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Friday happenings
Thursday, May 22, 2008 10:30 AM PDT
All Past Masters of North Bend Masonic Lodge No. 140 AF&AM can attend the group’s annual dinner to honor them for their past and present leadership of the lodge and in the community. Dinner for them and a guest will start at 5:30 p.m. For more information, those interested can e-mail Rich Kahl at richkahl@excite.com.
A Stable and Free Eternally meeting will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. every Friday, at the North Bend Church of God, 1067 Newmark St. The meeting is open to people experiencing any type of addictive behavior. For more information, those interested can call 756-6289 or 888-0401.
Works featuring watercolors, Brazilian Amazon assemblages, digital imagery and collages will be on display through May 23 at the Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center in Bandon. The show highlights the works of the Coos County Collage Collective artists, along with Hazel Stitt, Arkus Rodrigues, Robert Graham and Ruthanne McSurdy-Wong.
The monthly free-clothes giveaway will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at the Lakeside Lions Hall, 890 Bowron Road. Volunteers are welcome, as well as good, used shoes and clothes donations. For more information, those interested can call Denise at 759-4109 or Madeline at 759-2374.
HOT MEALS FOR SENIORS: Bay Area Senior Activity Center offers soups, salads, entrées and desserts at 11:30 a.m. Cost is $3.50 for BASAC members, $4 for non-members. The resale shop is open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. BASAC is located at 886 S. Fourth St., Coos Bay. Call 269-2626, 269-9551 or 396-4302 for more information.
THE NORTH BEND SENIOR CENTER’S luncheon program is available to everyone, not just seniors. Buffet-style meals are available from 11:30 a.m. until everyone is served. Meals cost $5 and monthly menus are available. The center, located at 1470 Airport Lane. Schedule information is available at 756-7622.
Ongoing
Ric’s Posto Bella, 161 Anderson Ave., will feature “Shipwrecks and Waterfronts,” the Coos Historical & Maritime Museum’s latest traveling exhibit through June. The display has images of ships that navigated local waterways, shipwrecks along the southern Oregon coast and historic waterfronts in Coos County.
The Coos Historical & Maritime Museum, operated by the not-for-profit Coos County Historical Society, is dedicated to education and research on the cultural history of the Coos region. The museum, located at 1220 Sherman Ave. in North Bend, is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Admission for Coos County Historical Society members and children under 12 is free; admission for non-members 12 and up is $2. For more information, those interested can call 756-6320 or visit http://www.cooshistory.org.
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