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Attorney balances hectic work, family life with goal to be circuit court judge KURTIS HAIR The World
COOS BAY— It’s the first week back from Thanksgiving break, and there are a million things to do. For Megan Jacquot, an attorney and municipal court judge, coming back from any time off is always hectic. “ It’s really overwhelming,” Jacquot said. “The paperwork. When I’m gone for a couple of days, it’s a little bit crazy, but it
tends to balance out.” To say Jacquot has a busy life would be an understatement. Jacquot works as an attorney in Coos Bay, argues cases in the Court of Appeals in Salem and works as a municipal judge in Reedsport three times a month. Throw having to raise five kids in the mix, and you’ve got a full plate. “ When it sometimes gets hairy is when they (Reedsport) get people in custody, because those people have to be arraigned w ithin 48 hours of the time they’re picked up,” Jacquot said. Although Jacquot’s life can get extremely hectic, all of her hard work has prepared her to take the next step in her career. Next year, Jacquot will run for a judge’s seat in the Coos County Circuit Court.
CEP work group: No way to enforce county’s use of general funds CHELSEA DAVIS The World
COOS BAY — A bigger slice o f Jordan Cove’s community service fees is proposed to go to Coos County for public safety, b ut local leaders realized on Monday there’s no way to make sure the county follows through. T he Community Enhancement Plan work group met Monday to tweak agreements within the plan. T he participants came to a realization. There’s no way to enforce how Coos County would use the extra 3 percent it would receive in community service fees (according to a decision by t he Waterfront Development Partnership work group).
Jacquot has been practicing law for about 18 years, and she said the time is right for her to fulfill a life goal. “ I’ve always wanted to be a judge,” Jacquot said. “It feels like something that’s a natural progression. The next step after you learn how to do one side is to look at both sides. I do that a lot in my family. I have five kids.” O ther than raising five kids with her husband, Fred, Jacquot’s other life is law. Jacquot grew up in Klamath Falls, and she said ever since she was young she was always a part of something that had anything to do with debating. It was only natural for her to pursue a career as an attorney. See Attorney, A10
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Megan Jacquot, an attorney and municipal court judge, is getting caught up on work after taking a few days off for Thanksgiving.
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A fter urging from Coos C ounty Commissioner Bob M ain, the WDP work group decided to divert 3 percent of its 25 percent community service fee allocation to the county for public safety needs during Jordan Cove’s construction years. “We don’t know, four years f rom now, where we’re going to most need that money,” said C oos County Commissioner John Sweet. “I don’t know how you’re going to enforce this.” C ounty counsel Josh Soper agreed, noting that law enforcement is funded from the general fund, therefore saying these fees have to go toward public safety is difficult to enforce since they See CEP, A10
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Most of the capacity crowd at the FERC hearing Monday night showed their colors with T-shirts expressing feelings of pro and con about the Jordan Cove Energy Project and related pipeline to Malin.
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COOS COUNTY — The Oregon State Land Board will not privatize the Elliott State Forest. After receiving an overwhelming amount of public support for keeping the forest public, the board, which is made up of Gov. John Kitzhaber, Secretary of State Kate Brown and State Treasurer Ted Wheeler, decided to look for other management alternatives for the forest, according to a press release from Cascadia Wildlands. The board will meet on Tuesday in Salem to discuss future m anagement and hear public comment on the issue. Ninety percent of the forest is part of the Common School Fund, and in recent years, revenue from the forest has dropped drastically because of an Endangered Species Act litigation. The forest cost the fund about $3 million instead.
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The board was set up to resolve this issue, and has been looking into various alternatives in managing the forest. One of the alternatives put on the table was to privatize the forest. T he board has been hearing f rom the public on this issue, and in October, the board held a meeting at Southwestern Oregon Community College to gain public comment. Many business owners, environmentalists and foresters vehemently opposed privatizing the forest at the meeting because of the impact the decision would have on the forest’s future. T he board will meet at 775 Northeast Summer St. in Salem on Tuesday. eporter Kurtis Hair can be R reached at 541-269-1222, ext. 240, or by email at kurtis.hair@ theworldlink.com. Follow him on Twitter: @KurtisHair.
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Landowners urge FERC to reconsider Pacific Connector pipeline route, favor Blue Ridge alternative CHELSEA DAVIS The World
COOS BAY — Jordan Cove E nergy Project and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline’s federal environmental review has done at least one thing: divided the South Coast even further. T he Hales Center auditorium was a sea of lime green T-shirts Monday night, worn by Boost Southwest Oregon s upporters. But more of the comments out of the 80 people who spoke during the fourand-a-half hour meeting were against Jordan Cove and Pacific
Connector. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff and cooperating agencies held the meeting to hear public comments o n the projects’ draft environmental impact statement issued last month. U nion leaders touted the p rojects, saying they will bring jobs and a much-needed b oost to the local economy, which elicited cheers, whistles and applause from the Boost crowd. B ut those who spoke in opposition deemed the projects environmentally, economically
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and socially disastrous. S everal property owners who would live along the route of the proposed pipeline — which FERC favored in the draft EIS — scolded the agency for not considering the Blue Ridge alternative route. What t he draft EIS revealed, they said, is that FERC considered the habitat of animals before that of humans. “There are several references to the northern spotted owl and marbled murrelet habitat impacts on the proposed Blue Ridge route, but virtually no references to habitat impacts on the residences and landowners affected by the (original proposed route),” said Dee Willis, who lives on an affected
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