Great photos, cartoon change
Not being much of a Kudos person, I was moved to send you this letter in thanks for the beautiful Moon-shot photo in the Nov. 3 issue of The World by Lou Sennick. He is truly a photo master. I love his action shots in the Sports section. The World...
 1.0K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 89.0 Cheers & Jeers
Check it out! When you finish reading today s paper, pick up a library book and give a cheer. The Coos County Library Association is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Public libraries bring us a world of knowledge at a bargain price. Educate your own...
2.0K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 358.0 Council is wrong venue for vendetta
The editorial (The World, Oct. 28) about the Lakeside recalls was so spot-on for the opinions of most of the citizens of Lakeside. I ve been a resident of Lakeside since 1992 and have seen many petty factious groups use the recall procedure to settle...
1.2K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 89.0 Public Enemy No. 1: Cancer patients
A lot has changed in the 210-plus years since the nation adopted the Second Amendment, guaranteeing gun rights. For one thing, federal gun laws now ban convicted illegal drug users from toting handguns. But two Oregon sheriffs say that s not tough en...
2.1K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 358.0 Wise approach to LNG: Be prepared
Coping with the recession has absorbed most people s energy for the past year, but looking beyond the immediate crisis is always smart. The city of Coos Bay is being prudently proactive by negotiating a financial relationship with the would-be develo...
1.9K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 358.0 Small deals don't require big payoffs
Taxpayers find plenty of reasons to chastise local officials over how they spend the public s money. Sometimes they deserve the needling, but they also deserve pats on the back when they make wise fiscal decisions. So thank you, Coos County commissio...
1.8K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 358.0 The public option and the vaccine
My internist told me he is now using the technique he learned many decades ago in the military, when supplies of vaccine were short and they had to split doses. I wouldn t even think of asking. But I did ask my rheumatologist, since rheumatoid arthri...
3.4K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 89.0 This little piggy used hand wipes
The best thing to be said about the swine flu epidemic is, it could be worse. Vaccines have been slow to arrive. Even high-risk population groups remain mostly unimmunized. The illness has decimated classrooms and offices. But some things are going w...
1.9K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 358.0 Study: Half of U.S. kids will get food stamps
CHICAGO Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from the current recession could push those numbers even higher, researchers say. The estimate comes from...
3.8K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 89.0 Cheers & Jeers Oct. 31
Bringing home bacon Congratulations to Coos Bay s West Coast Contractors, hired to oversee a $28 million federal job in Newport. Note to sourpusses who complain whenever out-of-towners land contracts in the Bay Area: The road of commerce runs bo...
1.8K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 358.0 You can't outlaw unpopular ideas
If Oregon had a neck, environmental protesters would be a throbbing pain in it. But the state s Court of Appeals was right to confirm that these sometimes irritating activists have the same rights as other Americans. The court this week struck down a...
2.1K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 358.0 Perceived bias taints ballot titles
Legislators who write tax laws wrangle endlessly over details and nuances. Every phrase is subject to microscopic negotiation. But when a tax law goes to voters, the choice is a simple yes or no, based on just a few sentences of description. Those se...
2.0K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 358.0 Paper is covering stories that matter
I ve seen several letters recently complaining about the lack of national and world news in The World. The World has always seemed to me to be a paper that was mainly to keep us abreast of our local news, and other news that was related to this area....
1.9K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 89.0 No. No. No. No. No. No. No.
Just say No, seven times. That s what Lakeside voters should do in the upcoming recalls. Clearly, Lakeside is a divided community. But recalling six city councilors and the mayor will only worsen the animosities among the town s factions. Lakeside ...
2.0K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 358.0 In choosing words, emphasize respect
Here s a simple way to judge whether an expression is publicly utterable: If a word offends people, it s probably offensive. Take squaw. Some people contend it s a innocent synonym for woman, legitimately derived from the Algonquin language. They...
2.1K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 358.0 Mayors ask Obama to visit Japanese A-bomb cities
TOKYO Japanese newspapers and activists are calling for Barack Obama to become the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima or Nagasaki, the only two cities ever devastated by atomic bombs, ahead of his visit to Japan next month. The two cit...
4.4K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 141.0 City resists isolationist urge
Building an area s economy requires patient teamwork by both public and private players. Encouragingly, the city of Coos Bay seems to be rejoining the Bay Area team, after briefly flirting with isolationism. This week city officials agreed to pay mos...
2.0K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 358.0 FERC tips favor toward Portland
The World nailed it in their recent editorial: FERC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, owes this community and the Jordan Cove Energy LNG and Pacific Connector developers, an answer; a simple YES or NO. The developers have jumped through all ...
2.5K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 89.0 Teens can have fun staying sober
High school dances were common on weekend nights decades ago. Schools hosted supervised fun, with music and prospective romance. No drugs, no alcohol at least in the gyms. Average teens and would-be miscreants were gathered in one building, under w...
1.9K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 358.0 Maintenance, not clearcutting, is wise
When is wilderness not wilderness? When it s a developed campground. LaVerne Park might be remote by some standards, but it s a popular destination. The Bureau of Land Management made the right call to remove hazardous trees and branches at the park ...
1.7K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 358.0 | 
