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COQUILLE — The judge presiding over an omnibus hearing in a Coos County courtroom on Monday made sure everyone was on the same page regarding the trial of Charles Crum. “The question is, did your client menace anybody?” said Judge Michael Gillespie to Crum’s public defender during the court proceedings. That statement defines the focus of a case that became complicated at the start. Crum, 52, of Bandon, was shot by authorities and arrested on Christmas Day of 2012. He had allegedly brandished a weapon at four law enforcement officers who were responding to a 911 call. Court documents indicate that Crum had been the one to make the call for an ambulance. Police were called, according to the prosecution, because of an outstanding warrant that Crum had for failing to appear in court on another matter. That is one bit of information that Gillespie ruled would be allowed for the trial, even while limiting the scope of the defendant’s prior history that could be allowed as evidence. It was one of several pretrial motions the judge ruled on, setting the stage for the
COOS BAY — Environmentalists say a proposed sale of Elliott State Forest lands could impact habitat for a threatened bird species that nests in old-growth timber. Erin Grady, an activist with the Eugene-based Cascadia Forest Defenders, said that Coast Range Forest Watch identified nesting behavior by threatened marbled murrelets in the Adams Ridge parcel of the Elliott State Forest. She said the organization has submitted its studies in the Adams Ridge parcel as part of the public comment process for the sale pro-
posal. State Land Board The DepartWant to comment? in June, the agency ment of State said a 2012 Individuals wishing to submit comLands is proposEndangered ment on the proposed sale can send ing to sell Adams Species Act lawthem to Clara Taylor at the Ridge and two suit — alleging Department of State Lands at other parcels — that logging on the clara.taylor@state.or.us or by mail at Benson Ridge and lands was resultDepartment of State Lands, 775 East Hakki Ridge ing in the unlawful Summer St., N.E., Suite 100, Salem, — to offset a pretake of murrelets OR, 97301. The deadline for comments dicted harvest — had forced foris 5 p.m. Nov. 11. shortfall. The est managers to combined lands concentrate on total approximately 2,714 acres. unproductive timberlands. More than 90 percent of the for“Developments that have est is dedicated to generating rev- occurred under this lawsuit to date enue for the state’s Common have resulted in the ODF temSchool Fund. porarily adjusting the harvest plans In a summary presented to the on Common School forestlands
within the Elliott State Forest in order to focus on timber sale opportunities that don’t involve the issues disputed in this lawsuit,” the summary read. Forestry officials now expect a 2013 and 2014 harvest of only about 15 million board feet, compared to the approximately 40 million they originally anticipated. ODF spokesman Tony Anderson said that the parcels in question weren’t among those the agency abandoned logging as a result of the lawsuit. “There’s no intersection between the parcels being proposed for sale SEE FOREST | A8
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Kitten thrown from car celebrates first birthday BY EMILY THORNTON The World
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Luckie didn’t get off to the best start in life, being thrown from a moving car when he was a kitten.As you can see, he has completely recovered and recently celebrated his first birthday.
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COOS BAY — Luckily for Luckie, he wasn’t seriously injured. Five-week-old Luckie Valentino was thrown from a moving car a year ago. He sustained bruised ribs and some cuts. He was bleeding from his mouth and couldn’t open his eyes, according to Cheryl Bularz, who now owns the furry animal. Today, he is a healthy, 1-year-old cat. “They went by so fast,” Bularz said. All she could make out was an old, white station wagon with brown trim speeding by her workplace, at Kruze Avenue and South Broadway. Bularz said there was another cat thrown out of the car further down the street, but wasn’t sure what happened to it. Bandon Veterinary Hospital paid for much of the cat’s care at Ocean Boulevard Veterinary Hospital. Later, she took him to Kohl’s Cat House because he was sick. Since Bularz had four cats and two
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PORTLAND (AP) — The state Employment Department has released it county-by-county job figures, and the numbers show the Portland metropolitan area continuing to outperform the state. The region has gained jobs for eight straight months. In Multnomah County, Oregon’s most populous, the jobless rate held steady at 7.1 percent, which is below the national average of 7.4 percent and state average of 8 percent. Clackamas and Washington counties are below 7 percent. Benton County, which includes Corvallis, has the state’s lowest jobless rate. It’s at an even 6 percent. On the negative side, many counties in southern and central Oregon are still struggling with double-digit jobless rates. Deschutes County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 10 percent, while Crook County’s rate is at 12.6 percent. Coos, Curry, Douglas and Klamath counties are among the other counties dealing with jobless rates of more than 10 percent.
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A fishing boat swings up the Marshfield Channel on Coos Bay early Tuesday morning, minutes before the sun popped up on the hills to the east.A couple boats were out on the bay this morning hoping to hook on to a Fall Chinook that may be ready to head up river to spawn.
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dogs, she was reluctant to take Luckie, but she ended up keeping him after neither her friend nor her daughter-in-law could keep him. People should get their pets spayed or neutered to avoid these types of situations, said Gloria Kohl, owner of Kohl’s Cat House. She said kittens were “overwhelming” this time of year, especially. Kohl said many animals give up after sustaining injuries because they’re too traumatized. “We’ve had lots of these stories,” Kohl said, “But he was special. He was just so alive. He didn’t have any notion of giving up.” Bularz said she was happy with her additional family member. “He’s just a blessing,” Bularz said. “He’s just doing really well. Someone’s loss was my gain.” Reporter Emily Thornton can be reached at 541-269-1222, ext. 249 or at emily.thornton@theworldlink.com or on Twitter: @EmilyK_Thornton.
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