Housing authorities ban indoor smoking
NORTH BEND Alan Pape doesn t like going into smokers apartments. But as the maintenance mechanic for the North Bend City/Coos-Curry Housing Authorities, it s part of the job. When you have to stand in them for two or three hours at times and breat...
 4.7K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 161.0 College may snuff out smokes
COOS BAY Smokers on Southwestern Oregon Community College s campuses may have nowhere to light up come fall 2011, if the college s board of education agrees with student recommendations. Following a smoke-free survey provided online from Sept. 24 t...
2.9K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 385.0 More homeowners looking to stoves for heat
For 23 years, Julie Gore has heated her Ada, Ohio, home with a wood-burning stove. When the old one wore out, she didn t hesitate to buy another for her family room. It s warm and toasty, said Gore, an administrative assistant at Ohio Northern Unive...
4.5K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 161.0 Report: Smoking bans protect nonsmokers' hearts
WASHINGTON A major report confirms what health officials long have believed: Bans on smoking in restaurants, bars and other gathering spots reduce the risk of heart attacks among nonsmokers. If you have heart disease, you really need to stay away f...
4.8K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 390.0 Baseball Playoffs: Umps help Phillies to 2-1 series lead
DENVER ” No blown save this time for Brad Lidge. Just another blown call by the umpires. The Philadelphia Phillies are on the verge of winning their NL playoff series with the Colorado Rockies after their 6-5 win that ended in the early mo...
6.0K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 125.0 Unfair taxation is an increasing problem
The World s editorial (Sept. 29) was most definitely politically correct. Don t sock it to bar owners again (yet). That statement puts me in mind of rather than ask a man, Are you still beating your wife? advising him, Don t break her right arm un...
2.6K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 223.0 Coming Soon
Caregiver class CARE Conn-ections is helping to provide a free class for unpaid caregivers of older adults. The class will be held on Wednesdays starting on Oct. 7 and run until Nov. 11 from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Each class will be held at the ESD Conferen...
1.3K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 161.0 Nation needs a soda tax
If government can levy taxes on tobacco to generate not only revenue, but confer public health benefits with respect to smoking rates, why not apply the same principle to taxing sugary soft drinks to raise funds for health-care reform? Obviously, the...
1.0K - Sep. 28, 2009; scored 125.0 Don't blame rampant drug abuse on skaters
It is shocking to see citizens of Coos County decry a public place. Finally, Coos Bay has a free place in the city to have fun. Efforts to malign the skate park with reports of weed smoking will create a witch hunt. How is it possible to stem drug us...
2.3K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 161.0 Tobacco has a right to advertise
As Americans, we value many things and among those things that we cherish is the First Amendment, which guarantees us the right to free speech. That is why we are supporting a lawsuit filed by some of the nation s largest tobacco companies. Bowling G...
0.9K - Sep. 14, 2009; scored 161.0 Oregon lottery works to end slump with slots
SALEM In recent weeks, Oregon Lottery officials have installed 400 new casino-style slot machines in bars and taverns across the state in hopes of boosting player interest and ending a slump in lottery play. Lottery Director Dale Penn said the plan...
2.9K - Aug. 29, 2009; scored 187.0 Day Planner
Today SMOKING: HOW TO QUIT 3 p.m., Coquille Valley Hospital, Downtown Studio, 74 E. First St., Coquille. (541-842-0320) Bingo 5 p.m., North Bend Senior Center, 1470 Airport Lane. (888-2213) The Princess Parade play 7:30 p.m., Brookings-Harbor ...
16.6K - Jul. 31, 2009; scored 225.0 Day Planner
Today Toddler Tuesday/Storytime 10:30 to 11 a.m., carpet square in East Wing at Pony Village Mall, 1600 Virginia Ave., North Bend. (303-895-8587) NB Community Lunch 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., North Bend Senior Center, 1470 Airport Lane. $5. (...
18.0K - Jul. 29, 2009; scored 250.0 Day Planner
Today Toddler Tuesday/Storytime 10:30 to 11 a.m., carpet square in East Wing at Pony Village Mall, 1600 Virginia Ave., North Bend (303-895-8587) NB Community Lunch 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., North Bend Senior Center, 1470 Airport Lane. $5. (7...
18.2K - Jul. 28, 2009; scored 250.0 Socialized care won't heal country
There are people who truly believe socialized health care is going to be better and cheaper than the health care now. I found it amusing one of the people who helped to organize the recent event focuses on health care works for the Veterans Adminis...
2.3K - Jul. 27, 2009; scored 161.0 Fire risk leads to new burn limits
The Coos Forest Protective Association has set restrictions on forest activities due to warmer, dryer weather. Effective today, the CFPA imposed a regulated use closure on all private, county, state and Bureau of Land Management lands in Coos, Curry,...
1.7K - Jul. 24, 2009; scored 125.0 IQ scores linked to prenatal pollution
CHICAGO Researchers for the first time have linked air pollution exposure before birth with lower IQ scores in childhood, bolstering evidence that smog may harm the developing brain. The results are in a study of 249 children of New York City women...
4.3K - Jul. 20, 2009; scored 161.0 California sprouts marijuana green rush
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A drug deal plays out, California-style: A conservatively dressed courier drives a company-leased Smart Car to an apartment on a weekday afternoon. Erick Alvaro hands over a white paper bag to his 58-year-old customer, who inspec...
15.8K - Jul. 19, 2009; scored 250.0 State's winners and losers
Some of the major bills approved by the 2009 Oregon Legislature: JOBS With Oregon's unemployment rate second highest in the nation, Democratic legislative leaders used state bonds and raised taxes to put thousands of people to work on public works pr...
4.8K - Jun. 30, 2009; scored 125.0 Saudi anti-smoking campaign targets grooms
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - The catchy slogan, Kicking the habit is on you, and marriage is on us, is meant to entice young grooms to give up smoking by offering an attractive incentive. And, indeed, hundreds have expressed interest in the first anti-sm...
4.2K - Jun. 29, 2009; scored 323.0 | 
