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On 11/4/09, -surrounded by his loving family Terry ran to meet his Lord & Savior, Jesus Christ. He was born in Seattle, WA on 11-19-48 to Jim & Mildred Robertson. He worked as a parts counterman for various dealerships before he retired due to health. He met his wife Debbie Baird and moved to her home town, Oakland, OR in 1991. Terry always wanted to be a country boy and raised their two boys in their home on the Umpqua River.
He loved playing his guitar and music, drawing and painting, taking long drives. He was a coach volunteering time with the kids, and loved watching their sports. He loved his family, friends & church and was a very caring and loving person. He was all about a good old family BBQ!
Terry's memory will be cherished and live on by, his wife Debbie of 27 years, his daughter Tracy & son-in-law Ron Westmoreland of Seattle and their girls Amber & Amanda. Son AF Staff Sergeant Kyle & his wife Polly of Elk Grove, CA. Son Blair of Roseburg and his friend Chanel

After dozens of entries and thousands of votes, the winning photo for the Halloween Photo Contest has been chosen.

A homemade robot costume, submitted by Kirstin Bunnell of Roseburg, wins with 1635 total votes.

The top three photos can be viewed in this winners gallery. All of the entries can be viewed here.

"I thought I wanted to be a paramedic but didn't realize that there were other choices out there for me," said Agustin Acosta of Roseburg, who completed the Healthcare Jumpstart Academy at Umpqua Community College this past summer. "In my case, the Jumpstart program helped me decide which way to go on my future career path."
Acosta, 37, who has since enrolled in the administrative medical assistant program at UCC, is one of the many Douglas County residents who benefited from Umpqua Training & Employment's summer sponsorship of three programs offered through UCC's Workforce and Community Education Department.

For the full version of this story, read Sunday's News-Review or check back Tuesday morning.

CANYONVILLE - The recent visitors to the Umpqua Indian Foods plant were from Italy, Belgium, Australia, China, Japan and Hong Kong.
They took notes and photos of what they saw.
Now Umpqua Indians Foods can only wait and hope that that specific group of visitors was impressed enough to write good things about their jerky products.

For the full version of this story, read Sunday's News-Review, or check back Wednesday morning.

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An informational talk on Alzheimer's disease will be offered at 2 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Azalea Grange, 142 Pisqually Lane.
Frank Hales of the Alzheimer's Association will answer questions and offer information.
Caregivers and family members with loved ones afflicted with the disease are encouraged to attend.
Information: Alice at 832-2500 or Bev at 837-3430.

The Douglas County Commission on Children and Families has reopened its Web-based survey to identify priorities for services for local children and families.
The commission is seeking public input for its plan for 2010, which will address gaps in services and various issues, such as poverty, affecting children and families.
The web survey is available at www.co.douglas.or.us/dccf and will be open until Nov. 13.
Information: 957-4622.

Bids for the long-anticipated Weaver Road extension between Myrtle Creek and Tri City should go out next summer, Robb Paul, Douglas County's public works director told the Board of Commissioners on Wednesday.
The two-lane extension would provide motorists with another route to access the area in between the two towns. It would route traffic from the existing Weaver Road exit at Milepost 106 on Interstate 5 across the South Umpqua River along a new bridge and would empty out onto Old Pacific Highway.
Currently, motorists headed to that area must leave the freeway at the Myrtle Creek exit and Milepost 108 or at the Riddle-Tri City exit at Milepost 103.
Construction of the bridge would provide several benefits. It would improve traffic flow, improve public safety, increase business opportunities and bring added utility service.
"I think this is really going to change both the commercial and residential use of the Tri City area once we have this additional interchange in for peo

SALEM (AP) - Gov. Ted Kulongoski has signed an executive order giving the state public health director more authority to prepare Oregon for a major flu outbreak and manage the response.
The governor said the order issued Thursday grants Dr. Mel Kohn clear authority to respond as needed to protect the health of Oregonians in the event of an outbreak.
Kulongoski said that issuing the order now gives Kohn the ability to react more quickly to any flu threat.
He said the order also allows Kohn to make decisions about public health responses that cross various state and tribal jurisdictions, if needed.
The governor said his order builds on steps the state has taken since last spring to educate the public about pandemic H1N1 influenza, or swine flu.

A field tour and meeting for the Off Highway Vehicle Designated Routes Working Group for the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area will begin at 8:30 a.m., tomorrow at Winchester Bay Community Center on Broadway Avenue.
Another tour was held today.
The field tour focuses on the middle riding area of the Oregon Dunes, adjacent to Umpqua Beach, south of Winchester Bay. The meeting will focus on a review of designated routes and evaluating new recommendations for the area.
Information: 271-6071.

UMPQUA WILDERNESS CONFERENCE - Scientists, members of environmental groups and concerned citizens will meet to discuss salmon, climate change, wildfire and other wilderness topics from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Umpqua Community College, 1140 Umpqua College Road in Roseburg. The event is an Umpqua Watersheds-organized conference on protection that features speaker Bill Bradbury. Local resident Ted Swaggarty reports via video from the World Wilderness Congress taking place the same day in Mexico. Seating is limited to 200 people. Register online at www.umpqua-watersheds.org/uwc/index.html or by phone, 580-9120. Free.
ROSEBURG BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN CRAFT SHOW - The 48th annual Roseburg Business and Professional Women craft show is planned for Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Douglas Hall of the Douglas County Fairgrounds at 2110 Frear St. in Roseburg. More than 100 vendors will be in attendance. Proceeds support scholarship programs and activities sponsor

Dan and Evan are joined by Ally Swanson, sophomore goal keeper for Roseburg High School's soccer team.

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These logs are the highlights of initial emergency calls and reports to the Douglas County Dispatch Center. They do not represent all the incidents or their final outcomes.

POLICE LOG
Thursday
Douglas County sheriff
6:21 a.m. - Theft of money from tampon machine on the 200 block of Page Road, Winchester.
7:57 a.m. - Small lap dog stolen on the 900 block of Lou Gray Drive, Canyonville.
8:05 a.m. - Door broken open to office on the 4900 block of Northeast Stephens Street, Roseburg.

Reedsport Police
9:50 a.m. - Medication stolen from vehicle on the 1900 block of Elm Avenue.

Roseburg Police
7:02 a.m. - Vehicle stolen overnight on the 600 block of Polk Street.
9:08 a.m. - Door knob pried off business on the 2500 block of Medical Park Drive.
3:49 p.m. - Someone reported three or four grams of marijuana stolen from him the night before under the Interstate 5 bridge near Roseburg High School.
1:43 p.m. - Wallet stolen on the 25

The Salvation Army on Saturday plans to give clothes from Roseburg's Fred Meyer to 100 Douglas County children in kindergarten through sixth grade.
Each child will get $125 worth of clothes from the store. Children were chosen by their teachers for the event known as Dress-A-Child; they come from 15 different schools in Douglas County.
Two groups of children will get to shop around Fred Meyer on Saturday. The first session is at 8:30 a.m. and the second is at 11:30 a.m.
They will be transported by school bus to Fred Meyer, which has offered discounts to the Salvation Army and will serve doughnuts and juice. Dress-A-Child will take place again on Nov. 14 and will help clothe another 100 children.
Information: 672-6581.

A 22 year-old Winston man remains in Mercy Medical Center's Intensive Care Unit in critical condition due to complications from the H1N1 virus, according to a Mercy spokesman.
A family member said Ryan Pickens, a graduate of Douglas High School, has been placed on a ventilator and is undergoing dialysis to fight the effects of the virus. This is his 19th day at Mercy, relatives said.
Meanwhile, a Winston woman remains hospitalized in the intensive care unit of Oregon Health and Science University, according to her mother, Ava Jones. Adria Fenn, 30, was flown from Mercy on Oct. 21; she is seven months pregnant and has muscular dystrophy, Jones said.
While Pickens and Jones both have risk factors for H1N1 complications - relatives said Pickens has a mild heart condition - Douglas County health officials confirm that otherwise healthy people continue to be hospitalized after contracting H1N1. To date, 24 Douglas County residents have been hospitalized and two have died,

PORTLAND (AP) - The deaths of a young woman, her 4-year-old son and her boyfriend are being investigated by Portland police as an apparent double homicide-suicide.
The Oregonian reported that a relative found the bodies of the 28-year-old woman and her son inside the home, along with the woman's boyfriend dead of an apparent self-inflicted wound.
The newspaper said the deaths followed a recent break-up, with the woman leaving her boyfriend around Halloween. But her boyfriend asked her to return to see him Wednesday, saying he was sick.
Portland police said they were called to the home two times last night - about 9 p.m. and midnight - by concerned family members.
A police spokeswoman said officers knocked on the door but did not enter the house because they did not have enough information.

A Florence man was transported to the hospital after his son lost control of a vehicle on Highway 38 Thursday evening, Oregon State Police reported this morning.
Tyler James McCracken, 15, of Florence was driving a 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser west at Milepost 20, three miles east of Scottsburg, at about 9:45 p.m., according to an OSP report. McCracken became distracted, swerved into the opposing lane and the car left the road to the eastbound shoulder and overturned.
McCracken's father, Kirt Thomas McCracken, 42, of Florence, was a passenger in the car and was transported by ambulance with unknown injuries to Lower Umpqua Hospital in Reedsport. A hospital spokeswoman said he was treated and released.
Another passenger, Patricia Ann McCracken, 42, of Florence was not injured. The Scottsburg Fire Department and Lower Umpqua Ambulance responded to the crash.

SOUTHWEST REGION
CHETCO RIVER - Temporary regulations for fall chinook started Aug. 1. Anglers are reminded to check these regulations before fishing the Chetco River as some parts of the river will be closed to fishing. The river above Highway 101 is closed to all fishing until Nov. 7. With the low flows in the Chetco River, ODFW is looking at the long term forecast and may extend the closure if river levels are not expected to rise significantly. Anglers should keep an eye on ODFW's web sight for any updated regulation changes or can contact the Gold Beach field office at 541-247-7605.
COQUILLE RIVER BASIN - Trout fishing is now closed in the Coquille estuary and rivers until next spring.
Chinook fishing at the mouth of Sevenmile Creek has been excellent. Chinook fishing throughout the rest of the river is slow. The 2009 temporary regulations for fall chinook are now in affect until Dec. 31.
There is a wild coho fishery in the Coquille River that opened Sept.

Four Coos Bay-area residents have been cited for hunting violations in the Tiller area, Oregon State Police have reported.
OSP had received numerous complaints of people illegally spotlighting and shooting after hours in the Jacques Creek Road area, a news release said.
At 6:25 p.m. Wednesday, an OSP trooper conducting surveillance in the area reportedly heard two rifle shots, more than an hour past legal hunting hours ended.
The trooper contacted Jay E. Hill, 46, of Coos Bay and Timothy R. McNeely, 46, of North Bend, in a 2000 Jeep Wrangler. They had a freshly killed large blacktail buck deer, the release said.
Both men allegedly admitted the buck was spotlighted illegally on the side of the road. Hill was cited and released on suspicion of unlawful hunting/taking blacktail buck deer with artificial light. McNeely was cited and released on suspicion of unlawful aiding in a wildlife crime/taking deer with artificial light and possession of less than an ounce of marijuana.
The tro

PORTLAND (AP) - Multnomah County has sworn in a new sheriff to replace one forced to resign. It's the second time in 16 months that's happened.
Twenty-year sheriff's office veteran Lt. Dan Staton took the oath as sheriff on Thursday.
Bob Skipper named Staton to replace him after the 70-year-old Skipper failed to get the police certification required to keep his job.
Last year, Skipper was sworn in as interim sheriff after Bernie Giusto resigned under pressure over ethics and management problems. Skipper then won election but didn't become certified within a year as required by state law.
Staton, 50, is certified and has worked in numerous areas within the sheriff's office, from internal affairs to river patrol to training.