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Home My WebLink AboutMiscellaneous APPLICANT 3/28/2007 lGN OF SPRING 03/::H::)0/ GRAPH BY KEVIN CLARK / The Register-Guard , , " ""'1~ ' 1," (,;' b-<'" 1 ii' ~r ' ~,,1 1-4, '1 !.- r,l1' ,- ~/.. , ,l " 'l> " ractlces battmg Tuesday afternoon os the day's ram clouds break for a little sun Weather yond Thursday, though some clouds WIll stick around, see Page B4 g records go online k polttlcal ~ly baSIS - and maybe all- other states "01 egon IS on the cuttmg edge of dlScloSUl e changes that many states al e consldel mg Other states WIll be keepmg a close eye on Oregon," Sald KIm Alexander, president of the Cah- forma Vote! FoundatIOn, WhICh stud les disclosure laws and practices III the 50 states The Oregon LegIslature ordered creatlOn of the database In 2005 on the heels of a dIscovery that once powerful member Dan Doyle hed on campaign fmance reports Doyle, a House Repubhcan, re SIgned and later pleaded gmlly to 11 felony counts of fllmg false reports He was sentenced to 10 months III Jail "They were embarrassed by the Doyle case," saId John Lmdback, Or egon elechons dIrector "They fell It Important that they restOl e pubhc ess to easIly see :, compames and ~ donatmg money ; onlme reportmg ard from the cum ,ports that P ACs ,vlOusly had to me )ften dIstant - WIll be able to use to check as often latest receipts and ;andlrlate or politI ee 8 power, the new Olegon CItizens an people 111 most ORESTAR See the state's new, continuoUS polItIcal campaign contnbutlon and expenditure reporting system that bnngs the ability to follow the money to every Internet-equIpped computer In the state Go to www 50S state or us /electlons/ Find the ORESTAR links In red letters on the lower right Side of the screen Click on "Campaign finance public search" There's no need to regIster to View or download data from the system faIth and toughen (the system) up " A lowly rank Lawmakers found that Oregon ranked low among states for the quahty of Its campaIgn finance dIS closure On the Cahforma Voter Please turn to CAMPAIGN, Page E3 Residents testify against Lowe's Plannmg commISSIOn members postpone actIOn on a plan to allow a store and nearly 500 reSidences By JACK MORAN The RegIster-Guard SPRINGFIELD - The publIc de- bate surroundmg the development of a dense neIghbOl hood anchored by a Lowe's home rmprovement center has offiCially begun Durmg a publIc hearmg Tuesday mght before the SprmgflCld Plannmg CommIssIOn, nme people aIred their concerns about the proJect, WhICh 18 planned for a vacant 100 acre parcel near 28th Street and Marcola Road ln northeast Sprmgfleld "It was never enVIsIoned for com mmclal (development) to be on that property," Marcola Road reSIdent Nancy Falk Said She called the pro posal "ObvlOusly totally lmpropm for a chOIce pIece of property lIke thIs" Before the project can proceed, the CIty CounCIl must approve a de veloper's request to change eXlstmg government plans on the land, WhICh was owned for years by the local PIerce famIly before It was sold last year for $8 mlll10n to JHB Interna honal, a fll m based In Reno, Nev The plannmg commISSIOn will de clde next month whether to Please turn to LOWE'S, Page 1:3 Lowe's lot? Springfield offiCials Will deCide whether to approve a plan calling for a commercial/residential complex that would Include a Lowe's store Springfield / A MARCc'ARD ~ ~.~ / ~ W' ~1(,"T~ ~ The Regtster-Guard ~ lieutenant will ~dmond force- year Eugene polIce was named chIef of mond Pollee Depart 1 Tuesday Eugene Po Ron Roberts wlll be new job May 14 n ts Jomed the Eugene September 1986 as a ffker ras promoted to ser ) years later and heu n 2000 He has served d tramIng offIcer, VlO nes detectIve and sel nd member of the earn, bomb squad and IvestIgatIon unIt He ly supervIses the de It's specmllllvestlga lm !rts earned a bache n-ee III cnffimdl JUs IS a gradnate of the n PolIce InstItute, uorcement Agency mmandel school, and :ugene dynamIc mau- l and leadershIp y REGION es while surfmg ~quina Head TPORT - A 26 year , dled Tuesday after :er bemg overcome ! waves while surfing D ffIends near YaquI I, north of Newport, State Poilce saId It 4 20 pm, the VIC )se name IS bemg i pending parental hon, was surfmg J male fnends, ages 5, when heavy surf he group and the VIC- conSClOusness, mn Lt GI egg Hast i fllend remamed WIth .ill, whIle the other I SWIm to shore for the same tIme, a WIt the beach called 911 mtmg for help, the f condItIons prompt. lend to begm to try ng WIth the VIctIm to h 1St Guard hehcopter the vlclIm to the here Newport FIre & legan CPR IctIm was taken by a lard hehcopter to Sa PacIfk CommunI Htal, where he was ced dead at 617 p m ther two surfers e to SWIm to shm e ~ not lllJured - -..-.--- " " '-""" ..............~ .........IL......,."......&.~.............""" ......'-' '-' 1rt...J'- The number oj Llassroom days sought m the measure IS the reqUlred norm m 30 states By JULIA SILVERMAN The Associated Press SALEM - At Pendleton HIgh School, the magIC number IS 175 At CorvallIs HIgh School, It'S 171 And at BlOokmgs HarbOl HIgh School, students spent ex actly 169 days m the classroom durmg the last school year But WIth the excepllon of a small handful of charter and alternalive schools, no 01 egon students spent a full 180 days III the classroom last year though that's the reqUIred norm III 30 othet states At an average of 167 school days a year, Oregon has one of the natIon's lowest seat tIme lequllements for Its students And evel y lIme bndgets get tIght, dIS- trIcts tend to shave more days from the school calendar - most Illfamously m 2003, when nearly 100 Oregon dIstrICts cut days , A bIll under conslderatlOn m Salem would mandate that dlstncts offerl 180 ddYs of classroom mstructIon, but It's unclear whethel any extra mdney would be attached Paymg for the extra 13 days would cost more than $180 mll hon statewIde, saId DaVId Wllhams, a lobbYISt for the Oregon School Boards ASSOCIatIon If no such money IS forthcommg, that would leave schools With two mam chOIces, educatIOn watchers saId EIther get rId of the some of the days teachers get fm prepm atIon, parent conferences and professlOnal development, or SIm- ply shce the number of instructIOnal hours In each school day, from abont 6\2 now to about 5Y.! hours Speakmg III favor of the bill TUe~ m front ofthe House EducatIon subc mlttee on EducatIon innovatIon, ] Gene Wlusnant, R Sunnver, saId sel boards need to make SUle that so ca "contract tIme" - the number of c that are negottated WIth teachers, average out to about 186 - translate as much student "contact tIme" pOSSible But WillIams and others saId profeSSIOnal development days teachers are key, espeCIally m a pre Slon that has a hIgh burnout rate "Teachers need opportumtIes to rIOdlcally update theIr skIlls," sald Bnrk, the chlef pohcy off1cer for the egon Department ofEduCdtlOll, WhlC neutral on the bIll to mandate school days Oregon law currently reqUIres tncls to adhere to a "standard scl year " The definItIOn IS left up to Lowe's: Neighbors cite strain on schools Contmued from Page El I ecommend that the CIty Coun- CIl amend the CIty'S zonmg map and the Ellgene-Sprmgfleld Met! opol1tan Al ea General Plan to allow commerCIal and resldentlal development on about 56 acres now loned for campus mdustnal use The counCIl's fmal deCISIOn WIll hkely happen In May The plannmg commISSIOn was expected to make Its recom mendatlOn on Tuesday, but that decIslOn was delayed to gIve people who dId not speak at the publIc heanng a chance to weIgh In With wrItten testImony Before commISSIOn members heard from opponents of the plan, RICk Satre, a Engene plan lung consultant representIng the property owner, outlmed the proposal The mIxed use neIghborhood - called VIllages at Marcola Meadows - would mclude hun dreds of homes, apartments, stores and offIce bUIldmgs A 170,000 squal e foot Lowe's store would be the project's center pIece, accOl dmg to prehmmary plans submItted to the cIty "The economic engme be hind making anythmg happen on thIS land IS the large, general retaller," Satre saId, referrmg to the home Improvement center If all goes as the developer hopes Lowe's could open on the property as sOOIi as early 2008 The zomng and metro plan changes now under conSIder. allon by the cIty are lust the fIrst hurdle that must be cleared before constructIon can begm The next step wonld be ap provaI of a detalled master plan for the enhre property, followed by mdlVldual sIte plan and sub diVISIOn approval NeIghbors who oppose the proposal sald they understand that the 100 acre tract, common ly known as the "PIerce pIoper ty," WIll ullImately be developed In 2001, Home Depot sought to blllld there, but the CIty Councll rejected that plan, rul mg that the land should be pre served for campus style mdus. tnal development Unhke the Villages at Mar cola Meadows proposal, the Home Depot plan dId not m clude surroundmg commercIal and reSIdential development spread over the entIre property "I am no't averse to havmg It developed," alto Street reSIdent Gall Wagenblast told commlS SlOn members "I Just want to be assured It'S good for the neIghborhood" Wagenblast and two other neIghborhood reSIdents saId they fear that the development, whIch could Include nearly 500 new homes and apartments, would straIn local schools and prompt a dlstnctwlde bond pro. posal to pay'for a new school Other re'sldents VOIced con. cerns about lllcreased tI afflc generated by the development I I Campaign: State has no limits on donations, but candidates n1ust file data Contmued from Page El FoundatIon gradmg scale, It mented a C.mmus, down there WIth Oklahoma, Mlssoun and Kentucky The state had only recently age, Alexander saId "Why we shotlld have huge gaps of hme between when contrIbutIons al e made and when they're re ported I" she asked ThIS year, for the first hme, voteI s can track how much kev Portland-based Money 111 Poll tIcs Research ActIon ProJect, fO! example, spent weeks last fall untanglIng the senes of P ACs SUppOl tmg MeasUl e 48 - which would have Imposed a can on !'ltHtP. .<:::np.nnmp Jlnn ('rp.~t_ Two chi in AmbeJ seen in M THE AsSOCIAT MISSOULA, ~ young Washmgt( dren who are thl an Amber Alert . ther were repo here Tuesday at restaurant, accOl authontles ha\ from the pubilc EarlIer m the told the sherIff, an ATM card t the father, Joh was used at an A MIssoula 31rport The chIldren, 2.year old Lars edly had shorte when they dISa] cordmg to the II: WIth them had s growth of beard A warrant w::: Baugher's arreS1 set at $100,000 , 7Z~ PREVIOUSLY AT VAllEY AI' . .~o I ~{ammlf\9 Colpcl :: BasebaJICaps Individual I 712 Powers 5\ Eugene 343" We EmbrOider Products Pure , JoAnn tal 1996