Vote Has Consequences 15 Virus Ballots Sent to Voters Tically Affect Local Emergency Lice Services from 11 P.M.-7 A.M
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Serving Oregon’s South Coast Since 1878 Return to racing Arson in Powers Kenseth comes out of retirement, B1 Investigation leads to arrest, A5 CLOUDY 52 • 61 FORECAST, A8 | TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2020 | theworldlink.com | $2 Vote has consequences 15 virus Ballots sent to voters tically affect local emergency lice services from 11 p.m.-7 a.m. outcry. cases at services. A “yes” vote also would North Bend City Manager this week include NB As ballots are mailed out reduce detective staffing by 50 Terence O’Connor looked back this week, residents will vote percent, and eliminate police at how the city found itself in safety measure on Measure 6-177, which asks, responses to “many civil and such a position, which began Shutter “Shall the Public Safety fee be criminal occurrences such as almost 30 years ago with Ballot JILLIAN WARD reduced from $30 to no more non-injury traffic crashes, tres- Measure 5. That measure limited The World than $15, with voter approval for pass with no other crime, thefts property tax increases to no more future increases?” under $25 and medical calls.” than 3 percent. Creek NORTH BEND — North The measure’s summary de- Both the increase in the fee, It was amended two years lat- Bend residents are in a fight scribes a “yes” vote as reducing which is generated by property er, in 1997, ensuring a property’s Most cases in a over whether or not to keep the public safety funding by $785,000, taxes, and the consequences of assessed value would never be current public safety fee. resulting in the elimination of po- undoing it are spurring a public correctional facility And the result could dras- Please see Vote, Page A8 in Oregon Sunshine on the bay ZACH SILVA The World HAUSER — On Monday, there was news of six addition- al coronavirus cases at Shutter Creek Correctional Institution. Some of the positive tests came in over the weekend and some on Monday but as of now, Coos Health and Wellness has reported a total of 15 cases from the local minimum security correctional facility — 13 adults in custody have tested positive and two employees. According to the Department of Corrections this is the highest amount of cases to come from one correctional facility in the entire state. The most recent case to come in was the second positive em- ployee test which was confirmed on Monday afternoon. Approxi- mately 35 employees have been tested. “Both of them have since resolved most of their symptoms. They did not require a medical evaluation beyond what was required to get tested in the first place and so that’s very encour- aging,” said Brian Leon, an epi- demiologist at Coos Health and Wellness about the two females that recorded positive cases. In both instances, the wom- en reported symptoms upon heading to work and were sent home. While they both caught the virus in the same place, the two symptoms have been quite different. The first women ex- perienced a cough, shortness of breath, a low-grade temperature and a headache while the second women had few symptoms in- cluding no cough, no fever, some congestion but did have a loss of both taste and smell. “I think this is a really good Zach Silva, The World example of how dealing with this The sun shines down on Coos Bay over the weekend. It should make a reappearance Friday after two days of rain on Wenesday and Thursday. illness and this virus has been extremely challenging because Please see Virus, Page A7 Reopening is coming, ‘normal’ still a ways off NEW YORK (AP) — Every- the summer. Louisiana Gov. rants, factories and schools. testing, the state could see a where else. No break rooms for one wants to know: When, oh John Bel Edwards warns of a Asking people to largely keep surge in infections. employees and no field trips for when, will it go back to normal? “different way of life” until there to their homes. Now, the dial is Even there, though, life was school children, the guidelines As some governors across is a widely available vaccine — beginning to inch in the opposite far from normal Monday. Patrons recommended. Children should the United States begin to ease maybe not until next year. New direction. went to restaurants with X’s on eat in their classrooms, not the restrictions imposed to stop the York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says: In Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp some tables, chatted across the cafeteria, and congregants should spread of the coronavirus, hopes “There is no return to yesterday is pushing one of the most room to one another and gave stay 6 feet apart in church. are soaring that life as Americans in life.” aggressive reopening plans in orders to servers whose faces In Maryland, Gov. Larry Ho- knew it might be returning. But From the beginning, the pan- the United States. Barbershops, were covered by masks. gan envisions a phased reopen- plans emerging in many states demic forced impossible choices: gyms and nail salons were Draft guidance for reopening ing — something the federal indicate that “normal” is still a physical health or mental health? allowed to reopen Friday, and from the Centers for Disease government also advocates. long way off. Economic well-being or medical dine-in restaurant service and Control and Prevention provided First small shops could open, White House adviser Dr. Deb- safety? Most states joined the movie screenings were freed more evidence Monday that and some outdoor recreation orah Birx says social distancing world and turned the dial down to resume Monday — despite “normal” would not be on the could resume, then perhaps will be with Americans through hard, closing shops and restau- warnings that, without sufficient menu — at restaurants or any- Please see Reopen, Page A8 Photo gallery: Marshfield Junior High School construction SOUTH COAST A2 COMICS A6 Photo gallery: South Coast Hospice donor recognition wall OPINION A4 WEATHER A8 AT THEWORLDLINK.COM OBITUARIES A5 SPORTS B1 D • Serving Oregon’s South Coast since 1878 • A Country Media Newspaper • Copyright 2020 Follow us online: facebook.com/theworldnewspaper twitter.com/TheWorldLink instagram.com/theworldlink WE ARE STILL HERE FOR YOU! Top Appliances, Furniture and Mattresses, All Under One Roof! The Mattress Store BAY APPLIANCE & TV 541.269.5158 $ $ $ 253 S. Broadway, Coos Bay 2579 2297 769 $685 $685 $999 $999 (Next to the Egyptian Theatre) A2 | TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2020 THE WORLD 1 new COVID-19 death, 43 new cases Crime up in Coos Bay PORTLAND — (12), Washington (9), COVID-19 has claimed Yamhill (1). compared to 2019 one more life in Oregon, To see more case raising the state’s death and county-level data, JILLIAN WARD reported in February. Since 2018, toll from 91 to 92, the Oregon Health updates The World property crime had seen a reduction Crime stats Oregon Health Authority its website once a day: of 35 percent, according to raw data. reported Monday. www.healthoregon.org/ COOS BAY — Social distanc- Area property crimes here have Coos Bay Police Department rounded up raw numbers, or unpro- Oregon Health Author- coronavirus. ing to deter the pandemic has done been led by car thefts and unautho- nothing to deter local crime here. cessed data, in April of 2020 so far: ity also reported 43 new Oregon’s 92nd rized entry into a motor vehicle. Coos Bay Deputy Police Chief cases of COVID-19 as of COVID-19 death is a In 2017, there were 218 car thefts, Criminal mischief - 39 calls Chris Chapanar compared April while in 2019 there were only 35. Trespass - 113 calls 8 a.m. Monday, bringing 91-year-old female in 2020’s crime statistics with last year For property crimes overall, there Disorderly Conduct - 34 calls the state total to 2,354. Washington County, who at this time and reported a small were 1,894 cases reported in 2017, Theft - 102 calls The new COVID-19 cas- tested positive on April increase in complaints. 1,224 cases in 2018, and 1,229 cases es reported Monday are 17 and died on April 25 He compared four crime catego- in 2019. Coos Bay police brake down in the following counties: at Providence St. Vin- ries that may see an increase during During the coronavirus pandemic, those theft calls as: Coos (2), Deschutes (2), cent Medical Center. She periods of societal stress – theft, Chapanar said, the leading property Linn (5), Malheur (1), had underlying medical criminal trespass, criminal mischief, crime continues to be unlawful entry General - 32 Shoplift - 31 Marion (11), Multnomah conditions. and disorderly conduct. Locally, into motor vehicles. “I don’t know theft went down by nine calls. necessarily if it’s because of the Unauthorized entry into a motor At the same time, criminal tres- COVID-19 pandemic or if it’s be- vehicle (where an item was stolen) pass complaints increased by seven cause there are more vehicles parked - 31 calls, and criminal mischief and in areas that generally aren’t being Unauthorized use of a vehicle disorderly conduct each went up by used,” he said. (stolen vehicle) - 6 five calls. “I don’t know the contributing member to lock their homes as well, 350 Commercial Avenue, Coos Bay “We’ve noticed an increase, but factor, but we are seeing an in- P.O. Box 1840, Coos Bay, OR 97420 part of that could also be us moving crease.” even if they’re at home. “We still © 2020 Country Media, Inc. into the spring and summer, when Chapanar said, “A lot of entries respond to burglaries when people walk right in and didn’t have to Office 541-266-6047 our call load increases as well,” said into motor vehicles are when they Chapanar.