Treasure revealed
ALLEGANY The Allegany community has spent the last year renovating a serene family sanctuary nestled deep in the woods along the West Fork of the Millicoma River. The community wants to share it with others. We want everyone to see our hidden treas...
 2.9K - Aug. 19, 2009; scored 170.0 Lakeside and prison are improving service
I have been with the Oregon Department of Corrections at the Shutter Creek Correctional Institution as physical plant manager for almost 20 years. I was actually the first employee hired on Feb. 2, 1990. I was here to watch the sewer system and sewer...
2.3K - Jul. 25, 2009; scored 398.0 A new Habitat for building supplies
The Coos Bay Area Habitat for Humanity ReStore is holding its grand opening Saturday in the old Broadway Builders building on Broadway Avenue in North Bend. The store has been in business for more than a month in its new, highly visible location, tha...
1.3K - Jul. 9, 2009; scored 170.0 Coos Bay Eagles club donates to Bay Area First Step
Coos Bay Eagles Aerie Past Worthy President Doug Karr and Auxiliary Past Madam President Joyce McCulloch presented a donation of $6,200 to Bay Area First Step. The presidents and volunteers raised the funds through hard work and donations th...
1.1K - Jul. 4, 2009; scored 245.0 New life for parts of old church
A local contractor soon will tear down the First Presbyterian Church of Coos Bay, but pieces of it will remain throughout the community and at the site. Habitat for Humanity has taken doors, bannisters, commodes and sink set-ups. Coos County Master G...
2.6K - Jun. 11, 2009; scored 217.0 He survived, then thrived
NORTH BEND - The day that changed Kyle Thomas' life is mostly lost from his memory. His mom, Debra Thomas, has the opposite problem. She will never forget that day, especially the call telling her to rush to Eugene's Sacred Heart Medical Center. They...
4.9K - Apr. 24, 2009; scored 170.0 The shovelers
CHARLESTON - Forty goldfish and 400 newts are in luck, thanks to people shoveling muck. They ll have clean living environs. Oregon State Parks personnel, with help from the Shutter Creek Correctional Institute inmates, cleaned the Shore Acres State P...
1.2K - Apr. 11, 2009; scored 777.0 New dugouts coming to Airport Heights
The baseball fields at Airport Heights are getting a big addition this season, new dugouts that will enhance the facilities used by the North Bend Independent Baseball League. Workers poured the concrete for the four dugouts Thursday, with the work t...
2.0K - Apr. 4, 2009; scored 170.0 Under fire
LAKESIDE Life changed for Ted Ross in 1990. An explosion took the sight in his left eye, severely injured his face and took some of his memory and decision-making ability. Over the next six to seven years, doctors were able to treat Ross physical ...
5.5K - Feb. 20, 2009; scored 170.0 Powers Hotel fire remains a mystery
POWERS Patricia Adamek is pretty sure it was the sound of sirens that woke her up on New Year s Day. The sun still was well below the horizon, so there was little doubt as to what light was shining through her window. I could see it was something ...
5.2K - Jan. 12, 2009; scored 170.0 Christmas in the clink
HAUSER On the 12 days of Christmas their Secret Santas gave to them pairs of shining boots, pages of encouraging notes, cells with freshly made beds and dozens of friendly hugs. Within the walls of Shutter Creek Correctional Institution, even the...
5.4K - Dec. 24, 2008; scored 1000.0 Prison windows
BANDON Under the best circumstances, making art is usually difficult. A lot of work goes into realizing a vision. But most artists have an advantage they may not have considered: a wide variety of tools and supplies at their disposal. For those ser...
6.1K - Dec. 5, 2008; scored 262.0 Lighting up the park
Suzanne Marchant, of North Bend, sat down for a few moments to take a load off her feet, clad in brightly striped rubber boots. The retired Blossom Gulch Elementary School principal was one of about 30 or so volunteers enjoying the sunshine at Shore ...
6.0K - Nov. 17, 2008; scored 170.0 Quality quilts
Sometimes, the challenge for a quilter is finding the fabric. A daughter wants a quilt for her son, and so Grandma needs to find scraps of cloth that feature bugs, or ants, or interesting rocks. Grandma needs to stitch the contents of a child s pocke...
5.1K - Nov. 14, 2008; scored 217.0 | 
