Museum unpacks '150 Years of Toys'
NORTH BEND Only old-timers may remember Coquille s toy company. In the 1950s, Sturdi-Bilt produced metal logging trucks for children that is until cheaper toys appeared on the market, said Vicki Wiese, collections manager and interim director of ...
 4.8K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 68.0 Ohio town cancels Christmas parade amid legal concerns, protests
AMELIA, Ohio (AP) An Ohio village s Christmas parade has been canceled amid concerns over possible lawsuits, expected protests and logistical problems. Amelia Mayor Leroy Ellington said the Amelia Business Association that sponsored the parade for ...
1.5K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 452.0 Retailers enter the hiring season
Tis the season to be hiring. Local retailers are hiring seasonal help to get them through what is expected to be a slightly better holiday shopping season than last year. For Margaret Hutcheson, owner of Horsin Around at Pony Village Mall, this seas...
3.9K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 107.0 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 136.0 Carrey's 'Carol' suffocates in glitz
Lionel Barrymore. Alastair Sim. Laurence Olivier. Albert Finney. George C. Scott. Bill Murray. Michael Caine. Mr. Magoo. Scrooge McDuck. Of the many to play Ebenezer Scrooge, Jim Carrey now adds his name, starring in Disney s new 3-D animation versio...
3.7K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 590.0 Soldiers will have a brighter holiday
Operation Santa of the U.S. Marine Corps Family Foundation has started its sixth year of sewing and collecting stuffers for Christmas stockings to be sent to our troops in the Middle East. To kick off our project, a rummage sale, an event of Dining f...
1.1K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 68.0 Holiday outlook improves as jobs, spending rally
The Associated Press The U.S. economy yielded some encouraging news today on two of its biggest trouble spots consumer spending and jobs. Consumers, enticed by cooler weather and an improving economy, spent a little more in October. They gave the ...
1.7K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 68.0 Museum will host Veterans Day program
The Bandon Historical Society Museum will offer veteran talks and an exhibit in honor of Veterans Day. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the museum, 270 Fillmore and U.S. Highway 101 (by the downtown streetlight). Several veterans will tal...
1.4K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 68.0 Bend company preserves national X-mas tree
BEND Santa Claus isn t the only one with a lot of responsibility this Christmas. A Bend company is tasked with keeping the nation s Christmas tree fresh from its cutting later this week until its arrival in Washington, D.C., three weeks later. The ...
2.8K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 490.0 Tree of Giving program begins
Tree of Giving is an annual program that lets the community provide a gift for a local child at Christmas. It also provides a way for someone to adopt an entire family of children. This is a great activity for a family, a work group or for someone ...
2.0K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 68.0 Pilots get fired, but others keep driving
This fan of news in all its various forms and presentations could not resist making the connection between the Northwest Airlines pilots story and our Oregon governor s decision to declare in-car talking/texting off limits, effective Jan. 1, 2010. W...
1.7K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 68.0 Gas prices chugging up for the holidays
NEW YORK (AP) Americans are paying more for gasoline than they did last year as the holidays approached billions of dollars that could go to books, clothes and Barbie dolls instead being spent at the pump. Gas averaged nearly $2.70 a gallon ...
3.8K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 68.0 Fall decorating relies on veggies
Fall is a busy time for decorating, second only to Christmas, and the period when vegetables are valued more for their beauty than their flavor. Back when America was largely rural, bringing in the harvest was cause for celebration. Corn stalks were ...
6.0K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 136.0 Coming Soon
Change of Heart dinner Guest speaker, Charles Hughbanks from Prineville is a former high-school coach turned successful insurance businessman and regional manager, found that real happiness comes from a Change of Heart rather than a Change of Circ...
2.7K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 68.0 Market vendors donate to food programs
COOS BAY The Coos Bay Farmers Market closed for the season Wednesday. But after making his last sale, vendor Guy Souerbry had one last thing to do. He boxed his leftover bread from his Village Baker stand so it could be delivered to the South Coast...
3.5K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 68.0 Kids costumes are a gore fest
Leanne Italie, Associated Press Writer Halloween has morphed into a gore fest that has kids as young as 6 unleashing their inner monsters in ultra-violent costumes blood-smeared chain saws and spiked killing gloves sold separately. Options include ...
5.0K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 68.0 Sports Briefs: Oakland coach won t face assault charges
NAPA, Calif. Oakland Raiders coach Tom Cable won t face charges after being investigated over allegations that he assaulted one of his assistants. Napa County district attorney Gary Lieberstein said that the investigation concluded no charges were ...
4.2K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 136.0 Honoring an institution
COOS BAY - Bay Area Hospital has become such an institution in the community, offering health care and more than 1,000 jobs, it s easy to forget its construction attracted fierce opposition. One person who needs no reminder of the hospital s bumpy in...
5.1K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 68.0 Kids artwork: Frame it? Box it? Toss it?
Having moved five times in the last nine years, Pam Syx, now of Venice, Fla., had many opportunities to chuck some of her two children s artwork along the way. Instead, a picture of a train that 6-year-old Preston drew with neon gel pens when he was ...
4.6K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 68.0 Honoring an institution
COOS BAY ” Bay Area Hospital has become such an institution in the community, offering health care and more than 1,000 jobs, it s easy to forget its construction attracted fierce opposition. One person who needs no reminder of the hospital s b...
5.0K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 68.0 | 
