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(The story described her urally medium-brown hair. discount-store makeup, which ran during gym “I look good blond,” she said. “I usually cut it class.) myself.” Additionally, the Maslow Project has received Julianne, who lives with her mother in a travel trail- about $400 in donations so far this month, compared By Alysha Beck, The World er, was highlighted in The World’s recent series, with only about $50 in April. The program provides Julianne looks at her new blond, layered hair in the mirror after Jennifer Jenkins, “Growing Up Poor in Coos County.”Readers respond- clothes, hygiene products and services to 600 local owner of Image Makers in North Bend, gave her a free cut and color Friday. Jenkins ed with help for Julianne and for the Maslow Project, a kids each year. wanted to do something for Julianne after reading about her story and dream of going program that helps Julianne and other homeless stu- to beauty school in The World last month. dents. 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Know the rules Lottery officials encourage pools organizers to By Alysha Beck, The World SEE POWERBALL | A10 Bill Shires had an estimated $12,000 in property, including an all-terrain vehicle and guns, stolen from his land off state Highway 42 and Access Road in March 2012. He has since spent $6,000 on surveillance cameras, gates and lighting to deter thieves. Hungry birds Tight budget stretches sheriff confound fish BY EMILY THORNTON Highway 42, with a number of buildings Shires complained at a recent county The World and vehicles he doesn’t check on a daily budget meeting. basis,” Downing said. He recommended Michelle Roberts of North Bend is COQUILLE — If you want to commit a improving security on the property, and another crime victim. She lost her televi- managers crime in Coos County, don’t choose Shires installed a $6,000 system of fences, sion, a sentimentally treasured spoon col- Wednesday. lights and surveillance cameras. He also lection and other items. Her neighbor’s “Wednesdays are fat days,” Sgt. Pat brought home a Rhodesian ridgeback cross guns were stolen the same day. I Treaty protects cormorants from Downing said. “Every deputy we have named Molly. “It doesn’t make your kids feel very killing; gov’t rejects exemption works.” safe,”Roberts said. “You feel violat- After years of budget cutting, the ed.” Coos County Sheriff’s Office has Neither the culprits nor the stolen BY THOMAS MORIARTY learned to practice triage. Wednes- goods were ever found. But at least a The World day, historically the county’s VIDEO deputy came to her house. That busiest day for crime, gets extra “Justice doesn’t happen with every 9-1-1 NORTH BEND — Increasing numbers of dou- attention. On the thinnest days, See video of a thief taking Bill delayed is call. ble-crested cormorants are threatening Oregon’s however, a lone deputy may patrol Shires’ property by scanning “We try to respond and make burgeoning salmon fishery, and state wildlife the county. this code or visiting justice some kind of contact,” Downing managers are unsure how to combat the menace. The sheriff’s well-known budget http://tinyurl.com/ac4s7bn said. But deputies handle some The bulk of the state’s population — approxi- squeeze could get tighter in the next denied.” minor crime reports by phone, he mately 12,000 breeding pairs — lives in just one fiscal year.The county needs to trim said. location: East Sand Island in the Columbia River. expenses by $3 million, and leaving Bill Shires “If someone’s sunglasses are The colony is estimated to eat approximately 20 positions unfilled in the Sheriff’s Coos County theft victim stolen, we just report it for insurance million migrating salmon smolts annually. Office is one possible outcome. purposes,”Downing said. “The vic- Lindsay Adrean, avian predation coordinator Some county residents already tim just tells us information about for the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, told have lost patience. Bill Shires of the the case,but the deputy won’t go out attendees at the West Coast Salmon Summit on Greenacres area is an example. for a minor theft and damage.” Thursday that the agency is still trying to figure A string of burglaries in early Drunken driving reports are out the best way to deal with the birds. 2012 added up to about $12,000 in losses, The result? Shires has video footage of a passed along to police wherever the car is ODFW personnel have been hazing the birds by including a dirt bike, a four-wheeler, a man stealing his $650 fiberglass ladder. headed, he said. driving at them with boats and firing small rifle, a shotgun, hunting binoculars, hand- Though Shires thinks he knows the thief’s Even short-handed, however, Zanni pyrotechnics. But the birds keep returning. held radios and tools. Downing said the identity, the crime hasn’t been prosecuted said the department always responds in Adrean said the agency is afraid more aggres- Sheriff’s Office has done its best on the yet. Downing said it’s still being investi- some way. case with limited resources. gated. SEE CORMORANTS | A10 “He has a larger piece of property off “Justice delayed is justice denied,” SEE COUNTY | A10 Daniel Brewster, Coos Bay What’s Up . Go! Sports . B1 Elmer Rampenthal Jr, Coos Bay T S S Mary Dancey, Lake Osewego E A H Jordan Glenn, Coos Bay D Police reports . A2 Comics . C5 Robert Emmett, North Bend I C T Eva Gardner, Coos Bay E A S South Coast. A3 Classifieds . C6 Hildegard Hinzmann, Coos Bay Showers E R N Charles Smith, Coos Bay | 59/49 I Obituaries A5 D Opinion. A4 Puzzles . C7 O Leslie Ladd, Coquille F Weather | A10 C M C M Y K Y K C M C M Y K A2 •The World • Saturday, May18,2013 Y K South Coast City Editor Ryan Haas • 541-269-1222, ext. 239 theworldlink.com/news/local Thefts & Mischief COOS COUNTY COOS BAY harassment , 700 block of Taylor Highway 101 wreck Avenue. May 16, 11:51 a.m., threats by a May 16, 9:18 a.m., threats, 300 neighbor, 87300 block of North block of South Ninth Street. NORTH BEND Boak Lane. May 16, 9:26 a.m., suspicious con- May 16, 6:40 a.m., disorderly con- May 16, 12:40 p.m., theft of credit ditions, Margaretta Street and duct, 2200 block of Virginia card, 91400 block of Cape Arago Crocker Street. Avenue. Highway. May 16, 12:07 p.m., hit-and-run May 16, 11:00 a.m., theft of batter- May 16, 1:35 p.m., fraudulent use accident, 3000 block of Broad- ies from a work vehicle, 2600 way Avenue. of a credit card, 92000 block of block of Cedar Street. North Fork Lane. May 16, 12:17 p.m., two women May 16, 2:29 p.m., man arrested arrested for theft, conspiracy to May 16, 3:08 p.m., violation of a for domestic harassment and a commit theft; one had additional violation of a release agreement, restraining order, 20300 block of probation violation charge, Wal- 700 block of Virginia Avenue. Highway 42. mart. May 16, 5:42 p.m., assisting Coos May 16, 3:47 p.m., threats by May 16, 12:40 p.m., unlawful entry Bay police, arrest man and neighbors again, 87300 block of into a motor vehicle, SWOCC. woman for probation violation North Boak Lane. May 16, 3:38 p.m., violation of a and possession of meth, 700 May 16, 10:19 p.m., heard possible restraining order, 200 block of block of Sanford Avenue. sonic boom, Highway 101 and South Schoneman Street. May 16, 6:15 p.m., man and McTimmons Lane. May 16, 9:49 p.m., man assaulted, woman arrested after stealing movies, face additional charge of May 17, 12:02 a.m., delivery driver 100 block of North Cammann possession of a controlled sub- By Lou Sennick, The World assaulted by customer, 63600 Street.