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 930.0 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 180.0 Savoring a school house
RANDOLPH A good site, money and a passion for history that s what Charlie Ruddell had. After four years, a lot of research and creative problem solving, he now has a renovated historic schoolhouse, too, at Randolph about 6 miles north of Bandon....
5.1K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 349.0 Building location faces city fine
The city of Coos Bay has imposed fines on the owner of an unfinished building on North Broadway. The property, owned by Bay Cities Building Co. of Coos Bay, is intended to be the future home of KDCQ radio. But construction ground to a halt after the ...
3.0K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 231.0 Shirley Yvonne (Langlois) Ward
A memorial blessing and coffee reception will be held for Shirley Yvonne (Langlois) Ward, 85, of Lake Oswego, formerly of Bandon, at 1 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 1, at Bay Crest Village Evergreen Court in North Bend. Shirley was born July 10, 1924, in Bandon...
2.0K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 140.0 Cheers and Jeers, Oct. 10
The horror! The horror! Jeers to officials who inconvenienced taxpayers by closing state offices Friday. Staggering the furloughs to keep offices open allegedly would have been an administrative nightmare. Really? If the bosses are that inept, vaca...
2.1K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 180.0 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 292.0 Boy Scouts fear cabin's days are numbered
COOS BAY - Boy Scouting is seeing a resurgence in Coos Bay, and local leaders want to upgrade the building young Scouts call home. Troop 68 meets in the Scout Cabin, tucked between stands of evergreens behind Choshi Gardens in Mingus Park. It was bu...
4.4K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 252.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Oct. 5, 8:42 a.m., police cited a 20-year-old woman for having less than an once of marijuana within 1,000 feet of a school and referred a 15-year-old to the juvenile de...
2.2K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 180.0 The whirligig mystery
COOS BAY The residents of Coos County need a little public art in their lives, so says Coos Bay landscape architect Mike Vaughan. He s giving it to folks. And many have noticed. It s been hard to miss the spinning contraption that materialized on t...
2.9K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 252.0 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 280.0 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 302.0 Concert moves to Egyptian
Don t let the rain keep you home. The free Music on the Bay concert tonight won t be under starry skies, nor will it be under a drizzly cloud cover. Organizers have moved the Average White Band s performance to the historic Egyptian Theatre in downto...
0.6K - Sep. 29, 2009; scored 140.0 Museum wants to inspire creativity
In honor of Oregon s Day of Culture on Oct. 8, The Coos Historical & Maritime Museum is asking locals to reflect and comment creatively on a historical object, which will be on display beginning Monday. Museum Collections Manager Vicki Wiese said...
1.8K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 642.0 Going out
Theater etc. This weekend Broadway Bound, the third part of Neil Simon s autobiographical trilogy, continues through Sunday at Little Theatre on the Bay. Show times are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. $12, $10 studen...
4.0K - Sep. 25, 2009; scored 231.0 Scene & Heard
Concerts This weekend Elkhorn Express Mr. Zack s. Rock. 9 p.m. Friday. 396-7111. Also, Highway 101 Harley-Davidson, 4-7 p.m. Saturday. 266-7051. Freemartins The Mill. Pop, classic rock. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 756-8800, www.themillcasino.com...
10.7K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 367.0 Going out
Theater etc. This weekend Bay Area Teen Idol, a singing competition for Coos County teens, will conclude at the Bay Area Fun Festival, 3 p.m. Saturday. Four finalists and others will perform at the Firemen s Memorial in downtown Coos Bay. www.bayare...
5.1K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 292.0 Chandler future is on shaky ground
COOS BAY ” One of the last tenants to leave The Chandler Hotel before workers boarded up its ground-floor windows was Rita Todd. Owner of Design Renaissance, an interior design business, Todd had operated out of a storefront on Second Str...
5.6K - Sep. 17, 2009; scored 373.0 Museum opens final Oregon 150 exhibit
The Coos Historical & Maritime Museum has announced its newest exhibit Oregon 150: Looking Back on Coos County. This is the final installment of a three-part series, which celebrates 150 years of Oregon statehood. It opens Saturday. The museum i...
0.9K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 743.0 Printing museum hosts annual meeting
Members of the Marshfield Sun Printing Museum Association will gather for their annual meeting this month. The event is planned at 10 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 26, at the museum on Front Street in Coos Bay. A short general membership meeting will begin a...
0.9K - Sep. 15, 2009; scored 140.0 | 
