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C M C M Y K Y K BACK TO SCHOOL CHANGING FAIRWAYS Sandy Hook students go to new facility, A7 Russells leave Old Bandon Golf Links, B1 Serving Oregon’s South Coast Since 1878 THURSDAY,JANUARY 3, 2013 theworldlink.com I 75¢ Crab boat runs aground BY THOMAS MORIARTY A motor lifeboat also was process is the patching of holes in The World launched from Station Coos Bay in the hull so the vessel can be Charleston, but was unable to removed. The vessel’s insurer has COOS BAY — Three fishermen reach the vessel due to the sur- contracted a salvage firm to con- were rescued by a Coast Guard hel- rounding rocks. Charleston Fire duct both the fuel removal and icopter after their crab boat ran District personnel also responded aground off Cape Arago early to the scene. repair work. Wednesday morning. Coast Guard pollution investi- The National Oceanic and The crew of the 39-foot Robert gators, working as part of an inci- Atmospheric Administration, the Henry were rescued at approxi- dent management team based out U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, mately 3:30 a.m. after an Emer- of Astoria, have been sent to the Oregon State Parks and the Oregon gency Indicating Radio Beacon sig- site to assess pollution potential Department of Fish and Wildlife nal prompted the launch of an and develop a salvage plan with the are assisting the Coast Guard with MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from owner. investigation and recovery efforts. Air Station North Bend. The boat “The first step is removing the Bradshaw said the cause of the had run aground approximately fuel,” said Petty Officer Nathan 400 yards off Cape Arago. Bradshaw of the District 13 public wreck is still under investigation. By Thomas Moriarty, The World The boat was carrying approxi- affairs office. There is approxi- Reporter Thomas Moriarty can The Robert Henry is grounded on the rocks at Simpson Reef. Three crew members mately 4,000 pounds of catch at mately 300 gallons of fuel on be reached at 541-269-1222, ext. from the 39-foot crab boat had to be rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday the time of the incident, according board, said Bradshaw. 240, or at tmoriarty@the- morning. to the Coast Guard. The second step in the recovery worldlink.com. New year Dock expansion in Charleston and new leaders in MP BY DANIEL SIMMONS-RITCHIE The World MYRTLE POINT — Out with the old, in with the new. Michael Johnson officially resigned as mayor Tuesday after landing a job in Eastern Oregon. Meanwhile, Darin Nicholson, a former civil engineer, began as city manager Wednesday. City administration is a new ballgame for Nicholson, but he was chosen by the council for his years of experience working with municipal infrastructure. His biggest priority this year will be overseeing the construction of a $10 million wastewater plant. Nicholson says he applied for the job because he Michael Johnson wanted to be close Outgoing mayor to his wife and four children in Myrtle Point. “I really don’t have any plans to By Lou Sennick, The World leave the community,”he said. Rick Stewart, back, and David Stevenson move wooden beams onto the side of dock segments Wednesday afternoon in the Charleston shipyard. The Oregon Johnson says that was a big rea- International Port of Coos Bay is replacing and expanding B-Dock in the Charleston Marina. Much of the new space will be for boats seeking refuge because of ocean son that Nicholson made the cut conditions.According to a port news release, the new dock will have up to 13 vessel slips and broadside space to accommodate 20-23 boats.The docks are assembled over four other candidates. in the shipyard and towed to the marina in larger sections. “Most of our city managers don’t last,”he said. “They seem to move on, and we think this one will stay here longer.” The city’s former manager, John Walsh, took over as St. Helens’ city The World announces new publisher manager in July. Johnson is also on the move. Although he won re-election in THE WORLD been serving as both publisher and editor, Times as a graphic designer after graduat- November, he was forced to resign will continue as editor. ing from Purdue University in 1997. after he moved outside the city COOS BAY — A former sales executive “I have had the privilege of working He later served as art director and, since limits in December. with The World’s parent company will directly with Jeff in Northwest Indiana for 2005, as an advertising sales manager Johnson now works as trans- assume leadership of the newspaper next six years,”Masterson said, “so I know the overseeing automotive, real estate and portation co-ordinator for the week, the company announced today. energetic leadership and enthusiasm he recruitment advertising initiatives. Since Oregon Department of Transport Jeff Precourt, who previously worked in will bring to The World and Coos Bay, and July 2012, he has been advertising director in Adel, an unincorporated com- advertising at The Times of Northwest the intense focus he places on serving at the Canton, Ohio, Repository,owned by munity in Lake County. Jeff Precourt Indiana, is returning to Lee Enterprises as readers and advertisers.” GateHouse Media. After serving four years as New publisher publisher of The World. He’ll start work Precourt began his newspaper career at “While I have enjoyed working in Can- mayor and 10 years as councilor Monday. age 13, as a carrier for The Vidette Mes- ton these last few months, the opportuni- Bill Masterson Jr., Lee vice president of senger in Valparaiso, Ind. He advanced to SEE MYRTLE POINT | A8 publishing, said Clark Walworth, who has stuffing inserts at age 16. He joined The SEE PUBLISHER | A8 2013’s next fiscal crisis looms on the horizon BY ANDREW TAYLOR chipping away at the nation’s Obama and his Republican rivals now, but those two steps combined unemployment benefits for the The Associated Press mountainous deficits. Despite the have barely touched deficits still aren’t enough to put our fiscal long-term jobless for a year, stops a length and intensity of the debate, expected to be in the $650 billion house in order.” 27 percent cut in Medicare fees WASHINGTON — Onward to the deal to raise the top income tax range by the end of his second In 2011, the government adopted paid to doctors and prevents a pos- the next fiscal crisis. Actually, sev- rate on families earning over term. And those back-of-the- tighter caps on day-to-day operat- sible doubling of milk prices. eral of them, potentially. The New $450,000 a year — about 1 percent envelope calculations assume poli- ing budgets of the Pentagon and The alternative was going over Year’s Day deal averting the “fiscal of households — and including cymakers can find more than $1 other cabinet agencies to save $1.1 the cliff, an economy-punching cliff” lays the groundwork for more only $12 billion in spending cuts trillion over 10 years to replace trillion over 10 years. half-trillion-dollar combination of combustible struggles in Washing- turned out to be a relatively easy automatic across-the-board The measure passed Tuesday sweeping tax increases and spend- ton over taxes, spending and debt vote for many. This was particular- spending cuts known as a and signed Wednesday by Obama ing cuts. Despite the deal, the gov- in the next few months. ly so because the alternative was to sequester. prevents middle-class taxes from ernment partially went over the President Barack Obama’s vic- raise taxes on everyone. “They didn’t do any of the tough going up while raising rates on brink anyway with the expiration tory on taxes this week was the But in banking $620 billion in stuff,” said Erskine Bowles, chair- higher incomes. It also blocks of a two-year cut in Social Security second, grudging round of piece- higher taxes over the coming man of Obama’s 2010 deficit com- severe across-the-board spending meal successes in as many years in decade from wealthier earners, mission. “We’ve taken two steps cuts for two months, extends SEE CRISIS | A8 Ghostly mine Police reports . A2 Comics . A6 T S S E Eastern Oregon dredge is E A H Kimberly Myers, Henderson, Nev. D What’s Up. A3 Puzzles . A6 T I part of a ghost-themed C T A E A S | Rain likely South Coast. A3 Sports . B1 Obituaries A5 T reality TV show. E R N S 52/40 I D Opinion. A4 Classifieds . B4 Page A5 O F Weather | A8 C M C M Y K Y K C M C M Y K A2 •The World • Thursday, January3,2013 Y K South Coast City Editor Ryan Haas • 541-269-1222, ext. 239 theworldlink.com/news/local County to swear Fire and rescue holds free CPR class COOS BAY — Your father is and construction of phase II. Center between 9 a.m. and 2 suffering cardiac arrest. He’s SOUTH COAST The group hopes that phase II p.m. Monday, Wednesday or in six officials lying in front of you, unre- can be built by next summer. Friday for information or reg- REPORTS sponsive and not breathing. Help for dealing with istration, 541-888-3202. THE WORLD Coquille Indian tribe, will What do you do? Influence hunting at Knowing how to perform mental illness take the reins as commis- Management is offering a free Bandon Marsh COQUILLE — Coos sioners from Fred Messerle CPR, local fire officials say, Christmas tree pick-up COOS BAY — The could make the difference National Alliance on Mental The U.S.