There is no perfect turkey
Soon you ll start to see a spate of shows, columns and magazine stories that will tell you how to make the perfect turkey for the holiday. You can roast it in a paper bag, you can bake it upside down, you can deep-fry it, you can put it on a rotiss...
 3.3K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 89.0 KEEP ON TRUCKIN'
MILLINGTON Ingrid Hill never found a full-time job after getting laid off last year, but she did find a dump truck. Hill has 22 years of experience in the construction industry, most recently working for Knife River Corp., but cutbacks last year ca...
3.8K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 89.0 The good, the ad, the ugly
Do you have NOPQ? If so, ask your doctor about Nopquease. I can t tell you how many times I ve watched commercials for medicine on TV without ever figuring out what malady the medicine is supposed to cure. Do you have shortness of breath? Loss of ea...
3.1K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 89.0 Planning help offered
For anyone daunted by the land use planning process, Coos County is offering help through its Web Site. Commissioners have developed a draft guidebook on the county s Web page. The guidebook includes contact information for state and local agencies, ...
0.6K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 89.0 Real, but do we really need to see it?
If your profession doesn t have a reality show, is what you do really a profession? Chefs, fashion designers, entrepreneurs, models, cab drivers, has-been rock stars, travelers, bachelors, parents, dancers, singers, comedians, comedians, businesspeo...
3.9K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 89.0 Let books be large, in charge
My library has a gargantuan large-print book collection. Here s my question. Why aren t all books large-print? Guess who has got the best eyesight in the world? Children. The library has a huge children s section. And guess what children s books ar...
3.3K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 89.0 William Bill Douglas Morgan Jr.
William Bill Douglas Morgan Jr., 68, of Wellton, Ariz., was born Sept. 8, 1941, in La Grande, the eldest child of Doug and Betty Morgan. He died Oct. 1, 2009, in Beaver, Utah. He was raised in Enterprise, along with his nine siblings, where he grad...
1.9K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 141.0 Corporate tax hike is long overdue
If the necessity for a tax increase arises in Oregon, corporations and high-income earners are the prime candidates that can well afford to absorb the cost. And lo and behold, our state Legislature finally bit the bullet, passing a tax bill that targ...
2.8K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 89.0 No texting at dinner and other electronic etiquette
Holly Kopczynski always prided herself on raising her kids the right way, teaching them etiquette basics like saying please and thank you. Then it happened. We were at a restaurant for my mom s birthday. I looked over and there are my daughter and...
4.3K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 89.0 Unfair taxation is an increasing problem
The World s editorial (Sept. 29) was most definitely politically correct. Don t sock it to bar owners again (yet). That statement puts me in mind of rather than ask a man, Are you still beating your wife? advising him, Don t break her right arm un...
2.6K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 89.0 Donation downturn
In hard times, many turn to thrift stores to save on everyday needs. But they might not find what they re looking for. Nonprofit retailers rely on donations for their inventory, and rising competition is combining with the weak economy to make high-q...
3.5K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 141.0 Chinese manufacturer takes over Hummer
DETROIT (AP) Hummer, the off-road vehicle that once epitomized America s love for hulking trucks, is now in the hands of a Chinese heavy equipment maker. General Motors Co. and Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Corp. finally signed the m...
4.6K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 89.0 Explosive similar to London bombing found in California
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (AP) A Southern California man who blew off four fingers while mixing explosives in a home that doubled as a day care center had made a volatile compound similar to the one used in the 2005 London subway bombings, a sheriff s ...
2.6K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 89.0 Web didn't invent insults
Wouldn t this be a great world if we named our children the way we name ourselves in Internet chat rooms? First grade would be full of kids named Mountainclimber, EggyParms, JerBear, Misscreant, radiogirl, D.AngeloSnutz, Ladysman, ToastraDamus, Schwa...
3.2K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 89.0 Oversight lacking on controlling war costs
WASHINGTON (AP) During a routine check of a watch tower at a U.S. military base in Kuwait, an Army sergeant found the guard leaning back in a chair, his sunglasses on, apparently sound asleep. When the soldier woke the guard, an employee of a defen...
5.3K - Oct. 7, 2009; scored 89.0 Myrtle Point mill expands, hires
MYRTLE POINT A local alder mill is growing despite a recession that is hammering the lumber industry. W L Lumber, formerly known as W L Contractors, has added a lumber-drying kiln and a planer to its existing alder mill and chipping facility. The ...
5.5K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 310.0 No cell phone; yes GPS
When I was learning to drive I can t tell you how many times my dad would say, Make a left here, and as he saw me start to turn the wheel right he would say, No, your other left. It hasn t gotten any better with time. If you say, Turn right, I ...
3.0K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 89.0 Successful business still grows out of garages
Green living. Solar cells. Electric cars. It s hard to open a newspaper without reading about companies trying to grab a corner of the developing alternative-energy and technology markets. There s opportunity for scientifically minded people and ente...
2.1K - Oct. 1, 2009; scored 89.0 I Want To Know: Who appraised Bandon Dunes?
Question: I want to know if Adam Colby was the appraiser that handled the Bandon Dunes account when there was a coding error made. Answer: Coos County Assessor Adam Colby was the commercial industrial appraiser to reappraise Bandon Dunes Golf Resort....
1.7K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 89.0 What kind of science?
We ve all heard of the butterfly effect, which says that the world is such a complex, interactive, dynamic system that a tiny butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil can ultimately cause a hurricane thousands of miles away. My first thought on hearing...
3.2K - Sep. 25, 2009; scored 89.0 |
