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Three boats capsize on Chetco, one fatality BY THOMAS MORIARTY The World
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A Brookings man was the only fatality in a disastrous Saturday on the Chetco River that forced Curry County authorities to bring out all the search and rescue resources at their disposal. According to Sheriff John Bishop, deputies recovered the body of Lawrence P. Graham about two hours after the man’s boat overturned in a rough section of the river called Tamba Hole around 10:30 a.m. While they were looking for Graham, a second boat capsized and sank at the same point in the river.
One of its occupants, James C. Dusenberry, made it to shore using a tree limb. The other two, Treavor Wolfard and Trevor Moore, only survived being sucked under a submerged limb by grabbing onto rescue ropes thrown by sheriff’s Lt. John Ward and Deputy Joel Hensley. A search and rescue rope team had to be used to recover the occupants of a third boat, which had become lodged in the same spot as the first two while deputies were recovering Graham’s body further downstream. All of the boaters involved had life jackets on board. The sheriff said that county
search and rescue members had been training at Lobster Creek Campground on the Rogue River when the call went out. Bishop said deputies and search and rescue members were aided by the Brookings and Harbor fire departments, Oregon State Police and Cal-Ore Life Flight. A contractor was brought in Saturday to trim submerged logs at the Tamba Hole to make the passage safer. Reporter Thomas Moriarty can be reached at 541-269-1222, ext. 240, or by email at thomas.moriarty@theworldlink.com. Follow him on Twitter: @ThomasDMoriarty.
Legislature looks to change ballot wording
A century of memories
State House to vote on new summary for Oregon license measure ■
BY JONATHAN J. COOPER The Associated Press
SALEM — Supporters of a referendum granting driving privileges to people who can’t prove they’re legally in the United States are trying to rewrite the official summary that will appear on the ballots in November. The Legislature’s language would make no reference to the change in requirements for drivers’ immigration status, saying only that the measure “establishes limited purpose, duration driver card for individuals who prove Oregon residency, meet driving requirements.” In a rare move, Legislature’s action would throw out the certified ballot title written by the attorney general’s office, which says the measure “provides Oregon resident ‘driver card’ without requiring proof of legal presence in the United States.” The House Rules Committee approved the measure Tuesday, setting up a vote Wednesday in the full House. Critics are crying foul. “I feel like they’re trying to stack the deck in their favor,” said Rep. Kim Thatcher, R-Keizer. Lawmakers voted last year to grant restricted driver’s licenses to people who can’t prove they’re legally present in the United States, but Thatcher and other critics collected enough signatures to force a statewide vote.
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Ann Yorton of Coquille reminisces about her life growing up in Merrill, near Klamath Falls, during the 1920s.Yorton will be celebrating her 100th birthday on March 10.
Coquille’s Ann Yorton will join exclusive club in two weeks
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driving years ago. Yorton was born and raised on a 60-acre farm in Merrill. She recalls learning how to milk cows and ride horses. One horse, Bessie, was her favorite. “I liked animals. I had a little horse and I’d go out in the field. No saddle, no bridle,” Yorton said. Her mother, Augusta “Gussie” Jory, married three times. Yorton’s father, Charlie Wilson, died of cancer when she was a toddler. Then, her first step-father, Raymond Stephenson, died during the influenza epidemic, Yorton said. After that, her mother married her
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SALEM — Oregon courts could get more discretion in deciding which drunken drivers are required to use breath-alcohol-monitoring devices before getting behind the wheel. A Senate committee voted Tuesday to make exceptions for drunken drivers with lower levels of alcohol in their blood, adding the provision to another measure regulating the alcohol-monitoring devices. Supporters said they’re trying to prioritize resources for higher-risk offenders, but some lawmakers are vowing to fight the change. “Too many people are dying from drunk driving still,” said Rep. Jeff Barker, D-Aloha, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, who said he opposes the Senate changes to the bill.
Ann Yorton of Coquille points out a photo of herself at age 16 with her sister Charline Wilson. Yorton will be celebrating her 100th birthday March 10.
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All are invited to attend Ann Yorton’s 100th birthday party at 2 p.m. March 8 at Figaro’s Pizza in Coquille.
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COQUILLE — Some might say 100 is a large number. It probably is if you’re turning that age, like Ann Yorton will do March 10. She’s seen a couple of world wars, the first cars on the road, the first space walk and the women’s rights movement, just to name a few historic events. born when was Yorton Woodrow Wilson was in office. Her first presidential vote was for Franklin D. Roosevelt. She remembers learning how to drive with her then-boyfriend in a “big ol’ Nash.” “Every once in a while, he’d say, ‘I’m gonna take you out into the field and teach you how to drive.’” She still lives by herself, with help from neighboring relatives. Her grandson, Dave Chappelle, said he encouraged her to stop
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