This is a listing of community events planned in the coming weeks.

Square dancers to host dance in Coquille

Sets in Order Square and Round Dance club will host three more dances in this month and next.

• A square dance will be held on Saturday with Coleeta Quigley and Denise Harris. Pre-rounds at begin at 7:30 p.m., with square dancing at 8, at the Coquille Community Center.

• There will a St. Patrick’s Day Round Dance Party with Jim and Denise Harris from 7 to 9 p.m., Friday, March 21 at the  Coquille Community Center. New dancers are welcome.

• A square dance will be held on Saturday, March 22, with Coleeta Quigley and Denise Harris. Pre-rounds at begin at 7:30 p.m., with square dancing at 8, at the Coquille Community Center.

Bridal fair scheduled Saturday in NB

The 12th-annual Wedding Faire will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday in the Salmon Room at the Mill Casino-Hotel.  

This event is free to the public.

The Wedding Faire will feature a vendor fair and a fashion show, displaying the latest in contemporary and traditional bridal wear, as well as tuxedos and bridesmaid gowns, a press release said. Local vendors will include florists, caterers, photographers, limousines, wedding planners, ceremony venues, hotels, bakeries, pianos, beauty salons and more.

There also will be a bridal registry grand prize drawing valued at over $1,000. No purchase is necessary, and general contest rules apply.

Pacific Islanders to gather this weekend

The newly formed Pacific Islanders Club will hold its second aloha gathering on Sunday.

About 40 people from Hawaii, Samoa, the Philippines, and other Pacific Islands showed up for the first meeting last fall. New members are welcome.

The event will be held from 2 to 5:30 p.m. at Alder Acres RV Park Club House, 1800 N. 28th Court, which is off Ocean Boulevard just east of K-Mart in Coos Bay.

Those who plan to attend are encouraged to bring a ukulele, guitar or a hula CD to share that special island spirit.

For more information and to RSVP, those interested can call coordinators Momi Moore or 290-0055 or gaël Mustapha at 888-2862.

Reedsport center is seeking volunteers

The Umpqua Discovery Center is looking for volunteers to provide educational programming for elementary schools that visit each year.

There will be an informational meeting at 2 p.m. on Thursday at the Discovery Center, 409 Riverfront Way, Reedsport. Dessert will be served.  

Programs and topics to choose from include the Umpqua River Lighthouse, Umpqua Life Saving Station, the tsunami of 1700, “Become a Bear/Elk,” shipwrecks on the Umpqua, Umpqua City/Fort Umpqua, animal identification, Gardiner/Reedsport, gray whales, Scottsburg/Elkton, Jedediah Smith, weather, and tours of “Tidewaters and Time” and “Pathways to Discovery.”

For more information, those interested can call Diane Novak, director of the Umpqua Discovery Center at (541) 271-4816.

Mediation the topic for rental owners meeting

Rental Owners of Southwestern Oregon will hold a monthly general meeting on Thursday at the Red Lion Hotel, 1313 N. Bayshore Dr., Coos Bay.

The speaker this month will be Laurel Alvarez with the Neighbor–to-Neighbor Mediation Program. She will talk about mediation in eviction court and medication services in general for our entire community. The public is invited.

Dinner will be at 6 p.m., The cost is $13.75, which includes gratuity. The meeting will start 6:45.

For more information, those interested can call Vice President JuLene Gerami at 751-9415.

Free, anonymous HIV test clinic scheduled

There will be free, anonymous HIV testing from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday at the Family Resource Center, No. 5 St. John’s Way, Reedsport. There will be no needles, and results will be available in 20 minutes. No appointment is necessary.

Testing is encouraged for people who have had any kind of unprotected sex; shared needles for drugs, tattoos, body piercing or steroids; or had a sexually transmitted disease.

For more information, those interested can call Maggie McFadden at (541) 505-0823.

College actors present Sam Shepard play

The raw, savage mythology of the American West is dramatized in Sam Shepard’s “A Lie of the Mind,” playing at Southwestern  Oregon Community College from Feb. 29 through March 8.

The play is the hallucinogenic story of two rural families as the marriage that joins them is torn apart by a series of violent, yet comically mistimed events.

Curtain time is 7 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, with a 3 p.m.  matinee on Sunday, March 2. General admission is $8; seniors $6, with complimentary admission to students. For reservations, those interested can call 888-7469.

“A Life of the Mind” contains imagery and language that may be offensive and is not suitable for children.

Air Force Band to be in Coos Bay in March

The U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West Commanders Jazz Ensemble will perform in a free concert at 3 p.m., March 9, at Marshfield High School in Coos Bay.

Railroad museum open weekly in CB

There are still trains in Coos County, at the Oregon Coast Historical Railroad and Logging Museum, at 766 S. First St. in Coos Bay.

The museum features Engine 104, a steam locomotive, and a refurbished caboose. It is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Organizers are in the process of doubling the inside display area and are in need of volunteers. For more information, those interested can call 756-6684.

Library features bird house art by CB man

Coos Bay wood artist Robert McHaney is exhibiting his “Gnome Homes and Gnome Birdhouses” in the lobby of Coos Bay Public Library.

McHaney designs and creates each item from locally found materials. Woods are hollowed out and used for the body of the homes. Moss, lichen, pinecones and pieces of driftwood become decorative accents.

McHaney has been a woodworker for eight years, and began making the whimsical “gnome homes” and birdhouses a few years ago after becoming disabled in an automobile accident. Unable to work, he developed his creations to occupy himself. Drawing upon his interests in the outdoors and woodland creatures and in fantasy, McHaney envisioned little people needing homes and so developed his diminutive gnome homes, a press release said.

The exhibit can be seen free of charge during regular library open hours. The library is located at 525 W. Anderson Ave. For more information, those interested can call the library at 269-1101.

Group offering meals to Bandon’s hungry

E.A.T. Inc. (Everyone At Table), serving families, seniors and singles who are on limited incomes, has moved to a new location while the community center is remodeled.

The Bandon First Presbyterian Church, 592 Edison Ave., will be the site of the Tuesday evening dinners, which are served from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. every Tuesday.

Donations for E.A.T. are appreciated.

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