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Saturday
Tango, ballet offered
American-style tango will be offered by Maria Merriam at MarLo Dance Studio from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and June 21. Teenagers through seniors are encouraged to enroll; no prior ballroom experience is needed.
Cost is $21 for individuals and $39 per couple, with a 15 percent discount to any BHS student. Pre-registration is required.
In addition, MarLo Dance Studio is offering Summer Dance Camps for beginners to the experienced dancer. Beginners’ classes are divided into three groupings: ballet story camps for 4 to 7-year-olds and 8 to 12-year-olds and ballet beginning for teens and adults. The story camps are five classes over two weeks, while ballet beginning is a twice-a-week evening class. Classes include an age-appropriate dance class followed by special activities based on the story theme, dance history, vocabulary, music, anatomy, health and nutrition.
For more information, those interested can call 347-4616 or 290-8384, or e-mail marlo@marlodance.com.
Bandon jetty explored
A reception for the exhibit “Five Months on the Jetty” will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. SAGE Gallery is located at 390 First St. S.W., upstairs in the old Coast Guard building.
The exhibit is a display of digital photographs featuring Bandon’s South Jetty by Charles and Andrea Busby. It is on exhibit at the SAGE Gallery through July 7. The images feature the ever-changing drama of the Bandon shore and sky, said a press release. The photos were taken while the Busbys served as park hosts at the South Jetty. After wintering in Ajo, Ariz., where the Busbys run Harmony Pictures, they returned to Bandon for the summer. They will attend the reception.
For more information, those interested can call 329-0103.
Running for youth
The third-annual Bridges Run/Walk and kids fun run will start at 10 a.m. in John Topits Park at Empire Lakes in Coos Bay.
The event, sponsored by the Bridges Advocacy and Outreach Center and the South Coast Running Club, will include a 5-kilometer run/walk and a 1-mile kids run. Both will take place on the paved trail system within the park.
Registration will begin at 9 a.m. Entry fees, including a T-shirt, are $10 for youth 10 and under, and $15 for all others. All proceeds from the event will go to the Bridges Advocacy and Outreach Center, a nonproift foundation serving youth in Coos County.
For more information, those interested can call Julie at 297-7328 or LeAnn at 297-5542.
Optimists scramble
The seventh-annual Optimist mixed golf scramble will be held at Bandon Crossings, about four miles south of Bandon. Participants will tee off at 10 a.m. There will be hole-in-one prizes.
For more information and to sign up, those interested can call the Bay Area Optimists at 756-1144.
Cars for tots
Registration for Wal-Mart’s 11th annual Car Show and Shine will be from 9 to 10 a.m. The show will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Coos Bay Wal-Mart. Awards wil be presented at 2:30 p.m. The registration fee is $15, which includes entrance into the show and one lunch.
The show is open to classic cars, trucks, hot rods, street rods, muscle cars, motorcycles, 4-by-4s and more.
The event will include food and a barbeque, raffle prizes and live music by Damit Jim.
All proceeds will go to the Children’s Miracle Network.
For more information, those interested can call Paula or Troy at 888-5488.
Acktion car wash
The Acktion Club and Coos Bay Kiwanis Club will have a car wash from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Oregon First Community Federal Credit Union, 150 E. Johnson St., Coos Bay.
The Acktion club is a community service club for adults with developmental disabilities. Donations will be used to help with the cost of activities and projects.
The Kiwanis’ proceeds will will be used to support the club’s local charities, including its adopted school Madison Elementary School, Oak Street Park projects and Pioneer Park Cemetery maintenance.
Honoring the flag
The Coquille Valley Elks No. 1935 will hold a Flag Day ceremony at noon at the Veteran’s Memorial at Third and Spruce streets in Myrtle Point. Saturday is Flag Day.
Exalted Ruler Lance Bjornerud will emcee the ceremony with the help of the Myrtle Point Scout Troop Honor Guard.
Coos County Commissioner Nikki Whitty will be the guest speaker, and the Coquille Emblem Club will conduct the flag-folding ceremony. All are welcome to come and honor the country’s flag and veterans.
Supporting Lonnie
Supporters of the Lonnie Simpson family will hold a fundraiser to help the family while Simpson recovers from a kidney transplant.
The fundraiser is a silent auction and raffle scheduled from noon to 4 p.m. at the Plankhouse Building on the Coquille Indian Tribal Reservation off of Cape Arago Highway. Business that have donated to the event include Bandon Dunes, The Mill Casino-Hotel, Three Rivers Casino, Chinook Winds (an enterprise of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians), Pancake Mill, Big Town Hero, Pony Village Mall, Farr’s True Value in Coquille, West Coast Game Park, The Hair Place in Coquille, Coos County Parks, Family Fun Center in Wilsonville, Clausen Oysters, Mack’s Saw Shop, Myrtle Point Printing, Dave and Maria Hermann, Lorri Glenn, Evelyn Northup, Deana Scott, Old Coyote Winery and Gail Accinellii.
Lonnie Simpson was recently put on the kidney transplant list through Oregon Health & Science University in Portland. He has been doing dialysis for about a year and has had many medical problems because of diabetes. His wife, Chelle, is a match and will be his donor. The surgery is scheduled for June 24.
Though the medical costs should be covered, the family is doing two fundraisers to raise money to help the couple while they are off work recovering.
For more information, those interested can call 297-5619.
Saving the condor
The Umpqua Discovery Center will present a program on the California Condor at 1 p.m.
David Moen, species recovery specialist from the Oregon Zoo Conservation, will talk about the future of the California Condor. The California Condor Recovery Program is a binational program built on a foundation of private and public partnerships managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The goal of the Recovery Program is to establish two distinct populations in the wild and a third population in managed facilities, a press release said.
The first release of the conservation-bred California condor occurred in 1992 at California’s Sespe Condor Sanctuary in Los Padres National Forest. The birds continue to be released into the wild in California, Arizona and Baja California. As of December, there are 298 California condors, with 144 in the wild.
The Oregon Zoo became the program’s fourth breeding facility in 2003, with the arrival of 12 birds. The other three facilities are the San Diego Wild Animal Park, the Los Angeles Zoo and the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho.
The cost for the program is $2.50 for adults, $1 for children ages 6 to 15 and free for UDC members.
For more information, those interested can call (541) 271-4816.
The center is located at 409 Riverfront Way, Reedsport.
Student fundraiser
A car wash, hot dogs and bake sale fundraiser for People to People Student Ambassadors Caitlyn Reilley and Katelyn Terra will be held Saturday and Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Umpqua Bank, 1975 Winchester Ave., Reedsport.
As part of the People to People program, the girls will travel with 38 other U.S. students to Washington, D.C., France, Spain and Italy in July. Caitlyn Reilley and Katelyn Terra are both freshmen at Reedsport High School.
The program was founded in 1953 by Dwight D. Eisenhower to promote international and domestic journeys for students, athletes and professionals. Journeys provide the opportunity for elementary, junior high and senior high school students to learn about the history, government, economy and culture of the foreign and domestic destinations they visit.
Sunday
Roses and art for dad
Father’s Day is Rose Sunday at Shore Acres State Park. In the garden, Shore Acres gardener George Guthrie and several rose experts will be on hand to answer rose related questions. The Garden House will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with refreshments provided by the Friends of Shore Acres. Hudson Ridge is scheduled to perform bluegrass music in the pavilion from 1 to 3 p.m. The park is open from 8 a.m. to dusk daily.
The Bay Area Artists Association plein air painters also will be in the garden continuing their tradition of painting in the garden on Father’s Day. They will be there rain or shine. All artists are welcome to participate. The only requirement is to bring a kit. Participants should bring their own lunch, and come around 10 a.m. so they have a little progress before the crowds arrive. For more information, those interested can call Joan Goodman, 217-8242.
Tuesday
Handling food?
Coos County Public Health will sponsor a food handler class at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Sitkum Hall, Room 6, at Southwestern Oregon Community College, 1988 Newmark Ave., Coos Bay.
Those taking the test should prepare by reading “Food Safety: Your Self-training Manual,” available online at http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/foodsafety/ or at local libraries.
Those who pass the exam and pay the $10 fee will be issued a food handler card. The class is sponsored by Coos County Public Health.
For more information and to register for the Coos Bay class, those interested can call 888-7622 or 756-2020, ext. 643.
Tango, ballet offered
American-style tango will be offered by Maria Merriam at MarLo Dance Studio from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and June 21. Teenagers through seniors are encouraged to enroll; no prior ballroom experience is needed.
Cost is $21 for individuals and $39 per couple, with a 15 percent discount to any BHS student. Pre-registration is required.
In addition, MarLo Dance Studio is offering Summer Dance Camps for beginners to the experienced dancer. Beginners’ classes are divided into three groupings: ballet story camps for 4 to 7-year-olds and 8 to 12-year-olds and ballet beginning for teens and adults. The story camps are five classes over two weeks, while ballet beginning is a twice-a-week evening class. Classes include an age-appropriate dance class followed by special activities based on the story theme, dance history, vocabulary, music, anatomy, health and nutrition.
For more information, those interested can call 347-4616 or 290-8384, or e-mail marlo@marlodance.com.
Bandon jetty explored
A reception for the exhibit “Five Months on the Jetty” will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. SAGE Gallery is located at 390 First St. S.W., upstairs in the old Coast Guard building.
The exhibit is a display of digital photographs featuring Bandon’s South Jetty by Charles and Andrea Busby. It is on exhibit at the SAGE Gallery through July 7. The images feature the ever-changing drama of the Bandon shore and sky, said a press release. The photos were taken while the Busbys served as park hosts at the South Jetty. After wintering in Ajo, Ariz., where the Busbys run Harmony Pictures, they returned to Bandon for the summer. They will attend the reception.
For more information, those interested can call 329-0103.
Running for youth
The third-annual Bridges Run/Walk and kids fun run will start at 10 a.m. in John Topits Park at Empire Lakes in Coos Bay.
The event, sponsored by the Bridges Advocacy and Outreach Center and the South Coast Running Club, will include a 5-kilometer run/walk and a 1-mile kids run. Both will take place on the paved trail system within the park.
Registration will begin at 9 a.m. Entry fees, including a T-shirt, are $10 for youth 10 and under, and $15 for all others. All proceeds from the event will go to the Bridges Advocacy and Outreach Center, a nonproift foundation serving youth in Coos County.
For more information, those interested can call Julie at 297-7328 or LeAnn at 297-5542.
Optimists scramble
The seventh-annual Optimist mixed golf scramble will be held at Bandon Crossings, about four miles south of Bandon. Participants will tee off at 10 a.m. There will be hole-in-one prizes.
For more information and to sign up, those interested can call the Bay Area Optimists at 756-1144.
Cars for tots
Registration for Wal-Mart’s 11th annual Car Show and Shine will be from 9 to 10 a.m. The show will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Coos Bay Wal-Mart. Awards wil be presented at 2:30 p.m. The registration fee is $15, which includes entrance into the show and one lunch.
The show is open to classic cars, trucks, hot rods, street rods, muscle cars, motorcycles, 4-by-4s and more.
The event will include food and a barbeque, raffle prizes and live music by Damit Jim.
All proceeds will go to the Children’s Miracle Network.
For more information, those interested can call Paula or Troy at 888-5488.
Acktion car wash
The Acktion Club and Coos Bay Kiwanis Club will have a car wash from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Oregon First Community Federal Credit Union, 150 E. Johnson St., Coos Bay.
The Acktion club is a community service club for adults with developmental disabilities. Donations will be used to help with the cost of activities and projects.
The Kiwanis’ proceeds will will be used to support the club’s local charities, including its adopted school Madison Elementary School, Oak Street Park projects and Pioneer Park Cemetery maintenance.
Honoring the flag
The Coquille Valley Elks No. 1935 will hold a Flag Day ceremony at noon at the Veteran’s Memorial at Third and Spruce streets in Myrtle Point. Saturday is Flag Day.
Exalted Ruler Lance Bjornerud will emcee the ceremony with the help of the Myrtle Point Scout Troop Honor Guard.
Coos County Commissioner Nikki Whitty will be the guest speaker, and the Coquille Emblem Club will conduct the flag-folding ceremony. All are welcome to come and honor the country’s flag and veterans.
Supporting Lonnie
Supporters of the Lonnie Simpson family will hold a fundraiser to help the family while Simpson recovers from a kidney transplant.
The fundraiser is a silent auction and raffle scheduled from noon to 4 p.m. at the Plankhouse Building on the Coquille Indian Tribal Reservation off of Cape Arago Highway. Business that have donated to the event include Bandon Dunes, The Mill Casino-Hotel, Three Rivers Casino, Chinook Winds (an enterprise of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians), Pancake Mill, Big Town Hero, Pony Village Mall, Farr’s True Value in Coquille, West Coast Game Park, The Hair Place in Coquille, Coos County Parks, Family Fun Center in Wilsonville, Clausen Oysters, Mack’s Saw Shop, Myrtle Point Printing, Dave and Maria Hermann, Lorri Glenn, Evelyn Northup, Deana Scott, Old Coyote Winery and Gail Accinellii.
Lonnie Simpson was recently put on the kidney transplant list through Oregon Health & Science University in Portland. He has been doing dialysis for about a year and has had many medical problems because of diabetes. His wife, Chelle, is a match and will be his donor. The surgery is scheduled for June 24.
Though the medical costs should be covered, the family is doing two fundraisers to raise money to help the couple while they are off work recovering.
For more information, those interested can call 297-5619.
Saving the condor
The Umpqua Discovery Center will present a program on the California Condor at 1 p.m.
David Moen, species recovery specialist from the Oregon Zoo Conservation, will talk about the future of the California Condor. The California Condor Recovery Program is a binational program built on a foundation of private and public partnerships managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The goal of the Recovery Program is to establish two distinct populations in the wild and a third population in managed facilities, a press release said.
The first release of the conservation-bred California condor occurred in 1992 at California’s Sespe Condor Sanctuary in Los Padres National Forest. The birds continue to be released into the wild in California, Arizona and Baja California. As of December, there are 298 California condors, with 144 in the wild.
The Oregon Zoo became the program’s fourth breeding facility in 2003, with the arrival of 12 birds. The other three facilities are the San Diego Wild Animal Park, the Los Angeles Zoo and the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho.
The cost for the program is $2.50 for adults, $1 for children ages 6 to 15 and free for UDC members.
For more information, those interested can call (541) 271-4816.
The center is located at 409 Riverfront Way, Reedsport.
Student fundraiser
A car wash, hot dogs and bake sale fundraiser for People to People Student Ambassadors Caitlyn Reilley and Katelyn Terra will be held Saturday and Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Umpqua Bank, 1975 Winchester Ave., Reedsport.
As part of the People to People program, the girls will travel with 38 other U.S. students to Washington, D.C., France, Spain and Italy in July. Caitlyn Reilley and Katelyn Terra are both freshmen at Reedsport High School.
The program was founded in 1953 by Dwight D. Eisenhower to promote international and domestic journeys for students, athletes and professionals. Journeys provide the opportunity for elementary, junior high and senior high school students to learn about the history, government, economy and culture of the foreign and domestic destinations they visit.
Sunday
Roses and art for dad
Father’s Day is Rose Sunday at Shore Acres State Park. In the garden, Shore Acres gardener George Guthrie and several rose experts will be on hand to answer rose related questions. The Garden House will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with refreshments provided by the Friends of Shore Acres. Hudson Ridge is scheduled to perform bluegrass music in the pavilion from 1 to 3 p.m. The park is open from 8 a.m. to dusk daily.
The Bay Area Artists Association plein air painters also will be in the garden continuing their tradition of painting in the garden on Father’s Day. They will be there rain or shine. All artists are welcome to participate. The only requirement is to bring a kit. Participants should bring their own lunch, and come around 10 a.m. so they have a little progress before the crowds arrive. For more information, those interested can call Joan Goodman, 217-8242.
Tuesday
Handling food?
Coos County Public Health will sponsor a food handler class at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Sitkum Hall, Room 6, at Southwestern Oregon Community College, 1988 Newmark Ave., Coos Bay.
Those taking the test should prepare by reading “Food Safety: Your Self-training Manual,” available online at http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/foodsafety/ or at local libraries.
Those who pass the exam and pay the $10 fee will be issued a food handler card. The class is sponsored by Coos County Public Health.
For more information and to register for the Coos Bay class, those interested can call 888-7622 or 756-2020, ext. 643.
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