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 260.0 Fall decorating relies on veggies
Fall is a busy time for decorating, second only to Christmas, and the period when vegetables are valued more for their beauty than their flavor. Back when America was largely rural, bringing in the harvest was cause for celebration. Corn stalks were ...
6.0K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 200.0 Market vendors donate to food programs
COOS BAY The Coos Bay Farmers Market closed for the season Wednesday. But after making his last sale, vendor Guy Souerbry had one last thing to do. He boxed his leftover bread from his Village Baker stand so it could be delivered to the South Coast...
3.5K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 1000.0 China to lift import ban on U.S. pork
WASHINGTON (AP) Chinese officials have agreed to lift the ban on U.S. pork imports they imposed last spring out of fear of swine flu. The announcement, made today, is a major boost to the beleaguered U.S. pork industry, which had already been suffe...
2.1K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 173.0 Recall Rebound
WASHINGTON Go figure: Food makers processed more peanuts over the past year than nearly any other time on record despite a national salmonella outbreak blamed for killing nine people and scaring consumers away from peanut products for months. Peanu...
4.8K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 173.0 Vilsack: Dairy industry must restructure
BATH, S.D. The struggling U.S. dairy industry must be restructured to avoid cycles of boom and bust, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Monday, less than a week after Congress announced a $350 million dairy bailout. Dairy farmers benef...
3.2K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 365.0 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 134.0 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 134.0 Day Planner
Ongoing PhotoZone Gallery Gallery One, 715 Quince St., Florence. Broadway Bound play Runs through Sept. 27., 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday matinee, Little Theatre on the Bay, 2100 Sherman Ave, North Bend. (756-4336, www.ltob.net ) To...
7.0K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 134.0 Day Planner
Ongoing PhotoZone Gallery Gallery One, 715 Quince St., Florence. Broadway Bound play Runs through Sept. 27., 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday matinee, Little Theatre on the Bay, 2100 Sherman Ave, North Bend. (756-4336, www.ltob.net ) Or...
7.4K - Sep. 25, 2009; scored 134.0 New era of street food
LOS ANGELES Peruvian rice, steaming Greek falafels, satay dripping with peanut sauce, doughy Salvadoran pupusas, slippery Thai noodles. In much of the world, they are just on-the-go eats for the masses. But in the U.S., a growing cadre of chefs and...
7.1K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 134.0 DAY PLANNER
Today Pinochle 1:30 p.m., Coos Bay Senior Center, 886 S. Fourth St., Coos Bay. (269-2626) Food Handlers Class 3:30 p.m., Bandon High School cafeteria, 550 Ninth St. $10. (756-2020 ext. 643) Girl Scouts informational meeting 6:30 p.m...
7.3K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 134.0 DAY PLANNER
Ongoing Silent Auction Normal hours, Langlois Library. (541-348-2066) Oregon 150: Looking Back on Coos County 10 a.m.to 4 p.m., 1220 Sherman Ave., North Bend. $4; Children 11 and under, free. (756-6320) Today Bite of the Bay 6-10 ...
8.8K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 212.0 Northwest wheat growers seeking local market
REARDAN, Wash. (AP) Fred Fleming stands in a field of golden wheat, surveying miles of grain as it gradually succumbs to the power of tanklike harvesters. It s been more than a century since his great-grandfather first drove horses across these Eas...
7.9K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 474.0 New era of street food
LOS ANGELES Peruvian rice, steaming Greek falafels, satay dripping with peanut sauce, doughy Salvadoran pupusas, slippery Thai noodles. In much of the world, they are just on-the-go eats for the masses. But in the U.S., a growing cadre of chefs and...
10.1K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 134.0 Day Planner
Ongoing PhotoZone Gallery Gallery One, 715 Quince St., Florence. Silent Auction Normal hours, Langlois Library. (541-348-2066) Oregon 150: Looking Back on Coos County 10 a.m.to 4 p.m., 1220 Sherman Ave., North Bend. $4; Children 1...
9.3K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 212.0 Day Planner
Today Pinochle 1:30 p.m., Mondays and Thursdays, Coos Bay Senior Center, 886 S. Fourth St., Coos Bay. (269-2626) Bridge Lessons 6:30-9:30 p.m., Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 400 Highland Ave., Coos Bay. Tuesday NB Community Lunch 11:30 a.m. to 1 p...
7.0K - Sep. 21, 2009; scored 212.0 Day Planner
Ongoing PhotoZone Gallery ” Gallery One, 715 Quince St., Florence. Oregon 150: Looking Back on Coos County ” 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 1220 Sherman Ave., North Bend. Free admission on Sept. 18 only, $4. Children 11 and under, ...
11.5K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 212.0 Day Planner
Ongoing Broadway Bound play ” Runs through Sept. 27, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday matinee, Little Theatre on the Bay, 2100 Sherman Ave., North Bend. (756-4336) Oregon 150: Looking Back on Coos County ” 10 a.m. to 4 ...
11.5K - Sep. 17, 2009; scored 134.0 Day Planner
Ongoing PhotoZone Gallery ” Gallery One, 715 Quince St., Florence. Broadway Bound play ” Runs through Sept. 27., 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday matinee, Little Theatre on the Bay, 2100 Sherman Ave., North Bend. (756-4...
13.4K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 212.0 |
