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C M C M Y K Y K HEAD OF CIA RESIGNS TOP DOGS Extramarital affair brings down Petraeus, A5 North Bend beats Klamath Union, B1 Serving Oregon’s South Coast Since 1878 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2012 theworldlink.com I $1.50 Teams Honoring Coos County veterans search for CB woman BY TYLER RICHARDSON The World COOS BAY — Search teams from across Coos County are con- tinuing to look for a Coos Bay woman who has been missing since Tuesday. Members of the Coos County Sheriff’s Office, Coos Bay Police Department and Coos County Search and Res- cue searched the shoreline and wooded areas near the Empire By Alysha Beck, The World boat ramp for 59- World War II veteran Ross Turkle stands in front of the forty-and-eight boxcar outside the Coos Historical and Maritime Museum in North Bend. France gave the World War Il year-old Glenda boxcar to the U.S. as a sign of gratitude for help in the war.The boxcar is the same kind that Turkle and 38 other men rode in on the way back from East Germany. Glenda H. Campbell. Campbell CBPD Detec- Missing tive Randy Sparks said search teams are not sure if the woman is dead or alive. Living history “Your guess is as good as mine,” he said. Sparks said there is nothing to indicate any foul play is involved in Historic NORTH BEND — Ross Turkle turned 88 and is quick to point out that he served his Campbell’s disappearance, and this week, but a train ride he took through east time back from the front, with the heavy guns. Your people Germany almost seven decades ago is still a He is not so quick to talk about his Bronze Star People of The World is boxcar ripe memory for the World War II veteran. for meritorious service in a combat zone. a weekly feature on out- SEE MISSING | A6 “Ain’t no way I’ll forget that until I stop His job was to lay, and repair, phone line standing individuals in holds many breathing,” Turkle said. cable from the front. There came a day when our community. If you or That particular train ride was notable for about a dozen telephone lines running near a someone you know are memories two reasons. First, Turkle was on his way home bridge on the Rhine River at Remagen, Ger- ready to tell The World Position 1 from the war, and second, he spent three or many, were destroyed by a German shell. your story, contact for local four days making his way to western France on About 6-10 feet disappeared. reporter Tim Novotny at a boxcar with Spartan accommodations. “We were asked to go repair our lines,”said 541-269-1222, ext. 235, in limbo veteran The Kansas man, who now resides in Coos Turkle. Shells continued to rain down on a or at tnovotny@the- Bay, served in the 104th infantry — the “Tim- worldlink.com. at least berwolf” division. He is not a self-promoter SEE BOXCAR | A8 one week Life after battle Finding security I Former combatants lived only miles apart BY DANIEL SIMMONS-RITCHIE home and abroad BY AMY MOSS STRONG German Army during the same The World The World period. The two men, who never met, COQUILLE — The result of a BY JESSIE HIGGINS “After all, we are a group of crossed paths for mere seconds The World tight race between Coos County old war horses with a lot in com- in 1944. But that moment commissioner candidates Bob mon and it should not changed the trajectory Main and Fred Messerle will not be NORTH BEND — “Someone be that, on the after- of their lives forever. famous once said, ‘Combat is 95 per- known until at least Nov. 16. noon of life, our experi- Terri Turi, county clerk, says A day of great sorrow cent boredom and 5 percent sheer ter- ences should be forgot- ror.’” her department is working to cer- ten.”— Roland Strong Aug. 4, 1944 was a Ryan Devore’s hands lay tightly tify 680 outstanding ballots. day of great sorrow for gripped in his lap as he remembers his “It is important to note that the BANDON — War has the 505th Squadron of most recent deployment to process we are going through is a way of bringing about the U.S. Army Air Afghanistan. very normal and is one that we go profound moments. Corps, wrote Strong in through for each and every elec- There was a lot of standing, waiting By Alysha Beck, The World Such is the case with his memoirs. That day, Ryan Devore, lead transportation tion,”she wrote in a statement. former Bandon resi- Strong’s friend was and dullness, he said. The monotony “By Oregon law we have 20 days drags on — then suddenly your ears are security officer, checks identifications dent Roland Strong, a Lt. Roland Strong, 27 killed in a midair colli- and boarding passes at the Southwest after Election Day to certify the lieutenant in the U.S. sion shooting a German ringing. Your life is at stake. You have results. This involves the hand to move. Oregon Regional Airport.Airport secu- Army Air Corps during World ME 109 off the tail of Strong’s P- rity has about 50 passengers pass counting of write-in votes, exam- War II, and Langlois resident “There will be explosions all over ining irregular ballots, verifying Gunther Vogel, a member of the through each day in the winter and voter registration eligibility, rec- SEE BATTLE | A8 SEE SECURITY | A8 400 to 500 in the summer. onciliation, reporting, and certi- fying all counts,” Turi said. “This election is different only in that we have a local County Commissioner An aviator in love race that is very close and the out- standing ballots that need further processing can make a difference BY JESSIE HIGGINS Marshfield High School typing class in in the outcome of that contest.” The World 1941, and the next year when he enlist- As of Friday, Main led Messerle ed in the U.S. Navy to fight the Japanese by 19 votes for position No. 1. COOS BAY — Elgen Long can trace he was the only man in his company If the difference between the his long and wildly successful aviation who could type. That made him the candidates is less than 0.2 percent career back to a high school crush. Or, default company yeoman, or secretary. of the total votes cast for both can- more accurately, several high school “Let me tell you, being the company didates, the election’s office will crushes. yeoman — except for being company recount the ballots by hand. “When I was 15 years old, I was very commander — is the best job in the Reporter Daniel Simmons- precocious,”Long said. “I was interest- Navy,”Long said. Ritchie can be reached at 541-269- By Jessie Higgins, The World ed in girls, and guess where you find As the yeoman, Long had free reign 1222, ext. 249, or at dritchie@the- Elgen Long speaks to Marshfield High School’s aviation class Thursday. girls in high school? Typing class.” worldlink.com. Long attended Marshfield in the early 1940s. The 85-year-old grinned. He took a SEE AVIATOR | A8 Police reports . A2 Sports . B1 John Hickmann, North Bend T S S Jackie Jacobson, Coos Bay E A H Edward Kramer, Coos Bay D What’s Up . Go Comics . C5 Stanley Gruchacz, North Bend I C T Gerald Sharp, Coos Bay E A S South Coast. A3 Puzzles. C5 Frank Wilcox, Coos Bay Partly sunny E R N Williams Piehl, Bandon | 52/39 I Obituaries A5 D Opinion. A4 Classifieds . C6 O Bennett Casey, Coos Bay F Weather | A8 C M C M Y K Y K C M C M Y K A2 •The World • Saturday, November 10,2012 Y K South Coast City Editor Ryan Haas • 541-269-1222, ext. 239 theworldlink.com/news/local Rotary opens grant Marriages Divorces Online poll results Should police arrest an 18-year- old man for having sex with his The following couples have The following people have Keizer. 17-year-old girlfriend? filed for marriage licenses at filed for divorces at the clerk’s Rhiana Downs of Lebanon filing period for 2013 16% Yes, If she’s under 18, it’s illegal. the clerk’s office at the Coos office at the Coos County and Virgil Downs of Coos County Courthouse in Courthouse. Bay. 79% No. Even though it’s technically The Coos Bay North Bend request must have a Rotarian Coquille. Duane Anderson of Coos Kristan Easler of Coos Bay illegal, the law says if he’s less than Rotary Club announces that 3 years older than she is, that’s a from the Coos Bay-North Mary Kraus and Marvin Bay and Sharon Anderson of and Will Hyatt of North defense. Cops should go find some annual community benefit Bend Rotary Club as a spon- Colgin both of Lakeside. Coos Bay. Bend. legal crime. grant applications for 2012- sor. A selection committee Jason Wisbey and Rachel Jeffrey Brown of Myrtle Katherine McLeod of 13 are now available. 5% Any teenager having sex sould made up of Rotary members Messner both of North Bend. Creek and Melissa Brown of Coos Bay and Kenneth Sny- Community benefit grants be arrested. will recommend grants to be Shane Chambers and Coos Bay. der of unknown. are provided on an annual awarded based upon the cri- Jacquelyn Hermann both of Kristen Gaston of Coos Jereny Petrie of Coos Bay Poll results from 2,035 online respondents.