Oregon Coast News - May 20, 2010
Daily news and sports coverage for the Oregon coast plus a variety of guides and directories useful to Oregon residents and visitors.
LNG Pipeline hearing
Thursday May 20th 4:00 pm at the planning conference room in the Owen Building (201 N. Adams Street, Coquille). The Coos County planning department, through a Hearings Officer, will hold a public hearing on a request for a conditional use approval to allow a 49.7 mile natural gas pipeline connecting the Jordan Cove LNG terminal on the North Spit of Coos Bay with the Douglas County portion of the pipeline.
Coast Guard monitors barge lost in tow near Columbia River entrance
The Coast Guard closely monitored the efforts of a Sause Bros. tugboat crew as it successfully regained control of a barge that was lost in tow Wednesday. Station Cape Disappointment received a call at approximately 6:50 p.m. from the tugboat MIKI HANA stating the cable being used to tow a 330-foot barge had snapped in 20-foot seas 10 miles west of Astoria during last night's storm. The master of the MIKI HANA requested Coast Guard presence on scene due to the hazards of working on deck in high winds and seas. Air Station Astoria, Ore., dispatched an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew to monitor the MIKI HANA crew as they attempted to regain control of the barge. Initial attempts made by the MIKI HANA crew were unsuccessful. The Coast Guard remained in close contact with the MIKI HANA crew over the next several hours, and coordinated with the owners, the states of Washington and Oregon and the member agencies of the Regional Response Team. At approximately 11:10 p.m. the MIKI HANA crew retrieved the barge using an Orville Hook. The barge, containing approximately 700,000 pounds of construction material and 400 gallons of diesel fuel, remains offshore under the control of the MIKI HANA.
Coos Co. Airport District
The Board of Commissioners for the Coos Co. Airport District will meet on Thursday, MAY 20, 2010, 7:30 a.m., Coos County Airport District Board Room, Terminal Building. Agenda: CALL TO ORDER; PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE; INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS; I. REVIEW OF MINUTES: April 15, 2010 Regular Board Meeting; April 22, 2010 Budget Committee Meeting; II. REVIEW OF INVOICES; III. FINANCE REPORT; IV. MANAGEMENT REPORTS: A. Executive Director: 1) Maintenance/Operations Manager; B. District Counsel: Jerry Lesan; V. COMMITTEE REPORTS: VI. INFORMATION/DISCUSSION ITEMS: A. Employee Benefit Costs; B. South Coast Development Council Contract Review; C. Rates and Charges; VII. ACTION ITEMS REQUESTS: A. Gift Store – Award of Bid; B. Back-Up Regulator – Approval to Purchase; C. Disc Golf Course and Airport Park – Amendment to City of North Bend’s Park; Lease; D. Approval of Request For Qualification (RFQ) for Two (2) Engineering Firms; E. Aslin Industries – Approval of Lease Renewal; F. Review and Discuss Budget; G. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) – Airport Capital Improvement Plan (ACIP); Guiding Principles; H. Liability Insurance Coverage – Airport Operations; I. Employee Insurance Renewal; VIII. OTHER: PUBLIC COMMENT; COMMISSIONERS’ COMMENTS; ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Oregon International Port of Coos Bay
The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay Commission will meet on Thursday, May 20, 2010, 7:00 p.m., Port Commission Chambers, 125 Central Ave, Suite 230, Coos Bay OR 97420. T E N T A T I V E A G E N D A: 1. Call Meeting to Order; 2. Introduction of Guests; 3 CONSENT ITEMS: A. Minutes: Approval of April 15, 2010 Minutes; B. Approval of April/May Invoices: $501,590.79; 4. MANAGEMENT REPORTS: A. Executive Director Jeff Bishop; B. Director of Communications and Freight
Mobility Martin Callery; C. Rail Operations Manager Dan Lovelady; D. Director of Finance and Administration Donna Nichols; E. Marina Facilities Manager Aaron Simons; 5. PUBLIC COMMENT; 6. ACTION ITEMS/REPORTS: A. Resolution FY09/10-4 Signature Authorization; For new Checking Account at Umpqua Bank; For the specific purpose of HB5054; A. Transportation – Rail Line Repairs Donna Nichols; B. Rail Line repairs – Change Order #3 w/Lottery funding Donna Nichols; C. Veneta Right-of-entry & Temporary Easement Donna Nichols; 7. OTHER; 8 INFORMATION ITEMS: A. Business Center Newsletter – May 2010; B. Minutes-January 20, 2010 – Marine Reserves; C. Minutes-March 24, 2010 – Marine Reserves; D. Draft Minutes – April 28, 2010 – CCURA; E. Draft Minutes May 7, 2010 CCURA Budget; F. Draft Minutes May 5, 2010 Port Budget; G. Marine Board Grant for G-Dock Pump-out & Dump Station Replacement; 9. COMMISSION COMMENTS; 10. NEXT MEETING DATE –Thursday, June 24, 2010; 11. ADJOURN.
Boat Building Center
The Coos Bay Boat Building Center Board of Directors will hold a meeting Thursday, May 20, 2010, 1:15 p.m., North Point, Inc. Conference Room, 100 Central Avenue, Coos Bay OR. Agenda: 1) Update on 501 C 3 Application; 2) Discussion on Fundraising Program; 3) Review of Membership Brochure/Application; 4) Review of Purchase of the Wood Stove; 5) Plans for the Grand Opening Event; 6) Scheduling a Work Party; 7) Board Comments; 8) Adjourn.
Smoking ban
The Coos Bay City Council did not approve a proposed smoking ban within its parks Tuesday night following a public hearing. Instead the Council directed staff to come back with another proposal that would include banning public smoking all together in all of Mingus Park including the ball field, tennis courts, skate park, pool, Frisbee golf course, Choshi Garden and the wooded area. The Council also asked for a proposal that would ban smoking within 25-feet of playground equipment in the city’s other parks. A June 1st public hearing has been scheduled.
VCB proposal
A proposal to reduce the number of members on the Coos Bay – North Bend Visitor’s Convention Bureau to five now moves on to the Coquille Tribe for consideration. The Coos Bay City Council followed North Bend’s lead in adopting the same language for the Bureau that includes one seat each for the two cities and the Tribe. The other two seats would be filled by a representative from the local hotel/motel industry that participates in charging guests a transient room lodge tax, and the final seat would go to a representative from the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. The last two seat representatives would have to be ratified by the two cities and tribe. The proposal also includes permission to the Bureau to change its name and reaffirms the tax liability payment plan of 29% of the 7% charged guests allocated back to the Bureau for promoting the Bay Area.
CB Visitor’s Center
The City of Coos Bay’s new Visitor’s Center in the downtown area is nearing completion. On Tuesday night, the City Council approved spending $9,000 to furnish the facility located on Central Avenue between the north and south bound lanes of Hwy. 101. City Manager Rodger Craddock says they had budget $18,000 for the furnishings.
Women’s Luncheon
The Boys & Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon will host the 15th annual Bay Area Women’s Luncheon from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 20, 2010 at the William J. Sweet Memorial Tennis Center. This year’s event is titled “Somewhere over the Rainbow”, and will feature performances by Club members. The annual Luncheon is a fundraiser to honor women who make a difference in the lives of children in our community, and to showcase Boys & Girls Club members’ accomplishments. Lunch will be provided, and reservations are required. To make reservations, or for more information, call 267-3635.
Historically Speaking
The "Historically Speaking" series at Coos Bay Public Library continues Thursday, May 20th at 7 p.m. in the library's Myrtlewood Room. Coos Bay native Dr. Stephen Dow Beckham will present "Books West: Literary Aspirations of Oregon's Southwest Coast Writers." Dr. Beckham, Pamplin Professor of History at Lewis and Clark College , is a prolific author, historian and anthropologist and has written extensively on the Coos Bay region and western Oregon . He has taught at a university level for over 30 years as a specialist on Native Americans, the American West, and environmental history. In this "Books West" presentation, Dr. Beckham will talk about local pioneer writers such as Samuel Stillman Mann, Henry Woodward, and Robert Starkey. Growing up in Coos Bay, Stephen and his brother David held library cards no. 88 and 80, and spent many hours exploring the treasures in the Marshfield Public Library. As part of the library's centennial celebration, the library foundation and the Friends of the Coos Bay Public Library are sponsoring this local history speaker series. This free public program is co-sponsored by the Friends of Coos Bay Public Library. For more information call 541-269-1101 or visit the library website at http://bay.cooslibraries.org.
Discovery Center Presentation - Reedsport Athletics 1960-1969
WHERE: Umpqua Discovery Center; WHEN: Thursday, May 20th, 6:30pm; WHO: Umpqua Discovery Center; Contact: Diane Novak (541) 271-4816. This new series of programs will look at the history of Reedsport area athletics from the 1920's to 1990's. There is a rich tradition of athletic excellence that provides a different look at the history of the town and individual athletes who have had great success.
Eleven to earn welding scholarships
Eleven Southwestern Oregon Community College students have been awarded Welding and Fabrication scholarships for the 2010-11 academic year. The scholarships are a part of the $1,998,518 Community-Based Job Training federal grant that Southwestern received for advanced manufacturing programs through the Department of Labor. Each of the students will receive a $1500 scholarship. To be eligible, awardees must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credits at Southwestern, maintain a minimum of a 2.0 GPA, and be taking courses within the curriculum of the Associates of Applied Science degree in Welding and Fabrication. Incoming students receiving the scholarships are (hometown): Joseph Bussman (Sixes), Sean McMullan (Coos Bay), Devin Sutliff (Bandon), Kevin Van Hooser (Bandon), Gina Weston (Coos Bay) and Joshua Wonsley (Corvallis). Five returning students also were awarded scholarships: Joshua Flanders (Myrtle Point), Michael Mitchell (Coos Bay), John Rooke (Coos Bay), Mitch Tidwell (Coos Bay) and Donald Turner (Coos Bay). This is the second of three years for a total of $45,000 in scholarships to be awarded over the life of the grant. Thirteen scholarships will be available next year. Introduced by President Bush in his 2004 "State of the Union" address, Community-Based Job Training grants improve the ability of community colleges to provide their regions' workers with the skills needed to enter growing industries. Southwestern requested the grant with the intention of further developing and expanding workforce talent in welding, metals fabrication and design for the Rural Oregon South Coast Region. Southwestern was the only college in Oregon to receive the grant. The grant project has had many objectives, including the custom design and purchase of a Mobile Training Lab; curriculum development; short term training development; increased capacity in Southwestern’s Welding and Fabrication Program; retrofitting the college welding lab to increase the number of students that can be served per term with new and expanded technological capabilities; hiring one additional full time welding instructor; hiring a Project Director; hiring a full-time training coordinator/mobile lab instructor; obtaining American Welding Society (AWS) Certification for the Southwestern AAS Degree Program in Welding and Fabrication; and, a curriculum review of existing programs to advance the college’s metals instructor certification.
Resource Link
The Resource Link Charter School Advisory Board will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, May 20, at 11:00 a.m., in Room 332 of the Harding Learning Center, 755 S. 7th, Coos Bay, Oregon. Resource Link Advisory Board meetings are subject to the provisions of the Public Meetings Law (ORS 192.610 – 192.710), and the public is welcome to attend.
OSP wildlife investigation
An Oregon State Police (OSP) Fish & Wildlife Division investigation that began in 2008 culminated recently in Jackson County Circuit Court with lifetime hunting suspensions for two men. OSP Senior Trooper Jim Collom and Senior Trooper Mike Cushman, both assigned at the OSP Central Point Area Command office, spearheaded the investigation after information was received alleging that TERRY E. CLEARWATER, age 42, from Butte Falls, and BRODY J. GERKE, age 37, from Shady Cove, were working together to use bait and hounds to kill black bear and cougar. Since 1994, it has been against Oregon law to use of bait or dogs to attract or take black bear and to use dogs to take cougar. On March 31, 2009, OSP troopers served a search warrant GERKE's Shady Cove residence where nearly 60 items of evidence were seized. GERKE was eventually charged with 15 counts of wildlife crimes. CLEARWATER was also charged for his involvement with the May 25, 2008 killing of a black bear with the use of dogs. A previous investigation resulted in guilty pleas by CLEARWATER and GERKE in early 2009 to unlawfully using dogs to pursue and kill a cougar in the Shady Cove area. Oregon law mandates that a person's second conviction for the offense of using dogs to pursue and kill a bear or cougar results in a lifetime hunting suspension. GERKE pled guilty to three counts of Hunting Bear/Cougar with Dogs/Bait and one count of Illegal Possession of Wildlife. In addition to the lifetime hunting suspension and forfeiture of items seized from his residence, he was also sentenced to 24 months probation, 80 hours of community service, and $2,001 in fines and restitution. CLEARWATER pled guilty to one count of Hunting Bear with Dogs. In addition to his lifetime hunting suspension, he was also sentenced to 24 months probation, 64 hours of community service, and $1,340 in fines and restitution. Jackson County Deputy District Attorneys Laura Abraham and Adam Peterson prosecuted the cases involving both men and complimented the troopers' work. "These convictions are a direct result of OSP's hard work. Protection of our natural resources has always been important to Oregonians, and we will continue to prosecute these cases to the fullest extent of the law," said Abraham.
Drinking
According to an entry on the Coos Bay Police log for Tuesday, 5:22 p.m., 784 W. Central Ave., Coos Bay Liquor, 55-year old female reported, “subject in parking lot next to her drinking beer while in his vehicle.” Twenty-six year old male cited for Open Container.
Strangulation
According to an entry on the Coos Bay Police log for Tuesday, 10:32 a.m., 800 block East 11th St., 51-year old female complained, “subject refusing to leave residence.” Twenty-eight year old Troy Davis arrested on charges of Strangulation and Menacing. Forty-six year old Kenneth Mullins arrested on Reedsport PD warrant on a charge of DUII.
Daughter
According to an entry on the North Bend Police log for Tuesday, 7:08 p.m., “RP came into station and wanted officer to speak to her daughter about her being mouthy, coming and going when she pleases and staying out late.” Involving 15-year old female.
Fraud
According to an entry on the Coos Co. Sheriff’s log for Tuesday, 2:34 p.m., Wildwood Road, “fraud, wired money to individual claiming RP’s granddaughter was in jail in Ontario, Canada. Subject recalled, wants more money.”
Assault
He allegedly assaulted his 12-year old brother on Monday, May 17th. According to a news release from the Coos Co. Sheriff’s Office, 20-year old Tyler Pickerill fled a residence on the 9000 block of Coal Bank Slough Road when Sheriff’s deputies responded to the Assault claim. The next morning, Tuesday, May 18th, Pickerill was located in the North Bend area at 9:57 a.m. and taken into custody. He was charged with Assault IV and Probation Violation. Transported to the county jail at Coquille.
WX
Mostly cloudy with rain showers today along the Oregon Coast. Highs in the lower 50s to lower 60s and overnight lows in the mid 40s. Winds from the southwest today at 10-15 mph, and south tonight at 10-15 mph. Rain showers on Friday.
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MHS Boosters
The Marshfield Booster Club will meet at 11:30 a.m. today at Abby’s Pizza in downtown Coos Bay. Coaches and athletes will be in attendance to talk about their sports seasons.
MWL tr
Marshfield crowned five champions and had eight athletes qualify for the state championships next week following the first day of the 5A Midwestern League Track & Field Championships at Silke Field in Springfield Wednesday. The Pirates lead the girl’s team race with 54-points to North Eugene’s 38.25, while Marshfield’s boys are second to Thurston 62-57. Individually, sophomore Colton Thurman qualified for state in two events, second in the Long Jump and tied sophomore teammate Ken Sharp for first in the High Jump both clearing 6-0. Sophomore Dalton Milburn (159-03) won the Discus, while senior Hannah Francis (126-07) made it a sweep taking the girl’s Discus. Freshman Mareyna Karlin (10-0) won the Pole Vault leading a Pirate sweep of the top three places as Emily Beasley (9-06) was second and Francis (8-0) third. Senior Tori Scott (11:17.82) placed second in the 3,000, and senior Chris Krajcir was runner-up in the Pole Vault. The final day of the district championships will be contested on Friday.
Prep Tennis Championships
Marshfield’s Jon Massie will face Lorne Bulling of Corvallis in the first round of the OSAA State 5A Boy’s Tennis Singles Championships today at the Tualatin Hills Tennis Center south of Portland. The Lady Pirates doubles team of Nikki Gross and Katelyn Richmond face Shradha Dulla and Madha Dulla from Jefferson in a play-in match today. North Bend’s doubles team of Jarred Lincoln and Zach Reichenberger is in the 4A/3A/2A/1A state tournament and will face the winner of a play-in match between teams from Valley Catholic and Umatilla. The Lady Bulldogs doubles team of Brianna Blaser and Mallory Crocker face Ali Babij and Kayla Bertram from Ontario on Friday.
OSU bb
Oregon State’s second game with Seattle, scheduled for Wednesday in Corvallis, was rained out and not expected to be made up. The Beavers return to Pac-10 play at league leader Arizona State Friday in Tempe, AZ.
Duck track
Following their dominating performance at the Pac-10 Championships, the Women of Oregon rocketed up to No. 1 in the lastest USTFCCCA rankings. The men of Oregon remained No. 2 in the poll, though the team at the top changed. The women climbed from No. 3 to No. 1 for the first time this outdoor season. Texas A&M fell to No. 2 and Louisiana State to No. 3 with Oklahoma and Virginia Tech remaining at No. 4 and No. 5. In the men's poll, Florida jumped over both Oregon and Texas A&M to take over the top spot. The Ducks moved ahead of the Aggies, who dropped to No. 3. After an impressive showing of its own at the Pac-10 meet, USC moved up to No. 4, with LSU at No. 5.
MHS AOW
The Marshfield High School Booster Club will present certificates to two seniors honored as Athletes of the Week following nominations by their coaches. Baseball coach Quintin Hall, “I would like to nominate Josh Perkins...Probably one of the most pleasant and good natured kids that you could ever be around. He has had the most sac bunts and the entire season and did an outstanding job playing third base last week. He is normally our first baseman but do to circumstances he moved over and did a great job. For a big guy he did an excellent job executing our offensive rundown plays. He has battled threw a multitude of personal things to become one of our inspirational leaders.” Track coach Mac McIntosh, “Hannah Francis: Hannah put together the best series of marks for a thrower in the past 5 five years during the triangular meet with Thurston and Siuslaw, and topped off a remarkable 3-event performance with a lifetime-best mark in the pole vault. Hannah set lifetime personal records in all three throws, setting up potential qualifications for the state meet in four events. Her discus and shot marks lead the league, her javelin mark is second by less than a foot and her 9'0 pole vault mark ranks third in conference. Hannah is one of three captains on a team that is poised to repeat as Co-ed District Champions. If it does, her quiet leadership, actions as a role model, inspirational willingness to tackle any challenge, learn any event, and compete with confidence will have been the critical enabler.”
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