Center Branches out Wounds — at Least Four of Then Potentially Fatal — After Prosecutors Say He Had Befriended Ambill, a Transient from California
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C M C M Y K Y K STREAK BROKEN DIGITAL SUCCESS North Bend wins Far West League game, B1 Self-published author becomes a best seller, A6 Serving Oregon’s South Coast Since 1878 WEDNESDAY,APRIL 17,2013 theworldlink.com I 75¢ CB woman dies in Coquille River THE WORLD the Gaylord Bridge on the South Fork of bank areas for potential restoration proj- the Coquille River at 1:06 p.m. ects. Jackson was in a separate pontoon POWERS — A 25-year-old Coos Bay First responders from Myrtle Point boat and was unhurt. woman drowned in the Coquille River Fire and Ambulance and the Coos Coun- A Coos Bay native and Marshfield Tuesday while working on a riverbank ty Sheriff’s Office found Volin trapped High School graduate, Volin joined the restoration project. underwater. Coquille Watershed Association staff in Kristle Volin,program manager for the Volin’s boat had hit a tree, capsized 2010 after earning a bachelor’s degree Coquille Watershed Association, was and snagged her life vest. Rescuers had to from Oregon State University. pronounced dead on arrival at Bay Area deflate the boat to bring Volin to the sur- Her recent projects included securing Hospital after being airlifted by a U.S. face. the donation of 3,000 Douglas fir, hem- Coast Guard helicopter. At the time of the incident, Volin was lock and redwood seedlings to the Pow- Coos County dispatch had received a working with Oregon Fish & Wildlife ers and Bandon high schools’ native report of a possible drowning north of employee Jeff Jackson to identify river species programs. Building boats — and more By James Casey, For The World Ronald Ambill leaves the courtroom after his sentencing for the July 2012 murder of David Barker. Killer gets 25 years for Itty Bitty Inn slaying BY JAMES CASEY For The World COQUILLE — Ronald Wayne Ambill will be at By Thomas Moriarty, The World least 72 years old before he’ll be eligible for parole. Tom Leahy,left,and Tim Gibbons examine the in-progress hull of a wooden crab skiff under construction at the Coos Bay Boat Building Center. Ambill must serve all 25 years of the sentence he Leahy said the vessel is of the type once used by crab fishermen in Charleston. received Tuesday from Coos County Circuit Judge Martin Stone in what became known as the Itty Bitty Inn murder. The tiny motel in North Bend was where David Marion Barker was found dead of multiple stab Center branches out wounds — at least four of then potentially fatal — after prosecutors say he had befriended Ambill, a transient from California. BY THOMAS MORIARTY small skiffs under their belts, Leahy An expensive-looking assortment Stone declined District Attorney Paul Frasier’s The World and other center volunteers are seek- of power and hand tools is crammed request for a sentence longer than the prescribed ing to expand the range of classes the into the center’s main work space. maximum. Frasier had argued that Ambill should COOS BAY — Getting the lines center offers. Leahy said the center probably paid be imprisoned longer because of aggravating fac- right. “We have to diversify to be more less than $3,000 for everything in the tors that included the victim’s vulnerability. Tim Gibbons, project manager at than just building boats,” Leahy said. workshop. Barker was found on the blood-soaked carpet of the Coos Bay Boat Building Center, Housed in a former cannery freezer In the near future, the center hopes Room 4, a few feet from his wheelchair. says it’s the hardest part of learning to building near Empire’s Hollering to offer scrimshaw carving and gen- Stone, however, said he had found nothing in build wooden boats. Place wayside, the center was found- eral woodworking skills. Members the sentencing statute or any precedent that would Tom Leahy agrees. The retired ed with a mission to preserve the art already have made cedar paddles for let him lengthen Ambill’s prison term. Frasier said teacher and principal had no experi- of building wooden boats. Leahy said some of the center’s project boats, he would appeal the issue. ence in boat-building when he helped the center was modeled on the Center and one member has taken up fabri- Ambill kept silent, nodding slightly as he lis- start the center four years ago. for Wooden Boats on Seattle’s Lake Now, with a variety of canoes and Union. SEE BOATS | A10 SEE AMBILL | A10 Police have suspect in mind in ricin case WASHINGTON (AP) — Police have a suspect in mind as they investigate a letter mailed to Sen. Roger Wicker that tested Suspicious letter positive for poisonous ricin, a Senate col- league said. mailed to Obama “The person that is a suspect writes a WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI lot of letters to members,” Sen. Claire says the letters sent to President McCaskill, D-Mo., said Tuesday as she Barack Obama and Sen. Roger Wick- emerged from a classified briefing. er are related and are both post- Authorities declined to comment on a marked out of Memphis, Tenn., suspect or any other aspect of the investi- dated April 8. gation being led by Capitol Police and the In an intelligence bulletin obtained By Alysha Beck, The World FBI after tests indicated that a letter by The Associated Press, the FBI says Matt Cannon was removed from a white Ford truck that crashed on the median between the northbound mailed to the Mississippi Republican’s the letters both say: “To see a wrong and southbound lanes of state Highway 42 just south of the junction with U.S. Highway 101 on Tuesday. Washington office contained the poten- and not expose it, is to become a tially deadly toxin. The letter was inter- silent partner to its continuance.” cepted at a Senate mail facility in Prince Both letters are signed, “I am KC and Crash sends man to hospital George’s County, Md., just outside I approve this message.” Washington, said Illinois Sen. Dick The FBI says the substance in both Durbin, a member of the Senate’s letters have preliminarily tested pos- THE WORLD State Police responded to the Democratic leadership. itive for ricin. crash. The occupant, Matt Can- The letter’s discovery shook the U.S. COOS BAY — A single-vehicle non, was seriously injured and Capitol, where several events were can- To view video from the crash on state Highway 42 sent pinned inside the truck. celed Tuesday in response to Monday’s crash scene, scan this ricin, Bresson said. code or visit http://tiny one man to Bay Area Hospital on Emergency personnel had to Boston bombing that killed three people, url.com/bv8dxvh Tuesday afternoon. use a saw and a hydraulic rescue injured more than 170 and ignited fresh Capitol Police spokesman Shennell S. The incident occurred around tool to remove Cannon from the fears of terrorism. There was no evidence Antrobus said police were notified that the 12:45 p.m. when a white Ford vehicle. of a connection between the two events. mail facility had received “an envelope truck crashed into the guard rail Cannon was listed in fair con- FBI spokesman Paul Bresson said initial containing a white granular substance.” between the northbound and dition at Bay Area Hospital as of field tests on the substance produced “The envelope was immediately quar- southbound lanes of traffic. 8:30 a.m. today. mixed results and it was undergoing fur- antined by the facility’s personnel and Personnel from the Millington Authorities briefly curtailed ther analysis at a laboratory. Only after USCP HAZMAT responded to the scene,” Fire Department, Coos County highway traffic while cleaning up that testing could a determination be Sheriff’s Ooffice and the Oregon the crash scene. made about whether the substance was SEE RICIN | A10 Everett Leuschner, Coos Bay Police reports . A2 Comics . A8 William Durschmidt, Coos Bay T S S Carol Mixer, Reedsport E Helen Lindquester, Coos Bay A H D What’s Up. A3 David Winters, Reedsport I Elizabeth Kollman, Coos Bay C Puzzles . A8 T E A S South Coast. A3 Rollin Noble, Reedsport Mostly cloudy E R N Derek Payne, Florence 55/42 I D Opinion. A4 Sports . B1 Obituaries | A5 O Harry Arruda, Lakeside F Weather | A10 C M C M Y K Y K C M C M Y K A2 •The World • Wednesday, April 17,2013 Y K South Coast City Editor Ryan Haas • 541-269-1222, ext. 239 theworldlink.com/news/local Deputies nab footloose suspect Chow time THE WORLD second-degree theft, 10 granted a two-week delay by counts of unlawful entry into Judge Richard L. Barron dur- COOS BAY — Sheriff’s BAY AREA a motor vehicle and one ing his change of plea hear- deputies arrested a 29-year- REPORTS count of second-degree ing Tuesday morning. old Coos Bay man Tuesday criminal mischief. Nix, 39, is being charged on multiple felony charges He had been released to with fourth-degree assault, after he fled from officers. went inside and fled out the await court appearances after harassment, second-degree Christopher Angle was back. each of his March arrests. criminal mischief, second- lodged in the Coos County Deputies found Angle This time, he will remain in degree criminal trespass and jail on charges of fourth- hiding under the building the Coos County Jail until his interfering with a probation degree domestic assault, and arrested him without change of plea hearing at officer. first-degree burglary, third- further incident. 8:30 a.m. April 30.