| Bath man indicted for kidnapping, assault
A 28-year-old Bath man was indicted Wednesday on kidnapping and assault charges for allegedly attacking a 16-year-old girl last August. Darren P. McEathron is accused of dragging the victim into a wooded area off Birdseye Hollow Road in Wayne. The victim, who did not know her attacker, was riding her bicycle in the area. The man is accused of assaulting the girl Aug. 18, causing injuries to her face and extremities, according to state police at Bath. McEathron did not sexually assault the girl, authorities said. The victim was able to escape her attacker when he left her briefly unattended. McEathron, who was arrested in early January, was indicted without the results of a DNA sample he provided to investigators shortly after his arrest. Steuben County District Attorney John Tunney said his office has not yet received those results.
Cyclist, truck collide near OHSU
So are all of you going to "git yer guns" out and shoot all the cyclists you see? Cars and vehicles can coexists, believe it or not, And if you argue that liberalism is a mental disorder then you have to say that so is conservatism. And you are picking one example of a person who obviously made the mistakes and caused the accident, and applying it to all cyclists. There are just as many if not MORE moron divers out there. Yes there are increased risks riding bikes, just like there are increased risks riding motorcycles, but I don't hear any of you calling to get them off the road too. Motorcycles are most often in accidents because drivers of cars and trucks don't see them, the same reasons as bicycles. Face it, the real issue is that you just want the roads all to yourselves.
Letters to the Editor (Feb. 21)
It is drivers with this attitude who make the roads dangerous, not cyclists like me.Wendy Byrne, CorvallisLots of considerate motorists, bicyclistsAs cycling season starts to heat up, it seems that the rhetoric between some motorists and cyclists does as well.This is unfortunate, because the vast majority of confrontations seem to be caused by relatively simple misunderstandings.By law, we all have a right to the roads and an obligation to follow the rules, even if some people don't like bikes and some don't like cars.We all pay taxes. Although there are vehicle use fees, most road funding is provided for by general taxes, property assessments, and the like. Besides, few cyclists don't also drive cars.To be certain, being held up behind a bicycle can be annoying.But how often do you get stuck behind someone who insists on turning left across a busy lane of traffic rather than continuing to a light or holding up an entire line of cars to wait for a parking spot?Anyone who drives into blind corners and other situations faster than he can react will eventually encounter a line of vehicles stopped for construction/accident, a kid running out to get a ball or on a bike, large debris, farm equipment, someone turning out of a driveway he didn't know was there, or a number of other common situations.Likewise, anyone who regularly blows through lights and stop signs on a bicycle will eventually cause an accident.As good luck would have it, there are a lot of considerate drivers and cyclists out there who practice defensive driving/cycling.Kyle Banerjee, MonmouthLet's talk solutions, not debate scienceJohn Jones ("Climate change has occurred in the past," Letters, Feb.
Vandal spreads tacks to scupper cyclists on Beach Rd
AN anti-cyclist vandal who scattered road tacks in the path of bike riders could have killed someone, police say. Officers today blasted the offender, saying only luck saved a rider from injury or death. A large number of tacks, similar to drawing pins, were deliberately placed along Beach Rd in Mentone on Saturday and caused punctures to several cyclists' tyres. Sen-Sgt Hans Harms, of the Kingston Traffic Management Unit, condemned the act of stupidity and accused the offender of derailing bids to ease tensions between drivers and cyclists. Sen-Sgt Harms said a cyclist could have lost control and swerved into vehicles or other riders. "This stupid act does not assist anyone. "I, along with other organisations such as the Amy Gillett Foundation, are trying to work together with bicycle riders to ensure all road users are safe including vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists.
89-year-old woman to campaign for election in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- A 89-year-old grandma has made headlines in local newspapers after she filed her nomination paper on Sunday to contest a Kuala Terengganu parliamentary seat in northern Malaysia. Maimun Yusof, a grandmother of 19 great grandchildren, perhaps the oldest election candidate ever in the country, was seen these days hitting the roads on her bicycle in Kuala Terengganu, capital of the Terengganu State, to meet voters and canvass for support. Maimun, a cloth trader living all her life at Gong Gemia Village in Kuala Terengganu, prepared campaign posters herself and used her own party name to challenge political heavyweights in the constituency. She attracted support at least from her friends and neighbors.
Driver gets probation in bike collision case
VIROQUA, Wis. A Viroqua motorist accused of hitting and injuring a bicyclist in Vernon County last July received a year's probation after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge.Vernon County Circuit Judge Michael Rosborough withheld sentence Monday and handed down probation to Alan Sagler, 52, for misdemeanor reckless driving causing bodily harm.
Sagler also must pay a $300 fine and perform 100 hours of community service.Sagler was driving a pickup truck pulling a trailer July 7, 2007, on Hwy. K near Chaseburg, Wis., when he struck bicyclist John Raub, 35, according to the criminal complaint.Raub was thrown from the bicycle and treated for a compression fracture to his back and a fractured ankle.Raub and three other bicyclists said they were traveling between 40 and 45 mph on the steep and winding road and Sagler was driving at 50 to 55 mph, according to the complaint.
Harper to draw the line on Afghanistan
The election, of course, won't be fought over Afghanistan. That is Harper's wish because he knows that the government has shown such incompetence in governing over the past few months that his hawkish stand on Afghanistan maybe the only thing that parts of the population may see as positive. However, it also carries downsides. The handling of the mission by the Harper government has been as loaded with lies as any other part of their agenda and the opposition parties could argue that Harper can't be trusted to be handed a majority and be given a blank cheque on this or any other part of their agenda. It also presents an interesting conundrum. If Harper goes to the electorate with Afghanistan and wins a minority (polls show a Liberal minority right now but let's give him the benefit of the doubt on this), he either has to change his policy on Afghanistan or the Governor-General has to ask the LPC to form the government even if they have less seats.
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