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Omicron pushes COVID to record high in January By DAVID RUPKALVIS The World
COVID-19 cases in January soared to a record high, but the Omicron variant is causing far less mayhem than previous variants. Dr. Eric Gleason, assistant director of Coos Health and Wellness, said as of Wednesday, the county had recorded a record 2,632 cases in January, easily an all-time high for a month during the two-year pandemic. “That’s probably not all of them,” Gleason said. “We are averaging over 100 cases a day at this point. Hopefully we’re starting to plateau out. We’re at 1,500 to 1,600 active cases.” While the case count has
soared to unseen highs, only six new deaths have been linked to the virus in January, one of the lowest counts in more than a year. As of Thursday, there have been 9,158 COVID cases in Coos County during the two-year pandemic. There are currently 1,561 active cases, 13 people in the hospital and 130 deaths reported linked to the virus. While the Omicron variant has had lighter symptoms than previous variants, with most of those infected reporting coldlike symptoms, Gleason said it is too soon to know if there will be long-term effects. Many of the earlier COVID variants had long-term effects that impacted people for months or even years after they were infected.
“I don’t know that we know about long-term effects of this variant,” Gleason said. “It took us a long time to learn about longterm effects of the original virus.” Despite the milder risks, Gleason urged those who test positive or have symptoms to take the virus seriously. He said the fact Omicron is spread so easily continues to put many at risk. “Ideally, if you test positive, you would want to isolate yourself,” Gleason said. “You would want to contact the people you’ve been around in the 48 hours before symptom onset.” With many people now testing at home, Gleason urge those who test positive with a home test to report the result at oregon.gov/ positivecovidtest.
While there are other illnesses reported in the community, Gleason said most sicknesses right now are COVID. “More often than not, if you’re sick, it’s probably COVID,” Gleason said. “Treat it that way. Don’t go to work if you’re sick in any way.” Gleason said not going to work may be tough on your employer, but it’s better than having the whole workforce infected. “It’s hard,” he said. “It’s hit every facet of the community. It’s hit us, it’s hit the hospitals. Every business in the community is struggling with staffing issues.” While there have been reports of some states and communities ending all COVID safety efforts, Gleason said Oregon is still in
the pandemic stage of the virus and it is not time to relax. “I think when we see a strong relief of the hospital system, when this gets to the point it’s more like the flu, then we’re endemic,” he said. “We’re not there yet. Can Omicron help? Yes. I think we’re moving in the right direction, but I don’t think we’re there yet.” Gleason said he understands many people are tired of the virus and especially tired of restrictions related to it, but as long as hospitals are full and people are dying, protective measures need to be taken. “At this point, everyone knows someone close to them that has either been sick, hospitalized or died,” he said.
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Joe McKeown, left, and Marjorie Crook are leading the Judith Ann Mogan Foundation as it continues a legacy of giving to the community that began with Al Pierce many years ago.
Judith Ann Mogan Foundation already making a difference By DAVID RUPKALVIS The World
In addition to being a great businessman, Al Pierce believed in giving back to the community. It is no surprise then, that his daughter, is following in his footsteps. Pierce opened Al Pierce Co., LLC, in Coos Bay many years ago, running a business that became a leader in the timber industry. Even after Pierce died, his company remained at the forefront of the timber world. And through it all, the company was
generous to Coos County, giving back to the communities that made the business a big success. “The family has always been generous to and supportive of the community, going way back,” said Joe McKeown, president of Al Pierce Co., LLC. “As the years went on and more wealth was created, they become even more generous to the community.” In 2020, the Al Pierce Co., LLC, made a big change when it sold almost all of its timberlands and remaining timber assets to Lone Rock. As Pierce’s heir, the sale brought a windfall to Pierce’s
daughter, Judith Ann Mogan. But Mogan, working the McKeown and Marjorie Crook, did something different. She took most of the money and used it to start the Judith Ann Mogan Foundation, with a goal of continuing the work done by her dad and mom, Hilda Pierce, in giving to the community. “It was a very natural progression,” McKeown said. “Secondly, it was important to use that Al Pierce’s legacy continue.” In August 2020, the nonprofit Judith Ann Mogan Foundation was approved by the IRS, and
in December Mogan funded it. In the fall of last year, the first grants were announced. The first grant was a grant to allow North Bend to complete updates to the community pool. By the end of the year, 25 grants were approved and funded. “We really came onto the scene pretty rapidly,” McKeown said. The goal of the foundation will be to support projects in areas where the Pierce company did business. “Our focus is on this part of the state, mainly Coos County, but we also reach into a part of
Curry County,” McKeown said. “We wanted to make sure the benefit was here. That’s where the family grew up and where most of the wealth came from.” The Mogan Foundation is run by a five-person board of directors with McKeown serving as president of the board. The foundation was set up with six primary areas it hopes to support. “Last year we set up six priorities,” Cook said. “Given that the money came from the timberlands, we want to support forest research.” Please see FOUNDATION, Page A10
Mysterious creatures showing up along Oregon’s shoreline JEREMY C. RUARK The World
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The pyrosomes are most commonly found in tropical waters, but stormy ocean conditions are known to bring the mysterious creatures as far north as Alaska.
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Folks that live and visit the Oregon Coast are discovering sea pickles on the sandy beaches. The Seaside Aquarium reports the sea pickles or sea squirts, known as pyrosomes, are washing up all along the Oregon Coast. “We came across one on the beach yesterday, but we have reports of hundreds down on the beach in Florence,” the aquarium’s Facebook post reads. People adding their comments to the aquarium’s post state that they have found the sea pickles at Cannon Beach, Tierra del Mar, Manzanita and Lincoln City. One person wrote, “No doubt from the volcano area off Tonga,” referring to a recent undersea eruption that recently trigger small tsunami waves along the Oregon Coast.
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The pyrosomes are most commonly found in tropical waters, but stormy ocean conditions are known to bring the mysterious creatures as far north as Alaska. As the ocean currents change with the seasons, beachcombers have been finding an abundance of pyrosomes along the high-tide line. The aquarium states in its post that Pyrosoma atlanticum is the most observed species found along Oregon beaches. They are described as a rigid, bumpy, pinkish-gray tube about the size of a finger. Throughout the world pyrosomes can range in size from a few centimeters to over 30 feet long, but the common Pyrosoma atlanticum reaches a maximum length of two feet. “These totally tubular critters are actually known as a colonial tunicate, a mass of thousands of smaller organisms with a rigid notochord (a simplistic backbone),” the aquarium post reads.
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What: Read and Craft Club When: 4 p.m., February 1 Where: Hosted by Coos Bay and North Bend libraries, the event will be on Zoom You Should Know: Beginning February 1, participants can pick up a free copy of March’s discussion title, Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly and a themed craft at the Coos Bay or North Bend Library. The Read and Craft Book Club is held the first Tuesday of the month at 4 p.m., the libraries will jointly host an online book discussion and craft time on Zoom. Young people can participate in one or all of the discussions. Limited kits and books are available, but, additional copies of the titles are available at the library for checkout. No registration is necessary. What: Star paper circuits When: Begins February 7 Where: Hosted by Coos Bay Public Library You Should Know: kids age 8 and up can pick up a light up star kit at the Coos Bay Public Library which they can make at home using paper circuits. Paper circuits allow kids the opportunity to explore basic electricity and engineering
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What: Geology Lecture Series When: 7 p.m., February 8 Where: Hosted by Southwestern Oregon Community College, the event will be streamed live You Should Know: Wonder what happened to the ozone hole? Concerned about climate change? Dr. Sean Davis, Research Scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, will delve into these important issues. Davis earned his BS from the University of Tulsa and PhD from the University of Colorado. Davis’ research focuses on understanding interactions between changes in atmospheric composition and circulation, with a particular focus on the upper troposphere to stratosphere. Information: The lecture will be streamed live at https://livestream.com/ swocc/geology2021-22
MLK events. The annual student art exhibit in the Pony Village Mall hallway (wear a mask at all times) will feature artwork made by Coos County students inspired by MLK’s legacy of peace and non-violence. Virtual links can be found at https://www.facebook. com/humanrightsadvocatesofcooscounty showcase events, authors, youth book readings and more.
What: Raku at Oregon Coast School of Art When: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., February 2 Where: Oregon Coast School of Art, 325 High Street, Gardiner You Should Know: Drop in anytime during the day and raku a pot already made. Pots are thrown by Emily Free Wilson and ready for you to glaze. Taught by Joe Robinson of East Creek Pottery. Receive a handmade pot to paint with glaze or horsehair and you take it home finished in less than an hour. What: Manga Club When: 4-5 p.m., February 9 and March 9 Where: Coos Bay Public Library You Should Know: Geek out on your favorite
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anime or manga, watch anime, draw, and create cosplay accessories or fan art at Manga Madness. The program, limited to teens ages 12-18. The Coos Bay Public Library has a robust collection of manga and anime for all ages available for checkout at www. coosbaylibrary.org. What: Martin Luther King Jr. birthday celebration When: Runs to February 16 Where: Virtual and at Pony Village Mall You Should Know: To celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday this year, the Human Rights Advocates of Coos County is exhibiting students’ artwork, honoring a community member with the Lilah Bidwell Human Dignity Award and promoting virtual
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What: Virtual Star Party with OMSI When: 5:30-6:30 p.m., February 16 Where: Hosted by Coos Bay Public Library, event will be on Zoom You Should Know: Kids kindergarten through sixth grade are invited to tour the night sky with the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Visit the solar system with stops at the planets, their moons, and the sun and learn more about earth’s place in the universe. Learn about motions of our seasonal sky, the tools that help us explore, and the history of space exploration. Pre-registration is required at www.coosbaylibrary. org; a link to the virtual Zoom program will be sent out the week prior to the program. Registration can be found on the Library’s Event page. What: Winter Reading Challenge When: Through March 1 Where: Hosted by Coos Bay Public Library You Should Know: Start the new year off right with a Winter Reading Challenge at the Coos Bay Public Library. Beginning January 1 and continuing through March 1, the all-ages program challenges participants to read, get outside and explore what the Coos Bay Public Library offers. Prizes include a Pottery Company gift certificate, an insulated library bag filled with literary swag, several Lego sets and more.
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What: Local history class at Coos History Museum When: 6:30-7:30 p.m., Wednesdays through March 9 Where: Coos History Museum You Should Know: This year’s class will focus on 10 different days on the Southern Oregon Coast that had an extraordinary impact on our local history. These historical local events often also made state and national news. Using a narrated slide show, volunteer Steven Greif will present a timeline of the event, exploring the “before” and “after” of each momentous day. Cost for the session is $70. What: ASL Practice Place When: Noon, February 17 Where: Hosted by Coos Bay Public Library, event will be on Zoom You Should Know: Coos Bay Public Library has partnered with instructor Kandy Bergquist. Bergquist teaches American Sign Language and signed English at Southwestern Oregon Community College. She has worked with the deaf and hard of hearing as an interpreter, classroom aid and speech pathologist Information: Register at https://bit.ly/3m6j2WG What: COVID vaccine clinic When: 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. daily Where: Pony Village Mall You Should Know: The Oregon Health Authority is sponsoring the ongoing clinic which will have all three approved vaccines available. Anyone age 5 and over is eligible to be vaccinated. Those who have been vaccinated and it has been six months since their second dose are eligible for a booster shot. What: Teen writers group When: 4-5 p.m., every Thursday Where: Coos Bay Public Library and online You Should Know: Each week will include a writing prompt or game, time to write independently, and an opportunity to share work with the group. The group will continue to meet until March 31. No experience necessary. The group will meet simultaneously both in-person at the Coos Bay Library and online. Writers wishing to join online should contact jknight@coosbaylibrary. org prior to the meeting to get a code to join virtually. What: UnBook Club When: 1 p.m. every fourth Thursday Where: North Bend Public Library You Should Know: The UnBook Club is a book club without assigned reading. Come tell us what you’ve been reading.
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Legal Notices ADVERTISEMENT FOR PROPOSALS Proposals for City of Coos Bay - On-Call Electrical Services will be received by Greg Hamblet, Operations Administrator at Coos Bay City Hall, 500 Central Ave.,Coos Bay, OR 97420 until 2:00 PM local time on February 15, 2022, at which time the proposals received will be publicly opened. No proposals will be accepted after this time. The Project is for on-call electrical services for all City owned buildings and facilities, including but not limited to City Hall, Visitor Information Center, public works shops, parks buildings and grounds, streetlights, infrastructure sites, library, fire halls, Egyptian Theatre, waste water treatment plants, and museums. The Contractor will provide electrical repairs, upgrades, installations and replacements for components of City facilities and infrastructure on an as- needed basis during the contract period. The Issuing Office for the Proposal Documents is: The City of Coos Bay, Greg Hamblet, Operations Administrator. Proposal documents may be viewed at www.QuestCDN.com, and at the City of Coos Bay City Hall. To be qualified to submit a proposal the Contractor must obtain the proposal documents at www.questCDN. com, QuestCDN Project No. 8115673. All preproposal questions and responses will be posted on QuestCDN. A preproposal conference will not be held. This contract is for public work and is subject to ORS 279C.800 to 279C.870 regarding prevailing wage rates. Owner reserves the right to award one or more contracts as a result of this request for proposals. Owner reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, and to waive any technicalities or informalities in connection with the proposals. No Proposer may withdraw their bid until thirty (30) days after the proposal opening. By order of: City of Coos Bay - Greg Hamblet, Operations Administrator Published: February 1, 2022 The World & ONPA (ID:335023)
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, the Lakeside Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at Lakeside City Hall, 915 North Lake Road, Lakeside, Oregon beginning at 6:00 p.m., March 3rd, 2022. The public hearing will be held to review proposal CU2021-07 Estabrook on property located between Tenmile Creek and Hilltop Drive in Lakeside, OR Map 23S12W18CA-3201. The proposal is to be allowed to place a rental recreational vehicle space with utility hookups, in the Marine Commercial zone. Written comments will be received until the date of the public hearing at City Hall 915 North Lake Road, P.O. Box L, Lakeside, OR 97449. The criteria for interpretation will be Ordinance 168, Sections 1.120, 5.220(20), 12.100, 12.140 and 12.125(7); all subject to Sec.1.030 Interpretation. At the above said public hearing, the general public and any interested person or party shall be afforded an opportunity to offer evidence and testimony in favor of or opposed to the granting of the above request. Failure of an issue to be raised in a hearing, in person or by letter, or failure to provide statements or evidence sufficient to afford the decision maker an opportunity to respond to the issue precludes appeal based on that issue. A copy of the application, all documents or evidence submitted by or on behalf of the applicant and applicable criteria are available for inspection at no cost and will be provided at reasonable cost. A copy of the staff report will be available for inspection at no cost at least 7 days prior to the hearing and will be provided at reasonable cost. Submitted testimony on the application must be directed toward the criteria above, or other criteria in Lakeside’s Comprehensive Plan or land use regulation that the party believes should be applied to the decision. Testimony and evidence may be submitted in person or in writing, and each person will be allowed to testify only once. Commissioners may ask questions of those providing testimony. Prior to the conclusion of the initial hearing, any participant may request an opportunity to present additional evidence, arguments or testimony regarding the application. Contact Rob Ward at 541- 759-3011 for additional information. Published: February 1, 2022 The World & ONPA (ID:335084)
NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE On FEBRUARY 14TH, 2022, at the hour of 10:00am at the front door of the Coos County Sheriff’s Office, 250 N. Baxter St; Coquille, the defendant’s interest will be sold, subject to redemption, in the real property commonly known as: 1095 SANFORD AVENUE, COOS BAY, OR 97420. The court case number is 19CV38975, where WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., is plaintiff, and THE ESTATE OF ROBERT E. JOHNSON; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, ASSIGNS AND DEVISEES OF ROBERT E. JOHNSON; WILLIAM THOMAS JOHNSON aka TOM JOHNSON; JAMES LEROY JOHNSON aka JIM JOHNSON; JOHN STEVEN JOHNSON; KATHERINE ANNE JOHNSON aka KATHY JOHNSON; and ALL OTHER PERSONS OR PARTIES UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, LIEN, OR INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1095 SANFORD AVENUE, COOS BAY, OR 97420, is defendant. The sale is a public auction to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check, in hand, made out to Coos County Sheriff’s Office. For more information on this sale go to: http://oregonsheriffssales.org/ Published: January 11, January 18, January 25 and February 1, 2022 The World & ONPA (ID:333998)
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This week in Coos County history: February 1- 4 100 YEARS — 1922 Says drug curse in Coos county Declared narcotic traffic is carried on here Statement made by confidential officer McLees at meeting of association That the drug habit has reached Coos county and that narcotics are sold here was a statement made in testimony before the Oregon Narcotic Control Association in Portland. Regarding the matter the following appears in a Portland paper: Testimony by C.O. McLees, special confidential agent of the state pharmacy board, showed that the traffic was not localized in Portland but extended over the state. McLees said he found that sheriffs and their deputies in several counties did not know what narcotics were and did not realize that the habit was being spread in their districts. He particularly spoke of Coos County, saying the sheriff was ignorant of the nature of the drugs. Revival of the state constabulary laws and obtaining the services of several constables in conducting the traffic in narcotics was suggested at the meeting. Views of dry laws The Portland Telegram in quoting various district attorneys of Oregon regarding the enforcement of the prohibition law, has the following from Coos and Curry: “We must remember we are enforcing the will of a small majority upon a very large minority — and that cannot be done all at once. It means a long time of education of training of public opinion.” — Ben S. Fisher, district attorney of Coos county. “It is hard to get a jury from the generally-selected list, in which there is not at least one man who is opposed to convicting a man on the charge of violation of the prohibition law.” — J.O. Stearns Jr., district attorney of Curry county.
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Tuesday, 01/25/2022: North Bend • AT 9:39 am, police responded to the 2000 block of Lincoln after report of animal complaint. • At 12:39 pm, police responded to the 100 block of Lombard Street and charged a wanted subject for violation restraining order and transported to Coos County jail. • At 5:58 pm, police responded to 2600 block of Sherman Avenue after report of injured animal. • At 6:48 pm, police responded to the location of Pony Creek Road and Crowell Lane after report of a traffic hazard. Officer removed lumber from roadway.
Coos Bay • At 9:05 am, police respond-
Passed three on Gow Why, amounting to $55 — son is in trouble Word has been received here that Alonzo Bartlett, wanted for passing three worthless checks on Gow Why, has been arrested in Sacramento, Calif., and is being held there for return to Coos county. Bartlett passed the checks some time ago. One was for $45 and the other two for $5 each. He was supposed to be working at the Davis Slough camp. Bartlett’s son, Lawrence, is now in the Coos county jail, having been arrested for aiding in the robbery of the A.H. Derbyshire and John Ferguson homes.
50 YEARS — 1972 ‘Pre’ wins third straight indoor 2-mile PORTLAND (UPI) — Steve Prefontaine won the two-mile run for the third straight year at the Oregon Indoor Invitational Saturday night, but the way he did it brought a capacity crowd of 10,062 to its feet for a standing ovation for the diminutive distance star from Coos Bay. Prefontaine, a junior at Oregon, finished the race in meet record time of 8:26.6 and lapped world mile record holder Jim Ryun in the process. The time was just four-tenths of a second off the American indoor record held by Frank Shorter, a no-show at the Portland meet. Led wire to wire Prefontaine led from wire to wire and blazed to a 57-second final quarter as he sprinted past Ryun in the final straight. He also was named the meet’s outstanding performer for the second straight year. Ryun finished a badly beaten fourth, also trailing veteran Gerry Lindgren of the Cougar Track Club and Rex Maddaford of Eastern New Mexico, but he was full of praise for Prefontaine and said he was not displeased with the race he ran. “I just wanted to find out where I was in my training,” said Ryun. “I thought I had a chance or I wouldn’t have entered the meet, but I’m not dis-
pleased with what I accomplished.” “Pre ran a brilliant race,” Ryun said.
Prefontaine wins Hayward Award again PORTLAND (UPI) — For the second year in a row Steve Prefontaine of the University of Oregon is the state’s top amateur athlete. The sensational distance runner became the first repeat winner of the Bill Hayward Trophy Monday night at a banquet attended by more than 1,000 persons. Prefontaine, who is in his junior year at Oregon, last year won the AAU, NCAA and Pac-8 three mile events, the 5,000 meters on the U.S.-Russia meet and the 5,000 in the Pan-American Games. He also won the Northern Division two-mile title. It was a big night all around for the University of Oregon. Prefontaine’s coach, Bill Bowerman, won the Slats Gill Man-of-the-Year award. His cross country team won the NCAA title last fall and his Webfoot track and field team finished third in the NCAA.
Voters say it again: Want new hospital! Voters in the Bay Area Hospital District overwhelmingly turned thumbs down on an effort to dissolve the district and halt construction of the new district hospital. A total of 11,292 voters trooped to the polls, voting against dissolution of the district by 7,066 to 4,226. Their ballots said again what they indicated in the bond election during the May primaries of 1970, that they wanted a new single hospital for the Bay Area. The turnout nearly equaled the primary total vote of 11,741 and amounted to about 65 per cent of the registered voters in the district. It was an unusually high turnout for a special election, agreed the Coos County clerk, Fay Crabtree. Supporters of the district expressed great pleasure at the results.
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ed to the 1200 block of Newmark Avenue after report of non-injury hit and run accident. • At 10:19 am, police responded to the 1000 block of Anderson Avenue after report of theft of bicycle. Bicycle was recovered. • At 10:40 am, police conducted a traffic stop in the location of Newmark Avenue and N Morrison that led to a warrant service. A 35 year old male was cited. • At 6:51 pm, in the location of N Bayshore Drive and Builders First police cited a 44 year old female for DUII, reckless driving and breath test refusal.
Coquille • At 4:33 pm, police responded to the 94000 block of Ginger Lane after caller reported neighbor making threats.
Reedsport • At 3:30 am, police responded to the 2500 block of Gardens Avenue after report of a structure fire. • At 10:08 am, police responded to the 800 block of Ranch Road after report of theft.
Wednesday, 1/26/2022: North Bend
• At 11:50 am, police responded to the 2500 block of Liberty Street after report of bike theft. • At 1:13 pm, police responded to the 1500 block of Sherman Ave after report of possible ID theft. • At 8:03 pm, police responded to the 2100 block of Broadway Street after report of prowler.
Coos Bay • At 8:36 am, police conducted a warrant service at the 63000 block of N Barry Road. A 37 year old female was arrested and transported to Coos County jail. • At 11:33 am, police responded to the 1400 block of Newmark Ave and recovered stolen firearm as result of citizen assist. • At 1:53 pm, police responded to the 3100 block of Ocean Boulevard after caller reported theft of chainsaw. • At 2:11 pm, police conducted a warrant service at the location of the Coos Bay Boardwalk. A 61 year old male was cited.
Reedsport • At 12:01 am, police responded to Lower Umpqua Hospital after report of fraud. • At 3:50 pm, police responded to Ace Hardware after report of theft.
Thursday, 1/27/2022: North Bend • At 12:45 am, police responded to the 1300 block of Sherman Avenue after report of an accident. • At 1:34 am, police responded to the 2400 block of Lewis Street after caller reported stolen vehicle. • At 12:31 pm, police responded to the 2100 block of Stanton Avenue after report of theft from a vehicle. • At 4:21 pm, police responded to the location of 16th Street and Madrona and recovered stolen vehicle.
Coos Bay • At 11:55 am, police responded to the 200 block of Holland Street after several reports of a disorderly subject. A 28 year old
male was arrested and transported to Coos County jail. • At 11:58 am, police responded to the 800 block of S Empire Boulevard after report of unlawful entry into motor vehicle. • At 12:44 pm, police responded to the 100 block of N 3rd Street after report of subject attempting to get into apartment. • At 1:06 pm, police responded to the 2600 block of Ocean Boulevard after report of theft. • At 5:22 pm, police responded to the 1000 block of S 1st Street after report of shoplifting. A 24 year old female was cited and released. • At 6:51 pm, police responded to the 1900 block of Lawnridge Loop after report of burglary.
Coquille • At 8:25 am, police conducted a traffic stop at the location of Highway 42. Driver received a citation.
Reedsport • At 9:36 am, police responded to Ace Hardware after report of theft.
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The Ridge is no place for the proposed future library. The city of Coos Bay wants taxpayers to spend $20 million to build a new library in John Topits Park. This site is only blocks from our community college SWOCC. S outhwestern Oregon Community College has a it’s own public library that taxpayers already support. It uses the same Coastline system as all other libraries in Coos and Curry counties, has computers for public use and free WiFi. Moving the CB library to this location would remove another draw to the downtown area and be a hardship for some who frequent it. The city knew there were some issues with the current library back in 2014 but spent $810,635 tax dollars for a new roof last year. Now they cry the building is sinking, and in the tsunami zone. All of downtown is in the tsunami zone. The new Coos Bay Village is in the tsunami zone. Don’t follow the City’s lead on this misguided mission. Scott Frasieur Coos Bay
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Opinion: How can we spread the innovation culture to old business? By Llewellyn King InsideSources.com
Microsoft is buying, subject to regulatory approval, Activision Blizzard for $69 billion. The Internet of Things is white-hot and likely to remain so. If you want to whistle at that humongous sum for a company that makes games, you may have to add many octaves to the known musical scale. Yes, high-tech is chasing trivia. The ansport- imperative at work here is if you don’t get your latest game into the market, someone respond-else will. The threshold of entry is low and Empire the rewards are astronomical. f unlaw- If you are talking innovation and crecle. ativity, you are talking the internet. That remeans whole areas of society aren’t prok of N gressing as fast as they might and should. subject There is asymmetry. artment. The internet firmament is driven not by respond- market demand, but by a business dynamic Ocean that exists in the world of internet entref theft. preneurism: Innovate and create because respond- the internet can create great wealth — and S 1st take it away, too. plifting. Most non-internet companies — and I s cited talk to a fair number of CEOs — say they are innovative and that they are innovaretion-driven but, in fact, they aren’t. Most ck of companies don’t need to innovate the way port of the internet giants do. The metaverse is demonstrably an unstable place. Most companies are looking for stabilconduct- ity, for a plateau where they can manage cation of what has been created while adding to eived a it cautiously, often by acquisition. They confuse innovation with evolutionary improvement. The last thing they want is the kind of destructive innovation that espond- characterizes Silicon Valley. r report The febrile need to innovate in the internet world is unique to that world. This because internet companies are all on a treacherous slope; failure can come as fast as success. Remember MySpace, Nokia, Palm, and Wang? The internet is global, and it is intrinsically favorable to monopoly. In the internet world, first past the post takes the prize money — all of it. When you have market caps that value a company at $1 trillion, and all of that is dependent on the next innovation not overtaking you, you are going to throw money and talent at innovation because the alternative is known. Whenever possible, you are going to buy up your competition, hence the Microsoft purchase. With all of the money, all of the glamor, all of the talent, there also is fear that some kid in a garage somewhere will invent the next big thing. I submit that for the non-internet world the business dynamic is very different. Most CEOs of public companies, snug in their C-suites and buttressed by huge salaries, are seeking a quiet place; a plateau where profits grow but there is some busi-
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The New Electoral College: A move to a county-based system By Patrick R. Colabella InsideSources.com
The electoral votes given to each state are locked for it, which means that, as an example, New York would have its normal 29 votes at stake available for candidates. That would not change. In a county-based system, there would be an allocation of those state’s electoral votes apportioned by the population of each county, then to the relative weight given by each county’s apportioned electoral votes to the actual votes cast. A county’s electoral votes are essentially derived from a “vote weight,” which is first determined by proportioned ballots cast in that county against the total votes cast in the state. That county would be awarded proportionate to each candidate in that county. The sum total of the proportioned electoral votes would then be the total of the state’s votes that are logged by each candidate. In this way, the state’s electoral votes are split by county. That is much more representative of the popular vote but preserves the electoral system. The methodology enables the counties to have a representative share and a say in the election. The alternative, as it now stands, is a winner-take-all scenario in which the popular vote determines the whole of the electoral votes for a given state with no
quantified representation from counties that oppose the statewide vote. The disparity of votes between counties is then lessened. One way to convert the Electoral College from a winner-take-all state system to a full county system would be to overlay the proportionality of the popular vote by county, to award the county its share of the electoral votes assigned to the winner of the county tally. Under this county-based system, Biden’s Electoral College victory of 306 to 232 (based on his popular vote margin of 51.3 percent to Trump’s 46.9) would be a narrower 274 to 255 result, with nine votes going to other candidates — a more representative reflection of the voters’ choice. Whatever lawmakers decide to do, the current system is ripe for reform. There is no better way to vest power in the people as the Founders envisioned than by empowering the counties. ABOUT THE WRITER Patrick R. Colabella, Ed.D., C.P.A., is an associate professor of accountancy at the Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University, and the author of “How to Get Rid of Socialism (And Solve the Fiscal Problems of the United States of America).” He wrote this for InsideSources.com.
With last year’s presidential election prompting legislative efforts to change state voting laws and the federal Electoral Count Act of 1887, the Electoral ness serenity. For example, Boeing doesn’t College is, once again, an want new airframes, it wants upgraded issue of contention. models. This “blot on democraThey won’t admit to it, but many busi- cy,” as it has been called, nesses long to be rent takers (known colwas created by the Foundlectively as rentiers). They want a steady ers to keep smaller states income with small risk. from being disenfranchised Unfortunately, the business culture, by larger states in deciding including that spawned in business the presidential election. schools, aims to channel ambition If a strict popular vote is into the rent-taking model. We have the true determining factor a business culture where ambition is that disenfranchises many channeled toward climbing to the top states, the counterargument of the established order, not creating a is the electoral system is new order. patently unfair because There are many excellent minds electoral votes effectively managing established companies, often vacate the popular vote. established many decades earlier, but What is needed is a there are few who yearn to create somemethodology to blend the thing wholly new. substance of each arguThe great names of management are ment. This study is an efmany, but the great names of true innova- fort to attain an acceptable tion are few. Almost always, they have to parity. I call it the “Counbreak away from the established to create ty-Based System.” the new, to alter the world. This system aims to My friend Morgan O’Brien, the coadjust the system to make creator of Nextel, and now the executive it more effectuated by the chairman of the pioneering wireless com- popular vote but still to pany Anterix is that kind of innovator who maintain the enfranchisesaw new horizons and went for them. ment of the lesser states as Today’s standout inventor is Elon Musk. it was designed. I believe He began as an internet whiz with PayPal the weighting and deterand has blazed the innovation trail like mination of the number none other since Thomas Edison, more of electoral votes is not so than a century earlier. He has changed the much the issue. The point world underground with new concepts of of this study is to apply the subways, changed surface transportation theoretical justification to by going electric, and changed space with keep the system, but rehis rockets. structure it to make it more Thirty years ago, I wrote the weakness voter inclusive. of U.S. companies is that they are happy to make silent movies when the talkies have been invented. Today, the established auto manufacturers are hell-bent to make electric pickup trucks now that new entrepreneurs are in the truck market with electric trucks. They never wanted to abandon the This newspaper’s letters to the editor are limited to a maximum internal combustion engine, just improve it a little at a time. of 350 words and will be edited for grammar, spelling and blatant If the dynamic of the internet and its inaccuracies. Unsubstantiated or irresponsible allegations or constant innovation is missing in most American businesses, it needs to be personal attacks on any individual will not be published. Letters grafted onto the business body policontaining details presented as facts rather than opinions must tic. Must the internet be behind every innovation of consequence? Ride-sharinclude their sources. Writers are limited to 1 published letter ing and additive manufacturing (3D per month. All submissions must include the author’s full printing) are all computer-driven — name, local street address and telephone number (only the software at work. The challenge for the business culture name and city of residence will be published). By submitting is to harness ambition – it is never in short a letter, writers also grant permission for them to be posted supply — and point it not toward the greasy pole of promotion, but toward the online. Opinions expressed on this page are the writer’s alone firmament of innovation. and do not represent the opinion of the newspaper or its parent ABOUT THE WRITER company, Country Media, Inc. Llewellyn King is executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on To make a submission to the editor, fill out a submission PBS. His email is llewellynking1@gmail. form at www.theworldlink.com, email : worldeditor@ com and you can follow him on Twitter @ LlewellynKing2. He wrote this for Insidecountrymedia.net or call 541-269-1222 ext. 235. Sources.com.
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OBITUARIES David Leroy Carson
Darlene (Storm) Andrews
March 7, 1949 – November 29, 2021
May 17, 1963 - December 24, 2021
David Leroy Carson passed away November 29, 2021 from heart disease. He was born in Dixon, Illinois on March 7, 1949, to Stella Carson. He was a talented basketball player but due to difficulties at home,
Dave moved out west to Oregon in the early 70’s. He married Doreen VonReyn and was the father to Jamie, Justin and Kyle. David was a talented carpenter and ran his own construction business for many years. Many would consider Dave “ornery” but those that new him best loved him for his no-nonsense attitude and willing to set things right. After many years in Fairview and Coquille, Dave made his way to Redmond, Oregon working through the ranks at Tum A Lum Lumber, with his last position as a company officer and purchaser working for Marvin May, a dear friend to the very end. He loved the Cubs, fishing,
BBQ, dominos and being with his grandkids. David is survived by his three sons; their wives; and 5 grandchildren. Unfortunately Dave was unable to meet his newest granddaughter, Savanah Carson, born 11 days before his passing. Per David’s request, there will be no formal funeral, instead he will be cremated and his ashes spread in his favorite place, the Blue Ridge Mountains between Fairview and Coos Bay, Oregon. Please pass on any well wishes or comments to Jamie Carson carson0802@gmail.com. In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to your local Humane Society.
Careen Molthu Pierce June 9, 1930 – January 23, 2022
Careen Molthu Pierce, 91, of Bandon, died January 23, 2022 in Bandon. She was born June 9, 1930 in Riverton, Oregon, the daughter of Adolph Leonard and Mabel Williamson (Hull) Molthu. After attending Coquille High School,
she graduated from SOC with a degree in Elementary Education in 1952. Shortly after graduation, she married Don Pierce. They had two children, Tauna and David. She taught elementary school for 31 years, until she and Don decided to retire and enjoy traveling the country in their RV. She wholeheartedly loved Bandon and celebrated all of the wonderful aspects of her small community: attending local events, going for walks at Devil’s Kitchen, teaching her children and grandchildren about marine life, and taking her grandchildren into town for cheese curds and Cranberry Sweets. Her favorite hobbies
included playing cards, reading, and camping. But most of all, she loved spending time with her family and cherished friends. She is preceded in death by her husband and is survived by her brother, Don Molthu; her children and their spouses, Tauna & Ken Tiscornia and David & Cynthia Pierce; her grandchildren and their spouses, Kayla & Adip Shetty, Matthew, Sarah, Christopher & Candace Pierce, and Emily; and her great-grandchildren, Aubri and Aidan. Friends may offer condolences online at westrumfuneralservice. com. Arrangements are under the direction of Amling Schroeder Funeral Services.
A celebration of life will be held for Darlene Storm Andrews, 58, of Coquille on Sunday, February 20, 2022 from 1-3 pm in the small auditorium of the Coquille Community Building. Darlene was born on May 17, 1963 in Coos Bay, Oregon to Jack and Louise Storm. She passed away peacefully at her home in Coquille on December 24, 2021. Darlene attended high school in Coquille and graduated in 1981. During her high school years she enjoyed cheerleading. After high school, she married David Andrews. They had their daughter, Kelli Andrews, in 1984. In the early 90’s she obtained an Office Occupational Certificate at
SWOCC. She then spent 20 years working in the banking industry. Darlene was a very active member of her community. She served on multiple boards including the library, public safety and forest land management boards. She was a 15 year member of the Coquille Rotary Club serving as President and Secretary. A resent endeavor involved helping a local author research for the book Voices of Coquille. Darlene was well loved by all who knew her. She will be remembered as a loving and giving person that always has a smile on her face. Darlene is survived by her parents, Jack and Louise Storm; daughter,
Kelli Andrews; brothers, Craig Storm (Katherine) and Marc Storm (Lori); niece, Brianna; nephews, Jordan and Jacob; grandchildren, Aiden, Bryton and Kylie; and partner, Greg. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorial contributions be made to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital www. stjude.org Online remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at www. westrumfuneralservice.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Amling/ Schroeder Funeral Service – Coquille Chapel 541396-3846.
Wyden, Merkley call for IRS to provide penalty relief for taxpayers U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week joined colleagues to call on the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide penalty relief for taxpayers in Oregon and nationwide amid extensive, ongoing processing backlogs at the IRS. “While the COVID-19 pandemic has strained every federal agency, the impact on the IRS has been particularly severe,” Wyden, Merkley and the lawmakers wrote Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig. “As of December 23, 2021, the IRS continued to have a backlog of 6 million Forms 1040 (Individual Income Tax Returns) and 2.3 million amended individual tax returns. In addition, the IRS has 2 million Forms 941 (Employer Quarterly Tax Returns) that must be processed before the nearly 500,000 amended Forms 941 can be processed.” The lawmakers noted the delayed processing of a™mended returns has been
particularly devastating to small businesses whose applications for emergency loans from the Small Business Administration have been caught in limbo nearly two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began. “Recognizing the extraordinary challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to the IRS operating with antiquated technology and a constrained budget, we find the current situation alarming. We stand ready to support the IRS and look forward to hearing how we can help you address any obstacles facing the agency. However, we respectfully request the IRS consider the following measures to bring immediate relief to taxpayers, and reduce the backlog, during this tax filing season,” the lawmakers added. “...While we recognize no single action will alleviate issues that have resulted from difficulties at the IRS spanning administrations of both political parties, these steps would provide our constituents with greater certainty as we enter this year’s filing season.”
State reopens Emergency Rental Assistance Program for limited time Oregon Housing and Community Services recently began again accepting new applications for the Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program. This will be a limited reopening of at least three weeks, based on availability of funds. The agency estimates there are enough funds to support 6,700-9,300 additional renters, who will be prioritized based on those who have the most need, not on a first-come, first-served basis. OHCS was forced to pause the intake of
applications on December 1 because the agency did not have sufficient federal funds to serve additional renters. “We are grateful that the Oregon Legislature and Gov. Brown came together to provide more resources for rental assistance and eviction prevention programs, which will keep thousands more Oregonians stably housed during this critical time,” said OHCS Executive Director Margaret Salazar. “During the pause in accepting new applications, several OER-
AP system improvements were also implemented that we hope will make the application process and payments more accessible to renters, community partners and landlords. We appreciate the time and energy partners spent in providing valuable feedback that helped bring along these improvements.” To serve the most households, applications are being offered for firsttime assistance only, and the program will not be offering utility assistance. Tenants seeking utility
DEAR ABBY By Abigail Van Buren MAN’S CRUDE BEHAVIOR IS A TURN-OFF AT HOME DEAR ABBY: My 55-year-old husband and I have been married more than 25 years. Our marriage has been challenging, but we now have three adult sons to help succeed in the world, one of whom has a chronic severe health condition. My biggest problem is my husband won’t stop pointing out how much he notices I’m aging. He says I’m going downhill. I don’t ask for his opinion or open the discussion. If I’m not “in the mood” after he has been staring at his phone for hours, probably looking at nude women as I’ve seen him do many times, he calls me a shriveled-up prune. He also constantly comments about younger women on TV, in the movies or even on the local news, and says things like, “Where’s that juicy young blonde who was on the news before?” Or he tells me how much I resemble an old woman on TV who looks like she’s 20 years older than I am. He also never fails to point out young women who still have their “baby fat,” which I don’t. He says he loves me and hugs and kisses me every day, but then he acts so creepy I don’t want him touching me. He is really starting to disgust and confuse me. He knows how I feel about this. Now he’s telling me I’M crazy because of how I feel about his behavior. I don’t know why he’s acting like this. It seems like he’s looking for an excuse to stray. I have been told before that he has incurable narcissism. -FADING IN WASHINGTON DEAR FADING: Couples are supposed to love each other for who they are, not their appearance. Your husband is emotionally abusive. His hostility is blatant. That he would expect you to have sex with
him after hours on his cellphone -- and no foreplay -- is incredibly naive. Could he be deliberately trying to sabotage your marriage? A marriage and family therapist might be able to get to the bottom of this, but if counseling doesn’t help, you may have to let your adult sons fend for themselves and start taking care of yourself. DEAR ABBY: I have this friend I have known since I was 9. She’s a very good friend, but she doesn’t get along with my boyfriend. They fight, and when they do, I’m stuck in the middle. I have spoken to both of them many times and asked them to coexist for my sake. They both try hard, but we all feel like we are walking on eggshells -- especially me. How do I handle being with them for holiday celebrations and special occasions at my apartment? -UNEASY IN MASSACHUSETTS DEAR UNEASY: I wish you had mentioned which one is causing these “fights.” Mature individuals opt to “agree to disagree” and change the subject, rather than allow an argument to degenerate into open conflict. Explain this to both of them, and the next time you are caught in the middle, ask the person who picked the fight to do that -- or leave. And, if things don’t get better, celebrate with them separately as often as possible. --------------------------------------------------Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
assistance may access additional Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) resources at the local level from community action agencies. Renters who submit new applications can access protections from eviction for nonpayment of rent while their application is being reviewed and processed. OHCS will begin processing these new applications and paying out funds in about three to five weeks. Applications for tenants who applied before the OERAP application pause on Dec. 1, 2021, will be processed before applications received on
or after Jan. 26, 2022, as directed by the Oregon Legislature. Important information for tenants Tenants can apply for OERAP at oregonrentalassistance.org or contact a local community action agency. Applying for OERAP is now easier because the application has been streamlined and simplified based on feedback. Tenants can use this simple checklist to gather their documents in advance. All applications are fully functional and can be submitted, but applicants
may see phrases that are not fully translated. Paper applications in languages other than English are fully translated and can be found here. Applications received on or after Jan. 26, will be paid after prioritization criteria has been applied based on remaining funding available and are not guaranteed. This will be a limited reopening of at least three weeks Tenants who submit new applications can access protections from eviction for nonpayment of rent while their application is being reviewed.
DEATH NOTICES Jack Edward Buchanan, 69, of Broadbent, passed away January 17, 2022 in Coos Bay. Arrangements are under the care of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131 coosbayareafunerals.com. Ralph B. Stacey, 88, of North Bend died January 17, 2022 in Coos Bay. Cremation rites have been held at Ocean View Memory Gardens Crematory, Coos Bay under the direction of Coos Bay Chapel. 541-267-3131. www.
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Junction City girls hand Pirates first league loss By JOHN GUNTHER For The World
COOS BAY — Preseason scheduling challenges led to a regular-season game challenge for Marshfield’s girls basketball team Friday night, when the Pirates suffered their first loss of the Sky-Em League season. Marshfield fell to visiting Junction City 41-27 in a battle of the only two unbeaten teams in the league schedule. “We haven’t seen that kind of pressure,” Marshfield coach Doug Miles said. “We’re so young. We played like it tonight.” Marshfield had been scheduled to face Philomath twice and also Cascade during the preseason, but all those games were cancelled due to COVID-19 issues. “Our youth and inexperience really showed tonight,” Miles said.
The Pirates struggled on offense, especially in the middle two quarters after trailing just 10-8 through one quarter against the Tigers. “We rushed everything offensively, and that carried over to the defensive end, where we didn’t rotate,” Miles said. Junction City capitalized, with a number of crisp passes to girls near the basket for early layins. That was part of the problem, the other being that the Tigers also were hitting from outside. Junction City finished the night with five 3-pointers. Brenna Wilson made two of those and finished with a game-high 19 points, while fellow senior Cienna Hartle also had two treys and eight points. Kate Miles had 11 points and Charlie Dea seven for the Pirates. Marshfield had a nine-game winning streak snapped, but gained valuable lessons in the
setback, Doug Miles said. “We were real positive with them in the locker room (after the game),” he said. “You have to experience certain things and you have to take disappointment certain times. “It’s OK. This isn’t life and death. This team is going to keep getting better and better.” That’s important because the Pirates have a big week coming up, including make-up games against both Marist Catholic (in Eugene on Tuesday) and Siuslaw (at home Wednesday) to complete the first half of the league schedule before opening the second half at home against Cottage Grove on Friday. The Pirates also followed Friday’s game with a nonleague contest against Class 6A Grants Pass on Saturday, falling 51-25. Dea hit four 3-pointers and scored 12 points for Marshfield in the loss.
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Marshfield’s Ava Ainsworth puts up a shot over the defense of Junction City’s Ashlynn Long.
Top-ranked Junction City edges No. 2 Marshfield By JOHN GUNTHER For The World
COOS BAY — Marshfield boys basketball coach Casey McCord described Friday night’s 43-42 loss to Junction City as a “bump in the road.” The Pirates hit that bump twice last year, losing both games against the Tigers, and went on to eventually win the Class 4A Elite 8 Showcase event, the unofficial state title, to finish the year. “We would love to end the year this year where we ended it last year,” McCord said, adding the Pirates would get right back to work after their first league loss of the season. “The bottom line, it was a great battle. It was a good game for us to be in.” Neither team led by more than six points the entire way in the physical contest, which was contested mostly in the paint. The two squads scored 18 points each in the first quarter and Junction City took a 28-24 lead at the break when Kaleb Burnett beat the buzzer with a tip-in. But Marshfield started the Photo by John Gunther/For The World
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Marshfield’s Dom Montiel fires up a shot over the defense of Junction City’s Kaleb Burnett in a matchup of the top two 4A boys teams in the state.
Tigers win defensive battle with Red Devils By JOHN GUNTHER For The World
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The Bandon girls basketball team celebrates as the final buzzer sounds in Bandon’s victory over Coquille. Below, Bandon’s Makenna Vierck and Angie Morones block out Coquille’s Hailey Combie.
Bandon girls avenge loss to Coquille By JOHN GUNTHER For The World
BANDON — Two weeks of good practices made a ton of difference for the Bandon girls basketball team. The Tigers avenged their first Sunset Conference loss in three seasons Thursday night, beating visiting Coquille 46-39 to pull even with the Red Devils in the loss column early in the second half of the league season. “Our practices have been great since then,” Bandon coach Jordan Sammons said, looking back to the earlier one-point loss to the Red Devils. “They’ve showed up every day ready to work.” The Tigers pounced on the Red Devils early Thursday, jumping to a quick 8-2 lead, all the points by Katelyn Senn, and going in front 22-9 at halftime as the Red Devils struggled
offensively. Bandon stretched the lead to 23 points, continuing the surge in the third quarter behind two three-point plays by Makiah
BANDON — It didn’t take Bandon’s boys basketball team long to rebound from its first loss of the Sunset Conference season. The Tigers took down rival Coquille 48-40 in a tight game Thursday night to open the second half of the league season on a positive note, pulling away from a two-point lead in the final minutes. “We came in with the idea it was going to be a dogfight,” Bandon’s Andrew Robertson said “It was a dogfight.” Coquille, playing much better than when the Tigers blew the Red Devils out on their home floor in the league opener, took a three-point lead to the halftime locker room, aided by four firsthalf 3-pointers. But the Red Devils only hit one more from long range as Bandon’s defense was better in the final two quarters. The 3-pointers also were an issue in the Tigers’ loss to Gold Beach, which hit 10 from long
range while beating Bandon two days earlier. “We played a little too tight (Tuesday),” Robertson said. “Whenever we lose the lead, we get lackadaisical and don’t get out to the 3-ball. In the second half (tonight), we did better.” The Tigers outscored the Red Devils 29-18 over the final two quarters, though they didn’t pull away until late, when they beat Coquille’s press for a couple of easy layins. The game was largely a defensive battle, and both coaches went away happy with their effort. “I thought our effort and energy was outstanding,” Coquille coach Willy Layton said. “That’s just a good team, well-coached. Vince (Quattrocchi) does an awesome job.” Quattrocchi said his team did a better job the second half. “There were a couple of rebounds that could have gone Coquille’s way that we came up Please see BANDON, Page A12
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Coquille’s Gardner Scolari spots up for a three-point shot against Bandon.
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Decreasing development on forest and agricultural land partly driven by gas prices, study finds By Sean Nealon Guest Article
A new study found a steep decline in the development of forest and agricultural land from 2000 to 2015 compared to the previous two decades, which resulted in a broad shift towards denser development patterns throughout the U.S. A primary culprit was rising gas prices. Researchers from Oregon State University, Montana State University and the U.S. Forest Service found that falling gas prices and, to a lesser extent, rising income levels, drove land development from 1982 to 2000. Since 2000, income growth has been stagnant and gas prices have risen sharply. The researchers concluded gas price increases, more so than changes in income and population, the other two factors they analyzed, most significantly shaped the recent shift towards denser development. “Increasing gas prices raise commuting costs in areas with longer commutes, which makes land less attractive for housing development in such areas,” said David Lewis, a natural resource economist at Oregon State and co-author of the paper. The change in land development patterns avoided the development of 7
million acres of forest and agricultural land, which the researchers described as “a remarkable decline” with important implications for the natural environment in a paper published today in Environmental Research Letters. “I think it was surprising that this was occurring partly because it has received hardly any attention,” said Lewis. “It seems to have really flown under the radar that this rate of land development has been declining since the year 2000.” The researchers found that the pace of land development steadily increased in the 1980s and peaked in the mid-to late 1990s before beginning a steady decline starting around the year 2000. A plateau occurred around 2010 at a level that amounts to less than one-quarter of the peak development rate in the 1990s. Notably, the declining land development rates began well before the Great Recession of the late 2000s. Other studies have documented or suggested this trend, but the potential causes and consequences of the change have not been explored in depth. In the new paper, the researchers took a more comprehensive look, analyzing many facets of land development, with a particular focus on population
growth, changes in income and commuting cost. Among their findings: In 2015, the rate of development (0.47 million acres per year) of the four land types they studied (forest, crop, pasture and range) was less than one-quarter of the peak development rate that occurred from 1992-1997 (2.04 million acres per year). The shift towards denser development patterns occurred broadly across the U.S., with 83% of the 2015 U.S. population found in areas that got denser over 2000-2015 compared to 1982-2000. Overall, 90% of counties with any developed land area during the study period and all but one state (Nevada) have developed areas that became more densely populated over 2000-2015. Avoided deforestation amounted to 3.56 million acres from 2000-2015, with most concentrated east of the Mississippi River or the Pacific coast. Avoided cropland loss amounted to 2.06 million acres, most concentrated in the Northeast/Midwest and Southeast regions. The researchers used data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Resources Inventory from 1982 to 2015, the latest year for which data was available, to create a
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Housing developments abutting forests are decreasing in part due to increasing gas prices. county-level data set of land development patterns for the 48 contiguous U.S. states. Hawaii and Alaska were not included in the study. The findings highlight a potentially significant connection between land development patterns and efforts to price carbon emissions that are aimed at mitigating climate change, the researchers said. Since gas prices would rise if carbon emissions were priced, the new research findings show how carbon pricing would indirectly conserve forest and agricultural lands by reducing land development. The researchers note some limitations of the analysis, particularly that it didn’t explicitly model the impact of land-use
“Land development is irreversible, so once land gets developed it generally is not going back to forest or the agricultural use that it was previously,” said Daniel Bigelow, a co-author of the paper and a natural resource and agricultural economist at Montana State University. “That’s why this is such an important issue to so many people and so many groups because it’s not something that can be undone.” Christopher Mihiar with the U.S. Forest Service is also a co-author of the paper. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative and the U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station helped fund the research.
regulations. They also note that the findings are not necessarily representative of a similar global trend in land development. Perhaps, most importantly, they say the downward trend in land development should not be considered a permanent change. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic and speculation that it could result in a shift in where people prefer to live from high- to lower-density areas, which would add additional pressure to develop new lands in areas already characterized by less dense development patterns. They believe this research lays the groundwork to help study land development after the pandemic and other future large economic shocks.
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Devereux Center, we believe in Sam Baugh, community helping people to Dream Again.” engagement manager for AdThe day center helps the menvanced Health, stated: “Advanced tally ill and homeless meet their Health’s priorities are improvbasic needs to find the hope and ing housing in the community dignity to break the cycle of helping the houseless population, homelessness and depression. As providing good food and nutriyou might guess, in this time of tion, transportation for those in uncertainty, the need for support need and economic stability.” The for those in need is high. Most, Community Health Improvement buted photo if not all, individuals visiting the Plan committee met and detercenter are there because of job mined the need fit in the priorities and would help improve the ment is loss, rent increases, or health-recommunity’s overall needs. ce land lated issues. 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Ultimately, Coquille ran out of time, missing opportunities to narrow the lead after trimming it to seven points. “We knew Coquille was going to go on a run, we just had to weather it,” Sammons said. The Tigers already had to overcome adversity when senior captain Carlee Freitag, Bandon’s best post player, went down with an injury in the first two minutes. “Our starters got us going and our bench played awesome,” Sammons said. “They gave us great minutes.” Senn and Olivia Thompson finished with 12 points each and Vierck scored 11 for the Tigers. “It was a really fun game tonight,” Thompson said. “We’ve been working really hard in practice and we’ve been really motivated. “We’ve found the fun (of the game). We will keep pushing and hopefully make it to state.” The state tournament is the ultimate goal of both teams, and winning the league title is a big step toward that because the league’s top seed gets a home game in the playoffs. If both Coquille and Bandon run the table the rest of the way, they will share the regular-season title and have a one-game playoff for that top seed. “If we take care of business and they take care of business, we will play
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them for the league title,” Thompson said. But both teams know there is a lot of work to get to that point. And Coquille will have to play much more complete games than it did Thursday. “We didn’t give up,” Coquille coach Marty Stallard said of the fourth-quarter comeback. “I’m proud of the effort we had coming back. We finally got the right combination (of players) out there “I wasn’t proud of the first three quarters. We were absolutely lost.” That was partly because of the way the Tigers played. Coquille used transition offense for a lot of its points in the first meeting, taking advantage when Bandon tried to press. The Tigers never pressed Thursday night. “We came with a totally different game plan tonight,” Sammons said. “We gave them easy opportunities to score the first time. We wanted to make it a half-court game (tonight). “The girls executed well.” Coquille struggled in the half-court offense for the first three quarters, the exception a trio of 3-pointers by Taylor Kelner. Kelner finished with 11 points, while Holli Vigue had a team-best 13 and Trinidy Blanton eight. Coquille, which had an eight-game win streak snapped, hosts Myrtle Point on Tuesday and Days Creek in a nonleague game Wednesday. Bandon was back in
action Saturday, beating Waldport 52-37 after trailing 18-9 early. “It was a great win for us,” Sammons said. “I was proud of our effort tonight.” Thompson had 14 points, while Makenna Vierck added 13, Makiah Vierck 11 and Angie Morones eight. The Tigers face Myrtle Point for each of their next two games, making up their previously postponed game at home Wednesday and visiting the Bobcats next Monday. The Bobcats will be looking to get back on track after losing at Waldport 48-42 on Thursday and at home to Toledo 3937 on Saturday. Basketball: North Bend girls top Ashland North Bend’s girls basketball team snapped a five-game losing streak by beating Ashland 62-27 on the road Friday night. The Bulldogs built a 34-15 halftime lead on the way to improving to 3-4 in Midwestern League play. Adrianna Frank had a big night for North Bend with 26 points. Trinity Barker had eight, Nevaeh Edera seven an Kylee Lambert six and 10 different Bulldogs scored in the contest. The Bulldogs will see the Grizzlies again this week, when they have two home games. They host Springfield on Tuesday and Ashland on Friday. North Bend’s boys fell to Ashland 58-34 and continue their search for their first league win.
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with,” he said. “We preach every rebound is crucial, every possession and every loose ball — get after it.” But he also was quick to praise the effort by the Red Devils. “Give it to Willy,” he said, “His boys were ready to play. “We earned every bucket we made.” Nobody finished in double figures for either team. Robertson and Cooper Lang had nine points each and twins Hunter and Trevor Angove added eight apiece for the Tigers. Hayden Gederos hit three first-half 3-pointers for nine points and Zak Farmer had eight for the
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