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North Bend School District discussed next steps for its superintendent search after current superintendent Kevin Bogatin announced he will be leaving his position on June 30. By RYAN HOOVER Country Media, Inc.

The North Bend School District has begun its search process for a new superintendent after current Superintendent Kevin Bogatin announced his departure. Bogatin announced his departure in a special meeting held by the School Board last Thursday. “It is with mixed emotions that I announce I have accepted a new position as superintendent of the Tumwater School District in Tumwater, Washington,” Bogatin said. Board Chair Jim Jordan said Bogatin helped the district kick

off their search process for a new superintendent by reaching out to the Oregon School Board Association. “Kevin coordinated with the Oregon School Board Association and contacted Steve Kelly, who does superintendent placements for them, to discuss a superintendent search process,” Jordan said. On March 14, Board leadership met with Steve Kelly to discuss options for both a permanent and interim search process. The permanent position will be for a three-year contract, while the interim position will be for a one-year contract. “He went over the search process options

for North Bend. There is both a permanent and an interim superintendent process,” Jordan said. “The permanent process starts typically in November for a three-year contract. The interim superintendent process is for a one-year contract.” Kelly informed the board that search process for a permanent superintendent

position usually begins in November, so the district should pursue an interim superintendent position for now. “We reviewed these processes and discussed. Typically, the permanent search starts in November. Since we are in midMarch, it’s recommended we pursue the interim superintendent position,” Jordan added.

Next steps include officially declaring a superintendent vacancy and assigning a screening committee to approve an executive search calendar. Both items will be discussed at the school board’s next meeting on April 6. Board member Michelle Roberts asked whether the district had a current pool of

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Oregon Representative Val Hoyle reported she is pushing hard in Congress to garner support and funding for the Port of Coos Bay shipping container project. Meanwhile, Port of Coos Bay representatives report they are doing everything they can to move forward with the project. “We have support from business and ag, Democrats and Republicans, labor and environmentalists – across the board – and it is of national significance,” Congresswoman Hoyle told The World on her recent visit to Coos Bay. “There are a lot of reasons to

are really different from what’s happening in bigger cities,” Gatewood said. “So when we are talking about fair housing laws we are talking about access to fair housing. That’s what these laws are about. They are civil rights laws. They make it illegal for housing providers to discriminate against people who belong to a ‘protected class’ identities,” she said. The federally ‘protected classes’ are race, color, national origin, religion, sex familial status and disability. In Oregon, these classes also include marital status, source of income, sexual orientation and gender identity. Please see FAIR HOUSING Page A2

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have this,” she said. The Port of Coos Bay is one of two international ports in Oregon. The other is in Portland. The local port has been promoting the creation of Pacific Coast Intermodal Project or PCIP. Proponents of this project, including Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, as well as Hoyle report that creating a new West Coast container port in Coos Bay would address bottlenecks in the national supply chain, boost the economy and create thousands of good-paying union jobs. The project was not selected for a “mega grant” earlier this year, but project proponents remain hopeful that future Please see PORT OF CB Page A3

Margaret Barber, director of external affairs and business development for the Port of Coos Bay, said the port is moving ahead with plans to bring a shipping container project to the port.

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Fair Housing laws make discrimination illegal. Coquille presentation offers resources By BREEANA LAUGHLIN The World

Discrimination in housing is still happening more than fifty years after The Fair Housing Act was passed. “It’s been a long road for these fair housing laws to be passed and there is still more to do. Discrimination is still happening despite these laws,” said Jamie Gatewood, the education and outreach assistant director for the Fair Housing Council of Oregon. Gatewood hosted a presentation for Coos County residents in Coquille on Thursday, March 16 to explain the history of fair housing, who it applies to, and what to

do if someone is experiencing discrimination. She also gave resources to landlords and property owners so they could better understand the laws. Fair housing is the right of all people to be free from illegal discrimination in the rental, sale or financing of housing. The Fair Housing Council of Oregon receives about 2,000 contacts per year regarding possible discrimination from housing providers. She said about 70 percent of these situations are easily resolved. If more action is needed, the Fair Housing Council can help file a complaint with the Department of Housing and

Urban Development (HUD) or the Oregon Civil Rights Division of Labor and Industries or other housing laws enforcer. The Fair Housing Council of Oregon is a nonprofit whose mission is to end housing discrimination and ensure equal access to housing for all Oregonians Gatewood’s area covers Coos, Curry, Douglas, Josephine and Lake Counties. “We’ve been doing this for more than 30 years. Our main office is in Portland, but in the past few years we have been able to expand throughout the state of Oregon to focus on issues that are happening in rural communities, which

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During a joint work session of the North Bend City Council and the Urban Renewal Agency, the findings of the camping ordinance town hall meeting on March 6 were discussed. North Bend City Planner Derek Payne began his address to the council by stating there have been no changes to the camping ordinance that was discussed at the town hall but they are looking for the council’s guidance on “what to change, and how to change it.” Payne then discussed the findings of the town hall about the time, place, and manner for instituting the camping ordinance. Based on town hall comments, Payne said that 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. was the consensus on when camping should be allowed under the “time” constraint. Because state law mandates a 12-hour period, Payne said that the amount of time could not be modified, but the timeframes when camping is allowed can be adjusted. Regarding the “manner” of camping, Payne reported to the council that there was no consensus on this aspect from town hall responses. Payne did relay some of the suggestions made at the town hall. Some of the suggestions included: • Having managed camps be clean and sober. • Having a roster for occupants of managed camps. • Making square-foot allotments per camper. • A prohibition of camping within 500 square feet of a school or sports field. These were just some of the suggestions, but Payne reiterated that there was no consensus from the responses. There was also no consensus from town hall responses regarding the “place” for camping in the ordinance. Payne noted that the matter of place would be an area where council input will be needed. Many town hall suggestions were not feasible because they were on private property, outside the North Bend city limits or illegal in terms of the law. Some of the viable suggestions for “place” included: • Grant Circle • The parking lot at Union and Virginia • Harbor Street Payne noted that a new definition of what “temporary” means in the ordinance is needed. Currently, the ordinance defines temporary as 180 days. Many comments from the town hall categorized temporary as ranging

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