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Breaking ground Developer plans to build 676 houses in CB BY EMILY THORNTON The World
COOS BAY — If everything goes as planned, Coos Bay will have 676 new homes within the next couple of years. Ocean Grove Development Group LLC has plans to construct duplexes and triplexes on a 69acre site west of KMart on Ocean Boulevard. There will be seven dif-
ferent floorplans and a portion of units will be rented below market cost to attract the underemployed, according to its website. However Mike Lewis, chief operating officer, said they were “fielding a variety of different opportunities.” They hope to break ground as early as this fall, and the majority of the work likely would begin next year, he said. The company filed its grading permit with
the city. When it gets that, it will file a clearing permit, Lewis said. The site is home to wetlands, which must be dealt with in a specific manner. Lewis said he’d hired Pacific Habitat Services, out of Portland, to make sure state requirements were met. “Like anything else, we must take a measured approach and SEE GROUND | A8
Tattoo war lands man in court — again
By Alysha Beck, The World
Ocean Grove Development Group plans to begin building 676 new houses on 69 acres west of the Coos Bay Kmart on Ocean Boulevard as early as this fall.
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COQUILLE — An alleged attempted murder at Flying Chicken Tattoo last Wednesday was a battle over territory between two tattoo shop owners , according to court papers. David Edgar Wonnacott, 42, was arraigned Monday at Coos County Courthouse on charges of attempted murder, second-degree assault, possession of a firearm by a felon, unlawful David use of a weapon, menacing Wonnacott and probation violation. According to an affidavit, Brian Graham, owner of Flying Chicken Tattoo in North Bend, arrived at his shop around 9:45 a.m., hopped out of his car and noticed a blue car pull behind him alongside the curb. Graham, 37, recognized the man who got out of the blue car as “Dave,” the owner of Bay Area Ink in North Bend. Graham noticed the other man was wearing blue rubber gloves on his hands, one of which held a black semi-automatic pistol. Court documents say Wonnacott raised the gun with both of his hands and aimed it at Graham’s torso, saying “You’re in the wrong town.” Graham dove out of the way as Wonnacott attempted to pull the trigger. Graham noticed that the gun seemed to have jammed and went after Wonnacott while he fiddled with the magazine, trying to wrestle the gun away. Wonnacott then struck the butt of the gun down on Graham’s head, drawing blood. Wonnacott fled and was found the next day by Eugene Police in the Eugene Airport. Wonnacott’s probation officer — Wonnacott is a convicted felon not legally allowed to possess a gun — told North Bend police that his business had been suffering because of Flying Chicken Tattoo. Simon Riley Edd, a former employee at Bay Area Ink, told police that Wonnacott did SEE TATTOO | A8
By Alysha Beck, The World
Workers at Giddings Boat Works in Charleston slowly move The Patriot out of the shop Friday afternoon. The boat is the first one made by the company since 1999. Owner Ray Cox says it’s exciting to be constructing more boats and they rely a lot on the community’s support. See video at: theworldlink.com
Giddings preps two new boats BY EMILY THORNTON The World
COOS BAY — Giddings Boat Works has two boats in the works — the first since 1999. The Patriot, owned by Mike Pettis, and The Miss Emily, owned by Todd Whaley. Both will be crabbing and shrimping boats, said Ray Cox, president of Giddings. The massive steel structures are 67 feet by 25 feet for The Patriot and 72 feet by 28 feet for The Miss Emily. Material from Far
West Steel and Chapel Steel was used. There are three to eight builders working on the boats at any given time, Cox said. Once the outer part of The Patriot is finished, it will sail up to Newport where the interior will be completed, Cox said. He said both vessels should be done by November. “We’re really working hard to get them done by crab season,” Cox said. He said the projects were a hopeful sign for his company. The company has grown
slowly from nine employees when Cox bought the business five and a half years ago, to 30 employees. “We hope to get our name back out there,” Cox said. Cox said he hoped to get more orders. “Hopefully we’ll get at least one a year,” he said. Reporter Emily Thornton can be reached at 541-269-1222, ext. 249 or at emily.thornton@theworldlink.com or on Twitter: @EmilyK_Thornton.
Oregon tries again on foreclosure mediation
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gaged homes were behind on payments. This year, the Legislature revised the program to require what’s called a resolution conference no matter how the foreclosure proceeds. The rules were effective Sunday. “From the homeowner’s perspective, the big thing is just getting the banks to the table,” said Mike Niemeyer of the Oregon
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Department of Justice. “And we’ve done what we can to make it efficient for (the banks) as well.” Homeowners about to be foreclosed on will receive a letter bearing the state seal and a reference to the Oregon Foreclosure Avoidance Program. It will ask them to start the resolution conference process by opting in and scheduling a meeting with a housing counselor. Homeowners who feel they’re at
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the Oregonian reported Monday. When a judicial decision in a separate matter cast uncertainty on the out-of-court foreclosure process that has been common since the 1950s, lenders started filing their foreclosures in court. Lenders completed 4,180 foreclosures in Oregon in the 12-month period ending in June, according to the real estate data firm CoreLogic, and 4.8 percent of the state’s mort-
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PORTLAND (AP) — After its first attempt fizzled, Oregon has taken another crack at requiring mediation conferences between lenders and homeowners facing foreclosure. Last July, the state launched a program to require lenders to meet with homeowners to discuss alternatives before foreclosing on a mortgage. But the law left a loophole for foreclosures filed in court,
risk of foreclosure can also request a conference. But they’ll either have to be 30 days behind on their mortgage payment or demonstrate a financial hardship. They’ll also need a referral from a housing counselor. Niemeyer said the state expects a slow start of incoming cases as banks get used to the new system. SEE FORECLOSURE | A8
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