AN EDITION OF
Bandon
Thursday, September 5, 2013 Serving the Bandon community since 1912
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Exhibit at museum, see page A2
At Face Rock Golf Course, see page A9
Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A2 Bandon Police Log. . . . . . . . A3 Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A4
Arts and Entertainment . . . A5 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . .A7, A8 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A10
Mosquito spraying set to begin By Emily Thornton Bandon Western World
COQUILLE — Despite concerns about negative environmental risks, Coos County commissioners voted unanimously to approve aerial spraying of insecticides near Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge and surrounding areas. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort will pay $10,000 and the city of Bandon has offered to pay $5,000 toward the cost of mosquito abatement using fixed-wing aircraft. Coos County will donate $5,000
from its economic development fund and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will foot the bill over the wildlife refuge. Coos County decided to take the lead with a decision this week supported by commissioners Melissa Cribbins and John Sweet. The county will pay the upfront costs to begin abatement. Other government agency funding is expected to offset some of those expenses. Hank Hickox, manager at Bandon Dunes, said he will give the county the money whenever they ask. The county hopes to spray between
Sept. 12 and 17, but is still taking bids for contractors to do the job. They will notify the public when the spraying is to occur. Fish and Wildlife officials had warned local officials last week not to expect federal assistance. Richard Hannon, USFWS deputy regional director, was met with jeers at the county commissioners’ Aug. 27 meeting when he presented a special use permit to the county. He said at that time, all he could do was provide the permit, which will allow the county to use
■ See Mosquitoes, A6
Environmental risks Environmental risks include: ■ Water runoff killing crab, lobsters and other crustaceans ■ Killing of other flying insects ■ Possible produce or flower contamination ■ Possible negative effect to fish or animals
100 years of the port
Harbor work recurring need By Steve McCasland Contributing writer
In observation of its centennial, the Port of Bandon staff is reviewing the agency’s history, and below offer readers a glimpse of its activities during its first century. BANDON — In January 1939 Moore Mill and Lumber Co. workers were reduced to half shifts and faced a possible shutdown as the company’s inventory threatened to exceed its storage capacity on the mill’s docks on Bandon’s waterfront. That’s according to the Western World’s Jan. 12, 1939, issue, which said the mounting inventory was the result of cargo vessels’ inability to cross the Coquille River bar. “New shoals, which developed after the dredge ‘Pacific’ finished its work last fall, and which are said to be due largely to the fine sand washing and blowing into the channel over the impaired north jetty, have reduced the depth of water of the inner
■ See Harbor, A6 Photos by Amy Moss Strong, Bandon Western World
Jury finds Crum guilty of menacing Bandon Western World
COQUILLE — A six-person jury has found Bandon resident Charles Crum guilty of charges that he menaced four police officers on Christmas day last year. The verdict, which was handed down Friday, Aug. 30, means Crum, 52, will face up to a year in jail and a fine of up to $6,250. Sentencing is set for Sept. 16. The case was prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Michael Chartrey. Crum was accused of brandishing a pellet gun at four police officers at his home on Dec. 25. The officers, Tony Byrd and Josh Garrett of the Bandon Police Department and Ernie Mitchell and Casey Wilson of the Coos County Sheriff’s Office, were backing up medics answering a 911 call placed by Crum. Police were called, according to the prosecution, because of an outstanding warrant that Crum had for failing to appear in court on another matter, and because of an alleged history of resisting arrest. As police were leaving, Crum allegedly swung his door open and lifted the pellet gun over his head. Police proceeded to shoot 30 to 50 bullets at
Ocean Crest Elementary School teacher Anne Goddard tells her first-grade students how smart they will be by the end of the school year. Classes resumed Tuesday for all but kindergartners, who are now in the main Ocean Crest building, and 10th through 12th graders, who returned Wednesday.
First day of school
On left, Ocean Crest first-grade teacher Adrienne Smith shows Truth Vineyard how to begin his schoolwork while students Rachel Dahlke, left, and Teagan Montgomery wait to ask their questions. Photo on right: left to right, Myah Hisel, Mikey Mallory, Hunter Smith and David Graham are excited for their first day of first grade in Anne Goddard’s classroom Tuesday morning.
■ See Crum, A6
Pastor Kermit Gaston is on a mission By Emily Thornton Bandon Western World
BANDON — He should have died two years ago. Instead, he’s raising money to go on a mission trip to Africa next month. Volunteer pastor at Bandon’s Restoration Worship Center Kermit Gaston was diagnosed with stage four prostate cancer 31⁄2 years ago. Doctors gave him two to five years to live. “The onlything that kept me alive was
myfaith and a lot of prayers,” Gaston said. He said surviving cancer makes him different from other people who go on mission trips because he’s faced death. The other thing that makes him different are his unique fundraising tactics, he said. Recently, he stood on the corner of East Johnson Avenue and U.S. Highway 101 in Coos Bay with a sign asking for donations. He raised $208 in three hours his first day last week. He had $50 in one and a
half hours so far on his second day. Gaston said he’ll keep fundraising from the corner until he’s raised the remainder of what he and his wife, Lynn, and two others, need to go to Kenya for just more than three weeks. He said they had $1,600 left to raise of the $7,000 goal. “The more we earn, the more we can do,” Gaston said. By Alysha Beck, Bandon Western World The Gastons plan to take maize, Kermit Gaston receives $20 from a driver while medicine, reading glasses and standing on the corner of Johnson Avenue and ■ See Pastor, A6 S. First Street in Coos Bay on Aug. 20.
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