C M C M Y K Y K COQUILLE TWILIGHT WE COME IN PEACE Area athletes post good marks, B1 NKorea threats have neighbors on edge, A7 Serving Oregon’s South Coast Since 1878 SATURDAY,APRIL 6, 2013 theworldlink.com I $1.50 Air tower stays till June 15 THE WORLD NORTH BEND — The FAA will not require the closure of the North Bend air- port control tower until June. The FAA announced Friday that it will delay tower closures at the 149 airports tar- geted under sequester cuts until June 15. The agency said the delay was intended to pro- vide more time to settle multiple legal chal- lenges brought against the FAA as a result of the tower closures. The tower at Southwest Oregon Regional Airport, like those at the 148 other airports, is operated through the FAA’s Contract SEE AIRPORT | A8 City’s law By Alysha Beck, The World Lionel Youst,coordinator of the Marshfield Sun’s Coos BayTimes project,delicately leafs through the oldest volumes of the Coos BayTimes,nowThe World news- firm has paper.Youst and a team recently archived and stored all the volumes of the newspaper dating back to 1907.The volumes,which in all weigh five tons,are current- religious ly stored in a back room of the North Point Real Estate building in Coos Bay.Youst is trying to find a permanent home for the volumes. outlook Helping save The World I Liberty Institute has taken Group wants to stances against abortion, stop archives from homosexuals in Boy Scouts being lost to time BY THOMAS MORIARTY The World BY TIM NOVOTNY The World COOS BAY — City Manager Roger Craddock said a Texas law firm’s expertise COOS BAY — Who knew preserving his- with contested war memorials made it the tory would involve so much heavy lifting? best choice to help the city with the Min- Local historians and volunteers recently gus Park cross. salvaged a century of history in print, by Craddock this week retained the Liber- hauling a five-ton collection of historic ty Institute to assess the legality of the newspapers from The World’s Commercial Vietnam War memorial.The institute fre- Avenue building to temporary storage in the quently represents veterans groups in nearby North Point Realty building. similar cases. It also is known for defend- Historian Lionel Youst oversaw an ing abortion opponents and the Boy assembly-line project that included docu- Scouts of America’s anti-gay policy. menting, testing and boxing more than 740 By Alysha Beck, The World bound volumes of newspaper. The task took Youst examines articles in the oldest volumes of the Coos BayTimes,nowThe World newspaper,as the cen- volunteers 20 hours over four days to com- SEE LIBERTY | A8 tury of documents await a permanent home . plete. “It represents exactly 100 years of our history, from 1907 to 2007,” Youst said. “We collection is important to scholars, Youst said. The papers had rested for many years in a Coos judge know what’s in every box.” “It is 12 times as fast to work through, makeshift storage area beside The World’s Many of the papers bear the masthead of instead of looking on microfilm, and better pressroom. Youst said he became aware of the Coos Bay Times, the paper that later because you get the context. All scholars them years ago. convicts for became The World. As one of Oregon’s most who are doing serious research want to see extensive surviving newspaper archives, the the original.” SEE ARCHIVE | A8 sex abuse THE WORLD Judge makes morning- COQUILLE — A Coos Bay man plead- ed guilty to two charges of sexual abuse in after pill available to all the first degree Friday. Otto William Raidiger, 60, agreed to a plea deal for a May 25 incident where he BY LAURAN NEERGAARD contraception without a doctor’s intimately touched a 10-year-old girl. AND LARRY NEUMEISTER prescription. Raidiger touched the victim’s breast and The Associated Press Today, women can do that buttocks, and received a count for each. only if they prove at the pharma- When Raidiger was brought into the WASHINGTON — The morn- cy that they’re 17 or older; every- court in shackles, he appeared sullen and ing-after pill might become as one else must see a doctor first. had a splotchy beard. easy to buy as aspirin. U.S. District Judge Edward Sexual abuse in the first degree is a In a scathing rebuke accusing Korman of New York blasted the Ballot Measure 11 offense that carries a the Obama administration of let- government’s decision on age minimum sentencing of 70 months in The Associated Press ting election-year politics trump limits as “arbitrary, capricious prison. Plan B One-Step (levonorgestrel) tablet is one of the brands known as the science, a federal judge ruled and unreasonable,” and ordered “morning-after pill.” A federal judge ruled Friday that age restrictions on Friday that women of any age SEE COURTS | A8 over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill are “arbitrary.” should be able to buy emergency SEE PILL | A8 Garry Sweet, Coos Bay Melburn Craven, Myrtle Point What’s Up . Go! Sports . B1 Martha Dufort, Bandon T S S Mary Jenkins, North Bend E A H Darrell Hone, North Bend D Police reports . A2 Comics . C5 Arlus Cross, Coos Bay I C T Mildred Terrana, North Bend E A S South Coast. A3 Classifieds . C6 Douglas Dunham, North Bend Rain E R N Leonard Kokes, Coos Bay Carol Vernon, Coos Bay 56/53 I D Opinion. A4 Puzzles . C7 O Juanita Robertson, Myrtle Point Obituaries | A5 F Weather | A8 C M C M Y K Y K C M C M Y K A2 •The World • Saturday, April 6,2013 Y K South Coast City Editor Ryan Haas • 541-269-1222, ext. 239 theworldlink.com/news/local The Hauser Lake Fire Protection District hosted a practice burn March 23.A total of 39 men practiced rescue and fire fighting exercises on a two-story home on Ranch Lane. Captain Loren Parrish called the training a great suc- cess and said firefighters from North Bay, Millington , Greenacres and Lakeside also participated. Contributed photos Feeling the burn By Steve Lindsley, The World A semi-truck and trailer stalled traffic around 5 a.m. Thursday morning after crashing into a ditch on U.S. Highway 101 south of Reedsport. Stopping for a cold one THE WORLD report that the single-vehi- the cause of the wreck or cle crash occured around 5 whether the driver was REEDSPORT — Neither a.m. near milepost 212. The cited. driver nor frosty beverage driver was not injured. Mast Bros. Towing were damaged in a Thursday The empty trailer was morning crash involving a being returned to Western removed the truck from a beer delivery truck and Beverages in Eugene. wayside ditch as traffic trailer on U.S. Highway 101. Police did not immedi- along the highway slowed to Oregon State Police ately release information on a crawl for a few hours. Meetings Orange Zone FLEAS, TICKS, WORMS AND MONDAY Coos and Curry County Highway 101, in Coos Bay and motorists can expect traffic North Bend, during the win- North Bend City Council — 4:30 delays at these road con- ter and spring. Traffic signals p.m., city hall, council cham- struction projects this week: will be replaced at four inter- FREE STUFF...OH MY! bers, 835 California St., North Bend; work session. sections in North Bend this SCAN ME for a free sample of Coos County spring. Four miles of U.S. North Bend Urban Renewal flea and tick control by Vectra! I U.S. Highway 101, Mile- Highway 101, from McCul- Agency — 4:30 p.m., city hall, post 233.4 to 234.5, McCul- lough Bridge in North Bend, council chambers, 835 Califor- lough Bridge, North Bend: to Fir Street in Coos Bay, will nia St., North Bend; work ses- Tick Watch for intermittent be repaved during the sum- sion weeknight lane closures mer. In Coos Bay, watch for Heartworm www.vectrapet.com Coos Bay Public School Board — across the bridge. The speed sidewalk construction along 5:30 p.m., Milner Crest Educa- limit on the bridge is reduced southbound U.S. Highway PARASITE PREVENTION tion Center, 1255 Hemlock Ave.; to 35 mph. 101 at the south end of the Flea We’ve got FREE Heartworm tests! executive session. Regular I U.S. Highway 101, Mile- project area, between Fir Limited supply. Visit us today meeting to follow. post 234-238, North Bend to Avenue and Pine Street. Roundworm and let’s talk about keeping your North Bend School District — 6 Coos Bay paving, sidewalks Motorists can expect inter- pet parasite free! and traffic signals: This proj- mittent lane and shoulder CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK! Google us! Morgan Vet, Coos Bay p.m., North Bay Elementary Library, 93670 Viking Lane, ect will replace sidewalks in closures. Pedestrians should 230 Market, Coos Bay • 541-269-5846 North Bend; executive session. several areas along U.S. watch for sidewalk closures. Thefts & Mischief COOS COUNTY April 3, 1:50 p.m., theft of over $2,000, 55200 block of Rosa April 3, 1:01 a.m., man arrested Road. for possession of meth, attempt- ed escape and giving false infor- mation, 62900 block of Highway NORTH BEND 101. April 3, 2:37 p.m., foul odor inves- April 3, 6:40 a.m., unauthorized tigation, south end of McCul- use of a motor vehicle, 55300 lough Bridge. block of Rosa Road.