Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Nov. 5, 5:08 a.m., a prowler was reported in the 800 block of Elrod Avenue. Nov. 5, 10:21 a.m., an illegal fire was reported in the 63400 block of Shinglehouse Slough Ro...
 6.3K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 486.0 North Bend finds way back to top
NORTH BEND Katie Banta has seen the highs and lows of volleyball during her career at North Bend High School. She and teammate Alexandra Mateski were on the bench four years ago when the Bulldogs won their only state title in volleyball. A year lat...
3.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 562.0 Tigers take Sunset s No. 2 seed
BANDON Bandon s volleyball team is picking a great time to peak. The Tigers played their best ball of the season in the first two games of their Sunset Conference playoff match against Coquille on Tuesday and walked off the court with the league s ...
5.3K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 562.0 Sports Briefs: Texas up to No. 2 in BCS rankings
NEW YORK Texas has taken a small step forward in the Bowl Championship Series standings and the remaining unbeaten teams held down the first seven spots. The Longhorns jumped from third to second place Sunday, ahead of Alabama and behind Florida. I...
3.8K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 622.0 Sailing home
NEW YORK The new U.S. Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, arrived in its namesake city today with a 21-gun salute near the site of the 2001 terrorist attack. First responders, families of Sept. 11 victims and the pu...
3.4K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 377.0 Hawthorne wins Crossings Cup
Julie Hawthorne, who lives near Port Orford, captured the second-annual Crossings Cup on Friday, beating Charlie Sriutis in th championship match 5 4. She played amazing, said Bandon Crossings pro Chris Young. There wasn t really anything Charlie...
1.1K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 377.0 Don Schirmer
A celebration of life will be held for Don Schirmer, 79, of Myrtle Point, at 5 p.m., Monday, Nov. 2, at the Oaks Pavillion at the Coos County Fairgrounds. Pastor Jeff May, of the Broadbent Community Church, will officiate. Don was born Sept. 1, 1930,...
4.4K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 377.0 Winners, losers emerge for new TV season
NEW YORK If it were a television series, it would be called Defying the Odds. Five weeks into a new TV season, three of the four top broadcast networks have bigger prime-time audiences than they had in 2008. With cable networks flexing their muscl...
5.8K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 562.0 Sports Briefs: Cleveland picks Acta to manage Indians
CLEVELAND The Cleveland Indians hired Manny Acta to be their manager, giving him the job about three months after he was fired by the Washington Nationals. Acta signed a three-year contract with a club option for 2013, Indians spokesman Bart Swain ...
4.5K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 677.0 Payton s legacy lives on
CHICAGO ” It s been a decade since liver disease did something defenders struggled to do and took down Walter Payton. Even so, No. 34 still looms large. His son Jarrett has daily conversations with him about what I m doing and what I should b...
7.1K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 377.0 Payton s legacy lives on
CHICAGO ” It s been a decade since liver disease did something defenders struggled to do and took down Walter Payton. Even so, No. 34 still looms large. His son Jarrett has daily conversations with him about what I m doing and what I should b...
7.1K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 377.0 Going Out
Theater etc. This weekend The Pride of the Sawdust League, or Three Strikes and You re Out returns to the Sawdust Theatre in Coquille for one night only. Benefit to send Doug Veysey of Myrtle Point to Boston Marathon. Show time is 8 p.m. Saturday. &...
5.2K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 377.0 Leland Wesley Sutton
A cryptside funeral service will be held for Leland Lee Wesley Sutton, 88, of Bandon at 2 p.m., Monday, Oct. 26, at Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum, 63060 Millington Frontage Road in Coos Bay with Pastor Don Berney, of New Beginnings Christian Fello...
2.0K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 377.0 Cross Country Recap: Tigers run to titles
Bandon swept the team titles in the Myrtle Point Invitational on Saturday. Isaac Taylor and Michael Whitney finished first and second to lead Bandon s boys to an easy victory over runner-up Brookings-Harbor. The Tigers had 24 points, to 51 for the Br...
2.4K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 486.0 Benedickt Pavlovich "Ben" Eremenko
A funeral service will be held for Benedickt Pavlovich Ben Eremenko, 77, of Coos Bay, will be held at 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3355 Virginia Ave. in North Bend. A visitation will be held from 2...
2.2K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 486.0 Mary F. Shely
At her request, no services will be held for Mary F. Shely, 68, of Prineville. Mary was born March 30, 1941, in Morgan County, Mo., to Andrew Jackson and Dolly Frances (Johnson) Wood. She died Oct. 11, 2009. Mary s family moved to the Coquille-Myrtle...
1.5K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 377.0 Petty in, Pearson left out of NASCAR Hall of Fame s first class
CHARLOTTE, N.C. ” NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. headlined the five inductees into the first Hall of Fame class, a group that drew mixed reactions to the inclusion of France s son instead of driver David Pearson. France, who formed the Nationa...
6.6K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 486.0 Renda Gail Handsaker
A chapel funeral service will be held for Gail Handsaker, 63, of Coquille, at noon, Saturday, Oct. 17, at Coos Bay Chapel, 685 Anderson Ave., with family friend Timm Slater presiding. A graveside committal will follow at Norway Cemetery outside of My...
1.9K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 486.0 Rozella Colleen Gatewood
A funeral service will be held for Rozella Colleen Gatewood, 82, of North Bend at 11 a.m., Friday, Oct. 16, at the Sumner Community Church with Pastor Gary Shults officiating. Burial will follow in the Sumner Cemetery. Rozella was born Feb. 1, 1927, ...
1.5K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 377.0 Vets visit 'war mom'
GREENACRES When the plane touched down in North Bend, the stewardess made an announcement over the loud-speaker. Instead of asking everyone to stay seated, she pointed out five soldiers on board and recognized them for their service, asking that th...
3.5K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 562.0 | 
