Oregon Coast News - July 15, 2010
Daily news and sports coverage for the Oregon coast plus a variety of guides and directories useful to Oregon residents and visitors.
Renew county payments
Both of Oregon’s U.S. Senators have joined a bipartisan list of 29 members from the Senate in requesting the Obama Administration to include a long-term reauthorization of the county payments program, known as the Secure Rural Schools and Communities Self-Determination Act in its 2012 budget. Senator Ron Wyden and Senator Jeff Merkley, both Democrats, signed the letter Wednesday urging the reauthorization. House members are reportedly sending a similar letter. Failure to extend the program, according to the letter, would lead to an annual payment loss of $468 million to counties for construction, roads, education, conservation and various other government-funded services and projects starting in 2012-13. “The SRSCA is not an entitlement program, but rather a demonstration of the commitment that this nation made to rural forest counties when it determined that large blocks (193 million acres in total) of our forest lands should be set aside for the benefit of the entire nation,” the 20 Democrats and nine Republicans wrote the President.
Wyden to Chair Hearing On Ways to Increase Sustainable U.S. Fishing Exports
Panel Will Hear Testimony From Oceana Board Member Ted Danson, Reps from the U.S. Seafood Industry; Administration Officials. On Thursday, at 12:15 pm PDT, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness, will hold a hearing to examine how international trade negotiations offer an opportunity to expand markets for U.S. seafood and promote marine conservation. With the U.S. seafood sector facing disproportionately high trade barriers and overseas practices contributing to overfishing and marine degradation, the subcommittee will hear from industry, environmental groups, and key members of the Obama Administration to discuss ways to promote trade in sustainably caught seafood to level the playing field for U.S. producers. The hearing titled “Marine Wealth: Promoting Conservation and Advancing American Exports” will feature testimony from administration officials, seafood industry representatives and environmental group members including Ted Danson of Oceana and David Schorr of the World Wildlife Fund. The hearing will be webcast live online at: http://finance.senate.gov/hearings/hearing/?id=69eaaf18-5056-a032-52b6-46694064ed15
The witness list includes: Panel 1: • Mr. Ted Danson, Board Member, Oceana; • Mr. David Schorr, Fellow, World Wildlife Fund; • Mr. Rod Moore, President, West Coast Seafood Processors; • Mr. Tom Bastoni, Vice President (Scallop Division), America Pride Seafoods. Panel 2: • Mr. Eric Schwaab, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); • Mr. Mark Linscott, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Environment and Natural Resources.
Rescue
It took rescuers 90-minutes to extricate a Brookings woman from her wrecked vehicle Tuesday afternoon in the hills above the city after she swerved to avoid hitting a deer and her Honda Ridgeline pickup truck plunged off of Marina Heights Road shortly after noon. It ended up on its left side wedged between trees about 15-feet from the roadway. Victoria Baker was freed by members of the Brookings Fire Dept. She was transported to Sutter Coast Hospital in Crescent City, CA for treatment of minor injuries.
Surfer rescued from Yachats River, Ore.
The Coast Guard rescued a surfer from the waters of the Yachats River near Yachats, Ore., Wednesday. The Yachats Fire Department contacted Coast Guard Station Yaquina Bay, Ore., at approximately 3:10 p.m. after responding to a call to assist a 45-year-old male who had fallen from his board in heavy surf. Station Yaquina Bay launched a 47-foot motor lifeboat crew and a shore unit crew while an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew was dispatched from Air Facility Newport, Ore. The helicopter crew managed to hoist the man to safety and deliver him to a parking lot near the beach where he was treated for exposure by Yachats Fire Department personnel. There were no injuries reported. The Coast Guard reminds all beach goers to pay close attention to weather and water conditions before going offshore and to have a clear understanding of their own level of skill before attempting to surf or boat in rough conditions. Riptides, strong currents and flotsam and other debris are an ever-present threat in the waters along the Oregon coast.
Cocaine
He failed to signal a lane change. That led to a traffic stop on Interstate 5 south of Roseburg Tuesday afternoon and the discovery of a kilogram of cocaine. Twenty-four year old Julio Javier Espejo-Sierra, of Vancouver, WA, was lodged in the Douglas Co. Jail on charges of Unlawful Possession of Cocaine, Unlawful Delivery of Cocaine and Resisting Arrest. The cocaine, found in a hidden compartment, was valued at approximately $25,000.
Eden Valley Road Closing for Road Repairs –Detour on Forest Road #5520
Forest Service Road #3348, also known as Eden Valley Road, will be closed for a total of six days between July 19 and July 28 for road construction. Eden Valley Road is commonly used by motorists to travel between Glendale and Powers. The closure will occur on the western segment of the road near Powers. A contractor will be installing a subsurface drainage system as well as placing asphalt and riprap slope protection 4.2 miles east of the junction of Eden Valley Road and National Forest Route 33. The work is a continuation of a project that began in July of 2009 to realign the road due to fill slope failure. Road closures are expected for the three day period between Monday, July 19th and Wednesday, July 21st .and for the three day period between Monday July 26th and Wednesday, July 28th. Traffic will be rerouted via Forest Road #5520. The detour will be marked from the east side of the project at the Eden Valley Road-Forest Road #5520 junction near the Buck Creek campground. Detour signs will be placed on the west side of the project at the Eden Valley Road-Forest Road #5520 junction near the Coquille River Falls trailhead. The alternate route on a gravel surfaced road will increase travel time by approximately 30 minutes. Please phone the Powers Ranger District at (541) 439-6200 for more information.
Amanda Creek
A previously un-named creek on the Central Oregon Coast is a step closer to being named. The Oregon Geographic Names Board has recommended approval of Amanda Creek, south of Yachats in Lincoln County, to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names for final approval. The creek, which runs across Amanda’s Trail in the Siuslaw National Forest near Cape Perpetua, is being named in honor of a blind Indian woman who walked barefoot with members of the Coos and Lower Umpqua tribes from Coos Bay to Yachats where they were interred in May of 1864. She tore her feet on ragged rock leaving a blood trail through the forest.
Paving on US 101, north of Sea Lion Caves, to be finished Thursday at noon
Repairs will continue through Thursday morning on U.S. 101 at milepost 169.5, approximately nine miles north of Sea Lion Caves. ODOT crews removing asphalt from a 200-foot long section of the highway encountered thicker than expected asphalt which slowed the removal process. Final repaving and project completion are now expected by noon on Thursday, July 15. ODOT crews were attempting to grind and repave cracks in the asphalt Monday 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 Tuesday 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 immediately began cutting and removing the asphalt on a 10-foot by 200-foot section of the highway. New aggregate is being put in place and the road will be repaved. 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.
ODOT begins repairs on U.S. 20 bridges near Toledo
Contractors for the Oregon Department of Transportation have begun repairing four bridges on U.S. 20 between Toledo and Newport. Three of the bridges cross Beaver Creek between mileposts 3 and 4.5. The fourth bridge crosses Little Beaver Creek at milepost 5. Motorists should watch for roadside work crews and construction vehicles exiting and entering the travel lanes. Crews will start on the westernmost bridge and work their way east. They will close one lane in each direction of U.S. 20, between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m., Monday through Thursday nights, as early as July 19. Residents near the work sites may hear pile driving during these hours, for no more than five consecutive nights. Later this summer, drivers can expect full nighttime closures of U.S. 20 near the work sites. Automobile traffic will be detoured on Yaquina Bay Road and truck traffic will need to detour onto Oregon 18 and Oregon 22 to travel between Interstate 5 or Oregon 99W and U.S. 101. ODOT awarded this $2 million bridge repair and replacement contract to M.J. Hughes Construction, Inc. The project is funded by the Oregon Transportation Investment Act and completion is expected by fall of 2011.
Drug bust
Three male adults have been arrested on the Central Oregon Coast on drug charges following the execution of a search warrant by members of the Lincoln Interagency Narcotics Team (LINT) in the Lincoln City area. Detectives received information and developed further evidence that the occupants of the home were allegedly selling methamphetamine. During a search of the residence July 8th, “evidence of narcotics manufacture, possession and delivery was located. Items included weight scales, packaging materials, written records and a quantity of suspected meth.” Arrested wree 36-year old Michael Wayne Koceja, Lincoln City, 31-year old Jesus Alfonso Reyes Valenzuela, Lincoln City, and 36-year old Frankie Lee Anderson, Newport. They were lodged in the Lincoln Co. Jail at Newport under charges of Possession, Delivery and Manufacture of Methamphetamine. Koceja, the father of two small children at the residence was also charged with Child Neglect in the First Degree. A 32-year old female, the mother of the children, was not arrested, but detectives anticipate she will also face drug and child neglect related charges. The two children were removed from the home by DHS personnel.
Coos Co. Airport District Board
The Coos County Airport District Board of Commissioners will meet on Thursday, JULY 15, 2010, 7:30 a.m., Coos County Airport District Board Room, Terminal Building, North Bend. Agenda: CALL TO ORDER; PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE; INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS. SECTION: PAGE I. REVIEW OF MINUTES: June 17, 2010 Regular Board Meeting; II. REVIEW OF INVOICES; III. FINANCE REPORT;
IV. MANAGEMENT REPORTS: A. Executive Director; B. Maintenance/Operations Manager; V. COMMITTEE REPORTS: VI. INFORMATION/DISCUSSION ITEMS: A. Payroll Services; B. Bank Reconciliations; C. Request For Qualifications – Engineering and Planning Services; VII. ACTION ITEMS REQUESTS: A. St. John’s Entertainment, Darrel Elkins, Lease; B. South Coast Development Contract Amendment; VIII. OTHER; PUBLIC COMMENT; COMMISSIONERS’ COMMENTS; ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Port of Coos Bay
The Board of Commissioners of the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay has canceled the Regular Commission Meeting for July 15, 2010.
CB Boat Building Center
The Board of Directors for the Coos Bay Boat Building Center will meet on July 15, 2010 – 1:15 p.m., at the Coos Bay Boat Building Center, 100 Newmark Avenue, Coos Bay OR. Agenda: 1) Treasurer’s Report; 2) Finalize Fund Raising Event; 3) Discuss the Betty Project; 4) Volunteer Staff Utilization and Training Schedule; 5) Board Meeting Schedule; 6) Update on Renovations of the Center by President Berg; 7) Board Comments; 8) Adjourn.
QuickBooks® Training Series offered by SBDC
The Southwestern Small Business Development Center (SBDC), formerly known as the Business Development Center, is offering a ten-week training series on working with QuickBooks. Participants will learn everything they need to know to operate this useful accounting software. This interactive series is a comprehensive hands-on QuickBooks course designed to help businesses utilize the many aspects of the application. This series will be taught by a certified QuickBooks Pro Advisor. The course series includes: Setting up QuickBooks; Working with Lists; Bank and other Accounts; Sales Information; Receiving Payments and Making Deposits; Entering and Paying Bills; Analyzing Financial Data; Setting up Inventory; Payroll; Estimating and Invoicing; Tracking Time; Customizing Forms; and, Writing QuickBooks Letters. The first session will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on September 7, continuing every Tuesday evening for ten consecutive weeks. The courses will be located in Room 9 (computer lab) of Randolph Hall on the Southwestern Oregon Community College Coos Campus. The cost for the entire series is $289 ($214 for Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Members and Business Center Incubator Businesses). Each individual session is $39. Enrollment is very limited and preregistration is required. For more information or to register, please contact the SBDC at 541-756-6866.
Horse at large
According to an entry on the Coos Bay Police log for early Wednesday morning, 12:09 a.m., a 51-year old male reported a “horse at large” at Southwest & Washington.
House fire
A house fire was reported in the Empire District of Coos Bay on Tuesday, 12:33 p.m., 500 block No. Cammann St. According to an entry on the police log, “house is on fire. Little brother lit a match under the bed, bedroom is on fire. Caller was advised to get everyone out of the house and I would have Fire Dept. responding.”
Accident
A citation was issued to one of the drivers involved in a two-vehicle traffic accident on Hwy. 101 at the Mill Casino in North Bend Tuesday night, 9:26 p.m. According to an entry on the police log at 3201 Tremont Ave. (Hwy. 101), the accident involved a 1994 Toyota pickup truck driven by 22-year old Gabriel Long, North Bend, and a 1985 Chevrolet van operated by 63-year old Rodney Swim, North Bend. Both vehicles were towed. Long was cited for Failure to Obey Traffic Control Device and Following Too Close. Swim and his passenger, 63-year old Karen Swim, were transported by ambulance to Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay.
Bark fire
According to an entry on the North Bend Police log for Tuesday, 7:08 p.m., Everett and 16th, “bark fire” reported.
Intoxicated
According to an entry on the North Bend Police log for Tuesday, 1:29 p.m., 1611 Virginia Ave., Pony Village Mall, “PV Security reported intoxicated subject causing problems on the 2nd floor @ Pony Village Mall. Officers responded / PV Security had subject detained on the ground after issue escalated.” Fifty-seven year old Stacy J. McLain, Coos Bay, charged with Disorderly Conduct, Resisting Arrest and Theft II. “Subject was taken to BAH to be medically cleared / subject was then transported to the Coos Co. Jail.”
Assault
According to an entry on the North Bend Police log for Tuesday, 12:25 p.m., 2000 block Lincoln Ave., “RP reported her mother’s boyfriend is in the house beating her mother and sister. Officers respond and detained suspect / both victims were treated by NB EMS.” Thirty-eight year old Timoth Wayne Ashmus was charged with Assault IV Domestic Felony and Strangulation. He was transported to the Coos Co. Jail at Coquille.
Probation violation
Two men were arrested Tuesday, 12:03 p.m., at milepost 1 on Upper Rock Creek Road on Probation Violation charges. According to an entry on the Coos Co. Sheriff’s log, 53-year old Frank Howard and 34-year old Cory Bignell were arrested for Violation of No Contact with Minors Clause on their Probations. They were also warned for Cutting Minor Forest Products.
Sexual abuse
According to an entry on the Coos Co. Sheriff’s log for Tuesday, 11:35 a.m., Karl Road, “OSP relayed info on Sex Abuse.”
WX
Sunshine today along the Oregon Coast after patchy morning fog. Highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s and north winds 5-10 mph, but increasing to 15-20 by afternoon. Mostly clear tonight then becoming mostly cloudy with lows around 50 and north winds 10-20 mph. Mostly cloudy followed by clearing on Friday.
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American Legion bb
North Coos Waterfront will host South Eugene in a Class “A” North Division baseball doubleheader at Clyde Allen Field in North Bend this evening beginning at 5 p.m.
Rodgers brothers in accident
It was a minor two-vehicle collision, but two of the occupants involved are headliners for the Oregon State University football team. According to Corvallis Police, James and Jacquizz Rodgers were involved in an accident Sunday at Southwest Blvd. and SW Grove Street. However, no one was injured and no citations issued. A spokesperson for OSU says he had just seen the two brothers and wasn’t even aware they had been in an accident describing them both as injury free and in good health. James is a senior wide receiver being touted as an All-America candidate, and Jacquizz is a junior running back the Beavers are promoting as a Heisman candidate.
Civil War football
General reserved seats for the 114th Civil War, to be played Dec. 4 at Reser Stadium are sold out. Fans still planning to attend the game can do so by purchasing season tickets or single game Club Level seats. Season Tickets remain available in donor areas and can be purchased by calling 1-800-GO-BEAVS or by visiting the legendary Gill Coliseum Ticket Office. Season tickets are $256 apiece with sideline seats requiring an annual donation to the Beaver Athletic Student Fund (BASF). Seat locations will be assigned at the time of purchase. Single game Club tickets are currently available to current season ticket holders in the Club, Suite or Loge areas for $350 each. Single game Club seats will be available to non-premium seat holders beginning July 19.
UO football single game tickets
Single-game reserved tickets for all six of the University of Oregon’s 2010 home football games will go on sale to the general public beginning at 10 p.m. Thursday (July 15) at GoDucks.com. Only a limited number of scattered single reserved seats and obstructed view tickets are expected to remain for the Nov. 6 home game vs. Washington. The cost of reserved seats for the Ducks’ season opener vs. New Mexico (Sept. 4) is $41 while tickets for the Portland State game (Sept. 18) are $31. Prices for Pacific-10 Conference home games against Stanford (Oct. 2), UCLA (Oct. 21) and Arizona (Nov. 26) are $73 each. Remaining tickets for Oregon’s homecoming contest with the Huskies are $86 each.
Former Ducks
Ernie Kent may be out as Oregon men’s basketball coach, but some of his players continue in the NBA. Three former Ducks were selected as participants for the 2010 NBA Summer League which began last week in Orlando (July 5-9) and continues this week in Las Vegas (July 9-18). That trio includes Luke Jackson (Atlanta Hawks), Bryce Taylor (Indiana Pacers) and Maarty Leunen (Houston). Bryce Taylor - Indiana Pacers - 5 games, 1 start | 4.4 ppg, 3.0 rpg | Helped lead team to 3-2 record at Orlando Summer League; Maarty Leunen - Houston Rockets - 3 games, 1 start | 4.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg | Team had 2-1 record through July 11 at the Las Vegas Summer League; Luke Jackson - Atlanta Hawks - 1 game | 5.0 ppg | Competing at the Las Vegas Summer League. In other former player news: Luke Ridnour recently agreed to a free agent deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Malik Hairston remains a member of the San Antonio Spurs, while Aaron Brooks, fresh off receiving the 2009-10 NBA Most Improved Player Award, is part of the Houston Rockets' nucleus.
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