ONE DOWN INTERVIEWER DIES Ducks rush for 500 yards in easy win, B1 Britain’s David Frost, 74, dies, A5 Serving Oregon’s South Coast Since 1878 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 theworldlink.com I 75¢ Obama and McCain meet about Syria I President looks to build support for strikes against Assad regime BY BRADELY KLAPPER The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is inviting former foe Sen. John McCain to the White House, hoping one of Congress’ most intractable foreign policy hawks will help sell the idea of a U.S. military intervention in Syria to a nation deeply scarred by more than a decade of war. Having announced over the weekend that he’ll seek congressional approval for military strikes against the Assad regime, the Obama adminis- tration is now trying to rally support among Americans and their congressman and senators. Monday’s meeting with McCain is meant to address concerns of those who feel Obama isn’t doing enough to punish Syrian President Bashar By Alysha Beck, The World Assad’s government for an attack in the Damas- James Tarantino owns the Chandler Building in downtown Coos Bay. The building will undergo repairs for its sagging northwest corner within the next cus suburbs last month that the U.S. says includ- week or two. ed sarin gas and killed at least 1,429 civilians, more than 400 of whom were children. On the other side of the spectrum, some Republican and Democratic lawmakers don’t want to see military action at all. Obama’s turnabout on Syria sets the stage for the biggest foreign policy vote in Congress since Raising a building the Iraq war. On Sunday, Secretary of State John Kerry said the U.S. received new physical evidence in the form of blood and hair samples that shows sarin gas was used in the Aug. 21 attack. Kerry said the U.S. must respond with its credibility on the line. to raise hopes “We know that the regime ordered this attack,” he said. “We know they prepared for it. We know where the rockets came from. We know where they landed. We know the damage that trying to reorganize the plan to get this was done afterward.” BY TIM NOVOTNY The World job done. Kerry’s assertion coincided with the beginning “We are going to bring it Ram Jack of Oregon is now the con- of a forceful administration appeal for congres- COOS BAY — Six inches of separation up to maximum practical tractor responsible for finishing the job. sional support. can create quite a bit of angst, depending Owner Ken Marquardt estimates the On Capitol Hill, senior administration officials on where that separation can be found. In recovery. It’s been doing raising of the building could come by the briefed lawmakers in private to explain why the downtown Coos Bay, it is located beneath end of this week, if everything goes U.S. was compelled to act against Assad. Obama, the northwest corner of one of the city’s exactly what we thought according to plan. That plan that calls for Vice President Joe Biden and White House Chief oldest buildings. it would. 22 points beneath the building to be of Staff Denis McDonough also made calls to James Tarantino, owner of the historic ” raised, simultaneously, about six inches. individual lawmakers. Chandler Building, said that half a foot is Ken Marquardt He says that could take three to four Further classified meetings were planned from the extent of the structural rift that has Owner of Ram Jack of Oregon hours, or all day. been caused by a failure of some under- “We are going to bring it up to maxi- ground pilings. mum practical recovery,”Marquardt said SEE SYRIA | A8 The building actually rests on a total of the future. last week, adding that so far there have 32 pilings but, he says, only about 12 per- As it turns out, the break-up of a part- been no surprises. “It’s been doing exact- cent of those need to be corrected. Five nership was the primary cause in delay- ly what we thought it would do.” were compromised initially and two were ing the repair of the breaking building. Completed in 1909, the Chandler was fixed after he and Mel Lesher took over For reasons that he won’t go into, the first of several multi-story buildings When fries ownership in 2010. Another one has since Tarantino and Lesher did not remain built along Central Avenue. It served as a been compromised, bringing the current partners for long. Without Lesher, he hotel until the 1980s when new owners total to four in need of repair. says, he was back to square one. converted upstairs floors into low- After three years of inactivity, work “There was an original partnership income housing. The building was added equal a trip resumed on those pilings earlier this with an original plan,” he said, as he pro- to the National Register of Historic Places month. Tarantino, now the sole owner, vided a tour inside the five-story building in 1984 when it was owned by Tri-North has not talked to the press during that recently. Department Stores of Seattle. time, but last week he broke that silence After that partnership dissolved, he to Autzen to address the situation, the building and said he had to spend the last few years SEE CHANDLER | A8 EUGENE (AP) — The oil that cooked game day french fries at Autzen Stadium Saturday after- noon will be shipped to Salem, mingled with oil that cooked Kettle Chips and converted into Some flu vaccines biodiesel, which fans with diesel-burning cars could burn on the way to the Tennessee game in two weeks. promise a little bit The loop from food to fuel will be completed because the University of Oregon athletic department has made a deal to hand over its cooking oil to Salem-based more protection SeQuential Pacific Biodiesel Inside after each of this season’s No. 3 Ducks roll to seven home football games. easy win in season And here’s another loop: WASHINGTON (AP) — Flu vacci- older crowd, and a brand that targets opener. Page B1 SeQuential Pacific Biodiesel nation is no longer merely a choice the needle-phobic with just a skin- was launched by three UO between a jab in the arm or a squirt in deep prick. students in the incubator on campus. the nose. This fall, some brands prom- “We’re moving away from the one- Their venture just announced production of ise a little extra protection. size-fits-all to choosing the best pos- its 20 millionth gallon of biodiesel fuel — a blend For the first time, certain vaccines sible vaccine for an individual’s age of vegetable and petroleum oils — which pro- will guard against four strains of flu and condition,” said Dr. Gregory duces 78 percent less carbon dioxide and haz- rather than the usual three. Called Poland, an infectious disease specialist ardous pollutants than pure petroleum-based quadrivalent vaccines, these brands at the Mayo Clinic. diesel. may prove more popular for children “The flip side of that,” he said, is The company expects to make more than six than their parents. That’s because kids that “this will be a confusing year” as million gallons in 2013, UO graduate and tend to catch the newly added strain doctors and consumers alike try to SeQuential General Manager Tyson Keever said. more often. choose. It employs 100 in Oregon and Washington. These four-in-one vaccines are so Federal health officials recommend “This is very meaningful for us to have the new that they’ll make up only a frac- a yearly flu vaccine for nearly every- business come back and provide full service to tion of the nation’s supply of flu vac- one, starting at 6 months of age. On the university,”Keever said. “It does have a very cine, so if you want a dose, better start average, about 24,000 Americans die special place in our heart.” looking early. each flu season, according to the Cen- But that’s only one of an unprece- ters for Disease Control and Preven- UO athletics is a bit late to the biofuels party. The Associated Press SeQuential has serviced Oregon State Universi- dented number of flu vaccine options tion. This 2012 photo shows a nurse loading a syringe of flu available this year. Some questions and answers about ty’s Reser Stadium in Corvallis for a year and vaccine at the Mississippi Department of Health in Washington’s Husky Stadium in Seattle longer Allergic to eggs? Egg-free shots are the different vaccine varieties to Jackson, Miss. This fall, for the first time, certain vac- hitting the market, too. choose from: cines will guard against four strains of flu rather than Plus there’s growing interest in SEE BIOFUELS | A8 the usual three. shots brewed just for the 65-and- SEE VACCINE | A8 Nazi trial Police reports . A2 Comics . A6 T S E D Dutch-born member of the German Waffen SS A L D What’s Up. A3 I is on trial in Germany for the killing of a resist- C Puzzles . A6 R E S Mostly cloudy South Coast. A3 O ance fighter in 1944. R N 69/55 W I Opinion. A4 Sports . B1 O Page A7 F Weather | A8 A2 •The World • Monday, September 2,2013 South Coast Executive Editor Larry Campbell • 541-269-1222, ext. 251 theworldlink.com/news/local Meetings TUESDAY Labor Day Regatta Bay Area Health District — 5:30 p.m., Bay Area Hospital, Myrtle Room, 1775 Thompson Road, Coos Bay; regular meeting.