Migration drops a crowd of pelicans
Welcome to the pelican convention. If you ve been to the beaches lately or cruised around Coos Bay, it s been hard to miss these lumbering visitors. Thousands of brown pelicans have converged on the south and central Oregon coast, with fall migration...
 1.5K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 99.0 Community Sports: Community Scoreboard for Sept. 26
Bowling North Bend Lanes Sept. 14-20 HIGH GAME Young at Heart Seniors Larry O Neal 244, Virgil Pekoc 224, Nick Boutin 198, Berrell Vinyard 198; Sally Ash 215, Thelma Fairchild 199, Linda Nichols 192. Coast Robert Black 279, Dean Laber 267, Matt W...
13.4K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 99.0 Police investigate the bomb that wasn't
COOS BAY It was just a brown leather briefcase on the ground next to the Coos Bay Public Library this morning, but police weren t taking chances. They didn t touch it, fearing a potential bomb. Officers cordoned off streets around the library short...
3.1K - Sep. 4, 2009; scored 99.0 Walla Walla eyes CB's city boss
Coos Bay s city manager is one of seven finalists who hope to manage the city of Walla Walla, Wash. Chuck Freeman was in the Eastern Washington city this week for a public reception and interview. He had not shared his news with city employees as of ...
2.8K - Aug. 28, 2009; scored 99.0 Politics is all about persuasion
The story was what journalism s old-timers call a coffee spitter. We imagine readers choking at the news that politicians in San Francisco were poking their noses into the Coos Bay area s liquefied natural gas issue. But the story really isn t so o...
2.3K - Aug. 4, 2009; scored 157.0 Happy to listen
Questions and comments from readers inspire this week s edition of Your World. A reader calling herself Fern sent this electronic query: How many people are on The World Editorial Board, and who are they? Editorials usually have the name of the au...
3.4K - Aug. 3, 2009; scored 99.0 Activists: Blockade won't end
ELLIOTT STATE FOREST Environmental groups said they were calling in reinforcements after police arrested activists who blockaded a remote logging site nearly 20 miles from Reedsport. Police handcuffed at least 23 activists on Wednesday and drove th...
4.9K - Jul. 9, 2009; scored 99.0 Police handcuff timber sale protesters
ELLIOTT STATE FOREST Police have taken control of a logging site in the Elliott State Forest near Reedsport, arresting at least 15 protesters. Oregon State Police and the Douglas County Sheriff s Office sent a team to the 79-acre timber sale at mid...
2.3K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 99.0 Protesters report arrest at timber sale
Police officers have converged on the site of an anti-logging protest in the Elliott State Forest near Reedsport. Two callers reported this morning that police began arresting activists at the 79-acre timber sale, but Oregon State Police officials ha...
3.2K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 99.0 What is it?
It was an orb and it had something to do with water. On that, The World's readers agreed in trying to figure out the use of last week's mystery item. It wasn't a live fish bait container. You would put your live fish bait in the container and tie a l...
1.4K - Jun. 17, 2009; scored 1000.0 Panel: Wood chips could cut business costs
The Enterprise School District in Northeast Oregon saved $112,000 on heating costs the first year it converted to burning wood chips for energy in boilers. They saved two teacher spots, said Gary Haga, who owns D H Logging Inc. He would l...
2.8K - Jun. 13, 2009; scored 1000.0 Women did "the wave" in the '20s
There was no foolin old-timers and a few middle-agers with last week s mystery item. Most readers who called in remember their mothers or grandmas using the contraption on their hair. That item, if I m not mistaken, is a crimping iron. It was used t...
2.1K - May. 27, 2009; scored 1000.0 Boys & Girls Club honors two women
COOS BAY There was a traffic jam on the way to the Boys Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon. No, it wasn t a regional tennis competition, but the annual event to honor two Women Making a Difference in the lives of young people. The first recipien...
2.4K - May. 22, 2009; scored 99.0 Trio has a close encounter of the damp kind
CHARLESTON - It was a perfect day for crabbing on the bay. Good company and sun. Barking sea lions. Orcas. Silent sea lions. Orcas?! As Phil and Gail Koenen crabbed in the bay with their neighbor Ronald Huff, they were a little more than surprised to...
3.0K - May. 21, 2009; scored 1000.0 Jazz fest enjoyed a good year
The 21st-annual Clambake Jazz Festival is behind us. Although attendance was down slightly, we still had a success. The bands have been paid, the bills paid and we have a small start-up fund for next year. The print media contributes substantially by...
1.1K - Mar. 30, 2009; scored 99.0 Area women honored
They told their stories one by one. A former drug addict. A woman who overcame depression and stepped away from thoughts of suicide. Women who lost and regained children, escaped abuse and are working and improving their lives. Members of the Zonta C...
2.2K - Mar. 7, 2009; scored 1000.0 Few readers solved this artifact mystery
Last week s mystery item was a stumper. Only about a half-dozen readers guessed its use. The object was a deadeye. For those few who guessed correctly, opinions varied somewhat on how it was used. A deadeye It s an iron wood block off a sailing ship....
2.8K - Feb. 26, 2009; scored 99.0 ID this mystery object
You tell us Share your guess on this gadget by e-mailing to Oregon150@theworldlink.com , or call 269-1222, ext. 271. Include your name and phone number. Watch for the answer and a description of how this was used in the Feb. 25 Oregon 150 page. Thi...
0.7K - Feb. 18, 2009; scored 99.0 Just what was that mystery object?
You guessed it! It was a pickaroon. Our phones rang non-stop with readers calling to identify this week s mystery object. There s no foolin former sawmill workers. Read on to see what people said. Assistant Editor Elise Hamner We had a portable...
3.7K - Feb. 18, 2009; scored 99.0 Just what was that mystery object?
You guessed it! It s a pickaroon. Our phones rang non-stop with readers calling to identify this week s mystery object. There s no foolin former sawmill workers. Read on to see what people said. Assistant Editor Elise Hamner We had a portable s...
2.8K - Feb. 13, 2009; scored 99.0 | 
