Mothers Back Embattled Midwife COOS BAY — Car Horns, Snapshots and Smiles Welcomed the first Locomotive in five by TYLER RICHARDSON Years Into Town
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C M C M Y K Y K REEDSPORT CAGES TIGERS, B1 Serving Oregon’s South Coast Since 1878 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2012 theworldlink.com I $1.50 Coast Guard member charged with rape THE WORLD released from the Coos County jail with a 15-year-old girl from July to Thursday after being charged with September of this year, according to An active duty member of the six counts of third-degree rape, six a press release issued by the North United States Coast Guard Cutter counts of sexual misconduct, six Bend Police Department. Orcas was arrested Wednesday on counts of contributing to the sexual Kanada will be arraigned in Coos rape and sex abuse charges after delinquency of a minor, third-degree police say he had an ongoing rela- sodomy, third-degree sexual abuse County Circuit Court on Monday. tionship with an underage girl. and furnishing alcohol to a minor. The public information officer for Luke Christopher Kanada, 20, of The charges stem from a sexual the Coast Guard was not available to Luke Kanada North Bend was conditionally relationship Kanada allegedly had comment. U.S. Coast Guard For the sake of the child By Lou Sennick, The World A switcher engine with the Coos Bay Rail Link heads into the railroad crossing with Sheridan Avenue in North Bend on Friday morning. It is the first time a train, even if it is a single locomotive, has been across the railroad bridge and into North Bend and Coos Bay since the last train left Sept. 26, 2007. CB sees first train in 5 years Photos by Lou Sennick, The World I Rail activity will increase as Marcene Rebeck checks on the progress of Malachite Voshall on Oct. 5 while he is being held in his mother’s arms. Rebeck was the midwife who helped mother construction materials flow Colleen Ellis with both Malachite and her older son Sterling’s birth at their Arizona Beach home.Malachite is only a few weeks old and his older brother is 2 years old. BY JESSIE HIGGINS The World Mothers back embattled midwife COOS BAY — Car horns, snapshots and smiles welcomed the first locomotive in five BY TYLER RICHARDSON years into town. The World Friday morning, a Coos Bay Rail Link engine crossed the Coos Bay Rail Bridge and A broad smile sweeps across two- “She always said that if you are going to be dealing with slowly made its way month-old Pergonis Fisher’s face once she through town, eventu- recognizes Marcene Rebeck’s voice. life, you are inevitably going to be dealing with death. ally stopping beside Her plump cheeks force her eyes shut as But it never prepares you.” U.S. Highway 101 in the she kicks her feet in excitement inside a Coos Bay rail yard. Watch a video of the small apartment. Marcene Rebeck “That was too much locomotive making its “Oh my God,”Rebeck, 59, says.“Isn’t she Speaking about her midwifery mentor attention,” a smiling way across the Coos Bay the cutest thing?” Randy King said. The Rail Bridge, through Pergonis is one of over 300 babies Rebeck engineer had just downtown North Bend helped “catch” — a term she uses to describe hopped off the locomo- and Coos Bay at her practice of midwifery because she feels cusses her philosophy on midwifery and the tive, stopped in the rail tinyurl.com/9j5e6hf. the woman doesn’t get enough credit. reasons she continues to practice despite the yard. Right away, a While Pergonis’ home birth went as rou- charges. small group gathered to take pictures of the tinely as Rebeck and the Fisher family had “I have faith in the process,”she said. bright blue engine. hoped, it was the circumstances of the Rebeck considers herself a traditional The locomotive will remain parked in the delivery that were out of the ordinary for the midwife, meaning she practices without a yard over the weekend, said Elise Hamner, midwife with over 30 years experience. license and believes the birth process should spokeswoman for the Oregon International Just a couple hours after Pergonis was not be “interfered” with by modern medi- Port of Coos Bay. born in a tub filled with water on her living cine and unfamiliar hospital staff. She said room floor, a sleepless Rebeck walked into giving birth is one of the safest things a the Coos County Courthouse in Coquille, to SEE RAIL | A10 woman can do, and she encourages her be arraigned on criminal negligent homicide clients to work with their bodies and minds and second-degree manslaughter charges. to get their babies out rather than relying on Coos County District Attorney Paul hospitals. Frasier alleges that in 2011 Rebeck provided “A majority of people have a fear of giv- “substandard” care to a newborn by not ing birth,” she said. “Your body is made to seeking medical attention, although, he give birth. Hospitals cause so much to go said, there were multiple indicators that wrong because they interfere with the birth showed something was wrong. process.” Frasier said the baby ultimately died from It’s that fear, Rebeck said, that drives septic shock caused by an infection four expecting parents to hospitals and away days after it was born. from the privacy of their own home. She “It’s unbelievable,” Rebeck said of the laughs at the notion that midwifery is for charges while driving on U.S. Highway 101 “hippies” only, or that there is underlying near Port Orford. Pergonis Fisher sits in a basket created long ago by her religious beliefs attached to the process. father’s great grandmother.The youngster was recent- “It’s the most unbelievable roller coaster Her philosophy is a simple science that Contributed photo by Randy King of emotions anyone can experience.” ly born at home with the help of Marcene Rebeck in A view from the locomotive as it crosses the Coos As she navigates a small, gray, stick-shift their Port Orford home.Pergonis means “Condor”in the Bay Rail Bridge on Friday morning. pickup on the windy highway, Rebeck dis- SEE REBECK | A10 Yurok language according to his dad,Rodney Fisher. Glynn McCready Sr, Charleston Death, no Police reports . A2 Comics . A7 Phyllis Smith, Ajo, Ariz. T S S E Clackamas County serial killer E A H Gene Nelson, North Bend D South Coast. A3 Sports . B1 T I escapes death penalty due to C T William Talley, North Bend A E A S Showers Opinion. A4 Classifieds . C5 T judge’s handling of case. E R N George Conklin, Coquille S 62/51 I Page A5 D Election . A6 Puzzles. C6 O Obituaries | A5 F Weather | A10 C M C M Y K Y K C M C M Y K A2 •The World • Saturday, October 13,2012 Y K South Coast City Editor Ryan Haas • 541-269-1222, ext. 239 theworldlink.com/news/local Pets of the Week Theater unveils obelisk Thefts & Mischief BY TYLER RICHARDSON The World COOS BAY Oct. 10, 7:37 a.m., arrest on viola- The message was loud and tion of restraining order and pro- clear at Friday’s Egyptian bation violation, U.S. Highway Theatre Preservation 101 and Hemlock Avenue. Association capitol campaign kickoff : Get the doors to the Oct. 10, 12:38 p.m., dispute, 200 theater open by 2014. block of South Broadway. ETPA President Greg Oct. 10, 2:30 p.m., disorderly con- duct, 300 block of North Cam- Thumper Norma Rueger gave a speech in front of about 50 supporters at the mann Street. Pacific Cove Humane Society pedway in downtown Coos Oct. 10, 4:24 p.m., arrest on pro- Bay before unveiling an bation violation, Southwest Pacific Cove Humane Society is featuring a bunny and a kit- obelisk that will serve as a Boulevard and Montana Avenue. ten of the week, available for adoption through its “People-to- thermometer for fundraising. People” pet-matching service. Oct. 10, 4:45 p.m., theft, 1000 “We will get the theater block of South First Street. I Thumper is a handsome, 11-month-old, brown and white open,”he told the crowd. “lop ear” bunny. He would be easy to litter box train and would Rueger said six former Oct. 10, 5:05 p.m., criminal tres- be best if inside mostly. He’s very playful and affectionate and pass, 200 block of Student Way. Coos Bay mayors, as well as wants to be a lap bunny. current mayor Crystal Shoji, Oct. 10, 6:16 p.m., harassment, I Norma is a precious 10-week-old spayed girl with “tortoise are in support of reopening 200 block of North Baxter shell” colors, a white bib and white paws. She’s a little shy at the theater.Each of the former Street. first. Her sister,Maggie, with the same coloring also is available. mayors — including Jeff Oct. 10, 11:26 p.m., dispute, 900 Evaluation required. For information about adoptions, call McKeown, Joanne Verger, block of Date Avenue. 541-756-6522. Chuck Holbert, Joe Benetti, Oct. 11, 1:59 p.m., burglary, 100 Roger Gould and Don Poage — block of South Empire Boule- Meetings will have a role in the capitol vard. campaign and do “some- North Bend Planning Commission Oct. 11, 2:24 p.m., fraud, 1900 MONDAY thing” to help fundraising — 7 p.m., council chambers, City block of Lindberg Avenue. Oregon Virtual Academy — 6 p.m., efforts. By Tyler Richardson, The World Suite 210, 400 Virginia Ave., Hall, 835 California Ave.; regular “All of them are extremely Members of the Egyptian Theatre Preservation Association unveil an Oct.