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NDAA opponents take fight to CB BY THOMAS MORIARTY The World
COOS BAY — While local opponents of the National Defense Authorization Act won a partial victory at the county level last week, they may encounter an even tougher battle within the city limits. The Coos Bay City Council voted 5-2 Wednesday night to postpone further discussion of an antiNDAA resolution until councilors had time to research the issue. Councilors Jennifer Groth and Stephanie Kramer dissented.
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The proposed resolution, presented by libertarian activist Rob Taylor and Oath Keeper member Tom McKirgen, would forbid Coos Bay police from enforcing or assisting with the enforcement of sections of the law allowing for the detention of terror suspects. The activists are concerned provisions in the most recent version of the law could be used to indefinitely detain American citizens as suspected terrorists. “You don’t have to make a decision on this tonight,” McKirgen told the council. “All we’re asking is that
you recognize our rights and pass a resolution protecting those rights.” The Coos County Board of Commissioners voted 2-1 on July 30 to adopt an internally-drafted resolution opposing the detention provisions. The county resolution enables Sheriff Craig Zanni to challenge federal officials seeking to detain citizens under the law. McKirgen and Taylor said the ultimate goal of their grassroots movement is to kick-start legislation at the state level. The city’s legal council appeared
resistant to the idea that restricting the police department was necessary or prudent. “The problem with the resolution is that it does also forbid the enforcement of or the assisting in the enforcement of the law,” said acting City Attorney Karen Costello. In a staff report presented to the council, City Attorney Nathan McClintock said that since the indefinite detention provisions of the NDAA had already been ruled inapplicable to American citizens by a federal appeals court, their was
no benefit to passing a resolution. Councilor Jennifer Groth said she was also worried the resolution could set up a showdown with the federal government. “I’m truly uncomfortable with pursuing any action that allows our police force to be in conflict with federal law,” Groth said. Mayor Crystal Shoji said that she was not only uncomfortable with the idea of restricting law enforcement, but also of using city government to promote a legislative agenda. SEE COUNCIL | A8
Inking a new kind of food drive
BY GEORGE ARTSITAS The World
COQUILLE — The murder trial of Andrew Wade Davenport got underway on Tuesday with opening statements comprising the majority of the action. After a laborious three hours of jury selection that ran through lunch, both the defense and prosecution delivered their arguments on what happened during the Aug. 25 death of Randy Harless. The biggest discrepancy between the two opening statements was the differences in whether or not the alleged confessions made by Davenport, 46, after the incident should be viewed as credible. Prosecutor Sarah Lundstedt’s opening statement revolved around explaining the narrative of the alleged attack. The day of the incident, Harless was watching television with his parents. He went outside and was attacked by someone and sustained multiple stab wounds and blunt force trauma that eventually led to his death. A neighbor, Jesse Spinella, went to her window after she heard a tapping sound and saw Harless on the ground with someone over him and beating him. “The defendant hit him, the defendant stabbed him, the defendant killed him,” Lundstedt proclaimed. The state argued that the defendant — who knew the victim for the past 20 years — then fled to the brush at Empire Lake, got a ride from one of his friends to Pony Village and dropped off his clothes in a nearby Mexican restaurant’s dumpster. SEE MURDER | A8
By Alysha Beck, The World
Rachael Dunn and Brian Graham, owners of Flying Chicken Tattoo in North Bend, show sketches of the tattoos, including Bible verses and a flying chicken leg, that people can choose from if they bring in $50 worth of non-perishable food this Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Donation effort keeps growing BY TIM NOVOTNY The World
NORTH BEND - A variety of ways have been created to gather food for the hungry, but a local business may have reached a new level of creativity to aid that effort. Rachel Dunn and her husband, Brian Graham, own Flying Chicken Tattoo. This Sunday, Aug. 11, they will be hosting a non-perishable food drive, called Inked for a Cause, trading tattoos for food. If getting ink is not your thing, other businesses have jumped on board
to offer their own goods and services. The original idea did not come as some single epiphany, rather it formed over time from one couple’s simple desire to help. “I’ve always helped people who are hungry, all my life, but now with this business we have a big voice,” Dunn said, referring to the thousands who visit their business’ Facebook page each week. “You just always look for little ways to give back where and when you can.” For beginners and veterans in the
Inked for a Cause Originally, Inked for a Cause was limited to offering tattoos in exchange for food for the hungry on the South Coast. It proved instead to be just the tip of the proverbial ice berg. Tattoos are still being given that day on a first come, first served basis; donors can choose from several tattoos pre-selected by Flying Chicken Tattoo, or take a $50 voucher from Flying Chicken towards the use of any future tattoo. If that isn’t your thing, other businesses have been lining up to help out. Driftwood Barber Shop and Hair We Are Beauty College are the latest to lend their support to the cause. They join a growing list of businesses offering $50 gift certificates, including: Pokey's Piercing, the Hair Co., and Always Young Skin Care. A limited quantity of $50 certificates will also be available from Lisa Reed for Mary Kay, Shake 'N Burger, Kozy Kitchen, Alder Smokehouse, Cakes with Jaz, DRS Photography, Domino's Pizza, Street Side Delights, D's Scissors and Serenity Therapy Center. The food and funds will be donated to South Coast Food Share. For more information on SCFS visit their website at www.orcca.us.
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Anderson is retiring from SWOCC — again BY EMILY THORNTON The World
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By Alysha Beck, The World
Phillip Anderson stands on the SWOCC campus after recently retiring from his position as vice president of instruction.
COOS BAY — The vice president of instruction at Southwestern Oregon Community College has retired after 35 years of service. Phillip Anderson first retired in 2000, but was asked to return to his position in 2011. He initially agreed to return for one year, but after starting an academic master plan for the college, he chose to stay another year to ensure its success. “(College president) Patty (Scott) asked me to come back,” Anderson said. He said the college was going through a rough time when he was invited back. “Things were not in good shape,”
Anderson said. “Largely because the vice president before me was sick a lot and was on leave late in the year. (Scott) wanted someone who knew the job.” Anderson didn’t want to disclose details of problems at the campus except to say that“Stuff wasn’t getting done.” Anderson was helpful in implementing a remedial writing program. When he arrived, the college only had Communications, for technical writing, and Writing 121, for transfer students. The college has a sequence of classes to help build students’ writing skills, but hopes to build a more diagnostic program to help place students in the correct class.
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