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Dock sittin’ on the bay Breakaway sections of mooring come to rest on Lighthouse Beach ■
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By Thomas Moriarty, The World
Sections of broken dock sit on Lighthouse Beach south of Charleston on Monday morning. The fragments are believed to be part of a dock that floated out to sea with two fishing vessels last week.
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CHARLESTON — State parks officials found themselves in a tricky spot Monday morning as they pondered just how, exactly, to remove six giant sections of dock from a Coos Bay-area beach. Six large sections of broken dock had washed ashore at Lighthouse Beach south of Bastendorff some-
time in the past 48 hours. The largest mussel-encrusted piece was more than 15 feet long. Pieces of foam from the dock’s core were strewn across the southern end of the beach. Residents of the Lighthouse Beach area say these fragments are remnants of the dock that floated out to sea late last week with two fishing vessels attached. According to U.S. Coast Guard Station Coos Bay, the F/V Rainbow and the F/V Lady Helen drifted out to sea sometime during the night on New Year’s Day still attached to a long section of dock. “That’s about where we’re at
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BY JIM KUHNHENN The Associated Press WASHINGTON — His agenda tattered by last year’s confrontations and missteps, President Barack Obama begins 2014 clinging to the hope of winning a lasting legislative achievement: an overhaul of immigration laws. It will require a deft and careful use of his powers, combining a public campaign in the face of protests over his administration’s record number of deportations with quiet, behind-the-scenes outreach to Congress, something seen by lawmakers and immigration advocates as a major White House weakness. In recent weeks, both Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, have sent signals that raised expectations among overhaul supporters that 2014 could still yield the first comprehensive change in immigration laws in nearly three decades. If successful, it would fulfill an Obama promise many Latinos say is overdue. The Senate, last year, passed a bipartisan bill that was comprehensive in scope that addressed border security, provided enforcement measures and offered a path to citizenship for 11 million immigrants in the United States illegally. House leaders, pressed by tea party conservatives, demanded a more limited and piecemeal approach. Indicating a possible opening, Obama has stopped insisting the House pass the Senate version. And two days after calling Boehner to wish him happy birthday in November, Obama made it clear he could accept the House’s bill-bybill approach, with one caveat: In the end, “we’re going to have to do it all.” Boehner, for his part, in
right now,” said Calum Stephenson, South Coast Ocean Shores coordinator for the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Stephenson said that because of private property access restrictions, there will be no easy way to remove the sections of dock from the beach. “The Coast Guard may become involved if there were hazardous materials on board,” he said, cautioning that particular scenario is unlikely. State parks have jurisdiction over any debris that wash ashore
BY DAVID ESPO The Associated Press
By Lou Sennick, The World
A sail and fishing boat sit on the dock along the Coos Bay Boardwalk Monday afternoon. It was a pretty calm day for winds under the cloudy skies, just a few small ripples to bend the reflections in the water.
WASHINGTON — The new year looks a lot like the old one in the Senate, with Democrats scratching for votes to pass an agenda they share with President Barack Obama, and Republicans decidedly unenthusiastic about supporting legislation without changes. At the dawn of the 2014 election year, the issue is unemployment benefits, and a White Housebacked bill to renew benefits that lapsed last month for the longterm jobless. The three-month measure is the leading edge of a Democratic program that also includes raising the minimum wage and closing tax loopholes on the wealthy and corporations. The Democratic agenda also includes measures designed to demonstrate sympathy with those who suffered during the worst recession in decades and a subsequent long, slow recovery. With bad weather preventing more than a dozen senators from traveling to Washington on Monday evening, a showdown vote was postponed until Tuesday. But not before Republicans accused Democrats of playing politics. “It is transparent that this is a political exercise, not a real effort to try to fix the problem,” Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said in a protest followed immediately by Majority Leader Harry Reid’s agreement to delay the vote. It was unclear whether the delay would affect the fate of the bill. Democratic supporters of the three-month extension of jobless
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currently in fifth through 10th grades will need two doses of the Hepatitis A vaccine by this fall. Oregon law requires all children in school or childcare get different doses of the following vaccines: ■ Diphtheria/Tetanus/Pertussis (DTaP) ■ Polio ■ Varicella (chickenpox)
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Students need to get vaccinated now or they won’t be allowed at school next month. On Jan. 15, Oregon’s public and private schools, preschools, Head Start and certified childcare facilities must turn in a list to Coos County Health of all children who are incomplete on their immunizations. By late
January or early February, parents of those students lacking the required vaccinations will receive a letter. Starting on Feb. 19 — dubbed “exclusion day” — students who are not up to date on vaccinations will be pulled from school. Parents also need to make sure their students have the Hepatitis A immunization before the 2014-2015 school year. Students
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■ Measles/mumps/rubella (MMR) ■ Hepatitis B ■ Hepatitis A ■ Hib (prevents meningitis, pneumonia, epiglottitis and other infections) ■ Tdap (a booster shot of the DTaP vaccine) A full breakdown of required vaccinations by grade can be found online at http://bit.ly/1dt4yma .
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