Hospital Fundraising Gets $500K Shot in the Arm
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C M C M Y K Y K GUNS AT SCHOOLS HOME SWEET HOME Calif. security guards get high-powered rifles, A8 Blazers stop skid by beating Pacers, B1 Serving Oregon’s South Coast Since 1878 THURSDAY,JANUARY 24, 2013 theworldlink.com I 75¢ Hospital fundraising gets $500K shot in the arm BY GAIL ELBER It’s also the largest gift the Keis- tered by the Oregon Community staff and auxiliary group, with a The World ers have made in the area, though Healthy future Foundation. The fund also has sup- few small foundation grants. many local groups and students See a preview of Bay Area Hospital’s ported Southern Coos Hospital and Applications for other grants are in COOS BAY — Bay Area Hospi- have benefited from their philan- new wing and new look today in Thrive. Bandon Community Health Center. the works. tal’s capital campaign to fund its thropy since 1999, when the first Inside The gift puts Bay Area Hospital Bay Area Hospital was built in soon-to-be-completed expansion course opened at Bandon Dunes. Community Foundation about 1974. The not-for-profit hospital has received $500,000 from Ban- Bauder said Wednesday that the tourists,he felt it was important that halfway to its goal of raising $2 mil- receives no property tax funds, and don Dunes Golf Resort owners gift affirms Mike Keiser’s recogni- they support that,”she said. lion to support the expansion, its $110 million annual operating Michael and Lindy Keiser. tion of the hospital’s importance not In acknowledgement of the gift, which includes an interventional budget is funded by its receipts and At a news conference this morn- only to the South Coast but also to Bauder said, the Keisers will get to cardiology facility, a wound care the Bay Area Hospital Community ing, Barbara Bauder, the hospital’s his own project. Bandon Dunes has name a facility yet to be determined clinic, inpatient dialysis and new Foundation. chief development officer, called it more than 500 employees and caters at the hospital. private patient rooms. Bauder said Reporter Gail Elber can be the largest gift ever made to the to tens of thousands of golfers each The Keisers made the gift other donations have come from reached at 541-269-1222, ext. 234, hospital. year. “With their staff and the through their family fund adminis- the hospital’s employees, medical or at [email protected]. Four-day school week — one year later Late crab season adds to job woes THE WORLD COOS BAY — Coos County lost 210 jobs in December, while Curry County lost 80, said the Oregon Employment Department on Wednes- day. In Coos County, seasonally expected reduc- tions in leisure and hospitality totaled 80 over the month, construction employment fell by 20 and mining and logging employment dropped by 60, mostly because of layoffs at Oregon Resources Corporation. The delayed opening of crab season caused a loss of 30 jobs in food manufacturing. In Coos County, since December 2011, pri- vate-sector employment decreased by 160 jobs. Sectors that gained jobs over the year were pro- fessional and business services, which gained 210 jobs, and educational and health services, which gained 130. Food manufacturing lost 160 jobs, and government lost 130, mostly at the local and tribal level. Coos County’s seasonally adjusted unem- ployment rate was 10.2 percent in December, By Lou Sennick, The World compared with 10.3 percent in November and Deb Larson works with one of her eighth-grade students, Mike Hanket, on his colonial newspaper project Wednesday in the Marshfield High School 10.8 percent a year ago. library.The class is researching historical figures in colonial America and creating small newspapers with what they find of the era. But the county’s declining population means that 25,104 county residents were employed — about 850 fewer than were employed a year ago. Curry County’s seasonally adjusted unem- ployment rate was 11.1 percent, down from 11.3 percent in November and 11.5 percent a year ago. Is it working? In December, 7,799 Curry County residents SEE JOBS | A10 I District will weigh gripes, on Fridays while she and her husband misunderstood one. work. The district initially had considered a gains of 4-day week But she acknowledged that her four-day school week in 2009 as a cost- arrangement is exceptional. “For many, saving measure under then-Superin- N. Korea warns it wasn’t viable.” tendent Bob De La Vergne. BY THOMAS MORIARTY Monday’s work session will provide But Sanders said what brought the of more nuclear The World board members with their first opportu- idea back into the limelight was Millico- nity to formally discuss the potential ma intermediate school and Madison COOS BAY — The Coos Bay School calendar changes proposed by Superin- Elementary School’s struggle to perform tests, launches Board will consider this coming week tendent Dawn Granger at the board’s on assessments. Building in specific whether it made the right move by mov- Jan. 14 meeting. professional development time on Fri- Granger, who was hired a month after days was intended to improve those BY HYUNG-JIN KIM ing to a four-day school week. The Associated Press The school board’s reasons for the the decision to switch to the reduced scores. Officials say it worked. move range from cost-cutting measures week was made, said that it’s important “In both those cases, schools did bet- SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s top to more professional development time to remember that nothing has changed ter,” Sanders said, adding that success governing body warned today that the regime for teachers, but some parents are in terms of scheduled class time hours. gave credence to the four-day schedule. will conduct its third nuclear test in defiance of uncertain of the four-day week’s value a “We’ve always had the same amount of Sanders said the downside teachers U.N. punishment, and made clear that its long- year in. instructional time, except at the high have encountered with the condensed range rockets are designed to carry not only Theresa Muday has sons in both school,”Granger said. week are cuts to preparation time and satellites but also warheads aimed at striking fourth- and seventh-grade. What did change was the time frame helping students with work outside of the United States. Muday said she appreciates the intent for those class hours. class periods. The National Defense Commission, headed of creating more time for teachers to The current schedule consists of 152 “A lot of teachers spent 60 to 70 by the country’s young leader, Kim Jong Un, improve their instructional skills, but instruction 0al school days on a four- hours a week (with instruction and denounced Tuesday’s U.N. Security Council has trouble seeing the results on her day schedule. Fourteen days a year — preparation),”Sanders said. resolution condemning North Korea’s long- end. about one Friday a month — are set aside Sanders said that although the high range rocket launch in December as a banned “As a parent, it’s hard for me to meas- as Professional Learning Committee school has added time to its class time, missile activity and expanding sanctions ure.” days, during which teachers are expect- the addition of an advisory period against the regime. The commission reaffirmed Her kids did enjoy the day off from ed to collaborate with their colleagues to negates much of the advantage. in its declaration that the launch was a peaceful school, however — an impact on family strategize, analyze assessment data and And the teachers aren’t supposed to bid to send a satellite into space, but also clear- schedules that hasn’t gone unnoticed. plan student interventions. be using more than a sliver of their pro- ly indicated the country’s rocket launches have “Of the families I know that like it, Marshfield teacher and Coos Bay fessional development hours for class a military purpose: to strike and attack the they all have a parent that’s home on Fri- Education Association President Lynda prep time. “We bargained an hour and a United States. days,”Muday said. Sanders said the decision to move to a While experts say North Korea doesn’t have Her mother takes care of her children four-day week is a complicated and SEE SCHOOLS | A10 SEE NUCLEAR | A10 Found safe Police reports . A2 Comics . A7 Frederick Belcher, North Bend T S S E Elliot Reese, Coos Bay Young boy from The Dalles E A H D What’s Up. A3 Puzzles . A7 T I Waneta Colson, Port Orford was found 15 miles from home C T A E A S Rain likely South Coast. A3 Sports . B1 Sunny Cain, Coos Bay T after parents were attacked E R N S 52/47 I D Opinion. A4 Classifieds . B5 Obituaries | A5 with a hammer. Page A5 O F Weather | A10 Enjoy a Glass of Your Own Wine Check out our starter kits COOS BAY COQUILLE 541-267-2137 541-396-3161 or build your own today! A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS SERVING COOS COUNTY FOR OVER 96 YEARS. It is Farr’s policy to limit beer and wine making kits to person 21 years of age or older. 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