Setting boundaries identifies friends who aren t
Q: I ve had a friend since high school, for way over 10 years now. I used to think we d be friends forever, but after she returned from college, she changed. She puts me down for not partying with her, makes fun of my fast food job, but still wants t...
 3.6K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 675.0 Marriages & divorces, Nov. 7
The following couples have filed for marriage licenses at the clerk s office at the Coos County Courthouse in Coquille: Robert Magill and Elisa Crawford both of Coquille. Jesse Carter and Jami Garnick both of North Bend. Richard Kight and Angelica Kr...
1.0K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 95.0 Army vet faked injury to avoid Iraq deployment
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) An Army veteran admitted in federal court Friday to plotting with his wife to bilk the U.S. government by faking paralysis after a car wreck to get disability benefits and avoid being deployed to Iraq. Jeffrey Rush, 27, al...
3.1K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 140.0 NBA: Magic hand first loss to Suns
ORLANDO, Fla. Ryan Anderson had 20 points and 10 rebounds, Dwight Howard scored 25, and the short-handed Orlando Magic defeated the previously unbeaten Phoenix Suns 122-100 on Wednesday night. Playing without injured Vince Carter and suspended Rash...
4.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 60.0 Pickup led 'Clunker' trade-ins
WASHINGTON Billed as a way for the government to put more fuel-efficient vehicles on highways, the popular $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program mostly involved swaps of old Ford or Chevrolet pickups for new ones that have only marginally bette...
6.4K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 192.0 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 484.0 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 60.0 Hight nears first Funny Car season championship
LAS VEGAS Robert Hight closed in on his first Funny Car season championship, racing to his third victory of the season Sunday at the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals. Hight beat second-place teammate Ashley Force Hood in the first round of eliminations, th...
2.3K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 60.0 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 60.0 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 60.0 Cat's death leaves family grief-stricken
Arla Ford Some of you will understand the sorrow we are enduring losing our kitty, Misty. She s been in a dying process for days. She was our first cat. I did not know what to expect, not that cats follow any predictable feline dying formula. I m gra...
4.3K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 435.0 NB man will not face charges
A Douglas County grand jury has decided a North Bend man should not face a charge of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Heidi Johnson. Douglas County Deputy District Attorney Deborah Stoll presented evidence against John Flaxel last week t...
1.9K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 95.0 Donations kept food bank open
On behalf of the Coos Bay Seventh-day Adventist church, I would like to thank our community for thoughtfulness and support. As Thanksgiving nears, it makes me count my blessings. Last year, we found our funding had dried up and we were faced with clo...
1.1K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 60.0 Keep running, and wearing pink
Cokie and Steven V. Roberts, Columnists When NFL players take the field dressed in pink, you know something has changed. We ve come a long way from the days when breast cancer was a taboo subject. In this 25th-anniversary year of Breast Cancer Awaren...
3.5K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 60.0 Consistent cultural standards are needed
Arla Ford Raising emotionally healthy, well-adjusted children requires relentless commitment to providing love, acceptance and security, along with the discipline of limits and responsibility. The parental tasks that contribute to well-regulated chil...
4.4K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 363.0 Crash damages signs, topples fire hydrant
A careening van damaged a fire hydrant and a couple of signs Monday morning in Coos Bay. Coos Bay police responded to the intersection of Commercial Avenue and North Broadway where a 1996 Ford Windstar had crashed. The driver, Gordon Shattuck, 61, of...
0.7K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 60.0 Rollover crash leads to drunken driving arrest
Police arrested a Coquille man on drunken driving charges Friday, after investigating a report of an injury accident. At about 11:22 p.m., a Coos County Sheriff s deputy and a Bandon police officer responded to the crash on Lampa Lane near milepost ...
0.6K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 60.0 Driver unhurt after roadside spin
An Estacada man escaped unscathed from a single-vehicle crash late Wednesday morning on U.S. Highway 101 north of Gardiner. A 2005 Ford Ranger was heading north near milepost 202, when it left the roadway. The pickup slid across the highway s two lan...
0.6K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 60.0 Vets visit 'war mom'
GREENACRES When the plane touched down in North Bend, the stewardess made an announcement over the loud-speaker. Instead of asking everyone to stay seated, she pointed out five soldiers on board and recognized them for their service, asking that th...
3.5K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 60.0 Community Sports: Community Scoreboard for Oct. 10
Bowling North Bend Lanes Sept. 28-Oct. 4 HIGH GAME Young at Heart Seniors Bill Kulick 255, Nick Boutin 247, Bill Throoop 205; Marge Novak 205, Kitty Russell 203, Linda Nichols 201. Monday Super Star Juniors Joey Huffman 224, Zachary Jones 215, Jo...
8.3K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 95.0 | 
