In brief: UW given footage of Charles Lindbergh visit

SEATTLE – A donor has given the University of Washington rare footage of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 visit to Seattle as part of his 48-state tour.

The Seattle Times reported the film captures the national hero at the height of his fame in 1927, months after his solo flight across the Atlantic ocean.

The movie opens with the single-engine plane, The Spirit of St. Louis, circling the Sand Point Naval Air Station airfield before landing. It also shows Seattle Mayor Bertha Knight Landes introducing him to a packed crowd at Husky Stadium.

It ends with a shot of Lindbergh flying off on his way to Portland.

Beverly Hitt Akers donated the footage to UW Libraries’ Special Collections in honor of her granddaughter who graduates from the UW in two weeks.

Wild mushrooms send four to hospital

LA PINE, Ore. – A sheriff’s officer said four central Oregon residents were rushed to a hospital after they used a phone app to identify wild mushrooms but ended up consuming mushrooms that were poisonous.

KTVZ-TV reported that Deschutes County sheriff’s Sgt. Doug Sullivan said deputies and medics responded Thursday afternoon to a report of poisoning on private property south of Sunriver.

He said two boys, ages 4 and 14, and a 34-year-old woman were showing symptoms of mushroom poisoning. A 15-year-old boy who also ate the mushrooms wasn’t showing symptoms but was taken to the hospital as a precaution.

Sullivan said members of several families living on the property ate the poisonous mushrooms after misidentifying them as edible with a phone app.

The Sheriff’s Office reminded the public to learn the identifying features of mushrooms and to turn to experts and field guides to be sure. Sullivan urged using several field guides and adds, “when in doubt, don’t consume wild mushrooms.”

Police on domestic call shoot, kill man

WILDERVILLE, Ore. – The Oregon State Police said a 55-year-old man died after he was shot by troopers responding to a domestic disturbance call in rural Josephine County.

The patrol said Robert Box died shortly after he was taken to Three Rivers Medical Center in Grants Pass.

Two troopers responded to a call just before 10:30 p.m. Friday near Wilderville, which is about 10 miles southwest of Grants Pass.

The patrol said the troopers made contact with Box and shortly after reported that shots were fired and Box was down. No other details were immediately available.

City weighs delaying paid sick leave law

EUGENE – The Eugene City Council will consider whether to delay by three months the start of the city’s mandatory paid sick leave law.

The Register-Guard newspaper reported that Mayor Kitty Piercy on Friday proposed moving the start date to Oct. 1, from July 1. The council is expected to take up the issue in June.

The state Legislature is considering a statewide mandatory sick leave law. If passed, it would void Eugene’s sick leave regulations, which were approved last year.

The mayor told councilors that by waiting until after the legislative session, Eugene businesses won’t have to make changes twice. She said it also would save city staff time and resources.

Eugene’s ordinance requires employers to provide workers with one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours work, up to a maximum of 40 hours a year.