Readers question decisions
Friday s headline about the Fort Hood shootings brought a protest from one reader. The headline quoted the alleged gunman, who reportedly shouted, Allahu Akbar! before opening fire. A reader in Charleston e-mailed me to blast the headline as shame...
 3.1K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 286.0 Bah Humbug run and picnic planned
The South Coast Running Club will hold its annual club picnic and Bah Humbug Requiem Run at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14, at Humbug Mountain State Park south of Port Orford. The non-competitive run or walk includes a 3-mile climb to the top of Humbug...
1.8K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 311.0 Youth Sports: Mustangs win soccer tourney
The Fall soccer season for the Boys Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon came to a close last weekend with a fifth/sixth-grade tournament at North Bay School. The Mustangs, a team coached by Erik Johnson and sponsored by C S Fire Safe Services, won ...
3.3K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 537.0 ODFW continues Chetco River closure
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is extending the current angling closure on the Chetco River upstream of Highway 101 until further notice. The season was expected to reopen today, but will remain closed to protect spawning fall Chinook. Pa...
3.0K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 430.0 Looking back at On the Origin of Species
It was revolutionary. This month, 150 years ago, Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species. Darwin s experiences as the naturalist on the HMS Beagle on its five-year round the world voyage were just part of a life-long love of natural scien...
3.5K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 352.0 Coos County Animal Shelter Pets of the Week
Meet this week s dog and cat available for adoption at the Coos County Animal Shelter in The World s feature, Pets of the Week. This week s pets are: Dog of the Week Mandy, who s described as a sweet, 6-year-old spayed female Chocolate Lab mix, with...
0.9K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 257.0 Poets give reading at NB library
Northwest poets Gary Adams and Bill Siverly give a free reading at 1 p.m. Saturday at the North Bend Public Library. Siverly s latest book is Clearwater Way (2009), poems inspired by the Wasco myth cycle about Coyote, and the authors experiences alo...
1.4K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 257.0 Works of the Northwest
Northwest poets Gary Adams and Bill Siverly give a free reading at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at the North Bend Public Library. Siverly s latest book is Clearwater Way (2009), poems inspired by the Wasco myth cycle about Coyote, and the authors experi...
1.4K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 257.0 COMING SOON
Today Coast Guard honors veterans at parade Representatives of the Siuslaw Station of the U.S. Coast Guard will be the grand marshall of the Veteran s Day Parade in Florence and will host an open house at the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Florence foll...
2.2K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 455.0 There is a lot to account for when choosing a bookkeeping program
Arlene Soto There are hundreds of accounting systems available. Sure, they range from simple to complex, manual to computerized, and inexpensive to thousands of dollars, but don t let it scare you. You can choose a good system for your business, if y...
3.2K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 402.0 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 430.0 Exhibit will honor veterans' service
The Bandon Historical Society Museum will offer veteran talks Saturday and an exhibit in honor of Veterans Day. The event will run from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, at the museum, 270 Fillmore and U.S. Highway 101 (by the downtown streetlight). Several...
0.9K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 216.0 Former Blazer eyes run for governor
SALEM Chris Dudley s free throw shots were always iffy propositions. Now the former Portland Trail Blazer is in a new arena taking aim at a governor s chair and Oregon s Republicans think he can score. Dudley hasn t formally announced a bid for t...
3.6K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 402.0 Girls set new standard for excellence
PORTLAND In Oregon high school girls cross country, 19 is becoming the new 20. Over the past 10 years, there has been remarkable growth in the number of girls who can cover 5,000-meter cross country courses in less than 20 minutes. Once a benchmark...
5.5K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 490.0 Scene & Heard
Concerts This weekend Ambush Blue Moon. Classic rock. 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. www.dbabluemoon.com . Battle of the Bands Three Rivers. Competition runs Nov. 6-Dec. 12. 8:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Prize is contract to perform regularly at...
10.8K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 345.0 Missing baby found under sitter's bed
CHIPLEY, Fla. (AP) A baby missing for five days was found alive and well under her baby sitter s bed, and Florida authorities said today they plan to charge the sitter, her husband and the child s mother. Investigators found 7-month-old Shannon Ded...
1.3K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 216.0 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 393.0 Coming Soon
Tonight Lifting quilts Join the Coos Sand N Sea Quilters meeting at 7 tonight at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1290 Thompson Road, Coos Bay. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Featured speaker Kara Alexander will present Lift the Quilts Out of Your Stash. She ...
2.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 383.0 Who will teach nurses?
COOS BAY Experienced nurses have seen it before. In a recession, retired and semi-retired RNs come out of the woodwork to support their families. But once this economic slump ends, nurses including Susan Walker foresee a shortage of medical worker...
4.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 487.0 Pickup led 'Clunker' trade-ins
WASHINGTON Billed as a way for the government to put more fuel-efficient vehicles on highways, the popular $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program mostly involved swaps of old Ford or Chevrolet pickups for new ones that have only marginally bette...
6.4K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 644.0 | 
