No fool left behind
NORTH BEND No one planned a Neil Simon festival in North Bend, but with productions of four of his plays scheduled in six months, it sure seems that way. There are two each at Little Theatre on the Bay and North Bend High School, and directors at b...
 4.5K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 399.0 Quiznos, Koos News and a motel makeover
After three months of reporting on business news, my higher ups have encouraged (forced) me to start a column, with the purpose of highlighting all the free market happenings in our community. Here s how you can make my job easy: Submit anything and ...
4.2K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 99.0 Is it haunted?
At Little Theatre on the Bay s second Haunted Theatre, teenagers in costumes and makeup might not be the only ones doing the haunting. This year, organizers are turning attention to another set of occupants in the 85-year-old building: real ghosts. T...
4.5K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 99.0 Country Showdown leaves local behind
NORTH BEND A California band won the Colgate Country Showdown western regional competition Saturday night at The Mill Casino-Hotel. Whisky Row, a duo of Michael Pereira and Jason Ruffoni, took the $10,000 prize and will advance to the national...
1.6K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 99.0 Poisoned again
BANDON Most community theater groups try to stay away from shows that have been done recently. But it was a recent local production that inspired Bandon s New Artists Productions to take on Arsenic and Old Lace, which opens tonight at the Sprague...
4.1K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 399.0 Singled out
COOS BAY An eyesore isn t an obvious choice of subject for a work of art. But recent renovations on the Hotel North Bend inspired a painting that won Jean Kyle of Coos Bay an award in a museum exhibit. Local artists won four of the top six prizes i...
4.5K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 1000.0 Cup of clamor
COOS BAY As the Logos Players of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church put on their second production, they re counting on getting some of their best performances from an unlikely source: unsuspecting members of the audience. At Mayhem in Mayville, which pl...
4.2K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 1000.0 Local singer wins state competition
NORTH BEND Going into the Colgate Country Showdown s state competition, Clint Guevara had one thing the other contestants didn t: He had lost his local contest. It may have been the thing that helped him win Friday night at The Mill Casino-Hotel in...
2.9K - Sep. 28, 2009; scored 1000.0 Colgate Country Showdown: The next level
Two local singers will compete tonight with six others in the Oregon final of the Colgate Country Showdown at The Mill Casino-Hotel in North Bend. Clint Guevara, 18, and Melanie Mullins, 23, both of North Bend, are the local contestants, representing...
5.4K - Sep. 25, 2009; scored 1000.0 Moralez sings her way to top prize
COOS BAY Star Moralez puts a piece of herself into every song she sings. But it was Janis Joplin s Piece of My Heart that won her the title of Teen Idol on Saturday, after three years in the competition. Emma Wampler finished second, Destyni Full...
3.4K - Sep. 21, 2009; scored 99.0 Teen Idol: Decision day
It s anybody s game at this point. Ask the judges in any talent competition in the week before the final what they think about the contestants chances, and that is what they ll say. Every time. What s different about this year s Bay Area Teen Idol f...
7.4K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 1000.0 'Talent' star has family ties locally
One of 10 finalists on America s Got Talent has family in North Bend. Breakdancer Hairo Torres of Grants Pass will perform tonight on the NBC series in the final round of competition. Viewers voting will determine the winner of the $1 mill...
1.4K - Sep. 14, 2009; scored 1000.0 Disintegration
NORTH BEND Josh Jennings has been waiting four years to play Eugene Morris in Broadway Bound. It s a role he s had since 15 with Brighton Beach Memoirs, the first part of Neil Simon s semi-autobiographical trilogy, at On Broadway Theater in 2003...
4.6K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 1000.0 Winning singer overcomes balky CD
BANDON It didn t look like things were going Hope Hay s way in the South Coast Has Talent contest. First, the wrong track started to play when it was her turn to perform in Saturday s final at the Sprague Community Theater in Bandon. Then, on the s...
2.6K - Aug. 31, 2009; scored 1000.0 South Coast Has Talent
BANDON Seventeen amateur performers, ranging in age from 10 to 78, will compete this weekend for a $500 top prize in the first South Coast Has Talent contest. Last week, 28 contestants sang, played instruments, acted and danced in the cont...
5.8K - Aug. 28, 2009; scored 99.0 Moralez snags top idol spot - again
COOS BAY It took all the way until the semifinals, but Bay Area Teen Idol finally has a front-runner. Star Moralez didn t get her first top score until the contest was more than halfway over, but since then she s been first every time. It s my thir...
3.6K - Aug. 28, 2009; scored 99.0 Idol contender scores with Motown hit
COOS BAY Star Moralez was looking for a little respect. She got that and more Saturday at the Blackberry Arts Festival, when she became the first contestant to collect a second top score in Bay Area Teen Idol. She did it with her first-half perform...
2.8K - Aug. 24, 2009; scored 1000.0 Seventh heaven
COOS BAY As Bay Area Teen Idol has gotten down to its top seven contestants, the competition is closer than ever. Five of them have taken a top score none more than once. Six have made the top three at least once, with no combination appearing tw...
7.4K - Aug. 21, 2009; scored 1000.0 Moralez, Cato and Miller shine at 'Idol'
COOS BAY After almost a year since her last top score in Bay Area Teen Idol, Star Moralez is back. After a month since her only previous top-three showing, Marissa Cato returned, too, as did Thaddeus Miller, after just one week outside the top thre...
3.4K - Aug. 14, 2009; scored 1000.0 Idolized
COOS BAY Goodbye, matching T-shirts. Bay Area Teen Idol contestants began wearing costumes this week, and the new facet of the competition is already shaking things up. This summer s crowded field of talented contestants already was producing a dif...
3.5K - Aug. 7, 2009; scored 1000.0 | 
