C M C M Y K Y K WEINER WOBBLE GREAT EIGHT Mayor candidate is in trouble again, A7 Mariners keep strike win going, B1 Serving Oregon’s South Coast Since 1878 WEDNESDAY,JULY 24, 2013 theworldlink.com I 75¢ Police arrest teacher for sex abuse BY AMY MOSS STRONG for 26 years. He was the school’s The World Bandon science teacher and coach retired computer specialist and net- work administrator and was a BANDON — A former long- after taking leave in September 2012 cross-country and track coach time Bandon middle school for many years. He retired in teacher has been charged with was arrested for four counts of by the Coos County Sheriff’s Tuesday evening. McLauchlin February from the district but sexual abuse involving a minor, third-degree sexual abuse and Office, according to the Bandon was taken to the Coos County had been on leave since the according to the Coos County four counts of third-degree Police Department. Jail and held on $140,000 bail. beginning of the school year in Sheriff’s Office. sodomy. He was taken into cus- Police officers and sheriff’s McLauchlin was a popular September 2012. Chuck According to jail records, 55- tody by Bandon police on a deputies searched science and technology teacher McLauchlin year-old Chuck McLauchlin probable cause warrant issued McLauchlin’s residence at Harbor Lights Middle School SEE MCLAUCHLIN | A8 Arrested Feds want to Llama love dispatch owl killing experts I U.S. Fish and Wildlife service takes aim at barred owls to increase habitat for spotted owls in Northwest BY JEFF BARNARD The Associated Press GRANTS PASS — Federal wildlife officials plan to dispatch armed bird specialists into forests of the Pacific Northwest starting this fall to shoot one species of owl to protect another that is threatened with extinc- tion. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday released a final environmental review of an experiment to see if killing barred owls will allow northern spotted owls to reclaim territory they’ve been driven out of over the past half-century. The agency has been evaluating the idea since 2009, gathering public comment and consulting ethicists, focus groups and scientific studies. It will issue a final decision on the plan in a month. “If we don’t manage barred owls, the probability of recovering the spotted owl goes down significantly,” said Paul Henson, Oregon state supervisor for Fish and Wildlife. The agency’s preferred course of action calls for killing 3,603 barred owls in four study areas in Oregon, SEE OWLS | A8 By Thomas Moriarty, The World Maddi Brown, a 4-H member, harnesses her llama Scooter as judge Adrienne Lulay looks on Tuesday afternoon at the Coos County Fair. Brown was one of three young competitors showing their llamas that afternoon. Furry oddities find a home at fair BY THOMAS MORIARTY species are a major presence in Oregon Because the animals have soft pads The World agriculture. on their feet instead of hooves, Harris “They’ve been around for a long said, they’re able to be used as pack ani- MYRTLE POINT — Walk under the time, but they’re sort of new as a fair mals on federal lands that prohibit canopy of the Joelle Winchell Llama animal,” said judge Adrienne Lulay, who horse traffic. Arena and you might think you stepped came down from the Willamette Valley In recent years, the animals have also The Associated Press into a Peruvian marketplace. to judge the animals. grown in popularity as guard animals This 2002 photo shows a barred owl in Calais,Vt.The U.S.Fish Approximately a dozen of the long- Llama Superintendent Virginia because of their alertness. “They’re and Wildlife Service plans to start sending hunters into the necked South American camelids are Harris said the odd-looking creatures very perceptive,” she said. “They’ll kill woods of the Northwest to kill barred owls in an experiment to entered in this year’s Coos County Fair, are surprisingly multifunctional. coyotes.” see if that will help the threatened northern spotted owl and while they may seem an odd choice “They’ll pack up to a third of their body rebound from population declines. for 4-H activities, organizers say the weight,”Harris said. SEE LLAMAS | A8 Lawyer: Snowden to stay in Russia Ore. DEQ wants Gardiner THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Snowden in the transit zone of paperwork. Snowden has applied sanitary to clean up its act Moscow’s Sheremetyevo interna- for temporary asylum in Russia. MOSCOW — Edward Snowden tional airport amid Russian news In a meeting with human rights BY STEVE LINDSLEY made it clear a decision must may be settling in for a long stay in reports that Snowden was about to activists two weeks ago, Snowden The World come soon. Russia, his lawyer indicated receive documents that would reportedly said he eventually Keith Andersen, western region Wednesday, saying the National allow him to leave the airport wanted to visit Venezuela, Bolivia GARDINER — As the Gardiner administrator for the DEQ, attend- Security Agency leaker plans to where he’s apparently been and Nicaragua, all of which have Sanitary District board tries to ed the board’s July 18 meeting. start studying the Russian lan- marooned for more than a month. offered him asylum. But Kuchere- decide whether to separate from “As I mentioned in May,” guage and culture and that, for the Some Russian news agencies na cast doubt on those intentions Andersen told the board, “we’re time being,Russia is his final desti- cited unidentified sources as say- after Wednesday’s meeting. the city of Reedsport wastewater treatment plant or move to a very interested in what the district nation. ing Kucherena would deliver the “Russia is his final destination expects to do.” Anatoly Kucherena’s comments documents to Snowden, but the facility on the old International came after the lawyer met with lawyer later said there was no such SEE SNOWDEN | A8 Paper site, the Oregon Depart- ment of Environmental Quality SEE SEWER | A8 Basil Warnock, Charleston Unoccupied Police reports . A2 Comics . A6 Joseph Wales, North Bend T S S E Portland police break up last E A H Daniel Ostrom, Coos Bay D What’s Up. A2 T I remains of Occupy movement C Puzzles . A6 T Henry Reik Sr, Coos Bay A E A S Mostly sunny Fair photos. A3 T camp outside city hall. E R N Lorene Wade, Gold Beach S 67/54 I Page A5 D Opinion. A4 Sports . B1 O Obituaries | A5 F Weather | A8 WE CAN DELIVER YOUR Need to sell something? MESSAGE OVER 100,000 TIMES! Call Valerie Today! 541-267-6278 C M C M Y K Y K C M C M Y K A2 •The World • Wednesday, July24,2013 Y K South Coast City Editor Ryan Haas • 541-269-1222, ext. 239 theworldlink.com/news/local Grant funds will help Assailant convicted, TODAY veterans group stay afloat released same day Coos Bay Farmers Market 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Downtown Coos Bay on Central I Cow Creek Coquille. I Coos Bay man Knight, hitting her in the Avenue. SOVO given Buss SOVO trains volunteers to knee and shin. Knight then Umpqua Indian lend help where they can, but served 90 days in went to the bathroom and Coos County Fair Museum Rondeau Award training costs money. For hid in the shower stall. Special Exhibits 9a.m. to 9 jail awaiting trial p.m., Coos County Fair Foundation gives SOVO also received a special instance, volunteers are Since the procesution and honor recently, garnering the Buss defense agreed to waive jury Museum, 770 Fourth St., $7,500 to SOVO required to be trained and Myrtle Point. Featured: Ed Rondeau Award from the Cow certified before they can help BY GEORGE ARTSITAS on Monday, Judge Michael J. Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation. Schaenzer model railroad someone file a claim with the The World Gillespie delivered his own and aviator Johnny Day- BY TIM NOVOTNY The CCUIF Board of Directors, U.S. Department of Veterans verdict and admonished the which doesn’t hand out the award ton works. Free admission The World Affairs. That alone is enough COQUILLE — A Coos Bay defendant during sentenc- every year, looks for a non-profit with fair ticket. 541-260- to keep them busy, but there man on trial Tuesday for ing. 1457 NORTH BEND — organization that most closely rep- allegedly assaulting his wife “The nature of this con- are plenty of other areas Coos County Fair ‘Barn in Southern Oregon Veterans resents the spirit of Buss Rondeau. was convicted and walked duct is stupid in the where veterans require assis- the USA’ 10 a.m. to 11 Outreach recently got some Rondeau, a veteran himself, was out of jail the same day. extreme,”Gillespie said. one of the founders of the Cow tance. p.m., fairgrounds, 770 welcome news, and some Mark MacPherson, 38, MacPherson had original- Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation. In just the first three Fourth St., Myrtle Point. money. SOVO, which has ly been charged with sec- Operations Manager Carol months of this year SOVO was found guilty of two Parking, $3; admission: ond-degree assault, fourth- been helping local veterans Powell says they chose their group helped 316 veterans find help counts of fourth-degree adults, $8; seniors, $4, since 2005, is the only veter- “for providing much needed sup- in issues like finding health assault and was sentenced to degree assault, menacing ages 6-12, $2. ans organization to receive a port and services to American vet- care, food and housing.