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Alyssa Roth-Fortune and her horse Shug wait for their awards after competing in the senior class open show for horses over 5 years old Saturday at the Coos County Fair. For more photos from the fair and Friday’s rodeo, see Page A3.
Life in the saddle BY EMILY THORNTON The World
MYRTLE POINT — Equestrian Alyssa Roth-Fortune, 24, has been riding since she was 5. The 2006 rodeo queen said she enjoys being on a horse. “I guess I love the freedom of it,” Roth-Fortune said. Roth-Fortune of Silverton was one of the riders participating in Saturday’s equestrian competition at Coos County Fairgrounds. The riders and horses were divided into
different age groups for judging. The prize was a pair of chaps. Roth-Fortune, a two-time competitor at the equestrian world championships in Oklahoma, competed in the 19 and over category. She said she hardly thinks about competing anymore. “I’ve been doing it so long, it’s really nothing,” she said. Although she was riding a quarterhorse at Saturday’s event, RothFortune said she prefers riding Appaloosas because they’re “independent and sassy.” She currently
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COQUILLE — Coos County is using a new material on its roads. Well, new for the county, anyway. The county will use chip seal to cover its roads starting mid-August, said John Rowe, roadmaster for Coos County Road Department. He said Oregon Department of Transportation began work in Powers using chip seal this year. He decided to get the work contracted
on county roads because it was more cost-effective. The rock used to be less popular because agencies used a mixed batch of rock, which led to loose gravel on roadways. Now it has become more uniform, he said. They also use different paving equipment, he said. “We can pave more mileage for the same amount of money,” Rowe said. The cost of chip seal will be $472,454 for the 14.5 miles of county roads Rowe SEE ROADS | A8
By Lou Sennick, The World
Coos County roadmaster John Rowe talks about a chip sealing project the county will be doing next month on about 14 miles of rural roads. It is the first time such methods will be used to help maintain local roadways.
Trooper in the right place at the right time BY TIM NOVOTNY The World
NORTH BEND — It was just about 2 a.m. inside the North Bend 7/11 when a regular customer suddenly slumped against the beverage machine. He collapsed to the floor, his heart beat growing feint. What the man didn’t know was this was his lucky day. A number of things quickly fell
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into place that would help save his life. Oregon State Trooper Freddie Dunlap’s shift was ending and he was heading back to headquarters near the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport. Dunlap is one of only two troopers from that office who carry an automated external defibrillator. The stunned store clerk hit the panic alarm instead of calling 911 when the man collapsed. That
alarm, usually reserved for alerting police to fights or robberies in progress, quickly brought North Bend Police and raised Dunlap’s attention as he drove. “A few seconds later they called out a man down call,” Dunlap reflected Thursday. “I decided to go, and when I got there the North Bend Officer was just entering the 7/11. I saw a gentleman on the floor next to the beverage coolers and it
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YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit-area factory where Rosie the Riveter showed that a woman could do a “man’s work” by building World War II-era bombers, making her an enduring symbol of American female empowerment, will be demolished if money can’t be found to save it. The Willow Run Bomber Plant, a 332-acre former Ford Motor Co. factory west of Detroit that churned out nearly 9,000 B-24 Liberator bombers during World War II, is slated to be torn down unless a group can raise $3.5 million by Thursday to convert at
Her father, Jeff Dieu, said his daughter enjoyed riding. “She just loves it,” Dieu said. “This is her passion. She is a little farm girl who looks up to (more experienced riders).” Dieu said his daughter couldn’t get enough of being with her four horses. “If it was up to her, she would live in her stall,” Dieu said. Reporter Emily Thornton can be reached at 541-269-1222, ext. 249 or emily.thornton@theworldlink.com or on Twitter: @EmilyK_Thornton.
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owns one of each. Laura Fortune, Roth-Fortune’s mother, said the hobby was expensive. “They’re money pits,” Fortune said. Fortune also said she wouldn’t have allowed her daughter to continue if she hadn’t been so dedicated. “She’s a hard worker,” Fortune said. “I probably wouldn’t have kept her in it unless she had practiced.” Abbey Dieu, 11, said she’d ridden horses since age 2 and also has been in 4-H.
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PORTLAND (AP) — Authorities are calling for more evacuations in the area of a complex of wildfires burning in southwest Oregon near the city of Glendale. The officials say residents of eight homes on Poorman Creek Road should leave because of the dangers posed by the 21-squaremile fire complex. The evacuations began Saturday afternoon and encompassed all homes west of McCullough Creek Road and south to Reuben Road, said Kyle Reed, a spokesman for the Douglas Forest Protective Association. Residents east of McCullough Creek Road to the mill west of Glendale have been told to prepare for a possible evacuation. Fire spokesman Rich Hoover says the Douglas County Complex of fires threatens about 300 homes. About 750 people are fighting the fires. No injuries have been reported and no structures have been damaged. The Douglas Complex of fires started Friday after 54 blazes were ignited by lightning. Some of the fires since joined together, and they have combined to scorch about 10,000 acres. Most of the fires are in the Cow Creek Canyon west of Glendale. “The current conditions around Douglas County are prime for rapid fire growth,” Reed said. Ryan Sandler, a National Weather Service meteorologist, told the News-Review of Roseburg that the hot, dry and windy conditions will hamper firefighting efforts. “The conditions are dry, the fields are dry, the humidity is low, and we are expecting some gusty winds this afternoon and tomorrow,” he said Saturday. “I think they are going to have their hands full trying to contain the fires this
appeared he was in distress. I went back to my car and got the AED out of the trunk.” With the assistance of North Bend Police and fire personnel, the trooper activated the defibrillator. Dunlap shocked the man twice and gave CPR until Bay Cities Ambulance arrived on scene. “He was transported to the hospital and SEE SAVE | A8
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