CLUB NOTES
The Coos Bay Kiwanis Club noon, Wednesdays, Red Lion Hotel, 1313 N. Bayshore Drive, Coos Bay (888-5498, 267-3121) The Coos Bay Garden Club 1 p.m., first Wednesday, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1290 Thompson Road, Coos Bay. (888-4748) The Bay Are...
 2.3K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 229.0 Few details released on assault victim
Coos Bay investigators aren t saying much about their investigation into the sexual assault of a woman in a college dorm room. Someone attacked the woman early Thursday morning at Southwestern Oregon Community College in Coos Bay. Police Capt. Cal Mi...
0.8K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 120.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Nov. 1, 9:20 a.m., an attempted burglary was reported in the 600 block of South Wasson Street. Nov. 1, 10:24 a.m., domestic harassment was reported in the 700 block of D...
7.5K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 147.0 CB Elks get grant to help feed hungry kids
The Coos Bay Elks Lodge has $10,000 more to help feed hungry kids. The organization announced today that the Elks National Foundation awarded it a grant to continue to support the South Coast Food Share Snack Pack Program through Oregon Coast Co...
1.2K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 360.0 Vaccines still in short supply
H1N1 flu vaccine has arrived in Coos County, but the supply continues to fall far short of demand. Coos County Public Health has received 4,400 doses since the first shipment Oct. 5, said Public Health Director Frances Smith. Most of the vaccine has ...
2.0K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 99.0 Coos Bay schools, teachers can't agree
Coos Bay teachers and schools officials are headed to mediation to try to resolve disagreements over pay and workday conditions. The two sides continued their now half-year negotiations Monday night, but failed to produce a compromise. I think it was...
2.8K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 721.0 Area agencies won't surrender to flu bug
NORTH BEND It may seem like a remote possibility now, but if Coos County were struck by an especially severe influenza outbreak, the city of North Bend would be prepared. Police Chief Steve Scibelli said each city department has developed an operat...
4.6K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 116.0 Blanchard Irene Davis Lorsung
A Mass of Christian burial will be held for Blanchard Blanche Irene Davis Lorsung, 102, of Coos Bay, at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 4, at Coos Bay Chapel, 685 Anderson Ave. with the Rev. Karl Schray, of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, officiating. Buri...
4.0K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 216.0 Georgiana Gamble Smithers
A celebration of life will be held for Georgiana Gamble Smithers, 81, of Coos Bay, at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 4, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Fourth and Highland in Coos Bay. The service and sacrament will be officiated by the Rev. Stephen Tyson...
4.2K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 190.0 Janet Lynn Johnson
A celebration of life will be held for Janet Lynn (Mayer) Johnson, 58, of Coos Bay, at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at Lakeside Community Church, 720 N. Eighth St. in Lakeside, with a potluck to follow at the church. Janet was born Aug. 9, 1951, in Coos ...
1.4K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 180.0 ATV accident sends woman to hospital
Medics took a Eugene woman to the hospital Sunday morning after she was injured in an ATV accident. Coos County sheriff s deputies, along with Hauser Fire and Rescue, responded to a single-vehicle ATV accident at the Horsfall area of the Oregon Dunes...
0.7K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 60.0 Healthy Living
A diabetes education review class noon to 1:30 p.m., first Tuesday, Community Health Education Center (CHEC), 3950 Sherman Ave., North Bend. (266-7928) Blood pressure tests 10:30-11:30 a.m., North Bend Senior Center, 1470 Airport Lane. (756-7622)...
0.8K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 94.0 Club Notes
Women in Black noon, Tuesdays, corner of Broadway Avenue and Newmark Street. (756-2042) Dolphin Players 7 p.m., first Tuesday, North Bend Public Library, 1800 Sherman Ave. Sea Breeze Harmony rehearsals 6:30 p.m., Tuesdays, First United Methodis...
0.8K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 129.0 Johnson 50th Anniversary
Gary and Betsy (Spear) Johnson, of Bandon, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Oct. 29. Gary was a North Bend boy, the son of Melvin and Ruth Johnson. Betsy was a Coos Bay girl, the daughter of Charlie and Elizabeth Spear. Growing up, they knew...
1.7K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 94.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay n Oct. 30, 6:07 a.m., a fight was reported at Southwestern Oregon Community College, 1988 Newmark Ave. n Oct. 30, 10:01 a.m., criminal trespassing was reported in the 16...
2.4K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 60.0 Dentists, helpers inspire smiles
Oregon Coast Community Action would like to thank the Medical Teams International dental van for the services provided at the Newmark Center on Oct. 9. The dental van serves low-income children and adults, without dental insurance, who have urgent de...
0.9K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 60.0 Football helpers, parents score win
We would like to thank Jim and Carol Lorenz, owners of the Coach House restaurant for their incredible gift of dinner for our Marshfield High School football teams and coaches. Such a generous unsolicited gesture in today s economy speaks volumes to ...
0.8K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 60.0 Sex cases pose hard choices
Clark Walworth, Publisher/Editor Sex crimes were back in the news last week. An assault was reported in Coos Bay, and charges were dismissed in a much-talked-about Coquille case. Here are some questions and answers about how The World covers such cas...
3.0K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 60.0 Flocking to see a rare bird
Coos Bay got a bit of a tourism boost over the last several days, as 200 or so birders came to the bay to see a rare brown booby that is hanging out near Charleston. People came to scope out the tropical bird from places including Eugene, Portland, B...
0.6K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 107.0 Workshop will cover wetland permit process
The Coos Watershed Association invites local residents to attend a free permitting workshop at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Coos Bay. The two-hour workshop is meant to provide landowners with a better understanding of the permitting process for work they would ...
0.8K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 107.0 |
