Oregon Coast News - July 14, 2010
Daily news and sports coverage for the Oregon coast plus a variety of guides and directories useful to Oregon residents and visitors.
Shooting
A 28-year old Bandon man is expected to survive after being shot in the head Tuesday night at his residence by a 27-year old male who was captured on the beach and taken into custody without incident. Coos Co. District Attorney R. Paul Frasier, in a news release, stated he anticipates filing formal charges of Attempted Murder with a Firearm and Assault in the First Degree with a Firearm against Christopher James Littles, also of Bandon. South Coos County 911 received a call about a male subject with a gunshot wound to the head about 6:47 p.m. near 1175 SW 4th St., the residence of Cody Daniel Cullen Plymyer. Plymyer was allegedly involved in a verbal dispute with Littles at the residence; however, Littles “produced a handgun and shot Mr. Plymyer in the head.” Plymyer exited his home and was able to summon help from persons driving by. He was taken to Southern Coos General Hospital and later flown by air ambulance to Oregon Health Sciences University Hospital in Portland. Littles was located on the beach near the Gorman Motel at approximately 8:05 p.m., arrested, and transported to the county jail at Coquille.
Memorial Service
About 1,000 people, including Alaskan Governor Sean Parnell, attended a memorial service Tuesday for three U.S. Coast Guard men who died last week when their MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, en route from Astoria to Sitka, Alaska, their base, struck an overhead power line near La Push, WA and crashed. The lone survivor was released Monday from a hospital in Seattle, WA with a broken leg and arm. The service at Sitka concluded with a 21-gun salute and a flyover by members of Air Station Kodiak.
Pacific Power rate hike
Those who get their electricity from Portland-based Pacific Power will pay 8.4-percent more beginning in January under a settlement finalized this week between the utility, regulatory staff and ratepayer advocacy groups. The increase is slated to pay for investments in new generation and transmission. It also follows an approved 5.9-percent rate increase that will also take effect in January to cover increased power costs, bringing the total rate hike to more than 14-percent. The average monthly customer bill for those who use 900 kilowatt hours of electricity will see an increase on the average of $8.30 per month.
Repairs to begin immediately on US 101, north of Sea Lion Caves
The Oregon Department of Transportation has determined the extent of erosion and the repairs necessary to reopen U.S. 101 to two-way travel at milepost 169.5, approximately nine miles north of Sea Lion Caves. ODOT hopes to have traffic flowing in both directions by late afternoon Wednesday, July 14. ODOT crews were attempting to grind and repave cracks in the asphalt yesterday when they discovered the subsurface roadbed had eroded beneath the southbound lane. The southbound lane was immediately closed and all traffic was rerouted onto the northbound lane and controlled by flaggers. A further inspection today indicated that the roadbed aggregate had eroded beneath the asphalt cracks, most likely during the heavy rains of winter and spring. The erosion left isolated voids of aggregate along a 200-foot long stretch of the southbound lane. ODOT crews will immediately begin cutting and removing the asphalt on a 10-foot by 200-foot section of the highway. New aggregate will be put in place and the road will be repaved. Construction should be complete by late tomorrow afternoon. Meanwhile, traffic will be restricted to a single lane at the location and flaggers will continue to alternate travel direction. Motorists should please reduce their speed in the area, drive with caution and expect 10-15 minute delays.
Clatsop beaches closed to digging for clam conservation
July 15 is the beginning of the annual conservation closure on the Clatsop beaches to protect young razor clams. Since 1967, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has closed the 18 miles of beaches north of Tillamook Head. For many years the closure went from July 15 to Aug. 31, but in 1997 it was extended to Sept. 30. The closure is to ensure that young, newly-set clams can establish themselves on the beach. “We want to protect the next generation of clams on the Clatsop beaches,” said Matthew Hunter, ODFW’s Shellfish and Estuary Project Leader. “These beaches are the most productive razor clam beaches in the state, accounting for more than 90 percent of the total harvest.” But even after 43 years some clam diggers still show up hoping to get a limit of razors, Hunter said. “Usually the first tide series or two after the closure we will see people who don’t understand why there isn’t anyone else harvesting clams. I know OSP (Oregon State Police) has pretty much found they are guaranteed to write tickets for illegal harvest every low-tide series during the closure.” This period is a busy one for ODFW shellfish biologists who conduct razor clam stock assessments to determine the health of the population. Normally diggers could dig at other state beaches during the Clatsop conservation closure, but, after testing by the Oregon Department of Agriculture, ODFW closed all recreational razor clam harvesting from Coos Bay to Tillamook Head due to elevated levels of domoic acid.
Oregon Tuna Classic
The sixth annual Oregon Tuna Classic, which continues to grow with tuna and cash donations to local food banks, kicks off this Saturday, July 17th, from two locations on the Central Oregon Coast at Newport and Depoe Bay. Check-ins will take place for both ports at South Beach on Newport’s Yaquina Bay. The event, which began in 2005 as the “I Fish For Food Tournament, has grown to nearly 1,400 participants last year. Since 2006 when it was reorganized into the Oregon Tuna Classic, over 25,700 lbs of fish and $83,000 have been donated to the Oregon Food Bank. The four port event will continue on July 31st at Ilwaco, WA, August 14th at Charleston, and August 28th at Garibaldi.
Deer wasted
The Oregon Hunter’s Association is offering a reward of up to $500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction for those responsible for illegally killing and wasting three buck deer on the North Oregon Coast last month. According to a report from the Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division, the deer were found in the Trask Unit, on Fox Creek Road, near Tillamook on June 20th. The head and hide remained, but most of the meat was taken.
WaMu unclaimed funds
Funds from 27,000 inactive accounts sent to state in late June. The state of Oregon received $3.85 million due Oregon residents from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as a result of Washington Mutual bank (WaMu) going into receivership in September 2008. Though Chase bank assumed most of WaMu's active accounts, the FDIC is handling the accounts that appeared to be inactive – those with no record of a deposit, withdrawal or other positive contact with the account holder for at least three years. In April 2010, Chase made a final attempt to contact dormant account holders, informing them of the impending transfer of funds to the FDIC. Former WaMu customers in Oregon who may have funds available for claim are encouraged to search for their name at the following Web site: www.oregonstatelands.us (click on Unclaimed Property Name Search). Claims take between 90 – 120 days to process. The state's unclaimed property program is housed in the Department of State Lands (DSL). DSL will hold the WaMu funds for ten years and make efforts to return the funds to Oregon owners. After ten years, any remaining money must be returned to the FDIC. All unclaimed property is held in the Common School Fund, a trust fund for Oregon schools. Earnings from the fund are distributed to K-12 public school districts twice a year. In 2010, schools will receive $50.4 million.
ODF fire update
The Oregon Department of Forestry’s weekly update on wildfires on private and state-owned forestlands, as well as a limited amount of other forestlands, including those owned by the BLM in Western Oregon. Effective July 13, 2010: January 1, 2010 through today: Lightning-caused fires: 29 fires burned approximately 21 acres; Human-caused fires: 114 fires burned approximately 88 acres; Total: 143 fires have burned approximately 109 acres; 10-year average (January 1 through the present date in the year): Lightning-caused fires: 109 fires burned approximately 4,663 acres; Human-caused fires: 273 fires burned approximately 810 acres; Total: 382 fires burned approximately 5473 acres.
Lost
A 13-year old Bellflower, CA boy lost in eastern Douglas County, approximately 31-miles southeast of Glide near Hemlock Lake, was found after being in the woods for more than nine-hours. According to a news release from the Douglas Co. Sheriff’s Office in Roseburg, the youth called 911 about 6:30 p.m. on a cell phone Monday night. He stated he went for a hike about noon, but was now lost. Search and Rescue personnel responded to the area, made contact with the boy by phone again and he gave a general description about his location. Shortly after 9 p.m., rescuers located the teen and reunited him with his family. He was found about 2.3 miles from Hemlock Lake and uninjured.
Stranded
Two 21-year old males from Roseburg were stranded Monday night on a rock in the North Umpqua River and had to be rescued by a Douglas Co. Search and Rescue team. The two, identified as Christopher Magana and Preston Bonnell, were mountain bike riding when one of their bikes got a flat tire. According to a news release from the Sheriff’s Office, they decided to abandon the trail they were on and attempted to swim across the river. Once they realized they couldn’t make it across they began flagging down traffic on the nearby North Umpqua Hwy., near milepost 32. Ground units located them about 1:30 a.m., gave them food and water and then escorted them out of the area arriving at the trailhead about 3:30 a.m., Tuesday morning.
Coos Co. Commissioners
Wednesday, July 14: 8:30 AM, Executive Session under the Authority of ORS 192.660 (2)(h) Consultation with Counsel (if there are any decisions to be made, the Board will come out of Executive Session into open session)- Chair Stufflebean’s office.
OIMB 2010 Summer Seminar Series
Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, Charleston, Oregon. July 14, Craig Young, OIMB, University of Oregon, “Alexander Agassiz and the deep West-Indian fauna: a centennial retrospective.” All seminars at 4:00 PM OIMB Boathouse Auditorium. Please park on Boat Basin Road and walk down to the OIMB Boathouse. Call (541) 888-2581 for information or email oimb@uoregon.edu.
Napping
The horns on the commercial fishing vessels in the Charleston Harbor sounded loudly through the fog early Tuesday morning. Boats began backing up at the closed drawbridge, but it wasn’t moving. One operator finally called the Coos Co. Sheriff’s Office at 1 a.m. and reported they were “unable to get a response from the bridge operator.” An ambulance was summoned to stage nearby as a deputy sheriff went to the bridge. He found the operator. He “was napping.” The Oregon Department of Transportation was also notified of the situation.
Cleaning up CB
The City of Coos Bay Code Enforcement Officer was busy noting alleged violations of City Codes Monday. According to multiple entries on the police log: 1:48 p.m., 908 So. 7th St., “violation city code.” 2:49 p.m., 1044 Michigan Ave., “trailer/boat stored on Michigan Ave. on public right of way.” 2:53 p.m., 1038 Michigan Ave., “vehicle storage on Michigan public right of way.” 2:56 p.m., 475 So. Morrison St., “fences constructed on public right of way with no permit.” 2:58 p.m., 580 So. Morriston St., “vegetation encroachment & vision clearance.” 3:04 p.m., 825 Central Ave., “defunct signage.” 3:13 p.m., 595 Date Ave., “low tree limbs & encroaching vegetation.” 3:15 p.m., 1005 Michigan Ave. “vision clearance/vegetation encroachment.” 3:20 p.m., 985 Newmark Ave., “vegetation encroachment onto Salmon Ave.” 3:23 p.m., 2525 Koos Bay Blvd., “vegetation encroachment onto Koos Bay Blvd.” 3:26 p.m., 1650 No. 16th St., “vision clearance/vegetation encroachment.”
Assault
According to an entry on the Coos Bay Police log for 4:31 a.m., Tuesday morning, 2051 Newmark Ave., Walmart, a 37-year old female complained about an alleged assault. Thirty-eight year old Robert L. Hooper was arrested on a charge of Assault IV – Domestic, transported and lodged in the Coos Co. Jail at Coquille.
Neighbor dispute
According to an entry on the Coos Bay Police log for Monday, 5:48 p.m., Jis Ta Jia Ct., 46-year old female “reports that she was just assaulted by a neighbor because she was paying attention to their cat.”
Vicious animal
According to an entry on the Coos Bay Police log for Monday, 5:16 p.m., 200 block D St., 52-year old male complained, “dog bite victim.” Mary Napier cited for Keeping a Vicious Animal.
Assault
According to an entry on the North Bend Police log for early Tuesday morning, 1:15 a.m., Brookings area, Curry Co. Sheriff’s Office arrested 47-year old Steven Dimitriades on a “valid probable cause arrest for Assault IV/Domestic. “Curry County transported to county line, Coos Co. Sheriff’s Office picked up subject and transported to Coos Co. Jail.”
Sexual abuse
According to an entry on the North Bend Police log for Monday, 1:07 p.m., “sexual abuse.” North Bend area. There was also an entry on the Coos Co. Sheriff’s log for 11:23 p.m., Monday night, Horsfall Beach Campground. “Sex Abuse.” A deputy made contact with a subject; however, “does not wish to be a victim.”
Fans?
A male sitting on the corner of Broadway Ave. and 11th St. in North Bend Monday about 12:50 p.m., was allegedly “giving the finger to passing motorists, RP asked the subject what he was doing and did not get a nice response.” According to an entry on the police log, “officer located subject still at location / subject claimed to be doing this for his fans on Facebook and MTV, officer advised him if he continues to alarm the public he can be arrested for Disorderly Conduct.” Twenty-four year old Brandon Hinerman contacted.
Accident
A two-vehicle accident at Virginia and Sherman avenues in North Bend Monday morning, 11:42 a.m., led to a citation to one driver. According to an entry on the police log, 28-year old Eben Robert Morse, Coos Bay, cited for Following Too Closely. The other driver was identified as 51-year old Wendy Jo Willford, North Bend. She was transported to Bay Area Hospital, both vehicles were towed.
WX
Partly cloudy then clearing along the Oregon Coast with highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s and northeast winds 5-10 mph, but shifting to the north at 10-20 mph by afternoon. Mostly clear tonight with lows in the lower to mid 50s and north winds 10-20- mph but decreasing to 5-10 mph after midnight. Sunny on Thursday.
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American Legion bb
North Coos Waterfront split an American Legion baseball doubleheader against the Umpqua Blaze (3-9, 3-15) in Myrtle Creek Tuesday. The Waterfront won the first game 8-7, but lost the second 10-2. In the first game, North Coos’ Clint Burris pitched a complete game for the win. Dalton Iveans was 3 for 4 at the plate, and Eric Rains, and Burris went 2 for 4, Cody Anderson had a pinch hit single for 2 RBI's in the top of the 7th. In the second game nobody for the Waterfront had more than one hit. North Coos (7-5, 8-8) will next host South Eugene (4-6, 8-9) on Thursday, 5 p.m., at Clyde Allen Field in North Bend.
Blazers
Portland pulled away in the second half en route to an 81-69 win over the New Orleans Hornets during an NBA Summer League basketball game in Las Vegas Tuesday night. It was the Blazers second straight win. Guard Patrick Mills scored 18-points. Portland will scrimmage with the Washington Wizards and No. 1 draft pick John Wall tonight and next play the LA Clippers on Tuesday.
Wrestling camp at SOCC
USA Olympian Ken Chertow will be bringing his Gold Medal Training Camp to Oregon. Camp will be conducted at Southwestern Oregon Community College July 16 - 19. We welcome wrestlers of all ages and skill levels. Coach Chertow is a USA Olympian, 3x NCAA Academic All American, 3x NCAA All American, 2x Junior World Champion, former coach at Penn State and Ohio State Universities, and camp director of the nationwide Gold Medal Training Camp for over 20 years.
Bowerman award
Two seniors who just finished their eligibility at the University of Oregon with individual NCAA Track & Field titles, have been named finalists for this year’s Bill Bowerman Award that depicts the nation’s top cross country and track and field male and female athletes. Ashton Eaton, who won the NCAA Decathlon title, and Andrew Wheating who won both the NCAA 800 and 1500 meter titles this spring are in the finals. The inaugural award last year was won by Oregon’s Galen Rupp who won the NCAA 10,000 meter and Cross County championship the previous year. The winner will be announced in December.
OSU football workshop for women
Oregon State's fifth annual Football Workshop for Women is scheduled for Sat., Aug. 28 at the Valley Football Center and Reser Stadium. The increasingly popular event is an exciting opportunity for women to gain more understanding of the sport. This year's Workshop for Women will be hosted by the OSU football coaching and support staff. Participants will be involved in on-field instruction, including defensive and offensive drills. Participants must be at least 18-years-old to attend. Sports attire and athletic shoes are required. To participate in this year's 2010 Football Workshop for Women, please register by filling out the Workshop for Women flyer (click here). Questions email sports.marketing@oregonstate.edu or call 541.737.1085.
OSU baseball camp
Space for two Oregon State baseball camps this summer is still open. The Beavers will host a Daytime/Overnight Camp that is scheduled to take place August 1-5. Players in grades 5-12 will work out from August 1-5 and have the option of staying overnight ($450) or participating on a daytime basis only ($350). Players in kindergarten through fourth grade will work out August 2-5 and cost $250 for daytime only. Oregon State baseball will close out its summer camp schedule August 8-10 with a Prospects Camp. This is for players in grades 9-12 and costs $300 per camp participant. Players can be signed up for camp at the official camp web site at oregonstatebaseballcamp.com. A required medical release form, available on the left side of the page, is also available at that site. The medical release form must be signed and brought before the first day of the camp.
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