Wednesday happenings
The Coos Bay Public Library will be offering a Searching the Web class for novice Internet users from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the North Bend High School Technology Center. Seating is limited, so pre-registration is required. For more information, cal...
 4.7K - Oct. 14, 2008; scored 72.0 Titan barges leave North Spit
EMPIRE The New Carissa has left the ocean. So has Titan Salvage, the company hired to remove the wreck from the North Spit. Now they re both in Empire. Everything is over but the scrapping almost. On Sunday, Titan Salvage crews jacked down the sa...
3.2K - Oct. 13, 2008; scored 354.0 What's ahead
Wednesday Calling all scouts A Scout recruitment carnival will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at North Bay School. All children in grades first through eighth are invited to come and learn more about joining Scouts. The free event will include cl...
2.9K - Oct. 13, 2008; scored 56.0 What's ahead
Tuesday Safe driving Seniors can learn about driving safely longer, and save money in the process, by taking a DMV-approved AARP Driver Safety Class. The class is will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. AARP membership is not requir...
1.9K - Oct. 11, 2008; scored 56.0 New Carissa is 'Outta here'
SITE OF THE NEW CARISSA She s outta there and just in time, too, before a big storm hits. The New Carissa is gone. Gone, gone, gone. Titan Salvage crews on the Karlissa A and B barges and one on a floating barge worked into the late evening Monda...
4.1K - Sep. 30, 2008; scored 739.0 Cheers, jeers and tears
Empty surf Cheers to Titan Salvage for completing a job that other salvors declared impossible. Even if you think the New Carissa shipwreck should have been left in the surf as a tourist attraction, you have to admire competence. These guys did what ...
2.6K - Sep. 27, 2008; scored 72.0 The New Carissa is a real dive
SITE OF THE NEW CARISSA Not a speck of the wrecked stern of the New Carissa is visible from land anymore. It s gone. Kaput. Bye-bye. But for Titan Salvage to complete its contract with the state, it must clear the other debris left in the ocean b...
2.9K - Sep. 25, 2008; scored 673.0 New Carissa project enters final phase
COOS BAY The last big chunk of shipwreck is gone, but no one s ready to declare the New Carissa demolition project complete. It s not over yet, said Oregon Department of State Lands Communications Director Julie Curtis. But no one feels it will be...
4.9K - Sep. 24, 2008; scored 708.0 Titan bests shipwrecked New Carissa
SITE OF THE NEW CARISSA The last of the New Carissa is out of the water, if only by about 5 feet. Titan Salvage literally hung the last piece of the 1999 shipwreck out to dry Monday. That was after the crew cut and plucked two smaller pieces off in...
3.8K - Sep. 23, 2008; scored 708.0 Going, going - it's GONE!
10:24 a.m. , Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008 , by Staff Writer Susan Chambers It was as simple as 1-2-3 and the New Carissa was gone. First thing in the afternoon on Monday, Titan Salvage crews removed an angular piece of the wreck. A couple hours...
6.8K - Sep. 23, 2008; scored 336.0 Carissa salvage down to last chunks
So close, yet so far away. Titan Salvage is down to whittling away at the last remains of the New Carissa. But in classic New Carissa fashion, it just won t cooperate. The crew stayed late Saturday in an attempt to pull the last rusting remnant of th...
2.2K - Sep. 22, 2008; scored 372.0 Titan trophy: The propeller is out of the water
5:03 p.m. , Friday, Sept. 19, 2008 , by Staff Writer Susan Chambers All I heard on the Titan Salvage barges Friday was: You should have been here last night. Yeah, I know. The sunset was beautiful. The next trophy, a 105-ton hunk of meta...
3.1K - Sep. 21, 2008; scored 289.0 Feathered visitor finds wreck fascinating
10:55 a.m. , Friday, Sept. 18, 2008 , by Staff Writer Susan Chambers Visitors to the Karlissa A and B barges come in many forms. There are some who have a background in the marine industry. Some don t. Most all bring cameras of some sort ...
13.9K - Sep. 20, 2008; scored 197.0 The New Carissa propeller is off
4:20 p.m., Friday, Sept. 19, 2008, by Staff Writer Susan Chambers All I heard on the Titan Salvage barges Friday was: You should have been here last night. Yeah, I know. The sunset was beautiful. The next trophy, a 105-ton hunk of metal that held p...
13.1K - Sep. 19, 2008; scored 1000.0 Feathered visitor finds wreck fascinating
10:55 a.m., Friday, Sept. 18, 2008, by Staff Writer Susan Chambers Visitors to the Karlissa A and B barges come in many forms. There are some who have a background in the marine industry. Some don t. Most all bring cameras of some sort and most all ...
10.2K - Sep. 18, 2008; scored 572.0 Nice weather?
SITE OF THE NEW CARISSA The only thing sunny on the Titan Salvage barges are the attitudes of the guys working on removing the New Carissa. The weather s been downright lousy, but oftentimes, that s hard for folks in town, just a few miles inland, ...
5.4K - Sep. 13, 2008; scored 386.0 Photo opportunity with the beast
6 p.m., Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, by Staff Writer Jolene Guzman It s getting desperate. The weather and New Carissa have proven challenging to the Titan Salvage crew. Titan has resorted to bringing a gun to the New Carissa work site. Actually, it was ...
7.5K - Sep. 13, 2008; scored 492.0 Photo opportunity with the beast
6 p.m., Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, by Staff Writer Jolene Guzman It s getting desperate. The weather and New Carissa have proven challenging to the Titan Salvage crew. Titan has resorted to bringing a gun to the New Carissa work site. Actually, it was ...
7.5K - Sep. 12, 2008; scored 492.0 Carissa propeller should stay on spit
The propeller from the New Carissa would make a great tourist attraction. Let s pave the sand road from the TransPacific Highway to the shipwreck site. Visitors could then enjoy an overview of the endless Pacific Ocean. Perhaps one could see a ship f...
0.8K - Sep. 11, 2008; scored 56.0 Carissa scrap could reach 1,700 tons
So how much scrap has Titan Salvage sliced from the ever-shrinking stern? About 1,050 tons. Just a little bit of steel. That includes a huge 170-ton chunk of long-dead engine rigged, cut and lifted off the wreck on Saturday. The Carissa, oddly enough...
2.2K - Sep. 10, 2008; scored 419.0 | 
