Kulongoski makes surprise visit to troops in Iraq
GRANTS PASS (AP) Gov. Ted Kulongoski has made another surprise trip to Iraq to visit Oregon National Guard troops. Speaking by telephone from Baghdad, where he was attending a barbecue with soldiers, the governor said Tuesday he was making good on ...
 3.8K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 99.0 Sherbondy in prison for 2 years
COQUILLE When Gwen Sherbondy stole money from a graduation fund for Coquille seniors, she didn t just take $11,665. As a parent helper for the fundraiser, she also betrayed the community s trust to pay for her gambling addiction. It s for this...
4.2K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 63.0 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 63.0 'Fourth Kind' is a half-baked mess
The flat-lining, alien-abduction thriller The Fourth Kind offers a close encounter that buries an interesting idea under a barrage of gimmicky, carnivallike hokum. The movie s unwieldy mix of degraded pseudo-documentary footage and Unsolved Myster...
3.3K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 63.0 Council is wrong venue for vendetta
The editorial (The World, Oct. 28) about the Lakeside recalls was so spot-on for the opinions of most of the citizens of Lakeside. I ve been a resident of Lakeside since 1992 and have seen many petty factious groups use the recall procedure to settle...
1.2K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 163.0 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 63.0 NB boys surge into soccer playoffs
NORTH BEND When Todd Ransom took over as coach of the North Bend boys soccer team after Blaine Deming retired last spring, someone suggested to him this would be a rebuilding year. I said, We ll see, Ransom recalled Wednesday. I m competitive a...
3.3K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 63.0 New WGC event needs higher PGA priority
SHANGHAI The field for a World Golf Championship is never as strong when Americans require a passport. The HSBC Champions is no exception. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, the best two players in the world, are competing at the same tournament in As...
5.3K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 63.0 Surprised the media elite backed Fox?
Nobody should be surprised to see the nation s esteemed celebrity news media align with Fox News against the White House. Supposedly, the press regulates its own behavior; in reality, that s been a joke for two decades. Today, even the fig leaf has b...
4.1K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 63.0 Follow these great leaders' examples
Many years ago this great nation was blessed to have Ben Franklin. Our county has been blessed with three modern day Ben Franklins Jim Bice, Clark Walworth and Fred Kirby. Ben Frankin was a very wise man who had a tremendous amount of common sense ...
1.7K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 63.0 Councilor appeals to Lakeside voters
In the 2008 election the good people of Lakeside voted into office four new councilors on a platform of open and honest government. Five councilors have worked in harmony on their election promises. Without cooperation from Mayor Nelson, we: Institut...
1.5K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 63.0 Will cook for food
NORTH BEND Some cooks would find it difficult to make a meal with $8 worth of ingredients. Stretch that sum weekly between 25 culinary students, and the menu sounds meager at best. Culinary teacher Mary Willson says that s the difficult realit...
4.7K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 63.0 Tax breaks cost state more than predicted
PORTLAND (AP) State officials deliberately underestimated the cost of Gov. Ted Kulongoski s plan to lure green energy companies to Oregon with big taxpayer subsidies, resulting in a program that cost 40 times more than unsuspecting lawmakers were t...
11.0K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 63.0 This Is It is an homage to greatness
Watching Michael Jackson s This Is It will have fans grieving once again, but this time, it won t only be for the fallen King of Pop, but for what we lost a brilliant entertainer who gave every inch of his body and soul for what might have been o...
4.1K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 63.0 Spin doctor
Silk means elegance, luxury, wealth. Silk is lustrous and resilient; it shimmers and it caresses. In the hands of fiber artist Liz Brende, silk is accessories and silk is art. Next month she will offer a class, Making Silk Paper, at Easy Lane Frames...
4.0K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 63.0 Evangelists are targeting New England
WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) It s hard to tell in the quiet of a color-splashed autumn morning, but Redeemer Fellowship Church is trying to set roots in a rough neighborhood. For churches, anyway. Until this new church opened last month, its 19th-century ...
7.5K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 63.0 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 63.0 Cat's death leaves family grief-stricken
Arla Ford Some of you will understand the sorrow we are enduring losing our kitty, Misty. She s been in a dying process for days. She was our first cat. I did not know what to expect, not that cats follow any predictable feline dying formula. I m gra...
4.3K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 63.0 Saints on record scoring pace
NEW ORLEANS Drew Brees had four turnovers, was sacked five times, and his team was down by three touchdowns in the waning moments of the first half. The Saints still won. On the road. By double digits. Generally, teams can t win that way in the NFL...
3.8K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 63.0 Ripley's Holy Trinity
LAUDERHILL, Fla. Look, over there. Under that blue tarp in a suburban driveway. That thing that s the size of a Smart car? It s Joel Waul s rubber band ball. Waul has spent the last six years carefully wrapping and linking and stretching rubber ban...
3.2K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 63.0 | 
