World File Photo by Susan Chambers A sign at the Charleston Visitors Center displays a message against creating a marine reserve at Cape Arago on Wednesday, Oct. 22. Most Charleston businesses were surprised to hear of a proposal for a reserve at the cape and put together petitions against the reserve nomination by the environmental group Our Ocean.

Fishermen, conservationists at odds

Fishermen clash with conservationists in October as the state considered 20 marine reserve proposals along the Oregon Coast, including a reserve at Cape Arago.

Fishermen say the reserves threaten their livelihoods. Conservationists, funded by Washington, D.C.,-based groups, counter that reserves would protect natural resources.

Other October news

n The Oregon Court of Appeals strikes down an appeal against a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal. Representatives from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission fail to attend a public hearing they hosted on the project.

n Southwestern Oregon Com-munity College President Judith Hansen resigns. Her resignation came after months of controversy.

• The Oregon School Boards Association tells SOCC’s board of directors that the college spent more than it received.

• The city of Coos Bay’s former finance director, Janell Howard, sues the city alleging she was wrongly terminated.

• A convicted rapist and robber is forced out of his North Bend neighborhood after neighbors voice concerns.

• Former North Bend football coach Howard Johnson is killed in a car crash on State Highway 138W.

• The Mill Casino-Hotel lays off 37 employees, blaming the economic downturn.