Oregon Coast News - October 1, 2009
Daily news and sports coverage for the Oregon coast plus a variety of guides and directories useful to Oregon residents and visitors.
Housing
Governor Ted Kulongoski announced reservations totaling $28.6 million in federal Recovery Act dollars that will reinvigorate and aid completion of 17 low-income housing projects in Oregon including one in the Bay Area. This gap financing consists of two federal programs, both of which bolster affordable housing by supporting the low-income-housing-tax-credit industry. They are the federal Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP) and the Tax Credit Exchange Program (Exchange), administered by the Oregon Department of Housing and Community Services. In Coos County, Cedar Grove in North Bend, $1,989,157 for acquisition and rehabilitation of 42 units of affordable housing. Also on the Coast: Sandhill Apartments in Seaside, $2,502,406 for acquisition and rehabilitation of 32 units of affordable housing, and Astoria Gateway II in Astoria, $1,170,000 for new construction of 33 units of affordable housing.
Medevac
The Coast Guard medically evacuated a crewmember from a U.S. Navy submarine off the coast of Washington state Tuesday. The Navy contacted the Coast Guard at 5:50 p.m. to request assistance in transferring a crewmember to a hospital from a submarine. Coast Guard Air Station Astoria , Ore., launched an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew to assist. The rescue helicopter arrived on scene at 7:12 p.m. and hoisted the crewmember by basket from the sail of the submarine. The crewmember was transferred to Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Ore.
Orcas
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Orcas is scheduled to return to Coos, Bay, OR Thursday. The Orcas crew completed a 3,000 nautical mile deployment that took them through the Panama Canal and ended at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore. The Orcas was transported to the Coast Guard Yard to undergo midlife repairs. The Coast Guard Yard is a ship building and major repair facility and an essential part of the Coast Guard's core industrial base and fleet support operations. The Orcas is a 110-foot cutter that has been stationed in Coos Bay since 1989 when it replaced the Cutter Pulaski. The Orcas is the twenty-seventh Island-Class cutter to join the fleet, and the sixth Coast Guard cutter to be stationed in Coos Bay since 1935. The cutter's name is derived from Orcas Island, the largest of the San Juan Islands in Puget Sound, Wash.
LNG
More data and analysis on water quality impacts are being requested by Oregon and federal agencies regarding the proposed $600 to $700 million Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas import terminal on the Columbia River east of Astoria. Officials with NorthernStar Natural Gas of Houston, TX say its premature to determine if the request will delay their project or not. The request came from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and the National Marine Fisheries Service. Bradwood Landing is considered the furthest along in the permitting process of the three LNGs proposed in Oregon. The other two, Oregon LNG is proposed for the Warrenton area west of Astoria, and the third is the Jordan Cove Energy Project proposed for Coos Bay’s North Spit.
Airport
This is to notify you that the Board of Commissioners of the Coos County Airport District will hold an Executive Session to consider employment of a public officer (Executive Director/CEO) authorized under ORS 192.660(2)(a) on Thursday, October 1, 2009, starting at 8:30 a.m. This meeting will be held in the District’s Board Room on the mezzanine level of the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport Terminal Building, 1100 Airport Lane, North Bend.
Operation Crab Pot
The Oregon Dungeness Crab season may be over, but that won’t stop crabbers from going to sea this week. Many will participate in “Operation CRABPOT,” an effort to “locate, retrieve and bring in as many stray, missed and otherwise ‘left behind’ crab pots from this year’s fishery.” The event is sponsored by the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission and is an “all-volunteer” effort. It is also a pilot project that industry officials hope will “become an annual fleet-wide event held each summer when good weather makes gathering up lost crab gear much easier.” The commercial crab season normally runs from early December through late August, however, most of the annual catch is landed during the first couple of months. Crab gear returned to the docks during the cleanup will be returned to its rightful owner. The fishermen are being paid a small stipend to cover their fuel costs thanks to a donation from the Department of State Lands (DSL). A larger NOAA-funded “derelict fishing gear” recovery project is also slated during October.
Buoys
A calm Pacific Ocean is allowing the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Fir, based in Astoria, to head out to sea to repair navigational buoys damaged by last winter’s storms in the Pacific Northwest. The 37-member crew left port this week to take advantage of the “window of opportunity.”
Klamath River
A negotiated settlement that will lead to the removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River of Oregon and Northern California by the year 2020 is expected to be signed by the end of the year. Billionaire Warren Buffet’s PacifiCorp electrical utility has reportedly agreed to terms to remove the dams named Copco I & II, Irongate and J.C. Boyle. However, the $450 million estimated removal cost will not be paid by the utility. Instead, the settlement calls for ratepayers in Oregon to pay $180 million and the State of California another $250 million in general obligation bonds. The dams have been blamed for causing poor salmon runs on what was once the third biggest run on the West Coast. The four dams produced enough electricity for 70,000 households.
H1N1 vaccine shipments on the way to Oregon; more coming soon
As the first H1N1vaccine doses are being shipped around the country, Oregon public health officials expect there will be enough vaccine in Oregon so that widespread vaccination can begin around the middle of October at local flu clinics, with a particular focus on key priority groups. "Over the course of the flu season we are expecting to have a large enough supply to vaccinate everyone with the H1N1 vaccine," says Mel Kohn, M.D., public health director for Oregon. "With these first shipments, children, pregnant women, health care workers and others on the priority list should be first in line." The priority list is: • Children and young adults 6 months to 24 years old; • Pregnant women; • People caring for or living with infants under 6 months of age; • People aged 25 to 64 with medical conditions that put them at a higher risk for influenza-related complications; • Health care workers; • Frontline law enforcement and public safety workers. It is expected that the first shipment to Oregon will be distributed directly to Oregon counties on a per capita basis. The first vaccine doses will arrive mostly in nasal spray form, although over the course of the season both the nasal spray and injectable vaccine should be available, Kohn said.
Quake
A 2.7-magnitude earthquake was recorded Wednesday morning, 6:38 a.m., off the Northern California Coast. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake was located 73-miles west to southwest of Eureka, CA.
Samoa tsunami caused by geologic features similar to Pacific Northwest
The powerful earthquake and deadly tsunami that Tuesday struck the Samoan Islands occurred, once again, on a volatile “subduction zone” such as the one that caused the 2004 Indonesian earthquake and another that poses risks to the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Researchers at Oregon State University who have studied and mapped in detail the subsea terrain near Samoa and Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean say this event – which appears to have killed 100 or more people in the resulting tsunami – happened deep beneath the sea in a complex geological site where two of the Earth’s great plates collide. “To my knowledge, there haven’t been many destructive tsunamis in this region in recorded history, but it’s not surprising that this happened,” said Dawn Wright, a professor of geosciences at OSU who has done extensive bathymetric mapping of this part of the world. “In this area, the Pacific plate and the Australian plate are colliding, and it’s further complicated by a transition from a subduction zone to strike-slip fault such as the San Andreas fault in California,” Wright said. “In the process the Pacific plate is also tearing at this transition zone, and such forces make it especially vulnerable to large earthquakes.” The earthquake happened near the Tonga Trench, Wright said, which forms where one of the tectonic plates dives under the other and in the process creates a vast undersea canyon that dwarfs the Grand Canyon in the U.S. – it includes the Horizon Deep, the second deepest spot on the planet, at more than 35,000 feet beneath the sea. In this event, two giant parts of the Earth surged in different directions and violently heaved the ocean water above them, resulting in a tsunami. Some of these high speed waves can reach the speed of a jet airliner and travel across entire oceans – but in this case it appears that Samoa and American Samoa received the brunt of the damage. “There’s a real similarity here to both the subduction zones that caused the Indonesia earthquake and pose risks on the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the Pacific Northwest,” Wright said. “Like many places on what’s called the ‘ring of fire,’ these deep, high magnitude earthquakes hold the potential for dangerous tsunamis. That’s what we need to be preparing for here in the Pacific Northwest.” Wright noted that engineers at OSU are working at this time with community leaders from Cannon Beach , Ore. , to design and build what could become the nation’s first tsunami resistant structure, envisioned as a building that people could run to when an earthquake hits and there may be only a matter of minutes before a deadly tsunami strikes. The Samoan tsunami occurred only 20 minutes after the earthquake hit, reports indicate, leaving coastal residents very little time to seek safety on higher ground. Successive waves caused significant damage and loss of life. Shortly after that, in an unrelated geologic event, yet another earthquake struck the Indonesia island of Sumatra and killed many people, not far from where the deadly 2004 earthquake and tsunami occurred. At OSU, other work is also under way to study subsea terrain, wave behavior and the specific forces of tsunamis, using the world’s most sophisticated tsunami wave basin at the Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory.
Public invited to view dissection of great white shark at OSU’s Hatfield Marine Science Center
A 12-foot white shark – popularly known as a great white shark – that died in August after becoming entangled in the ropes of a crab pot, will become the focus of scientists this week during its dissection at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center. The public is invited to view the necropsy, which will be performed over two days. “It is a shame that the shark became entangled in the ropes and died, but the specimen still has a great deal of scientific and educational value,” said William Hanshumaker, the OSU center’s marine education specialist, who is coordinating the necropsy. “Top predators such as this are difficult to study and we don’t know a lot about where they migrate or breed.” Hanshumaker, who also is a faculty member for Extension Sea Grant at OSU, will remove the shark from the freezer this Thursday, Oct. 1, and put it on public display in a roped-off section of the HMSC’s Visitor’s Center beginning at 10 a.m. Visitors may observe the shark via video camera in the Hennings Auditorium – including necropsy activities, which begin late Thursday afternoon. At 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dr. Brion Benninger, of the Neurological Sciences Institute at Oregon Health & Science University , will remove the shark’s spinal accessory nerve, where it will be used in OHSU neurological studies. On Friday, Oct. 2, a series of procedures is planned. Wade Smith, a doctoral student at OSU specializing in shark studies, will conduct measurements of the shark beginning at 11 a.m., and discuss his findings with a fishery biology class taught by OSU professor Scott Heppell. At 1 p.m., OSU students from two classes will examine the shark and hear experts present information on shark diversity, the white shark’s biology and movements, its unique features and conservation issues. At 2 p.m., Tim Miller-Morgan of OSU will examine the shark for external parasites and at 2:30 p.m., Hanshumaker will measure the animal’s teeth and bite impression. At 3 p.m., Smith will conclude the dissection by collecting biological materials, the vertebra, muscle tissue, the dorsal fin and teeth – all of which have scientific value. “There are researchers from throughout the country who are interested in what we’re doing here and have requested sample materials,” Hanshumaker said. “This also is an opportunity for the public to observe first-hand this unique creature and how scientists conduct research and share information.” Samples from the white shark will be sent to: Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, University of California-Santa Cruz, California State University-Long Beach, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Nova Southeastern University. The samples will provide data for studies ranging from genetics to toxicology, to age and growth data.
Boat Center Board
The Boat Building Center Board of Directors will hold a meeting on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009 at 1:00 pm in the conference room at North Point Real Estate and Development, 100 Central Avenue, Coos Bay OR.
BACC Transportation Committee
The Bay Area Chamber of Commerce BACC Transportation Committee will meet on October 1, 2009, Third Floor Conference Room / Hub Building, 125 Central Ave, Coos Bay, Oregon, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Agenda: Two items of focus for this session - Rail Road update by the Port; Review of 2009 goals and proposed 2010 for the Committee. Committee members and visitors are always encouraged to propose topics for discussion by the Transportation Committee. Transportation Committee DRAFT Goals for 2009. The Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Transportation Committee will: ● continue to support and work for infrastructure improvements for… • state and federal highways in the region; specifically - State Highways 38 and 42, and U.S. Highway 101; • the local street network in Coos Bay, North Bend and Charleston; • removal of the embargo and restoration of freight rail service on the Coos Bay Branch Line of the Central Oregon & Pacific (CORP) Railroad; • freight rail service improvements to the region through upgrades to the Coos Bay branch line of the CORP Railroad to allow for use of larger rail cars and increased traffic; ● advocate for and support the Coos County Airport District in their efforts to improve the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport and air service to the region; ● advocate for public transportation services – buses, shuttles and taxicabs – for the bay area and the southwest region of the state; ● maintain appropriate communication with the Oregon congressional delegation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to ensure maintenance dredging for the Coos Bay deep-draft navigation channel and proposed navigation system improvements to support increased maritime commerce in the Coos Bay harbor; ● support the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay’s proposed marine terminal developments – the Oregon Gateway – on the North Spit of lower Coos Bay; ● work with the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to identify a long-term engineering design solution for the Bunker Hill interchange – Coos River Highway Corridor – U.S. Highway 101 and Oregon Highway 241 and the deteriorated Isthmus; Slough Bridge; advocate for timely state and federal funding for the corridor project; ● advocate for state and federal funding for timely replacement of the Scottsburg Bridge on Oregon Highway 38; ● support full utilization of the Coos County Natural Gas Pipeline and the local distribution system of NW Natural Gas by supporting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) permit process for the Jordan Cove Energy Project (liquefied natural gas [LNG]) terminal project and the Pacific Connector Natural Gas Pipeline; ● work for continuing representation for the local area on the South West Area Commission on Transportation (SWACT) Steering Committee and on appropriate public entity and private-sector transportation committees and task forces; ● support other federal and state programs that can provide additional funding for transportation projects throughout the region; ● work with other private sector groups to research the viability of raising local funding for local transportation projects and for use as match requirements on state projects.
Port of Coos Bay
The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay Commission will meet on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009 at the Port’s Commission Chambers in the Historic Hub Building at 125 Central Ave, Suite 230, downtown Coos Bay. An executive session will be held at 4 p.m., followed by the regular session. Agenda: 1. Call to Order; 2. Introduction of Guests; 3. CONSENT ITEMS: A. Minutes: July 16, 2009 Commission Meeting Minutes; B. Approval of July/August/September/October 2009 Invoices totaling $742,807.33. C. Ratification of Marina Paving Slurry Bid Results; D. Ratification of TransPacific Parkway Engineering Amendment; 4. MANAGEMENT REPORTS: A. Executive Director Jeff Bishop. Verbal; B. Deputy Executive Director Mike Gaul. Verbal; Director of Communications and Freight Mobility, Martin Callery, Verbal; D. Director of Finance and Administration, Donna Nichols. Absent; E. Marina Facilities Manager Aaron Simons; F. Rail Operations Manager, Dan Lovelady. Verbal; 5. PUBLIC COMMENT; 6. ACTION ITEMS/REPORTS: A. Industrial Cluster Study; Jeff Bishop; B. U.S. Coast Guard “F” dock improvements, Aaron Simons; C. Transportation; Enhancement Grant-Boat Basin; Improvements, Mike Gaul; D. OZCMA Representative Selection; Mike Gaul; E. SWOCC Lease & Contract, Mike Gaul; F. Tokeland Fish & Oyster Dock Lease, Mike Gaul; 7. OTHER: 8. INFORMATION ITEMS: A. Letter from BASA re: grant of $500.00; B. Tunnel Work Report; C. DWF Complaint Response; 9. COMMISSION COMMENTS: 10. NEXT MEETING DATE –Thursday, November 19, 2009; 11. ADJOURN.
Day of Culture
Last year, the Oregon Cultural Trust launched Oregon's Day of Culture as an occasion to celebrate, participate in and donate to Oregon culture, statewide. October 8's Day of Culture, marking the effective date of Oregon's unique and powerful cultural tax credit, kicks off the Fall fundraising season, not just for the Trust but for all of Oregon's cultural non-profits and Trust coalitions. Some Coos County activities during October 1-9 will include: Wine Walk in downtown Coos Bay, Oct. 2, 5-7 p.m. "Make Your Lunchtime Musical" at Coos Bay Public Library, noon-1:30 p.m. Oct. 5-9; musicians performing each day for those bringing their lunches. The Library will serve coffee Art Walk, Coos Bay-North Bend, Oct. 8, 5-8 p.m.; self-guided tour featuring local artists and tasty foods
Spirit Fish Writers' Group poetry reading, Oct. 8, 7 p.m., North Bend Public Library
"Recall a Story" triggered by an object displayed by the Coos Historical & Maritime Museum prior to the week of Oct. 1-8. The World newspaper will also feature the object and publish the narrative or poetic entries on or about Oct. 8. Foreign Film Friday, Coos Bay Public Library, Oct. 9, 7 p.m. "The Counterfeiters," a 2007 Austria/Germany film based on the true story of Nazi counterfeiting operations begun in 1936, an Oscar-winning film exploring Holocaust issues. Reception for Bay Area Artists Association Regional Juried Exhibition, Oct. 9, 5-7 p.m., Coos Art Museum.
Coos Co. Assessor
Coos County taxpayers will have an opportunity to meet with the assessor, Adam Colby , during scheduled town hall property tax meetings. Colby will provide a power point presentation, which overviews the Oregon property tax system, and answer taxpayer questions regarding assessments in the Coos County real estate market. Oregon’s constitution limits the increase in taxable assessed value for each property to 3% per year, unless there have been changes made to the property such as new construction or additions, new partitions, or removal from special assessment or exemption programs. The majority of property owners in Coos County have a taxable assessed value much lower than their real market value and will see the required 3% increase in their taxable value. It is important to note that even though the real estate market for residential properties continues to decline, the assessed value of most properties will still see a 3% increase this year as required under the constitution because the assessed value is still lower than the real market value. Coos Bay City Council Chambers Oct. 1st. All of the meetings will run from 6 to 8 p.m. Additional questions or comments can be sent directly to the assessor at: Work: 541-396-3121 Ext. 275, Cell: 541-404-5159, E-Mail: ccaoassr@co.coos.or.us, Blog: www.cooscountyassessor.com.
Foul odor
According to an entry on the North Bend Police log for Tuesday night, 10:05 p.m., Newmark St., “officer observed a strong foul odor in area between Jergen’s Jewelers and Coca Cola plant.” Information relayed to sewage treatment plant.
Animated
A caller to 911 reported “male subject near payphones at Rent A Center acting weird. Making gestures.” According to entry on the North Bend Police log for Tuesday, 8:31 p.m., an “officer advised subject is just animated on the phone talking to a friend trying to get a ride. Officer advised subject left in cab.”
Sex offender
According to an entry on the North Bend Police log for Tuesday, 7:26 p.m., 2200 block Everett St., “reported that sex offender had followed her daughter again to Safeway Friday and 7-11 Saturday.” “Subject was warned to leave the RP and family alone.”
DHS
According to an entry on the North Bend Police log, an officer requested a case # for assisting DHS involving a seven-year old male and 13-year old female. According to an entry on the Coos Bay Police log for Tuesday, 10:23 a.m., 1100 block Lakewood Lane, DHS referral involving a one year old girl and four year old boy.
Knife
A 39-year old female was arrested on charges of Menacing – Domestic and Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Tuesday, 1:02 p.m., on the 1000 block of Virginia after police received a report, “ex-girlfriend coming at him with a knife.” According to an entry on the police log, Amber Cruz was transported to the Coos Co. Jail at Coquille.
Accident
A 34-year old female out of Coos Bay was cited for Following Too Close, after a two-vehicle accident at Broadway & 16th in North Bend Tuesday at 12:52 p.m. According to an entry on the police log, Tammy Albert was operating an 1987 Subaru that collided with a 1994 Ford pickup truck operated by 33-year old Joseph Silva, Coquille. Albert was cited.
Tsunami watchers
According to an entry on the Coos Co. Sheriff’s log for Tuesday, 8:24 p.m., Bastendorff Beach, “Coast Guard advises several people on the beach to watch the tsunami.” “Most people have left. Announced over loud speaker that people should leave.”
Tsunami warning
According to an entry on the Coos Co. Sheriff’s log for Tuesday, 3:08 p.m., “from Tsunami Warning Center/Palmer Alaska Tsunami Advisory for Oregon, Washington, California Coast. 8.0 earthquake in West Samoa. May have generated tsunami. If so, estimated arrival at Charleston is 21:28 hrs. PDT this evening, with surges continuing for several hours after initial arrival. Estimated height between 8" and 26". No evacuation recommended at this time, just use caution around beaches and harbors for possible unusual currents.”
Oven fire
According to an entry on the Coos Bay Fire Dept. log for early Wednesday morning, 1:56 a.m., an oven fire was reported on the 200 block of No. Wasson St.
Warrant
A male wanted for Failing to Appear on an original charge of DUII out of the Coquille Police Dept., was arrested in Southern Oregon Tuesday night. According to an entry on the police log, 49-year old Michael Porter was transported to the Jackson Co. Jail in Medford at 8:07 p.m.
Shoplifter
A 26-year old male was arrested on a charge of Theft II and issued a citation for DWS – Violation, Driving Uninsured and Failure to Register Vehicle at the Walmart store on the 2000 block of Newmark Ave. in Coos Bay Tuesday night. According to an entry on the police log for 7:58 p.m., “subject in custody, not being cooperative.” Brandon Bockwinkel was transported to the Coos Co. Jail at Coquille.
Trespass
According to an entry on the Coquille Police log for Teusday, 6:52 p.m., 700 block No. Birch St., “subject just drove up in white Camaro. Rp has been told to call when subject shows up.” Twenty-nine year old Jeffery Morrison was cited for Criminal Trespass II.
Code enforcement
The City of Coos Bay’s Code Enforcement officer noted several alleged code violations on the police log Tuesday. At 10:36 a.m., 300 block No. Marple St., “vehicle storage on street.” At 2:27 p.m., 1800 block Newmark Ave., “vacant lot in the 1800 block Newmark Ave. Vision clearance – encroaching vegetation onto the public right of way.” At 2:51 p.m., 900 block So. 2nd St., “code inspections.” At 3:08 p.m., 700 block D St. “violation city code.” At 3:24 p.m., 451 8th Ave., “accumulation of junk.” At 4:17 p.m., 509 No. Main St., “code inspections.” At 4:26 p.m., 660 So. Wall St., “accumulation of junk.”
Vandalism
A Central Oregon Coast law enforcement agency is turning to the public for help in identifying those responsible for vandalism involving road signs in the Otis area of Lincoln Co. According to a news release from the Sheriff’s Office dated Sept. 27th, 2:30 p.m., “several road signs torn down on North Boulder Creek Drive in Otis, Oregon.”
WX
Mostly cloudy along the Oregon Coast today with highs in the lower 60s to lower 70s and east winds around 5 mph. Mostly cloudy tonight, slight chance of rain after midnight, lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Chance of rain on Friday and Saturday.
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MHS Boosters
The Marshfield Booster Club will meet at 11:30 a.m. at Abby’s Pizza in Coos Bay. Pirate coaches and athletes will be in attendance to talk about their fall sports seasons.
MHS vb
Marshfield will host North Eugene in a 5A Midwestern League volleyball match tonight at the Pirate Palace in Coos Bay. Jayvee and frosh matches begin at 5 p.m.
NB jv fb
North Bend’s JV football team is scheduled to play at Sweet Home this afternoon, 4:30 p.m.
Prep XC
Marshfield’s cross country teams will run at the Harrier’s Challenge in Cottage Grove today, 4 p.m.
NB sc
North Bend’s boy’s soccer team will play at Coquille today, while the Bulldog girls host the Red Devils at Vic Adams Field.
MHS sc
Marshfield fell to 0-3 in the 5A Midwestern League boy’s soccer race with a 6-1 loss at Churchill Tuesday in Eugene. The Lancers led 1-0 at half-time. The defending state 5a soccer champs held tight in the first half and opened up a scoring flurry in the second half to beat MHS 6-1. The lack of a productive attack in the first half and the second allowed CH to continually attack the MHS defense eventually leading to breakdowns in the otherwise solid defense led by senior and team Capt. Forrest Rambo and soph. Kelley Kennedy. The best scoring chance for MHS came in the 34th min of the second half when forward Nick Henriquez made a run deep into the CH penalty box and drew a pushing foul from one of the Lancer defenders. Gage Pallo, the starting keeper for the Pirates who had been moved to midfield to take some of the burden of the loss off his shoulders, was chosen to take the PK. Gage came through with a superb kick, ending a 5 game scoreless streak for MHS soccer. Shots: MHS 3; CH 15; Saves: MHS 9; CH 2
Fouls: MHS 4; CH 3; Scorers: MHS-Gage Pallo, pk, 34th min 2nd half; CH-Chris Maske, 6th min 1st; peter huang, 4th min 2nd; josh han,16th min 2nd; Ian Boozee 22nd min 2nd; Nicholas Wu, 31st min 2nd; 6th goal no info.
MWL bxb
There will be no third round of boy’s and girl’s basketball games in the 5A Midwestern League for the upcoming season. Tired of playing each other three times, the league has opted instead for a season-ending tournament. All six schools will participate for a chance to become one of the three state playoff teams. As drafted, the top two teams in the boy’s and girl’s standings will have a bye in the tournament’s first round. The No. 6 teams will play at No. 2, and No. 5 at No. 4. The losers will have no chance of making the playoffs, but will play each other in a consolation game. The winner of No. 5 at No. 4 will play the league champ, and the winner of No. 6 at No. 3 will play the runner-up. Those four will play in a doubleheader with losers going into a playoff for the league’s No. 3 playoff spot and the winners playing for the No. 1 & No. 2 seeds. The doubleheader will be played at the highest-seeded school in the championship game. The plan was devised by North Eugene girl’s coach Bill Wagner.
Bandon Dunes
PNWPGA Pro-Scratch, Oct. 1-2, Full Field.
OSAA
Final recommendations from the Classification and Districting Committee of the Oregon Schools Activities Association (OSAA) for the next four year school block, 2010-2013 will be considered by the OSAA Executive Board and Delegate Assembly when it meets October 26th in Portland. The committee met Monday to consider a final recommendation for altering the current high school sports leagues throughout the state to make them more equitable. School enrollment and traveling distance were keys used by the committee. Prep teams on the South Coast will remain in the same current leagues as they have for the last four year block. Marshfield is in the 5A Midwestern Hybrid, North Bend is in the 4A Far West League, and Reedsport, Myrtle Point, Bandon and Coquille are in the 3A Sunset Hybrid.
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