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C M C M Y K Y K DISTRICT TIME NEXT ON THE THRONE Marshfield looks ahead to competition, B1 A new king in Denmark, A7 Serving Oregon’s South Coast Since 1878 TUESDAY,APRIL 30, 2013 theworldlink.com I 75¢ Coquille re-linked to rails BY THOMAS MORIARTY The World COQUILLE — The first loaded train cars in five years headed north from Roseburg Forest Prod- ucts’ Coquille mill on Monday. A Coos Bay Rail Link locomo- tive hauled three cars, loaded to the brim with plywood bound for building-supply stores. The train’s departure marks the restoration of full freight rail service to the 134- mile line, linking the Southern Oregon Coast with the Willamette Valley. The return of rail service to the Coquille plant restores efficiency to Roseburg Forest Products’ dis- tribution process, said Jeff Brandt, the company’s transportation director. Without rail service, he said, “Business still goes out the door, but you lose efficiency.” He said the transition back to Photos by Alysha Beck, The World rail distribution will lessen the Kim Summers holds the youngest of eight foster children she and her husband, Elgin Summers, care for in their North Bend home.They have been foster parents for 19 years and have raised two biological children. SEE COQUILLE | A10 Police ask Poor kids put strain for help in WB case on the community BY EMILY THORNTON BY RYAN HAAS The World The World WINCHESTER BAY — Police GROWING UP COOS BAY — When the latest are asking for the public’s help to group of foster children arrived identify a woman whose body was in the Summers home, they POOR found Sunday at the Winchester would pounce on any food that Bay Wayfinding Point. fell on the floor. There is no known motive, sus- “They didn’t know what ‘No’ pect or cause of death, according was,”Elgin Summers said. to Lt. Gregg Hastings, who is pub- A month later, the Summers- lic information officer with the es’ latest fosters are thriving, IN COOS COUNTY Oregon State Police. Kim Summers said, lovingly “We don’t have any other infor- holding a 3-month-old in her mation,”Hastings said. “We don’t arms. They no longer scavenge Five school buses know why she was in the area or for food by dangerously climb- Nearly 400 children saw the inside of anything.” ing kitchen cabinets when no Coos County’s foster care system last The state medical examiner’s one’s looking. Kim and Elgin Summers care for foster children in their North Bend home.They year. More than half of those did with- office is conducting the autopsy Kim and Elgin Summers have have been foster parents for 19 years and raised two biological children. out the help of a Court Appointed and has not released any informa- spent the past 19 years fostering Special Advocate. tion, Hastings said. and adopting children. Eight Cycle of poverty were taken away — and likewise “Imagine five school buses lined up The woman’s body was found in currently live in their North lodged with the now-great- full of children,” said Twila Veysey, Coos Longtime CASA volunteers County’s CASA program director. “That’s blackberry bushes at about 8:20 Bend home, ranging in age from sometimes have worked with grandmother. “She’s on a fixed a.m. by a couple who stopped at newborn to teenager. They don’t income and she has all these how many children were in the foster generations of children from the care system without an independent, the viewpoint on U.S. Highway 101 plan to quit fostering anytime kids,” Veysey said. “She should same family, Veysey said. Some- concerned adult checking on their well- near milepost 217 near Reedsport. soon. times children are taken from be enjoying her retirement years Douglas County sheriff’s records now.” being, reporting to the court, and advo- Foster parents such as the their parents, only to be handed cating for safe, permanent homes.” report a fire was started near the The woman’s story is just one Summerses rescue neglected over to relatives who are no bet- CASA is interviewing and training new body, and there was smoke. example of how poverty inter- and abused children from ter equipped to provide a nur- volunteers. To find out how to help or to The woman’s death, which is destructive paths and harmful turing environment. twines with neglect. Monica donate, call 541-824-0214. being treated as a homicide, likely environments. While not all She cites an elderly widow Picatti, a foster home certifier occurred Sunday morning, Oregon neglected children come from whose grandchildren were neg- for the Department of Human State Police said in a statement. poor families, most do. And lected as toddlers. Services in North Bend, says she Long-term effects Those with tips about the case poverty can be a recurring cycle, The grandmother took them sees it every day. Picatti would be happy if she may call the Oregon State Police says Twila Veysey, director of in, but they grew into drug “The majority of our children never saw a child eating ramen dispatch at (541) 664-4600 or Coos County’s Court Appointed addicts whose own children come into protective custody noodles again. She says many of email [email protected]. Special Advocate program. because of neglect,” she said. the children she finds homes for “Drugs and alcohol are the root See more photos and video online at of that, and poverty is right theworldlink.com/gup there.” SEE STRAIN | A9 FDA looks Saturday Monday Today Wednesday into added Living With Poverty Generations of Poverty The Price Of Poverty Conquering Poverty caffeine Bill would force firms to remove wave-energy buoys WASHINGTON (AP) — Looking for a new way to get that jolt of caffeine energy? Food com- BY JONATHAN J. COOPER remove the equipment within two lan, D-Coos Bay, said he doesn’t nologies did not respond to a panies are betting snacks like The Associated Press years of decommissioning it. want taxpayers on the hook for request for comment. potato chips, jelly beans and gum The bill now goes to the House. cleanup costs if other wind-energy The new restrictions apply only with a caffeinated kick could be SALEM — Oregon lawmakers Oregon’s South Coast has been equipment goes awry or the devel- to wave energy projects within 3 just the answer. don’t want the state to get stuck identified as a prime spot to oper no-longer needs it. miles of the Oregon coast, which is The Food and Drug with the bill if a wave-energy com- research wave energy, which seeks “If it breaks loose or it eventual- considered Oregon’s territorial sea Administration is closely watching pany installs equipment off shore to harness the power of off-shore ly gets decommissioned, who’s and is subject to state regulation. the marketing of these foods and and then goes belly up. waves to generate electricity. responsible?” Roblan said. “We The measure also directs the wants to know more about their The Senate voted unanimously Ocean Power Technologies, a don’t think it would be the state.” Oregon Department of Energy to safety. Monday to require that companies Pennington, N.J. company seeking Equipment left behind can be a study the costs and benefits of The FDA said Monday it will experimenting with wave energy in financing to build a wave-energy hazard for navigation and fishing consolidating transmission lines look at the foods’ effects on chil- Oregon’s territorial waters show project off the coast of Reedsport, equipment, Roblan said, and for off-shore projects, which could dren in response to a caffeinated they have enough money to recover lost a buoy anchor and paid for the cleanup costs could be in the mil- avoid the need for each farm of their equipment when they’re done expensive search and recovery ear- lions of dollars. wave-capturing buoys to have its SEE CAFFEINE | A10 with it. They’d be required to lier this year. State Sen. Arnie Rob- Officials at Ocean Power Tech- own transmission lines to shore. Ella Nielsen, Coos Bay Bishop Billy Olds, North Bend Police reports . A2 Sports . B1 William Carroll, North Bend T S S Dr. Bruce Oberst Sr., Mill City E A H Dorothy Huffman, Myrtle Point D South Coast. A3 Comics . C3 Vernon Penner, Coquille I C T Jean Gocka, North Bend E A S Opinion. A4 Puzzles. C3 Lee Ketcherside, Lakeside Sunny E R N Irene Franklin, Coos Bay Myrle Kinney, Coos Bay 55/39 I D What’s Up. A6 Classifieds . C4 O Christina Ogden, Coos Bay Obituaries | A5 F Weather | A10 C M C M Y K Y K C M C M Y K A2 •The World • Tuesday, April 30,2013 Y K South Coast City Editor Ryan Haas • 541-269-1222, ext. 239 theworldlink.com/news/local Cafe will reopen Springtime solitude for ‘burrito day’ BY TIM NOVOTNY the storage rooms. Another The World storage room also had some renovation work done, and NORTH BEND — One the walls and ceiling were month after water was first repainted. She is happy to spotted flowing from its light report that most of the floor- fixtures, the Crossroads ing, original work from 1904, Community Cafe in North was saved. Bend is ready to reopen. Builder Wayne Schrunk Co-founder Susan Fox owns the building and com- said the nonprofit cafe will pleted the repair work. He welcome back customers also provided temporary beginning at 10 a.m.