Oregon State Police Major Crimes Section has arrested Don Lee McAlpine Jr. for Rape in the 1st Degree. McAlpine allegedly raped a 26-year-old mentally disabled female at Beachside State Park between Aug. 10 and Aug. 12.
OSP is requesting the public’s assistance in obtaining information from anyone who might have stayed at or passed through Beachside State Park near Waldport from Aug. 10 through Aug. 12.
Please contact the Oregon State Police Northern Command Center at (503) 731-3030 and reference case number SP18-340959.
OSP will like to thank our partner agencies: McMinnville Police Department, Dallas Police Department and Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
Taft High freshman Nicole Reyes scored early on an assist from junior Sammy Halferty, and the Tigers overcame an early second-half goal Tuesday to earn a 1-1 home league tie with Amity in girls soccer action.
Nicole Reyes (Photo by Lon French)Joey Arce-Torres
“Another great conference matchup tonight,” Taft coach Joey Arce-Torres said. “Both teams have similar strengths and weaknesses.”
With the wind to its back, Taft scored first when Reyes, the team’s leading scorer, converted a corner kick to the right side on a deep and high pass from Halferty.
Amity took advantage with the wind to its back in the second half, scoring the tying goal less than two minutes in.
“The defense was solid, and we got strong play by Ana Ortiz in controlling the ball and finding runs down the side,” Arce-Torres said. “It looked like we were going to find a few more scores by half, but came up short. We probably had another 10 or so shots on goal, but their goalie denied us.”
Taft moved to 1-6-1 overall and 1-5-1 in the Class 3A/2A/1A Special District 2 match, while the Bulldogs stand 1-5-1, 1-5-1.
“I was happy that all the athletes had considerable playing time today and that the efforts were strong.”
Taft returns to action at 4 p.m. Thursday at home against Salem Academy.
Taft High senior Savannah Russo sets for her teammates Tuesday against Willamina (Photos by Lon French)
First-place Willamina stayed undefeated in league play and left host Taft High looking for its first victory of the season Tuesday in a 25-9, 25-17, 25-13 Coastal Range League volleyball victory.
“We have had a very rough season, and have lost several players for various reasons, but our underclassmen and remaining seniors have really stepped up for our program,” Taft coach Kelsey Hart said.
Hart said senior Charlotte Huppert showed significant growth in the outside hitter position as the Tigers continued to fight their way into the win column.
“She had some great kills tonight, and it was great seeing her swing at balls,” Hart said. “While the score doesn’t reflect the hard work the girls put in, I think we really grew in some of the areas we’ve struggled with this year.”
Hart said junior Corey Van Damme, senior Savannah Russo and freshman Addie Gates all displayed “some amazing footwork and hustle in the back row.”
“They were getting balls up and getting touches that we hadn’t been getting yet this season,” she said.
Hart said senior Lilly Salsbery and freshman Lily Hatton did well setting the ball and giving their teammates opportunities to score.
Taft, 0-10 overall and 0-3 in conference play, returns to the court at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Warrenton.
This year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign – “Look. Listen. Learn. Be aware. Fire can happen anywhere” – will launch Oct. 7 and works to educate people about three basic but essential steps to reduce the likelihood of a fire.
The purpose of Fire Prevention Week is to bring awareness to the risk of death in case of a fire and provide educational resources to people of all ages, races and socioeconomic status.
The North Lincoln Fire & Rescue District has new materials to educate family members as to what to do and how to prevent fires, in addition to $2,400 in materials from the National Safety Fire Council/Fire Pup program.
While children under 5 and adults over 65 are at the greatest risk for injury or death in a fire, people of all ages are vulnerable. The risk of a nonfatal fire injury is highest for those between 20 and 49. Additional risk factors include race, socioeconomic status, education level and geographic location.
Not surprisingly, the No. 1 place for a fire to start is the kitchen. Kitchen and cooking fires are easy to prevent if you follow certain guidelines.
To help prevent and escape fires, NLFR is asking families to ask their children about materials they received from firefighters who visited their school, and to go over the materials which contain puzzles and word games to help promote fire and life safety.
Housing the homeless became the rallying cry Monday night at the regular session of the Lincoln City Council, where concerned citizens, community leaders and homelessness advocates took turns reacting to the recent defunding of the Lincoln City Warming Shelter.
In the end, Councilor Judy Casper moved to direct a plan for a “special-special” work session “as soon as possible” to research and evaluate the homelessness situation in Lincoln City and “provide stable facilities that meet the needs of this everlasting, changing, growing population.”
Councilors voted unanimously at the close of a two-hour meeting to direct staff to set up a workshop in order to discuss “funding, zoning and intergovernmental cooperation” on homelessness services.
Citing the legal ability of the Shelter to host clients overnight at Taft Hall, Councilors approved it for a $4,600 grant on Sept. 10 — a 90 percent reduction from the $45,000 the City awarded in 2017, and a 62 percent cut from the $12,000 the Shelter requested this year. None of the other 22 agencies that requested money were approved for less than they received last year.
Homepage, which detailed the homelessness issue last week in a story that engulfed social media and drew a near-packed house Monday night to debate the subject, will continue to address the matter of homelessness in the coming days and weeks.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Council has planned the Shelter work session for Monday, Oct. 15.
As if hosting the top-ranked Class 3A football team in the state on Friday isn’t enough, Taft High begins a busy slate of home sports competition Tuesday with two events, followed by games every day this week.
The week will culminate with the Taft High Booster Auction, from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Lincoln City Beach Club and Events Center, 2020 NE 22nd Street.
Home soccer matches will be contested Tuesday through Thursday, with two home volleyball matches and a road cross country meet in between.
The athletic competition will culminate at 7 p.m. Friday at Voris Field when the Tigers take on No. 1-ranked Amity in its football league opener. The unbeaten Warriors have outscored their four non-conference opponents 206-34 (51.5 to 8.5 points per game) this season.
The 1-3 Tigers are coming off a 28-25 home loss to Yamhill-Carlton, captured above and below by freelance photographer Lon French.
Warning signs are posted at beach access points in Taft’s Siletz Bay
A broken 24-inch pipe was responsible for an estimated 2.1-million gallon sewage spill into Schooner Creek at River Mile 1. The sewage spill started Tuesday, Sept. 18, and lasted until 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, according to a Lincoln City Public Works news release obtained today.
The discharge originated at the Wastewater Treatment Plant and flowed down Schooner Creek into Siletz Bay.
Public Works personnel recognized the leak early on and utilized the new bypass lines built in March.
“It’s a good thing we put those lines in earlier this year,” said one worker. “We were able to kick on the bypass and not stop production.”
Schooner Creek
Signs are posted and citizens are advised to avoid water contact until the all-clear is given by appropriate agencies.
The City has notified the Department of Environmental Quality and Oregon Emergency Response.
Hundreds of people gathered Sunday beneath sunny skies in the late morning and afternoon hours at the Lincoln City Cultural Center for the annual Farmers and Crafters Market.
The Market, part of the Northwest Oregon Coast Food Trail, is held on Sundays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. outdoors beginning in May and runs throughout the summer to Oct. 1. It then takes a week off before moving inside from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. beginning the third Sunday in October.
Taft High watched a 25-14 halftime lead go by the wayside Friday as Yamhill-Carlton rode the dual running punch of junior quarterback Jaime Garcia and senior running back Owen Amerson to 14 unanswered second-half points for a 28-25 Class 3A football victory at Voris Field.
“We felt great going into halftime up 25-14,” Taft coach Jake Tolan said. “However, we didn’t execute well offensively in the second half and made some mistakes and dropped some balls, which made it difficult to sustain drives.”
Yamhill-Carlton won the battle of two teams that share the nickname Tigers despite a blockbuster opening half that started with a 77-yard fumble return for a touchdown by Taft running back/linebacker JJ French.
Taft senior quarterback David Jin hooked up with senior wide receiver Tyee Fisher for a 2-yard score to make it 13-0 shortly thereafter, before Garcia scampered 15 yards to trim the margin to 13-7 late in the opening quarter.
After Garcia ran 47 yards to the Taft 2, YC seized a 14-13 lead on a TD burst by Amerson early in the second quarter. Taft responded for a 19-14 lead when Fisher caught a 15-yard touchdown from Jin 5:22 before halftime.
Taft turned to trickery to make it 25-14 just before intermission when senior receiver Kam Kessler hit French for the speedy sophomore’s second touchdown of the game.
The host Tigers were unable to score after that, however, while Garcia scored from the 9-yard line to cut Taft’s lead to 25-21 with 3:42 left in the third period. Sophomore Mikel Rivas returned an interception 25 yards for the game’s winning score with 3:23 to play in the quarter.
“Defensively, we only gave up one score in the second half, YC’s other score coming off of an interception, but we committed too many penalties that allowed YC to keep their drives going,” Tolan said. “We are all disappointed because we believe that we beat ourselves.”
Special District 1 West Division member Taft, which opens conference play next week at home against Amity, fell to 1-3, while SD1 East representative Yamhill-Carlton improved to 2-2.
First Quarter
Taft received the opening kick and assumed possession at its own 33, where senior quarterback David Jin was intercepted on the game’s second play from scrimmage and returned 29 yards to the Taft 29. Taft sophomore JJ French then scooped up a fumble and ran 77 yards for a touchdown to make it 7-0 after senior place-kicker DeVon Lindquist added the point-after.
Taft held Yamhill-Carlton (YC) on the ensuing series to force a punt. The Tigers held YC on the next series and took advantage of good field position to move into the red zone. Jin was unable to get around the corner from the 2 on third down before he found senior wide receiver Tyee Fisher in the corner of the end zone for a 13-0 lead after Lindquist missed right on the extra point.
With rain in the forecast, Taft, which had several early tackles for losses negated by offside penalties, held YC to fourh-and-3, where junior quarterback Jamie Garcia was pressured by sophomore Tyrese Hellman and junior Trenton Hall, then sacked by Hall. Jin fumbled the ball right back to YC on the first play from there, where YC advanced the ball to midfield with 3:03 left in the quarter.
Senior wideout Joey McGhehey then combined with Garcia for a first down inside the Taft 30 and YC’s third first down of the drive advanced the ball to the 15. Garcia then scampered in for a touchdown on an option on the next play. The extra-point made it 13-7 Taft inside of two minutes to play.
Taft took possession near midfield following the kick before letting the clock run out on the opening quarter.
Second Quarter
Taft surrendered possession on a punt to the YC 20 to start the quarter. YC managed a first down behind the running of Garcia and senior Owen Amerson to move inside Taft territory before Garcia and McGhehey teamed for a first down at the Taft 49. Garcia then broke 47 yards to the Taft 2 after finding no one open and scrambling from the pocket. Amerson burst across from there to make it 14-13 YC after the point-after.
French returned the ensuing kickoff 29 yards to the Taft 42, where Jin hit junior receiver Connor Bailey inside of YC territory. Fisher then gained another first down on a pass from Jin to the 32. YC held Taft junior running back Logan Gilleo just short of a first down on a third-down screen to make it fourth-and-4 at the 24, where a hard count drew YC offside for a first down at the 19. Jin then found Fisher for a 15-yard TD for his second score of the night 19-14 after Lindquist’s PAT was blocked at the 5:22 mark.
YC drew Taft offside on fourth-and-6 near midfield on the next possession before Amerson, needing less than a yard, was stuffed up the middle for no gain to turn the ball over on downs. Gilleo came up just shy of a first down on a third-down pass from Jin, then barely got the first down on another short reception on the next play. Jin then hooked up with senior wide receiver Kam Kessler to the YC 14 with 1:55 remaining in the half.
Jin was injured on the next play as the clock closed inside of a minute and Taft called its first timeout of the game. Jin departed and Fisher came on at QB in the absence of sophomore backup Antonio Suarez. Kessler then hit French for his second touchdown of the game on a trick play on the first play from there to make it 25-14 following a Lindquist miss.
Garcia and McGhehey hooked up near midfield with 55 seconds to play until intermission. Another offside penalty against Taft, its sixth of the game, moved the ball into Taft territory. Hall tackled Garcia for little gain before YC called timeout with 35.5 seconds to play to bring up fourth-and-2, giving Taft possession at its own 43.
Fisher then handed the ball off to Gilleo as Taft ran out the first-half clock.
Halftime
Taft High cheerleader Noa Stoll played dual roles Friday night, hitting the quad stacks at halftime.
Third Quarter
Yamhill-Carlton received the second-half kick and took possession at its own 20 after the ball rolled out of the end zone. YC took three plays to get a first down before Hall dropped YC for a 5-yard loss. Kessler, who had three fumble recoveries entering the game, then intercepted Garcia to give Taft possession.
Returning to action at QB, a holding penalty prevented Jin and Taft from moving the ball and the Tigers punted to the YC 31. A bad snap lost six yards as Hall stormed in on Garcia again and a motion penalty made it third-and-12 at the 29, where an incompletion forced a punt.
Gilleo gained 10 yards to midfield on a flare pass from Jin at 7:50 of the quarter before two incomplete passes brought up fourth down and a punt through the end zone.
YC moved inside Taft territory behind Garcia and Amerson before the Tigers’ seventh offside penalty of the game moved the ball inside the Taft 30. Another offside call gave YC a first down at the 25 before Garcia bulled ahead to the 22. Garcia and McGhehey hooked up for 12 yards to the 9. Garcia scored from there to cut Taft’s lead to 25-21 with 3:42 left in the period.
YC sophomore Michael Revis then intercepted Jin and returned it 25 yards for a score to make it 28-25 Yamhill-Carlton with 3:23 to play in the quarter.
With a mist falling, Jin was sacked for the first time in the game for a loss of 5, bringing on Fisher to punt 48 yards to the YC 22.
Amerson and Garcia combined to rush for two first downs before Hall again broke into the backfield to make a tackle for a loss. McGhehey was then separated from the ball by French for an incompletion before an illegal man downfield and reception by McGhehey inside of Taft territory ran out the third-quarter clock.
Fourth Quarter
YC punted to start the period and Jin hit senior wideout Logan McLendon for a first down at the 39. Taft was held to a three-and-out and Fisher punted 35 yards to the YC 21 with 10:22 to play.
YC used two first downs to keep the clock moving, but two illegal blocks by YC slowed the drive before Amerson was stopped on third down to bring up fourth-and-8 near midfield. Following a punt, Taft took possession at its own 20 on a touchback with 6:42 left.
After Jin gained four yards for a first down at the 30 Fisher took the ball on a reverse for 13 yards to the 41 with 5:42 remaining.
French gained six yards to the 48 before a motion penalty — Taft’s 14th for 77 yards — brought up fourth down and another Fisher punt from his own 41.
YC, facing third down, called timeout as the clock counted down to three minutes, before Jacob Jarvis caught a Garcia pass for an 8-yard gain and a first down inside of 2:30.
Taft called timeout with 2:12 left before Gilleo dropped Garcia for a loss and Taft called its final timeout with 2:08 to play. Garcia then ran for a first down with 2:01 remaining.
With Taft out of timeouts, Garcia took a knee to run out the clock for a 28-25 YC victory.
This post was updated live after each quarter and periodically throughout the game
Taft High, top photo, and Yamhill-Carlton prepare to take the field Friday night at Voris Field
Taft freshman Sammy Vasquez (File photo by Lon French)
The Taft High boys soccer team overcame an aggressive attack by visiting Gervais on Friday for a 5-2 Class 3A/2A/1A Special District 2 home victory.
“Gervais had a very good team that applied pressure early on,” Taft coach Ryan Ulicni said. “Our boys responded appropriately and lifted the pace even more to take control of the game.”
Both of the Cougars’ goals came by way of penalty kick and were overcome by quick passing and better communication, Ulicni said.
“The match was fully in our control,” he said.
Ulicni, whose team improved to 4-2-1 overall and 3-2-1 in league play, said all three of Taft’s team captains “stepped up to lead the Tigers in every way.”
Junior Edson Fuentes scored two goals and recorded an assist, sophomore William Calderon had a goal and two assists, and senior goalkeeper William Brooks notched seven saves.
Alex Del Valle scored a goal, and fellow sophomore Jose Flores had a goal, an assist and a save.
“This game had everything that anyone could ask for from their team,” Ulicni said. “It seemed the entire team stepped up and took back their confidence in the biggest way — not only in themselves, but in each other. That’s what makes a winning team.”
