Community Sports: Community Scoreboard for Nov. 7
Bowling North Bend Lanes Oct. 26-Nov. 1 HIGH GAME Young at Heart Seniors Bruce Watts 248, Bill Sullivan 225, Ray Rockwood 224; Patty Rockwood 214, Sally Ash 205, Linda Nichols 195. Monday Super Star Juniors Kyronn Morgan 239, Joey Hufman 204, Jor...
 10.0K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 73.0 Youth Sports: Mustangs win soccer tourney
The Fall soccer season for the Boys Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon came to a close last weekend with a fifth/sixth-grade tournament at North Bay School. The Mustangs, a team coached by Erik Johnson and sponsored by C S Fire Safe Services, won ...
3.3K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 73.0 NYC woman sentenced in dad s killing
NEW YORK (AP) A New York City woman convicted of killing her father and mutilating his body has been sentenced to five to 15 years in prison. After Friday s sentencing, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown called the crime deeply disturbing and s...
1.1K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 73.0 Houston Newton Barton
A memorial service will be held for Houston Newton Barton, 91, of Gold Beach at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 94191 Third St., Gold Beach. Houston was born Aug. 12, 1918, in Vandervoort, Ark., to Newton Houston and...
2.3K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 73.0 Mushroom pickers find human remains near Gold Beach
The Curry County Sheriff s Office is asking for help in identifying a deceased person found north of Gold Beach. Deputies responded to a forested area near Edson Creek Road and Old Coast Highway on Wednesday afternoon, after two Gold Beach residents ...
1.0K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 440.0 Army post shooting rampage leaves 13 dead, 30 hurt
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) Military officials were starting Friday to piece together what may have pushed an Army psychiatrist trained to help soldiers in distress to turn on his comrades in a shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 30 in Tex...
7.3K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 73.0 Sticks, stones hurt more than words
Ms. Merskin s views (The World, Oct. 26) as a scholar have the feeling of censorship, and being supported by a newspaper editor is surprising. The scholar seems to have an agenda about strong white men in the movies. I am no expert on either movie ac...
2.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 73.0 Sports Briefs: Seattle releases Edgerrin James
RENTON, Wash. The struggling Seattle Seahawks have released running back Edgerrin James. The Seahawks made the move Tuesday, two days after a lackluster 38-17 loss to the Dallas Cowboys. James signed with Seattle in late August hoping to revitaliz...
4.3K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 73.0 Tackling practice skipped in NFL
Frank Gore runs right up the gut of the Indianapolis defense. Defensive back Jerraud Powers delivers a big body-blow, but Gore just bounces off and keeps on running, one of two broken tackles on the way to a 64-yard San Francisco touchdown. Baltimore...
6.6K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 115.0 Sheriff: N.D. students likely didn't see pond
DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) Three college softball players found dead after their sport utility vehicle went into a pond on a North Dakota farm during a stargazing trip likely drove straight into the water in the dark, authorities said Wednesday. Stark Co...
2.3K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 73.0 Bend company preserves national X-mas tree
BEND Santa Claus isn t the only one with a lot of responsibility this Christmas. A Bend company is tasked with keeping the nation s Christmas tree fresh from its cutting later this week until its arrival in Washington, D.C., three weeks later. The ...
2.8K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 73.0 HEALTHY LIVING
Blood pressure clinic 9-11:30 a.m., Thursdays, Spruce Room Bay Area Hosptial, 1775 Thompson, Coos Bay. Body Awareness Class 10 a.m., room A, Community Health Education Center, 3950 Sherman Ave., North Bend (888-4946) Women s sexual assault supp...
1.2K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 115.0 Blazers top Thunder despite Roy's struggles
OKLAHOMA CITY Brandon Roy couldn t get his shot going for a second straight night. So, he used what energy he had left for one final charge. Tuckered out after a 42-point performance the previous night, Roy scored 16 and got aggressive late to fini...
5.9K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 73.0 Caution ends Talladega
TALLADEGA, Ala. NASCAR stopped the bumping, at least for a while. There was nothing that could be done about the blocking. In the end, Sunday looked like most every other event at Talladega Superspeedway: There was a surprise winner, two harrowing ...
4.2K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 73.0 Fisherman presumed drowned in Sandy River
PORTLAND (AP) Authorities have called off weekend rescue operations for a fisherman swept down the Sandy River in Clackamas County. The sheriff s department says 55-year-old Yevhen Savchenko is presumed drowned. He and his 16-year-old son, Olexande...
0.7K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 73.0 Cause of death may be hard to identify
CLEVELAND (AP) As a registered sex offender, Anthony Sowell checked in regularly with law-enforcement authorities, who also monitored him by making home visits. But since Sowell wasn t on parole or probation, they didn t have the right to enter u...
3.5K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 220.0 Adjusting to life on the coast
Approaching my third month of living in Coos Bay, I find the natural beauty makes it simple to adjust to Northwest living after 22 years in the Midwest. Maybe the southern Oregon coast still is shiny and new, but I intend to enjoy everything this are...
2.5K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 73.0 Students help salmon spawn
When asked what the students would be doing at the Millicoma Fish Hatchery on Thursday, 11-year-old Amber Clawson replied whacking fish on the head with big sticks. Of course, there was more to it than that. But Tom Rumreich, a fish biologist for th...
3.2K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 73.0 Bandon fights the odds on police levy
Bandon officials say the day is approaching when the police department won t have enough officers to provide 24-hour protection. They are hoping taxpayers will dig deeper into their pockets to help pay for police officer salaries. Voters in the city ...
4.9K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 73.0 CLUB NOTES
First Mondays Art Group noon-3 p.m., first Monday. Port Orford Library. Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 799 7 p.m., first Monday, Nancy Devereux Center, 1200 Newmark. (290-8680) VFW and Auxiliary Post No. 7488 6:30 p.m., Venture Inn Res...
1.3K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 73.0 | 
