C M C M Y K Y K COUNTRY LEGEND DIES ON TO STATE George Jones was 81, A6 Bandon clinches playoff spot, B1 Serving Oregon’s South Coast Since 1878 SATURDAY,APRIL 27,2013 theworldlink.com I $1.50 Proposal may reduce ‘It’s never the fishing on Millicoma end of the line’ BY THOMAS MORIARTY Homeless mom and daughter hope for a better future The World COOS BAY — Standing at the railing of a fish tank at the Millicoma Interpretive Center, hatchery host Carl Martin said he looks forward to the arrival of Chinook spawning season every year. Martin said the hatchery, run through the state’s Salmon and Trout Enhance- ment Program, raises as many as 1 million salmon fry a year. The center is the pri- mary source of hatchery-raised salmon on the Millicoma River. But those fish could be directed else- where under fishery management changes proposed the Oregon Depart- ment of Fish & Wildlife. Under the proposed Coastal Conserva- tion and Management Plan, the agency is considering eliminating or shifting the location of certain salmon and steelhead hatchery programs run through STEP. That could mean the end of fishing opportunities for hatchery salmon in the Millicoma River, as well as a decrease in hatchery steelhead fishing opportunities in the South Coos and Coquille Rivers. Hatchery fish provide the bulk of fishing opportunities on those rivers, because of bag limits on wild fish. By Alysha Beck, The World Mike Stahl, the department’s assistant Julianne, foreground, and her mother, Sarah, live in a trailer park in Coos Bay. The pair live on less than $800 a month. This image has been digitally manager of conservation and recovery altered to obscure Sarah’s face. programs, said all the proposed changes are preliminary. SEE FISHING | A12 No one knows Fired police officer she’s homeless claims alcoholism BY JESSIE HIGGINS was a disability The World COOS BAY – A school day for Julianne begins in a trailer BY STEVEN DUBOIS park bathroom. The Associated Press The 15-year-old stumbles from her mom’s trailer to the communal shower. The trailer’s bathroom no longer works. PORTLAND — A police officer fired for She already will have shuffled through her five shirts and driving drunk in an unmarked police car Julianne returns bottles at Safeway in Coos Bay in exchange for quarters, three pairs of pants to find the day’s outfit before showering while off-duty has filed a $6 million law- which she uses to do laundry. in one of the public stalls. She’ll painstakingly apply her suit against the city of Gresham, the Dollar Tree makeup, throw police chief and others, alleging his rights on her coat, grab her back- were violated under the Americans with pack and walk to school. GROWING UP Disabilities Act. A principal’s perspective By the time she arrives at The lawsuit filed in Portland alleged Marshfield High School, she POOR the officer, Jason Servo, was suffering seems like any other high from alcoholism, a recognized disability Many local kids have school student. under the act, and shouldn’t have been No one knows she’s dismissed. homeless. The suit also alleged Servo was denied known only poverty “Rich people don’t due process, and the police union failed to understand our stories,”she IN COOS COUNTY represent him adequately. BY THOMAS MORIARTY can trace the beginnings of her said. It was a Thursday afternoon, and Julianne had “Just as with any type of disability or The World pupils’ misfortune to the disease, they should have made some kind 1990s. just finished her school day. of effort to accommodate that, or some COOS BAY — No one has a In 1994, the U.S. Fish and Like many of the homeless A four-day kind of effort to work with him, and not better view of Coos County’s Wildlife Service listed the students who attend Marshfield and North Bend special report simply sever all ties,” said Shawn Kollie, impoverished children than northern spotted owl as a one of Servo’s attorneys. high schools, she had made INSIDE: Timber decline hurts Arlene Roblan. threatened species. A year Police Chief Craig Junginger was out of her way to the Maslow region. Timeline of events that Since 1987, Roblan has later, the Clinton administra- the office Friday. City spokeswoman Project for tutoring and affected Coos County. Page A11 worked at every level in Coos tion completed its first draft of Laura Shepard said officials would not the Northwest Forest Plan, other support services. discuss the case because their policy is to Bay public schools. Today she It’s here she gets help with her studies. It’s here she leads the staff at Madison Ele- restricting logging on millions not talk about pending litigation. of acres of federal land and searches through racks of donated clothes for something in Servo, 43, was arrested in January 2011 mentary School, serving the her size. It’s here she gets food when she and her mom run region’s poorest population of signaling the demise of the after he crashed into a ditch while off- Pacific Northwest’s tradition- out. It’s here she feels safe and accepted. duty.The lawsuit said that Servo, a detec- students. A staggering 87 per- “I wish I could take kids to the Maslow Project so they cent are eligible for subsidized al logging industry. tive who was the department’s lead The effects were devastat- would understand,”Julianne said. lunches. firearms instructor, had taken the police ing to an already struggling (“Julianne” isn’t her real name. Her mother, identified As Madison’s principal, and vehicle to a firearms training session in industry. Family after family here as “Sarah,” asked The World to conceal their identities the nearby city of Troutdale. He later as the wife of a state senator, because they are hiding from relatives.) joined fellow officers for dinner and Roblan has a unique perspec- The Maslow Project discovered Julianne when she was in drinks. tive on the local economy. She SEE PRINCIPAL | A10 seventh grade. She broke her arm playing dodge ball at “This was a common practice among school. The school wanted to call her mother, but her mom (Gresham) officers and had become an See more photos and video online at theworldlink.com/gup SEE JULIANNE | A10 SEE DISABILITY | A12 Corwin Fulker, North Bend Fraud prevention T Police reports . A2 Sports . B1 Betty Davis, Coquille S S S S E Local business gets tips from police, A E H Wanda Jenkins, Coos Bay D What’s Up . Go Comics . C5 I bankers on how to avoid losses from C T N Sheldon Sackett, Coquille I E A S South Coast. A3 Puzzles. C5 counterfeiting. Partly sunny S E R N Rosemary Griffin, Coos Bay 60/45 I U D Opinion. A4 Classifieds . C6 O B Obituaries | A6 Page C1 F Weather | A12 C M C M Y K Y K C M C M Y K A2 • The World •Saturday,April 27,2013 Y K South Coast City Editor Ryan Haas • 541-269-1222, ext. 239 theworldlink.com/news/local Coquille Tribe casino plan sparks debate MEDFORD (AP) — A pro- Coquille Indian Tribe to Umpqua Tribe of Indians, tribe’s Mill Casino said a to get informed. Paul Pigue The tribe has asked the posal to turn a Medford open its second Oregon casi- which attracts Medford resi- second one in Medford of Central Point said he is U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs bowling alley and restaurant no. The tribe owns The Mill dents to its casino 70 miles should be approved, the “emotionally” opposed to to put the 2.4 acres it now into a tribal casino has drawn Casino-Hotel in North north along Interstate 5. Medford Mail Tribune the casino but wants to hear opposition and spotlighted a Bend, one of nine tribal casi- The Cow Creek tribe has reported. the arguments. owns in south Medford in a division between two tribes. nos in Oregon. “ancient rights to this area as “I welcome the Coquille “I’m willing to be con- government trust, beginning The City Council held a Gov. John Kitzhaber has well as a modern presence,” tribe to my community and vinced that the casino is a process that could lead to public hearing on the pro- yet to weigh in on the Chairman Dan Courtney neighborhood,” said Sara OK,”he said. reservation status. posal Thursday but isn’t Coquille proposal but has told the Medford council. Koca. “I know they will be The Coquille tribe con- The tribe has also asked expected to take a stand until said an agreement limits Several residents called contributors to the economy tends that it has historic federal officials for an excep- later. tribes to one casino each. foul over the proposed gam- and overall well-being of this roots in the Medford market, Decisions by the state and The Coquille proposal bling business, but a valley.” and there is no formal agree- tion to a prohibition against federal governments will be has drawn opposition from Medford resident who had Some people at the hear- ment to limit tribes to one gambling on lands acquired critical to the chances for the the Cow Creek Band of worked at the Coquille ing said they were just trying casino. after October 1988. Program marks two decades of advocating for abused children the 20th anniversary celebra- BY TIM NOVOTNY tion was held Thursday at Want to know more? 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