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C M C M Y K Y K DEADLY ENCOUNTER TROJANS TIP BULLDOGS Shark attacks surfer in California, A6 North Bend finishes fourth in FWL, B1 Serving Oregon’s South Coast Since 1878 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2012 theworldlink.com I 75¢ Standoff Judge gives more time for potential ends in plea agreement I Ronald Ambill faces surrender A wet Coos Bay police officer moves down South Fourth Street Tuesday while other officers surround a house. charges for July murder at North Bend motel BY TIM NOVOTNY The World COQUILLE — With a full, dark beard and a calm demeanor, Ronald Ambill was back before a judge for a brief court proceeding Tuesday morning. It was a scheduled change of plea hearing and also the deadline for the defense to reach an agree- By Lou Sennick, The World ment with the prosecution to avoid Ronald Ambill appears in Circuit Court a trial. A trial date was ultimately Judge Martin Stone’s courtroom Tuesday set, but Judge Martin Stone gave morning for a hearing on his case. He is both sides more time to reach charged with the death of David Barker agreement. on July 16 in North Bend. Ambill is accused of stabbing and beating David Barker to death July 16 inside a motel room in 29, with an omnibus hearing set for North Bend. He turned himself in 9:30 a.m. on March 1. to authorities in Lincoln County a In court, Frasier asked the couple of days later. defense what the issues were that Photos by Lou Sennick, The World Defense attorney John Meynink might be related to an omnibus Coos Bay police block off the 700 block of South Fourth Street in Coos Bay on Tuesday.They responded to an apartment of a requested an additional 30 days for hearing. Meynink mentioned a report of a man with a gun threatening to kill himself. negotiations, which Judge Stone issues surrounding searches and a eventually extended out even fur- search warrant. ther. The two sides now have until After the hearing, the D.A. was Nov. 29 to reach an agreement or asked about what search warrant Barricaded man negotiates the case will go to trial. they might be referring to and Coos County District Attorney mentioned that a search warrant Paul Frasier said afterward that the had been granted for a backpack with police for three hours requested extension was not out of that Ambill had been carrying. the ordinary. Investigators say Barker was “It didn’t surprise me, these are found bludgeoned with a blunt BY JESSIE HIGGINS the facility Wednesday morning. complex cases,”Frasier said. object, in addition to being stabbed The World Information on patients in certain If an agreement is not reached, multiple times in the chest and neck. wards cannot legally be released. the case is set to be presented to a Motions for the omnibus hear- COOS BAY — An armed stand- Rhoat is charged with felony jury during the week of March 25- ing must be filed by Feb. 1, 2013. off between police and a Coos Bay domestic assault and disorderly man ended peacefully Tuesday conduct. He was not at the Coos afternoon with the man’s surren- County jail Wednesday morning. der. According to a jail staff member, According to Coos Bay police, Rhoat was previously held at the Matthew Rhoat, 22, barricaded jail Jan. 13, 2011 on a disorderly Chamber says himself in his apartment on the conduct charge. 700 block of Fourth Street around Students at nearby Marshfield 10:30 Tuesday morning. Rhoat High School were not permitted to “no” to charter had a firearm and was threatening leave campus during their lunch suicide. hour because of the standoff. When the call first came in, Police officers enter an upstairs apart- Superintendent Dawn Granger BY DANIEL SIMMONS-RITCHIE elected and certain matters, from Rhoat’s girlfriend was also in the ment Tuesday afternoon after a man was working with school officials The World signing $100,000 contracts to sell- apartment with him. Coos Bay had surrendered to police. to plan an alternative bus route for ing used county vehicles, need police said there may have been a students who lived near the 700 The South Coast’s biggest busi- public votes. child in the apartment prior to the block of Fourth Street, had the ness group says that it officially “While this may be seen as a standoff, but a child was not pres- apartment around 2:30 p.m. standoff continued after school let opposes a measure that would noble intention, it will effectively ent when aurhorities arrived. “Rhoat peacefully exited the out, she said. establish a home rule charter in stymie the ability of County gov- The girlfriend was able to leave residence unarmed and surren- Law enforcement from the Coos Coos County. ernment to operate efficiently,”the the house shortly after police dered to police,” according to a County Sheriff’s Office, Confed- The Bay Area Chamber of Com- board wrote. arrived. Officers then evacuated police statement. erated Tribal Police and Oregon merce released a statement Mon- Contacted for comment, charter nearby residents and called Rhoat Officers took Rhoat to Bay Area State Police also responded to the day targeting measure 6-143, co-author Ronnie Herne hung up on the phone. Hospital for a mental health evalu- standoff. They had Fourth Street which proposes new rules for the the phone. Coos Bay police negotiated with ation. Representatives at Bay Area between Golden and Hall avenues county’s government. “I’m very busy,” Herne said. Rhoat for about three hours, final- Hospital could neither confirm or blocked for more than three Among its biggest changes, the “And thank you very much for your ly convincing him to leave the deny whether Rhoat remained at hours. human resources director would be call.” “Every kid is going to be successful in here. I make sure of that.” Brad Cohn, NBHS wood shop teacher Former teacher rebuilds NB woodworking BY JESSIE HIGGINS a replacement. Aaron and his classmates The World would have remained without wood shop this year, too, except former Coos Bay NORTH BEND — The day North Bend woodshop teacher Brad Cohn decided to High School announced it was bringing back come out of retirement and help North a wood shop class, Tyler Aaron headed for Bend. the main office. “To me, it’s a lot of fun,” Cohn said, his “I was the first to sign up,” Aaron said. woods students surrounded him, busily The 15-year-old stood in the middle of the sanding their boxes. “I’m having fun. I like high school’s wood shop Tuesday morning working with kids, and it’s making a differ- with a grin on his face. Around him, stu- ence in their lives, I think.” dents sanded basic jewelry boxes. Because North Bend went two years with- Aaron moved to North Bend from Grants out the program, Cohn’s starting all the stu- Pass before beginning high school. In Grants dents off as beginners, teaching them how to Pass, he took a woodworking class and use hand tools to build small wooden boxes. quickly discovered it was his bliss. Soon, they’ll learn to use the bigger tools: “I like using power tools,” he said, and the sander, the table saw, the planer. seeing the final product. He plans to work in Then it will be time to start on their final the wood construction industry as a career. projects: boats. But his first year at North Bend High As a woodworking teacher at Millicoma School, there wasn’t a woods program for Middle School, Cohn taught his students to him to participate in. North Bend lost its make prams, canoes or driftboats. He’s By Lou Sennick, The World woods program two years ago when the Wood shop teacher Brad Cohn directs a student in the class Tuesday morning at North Bend High School.The instructor left and the district couldn’t find SEE REBUILD | A8 class will be starting larger projects in a couple of weeks, one of which is a small, wooden sailboat. Following the money Police reports . A2 Comics . B4 Margie Brown, Coos Bay T S S E Art Robinson’s biggest E A H Marcia Rice, Coos Bay D What’s Up. A3 T I campaign backer also C Sports . B1 T A E A S Rain South Coast. A3 T donates to Robinson’s E R N | S 55/45 I Obituaries A5 D Opinion. A4 Puzzles. B4 nonprofit. Page A5. O F Weather | A8 C M C M Y K Y K C M C M Y K A2 •The World • Wednesday, October 24,2012 Y K South Coast City Editor Ryan Haas • 541-269-1222, ext. 239 theworldlink.com/news/local Settlement Seventh Street work still possible continues today COOS BAY — The City of tractor will work with the res- Coos Bay is replacing a por- idences within this work zone tion of the sanitary sewer line so they will be able to safely for midwife on South Seventh Street enter and exit their homes. between Johnson Avenue and Traffic will be detoured Kruse Avenue due to a failure around this work zone in the pipe. This portion of BY AMY MOSS STRONG they are waiting on and that throughout the entire phase Rebeck does not wish to plea South Seventh Street will be AND TIM NOVOTNY closed to through traffic. of construction. The World at this time. Any questions can be Barron said if negotiations Due to the emergency nature of the project, the con- directed to the City of Coos COQUILLE — Bandon are not completed by Mon- Bay Public Works and day, Nov.