of people on there right now that I have a great deal of respect for. And, I’d like to work with them as a unit… and, you know, it’s just a positive place right now but I think there’s just areas where we can improve upon.”
Rose was one of four applicants interviewed for the position. The board met Wednesday in a special meeting to make the selection.
A dispute between the City of North Bend and the Coquille (ko-QUILL) Indian Tribe was resolved this week. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Hogan mediated an agreement that will govern the fees paid by the tribe to the city for fire, police, and other city services supplied to the tribe’s Mill Casino and surrounding property. The city sued last fall after the tribe stopped making payments under an agreement forged in 1995. Under the new ten-year deal the fees will start with a first year payment of $362-thousand and then increase by five-and-a-half percent each year. The tribe also agreed to pay $275-thousand for services already received in 2009. However, the Mill Casino and Hotel will no longer make payments in lieu of room taxes.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say a 49-year-old
log truck driver and his small dog died when their loaded log truck
crashed on State Highway 126 East about five miles east of Vida.
Lt. Robert Edwards says the log truck driven by Jimmy Ray Martin of
Cottage Grove drove off the highway shoulder on a curve and hit a
steep embankment yesterday.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Environmentalists and health care providers
say Oregon should ban a common industrial chemical from baby
bottles, formula cans and infant "sippy cups." The chemical is
bisphenol A (BIS'-fen-all AY), used in rigid plastics and the
liners of food and drink cans. Supporters of the ban say the
chemical is a hormone disrupter linked to various health problems.
SEATTLE (AP) - A person with knowledge of the negotiations tells
The Associated Press that the Mariners and left-hander Erik Bedard
are nearing a deal on a one-year contract, pending a physical. The
source spoke yesterday on condition of anonymity since Seattle
hasn't announced a deal. Bedard had surgery in August to repair a
torn labrum in his pitching shoulder.
JUNCTION CITY, Ore. (AP) - It took less than an hour to auction
$2.58 million worth of Country Coach motor homes that were the
highlight of a marathon liquidation sale. The high-end RV manufacturer founded 37 years ago in Junction City has gone out of business and its assets are being sold to satisfy creditors under order of a bankruptcy judge. The crowd was standing room only on Thursday, the first day of a
two-day auction. About 1,000 people registered as bidders and 300
more signed up to bid online.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A deal with federal officials is moving
ahead to deport Oregon prison inmates who are in the United States
illegally. It would apply to inmates with less than six months left
on their sentences. The state hopes to save more than $2 million by
sending the inmates back to their home country - usually Mexico.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - LaMarcus Aldridge had 28 points and 13
rebounds and the Portland Trail Blazers rallied for a 96-93 victory
over the San Antonio Spurs last night. The Spurs led by 10 points
early in the fourth quarter but the Blazers made it 85-83 on
Nicolas Batum's layup. With the victory, Portland swept the
three-game series over San Antonio this season.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The state Senate voted yesterday to override
two vetoes by Gov. Ted Kulongoski. The bills vetoed last summer
deal with fisheries and public retirement employee benefits. The
Oregonian reports the state House must vote to complete the veto
overrides. The fisheries bill involved the possibility of acquiring
a trout farm in Lake County. The employee benefits bill clarified
who pays in case retirement benefits are miscalculated.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports:
Prep Wrestling:
The defending Far West League Wrestling Champion Lancers of South Umpqua may have come away with a victory over the Siuslaw Vikings last night to close out the league season, but Siuslaw came away with several impressive victories themselves. Winning in the light weights were Blake Huff at 112 and Jacob Graber at 130. Kwartel Hendrickson claimed a mid weight victory at 171, Jackson Brasko a pin at 179, and Sunny Tupua claimed a pin at 215. South Umpqua claimed the meet 45 to 33.
On the schedule... Prep Basketball tonight has the Siuslaw Vikings at home against the North Bend Bulldogs. The girls at six, the boys right after. Airtime on Coast Radio Sports is at 5:45. In the Sunset League the Reedsport Braves will host Coquille. In the Pac-Ten it's Civil War basketball. The Oregon Ducks are at Gill Colliseum Saturday afternoon at three for the men. Pregame shows are at 2:30... the Oregon Broadcast is on KCST... the Beavers on KCFM.
Town Hall set for fire annexation info; President's call for offshore drilling draws fire; Florence-Yamagata delegation set for July
Fire Annexation Town Hall Set…
A joint meeting between the Florence City Council and the Siuslaw Rural Fire Board will give residents a chance to give input on a proposed annexation of the city into the fire district. Assistant City Manager Jacque Morgan says it will start with a look back.
200 – “The fire chief is going to explain some history of both fire departments and how we have evolved to where we are today.”
The district has been providing fire services on a contract basis for the past decade. A survey of city residents, gauging their support of a plan to do away with the contract and annex has been in process for about a month… Morgan says they hope to have the results prior to the meeting.
201 – “If there’s overwhelming support to go ahead and do that then the council will have to make a decision to adopt the resolution requesting annexation and then the fire board will have to adopt or accept our resolution. And that would be done on the 24th of February if they decide to do that.”
Voters inside the city would have to approve the annexation and officials are shooting for the May primary election… in order to do that, they must finish up the preliminary steps by the end of this month. That Town Hall meeting is set for the main fire station, seven pm, Wednesday February 17th.
President Obama called for some – quote – “tough decisions about opening new offshore areas for oil and gas development” last week during his State of the Union Address. That comment drew a response from Lincoln County Commissioner Terry Thompson.
202 – “"We have seen different places in the country where there’s been oil spills and pollution, and Oregon has spent years trying to develop a clean environment"
A long time ban on drilling in Oregon’s Territorial Waters expired at the end of 2009 and the Oregon Legislature is considering reestablishing it. Thompson says there are other types of jobs that would be more compatible with Oregon and he would support efforts to boost existing industries.
203 – "We’re looking for jobs – we need ‘em very bad on the West coast – but we have jobs in the fishing industry already. We don’t wanna lose any of our existing jobs, because just trading jobs does not make good sense."
Thompson cites widespread support for the ban and adds the only question right now is whether it should be permanent, or revisited after ten years.
(audio and story assistance provided by Oregon News Service)
The Florence-Yamagata cultural exchange is back on track. Last year was the first time in nine years that Florence did not send a delegation of students to the Japanese city. Organizer Frieda Doyle says air fares have stabilized and they’ve scheduled a group set to depart July 26th.
204 – “Eight students and right now only one adult. We’re looking for, we need another.”
Everyone making the trip is responsible for raising $700 of the estimated $2,500 price tag. The rest is done through fundraisers… one is set for this weekend. The group’s annual Crab Dinner will run from noon to four at the Booster Senior Center on 15th Street. Tickets are $15.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon voters may get another chance to say
how much they love their "kicker" tax rebates. They voted in 2000
to put the kicker in the state constitution. It returns money to
taxpayers when revenue collections exceed expectations by more than
2 percent. Democrats now want to give voters a chance to change
their minds and use some kicker money for reserve accounts,
available in hard times when tax collections plunge. Republican
leaders say they oppose such a change.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Multnomah County jury has convicted two
18-year-olds of disorderly conduct for a conversation on their
MySpace pages that discussed shooting and slashing staff and
students at a Gresham high school last November. Lawyers for Martin
Varsamas and Keith Nelson told jurors the conversation was dark
humor and constitutionally protected speech. Jurors found them
guilty yesterday. Varsamas and Nelson attended Sam Barlow High
School but did not graduate.
SHERWOOD, Ore. (AP) - A Sherwood city councilor who survived an
aggressive form of brain cancer 22 years ago is battling it again.
Del Clark is about to begin chemotherapy and radiation treatments
for his glioblastoma multiforme. The 40-year-old Clark has had
three surgeries in recent months to fight the brain tumor. He says
he's "great right now" despite some hard times. Doctors
discovered the brain cancer only after Clark underwent successful
surgery in October to fight colon cancer.
ST. HELENS, Ore. (AP) - Police have arrested a 27-year-old man
accused of exposing himself to women at a St. Helens launderette.
Ian Thomas Rushing of St. Helens was arrested Tuesday night and
booked into the Columbia County Jail for investigation of public
indecency and sexual abuse. Witnesses say a man exposed himself at
least three times in mid-January at the Royal Quick Clean and
Cascade Cleaners. The man grabbed a woman in one of the incidents,
but she was not injured.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - The Klamath County sheriff's office
says the autopsy on a man who died in jail Monday indicates he
likely died of a drug overdose. A plastic baggie was found in the
stomach of 39-year-old James Emary of Eugene. KFLS reports that
officials believe he swallowed a bag of drugs Sunday before his
arrest. A full report on the death will likely take weeks.
(KFLS)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Portland City Council votes this
afternoon on whether to spend about $600 million over the next 20
years on 650 miles of new bikeways. KGW reports it would triple
Portland's network of bike lanes and paths. If the plan is
approved, a committee will go to work looking for federal money and
other sources to pay for the new bikeways.
(KGW)
HALSEY, Ore. (AP) - A Hong Kong company, International Grand
Investment, has bought the Cascade Pacific Pulp mill near Halsey.
Cascade Pacific says the mill will continue to operate with current
management and its 170 employees. The mill produces 180,000 tons of
pulp a year for paper products and building materials. The
Register-Guard reports the pulp is shipped to customers in the
United States and Asia.
(Register Guard)
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Marion County Circuit Court Judge Lynn E.
Ashcroft resigned yesterday in a letter to the governor and supreme
court chief justice. Ashcroft told The Statesman Journal he was
resigning because of a Justice Department investigation into
allegations related to a woman who appeared before him in May of
2008. Ashcroft said he has done nothing wrong but he was told if he
resigned, no charges would be filed.
(Statesman Journal)
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
College Football:
Yesterday was the deadline for submitting national letters of intent in college football and the Oregon Ducks added a lake to their pond. Running Back Lache (lake) Seastrunk’s announcement was the highlight of the football recruiting class. The 5-11, 190 pound Seastrunk ran for a school record 4,217 yards in 32 games at his high school in Tyler, Texas. Oregon received letters from 20 high school players and three junior college transfers. Meanwhile, Oregon State didn’t have as many scholarships to offer, but they picked up confirmations from 16 players, including pro-styel quarterback Sean Mannion out of Foothill High School in Pleasanton, California.
On The Schedule:
The Vikings are on the road for their final dual wrestling meet of the Far West League season. Siuslaw squares off against the Lancers at South Umpqua in Myrtle Creek.
A joint meeting between the Florence City Council and the Siuslaw Rural Fire Board will give residents a chance to give input on a proposed annexation of the city into the fire district. Assistant City Manager Jacque Morgan says it will start with a look back.
200 – “The fire chief is going to explain some history of both fire departments and how we have evolved to where we are today.”
The district has been providing fire services on a contract basis for the past decade. A survey of city residents, gauging their support of a plan to do away with the contract and annex has been in process for about a month… Morgan says they hope to have the results prior to the meeting.
201 – “If there’s overwhelming support to go ahead and do that then the council will have to make a decision to adopt the resolution requesting annexation and then the fire board will have to adopt or accept our resolution. And that would be done on the 24th of February if they decide to do that.”
Voters inside the city would have to approve the annexation and officials are shooting for the May primary election… in order to do that, they must finish up the preliminary steps by the end of this month. That Town Hall meeting is set for the main fire station, seven pm, Wednesday February 17th.
President Obama called for some – quote – “tough decisions about opening new offshore areas for oil and gas development” last week during his State of the Union Address. That comment drew a response from Lincoln County Commissioner Terry Thompson.
202 – “"We have seen different places in the country where there’s been oil spills and pollution, and Oregon has spent years trying to develop a clean environment"
A long time ban on drilling in Oregon’s Territorial Waters expired at the end of 2009 and the Oregon Legislature is considering reestablishing it. Thompson says there are other types of jobs that would be more compatible with Oregon and he would support efforts to boost existing industries.
203 – "We’re looking for jobs – we need ‘em very bad on the West coast – but we have jobs in the fishing industry already. We don’t wanna lose any of our existing jobs, because just trading jobs does not make good sense."
Thompson cites widespread support for the ban and adds the only question right now is whether it should be permanent, or revisited after ten years.
(audio and story assistance provided by Oregon News Service)
The Florence-Yamagata cultural exchange is back on track. Last year was the first time in nine years that Florence did not send a delegation of students to the Japanese city. Organizer Frieda Doyle says air fares have stabilized and they’ve scheduled a group set to depart July 26th.
204 – “Eight students and right now only one adult. We’re looking for, we need another.”
Everyone making the trip is responsible for raising $700 of the estimated $2,500 price tag. The rest is done through fundraisers… one is set for this weekend. The group’s annual Crab Dinner will run from noon to four at the Booster Senior Center on 15th Street. Tickets are $15.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon voters may get another chance to say
how much they love their "kicker" tax rebates. They voted in 2000
to put the kicker in the state constitution. It returns money to
taxpayers when revenue collections exceed expectations by more than
2 percent. Democrats now want to give voters a chance to change
their minds and use some kicker money for reserve accounts,
available in hard times when tax collections plunge. Republican
leaders say they oppose such a change.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Multnomah County jury has convicted two
18-year-olds of disorderly conduct for a conversation on their
MySpace pages that discussed shooting and slashing staff and
students at a Gresham high school last November. Lawyers for Martin
Varsamas and Keith Nelson told jurors the conversation was dark
humor and constitutionally protected speech. Jurors found them
guilty yesterday. Varsamas and Nelson attended Sam Barlow High
School but did not graduate.
SHERWOOD, Ore. (AP) - A Sherwood city councilor who survived an
aggressive form of brain cancer 22 years ago is battling it again.
Del Clark is about to begin chemotherapy and radiation treatments
for his glioblastoma multiforme. The 40-year-old Clark has had
three surgeries in recent months to fight the brain tumor. He says
he's "great right now" despite some hard times. Doctors
discovered the brain cancer only after Clark underwent successful
surgery in October to fight colon cancer.
ST. HELENS, Ore. (AP) - Police have arrested a 27-year-old man
accused of exposing himself to women at a St. Helens launderette.
Ian Thomas Rushing of St. Helens was arrested Tuesday night and
booked into the Columbia County Jail for investigation of public
indecency and sexual abuse. Witnesses say a man exposed himself at
least three times in mid-January at the Royal Quick Clean and
Cascade Cleaners. The man grabbed a woman in one of the incidents,
but she was not injured.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - The Klamath County sheriff's office
says the autopsy on a man who died in jail Monday indicates he
likely died of a drug overdose. A plastic baggie was found in the
stomach of 39-year-old James Emary of Eugene. KFLS reports that
officials believe he swallowed a bag of drugs Sunday before his
arrest. A full report on the death will likely take weeks.
(KFLS)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Portland City Council votes this
afternoon on whether to spend about $600 million over the next 20
years on 650 miles of new bikeways. KGW reports it would triple
Portland's network of bike lanes and paths. If the plan is
approved, a committee will go to work looking for federal money and
other sources to pay for the new bikeways.
(KGW)
HALSEY, Ore. (AP) - A Hong Kong company, International Grand
Investment, has bought the Cascade Pacific Pulp mill near Halsey.
Cascade Pacific says the mill will continue to operate with current
management and its 170 employees. The mill produces 180,000 tons of
pulp a year for paper products and building materials. The
Register-Guard reports the pulp is shipped to customers in the
United States and Asia.
(Register Guard)
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Marion County Circuit Court Judge Lynn E.
Ashcroft resigned yesterday in a letter to the governor and supreme
court chief justice. Ashcroft told The Statesman Journal he was
resigning because of a Justice Department investigation into
allegations related to a woman who appeared before him in May of
2008. Ashcroft said he has done nothing wrong but he was told if he
resigned, no charges would be filed.
(Statesman Journal)
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
College Football:
Yesterday was the deadline for submitting national letters of intent in college football and the Oregon Ducks added a lake to their pond. Running Back Lache (lake) Seastrunk’s announcement was the highlight of the football recruiting class. The 5-11, 190 pound Seastrunk ran for a school record 4,217 yards in 32 games at his high school in Tyler, Texas. Oregon received letters from 20 high school players and three junior college transfers. Meanwhile, Oregon State didn’t have as many scholarships to offer, but they picked up confirmations from 16 players, including pro-styel quarterback Sean Mannion out of Foothill High School in Pleasanton, California.
On The Schedule:
The Vikings are on the road for their final dual wrestling meet of the Far West League season. Siuslaw squares off against the Lancers at South Umpqua in Myrtle Creek.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
A different kind of stimulus; STEP to talk Marine Reserves; Gas at 2.62; and a vacancy on the Port
A different kind of stimulus?
A lot of the initial federal stimulus program last year went for ineffectual programs according to Oregon’s Fourth District Congressman.
215 – “I voted against it and I think we can do better.”
Springfield Democrat Peter DeFazio called many of the projects funded by last springs stimulus – quote – “fluff and pie in the sky”. He expressed disappointment that it relied heavily on providing tax cuts.
217 – “To borrow money to give people small tax cuts to buy goods made overseas is not going to help anybody unemployed get a job.”
DeFazio, who chairs the House Highways and Transit Subcommittee, says there is a huge backlog of infrastructure improvements needed on the federal highway system. He hopes another stimulus bill, if one is produced, would address that.
216 – “If the money is borrowed, the money needs to be invested in things that are going to provide benefits. Not only today and put people to work today, but for future generations.”
The complete interview with DeFazio will air as part of this afternoon’s KCST’s Our Town. The program airs between four and six and will focus on the economy and jobs.
Recreational fishermen have a vested interest in marine reserves planned for off the coast of Oregon. Mike Herbel is on the government relations committee of the Coastal Conservation Association. He’s been monitoring the reserve process for several years. The CCA wants to preserve access for recreational fishers all public areas. Herbel, along with CCA Executive Director Bryan Irwin will talk to the local STEP group this evening when they meet at seven. That’s at the Florence Elks Lodge and it’s open to the public.
Gas prices are down for the third week in a row, but will that trend continue? Marie Dodds with Triple-A of Oregon says crude oil prices rebounded somewhat from their January slide. This week’s average price in Florence dipped by two-cents a gallon to $2.62… four cents below the national average and 15-cents less than Oregon’s statewide average price as measured by Triple-A. The Florence average continues to track considerably lower than the rest of the state. In Eugene the average price is $2.79, Portland $2.75, and in Medford it’s $2.80 a gallon on average.
Port of Siuslaw Commissioner Bob Thorp stepped down last month after serving on the panel since 2007. Applicants for the vacant position are currently being accepted at the Port of Siuslaw office. Registered voters who live in the Port District are eligible. The replacement would serve through June of this year. A two year position to fill out the remainder of Thorp’s term will be on the ballot in May.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon couple has been found guilty
of criminally negligent homicide for praying over their ill son
instead of seeking medical help. The jury returned the verdict
yesterday in the trial of Jeff and Marci Beagley, members of the
Followers of Christ Church in Oregon City. Jurors agreed the
Beagleys had a duty as parents to provide medical care for their
16-year-old son, Neil, who died in 2008 of complications from a
urinary tract blockage. Sentencing is set for Feb. 18.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - A Eugene man jailed after a car chase
that ended when his vehicle burst into flames has died. Deputies at
the Klamath County Jail called an ambulance early Monday for
39-year-old James Emary when he seemed to be in medical distress.
He was pronounced dead at Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath
Falls. He'd been arrested Sunday. The sheriff's office tells
KVAL-TV that Emary was alone in a cell and there is no indication
of foul play. An autopsy is planned.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland police have offered their first
full account of an officer's fatal shooting of Aaron Campbell,
saying the 25-year-old man failed to comply with orders to put his
hands in the air. Police confirm Campbell was unarmed at the time
of Friday's shooting. The Portland Police Bureau says Officer
Ronald Frashour fired one shot from his rifle because Campbell
reached toward the back waistband of his pants. The Oregonian
reports a grand jury is expected to review the case.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon Secretary of State audit shows
that no restitution was ordered in about half the crime victim
restitution cases it audited. Prosecutors told auditors they don't
have the resources needed to fully investigate losses to all
victims.
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - The robber left a clue at a bank holdup in
Redmond. A note handed to the teller was written on the back of a
receipt for paying a traffic fine. The name on the receipt led
police to arrest Donovan J. Haskin on Friday, and he's now facing
robbery and drug charges.
(The Oregonian)
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Eugene City Manager Jon Ruiz warns that the
city must eliminate 30 to 40 jobs to help balance its budget. It's
the second year in a row the city has been faced with a shortfall.
The municipal government trimmed 41 jobs last year through early
retirements, job buyouts and leaving vacant positions unfilled.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - Klamath County Sheriff Tim Evinger
had to be called in to resolve a dispute at the Klamath Tribes'
court. A judge was scheduled to hear a lawsuit filed by tribal
members who say they legally removed the tribes' current council in
November. But tribal officials say the contract for the tribes'
only judge has expired, so they reported her for trespassing when
she arrived. The sheriff held an hour-long mediation that ended
with the judge recusing herself from the case. Another tribal judge
will be sought.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Prep Bowling…
The Siuslaw Viking Girls Bowling team will advance to the state finals after finishing second place in the District Four tournament over the weekend. Nikki and Jen Parry, along with Alyssa Anderson were named to the District All-Star team. D.J. Anderson was selected as the season MVP for the boys.
Prep Basketball:
The Mapleton Sailors moved into second place in the boys’ Mountain West League with a 57 – 51 overtime victory over the Crow Cougars. Kenny Smith had 19 points.
A lot of the initial federal stimulus program last year went for ineffectual programs according to Oregon’s Fourth District Congressman.
215 – “I voted against it and I think we can do better.”
Springfield Democrat Peter DeFazio called many of the projects funded by last springs stimulus – quote – “fluff and pie in the sky”. He expressed disappointment that it relied heavily on providing tax cuts.
217 – “To borrow money to give people small tax cuts to buy goods made overseas is not going to help anybody unemployed get a job.”
DeFazio, who chairs the House Highways and Transit Subcommittee, says there is a huge backlog of infrastructure improvements needed on the federal highway system. He hopes another stimulus bill, if one is produced, would address that.
216 – “If the money is borrowed, the money needs to be invested in things that are going to provide benefits. Not only today and put people to work today, but for future generations.”
The complete interview with DeFazio will air as part of this afternoon’s KCST’s Our Town. The program airs between four and six and will focus on the economy and jobs.
Recreational fishermen have a vested interest in marine reserves planned for off the coast of Oregon. Mike Herbel is on the government relations committee of the Coastal Conservation Association. He’s been monitoring the reserve process for several years. The CCA wants to preserve access for recreational fishers all public areas. Herbel, along with CCA Executive Director Bryan Irwin will talk to the local STEP group this evening when they meet at seven. That’s at the Florence Elks Lodge and it’s open to the public.
Gas prices are down for the third week in a row, but will that trend continue? Marie Dodds with Triple-A of Oregon says crude oil prices rebounded somewhat from their January slide. This week’s average price in Florence dipped by two-cents a gallon to $2.62… four cents below the national average and 15-cents less than Oregon’s statewide average price as measured by Triple-A. The Florence average continues to track considerably lower than the rest of the state. In Eugene the average price is $2.79, Portland $2.75, and in Medford it’s $2.80 a gallon on average.
Port of Siuslaw Commissioner Bob Thorp stepped down last month after serving on the panel since 2007. Applicants for the vacant position are currently being accepted at the Port of Siuslaw office. Registered voters who live in the Port District are eligible. The replacement would serve through June of this year. A two year position to fill out the remainder of Thorp’s term will be on the ballot in May.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon couple has been found guilty
of criminally negligent homicide for praying over their ill son
instead of seeking medical help. The jury returned the verdict
yesterday in the trial of Jeff and Marci Beagley, members of the
Followers of Christ Church in Oregon City. Jurors agreed the
Beagleys had a duty as parents to provide medical care for their
16-year-old son, Neil, who died in 2008 of complications from a
urinary tract blockage. Sentencing is set for Feb. 18.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - A Eugene man jailed after a car chase
that ended when his vehicle burst into flames has died. Deputies at
the Klamath County Jail called an ambulance early Monday for
39-year-old James Emary when he seemed to be in medical distress.
He was pronounced dead at Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath
Falls. He'd been arrested Sunday. The sheriff's office tells
KVAL-TV that Emary was alone in a cell and there is no indication
of foul play. An autopsy is planned.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland police have offered their first
full account of an officer's fatal shooting of Aaron Campbell,
saying the 25-year-old man failed to comply with orders to put his
hands in the air. Police confirm Campbell was unarmed at the time
of Friday's shooting. The Portland Police Bureau says Officer
Ronald Frashour fired one shot from his rifle because Campbell
reached toward the back waistband of his pants. The Oregonian
reports a grand jury is expected to review the case.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon Secretary of State audit shows
that no restitution was ordered in about half the crime victim
restitution cases it audited. Prosecutors told auditors they don't
have the resources needed to fully investigate losses to all
victims.
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - The robber left a clue at a bank holdup in
Redmond. A note handed to the teller was written on the back of a
receipt for paying a traffic fine. The name on the receipt led
police to arrest Donovan J. Haskin on Friday, and he's now facing
robbery and drug charges.
(The Oregonian)
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Eugene City Manager Jon Ruiz warns that the
city must eliminate 30 to 40 jobs to help balance its budget. It's
the second year in a row the city has been faced with a shortfall.
The municipal government trimmed 41 jobs last year through early
retirements, job buyouts and leaving vacant positions unfilled.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - Klamath County Sheriff Tim Evinger
had to be called in to resolve a dispute at the Klamath Tribes'
court. A judge was scheduled to hear a lawsuit filed by tribal
members who say they legally removed the tribes' current council in
November. But tribal officials say the contract for the tribes'
only judge has expired, so they reported her for trespassing when
she arrived. The sheriff held an hour-long mediation that ended
with the judge recusing herself from the case. Another tribal judge
will be sought.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Prep Bowling…
The Siuslaw Viking Girls Bowling team will advance to the state finals after finishing second place in the District Four tournament over the weekend. Nikki and Jen Parry, along with Alyssa Anderson were named to the District All-Star team. D.J. Anderson was selected as the season MVP for the boys.
Prep Basketball:
The Mapleton Sailors moved into second place in the boys’ Mountain West League with a 57 – 51 overtime victory over the Crow Cougars. Kenny Smith had 19 points.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Booster Hall in bad shape; Habitat land swap confirmed; Legislature works on jobs; and a vacancy on the library board
Evidence mounts against saving Booster Hall…
When the Booster Seniors move out of their existing structure later this spring, they’ll leave behind a shell of a building on Airport Road that really doesn’t have much life left in it. That’s according to a report prepared and presented last night by Florence Public Works Director Mike Miller.
211– “The electrical systems need to be replaced. There’s no ifs ands or buts about that. We’re looking at a new roof structure, dry rot in the flooring, whether that’s insect damage or actually dry rot. The floor’s very soft and has waves in it.”
Miller presented his report to the Florence City Council, adding that when the move is made to the new building, several key items will be taken out of the existing kitchen and reused. Other public groups have expressed an interest in occupying the building. In anticipation of that, Miller compiled an estimate of what it might take to put it back into habitable condition… in excess of $150-thousand. That money would have to be paid from the city’s general fund. The council did not take any formal action last night, but will review the matter in the future.
The Florence City Council last night gave final approval to a land-swap that will transfer the deed to roughly three-quarters of an acre next to the current Booster Senior Center to Florence Habitat for Humanity. Habitat has nearly completed land preparations and street improvements to Keener Place where ten homes will ultimately be built. Councilor Sue Roberts praised the project and the swap.
210 – “This is just a win-win situation. I am hoping some day when we get some money as far as the other piece of property that it will be a beautiful open space park for the citizens of the city.”
In exchange for the Airport Road Parcel, the city will take title to a three-quarter acre tract just east of the Florence Justice Center.
State Lawmakers went back to work yesterday with their own agenda and have reservations about a plan released by Governor Ted Kulongoski to divert surplus tax revenue into a rainy-day fund and away from kicker rebates. Instead, Democrats who control both the house and the senate say one of their top priorities will be to extend unemployment benefits for the approximately 19-thousand Oregonians that have exhausted theirs. The kicker diversion plan would require a statewide vote, something legislators are hesitant to do so soon after voter approval of two tax measures last month.
The Siuslaw Public Library District is seeking applicants for a vacancy on their board of directors. Library Director Steve Skidmore said Charlie Kimball stepped down last month because of health concerns. The deadline for applying is Wednesday, February 10th. Remaining boardmembers will select someone to fill Kimball’s position through June of this year. A special election will be held in May for the remaining two years of his four-year term.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - State lawmakers have gone back to work
planning to get some help for the unemployed Oregonians who
themselves haven't been able to report to a job. Democrats who
control both chambers say one of their top priorities in a special
session that began yesterday is extending unemployment benefits.
About 18,600 Oregonians have either exhausted their unemployment
benefits or will soon, many after drawing checks for two years. The
proposal would use $19 million left over from a jobless bill last
year to extend benefits for six weeks.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Portland mother says she lost two sons
in one day: a 23-year-old who died of heart and kidney failure, and
a 25-year-old shot by police less than 12 hours later. Marva Davis
says her older son, Aaron Campbell, had been distraught over the
death last Friday of his brother, Timothy Douglass. Portland police
fatally shot Campbell on Friday evening in the parking lot of a
girlfriend's apartment after being called about a suicidal man with
a gun. Authorities say police fired only after Campbell behaved in
a threatening manner.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Authorities say a 2 1/2-year-old boy in a
jogging stroller has died after being hit by a commercial truck
east of Corvallis. Oregon State Police identified the child as
Dylan Ayer. He was pronounced dead at the scene yesterday. Lt.
Gregg Hastings says the child's mother, Courtney Ayer of Tangent,
was pushing the stroller. She wasn't seriously hurt in the crash at
the intersection of Highway 99E and Old Highway 34.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - It's Day 2 of the four-week session of the
Legislature in Salem. A committee plans to take up a bill today to
increase access to loans from a state Business Development Fund. It
would cover the gap between the time businesses get orders and the
time they get paid for them.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - State Sen. Mark Hass of Beaverton is pushing
a bill that would prevent stores from offering customers plastic
bags at checkout counters. Hass says plastic bags contribute to
litter and harm marine life. The Oregonian reports paper bags would
remain legal.
(The Oregonian)
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) - The jury in the faith healing trial of
an Oregon City couple is beginning a second day of deliberation.
Jeff and Marci Beagley are charged with criminally negligent
homicide in the death of their 16-year-old son. Prosecutors say
they had a duty to provide medical care. Defense lawyers say the
teenager had symptoms like a cold, and the Beagleys were watching
him.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Five Oregon Air National Guard members are
taking a commercial flight from Portland today to Haiti. The
members of the 123rd Weather Flight will spend about three months
supporting operations at Port-au-Prince Airport as the earthquake
relief work continues.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland police say the suicidal man shot
to death by an officer Friday had a criminal history that included
resisting arrest and weapons charges. Police say 25-year-old Aaron
Marcell Campbell of Portland had been shot with beanbags and was
still refusing to cooperate with police when he was killed by a
rifle shot. The officer thought he was a threat.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Athlete of the Week:
Siuslaw basketball standout Eric Tipler is Coast Radio Sports’ Athlete of the week. The Viking Senior scored 46 points in two games last week, including 30 points to pace Siuslaw to its first Far West League victory of the season against Douglas….Honorable Mention to Mapleton Sailor Chad Walker, who scored 21 points in the Sailors victory Friday night over Oak Hill.
On The Schedule:
The Reedsport Braves are on the road to Glide for Sunset Conference boys and girls double header against the Wildcats…In the Mountain West League Mapleton host the Crow Cougars in a double header beginning with the girls at 5:30, the boys follow in the night cap. Siuslaw has the night off.
When the Booster Seniors move out of their existing structure later this spring, they’ll leave behind a shell of a building on Airport Road that really doesn’t have much life left in it. That’s according to a report prepared and presented last night by Florence Public Works Director Mike Miller.
211– “The electrical systems need to be replaced. There’s no ifs ands or buts about that. We’re looking at a new roof structure, dry rot in the flooring, whether that’s insect damage or actually dry rot. The floor’s very soft and has waves in it.”
Miller presented his report to the Florence City Council, adding that when the move is made to the new building, several key items will be taken out of the existing kitchen and reused. Other public groups have expressed an interest in occupying the building. In anticipation of that, Miller compiled an estimate of what it might take to put it back into habitable condition… in excess of $150-thousand. That money would have to be paid from the city’s general fund. The council did not take any formal action last night, but will review the matter in the future.
The Florence City Council last night gave final approval to a land-swap that will transfer the deed to roughly three-quarters of an acre next to the current Booster Senior Center to Florence Habitat for Humanity. Habitat has nearly completed land preparations and street improvements to Keener Place where ten homes will ultimately be built. Councilor Sue Roberts praised the project and the swap.
210 – “This is just a win-win situation. I am hoping some day when we get some money as far as the other piece of property that it will be a beautiful open space park for the citizens of the city.”
In exchange for the Airport Road Parcel, the city will take title to a three-quarter acre tract just east of the Florence Justice Center.
State Lawmakers went back to work yesterday with their own agenda and have reservations about a plan released by Governor Ted Kulongoski to divert surplus tax revenue into a rainy-day fund and away from kicker rebates. Instead, Democrats who control both the house and the senate say one of their top priorities will be to extend unemployment benefits for the approximately 19-thousand Oregonians that have exhausted theirs. The kicker diversion plan would require a statewide vote, something legislators are hesitant to do so soon after voter approval of two tax measures last month.
The Siuslaw Public Library District is seeking applicants for a vacancy on their board of directors. Library Director Steve Skidmore said Charlie Kimball stepped down last month because of health concerns. The deadline for applying is Wednesday, February 10th. Remaining boardmembers will select someone to fill Kimball’s position through June of this year. A special election will be held in May for the remaining two years of his four-year term.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - State lawmakers have gone back to work
planning to get some help for the unemployed Oregonians who
themselves haven't been able to report to a job. Democrats who
control both chambers say one of their top priorities in a special
session that began yesterday is extending unemployment benefits.
About 18,600 Oregonians have either exhausted their unemployment
benefits or will soon, many after drawing checks for two years. The
proposal would use $19 million left over from a jobless bill last
year to extend benefits for six weeks.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Portland mother says she lost two sons
in one day: a 23-year-old who died of heart and kidney failure, and
a 25-year-old shot by police less than 12 hours later. Marva Davis
says her older son, Aaron Campbell, had been distraught over the
death last Friday of his brother, Timothy Douglass. Portland police
fatally shot Campbell on Friday evening in the parking lot of a
girlfriend's apartment after being called about a suicidal man with
a gun. Authorities say police fired only after Campbell behaved in
a threatening manner.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Authorities say a 2 1/2-year-old boy in a
jogging stroller has died after being hit by a commercial truck
east of Corvallis. Oregon State Police identified the child as
Dylan Ayer. He was pronounced dead at the scene yesterday. Lt.
Gregg Hastings says the child's mother, Courtney Ayer of Tangent,
was pushing the stroller. She wasn't seriously hurt in the crash at
the intersection of Highway 99E and Old Highway 34.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - It's Day 2 of the four-week session of the
Legislature in Salem. A committee plans to take up a bill today to
increase access to loans from a state Business Development Fund. It
would cover the gap between the time businesses get orders and the
time they get paid for them.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - State Sen. Mark Hass of Beaverton is pushing
a bill that would prevent stores from offering customers plastic
bags at checkout counters. Hass says plastic bags contribute to
litter and harm marine life. The Oregonian reports paper bags would
remain legal.
(The Oregonian)
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) - The jury in the faith healing trial of
an Oregon City couple is beginning a second day of deliberation.
Jeff and Marci Beagley are charged with criminally negligent
homicide in the death of their 16-year-old son. Prosecutors say
they had a duty to provide medical care. Defense lawyers say the
teenager had symptoms like a cold, and the Beagleys were watching
him.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Five Oregon Air National Guard members are
taking a commercial flight from Portland today to Haiti. The
members of the 123rd Weather Flight will spend about three months
supporting operations at Port-au-Prince Airport as the earthquake
relief work continues.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland police say the suicidal man shot
to death by an officer Friday had a criminal history that included
resisting arrest and weapons charges. Police say 25-year-old Aaron
Marcell Campbell of Portland had been shot with beanbags and was
still refusing to cooperate with police when he was killed by a
rifle shot. The officer thought he was a threat.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Athlete of the Week:
Siuslaw basketball standout Eric Tipler is Coast Radio Sports’ Athlete of the week. The Viking Senior scored 46 points in two games last week, including 30 points to pace Siuslaw to its first Far West League victory of the season against Douglas….Honorable Mention to Mapleton Sailor Chad Walker, who scored 21 points in the Sailors victory Friday night over Oak Hill.
On The Schedule:
The Reedsport Braves are on the road to Glide for Sunset Conference boys and girls double header against the Wildcats…In the Mountain West League Mapleton host the Crow Cougars in a double header beginning with the girls at 5:30, the boys follow in the night cap. Siuslaw has the night off.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Legislature may need to pare things down; Florence Council has 3 options on Sr Center; Reedsport care center for sale?
Oregon Legislators back to work today…
Lawmakers in Oregon are sitting pretty… at least prettier than most. They open up a special session today in Salem with something that legislatures in many other states don’t have…. and that’s cash. Voters approved tax increases on corporations and wealthy Oregonians last week totaling an estimated $727-million between now and June 2011. That means leaders aren’t in the position of having to take a ‘chainsaw’ to the state budget in order to make ends meet. They may have to take a pocket knife to it though. An economic forecast is due out this month and Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney says it could show a shortage of about $100-million. That’s less than one-percent of the state’s general fund and in a range that will allow budget-makers to talk about simply ‘adjusting’ the budget and not make major changes.
02-01-10 7,8,9 AM; Noon; 5,6, PM
RBS
The Florence City Council will hear three options tonight on the future of the current senior center on 15th Street. Once the new center around the corner is complete, the 58-year old structure on Airport Road will be vacant. In anticipation of that, public works director Mike Miller has been surveying the building to determine the overall condition. Consultants have reviewed the electrical system, the structural integrity and even checked out whether or not there is asbestos present. There is, but Miller says it’s not a large amount. The structural integrity however is in question. Over the years there have been several additions of varying degrees of quality, and little maintenance over the past decade because the Booster-Seniors have been anticipating moving to a new facility. The three options are to demolish the building; renovate it; or moth-ball it to a later date when it can be renovated and reused for another purpose. The council meets at seven tonight at city hall.
Lower Umpqua Hospital in Reedsport has reportedly received an offer to sell their nursing home portion to Aidan Health Services of Salem. The sale could save the hospital somewhere between 200-and-500 thousand dollars a year in operating costs. Officials say they will hold public meetings before making a final decision. The nursing home houses up to 29-patients with long-term care needs.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) - The second faith healing trial in
Oregon in less than a year is in the hands of a jury. Jeff and
Marci Beagley of Oregon City are charged with criminally negligent
homicide in the 2008 death of their 16-year-old son of a urinary
tract blockage that doctors said was treatable. They belong to the
Followers of Christ Church, which does not condone medical care.
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama said in his State of
the Union that "one in 10 Americans still cannot find work." But
in Oregon, the so-called underemployed rate is 20.7 percent,
third-highest in the nation. The official unemployment rate of 10
percent doesn't include people who are working part-time but would
prefer full-time work, or the unemployed who have given up looking
for work.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The board of the Oregon Public Employees
Retirement System has voted to take some of the edge off a coming
increase in pension rates for some employers. Rates are expected to
rise next year because of the 2008 market downturn. The new policy
bases them on a sliding scale tied to how well-funded each
employer's pension fund is.
NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) - NOAA says it will review whether there was
a workable alternative to moving its Pacific fleet of research
ships to the Oregon coastal city of Newport. The agency says it's
responding to a Government Accountability Office decision to
sustain a protest by the Port of Bellingham, Wash. to award the
lease to Newport.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A new report shows that Oregon added more
wind turbines than all but three other states last year. The
American Wind Energy Association said in its Year End 2009 Market
Report that developers installed 691 megawatts worth of wind towers
last year in Oregon. One megawatt of wind capacity is enough to
supply from 225 to 300 homes.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
Prep Basketball:
Eric Tipler scored 30-points and the Siuslaw Vikings outscored the Douglas Trojans 11-2 in overtime to claim a 57-48 Far West League Boys’ victory Friday night at home. Other scores in the Far West… Brookings Harbor edged Sutherlin 46-45 and North Bend downed South Umpqua 63 – 51. In Sunset League play Rogue River beat Reedsport 77 – 52; and in the Mountain West is was Mapleton over Oak Hill 48 – 27. // For the girls, Siuslaw is still looking for their first Far West victory, falling at home to Douglas 61- 38. North Bend downed South Umpqua 61 – 36; and Brookings-Harbor upset Sutherlin 37 – 35. // Rogue River beat Reedsport in the Sunset League 59 – 37. Mapleton had the night off.
College Basketball:
The Oregon men completed their home sweep of the So-Cal schools Saturday with a 67 – 57 victory over the USC Trojans. Jeremy Jacob had a career high 19 points, Malcom Armstead 18. // UCLA used a 12-2 run late in the game to pull away for a 62-52 win Saturday evening over the Oregon State Men in Corvallis. For the women, Oregon snapped a five game losing streak, outrunning USC 85 – 77. Taylor Lilley scored a career-high 37 points for Oregon. Over in Westwood, the UCLA Bruins beat the Oregon State Women 70 – 44.
Lawmakers in Oregon are sitting pretty… at least prettier than most. They open up a special session today in Salem with something that legislatures in many other states don’t have…. and that’s cash. Voters approved tax increases on corporations and wealthy Oregonians last week totaling an estimated $727-million between now and June 2011. That means leaders aren’t in the position of having to take a ‘chainsaw’ to the state budget in order to make ends meet. They may have to take a pocket knife to it though. An economic forecast is due out this month and Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney says it could show a shortage of about $100-million. That’s less than one-percent of the state’s general fund and in a range that will allow budget-makers to talk about simply ‘adjusting’ the budget and not make major changes.
02-01-10 7,8,9 AM; Noon; 5,6, PM
RBS
The Florence City Council will hear three options tonight on the future of the current senior center on 15th Street. Once the new center around the corner is complete, the 58-year old structure on Airport Road will be vacant. In anticipation of that, public works director Mike Miller has been surveying the building to determine the overall condition. Consultants have reviewed the electrical system, the structural integrity and even checked out whether or not there is asbestos present. There is, but Miller says it’s not a large amount. The structural integrity however is in question. Over the years there have been several additions of varying degrees of quality, and little maintenance over the past decade because the Booster-Seniors have been anticipating moving to a new facility. The three options are to demolish the building; renovate it; or moth-ball it to a later date when it can be renovated and reused for another purpose. The council meets at seven tonight at city hall.
Lower Umpqua Hospital in Reedsport has reportedly received an offer to sell their nursing home portion to Aidan Health Services of Salem. The sale could save the hospital somewhere between 200-and-500 thousand dollars a year in operating costs. Officials say they will hold public meetings before making a final decision. The nursing home houses up to 29-patients with long-term care needs.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) - The second faith healing trial in
Oregon in less than a year is in the hands of a jury. Jeff and
Marci Beagley of Oregon City are charged with criminally negligent
homicide in the 2008 death of their 16-year-old son of a urinary
tract blockage that doctors said was treatable. They belong to the
Followers of Christ Church, which does not condone medical care.
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama said in his State of
the Union that "one in 10 Americans still cannot find work." But
in Oregon, the so-called underemployed rate is 20.7 percent,
third-highest in the nation. The official unemployment rate of 10
percent doesn't include people who are working part-time but would
prefer full-time work, or the unemployed who have given up looking
for work.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The board of the Oregon Public Employees
Retirement System has voted to take some of the edge off a coming
increase in pension rates for some employers. Rates are expected to
rise next year because of the 2008 market downturn. The new policy
bases them on a sliding scale tied to how well-funded each
employer's pension fund is.
NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) - NOAA says it will review whether there was
a workable alternative to moving its Pacific fleet of research
ships to the Oregon coastal city of Newport. The agency says it's
responding to a Government Accountability Office decision to
sustain a protest by the Port of Bellingham, Wash. to award the
lease to Newport.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A new report shows that Oregon added more
wind turbines than all but three other states last year. The
American Wind Energy Association said in its Year End 2009 Market
Report that developers installed 691 megawatts worth of wind towers
last year in Oregon. One megawatt of wind capacity is enough to
supply from 225 to 300 homes.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports…
Prep Basketball:
Eric Tipler scored 30-points and the Siuslaw Vikings outscored the Douglas Trojans 11-2 in overtime to claim a 57-48 Far West League Boys’ victory Friday night at home. Other scores in the Far West… Brookings Harbor edged Sutherlin 46-45 and North Bend downed South Umpqua 63 – 51. In Sunset League play Rogue River beat Reedsport 77 – 52; and in the Mountain West is was Mapleton over Oak Hill 48 – 27. // For the girls, Siuslaw is still looking for their first Far West victory, falling at home to Douglas 61- 38. North Bend downed South Umpqua 61 – 36; and Brookings-Harbor upset Sutherlin 37 – 35. // Rogue River beat Reedsport in the Sunset League 59 – 37. Mapleton had the night off.
College Basketball:
The Oregon men completed their home sweep of the So-Cal schools Saturday with a 67 – 57 victory over the USC Trojans. Jeremy Jacob had a career high 19 points, Malcom Armstead 18. // UCLA used a 12-2 run late in the game to pull away for a 62-52 win Saturday evening over the Oregon State Men in Corvallis. For the women, Oregon snapped a five game losing streak, outrunning USC 85 – 77. Taylor Lilley scored a career-high 37 points for Oregon. Over in Westwood, the UCLA Bruins beat the Oregon State Women 70 – 44.
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