C M C M Y K Y K STATE CHAMPIONS MOTOWN LEGEND DIES Valley Catholic, Horizon win titles, B1 Founder of the Miracles passes at 73, A5 Serving Oregon’s South Coast Since 1878 MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2013 theworldlink.com I 75¢ Crowning SEA staff achievement help see the sea I Shore education Below: Quinlyn Deming reacts after being group is about more crowned Miss Coos County on Saturday than just whales night at Southwestern Oregon Community College’s Hales Center. Deming previously BY THOMAS MORIARTY held the title of Outstanding Teen from the The World 2011 competition. Right: Aly Welch waves to the crowd Saturday night after being CHARLESTON — If you sea a crowned Miss Coos County 2013 swarm of bright blue uniform Outstanding Teen. jackets at the Simpson Reef over- look parking lot, don’t worry — they’re not there to give you a Photos by Thomas Moriarty, The World parking ticket. The Shoreline Education for Awareness society is in the midst of its annual lecture series. It’s gearing up to staff interpretative wildlife viewing sites along the South Coast this spring. President Bill Bennewies said the program started in 1990. It’s SEE SEA | A8 NB girl’s speech wins $16K THE WORLD NORTH BEND — A Bay Area teen won a $16,000 scholarship Sun- day in the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ national speech contest in Wash- ington, D.C. Haley DeAndrea North Bend Second place High School junior finisher SEE DEANDREA | A8 Timber Counties Scientists claim cure for HIV baby BY LAURAN NEERGAARD Institutes of Health, who is familiar with the findings, told Grants Pass The Associated Press The Associated Press. A doctor gave this baby faster and stronger treatment WASHINGTON — A baby born with the virus that than is usual, starting a three-drug infusion within 30 causes AIDS appears to have been cured, scientists hours of birth. That was before tests confirmed the infant announced Sunday, describing the case of a child from was infected and not just at risk from a mother whose HIV crime rises 1 Mississippi who’s now 2 ⁄2 and has been off medication for wasn’t diagnosed until she was in labor. about a year with no signs of infec- “I just felt like this baby was at tion. higher-than-normal risk, and There’s no guarantee the child “I just felt like this baby deserved our best shot,”Dr. Hannah since cuts will remain healthy, although Gay, a pediatric HIV specialist at the sophisticated testing uncovered just was at higher-than-normal University of Mississippi, said in an traces of the virus’ genetic material interview. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS still lingering. If so, it would mark risk, and deserved our That fast action apparently only the world’s second reported best shot. knocked out HIV in the baby’s blood GRANTS PASS — Crime is up and prosecutions are cure. ” before it could form hideouts in the down in Josephine County and the city of Grants Pass Specialists say Sunday’s Dr. Hannah Gay body. Those so-called reservoirs of since deep cuts to the jail and the district attorney’s announcement, at a major AIDS Pediatric HIV specialist dormant cells usually rapidly rein- office were forced by voters who refused to raise their meeting in Atlanta, offers promising fect anyone who stops medication, taxes to make up for the expiration of a federal timber clues for efforts to eliminate HIV said Dr. Deborah Persaud of Johns subsidy. infection in children, especially in Hopkins Children’s Center. She led The Grants Pass Daily Courier reports that burglaries AIDS-plagued African countries where too many babies the investigation that deemed the child “functionally were up 50 percent in Grants Pass and 45 percent in the are born with the virus. cured,”meaning in long-term remission even if all traces of rest of the county in 2012, compared to the previous year. “You could call this about as close to a cure, if not a Prosecutions were down 42 percent. cure, that we’ve seen,”Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Grants Pass Public Safety Director Joe Henner said the SEE HIV | A8 county is seeing a failing criminal justice system. This image provided by Johns “We’re seeing increased crime,” Henner said. “Our Hopkins Medicine shows Dr. officers are saying they’re having more hostile and violent Deborah Persaud of Johns Hopkins' encounters with suspects, who are challenging them and Children's Center in Baltimore.A fighting.” Henner added that the numbers are likely to get even baby, born with the AIDS virus, worse. appears to have been cured scien- Midway through last year, deep cuts affected jail, tists announced Sunday, describing prosecution and rural patrol services, plus juvenile the case of a child from Mississippi, 1 ⁄ department services. “A full year (of statistics) likely who’s now 2 2 and has been off would show greater call increases,”Henner said. medication for about a year with no Liquor store owner Jack Ingvaldson said there is signs of infection. If the child “anarchy in the alleys” of downtown. remains free of HIV, it would mark “I’m putting in gates to keep them out,”he said. “I’m a only the world’s second known cure. pretty compassionate guy.I donate. But at what time does Specialists say the finding offers one run out of patience?” exciting clues for how to eliminate At the District Attorney’s Office, about 1,000 fewer HIV infection in children. misdemeanor and felony cases were prosecuted last year, compared with the previous year, according to District Attorney Stephen Campbell. Last year, about 1,400 cases were prosecuted versus 2,400 prosecutions the previous year. The Associated Press SEE BUDGETS | A8 Going ape Police reports . A2 Comics . A6 T S S E N Zoo workers dress up A H Carl Nelson, Coos Bay O D What’s Up. A3 I I T Puzzles . A6 in black, grunt like C T E A S South Coast. A3 gorillas to help baby. Chance of rain A E R N 53/41 I N D Opinion. A4 Sports . B1 O Page A5 Obituaries | A5 F Weather | A8 C M C M Y K Y K C M C M Y K A2 •The World • Monday, March 4,2013 Y K South Coast City Editor Ryan Haas • 541-269-1222, ext. 239 theworldlink.com/news/local Pets of the Week To prune or not to prune, that is the question BY SANDRA STAFFORD year but woody plants like Master Gardener forsythia, rhododendron Franco Pet name Roo Henry family which includes azal- When we cut roses for a eas, and magnolia should be Meet this week’s featured dog and cat at Meet this week’s featured cats at Kohl’s bouquet, we can cut the pruned back only every three the Coos County Animal Shelter. Cat House. stems longer and use the to seven years. opportunity to shape and One important note. Sev- I Franco is a young adult, neutered, male The following are cats of the week avail- orange Tabby. He was very shy at first. He able for adoption at Kohl’s Cat House. prune our rose bush. Since eral familiar shrubs and trees we don’t generally cut are traditionally grafted onto has been vaccinated (including rabies), I Roo is an adult neutered male with a herbaceous and perennial stronger rootstock. Woody wormed and defleaed. crooked ear. He is very loveable and hand- MASTER shrubs for the same purpose, plants like Japanese maples, I Sampson is a 14 month-old male Shep- some, but a little hesitant at first. He is look- when do we prune them? crabapple, dogwood, and herd mix. He loves everyone and comes with ing for his forever home. Gardeners are used to flowering fruit trees like a low cost neuter. He has been vaccinated I Henry is a mature adult neutered male. GARDENER cutting back lavender, rose- cherry and pear must be (not rabies), wormed and defleaed. He is very nice and loves to have a person sit mary and smaller perennial carefully pruned above the with him. Henry is also looking for a forever PRUNING The Coos County Animal Shelter is at shrubs but controlling the graft to preserve the special home to share. 92960 Southport Road south of Coos Bay. growth of other, larger trees, nature of the grafted species. Kohl’s Cat House can be reached at 541- GUIDE Shelter hours are from noon to 4 p.m. Tues- bushes and shrubs can be Fruit trees that are just 260-5303 or [email protected]. Visit days through Saturdays. overlooked. If not controlled, beginning to bud can be Every year: For more information, call the shelter at them online at www.kohlscats.rescue- these shrubs can soon over- pruned pretty dramatically to Butterfly Bush (Buddleia) 541-751-2480. groups.org. take their neighbors. open the center of the tree for Beautyberry (Callicarpa) Light pruning can be done better airflow, to remove long California Lilac (Ceanothus) almost all year round but “water sprout” branches that Redbud (Cercis) Thefts & Mischief more severe pruning should will not produce fruit, and to Dogwood (Cornus) be done during the winter remove branches that rub or Smoke Tree (Cotinus) COOS BAY block of Anderson Avenue. entry to a motor vehicle, 2000 Hydrangea (Hydrangea panicu- dormant period after leaf cross each other. Don’t toss block of Newmark Avenue. lata or macrophylla) March 1, 3:28 a.m., fight, 700 March 1, 8:56 p.m., dispute, 1100 drop and a few hard frosts.