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C M C M Y K Y K MORE WARNINGS STATE MEET Colder weather heads for the East Coast, A7 Several local runners stand out, B1 Serving Oregon’s South Coast Since 1878 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2012 theworldlink.com I 75¢ School bus mishaps The Wrong Stop I At least two grade school children have been let off the bus at the incorrect location BY JESSIE HIGGINS The World COOS BAY — “This is your stop,” the school bus driver kept repeating. The little girl knew it wasn’t, but the driv- er was insistent and her mother had taught her to do as adults say. As the bus pulled away, the frightened 8- year-old took off in a dead sprint for home. She is one of at least two children this year Photos by Alysha Beck, The World who were dropped at the wrong place by Sylvia Goodwin, 50, stands in front of a broken window at the Terrace Motel in Coos Bay along U.S. Highway 101 during a standoff with police Saturday. Coos Bay’s First Student bus company. The incident with the 8-year-old hap- pened Oct. 16. Around the same “We take the time, an 11-year- safety of the old girl got con- Standoff ends in arrest fused and got off students very at the wrong stop while a substitute seriously, was driving, said I Becki Mascarenas, Taser shot ends ordeal; especially the location man- Woman demands America those little ager at First Stu- dent. ‘wake up’ ones.” “It is unfortu- nate,” Mascarenas BY TYLER RICHARDSON Becki Mascarenas said. “We take the The World First Student safety of the stu- location manager dents very seri- COOS BAY — A woman was tased and ously, especially arrested after a standoff with police at the those little ones. Terrace Motel in Coos Bay on Saturday. “For the most part, the older kids know Police entered adjoining rooms at the where their stop is,”she added. “If they hesi- motel, which Sylvia Goodwin, 50, had tate, we keep them on. We never just say, you occupied since late Friday, after hitting her need to get off here.” with a shotgun Taser from about 20 yards But Stacie Culver, the 8-year-old girl’s away. mother, said that is exactly what her daugh- Coos County District Attorney Paul ter’s bus driver did. Frasier said Goodwin broke out multiple A video recording of the incident captured windows in the motel and told police she by the bus’ onboard security camera shows had a gun and a hostage. the student hesitate and glance around as the Frasier said Goodwin, who was evicted driver repeatedly tells her they’re at her stop, Sylvia Goodwin is lead away from the Terrace Motel in Coos Bay after police shot her with a nonlethal from the motel early Friday, didn’t have a said Rod Danielson, Coos Bay School Dis- taser shotgun and apprehended her. hostage or a gun, although a large buck trict’s business manager in charge of trans- portation. knife was found in one of the rooms she tal evaluation would most likely happen After a lengthy standoff, around 50 The bus company will not release the was in. She returned to the motel at some there as well. bystanders watched as police fired a Taser video to anyone except district personnel, point Friday and was able to gain access to Frasier said there was blood “all over from below the room’s balcony. Frasier Mascarenas said. a room, Frasier said. the place” in both of the rooms and that said the shock from the Taser lasts for “I can see where the student felt some The standoff lasted over four hours and Goodwin “trashed” one of the rooms. about 20 seconds and police were able to pressure to get off,”Danielson said. Goodwin yelled at police behind a blood Coos Bay police responded to a call from arrest Goodwin after she was hit. The little girl was dropped only a few blocks stained sheet that covered the main win- the motel manager early Saturday morn- Goodwin fell over as she was led from from her house and knew how to get home.But dow of one of the rooms. Frasier said she ing. After police arrived, Goodwin threw one of the rooms and medical personnel her mother said it is still unacceptable. was yelling, “America needs to wake up. two shotgun shells out of a window and immediately attended to her before taking “She was scared,”Culver said.“You can’t see Nobody is listening to the little people.” told police she had a hostage, Frasier said. her to the hospital. my house from where she was made to get off.” A large American flag was draped out of Members of the Coos Bay Police Depart- “You always want it to turn out where The bus stopped in front of Culver’s house one of the broken windows that she cut her ment, Coos County Sheriff’s Office, Ore- nobody gets hurt,”Frasier said.“They did a arm on, Frasier said. Goodwin was taken to gon State Police and North Bend Police good job today.” Bay Area Hospital after the standoff to be Department surrounded the room shortly SEE WRONG | A8 treated for the cut, and Frasier said a men- after and Goodwin refused to come out. SEE STANDOFF | A8 “There are more registered Democrats than Republicans, but it’s not an overwhelming number.” Steve Greif, local historian County’s mixed record in elections State has a BY GAIL ELBER of retirees have swelled, Coos lot on the line The World Don’t forget to vote County has swung more to the right. George W. Bush got the COOS COUNTY — When Tuesday is the last day county’s votes in 2000 and 2004, SALEM (AP) — It all comes to an analysts try to predict the out- you can return your and so did John McCain in 2008. abrupt end this week: The attack ads come of a presidential election, ballot for the 2012 “There are more registered will come down, the mail will stop they often look to Ohio and Mis- election. Visit Democrats than Republicans, but piling up and the telephone will get a it’s not an overwhelming num- rest. The ballots will be cast and souri as bellwethers, since those www.theworldlink.com/ states have often voted for the ber,” Greif said. counted. And then the real work winning candidate. elections for the most Over the past 20 years, the begins. Coos County, in contrast, has timely political news and group that has grown the most in The presidential election will be been more of a black sheep. Oregon has been independent decided elsewhere, in Cleveland and election results. Toledo and Cincinnati. But in Local historian Steve Greif voters, he said. Annie Donnelly, director of Oregon’s state and local contests, analyzed presidential election union activity,from the Wobblies tossed him aside in favor of the Coos Historical and Mar- much is at stake. Republicans have results since 1860 to find out decent chances of winning statewide through the very strong long- Republican William McKinley in itime Museum, suggested the whether Coos County had a gift idea of looking up past election offices for the first time in a decade. shoremen to the teachers’ 1900 and gave Republican for picking winners. results, said Greif. Control of the state House and Senate unions. The blue-collar union Theodore Roosevelt 70 percent In the 30 elections since 1896, Greif, a retired North Bend is up for grabs, and the outcome will Coos County picked the winner worker influences results here.” of their votes in 1904. High School history teacher guide the agenda in Salem. 22 times. So did Oregon — but Nevertheless, Coos County Coos County’s biggest majority who’s president of the Coos The new Legislature is likely to not always in the same election. has shown an independent ever, 77 percent, went to Democ- County Historical Society’s “For a long time, Coos County streak. The county’s voters rat Lyndon Johnson in 1964. was a heavily Democratic coun- embraced Democrat William However, as union member- SEE ELECTION | A8 ty,” Greif said. “We had a lot of Jennings Bryan in 1896, but ship has declined and the ranks SEE VOTING | A8 Coal export debate Police reports . A2 Comics . A6 T S E E It has become a big A T D What’s Up. A3 I issue from Coos Bay to C Puzzles . A6 A E T S South Coast. A3 northern Washington. Partly sunny R S N 69/51 I Opinion. A4 Sports . B1 Page A5 O F Weather | A8 C M C M Y K Y K C M C M Y K A2 •The World • Monday, November 5,2012 Y K South Coast City Editor Ryan Haas • 541-269-1222, ext. 239 theworldlink.com/news/local Thefts & Mischief River reflection COOS BAY of South Wasson Street. Nov. 1, 12:34 a.m., multiple cita- Nov. 1, 5:47 p.m., theft of bike, 100 tions for minor in possession, block of Marino Drive. 500 block of Johnson Avenue. Nov. 1, 6:33 p.m., alleged Nov. 1, 12:46 a.m., prowler, 500 shoplifter arrested on probation block of South 12th Street. violation, 2000 block of New- Nov. 1, 3:38 a.m., subjects mark Avenue. involved in fight at Bay Area Nov. 1, 10:26 p.m., robbery investi- Hospital, 1700 block of Thomp- gation, 300 block of Radar Road. son Road.