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Poll: High-profile shootings don’t change opinions

BY KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL Oregon Public Broadcasting

Public opinion about gun control laws doesn’t appear to have shifted after two high-profile school shootings in the Pacific Northwest. That’s according to a new OPB poll conducted after deadly attacks at Reynolds High School and Seattle Pacific University.

Back in April, before both shootings, OPB conducted a phone survey of registered Oregon voters that asked opinions on gun control issues. It showed 76 percent of respondents would support a law requiring background checks for all gun purchases except for those between family members.

Now a new poll of Oregon residents, conducted after the shootings in late June, shows that public opinion hasn’t changed much.

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By Alysha Beck, The World

Forest officer T.J. Ramos talks to wildland fire trainees about what materials can contribute to a fire during Coos Forest Protective Association’s basic wildland fire school at Camp Fircroft in Langlois on July 2.

Seasoning for fire season CFPA, BLM firefighters preparing for wildland fires ■

BY THOMAS MORIARTY The World

LANGLOIS — As South Coast families were stocking up on fireworks and hot dogs Thursday afternoon, newly minted wildland firefighters were learning how to extinguish the flames that would likely follow.

John Flanagan, public information officer for the Coos Forest Protective Association, said his agency has been running wildland firefighting classes at Camp Fircroft near Langlois for the past three years.

The trainees, a mix of CFPA and BLM personnel, received the most basic level of firefighting instruction. Their train-

ing will continue throughout their time as firefighters.

The class Thursday focused on managing the wildland-urban interface — the nexus of fire-prone wildlands and human structures.

Rural homes don’t have to be completely clear of brush to mitigate fire risk, but homeowners should still exercise caution.

Flanagan said fires start when gutters filled with dry leaves are ignited by stray sparks. “(The home’s exterior) can have plants,” he said. “But they should be plants that are fire-resistant.”

Flanagan said wildland firefighters spend much of their time in the field fighting blazes started by fireworks and campfires.

“It seems that the summer activities we all enjoy and wildfires go hand in

hand,” he said.

Jeff Wilmarth, one of CFPA’s incident commanders, said that during the 2013 fire camp, a wildfire that broke out nearby was used to provide in-the-field training for the class.

“Last year was a little extreme,” he said, smiling.

Since January, 26 fires and 819 acres have burned inside CFPA jurisdiction.

With fuel moistures low going into the summer, federal and state forestry officials are gearing up for what could be another busy season.

“All of the predictions are that it will be more dangerous and active fire season than usual,” Flanagan said.

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.

It shouldn’t get any worse — at gas pump Experts say gas prices may have reached their peak for the year ■

BY TIM NOVOTNY The World

The South Coast continues to hover about 3 cents higher than the statewide average for a gallon of gasoline. The good news is that it should not go any higher.

According to AAA Oregon/Idaho, crude oil and wholesale gasoline prices are ticking down, but drivers are still paying some of the highest pump prices in years.

The national average for regular unleaded fell two cents this week to $3.65 a gallon, while Oregon’s average is holding steady at $3.981. That is just three-tenths of a cent less than the year-to-date high of $3.984 set July 3. However, Coos Bay’s average actually rose, from $4.013 last week to $4.017.

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Obama requests Legal pot now a short drive for many Oregonians $3.7 billion for Recreational pot border crisis sales in Washington state started this week ■

BY ERICA WERNER AND JIM KUHNHENN The Associated Press

BY STEVEN DUBOIS The Associated Press

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President Barack Obama speaks May 28 at the commencement address to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point’s Class of 2014. Tackling what he has called a humanitarian crisis, Obama on Tuesday asked Congress for $3.7 billion to cope with a tide of minors from Central America who are illegally crossSEE BORDER | A8 ing the U.S. border.

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ple who have arrived unaccompanied since last fall fled violence in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

Would-be refugees and asylum seekers must navigate a complex system. Here are some answers to key questions about the process: Q: How does the U.S. handle refugees?

A: The U.S. government contracts with organizations that handle all the details of accepting a refugee from another country. For example, the International Rescue SEE REFUGEES | A8

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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Pressure continues to mount on the federal government to treat as refugees the thousands of children traveling alone from Central America and crossing the border into the U.S. Officials from the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees told The Associated Press this week that they hoped the U.S. and Mexico will consider the children refugees displaced by armed conflict, meaning they would not automatically be sent back to their home countries but receive international protection.

Many of the 50,000 young peo-

PORTLAND — Recreational pot is now on sale in Washington state, but actually getting that pot required some patience Tuesday for residents not only of neighboring Oregon but southwest Washington as well.

Freedom Market in Kelso, Washington — 45 miles north of Portland — was scheduled to begin sales at noon Tuesday, but the pot delivery scheduled for late morning got delayed, and then delayed some more.

Owner Kathleen Nelson said she offered water and pizza to the 50 to 60 dedicated customers who waited into the evening.

“The truck arrived! Yeah!”

Nelson said after the shipment finally rolled in about 8:30 p.m.

Then store workers scrambled to sort the 19 strains and stock the shelves so the first customers could make their purchases.

Did she ever consider canceling Tuesday’s effort and waiting a day?

“We are not missing this date!” she declared. Nelson estimated the initial supply might sell out Tuesday night, but she planned to replenish her stock and have more available on Thursday.

Nelson estimated about 100 people had come to the store by noon, and the license plates were split about 50-50 between Oregon and Washington.

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Co-owner Hollie Hillman talks with Longview,Wash., business owner Dave Grumbois as they wait inside her medical marijuana clinic for the first delivery of stateapproved recreational marijuana so that she can begin sales across the parking lot at The Freedom Market in Kelso, Wash., on Tuesday. stoned could get busted, just like a driver.

I don’t think access drunken Oregon State Police said they’re to cannabis in Oregon not doing anything differently in response to Washington’s pot sales. is difficult.

“We are always on the lookout for drivers under the influence of Leland Berger alcohol, drugs or a combination of Portland lawyer both,” Sgt. Gregg Hastings said.

Washington law allows the sale of up to an ounce of dried mariThe closest legal pot shop to juana. Under Oregon law, Portland opens Wednesday, just possession of up to an ounce of across the Columbia River in marijuana is classified as a violaVancouver, Washington. tion, punishable by a fine.

Law enforcement officials say Owners of stores near Portland nothing stopping anticipate lots of Oregon custhere’s Oregonians from buying pot in tomers, but some observers say Washington. But the law bans swarms of motorists and bicythem from bringing the marijuana clists heading across the state line back with them for use in their are unlikely. home state.

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama appealed to Congress on Tuesday for $3.7 billion in emergency spending to deal with the immigration crisis on the nation’s southern border, where unaccompanied children have been showing up by the thousands in a human drama that’s causing a political storm in Washington and beyond.

Obama himself was flying to Texas on Wednesday, a trip designed mostly for political fundraising for Democrats but now

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Felony Arrests Scott Robert Peterson — Coos Bay police arrested Peterson on July 7 in the 700 block of South Broadway Street on a Coos County warrant charging parole violation.

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By Steve Lindsley, The Umpqua Post

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden addresses a Town Hall at the newly-renovated Egyptian Theater in Coos Bay on Saturday. Wyden took a number of questions and comments on several issues, including Jordan Cove, county payments, the Federal Highway Trust Fund and port dredging.

Pledge to keep the ports open

BY STEVE LINDSLEY The World

Even as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Yaquina dredged at the mouth of the Umpqua River, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden talked about dredging for Oregon’s small ports as he hosted a town hall Saturday at the newly refurbished Egyptian Theatre in Coos Bay. “You cannot have big league economic growth with little league infrastructure,” Wyden said. “The essence of that is dredging.

The Oregon Congressional delegation really teamed up to ensure that this time small ports should get a fair shake.

That’s why you’re seeing dredging as you drive by to a community meeting.”

Money for dedicated funding for dredging and maintaining small coastal ports was included in the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014.

The state of Oregon, earlier this year, also announced a partnership between the governor’s office, the Oregon Legislature’s Coastal Caucus and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that provided funds for additional dredging projects for Oregon’s small coastal ports, including the Umpqua and Siuslaw rivers.

Wyden was asked if there was a good future for dredging.

“There sure is with this Congressional delegation,” he said. “What we have done is really drawn a line in the

sand. You know, the big ports have been able to always go right to the head of the line.”

He also commended the Oregon Legislature’s Coastal Caucus, which includes Sen. Arnie Roblan, D-Coos Bay; and Rep. Caddy McKeown, D-Coos Bay; for what he called “their good work.”

Wyden pledged to keep the issue on the front burner.

“What we’ve said is we’re going to shake up the status quo,” he said, “and the small ports are going to get a fair shake.”

He said he was pleased The Yaquina was operating even as he spoke.

“I’m walking out of here with a big smile,” he said.

During the town hall Wyden also talked about the

proposed LNG project on Coos Bay, his proposed rural job “tool kit,” recreation at the Oregon coast, his proposal to log at least portions of O&C Railroad lands to provide dollars to Oregon counties and he discussed the federal highway trust fund, which is about to run out of money.

“We will get it done,” Wyden said of the effort to get more money for infrastructure projects. He said the country needs $8 billion through the end of the year and Congress needs to work on a permanent replacement.

He pledged to work hard on the proposal this week.

He call the drive to shore up the fund “non-negotiable.”

Call for entries for Oregon Coast film festival BANDON — The 2014 Oregon Coast Film Festival date is set for Oct. 11, the Best of Festival Evening will be from 6-8:30 p.m. at the Sprague Community Theater in Bandon. This year’s event will include workshops and scholarships.

Entries for the 2014 Oregon Coast Film Festival categories will include: short form documentary, independent film

and video, feature length, and hybrid photography. Deadline for entries is Aug.15. More details are available in the festival brochure: www.oregoncoastfilmfestifestival Film val.org. organizers are looking for interested presenters to hold workshops.

The 2013 festival donated $350 to the Bandon High School senior class. In 2014,

the festival plans to establish a yearly scholarship for area high school students. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to establish and distribute a film festival scholarship.

More than 200 people attended the 2013 Best of Festival Evening at the Sprague. More than 25 original short films were screened.

Those entries are available for

tors and a home base for their student. Visiting students participate as active members of the family and integrate into their host’s daily routines and traditions just like any other family member. Hosting an international student is a great way to explore a new culture and promote a sense of lifelong learning and adventure.

Exchange student participants undergo an extensive application and orientation process in their home country prior to being accepted into iE-USA’s program. Each student is responsible for his/her own spending money and full health insurance coverage.

To learn more about how to make the dream come true for

COQUILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT

July 7, 12:48 a.m., dispute, 400 block of South Wasson Street.

July 7, 1:17 a.m., assault, 100 block of North 11th Street.

July 7, 6:23 a.m., criminal mischief, 200 block of South Cammann Street.

July 7, 8:11 a.m., unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, 1500 block of North Bayshore Drive.

July 7, 8:49 a.m., criminal trespass, 900 block of Lakeshore Drive.

July 7, 11:16 a.m., hit-and-run collision, Walmart.

July 7, 11:19 a.m., theft of wallet, 1300 block of Newmark Avenue.

July 7, 11:22 a.m., unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, 200 block of West Golden Avenue.

July 7, 12:54 p.m., criminal mischief, 600 block of 17th Avenue.

July 7, 1:49 p.m., criminal mischief, 600 block of West 15th Street.

July 7, 2:41 p.m., violation of restraining order, 900 block of Sanford Street.

July 7, 4:14 p.m., woman arrested for second-degree criminal trespass, third-degree theft, resisting arrest and attempted assault on a law enforcement officer, 900 block of Anderson Avenue.

July 7, 5 p.m., criminal trespass, 200 block of South Wall Street.

July 7, 5:17 p.m., fraud, 800 block of Garfield Avenue.

July 7, 8:19 p.m., dispute, 1200 block of North Bayshore Drive.

July 7, 9:16 p.m., threats, 2000 block of Lindberg Avenue.

July 7, 9:30 p.m., threats, 100 block of South Empire Boulevard.

July 7, 10:28 p.m., threats, Safeway.

July 7, 10:51 p.m., theft, 600 block of North Bayshore Drive.

July 7, 11:29 p.m., theft, Walmart.

July 7, 12:52 a.m., burglary, 1100 block of North Folsom Street.

July 7, 9:28 a.m., woman arrested for probation violation, 1000 block of North Cedar Point Road.

July 7, 12:58 p.m., identity theft, 700 block of East Ninth Street.

July 7, 2:27 p.m., disorderly conduct, 300 block of West Main Street.

July 8, 1:26 a.m., burglary, 1500 block of North Ivy Street.

viewing on the film festival website: oregoncoastfilmfestival.org. The Coos County Cultural Coalition provided a COOS COUNTY $1,000 grant for media and SHERIFF'S OFFICE advertising.

Those interested in under- July 7, 10:53 a.m., telephonic wrighting or sponsoring the harassment, 90700 block of festival, or anyone with sug- Sand Dollar Lane, Coos Bay. gestions or comments, can July 7, 11 a.m., criminal mischief, e m a i l 8800 block of Avenue A, Powers.

CoastFilmFest@iCloud.com.

July 7, 11:17 a.m., criminal trespass, 600 block of Railroad Avenue, Lakeside. an international high school July 7, 1:20 p.m., violation of exchange student, contact restraining order, first block of Oregon representative Dawn Pond Lane, Lakeside.

Green at d.green@interna- July 7, 1:21 p.m., fraud, 90900 tional-experience.net or block of South Windy Street, 208-447-8118.

Coos Bay. Host families may review July 7, 5:28 p.m., theft, 8600 prospective student profiles block of Lower Fourmile Lane, online at iE-USA.org. Families Bandon. interested in hosting this year July 7, 7:11 p.m., burglary, 90800 must apply by Aug. 15. block of Ford Lane, Coos Bay.

International high school exchange seeking host families in Coos Bay Visiting students, ages 1518, from around the world including Germany, Spain, Switzerland and Thailand are seeking host families in and around Coos Bay for the upcoming 2014-2015 academic school year. Host families are needed for the fall semester and full school year.

Host families serve as men-

COOS BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT

NORTH BEND POLICE DEPARTMENT July 6, 12:22 a.m., man arrested on two counts of domestic harassment, 2500 block of Broadway Avenue.

July 6, 8:54 a.m., man arrested on warrant charging failure to appear, Sherman Avenue and Exchange Street.

July 6, 11:31 a.m., disorderly conduct, 1500 block of Sherman Avenue.

July 6, 1:38 p.m., threats, 800 block of State Street.

July 6, 1:45 p.m., disorderly conduct, 1800 block of Virginia Avenue.

July 6, 2:59 p.m., dispute, 1900 block of Monroe Street.

July 6, 4:15 p.m., theft, 500 block of Clark Street.

July 6, 4:48 p.m., criminal trespass, 2300 block of Delores Street.

July 6, 4:59 p.m., shoplifter, 1700 block of Virginia Avenue.

July 6, 5:34 p.m., criminal mischief, 2100 block of Sherman Avenue.

July 6, 5:46 p.m., burglary, 2200 block of Ohio Avenue.

July 6, 7:58 p.m., assault, 2700 block of Myrtle Street.

July 6, 8:43 p.m., unlawful entry to a motor vehicle, 1500 block of 16th Street.

July 6, 9:37 p.m., unlawful entry to a motor vehicle, 1700 block of Juniper Avenue.

July 6, 11:23 p.m., criminal trespass, Ferry Road Park.

July 7, 4:03 a.m., criminal trespass, 1600 block of Virginia Avenue.

July 7, 6:41 a.m., disorderly conduct, Broadway Avenue and 13th Street.

July 7, 1:54 p.m., theft, 1700 block of Sheridan Avenue.

July 7, 6:09 p.m., dispute, 600 block of Virginia Avenue.

July 8, 12:48 a.m., criminal trespass, Public Square.

July 8, 2:06 a.m., criminal trespass, 3000 block of Broadway Avenue.

July 8, 2:31 a.m., man cited in lieu of custody for second-degree criminal trespass, 1900 block of Virginia Avenue.

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South Coast Executive Editor Larry Campbell • 541-269-1222, ext. 251

TODAY Coos Bay Farmers Market 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Downtown Coos Bay on Central Avenue.

Summer Storytime: Fizz, Boom, Read! 10:30-11:15 a.m., Coquille Public Library, 105 N. Birch St., Coquille. Crafts, fun and reading for kids.

Family Concert! Joe Ross’ Science of Sound 10:30 a.m., Reedsport Branch Library, 395 Winchester Ave., Reedsport. Fizz, Boom, Read program for kids.

Huughes House Living History Vignettes 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Cape Blanco State Park, exit U.S. Highway 101 west between milepost markers 296 and 297 onto Cape Blanco Road, north of Port Orford.

Other historic sites include Cape Blanco Light Station and Port Orford Lifeboat Station Museum.

Silly Sensational Science with Steve Taylor 4 p.m., 4 p.m., Coquille Community Building large auditorium, 115 N. Birch, Coquille. Magic, ventriloquism and comedy.

“Oregon’s Own” 234th Army Band in Concert 7 p.m., Egyptian Theatre, 255 S. Broadway, Coos Bay. 541-808-8295

THURSDAY Summer Fun Book Sale 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m., Bandon Public Library, 1204 11th St. SW., Bandon.

Brad Clark: Stories and Songs 11 a.m., Coos Bay Public Library, 525 Anderson Ave., Coos Bay. Under the Docks 1-2 p.m., meet at Charleston Visitor Information Center, west end of South Slough Bridge on Basin Drive. Learn about the bizarre creatures that live beneath the docks. Guided, $1 each. Register at 541-888-5558.

Riverfront Rhythms with Done Deal 6-7:30 p.m., Umpqua Discovery Center, 409 Riverfront Way, Reedsport. Bring chair, blanket and picnic. No pets, alcohol or smoking.

Guest Night 6-8 p.m., Red Lion Hotel, 1313 N. Bayshore Drive, Coos Bay. Dinner and program $13. Guest speaker: John Adams of Hauser Community Church. Program: Lee Taft on BFC Ministry for motorcyclists. RSVP at 541-8080625.

Baay Area Teen Idol Competition 6-8:30 p.m., Egyptian Theatre, 255 S. Broadway, Coos Bay. http://kdcq.com/bay-area-teen-idol.

FRIDAY Paddle the Estuary 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., South Slough Interpretive Center, 61907 Seven Devils Road, Charleston. Bring kayak or canoe, PFD, water and lunch. Dress for muddy launch and take out. Minimum of three boats and maximum of eight, $15 a boat. Register at 541-888-5558.

Reedsport Farmers Market 9 a.m.-3 p.m., state Highway 38 and Fifth Street, Reedsport. 541-2713044 Summer Fun Book Sale 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Bandon Public Library, 1204 11th St. SW., Bandon.

Myrtle Point Public Library Used Book Sale noon-4 p.m., Maple School, 413 C. St., Myrtle Point.

Downtown Coos Bay Wine Walk 5-7:30 p.m. Start at Coos Bay Visitor Information Center, 50 Central Ave. Map and glass $10. Proceeds benefit Coos Historical & Maritime Museum, Oregon Coast Historical Railway Museum and Marshfield Sun Printing Museum. 541-269-1222, ext. 248 Bandon Football Luau 6 p.m., Bandon High School cafeteria, 550 Ninth St. SW, Bandon. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Kalua pig and traditional Hawaiian dishes dinner. Following dinner at 7 p.m., a Polynesian dance will performed by Peteli Praise Dance group and Coach Silia Polamalu will perform a Samoan fire knife dance. Tickets are $25 for adults, $10 for ages 6-12. Advance tickets available at Hennick’s Home Center in Bandon or from Bandon Football players. 541-817-3598.

Cinderella Reprise Musical 7 p.m., Sprague Theatre, 1202 11th St. SW, Bandon. Tickets $10, seniors $8 and children 5-12 $5. Advance tickets at Bandon True Value or 541-347-2517.

Foreign Film Friday: Sound of Noise (Sweden, 2010) 7 p.m., Coos Bay Public Library, 525 Anderson Ave., Coos Bay. “If I Didn’t Care” Tribute to The Ink Spots 7 p.m., Florence Playhouse, 208 Laurel St., Florence.

Limited seating, $10 admission. www.florenceplayhouse.com or 541-997-1675.

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“When Harry Met Sally” 7:30 p.m., Egyptian Theatre, 255 S. Broadway, Coos Bay. Tickets $5 adults, $4 seniors, children $2.50.

Sawdust Theatre Melodrama and Olios 8 p.m., Sawdust Theatre, 122 N. Adams, Coquille. “The Colossal Cranberry Caper” or “Boondoggled in the Bog.” Reserve seating $12.50. Tickets are available: www.sawdusttheatre.com, 541-3964563 or Coquille Chamber of Commerce, 119 N. Birch.

Bend. Donations accepted on behalf of performers and OCMA.

Colossal Cranberry Caper” or “Boondoggled in the Bog.” Reserve seating $12.50. Tickets are available: www.sawdusttheatre.com, 541-3964563 or Coquille Chamber of Commerce, 119 N. Birch.

Time Sawyer in concert 8 p.m., Pistol River Friendship Hall, 24252 Carpenterville Road, Brookings.

Tickets are $15 each at www.pistolriver.com or 541-347-2848.

THURSDAY, JULY 17 Explore the Shore 10-11 a.m., meet at Charleston Visitor Information Center, west end of South Slough Bridge on Basin Drive, Charleston. Learn about what lives in the estuary. $1 each. Register at 541-888-5558.

Megascience with Meg Balaconis 11 a.m., Coos Bay Public Library, 525 Anderson Ave., Coos Bay. Making a lava lamp.

Children’s Music With Rich Glauber 2 p.m., Hazel M. Lewis Library, 511 Third Ave., Powers. Fizz, Boom, Read program for kids.

Children’s Music With Rich Glauber 5 p.m., Dora Public Library, 65125 Goldbrick Road, Myrtle Point. Fizz, Boom, Read program for kids.

Speaker Wave Concert 7 p.m., The Liberty Pub, 2037 Sherman Ave., North Bend. Admission $10 in advance or $15 at the door, 21 and older. RSVP 541-267-0938 or www.oregoncoastmusic.org.

SUNDAY SATURDAY Run TrackTown Youth League — Coos Bay Regional Meet 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Pete Susick Stadium, enter at 755 S. Seventh St., Coos Bay. Free all comers meet for ages 3-8. Register at www.RunTrackTownYouthLeague.com Plant and Treasure Fundraiser Sale 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Unity By The Bay, 2100 Union Ave., North Bend. 541-751-1633 Myrtle Point Public Library Used Book Sale 9 a.m.3 p.m., Maple School, 413 C. St., Myrtle Point.

Coquille Town & Country Garden Tour 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Self guided tour maps $10 each available at The Sentinel, Coquille Garden, Cedar Point Industrial Florist and Nursery, Copper Goose Nursery, Garden Elements and Highway 101 Plants and Things. 541-396-3414 Myrtle Point Townwide Garage Sale 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Maps to registered sites available at Myrtle Point Fire Station, Fourth and Maple, Myrtle Point. Proceeds go toward MP Recreation Projects.

541-572-2626 Headles & Treadles Fiber Guild Meeting 10 a.m., Headles & Treadles, Pony Village Mall, mezzanine suite 20, 1611 Virginia Ave., North Bend.

Tide of the Toddlers — Rabbits 10-11 a.m., South Slough Interpretive Center, 61907 Seven Devils Road, Charleston. Program for children ages 1-5 who will sing, make a craft and discover the natural world. Maximum of 15, $1 each. Register at 541-888-5558.

Summer Fun Book Sale 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Bandon Public Library, 1204 11th St. SW., Bandon.

“National Treasure” and Kids Treasure Hunt 7 p.m., Egyptian Theatre, 255 S. Broadway, Coos Bay. 541-808-8295.

Bay Area Concert Band Concert in the Park noon, Mingus Park, 600 N. 10th, Coos Bay. South Coast Singles (50+) No-host Luncheon noon, Coney Station, 295 S. Broadway, Coos Bay. Coos County DAV Chapter 38 meeting 1 p.m., American Legion Hall, 1421 Airport Way, North Bend. Open to anyone wishing to discuss issues related to disabled veterans.

Gordy Reeves Art Reception 1-3 p.m., Evergreen Court at Baycrest Village, 451 O’Connell St., North Bend. Music provided by violinist Cynthia Robertson. Refreshments.

South Slough Big Canoe Trip 1-4 p.m., South Slough Reserve Interpretive Center, 61907 Seven Devils Road, Charleston. Participants will be expected to: paddle for two hours; raise to standing from seating on the bottom of the canoe; lift 50 pounds and one mile up uneven terrain.

Canoe, PFD and paddles provided. Dress for muddy launch and take out, and weather. Limited to 4-6 participants. Register by calling 541-8885558.

21st Annual Maritime Art Exhibition Opening and Fundraiser dinner 5 p.m., Coos Art Museum, 325 Anderson Ave., Coos Bay. Catered meal, no host wine and beer, art auction — includes Plein Air paintings. Tickets $45 to CAM members and $50 to others. RSVP by calling 541-267-3901.

Ciinderella Reprise Musical 7 p.m., Sprague Theatre, 1202 11th St. SW, Bandon. Tickets $10, seniors $8 and children 5-12 $5. Advance tickets at Bandon True Value or 541-347-2517.

Country Opry 7 p.m., Little Theatre on the Bay, 2100 Sherman Ave., North Bend. Tickets are $13 online at http://ltob.net.

“If I Didn’t Care” Tribute to The Ink Spots 7 p.m., Florence Playhouse, 208 Laurel St., Florence.

Limited seating, $10 admission. www.florenceplayhouse.com or 541-997-1675.

Slow Ponies concert 7 p.m. Hales Center for the Performing Arts. 1988 Newmark Ave., Coos Bay. Donations accepted on behalf of performers and OCMA. Sawdust Theatre Melodrama and Olios 8 p.m., Sawdust Theatre, 122 N. Adams, Coquille. “The

ASALHA PUJA DAY (BUDDHIST); OBON (SHINTO) First United Methodist Church: Morning Service at the Beach 8:30 a.m., Sunset Bay State Park Beach boat launch area, 89814 Cape Arago Highway, Charleston. Dress for the weather and bring a lawn chair.

“Masonic Family” Picnic 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Sturdivant Park, Highway 42S, Coquille. Bring a dessert or side dish optional. Horseshoe tournament begins at 9:30 a.m. Lunch begins at noon, seating and table provided. Kids games, live music by Oregon Oldtime Fiddlers. 541-751-1226 Myrtle Point Public Library Used Book Sale 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Maple School, 413 C. St., Myrtle Point. Buck a bag day.

“Some Like it Hot” 1 p.m., Egyptian Theatre, 255 S. Broadway, Coos Bay. Tickets $5 adults, $4 seniors, children $2.50.

Summer Quilt and Photography Show Opening 1-3 p.m., Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center, 900 E. 11th, Bandon. Live music and refreshments.

Cinderella Reprise Musical 2 p.m., Sprague Theatre, 1202 11th St. SW, Bandon. Tickets $10, seniors $8 and children 5-12 $5. Advance tickets at Bandon True Value or 541-347-2517.

Country Opry 2 p.m., Little Theatre on the Bay, 2100 Sherman Ave., North Bend. Tickets are $13 online at http://ltob.net.

“If I Didn’t Care” Tribute to The Ink Spots 2 p.m., Florence Playhouse, 208 Laurel St., Florence.

Limited seating, $10 admission. www.florenceplayhouse.com or 541-997-1675.

Left Coast Jazz Quartet 2 p.m., OIMB Boathouse, 63466 Boat Basin Road, Charleston. Black Market Gourmet and Eola Hills Winery featured. OCMA members, $25 and others $30. RSVP 541-2670938 or www.oregoncoastmusic.org.

FRIDAY, JULY 18 July Jubilee 11 a.m. North Bend Public Library, 1800 Sherman Ave., North Bend 11 a.m. Free lunch for kids followed by program noon-1 p.m, Honored Citizens Program 4-5 p.m.

Reedsport Farmers Market 9 a.m.-3 p.m., state Highway 38 and Fifth Street, Reedsport. 541-2713044 Coquille Carousel Fundraiser Garage Sale noon-7 p.m., Jefferson School, 790 W. !7th St., Coquille.

Follow the bear signs.

C.R.O.W. Camp Showcase 3 p.m., Florence Playhouse, 208 Laurel St., Florence. Limited seating, first come-first served.

July Jubilee Sip N Stroll 5-6 p.m., start at Engle’s Furniture, 2079 Sherman Ave., North Bend. List of participating locations and glass, $10.

Bay Area Teen Idol and North Bend July Jubilee Birthday Cake Cutting 7-9:30 p.m., North Bend Community Center, 2222 Broadway, North Bend.

Brinckman and Rogers in Concert 7 p.m., Zion Church, 20th and Washington, Port Orford.

Admission $12, 18 and younger free. Tess Brinckman, flute and David Rogers, guitar play the third Mildred Hill Concert.

Cinderella Reprise Musical 7 p.m., Sprague Theatre, 1202 11th St. SW, Bandon. Tickets $10, seniors $8 and children 5-12 $5. Advance tickets at Bandon True Value or 541-347-2517.

“If I Didn’t Care” Tribute to The Ink Spots 7 p.m., Florence Playhouse, 208 Laurel St., Florence.

Limited seating, $10 admission. www.florenceplayhouse.com or 541-997-1675.

Live Music with Holus Bolus 7 p.m. Seven Devils Brewing Co., 247 S. Second St., Coos Bay. July Jubilee Karaoke 8-11 p.m., North Bend Lanes, 1225 Virginia Ave., North Bend.

MONDAY OBON (SHINTO) Classic Film Night: “Funny Lady” 7 p.m., Bandon Public Library, 1204 11th St. SW, Bandon. Featuring: Barbra Streisand , 1975. Refreshments served.

TUESDAY OBON (SHINTO) Bingo 6:45 p.m., Masonic Lodge 140, 2002 Union Ave., North Bend. Refreshments available.

Gold Coast Chorus and Sea Breeze Harmony Cho rus 7 p.m., Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 400 Highland Ave., Coos Bay. Donations accepted on behalf of performers and OCMA. “The Musical Brain” Featuring Sting 7 p.m., Port Orford Public Library, 1421 Oregon St., Port Orford. In conjunction with Mildred Hill Concert Series.

SATURDAY, JULY 19

Coquille Carousel Fundraiser Garage Sale 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Jefferson School, 790 W. !7th St., Coquille.

Follow the bear signs.

Under the Docks 10-11 a.m., meet at Charleston Visitor Information Center, west end of South WEDNESDAY, JULY 16 Slough Bridge on Basin Drive. Learn about the bizarre creatures that live beneath the docks.

Coos Bay Farmers Market 9 a.m.-3 p.m., DownGuided, $1 each. Register at 541-888-5558. town Coos Bay on Central Avenue.

Patriots Gathering 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Pony Village Children’s Music With Rich Glauber 10:30 a.m., Mall, 157B, 1611 Virginia Ave., North Bend. Near Lakeside Public Library, 915 N. Lake Road, LakeMacy’s side. Fizz, Boom, Read program for kids. ukuva Marimba Band Concert in the Park noon, Ku Illuminated Insects with Victoria Carnate 10:30 Shore Acres State Park, 89039 Cape Arago Higha.m., Reedsport Branch Library, 395 Winchester way, Charleston. Parking, $5 per vehicle.

Ave., Reedsport. Fizz, Boom, Read program for kids.

Cinderella Reprise Musical 7 p.m., Sprague TheSummer Storytime: Fizz, Boom, Read! 10:30-11:15 atre, 1202 11th St. SW, Bandon. Tickets $10, a.m., Coquille Public Library, 105 N. Birch St., seniors $8 and children 5-12 $5. Advance tickets Coquille. Crafts, fun and reading for kids. at Bandon True Value or 541-347-2517.

Ms Fizzle Takes You Exploring Fizzy Things 4 p.m., “If I Didn’t Care” Tribute to The Ink Spots 7 p.m., Coquille Community Building large auditorium, Florence Playhouse, 208 Laurel St., Florence.

115 N. Birch, Coquille.

Limited seating, $10 admission. www.florenceplayhouse.com or 541-997-1675.

Irish Jam Session 7 p.m., The Liberty Pub, 2037 Sherman Ave., North Bend.

Rock & Roll Opry 7 p.m., Little Theatre on the Bay, 2100 Sherman Ave., North Bend. Tickets are $13 Paul Safar and Nancy Wood Concert 7 p.m., North Bend Public Library, 1800 Sherman Ave., North online at http://ltob.net.

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Citizen Advisory Committee for Planning — 1:30 p.m., Owen Buildling, 250 N. Baxter St., Coquille; regular meeting.

Bunker Hill Sanitary District — 7:30 p.m., district office, 93685 E. Howard Lane, Coos Bay; regular meeting.

North Bend School District — 7 p.m., City Hall, 835 California St., North Bend; regular meeting.

Lower Umpqua Hospital — 7:30 a.m., Lower Umpqua Hospital, 600 Ranch Road, Reedsport; regular meeting.

Cedar Crest Special Road District Board of Directors — 63353 Juniper Road, Coos Bay; regular meeting.

Siuslaw Soil and Water Conserva tion District — 6:30 p.m., district office, 1525 12th St., Florence; regular meeting.

THURSDAY Western Oregon Advanced Health Community Advisory Council — noon, Oregon Coast Community Action, 1855 Thomas St., Coos Bay; regular meeting.

Safety Committee — 3:15 p.m., courthouse, 94235 Moore St., Gold Beach; regular meeting.

Lakeside City Council — 7 p.m., City Hall, 915 North Lake Road, Lakeside; regular meeting.

THURSDAY, JULY 17 Charleston Sanitary District — 11 a.m., 63365 Boat Basin Road, Charleston; workshop.

Charleston Sanitary District — noon, 63365 Boat Basin Road, Charleston; regular meeting.

South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve Management Commission — 1 p.m., South Slough Reserve Interpretive Center, 61907 Seven Devils Road, Charleston; regular meeting.

Powers City Council — 7 p.m., City Hall, 275 Fir St., Powers; public hearing.

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Umpqua Soil and Water Conser vation District — 6:30 p.m., district office, 1877 Winchester Ave., Reedsport; regular meeting.

Bay Area Health District FinanceAudit Committee — 5 p.m., Bay Area Hospital, 1775 Thompson Rd., Coos Bay; regular meeting.

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A4 • The World • Wednesday, July 9,2014

Editorial Board Jeff Precourt, Publisher Larry Campbell, Executive Editor

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Feds: Slow down on ESA plan Officials from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration should heed the legislators’ advice and give Americans more time to comment on three proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

These changes, which were unveiled on May 12, could result in more public and private land being designated as critical habitat for threatened and endangered species.

If enacted, those changes could have a major effect on the use of public and private land in Baker County and elsewhere in Oregon.

We’re thinking here in particular of the looming possibility of the sage grouse being listed as threatened or endangered, a decision the Fish and Wildlife Service is supposed to make in 2015.

And yet with so much potentially at stake, the two federal agencies proposed to give the public just 60 days to comment on the changes to the ESA. Some lawmakers suggest adding six months to the comment period. That’s a reasonable request.

Baker City Herald

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Compensate ranchers for killed livestock The focus of the state of Oregon’s wolf program has been preventing attacks on livestock. But a national conservation group, Predator Defense, wants Oregon to spend all of the money of its wolf program on prevention. Ranchers would no longer be compensated for lost livestock.

That’s wrong. The state should continue to compensate ranchers.

The state has spent a total of $292,620 on the wolf program since it began about three years ago. Most of the money has gone to prevention programs — $178,150. Only $71,653 went to compensating ranchers for livestock attacked, killed or likely missing because of a wolf.

Ranchers aren’t the ones doing anything wrong. They are trying to make a living.

They suffer a real economic loss because of

government support for reintroducing a predator that regards a rancher’s assets as dinner.

Predator Defense is arguing that somehow there is something wrong with the approach that when government does a taking, the government should try to mitigate the damage. We don’t see how it makes a difference that it’s a wild animal doing the taking.

Wolves are a danger to the livelihood of ranchers. As more pups are born, that danger is going to increase. The reasonable policy is the one Oregon has: prevention and compensation.

The (Bend) Bulletin

Fulfilling a promise to Oregon’s schools, Native Americans Scio Rep. Sherrie Sprenger recently paid a visit to the Lebanon School Board to brief trustees about a law she helped pass this

session. The bill overhauled state policy regarding the use of Native American mascots by school districts.

In 2012, the state Board of Education passed a sweeping ban forbidding public schools from using Native American mascots or risk losing state funding.

Sprenger thought the ban overreached, and we agreed. She started pushing for a compromise measure, in which districts could continue to use a Native American mascot if they entered into agreements to do so with one of Oregon’s federally recognized Native American tribes.

The bill that finally passed the Legislature last session kicks the issue back to the state Board of Education, which is now charged with establishing the specific rules by which school districts can use Native American mascots.

The board has yet to develop those rules, but it’s a good bet that the process will force school districts to build relationships with their local tribes. That’s been part of Sprenger’s idea from the start. In fact, she encouraged trustees not to wait for the rules, but to start now to reach out to local tribes.

Let’s hope that Sprenger’s remaining journeys result in similar discussions throughout Oregon.

Corvallis Gazette-Times

Is the medium the message?

An aspiring rapper posts his lyrics on Facebook, suggesting a Halloween costume with his estranged wife’s “head on a stick.”

He goes on: “I’m not going to rest until your body is a mess, soaked in blood and dying from all the little cuts. Hurry up and die ... so I can...” and so on and so forth.

Anthony Elonis insists that he was merely engaging in artistic expression per his right to free speech. His wife disagreed. She saw his writings as a real threat of bodily harm, a crime not protected by the First Amendment.

Courts sided with the wife, and Anthony spent 44 months behind bars.

But the case won’t hurry up and die. It’s now before the U.S. Supreme Court, which will hear arguments in the fall.

A core issue will be Elonis’ intent in writing those words. Did he mean it?

His defenders say that social media make the job of getting into anyone’s head so much harder. And that’s what makes this case interesting.

The Facebook audience is crowded with strangers who don’t know the writer. They’re not well-equipped to judge whether he’s the type to follow through on a threat or merely prancing on his stage. Miscommunication is easy in these circumstances.

But, you may say, his wife knows him and insists she’s terrified. That brings up a long-running debate in such cases over whether to be a crime, a threat has to look real in unbiased eyes or simply strike fear in the target.

Elwood believes that FROMA the lower courts ignored HARROP the cues in Elonis’ Columnist Facebook posts suggesting, “I don’t mean anything by this.”

For example, Elonis quoted and linked to a comedy group called The Whitest Kids U’ Know. He also wrote in the middle of a post, “Me thinks the judge needs an education on true threat jurisprudence.”

“These things indicate this is not intended to intimidate anybody,” Elwood said.

Clearly, not everyone has caught the yukyuk-yuk disclaimers. And not everyone appreciates Elonis’ brand of wit or, more to the point, identifies it as such.

Many of today’s threat prosecutions are based on things said on social media platforms, a reason the Supreme Court has taken up the case. No easy task labeling impermissible speech on the Internet, where fantasies run amok alongside sober opinions, insanity, stupidity, irrationality and just plain bad writing.

Recent history shows not all of these online threats are idle. Elliot Rodger posted warnings on YouTube and online forums before stabbing and shooting several people to death in Santa Barbara, California. Jerad and Amanda Miller wrote of their “coming sacrifices” on Facebook before embarking on a murderous rampage in Las Vegas.

Some worry that the nine justices have not shown themselves to be keenly aware of communications technology. Questions such as these will arise: Elonis didn’t tag his wife on the Facebook threats. Does that mean that they weren’t directly aimed at her?

He put an emoticon with a tongue sticking out at the end of the Halloween reference. Is this evidence that he was only kidding around?

Do the Supreme Court justices know what an emoticon is?

“Art is about pushing limits,” Elonis has posted. But if a threat is written as rap lyrics — or in iambic pentameter, for that matter — does it get a pass as art?

Heaven knows we don’t want to lose the sacred right to say moronic things online.

And yet...

Letters to the Editor What kind of Democrat am I? I recently received the usual campaign drivel from Art Robinson who is running yet again for Congress. Along with the other negative phrases he uses when referring to Democrats, he has devised a new one in which he refers to a counter-culture Democrat.

Would he care to define that? I have no idea what he means.

I’ve been a voting Democrat for many years. I was born in America, an 11th generation descendant of William Bradford, the second governor of Massachusetts. I am college educated, middle class and retired from a management position for one of the largest corporations in America. I also garden and write poetry. Would those activities make me a counter-culture Democrat? Or maybe my rock collecting qualifies me as counter-culture. Or could it be tennis? And I plead guilty to playing chess and bridge. I also read many books from our local library and I work the NY Times puzzle on most days.

Art Robinson, please let me know if you think I’m a counterculture Democrat. Or better yet, define what you mean as opposed to tossing around empty phrases like liberal socialist and leftist Democrat. If there is such a thing as a leftist Democrat there must be a rightist Democrat. Define that. And define a conservative socialist, as opposed to your liberal socialist.

Sharon Ramirez North Bend

A Home Rule Charter solution Tired of the Coos County commissioners shenanigans:

Scheduling meetings with the shortest legal notice allowed by law. On days and times best suited to the commissioners’ agenda.

Meeting notice announcements listed as a “work session,” where commissioners make a major economic decision concerning future tax dollars for the county, all legal of course. Meetings scheduled with only voting commissioners present, who favor a yes vote.

Meetings scheduled when it is known that one of the three commissioners was to be out of town and not available. Meeting scheduled so fast, citizen involvement is limited to nil.

I have a surprise for you, the Home Rule Charter “Voice of The Voters” will stop the Shenanigans. There will be five elected commissioners; none appointed. Commissioners vote only at regularly scheduled meetings. Yes vote requires four commissioners. Citizen comments will be allowed at all meetings. Enterprise Zone tax exemptions will go to a vote by voters of Coos County.

Right now, here in Coos County, an initiative petition is being circulated to place the measure on the November ballot. Electronic signature sheets are available.

Denny Powell Coos Bay

Insurance is real Obamacare flaw Byron York did an excellent job of listing the fatal flaws in Obamacare (Hold the kudos for 30).

June Obamacare, Unfortunately, like most critics of the anemic Democratic attempt at health care reform, he offers no alternative to deal with the crisis in health care access and affordability. That’s natural when most Democrats refused to talk about the solution that every industrialized nation has

adopted, a universal single payer system.

It is natural that Democrats in purple districts, such as DeFazio’s, are reluctant to promote a system that has been labeled “socialist,” but until they do the idea will continue to be rejected by people who don’t understand that it is the only solution to the problem. The fundamental problem with Obamacare is that it doesn’t deal with the greatest source of waste and inefficiency in the health care system: medical insurance, which consumes 30 percent of each dollar spent on medical care.

Obamacare was the only thing politically possible solely because Democratic leadership refused to betray the banksterowned insurance industry by considering single payer. As its true costs become apparent, they are likely to pay a price. The only solution may be to vote out members of Congress unwilling to support a constitutional amendment to reform campaign finance and free themselves from dependence on campaign contributions from special interests.

Fortunately, DeFazio and Merkley are ready to do that.

Let’s re-elect them and give them a chance to deal with the corruption that keeps them from being able to do their jobs.

Rick Staggenborg, MD Board President, Take Back America for the People Coos Bay

Many reasons to honor the cross I believe the Mingus Park cross is a fitting memorial and should be honored for several reasons.

First, while the cross is an obvious reminder of Jesus’ death for mankind, that is exactly what makes it so fitting; it symbolizes

one person giving his or her life for another. This is why it is such an appropriate symbol to honor fallen heroes. They died the way that they did so that we can live the way we do — the American dream.

Secondly, the cross is also a symbol of freedom. While the freedom that it actually symbolizes is of a spiritual nature many of the freedoms that we enjoy are real even though they are not tangible. The freedom to love, to sing, to dance, to vote and yes, even to protest the cross!

Thirdly, the people who were responsible for this memorial were very likely simply trying to honor those who died for us. I doubt that they were attempting to make a religious statement or propagate the Christian faith. To remove the cross would be an insult to them as well as to those they were trying to honor.

Finally, perhaps those who are so opposed to the cross as a memorial should unite to erect a memorial that you consider more fitting. If I don’t like it I will simply ignore it.

Daniel E. Collver Coos Bay

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News of the West and Obituaries Young couples use of birth control is long past overdue DEAR ABBY: My 19year-old son has been dating the daughter of one of my friends I’ll call “Mona.” We didn’t set them up; they met at some parties. Last summer we discovered they were having sex because “Meghan” thought she was pregnant.

Luckily, it turned out she wasn’t. They broke up but have gotten back together recently.

When I asked Mona if she was putting Meghan on birth control, Mona DEAR said that she wouldn’t because “ t h a t would be letting her know it’s OK to have sex.” I said, “Better safe t h a n JEANNE PHILLIPS sorry!” and we left it at that.

I let my son use my car last weekend and found an opened box of emergency contraception on the floor.

Because my son never answers his phone, I called Meghan and stressed to her that unprotected sex is irresponsible and that they aren’t ready for a baby. I warned her to take precautions and get on birth control, and I helped her to make the arrangements.

Was it wrong to discuss this behind her mother’s back? Should I tell Mona after promising Meghan I wouldn’t say anything?

What should I do? — MOM VERSUS FRIEND DEAR MOM: Wrong?

You deserve a medal. And you should now have the conversation with your son that you should have had before the first pregnancy scare, stressing to HIM the importance of using condoms not only to protect himself and Meghan from an unplanned pregnancy, but also an STD if she isn’t the only girl he’s having sex with. Girls don’t get pregnant all by themselves.

As to telling your friend Mona, who seems to have the parental insight of an ostrich where her daughter is concerned, keep your promise to Meghan and your lips sealed. Meghan needs a woman she can confide in, and your friend seems to prefer living in fantasyland rather than giving her daughter the support and guidance she needs.

DEAR ABBY: I live in Colorado. In my state marijuana is legal now. What do you think about my inviting my adult children (they are all over 21) and my aging dad to get stoned with me? I think it might stimulate conversation and motivate more family time than we spend together now. What do you think of “family night” with marijuana as a way to improve family unity? — ORIGINAL THINKER IN DENVER DEAR ORIGINAL THINKER: Were you stoned when you wrote this? If not, I think it’s sad that your family would need pot in order to communicate or create family unity. While I applaud your desire to bring your family together, you can have a good time without inviting “Mary Jane.” And that’s what I’d recommend.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

ABBY

Lyle Alfred Hansen May 1, 1934 - June 26, 2014

A memorial service will be held for Lyle Alfred Hansen, 80, of Myrtle Point at 2 p.m.

Wednesday, July 9, at the First Christian Church of Myrtle Point.

Lyle was born May 1, 1934 in Milwaukee, Wis., to Hans and Rose Hansen. He was raised and attended high school in Zaneville, Ohio. He passed away June 26, 2014, in Myrtle Point.

Lyle was married to Kathy Hansen for 34-plus years before she passed away.

Kathy brought a daughter, Nancy Moorman, into the union. He married Donna Hansen Feb. 14, 1997.

He served in the U.S. Navy for four years. Lyle received his business degree and had been an insurance salesman, restaurant owner/manager and landlord. He owned the best catfish restaurant in Texas! Lyle had lived in Texas, Oklahoma, Hauser for four years and Myrtle Point for 12 years.

Lyle enjoyed fishing, traveling, yard sales, critiquing restaurants, camping and attending the First Christian

Kenneth Ray Richards Oct. 8, 1959 - July 2, 2014

Kenny has gone to be with our heavenly father.

Kenny, 54, of Coos Bay was born Oct. 8, 1959, in Coos Bay, to Dale and Shirley Richards.

He died July 2, 2014, in an auto accident on state Highway 38.

Kenny grew up in Charleston. He attended Charleston, Michigan Avenue and Marshfield High School.

Kenny was very proud of his only child,Randall.They spent time together sport fishing.

Kenny worked at Hallmark Fishery and then decided to try fishing until he fell of the boat out at sea. He was rescued by the skipper and returned home safely. Kenny went on to fish in Alaska.

After returning home he moved to Eugene for several years until he moved back to

Church of Myrtle Point. He also loved playing ball with his son, Joshua. He would go to every football and baseball game and practice.

Lyle was always a jokester, but serious when it came to business affairs. He was a good family man, was a strong believer in the Lord and he always put his family first.

Lyle is survived by his wife, Donna Hansen of Myrtle Point; mother-in-law, Margaret Wilson; sisters-in-law, Dianna Hunnicutt and Pamela Simmons; cousins, James Hansen of Lafayette, Colo., Robert Hausen of Dolores, Colo., Susan Johnson of Schofield, Wis., and Nancy Hogan of Missoula, Mont.; stepdaughter, Nancy Moorman; stepson, Darren Moorman of Texas; stepson, Allen Moorman and wife, Darla of Allegany; stepdaughter, Sherry Clark and husband of Texas; many stepgrandchildren; and many members from his church family.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Kathy.

He will be loved and missed by many.

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Charleston to care for his mother and brother.

Kenny had many friends.

He will be truly missed by all who knew and loved him. He also will be missed by his best friend of 10 years, his chocolate lab, Chaz.

Kenny is survived by his son, Randall Kyle (Richards) Burns of Charleston; mother, Shirley Richards of Coos Bay; brothers, Les and Tony.

He was preceded in death by his father, Dale Richards; brother, Stevie Richards; grandparents, Leslie and Evelyn Richards of Coos Bay, and Hurbert and Ruby Brown of Sturgis, S.D. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 9, at Charleston Community Church 63309 Boat Basin Road in Charleston.

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Death Notices Katherine E. Wright — 84, of Coos Bay, passed away July 4, 2014, in Coos Bay. Arrangements are pending with Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131.

Manuela James — 51, of Coos Bay, passed away July 8, 2014, in Coos Bay. Arrangements are pending with Nelson’s Bay Area Mortuary, 541-267-4216.

Richard Griffith — 103, of Langlois, died July 7, 2014, in Coos Bay. Arrangements are pending with Amling/Schroeder Funeral Service, Bandon, 541-347-2907.

Kenneth Ray Richards — 54, of Coos Bay, died July 7, 2014, in Reedsport. Arrangements are pending with Myrtle Grove Funeral Service-Bay Area, 541-269-2851.

Glenn L. Jarmain — 80, of Reedsport, died July 8, 2014, in Reedsport. Arrangements are pending with Dunes Memorial Chapel, 541-271-2822.

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Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Dave Uberuaga, center, unveils a plaque at the northern Arizona park Tuesday that marks the site of a 1956 commercial airliner collision over the canyon as a National Historic Landmark.

Remembering Grand Canyon plane crash GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Visitors peered through binoculars and spotting scopes into the depths of the Grand Canyon, straining to see the spot where two commercial airliners crashed after colliding in mid-air nearly 60 years ago.

Family members of the victims gazed out over the east rim of the canyon Tuesday, trying to imagine their loved ones’ final moments in a disaster that helped overhaul U.S. aviation safety.

The 1956 crash killed all 128 people aboard the planes in the nation’s deadliest airliner disaster at the time. In response, a country already struggling with increasingly busy skies pressured Congress for major changes to improve air traffic control and radar systems and to create what became the Federal Aviation Administration.

“It really did underscore for the general public, for the first time, that much of the air space in America was uncontrolled at that time,” said Peter Goelz, former managing director for the Transportation National Safety Board. “Once you got up to 20,000 feet and beyond the terminal radars, it was see and be seen.”

At the Grand Canyon, officials are hoping to bring new awareness to the effects of the tragedy on families and American air travel. A plaque unveiled Tuesday marks the crash site as a National Historic Landmark.

“We are safer because of it,” park ranger Brian Gatlin said of the crash, standing beside a “Tragedy Remembered” sign at the overlook, where it’s impossible to see some of the wreckage that remains in the gorge.

About 200 people gathered for the ceremony, including a handful of family members, an aviation professor and tribal and federal officials.

Mike Nelson, a nephew of one of the passengers, said most people he meets have not heard of the disaster.

“We are here to care about the victims again, to picture them walking the ground and to tell them how sorry we are,” Nelson said. “Maybe we can tell them hello — or goodbye.”

Some of the victim’s remains never were identified, and most of those that were have been buried together en masse at cemeteries at the Grand Canyon and the northern Arizona city of Flagstaff.

The United Airlines Douglas DC-7 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation both left California on June 30, 1956, eventually cruising at the same altitude — 21,000 feet — after the TWA pilot requested to fly above the clouds.Shortly before 10 a.m., both pilots reported to different communications stations that they would be crossing over the canyon at the same position at 10:31 a.m.

The Salt Lake City controller who had that information was not obligated to tell either of the pilots they could be on a crash course. It was the sole responsibility of the pilots to avoid other aircraft in uncontrolled airspace.

The investigative agency, the Civil Aeronautics Board, determined simply that the pilots did not see one another. The agency speculated that the pilots were treating passengers to views of the Grand Canyon while flying through scattered cloud buildup.

Springfield man sentenced for part in crime spree STATE Lightning strikes

PORTLAND (AP) — A 29year-old Springfield man who supplied a gun used to kill three people was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Portland to seven years in prison.

Corey Eugene Wyatt apologized to the families of victims in the 2011 Northwest crime spree and said he feels the weight of murders committed by David “Joey” Pederson.

Wyatt pleaded guilty to giving Pederson a gun and helping dispose of a stolen vehicle.

Missing snake found in the wall

SALEM (AP) — A 10-foot boa constrictor who got away from its Salem owner has been located — in the wall. office The sheriff’s reported late last month that the owner feared the snake named Nomad had gotten out a second-story window and might be loose in the neighborhood.

So, authorities searched for it and, since boa constrictors crush their prey, Find out where the urged residents to be mindful children and pets until it best fishing can be of was found. found on the South The sheriff’s office said Wednesday it appears the Coast. female snake crawled through a hole and stayed inside the wall.

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across central Oregon Portland police: boy, 5, hit by gunfire PORTLAND (AP) â??

Police believe a shooting that wounded a 5-year-old boy Tuesday night in southeast Portland is gang-related.

They don’t believe the boy was the target. He was hit by bullets fired at the Laurel Place Apartments.

The boy was treated for a leg wound at a hospital and is recovering.

The police Gang Enforcement Team is looking for a suspect and asking

PORTLAND (AP) — of lightning Hundreds strikes dotted a wide swath of central Oregon as summer thunderstorms rolled through on Tuesday afternoon and evening.

More than 750 lightning strikes were recorded, said Jada Altman at the Central Oregon Interagency in Center Dispatch Prineville. Fire crews quickly jumped on a handful of small wildfires spotted by lookouts.

One of the lightning strikes sparked a house fire in

Bend, KTVZ-TV reported.

The National Weather Service said Tuesday’s highs reached 96 degrees in Redmond and 91 in Bend.

Thick morning cloud cover kept the highs a little lower than expected in southern Oregon, said weather service meteorologist Mike Stavish.

Friday, July 11 Medford had a high of 89.

Tony Viedo, urnside celWhile the atmosphere ebration of life, 2 p.m., was fairly unstable, few Sunset Memorial Park thunderstorms hit southern Cemetery, Coos Bay. Oregon, Stavish said.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ten years ago, Shirley Worthington rushed Tigger to the vet when the dog’s mouth started bleeding.

When she was told he had cancer, she knew to blame her heavy smoking, an addiction she couldn’t kick until after her pet died.

Secondhand smoke can cause lung and nasal cancer in dogs, malignant lymphoma in cats and allergy and respiratory problems in both animals, according to studies done at Tufts University’s School of Veterinary Medicine in Massachusetts, Colorado State University and other schools.

The number of pets that die each year from tobacco exposure isn’t available, but vets know from lab tests and office visits that inhaling smoke causes allergic reactions, inflammation and nasal and pulmonary cancers in pets, said Dr. Kerri Marshall, the chief veterinary officer for Trupanion pet insurance.

Despite Worthington’s certainty about the cause of her dog’s death, more research needs to be done before veterinarians can definitively say whether a dog’s cancer was caused by secondhand smoke or something else, said Dr. Liz Rozanski, whose research at Tufts College focuses on respiratory function in small animals.

Worthington, 52, of Brooklyn, New York, said she was a teenager when she started smoking and she had always smoked around Tigger, who was 8 when he died in 2004. A year later, Worthington, her mom and sister all quit in honor of the bichon frise. in 2007, Then, Worthington’s mom died while suffering from cancer.

“Cigarettes took my mother,” she said. “And they took my dog.”

Pets aren’t mentioned in this year’s surgeon general’s report, but in 2006, it said secondhand smoke puts animals at risk. The Legacy Foundation, the nation’s largest nonprofit public health charity, encouraged smokers to quit for the sake of their pets, and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals urged making homes with pets smoke-free.

It’s even more important to safeguard cats, which are more susceptible to tobacco smoke than dogs.

Lymphoma is one of the leading causes of feline death. The Tufts research showed that repeated exposure to smoke doubled a cat’s chances of getting the cancer and living with a smoker for more than five years increased the risk fourfold. It can also cause a fatal mouth cancer.

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DILBERT

Little ways to save big Holding on to your hardearned money is a lot tougher these days. Just when it looks like the economy is recovering, it takes another hit from rising prices. Add to that personal financial emergencies and fewer work hours on the home front. All you can think about is how to shore up your cash. Embrace these simple changes and you just might see a boost in your bank account.

Pantry raid. Skip the grocery store every other week for a month (or just buy a few perishable essentials, like milk and eggs) and use up whatever’s in your cabin e t s , EVERYDAY fridge CHEAPSKATE a n d f re e z e r.

S i n c e m o s t fa m i l i e s of two spend a b o u t $76 a week on g r o Mary ceries, a cco rd Hunt ing to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, you’ll save at least that much or more.

Print less. Computer ink cartridges can cost anywhere from $10 to $35, so skip the hard copy when you can.

If you do need one, set your printer to “draft” mode (which uses less toner), print only what you need (not the pictures or ads) and print on both sides of the paper. Bonus: You’ll cut your paper costs, too.

Stop idling. Letting the engine run while you wait wastes gas. For every two minutes your car idles, you burn as much fuel as driving 1 mile, according to AAA. With gas prices at about $4 a gallon nationwide, 10 minutes of idling costs you $1 a day. If you’ll be waiting longer than 30 seconds, turn off the engine.

I n c r e a s e a u t o in s u r a n ce d e d u c t i b l e . Upping it to $1,000 can decrease your annual premium by 10 percent or more — a sizable savings, since the average insurance premium is more than $1,500 per year.

Wash it yourself. Don’t assume you have to send certain items to the dry cleaner — it pays to look at the label.

According to Procter & Gamble Global Fabric Care, 65 percent of dry-cleaned clothes are actually machine-washable.

Unless the label says “dry clean only,” follow the care directions listed.

If you wash just two items you’d normally dry-clean, you’ll save at least $10 a month.

T ake it to the ta ilo r.

Before you buy any new clothes, go through your closet first to see what would look just as good with a little nip and tuck. Adding a few darts to a blouse or changing the hem on a skirt could give it a brand-new look, all for just $10 or $20 — a lot less than you’d spend at the mall.

G o l o w - f l o w . Install inexpensive ($10-$20) lowflow showerheads and faucet aerators.

You’ll conserve water and reduce the cost to heat your water by as much as 50 percent. Don’t worry — low flow doesn’t mean the water trickles out. You’ll still get good pressure Would you like to send a tip to Mary? You can email her at mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2099, Cypress, CA 90630.

Include your first and last name and state. Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com and author of 24 books, including her 2013 release “The Smart Woman’s Guide to Planning for Retirement.”

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Wednesday,July 9,2014 • The World • A7

NEWS D I G E S T Widodo leading Indonesian election JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Jakarta Gov. Joko Widodo held a narrow but steady lead Wednesday in Indonesia’s presidential election, according to quick-count results, but his Suharto-era opponent said he had poll data showing him ahead, setting up the prospect of a contested outcome in the still-fragile democracy.

The more reputable quick counts showed Widodo ahead with about 52 percent of the vote, while Prabowo Subianto had around 48 percent, with 80 percent of the votes tallied. The quick counts tally a representative sample of votes cast around the country and have accurately forecast the results of Indonesian national elections since 2004. It will be around two weeks before votes are officially tallied and the results announced in the country of 240 million people.

Lake Mead reservoir at historic lows

Nation and World Syrian refugee women face harassment, poverty HALBA, Lebanon (AP) — Before she began working as a hairdresser, poverty forced Syrian Umm Mahmoud to seek donations for food and rent money to survive as a refugee in Lebanon.

Often men suggested she have sex with them to show her gratitude, the 32-yearold said.

Her experiences echo among Syrian refugee women. Across the region, they lead about a quarter of all Syrian refugee families, which number some 145,000, the United Nations estimated in a report issued Tuesday.

“If you want to eat in Lebanon, you must eat your dignity,” said Umm Mahmoud. Her husband was disabled in fighting in Syria, leaving her to care for their five children alone. “To stay honorable, it means to go hungry sometimes. She who doesn’t have a husband or protector — they are always the most vulnerable,” she said.

Syrians made refugees by the war in their country, now in its fourth year, number nearly three million across neighboring Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan. Most live in poverty as they hustle for food, jobs, accommodation and health care.

Women-headed households face additional burdens: they are often poorer, and many must push their children to work instead of attending school.

Their husbands were either killed, captured, badly wounded or divorced.

The U.N. says they struggle particularly to pay rent

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Drought in the southwestern U.S. will deplete the vast Lake Mead this week to levels not seen since Hoover Dam was completed and the reservoir on the Colorado River was filled in the 1930s, federal water managers said Tuesday.

The projected lake level of about 1,080 feet above sea level will be below the level of about 1,082 feet recorded in November 2010 and the 1,083-foot mark measured in April 1956 during another sustained drought.

But U.S. Bureau of Reclamation regional chief Terry Fulp said water obligations will be met at least through next year without a key shortage declaration. The result will be full deliveries to cities, states, farms and Indian tribes in an area that’s home to BEIJING (AP) — The some 40 million people and United States and China the cities of Las Vegas, vowed Wednesday to improve Phoenix and Los Angeles. their economic and security Storms leave 5 dead, cooperation, saying they wouldn’t let persistent differ200K without power ences over maritime claims, SMITHFIELD, N.Y. (AP) — cyberhacking and currency Severe thunderstorms packing hamper a relationship critical strong winds swept through a to global peace and prosperity. number of Eastern states, Opening this year’s killing five people, destroying “Strategic and Economic or damaging numerous houses Dialogue,” Chinese President and leaving nearly 200,000 Xi Jinping stressed the need to without power Wednesday, avoid confrontation between officials said. nations accounting for a quarIn central New York, four ter of the world’s people and a people died after the storms third of the global economy. hit the rural town of His theme was largely Smithfield, between echoed by Secretary of State Syracuse and Utica, the John Kerry and Treasury Madison County Sheriff’s Secretary Jack Lew, leaders of Office said. At least four an American delegation that homes were completely also included Federal Reserve destroyed and numerous chair Janet Yellen and three others were damaged. Nearly 56,000 utility customers in central and northern New York were still without power early Wednesday.

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army on Wednesday Police get Facebook intensified its offensive on boost with duck the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, PORTLAND, Maine (AP) striking Hamas sites and — Police here believe they killing at least 14 people on have quacked the code for the second day of a military finding followers on social operation it says is aimed at media. quelling rocket fire against The 80-officer Bangor Israel.

Police Department, which The offensive has set off serves a city of about 33,000, the heaviest fighting between has attracted more than Israel and the Islamic mili20,000 likes on its Facebook tant group Hamas since an page after humorous pictures in battle eight-day of a stuffed duck were added.

November 2012. Militants The duck, dubbed “Duck of have unleashed rocket salvos Justice” or “DOJ,” appears in deeper into Israeli territory pictures of police cars, than before, and Israel mobidepartment members and Klized thousands of forces 9 cops, often accompanied along the Gaza border for a with some pithy text about possible ground invasion into law enforcement. the Palestinian territory.

Israel’s defense minister Cat goes wild; owner warned the offensive would calls 911 be long-term.

DELAND, Fla. (AP) — A 4“The operation against year-old Russian blue cat Hamas will expand in the named Kush is being quaran- coming days, and the price tined after apparently going berserk inside a central Florida home, prompting its owners to call 911.

Police say the feline WASHINGTON (AP) — By scratched owners Teresa and its own estimate, the govJames Gregory on their arms ernment made about $100 and legs Saturday, causing billion in payments last year the couple to retreat to a bed- to people who may not have room, where they called 911. been entitled to receive them The Daytona Beach News— tax credits to families that Journal reports Teresa didn’t qualify, unemployGregory told the dispatcher ment benefits to people who she had mistakenly stepped on the cat’s tail earlier in the had jobs and medical payday and the cat went after her ments for treatments that husband. They locked Kush might not have been necesin the bedroom for most of sary.

Congressional investigathe day. When they finally opened the door, Kush was- tors say the figure could be n’t happy. even higher.

struggle as a hairdresser, trying to feed and educate her and her four brothers.

“One person can’t take care of everything,” said Abu Salah. “When I saw she needed help, I had to help.”

The teen said she was in eighth grade, having lost years of school to war. She was also taking a hairdressing course and working alongside her mother, helping pay for her siblings’ educations.

The U.N. has repeatedly pleaded for more money to help Syrian refugees, having only funded one-third of their budget for the task.

The Associated Press They also ask governments to A Syrian refugee woman smokes a cigarette outside of her tent at a temporary refugee camp in the eastern help protect Syrian women, Lebanese town of al-Faour in the Bekaa valley, near the border with Syria. Across the region women lead and call on wealthier counabout a quarter of all Syrian refugee families, which number some 145,000, the United Nations estimated in tries to resettle women-led households as a priority. a report issued Tuesday.

“Syrian refugee women are the glue holding together and keep food on the table. turned around after a hairHer father fell from a bal- a broken society. Their Women also say they are dressing course that allowed cony in Syria, breaking his strength is extraordinary, sexually harassed by land- her work in a salon. She back. One of her sisters was but they are struggling lords, employers and local stopped asking local chari- born disabled, and their alone,” said Angelina Jolie, charity workers. In the ties and Muslim sheiks for mother abandoned them, the U.N’s refugee agency special envoy, in a statement region’s conservative soci- help, and only receives food she said. eties, they say, women who aid from the U.N. “I am learning how to sew following the report.

For Umm Mahmoud, a don’t have a male protector Umm Mahmoud, from the so I can support my family,” are viewed as easy prey and Syrian city of Homs, said said Shreiteh, as she stitched conservative Muslim, she sexually promiscuous. that before she found work, a pair of trousers in the said her experiences of being “The women who are she survived by pretending sewing course at the com- vulnerable made her realize widowed, or whose hus- not to hear the offers of sex munity center in Halba. “And how far Syria’s communal bands are missing, or suggested to her as she also to support myself for the fabric had unraveled. One disabled, they face (sexual) knocked at the doors of future and to have a profes- experience, meeting a Syrian extortion and pressure,” said charities. sion, so I won’t need to rely widow with children who Saadia Ghneim, the head of a “They would ask, why are on anybody later,” she said. worked as a prostitute in community center in the you coming in the day? Why In other women-led northern Lebanon, changed northern Lebanese town of not come at night?” households, children are her.

Halba. The center offers For women who lived in pushed into work.

“I used to see these courses like hairdressing, poverty in Syria, becoming Zeinab Abu Salah, 16, women and fault them. Now sewing, computer and lan- refugees has worsened their came from an education- I think of (the widow’s) chilguage training, helping situation. Such is the lot of focused family. But her dren and the situation in Syrian and Lebanese women Yasmine Shreiteh, 27, who father was wounded in the Syria, and how nobody cares in an impoverished district shelters with her father and war, and the family fled to about her, and I can’t blame find jobs. four sisters in a garage they Lebanon. The teenager said her anymore. I see now that Umm Mahmoud’s life rent for $100 a month. she watched her mother God’s forgiveness is mighty.”

Veterans Affairs apologizes

US, China vow to improve cooperation other Obama administration Cabinet members.

Nevertheless, the next two days are a test of whether the annual highlevel talks can produce tough compromises or just serve as a venue to talk about greater cooperation.

Washington hopes to secure closer coordination with China against climate change, an end to Chinese industrial cyberespionage against American companies and stricter rules governing territorial claims in Asia’s contested, resource-rich seas.

Xi made clear China wouldn’t be pushed around.

“The vast Pacific Ocean has ample space to accommodate our two great nations,” he said through an interpreter.

Differences between the

The Associated Press

From right, Chinese President Xi Jinping, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew arrive for the opening ceremony of the 6th China-U.S. Security and Economic Dialogue and 5th round of China-U.S. High Level Consultation on People-to-People Exchange at Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing on Wednesday.

U.S. and China, he said, were “natural.” Yet he said the only path forward was respect for each other’s sovereignty and to “refrain from imposing your will or model on other side.” And in a reference to China’s territorial disputes with its neighbors, he said the

U.S. must respect Chinese “territorial integrity.”

American allies Japan and the Philippines, as well as Vietnam, have become increasingly worried by Chinese efforts to drill for oil or assert authority in waters they consider their own.

Israel hits key Hamas targets in Gaza offensive reached the northern Israeli city of Hadera for the first time. The city is about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Gaza.

The army said it attacked more than 160 sites in Gaza early Wednesday, including 118 concealed rockets launching sites, six Hamas compounds — including naval police and national security compounds — 10 militant command centers, weapons storage facilities and 10 tunnels used for militant activity and to ferry supplies in from The Associated Press Egypt. The border between Palestinian relatives of the five members of the Hamad family who were Gaza and Egypt has effectivekilled in an Israeli missile strike late Tuesday grieve in the family house ly been closed for months.

Gaza health official Ashraf during their funeral in town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, on Al-Kedra said Wednesday’s Wednesday. airstrikes killed one militant in south Gaza, an 80-yearthe organization will pay will more than 400 sites in Gaza, old woman, the son, wife and be very high,” Defense killing at least 41 people. The neighbor of a Hamas miliMinister Moshe Yaalon said. strikes came after militants tant, and three others whose Since the offensive began fired more than 160 rockets affiliation was not immediTuesday, Israel has attacked at Israel, including one that ately known.

Government made $100B in improper payments The Obama administration has reduced the amount of improper payments since they peaked in 2010. Still, estimates from federal agencies show that some are wasting big money at a time when Congress is squeezing agency budgets and looking to save more.

“Nobody knows exactly how much taxpayer money is wasted through improper payments, but the federal government’s own astounding estimate is more than

half a trillion dollars over the past five years,” said Rep. John Mica, R-Fla. “The fact is, improper payments are staggeringly high in programs designed to help those most in need — children, seniors and low-income families.”

Mica chairs the House Oversight subcommittee on government operations. The subcommittee is holding a hearing on improper payments Wednesday afternoon.

Each year, federal agencies are required to estimate the amount of improper payments they issue. They include overpayments, underpayments, payments to the wrong recipient and payments that were made without proper documentation.

Some improper payments are the result of fraud, while others are unintentional, caused by clerical errors or mistakes in awarding benefits without proper verification.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top official at the Veterans Affairs Department says he is sorry that VA employees have suffered retaliation after making complaints about poor patient care, long wait times and other problems.

James Tuchschmidt, the No. 2 official at the Veterans Health Administration, the VA’s health care arm, apologized on behalf of the department at a congressional hearing Tuesday night.

“I apologize to everyone whose voice has been stifled,” Tuchschmidt said after listening to four VA employees testify for nearly three hours about VA actions to limit criticism and strike back against whistleblowers.

50 bodies found in Iraq BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials discovered 50 bodies, many of them blindfolded and with their hands bound, in an agricultural area outside a city south of Baghdad on Wednesday, raising concerns over a possible sectarian killing amid the battle against a Sunni insurgency.

The lightning sweep by the insurgents over much of northern and western Iraq the past month has dramatically hiked tensions between the country’s Shiite majority and Sunni minority. At the same time, splits have grown between the Shiite-led government in Baghdad and the Kurdish autonomy region in the north.

In an address on Wednesday, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki accused the Kurdish zone of being a haven for the Islamic extremists and other Sunni insurgents. He did not provide any evidence, and the claims are likely to only further strain Baghdad’s ties which the Kurds, whose fighters have been battling the militant advance in the north.

The bodies, all of them with gunshot wounds, were found in the predominantly Shiite village of Khamissiya outside the city of Hillah, located some 60 miles south of Baghdad, said military spokesman Brig. Gen. Saad Maan Ibrahim.

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Continued from Page A1 juana production got off to a slow start, supply problems could send prices at Washington stores as high as $25 per gram this summer.

That’s more than double what many recreational users in Portland spend on the black market.

“I don’t think access to cannabis in Oregon is difficult,” said Leland Berger, a Portland lawyer who advises medical marijuana businesses statewide. “I think they’re more likely to see folks coming from Coeur d’Alene (Idaho) to Spokane (Washington) than they are likely to see folks coming from Portland to Vancouver, and I think it really has to do with the availability and price.”

Committee receives refugees at airports, sets up apartments, finds them jobs, helps them register with social services and helps assimilate everyday them into American life. That means 16 hours of class on American customs and traditions, as well as English-language courses at a local community college. Refugees spend about six months being introduced to the U.S., which can mean everything from teaching a person to shop for groceries to explaining the criminal justice system.

Q: How are people who flee conflict granted refugee status?

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Brutal civil wars in Guatemala and El Salvador in the 1980s also caused a large migration to the U.S., and many refugees settled in the Southwest. Guatemala and El Salvador make up a large number of the immigrants now crossing into Texas on a daily basis.

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“I’ve been looking at these gun control numbers whether Oregon or nationally for a number of years now and it’s remarkable how little events change public attitudes,” Horvick said. “If anything I think they tend to reinforce people’s pre-existBy Michael Clapp, Oregon Public Broadcasting ing positions.”

Mourners left flowers at the entrance to Reynolds High School in June after freshman Emilio Hoffman was Alysia Constantine is a shot by Jared Padgett, also a student at the school. stay-at-home mom in Chiloquin — near Klamath ferences in the OPB poll into those differences,” said weapons onto school premLake. Here’s where she stands findings from before and pollster Horvick. He added, ises. on guns: “If it’s somebody after the shootings. “inevitably there’s going to be The poll contained a few that’s entering somebody’s whether polls asked Both across time, movement some tidbits of information. more house or property, trying to people would support a law just with random variations.

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BORDER Congress mixed on funding Continued from Page A1 including a meeting on immigration with Gov. Rick Perry and religious and local leaders in Dallas. He rejected pressure from the Republican governor to visit the border for a firsthand look.

In Washington, Democrats and some Republicans on Capitol Hill seemed open to approving the emergency money, which would go toward hiring more immigration judges and asylum officers, building more detention facilities, boosting deterrence and enforcement and increasing surveillance along the border with Mexico.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the Senate would act on it this month.

Obama said in a formal letter of request that the money was needed to “address this urgent humanitarian situation.”

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PUMP Oregon higher than U.S. average Continued from Page A1 Four states continue to be in the $4 per gallon club: Hawaii ($4.33), Alaska ($4.22), California ($4.14) and Washington ($4.01).

Oregon has the fifth-highest gas prices in the country.

With Independence Day in the rearview mirror, this year’s holiday registered the highest prices since 2008 at the pumps. The national average was $3.66 on July 4, while Oregon’s average was $3.98. These prices surpassed the price per gallon for the holiday from each of the previous five years, but were still well below the alltime-highs for the date in 2008 when the national average was $4.10 and Oregon’s was $4.29.

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America more quickly, partly by limiting their existing rights to court hearings.Those proposals, which are not part of Tuesday’s request, have infuriated immigrant advocates who say they would result in harsher treatment of kids and eliminate their legal protections.

“Everybody’s very concerned. I’m one of them,” said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. “I just want to make sure that at the end of the day we’re being fair, humane and doing this in an orderly way.”

At the same time criticized Republicans Obama for stepping back from asking for those legal changes, which the White House initially had said would come in concert with the emergency spending request. The White House now says those proposals will come later.

“He just decided not to do that because of the pushback he got from some in his own political base,” said Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. “We need to solve the problem, but you don’t need to just ignore the cause of the current crisis.

And that requires more than just appropriating $3.7 billion for additional judges and the like.”

ease over the next couple of weeks, despite tensions in the Middle East, according to AAA Oregon/Idaho Public Marie Director Affairs Dodds.

“Violence in Iraq continues to keep crude oil prices elevated, but the fear of a disruption to supply is easing somewhat because production in the south of that country has not been affected,” Dodds said.

Motorists can expect prices to drift lower, with a few small upticks, for the rest of the summer, barring major storms, unplanned refinery outages or political unrest.

Diesel prices are also holding steady or ticking down in most markets. The national average for a gallon of diesel remains at $3.90 this week. Oregon’s average slips a penny to $3.97. Diesel is at or above $4 a gallon in 12 states (including the District of Columbia), same as last week, with Oregon down one spot from last week at 18. A year ago, the national average for diesel was $3.82, while Oregon’s was at $3.87.

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American Legion pitcher spent three years in Japan

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By Alysha Beck, The World

North Coos and Three Rivers relief pitcher Renton Poole warms up in the bullpen before an American Legion game at Clyde Allen Field.

COOS BAY — All summer, Renton Poole’s pitching has made him standout like Manute Bol in a jockeys’ locker room.

After three years living in Japan, the 6-foot-3 American Legion pitcher with blue eyes and shaggy, surfer-blonde hair is used to gawking.

“Every time I walk down a street I get stared at like I’m Bigfoot,” Poole explained about being in public in Japan.

The senior-to-be Poole has been bridging the language gap in Japan with baseball. A hardball fanatic, Poole has found ways to embrace the different baseball culture in Japan and it’s

own brand of seamheads.

“Japan is one of the big baseball places,” Poole said. “At first I was like, ‘Aw, man, people are good there;’ but once I got into it I was OK, and now I’m really happy I got into it.”

Poole’s prejudices about the Japanese baseball scene weren’t too off base.

Japanese high schools have up to 120 kids in their baseball programs and they all show 100 percent dedication, 100 percent of the time. From stretching to post game bows, Poole says players never show signs of laziness and never need to be instructed on what to do.

“It’s insane,” Poole said, adding that if players have a single bad play, coaches won’t wait

another pitch to yank them.

“They don’t take mistakes and they don’t take excuses.

“If I tried out for a Japanese high school team, I probably wouldn’t make it.”

Poole was born in the Bay Area to a North Bend High graduate (his mom, Lisa) and a Coquille alumnus (his dad, Chandelle).

Being in a family with a parent in the Marine Corps, his address bounced around during his childhood. He went from Oregon, down to Camp Pendleton, Calif., then over to Bloomington, Ind., before Chandelle and Lisa were given two options. Platoon Sgt. Chandelle could either live SEE POOLE | B4

Tour champ injured

BY JAMEY KEATEN The Associated Press LILLE, France — Back on the race’s home turf after three days in England, the Tour de France faces a first possible shakeout Wednesday over the bone-rattling cobblestones in northern France.

Many riders dreaded the forecast for rain, meaning the stones will be slick.

Defending champion Chris Froome scuffed his left knee and elbow and injured his wrist Tuesday during Stage 4, a crash that couldn’t have come at a worse time for him.

He would crash again on the wet cobblestones less than halfway through Stage 5 on Wednesday and withdrew from the race with a cut under his right eye.

The team wrote on Twitter: “Heartbreak for Chris Froome after another hard crash.”

Astana team leader Vincenzo Nibali of Italy kept the yellow jersey in what he called a “crazy race” — a 163.5-kilometer (101mile) ride along the Belgian border. Froome and two-time champ Alberto Contador are among 20 riders trailing Nibali by two seconds.

Kittel makes it three: Marcel Kittel got his third stage victory in this Tour and the seventh of his Tour career on Tuesday. Unlike his wins in Stages 1 and 3, when he made victory look easy, Kittel won by a half-wheel length at the end of the ride from Le Touquet-Paris Plage to Lille Metropole.

Kittel, of the Giant-Shimano team, didn’t celebrate this time, but panted. The gesture at the line came from runner-up Alexander Kristoff of Norway, who swatted the air in frustration after being beaten by the barreling German. French rider Arnaud Demare was third.

After a difficult day of crosswinds, pockets of rain-smattered roads, and jumpy nerves in the peloton, Kittel said: “It’s never easy ... (I was) lucky just enough at the finish line.”

The champ crashes: Minutes into Stage 4, Team Sky leader Froome went tumbling after one rider bumped another — like a succession of dominoes — who crossed the Briton’s front wheel.

He skinned his left knee, left elbow and hurt his left wrist, but got back on his bike. Clinging to the race doctor’s car, he got bandaged and rejoined the pack. Then a teammate dropped back to get a splint at Sky’s car, and pedaled it up to the ailing Froome.

Race doctor Florence Pommerie told French TV his injuries were “essentially a few scratches.”

Nibali, said his team informed him through his earpiece about Froome’s mishap, and went back to see whether he was OK. Froome responded, “more or less,” according to the Italian. The Sky leader went straight into the team bus and didn’t speak to reporters after the stage.

Before the fourth stage, 2010 winner Andy Schleck of Luxembourg dropped out because of an injury in a crash a day earlier.

On Sunday, British sprinter Mark Cavendish quit the race after crashing in the final sprint in Stage 1 and damaging his right shoulder.

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Germany's Miroslav Klose, second left, scores his side's second goal past Brazil's goalkeeper Julio Cesar during the World Cup semifinal between Brazil and Germany at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on Tuesday.

Blitzkrieg Germany scores five goals in 18 minutes in 7-1 rout of host Brazil

BY CHRIS LEHOURITES The Associated Press

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil — With Neymar out injured, just about everyone in Brazil knew it would be tough against Germany.

Nobody ever expected this.

The Germans tore apart Brazil’s porous defense time and time again Tuesday, routing the hosts 7-1 in the World Cup semifinals, the largest margin of defeat at this stage in the history of the tournament.

“We wanted to make the people happy ... unfortunately we couldn’t,” said Brazil defender David Luiz, who had scored in each of the last two matches. “We apologize to all Brazilians.”

The astounding scoreline is sure to overshadow Miroslav Klose’s record-setting 16th career World Cup goal. The strike pushed Klose past Brazil great Ronaldo, who was at the Mineirao Stadium on Tuesday as the Germans advanced to their eighth World Cup final.

Germany will face either Argentina or the Netherlands on Sunday at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro with a chance to win for the fourth time.

Brazil was playing without Neymar, the team’s key player and the poster boy for the World Cup. He scored four goals in the group stage, but Brazil’s attack seemed to get weaker and weaker as the tournament progressed. The Barcelona striker was ruled out of the tournament with a broken vertebra after getting kneed in the back in the quarterfinal win over Colombia, weakening the sputtering attack even more.

With Neymar sidelined and captain Thiago Silva suspended, the collective hopes of a nation

remained high even if expectations were lowered.

The atmosphere at the start of the match was spine-tingling, but the euphoria of the yellow-shirted thousands soon turned to tears as the Germans scored five goals in the first 30 minutes — four of them in a seven-minute span.

“It was very important to stay calm, cool and courageous in facing Brazilian passion,” Germany coach Joachim Loew said.

The loss matched Brazil’s mostlopsided defeat ever, and it’s the first time the team has lost in an official competitive match on home soil since 1975, when Peru won 3-1 at the very same stadium in the Copa America. Its last loss at home came in a friendly with Paraguay in 2002.

Previously, Brazil’s biggest World Cup loss was 3-0 to France in the 1998 final. In the 1920 the South American championship, the predecessor of the Copa America, Brazil lost 6-0 to Uruguay.

“The responsibility for this catastrophic result is mine,” Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said. “I was in charge.”

It was Germany’s biggest World Cup win since routing Saudi Arabia 8-0 in a group match in 2002.

On Tuesday, with Bernard playing as the third striker in the place of Neymar, Brazil attacked from the start. But they failed to get any solid chances, and it wasn’t long before the Germans opened up the defense and started the rout.

Toni Kroos and Andre Schuerrle scored two goals each, while Thomas Mueller and Sami Khedira added the others.

Oscar pulled a late goal back for Brazil.

“Brazil was shocked after the

Bach: ‘Great dynamism’ in Rio LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Brazilian Olympic organizers are benefiting from the successful hosting of the World Cup and showing “great dynamism” to overcome the delays that have plagued the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, IOC President Thomas Bach said Wednesday.

A day after Brazil’s humbling 71 loss to Germany in the World Cup semifinals, Bach also said he is confident Brazilians will get over their “day of mourning” and fully embrace the first Olympics to be held in South America.

Bach and the IOC executive board received an update from Rio Olympic organizers, whose preparations have been dogged by severe construction holdups.

In April, the International Olympic Committee enacted emergency measures to help get the games back on track.

goals, they did not expect that.

They did not know what to do,” Loew said. “Their defense was not organized. A little humbleness would not hurt now.”

Klose scored his record goal in the 23rd minute to make it 2-0. The German had his original shot saved, but he followed up as Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar spilled the ball, easily scoring from the rebound.

Kroos scored his first goal in the 25th minute, knocking in a cross from Philipp Lahm that bypassed Mueller in the middle. He made it 4-0 a minute later, beating Cesar after a defensive mistake from Fernandinho left the ball on the feet of Khedira.

Mueller scored the first goal, one-timing a corner from Kroos past Cesar in the 11th minute.

Khedira made it 5-0 in the 29th, taking a pass from Mesut Ozil and

Since then, Bach said, the Brazilians have heeded the warnings and started to make progress.

“We can really see there is a great dynamism in their preparations,” Bach said at a news conference at the close of the three-day board meeting. “In particular, the city of Rio and the mayor and the governor have taken action on the government side and are making progress with regard to different venues.”

However, he again warned that Rio is facing extremely tight deadlines.

“We have to stay vigilant and there is still no time to lose,” Bach said. “But you really feel the determination and the enthusiasm of the organizing committee and their partners.”

Bach will attend Sunday’s World Cup final.

again beating Cesar.

“Today 10 minutes went wrong in the game and Germany did really well,” Scolari said. “It’s a chaotic and terrible defeat ... but we have to learn from it.”

Schuerrle, who came on for Klose in the 58th minute, scored from a cross by Lahm in the 69th, and then knocked a shot off the underside of the crossbar and into the net in the 79th.

It’s the first time Brazil had allowed five goals in a World Cup match since the 1938 tournament in France, when the team beat Poland 6-5 in extra time.

In previous World Cup semifinal matches, the largest margin of defeat was five goals, occurring on three occasions.

“The German quality is very, very high,” Scolari said. “This is not normal.”

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Klose sets mark that compounds Brazil’s defeat BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) — Miroslav Klose found perhaps the only way to make matters worse for Brazil.

On a night when Germany routed the host nation 7-1 in the World Cup semifinals, Klose also became the tournament’s all-time record scorer — surpassing Brazil great Ronaldo.

Klose scored Germany’s second goal in the 23rd minute, giving him 16 career World Cup goals. It broke the mark of 15 goals he shared with the retired Ronaldo, who worked the game as a TV commentator.

Klose scored after a corner

by Toni Kroos. His first effort was parried by Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar, but Klose calmly stroked the rebound home.

The 36-year-old Lazio striker, playing at his fourth World Cup, also scored in Germany’s 2-2 draw with Ghana in the group stage when he came off the bench to get Germany back into the contest.

Given the occasion in Belo Horizonte, a special celebration was surely in the works.

But Klose refrained even from doing his trademark back flip to mark the goal, which came in his 23rd World Cup match.

“I got hit in my left foot while attempting a shot and I

was not able to do the flip,” Klose said.

While Klose played down the record and attributed his scoring record to Germany’s teamwork and strong set piece, coach Joachim Loew praised the veteran striker.

“Miro is incredible. To set the record and to do it in Brazil is a great performance,” Loew said. “It really means a lot to all of us. This is a record. This is a record that could be beaten only by (Thomas) Mueller.

“We believe that he really deserves it. Because at his age, he is still playing at the highest possible level.”

Mueller scored the opening goal against Brazil and now has 10 goals in two World Cup tournaments.

Klose began the tournament on the bench but Loew has returned to the onestriker formation and it is paying off.

With 70 goals in 134 matches, Poland-born Klose is Germany’s all-time top scorer, having beaten the record previously held by Gerd Mueller.

He was the top scorer and Golden Boot winner at the 2006 World Cup in Germany with five goals. Klose also scored five goals in his first World Cup, in 2002. He scored four at South Africa in 2010.

Dutch captain has stomach problems SAO PAULO (AP) — Dutch captain and all-time top scorer Robin van Persie is in doubt for the World Cup semifinal against Argentina after succumbing to a stomach problem.

Van Persie trained separately on Tuesday with defender Daryl Janmaat and coach Louis van Gaal said both were suffering “stomach and intestinal problems.”

Van Gaal said he would not rush into deciding whether Van Persie is fit to play at Sao Paulo’s Itaquerao Stadium against the Lionel Messi-led Argentina.

“I have to make a decision tomorrow. I’m not going to do that today. We have more than a day,” Van Gaal said.

“Van Persie is a very important player for us.”

Van Persie scored three times in the first two Dutch matches of the World Cup, including a spectacular diving header against defending champion Spain that was instantly hailed as one of the goals of the tournament.

But the Manchester United striker has struggled to hit the same rich vein of form since being suspended for the Netherlands’ last Group B match after picking up two yellow cards.

In potential good news for the Dutch, midfield enforcer Nigel de Jong trained Tuesday and could play against Argentina, depending on how he feels.

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A Brazil soccer fan reacts in frustration as she watches her team play a semifinal match against Germany on a live telecast inside the FIFA Fan Fest area on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Tuesday.

Brazil fans crushed by loss RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The tears started flowing before half time, and by the end of a 7-1 shellacking in the World Cup semifinal, millions across Brazil were in dazed, damp-eyed disbelief.

The national team wasn’t just defeated by a powerful German team. It was routed in front of the entire world, humiliated at its own party. Young and old, Brazilians shared in the anguish of what many called a national calamity — the worst loss in their team’s storied World Cup history.

A rain of seven goals by the powerful German team devastated the Brazilian soccer faithful across this continentsized, soccer-mad country that for years has harbored hopes of winning its sixth Cup title right on its own turf.

“I couldn’t believe my eyes! It was like the game was on replay,” said Valeria Mazure, a 67-year-old retired teacher drinking beer in Rio, and sporting Brazil’s colors in a green tunic and yellow scarf. “I’m feeling disappointed, sad, but more than anything I’m feeling embarrassed. It was embarrassing to watch.”

So much so, some of the fans who were in the stadium where the massacre played out in excruciating fashion simply exited at halftime, some tearing up there tickets and giving the thumbs down to TV cameras.

“Five to zero is so embarrassing, we’re not going to stay any longer,” Ribeiro said Franca as he left the stadium in Belo Horizonte at halftime, with Germany on top 5-0. “One to nothing is fine, one-one, two-one, two-two, but five to nothing is shameful for a country that has a tradition of soccer.”

While tears flowed freely, the mood for many was shifting to anger, disbelief and a search for comedy relief.

“By the 30th minute of the first half my Facebook feed was absolutely full of jokes poking fun at the team,” said Mirel Ribeiro, a 25-year-old fan in Rio. “This was such a slaughter we can’t even cry about it.”

A widely shared “photo” on Twitter portrayed German President Angela Merkel, arms raised in victory, standing atop the mountain overlooking Rio, replacing the iconic Christ. Other memes were hitting social networks at a fast clip, perhaps as quickly as Germany’s first-half goals.

“Watching the Brazil team play in earlier matches, I thought there was a possibility that Brazil could lose — but I never imagined it could lose so terribly,” said Ricardo Azevedo, a fan in Rio. “I feel an immense sadness, but not only that, I feel annoyed at the blackout that happened on the pitch. We just blacked out.”

With Brazil’s star striker, Neymar, out injured and captain Thiago Silva suspended for the match, it quickly became clear the Brazilians couldn’t handle the Germans.

With Brazil tossed out of its own World Cup in such rough fashion, “you are going to have the most depressed country ever,” fan Pablo Ramoz said.

Brazil spent billions of dollars preparing for the tournament, with expectations that home advantage could deliver Brazil a sixth title, but the high cost also ignited intense anger and protests against the World Cup, with demonstrators lamenting the costs when the nation is saddled with woeful

public services.

Few thought Germany’s stomping of Brazil would spark renewed mass protests — but it is certain to put a severely sour taste back into the mouths of the nation’s fans. Many were already strongly questioning whether it was worth it to hold the event, a bad omen for President Dilma Rousseff, who faces an October election.

“I hope this can make people wake up and start thinking with their heads and not their emotions and that people translate the anger they are feeling at the ballot boxes,” said Antonio Hipolito, a bookstore worker in a wealthy part of Rio who lives in a distant, hardscrabble neighborhood. “Soccer is just an illusion and we need to wake up to reality.”

In Sao Paulo, Brazil’s biggest city, thousands gathered to watch the match in the Bohemian neighborhood of Vila Madalena, the streets carpeted with yellow, green and blue — the colors of the Brazilian flag.

Samir Kelvin clung to a street pole and loudly cried: “I have nothing left! I am Brazilian and humiliated I want to kill myself!”

A woman shouted “What shame, what shame!” as a man nearby banged his head against a bar table.

Back in Rio, a large group of fans had gathered at a 600-unit apartment complex in the Barra neighborhood.

Jorge Cardoso, an engineer, blamed the loss on the injury that sidelined Neymar and the benching of Silva for accumulating two yellow cards during the tournament.

He said simply: “It’s like someone you love has died.”

World Cup ticket scalping scandal continues in Brazil RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A World Cup ticket scalping case has revived a reputation FIFA tries hard to fight, and threatens to stain a tournament which has been better than critics expected.

Football’s international governing body and its president Sepp Blatter have tried to present a new face in recent years after so many

allegations of vote-buying and top officials seeming entitled by seeking favors.

Though many rules and faces have changed at the game’s headquarters, a skeptical view that the old culture remains in the inner circle has been fueled by the arrest this week of a director from a longtime World Cup commercial part-

ner.

Released from custody by Rio de Janeiro police early Tuesday, Ray Whelan returned to work within hours at the five-star hotel where Blatter stays and the MATCH group of companies operates during FIFA’s showpiece event.

The Copacabana Palace is also where police conducted parts of an

undercover operation known as Jules Rimet — named after the former FIFA president who launched the World Cup in 1930.

Whelan, a brother-in-law of MATCH founders Jaime and Enrique Byrom, is suspected of providing tickets to a scalping ring dealing corporate hospitality packages at highly inflated prices.

Reselling tickets for profit is illegal in Brazil.

Rights to the $600 million market in World Cup corporate tickets are owned by the MATCH Hospitality subsidiary.

MATCH’s minority shareholders include a sports agency in Switzerland run by Philippe Blatter, a nephew of the FIFA president.

Michelle Wie, Stacy Lewis: Friends linked by golf

BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press

SOUTHPORT, England — The friendly matches in South Florida can involve as many as eight players, with teams decided by drawing names from a hat.

Michelle Wie would seem to be a great pick, except for the timing.

“We usually play in the morning and then go have lunch,” Stacy Lewis said Tuesday. “And she usually gets very focused on the lunch and kind of doesn’t pay attention to the whole golf side of it. She’ll tell you the same thing.”

Wie laughed when told the story Lewis shared. Wie loves her golf and works hard at it.

She also loves her food so much that before dinner gets to the table she’s already thinking about the next night’s menu.

For two personalities that could not be any more different, Wie and Lewis have become close friends.

One is an artist, the other a technician.

“You go to her house, she’s painted everything that’s on her walls,” Lewis said. “I need

my sister to help me decorate.”

One is tall and powerful, the other is compact and precise.

“That’s what Stacy is.

She’s consistent,” Wie said.

“She’s deadly consistent.

Annoyingly consistent.”

One thing they have in common is a college diploma, rare in women’s golf these days. And even that was different. Lewis graduated from Arkansas before she turned pro. Wie graduated from Stanford more than six years after she turned pro.

They are major champions and Nos. 1-2 on the LPGA Tour money list. And more than any two players, they are leading an American revival in women’s golf, which resumes this week at Royal Birkdale.

Lewis began this recent surge of American success in the majors by capturing the Ricoh Women’s British Open at St. Andrews last summer.

Wie won the U.S. Women’s Open last month at Pinehurst No. 2, making it around the Donald Ross greens without a three-putt over 72 holes. She won by two shots over Lewis, who rushed over from the

The Associated Press

Michelle Wie, left, and Stacy Lewis embraced last month after the U.S. Women's Open. Wie and Lewis, for all their differences, have become fast friends in golf. They're also leading an American revival, which resumes this week at Royal Birkdale. practice range to be among the first to congratulate her.

A week later, Lewis rallied to beat Wie in Arkansas and take over the No. 1 spot on the money list, raising curiosity about a budding rivalry.

It’s too early for that, and there are too many other players in the mix.

“I feel very honored that people are putting me up against Stacy — No. 1 in the world, obviously,” Wie said.

“I don’t think you’ll find a rivalry where we hate each other or anything. But I want her to do well. I think she wants me to do well. But I think it’s fun because we definitely want to beat each other. I don’t want to lose to her but at the same time, I was really happy that she won in Arkansas and I think she was really happy I won at the U.S. Open, so I think it’s very cool.”

Lewis had to overcome

more obstacles. Scoliosis forced her to wear a back brace for 18 hours a day from age 11 until she had surgery to insert a metal rod in her back before heading off to college.

She has 11 wins, two majors and is the only American to be LPGA player of the year in the last 20 years.

Wie is the bigger star, the player who makes everyone look when she walks into a room.

“I don’t know if anybody could be a female T iger Woods, but Michelle definitely moves the needle,” Lewis said. “I think her playing good golf is good for everyone. It’s good for the tour and it’s good for the other players. I said the U.S. Open couldn’t have been scripted any better. We’re on our biggest stage there and our biggest star winning there — and she won’t even tell you that, but she is our biggest star. Her winning was huge for us.”

Their paths first crossed at another U.S. Women’s Open.

Lewis made her pro debut at Interlachen in 2008 and played in the last group before finishing third. Wie didn’t break 80 in the first

round and had gone two years without finishing in the top 10 on the LPGA Tour. They played together at Q-school later that year. Lewis was medalist. Wie got the headlines for earning her card.

“I knew as much about her as everybody did, just seeing her on TV and stuff like that,” Lewis said. “A lot of players, your perception changes once you meet them.”

They met as teammates on the Solheim Cup. They are now neighbors in Florida.

They practice together. They have the same trainer and are motivated by how hard each other works. They spent Fourth of July together. It rained all day, so they hung out all day, talked and set off a few fireworks.

“I don’t really know what it is, but I enjoy hanging around her,” Lewis said. “It’s cool how I’ve learned a lot from her, how she handles the media and how she’s handled the pressures and expectations. She doesn’t read anything that anybody writes and she doesn’t really care what anybody thinks about her. Wish I could be like that, too.”

Wednesday, July 9,2014 • The World • B3

Sports

Sterling gives testimony challenging sale of team

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press

Miami Heat's LeBron James gestures as he answers a question during a news conference in Miami during the playoffs. LeBron James held meetings for more than three hours in a Las Vegas hotel Tuesday, leaving without giving any indication of what team he’ll play for next season.

LeBron meeting with Heat boss in Las Vegas LAS VEGAS (AP) — LeBron James worked out and had a meeting agenda Tuesday.

In another summer of NBA Free Agent Frenziness, if James knows where he will be playing next season, he still isn’t saying.

Asked by The Associated Press how f r e e agency was going when his afternoon meeting agenda was apparently complete, the fourtime MVP said “no complaints.” He offered a quick greeting, and provided no hints of anything — including when his next “Decision” will be known — before leaving with a wave.

The entire exchange lasted

NBA Notes

about eight seconds. James, who has been relatively quiet while weighing his options, never broke stride.

He was upstairs in an exclusive part of a Las Vegas hotel Tuesday, holding court for a little more than three hours before emerging in the lobby, walking toward his assembled brain trust — including longtime manager Maverick Carter and Nike representatives, a sponsor of the LeBron James Skills Academy he’ll be hosting in starting Las Vegas Wednesday — and got whisked away.

James is expected to meet with Miami Heat President Pat Riley before making a final decision on his NBA future, and a person close to the situation said that meeting had not happened as of

Tuesday afternoon. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because no one has publicly announced the date of the meeting.

Some of James’ representatives have met with several teams, including the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Kings sign first-round pick Nik Stauskas SACRAMENTO, Calif.

(AP) — The Sacramento Kings have signed firstround pick Nik Stauskas (STOUS-kiss) to his rookie contract.

Kings general manager Pete D’Alessandro made the announcement late Tuesday night. Sacramento selected Stauskas out of Michigan with the eighth overall pick.

LOS ANGELES — Donald Sterling, challenging the sale of his Los Angeles Clippers, gave testy, bombastic testimony Tuesday, contending he’s mentally sound, sparring with his wife’s lawyer and repeatedly drawing laughter from spectators.

The 80-year-old billionaire also called doctors who’ve declared he has Alzheimer’s disease “hired guns,” pleaded a faulty memory about some of his most controversial remarks and declared he could top the $2 billion offer for the Clippers by $10 billion by selling TV rights to Fox and winning an antitrust suit he’s filed against the NBA. He also repeatedly told soft-voiced attorny Bert Fields that he couldn’t hear him, but at one point during the 90-minute appearance also said he was a good lawyer.

As Sterling made continued outbursts, Superior Court Judge Michael Levanas tried futilely to take control of the situation, at one point telling him: “Go back to answering questions rather than making somewhat entertaining comments.”

BASEBALL

Cardinals pitcher will have surgery ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cardinals left-hander Jaime Garcia will undergo thoracic outlet surgery Friday to relieve nerve issues in his pitching arm, shoulder and hand. Garcia and doctors believe the injury has dogged him for several years.

Garcia referred to the procedure, which involved the

removal of the first rib, as the “most logical and only option I have.”

The recovery period is three to four months, and the oft-injured Garcia is confident he will be back next season for the final year of a $27 million, four-year contract.

The Cardinals, who already had ruled Garcia out for the year, were initially surprised by the pitcher’s decision to have the procedure done by an outside specialist and re je c t i n g o t h e r treatment o p t i o n s, and then revealing plans before informing the team. Garcia is having the surgery done by Dr. Robert Thompson of St. Louis.

Sports Shorts

SAILING

Chicago dropped as America’s Cup site SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Windy City got the heave-ho from the race to host the 2017 America’s Cup. Sailing’s marquee regatta is either headed back to San Diego or will be held on the northern tip of the Bermuda Triangle.

Russell Coutts, CEO of defending champion Oracle Team USA, said it was a tough decision to eliminate Chicago.

Despite Chicago’s nickname, “the variability of the wind was quite a major uncertainty for us,” Coutts told The Associated Press by phone from his home in New Zealand.

Chicago will be offered the chance to host a stop on the America’s Cup World Series, a set of warmup regattas that will begin next year.

WNBA

Delle Donne, Moore lead All-Star rosters NEW YORK (AP) — Minnesota star Maya Moore was the leading vote-getter for the WNBA All-Star game.

She will start for the Western Conference alongside Phoenix’s Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner, Tulsa’s Skylar Diggins and Los Angeles’ Candace Parker.

Elena Delle Donne earned her second straight trip to the All-Star game. She became the first rookie to lead the league’s All-Star balloting last year, but wasn’t able to play after she suffered a concussion a few days before the game.

Delle Donne is sidelined with a flare-up of Lyme Disease and has only played once for Chicago in the past 10 games.

New York’s Cappie Pondexter, Indiana’s Tamika Catchings, and Atlanta’s Shoni Schimmel and Angel McCoughtry round out the rest of the East starters for the July 19 game in Phoenix.

MOTOR SPORTS

NASCAR penalizes Busch for infraction CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR has penalized Kurt Busch and his StewartHaas Racing team for failing a post-race inspection at Daytona.

Crew chief Daniel Knost was fined $10,000 on Tuesday because the track bar on Busch’s Chevrolet exceeded the maximum separation. Busch finished third in Sunday’s race. Busch was also docked 10 driver points, and Gene Haas was docked 10 owner points.

Scoreboard On The Air Today World Cup Soccer — Semifinals, Netherlands vs.

Argentina, noon, ESPN. Major League Baseball — Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 4 p.m., WGN; Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 5 p.m., ESPN; Minnesota at Seattle, 7 p.m., Root Sports.

Cycling — Tour de France, Stage 5, 4:30 a.m., NBC Sports Network, and delayed at 9 a.m., noon, 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Thursday, July 10 Major League Baseball — Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 9:30 a.m., WGN; Minnesota at Seattle, 7 p.m., Root Sports.

Golf — Women’s British Open, 6 a.m., ESPN2; U.S. Senior Open, 1 p.m., ESPN2; PGA Tour John Deere Classic, noon, Golf Channel; European Tour Scottish Open, 2:30 a.m., Golf Channel; Web.com Tour Utah Championship, 3 p.m., Golf Channel.

Cycling — Tour de France, Stage 6, 5 a.m., NBC Sports Network, and delayed at 9 a.m., noon, 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Softball — World Cup, 6 p.m., ESPN. Friday, July 11 Major League Baseball — Oakland at Seattle, 7 p.m., Root Sports.

Golf — Women’s British Open, 6 a.m., ESPN2; U.S. Senior Open, 1 p.m., ESPN2; PGA Tour John Deere Classic, noon, Golf Channel; European Tour Scottish Open, 2:30 a.m., Golf Channel; Web.com Tour Utah Championship, 3 p.m., Golf Channel.

Cycling — Tour de France, Stage 7, 5 a.m., NBC Sports Network, and delayed at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Major League Soccer — D.C. United at San Jose, 8 p.m., NBC Sports Network.

Softball — World Cup, 6 p.m., ESPN. Auto Racing — NASCAR Sprint Cup Camping World RV Sales 301 practice at 8:30 a.m. and qualifying at 1:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1; NASCAR Nationwide Series New Hampshire practice, 10 a.m. and noon, Fox Sports 1; NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Iowa, qualifying at 4 p.m. and race at 5:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1; IndyCar Iowa Corn Indy 300 qualifying, 1 p.m., NBC Sports Network.

Local Schedule Today American Legion Baseball — Sheldon at North Coos (2), 4 p.m., Clyde Allen Field.

Thursday, July 10 No local events scheduled.

Friday, July 11 American Legion Baseball — Roseburg Pepsi at North Coos (2), Clyde Allen Field, 2 p.m.; Corvallis at Three Rivers, 4 p.m., Florence.

Pro Baseball American League East Division W L Pct GB Baltimore 49 40 .551 — 1 Toronto 48 44 .522 2 ⁄2 New York 45 44 .506 4 42 51 .452 9 Tampa Bay 1 Boston 39 51 .433 10 ⁄2 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 49 37 .570 — 1 Kansas City 46 43 .517 4 ⁄2 1 6 ⁄2 44 45 .494 Cleveland 44 47 .484 71⁄2 Chicago 1 Minnesota 40 49 .449 10 ⁄2 West Division W L Pct GB Oakland 57 33 .633 — 1 Los Angeles 52 37 .584 4 ⁄2 Seattle 49 41 .544 8 38 52 .422 19 Texas Houston 38 54 .413 20 Tuesday’s Games Cleveland 5, N.Y. Yankees 3 Baltimore at Washington, ppd., rain Detroit 14, L.A. Dodgers 5 Chicago White Sox 8, Boston 3 Tampa Bay 4, Kansas City 3 Houston 8, Texas 3 Oakland 6, San Francisco 1 Toronto 4, L.A. Angels 0 Minnesota 2, Seattle 0 Today’s Games L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 11-4) at Detroit (Scherzer 10-3), 10:08 a.m.

Toronto (Stroman 4-2) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 8-6), 12:35 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (McCarthy 0-0) at Cleveland (Tomlin 5-6), 4:05 p.m.

Washington (Roark 7-6) at Baltimore (W.Chen 8-3), 4:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Sale 8-1) at Boston (R.De La Rosa 2-2), 4:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Ventura 6-7) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 4-6), 4:10 p.m.

Houston (Keuchel 8-5) at Texas (Darvish 8-4), 5:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Gibson 7-7) at Seattle (Elias 7-7), 7:10 p.m.

Oakland (Hammel 0-0) at San Francisco (M.Cain 1-7), 7:15 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Oakland at San Francisco, 12:45 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Boston, 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m.

Washington at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Texas, 5:05 p.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Seattle, 7:10 p.m.

National League East Division W L Pct GB 48 40 .545 — Washington 49 41 .544 — Atlanta Miami 44 46 .489 5 New York 41 49 .456 8 Philadelphia 39 51 .433 10 Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 52 39 .571 — St. Louis 49 42 .538 3 1 Cincinnati 48 42 .533 3 ⁄2 1 Pittsburgh 47 43 .522 4 ⁄2 Chicago 38 51 .427 13 West Division W L Pct GB 51 41 .554 — Los Angeles 1 49 41 .544 San Francisco San Diego 40 50 .444 10 1 Colorado 38 53 .418 12 ⁄2 Arizona 38 54 .413 13 Tuesday’s Games Cincinnati 4, Chicago Cubs 2, 1st game Baltimore at Washington, ppd., rain Detroit 14, L.A. Dodgers 5 N.Y. Mets 8, Atlanta 3 Cincinnati 6, Chicago Cubs 5, 2nd game Philadelphia 9, Milwaukee 7 St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 4 Colorado 2, San Diego 1 Miami 2, Arizona 1 Oakland 6, San Francisco 1 Today’s Games L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 11-4) at Detroit (Scherzer 10-3), 10:08 a.m.

San Diego (Stults 3-11) at Colorado (Jurrjens 01), 12:10 p.m.

Miami (Eovaldi 5-4) at Arizona (Collmenter 75), 12:40 p.m.

Washington (Roark 7-6) at Baltimore (W.Chen 8-3), 4:05 p.m.

Atlanta (E.Santana 7-5) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 3-1), 4:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Beeler 0-1) at Cincinnati (Simon 11-3), 4:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 3-8) at Milwaukee (Lohse 9-3), 5:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Cole 7-4) at St. Louis (Lynn 9-6), 5:15 p.m.

Oakland (Hammel 0-0) at San Francisco (M.Cain 1-7), 7:15 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 9:35 a.m.

Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m.

Oakland at San Francisco, 12:45 p.m.

Washington at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m.

Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 4:15 p.m.

San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.

World Cup SEMIFINALS Tuesday, July 8 At Belo Horizonte, Brazil Germany 7, Brazil 1 Wednesday, July 9 At Sao Paulo Netherlands vs. Argentina, 1 p.m.

THIRD PLACE Saturday, July 12 At Brasilia, Brazil Brazil vs. Netherlands-Argentina loser, 1 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, July 13 At Rio de Janeiro Germany vs. Netherlands-Argentina winner, noon

Pro Soccer Major Leauge Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA D.C. United 8 5 4 28 24 18 7 5 5 26 23 15 Sporting KC New England 7 6 2 23 22 21 Toronto FC 6 5 3 21 19 18 4 5 7 19 24 24 New York 4 5 7 19 18 18 Columbus Philadelphia 4 7 6 18 25 28 Houston 5 10 2 17 16 32 2 4 10 16 24 27 Chicago Montreal 3 8 5 14 16 27 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA 11 4 2 35 33 24 Seattle 7 5 4 25 23 18 Colorado Real Salt Lake 6 3 7 25 25 22 FC Dallas 6 7 5 23 28 28 Vancouver 6 3 7 25 26 22 Los Angeles 5 3 5 20 17 11 Portland 4 5 8 20 28 28 Chivas USA 5 7 5 20 17 26 San Jose 4 7 4 16 15 16 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Friday, July 11 D.C. United at San Jose, 8 p.m.

Saturday, July 12 Columbus at New York, 4 p.m.

Colorado at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Houston at Toronto FC, 4 p.m.

Chicago at New England, 4:30 p.m.

Sporting Kansas City at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.

Chivas USA at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, July 13 Portland at Seattle FC, 7 p.m.

National Women’s Soccer League W L T Pts GF GA 13 0 3 42 34 13 Seattle FC Kansas City 10 4 3 33 30 17 Western New York 7 8 2 23 30 22 Washington 7 7 2 23 26 33 Chicago 6 6 3 21 20 17 Portland 6 6 3 21 21 21 3 7 7 16 16 30 Sky Blue FC Houston 4 10 1 13 17 28 Boston 3 11 2 11 22 35 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Today Portland at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Friday, July 11 Boston at Houston, 6 p.m.

Saturday, July 12 Washington at Western New York, 4 p.m.

Seattle FC at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Sunday, July 13 FC Kansas City at Portland, 2 p.m.

Cycling Tour de France Fourth Stage Tuesday At Lille, France A 101.5-mile flat ride from Le Touquet to Lille, with a pair of Category 4 climbs 1. Marcel Kittel, Germany, Giant-Shimano, 3 hours, 36 minutes, 39 seconds. 2. Alexander Kristoff, Norway, Katusha, same time. 3. Arnaud Demare, France, FDJ.fr, same time. 4. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Cannondale, same time. 5.

Bryan Coquard, France, Europcar, same time. 6.

Andre Greipel, Germany, Lotto-Belisol, same time. 7. Mark Renshaw, Australia, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, same time. 8. Danny van Poppel, Netherlands, Trek Factory Racing, same time. 9. Davide Cimolai, Italy, Lampre-Merida, same time. 10. Daniel Oss, Italy, BMC Racing, same time. 11. Heinrich Haussler, Australia, IAM Cycling, same time. 12. Michael Albasini, Switzerland, Orica GreenEdge, same time. 13.

Samuel Dumoulin, France, AG2R La Mondiale, same time. 14. Romain Feillu, France, BretagneSeche Environnement, same time. 15. Greg Van Avermaet, Belgium, BMC Racing, same time. 16.

Zakkari Dempster, Australia, NetApp-Endura, same time. 17. Elia Viviani, Italy, Cannondale, same time. 18. Alberto Contador, Spain, TinkoffSaxo, same time. 19. Jens Keukeleire, Belgium, Orica GreenEdge, same time. 20. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, same time.

Also: 24. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Astana, same time. 28. Andrew Talansky, United States,

Garmin Sharp, same time. 34. Tejay van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, same time. 42. Christopher Froome, Britain, Sky, same time. 49. Bauke Mollema, Netherlands, Belkin Pro Cycling, same time. 51. Christopher Horner, United States, Lampre-Merida, same time. 65.

Rui Costa, Portugal, Lampre-Merida, same time.

69. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg, Trek Factory Racing, same time. 116. Matthew Busche, United States, Trek Factory Racing, 41 seconds behind.

154. Daniel Navarro, Spain, Cofidis, 2:05. 157.

Joaqumn Rodrmguez, Spain, Katusha, same time. 162. Danny Pate, United States, Sky, same time. 169. Benjamin King, United States, Garmin Sharp, 3:53. 182. Peter Stetina, United States, BMC Racing, 5:52. 189. Alex Howes, United States, Garmin Sharp, 7:11. 193. Edward King, United States, Cannondale, 7:26.

Andy Schleck, Luxembourg, Trek Factory Racing, withdrew.

Ov erall S tandin gs (Afte r four stages): 1.

Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Astana, 17 hours, 7 minutes, 52 seconds. 2. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Cannondale, 2 seconds behind. 3. Michael Albasini, Orica GreenEdge, same time. 4. Greg Van Avermaet, Belgium, BMC Racing, same time.

5. Alberto Contador, Spain, Tinkoff-Saxo, same time. 6. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, same time. 7. Christopher Froome, Britain, Sky, same time. 8. Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgium, Lotto Belisol, same time. 9. Bauke Mollema, Netherlands, Belkin Pro Cycling, same time. 10.

Jakob Fuglsang, Denmark, Astana, same time.

11. Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La Mondiale, same time. 12. Tejay van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, same time. 13. Tiago Machado, Portugal, NetApp-Endura, same time.

14. Jean-Christophe Peraud, France, AG2R La Mondiale, same time. 15. Rui Costa, Portugal, Lampre-Merida, same time. 16. Mikel Nieve, Spain, Sky, same time. 17. Haimar Zubeldia, Spain, Trek Factory Racing, same time. 18. Richie Porte, Australia, Sky, same time. 19. Michal Kwiatkowski, Poland, Omega PharmaQuickStep, same time. 20. Tony Gallopin, France, Lotto-Belisol, same time.

Also: 21. Andrew Talansky, United States, Garmin Sharp, same time. 28. Christopher Horner, United States, Lampre-Merida, :16 behind. 43. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg, Trek Factory Racing, 1:21. 58. Daniel Navarro, Spain, Cofidis, 3:45. 98. Peter Stetina, United States, BMC Racing, 13:31. 118. Benjamin King, United States, Garmin Sharp, 16:16. 123. Matthew Busche, United States, Trek Factory Racing, 16:34. 143. Joaqumn Rodrmguez, Spain, Katusha, 18:57. 177. Alex Howes, United States, Garmin Sharp, 23:57. 181. Danny Pate, United States, Sky, 24:30. 191. Edward King, United States, Cannondale, 32:08.

Stages and Winners July 5 — First Stage: Leeds to Harrogate, England, flat (190.5km-118.3 miles) (Stage: Marcel Kittel, Germany; Yellow Jersey: Kittel) July 6 — Second Stage: York to Sheffield, England, hilly (201-124.8) (Vincenzo Nibali, Italy; Nibali) July 7 — Third Stage: Cambridge to London, flat (155-96.3) (Kittel; Nibali) July 8 — Fourth Stage: Le Touquet-Paris-Plage to Lille Metropole, flat (163.5-101.5) (Kittel; Nibali) July 9 — Fifth Stage: Ypres to Arenberg Porte du Hainaut, flat/cobbled roads (155.5-96.6) July 10 — Sixth Stage: Arras to Reims, flat (194-120.5) July 11 — Seventh Stage: Epernay to Nancy, flat (234.5-145.6) July 12 — Eighth Stage: Tomblaine to Gerardmer La Mauselaine, medium mountain (161-100) July 13 — Ninth Stage: Gerardmer to Mulhouse, medium mountain (170-105.6) July 14 — 10th Stage: Mulhouse to La Planche des Belles Filles, high mountain (161.5-100.3) July 15 — Rest Day, Besancon July 16 — 11th Stage: Besancon to Oyonnax, medium mountain (187.5-116.4) July 17 — 12th Stage: Bourg-en-Bresse to SaintEtienne, medium mountain (185.5-115.2) July 18 — 13th Stage: Saint-Etienne to Chamrousse, high mountain (197.5-122.6) July 19 — 14th Stage: Grenoble to Risoul, high mountain (177-110) July 20 — 15th Stage: Tallard to Nimes, flat (222-137.9) July 21 — Rest Day, Carcassonne July 22 — 16th Stage: Carcassonne to Bagneres-de-Luchon, high mountain (237.5-

147.5) July 23 — 17th Stage: Saint-Gaudens to SaintLary Pla d’Adet, high mountain (124.5-77.3) July 24 — 18th Stage: Pau to Hautacam, high mountain (145.5-90.4) July 25 — 19th Stage: Maubourguet Pays du Val d’Adour to Bergerac, flat (208.5-129.5) July 26 — 20th Stage: Bergerac to Perigueux, individual time trial (54-33.5) July 27 — 21st Stage: Evry to Paris ChampsElysees, flat (137.5-85.4) Total — 3,663.5km-2,275.2 miles

Transactions BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to terms with C Ryan Plourde on a minor league contract.

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Placed RHP Justin Masterson on the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Tyler Holt to Columbus (IL). Designated RHP Mark Lowe for assignment. Selected the contract of C Roberto Perez from Columbus. Recalled LHP Nick Hagadone from Columbus.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Placed OF Alex Presley on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Sunday.

Recalled OF Robbie Grossman from Oklahoma City (PCL). Agreed to terms with OF Ronny Ramirez on a minor league contract.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with LHP Joe Saunders on a minor league contract and will assign him to Omaha (PCL).

MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed RHP Ricky Nolasco on the 15-day DL. Recalled C-OF Chris Herrmann from Rochester (IL).

NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned RHP Bruce Billings to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

SEATTLE MARINERS — Designated C John Buck for assignment. Agreed to terms with RHP Brett Ash on a minor league contract.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned LHP Jeff Beliveau to Durham (IL). Reinstated RHP Jeremy Hellickson from the 15-day DL and LHP Cesar Ramos from paternity leave.

TEXAS RANGERS — Placed RHP Nick Martinez on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 2. Recalled RHP Phil Irwin from Round Rock (PCL).

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Sent OF Mark Trumbo to Reno (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

ATLANTA BRAVES — Sent RHP Pedro Beato to Gwinnett (IL) for a rehab assignment.

CHICAGO CUBS — Recalled LHP Tsuyoshi Wada from Iowa (PCL).

CINCINNATI REDS — Placed 1B Joey Votto on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Sunday. Reinstated C Brayan Pena from paternity leave. Recalled LHP David Holmberg from Louisville (IL). Sent 3B Jack Hannahan to Dayton (MWL) for a rehab assignment.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Sent OF Carlos Gonzalez to Colorado Springs (PCL) for a rehab assignment. Recalled UTL Kyle Parker from Colorado Springs. Optioned LHP Yohan Flande to the Colorado Springs.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Placed RHP Josh Beckett on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday.

Recalled RHP Pedro Baez from Albuquerque (PCL).

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Sent LHP Francisco Liriano to Indianapolis (IL) for a rehab assignment.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Sent 2B Marco Scutaro to Fresno (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

American Association AMARILLO SOX — Traded RHP Jordan Egan to San Angelo (United) for future considerations.

GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Released INF Donald Blunt.

GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS — Released INF Andres Rodriguez.

KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Released OF Jonny Kaplan.

WICHITA WINGNUTS — Signed OF Cody Robinson.

Atlantic League LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Sold the contract of INF Randy Ruiz to Rojos del Aguila de Veracruz (Mexico).

Frontier League NORMAL CORNBELTERS — Signed RHP Kurt Schluter.

RIVER CITY RASCALS — Signed LHP Paul Hvozdovic.

ROCKFORD AVIATORS — Signed RHP Nick Grim.

SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS — Released INF Jared Martin.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES — Signed G Zach LaVine. FOOTBALL Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed RB Noel Devine.

OTTAWA SENATORS — Re-signed D Alex Grant to a one-year, two-way contract.

TORONTO ARGONAUTS — Signed OT Chris Van Zeyl to a contract extension.

HOCKEY National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Re-signed C Sean Collins to a one-year contract.

FLORIDA PANTHERS — Agreed to terms with C Brett Olson and D Greg Zanon on one-year contracts.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Signed D Anthony Bitetto to a one-year, two-way contract.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Renewed their affiliation agreement with Stockton (ECHL) for the 2014-15 season.

OTTAWA SENATORS — Re-signed D Alex Grant to a one-year contract.

SAN JOSE SHARKS — Re-signed F James Sheppard to a one-year contract.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Signed D Matt Corrente to a one-year, two-way contract. Resigned F Cody Kunyk to a one-year, two-way contract.

ECHL GWINNETT GLADIATORS — Signed Fs Marshall Everson and Randy Cameron.

READING ROYALS — Agreed to terms with D Bryant Molle on a one-year contract.

MOTORSPORTS NASCAR — Fined Stewart-Haas Racing crew chief Daniel Knost $10,000 because the track bar on Kurt Busch’s Chevrolet exceeded the maximum separation. Docked Kurt Busch 10 driver points and Gene Haas 10 owner points for the infraction.

SOCCER Major League Soccer SPORTING KANSAS CITY — Signed MF Michael Kafari.

COLLEGE ARMY — Named Brian Bancroft acting track and field and cross country coach.

BROWN — Announced the retirement of men’s and women’s swimming and diving coach Peter Brown.

CLEMSON — Named Joe Simon assistant athletic director for facilities management. Named Stephen Frazier Wong women’s rowing coach.

DAYTON — Named Sarah Willis assistant softball coach.

GREEN MOUNTAIN — Named Ashley Stevens women’s soccer coach and women’s lacrosse coach.

GRU AUGUSTA — Named Special Jennings women’s assistant basketball coach.

HOBART — Announced the resignation of men’s basketball coach Mike Neer.

LEHMAN — Named Durval Morgan trainer.

MIAMI — Dismissed LBs JaWand Blue and Alexander Figueroa from the football team.

NEW JERSEY CITY — Named Taquan Abdullah men’s assistant basketball coach.

NJIT — Named Ira Miller men’s and women’s tennis coach.

THIEL — Named Josh Fleming women’s tennis coach.

B4 •The World • Wednesday, July 9,2014

Baseball

Red-hot A’s top Giants for sixth straight win

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OAKLAND, Calif. — Sonny Gray struck out eight to win his third straight decision, and the Oakland Athletics beat the San Francisco Giants 6-1 on Tuesday night for their sixth consecutive victory.

Coco Crisp hit an RBI single and stole his 16th base and Nick Punto doubled in a run during a four-run third against Madison Bumgarner (9-7), handed his second three-start skid of the year.

The lefty didn’t allow a hit until Jed Lowrie’s blooper leading off the third that landed in front of a charging right fielder Hunter Pence, who avoided a collision with second baseman Joe Panik.

Oakland did all its damage that inning on the way to matching its seaMLB son-high Recap w i n n i n g streak.

The A’s (57-33) concluded their homestand 6-0, just the 11th undefeated homestand of six or more games in Oakland history.

The low-budget club with baseball’s best record has won 11 of its past 12 games at the Coliseum.

Twins 2, Mariners 0: Minnesota’s Phil Hughes pitched into the eighth inning, Sam Fuld barely cleared the wall with his second home run of the season and the Twins beat Seattle.

Hughes rebounded from being knocked around in his previous two starts to shut down the Mariners. Hughes (9-5) gave up eight hits in 7 13 innings, struck out eight and didn’t walk a batter in silencing Seattle’s stagnant offense.

A night after Fuld could not pull back Michael Saunders’ home run, the roles were reversed. Fuld hit a 3-2 pitch from Seattle starter Chris Young (8-5) beyond the wall in right and just out of the reach of Saunders for the solo shot in the fifth inning.

It was the first homer for Fuld since April 10. He finished with three hits and two stolen bases.

Tigers 14, Dodgers 5: Justin Verlander settled down after a terrible first inning and Detroit rallied in

emphatic fashion for a victory over the Dodgers.

Verlander (8-7) allowed five runs in the first, but the Dodgers managed only one more hit off the Detroit right-hander, who has had his share of struggles this season. The Tigers tied it with five runs in the second, then added two in the third and four in the fourth to pull away.

Miguel Cabrera was one of five Detroit players with three hits.

Verlander allowed five runs and five hits in six innings. He struck out four and walked two.

Hyun-Jin Ryu (9-5) allowed seven runs and 10 hits in 2 1-3 innings.

Juan Uribe hit a two-run homer for the Dodgers in the first, but Verlander retired 13 in a row after that.

The Tigers’ 14 runs set a season high, as did their 20 hits.

Cardinals 5, Pirates 4: Rookie Kolten Wong gave St. Louis its second straight game-winning ninth-inning home run, connecting off Ernesto Frieri with two outs for a victory over Pittsburgh.

Frieri (1-1) got two routine outs before Wong, batting eighth, hit his third homer on a full count.

The drive over the rightfield wall, which was estimated at 420 feet, was the first game-winning homer of Wong’s career and it came a night after Matt Adams hit his first winner off Justin Wilson in a 2-0 victory.

The Cardinals last had consecutive game-winning homers when Albert Pujols twice beat the Cubs on June 4 and 5, 2011.

Indians 5, Yankees 3: Michael Brantley homered and had three RBIs, Nick Swisher hit a go-ahead tworun shot and Cleveland stopped rookie sensation Masahiro Tanaka’s bid to become the major league’s first 13-game winner.

Brantley hit a leadoff homer in the seventh. The first-time All-Star also had RBI doubles in the first and fifth, raising his average to .328.

Tanaka (12-4) allowed season worsts of five runs and 10 hits in 6 2-3 innings. The right-hander, who lost for the third time in four starts,

took a 3-2 lead into the sixth before Swisher, a former Yankee, hit a two-run homer that put Cleveland on top.

Trevor Bauer (3-4) allowed three runs in seven innings and retired 13 of the last 14 hitters he faced.

White Sox 8, Red Sox 3: Conor Gillaspie hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the sixth inning for his third hit of the game and Chicago beat struggling Boston.

Boston lost for the seventh time in eight games as the defending World Series champions remained in last place in the AL East.

The White Sox are 5-1 in their past six games. John Danks (8-6) started with four shutout innings on Tuesday night after Hector Noesi beat Seattle 1-0 on Sunday and Scott Carroll won 4-0 on Monday night when Boston had just two hits.

Rays 4, Royals 3: Evan Longoria drove in two runs, Jeremy Hellickson went 4 1-3 innings in his season debut, and Tampa Bay beat Kansas City.

The Rays opened the sixth with three consecutive hits, including a two-run single

by Longoria off Jason Vargas (8-4), to take a 2-1 lead.

Vargas, who allowed two runs and six hits in 5 2-3 innings, was coming off seven innings in the Royals’ 4-0 win Wednesday against Minnesota.

Mets 8, Braves 3: Rookie Jacob deGrom struck out 11 in seven shutout innings and also delivered a table-setting hit from the No. 8 spot in the batting order and New York tagged All-Star Julio Teheran and Atlanta.

Curtis Granderson kept up his resurgence with a leadoff home run and Lucas Duda doubled twice, singled and drew two walks.

Reds 4, Cubs 2, game 1; Reds 6, Cubs 5, game 2: Jay Bruce homered in the opener, and then helped Cincinnati pull off its biggest comeback of the season for a doubleheader sweep over the Cubs.

The Reds overcame a 5-0 deficit in the second game, sending Chicago to its fifth straight loss.

Bruce doubled home the tying run in the eighth. Billy Hamilton then had a brokenbat RBI single in the ninth off Hector Rondon (1-3) for the

The Associated Press

Oakland Athletics' Sonny Gray works against the San Francisco Giants in the first inning Tuesday in Oakland, Calif. The A’s beat the Giants, 6-1.

Reds’ first doubleheader sweep since 2009 against Pittsburgh.

The Cubs have been swept in all three of their doubleheaders this season. They haven’t won a game since trading starters Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel to Oakland for a package of prospects.

Astros 8, Rangers 3: Chris Carter led off two innings with home runs, George Springer had one inning-starting long ball and Houston beat Texas.

Jose Altuve had two hits, two stolen bases and a sacrifice fly. The All-Star second baseman matched Houston’s franchise record with 28 consecutive stolen bases without being caught while pushing his AL-leading total to 41. He leads the American League with 126 hits and a .341 batting average.

Blue Jays 4, Angels 0: R.A. Dickey (7-8) allowed four hits over seven innings for his first victory in more

than a month, Jose Reyes homered and drove in three runs and Toronto ended a season-worst five-game skid with a win.

The Blue Jays also snapped a seven-game road losing streak and ended the Angels’ 11-game home winning streak, which fell one shy of the franchise record set in 1967.

Phillies 9, Brewers 7: Domonic Brown homered and had a two-run single and Philadelphia rallied from a big early deficit to outlast struggling Milwaukee.

After allowing five runs in the first inning, the Phillies scored five in the second off Brewers starter Wily Peralta (9-6). Ben Revere drove in two runs with a ground-rule double and Chase Utley had a two-run single as Philadelphia sent 10 men to the plate. Koyie Hill contributed a run-scoring single.

The first-place Brewers have dropped seven of eight

games.

Marlins 2, Diamondbacks 1: Marcell Ozuna hit a two-out, tworun home run off Addison Reed in the ninth inning to spoil a brilliant Arizona debut by Vidal Nuno and give Miami a victory over the Diamondbacks.

Ozuna hit Reed’s 2-2 pitch off the batter’s eye far above the 407-foot sign in straightaway center.

Nuno, acquired in the deal that sent Brandon McCarthy to the New York Yankees, gave up three hits, struck out a career-high seven and walked one in seven innings.

He scored Arizona’s only run.

Rockies 2, Padres 1: Charlie Blackmon hit a tworun homer and Franklin Morales pitched effectively into the sixth inning, helping Colorado beat San Diego.

Morales (5-4) allowed four hits and one run before being removed for a reliever with two outs in the sixth.

Big names added to Home Run Derby

The Associated Press

Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki (2) announced his National League roster for the Home Run Derby at the All-Star Game.

POOLE Immersed in Japan’s culture From Page B1 in Bridgeport, Calif., or stamp their passports and go to Okinawa.

“We were given some choices and we just decided, ‘You know what? Let’s do Okinawa,’” Chandelle said.

Poole is fine with admitting that when he moved a few years ago — outside of its interest in baseball — he didn’t really have that extensive knowledge of Japanese culture.

“It was scary,” Poole said.

“I didn’t think I was ever going to move there (until it happened). I really didn’t have any impressions of it. It was a place I’d never go to and thought I’d never end up.”

NEW YORK (AP) — Jose Bautista and Troy Tulowitzki have announced three members of their respective teams for Monday night’s Home Run Derby at Target Field.

Joining Bautista on the American League team are Oakland’s Yoenis Cespedes, who was last year’s Derby winner, Baltimore’s Adam Jones and Brian Dozier of the host Twins.

Tulowitzki will have Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton, who entered Tuesday leading the National League in homers, the Dodgers’ Yasiel Puig and Cincinnati’s Todd Frazier on his side.

“Bunch of guys with a lot of power,” Tulowitzki said. “More than that, I think they’re good

After about six months passed, Poole started picking up the language — enough to order food and “survive” — and found himself enmeshed in the new culture and its customs.

Poole started to notice little kids around his neighborhood treating elders with a bow as a sign of respect and picked it up for himself. No one pulled him aside or told him to. Poole just noticed it as a custom and bowing “randomly” become a habit.

“It came from being immersed in the culture,” Chandelle guesses.

The bow was an integral part of playing over in Japan.

To start games in Japan, both teams line up in front of their dugouts in athletic position ready to sprint until they get the word from the umpire.

Once the ump signals, the teams sprint to home plate and then diffuse into two

The Derby will have a new format. There will be seven outs per round and bracketed play after the first round guys, got to know them throughout the years.”

The final competitor in each league will be announced on Thursday.

Justin Morneau, Tulowitzki’s teammate with the Rockies who began his career with the Twins, is a possibility for the last NL selection. Morneau is one of five candidates in the online vote for

lines between the mound and home, each team facing each other. They listen to introductions from the ump, give each other a bow, give the ump a bow and immediately go to their positions.

It’s a little more sophisticated than your standard, American “Play ball!”

“Japanese teams don’t talk crap,” Poole said, adding that coaches never get angry with the umpires and that an air of respect is vital to the game in Japan.

Poole’s habit of bowing has bled over to the States.

After his relief appearance for North Coos on June 21, Poole stood watching as supporters congratulated him on his performance. As a line of supporters filed out of Clyde Allen Field, Poole lowered his torso with each compliment, bowing so fast and so often that he looked like a dolphin skating on water.

“It’s pretty interesting,”

the final spot on the NL All-Star team.

“If he wins that final vote, there’s possibly a chance,” Tulowitzki said. “I think it would make a story line. Played with the Twins all those years.

He’s definitely on the list if he makes the team. There are some other guys as well that have lobbied and would be good choices.”

North Coos head coach Brad Horning said of the bow. “He has a really nasty breaking ball and has a challenging fastball coming out of that classic Japanese delivery with a step and a pause.”

It was hard for Poole to get baseball from the States — let alone cable — in Japan, so Poole would try and catch YouTube videos of famous Japanese pitchers and study them (he got all of his pitches beside his knuckleball from observing videos online). He also watched other pitchers around Japan, applied some of their mechanics to his own windup and “put it into one package.”

The result is an undeniably unique set of mechanics.

Poole’s slow with his windup and doesn’t rush his motion.

He pitches deliberately and calculated, and in the middle of his windup, he’ll hold a pose to throw off the hitters timing.

Tulowitzki said he is not sure if Morneau would want to participate in the Derby if he is not selected for the All-Star team.

The Derby will have a new format this year. There will be a maximum of seven outs per round and bracketed play after the first round. The player who hits the most home runs in each league in the first round will receive a bye to the third round.

The next two players from each league with the most home runs will meet in a head-to-head matchup in the second round.

The winners of these matchups will advance to the third round.

The final round will feature those winners going head to head.

Veering away from cookie-cutter mechanics is a necessity for pitchers in Japan.

“When I pitch against a Japanese team, the next at bat they have you down,” Poole said. “You can’t throw anything past them. Even if you have the best curveball, the best knuckle ball, the best anything, they will eventually hit it. So it’s challenging to continue to keep pitching against Japan teams and that’s what I like.”

Poole’s summer has snowballed into impressive start after impressive start.

A little over a month ago, Poole struck out 19 for his Japanese team in eight innings and got the gamewinning RBI. Once he got to the Sstates, Poole started tearing up American Legion hitters on both North Coos and Three Rivers.

On June 29, Poole struck

out and walked one in a 95pitch complete game win over Cascade for the Waterfront.

On Monday, Poole struck out six and gave up three hits in a 1-0 loss to North Medford, again for North Coos.

Thursday Poole got a taste of playing for Three Rivers, an older American League division, and threw a complete eight-inning game and allowed just six hits.

Plans are up in the air whether he will be in Japan next year. All signs suggest that Poole’s experience in Japan may be over, and he’ll probably be in high school in Indiana next season — potentially the Bay Area as well. As long as he can play ball, he’ll bow to that.

“Baseball is first,” Poole said. “If I was able to make a Japanese team, I would definitely go to Japan but I’m pretty sure it’s not going to be easy, so I’ll stick to America.”

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Sale Saturday, July 12 from 9am to $55.00 4pm at former TruNorth (BNT) building in downtown Coos Bay (342 S. Broad$59.95 way). Clothing, furniture, treasures.

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3M Handmasker, 12”/9”blades, 2 rolls paper. 541-888-3648 $20.00

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Lower Umpqua Hospital Wanted: Full-time C.N.A. Current Oregon CNA certificate, current CPR and computer skills required. A positive team attitude is essential. Nightshift. Criminal background check and drug screen required. Electronic application is on our website. http://www.lowerumpqua hospital.org/

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE STATE OF OREGON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS Case No. 14CV0162 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHASE HOME FINANCE, LLC, its successors in interest and/or assigns, Plaintiff, v.

MARIE LUSK PAYNE; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; AND OCCUPANTS OF THE PREMISES, Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANTS: MARIE LUSK PAYNE: In the name of the State of Oregon, you are hereby required to appear and answer the complaint filed against you in the above-entitled Court and cause on or before the expiration of 30 days from the date of the first publication of this summons. The date of first publication in this matter is June 18, 2014.

If you fail timely to appear and answer, plaintiff will apply to the above-entitled court for the relief prayed for in its complaint. This is a judicial foreclosure of a deed of trust and a claim for declaratory relief to reform the property’s legal description in that deed of trust, in which the plaintiff requests that the plaintiff be allowed to foreclose your interest in the following described real property: LOTS 9 AND 10, BLOCK 7, SECOND ADDITION TO BAY PARK, COOS COUNTY, OREGON TOGETHER WITH ANY PORTION OF THE VACATED TROY AVENUE, WHICH WAS VACATED BY VACATION NO.611 RECORDED SEPTEMBER 1, 2005, BEARING MICROFILM REEL NO. 2005-13275, RECORDS OF COOS COUNTY, OREGON, WHICH WOULD INURE THERETO BY REASON OF THE VACATION THEREIN. Commonly known as: 63368 Flanagan Road, Coos Bay, Oregon 97420.

NOTICE TO DEFENDANTS: READ THESE PAPERS CAREFULLY!

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A lawsuit has been started against you in the above-entitled court by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as successor by merger to Chase Home Finance, LLC, plaintiff.

Plaintiff’s claims are stated in the written complaint, a copy of which was filed with the above-entitled Court.

You must “appear” in this case or the other side will win automatically. To “appear” you must file with the court a legal document called a “motion” or “answer.”

The “motion” or “answer” (or “reply”) must be given to the court clerk or administrator within 30 days of the date of first publication specified herein along with the required filing fee. It must be in proper form and have proof of service on the plaintiff’s attorney or, if the plaintiff does not have an attorney, proof of service on the plaintiff.

If you have any questions, you should see an attorney immediately. If you need help in finding an attorney, you may contact the Oregon State Bar’s Lawyer Referral Service online at www.oregonstatebar.org or by calling (503) 684-3763 (in the Portland metropolitan area) or toll-free elsewhere in Oregon at (800) 452-7636.

This summons is issued pursuant to ORCP 7.

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By:___________________________ RCO LEGAL, P.C. Alex Gund, OSB #114067 agund@rcolegal.com Attorneys for Plaintiff 511 SW 10th Ave., Ste. 400 Portland, OR 97205 P: (503) 977-7840 F: (503) 977-7963 PUBLISHED: The World - June 18, 25, July 02, and 09, 2014 (ID-20254556) lN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS Bank of America, N.A., as successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP, Plaintiff, v.

Donna J. Spear, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: 14CV0381 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION NOTICE TO DEFENDANTS READ THESE PAPERS CAREFULLY! You must “appear” in this case or the other side will win automatically. To “appear” you must file with the court a legal paper called a “motion” or “answer.” The “motion” or “answer” must be given to the court clerk or administrator within 30 days of the date of first publication, June 18, 2014, along with the required filing fee. It must be in proper form and have proof of service on the Plaintiff’s attorney or, if the Plaintiff does not have an attorney, proof of service on the Plaintiff. The subject of this a judicial foreclosure of real property commonly known as 2202 Wall St, North Bend, OR 97459 for non-payment of

mortgage debt. If you have questions, you should see an attorney immediately. If you need help in finding an attorney, you may call the Oregon State Bar’s Lawyer Referral Service at (503) 684-3763 or toll-free in Oregon at (800) 452-7636. DATED: June 6, 2014. By: /s/ Katrina E. Glogowski, OSB #035386, Allegiant Law Group, 506 2nd Ave Ste 2600, Seattle, WA 98104 (206) 903-9966. Fax (206) 405-2701.

PUBLISHED: The World - June 18, 25, July 02 and 09, 2014 (ID-20254381) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS

of first publication specified herein along with the required filing fee. The date of first publication of the summons is July 2, 2014.

If you have questions, you should see an attorney immediately. If you need help in finding an attorney, you may contact the Oregon State Bar’s Lawyer Referral Service online at www.oregonstatebar.org or by calling (503) 684-3763 (in the Portland metropolitan area) or toll-free elsewhere in Oregon at (800) 452-7636.

Attorneys for Plaintiff, SHAPIRO & SUTHERLAND, LLC /s/. James A. Craft James A. Craft #090146 [jcraft@logs.com] 7632 SW Durham Road, Suite 350, Tigard, OR 97224 (360)260-2253; Fax (360)260-2285

Defendants. No. 14CV0297 CIVIL SUMMONS Springleaf Financial Services, Inc., formerly known as American General Financial Services, Inc., d/b/a American General Financial Services (DE), Inc., Plaintiff, vs.

ELIZABETH KENYON; NICHOLAS KENYON; CREDIT SERVICES OF OREGON, INC.; MELINDA BOWMAN; WESTERN MERCANTILE AGENCY, INC.; STATE OF OREGON; NORTH AMERICAN MORTGAGE COMPANY; OCCUPANTS OF THE PREMISES Defendants

PUBLISHED: The World - July 02, 09, 16 and 23, 2014 (ID-20255518)

TO THE DEFENDANTS: Nicholas K. Kenyon, Elizabeth Kenyon and Occupants of the Premises NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: READ THESE PAPERS CAREFULLY! A lawsuit has been started against you in the above-entitled Court by Springleaf Financial Services, Inc., formerly known as American General Financial Services, Inc., d/b/a American General Financial Services (DE), Inc., Plaintiff. Plaintiff’s claim is stated in the written Complaint, a copy of which is on file at the Coos County Courthouse. You must “appear” in this case or the other side will win automatically. To “appear” you must file with the court a legal paper called a “motion” or “answer.” The “motion” or “answer” must be given to the court clerk or administrator within 30 days along with the required filing fee. It must be in proper form and have proof of service on the plaintiff’s attorney or, if the plaintiff does not have an attorney, proof of service on the plaintiff.

The object of the complaint is to foreclose a deed of trust dated June 25, 2005 and recorded as Instrument No. 2005-9647 given by Elizabeth Kenyon and Nicholas Kenyon, as tenants by the entirety on property commonly known as 98546 Muscle Car Lane f/k/a 98349 Bridge Lane, Myrtle Point, OR 97458 and legally described as: Parcel 3, Partition Plat 1995#44, filed and recorded November 29, 1995, CAB C/146 bearing Microfilm Reel No. 95-11-0965, Records of Coos County, Oregon.

Includes a 1974 Alco Homes Rideau Model Mobile Home, S/N N4271S5328, 14’ x 70’.

The complaint seeks to foreclose and terminate all interest of Nicholas K. Kenyon, Elizabeth Kenyon and Occupants of the Premises and all other interests in the property.

The “motion” or “answer” (or “reply”) must be given to the court clerk or administrator within 30 days of the date

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THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2014 CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Your style and flair are what make you unique. Don’t be deterred if someone dislikes your artistry or creativity.

Jealousy will likely be at the root of any such complaint.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Face any dilemma head-on.

Don’t give in to anyone trying to take advantage of you or wh0o is standing between you and your happiness. Follow your heart and do what’s best for you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Take any opportunity to travel that comes your way.

Organize your time so that you can mix business with pleasure and come out on top in both areas of your life.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — You will be flattered by the attention you get today, but before you let things go to your head, consider whether all the hubbub is sincere or merely the product of ulterior motives.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Your appearance and selfconfidence go hand-in-hand.

Some minor improvements and indulgences will lift your spirits and rejuvenate your approach to your life and goals.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) — You may have doubts regarding your career

choice. It’s important to find an outlet that you enjoy and try to turn it into a living. Research the options that interest you most.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You can meet some fascinating and stimulating individuals at group functions. Check out what’s happening in your area. Love and romance are on the rise.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Don’t be too quick to sign on the dotted line. Make sure that you get all the goods or services that have been promised. Read the fine print.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Follow your intuition. You know deep down what is best for you, regardless of what others say. Travel opportunities are apparent and should be geared toward future business.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — There are lots of gimmicks designed to make you buy various products. Don’t be tempted to buy on impulse. It’s no bargain if you end up not using what you purchased.

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BRIDGE Simone de Beauvoir, a French writer, said, “I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth — and truth rewarded me.”

At the bridge table, the truth is that we love certainties — lines of play or defense that are guaranteed to work.

In this deal, is there a way for South to make sure of six no-trump, given that clubs are not breaking 5-0?

South’s two-diamond rebid was fourth-suit game-forcing. When North bid four hearts, he showed a minimum opening bid. With extras he would have control-bid (cue-bid) four clubs.

South signed off in six no-trump to protect his diamond holding, expecting North’s values to be in his long suits.

Declarer starts with 10 top tricks: two spades, five hearts, one diamond and two clubs. His plan should be to win four club tricks — but how?

The club nine in South’s hand makes getting four tricks a near-certainty. After winning the first trick with his spade ace, declarer should play a club to dummy’s ace, then return a low club and cover East’s eight with his nine.

Here, that ends South’s problems. But if his nine were to lose to the 10, the suit would be splitting 3-2 and the contract would be home.

Finally, if East shows out on the second round of clubs, declarer wins with his king and leads back through West’s queen up to North’s jack.

Note that six hearts can be made by taking the same safety-play.

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