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C M C M Y K Y K CIVIL WAR SPLIT STILL VOTING MHS softball, NB baseball win, B1 Watching the sky for sign of new pope, A7 Serving Oregon’s South Coast Since 1878 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2013 theworldlink.com I 75¢ State’s Forestry More bones unearthed Dept. cuts seven jobs BY THOMAS MORIARTY The World COOS BAY — As logging in state forests comes to a standstill, the local state forestry office is feeling the crunch. According to Oregon Depart- ment of Forestry spokesman Rod Nichols, the state anticipated the need to cut seven positions at its Coos District Office. Nichols said the reductions are coming from 23 positions that handle the Elliott State Forest Management plan. Harvest yield for the 2013-2014 fiscal year was initially anticipated at 40 million board feet, but ODF has reduced those expectations to 15 million board feet. Logging at 11 timber sales in state forests, including the Elliott, is currently suspended under an injunction handed down by a fed- eral judge in November. All 11 sales are in identified mar- bled murrelet habitat, a threatened seabird whose nesting grounds By Alysha Beck, The World have become a focal point in the An Oregon State Police crime team was on scene Tuesday at Anchor Inn R.V. Park in Port Orford where human remains were found by a maintenance crew Monday after- policy fight over the Pacific North- noon. Curry County, Port Orford and Oregon State Police are conducting an investigation and have yet to determine the cause of death. west’s coastal forests. The Elliott was Oregon’s first state forest, and helps generate education funding through timber Port Orford park owners are stunned sales that feed the state’s Common School Fund. Spokesman Dan Postrel said the state plans to have the job cuts in BY ALYSHA BECK AND remains were discovered Tuesday as officers effect by July 1. Postrel said ODF is AMY MOSS STRONG “This happened long before continued to investigate the scene. trying to find alternative place- The World The additional remains appeared to be in a ment for affected employees else- we got here. Whatever sleeping bag. where in the department. PORT ORFORD — The owners of a Port Port Orford Police Chief Marvin Combs Reporter Thomas Moriarty can Orford RV Park where human remains were happened probably happened said the discovery set off a death investigation be reached at 541-269-1222, ext. discovered Monday say they’re baffled as to in the last five years, but that involved officers from his department, 240, or by email at thomas.moriar- how a body got there. Curry County Sheriff’s Office and Oregon [email protected]. Follow him Anchor Inn RV Park owner Craig Lundberg, we’re just not sure what State Police. on Twitter at @ThomasDMoriarty. who’s owned the park for about a year with his Lundberg was unwilling to comment on the wife Malinda, said that whatever occurred happened or when.” investigation, saying he didn’t feel he had enough information to say anything, but he probably happened before they owned the Craig Lundberg complex. did confirm that Oregon State Police were New owner of Anchor Inn RV Park “This happened long before we got here,” “sifting through everything” and that he Lundberg said Tuesday afternoon. “Whatever doesn’t believe it was a homicide. BAH happened probably happened in the last five “But I think I’ll just wait for the experts on years, but we’re just not sure what happened that,” he said. “I know they’re working on it or when.” and everything will come out in the wash.” a medical examiner conducts an autopsy and Police officers investigating the human He and his wife live at the RV park located begins determines whether a criminal investigation remains uncovered said they are treating the about a half block off U.S. Highway 101 within scene as if it were a homicide as a precaution. needs to take place. the city limits of Port Orford. They have been Oregon State Police Sgt. Andy Kenyon said Kenyon said a reconstructionist also would remodeling and revamping it over the last year moving Tuesday afternoon that there is “no indication use equipment, including lasers, to help police to turn it into a 55-and-older park. of foul play” at the scene, but it is standard create a “to-scale diagram of the scene” for “I heard it was pretty wild here before we procedure to treat an investigation of this type future use in the investigation. owned it,” Lundberg said. “But I don’t think as if it were a homicide until that possibility is Maintenance workers found a human skull they’ll know for a while what happened and process ruled out. underneath a trailer around 1 p.m. Monday I’m sure it was before we got here. But by the The cause of death will be determined after after it was moved at the RV park. More same token, we have to deal with it now.” BY TIM NOVOTNY The World COOS BAY — This is moving week for Bay Area Hospital as they Manhunt ends at Lincoln City motel begin to utilize their four-story, $45 million state-of-the-art addi- tion. The opening of their new wing Man suspected of killing his is taking place in a stage-by-stage process designed to make the grandparents is captured move as seamless as possible. Community Relations Director Barb Bauder says they decided to BY LAUREN GAMBINO ed with water cannon blasts, bull- make the move in stages because The Associated Press horn shouts and tear gas, officers there are a lot of new processes breached the door, which Boysen involved in the move. LINCOLN CITY — An alert reportedly had barricaded with a “This made more people avail- Oregon seaside motel employee refrigerator. able to help with the move and helped police capture a They found him lying on the handle any issues that may come Washington state man suspected floor on his back with apparently up,”she said. of killing his grandparents, ending serious self-inflicted cuts, Lincoln On Monday, all outpatient clin- a multistate manhunt. City police Chief Keith Kilian ical services on the first floor, Tactical officers from several said. He was flown to Legacy including cardiac, pulmonary agencies swarmed to the tourist Emanuel Medical Center in rehab and outpatient infusion town of Lincoln City after a prop- Portland where nursing supervi- made the move, along with the erty manager at the WestShore sor Judy Pahl said today his condi- The Associated Press Cafe Espresso Bar. The intensive OceanFront Suites recognized tion had been upgraded from crit- A police vehicle parks on a street near the Westshore Oceanfront Suites on Tuesday care unit started taking in patients Michael Boysen’s face and name ical to serious. in Lincoln City, where Michael Boysen, who is suspected of killing his grandparents Tuesday morning, while the post- after seeing him on television and No officers were hurt in the last weekend in Renton,Wash., was captured after a standoff. surgical floor, with 30 private called police early Tuesday. standoff, which Kilian termed room beds, will open Thursday. Boysen, 26, checked in under “very successful.” The bodies of Boysen’s grand- King County deputies, which is “It’s been incredible,” Bauder his own name Monday night, King County sent two detec- parents were found Saturday in why Urquhart called Boysen said. “We stayed on time and on motel owner Kent Landers told tives to Oregon in hopes of talking their suburban Seattle home, a extremely dangerous at a Monday budget. It was a great team effort The Oregonian. with Boysen, Sheriff John day after Boysen was released news conference. Investigators with everyone coming together to Police used a robot equipped Urquhart said. Depending on his from prison. also determined that Boysen had get the job done.” with a video camera and a micro- medical condition, he’ll have to go Officials also learned that been searching the Internet for That doesn’t mean the work is phone to communicate with through extradition, then King Boysen had made threats against gun shows. completely finished at the hospital. Boysen Tuesday in hopes of per- County hopes to “get him back his relatives and law enforcement Boysen just finished serving suading him to surrender. After a here for trial,” the sheriff said officials while behind bars. That SEE BAH | A8 tense daylong standoff punctuat- Tuesday evening. information was passed on to SEE MANHUNT | A8 Let’s make a deal Police reports . A2 Comics . A6 Dorothy Blair, Coos Bay T S S E The state wants better deals from E A H Emma McCain, Randle, Wash. D What’s Up. A3 T I landlords for the office space that it C Puzzles . A6 T Donald Wolgamott, Coquille A E A S Partly sunny South Coast. A3 T leases. E R N | S 58/45 I Obituaries A5 D Opinion. A4 Sports . B1 O Page A5 F Weather | A8 C M C M Y K Y K C M C M Y K A2 • The World • Wednesday, March 13,2013 Y K South Coast rld’s City Editor Ryan Haas • 541-269-1222, ext. 239 theworldlink.com/news/local h e W o T ek Officer finds bomb Thefts & neW e O ly during traffic stop Mischief On COOS COUNTY COQUILLE — A local police officer found more March 11, 7:46 a.m., gas siphoned than he bargained for during POLICE from gas tank, 63400 block of a routine traffic stop Satur- REPORTS Railroad Road.