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Wednesday
Talking design
The Southwest Chapter of Professional Engineers of Oregon meets at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Red Lion Inn’s Coquille Room, Coos Bay. The meeting is a dinner with guest speaker Russell Cox, senior project engineer with Stuntzner Engineering and Forestry.
Cox will be speaking on the new skate park taking shape in Coos Bay including the design process involved, approvals, funding, contracting versus city employee labor, volunteer work and the construction process.
Girl Scouts rally
Through activities that build self-confidence, creative decision-making skills and teamwork, girls develop real-world leadership abilities that will last a lifetime in Girl Scouts.
Girls ages 5-17 and their families are invited to attend a joining rally in the area:
n Wednesday — Pony Village Mall, North Bend
n Tuesday, Sept. 23 — Ocean Crest School, Bandon
n Wednesday, Sept. 24 — Lincoln Elementary, Coquille
n Thursday, Sept. 25 — Myrtle Crest Elementary, Myrtle Point
n Tuesday, Sept. 30 — Highland Elementary, Reedsport
All meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. The cost to join is $10, but no girl will be turned away for inability to pay membership fee.
For more information, call 756-4626, or e-mail Tricia Stuart at tstuart@wrgirlscouts.org.
Thursday
Advanced watercolors
There will be an advanced watercolor workshop with Liv Drahos and Julie Spence from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. starting Thursday, and continuing throughout October. The workshop is open to adults and high school students, and is $65 for Coos Art Museum members, and $80 for non-members.
For more information, call Karen Hammer at 267-4877.
Friday
For novice users
The Coos Bay Public Library will be offering an “Introduction to the Internet Browser” class for novice computer users from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday. The class is for computer novices who wish to have help in learning how to use the Internet.
Seating is limited, so pre-registration is required. The sign-up sheet is available at the reference desk in the library.
No admission will be charged. For more information, call 269-1101.
Favorites sites
The Bay Area Seniors’ Computer Club meets at 10 a.m. Friday at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1290 Thompson Road, Coos Bay. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. for coffee and basic computer help. The topic will be favorite Web sites that will be helpful to the beginner as well as the advanced.
Regular meetings are the first and third Friday of each month. All are welcome, but to become a member, you must be at least 50 years of age.
For more information, call Rene at 269-7396, or Steve at 266-9714.
Design deadline
The Coos County Cultural Coalition invites entries for original T-shirt designs, illustrating ways to preserve, protect and portray Coos County, as part of the Bay Area Fun Festival. The public can put their ideas on a piece of 8.5 by 11 inch paper and submit them.
Entry forms are available and can be submitted to the Bandon Historical Museum, Port Offices in Bandon, Coos Historical and Maritime Museum in North Bend, Coos Art Museum in Coos Bay and the Coquille Valley Sentinel in Coquille.
All entries must be in by Friday at the listed locations, or can be delivered to Coos County Cultural Coalition booth and exhibit in the Bank Building, Second and Central Ave., in Coos Bay by 10 a.m. Saturday. Visitors of the Fun Festival will vote on their favorite design.
This weekend
Tide of Toddlers
South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve will be holding a few upcoming programs. Tide of the Toddlers, for ages 1-5, is from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday. Toddlers can read stories, make crafts and explore fall leaves for a dollar per child.
National Estuaries Day commences on Saturday, Sept. 27. There will be a guided estuary hike from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., where the public can learn about the importance of estuaries along the South Slough Pilings trail. The hike is free.
From 1 to 2 p.m., the public can meet some of the winged wildlife of South Slough. The program is sponsored by Free Flight, and donations are welcome. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., self-guided estuary-themed learning activities will be available.
Registration is required for all programs. The reserve is located four miles south of Charleston. For more information and for registration, call 888-5558, or visit www.southsloughestuary.org.
Eagles open house
The Coos Bay Eagles Lodge will host an open house from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday. They will offer shrimp cocktails for $2 and burgers for $1, starting at 2 p.m. and will serve until everything is gone. Those 21 and over must register and be banded to purchase alcoholic beverages.
Children are welcome, but under adult supervision only. The band “a” will play from 8 p.m. to midnight.
Membership will be offered, but is not required. For more information, call Doug Karr at 267-6613.
Chowder cook-off
The Oregon Coast Professional Chowder Cook-Off contest will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, as part of the Chowder Blues and Brews festival at the Florence Events Center.
Coming back to defend their title as “2007 People’s Choice Winner” will be the Anchor Grill, which serves that delicious chowder on Bay Front Loop in Winchester Bay. Chef Wayne Rettinger is looking forward to improving Anchor Grill’s position with another people’s choice award, a press release said.
No Lazy Kates
Anyone interested in handspinning is invited to visit “No Lazy Kates” at 1 p.m., Saturday at the Wool Company, 990 Highway 101 in Bandon. For more information, call 347-3115.
King audtions
The Little Theatre on the Bay will hold auditions for the “King and I” starting Sept. 20.
Adult additions will be at 6 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. Auditions for children will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28.
The story is based on the book “Anna and the King of Siam", by Margaret Landon. It tells the story of how Anna Leonowens, a widowed Englishwoman, goes with her young son to the other side of the world to Siam, where it is her job to teach English to the King’s children.
It is a classic tale of what happens when East meets West, of political intrigues, of young lovers in impossible situations and of two people trying to meet, understand and respect one another against the back drop of their enormous cultural differences.
Hit songs from the show include, “I Whistle a Happy Tune", “Hello Young Lovers", “Getting to Know You” and “Shall We Dance.”
The show is directed by Neville Cordell and Kerry Oxford (“The Mikado”).
The musical director is Ida Jo Gates; set design is by Pam Dennis. The Pacific School of Dance will perform the ballet sequence “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” in the show.
“The King and I” will open Friday, Feb. 6, 2009 and will run four consecutive Friday and Suturday evenings at 8 p.m. with Sunday Matinees at 2 p.m., closing Sunday, March 1.
Chess benefit
A benefit for the Coquille chess club at the Sawdust Theatre in Coquille, will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday, with a reception and dessert. The show begins at 8 p.m. with a raffle taking place at the intermission. The benefit helps the chess club get to state tournaments and possibly nationals.
Sewing for the cause
Operation Santa and the Marine Corps Moms of Southern Oregon in Coos County are organizing sew-a-thons at the Pony Village Mall in North Bend.
Their goal is to make 2,000 Christmas stockings filled with goodies for men and women serving in the Middle East.
Volunteers are asked to bring scissors and/or sewing machine, extra fabric and thread to the east wing of the Pony Village Mall (across of Ross Dress for Less) from 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays.
The sew-a-thons will continue through Nov. 2 at the Pony Village Mall. For more information, call 888-5412.
Talking design
The Southwest Chapter of Professional Engineers of Oregon meets at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Red Lion Inn’s Coquille Room, Coos Bay. The meeting is a dinner with guest speaker Russell Cox, senior project engineer with Stuntzner Engineering and Forestry.
Cox will be speaking on the new skate park taking shape in Coos Bay including the design process involved, approvals, funding, contracting versus city employee labor, volunteer work and the construction process.
Girl Scouts rally
Through activities that build self-confidence, creative decision-making skills and teamwork, girls develop real-world leadership abilities that will last a lifetime in Girl Scouts.
Girls ages 5-17 and their families are invited to attend a joining rally in the area:
n Wednesday — Pony Village Mall, North Bend
n Tuesday, Sept. 23 — Ocean Crest School, Bandon
n Wednesday, Sept. 24 — Lincoln Elementary, Coquille
n Thursday, Sept. 25 — Myrtle Crest Elementary, Myrtle Point
n Tuesday, Sept. 30 — Highland Elementary, Reedsport
All meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. The cost to join is $10, but no girl will be turned away for inability to pay membership fee.
For more information, call 756-4626, or e-mail Tricia Stuart at tstuart@wrgirlscouts.org.
Thursday
Advanced watercolors
There will be an advanced watercolor workshop with Liv Drahos and Julie Spence from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. starting Thursday, and continuing throughout October. The workshop is open to adults and high school students, and is $65 for Coos Art Museum members, and $80 for non-members.
For more information, call Karen Hammer at 267-4877.
Friday
For novice users
The Coos Bay Public Library will be offering an “Introduction to the Internet Browser” class for novice computer users from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday. The class is for computer novices who wish to have help in learning how to use the Internet.
Seating is limited, so pre-registration is required. The sign-up sheet is available at the reference desk in the library.
No admission will be charged. For more information, call 269-1101.
Favorites sites
The Bay Area Seniors’ Computer Club meets at 10 a.m. Friday at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1290 Thompson Road, Coos Bay. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. for coffee and basic computer help. The topic will be favorite Web sites that will be helpful to the beginner as well as the advanced.
Regular meetings are the first and third Friday of each month. All are welcome, but to become a member, you must be at least 50 years of age.
For more information, call Rene at 269-7396, or Steve at 266-9714.
Design deadline
The Coos County Cultural Coalition invites entries for original T-shirt designs, illustrating ways to preserve, protect and portray Coos County, as part of the Bay Area Fun Festival. The public can put their ideas on a piece of 8.5 by 11 inch paper and submit them.
Entry forms are available and can be submitted to the Bandon Historical Museum, Port Offices in Bandon, Coos Historical and Maritime Museum in North Bend, Coos Art Museum in Coos Bay and the Coquille Valley Sentinel in Coquille.
All entries must be in by Friday at the listed locations, or can be delivered to Coos County Cultural Coalition booth and exhibit in the Bank Building, Second and Central Ave., in Coos Bay by 10 a.m. Saturday. Visitors of the Fun Festival will vote on their favorite design.
This weekend
Tide of Toddlers
South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve will be holding a few upcoming programs. Tide of the Toddlers, for ages 1-5, is from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday. Toddlers can read stories, make crafts and explore fall leaves for a dollar per child.
National Estuaries Day commences on Saturday, Sept. 27. There will be a guided estuary hike from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., where the public can learn about the importance of estuaries along the South Slough Pilings trail. The hike is free.
From 1 to 2 p.m., the public can meet some of the winged wildlife of South Slough. The program is sponsored by Free Flight, and donations are welcome. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., self-guided estuary-themed learning activities will be available.
Registration is required for all programs. The reserve is located four miles south of Charleston. For more information and for registration, call 888-5558, or visit www.southsloughestuary.org.
Eagles open house
The Coos Bay Eagles Lodge will host an open house from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday. They will offer shrimp cocktails for $2 and burgers for $1, starting at 2 p.m. and will serve until everything is gone. Those 21 and over must register and be banded to purchase alcoholic beverages.
Children are welcome, but under adult supervision only. The band “a” will play from 8 p.m. to midnight.
Membership will be offered, but is not required. For more information, call Doug Karr at 267-6613.
Chowder cook-off
The Oregon Coast Professional Chowder Cook-Off contest will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, as part of the Chowder Blues and Brews festival at the Florence Events Center.
Coming back to defend their title as “2007 People’s Choice Winner” will be the Anchor Grill, which serves that delicious chowder on Bay Front Loop in Winchester Bay. Chef Wayne Rettinger is looking forward to improving Anchor Grill’s position with another people’s choice award, a press release said.
No Lazy Kates
Anyone interested in handspinning is invited to visit “No Lazy Kates” at 1 p.m., Saturday at the Wool Company, 990 Highway 101 in Bandon. For more information, call 347-3115.
King audtions
The Little Theatre on the Bay will hold auditions for the “King and I” starting Sept. 20.
Adult additions will be at 6 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. Auditions for children will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28.
The story is based on the book “Anna and the King of Siam", by Margaret Landon. It tells the story of how Anna Leonowens, a widowed Englishwoman, goes with her young son to the other side of the world to Siam, where it is her job to teach English to the King’s children.
It is a classic tale of what happens when East meets West, of political intrigues, of young lovers in impossible situations and of two people trying to meet, understand and respect one another against the back drop of their enormous cultural differences.
Hit songs from the show include, “I Whistle a Happy Tune", “Hello Young Lovers", “Getting to Know You” and “Shall We Dance.”
The show is directed by Neville Cordell and Kerry Oxford (“The Mikado”).
The musical director is Ida Jo Gates; set design is by Pam Dennis. The Pacific School of Dance will perform the ballet sequence “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” in the show.
“The King and I” will open Friday, Feb. 6, 2009 and will run four consecutive Friday and Suturday evenings at 8 p.m. with Sunday Matinees at 2 p.m., closing Sunday, March 1.
Chess benefit
A benefit for the Coquille chess club at the Sawdust Theatre in Coquille, will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday, with a reception and dessert. The show begins at 8 p.m. with a raffle taking place at the intermission. The benefit helps the chess club get to state tournaments and possibly nationals.
Sewing for the cause
Operation Santa and the Marine Corps Moms of Southern Oregon in Coos County are organizing sew-a-thons at the Pony Village Mall in North Bend.
Their goal is to make 2,000 Christmas stockings filled with goodies for men and women serving in the Middle East.
Volunteers are asked to bring scissors and/or sewing machine, extra fabric and thread to the east wing of the Pony Village Mall (across of Ross Dress for Less) from 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays.
The sew-a-thons will continue through Nov. 2 at the Pony Village Mall. For more information, call 888-5412.
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