WINNING DEBUT NAME THE ARTIST North Bend dances past Molalla, B1 Who did this award-winning painting? A5 Serving Oregon’s South Coast Since 1878 SATURDAY,AUGUST 31, 2013 theworldlink.com I $1.50 Fish and Wildlife changes course — will pay to spray BY EMILY THORNTON sion from commissioners. Both chemicals will be applied in The World “I think it’s a good plan. It’s the morning or evening, when the important for us to get on it right wind is about 5 mph. BANDON — Coos County Com- away,”said Cribbins. Officials believe one application missioners will vote Tuesday Cribbins believed fellow com- of Dibrome is needed now, with a whether to spray insecticides over missioners John Sweet and Bob possibility of more. One applica- mosquito infested areas near Ban- Main were “on the same page with tion of MetaLarv is needed imme- don using fixed wing aircraft. this.” diately and another in the spring of And in a reversal Friday after- The two chemicals, MetaLarv S- 2014. Regular application is needed noon, U.S. Fish and Wildlife said it PT and Dibrome, were chosen to control mosquito populations, would foot the bill for spraying the because they were deemed “safe.” the plan stated. acreage over Bandon Marsh MetaLarv was said to be the “The amount that’s sprayed is National Wildlife Refuge. “safest, most practical product to such a light concentration, it’s not Bandon and Coos County will decrease the amount of larva that considered a health hazard,” said divide the remaining costs, said become adults,” according to the Nikki Zogg, administrator for the Coos County Commissioner plan released Friday from the Coos County Health Department. Melissa Cribbins. An exact dollar county health department. About three-fourths of an ounce amount has yet to be determined, Dibrome, which is supposed to kill of Dibrome and three pounds of Cribbins said. adult mosquitoes, was selected MetaLarv will be sprayed per acre. Bids for the spraying will be because it was “the safest and most Google Map, Illustration by Les Bowen, The World accepted following a formal deci- effective, fast-acting product.” SEE MOSQUITOES | A8 Tribe Still waiting? Not much longer revamps casino effort MEDFORD (AP) — Taken aback by the opposi- tion, the Coquille Indian Tribe has revamped its campaign for a $26 million casino in Medford. The tribe has engaged a former speaker of the Oregon House as a spokesman, hired local con- sultants who have experience with Medford decision-makers and created glossy brochures extolling the idea and addressing criticisms lev- eled at it. The re-energized campaign includes letters from officials in North Bend and Coos Bay to counterparts in Medford praising the casino proposal, the Medford Mail Tribune reports. The tribe has a casino in North Bend and is proposing another in Medford. The idea has drawn opposition from some in Medford and from the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians, which operates a casino on By Alysha Beck, The World Rick Stillwagon examines the custom made,copper still made for Stillwagon Distillery in Charleston.The distillery will be producing white,gold,dark and spiced SEE CASINO | A8 versions of the Seven Devils Rum. Stillwagon says production should be in full swing by December and be available locally at Walt’s Pourhouse in Coos Bay. Street killings Rum distillery ready underscore the unrest in Iraq to start brewing BY ADAM SCHRECK The Associated Press “We have to have federal approval on Before he fully committed to the proj- BAGHDAD — The mob strung up the sus- BY THOMAS MORIARTY the label on every product we sell,”Hen- ect, Stillwagon picked the brains behind pected terrorist’s shirtless body by the feet and The World set it ablaze on a street on the outskirts of the riksen said. a number of other microdistilleries, Iraqi capital, a tire placed underneath to fuel the CHARLESTON — Inside a refurbished Stillwagon said he got into brewing by including Ezra Cox Distillery in Cen- flames. In grainy footage of the immolation this boathouse, two Charleston men are accident. He was raising coyfish, and tralia, Wash. week, police appeared to do little to stop the vig- about to open the county’s first legal dis- bought a pellet stove to heat their water. Getting licensed requires prospective ilantes’ street justice. tillery. Stillwagon, who has a background in distillers to take a financial gamble. In another video issued in recent days, jihadi Rick Stillwagon and Hans Henriksen aquaponics and alternative energy, “You have to already be invested — militants who took over a major highway in plan to have Stillwagon Distillery up and quickly realized he could use the stove to you have to have all your equipment in western Iraq stop three Syrian truck drivers, running by December. distill ethanol. place,”Stillwagon said. interrogate them, then gun them down, believ- The distillery will produce a range of “As a fuel, it’s not worth very much, Stillwagon said that the legal defini- ing them to be members of the Alawite sect. rums and whiskeys. Stillwagon said the while as a beverage it’s worth quite a bit,” tion for what constitutes “rum” will The two incidents, confirmed by police, illus- distillery’s initial offerings will include he said. allow him creativity in the distilling trate in stark terms the increasing brutality of light, gold, dark and spiced rums. Getting the project moving was far process. the unrest gripping Iraq, fueling complaints that As of Tuesday, the distillery is fully from easy, Stillwagon said. Distilleries “The only real requirement is that it be licensed by state and federal authorities, require both federal and state licensure, made of sugar cane,”he said. with the exception of approval for their and roughly 20 pages of initial paper- SEE IRAQ | A8 product labels. work. SEE DISTILLERY | A8 Raymond Morgan, Bandon Police reports . A2 Sports . B1 Gary Guptill, Myrtle Point T S S Jill Malody, Springfield E A H Merlynn Boyd, Lakeside D What’s Up . Go! Comics . C5 Dale Hoehne, North Bend I C T Mason Clink, Coos Bay E A S South Coast. A3 Puzzles. C5 Robert Atkin, Lakeside Mostly sunny E R N Laura Roderick, Albany | 69/55 I Obituaries A5 D Opinion. A4 Classifieds . C6 O Harold Johnson, North Bend F Weather | A8 A2 •The World • Saturday, August 31,2013 Executive Editor Larry Campbell • 541-269-1222, ext. 251 South Coast More arrests at Crocker Ave. house theworldlink.com/news/local Vandalism repeated at memorial cross THE WORLD 20, and police are investi- COOS BAY — Vandals gating the detonation of a attacked a controversial small improvised explosive memorial cross in Coos Bay device next to the cross the for the third time in four night of Aug. 22. months Thursday night. The cross has been at the According to the Coos center of considerable con- Bay Police Department log, troversy since the city dispatchers received a announced it had received a report of graffiti at the park letter from the Freedom just before 6 a.m. Friday — From Religion Foundation the cross atop the Mingus demanding its removal. Park Vietnam War The city subsequently Memorial had been defaced received a similar letter with black marker. from the American Civil The same vandalism was Liberties Union. discovered by city parks City workers had workers the morning of May removed most of Friday’s Thefts & Mischiefgraffiti by 11 a.m. COOS BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT Street. At least three people were detained at a residence on Crocker Avenue in North Bend after a raid was conducted by local police and the South Coast Aug. 29, 4:18 a.m., theft, 3300 Aug. 29, 8:34 p.m., theft of bike, Interagency Narcotics Team on Thursday morning.Shortly before 8 a.m.,Coos Bay police served a warrant at 1163 Crocker Ave.in conjunction with block of Waite Street. 1000 block of South First Street. the South Coast Interagency Narcotics Team, Coos County Sheriff's Office and Coquille Tribal Police. The raid comes several weeks after police Aug. 29, 7:55 a.m., woman arrest- Aug. 29, 10:39 p.m., prowler, 100 arrested six people on various warrants at the property after spotting a wanted man on the lawn. By Alysha Beck, The World ed for criminal trespass and block of South Cammann Street. resisting arrest, 1300 block of Aug. 30, 4:08 a.m., dispute, 200 North Bayshore Drive. block of D Street. Present this coupon for Aug. 29, 8:04 a.m., theft of serv- Aug. 30, 6:37 a.m., burglary, 100 ices, Empire boat ramp. block of South Cammann Street. $$ Meetings Aug. 29, 10:33 a.m., shoplifter, 100 block of South Seventh COQUILLE POLICE Street. 5.005.00 offoff TUESDAY DEPARTMENT Aug. 29, 11:05 a.m., hit-and-run Bay Area Health District WEDNESDAY Aug. 29, 9:25 a.m., criminal mis- $15 entry fee p.m., Bay Area Hospital,— myrtle5:30 North Bend Public Library Board collision, 1200 block of Hemlock th Avenue. chief, 1100 block of North Collier 6 Annual Gold Beach room, 1775 Thompson Road, — 5 p.m., North Bend Public Street. Coos Bay; regular meeting. Library, conference room, 1800 Aug. 29, 11:42 a.m., man arrested Aug. 29, 9:15 p.m., shots fired, Coos Bay City Council Sherman Ave., North Bend; reg- for possession of a controlled Brew and Art substance following a search Eighth Street and Elliott Street. city hall, council chambers,— 7 p.m., 500 ular meeting. Central Ave., Coos Bay; regular Coquille Valley Wildlife Area warrant, 64000 block of Wygant Aug. 29, 10:41 p.m., criminal tres- Festival Road.