Oregon Coast News - June 9, 2010
Daily news and sports coverage for the Oregon coast plus a variety of guides and directories useful to Oregon residents and visitors.
2010 coastal fall chinook and wild coho seasons
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commissioner recently heard projected returns of fall chinook to coastal rivers and streams range from near normal in the Southwest Zone to quite low on several rivers in the Northwest Zones. In response, the Commission adopted reduced bag limits and significant area closures on the Nehalem and Nestucca rivers. On the south coast, seasons will be more in line with permanent rules with minor modifications. The Commission also approved wild coho fisheries on the Siletz and Coquille rivers and Tenmile Lake. These fisheries are modeled on the successful wild coho seasons on four coastal basins in 2009, and on the Siltcoos and Tahkenitch lake fisheries that have been in place since 2003. Because wild coho are listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act, these seasons will not be finalized until approved by NOAA fisheries. The Commission denied a citizen-initiated petition that would have allowed the harvest of anchovies from Yaquina Bay at Newport.
Quake
A 4.4-magnitude earthquake was recorded within the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the Central Oregon Coast Tuesday night. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the horizontal quake occurred at 8:42 p.m., 248-miles west to northwest of Barview at Coos Bay. It did not generate a tsunami wave or warning.
Contractor bid approved for new Curry Campus
Southwestern Oregon Community College’s Board of Education unanimously accepted a bid for construction of the new Curry Campus in Brookings at its Monday, June 7th meeting. The low bidder was Ausland Builders of Medford. Total cost of the entire project is $6,061,000. Ausland Builders was successful in soliciting qualified bids from local contractors and plans to award over $1.8 million (30%) in contracts to Brookings contractors, and over $3.6 million (60%) in contracts to contractors located within 90 miles of the site. The new Curry Campus will be a two-story, 26,785 square foot building designed with all of the features needed for 21st Century learning. The facility will be equipped with wireless internet and sited/designed to maximize sustainability options. The seven classrooms will include an allied health suite supporting expanded nursing, basic nursing assistant, medical assistant and EMT training; a science lab; a computer lab; and, classrooms with SMART technology and IPV connectivity.
College Board adopts 2010-11 budget
Monday night, June 7th, the Board of Education of Southwestern Oregon Community College adopted the 2010-2011 Fiscal Year budget previously approved by the Budget Committee, and amended by the Board, in the total amount of $58,742,156. The Board also adopted the college district's permanent 2010-2011 tax rate at $.7017 per $1,000 of assessed value of taxable property within the college district. According to a news release, “the college is still hurting and recovering from large cuts during the 2008-09 academic year.” Over 20 positions were cut and many others remain unfilled. “This work did not go away and many staff added extra work to their already full loads,” President Dr. Patty Scott had said following the Budget Committee’s approval of the budget on May 10. “Faculty was willing to increase class size so that more students could be served. All employees have worked hard to save the College money. We continue to work to streamline our operations and be as efficient as possible despite many key positions remaining unfilled.” Last year, Southwestern’s enrollments grew by about 5%, far less than the state average of 11%. Thus, the college actually lost money from the State of Oregon based upon the state funding formula, largely because unemployment did not factor into enrollment at Southwestern the same as it did at urban community colleges. State funding has decreased from a high of 47% of the college’s General Fund revenue in 2007-08 to just 36% in the 2010-2011 recommended budget. The budget includes a $4 tuition increase, as well as fee increases for Housing, Nursing, and OCCI—all previously approved by the Board of Education. Similar increases are occurring at other colleges around Oregon.
Classified union and college agree on labor deal
The Southwestern Oregon Community College Board of Education unanimously approved an amendment to the existing Classified Federation Collective Bargaining Agreement Monday night, June 7th. A tentative agreement was reached with the Classified Bargaining Team on May 25, 2010 and ratified by the Union on May 28, 2010. The Classified Bargaining and Administrative Bargaining teams had met on numerous occasions, ending with the tentative agreement in mediation. Contract negotiations were only for wages and health care benefits, which will amend the current bargaining agreement in effect from June 30, 2007 to June 30, 2010. Starting June 2010, the agreement increases the college’s insurance contribution $48 per month for full-time (32-40 hour) classified employees and $24 for part-time (20-31 hour) employees. All employees participating in the insurance plan will also receive a one-time stipend of $150. There was also agreement on a memorandum of understanding for the students who work in Dining Services, specifying that those individuals will be labeled as student chefs and not be included in the classified union.
Seafood Chef Challenge
Oregon Coast Culinary Institute of Southwestern Oregon Community College hosted the Oregon Seafood Championship on Saturday, June 5th in Coos Bay at which eight chefs competed. The winner of the competition, Chef Woojay Poynter, will represent the state of Oregon in an all-expense paid Great American Seafood Cook-Off in New Orleans in August 2010. Each competitor prepared 10 portions of a two-course signature meal featuring Oregon seafood provided by the sponsors, the Oregon Albacore Commission, Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission, Oregon Salmon Commission and Oregon Trawl Commission. Results: Woojay Poynter 1st place Gold Medal, OCCI; Damian La Beaux 2nd place Gold Medal, Heathman in Portland; Erol Kanmaz 3rd place Silver Medal, Timberline Lodge on Mt Hood.
Humboldt Squid
It can grow up to six-foot long, weight in at 100 pounds, eat up to 10-percent of its body weight each day and its moving into the Pacific Ocean waters of the Pacific Northwest. The Humboldt Squid, or “Jumbo Squid,” has been found in packs of 1,000 off the Oregon and Washington Coasts. An Oregon State University graduate researcher, Sarikka Attoe, is studying its range and recently told the Oregon Trawl Commission that it is possibly adapting to our cooler ocean climate. The Humboldt squid is native to Baja, California and is known to return to that area, but Attoe believes it is here to stay. Some fishermen and processors have found limited markets for the squid in the past.
Connect Oregon funds
A request for funding through the Oregon Connect III grant process to financially aid airline commuter service from North Bend, Klamath Falls and Salem via SkyWest Airlines has been withdrawn. The City of Salem officially notified the Oregon Department of Transportation that one of the partners requesting the funding, SkyWest Airlines, has backed out of their original commitment to the funding application process. According to a letter from Michael Thompson, Vice President, Market Development for SkyWest, stated in a letter that after further review “all indications are that it simply is not feasible for SkyWest.” Without a participating carrier, the cities were forced to withdraw their application.
Morris
The former Sheriff’s Deputy accused of shooting to death his mother and her boyfriend at their home outside of Bandon in February will go to trial on Aggravated Murder charges in a Coos County Courtroom in Coquille beginning August 1, 2011. That’s the date Judge Martin Stone set during a status hearing Monday, June 7th. The 33-year old Morris, who fled the state after the shooting with his wife and four-year old daughter only to be captured later in Virginia, appeared in court with his court-appointed attorneys. Coos County District Attorney R. Paul Frasier says he has not yet decided whether or not if he will seek the Death Penalty.
OCCC
The recent ground breaking ceremony and community celebration on the Central Oregon Coast over the move of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Operations Center – Pacific from Seattle to Newport isn’t the only development on Yaquina Bay’s South Beach. Oregon Coast Community College is putting out to bid this week Requests for Proposals (RFP’s) for its new 9,300 square foot Aquarium Science Building. The program itself has been underway since 2003 and 47 students have already graduated with two-year associate degrees, or one-year certificates and found work across the United States and Guam at private and public aquariums, research centers and fish hatcheries. The building project is expected to be completed in one year.
Big game raffles, auctions gross more than $547,000
The 2010 auctions and raffles for big game hunting tags grossed $547,187, of which $309,576 will go to the Access and Habitat Program and $200,811 to big game research and management. The remaining $36,800 was retained by sportsman/conservation organizations that hosted the big game auction events. The auction of 11 special big game tags grossed $368,000 including $110,000 for a bighorn sheep tag. A total of 55,333 raffle tickets were sold grossing $179,186, including $62,696 in ticket sales for a bighorn sheep tag. Raffle winners were drawn at the Oregon Hunters Association convention on May 15, 2010 in Canyonville. Proceeds from the deer and elk tags will go to the Access and Habitat Program to fund wildlife habitat and hunter access improvement projects in the state. Proceeds from the pronghorn, bighorn sheep and Rocky Mountain goat raffles and auctions fund the research and management of those species in Oregon.
Wearing “Hunter Orange”
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission will consider three options in October regarding a proposal to make it mandatory that hunters wear “Hunter Orange” during some hunting activities in the state. After reviewing the report and hearing public testimony, the Commission narrowed the range of options they will consider for final rulemaking at the Oct. 1 meeting in Bend to three. The three options the Commission will consider are: Option 1 – No change to current status (voluntary wear of hunter orange). Option 2 – Require hunter orange upper garment and hat for hunters 17 years of age and younger while hunting big game and upland birds (except turkey) with any firearm. Option 3 – Require hunter orange upper garment or hat for all hunters while hunting big game and upland birds (except turkey) with a centerfire firearm or shotgun.
Success with “cisgenics” in forestry offers new tools for biotechnology
Forestry scientists at Oregon State University have demonstrated for the first time that the growth rate and other characteristics of trees can be changed through “cisgenics” – a type of genetic engineering that is conceptually similar to traditional plant breeding. Cisgenics uses genes from closely related species that usually are sexually compatible. If governments choose to regulate it similarly to conventional breeding, experts say, it could herald a new future for biotechnology, not only in forestry but crop agriculture and other areas. Modern plant breeding, in which related plant species are systematically interbred to create improved traits – such as faster growth, more desirable qualities, drought or disease resistance – dates back at least to the late 1800s. This research has been supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, and the Tree Biosafety and Genomics Research Cooperative based at OSU. In the new study with poplar trees, the researchers were able to use cisgenic technology to change the growth rate of the trees – some grew faster and others slower, in a greenhouse setting. Desirable characteristics might relate to growth rate, height, drought or disease resistance, flowering time, seed production or other traits. A gene that gives plants more heat tolerance might be useful in helping plants to deal with a warming climate. Some ornamental trees might be developed for shorter height to use in compact urban areas.
First time home buyers
WHAT: $1,000 Down Payment & Closing Cost Grants; WHERE: Umpqua Coastal Housing Center (1984 Sherman Ave., North Bend, OR 97459). Now Available $1,000 Grants for Down Payment & Closing Costs! Umpqua Coastal Housing Center has received grant funds from Oregon Association of Realtors to help First-time Homebuyers in Coos County achieve homeownership. Call #541-756-100 for more information.
NB Fire Committee
The North Bend Fire Committee will hold a regular meeting on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. at the Main Fire Station, 1880 McPherson, North Bend.
Strategic Plan Update
When: June 9, 2010; Where: Atzlan Restaurant, Reedsport; Who: Lower Umpqua Economic Development Forum; Contact: Theresa Hart 541-662-0639. The Lower Umpqua Economic Development Forum (the Forum) will begin the process of updating its Strategic Plan on June 9 at the Atzlan Restaurant in Reedsport. Forum members and those interested in economic development in the Coastal Douglas area are encouraged to attend this brainstorming session that will begin at 7am. The Forum is a non-profit organization focused on economic development and improving the quality of life for residents of the Reedsport, Gardiner and Winchester Bay area. This year’s Plan update will outline goals specifically for the Forum to accomplish over the next five years. The purpose of the previous update made in 2006 was to gather goals in objectives for different agencies and entities in the area. Those goals were then shared with all entities involved in the process.
Inmate
Coquille Police were summoned to the Coos Co. Jail on the 200 block of East 2nd St. in Coquille Monday night for assistance. According to an entry on the police log for 8:44 p.m., “out of control inmate.”
Suspect arrested
According to an entry on the Coquille Police log for Monday, 6:42 p.m., 1200 block No. Collier, “suspect located on follow up, arrested and transported to Coos Co. Jail. Thiry-year old Aaron West was charged with Theft II, & Theft by Receiving.
Wheelchair
According to a couple of entries on the Coos Bay Police log for Monday. At 6:12 p.m., Thompson Road & Koos Bay Blvd., 45-year old female reported “girl in wheelchair in street.” At 7:52 p.m., Koos Bay Blvd. & Pine, “female in an electric wheelchair in the roadway.”
DUII
According to an entry on the Coquille Police log for Monday, 5:43 p.m., 331 W. Main ST., Fat Tuesday, “from traffic stop.” Fifty-nine year old Samuel Clausen arrested for DUII and transported to the Coos Co. Jail at Coquille.
Break-ins
According to an entry on the Coquille Police log for Monday, 12:58 p.m., 1000 block No. Cedar Point Road, 59-year old male reported “burglary.” On the Coos Bay Police log for 9:59 a.m., 500 block Park Ave., 27-year old reported “theft from vehicle.” At 2:16 p.m., 800 block Arago Ave., 52-year old male complained “house broken into.” Seventeen year old male arrested. At 5:14 p.m., 900 block E St., 40-year old male reported “vehicle broken into at location.” On the Coquille PD log, 9:49 p.m., 30 East 1st, 53-year old female “believes her apartment was broken into.”
Drug information
According to an entry on the Coos Bay Police log for Monday, 1:54 p.m., 200 block So. Schoneman Ave., “drug information.” Sixteen year old Chaz Leaton “will be referred to the Juvenile Dept. on charges of Carrying Concealed Weapon – Brass Knuckles & Possession of Controlled Substance – Testosterone.” Seventeen-year old Zachary Lloyd “will be referred to the Juvenile Dept. on charge of Possession of Controlled Substance – Schedule I Marijuana.”
Fights
According to entries on the Coos Bay Police log for Monday: 1:46 p.m., 1000 block of Ingersoll Ave., “man and woman screaming at each other;” 5:04 p.m., 200 block So. Wasson St., 40-year old female and 56-year old male complained “assault;” 6:43 p.m., 900 block Kentucky, 40-year old male complained “verbal dispute;” 8:13 p.m., No. Schoneman Ave., 29-year old female complained “male and female fighting in middle of road;” 8:51 p.m., 250 E. Johnson Ave., Lucky Logger RV Park, “subjects yelling & screaming behind location for hours;” 10:08 p.m., 800 block So. 4th St., “screaming at his handicapped sister, sounds like he’s hitting her.”
Vehicle fire
According to an entry on the Coos Bay Police log for 10:11 a.m., 800 Block D St., Eastside, “car on fire across from the TNT Market.”
Dog
According to an entry on the North Bend Police log for Monday, 9:33 p.m., Newmark & Oak, “reported some time ago he was told his dog ran away while a friend was watching it for him, and now has discovered that she actually sold it for $140.00. Officer returned dog to owner. Under investigation.”
Child neglect
According to an entry on the North Bend Police log for Monday, 3:41 p.m., 1800 block of Meade St., “employee at location reported patient left children unattended in her vehicle outside.” Thirty-year old Kelly Jones, North Bend, cited and released for Child Neglect II.
Accidents
According to entries on the North Bend Police log for Monday, 12:07 p.m., Broadway & Inland Dr., two-vehicle non-injury accident. Twenty-four year old Krysten Yandell, Myrtle Pt., cited for Failure to Yield Right of Way. Both vehicles towed. At 3:31 p.m., a power line was down and a parked vehicle struck during an injury accident at 1611 Virginia Ave., Pony Village Mall. The driver was identified as 39-year old William Plummer of Coos Bay.
Graffiti
Graffiti vandalism was reported at the North Bend Housing Authority at 1700 Monroe Ave. in North Bend at 10:38 am., Monday, according to an entry on the police log. At 9:10 am., 1921 Virginia Ave., “officer requested case card for Criminal Mischief. Graffiti on Green Lighting Laundry Building.” At 9:03 a.m., 1899 Virginia Ave., “officer requested case for Criminal Mischief, vehicle tagged overnight.” At 8:56 a.m., 1817 Meade Ave., “reported the window of their business was vandalized with graffiti last night.” At 8:54 a.m., 1899 Virginia Ave., “reported his building has been tagged with graffiti overnight.” At 8:08 a.m., 1611 Virginia Ave., “reported bathroom in Pony Village Mall was vandalized with Graffiti last night.”
Turned self in
According to an entry on the North Bend Police log for Monday, 9:38 a.m., 1600 block Bayshore Dr., “subject turned himself into officer on a warrant.” Twenty-six year old Aaron Kenneth Boswell was wanted on a Coos Co. Sheriff’s Office warrant for DUII and Reckless Endangering. Transported and lodged in the county jail at Coquille.
WX
Showers along the Oregon Coast today with highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s and breezy with south winds 15-25 mph, but shifting to the southwest at 10-15 mph by late afternoon. More rain showers tonight with lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s and northwest winds 10-15 mph. Mostly cloudy on Thursday.
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MHS Powder Puff Football
Marshfield’s annual Powder Puff Football Game will be held Wednesday, June 9th 5:30 p.m., at Pete Susick Stadium. Full concessions will be offered. The game serves as a fund-raiser for the Pirate football program. The game will feature Junior girls vs.Senior girls with boy’s serving as cheerleaders on the sidelines. Admission is $5 family, $3 adults, $2 students, and children are free.
NCAA Track & Field Championships
The University of Oregon is hosting the NCAA Championships at Historic Hayward Field June 9-12. The 2010 Championships should also be among the most compelling in recent history with the reigning champion Texas A&M men’s and women’s teams defending their titles against the host school, Oregon, which finished as the runner-up in both races a season ago in Fayetteville, Ark. The Ducks feature three defending NCAA Champions on their current roster, including senior Ashton Eaton in the men’s decathlon, senior Andrew Wheating in the men’s 800 meters and junior Brianne Theisen in the women’s heptathlon. In addition, the Duck teams boast a combined 23 All-Americans, 12 men and 11 women. The talent traveling from around the nation to Track Town, USA, will be impressive. The men alone figure to have 14 of the 19 individual event champions back to defend their crowns in 2010, including every running event between 100 and 1,500 meters. In addition to Eaton (decathlon) and Wheating (800 meters), the list of returning NCAA men’s champions includes Trindon Holliday of Louisiana State (100 meters), Charles Clark of Florida State (200 meters), Jonathan Borlee of Florida State (400 meters), German Fernandez of Oklahoma State (1,500 meters), Ronnie Ash of Bethune-Cookman (110 meter hurdles), Jeshua Anderson of Washington State (400 meter hurdles), Jason Colwick of Rice (pole vault), Ngonidzashe Makusha of Florida State (long jump), Will Claye of Oklahoma (triple jump), Ryan Whiting of Arizona State (shot put), Marcel Lomnicky of Virginia Tech (hammer) and Chris Hill of Georgia (javelin). Conversely, the women’s competition looks to have Bowerman Award finalist Porscha Lucas of Texas A&M back to defend her title in the 200 meters, in addition to Kimberly Williams of Florida State, who is the defending NCAA champ in both the long jump and the triple jump. Other women looking to defend include Joanna Atkins of Auburn (400 meters), Angela Bizzarri of Illinois (5,000 meters), Kylie Hutson of Indiana State (pole vault), Mariam Kevkhishvili of Florida (shot put) and Theisen in the heptathlon. If the 2009 Championships are any indication, the 2010 team races could come down to the final event. The women’s competition was decided in the final 20 minutes of the meet, while the men’s came down to the last event, the 4x400 meter relay, with four different teams — Oregon, Florida, Florida State and Texas A&M — vying for the title before the Aggies eked out a two-point victory. This will be the Championships’ first appearance in Eugene since 2001, and will be the 10th time overall that Hayward Field has hosted the NCAA meet. Chicago (13) and Eugene will be the only cities to have hosted at least 10 NCAA Track & Field Championships. For additional information on the NCAA Championships, visit www.NCAA.com.
MLB draft
Four Oregon State pitchers were selected in this year’s Major League Baseball draft. Beaver right-hander Tyler Waldron was selected in the fifth round Tuesday as the 147th pick overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates. The New York Mets took right-hander Greg Peavey in the sixth round, while left-hander Kraig Sitton went to Colorado and left-hander Josh Osich to the Angels in the seventh round. Ashland High School right-hander Ian Kendall, who led the Grizzlies into the 5A championship game against North Eugene Saturday in Keizer, went in the fifth round to the Tampa Bay Rays.
Catron
University of Oregon forward Joevan Catron has been granted a medical hardship waiver from the Pac-10 Conference for the 2010-11 season it was announced Tuesday. Catron, who missed UO’s final 28 games a year ago, will be a redshirt senior for the upcoming season. Catron played in the first four games in 2009-10 before sitting the remainder of the season with an ailing back. He averaged 5.5 points, 5.8 rebounds per game while playing a total of 85 minutes (22.3 mpg). Catron registered season-highs with 10 points and nine rebounds in the Nov. 15 home win over Colorado State.
UO golf
University of Oregon golfer Jack Dukeminier has been named to the 2010 ESPN The Magazine All-America Men's At-Large third team it was announced Monday by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). A junior from Eugene, Dukeminier currently carries a 4.04 cumulative grade point average as an Economics major.
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