Food for families: Three stores join effort to fill South Coast’s plates
When Eugene LeBlanc rounds the corner driving the big white Oregon Coast Community Action truck with a killer whale logo on the back, one can almost be positive it’s carrying food.

Coos Bay issues permits
The city of Coos Bay issued the following permits from July 9-15.

MP professional ranked premiere advisor
Richard “Dick” Chiesa, a financial services professional in Myrtle Point, recently received the Excellence Award from H.D. Vest Financial Services, a non-bank subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company. Vest is one of the largest firms offering financial services through independent tax and accounting professionals in the nation, a press release said.

Shopping expands to Sunday at Coos Bay Downtown Farmers Market
The Downtown Coos Bay Farmers Market added a Sunday market. Market Director Sarah Crawford said there was a small turnout of vendors and customers and she would like to see more on future Sundays. “We had five vendors and there was a ton of produce,” Crawford said. “There were lots of people stopping in, but not many locals.” Both the Sunday and Wednesday farmers’ markets will continue through October, with no Sunday market during the Blackberry Arts Festival on Aug. 24 or the Bay Area Fun Festival on Sept. 21. The market is open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays. For vendor information, leave a message at 266-9706 or vendor applications can be downloaded at http://coosbaydowntown.org/.

New cardlock sales manager is named
Tyree Oil Inc. has hired a new cardlock sales manager.

Herbicide-use class offered in North Bend
A class on basic herbicide use sponsored by the Coos County Weed Advisory Board will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 28, at the North Bend Public Library, 1800 Sherman Ave. The class is free and open to anyone having questions about control of noxious weeds.