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Agency stumped by tree cutting Port Orford trees came down in murrelet breeding season ■
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Smoking linked to disorders BY EMILY THORNTON The World
COOS BAY — “Jean” said she started smoking when she was 12 years old. She kept it up until she became pregnant at age 24. “The emergency room doctor suggested I quit smoking,” she said. “I quit cold turkey.” Jean didn’t want her name disclosed or photograph taken because of the nature of her work. Although Jean was able to quit, many expectant mothers can’t, according to a recent study. The national study confirmed pregnant women who smoked were more likely to have children with behavioral problems. The report released from JAMA Psychiatry looked at three independent
studies: the Christchurch Health and Development Study in New Zealand, the Early Growth and Development Study in the U.S. and the Cardiff IVF in the U.K. All three linked mothers and smoking to their childrens’ disorders, such as ADHD. The findings are important for Coos County because of its relatively high smoking rate, especially among pregnant women, said Stephen Brown, tobacco prevention program coordinator for the county. About 23 percent of pregnant women smoke in Coos County, according to the county health department’s report. About 11 percent of pregnant women smoke in Oregon and 9 percent nationwide. However, statistics from the
Resources available Smoking and chewing cessation resources available in Coos County and online: ■ Nicotine Dependence Program: four, onehour sessions, 541-751-0357 ■ Quit Tobacco Use 101: one-hour workshop, 541-759-3040 or 541-271-4609 ■ Oregon Quit Line, www.quitnow.net/oregon, 1-800-QUIT NOW ■ Smokefree.gov: www.smokefree.gov ■ National Cancer Institute: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/tobacco ■ Freedom From Smoking: www.ffsonline.org ■ My Last Dip: www.mylastdip.com ■ Become an Ex: www.becomeanex.org
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PORTLAND — Two federal agencies are at loggerheads over a decision to remove five oldgrowth trees from the habitat that supports a threatened sea bird during breeding season. The U.S. Forest Service cut the massive trees — one was 238 feet tall — in late April at the Sunshine Bar Campground near Port Orford in southwest Oregon. The threatened marbled murrelet nests in the campground, though it’s unknown if any were in the trees at the time they fell. The agency generally must get a permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to take a tree during the breeding season. But Fish and Wildlife did not know the trees were gone until getting a tip in late July. “We’re still trying to figure out the rationale,” said Jim Thrailkill, a field supervisor for the Fish and Wildlife Service. Forest Service officials declined phone interviews this week. In written responses Friday, the agency said the trees were located near a campsite and at high risk of losing limbs or falling. Of the five hazard trees that were removed, the Forest Service said, one was completely dead and the other four had dead tops. “Because of its design and layout, it would have been difficult to close the campground to the public, so waiting to remove hazard trees would have put the public at risk,” the Forest Service wrote. As for why it did not get approval from Fish and Wildlife, the agency said guidelines written for hazard trees in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest are not compatible with newer, regional Forest Service rules regarding hazard trees in campgrounds. It said it is now “working closely” with Fish and Wildlife to address the issue. The marbled murrelet was listed as threatened in 1992 and habitat protection has meant less logging in the Northwest. The tiny sea birds venture inland to raise their young and — like the spotted owl — depend on old-growth forests for nesting. The volunteer environmental group Friends of the Elk River reported the habitat removal to the Fish and Wildlife Service. The group’s founder, Jim Rogers, used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain a Feb. 7 letter from the Forest Service in which Powers Ranger District engineer SEE TREES | A8
Maritime Center’s sweet beginning
By Lou Sennick, The World
Instead of turning dirt with a shovel, the groundbreaking for the new Coos Historical & Maritime Center in Coos Bay was done with the pull of a rope attached to the pile driver. Makyra Meade, left, helped Martha Butler and Jesse Pullen ceremoniously drive a pile into the ground. Fundraising for the new center on Front Street was started and helped along for more than a dozen years by Tootsie Roll stock donated by Butler.
Art Robinson chosen to lead state GOP PORTLAND (AP) — Oregon’s Republican Party has a new leader. The party selected former congressional candidate Art Robinson as chairman Saturday in a 55-52 vote over party Vice Chairman Bill Currier, The Oregonian reported. Robinson, a chemist and outspoken skeptic of human-caused global warming, ran unsuccessfully against U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, DOre., in 2010 and 2012. He ran for the party chairman position in February but was eliminated in the first round of balloting. Robinson replaces Suzanne Gallagher, who resigned Friday just ahead of a recall vote brought by party officials accusing her of mismanagement. Gallagher had led the state GOP since February, and in stepping down she warned that if the party is perceived as “divided and dysfunctional,” funding from national
voters and electing candidates statewide in Oregon, where there are 181,000 more regisHe’s hard-working and he tered Democrats. The 2010 election was a boon for the party, does the right thing for the leading to a tie in the Oregon House of people. Representatives and a narrow loss for Republican Lisa Michaels Chris Dudley in the governor’s race. But Supporter of Suzanne Gallagher Democrats buoyed by President Barack Obama’s re-election retook the state House in 2012. Republican strategists hope the coming election cycle, which doesn’t feature a presidential race, will play out more like 2010. But a Republican groups could suffer. “The events in the last couple of months are misstep in fundraising or organizing could upset a testimony to why Republicans are not seen in a those hopes. Lisa Michaels, a supporter of Gallagher, said good light,” Gallagher said. “The actions of some members have demonstrated the charac- she was sorry to see her resign but was excited ter flaws perceived by the public as uncaring, that Robinson got the job. angry and antagonistic.” “He’s hard-working and he does the right Republicans face challenges in organizing thing for the people,” Michaels said.
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according the fair’s office manager. Debbie James says that growth was spread throughout the fairgrounds. “The carnival was up just a little bit too,” James said, referring to the group from Butler Amusements. “I know they were very happy.” The kids involved in 4-H also have reason to smile, she added. The 4-H livestock auction ended up raising more than $207,000 this year, with almost all of it going right back
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Parents take photos of their youngsters showing their rabbits at the Coos County Fair.
MYRTLE POINT - Final dollar figures won’t be known for a few more weeks, but overall attendance at the Coos County Fair was up over last year’s number. That outcome was placed in doubt after the Lane County Fair moved up their event three weeks earlier, putting it in direct competition with the fair in Myrtle Point. Overall attendance in Coos County was 30,573, which is an increase of 190 over the 2012 fair,
4-H auction raised more than $207,000
Firefighters gathered in West Albany over the weekend for the funeral service for Jesse Trader, 19.
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to the youngsters to set aside for college or to help purchase and get their next 4-H project started. One number that did drop this year was the overall number of vendors at the fair. Although, James said, it was not a surprise given the current economy. The next step for the Coos County Fair Board will be a debriefing meeting on Aug. 19, where they will take one last look back at 2013 before starting to focus on next year’s fair. The 2014 Coos County Fair is set to run July 22–26.
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