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Kids enjoy the new playground equipment at the Salvation Army in Coos Bay, on Flanagan Avenue, which was completed in April. The playground is thanks to a $34,000 private donation, and is the culmination of a goal set by Lieutenants Kevin and Heather Pope soon after they arrived in Coos Bay in 2011.
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BANDON — Coos County law enforcement have suspended a search for an Alzheimer’s patient who went missing Thursday from his Bandon home. Coos County sheriff’s deputies, along with Bandon police and Coos County Search and Rescue members, spent all of Friday and Saturday searching for 78-year-old Ted Rogers. Douglas and Curry county search and rescue teams later joined the search effort, along with a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter. The Sheriff’s Office formally suspended the search Sunday. Rogers was last seen at his home on Christopher Road around 3:30 p.m. Ted Rogers Thursday when his wife left to go into town. He wasn’t there when she got back. According to the Sheriff’s Office, Rogers is known to have walked to Bullard’s Beach from his home in the past. Anyone with information about Rogers’ disappearance is asked to call the Coos County Sheriff’s Office at 541-3967800.
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Thanks to donor, Salvation Army unveils new playground for its kids BY TIM NOVOTNY The World
COOS BAY — Thanks to a generous donation, the Salvation Army of Coos Bay has a place for the kids to play outside on sunny days. Lieutenants Kevin and Heather Pope, Salvation Army pastors, arrived in Coos Bay in 2011 and knew right away something was missing. They had an after-school program that drew about 15 to 25 children on a given day, but they had nothing to do if they wanted to go outdoors on nice days. Thanks to a $34,000 donation last fall, they were able to open a new playground this spring. “We are excited to finally see our dream of having a playground that will provide a safe and fun environment for children,” Heather Pope said. “We have been praying for this playground for three years and what a blessing it is to see and hear the kids laughing and having a good time!” The playground was completed on the Salvation Army Church property, at 1155 Flanagan Ave., in April and officially dedicated May 10. Lieutenant Colonel Judy Smith, Salvation Army Cascade divisional commander, dedicated the playground and joined the Popes in thanking all who were
BY GOSIA WOZNIACKA Associated Press
The Salvation Army of Coos Bay, at 1155 Flanagan Ave., recently held their grand opening of a new playground for the children that take part in their after-school program. The playground was made possible through a private donation of over $30,000. involved in making the playground a reality. At the top of the list, they wanted to honor the donor, Wave Young, for his generosity and dedication to the kids of Coos Bay. Additional help, they say, also came from Rodney Schweitz of RP & T Trucking and Excavation, who donated time and equipment to prepare the site for the playground. The playground, complete with picnic table and park bench, will be used for the after-school program, as well as the other youth activities offered at the Coos Bay Salvation Army.
PORTLAND— Oregon must slash its carbon dioxide emissions from power plants nearly in half by 2030 under federal requirements the Obama administration has proposed to curb global warming. The state Department of Environmental Quality will be in charge of drawing plans to meet the goal. The initiative gives each state flexibility in how to reduce carbon emissions by 2030. About half a dozen power plants in Oregon would be affected by the requirements, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Colin McConnaha, climate change specialist at Oregon’s environmental quality agency, said Monday that the state is already well on its way toward energy efficiency, and plans to stop burning coal at Portland General Electric’s Boardman plant could be a big help. The plant in north-central Oregon is the only coal-fired electricity plant in the state, and PGE has said it plans to SEE EMISSIONS | A8
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BEIJING — Beijing put additional police on the streets and detained government critics Tuesday as part of a security crackdown on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the crushing of pro-democracy protests centered on the capital’s Tiananmen Square. Police manned checkpoints, and officers and paramilitary troops patrolled pedestrian overpasses and streets surrounding the square. The increased security comes on top of heightened restrictions on political activists, artists, lawyers and other government critics. Dozens have been taken into detention, forced out of Beijing or confined to their homes in other parts of the country. “June 4 has come again and the plainclothes officers are here to protect us. I can’t leave the house to travel or lecture,” Jiangsu province-based environmental activist Wu Lihong said in a text message. Artist and former activist Guo Jian was also taken away by authorities Sunday night, shortly after a profile of him appeared in the Financial Times newspaper in commemoration of the crackdown’s anniversary. As he was being detained, Guo, an Australian citizen, told an Associated Press reporter he would be held until June 15. A writer and officer of the Independent
appeared to have been disrupted, with Google’s mail and other services mostly inaccessible. China already routinely blocks popular overseas social media sites such as Twitter and YouTube and heavily censors Chinese sites for politically sensitive content. China allows no public discussion of the events of June 3-4, 1989, when soldiers accompanied by tanks and armored personnel carriers fought their way into the heart of the city, killing hundreds of unarmed protesters and onlookers. The government has never issued a complete, formal accounting of the crackdown and the number of casualties. Beijing’s official verdict is that the student-led protests aimed to topple the ruling Communist Party and plunge China into chaos. Protest leaders said they were merely seeking greater democracy and freedom, along with an end to corruption and favoritism within the party. Asked about the crackdown at a regularly Associated Press file photo scheduled news conference, Foreign People's Liberation Army troops stand guard with tanks in front of Tiananmen Square in 1989 after crushing Ministry spokesman Hong Lei did not refer the students’ pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing. A quarter-century later, the ruling party prohibits directly to Tiananmen Square or the military public discussion and 1989 is banned from textbooks and Chinese websites. crackdown. “Regarding the political incident which Chinese PEN Center, who writes under the mon method of keeping government critics happened in the late 1980s in China, as well name Ye Du, was also taken from his home in under 24-hour watch without the need to as issues related to it, the Chinese governthe southern city of Guangzhou to join a initiate legal proceedings. forced “tour trip,” his wife, Wan Haitao, said In an apparent sign of government nervby phone. Such compulsory trips are a com- ousness, connections to the global Internet SEE ANNIVERSARY | A8
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