Community Sports: Community Scoreboard for Sept. 26
Bowling North Bend Lanes Sept. 14-20 HIGH GAME Young at Heart Seniors Larry O Neal 244, Virgil Pekoc 224, Nick Boutin 198, Berrell Vinyard 198; Sally Ash 215, Thelma Fairchild 199, Linda Nichols 192. Coast Robert Black 279, Dean Laber 267, Matt W...
 13.4K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 83.0 Bad news Bengals create ways to lose
CINCINNATI The temptation is to write it off as a once-in-a-lifetime bolt of bad luck, a moment so surreal that it could never happen again. Sort of like hitting the lottery and then misplacing the ticket. It s unreal, Cincinnati Bengals defensive...
5.0K - Sep. 15, 2009; scored 52.0 Mora works to turn Seattle s fortunes
RENTON, Wash. It s one thing that Jim Mora s incomparable drive and boundless energy impress the Seahawks he coaches. After all, he controls their livelihood, so bowing to the boss isn t a bad idea. It s much more impressive that one of the world s...
7.7K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 52.0 Gators favored in tough SEC
The road to the national title game has run through the Southeastern Conference recently. So while perfection would be nice for Tim Tebow and Florida, it s not necessarily necessary. And the Gators know it. Our goal is to win the SEC championship, T...
8.3K - Aug. 18, 2009; scored 52.0 4-H helps kids learn responsibility
MYRTLE POINT Different ages. Different animals. Same goal. 4-H members gather at the fair each year to celebrate raising animals through competition, auctions and more. After years in the clubs, the kids will walk away with a sense of responsibilit...
2.4K - Jul. 28, 2009; scored 52.0 Mary Misseres
At her request, no formal services will be held for Mary Misseres, 82, of Bandon. Cremation rites were held under the direction of Nelson's Bay Area Mortuary. Mary was born Oct. 20, 1926, in North Salt Lake, Utah, a railroad center between Salt Lake ...
2.3K - Jul. 18, 2009; scored 52.0 Group splits on options
NORTH BEND - The group charged with discussing marine reserves off the Coos County coast found some common ground Thursday, though not much. The gathering of fishermen, environmentalists, scientists and ocean users agreed to eight potential recommend...
4.2K - Jun. 26, 2009; scored 52.0 Elkton announces top students
Elkton High School students graduate June 5, 2009, in Carl Grimsrud Memorial Gymnasium. Valedictorian Matthew Mat Eberhardt is the son of Gus and Barbara Eberhardt of Elkton. He has a GPA of 4.04 and has been involved in football, basketball and...
1.7K - Jun. 1, 2009; scored 52.0 The scrambler
Michael Anderson s music has evolved during the four decades he s been playing the guitar. Since he was 14, the Coos Bay native and Marshfield High School graduate has played a variety of music including blues, R B, some country and a lot of rock n ...
3.2K - Apr. 17, 2009; scored 52.0 Oscars: 'Slumdog,' Ledger, Winslet are sure bets
LOS ANGELES Associated Press movie writers David Germain and Christy Lemire would like to agree to disagree more often so they could make fun of each other s Academy Awards picks, but they re in general consensus this time. Among the top six catego...
11.8K - Feb. 20, 2009; scored 52.0 Recession exposes holes in jobless benefit system
WASHINGTON The government safety net designed to protect laid-off workers from financial catastrophe is falling short, leaving nearly half the 11.6 million jobless Americans without unemployment benefits. The shortcomings are fueling the recession ...
6.5K - Feb. 7, 2009; scored 52.0 Portland directors nominated for Oscars
PORTLAND (AP) Two Portland directors have been nominated for Academy Awards one a little-known documentary journalist, the other a world-famous name. The lesser known of the two, Irene Taylor Brodsky, was wide awake when the phone rang Thursday a...
1.9K - Jan. 23, 2009; scored 52.0 'Button' leads Oscar noms with 13; 'Slumdog' gets 10
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. The romantic fantasy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button led Academy Awards contenders Thursday with 13 nominations, among them best picture and acting honors for Brad Pitt and Taraji P. Henson, and a directing slot for Davi...
13.4K - Jan. 23, 2009; scored 105.0 Kenneth Harold Jensen
A gathering will be held for Kenneth "Ken" Harold Jensen, 78, of Battleground, Wash., 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, at Lighthouse Beach . Ken was born Oct. 7, 1930, in Portland. He died Dec. 6, 2008, in Vancouver, Wash., of complications of COPD, with hi...
1.7K - Jan. 21, 2009; scored 52.0 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. A reference number is provided with the photo for each pet. This week s pets are: Ash, a longhair tabby and white adult f...
0.7K - Jan. 10, 2009; scored 52.0 Northwest flooding closes roads, stalls commerce
CENTRALIA, Wash. Floods, mudslides and avalanches in the Pacific Northwest kept tens of thousands of people from their homes and stranded hundreds of trucks along the major highways that link Seattle s busy ports with markets around the country. Th...
4.3K - Jan. 9, 2009; scored 52.0 Gu Gu strikes again! Panda attacks at Beijing Zoo
BEIJING (AP) Gu Gu the panda has struck again, mauling someone who jumped a barrier to retrieve a child s toy, in his third attack on a visitor at the Beijing zoo. A tourist from China s Anhui province went over a 4-foot, 7-inch (1.4-meter) barrier...
1.5K - Jan. 8, 2009; scored 1000.0 McNabb leads Eagles to win in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS Perhaps a thousand Eagles fans surrounded the opening to the Metrodome tunnel as the victorious visitors jogged past, cheering their vanquish of the Vikings and tossing a derogatory chant toward the defending Super Bowl champions. The G...
5.3K - Jan. 5, 2009; scored 52.0 Cinema smackdown
The top 10 movies of 2008, according to AP Movie Critic Christy Lemire: 1. The Wrestler It couldn t have had a more cliched premise: A washed-up athlete struggles against the odds for one last chance at greatness. But Darren Aronofsky reinvents t...
7.9K - Dec. 26, 2008; scored 52.0 Pro Picks: Defense will be on display at Baltimore
When the Baltimore Ravens scored two touchdowns in just over five minutes against Washington last Sunday night, the game was as good as over. The Ravens defense is that good. Expect more defense from both sides Sunday when Pittsburgh comes to town i...
3.9K - Dec. 12, 2008; scored 52.0 | 
