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5-14-12 POLICE STILL HUNTING FOR MEDFORD B...
Medford Police are still on the hunt for the man who robbed Umpqua Bank on East 10th Street on Friday. At 1:42 p.m., a man walked into the branch and approached a teller. The man had his face covered with a white bandana. He was also wearing a hat and sunglasses. The suspect claimed to be armed with a handgun and robbed the teller of an undisclosed amount of cash before fleeing the scene on a blue mountain bike. He's described as a white male, 5' 6" or shorter with a medium build and salt and pepper facial hair.
5-14-12 EAGLE POINT STUDENTS BACK IN SCHOOL
Students in the Eagle Point School District returned to class this morning. Both the District and the Eagle Point Education Association have been locked in heated negotiations for 14 months. The two sides are still trying to find common ground on teacher prep time and subcontracting issues, to name a few items. Teachers went on strike last Tuesday and classes were canceled for the week. Substitute teachers are in classrooms today.
5-14-12 MEDFORD POLICE INVESTIGATE SUSPICI...
On Friday, Medford Police responded to a report of a deceased female in an apartment on Table Rock Road. Upon arrival, officers found the body of 31-year-old Maria Victoria McDonald. Autopsy results indicate that the cause of death was asphyxiation, but the manner of death was undetermined. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Medford Police Detective Division.
5-11-12 PROTESTOR ARRESTED AFTER CLIMBING ...
Oregon State Police arrested a protestor yesterday morning after he climbed about 80 feet up a flag pole in front of the Oregon State Capitol building in Salem. After about 90 minutes, the man voluntarily came down and was taken into custody. 23-year-old Perry Thompson Graham from Eugene was lodged in the Marion County jail on various charges. A small group of about five protestors associated with Cascadia Forest Defenders came to the scene with Graham, but remained on the ground.
5-11-12 OFF-DUTY NURSE, POLICE OFFICER RES...
At approximately 4:08 a.m. yesterday, an off-duty nurse and on-duty police officer came to the aid of a man who had collapsed of an apparent heart attack at the Medford airport. Jan McDermott, a nurse at Rogue Valley Medical Center, and Medford police officer Arturo Vega rushed to the help the man. Both administered CPR to the 82-year-old man Paramedics transported the man to Providence Hospital where he is recovering.
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WEDNESDAY 05-16-2012 We talk about the failure of 15-110 and 111, Guests include Steve Buckstein from Cascade Policy, Tom Mallams, Dennis Richardson, Doug Breidenthal.
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THE STRIKE IS OVER, BUT...Eagle Point teachers and the district reach a tentative settlement. Not good news. The deficits and red ink will continue to run. All they've done is "kick the can" for a year or two. Then, taxpayers, get ready for the "Mother of all Poo-Storms", when delusional spending exhausts the reserves. EPSD burned a million dollars of reserves last year, and depending on the details of the agreement, will probably burn through 1.5-2.5 million dollars in reserves over the next year. Clearly, unsustainable, and unconscionable to submit Eagle Point taxpayers to this kind of financial risk. The board should've gone to the mat, and enforced cuts to fit the income. But that would make sense. Why the Eagle Point taxpayers aren't (figuratively) "torching and pitchforking" this whole deal and process, I don't know.
GUEST INFORMATION 05-16-2012
7:10 Steve Buckstein, Sr. Policy Analyst, Cascade Policy Institute. We discuss the benefits of making Oregon a "Right to Work" state. Big job growth, and healthier schools.
7:50 Tom Mallams, won the GOP nomination for Klamath County Commissioner. (President of Klamath Off Project Water Users Association)
8:10 Rep. Dennis Richardson,(website) We talk about the e-board (emergency board) finance meetings, the EP strike, unding in general.
8:35 Doug Breidenthal, GOP nominee for County Commissioner, Position 2.
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