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 125.0 Going Out
Theater etc. This weekend Coastal Douglas Has Talent!, a talent show and fundraiser for the Reedsport Rotary Club, will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at Pacific Auditorium in Reedsport. About a dozen performers of a variety of ages will compete, and PBA...
4.4K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 133.0 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 128.0 Going Out
Theater etc. This weekend Haunted Theatre will be open 7 to 10 p.m. Friday and 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday at Little Theatre on the Bay. $3 first visit, $1 repeat visits, free after fifth time. The North Bend Police Department s haunted house wil...
5.0K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 177.0 Going Out
Theater etc. This weekend The Pride of the Sawdust League, or Three Strikes and You re Out returns to the Sawdust Theatre in Coquille for one night only. Benefit to send Doug Veysey of Myrtle Point to Boston Marathon. Show time is 8 p.m. Saturday. &...
5.2K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 155.0 Going Out
Theater etc. This weekend Arsenic and Old Lace will be presented by New Artists Productions beginning Friday and running through Oct. 25 at the Sprague Community Theater in Bandon. Showtimes are 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. ...
4.5K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 141.0 Weaving through time
Native American basketry represents a rich and unique traditional art. For centuries, tribal women integrated naturalistic and geometric designs into basket forms ranging from utilitarian to ceremonial. The Coos Bay region supports a wealth of natura...
5.0K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 125.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Oct. 12, 5:48 a.m., police took a 25-year-old man to the Coos County jail on a charge of domestic strangulation from a case in the 100 block of Marino Drive. He was cite...
3.2K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 102.0 Going Out
Theater etc. This weekend The Friday Foreign Film series at Coos Bay Public Library continues at 7 p.m. Friday with The Counterfeiters, an Academy Award-winning, morally ambiguous Holocaust tale of survival and conscience. 269-1101. Don t Dress For...
4.7K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 183.0 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 519.0 Coming Soon
Chance for a laugh Don t Dress for Dinner opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Brookings Harbor Community Theater. This is an adult comedy that is centered around a husband, a wife, a mistress, a best friend and the cook. The story begins as Jacqueline ...
2.0K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 119.0 Day Planner
Ongoing Coloring contest 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Headles and Treadles, Pony Village Mall, 1611 Virginia Ave.,North Bend. Ends Oct. 10. Today A Little Lunch Music noon-1:30 p.m., through Oct. 9, Coos Bay Library, 525 Anderson Ave. (269-1101) Tuesday F...
6.3K - Oct. 5, 2009; scored 152.0 DAY PLANNER
Ongoing Coloring contest 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Headles and Treadles, Pony Village Mall, 1611 Virginia Ave.,North Bend. Ends Oct. 10 Today Pack Book Sale 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Coos Bay Elks Lodge, 265 Central Ave. Supports Snack Pack Program. Bullseye...
9.3K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 177.0 Culture collection
October is National Arts and Humanities month, hailed as a coast-to-coast collective celebration of culture. For the next four weeks there will be proclamations, poetry readings, performances and prizes and in Oregon, an expansive menu of cultural ...
4.8K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 212.0 DAY PLANNER
Ongoing Coloring contest 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Headles and Treadles, Pony Village Mall, 1611 Virginia Ave., North Bend. Ends Oct. 10. Today Fall Fling 5 - 8 p.m., Coos Art Museum, 235 Anderson Ave., downtown Coos Bay. $35 nonmember, &...
10.1K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 200.0 DAY PLANNER
Ongoing br Coloring contest 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Headles and Treadles, Pony Village Mall, 1611 Virginia Ave.,North Bend. Ends Oct. 10. br Today br Photos and collectibles all day, all month. Judy Lochman photographs and Harley-Davidson collecti...
9.4K - Oct. 1, 2009; scored 159.0 Coming Soon
Day of Culture Through Saturday, the Coos Historical Maritime Museum invites people to view a piece of Coos County history. People are encouraged to view the object and then create a piece of art, poetry, or reminiscence inspired by the object. The...
1.4K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 138.0 Day Planner
Today Bingo 4 p.m., for quarters. 6:30 p.m., regular. Bay Area Seniors Center, 886 S. Fourth St., Coos Bay. (269-2626) Chamber After Hours 5-7 p.m., SMART office, 170 Suite 205, S. Second St. Coos Bay (266-7476) Lower Umpqua Economic Development ...
7.8K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 161.0 Day Planner
Today Bridge Lessons 6:30-9:30 p.m., Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 400 Highland Ave., Coos Bay. Christmas Chorus practice 6:30 - 9 p.m., First United Methodist Church, Ocean Boulevard, Coos Bay. (759-2339, 267-3106) Revival 7 p.m., Lighthouse Temp...
5.0K - Sep. 28, 2009; scored 174.0 Hossley wins Pre Run for Kids
Nick Hossley of North Bend was the overall winner in the Pre Run for Kids last Sunday in downtown Coos Bay. Hossley, a seventh-grader, bested a field that included 125 boys and girls in grades 1 through 8. He finished the 3-mile course in 20 minutes ...
3.7K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 102.0 | 
