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Hagner found guilty BY THOMAS MORIARTY The World
COQUILLE — After less than a half-hour of deliberations, a Coos County jury returned with a unanimous verdict: Wayne Raymond Hagner is guilty of murder. Following a three-day trial, the North Bend man was convicted in the July 5 shooting death of his wife, Anna Lee Hagner. A police officer found her lying in a pool of blood while conducting a welfare check. Hagner’s defense team, Robert Manske and Allen Goldman, had fought to convince the jury that Hagner’s actions were, at worst, reckless, rather than an intentional attempt to take a life. Coos County District Attorney Paul Frasier wasn’t having that line of thought. In his rebuttal to Goldman’s closing remarks, Frasier rolled his chair in front of the jury, raised his right hand and pointed it like a gun.
By Lou Sennick, The World
Trying to remember old school technology, Marshfield High School Principal Doug Holland, left and vice-principal Bryan Trendell look over an old school projector so they can show a couple of the old black and white films discovered at the school.
‘A snapshot into the past’
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Decision on golf course is delayed
Vintage football, basketball footage uncovered in Marshfield High School storage room
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GOLD BEACH — The Curry County Planning Commission has delayed its decision on a proposed golf course near Port Orford for a month. The commission held open the public comment period for the Pacific Gales Golf Course for an additional 14 days at the request of two environmental groups. That will be followed by a seven-day period for rebuttal testimony and seven days for developers to make their final arguments. The commission now plans to deliberate and vote on the conditional use permit application at a Feb. 27 meeting in Gold Beach. The proposal calls for an 18-hole golf course on a portion of the Knapp Ranch, located between Cape Blanco and the city limits. Because Pacific Gales would be built on land zoned exclusive farm use, a conditional use permit is required.
COOS BAY — Marshfield High’s athletes have been trapped in film canisters in the depths of the school for decades, waiting to be dusted off. Two days after the Heritage Hall committee met to discuss putting video in the room, Marshfield Principal Doug Holland was approached by volunteer Cricket Soules. There are a bunch of canisters at the end of the school’s “long, dark hallway,” a storage room next to the cafeteria, she said. “We’ve got to find something we can run in Heritage Hall that connects people, that gives them a snapshot into the past,” he said. He couldn’t believe the treasure he uncovered: more than 300 16mm reels of football and basketball footage starting in the 1950s. “When people talk about their high school, they always See the video and talk about what they did,” he said. “This is what they did.” online photo gallery at Student body president Ashley Barbian helped Holland theworldlink.com find a projector and drag it to his office. He loaded the oldest reel: a Marshfield vs. Eugene football game in 1950 (the Pirates won 20-14). He flipped through the 1950 yearbook while the game flashed across his white board. A name popped out: Scott. He went to one of his secretaries, Lynn Scott, to ask if she knew a Scott who went to Marshfield High in the 1950s. She did; it was her father-in-law, Ken. “It was run so fast you could hardly tell what was happening, but you could pick out some of the things,” Ken Scott said. “It’s kind of a shame they were just stuck away.” During his time at Marshfield, the 1951 graduate played left end. His teammates ran across the screen: Tommy Crabtree, Wayne Frostad (“a great tackle”) and Ron Robins (“a tremendous running back”). “They were dedicated to playing football and to the school,” he said.
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County starts budget process BY EMILY THORNTON The World
County — Coos COQUILLE Commissioners met with county department leaders on Thursday to discuss what to expect during upcoming 2014-2015 budget talks. Expectations this year include heads of departments bringing itemized budgets and justifying each of their expenditures. They may be required to pay for their utilities based on the square footage of their departments, excluding the common areas, such as bathrooms, hallways and meeting rooms. The utilities of state court areas in the courthouse may be billed to maintenance. In the past, the maintenance department paid
A few frames of a 16mm black-andwhite film of a Marshfield football game (in the lighter uniforms) against Eugene from 1950.
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Marshfield Principal Doug Holland shows some of the few hundred films of old Marshfield sporting events found in storage. Some are more than 60 years old. A few of the labeled film cans tell of the visual treats inside.
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