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COAST CLASSIC SCHOOL SHOOTINGS Big tournament starts in North Bend, B1 Colorado spree happens on eve of Newtown anniversary, A6 Serving Oregon’s South Coast Since 1878 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2013 theworldlink.com I $1.50 Majority of Change area district’s students live can be good in poverty I Census report sheds light on poverty-stricken schools like Port Orford-Langlois BY CHELSEA DAVIS The World On the South Coast, the Port Orford-Langlois School District stands out as the most poverty- stricken district, with 55 percent of its students falling below the federal poverty threshold. The U.S. Census Bureau released its 2012 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates on Thursday, which included school district data from the 2011- 2012 school year. The U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty threshold is defined as nearly $18,500 for a single parent with two children or nearly $23,300 for a two-parent household with two children. But the district isn’t only an outlier on the South Coast; it has the highest child poverty rate in Oregon SEE POVERTY | A8 Photos by Lou Sennick, The World Knights to help Ray Cox, owner of Giddings Boat Works in Charleston, takes a phone call on the dock Wednesday afternoon. Next to him is the Miss Emily which is getting the final trim and details finished before it is put into service.The company is currently renovating or upgrading two other fishing boats. feed the masses Giddings stays ahead of the curve BY TIM NOVOTNY The World BY EMILY THORNTON told their friends. NORTH BEND — With a lot of help from their The World “We kept getting more and friends, the Knights of Columbus will be able to dis- This is the first in an more jobs,”he said. tribute an estimated 1,100 food boxes to families in CHARLESTON — He saw occasional series focus- Lee said treating cus- need this Sunday. the silver lining in the gray ing on business people tomers well was crucial. The program has continued to grow over the past clouds of hard economic who are continuing to “If you treat people right, three decades as the need has grown, and this year’s times hanging ominously find success despite a they’ll continue to come back effort is one of their largest to date. over the harbor. difficult economy. See to you,”Lee said. Volunteers with the Catholic men’s service It didn’t scare him — too related stories on pages Cox said his business deci- organization were busy organizing the boxes on much. A4 and C1. sions also enabled growth. Friday inside the National Guard Armory in North He was reluctant to take “I watch what I do so I’m not Bend. They will add some fresh produce to the boxes over Giddings Boat Works smothered in debt,”he said. on Saturday, thanks to an annual delivery from the from Don Giddings six years seemed surprising to others, work followed. It was like a The ability to change with Perrydale FFA. ago. But, he knew he could but not to him. business that was sick and the times was crucial to Club member Mike Main says this year’s boxes turn it into a success. “I bought an already well- needed nourishment.” Giddings. When gas prices cost the Knights a little over $43 a piece, for a total of Giddings has tripled in size known business,” said Cox. He said one of his best went up, fishermen wanted to almost $45,000 this year. The boxes include assort- since Ray Cox took the reins. “The owners didn’t put a lot decisions was hiring Mike Lee make fewer runs, so they ed canned, and other non-perishable, foods bought Its gross profit was $3.4 mil- of effort into it and I could see as manager in 2011. widened their boats. They from the Oregon Food Bank. There is also a $15 lion for the 2012-2013 fiscal the potential this place has.” “He has a lot of experi- also began doing in-house year, Cox said. It also grew When he took ownership, ence,” he said. “He knows a carpentry. “The fishing industry is SEE KNIGHTS | A8 from nine employees to he made changes. lot of people in the business.” always changing and we around 30. “I started with upgrading Word of mouth brought evolve with them.” the material and the employ- increased business, Cox said. NBHS lands interim How did that happen? ees,” he said. “We kept The fishing community How he managed to grow building and building and learned of his upgrades and SEE GIDDINGS | A8 assistant principal BY CHELSEA DAVIS The World Fire engulfs NORTH BEND — A sudden change in administra- tion in North Bend School District has thrown the CB house high school’s track coach into an assistant principal position. THE WORLD Social studies teacher Jake Smith was hired as North Bend High School’s interim assistant princi- COOS BAY — A Coos Bay house pal on Friday following interviews that morning. He went up in flames Friday night. said one other district employee was interviewed for At 6:33 p.m. Friday,dispatchers the position. began receiving calls about a fire at “Some others applied but it was posted as only an 1170 Commercial Ave. in-house job,”he said. Police arrived six minutes later, Smith will fill the role recently vacated by Bill Coos Bay fire a minute later. Yester, who is now acting superintendent following “Flames were inside the house BJ Hollensteiner’s retirement announcement on and were starting to come out,” Dec. 3. Her retirement takes effect on Dec. 31. said Coos Bay police Sgt. Hugo “If (Yester’s) job doesn’t get replaced next fall, Hatzel. “They rapidly grew as we then this job will be his to come back to,”Smith said. were standing here watching. It Smith has been a teacher at North Bend High was a rapidly evolving fire.” School for the past 16 years. The home’s listed homeowner, Reporter Chelsea Davis can be reached at 541-269- Francisco Castilla, 37, fled the 1222, ext. 239, or by email at By Alysha Beck, The World house uninjured before help [email protected]. Follow her on Coos Bay Fire personnel respond to a structure fire on Commercial Avenue near Mingus Park in Coos Bay arrived. No one else was inside the Twitter: @ChelseaLeeDavis. around 6:30 p.m. Friday night. home, Hatzel said. Police reports . A2 Sports . B1 Rebecca Brandis, Coos Bay T S S Nanette Eyck, Springfield E A H David Crumley, North Bend D What’s Up . Go! Business . C1 Cheryl Volin, Coos Bay I C T Dale Herring, Coos Bay E A S South Coast. A3 Comics . C5 Linda Daley, Tucson, Ariz. Partly sunny E R N Roxanne Ramsey, Coquille | 53/37 I Obituaries A5 D Opinion. A4 Classifieds . C6 O F Weather | A8 A2 • The World • Saturday, December 14,2013 South Coast Executive Editor Larry Campbell • 541-269-1222, ext. 251 theworldlink.com/news/local Anniversary Coos County K-9 ‘Neeko’ gets Bill and selves grew up, all graduat- ing from NBHS. first collar near Bradley Lake Sandi Berg Bill is retired from Weyerhaeuser and Sandi from North Bay BY THOMAS MORIARTY K-9 track near Bradley Lake. last week. 1983 — was initially funded Bill and Sandi Berg of Elementary. They like to The World K-9 “Neeko” and his Downing said that in by the Bureau of Land North Bend are celebrating travel and are usually busy human partner, Deputy addition to apprehending Management, whose lands 50 years of marriage. The heading out, returning Coos County’s first patrol Adam Slater, were called in criminals, 2-year-old Neeko Slater is assigned to patrol. couple was married Dec. from, or planning their K-9 in 30 years got his first when Perry fled from will also prove useful for Reporter Thomas Moriarty 13, 1963. next trip. They enjoy collar Thursday morning. Bandon police after a traffic search and rescue missions. can be reached at 541-269- Bill and Sandi were fam- spending time with family According to the Coos stop on U.S. Highway 101. “They can be used for 1222, ext. 240, or by email at ily friends, and then and friends. County Sheriff’s Office, 36- Sgt. Pat Downing said both good guys and bad thomas.moriarty@the- pen-pals while Bill was in Congratulations mom year-old Justin D. Perry of Perry’s arrest was Neeko’s guys,”he said. worldlink.com. Follow him on the Army. Sandi graduated and dad, grandma and Bandon was arrested for pro- first criminal apprehen- The K-9 program — the Twitter: from North Bend High grandpa. With much love bation violation following a sion since he went on duty sheriff’s office’s first since @ThomasDMoriarty. School in June. Bill from your “kids” Teri and returned from Germany in Quentin Davis; and grand- October and they were daughter, Victoria of Cops seize IEDs from Gold Beach motorcyclist married in December at his Vancouver, Wash.; and aunt and uncle’s home in Brad and Taylor Berg; and THE WORLD after sheriff’s deputies say ered the explosives after with his consent. Inside, North Bend. Together they grandchildren, Kolbey, they caught him with sever- they stopped Harris — who they found three small raised their family in North Owen and Olivya of Coos GOLD BEACH — An 18- al improvised explosive was driving an unlicensed, homemade pipe bombs. Bend, where they them- Bay. year-old Gold Beach man devices. non-street-legal motorcycle An Oregon State Police was arrested Wednesday According to the Curry — along U.S.