Matthew Gary Ramey
A memorial service will be held for Matthew Gary Ramey, 43, of St. Helens at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, at the Port Orford Christian Center in Port Orford. Graveside services will follow at the Port Orford Cemetery. Matt was born May 1, 1966, i...
 2.8K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 322.0 Back for another 'Bite'
Bite of the Bay is Wednesday evening in the Salmon Room at The Mill Casino-Hotel, and I hope to be back from my long weekend jaunt to Reno to attend. My wife and I went two years ago, and it was one of my favorite civic events that year. Not only are...
2.4K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 249.0 Back for another Bite
Bite of the Bay is Wednesday evening in the Salmon Room at The Mill Casino-Hotel, and I hope to be back from my long weekend jaunt to Reno to attend. My wife and I went two years ago, and it was one of my favorite civic events that year. Not only are...
2.4K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 249.0 Rising tide
COOS BAY Sixteen years ago, Dutch Mostert and a few other local artists set out to create the best maritime art exhibit on the West Coast. As the Coos Art Museum prepares to open its 16th-annual Maritime Art show, Mostert and museum director Steven...
5.4K - Jul. 10, 2009; scored 394.0 Tough times have not dimmed spirits
In this time of economic hardship, I just wanted to point out how kind I have seen our community being lately. From the nurse at the Bay Area Hospital emergency room who warmly takes care of the waiting mom with her ill child; to local businesses lik...
1.7K - Jun. 2, 2009; scored 249.0 Those food drives are really helping
Thumbs up to Don McMichaels and Green Spot for your bountiful food drives. Jeanette Stonebraker North Bend...
0.2K - Apr. 17, 2009; scored 1000.0 Last week's mystery
It's a crab pot buoy to mark where your crab pots are, said Marvin Forrester correctly guessing last week's mystery object. It was a tough one. Only four readers correctly guessed it. North Bend's Jack Hoffman offered a description on how they were ...
1.4K - Apr. 8, 2009; scored 249.0 Tales of boom dogs and sailor's palms
Reader Bill Trentz, the first to identify the March 25 mystery object. It s a boom dog, he said. It s used on log rafts, holding log rafts together, he explained. Others called the metal wedge-looking device with an eye in the top a cable eye, raf...
4.0K - Apr. 1, 2009; scored 445.0 Bring a can of food, get a McMichael poster
Award-winning marine artist Don McMichael and Books By The Bay are collaborating to help the community. Customers who bring in three cans or more to Books By The Bay will receive a free McMichael poster. The food gathered will be donated to the Emman...
1.2K - Feb. 28, 2009; scored 413.0 Hospice had many helpers this year
South Coast Hospice and Palliative Care Services want to thank the many people who made our annual fundraiser a success. Coos County s nonprofit hospice cares for patients at the end of their lives. Palliative Care helps patients in treatment for lif...
2.6K - Nov. 27, 2008; scored 249.0 Thanks Charleston parks supporters
The Barview Area Charleston Area Park Association Board of Directors hosted its sixth-annual dinner and auction Oct. 25. BACAPA would like to thank: CEDCO, Jim Mahon of Mahon Auctioneers, Tim Novotny of KCBY, Melissa Fraser, DeDe Lofthouse and Jeri J...
3.1K - Nov. 14, 2008; scored 249.0 | 
