At the movies
The following movies are playing at South Coast theaters. Times are shown for movies at Pony Village Cinemas. () indicates showings for Friday-Sunday only. For locations outside the Bay Area, call the theaters for showtimes. Amelia After becoming the...
 8.1K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 66.0 'Fourth Kind' is a half-baked mess
The flat-lining, alien-abduction thriller The Fourth Kind offers a close encounter that buries an interesting idea under a barrage of gimmicky, carnivallike hokum. The movie s unwieldy mix of degraded pseudo-documentary footage and Unsolved Myster...
3.3K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 66.0 Schools improve certification for free lunches
WASHINGTON (AP) Schools are doing a better job of identifying students who are eligible for free or reduced-price school lunches, but some states are much better than others, the Agriculture Department says in a report to Congress. In 2008-2009, 78...
1.8K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 66.0 Georgiana Gamble Smithers
A celebration of life will be held for Georgiana Gamble Smithers, 81, of Coos Bay, at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 4, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Fourth and Highland in Coos Bay. The service and sacrament will be officiated by the Rev. Stephen Tyson...
4.2K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 66.0 Lithia plans to buy more dealerships
ASHLAND (AP) Lithia Motors Inc. says it plans to start buying more auto dealerships after an 18-month stretch when it closed or sold 20 dealerships. Lithia announced this week it had obtained a franchise from Korean automaker Kia for Anchorage, Ala...
1.0K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 66.0 Martin D. Andruss
A celebration of life will be held for Martin D. Andruss, 75, of Brookings, at 11 a.m., Monday, Nov. 2, at Redwood Memorial Chapel, 1020 Fifield St. A luncheon reception will follow at the chapel. Martin was born June 15, 1934, in North Bend, to Cla...
1.6K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 66.0 Report: State standards are set low
WASHINGTON Many states set achievement standards so low that they can say their students are reading and doing math at their grade level when they haven t truly mastered the subjects, the Education Department asserted today. The Obama administratio...
4.2K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 66.0 Steven Wayne Gardner
39, of Anchorage, Alaska, died Oct. 27, 2009, in Anchorage....
0.1K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 66.0 Study: Warm forests may yield less timber
GRANTS PASS (AP) A new study suggests warming temperatures predicted over the next century could boost tree growth on Northwest forests, but less so at lower elevations where most of the timber is and temperatures are already warm. Researchers from...
4.6K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 66.0 Feds back off medical marijuana users
WASHINGTON Federal drug agents won t pursue pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers in states including Oregon that allow medical marijuana, under new legal guidelines to be issued today by the Obama administration. Two Justice Departmen...
4.2K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 66.0 Davis places at judo competition
Carter Davis of the Southwestern Oregon Community College Judo Club competed in the 2009 Rainier Cup Judo Championships in Lakewood, Wash., last weekend. The event drew about 200 competitors from Oregon and Washington. Davis brought home a bronze med...
1.5K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 66.0 Davis places at judo competition
Carter Davis of the Southwestern Oregon Community College Judo Club competed in the 2009 Rainier Cup Judo Championships in Lakewood, Wash., last weekend. The event drew about 200 competitors from Oregon and Washington. Davis brought home a bronze med...
1.5K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 66.0 State post for area Zonta chief
Genelle Hanken, a Coquille resident and past Zonta Coos Bay Club president, is the new Zonta Area 4 director who will oversee the Zonta Clubs in Oregon. The election was held at the District 8 Conference in Walla Walla, Wash., Oct. 1-4. District 8 co...
0.8K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 66.0 Attorney says Playgirl shoot next up for teenage father of Sarah Palin's grandson
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) Levi Johnston is going for the ultimate exposure the 19-year-old father of Sarah Palin s grandchild will pose nude for Playgirl, his attorney said Wednesday. To get ready for his close-up, Johnston is training three hours a...
1.1K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 105.0 Donald August Rolund
Funeral services will be held for Donald August Rolund, 88, of Myrtle Point, at 2 p.m., Friday, Oct. 9, at the Coquille Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1051 N. Cedar Point Road. Pastor Jose R. Agosto will officiate. Burial with military honors will fol...
1.6K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 66.0 Dollie Teresa Bailey
A funeral service will be held for Dollie T. Bailey, 87, of Coos Bay, at 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 10, at the Bunker Hill Assembly of God Church, 63748 Harriet Road in Coos Bay with the Rev. Howard Thompson presiding. A public visitation will take place...
1.9K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 105.0 Fred J. Abel
A funeral Mass will be held for Fred J. Abel, 82, of Yelm, Wash., at 9 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 15, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Lacey, Wash. Fred was born Dec. 2, 1926, in Hibbing, Minn., the son of Joseph Ludger Lee Abel and Clarice Marie Abel....
2.4K - Oct. 7, 2009; scored 66.0 Teachers fail to get jobs following graduation
PORTLAND Most of the estimated 2,400 newly minted teachers who graduated from Oregon colleges of education this year were unable to get hired anywhere in Oregon, proving that a job often billed as recession-proof is not. Education deans and others ...
6.2K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 105.0 Regional recipes for CookingTipsTV.com
CookingTipsTV.com has launched a Regional Cooking Contest for both culinary professionals and home cooks (foodies). With the importance of using sustainable foods not only for our health, but also the environment, this contest is encouraging the use...
1.2K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 66.0 Top chili cooks are heading to West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W.Va . (AP) Frog jumping and armadillo racing were among the activities Doug Wilkey and some college buddies stoked their competitive fires with over the years. Chili cook-offs outlasted them all. Wilkey won his first chili competition...
5.9K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 66.0 | 
