Sports Briefs: Astros choose Mills for manager
HOUSTON ” Brad Mills is finally getting his chance to run a big-league team. The 52-year-old Mills was hired by Houston on Tuesday after six seasons as Terry Francona s bench coach in Boston. He ll manage in the majors for the first time, thou...
 5.1K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 136.0 Dodgers make most of miscues by Phillies
LOS ANGELES ” A grounder off a fielder s glove. A bunt that slipped by two players. The Los Angeles Dodgers latest postseason rally began in the weirdest, wackiest way. Another throwing error by Chase Utley, a pinch-hit single and two walks a...
6.0K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 111.0 Dodgers make most of miscues by Phillies
LOS ANGELES ” A grounder off a fielder s glove. A bunt that slipped by two players. The Los Angeles Dodgers latest postseason rally began in the weirdest, wackiest way. Another throwing error by Chase Utley, a pinch-hit single and two walks a...
6.0K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 111.0 Journal entries of AP photographer in Afghanistan
The operation started really early Wednesday morning on this town called Dahaneh. It's south of Now Zad a few miles. It is Taliban-controlled. Alfred (Associated Press writer Alfred de Montesquiou), and Ken (AP Television News Cameraman Ken Teh) were...
21.3K - Sep. 4, 2009; scored 171.0 Gordon Tyler Everett
A celebration of life will be held for Gordon Tyler Everett, 56, of Central Point, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 29, at Bear Creek Park Amphitheatre in Medford. Friends and family are encouraged to share stories and memories and enjoy a fina...
3.8K - Aug. 21, 2009; scored 140.0 Going Out
Theater etc. This weekend Shark Tale will be shown at 7 p.m. Friday at the Egyptian Theatre. Fundraiser for American Cancer Society and Relay for Life. $5. Little Ole Opry s season-closing Best of Opry Shows are Saturday and Sunday at Lit...
4.5K - Aug. 7, 2009; scored 101.0 Bullet Bob lands in Hall of Fame
DALLAS Now that Bob Hayes is going into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, people hearing his story for the first time are going to wonder what took so long. After all, he changed the game. Hayes brought a new kind of speed to pro football: Olympic gol...
5.9K - Aug. 5, 2009; scored 129.0 Going out
Theater etc. This weekend Little Ole Opry continues at Little Theatre on the Bay. Country-western musical variety show features local musicians. This week s theme is Western and Bluegrass. Show times are 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9. ...
4.0K - Jul. 31, 2009; scored 88.0 Going Out
Theater etc. This weekend The Sound of Moolah, a puppet show about the fight over national health care, will be presented at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Labor Hall, 3427 Ash St., in North Bend; and at 1 p.m. Sunday at VFW Post 3440, 55382 Bates Road, in ...
4.8K - Jul. 24, 2009; scored 101.0 Coos Bay Wine Walk begins third year
The Downtown Coos Bay Wine Walk begins its third year on Friday, Aug. 7 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre. In the past two years the event coordinated by The World newspaper has raised $11,880 for local non profit organizations and se...
1.2K - Jul. 24, 2009; scored 136.0 Bay Area Events
Coos Bay Kiwanis Salmon Barbecue August 2 The event, in its 52nd year, takes place on Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Bastendorff Beach County Park. The menu includes: barbecued salmon steaks, cole slaw, baked potatoes, rolls, coffee and i...
1.6K - Jul. 16, 2009; scored 106.0 Day Planner
Today Relay for Life 5 p.m., Coquille High School, 499 West Central St., Coquille. (297-2127) Continues until 9 a.m Saturday. Foreign Film Picture Bride 7 p.m., Coos Bay Public Library, 525 W. Anderson. (269-1101) Dinner and Movie 7 p.m. Egyp...
12.8K - Jul. 10, 2009; scored 101.0 Day Planner
Today WorkNet 7:30 - 8:45 a.m., Oregon Employment Department, 2075 Sheridan Ave., North Bend. (269-2013) Magic Show 11 a.m., Coos Bay Public Library, 525 W. Anderson (269-1101) NB Community Lunch 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., North Bend Senior Center, ...
13.8K - Jul. 9, 2009; scored 132.0 Cancer survivor Shanteau soaring
INDIANAPOLIS Eric Shanteau is swimming faster than he ever has, diving into the water every day knowing that he s cancer-free. That s gratifying news to the 25-year-old breaststroker who was diagnosed with testicular cancer just weeks before last y...
3.3K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 128.0 Day Planner
Today Summer Reading Program 1 p.m., Flora M. Laird Memorial Library, 435 Fifth St., Myrtle Point, Fractured Fairy Tales. (572-2182) Kids with Cameras 7-9 p.m., Studio @ Young Photography, 265 Caroline St., Bandon. Free. Call to register. (347-...
12.9K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 128.0 Day Planner
Today Port Orford Art Show Cost Guard Lifeboat Station Museum in Port Orford heads State Park. (www.portorfordart.org/) Bridge Lessons 6:30-9:30 p.m., Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 400 Highland Ave., Coos Bay. Tuesday Toddler Tuesday/Storytime 10:...
14.4K - Jul. 6, 2009; scored 132.0 Albert Rae Meserve
May 3, 1935 - June 22, 2009 Albert Rae , 74, of Olympia, Wash., was born May 3, 1935, in Lebanon, the son of Albert Rae and Florence Beatrice (Campbell) Meserve. He died June 22, 2009, in Olympia. He married Peggy Powell in 1955 and they had four chi...
1.4K - Jul. 1, 2009; scored 88.0 Relay raises $89,000 for fight against cancer
Cancer survivors and those battling the disease led the Survivors Lap at the start of the Relay for Life of North Bend/Coos Bay on Saturday afternoon. At the center of the charge was 2009 grand marshal Gordon Everett, a North Bend man who was diagnos...
0.7K - Jun. 29, 2009; scored 337.0 Cheers and jeers
Left, right, left, right Cheers for the dedicated folks wearing out their sneakers today in the Relay for Life at Sunset Middle School. By tomorrow, they'll be footsore but happy, having raised much-needed money to fight cancer. Green? Yellow? Hello?...
1.9K - Jun. 27, 2009; scored 118.0 Michael Jackson dies at 50
LOS ANGELES (AP) Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted King of Pop who emerged from childhood superstardom to become the entertainment world s most influential singer and dancer before his life and career deteriorated in a freakish series of ...
3.8K - Jun. 26, 2009; scored 119.0 | 
