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FERC issues review BY CHELSEA DAVIS The World
COOS BAY — The first step of Jordan Cove’s federal environmental analysis is complete. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a draft environmental impact statement for the Jordan Cove Energy Project and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline on Friday morning. “We (i.e., the Commission’s staff) conclude that construction and operation of the Project would result in some limited adverse environmental impacts. However, most of these impacts would be reduced to less-than-significant levels with the implementation of the applicants’ proposed mitigation measures and the additional measures we recommend in section 5.2,” according to the document. The liquefied natural gas export terminal would be capable of liquefying around 6.6 million tons of LNG per year, using a supply of nearly 1 billion feet of natural gas every day. It would be the first LNG export terminal on the U.S. West Coast, working primarily with Asian markets. “We were unable to identify any other alternative port location on the Pacific Coast of the United States for an LNG export terminal that could meet the objectives of the Jordan Cove Project and that would have significant environmental advantages over Coos Bay,” FERC staff wrote in the draft EIS. “Everything is as expected,” said Michael Hinrichs, Jordan Cove’s SEE FERC | A8
Course facing another appeal
By Amanda Loman, The World
Austin Hales, a sophomore at Marshfield High School, rebuilds a motor during Manufacturing class. The class is part of a "2+2" program between SWOCC and Marshfield, where students can earn college credit during high school.
Getting creative Marshfield showing initiative with college-level classes BY CHELSEA DAVIS The World
COOS BAY — Marshfield is ramping up the number of college credit classes it offers, but it needs more teachers certified to lead those courses. The classes, which Marshfield dubs “2+2,” give students high school and college credit through articulation agreements with area community colleges. The school’s goal is for as many students as possible to graduate high school with 12 college credits. The classes are packed: 106 in four sections of chemistry and 62 in two sections of trigonometry, for example. Counselors are having more and more success convincing students to push themselves in more chal-
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GOLD BEACH — As expected, the proposed Pacific Gales Golf Course again faces a challenge from the Oregon Coast Alliance. ORCA sent notice this week of its plans to appeal the Curry County Planning Commission’s approval of a new conditional use permit for the proposed course, which would be built on a portion of Knapp Ranch just north of Port Orford. The appeal goes to the Curry County Board of Commissioners. The move had been anticipated by the group that wants to build the course, Elk River Property Development LLC. So far, the proposal has faced the same path as the first conditional use permit filed by the group last fall.
NORTH BEND — If you have lived in North Bend long enough,you have probably heard of Louis J. Simpson, the founder of the city. But there is a piece of history some North Bend residents may have never heard about, and some in the community want that piece brought to light. In 1903, Simpson founded the city of North Bend, and went on a become to prominent figure Charles Eckhoff for the city. The council city recently bid out a $20,000 construction of a statue of Simpson to be placed at the soon-to-be finished Grant Circle Project in the downtown area. Although Simpson is considered, and rightfully so, the “Father of North Bend,” Simpson wasn’t the first to try and incorporate a city into what is now North Bend. One of the first settlers of
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when the district hires a new teacher, Holland said. “When we’re hiring, we’re looking to see if they can be 2+2-certified,” he said. Sixteen MHS teachers instruct more than 30 2+2 classes; three SWOCC professors lead the other six. Finalizing Writing 121 for this fall was a last-minute push. Holland said SWOCC notified him two weeks before classes that the professor wouldn’t be available. “I had to think fast: Do I cancel the class and add English 12 instead?” he said. Instead he got creative, making it a hybrid class: online curriculum plus in-person support. SEE MARSHFIELD | A8
The first man who tried to incorporate North Bend
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lenging classes, but now administration has a new problem: finding teachers to teach these advanced courses. “We have a problem finding qualified teachers, so it’s often easier to have these classes online,” said Marshfield principal Doug Holland. “The problem is high school students are not intrinsically motivated ... and I’m adamantly against online-only.” Only two have an online component: college writing and literature. Teachers must be certified to teach 2+2 classes. While the majority of teachers who have been in the field 10 or more years have a master’s degree in education, teaching these classes requires, in general, a master’s degree or 24 graduate hours in that specific subject. Having that certification is now a key factor
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Descendents of Charles Eckhoff, from left, Rayma Howard, Jo Strader, Billie Webber, Marlene Pickens hold an old family photo. Eckhoff tried to incorporate the land which would become North Bend in the 1890s. Oregon’s South Coast was Charles C. Eckhoff, and some of his descendants are frustrated with lack of recognition he has gotten. “He did so much to develop the area,” said Jo Strader, great-granddaughter of Eckhoff. “I would just
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like to see he has recognition for being a great original settler of the area and the original owner of the North Bend area.” Eckhoff was born in Germany in 1832, and he immigrated to the U.S. in 1858. He settled in the Coos Bay
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area and bought 800 acres of land which was heavily covered with harvestable timber. Rayma Howard, another greatgranddaughter of Eckhoff, said she understands why some look to Simpson when thinking of North Bend’s history, but her great-grandfather, to her knowledge, was one of the first non-Native American settlers to this area. “There’s no doubt he’s (Simpson) a great man,” Howard said. “He just was, but he wasn’t the only great man.” In the late 1800s, Eckhoff had the idea of incorporating some of his land into a city, and in 1890, he platted the townsite of Yarrow. Yarrow was what is now the downtown area of North Bend. For some reason, the idea of incorporating Yarrow fell through for Eckhoff, and he sold the townsite to Thomas Symons sometime in the early 1890s. Eckhoff also began to sell off significant amounts of property he had owned. Like Eckhoff, Symons wanted to develop Yarrow, but the Panic of
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