Community Sports: Community Scoreboard for Oct. 31
Bowling North Bend Lanes Oct. 19-25 Young at Heart Seniors Bruce Watts 242, Nick Boutin 226, Berrel Vinyard 218; Linda Nichols 216, Phyllis Hewitt 213, Susan Peck 210. Monday Super Star Juniors Joey Huffman 257, Nicholas Slowik 204, Jordan Clark ...
 10.6K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 120.0 Assessor to speak at Chamber lunch
Assessor s office 2009 Turning around an underperforming organization will be the topic for this week s Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Independent Business Operators luncheon forum Wednesday in North Bend. Coos County Assessor Adam Colby will make t...
0.7K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 480.0 A strong manager must right wrongs
I remember the first time I got my branch managership job in Albany in 1975. I d just completed 2.5 years of internship. The existing staff wanted nothing to do with me. They had all been trained by the person the company wanted out of there. They ha...
1.6K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 120.0 Assessor's office is efficient these days
This letter is in response to the lead article in the Saturday, Sept. 19, edition titled Conflicting assessments. I have had personal experience with the county assessor s office under Robert Main, as well as Adam Colby, and I can tell you there s ...
2.6K - Sep. 29, 2009; scored 179.0 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 120.0 I Want To Know: Who appraised Bandon Dunes?
Question: I want to know if Adam Colby was the appraiser that handled the Bandon Dunes account when there was a coding error made. Answer: Coos County Assessor Adam Colby was the commercial industrial appraiser to reappraise Bandon Dunes Golf Resort....
1.7K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 742.0 Tough bosses can be too tough
What s happening in the Coos County Assessor s Office may be a case of fine intentions bogging down in clumsy execution. Assessor Adam Colby says he wants to correct past procedural errors. Good. He wants a more businesslike office. Also good. He wan...
2.0K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 790.0 Friction builds in county office under Colby
People have three choices. That s how Coos County Assessor Adam Colby views life. No. 1, you can adapt to the situation you re in, he said. No. 2, you can choose to go somewhere else. No. 3, you can work hard, do a good job and become the leader. C...
5.9K - Sep. 21, 2009; scored 350.0 Who is to blame for tax errors?
Born and raised here since July 1947, but absence from November 1974 to August 2008, I don t know much about Adam Colby, but I do know this: Whatever he might be alleging in what is due at the tax assessor office is probably only the tip of the icebe...
0.9K - Sep. 19, 2009; scored 155.0 Conflicting assessments
People have three choices. That s how Coos County Assessor Adam Colby views life. No. 1, you can adapt to the situation you re in, he said. No. 2, you can choose to go somewhere else. No. 3, you can work hard, do a good job and become the leader. C...
6.9K - Sep. 19, 2009; scored 951.0 NL: Lincecum returns to mound with strong start
SAN FRANCISCO Tim Lincecum put the San Francisco coaching staff at ease early and slowed Colorado s late-season run. Lincecum pitched seven strong innings after missing his previous start with back spasms, Eugenio Velez drove in four runs and the G...
4.0K - Sep. 15, 2009; scored 120.0 Housing prices plummet locally
Property values have plummeted in Coos County, but don t expect to see a tax break this year. Between 2008 and 2009, the real market value of Coos Bay/North Bend residential properties took a 21 percent hit, according to Coos County Assessor Adam Col...
3.6K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 228.0 Assessor's office: Let's wait and see
What taxpayers know about the Coos County Assessor s Office falls far short of what they don t know. We don t really know, for instance, why some longtime employees have left since Adam Colby became assessor in January. We don t know whether the flur...
2.0K - Sep. 1, 2009; scored 240.0 County tort claims rise to 9
An employee has filed two more tort claims against Coos County, Assessor Adam Colby and Chief Deputy Assessor Denise Harris, raising the total to nine. Five assessor s office employees have filed tort claims since August 2008, though no lawsuits have...
2.4K - Aug. 29, 2009; scored 198.0 Assessor alleges widespread problems
County Assessor Adam Colby, beset by employee complaints even before taking office in January, has gone on the offensive, alleging widespread errors and inaccuracies in the assessor s office. I believe these problems are multifaceted, and they re all...
3.5K - Aug. 29, 2009; scored 306.0 County tort claims rise to 9
An employee has filed two more tort claims against Coos County, Assessor Adam Colby and Chief Deputy Assessor Denise Harris, raising the total to nine. Five assessor s office employees have filed tort claims since August 2008, though no lawsuits have...
2.5K - Aug. 28, 2009; scored 637.0 Assessor alleges widespread problems
County Assessor Adam Colby, beset by employee complaints even before taking office in January, has gone on the offensive, alleging widespread errors and inaccuracies in the assessor s office. I believe these problems are multifaceted, and they re all...
3.6K - Aug. 28, 2009; scored 853.0 Assessor to hold meeting
Coos County taxpayers can meet with Assessor Adam Colby in town hall property tax meetings starting Sept. 10. Colby will give an overview of the Oregon property tax system and answer questions about assessments in the Coos County real estate market....
1.2K - Aug. 25, 2009; scored 550.0 Assessor's office welcomes Jansen
Steve Jansen recently joined the Coos County Assessor s Office as a property appraiser. Among the candidates for the position, Jansen stood out because of his education and strong managerial background, said Assessor Adam Colby. The 1966 Marshfield H...
0.9K - Aug. 24, 2009; scored 155.0 Assessor s office welcomes Jansen
Steve Jansen recently joined the Coos County Assessor s Office as a property appraiser. Among the candidates for the position, Jansen stood out because of his education and strong managerial background, said Assessor Adam Colby. The 1966 Marshfield H...
0.9K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 155.0 | 
