Blueberry Bonanza “I Didn’T Want It to Within Months, Become Uncontrollable,” Roundy Was Using Again

C M C M Y K Y K LINKS SURVIVOR SHOOTING SURVIVOR Texas amateur holds off the field at Bandon Dunes, B1 Pakistani girl honored by U.N. on her birthday, A9 Serving Oregon’s South Coast Since 1878 SATURDAY,JULY 13, 2013 theworldlink.com I $1.50 Addicts ADAPT to sober lifestyle in Coos County BY EMILY THORNTON The World NORTH BEND — Thir- ty-seven-year-old Amber Roundy said she’s been addicted to drugs since age 12, when she took her first hit of marijuana. “It’s extremely mental- ly addicting,” Roundy said. “I couldn’t fall asleep without smoking it.” She finally decided to get sober in May,when she referred herself to ADAPT. ADAPT is the only By Emily Thornton, The World treatment center in Coos Amber Roundy of Coos Bay has County for addictions to been clean and sober since alcohol, drugs and gam- May. She goes to Adapt, the bling. The 40-year-old only treatment facility on the program doesn’t provide Photos by Lou Sennick, The World South Coast for addictions to in-patient treatment, but Four-year-old Lauren Efraimson headed out to the Hazen Blueberry Farm near Fairview Wednesday afternoon with her family to pick some blue- drugs, alcohol and gambling. berries. She wandered the aisles of berry bushes searching for the right ones for her bucket. does offer many services, including one-on-one She moved herself and and group counseling. her two kids to Coos Bay Roundy said she needed soon after that in hopes of the encouragement becoming sober, but soon ADAPT offers to stay discovered she couldn’t sober. run from her problems. Blueberry bonanza “I didn’t want it to Within months, become uncontrollable,” Roundy was using again. she said. “When I lived in She locked herself in Washington, my addiction her room so her daughter Area produce gains international notice became out of control.” couldn’t see her getting She said that’s when her high, but the youngster drug spiraled. BY THOMAS MORIARTY Mary Tschetter,one of the pickers at the farm, said the she knew what she was doing. “I tried cocaine at 32,” Finally, Roundy decided The World looks forward to the season as a way to stock up on fruit. Roundy said. “I never “I picked more than 100 pounds last year,” she said. “I thought I’d try a hard FAIRVIEW — Beneath the glaring mid-day sun Wednes- freeze enough so I have enough for the whole year.” drug.” SEE ADAPT | A10 day afternoon, Wally Hazen watched as dozens of pickers Hazen said he and his wife have primarily selected blueber- wandered through rows of blueberries on his Lee Valley ry varieties that make good eating and U-pick berries, rather farm. than thick-skinned varieties often found on grocery store “We’re running about 7,200 plants between both fields,” shelves. he said. Two nearby women dumped freshly-picked berries Many of the their current plants have been on the proper- into already overflowing buck- ty for years. “For the most part, Third girl on ets. berries are 28 to 30 years old — The pickers at Hazen’s farm the bushes are,” he said. “My Wednesday weren’t employees. wife and I prune them each Asiana jet dies They’re his best customers. winter.” Eleven years ago, Hazen and his While western Oregon is wife reinvented the farm as a renowned for its Pinot noir retail business in the U-pick grapes, the seasoned grocer said from injuries model, where customers are they aren’t the only fruit in the responsible for picking and region gaining international transporting their own berries. acclaim BY MARTHA MENDOZA utes after the crash. Hazen, who has operated “We’ve got nine farms (in the AND TERRY COLLINS The other little girl died grocery stores on the South region) now selling to South Associated Press Friday morning. San Fran- Coast for years, said the idea Korea,” he said. cisco General Hospital began when the couple were Despite the distribution SAN FRANCISCO — A said she had been in criti- looking for country property. opportunities, the couple con- little girl who was aboard cal condition since arriv- They settled on a berry farm, tinues to concentrate on their the Asiana Airlines flight ing Saturday after the A close-up of some large blueberries at the Hazen farm. located seven miles east of U-pick business, which draws that crash-landed died accident. Officials did not Coquille, near Fairview. between 3,000 and 4,000 visi- Friday, the same day that identify the girl at the “The previous people weren’t marketing the berries,” tors each season. authorities confirmed one request of her parents. Her Hazen said. “They were taking them to a processor in “Sometimes I toy with the idea of making a bigger opera- of the two Chinese age was also withheld. Salem.” tion,”Hazen said.“Then I think,‘Gah! I’m getting too old for teenagers killed in the dis- Meng Yuan’s body was While the lower field is reserved for commercial sale pro- this!’” aster was hit by a found covered in firefight- duction, U-pick customers are free to roam the upper fields Reporter Thomas Moriarty can be reached at 541-269- firetruck. ing foam near a seawall at the edge of the runway, and fill their buckets with all the berries they can use. 1222, ext. 240, or by email at thomas.moriarty@the- The disclosure about along with three flight The damage? A mere $1.65 a pound. worldlink.com. Follow him on Twitter: @ThomasDMoriarty the teen raised the tragic attendants who were flung possibility that she could onto the tarmac while still have survived the crash buckled in their seats. only to die in its chaotic Meng Yuan was not in her aftermath. seat. No one knows yet “The firetruck did go whether the two teens over the victim at least one lived through the initial time. Now the other ques- impact at the San Francis- tion is what was the cause co airport. But police and of death?” police fire officials confirmed spokesman Albie Esparza Friday that Ye Meng Yuan, said. “That’s what we are 16, was hit by a firetruck trying to determine right racing to extinguish the now.” blazing Boeing 777. San Mateo County Her close friend Wang Coroner Robert Foucrault Linjia, also 16, was among said the results of his ini- a group of passengers who tial inquiry into the deaths did not get immediate would likely be released medical help. Rescuers did Several buckets of fresh-picked berries wait in the shade of a car Wednesday. not spot her until 14 min- SEE ASIANA | A10 Police reports . A2 Sports . B1 Joan Brummond, North Bend Janice Tate, Coos Bay S Mark Fandrey, Reedsport E David Kureger, Coos Bay Jeffrey Boyce, Coos Bay H D What’s Up . Go! Comics . C5 Edith Corcoran, Coos Bay Lois Leggat, Bandon James Barnes, Lakeside I T Joyce Oliver, North Bend A S South Coast. A3 Puzzles. C5 Rev. Martha Redwine, Coos Bay Norma Downton, Lakeside E N I Rainjer Anderson, Myrtle Point Carolyn Farnum, Coos Bay Obituaries | A5-6 Opinion. A4 Classifieds . C6 D C M C M Y K Y K C M C M Y K A2 •The World • Saturday, July13,2013 Y K South Coast City Editor Ryan Haas • 541-269-1222, ext. 239 theworldlink.com/news/local County assessor worker State panel OKs ‘last resort’wolf killing rule ordered into retirement BY JEFF BARNARD Wild said the old plan talked Associated Press about conservation of wolves BY EMILY THORNTON until age 65 or becoming dis- $37,000, including benefits. bins said.“The county policy being a priority, but it was so The World abled, whichever was first. The assessor’s office says we can do it if it’s in the GRANTS PASS (AP) — The ambiguous that it was inef- They also approved to cap the employee’s last day of work best interest of the county.” Oregon Fish and Wildlife fective. COQUILLE — A long- amount of insurance money will be July 31. Cribbins said the county Commission on Friday “It’s now up to the Oregon time employee in the county paid at $10,115. There will be a Coos County Commis- tried to avoid the practice, but adopted provisions of a law- Department of Fish and assessor’s office is being separation agreement final- sioner Melissa Cribbins said was aware of other workers suit settlement that will Wildlife, the livestock indus- forced into early retirement ized in the next couple of the worker was having “per- might request similar deals. make Oregon the only state in try, and the conservation to help ease the county weeks. sonal difficulty” and was “There is a possibility the West where killing wolves community to honor the budget strain. The retirement will save the having trouble learning the that others could ask for the that attack livestock is a last agreements that we have In a third meeting regarding county about $10,500, since courthouse’s computer sys- same thing,”Cribbins said. resort. made,”he said. “If we do so, I the early retirement, Coos the worker was a full-time tem, so productivity was Reporter Emily Thornton The rules adopted by the am optimistic we will con- County commissioners voted employee at a step 12 pay rate. being lost. Cribbins also said can be reached at 541-269- commission amend Oregon’s tinue to see conflicts between in favor to allow the employee The employee made $52,852, early retirement was unusu- 1222, ext.

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