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Police arrest teacher for sex abuse BY AMY MOSS STRONG
Bandon science teacher and coach retired after taking leave in September 2012
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BANDON — A former longtime Bandon middle school teacher has been charged with sexual abuse involving a minor, according to the Coos County Sheriff’s Office. According to jail records, 55year-old Chuck McLauchlin
was arrested for four counts of third-degree sexual abuse and four counts of third-degree sodomy. He was taken into custody by Bandon police on a probable cause warrant issued
by the Coos County Sheriff’s Office, according to the Bandon Police Department. Police officers and sheriff’s deputies searched McLauchlin’s residence
Tuesday evening. McLauchlin was taken to the Coos County Jail and held on $140,000 bail. McLauchlin was a popular science and technology teacher at Harbor Lights Middle School
for 26 years. He was the school’s computer specialist and network administrator and was a cross-country and track coach for many years. He retired in February from the district but had been on leave since the beginning of the school year in September 2012. SEE MCLAUCHLIN | A8
Chuck McLauchlin Arrested
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Feds want to dispatch owl killing experts U.S. Fish and Wildlife service takes aim at barred owls to increase habitat for spotted owls in Northwest ■
BY JEFF BARNARD The Associated Press GRANTS PASS — Federal wildlife officials plan to dispatch armed bird specialists into forests of the Pacific Northwest starting this fall to shoot one species of owl to protect another that is threatened with extinction. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday released a final environmental review of an experiment to see if killing barred owls will allow northern spotted owls to reclaim territory they’ve been driven out of over the past half-century. The agency has been evaluating the idea since 2009, gathering public comment and consulting ethicists, focus groups and scientific studies. It will issue a final decision on the plan in a month. “If we don’t manage barred owls, the probability of recovering the spotted owl goes down significantly,” said Paul Henson, Oregon state supervisor for Fish and Wildlife. The agency’s preferred course of action calls for killing 3,603 barred owls in four study areas in Oregon,
SEE OWLS | A8 By Thomas Moriarty, The World
Maddi Brown, a 4-H member, harnesses her llama Scooter as judge Adrienne Lulay looks on Tuesday afternoon at the Coos County Fair. Brown was one of three young competitors showing their llamas that afternoon.
Furry oddities find a home at fair BY THOMAS MORIARTY The World
The Associated Press
This 2002 photo shows a barred owl in Calais,Vt.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to start sending hunters into the woods of the Northwest to kill barred owls in an experiment to see if that will help the threatened northern spotted owl rebound from population declines.
MYRTLE POINT — Walk under the canopy of the Joelle Winchell Llama Arena and you might think you stepped into a Peruvian marketplace. Approximately a dozen of the longnecked South American camelids are entered in this year’s Coos County Fair, and while they may seem an odd choice for 4-H activities, organizers say the
species are a major presence in Oregon agriculture. “They’ve been around for a long time, but they’re sort of new as a fair animal,” said judge Adrienne Lulay, who came down from the Willamette Valley to judge the animals. Llama Superintendent Virginia Harris said the odd-looking creatures are surprisingly multifunctional. “They’ll pack up to a third of their body weight,” Harris said.
Because the animals have soft pads on their feet instead of hooves, Harris said, they’re able to be used as pack animals on federal lands that prohibit horse traffic. In recent years, the animals have also grown in popularity as guard animals because of their alertness. “They’re very perceptive,” she said. “They’ll kill coyotes.” SEE LLAMAS | A8
Lawyer: Snowden to stay in Russia Ore. DEQ wants Gardiner sanitary to clean up its act
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BY STEVE LINDSLEY The World
GARDINER — As the Gardiner Sanitary District board tries to decide whether to separate from the city of Reedsport wastewater treatment plant or move to a facility on the old International Paper site, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Unoccupied Portland police break up last remains of Occupy movement camp outside city hall. Page A5
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paperwork. Snowden has applied for temporary asylum in Russia. In a meeting with human rights activists two weeks ago, Snowden reportedly said he eventually wanted to visit Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua, all of which have offered him asylum. But Kucherena cast doubt on those intentions after Wednesday’s meeting. “Russia is his final destination
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MOSCOW — Edward Snowden may be settling in for a long stay in Russia, his lawyer indicated Wednesday, saying the National Security Agency leaker plans to start studying the Russian language and culture and that, for the time being,Russia is his final destination. Anatoly Kucherena’s comments came after the lawyer met with
Snowden in the transit zone of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo international airport amid Russian news reports that Snowden was about to receive documents that would allow him to leave the airport where he’s apparently been marooned for more than a month. Some Russian news agencies cited unidentified sources as saying Kucherena would deliver the documents to Snowden, but the lawyer later said there was no such
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made it clear a decision must come soon. Keith Andersen, western region administrator for the DEQ, attended the board’s July 18 meeting. “As I mentioned in May,” Andersen told the board, “we’re very interested in what the district expects to do.” SEE SEWER | A8
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