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Pool issue will go to NB voters in May City Council approves vote on a tax levy at 56 cents per $1,000 value DAVID RUPKALVIS The World

NORTH BEND — The future of the North Bend City Pool is now in the hands of the voters.

The City Council voted 6-1 Tuesday to ask the voters to approve a tax levy that will fund the pool.

Councilor Larry Garboden was the only member to vote no.

During a work session Monday, the council opted for a levy that will

have the lowest impact on property owners in the city.

Council members considered four options for a potential levy. The options ranged from a package that will cover only basic maintenance and operations for the pool with a cost of 56 cents per $1,000 of assessed value to one that would cover maintenance, operations and capital improvements for the pool, city parks and the community center at a cost of $1.65 per $1,000 of assessed value.

City Administrator David Milliron said he supported the one with the lowest cost, saying if voters agree to cover the basic costs of keeping the pool open, the city can look at a variety of options for

capital improvements.

Milliron said if the levy is approved, it will not cover the full loss of revenue from a vote that cut the public safety fund in half, but it will be enough to keep the pool open. Due to COVID closing the pool in 2020, the council voted to move some money from the pool fund to public safety to keep the police department staffed around the clock. Milliron explained that decision was made largely to save another $500,000 in revenue, which comes from a contract with the Mill Casino that requires police available 24 hours a day.

“After you take what you’ve done for the pool, you still have a

deficit of $400,000 to $450,000,” Milliron said.

The city administrator said if voters decide to fund the pool, the city will find ways to fund capital improvements that need to be made before the pool can open. He said making the improvements before the vote would be foolish.

“It doesn’t make any sense to put any money in capital unless you know you have money to run maintenance and operations,” he said. “This takes it to the public and says do you want the pool.”

While the majority of council members agreed with Milliron, they admitted it will be tough to sell the tax package to voters.

“This is a difficult situation, and the optics are not good,” Councilor Susanna Noordhoff said. “There will be a portion of the public that says you transferred all the money away from the pool to support the police department right after we voted to turn down the second $15 charge. It could blow up in everybody’s faces.

It’s bad optics. I’m just wondering is there any way around a levy?

“I just don’t want this to blow up and get turned down. If it gets turned down, what’s our alternative? Are we throwing in the towel on the pool? I don’t want to see that.”

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The center lane of U.S. Highway 101 is closed as the right lane of the northbound side is closed while crews work to install an intersection with Hemlock Avenue near the Coos Bay Village.

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The developers behind the growing Coos Bay Village on Front Street are asking city leaders for additional funds to complete public-access portions of the work.

The city’s Urban Renewal Agency has already committed to reimburse the company developing the site up to $2,050,000 for the portions of the project which will improve public infrastructure, like the installation of a traffic signal over the highway to allow access to Front Street and safety improvements over the rail line.

Now, the company, which needs the public improvements completed in order to finish later phases of construction, says the true costs will likely be higher.

“It is exceedingly difficult for me to write this letter,” wrote Greg Drobot, the owner of Rock Face, LLC, which is developing the Village project, in a letter to city leaders. “We still have the goal of a

bustling Front Street and Coos Bay Village, and we WILL get there.

We just have a little more distance to cover. I come to you with this request, hat-in-hand.”

It’s not the first time the cost for the public infrastructure portions of the project have increased – the agency originally approved $1.6 million for the project, but later increased the contribution when the Oregon Department of Transportation requested revisions to the original design, according to city staff.

But Drobot, in his letter, said that he and his company would agree to cover any costs over the newly requested amount.

Already, his cost estimates exceed the $2.5 million ask: He projects the traffic signal, railroad and Front Street designs, engineering and construction will run about $2,545,000 – and that’s without any additional change orders, which he says are likely to occur.

“This site, while rewarding, has been a jumble to develop,” Drobot wrote. “At every turn there have

been unexpected site condition issues, engineering dilemmas, and when you throw a global pandemic and an economic slowdown on top of this, I am incredibly happy we have been so successful in moving the project forward. However, all this forward momentum has a cost, and it appears the cost is even more than we all thought.”

City leaders say an increase won’t damage the agency’s bottom line.

At a work session Tuesday night, City Manager Rodger Craddock told city councilors (who serve as the board of the URA) that the city went out for a $3.3 million loan to fund the projects and a few others in the city when the initial financial support was approved.

“We have underspent that fund at this point in time, and have more than enough capacity to do this request,” Craddock said.

What’s more, the initial allocation was based on the tax revenues the city expected to see from the development. That revenue will likely

be higher than previously anticipated, according to Cradock.

“As far as my thoughts on future property tax revenues, just given the fact that the cost of development’s skyrocketed, you will see additional property tax revenue from this development,” Craddock told councilors.

According to Drobot’s request, the increased project costs are part of a trend of the increasing cost of private development.

“On the private side of the development, we have seen building and material cost increase more than 30% per year,” Drobot wrote.

“No doubt, this inflation of material costs has been a factor in the higher than anticipated bids from our contractors.”

Those increases have been spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic fallout, too, Drobot said. He pointed to a letter from the project’s engineer in his request to the city.

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COQUILLE — The Coquille man accused of playing a role in the road-rage incident which left a North Bend man dead in December had his first appearance in court this week.

Joshua Thompson, 40, was arraigned Monday afternoon on the charges of murder in the second degree and the failure to perform the duties of a driver to injured persons.

Prosecutors accuse Thompson of killing 28-year-old Michael Moore after an incident of road rage in North Bend on Dec. 27. An autopsy showed Moore died from major crushing injuries the same day.

Thompson is alleged to have fled the scene of the incident before abandoning the vehicle he was driving and being picked up by another vehicle. That second vehicle was found several days later in remote forest land in northern Coos County, according to police.

According to District Attorney Paul Frasier, the Coos County Grand Jury indicted Thompson Friday after hearing testimony from 22 witnesses pertaining to Moore’s death.

Thompson, who is legally considered innocent until proven guilty, appeared before Judge Martin Stone, who set Thompson’s bail at $2 million. Thompson remained in custody at the Coos County jail as of Monday.

His next court appearance is currently slated for March 22, according to court documents. As of Monday, he hadn’t yet been assigned an attorney.

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Fiber company expands on South Coast Coos Bay, North Bend and Coquille residents are seeing a new option for internet service — as well as work crews crisscrossing city neighborhoods.

Kirkland, Washington, based Ziply Fiber said it’s been working in the communities to expand the region’s high-speed internet options, with its fiber network launched Feb. 1.

The company’s pitch to prospective customers? “It’s unlimited, and its super-fast,” said CEO Harold Zeitz.

But the company’s pitch to the communities its moving into is much bigger.

“It really could change the world for people to have access to such great high-speed internet,” Zeitz said.

The theory is that better internet infrastructure can put smaller towns on the same playing field as bigger cities, attracting potential businesses and residents who need a good network for their operations.

The company is a fairly new name, popping up in markets across the Pacific Northwest after it purchased operations in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana from Frontier Communications in May of last year.

Now, Ziply executives and crews have launched a threeyear construction project of the company’s internet infrastructure, planning to turn hundreds of miles of the former Frontier network lines above- and below-ground into fiber-optic cables — a project budgeted at half a

billion dollars over the four states.

Zeitz said it’s a smart investment for the company: Once the lines are installed, there’s not much more that will need to be done to upgrade them. After all, there’s not much faster than the speed of light.

“These are long-standing assets that will be around for many, many, many years,” Zeitz said.

Once the fiber lines are in, the only speed improvements the company could make in the long run are at the end of the lines, where they connect to the company’s core network, Zeitz said.

The Coos County cities are three of the first 13 to begin seeing the Ziply crews launching their work.

According to Jesse Gregory, the company’s vice president of residential sales, it picked the communities to go first because its purchase of the Frontier operations didn’t come with any fiber customers in the area.

“The demand here is so great,” Gregory said at the company’s grand opening event for its retail store on Laclair Street. “It’s so much fun when we talk to folks.”

According to Gregory, about 35% of the 16,000 addresses in the three cities are already eligible for Ziply fiber service, and the remainder will be eligible over the next several months.

That’s where the work trucks come in: Gregory said Ziply crews must manually inspect each of the existing network lines, then complete city permitting processes to replace them and connect them to homes and businesses.

Gregory said local offi-

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JeffStaehle,regionalsalesmanagerforZiplyFiber,cutstheribbononthecompany'snewretailstoreonLaclairStreetinCoosBayFeb.22. cials have been supportive of Ziply’s efforts to enter the market. A company press release quoted Coos Bay Mayor Joe Benetti, saying he the city was excited about the progress the company has made.

“Expanding the availability of fiber throughout our city has been a top priority for our community. It is more important than ever to have reliable internet as thousands of families across our area work and go to school from home,” Benetti wrote in the

release.

The rise of working, going to school and connecting with loved ones from home during the pandemic has had an impact on the need for internet, according to Zeitz.

“It’s not so much the reason (for the work) as it has been an accelerant,” Zeitz said. “If anything, the pandemic has given everyone the perspective that (upload speed) is as important as (download speed).”

Beyond the three cities, Ziply has its eyes on other

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South Coast projects for infrastructure improvements: Build-outs in Bandon and Brookings are next on the list, according to Zeitz.

Still, the company’s work is limited to the dense areas of the cities — leaving the rural corners of the county limited to their existing options, which can be slow.

After the first period

of improving the existing infrastructure, Zeitz said the company might look to touch more rural areas, but might require public support to do so.

“There is a point at which it is too costly for us to build out to further areas,” he said.

More information about the company is available on its website at get.ziplyfiber.

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Coos Bay School District Negotiations Committee — 4 p.m., meeting to hold negotiations with the Licensed team. The meeting will be by video conference only. Location: Google Meets news release Tuesday. The incidents, investigated by the https://meet.google.com/ Oregon State Police and local gha-faeq-skh Or dial: +1 563-293-3306 PIN: 975 326 law enforcement agencies, 049# For information, contact happened from May into Adrian DeLeon at adriand@ August 2020.

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Attorney's Office said. us/j/83872417250 Meeting On Aug. 19, a woman was ID: 838 7241 7250 and with shot in the shoulder while minimal staff attending in driving on I-5 between Gold person at 1350 Teakwood Hill and Central Point and Ave. in Coos Bay – you can police arrested Ayers about find the meeting agenda 60 miles (96 kilometers) at www.scesd.k12.or.us/ away. He was employed by board-of-directors/ or call UPS as a driver at the time.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 4 Coos Bay Library Board — 11:30 a.m., meeting to review Extended Services Office budget. Meeting will be held virtually and can be viewed on YouTube at https:// youtu.be/aDXY0HhZGU8

MONDAY, MARCH 8 Coos Bay School Board — 6 p.m., regular meeting held by video conference.

Members of the public can watch the meeting live through the Coos Bay Schools YouTube channel. To sign up for public input, call the board secretary at 541267-1310 or send an email to shelbyg@coos-bay.k12.or.us.

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Heard is new head of Oregon's Republican party Senator whose district includes Curry County and southern Coos County leans far to the right SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A far-right senator who has rebelled against coronavirus restrictions and supported protesters who stormed the Oregon Capitol has been elected chairman of the state Republican Party, showing how the GOP is taking a harder-line shift in some states and continuing to support former President Donald Trump.

The ascendancy of state Sen. Dallas Heard reflects the bitter frustration felt

by Republicans in Oregon, where Democrats dominate the Legislature, governor's office and other statewide offices. Some even want their rural, conservative counties to become part of neighboring Idaho, where the GOP is dominant.

But the move further

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“Year 2020 was very unusual,” wrote project engineer Marc Cross.

“Typically, we see between 3-8% escalation in unit prices annually. However, due to supply issues associated with COVID-19, we are now seeing anywhere from 20-50% escalation in pricing. In turn, engineer’s estimates have been underestimating costs.”

City councilors weren’t able to make any decisions on the request Tuesday, since the meeting was just a work session, but will take up the issue at their next meeting.

Still, they were supportive of the request.

“This was intended, and is intended, to help public access to that area, and not

right has alienated some, including one of Oregon’s most prominent Republicans, Knute Buehler, a former lawmaker who left the GOP in disgust and became unaffiliated with any party. Buehler, who was the Republican nominee for governor in 2018 and for a congressional seat last year, told reporters that he left because Trump tried to overturn the presidential election and incited the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The final straw, Buehler said, came when the Oregon Republican Party said the violence at the U.S. Capitol was a “false flag effort” designed to discredit Trump, his supporters and all conservative Republicans.

Other states with internal GOP struggles include North Carolina, where the Republican Party unanimously approved a resolution to censure Sen. Richard Burr over his vote to convict Trump during his second impeachment trial. Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Fred Upton of Michigan and Tom Rice of South Carolina have faced

just the Coos Bay Village,” said Mayor Joe Benetti.

Others wondered if the Port of Coos Bay – which owns and operates the rail line on Front Street – would be paying for any of the improvements to the rail line’s safety. Craddock responded by saying the port hadn’t previously shown interest in doing so, since it isn’t yet necessary for port operations.

Still, Councilor Stephanie Kilmer pointed out the rail line could begin to see more traffic with the recent sale of the former Georgia-Pacific mill property, which features rail access as a key selling point.

“With the Georgia-Pacific property having been sold, and will be developed, that rail piece was a critical component of why that piece was purchased,” Kilmer said. “It may be to (the port’s) benefit to assist us with this project

similar scolding at home. So did Cindy McCain, who is the late Sen. John McCain's widow, Gov. Doug Ducey and former Sen. Jeff Flake in Arizona.

Heard did not immediately respond to a request for comment on his election as chairman of the Oregon GOP this past weekend. He has burnished a reputation as a conservative rebel and has railed against mask mandates, at one point standing on the Senate floor and removing his mask in protest.

During a Jan. 6 demonstration by Trump supporters outside the Oregon Capitol, he pointed at the building and shouted through a megaphone: “Don’t let any of these punks from that stone temple over there ever tell you that they are any better than you. Trust me, I work with these fools.”

“Don’t be violent, take action, trust in God and take down these fools in 2022,” Heard said.

On Monday, House Speaker Tina Kotek, a Democrat from Portland, said “it is disheartening to have people

leading the party when they have such a poor assessment of democratic institutions and their fellow electeds."

"If you hold us in such low regard, I’m like, why are you even in office?” Kotek said at a virtual news conference.

On Dec. 21, Heard encouraged a demonstration where protesters stormed the state Capitol, which was closed to the public during an emergency session to deal with the pandemic. Protesters also pepper-sprayed police, smashed windows and assaulted journalists.

“I’m in full support of your right to enter your Capitol building,” Heard told the crowd.

A fellow Republican lawmaker is under investigation after security video showed he opened the door to let the mob in.

Heard also belongs to a group called Citizens Against Tyranny, which claims Dem-

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expanding the Idaho border to encompass wide swaths of rural Oregon are expected to be on the ballot in at least five Oregon counties in May. A group called Move Oregon’s Border said county clerks have already awarded measure numbers to their initiatives in Grant, Malheur and Sherman counties. The group announced Monday that it has submitted 141% of the signatures required in Baker and Lake counties.

The next step is signature verification.

“Oregon is a powder keg because counties that belong in a red state like Idaho are ruled by Portlanders,” said Mike McCarter, president of Move Oregon’s Border.

The chances of Oregon counties joining Idaho are slim because it would require votes by both the Oregon and Idaho legislatures as well as Congress.

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Councilor Eric Gleason, the lone council member who supported a larger tax levy because they need to have to fund the pool, parks and rail service down there.” community center, said the Craddock said he’d recouncil should act now. raise the issue with port offi“It seems like if we’re gocials before the URA makes a ing to do something, the time final decision. to do it is right now because “I obviously think this bene- it’s closed,” he said. “This fits not just the Village project, doesn’t just say the pool. but also the Front Street This says the ability to do development and the history things within the city that we museum, and in just improving also would like to see.” that area in general,” Kilmer Gleason said the larger added about the project. tax package would be easier Three buildings are curto sell because more people rently open at the Coos Bay use the parks and community Village, including Spectrum, center. He also said the counStarbucks and Face Rock cil could explain how freeing Creamery. The developers up money in the general fund project the next building, would allow the city to do home to a 7 Devils location, things like improve roads and will open in the next few the library. months, followed by a fifth While Gleason supported building currently under the larger package, the rest construction. of the council supported Several other buildings, the idea of keeping the levy with yet-to-be-announced small. Milliron said he also tenants, and slated for the supported the package with project’s next phases. the smallest tax impact.

“It doesn’t relate to the general fund,” he said. “It gives them the opportunity to say yes we want it or no we don’t.”

If a package is approved, Milliron said the city could quickly being capital improvements, with a goal of opening the pool quickly.

“The goal will be to try to open the pool as quickly as you can, even if it’s in a

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ocratic Gov. Kate Brown is infringing on their rights by ordering businesses to shut down, people to wear masks and follow other safety measures.

The group posted the names of people who reported violations of the rules to state authorities, calling them “filthy traitors.” Heard has since said the group’s leaders had never decided to publish the names, and the list was taken down.

Heard’s Senate biography says he owns and manages several rental properties, is a farmer and has owned a landscape contracting business.

He was reelected last year, taking more than double the votes of his Democratic challenger. But Republicans are in the minority in the Legislature and say the needs of rural residents are being overlooked.

Underscoring that frustration, ballot initiatives on

NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF BALLOT TITLE On February 23, 2021, the North Bend City Council adopted Resolution 3299 referring a City Measure to the voters at the general election on May 18, 2021. On February 24, 2021, the following ballot title was filed with the Elections Officer of the North Bend: BALLOT TITLE Caption: Five-year local option tax to fund pool operations and maintenance Question: Shall North Bend impose $0.56 per $1,000 assessed value for five years beginning 07/01/2021 for pool operations and maintenance? This measure may cause property taxes to increase more than three percent.

Summary: The City of North Bend is seeking a five-year local option tax rate of $0.56 per $1,000 of assessed value beginning 07/01/2021 to fund the North Bend Municipal Pool operations and maintenance.

The levy is necessary to re-open and operate the North Bend Municipal Pool. The levy would restore services cut in prior years due to budget constraints. Restoration of services includes replacing damaged equipment, increasing pool hours, and adding back programs. The planned expansion of services includes new equipment to support additional recreation programs.

A stable funding source for operations and maintenance would justify the City investing in pool capital improvements necessary to extend the life of the 65-year-old facility.

Collected funds shall be dedicated to the North Bend Municipal Pool and shall not be used for any other purpose. The tax is in addition to the user fees charged.

If the levy fails, the North Bend Municipal Pool will be unfunded and remain closed.

A homeowner with an assessed value of $170,000 in year one of the levy will pay on average $101 annually.

The proposed rate will raise approximately: $370,804 in 2021–2022, $395,201 in 2022–2023, $405,836 in 2023–2024, $416,756 in 2024–2025, and$427,970 in 2025–2026, for a total of $2,016,567.00 Any elector who is dissatisfied with the ballot title may petition the Circuit Court in Coos County to review the ballot title. The petition must name the City of North Bend Council as the respondent and state the reasons the title filed with the Court is insufficient, not concise, or unfair. The petition for review must be filed with Circuit Court in Coos County no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, March 8, 2021. Any elector filing a petition to review the ballot title must provide written notification to the Elections Officer of the City of North Bend no later than 5:00 p.m. on the first business day after the petition is filed with the Circuit Court.

Dated this 24th day of February 2021.

KayLee Marone City Recorder/Elections Officer City of North Bend, Oregon

limited basis,” he said. “This would bring in what you need to run the pool.”

Noordhoff said the smallest package, called 1A during the discussion, had the most value.

“I see the value in option 1A because it shows we’re serious about keeping it open,”

she said. “I think that’s a selling point. I see the value in the lowest painful option.”

After discussing the issue, each of the council members with the exception of Gleason chose to pursue the 56 cent package.

The measure will go in front of voters in May.

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NB residents face tough choice on pool Over the last few months, we at fun for my family. And I understand The World have received a lot of operating a pool is fairly expensive. feedback regarding the North Bend North Bend Councilor Susanna City Pool. Personally, I received Noordhoff is right, though, when she half a dozen emails after I wrote a says asking the voters to approve a column about the pool. tax levy just a year after they rejected Based on what we hear, the view public safety funding is bad optics. is most don’t want to pay a tax for It doesn’t look good. It gives the the pool, but they do want to keep appearance that North Bend simply it open. I can fully understand that. ignored voters and shifted money Individually, I don’t around, putting the pool want to pay any taxes. I at risk. don’t want the federI could probably al government, state argue either side of this government or local issue, and both would governments to take be correct. North Bend my money. If I could did move some money choose, I would simply from the pool to public keep all the money I safety to keep police earn. available 24 hours a But that simply isn’t day. That is true. But I possible. We live in a don’t think it was malisociety where governcious. The reality is the ment must have fundpool was closed due to ing to pay for certain a global pandemic, and David Rupkalvis things. How much the the money was not gogovernment should ing to be spent. And, in Executive Editor take and what services my opinion, providing they should pay for is certainly police service, one of our basic serdebatable, but the fact remains we vices, is what government exists for. must all pay something for basic I support that decision. I understand services. others don’t, and their view have as I think the vast majority would much validity as mine. agree paying taxes is necessary for But my view is a strong police things such as good roads, decent force has more value than a commuschools, clean water, a working nity pool. In an emergency, I want wastewater system, police and fire police to arrive quickly. When they protection and a strong military. do, I want them well-trained and It may not be as strongly supported, prepared to help. In my life, I have but I think the majority would support called police two times. I have vistaxes to help the least fortunate in the ited city pools hundreds. So, I have community with basic items such as probably received more value from housing, clothing and food. pools, but if I had to choose, I would Those are the basic services, and choose police over a pool. there are many more, that we need I am probably lucky because I to live in a decent society. have never had to call police in a Nowhere in that list is a pool, nolife-threatening moment. My life where in that list are parks, nowhere and the lives of my loved ones have in that list are things like libraries, never been on the line when I made community centers and senior centhe call. In a perfect world, I will ters. Those are not basic services, never have to make that call. but they do have a value.

But if I do, I want someone to On top of basic services, most answer, and I want officers to arrive Americans expect their government quickly, and I want them to know to add to their quality of life. Parks, exactly what they’re doing when public spaces, libraries and even they get there. Therefore, I will never pools make our lives better. And complain about paying taxes for pothey do have a cost. The question lice, for fire, for our court systems. for the residents of North Bend is While I like having pools available, whether having a community pool is and I am willing to pay for them, the worth about $100 a year. Personally, issue is not the same. And now in a I say yes. But I acknowledge I may few months, voters in North Bend will not be in the majority. I have four get to weigh in on how much value the children living at home and a day or pool has. I hope the measure will pass, two at the pool is good, inexpensive but ultimately that is out of my hands.

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Letters to the Editor Senators should oppose Vilsack's nomination Tom Vilsack’s nomination as secretary of agriculture does not belong within Joe Biden’s progressive agenda.

Vilsack has served as governor of Iowa, secretary of agriculture under President Obama, and chief lobbyist for the dairy industry. His candidacy is opposed by a vast coalition of small and minority farmers, as well as consumer, labor, and environmental advocates.

Here’s why: • He presided over consolidation

of Big Ag to take unfair advantage of small farmers • He failed to protect minority farmers and farm workers from exploitation by Big Ag • He supported location of highly polluting factory farms in minority communities • He promoted approval of numerous genetically modified food products • He allowed meatpacking employees to replace government food safety inspectors • He serves as a highly paid lobbyist for the dairy industry, a significant factor in the

climate crisis • He failed to lead our nation’s transition from a meat and fat-laden diet to a healthy, eco-friendly diet of vegetables, fruits, and grains • Even in crass political terms, he failed to deliver the Iowa caucuses to the Biden candidacy and the rural vote to the Biden presidency.

Our senators must oppose Tom Vilsack’s nomination as secretary of agriculture.

Sincerely, Carson Barns Coos Bay

Guest Opinion

What President Biden can do now for a healthy tomorrow

By Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath President Joe Biden is acting fast to tackle the health and economic crises that greeted him on inauguration day. The first 100 days of any new presidency are critical, all the more so when facing a pandemic.

President Biden has already taken important steps, like reversing the previous administration's decision to leave the World Health Organization and rejoining the Paris Climate Accord.

At home, the president hopes to vaccinate 150 million Americans by the end of April, and the administration recently struck deals with vaccine makers to acquire an additional 200 million doses.

Through these and other measures, we may finally be on track to beat Covid-19.

But solving our current crisis is not enough. As World Health Organization Chief Tedros Ghebreyesus recently warned, this will not be the last pandemic. If our leaders don't lay the groundwork for a healthier future, we could face public health emergencies that make Covid-19 look tame by comparison in the years to come.

Preparedness begins with accelerating infectious disease research and development -- including through more grants, tax incentives, and public-private partnerships that support those driving our innovation ecosystem. In 2018,

small biopharmaceutical companies developed 64 percent of new treatments. But they also take on significant risk -- only 12 percent of experimental medicines that enter clinical trials make it through the rigorous approval process.

Better incentivizing this research could help small companies bring more treatments and cures to Americans, especially in traditionally under-invested areas. After all, a 10-year-old start up, Moderna, delivered one of the first vaccines against the coronavirus. Another small biotech company might help deliver us from the next pandemic.

The administration should also work collaboratively with the private sector to boost our domestic manufacturing capabilities and stockpiles of medical supplies.

But, while doing so, it is critical to avoid any spirit of "vaccine nationalism" and preserve the benefits of a global supply chain.

The federal government also would be wise to adopt a "One Health" policy approach that recognizes the intertwined relationship between human, animal, and environmental health. Human health is closely linked to the environment, with the prevalence of infectious disease increasing as climate change and population growth forces people and animals closer together.

Biodefense, health, and environmental agencies will have to coordinate their approaches ever

more closely. And President Biden, in turn, needs to make sure they have the direction and resources to do so.

Finally, President Biden can boost both our economic and environmental health by expanding support for biotechnologies that make manufacturing and farming greener and more sustainable. Federal agencies are already required to use biobased products whenever possible -- for example, fuels and construction materials made from biological or agricultural materials found right here at home.

But a lack of commitment and enforcement of these "buy green" rules minimize their effectiveness.

A report from the USDA found that the biobased products industry employed more than 4.2 million people in 2014. Fostering the industry's growth through federal procurement leadership will generate more sustainable jobs at a time when unemployment remains stuck well above pre-pandemic levels.

President Biden has a busy first 100 days ahead of him, rightly focused on getting Americans back to health, work, and school. By taking these additional critical actions to bolster our bioeconomy, he can not only lead us out of this pandemic, but make sure we are better prepared for the next one.

Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath is a physician-scientist and the president and CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization.

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OBITUARIES Corann B. Bigelow

Gary Lee Snelgrove

Gary Lee Snelgrove, 77, of North Bend, passed away February 16, 2021. Gary was born in 1943 in Seattle, Washington. He lived some time in Salem and moved to North Bend in his youth.

His parents, Frank Snelgrove and Avril Homan-Snelgrove, who proceeded him in death, owned and ran the Broiler Restaurant, as well as, the North Bend Hotel, in the early 60s.

Gary was a 1962 graduate of North Bend High School and a proud Bulldog alum.

Gary was quite a talented golfer, but he chose to forgo becoming a professional PGA golfer to marry his first wife, Mary Jean Maillard.

They have two surviving

May 20, 1947 – February 18, 2021

Corann B. Bigelow was welcomed into the presence of Jesus on Thursday, February 18, 2021 at her home with family by her side in North Bend.

She was born May 20, 1947 and raised in Brooklyn, New York with her parents, Dante and Terese Ogno and siblings, Jacquline, Jeffrey (2009), and Martin.

Her faith and love continue in her husband of 55 years, Steven; children Stefanie, Tessa, Amasa, Jonathan, and Buffy Jo; their spouses Jon, Richard, Melissa, and Cyndi; 18 grandchildren; 3 great grandchildren; family and friends.

Corann/Schätze/Mom/Nana showed us how to love unconditionally, live with adventure, gracefully overcome troubles, and hold steadfastly to Jesus Christ. Her favorite verse was Psalm 46:10: “Be still and know that I am God.” She who knew Jesus by faith now knows His face.

A private service celebrating her life was held on Sunday, February 21, 2021 at the

children, Rachel Salsedo of Aumsville, Oregon and Jason Snelgrove of North Bend.

Gary had one sibling, a sister, Gail Bennett-Thomas, who proceeded him in death.

July 7, 1982, he married Kay Lorene Woolsey, of Reedsport. His love and adoration for Kay was like no other. They enjoyed sports, travel and maintaining their beautiful North Bend home together. He is also survived by his wife, Kay Snelgrove, 80, of North Bend, and his bonus daughters, LaTrisha Friend of Sacramento, California, Becky Folkman of Eugene and Sheri Roberts of Springfield. Gary and Kay were blessed with a total of 13 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild, Alex, Tyler, Brady, Jordan, Brogan, Chad, Hannah, Haley, Lindsey, Conner, Jacey, Jacoby, Makaio and Ashdyn.

Gary was well known in the community, a much respected gentleman, who always had the knack from making you feel like he knew you, even when he did not. Gary spent his adult life working in the Bay Area car sales industry, as a car salesman, car sales manager, and a dealership owner. Gary retired from Ken Ware Chevrolet at age of 62. He had loyal clients, some of which,

would drive half way across the country to do car business with him, as he was a man of ethics, loyalty and honor.

Gary’s passions in life were his family, playing golf and sports. He was a member of the Coos County/Coos Golf Club until this last fall.

Some of his best memories were at the golf course and of the golfing trips he took with this golfing friends. He loved his Portland Trailblazers, so much so, that he would watch and record a game, then go back and re-watch the game.

As a University of Oregon Alum, Oregon Ducks football was another important adoration of his, half of his wardrobe was Oregon Duck gear. Gary and Kay were football season ticket holders until the 2019-2020 season.

Gary was a loving, stubborn man and the family is honoring his wishes of not having a funeral. His desire was to have a family dinner.

The family will be planning this in the Spring/Summer, followed by an intimate extended gathering to swap stories and share fond memories of their family matriarch.

In lieu of flowers the family is asking for donations to the American Heart Association or American Diabetes Association.

someone’s suspected immigration status to law enforcement in order to compel them to do something, according to the news release.

Last summer, Schlossmacher partially paid a Redmond man, who is a US citizen, for landscaping work by giving the man his pickup truck, Hummel said.

A dispute over the final payment details led Schlossmacher to send the man a

Glenda was born April 21, 1934 in Bandon to Elmer and Grace Gant. She passed away February 9, 2021 in Medford after a sudden illness.

Glenda spent her entire text message demanding he childhood in Bandon. She respond or he would file a claim in court and contact the was active in school, was a Immigration and Naturaliza- Job’s Daughters queen, and tion Service for the man and a Cranberry princess. After graduating from Bandon his family to be deported.

Schlossmacher told police High School, she worked for in an interview that he “kinda four years in Bandon before moving to Eugene. After felt” that Cardona was in the United States unlawfully working another four years in Eugene she met her future and his intent in sending the message was to scare him," according to the district attorney.

Glenda Lou (Gant) Hawkins April 21, 1934 – February 9, 2021

Man charged over alleged threat to have someone deported BEND (AP) — A 61-yearold Bend man is facing a criminal charge for allegedly threatening to have someone deported.

Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said in a news release that Thomas Schlossmacher on Wednesday was charged with extortion.

The extortion statue was changed in 2016 to make it unlawful to threaten to report

SERVICE NOTICES Celebration of Life for Doy Fults, 79 of Arago, will be at 2:00PM on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at the Bandon Christian Fellowship, 1190 Face Rock Drive, Bandon, OR .

Online condolences may be shared at www. westrumfuneralservice.com Arrangements under the direction of Amling/Schroeder

dens Crematory, Coos Bay under the direction of Coos Bay Chapel 685 Anderson Ave. 541-267-3131. www. coosbayareafunerals.com Viola M. Steege, 93, of Coos Bay died February 22, 2021 in Coos Bay. Services will be held at a later date.

Cremation rites will be held at Ocean View Memory Gardens Crematory, Coos Bay under the direction of Coos Bay Chapel 685 Anderson Ave. 541-267-3131. www. coosbayareafunerals.com Paul Henry Wuerth, 88, of Coquille passed away February 17, 2021 in Coquille.

Arrangements are under the care of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131 www.coosbayareafunerals.com Arlene J, Campbell, 81, of Lakeside, passed away

husband, Warren Hawkins, and moved back to Bandon.

They raised six children together.

After the children were mostly grown, Glenda enrolled in school in North Bend and earned her instructor’s license in Hair Design and Cosmetology. After she graduated, she leased “The New You Salon” in downtown Port Orford in 1988.

During the three years that she leased the business, she and Warren divorced, and she moved to Port Orford. In 1995 she purchased property and designed and built a new home complete with a new salon. Her business was “The New You Beauty Boutique,” and it was completed in 1997. She worked up until the time of her death.

Glenda was preceded in death by her parents, Elmer and Grace Gant and her

partner and soulmate, Tim Laurence. She is survived by four siblings, Tom (Marian) Gant of Bandon, Jim (Barbara) Gant of Cottage Grove, Gloria Haga of Bandon, and Susan (Bob) Winnop of Satsuma, Alabama. She is also survived by six children, Stacey (Bill) Christensen of Coquille, Scott Hawkins of Coquille, Terry Chandler of Coquille, Kelly (Thomas) Ventriglia, Marnie Rubrecht of Glide, and Lucas (Beth) Hawkins of Seattle; ten granddaughters; two grandsons; six great-granddaughters; and six great-grandsons.

A private family interment, and celebration of life for family and friends will be held later this summer.

Online memorial, condolences and remembrances may be shared with the family at www.westrumfuneralservice. com.

Henry Bruggenkamp

DEATH NOTICES Stanley E. Perry, Jr, 81, of Bridge, died February 18, 2021 in Bridge. Arrangements are under the direction of Amling/Schroeder Funeral Service - Myrtle Point Chapel. 541-572-2524 John “Jack” Ardle McMahon, 84, of Bandon, passed away February 16,2021 in Bandon. Arrangements are under the care of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-2673131 www.coosbayareafunerals.com Geraldine Tipton Adamec, 74, of North Bend died February 17, 2021 in North Bend. Arrangements are under the direction of Coos Bay Chapel. 541-2673131. www.coosbayareafunerals.com Thomas A. Dierks, 71, of Coos Bay, passed away on February 19, 2021 in Coos Bay. Arrangements are under the care of North Bend Chapel, 541-756-0440.

David Spillers, 61, of Coos Bay, passed away on February 19, 2021 in Coos Bay. Arrangements are under the care of North Bend Chapel, 541-756-0440.

Jessie Marie Hall, 96, of Myrtle Point, died February 21, 2021 in Myrtle Point.

Arrangements are pending with Amling/Schroeder Funeral Service -Myrtle Point Chapel, 541-572-2524 Shirley H. Richards, 85, of Coos Bay died February 21, 2021 in Coos Bay. Cremation rites will be held at Ocean View Memory Gar-

Church of Christ in Coos Bay with Derek Addleman and Richard Rexrode officiating.

Memorial gifts may be made to Casting for Recovery at: CastingForRecovery.org.

Arrangements are under the care of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131. Friends and family are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.coosbayareafunerals.com

February 21, 2021 in Lakeside. Cremation Rites under the direction of Nelson's Bay Area Mortuary, 405 Elrod Ave., Coos Bay, Oregon 541/267-4216 Viola Siestreem, 95, of Coos Bay, passed away February 22, 2021 in Coos Bay. Arrangements are under the direction of Nelson's Bay Area Mortuary, 405 Elrod Ave., Coos Bay, Oregon 541/267-4216 Richard A. Bales, 69, of Henry Bruggenkamp Coos Bay died February 23, went home to be with the 2021 in Coos Bay. Cremation rites will be held at Ocean View Memory Gardens Crematory, Coos Bay under the direction of Coos Bay Chapel 685 Anderson Ave. 541-2673131. www.coosbayareafunerals.com

Lord on February 4, 2021 in Atascadero, California at the age of 86. Henry is lovingly remembered by his daughter, Jan Bruggenkamp of Los Osos, California; his brother, Piet Bruggenkamp of The Netherlands; as well as other friends and family members both here and abroad.

Henry immigrated from Holland to the USA in 1957.

He met his wife, Mary, in Ripon, California. They were wed in 1961 and were together 55 years. In 2004 they retired to Coos Bay and enjoyed many things that

DEAR ABBY

Oregon had to offer including the fellowship at First Baptist Church of North Bend. He was a lifelong devoted Christian and found strength in his faith. Henry now joins the celebration in heaven rejoicing with his wife, Mary Bruggenkamp and his youngest daughter, Deborah Odell, who both were predeceased.

Condolences may be sent to the family or may be left online at www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries Arrangements under the direction of Kuehl-Nicolay Funeral Home, Paso Robles, CA.

By Abigail Van Buren

MOM'S LIFE HAS LESS STRESS AFTER MAN LEAVES FOR PRISON

DEAR ABBY: I recently had a child with a man who is now incarcerated. I was widowed when I met him, and although he brought me happiness, it has come at a steep price.

I pay for literally everything. I love him very much, but his entitlement was an issue even before he had legal issues. Now he has become very nasty and minimizes everything I do.

If I send $100, he's upset that I didn't send $200. If I have a day off from work that I don't spend communicating with a lawyer and the courts, I'm "not taking initiative."

He has even gone so far as to say it was my fault he got in trouble because I was on his case so often that he "had to go out to get some peace." His only redeeming quality is his wonderful relationship with the kids, who see none of our fights and regard him as a father figure.

He is now even more negative and derogatory than when he was at home. I manage a busy restaurant and a household of five children. Since he has been away, I'm ashamed to say life has actually been less stressful.

I think my loneliness when I met him made it easier to ignore red flags. In every other aspect of my life, I am an independent woman who has the respect of my peers.

Is it too late to set boundaries with him? -GROWING IN FLORIDA DEAR GROWING: This emotionally abusive individual is milking you like you are a Guernsey cow. His ingratitude is boundless. You are not the reason he got himself in trouble with the law, and it isn't your responsibility to get him out or support

him financially.

It is way too late to set boundaries with this manipulative ingrate. He won't change.

What you must do now -- for your own sake and for your children's -- is tell him you are finished and cut ties with him.

DEAR ABBY: I live in Kansas and my boyfriend lives in another state. We talk online all the time, but I haven't heard from him in three days and I don't know what to think. My friends say I'm being paranoid, but I can't help but think that he might be seeing another girl. I've had problems like this before and ended up getting hurt because I didn't listen when my friends told me that a guy was cheating. What should I do? -- LONG-DISTANCE LOVE DEAR L.D.L.: Recognize that as much as two people might care about each other, long-distance romances don't always have fairytale endings. I don't know if your boyfriend is cheating. Neither do you and neither do your friends.

It's time for you to have a calm conversation with your boyfriend. Tell him you were worried by his three-day silence because it was unusual. Let him respond. If you are satisfied with his answer, change the subject.

However, if you aren't, ASK him if he has met someone closer to home and tell him to level with you. It takes courage to do this, but it will save you a lot of pain in the long run. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Coos County reports 19th death, stays in extreme risk ZACK DEMARS The World

Coos County health officials reported the 19th COVID-19 related death in the county Wednesday morning.

A woman in her 70s died with the virus, according to Coos Health & Wellness. The presence of underlying conditions was unknown at the time of the announcement.

What’s more, after six weeks at the extreme-risk level, Coos County will see at least two more.

Oregon Governor Kate Brown’s office announced the new slate of virus risk levels for the state’s 36 counties Tuesday based on the last two weeks of COVID-19 case data.

With the same announcement, 16 counties (including Clackamas and Washington in the dense Portland metro area) dropped in risk levels due to declines in their case rates.

Douglas County increased from the high-risk to extreme-risk level.

Only five counties remain in the

extreme-risk category: Benton, Jefferson, Josephine, Douglas and Coos.

That level of virus restrictions is the only one which completely prohibits indoor dining at bars and restaurants.

Coos County’s virus case rates have improved marginally over the past month, with 168 new virus cases reported between Feb. 7 and 20. The same period had a test positivity rate of 8.4%, the lowest the county has seen this month, but the fifth-highest in the state this week.

“One could assume that we have not figured something out,” said Dr. Eric Gleason, a CHW spokesperson. “We’re not through this yet. Even best-case modeling says that we might be on the other end of this by December of this year.

Best case. So, we still need to do the things we need to do to keep each other safe, and so far, we have not done a very good job of that if we’re still in extreme.”

According to CHW, 1,400 in the county have contracted the virus

sine the pandemic began as of Wednesday.

To see lower virus restrictions, the county will have to see fewer than 200 cases per 100,000 in population for the two-week period ending March 6, and a test positivity rate below 10%. The county’s per-100,000 rate was 265 as of this week.

Fortunately, CHW has received its latest shipment of vaccine doses, which was scheduled for last week but delayed by winter storms nationwide. That shipment includes 1,800 doses designated for first doses, and 500 designated for second doses.

“It’s a much-needed boost, but it’s going to take some time in order to knock away a very large list of individuals that are technically eligible for the vaccine,” Gleason said. “If we can continue to get larger numbers of vaccine weekly, we’re more likely to be able to get through that at a faster clip, and we’re optimistic that we can make that happen in conjunction with

what we’re seeing from pharmacies that are also starting to take appointments.”

Gleason said the county’s vaccine allocation committee — made up of representatives from area hospitals and health care providers — hadn’t yet determined where those doses would be allocated, but that the doses would be administered over the next several weeks.

But county health officials are facing a huge backlog in people hoping to get their COVID-19 shots: Around 11,500 people are already on the county’s list to get a vaccine.

Five thousand of those people are over the age of 70 — that’s the age group which the state made eligible to receive vaccines on Monday, but likely won’t see shots until the county can get through those in higher age groups. State officials have said they plan to announce the next phases of vaccine distribution this week.

CHW says only individuals who

are on the county’s COVID-19 vaccination interest list will receive information about upcoming opportunities. Individuals can sign up for the list at cooshealthandwellness. org/.

That list will now send out weekly reminders to those who are registered after some faced confusion about whether or not their sign-ups were confirmed.

“This has been a process,” Gleason said. “And I understand the frustration that the community has had. We have also been very frustrated in trying to figure out how to make something so large work for something we’ve never had to try to accomplish before.”

A limited number of Safeway pharmacies have also begun scheduling vaccination appointments with doses received through a federal program. Scheduling for those is available at www.safeway.com/ pharmacy/covid-19.html, though the site showed no open appointments as of Wednesday.

GOP rallies against Democrats' proposed relief package WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans rallied solidly Wednesday against Democrats' proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill as lawmakers awaited a decision by the Senate's parliamentarian that could bolster or potentially kill a pivotal provision hiking the federal minimum wage.

Despite their paper-thin congressional majorities, Democratic leaders were poised to push the sweeping package through the House on Friday. They were hoping the Senate, where changes seem likely, would follow quickly enough to have legislation on President Joe Biden's desk by mid-March.

By late Wednesday, not one Republican in either chamber had publicly said he or she would back the leg-

islation. GOP leaders were honing attacks on the package as a job killer that does too little to reopen schools or businesses shuttered for the pandemic and that was not only wasteful but also even unscrupulous.

“I haven’t seen a Republican yet that’s found something in there that they agree with," said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. "I think all Republicans believe in three simple things: They want a bill that puts us back to work, back to school and back to health.

This bill is too costly, too corrupt and too liberal.”

The hardening opposition suggested that Biden’s first major legislative initiative could encounter unanimous GOP opposition. That was a counterpoint to the new

president’s refrain during his campaign about bringing the country together and a replay of the Republican wall that new President Barack Obama encountered in 2009 and most of his administration.

Democrats showed no signs of backing down, citing the assistance the measure would spread to people, businesses and state and local governments.

“If congressional Republicans want to oppose all that, my response is: Good luck,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said on the Senate floor.

By Wednesday evening, the most suspense was over a decision anticipated from Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate's nonpartisan arbiter of its rules, that promised enormous political and legis-

lative consequences.

The relief bill includes a provision that over five years would hike the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. The parliamentarian is involved because Democrats are pushing the overall $1.9 trillion measure through Congress under special rules that will let them avoid a Senate filibuster by Republicans.

Those same rules prohibit provisions with only

FLORENCE (AP) — State officials have fined another Florence restaurant for several violations of guidelines meant to protect employees from COVID-19.

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Firehouse is the second Florence restaurant the state has fined this month for re-opening for indoor dining.

Oregon OSHA said Tuesday it fined Little Brown Hen in Florence $17,800.

The restaurant is closed Wednesdays and did not immediately respond to a request from the newspaper for comment.

Several complaints sparked an inspection of the restaurant, and OSHA decided to conduct the inspection by phone after “an investigation of social media posts and websites discovered the

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The investigation found Firehouse had been violating state guidelines since around Dec. 26.

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If the parliamentarian decides the minimum wage provision can remain in the bill, it would be a major boost for its proponents. But there would be no guarantee the measure would survive because some moderates oppose it or want it dialed back. That suggests grueling bargaining on its final form would lie ahead.

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Bandon cross country coach Brent Hutton talks with his squad before a workout this week. The Tigers, pictured below, have high hopes for a good season.

Tigers expect another strong season provided a championship meet is successfully organized.

“We’re looking to finish top-two at state,” Converse said.

But it’s not just team goals that drive the squad.

“I love running,” Ells said. “This is what I do.

“I would keep running if there was no meets ever.”

Fortunately, the Tigers don’t have to worry about that now.

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BANDON — Officially, practice for cross country teams around the state began Monday. But for Bandon’s squad, it never really stopped.

The Tigers followed the unofficial fall season with a few weeks off for the holidays and then got back to work.

The difference now is the Tigers actually have some official meets to prepare for.

“It will be good to get some races under our belts before the season wraps up,” Charlie Ells said.

The team has several races scheduled, including the tentatively Class 3A-2A-1A state meet that is being organized by a few coaches after the Oregon School Activities Association announced last week it wouldn’t be holding any state championship events for the first sports season of the year.

"We have a great set of meets," coach Brent Hutton said. "It's going to be ge fun."

Bandon is scheduled for a variety of events before that meet, tentatively scheduled for April 10, starting next Wednesday.

“We’ve been looking forward to this for a while,” said Josh Minkler.

The Tigers feature a mix of boys and girls in various states of fitness because of a number of injuries, but even with the short season the squad is excited.

“We’re all at different places right now,” Ells said. “We’ll definitely get there.”

Ells missed a recent club race against Siuslaw, as did a few other Tigers. Once everyone is up to speed, the squads could compare

Meet Results

favorably with other recent Bandon teams.

“We have a good girls team — better than last year,” Hutton said.

“Our boys team is going to be solid.

“Our fifth kid is probably faster than any fifth boy we’ve had. We just don’t have the speed at the top.”

Against Siuslaw, a short-handed Tigers’ squad placed five runners in the first nine.

“It was a good first race,” Minkler said. “We didn’t all perform how we wanted to, but it gave us a good sense of where we’re at.”

“It definitely highlighted some areas for improvement,” Ells said.

Ansen Converse was the Tigers’ first finisher against Siuslaw, crossing the line second behind Chad Hughes of the Vikings.

He is excited about the team’s prospects.

“It’s shaping up to be a good team,” he said. “People are dedicated. Once everybody gets over their injuries, they’ll push each other to get better.

“(At Siuslaw) We definitely weren’t at full strength. When we are, we’ll be good.”

Bandon’s girls were led at Siuslaw by Holly Hutton, who finished second, four seconds behind Siuslaw’s Rylee Colton.

But with only three runners in the race (a few of the top girls injured), the Tigers did not field a complete team.

On Tuesday, as the Tigers prepared to run on the course of their upcoming home meet (March 12), Brent Hutton urged a couple of the girls to be careful and not run at full strength.

Bandon’s squads have been among the best small schools in the state in recent years. The last championship, in 2019, saw Bandon’s boys finish third and the girls fourth.

The boys also were fifth in 2018, second in 2017, champions in 2016 and third in 2015.

Given that history, the Tigers have high hopes for this year,

Feb. 13 at Siltcoos Outlet BOYS Siuslaw 25, Bandon 30 Individual Results (5,000 Meters): 1.

Chad Hughes, Siu, 17:24; 2. Ansen Converse, Ban, 17:39; 3. Samuel Ulrich, Siu, 17:42; 4. Damian Avalos, Ban, 17:42; 5.

Kyle Hughes, Siu, 18:17; 6. Jaxson Jensen, Siu, 18:29; 7. Carter Brown, Ban, 18:43; 8. Josh Minkler, Ban, 18:53; 9.

Trevor Angove, Ban, 18:58; 10. Ryan Jennings, Siu, 19:03; 11. Brayden Linton, Siu, 19:04; 12. Dylan Jensen, Siu, 19:13; 13. Jacob Blankenship, Siu, 19:16; 14.

Andrew Robertson, Ban, 19:20; 15. Daniel Cabrera, Ban, 19:24; 16. Talan Ross, Siu, 19:56.

GIRLS Siuslaw 15, Bandon inc.

Individual Results (5,000 Meters): 1.

Rylee Colton, Siu, 20:30; 2. Holly Hutton, Ban, 20:34; 3. Brea Blankenship, Siu, 21:22; 4. Danielle McLain, Ban, 21:34; 5. Analies Miller, Ban, 22:52; 6. Gracie Freudenthal, Siu, 23:00; 7. Jane Lacouture, Siu, 23:05; 8. Corduroy Holbrook, Siu, 23:24.

Bandon Schedule

March 3 Millicoma Trail XC Dual, Coos Bay March 6 vs. St. Mary’s and Cascade Christian at Medford March 12 Bandon Fugate XC Challenge March 19 Champs Invite at Lebanon March 25 Run For the Brownies at Florence April 1 District 4 Championships at Rogue River April 10 Class 3A-2A-1A Championship Meet, TBA

Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center is inviting artists for its quarterly art show, called “By the Light of the Moon.”

Works can broadly interpret the theme to include literal scenes such as those we see around us.

Creations can be indoors, outdoors, low-light expressions of the magical time between sunset and sunrise. They can include moon glow, full moon, no moon at all, slivers, slices, reflections — literal or metaphorical.

Potential artists are encouraged to “Think of all that happens at night while we sleep; ponder those who work the night shift. Let your imagination wander.”

The show will run from April through June.

People are encouraged to be creative, but keep in mind that art on the hospital walls is meant to entertain and de-stress patients, families, staff and visitors.

“It is not a venue for nudity, violence, morbidity or being a political soapbox,” officials said.

Artists may enter one to three pieces, including painting, collage, mixed media, drawing, photography or an assemblage in all artistic styles: representational, abstract, impressionistic or futuristic. All must be able to be hung on the wall.

“Thank you for your continued positive approach to art in these shows,” officials said.

The Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center’s art program is free to enter. People are encouraged to consider donating to the hospital’s art fund.

For more information, email Scott at foundation@southerncoos. org.

Because of the ongoing pandemic, no reception will be held. A digital show also is planned.

Art should be delivered on Sunday, March 28, at 1:30 p.m., to the main parking lot in front of the hospital. Entries should be ready to hang and come with paperwork including name, address and email of artist, title of the piece and price (if items are not for sale, include a value for insurance purposes). The name and title also should be listed on the back of each piece People who can’t make it on March 28 can make alternative arrangements with the show’s organizers.

Entries can be picked up on Sunday, June 27, at 1:30 p.m. They should sign their work out, not just take it off the wall.

The hospital reserves the right to refuse any submitted artwork due to content, presentation or space.

Images may be used for advertising and promotional purposes during for the show.

For information, contact the show’s organizers, Ava Richey at 541-297-6118 or Susan at 541-3479888.

Art By The Sea Gallery plans March 6 open house Bandon Western World

A new collection of works from members of the Art by the Sea Gallery and Studio will be on display during a March 6 open house at the studio in Bandon.

The collection “Flowers & Four Legged Friends” and member Earl Robicheaux’s featured wall of photographs “Lighthouses of Oregon & Washington" will be on display during the open house, which runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The people’s choice winner of the Eye of the Lens community exhibit also will be announced.

The winner will be a featured artist during 2022.

The public is invited to come enjoy the company of the gallery’s various artists throughout

the day. Guests also can partake of “grab-and-go” snacks.

Art by the Sea Gallery continues its commitment to following the state and CDC requirements and recommendations by having hand sanitizer available, cleansing all surfaces and requiring the wearing of masks by staff and visitors to keep everyone healthy and safe. Social distancing will be observed and a maximum of nine people will be allowed in at a time.

The studio is located at 145 Fillmore Ave., SE, in Old Town Bandon.

Gallery happenings can always be found at the gallery’s website, www.artbytheseagallery.com or Facebook. The videos and gallery works also can be seen on Instagram.

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Bandon's second school

By Mary Schamehorn I love this old picture of the second of Bandon's school houses, built in 1894 and first occupied in 1895.

The school census had reached 212, which was too many students for the one-story frame building near Edison Avenue and 4th Street, which was the site of Bandon's first school house.

When that building was vacated it was sold to the Methodist Church.

This building was on a parcel of land that overlooked the Coquille River and Pacific Ocean, and adjoined the property of the U.S. Coast Guard, then called the U.S. Life Saving Station. This school house was a two-story frame building, which burned in the 1936 fire, although it was no longer used as a school, but had other community purposes.

I chose this picture to illustrate the story "What Bandon Has," which I found on the front page of the Dec. 26, 1911, Bandon Recorder.

It was interesting to learn just what was here over 100 years ago.

Here is what Bandon had in 1911: "A $45,000 high school and grammar school facilities.

"Electric lights and pure mountain water.

"Fourteen sawmills contributary to Bandon harbor, 2 shipyards, 2 salmon canneries, one woolen mill, two woodworking plants, one veneer plant, one foundry, two machines shops, one creamery and three planing mills.

"Excellent harbor -- regular steamers to Portland and San Francisco.

"Immense coal fields, greatest white cedar forest in America, and finest dairy country that lies out of doors.

"Unlimited opportunities in the immediate vicinity of Bandon for agricultural, dairying and livestock development.

"Thousands of acres of the best farming lands in Oregon, excellent for fruits, grains, vegetables of all kinds and nearly every product not of a tropical nature can be raised

in abundance.

"Profusion of wild flowers and climatic conditions offer unexcelled conditions for bee culture.

"Thousands of cords of pulp wood waiting to be utilized. No better section of Oregon for a pulp mill.

Opportunities for furniture manufacturers are found in abundance of myrtle, ash, oak and maple.

"Oil fields under development by local capital (at Bear Creek) .... and a wide-awake semi-weekly newspaper."

The second picture I am sharing is of former fire chief Walt Ashton, who is at the scene of an arson fire, which completely gutted the interior of McNair Hardware on Jan. 25, 1975, a year after another arson fire destroyed the Bandon High School complex.

The McNair Hardware fire occurred during a burglary as a blow torch was used to cut open the safe, which apparently resulted in the fire.

Officials weren't sure if the burglar had deliberately set the fire or if it were an accident, but it had been burning for over an hour in the back of the building before it was detected. By that time, it was too late to make entry and the biggest loss, according to the owner Melvin Boak, were the accounts receivable records.

A few days after the fire, a Laurel Grove man was spotted coming out of the burned building with a handful of guns he had stolen after making unlawful entry. The men who saw him could not find an officer to report what they saw, so they drove to the fire hall where fire practice was going on and told the firemen what they had witnessed.

Two of the firemen, Barry Winters and Chuck Shultz, sped downtown just in time to see the man's pickup pull away from the hardware store. They squeezed him off the road just past the creamery and by that time several other firemen had arrived on the scene, including Lanny Boston, Fred Richert, Steve Fox, Bruce Brown, Brad Jarvis and Randy Texley. Officer Marc Johnson then arrived on the scene and took him into custody.

Although Walt was

apparently still with the fire department, Lanny Boston assumed the duties of chief in 1974, a position he still ably holds today.

The third picture was taken at a meeting of the Bandon Booster Club as president Ron Knox, left, presents Police Chief D. S. "Big Mac" MacDonald with a lifetime membership, for having filmed many of the sporting events during the years. Also pictured is Booster club member Bob Vaughn.

Mac joined the Ingram brothers, Floyd and Kenneth, as lifetime members of the club. *** I was sorry to learn that long-time Bandonian Jack McMahon had died Tuesday night at the age of 83. Jack came to Bandon with his parents, Isabel and George McMahon, in June of 1951 from Red Cloud, Neb. After graduating from Bandon High School in 1955, he married Barbara Norton in 1958.

They had two children, Mark and Jerry McMahon, both of Bandon, and four grandchildren. Barbara died several years ago.

A cranberry grower, Jack was a long-time volunteer fireman, and also served on various school board committees.

Surviving are three of his five brothers and sisters, including Jean (Mrs. Clayton) Duval of Bandon, Edward McMahon of Palm Springs and Doris Erickson of Red Cloud, and his close companion, Bonnie Barnes.

Both Jack and Bonnie had lost their spouses, and I was so glad to see that they could enjoy each other's company and especially loved to travel.

He was also preceded in death by his brothers, Wally McMahon of Bandon and Donald. *** Several people have posted on the Next Door site about people breaking into vehicles in various neighborhoods of Bandon. One woman, who lives south of City Park, said the car doors were opened and the glove box contents were left on the passenger seat, but it did not appear that anything was taken. "Proba-

Booster Club President Ron Knox, left, presents Police Chief D. S. "Big Mac" MacDonald with a lifetime membership, for having filmed many of the sporting events during the years. Also pictured is Booster club member Bob Vaughn.

From the Mary Schamehorn Collection

Bandon's second schoolhouse, which opened in 1895 and was destroyed in the 1936 fire. bly just looking for cash or a thrill to be doing something illegal," she posted.

Another said cash had been stolen, but valuables had been left behind. At any rate, people are urged to lock their vehicle doors, and, if possible, park in a lighted area if you aren't able to park inside. It might also be wise to take your garage door remote inside with you. *** I'll have to admit I've been a bit apprehensive about having cataract surgery as I have not been hospitalized in many years, and only once for surgery, probably about 40 years ago.

But I will say that the treatment I received at Bay Area Hospital and from my ophthalmologist, Dr. Debra Graham, at Bay Eye Clinic, could not have been better, and now I am looking forward to March when I will have the second eye done.

To say that my vision improved overnight is an understatement. A few weeks earlier, I could barely read the top line on the eye chart, and four hours after my surgery I was reading at the five or six level. It was remarkable.

I will admit that having to put drops in my eyes four times a day, including one for a month, is a bit of a hassle, but I keep reminding myself that it's a small price to pay for good vision. And the eye patch at night is interesting!

But back to the care. The nurses in the short term stay area at Bay Area Hospital were fabulous. I think I had five or six people care for me during the nearly four hours I was there, and each one was

Bandon Fire Chief Walt Ashton investigates an arson fire at McNair Hardware in January of 1975. friendly, helpful and caring.

They even gave me a card signed by most of them when I left, and the next day one of the RNs, Rob, called to see how I was doing.

And I especially want to thank my friend and fellow councilor Madeline Seymour for driving me there .... at 7 in the morning, and my sister, Molly, for taking me back later in the afternoon for my post-op appointment.

I also appreciate those of

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If there's a downside, it's seeing wrinkles that I didn't know were there. *** And through it all, our restaurants and bars remain closed. It becomes harder to understand every day as most of the rest of the country begins to slowly open as COVID cases decline and vaccinations increase.

It just does not seem fair that people can go to Langlois or Port Orford for a sit-down dinner, but not anywhere in Coos County. I have heard of small cafes opening in some areas of the county, but my guess is they do not have a liquor license as that is the risk that restaurants and bars take.

As the weather improves, more and more establishments are offering, or working toward, outside seating.

I continue to say that our restaurants and bars should be allowed to open, and for those of you who do not want to take the risk, I understand.

You have the option of staying home, but for others of us, who want to dine in, please allow that to happen.

And if they do open and you don't feel safe, continue to support them by ordering take-out. I know they appreciate the support.

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Sheriff calls Tiger's crash ‘purely an accident’ LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County sheriff on Wednesday characterized the crash that seriously injured Tiger Woods as “purely an accident" and appeared to rule out any potential criminal charges even as authorities were still investigating.

Deputies did not see any evidence that the golf star was impaired by drugs or alcohol after Tuesday's rollover wreck on a downhill stretch of road known for crashes, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said.

“He was not drunk,” Villanueva said during a livestreamed social media event. “We can throw that one out.”

Woods, who had checked into a clinic in 2017 for help dealing with prescription medication, was driving alone through coastal Los

Angeles suburbs when his SUV struck a raised median, crossed into oncoming lanes and flipped several times.

The crash caused “significant” injuries to his right leg, and he underwent a “long surgical procedure," according to a post on the golfer's Twitter account.

Villanueva said investigators may seek search warrants for a blood sample to definitively rule out drugs and alcohol. Detectives also could apply for search warrants for Woods' cellphone to see if he was driving distracted, as well as the vehicle's event data recorder, or “black box,” which would give information about how fast he was going.

Joe Giacalone, a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a retired New York police sergeant,

said it was “premature” for Villanueva to determine the crash was an accident just a day later.

“The blood test could give us a whole other insight,” Giacalone said, noting that some drugs are not necessarily detectable by observation.

"Because it’s Tiger Woods, people are going to demand answers. You have to dot your I’s and cross your T’s.”

Crash investigations typically include interviews of first responders and bystanders as well as inspections of the road and the vehicle, including photographing and measuring the scene and checking to see if the vehicle had defects or malfunctions, according to William Peppard, a retired Bergen County, New Jersey, police detective who has served as a crash investigator.

Peppard said in typical cases with no immediate indications the driver was impaired, detectives might not seek blood samples if the crash did not injure anyone else or damage property.

"Take the celebrity out of it — it’s a matter of resources and time,” he said.

Woods was arrested on a DUI charge in 2017 when Florida police found him asleep behind the wheel of his car parked awkwardly on the side of the road, with its engine still running, two flat tires and a blinker flashing.

Woods said he had an unexpected reaction to pain medication he was taking. He eventually pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of reckless driving. Three weeks after the arrest, he entered a clinic for help dealing with prescription medication and a

Australian Olympic bid put on fast track for 2032 GENEVA (AP) — Did the Australian city of Brisbane just get picked as the host of the 2032 Olympics?

It looked that way Wednesday when the International Olympic Committee named the bid centered on the coastal city in the state of Queensland as its preferred candidate.

The decision by the IOC's executive board puts Brisbane on a fast-track to victory 11 years ahead of the games and before several expected rival candidates have publicly developed their plans.

Officials in Brisbane, Queensland and the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) will now begin “targeted dialogue” with an IOC panel overseeing a reformed bidding process.

The IOC's new bidding process, developed in part by Australia's top Olympic official, seeks to find a winning host more efficiently and avoid turning other campaigns into expensive losers.

The 2032 race was expected to include bids from Doha, Qatar — which is hosting the 2030 Asian Games — and Budapest, Hungary. Neither has launched a formal bid yet, and Wednesday’s decision will likely be a deterrent for either to enter the race.

“This decision is not a decision against anybody," IOC president Thomas Bach said at a news conference.

"This is just a decision in favor of one interested party at this moment in time.”

If Brisbane is eventually approved by the full IOC membership, potentially next year, it would cap the second

sleep disorder.

The crash this week was the latest setback for Woods, who at times has looked unstoppable with his 15 major championships and record-tying 82 victories on the PGA Tour. He is among the world's most recognizable sports figures, and at 45, with a reduced schedule from nine previous surgeries, remains golf’s biggest draw.

Injuries, however, have been a big part of his narrative dating to his epic victory in the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, where he won with shredded knee ligaments and two stress fractures in his left leg.

In 2009, his personal life imploded when he was caught having multiple extramarital affairs and crashed his vehicle into a fire hydrant and tree. He went two years without winning.

After returning to No. 1 in the world in 2013, when he won five times and was PGA Tour player of the year for the 11th time, he had his first back surgery in 2014. He played only 16 times over the

straight unconventional bidding process said in 2019 while presenting the new for the Summer Games. bid process he helped shape at Bach's Paris and Los Angeles were awarded invitation. the 2024 and 2028 editions, respectiveQueensland's quick progress raised ly, at the same time when in 2017 the questions about possible conflicts of IOC changed its rules mid-contest to interest for Coates, who has led the Ausallow a double award. tralian Olympic Committee for more Budapest's late withdrawal from the than 30 years.

2024 contest paved the way for Los Coates returned to the IOC board last Angeles being offered the 2028 edition year as a vice president and is viewed unopposed. as one of Bach's closest allies. He also The process was changed again for the leads the IOC's oversight of prepara2032 Olympics to speed up the selection. tions for the postponed Tokyo Olympics The IOC wanted to move away from this year. two-year bidding campaigns that ended Asked about the perception of with a host being picked seven years Coates's role in creating a process that before the games in a contested vote. first benefited Australia, Bach said These were typically expensive for his colleague was not involved in the cities, often ended with rejection of board's debate Wednesday. the Olympic brand by voters in local “This is best practice that whenever a referendums, and invited controversy conflict of interest arises you solve it by including allegations of vote-buying. not participating in related discussions “This (former process) was not the or decisions," the IOC president said. best procedure, neither not for the future China, Germany, India, Indonesia and of the games nor for the reputation of Russia had also worked on possible bids the IOC,” Bach said Wednesday, aiming for 2032. critical comments at consultants and “It’s not a done deal" for Brisbane, lobbyists hired by candidates. said Kristin Kloster Aasen, on IOC In 2019, the IOC created panels for member from Norway who chairs the each of the Summer and Winter Games panel that engages with potential Sumto enter into rolling dialogue with mer games bidders. "But it’s progress possible candidates and even approach made today.” bidders. The panels can recommend a “The decision to advance the process host that may now be picked without a was taken now given the uncertainty contested vote. the world is facing at this moment and “We cannot, I suggest, continue to which is expected to continue even after be damaged as we have in the past,” the COVID-19 health crisis is over,” she John Coates, a veteran IOC member, Call for ansaid. appointment now to avoid

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But he always made it back. Even after four back surgeries, he won the Masters in April 2019 for the fifth time, which ranks among the great comebacks in the sport.

Woods had a fifth back surgery, a microdiscectomy, on Dec. 23, just three days after he played the PNC Championship with his son Charlie, now 12.

He was in Los Angeles over the weekend as the tournament host of the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club. Monday and Tuesday had been set aside for him to give golf tips to celebrities on Discovery-owned GOLFTV. Woods was driving his courtesy vehicle from the Genesis Invitational when he crashed. Deputy Carlos Gonzalez, who was the first to arrive at the crash, patrols the road and said he sometimes catches people topping 80 mph (129 kph) in the downhill, 45-mph zone, and that crashes are common.

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Football season will kick off with jamboree The World Almost half a year late, there is actual high school sports on the schedule this weekend when Marshfield hosts Siuslaw and North Bend in a football jamboree.

It’s thrilling for the coaches and players, but unfortunately not for the fans.

Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, no fans will be allowed in Pete Susick Stadium for the contest.

Fortunately, they can still catch the action through media.

Veteran Marshfield announcer Matt Jarvis will broadcast the entire varsity jamboree, which includes Siuslaw against North Bend at 1 p.m., Siuslaw against Marshfield at 1:45 and Marshfield against North Bend at 2:30.

The games will be on the radio at KMHS (105.1 FM) and livestreamed online at www.kmhsonline. com.

Meanwhile, Marshfield will have live video of the games on its Facebook page, as well as the morning junior varsity jamboree, which starts at 10 a.m. and follows the same schedule.

While football starts this weekend, the first official counting contests for the traditional fall sports — football, volleyball, soccer and cross country — are next week.

And like football this weekend, they won’t include fans.

And in the case of volleyball, they won’t be in the county either, since Coos County (and Douglas County in the case of Reedsport) is in the high-risk category, which doesn’t allow indoor sports. Currently, the county’s volleyball teams have strict practice restrictions, with no more than six players working

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Marshfield High School football players work on their tackling technique during the opening week of official practice. The Pirates host a jamboree, closed to the public, on Saturday. with a coach at a time.

“I’m really happy the football players get to play,” North Bend athletic director Mike Forrester said.

“It’s really disappointing that our volleyball kids, who never come in contact with opponents from another school, who wear masks,

who don’t even allow spectators to come in, aren’t allowed to compete, or even to have more than six kids at a time in practice.

“I think our volleyball kids are getting ripped off.”

First, the focus is on football this week.

The jamboree comes with specific rules. In each scrimmage, each offense is allowed a total of 18 snaps, including extra points.

It will be the first full-contact competition since the fall of 2019, though the receivers and quarterbacks for the two schools had

a chance to play a series of seven-on-seven contests in the fall.

In a week, the teams will play actual games to start a six-week season. North Bend hosts Marist Catholic on Friday, March 5, and Marshfield hosts Stayton on Saturday, March 6.

Lillard is among players chosen as NBA All-Star reserves Associated Press New Orleans forward Zion Williamson now can be called an NBA All-Star, and only three others in the game’s 70-year history have gotten there at a younger age.

Williamson is one of four first-time All-Stars, all revealed Tuesday night when the league announced the reserves for the March 7 game in Atlanta. Joining him as fellow All-Star rookies: Boston’s Jaylen Brown, New York’s Julius Randle and Chicago’s Zach LaVine.

Phoenix’s Chris Paul is an All-Star for the 11th time, and Brooklyn’s James Harden is one for the ninth consecutive year. The rest of the reserves include Philadelphia’s Ben Simmons, Boston’s Jayson Tatum and Orlando’s Nikola Vucevic from the Eastern Conference, along with the

Los Angeles Lakers’ Anthony Davis, the Los Angeles Clippers’ Paul George, Utah teammates Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert, and Portland’s Damian Lillard from the Western Conference.

“It's definitely an honor," Mitchell said.

Team captains LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers and Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets will draft their teams next week, with the rosters to be unveiled March 4. Starters, revealed last week, were chosen through a combination of voting by fans, NBA players and a media panel.

Reserves were chosen through voting by the league’s head coaches.

“You do the best that you can,” Orlando coach Steve Clifford said. “It’s not easy. ... Every year, it is hard, and when you look at this year in

the East there were a number of guys who are worthy of making it. So, it’s difficult every year.”

Atlanta’s Trae Young, an All-Star last season, is not one this year despite averaging 26.9 points entering Tuesday, the most among anyone not selected. Miami forwards Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler didn’t make the cut, nor did Phoenix’s Devin Booker.

“Devin Booker is the most disrespected player in our league!!!! Simple as that," James tweeted.

Booker was chosen Wednesday to replace Davis, who is injured and will not play in the All-Star Game.

Utah’s Mike Conley — someone the NBA-leading Jazz desperately wanted to see get there for what would have been the first time — also missed out on the nod.

“For a guy like him who's done so many things in his career, on and off the floor, he deserves this," Mitchell said of Conley.

Williamson is 20, and only Kobe Bryant, James and Magic Johnson were younger in their All-Star debuts. There have been six other 20-yearolds chosen for past All-Star Games, but all were closer to their 21st birthday at the time than Williamson is now.

Randle has been the best player for the Knicks, who are trying to make the playoffs for the first time since 2013. Brown is averaging a career-best 25.5 points for Boston. And LaVine has been to All-Star weekend plenty of times before, winning two dunk contests and an MVP award at the Rising Stars game. But this will be his first time in the All-Star Game itself.

NBA will have hectic finish to regular season TIM REYNOLDS

Associated Press

The second half of the NBA schedule will be hectic, all the way to the end.

The league on Wednesday released the list of games that will be played between March 10 and May 16, with Memphis and San Antonio — two of the teams that dealt with long unplanned shutdowns because of coronavirus-related issues — set to play 40 times apiece, tied for the most in the league during the 68-day sprint to the end of the regular season.

And every team is scheduled to play on the final day of the regular season, a rarity. The 15 games on May 16 will mark the first time that every NBA team plays on the same day since Nov. 25, 2016 — and the first time all have done so on the final day of the regular season since April 16, 2014.

The season reopens following the All-Star break on March 10 when Washington visits Memphis and San Antonio goes to Dallas.

Most of the league resumes on March 11, with 21 teams playing their second-half openers that night, and the remaining five — Denver, Cleveland, Utah, Indiana and the Los Angeles Lakers — get back to game action on March 12.

That means the Cavaliers, Lakers and Jazz, all of whom end their first-half schedules on March 3, get the longest All-Star breaks in the league at nine days apiece. Washington, Memphis and San Antonio get the shortest breaks, all six days.

Teams will finish the season averaging about 15 back-to-backs, about three more per team than was the case last season but still well below the norm before the league made player rest a scheduling priority and changed its methods three years ago.

There are only two instances of teams having four games in five days in the season’s second half, both toward the very end.

Memphis had one of the dreaded four-in-fives during the first half and is in line for another between May 11 and May 15, at home against New Orleans, Dallas and twice against Sacramento.

San Antonio will end the season with a run of four games in five days — the first two at Brooklyn and New York on May 12 and 13, followed by finales at home against Phoenix on May 15 and 16.

A few other things to note on the schedule: BIG MONDAY: The NBA typically tries not to schedule games on the night of the NCAA men’s basketball championship game, but squeezing so many games into a short window made an unplanned night off impossible this season. There are seven games on the schedule for April 5, the night that some college team is scheduled to cut down nets in Indianapolis.

LOADED SLATE: May 16 could mark the first time all 30 NBA teams and all 30 Major League Baseball teams play on the same day. There were 15 NBA games and 15 MLB games on April 16, 2014 — but included in that

MLB slate was a doubleheader between the New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs. The Minnesota Twins and Toronto Blue Jays had that day off.

LEAST AND MOST: The Los Angeles Clippers have the fewest games in the second half, scheduled to play 34 times. The Spurs and Grizzlies are scheduled to play 40 games, and every other team is between 35 and 38 contests.

RESCHEDULINGS: The league has had to reschedule 29 games that were called off so far for virus-related reasons, plus others that had to be postponed earlier this month in response to the ice storm that knocked out power to much of Texas.

PLAY-IN DATES: The play-in tournament begins May 18 and the playoffs officially open May 22.

For the play-in tournament, the NBA has set up six games, all of which will result in either a playoff berth or elimination.

The teams with the seventh- and eighth-highest winning percentages in each conference will each have two opportunities to win one game to earn a playoff spot. The teams finishing ninth and 10th in each conference will have to win twice to make the postseason.

The No. 7 team will play host to the No. 8 team, with the winner earning the No. 7 playoff seed. The No. 9 seed will host the No. 10 seed, and the winner of that game will then travel to the loser of the 7-8 game for a one-game playoff to decide the No. 8 playoff seed.

STARTERS POOL: James and Durant will choose from eight other starters for their teams first when the draft takes place: Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo, Washington’s Bradley Beal, Golden State’s Stephen Curry, Dallas’ Luka Doncic, Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid, Brooklyn’s Kyrie Irving, Denver’s Nikola Jokic and the Los Angeles Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard.

BY TEAM: Brooklyn is the only team with three AllStars. There are five teams — Boston, the Clippers, the Lakers, Philadelphia and Utah — with two All-Stars, and 11 clubs with one AllStar selection, though with Davis out and Booker in the Suns now have two players for the first time since 2009.

The 13 without an All-Star, for now: Atlanta, Charlotte, Cleveland, Detroit,

Houston, Indiana, Memphis, Miami, Minnesota, Oklahoma City, Sacramento, San Antonio and Toronto.

Indiana and Toronto, the East’s No. 4 and No. 5 seeds entering Tuesday, got no AllStar selections.

NOT BACK: The players who were All-Stars last season who didn't make the cut this year: Booker, Adebayo, Butler, Young, Toronto teammates Kyle Lowry and Pascal Siakam, Indiana's Domantas Sabonis, Washington's Russell Westbrook (who made it last season as a member of the Houston Rockets), Boston's Kemba Walker, New Orleans' Brandon Ingram and Milwaukee's Khris Middleton.

COACHES: Utah’s Quin Snyder will coach Team LeBron, and Philadelphia’s Doc Rivers will coach Team Durant.

National TV Sports Listings Today

NBA Basketball — Indiana at Boston, 4:45 p.m., ESPN; Portland at Los Angeles Lakers, 7:05 p.m., ESPN. Men’s College Basketball — Richmond at Saint Louis, 4 p.m., ESPN2; North Texas at Marshall, 4 p.m., ESPNU; Purdue at Penn State, 4 p.m., Fox Sports 1; Northern Iowa at Illinois State, 6 p.m., ESPNU; Nevada at Utah State, 6 p.m., Fox Sports 1; Southern Illinois at Loyola Chicago, 6 p.m., CBS Sports Network; UC Santa Barbara at UC Riverside, 8 p.m., ESPN2.

Golf — PGA Tour Puerto Rico Open, 7 a.m., Golf Channel; World Golf Championship, 10 a.m., Golf Channel; LPGA Tour Gainbridge Championship, 3:30 p.m., Golf Channel; PGA Tour Champions Cologuard Classic, 5:30 p.m., Golf Channel.

Saturday, Feb. 27

NBA Basketball — Dallas at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m., ABC. Men’s College Basketball —Texas at Texas Tech, 9 a.m., CBS; Michigan at Indiana, 9 a.m., Fox; Georgetown at DePaul, 9 a.m., Fox Sports 1; Tennessee at Auburn, 9 a.m., ESPN; Washington at Arizona, noon, CBS; Illinois at Wisconsin, 11 a.m., ESPN; LSU at Arkansas, 11 a.m., ESPN2; VCU at Davidson, 11 a.m., ESPNU; Rice at Louisiana Tech, 11 a.m., CBS Sports Network; Marquette at Connecticut, 11:30 a.m., Fox; Oklahoma State at Oklahoma, noon, ABC; Florida at Kentucky, 1 p.m., CBS; Kansas State at West Virginia, 1 p.m., ESPN2; Florida State at North Carolina, 1 p.m., ESPN; Temple at UCF, 1 p.m., ESPNU; Washington State at Arizona State, 1:30 p.m., Pac-12 Network; Creighton at Xavier, 2 p.m., Fox; Northern Iowa at Illinois State, 3 p.m., CBS Sports Network; Louisville at Duke, 3 p.m., ESPN; TCU at Iowa State, 3 p.m., ESPNU; Oregon State at Stanford, 4 p.m., Pac12 Network; Baylor at Kansas, 5 p.m., ESPN; USC at Utah, 5 p.m., ESPN2; North Carolina Central at North Carolina A&T, 5 p.m., ESPNU; Oregon at California, 7 p.m., Fox Sports 1; Loyola Marymount at Gonzaga, 7 p.m., ESPN; Saint Mary’s at BYU, 7 p.m., ESPNU;

UCLA at Colorado, 7 p.m., ESPN2.

Auto Racing — NASCAR Xfinity Series Contender Boats 250, 1:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1.

Golf — World Golf Championships, 9 a.m., Golf Channel; PGA Tour Puerto Rico Open, 11:30 a.m., Golf Channel; PGA Tour Champions Cologuard Classic, 2 p.m., Golf Channel; LPGA Tour Gainbridge Championship, 5 p.m., Golf Channel.

Sunday, Feb. 28

Auto Racing — NASCAR Cup Series Dixie Vodka 400, 12:30 p.m., Fox. NBA Basketball — Golden State at Los Angeles Lakers, 5:15 p.m., ESPN. Men’s College Basketball — Villanova at Butler, 9 a.m., CBS; Memphis at Cincinnati, 10 a.m., ESPN; Michigan State at Maryland, 11 a.m., CBS; South Florida at Houston, 1 p.m., ESPNU; Iowa at Ohio State, 1 p.m., CBS; Nevada at Utah State, 4 p.m., Fox Sports 1.

Bowling — PBA Tournament of Champions, 10 a.m., Fox. Hockey — Boston at New York Rangers, 9 a.m., NBC; Detroit at Chicago, 4 p.m., NBC Sports Network.

Golf — World Golf Championships, 9 a.m., Golf Channel; PGA Tour Puerto Rico Open, 11:30 a.m., Golf Channel; PGA Tour Champions Cologuard Classic, 1:30 p.m., Golf Channel; LPGA Tour Gainbridge Championship, 5 p.m., Golf Channel.

Monday, March 1

Men’s College Basketball — North Carolina at Syracuse, 4 p.m., ESPN; Oklahoma at Oklahoma State, 6 p.m., ESPN; Arizona at Oregon, 6 p.m., ESPN2; Air Force at Colorado State, 7 p.m., CBS Sports Network.

Tuesday, March 2

NBA Basketball — Los Angeles Clippers at Boston, 4:30 p.m., TNT; Phoenix at Los Angeles Lakers, 7 p.m., TNT. Men’s College Basketball — Tulsa at UCF, 4 p.m., ESPNU; Xavier at Georgetown, 4 p.m., Fox Sports 1; Marquette at DePaul, 6 p.m., Fox Sports 1; Memphis at South Florida, 6 p.m., ESPNU.

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This week in Coos County history: February 24-27 100 YEARS — 1921 Many changes in game laws Prices of hunting and fishing licenses doubled Trout season opens fifteen days later — heavier penalties for violating laws Together with the increase in the cost of angling and hunting licenses come a number of changes in the angling and hunting laws.

Under the new laws a closer inspection of the wild life of the state is hoped for by the state commission.

Angling licenses, which used to sell for $1.50, will be $3 in the future. Hunting licenses will advance the same. Combination hunting and angling licenses, which formerly sold for $3, will sell for $5. Minors from 14 to 18 years of age will be permitted to purchase resident county licenses at $1.50 each, but if they desire to hunt outside of their own county the $3 license fee will be charged.

Guides will pay a license of $1, fur dealers $3, taxidermists $5 and trappers $2. All soldiers of the world war who are inmates of the state soldiers’ home will be issued licenses free.

S.H. Guernsey is new wharfinger North Bend City Council elects him to place Will have charge farmers dock and city dock S.H. Guernsey who has had charge of the farmers’ wharf at North Bend, was last night elected city wharfinger, taking charge of the city dock as well as the dock for the small boats. He succeeds McCollum & Painter who have been city wharfingers for some time.

Coos Bay Times to have bureau at Washington Additional news service feature is provided Will pay special attention to Oregon events at national capital — starts March 1 The Coos Bay Times, as an additional news service featured, has arranged for a Washington Bureau to pay special attention to events at the national capital of special interest to Oregon in general and southwestern Oregon in particular.

In addition to covering the news of special interest to this section, the Washington Bureau will also be one of investigation and information for this section. Readers of the Times who are specially interested in any affairs at Washington will be asked to notify The Times concerning them and The Times Bureau will look them up and get all information available.

Marshfield is Coos champion Basketball team wins in county series Game which was scheduled for last night called off by Myrtle Point Marshfield high school basketball team is the champion of Coos county. There were games scheduled for the Coquille Valley but these cannot change the standing of the team of this city.

The Marshfield team was defeated only once when the North Bend boys on their own floor won a victory. The Marshfield team was to have played Myrtle Point last night but the latter place called the game off and that ended the season for Marshfield, leaving the team victorious in the county series.

To curtail load on Bandon roads Coos county court will restrict traffic Will not permit heavy vehicles to ruin highway — may do same on Coquille road In dictating that the Coos county court will not permit big auto trucks, carrying two or three ton loads, to ruin the new highway between Coos Bay and Coquille, the Coquille Sentinel says: It appearing that truck drivers were seeking to evade the regulations as to weight of load recently made, by driving at night and in other ways on the Bandon-South road, two traffic policemen were ordered employed to patrol that

road for 24 hours each day. C.C. Williams, of Coquille, and Robert H. Kruger, of Marshfield, were given first preference for the job.

Additional orders were made in regard to the loads trucks might carry on county roads.

Trucks with pneumatic tires are permitted to carry 25 per cent over 3,000 pounds.

Trucks of one and one-half ton capacity must not exceed speed rate of 12 miles an hour, unless they have pneumatic tires in which case a 15-mile speed is allowed.

Touring cars on gravel, dirt or plank roads are forbidden to exceed 20 miles an hour in wet weather.

The use of chains is forbidden on any car on plank, rock, gravel or concrete roads.

50 YEARS — 1971 City committee meets with retail merchants Changes in Coos Bay parking needed … and soon Some changes in downtown Coos Bay parking are needed and soon.

This was the general agreement today at a meeting of Coos Bay Parking and Traffic Committee with retail merchants.

More all-day parking spaces, a change in loading zone regulations, covered walks from parking lots to the core area, a price differential in parking lot spaces and those on streets, a parking token program for customers — these and other solutions were tossed around during the hour-long discussion.

Robert Hale, city councilman and committeeman, briefly reviewed the problems as the traffic committee found them: Many merchants have delivery and service vehicles that need to be close to their stores — some all the time and others at frequent intervals.

Employee parking is a necessity. “They need all-day parking but not close to the place of business. This should be reserved for customers and business activity.”

He also pointed out a few possible solutions: The city “already has the authority to issue meter hoods” under which a business may rent hoods to place over meters during necessary hours for delivery or service.

Permits could be issued to use “any metered space or loading zone for half an hour.”

A fee would be charged for the permit that would bring in about the same revenue as regular meter use.

More all-day parking spaces could be added to accommodate employees and office workers in parking lots which do not get heavy customer traffic.

Two ride up coast, but not a dime spent for gas Jack Oylur and Richard Stewart are going from California to Canada without spending a dime on gas and they aren’t hitchhiking either.

The two young travelers carry about three days of food supplies at one time and their “traveling fuel” — grain and hay.

Dressed in bright yellow slickers the two horseback riders stopped off at Coos Bay Wednesday for a couple of days rest before continuing their journey to Vernon, British Columbia.

Oylur is riding a Morgan and Stewart an Appaloosa.

Oylur, 21, is from San Diego where he was a college student and weight lifting instructor. Stewart, 24, is a former veterinarian’s assistant from Bolinas, Calif. He joined Oylur Jan. 9 north of San Francisco for the ride up Highway 1 and Highway 101.

Chief spokesman was Oylur who said “hopefully the trip will end this summer. I have a grandmother in Canada and almost a hundred cousins, some I’ve never met.”

The two said they have spent quite a few nights sleeping outside and according to Oylur are finding out “nothing is absolutely waterproof.” He said they are looking for work along the way to help with expenses and “maybe get a weather break.”

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Laker duo named all-conference as SWOCC readies for playoffs Rose picked MVP Two Southwestern Oregon Community College basketballers have been afforded top honors in the Oregon Community College Athletic Association on the eve of the state playoffs Friday and Saturday in Gresham.

Forward Mike Rose, a 6-foot-5 sophomore from North Bend, was named the conference’s most valuable player in the balloting announced Wednesday. Rose was also named to the first team all-star squad — a repeat choice from a year ago.

Center Ray Struve, a 6-foot-6 freshman from Bonanza, was also named to the first team. Struve, one of two freshmen named to the mythical club, is the unofficial league scoring champion with a 22.2 average after having bagged 27 points in the Lakers’ 11272 win over Chemeketa Tuesday.

Guard Larry Martindale, a 6-foot-2 freshman from Reedsport, was named honorable mention.

Tigers take Sunset title; Red Devils gain deadlock The number 13 proved to be a lucky number for one of the “Forgotten Four” of Sunset Six basketball Friday.

Every year since the conference was formed in 1958, either Coquille or Myrtle Point emerged the champion — a 12-year drought for the other schools.

The Bandon Tigers changed all that Friday.

Coach Harold Neff’s Bengals became a first time champion via the direct route — they mastered defending titlist Myrtle Point which had held a four-season stranglehold on the top rung, 45-28, and did it on the Bobcats’ own court.

With a three-game lead and only two remaining to be played, Bandon clinched the championship and became the first AA school to pin down a definite berth in the state tournament.

One reservation in the 16-team Eugene tourney is still up for grabs, however — and the waters were muddied further in the battle for the No. 2 spot by the Bobcats’ loss.

Myrtle Point dropped into a second-place tie with Coquille, which defeated Gold Beach 77-60 to equal the Pointers’ 5-3 record. In addition, Brookings, which stands at 4-4, is still in the running. The Bruins edged Pacific 62-57.

20 YEARS — 2001 Borrevik, Sturgill lead FWL stars Reedsport’s Nick Borrevik and Myrtle Point’s Missy Sturgill were named the top players in the Far West League when the league meeting was held this week.

Borrevik, Reedsport’s high-scoring junior, was named boys MVP after leading the Braves to second place while scoring 20.3 points per game in league play.

Sturgill, a senior, led the Bobcats to a perfect record in league play with good post play inside and defense on Myrtle Point’s press.

Her 10.7 points per game led the Bobcats’ balanced offensive attack.

Joining Sturgill on the first team were four juniors — Kelsey Brinkerhoff of South Umpqua, Sarah Tommasini and Tiffany Gugel of Douglas and Haley Hunt of Siuslaw.

For the boys, Borrevik was joined on the first team by teammate Josh Thornton, another high-scoring player for the Braves, as well as South Umpqua’s Matt Snyder and Jason Stevenson, Mark Little of Douglas and Jon Dorland of Coquille.

Coaches of the year were Marty Stallard of Myrtle Point and Erik Wiprud of South Umpqua, who directed their teams to the league titles.

Big Fir League Gold Beach landed a player on both first teams in the Big Fir League, with Nicole Rowe making the girls squad and Boice MacLaurie the boys team.

Kiley Smith and Monica Crumley were second-team picks for the Panthers, who were runners-up to Yoncalla during the regular season. Pacific’s Krista Meeks and Andrea Everest received honorable mention.

On the boys side, Pacific’s Shanw Lang and Gold Beach’s Geoff Zuber were named to the second team, while Jake Wegner of Gold Beach was on the third team.

Players of the year were Maranda Brownson of Yoncalla and Blaine Bartholomew of Oakland.

Born to run Oregon Dune Mushers get ready for annual mail run WINCHESTER BAY — An immense sandscape reaches for the rich blue skies above the Umpqua Dunes on a breezy Saturday morning.

As intrepid souls churn sand and power all-terrain vehicles to the top of the rolling dunes, an eerie sight appears on the horizon. Several four-wheeled carts with bundled-up drivers at the helm roll quietly toward a bustling parking lot.

No high pitched roar accompanies these dune riders, only occasional shouts of “Les’ go!” directed toward the packs of beautiful dogs pulling each cart through the soft sand.

Just another leisurely stroll with the family pet? Not quite.

It’s a workout session for the Oregon Dune Mushers. When the sand is this soft, the dunes this high and there are less than two weeks before the year’s biggest event, the annual mail run, the dog teams have to be at their best, as do the sled drivers.

“It’s always easier on the low stuff. But in the mail run, you have to go over a lot of hills,” said Beverly Meyers as she tended to her four Alaskan malamutes after their sixmile run south to the county line and back. “I

prefer the higher dunes.”

Meyers, of Coos Bay, is secretary of the ODM and like many other members of the organization, she is training her team for the 24th edition of the mail run, a three-day, 72-mile endurance run from North Bend to Florence that begins March 9.

Local wrestlers pin down five titles State: Brothers lead Coquille to thirdplace finish in 3A team race Five South Coast wrestlers came home from Portland as state champions on Saturday.

Coquille, led by James and David Granger, took third place in the Class 3A tournament — the school’s first trophy since 1994, when the Red Devils also finished third.

The Grangers, James a 103-pound freshman and David a 119-pound junior, were the first local wrestlers to win individual titles.

Siuslaw’s Jeremy Bernhardt followed with a state-final win at 125 pounds and Myrtle Point’s Brennan Corbett defended his state championship at 152 pounds with another title.

Gold Beach’s Tyler McGinnis won his Class 2A championship match at 160 pounds for the second straight year.

Marshfield’s Aaron Heyer advanced to the Class 4A 215-pound final before falling in the championship match.

Milner Crest, Bunker Hill on closed list Coos Bay School District Superintendent Giles Parker scheduled a press conference this morning to announce he is recommending closing Milner Crest and Bunker Hill elementary schools.

If the School Board agrees, the two schools will be closed after school is dismissed for the year in June.

The Coos Bay School District is facing a shortfall of $1.6 million to $2 million in funding for the 2001-02 school year. By closing the two schools, Parker said the district will save between $900,000 and $1.2 million.

The district has lost 551 students in the past six years and expects to lose another 400 in the next five years. The budget shortfall leaves the district with two options — reduce the number of schools or cut programs and increase class sizes.

“Viewed in this light, there seems to me to be one choice possible,” Parker said in a press release. “We need to close some schools and possibly realign those that remain.”

He recommended the elementary school closures because that is where the decline in students has been.

Vikings keep tourney hopes alive Basketball: Siuslaw tops Coquille in a playoff for third place in FWL REEDSPORT — With its lineup finally intact, Siuslaw’s girls basketball team is making a run toward the state tournament for the second straight year.

The Vikings took a big step toward a return trip to Corvallis by beating Coquille 52-31 in a game at Reedsport High School that settled a third-place tie in the Far West League.

Siuslaw now plays at Cottage Grove at 7:30 p.m. Saturday for a berth in the tournament next week in Corvallis.

“I think we’re going to go out and give them a run for their money,” said Siuslaw sophomore Juline Walker. “We’ve really come together as a team.”

It’s been a long road for the Vikings, who couldn’t use their regular lineup until the last week of the season because of a number of factors, including a painful running injury that sidelined Walker until the final game of the year.

“I just thank the Lord I can even play,” Walker said. “For a while, I wasn’t sure.”

Churchill dominates MWL list Basketball: Vinyard, Parrish named to second team; Mowe honored in Skyline League The Midwestern and Skyline leagues announced their basketball all-stars with no real surprises.

Churchill and Springfield, league winners in boys and girls play, respectively, led the Midwestern League selections. In the case of the Lancers, they dominated.

Three starters were named to the first team: juniors Jordan Kent and Joel Worcester and senior Paul Worcester, and the remaining starters were second-team selections (Jeff Rhode and Drew Summers).

Churchill coach John Roche was coach of the year. Willamette senior Peter Nelson was selected most valuable player.

Marshfield’s Jon Vinyard led local selections with a second-team choice. Kyle Johnson of North Bend was a third-team selection.

Honorable mention selections were Daniel Jones and Casey McCord for the Pirates and Mike Moe for the Bulldogs.

On the girls side, Springfield teammates Chelsea Wagner and Talisha Rath were named co-most valuable players. Springfield coach Charlie Olds was coach of the year.

Marshfield’s Lauren Parrish topped all local players with a second-team selection.

North Bend’s Jessica Wilson and Chelsea Praus and Marshfield’s Celina Roberge were honorable mention picks.

The Powers boys team was well represented in Skyline League selections.

Jeremy Mowe was a first-team choice while Luke Rector and Jake Praus were second-team choices.

For the girls, Powers’ Brittany Mason was a second-team pick.

These stories were found in the Marshfield Sun Printing Museum newspaper repository stored in Marshfield High School courtesy of Coos Bay Schools.

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IN THE C THE STAT THE C TO: ALL O HEIRS OR CLAIMING THE PROP above-nam are hereby and defend against you action with the date of of this sum your failure plaintiff for to the abov relief praye to-wit: A. FIRST C 1. For a ju Plaintiff's T 27, 2008, a 2008 as Re 7120, reco Oregon, is the followin the subject the Trust D entirety of t Lot 3, GAY SUBDIVIS Oregon. M DESCRIBE GAYEWSK Coos Coun TOGETHE conveyed i Adjustmen 18, 2007, i 4928, and 2007, in M Coos Coun B. SECON RELIEF: 1. For judg defendants Beebe and Beebe that owed to Pla $163,999.7 $261.60, p of $1,810.7 1, 2021, plu thereafter a percent pe per diem) f until the da plus title se which sum the rate of February 2 together wi required to during the p for the prot and Plaintif Plaintiff's re fees; plus P disburseme 2. That Pla dated June recorded J Recording records of C be declared Property fo judgment p 3. For judg that Plaintif the Propert that the title demand of of them in s every part t statutory rig foreclosed; 4. For judg that the Pro appurtenan and easem execution b County, Or notice as re Plaintiff ma a purchase the Sheriff thereof a C unless the before the redemption said purcha possession every part t purchaser remedies a to secure s a writ of as or any othe shall refuse surrender p purchaser; 5. That the be applied the costs a sale; secon of Plaintiff; if any, be p the Court s order.

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Estate of OIrin K. Beebe; Estate of Rosanne Beebe; James K. Beebe; Owen Casillas aka Owen Beebe, a minor; Mackenzie Casillas aka Mackenzie Beebe, a minor; State of Oregon,Department of Revenue; Western Mercantile Agency, Inc., an Oregon corporation; Coos County Tax Department; All Other Unknown Heirs or Persons Claiming an Interest in the Property; and Occupants and Parties in Possession SUMMONS – CASE NO. 21CV03911 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS TO: ALL OTHER UNKNOWN HEIRS OR PERSONS CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY, one of the above-named defendants. You are hereby required to appear and defend the complaint filed against you in the above entitled action within thirty (30) days from the date of the first publication of this summons, and in case of your failure to appear and answer, plaintiff for want thereof will apply to the above entitled court for the relief prayed for in its complaint, to-wit: A. FIRST CLAIM FOR RELIEF: 1. For a judgment declaring that Plaintiff's Trust Deed dated June 27, 2008, and recorded July 2, 2008 as Recording No. 20087120, records of Coos County, Oregon, is reformed to include the following legal description for the subject Property such that the Trust Deed encumbers the entirety of the Property: Lot 3, GAYEWSKI'S SUBDIVISION, Coos County, Oregon. MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED AS: Lot 3, GAYEWSKI'S SUBDIVISION, Coos County, Oregon.

TOGETHER WITH that portion conveyed in Property Line Adjustment Deed, recorded April 18, 2007, in Microfilm No. 20074928, and re-recorded April 25, 2007, in Microfilm No. 2007-5295, Coos County, Oregon.

B. SECOND CLAIM FOR RELIEF: 1. For judgment against defendants the Estate of Orin K. Beebe and the Estate of Rosanne Beebe that declares the amount owed to Plaintiff is the sum of $163,999.71, plus late fees of $261.60, plus accrued interest of $1,810.73 through February 1, 2021, plus interest accruing thereafter at the rate of 3.25 percent per annum ($14.6027 per diem) from February 2, 2021, until the date judgment is entered, plus title search fees of $610.00 which sum accrues interest at the rate of 3.25 percent from February 2, 2021, until paid; together with any additional sums required to be paid by Plaintiff during the pendency of this suit for the protection of the Property and Plaintiff's interest therein; plus Plaintiff's reasonable attorney fees; plus Plaintiff's costs and disbursements incurred herein; 2. That Plaintiff's Trust Deed, dated June 27, 2008, and recorded July 2, 2008 as Recording No. 2008-7120, records of Coos County, Oregon, be declared a lien upon the Property for the amount of the judgment prayed for herein; 3. For judgment and decree that Plaintiff's Trust Deed upon the Property be foreclosed, and that the title, claim, interest, or demand of defendants and each of them in said Property, and every part thereof, except their statutory rights of redemption, be foreclosed; 4. For judgment and decree that the Property, with all of its appurtenances, rights, privileges, and easements be sold on execution by the Sheriff for Coos County, Oregon, after giving notice as required by law; that Plaintiff may be and become a purchaser at said sale; that the Sheriff give the purchaser thereof a Certificate of Sale and, unless the Property is redeemed before the expiration of the redemption period, a deed; that said purchaser have immediate possession of the Property, and every part thereof; and that said purchaser be entitled to such remedies as are available at law to secure such position, including a writ of assistance, if defendants or any other parties or persons shall refuse to immediately surrender possession to the purchaser; and 5. That the proceeds of the sale be applied as follows: first, to pay the costs and expenses of said sale; second, to pay the judgment of Plaintiff; and third, the overplus, if any, be paid to the Registry of the Court subject to further court order.

C. THIRD CLAIM FOR RELIEF: 1. For judgment against defendants Estate of Orin K. Beebe and Estate of Rosanne Beebe, jointly and severally, in the sum of $163,999.71, plus late fees of $261.60, plus accrued interest of $1,810.73 through February 1, 2021, plus interest accruing thereafter at

the rate of 3.25 percent per annum ($14.6027 per diem) from February 2, 2021, until the date judgment is entered, plus title search fees of $610.00 which sum accrues interest at the rate of 3.25 percent from February 2, 2021, until paid; 2. For Plaintiff's attorney fees, costs, and disbursements incurred herein; and 3. For interest on the sum of paragraphs C1 and C2 at the rate of 3.25 percent per annum from the date judgment is entered, until paid in full.

D. Such other relief as the Court deems just and equitable.

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: READ CAREFULLY!!

YOU MUST "APPEAR" IN THIS CASE OR THE OTHER SIDE WILL WIN AUTOMATICALLY. TO "APPEAR" YOU MUST FILE WITH THE COURT A LEGAL PAPER CALLED A "MOTION" OR "ANSWER". A MOTION OR ANSWER MUST BE GIVEN TO THE COURT CLERK OR ADMINISTRATOR WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION SPECIFIED HEREIN ALONG WITH THE REQUIRED FILING FEE. IT MUST BE IN PROPER FORM AND HAVE PROOF OF SERVICE ON THE PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY OR, IF THE PLAINTIFF DOES NOT HAVE AN ATTORNEY, PROOF OF SERVICE UPON THE PLAINTIFF. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU SHOULD SEE AN ATTORNEY IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU NEED HELP IN FINDING AN ATTORNEY, YOU MAY CALL THE OREGON STATE BAR'S LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE AT (503) 684-3763 OR TOLL-FREE IN OREGON AT (800) 452-7636. If you are a veteran of the armed forces, assistance may be available from a county veterans' service officer or community action agency.

Contact information for a local county veterans' service officer and community action agency may be obtained by calling a 2-1-1 information service. This summons is published by order of the Honorable Martin E. Stone, Judge of the above-entitled Court made on the 5th day of February, 2021, directing publication of this summons once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in Coos County, Oregon.

Date of first publication: February 12, 2021 Date of last publication: March 5, 2021 Eleanor A. DuBay, OSB #073755 Of Attorneys for Plaintiff TOMASI SALYER MARTIN 121 SW Morrison, Suite 1850 Portland, OR 97204 Published: February 12, February 19, February 26 and March 5, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:308685) -------------------------------------------IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS In the Matter of the Estate of MICHAEL A. AUTERY Deceased.

Case No. 21PB00494 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above estate. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them to the undersigned personal representative at Lawrence Finneran LLC, Attorney at Law, 405 North Fifth Street, PO Box 359, Coos Bay, Oregon, 97420, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice or they may be barred.

All persons whose rights may be affected by this proceeding may obtain additional information from the records of the court, the personal representative, or the attorney for the personal representative.

DATED and first published this 12th day of February, 2021.

Shirley D. Rolison Personal Representative Published: February 12, February 19 and February 26, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:308642) -------------------------------------------REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS CITY OF COOS BAY 500 Central Ave Coos Bay, Oregon 97420 Statement of Qualifications to provide Integrator of Record Services to the City of Coos Bay will be received by the City of Coos Bay until 3:00 p.m., March 9, 2021. The SOQ is available on the coosbay.org website.

Questions may be obtained at the address above or by calling (541) 269-1181 ext. 2247.

Published:February 26, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:309860) --------------------------------------------

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Legal Notices IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR COOS COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of ALICE LORRAINE HUNT, Deceased Case No. 21PB00493 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above estate. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the undersigned Personal Representative at: Baylee Benn, c/o Raymond J. Bradley, Attorney at Law, 700 Lawrence Street, Eugene, OR 97401, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, or such claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by these probate proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the Court - Probate Dept., P.O. Box 865, North Bend, OR 97459, the Personal Representative, or the attorney for the Personal Representative.

DATED and first published this 12th day of February 2021.

Baylee Benn Personal Representative c/o Raymond J. Bradley Attorney at Law 700 Lawrence Street Eugene, OR 97401 Published: February 12, February 19 and February 26, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:308669) -------------------------------------------NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF FINANCIAL IMPACT REPORT This notice is a summary of the information available in the Annual Financial Report of the City of Reedsport Urban Renewal District Agency, prepared pursuant to ORS 457.460. Copies of the full report are available at the Finance Department –Reedsport City Hall, to all interested persons during regular business hours. As summarized below, FY 2019-20 resources exceeded total requirements by $5,095 with resources amounting to $100,454. Expenditures were made for materials and services, capital outlay, debt service, and transfer to Urban Renewal Main Street Program. For the next fiscal year, 2020-21, the Agency’s budgeted resources are balanced with requirements at $246,000.

Property taxes received totaled $93,644 in FY 2019-20 and are budgeted at $89,500 in FY 2020-21. Other resources are budgeted are the beginning fund balance at $100,000 and interest at $1,450 along with other of $55,050. Requirements are budgeted for materials and services at $32,500, and capital outlay at $201,000 and debt service of $7,500. The use of tax increment financing creates a fiscal year impact on the taxing districts that levy taxes within the Reedsport Urban Renewal Area.

The impact consists of those districts foregoing the taxes that would have been levied on the increase in assessed value within the Area while tax increment financing is in effect. No additional property taxes are created for the Reedsport Urban Renewal Agency.

Douglas County 6,170 City of Reedsport 34,329 South Coast ESD 2,443 School District 105 24,280 Southwestern OR CC 3,878 Port of Umpqua 1,889 Lower Umpqua Hospital 22,038 Lower Umpqua Parks & Rec

1,334 Lower Umpqua Library 2,140 Total Division of Taxes $98,501 Published: February 19 and February 26, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:308802) -------------------------------------------NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, the City of Lakeside Planning Commission will be holding public hearing VAR2021-01, March 4, 2021, beginning at 6:00 pm at Lakeside City Hall, 915 North Lake Road, Lakeside, Oregon. The public hearing will be held to discuss an application for a Variance dated 02/09/2021, on property located at 135 S. 7th Street, Lakeside, OR, 23S12W18BD Tax Lot 11700, to allow the construction of an un-elevated accessory building in the flood plain of the property in the General Single Family zone. Written comments will be received until the date of the public hearing at City Hall 915 North Lake Road, P.O. Box L, Lakeside, OR 97449. A copy of the application will be available for inspection at no cost and will be provided at reasonable cost. At the above said public hearing, the general public and any interested person or party shall be afforded an opportunity to offer evidence and testimony in favor of, or opposed to, the granting of the above request.

Published: February 26, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:309531) --------------------------------------------

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON EUGENE DIVISION J AND P FISHING, INC., a California corporation. Plaintiff,v.

OZZIE GREGORIO, an individual; et al. Defendants.IN ADMIRALTYCase No. 6:20-cv00427-AA NOTICE TO ABSENTEE DEFENDANT OZZIE GREGORIO VIA SERVICE PUBLICATION

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF OREGON FOR COOS COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of HUGH L. BERGER Deceased.

Case No. 21PB01354 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Steve Berger has been appointed and has qualified as Personal Representative of the above estate. All persons having claims against the estate are hereby required to present the claim, with proper documentation, within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice, as stated below, to the Personal Representative at the office of GOULD LAW FIRM, PC., 243 W. Commercial, PO Box 29, Coos Bay, Oregon, 97420, or the claim may be barred.All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings in this estate may obtain additional information from the records of the Court, 250 N. Baxter, Coquille, Oregon 97423, the Personal Representative or the attorney for the Personal Representative.

Dated and first published February 26, 2021.

Steve Berger Personal Representative 93945 Autumn Lane Coos Bay, OR 97420 (541) 297-4677 Published:Feb 26, March 5, and March 12, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:309866) --------------------------------------------

To Defendant: OZZIE GREGORIO.An action has been brought by plaintiff to clear the vessel LEANN, O.N. 624608 from all maritime liens. Notice is given by this publication, pursuant to an order of the court made in this action, to OZZIE GREGORIO, defendant, who is not an inhabitant of nor found within this state, that defendant appear or plead to the complaint filed by the plaintiff, by 21 days after the date of last publication of this notice.

In default the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of the action.

Svetlana P. Spivak HOLMES WEDDLE & BARCOTT, P.C.3101 Western Avenue, Suite 500 Seattle, Washington 98121 Telephone: (206) 292-8008 Facsimile: (206) 340-0289 Email: sspivak@hwb-law.com Attorneys for Plaintiff Published: Feb 19, Feb 26, March 5, March 12, March 19 and March 26, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:309003) ---------------------------------------------Coos Bay/North Bend Visitor & Convention Bureau Notice of Supplemental Budget A public hearing for a supplemental budget for the fiscal year 2020-2021 will be considered on March 11, 2021 at the Coos Bay/North Bend Visitor & Convention Bureau Board meeting which begins at 8:30 am at The Mill Casino WillowBeargrass meeting room, 3201 Tremont Avenue,North Bend,OR. The supplemental budget includes the following: GENERAL FUND Source Carryover $145,000 Use VCB Department $145,000 Nichole Rutherford, Finance Director Published: February 26, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:309553) -------------------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS COOS COUNTY COURTHOUSE MAIN FLOOR REMODEL Notice is hereby given that sealed bids for the Coos County Courthouse Main Floor Remodel project will be received from General Contractors by the office of the Coos County Commissioners, Coos County Courthouse, 250 N. Baxter Street, Coquille, Oregon 97423, until 2:00 p.m., Monday, March 29, 2021. The bid opening shall be conducted in the Coos County Commissioners Conference Room immediately following the bid closing, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. The project consists of the partial renovation of the Coos County Courthouse, located in Coquille, Oregon. The total work area for renovations is approximately 3,600 square feet.

Work to be performed includes reconfiguring existing office and conference room space into a new courtroom with jury deliberation room, reconfiguring office space, installing new flooring, lighting, and completing associated electrical and mechanical upgrades. Please refer to specifications within the Project Manual and Drawings for a complete description of the Work. No bid shall be considered

by Coos County unless the bid acknowledges that the provisions required by ORS 279C.800 to 279C.870 concerning payment of the prevailing rate of wages is included in the contract.

General Contractors may obtain electronic copies of the Contract Documents by contacting the Architect, Studio C Architecture, LLC, 1300 SW 6th Ave, Ste. 305, Portland, OR 97201 via email at brian.bennett@studiocpdx.com.

A mandatory pre-bid meeting and walk-through of the project for General Contractors will be held at the job site at 1:30 p.m., Friday, March 5, 2021. General Contractors are required to attend to qualify to submit a bid.

Bid Requests for Information from General Contractors are due no later than 5:00pm on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 and should be submitted via email to brian.bennett@studiocpdx.com.

The County reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and to waive any technicalities or informalities in connection therewith. By: Nathaniel Johnson : County Counsel Published: Feb. 26, 2021 & March 2, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:310095)

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Bridge You must have noticed that tolerance for cold weather is inversely proportional to age.

The older you get, the more you seek warmth.

Showing my age, anything below 70 degrees is freezing, according to my internal thermometer. (Skiers are the exception to the rule.)

In England some 30 years ago, there was a trickle of bridge-playing retirees to Spain's Costa del Sol. They usually did well at a big tournament that used to be held there each November. In today's deal, from the 1993 event, declarer spotted a safe line. How did he play in six hearts after West led a spade?

North responded with the Jacoby Forc-

ing Raise. South's rebid of three spades showed at most one spade. After that, some controlbidding led to the small slam.

Declarer discarded a diamond from his hand, drew trumps, cashed the spade ace, throwing another diamond, and took three rounds of clubs ending on the board.

If they had broken 3-3, South would have pitched his last low diamond on the 13th club and tried the diamond finesse for an overtrick.

If West had started with four clubs, declarer would have led dummy's last club and discarded his diamond nine. West would have had to lead into declarer's diamond ace-queen or to concede a ruff-and-sluff in spades.

However, when East turned up with four clubs, declarer led a low diamond from the dummy, covering East's card.

West won the trick but was endplayed, as already mentioned.

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The ninth hole at Bandon Preserve is one of several scenic holes with ocean views on the 13-hole par-3 course at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort.

Resort, SWOCC partner in scholarship event The World Southwestern Oregon Community College and Bandon Dunes Golf Resort are partnering in the Opportunity Links! Scholarship fundraiser.

The golf tournament fundraiser is Thursday, April 8, with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Check-in is at 8:15 a.m. at the Bandon Trails golf shop.

The first-ever event is a scramble golf tournament on the 13-hole Bandon Preserve golf course. The event is for teams of four, with each team guided by a member of the SWOCC golf team.

Golfers will compete for prizes and a scholarship named after their team.

Oregon Coast Culinary Institute student chefs will provide treats and refreshments throughout the course, and the golfers can enjoy a catered lunch after the tournament, either outdoors at the resort’s practice center or off-resort.

Golfers also can stay and enjoy the 50-acre practice center’s amenities, including practice range,

putting green and nine-hole, par-3 Shorty’s practice course.

Four-person scramble events are fun, especially for people without a lot of experience, since all four players hit a shot and the team picks the best of the four, continuing the process until each hole is completed.

Bandon Preserve is a walking-only course designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw filled

Grabinsky wins chess tourney Coquille Chess Club whiz Joshua Grabinsky still has his moves.

Grabinsky won first place in the February Fiesta Open Section. Coach Nancy Keller said he was so dedicated to play in the tournament that when he discovered his home internet was iffy at maintaining contact, he went to Contributed Photo the Coquille Public Josh Grabinsky sharpens his chess skills in his home.

Library and sat on a bench outside to play. three out of five games. Sawyer only lost Keller recognized to the first- and second-place winners. the tree from the library over his shoulLast weekend, in the statewide Chess der when she saw him on the Zoom call For Success for sixth-grade players, Danto organize for the tournament. After iel Wilson won two out of five games. his first round, she offered him a warm This week is the tournament for unused room at her house to finish the seventh grade and Shaleena Crawford tournament. Despite near frost bitten and Erik Thrash will get an opportunity fingers, he still won his first round. In a to play. warm room, he was unbeatable, Keller Meanwhile during the weekly Team said.

In the K-12 Under 1200 section, Please see Chess, Page B2 Sawyer Bergstedt and Frank Morse won

with spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean in the distance.

The cost of the tournament is $200 per person or $750 for a team and 100 percent of the funds go to support scholarships at SWOCC’s Coos and Curry campuses.

Each team will be asked to follow COVID-19 safety protocols and remain socially distant from other teams.

For details or to participate in the tournament, visit https://bit.ly/3shfUrl or contact the Southwestern Foundation by phone at 541-8887209 or 541-888-7211 or by email at foundation@socc.edu.

Coos Bay Library offers ASL Practice Place program for people to improve their sign language skills Coos Bay Public Library has partnered with instructor Kandy Bergquist to offer a sign language program each month.

Bergquist, who teaches American Sign Language and Signed English at Southwestern Oregon Community College, will offer ASL Practice Place via Zoom at noon the third Thursday of each month.

Bergquist has worked with the deaf and hard of hearing as an interpreter, classroom aid and speech pathologist.

The ASL Practice Place program is for those who wish to practice their sign language conversational skills and help other learners in a friendly setting. Participants will have an opportunity to sign as a group for one hour in a casual, informal environment. It is not a class, but will include providing ideas for conversational topics.

Beginners are welcome.

The program is free and open to anyone who wants to sharpen their sign language skills. To register, visit https:// is.gd/daR3SI. The next ALS Practice Place is Thursday, March 18.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 3182 and its auxiliary have announced Elias DeAndrea as winner of the high school Voice of Democracy speech contest.

DeAndrea is a homeschool high school senior who placed first with his speech “Is This the Country the Founders Envisioned?” He went on to place second at the Oregon state competition, receiving more than $2,000 in cash prizes.

More than 64,000 high school students compete each year in the VFW’s Voice of Democracy competition, with many state and national winners in the past coming from Coos County.

Junior high students also can compete by entering the VFW’s Patriot Pen essay contest.

Both competitions have a due date of Oct. 31.

For contest rules, visit www.vfw. gov/community/youth-and-education/youth-scholarships. The top prize is a trip to Washington, D.C., and a $30,000 scholarship.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars is the nation’s oldest major war veterans’ organization, established in 1899. In addition to youth activities and scholarships, it has enacted many programs and services geared to meet the current needs of America’s service members, veterans and military families. The VFW also helps with VA claims, legislative advocacy, troop support programs and community service.

VFW Post #3182 is looking for new members to help continue its local programs. If you are a veteran of a foreign war or a spouse or child of a veteran, please contact Loren or Sharon Wood by phone at 541-7562969 or Kelly Templeton-Marsh by email at kellylynn1958@hotmail.

Celebrate the sweet potato with the North Bend Library The North Bend Public Library will present the program “Sweet Potato Reigns Supreme” on March 16.

The free program with Natural Grocers’ nutritional health coach Cheryl O’Dell will be held by Zoom and start at 3 p.m.

O’Dell will not only present the health benefits of the sweep potato but also present recipes that showcase the many ways they can be cooked. Participants can learn about what makes the sweet potato “a champ in the kitchen and in your health.”

The Zoom link for the meeting is https://tinyurl.com/2zfg3rnh. The link also will be available at the North Bend Public Library website and Facebook page.

For more information about this event and other library programs, contact the library at 541-756-0400 or visit http://northbendoregon.us/ library.

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The Chamber Minute: The natural resource team B2 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2021

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We live in an area rich in natural resources with our forests, sand dunes and ocean. Why 85% of Coos County is forest land. So it makes a lot of sense that your chamber would have a Natural Resources Team.

Our team had held a joint monthly meeting with the Douglas Timber Operators. Those sessions have had an educational focus on current resource management plans and issues.

When the challenges of the pandemic have passed, we will intend to gather with DTO again.

In the past couple years, we have dealt with the BLM Western Oregon resource management plan, a proposal from the Dunes National Recreation Area concerning off-highway route designations, several Elliot State Forest management issues and wildfire protection funding on a statewide basis, just to name a few.

But we don’t only have a tree focus. The team supports the local STEP programs, especially the Coos Basin Salmon Derby, which takes place each September. These programs not only

provide hands on fishery education for our students and increase fish stocks in the region, but also bring many tourism dollars to the area.

We monitor the wind and wave energy projects proposed along the southern Oregon coast and the potential impact they can have on commercial and recreational fishing. The team supports the commercial fishery and its efforts to encourage state and federal agencies to actively manage the ocean stocks so we can maintain this historic and sustainable industry.

Marshfield High School Honor Roll Editor’s Note: The students who earned Honor Roll status for the first and second quarters were switched last week. The correct lists are below.

First Quarter Honor Roll (3.50-3.99) SENIORS: Luis Arellano, Morgan Billeter, Maycee Briggs, Marco Bruno, Kasandra Buranen, Aerin Burton, Ryan Cross, Michael Davidson, Kaylin Dea, Donovan England, Adrian Flores, Jolene Galway, Alliah Gonzalez, Michael Gunn, Katrina Hampton, Paige Hinkel, Maliyah Houk, Anthony Locati, Ethan Anthony Maanao, Travis Martin, Dialo Montez, Imogen NeSmith, Christian Ringgold, Karina Rosales Osorio, Carmen Samuels, Taylor Waddington, Kiya Weatherly, Nevaeh Wheaton, Samantha Zhu JUNIORS: Kaydence Abel, Mason Ainsworth, Cobin Bouska, Jacob Brakeman, Emma Conde, Isabella Cooksey, Amanda Cross, Brooklyn Culver, Donald L. Daugherty, Pierce Davidson, Dominick De la Torre Anguiano, Trinity Flitcroft, Hannah Folau, Jasiel Garcia, CoraLee Gunn, Nyssa Haynes, Charlie Huelsman, Aaron Hutchins, Aaron Karan, Clayton Kellam, Ethan Martin, Savaylla McCowin, Sasha Mitson, Cyla Neisinger, Lizbeth Nietes, Mason Pederson, Luke Rhodes, Hunter Ricketts, Tracy-Mae Stanton, LaMont Swinson, Bailey Wallack, Ezra Waterman, Daniel Werner, Dakota Westfall, Shelia Williams SOPHOMORES: Jonas Batdorff, Makayla Bishop, Autum Burford, Abigail Chalmers, Shannon Church, Rylinn Clark, Noah Cotterman, Landon Croff, Spencer Davidson, Oscar Day, Elyjah Delarosa, Elizabeth Delgado, Amethyst Gardiner, Cali Graham, Isabella Grotzke, Isabelle Hale, Cesarea Haller, Lillith Jacobs, Isabella Jeffs, Ciara Johnson, Emily Kirk, Niya Lindh, Paris Lukacik,

Gabriel Mahaffy, Alice Manchester, Susi Millan-Espinoza, Esmeralda Osorio, Zaidee Quinn, Jacqueline Ramirez, Drake Rogers, Gabriel Ross, Lucero Santana, Brennan Steele, Trent Summers, Khloe Westby FRESHMEN: Jake Bennett, Robyn Bonner, Caitlyn Browning, Chance Browning, Marisol Carreno-Yanez, Willow Elst, Grace Ficher, Kendra Fleetwood, Sergio Juan De Dios, Elizabeth Keyes, John Lemmons, London Lindsey, Zoe Mander, Alexis McAfee, Conner Middendorff, Cloey Neisinger, Megan Park, Morgan Picatti, Ethan Reed, Joslynn Reloba, Jayci Sandusky, Judah Simon, Harley Szenasi, Amelia Wilson, Jose Yanez Torres EIGHTH GRADE: Eliot Aley, Willow Bailey, Kody Chandler, Kierstin Erwin, Lucas Folau, Luke Grotzke, Brayden Gunn, Dakota Hill, Inacio Jimenez, Nathaniel Kinney, Jocelyn Lindsey, Cole Matthews, Karly Matthews, Cora Neeley, Julian Ocampo-Neilsen, Wyatt Petley, Sophie Rhodes, Kailani Robbins, Aidan Simmons, Cole Spann, Katlynn Strickler, Tayten Sutherland, Jaidyn Sutton, Mia Thorp, Maggie Yost

Second Quarter Honor Roll (3.5-3.99) SENIORS: Marisa Aguilar, Hobie Ainsworth, Jessica Berger, Maycee Briggs, Marco Bruno, Kaylin Dea, Jordyn Eichelberger, Katrina Hampton, Jack Hemphill, Austin Holloway, Aurora Johnson, Anthony Locati, Imogen NeSmith, Christian Ringgold, Karina Rosales Osorio, Carmen Samuels, Kyran Thomas, Taylor Waddington, Kiya Weatherly, Samantha Zhu JUNIORS: Kaydence Abel, Emma Achen, Mason Ainsworth, Jacob

Calvert, Emma Conde, Isabella Cooksey, Alexis Crawford, Amanda Cross, Donald L. Daugherty, Pierce Davidson, Alyssa Fletcher, Trinity Flitcroft, Hannah Folau, Joshua Giacomini, CoraLee Gunn, Nyssa Haynes, Masen Kralicek, Chiara McNerney, Aryana Mill, Mason Pederson, Luke Rhodes, EmmaLee Schaefer, Chasity Smith, Caden Stewart, Bailey Wallack, Shelia Williams SOPHOMORES: Aubrey Brooks, Jonathan Calvert, Abigail Chalmers, Victoria Cox, Spencer Davidson, Elizabeth Delgado, Cali Everhart, David Fisher, Cali Graham, Isabella Grotzke, Asher Hampton, Gabriel Mahaffy, Mia Mathews, Luke Parry, Isabell Perez, Milagros Perez-Nanez, Madison Perry, Trevor Robbins, Drake Rogers, Sadiana Shield, Trent Summers, Khloe Westby FRESHMEN: Karla Alvarado Denova, Siena Beckett, Caitlyn Browning, Chance Browning, Roxanna Day, Lillian Derry, Lillian Dubisar, Aspen Elst, Willow Elst, Jenna Erickson, Avy Hammer, Isabella Hinrichs, Cyrus Hollinga-McCarthy, Mayci Hubbard, Jayla Johnson, John Lemmons, London Lindsey, Brett Maine, Cloey Neisinger, Bridger Olson, Joslynn Reloba, Jesse Stout, Harley Szenasi, Christopher Thomas, Orion Truong, Amelia Wilson, Costante Zunino EIGHTH GRADE: Lee R. Cantrell, Elijah Cellura, Hoyt Cherry, Ashton Fitzgerald-Thornton, Ian Hammond, Nathan Jester, Ethan Kirchner, Eli Luckman, Jonah Martin, Karly Matthews, Analise McCord, Natalia Mireles-Gallo, Jesstun Moen, Julian Ocampo-Neilsen, Corey Olson, Wyatt Petley, Kailani Robbins, Ashley Rodriguez-Gutierrez, Kendall Rohlik, Cole Spann, Adrian Stewart, Jaidyn Sutton, Allison Wright, Maggie Yost

So, chamber member, if this sounds like something you want to be part of, our Timber group is currently meeting virtually each month. Give us a call and we will set you up.

Remember our business is helping your business. And like us on Facebook!

(Timm Slater is executive director of the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. For more information on your Chamber, email timmslater@oregonsbayarea.org.)

Visit the Beyond with the Coos Bay Public Library COOS BAY — The Coos Bay Public Library will co-host Visiting the Beyond, an event with paranormal lecturer Curt Strutz, at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 9.

The free interactive program will let the general public join Strutz via Zoom as he leads participants through a photographic tour of some of the nation’s most

haunted locations. Participants can choose their own adventure to explore abandoned hospitals, old asyllums, murder sites, battlefields or haunted homes.

The Zoom link is available at coosbaylibrary. org. For more information, call the library at 541-2691101 or cheek the library’s events page at coosbaylibrary.org.

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A pair of Bay Area graduates earned honors at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash., for the fall term.

Honors were for students who earned grade point averages of 3.5 or higher. Marshfield graduate Callista Martin and North Bend graduate Kaia Martin were honored.

Michael Spalding of Coquille earned a spot on the Dean’s List at Eastern Oregon University for the fall term.

Dean’s List recipients earn a grade-point average between 3.5 and 4.0.

A total of 564 students made the list for the fall term at the university in La Grande.

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Chess League this last Thursday, Coquille took on Junction City High School and won 2.5 to 1.5 (teams of four players).

Wilson High School is in the lead with 4.5 points. Coquille is at 4 points out of the last 5 weeks (two draws). This Thursday, Wilson High School and Coquille will have a playoff, to determine the 2021 Winter Chess League Champion.

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Damson Idris

OF ‘SNOWFALL’ ON FX

Did the layoff from the pandemic make for challenges getting back into the character when filming resumed?

Well the fortunate thing is because of the pandemic and the situation we’ve all been in, I wasn’t able to go off and do another role so I actually just stayed in it, which I’m sure other actors wouldn’t recommend you do. And given the stuff that Franklin goes through this season, you shouldn’t do. But I just thought it’d be helpful and because we were in such a limbo, I never really knew when we’d be specifically going back so I just stayed in it, stayed in the headspace.

Franklin has this horrible limp this season because he’s been shot three times. The whole season I was walking with a cane and I tried to walk with a cane at home (laughs) but I lost it in about a month. I was like, “I can’t do this for a year, man.” ... But yeah, just staying in the headspace really got me in tune to coming back and it kept me excited to finish the job that we started.

What’s been your favorite part of playing this character?

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Wrenn Schmidt

OF ‘FOR ALL MANKIND’ ON APPLE TV+ Though “For All Mankind” is an alt history of the space program, doing it nonetheless had to be something of a history lesson for you, no?

Yeah, I think so. I actually feel like as far as the space program, the Apollo years were more familiar to me. There was still a lot to learn, especially technically, but I feel like some of that trajectory was much more familiar. And I feel like even though I was alive, I was a kid during the shuttle age, I didn’t really have much of an understanding of how incredible that technology was and the ways in which it kind of changed the game for what we were doing in space as a country.

So that for me was really fascinating and kind of intense and mind-blowing to understand all of the technology. I mean, I really kind of geeked out about that. And going to see the space shuttle that’s here in Los Angeles was really stunning because I’d been studying as much as I could to understand exactly how that machinery worked to kind of understand at what point does alarm bells go off for Margo or for someone that’s really well-versed in how the technology works.

When you play characters who are drug dealers and criminals, you look at some of the characters in “The Wire,” “The Sopranos,” “Breaking Bad,” the general consensus is that these are bad guys, psychotic guys who have no soul and will blow someone’s brains out without even thinking about it.

One doesn’t get a true idea of how impressive the space shuttle is until they see it up close.

The exciting thing about Franklin is when we first meet him, he’s a relatable kid who has similar interests to any kid. And throughout the seasons, his soul is being chipped away so the exciting thing is to just go on that journey, to really feel remorseful and identify with some of the actions that he has to take. And maybe he does something horrible but he doesn’t want to do it or he wishes he wasn’t doing it. I think that’s the interesting side and that’s what separates Franklin.

Yeah, it’s absolutely incredible when you realize like – my very simplistic understanding of how that works. You know, I went with my mom and daughter (laughs) and I was like, “Hey, look at this! And that’s the external fuel tanks. And that wing blah-blah-blah-blah-blah. And then like, they can reuse ...” And then just I think understanding, too, like somebody that I knew who’s a technical adviser for our show that he’d actually flown one of those, was just kind of like unbelievable.

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Southwestern Oregon Community College honor roll

Southwestern Oregon Community College students named to the honor roll for fall term:

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE (4.0) Melanie Alvarado-Lopez, Crescent City, Calif.; Aidan Anselmo, Henderson, Nev.; Dakari Armendariz, Layton, Utah; Alaney Arriola, North Bend; Sasha Arzner, Grants Pass; Ellis Barnts, North Bend; Uriel Barrios-Gonzales, Newport; Vera Bernhardt, Coquille; Hunter Betzinger, Coos Bay; Duncan Blackmon, Burley, Idaho; Kolbi Bohon, Coos Bay; Kyersten Borges, Carlotta, Calif.; Emma Bouchat, Waldport; Gracie Brozdounoff, Brookings; Lucas Bushey, Farmington, Utah; Alison Cecil, Portland; Savannah Childers, Dexter; Rachelle Connick, Coos Bay; Ryan Cooper, Eagle, Idaho; Natasha Corbit, Myrtle Point; Abigail Curtis, Coos Bay; Cherish Despain, Brookings; Mackenzie Dimond, Jerome, Idaho; Bailey Dixson, Coquille; John Dombroski, Fall River Mills, Calif.; Emile Dost Eerste, Exloërmond, Netherlands; Alicia Douglas, Lakeside; Trisha Dreyer, Coquille; Tucker Drummond, Lebanon; Alexander Edwards, Brookings; Ethan Estvold, Redmond; Andrew Evans, Cave Junction; Brooke Firestone, Brookings; Lyle Fortune, Johannesburg, South Africa; Saige Gallino, Coquille; Kijana Gantenbein, North Bend; Jesse Garcia, Coos Bay; Tyler Garner, Springfield; Katherine Duncan, Corvallis; Alexander Gonzalez, Topsail Beach, N.C.; Nicolas Graham, Reedsport; Julia Graves, North Bend; Timothy Groce, Myrtle Point; Maegan Grogan, Wasilla, Alaska; Benjamin Hallmark, Coquille; Jackson Hammar, North Bend; Jonathan Hammon, Coos Bay; Leah Harrison, Coos Bay; David Hartley, Coos Bay; Danny Hawthorne, Gold Beach; Chelsea Hendrickson, North Bend; Jessica Hennick, Bandon; Thomas Hiatt, North Bend; Therese Holm, Reedsport; Alyson Hoskinson, Bandon; Kelsie Hoskinson, Bandon; Kristen Hostetler, Florence; Bo Houston, Star, Idaho; Shawna Houston, Coos Bay; Madison Jessop, Salt Lake City, Utah; Ezra Johnson, Port Orford; Ellyzabeth Jones, North Bend; Cianna Jorgenson, Palmer, Alaska; Madison Kaneko, West Jordan, Utah; Summer Kath, Hollandale, Minn.; Kristin Kirchgesler, Port Orford; Angel Lampke, Gold Beach; Tanner Lauby, Grants Pass; Aiden Leahy Crooks, Coos Bay; Kylie Lenzi, Sacramento, Calif.; Maxence Liboz, Sennecey-lès-Dijon France; Troy Liggett, Coos Bay; Erica Londagin, North Bend; Heather Loper, North Bend; Harley Loper, North Bend; Skylar Lucas, North Bend; Ximena Lucio Calzada, Atizapan de Zaragoza Mexico; Genevieve Martinez, Coos Bay; Jonel Martinez, North Bend; Riley McCulloch, Coos Bay; Aristotle McCutcheon, Port Orford; Elisabeth McDowell, Lakeside; Trenton McGahan, North Bend; Maryn McGuire, Tualatin; Alexandra Mead, Coos Bay; Philip Metz, Coos Bay; Skylar Metz, North Bend; Maritza Millan-Figueroa, Coos Bay; Alethea Moffit, Medford; Makayla Monroe,

Coos Bay; Skyla Newton, La Pine; My Nguyen,North Bend; Maxwell Nicolaus, North Bend; Aidan Nolan, North Bend; Madelynn Ogle, Sandpoint, Idaho; Andrew Okamoto, Salt Lake City, Utah; Natalie Osborne, McArthur, Calif.; Andrea Pedrini, Coos Bay; Brianna Peters, Coos Bay; Macie Peterson, North Bend; Brittnee Post, Coquille; Erik Pringle, Bandon; Natasha Rader, Coos Bay; Aubry Ramirez, Bandon; Crystal Ramirez-Garcia, North Bend; Kristine Reasor, North Bend; Kai Reasor, North Bend; Alejandro Robles Ruiz, Almuñécar, Spain; Landon Rodriguez, North Bend; Casey Rogers, Brookings; Hope Rush, Port Orford; Amelia Russell, Bandon; Breanna Salazar, Gardiner; Karen Schaefer, Port Orford; Stephanie Sell, Burns; Timothy Shupe, North Bend; Rhylee Sinks, Salem; Julie Smith, Salem; Elena Smith, Murphys, Calif.; Sky Solis, Coos Bay; Connor Spanos, Seward, Alaska; Sadie Spargur, Brookings; Jace Sperling, Coos Bay; Simranjit Sra, Coos Bay; Michael Stanley, Reedsport; Kinsey Stein, Reedsport; Lucas Stephens, Coos Bay; Britten Stephenson, Kuna, Idaho; Parker Stocker, Coos Bay; Chandler Stocking, Midway, Utah; Kayla Strickler, Coos Bay; Filicity Strong, Coos Bay; Michael Swanson, North Bend; Tori Tavernier, Coos Bay; Dacia Taylor, Coos Bay; Hannah Tennant, Las Vegas, Nev.; Brock Terry, Herriman, Utah; Emilia Thompson, Coos Bay; David Timm, North Bend; Jordyn Tippett, Coos Bay; Katlynn Tipton, Florence; Jonathan Torres, Coos Bay; Shayonna Tripp, Coos Bay; Nicholas Turner, Bandon; Brandon Usry, Brookings; Anthony Valencia, North Bend; Hunter Vancurler, Junction City; Jeffrey Varga, North Bend; Katie Von Dippe, North Bend; David Walters, Coos Bay; Zachary Warner, North Bend; Cassidy Webber, North Bend; Kinnidi West, Coos Bay; Jacob Westfall, Custer, Wash.; Miles Wheeler, North Bend; Marisa Widdifield, Coos Bay; Connor Williams, Coos Bay; Abigayle Wilson, Coos Bay; Nikki Wright, Coos Bay.

HONOR ROLL (3.5-3.99) Trystan Ah Yat Makawao, Hawaii; Matthew Archer, Watford, United Kingdom; Gerardo Avila, La Porte, Texas; Donovan Baasch, San Diego, Calif.; Cade Baker, Bonner, Mont.; Victor Basurto Espinosa, Coos Bay; Cameron Bauman, Everson, Wash.; Natalie Beck, Pocatello, Idaho; Isaiah Bloswick-Flores, Salt Lake City, Utah; Lanaeya Botelho, Crescent City, Calif.; Christine Brown, Gold Beach; Alexis Brutsman, Weston Meridian, Idaho; Kayla Byrd, Coquille; Christina Calhoun, Coos Bay; Ryan Callanan, Riverside, Calif.; Kristine Campo, Reedsport; Ethan Carpenter, Gold Beach; Maria Carreno, Coos Bay; Cassandra Casey, Coos Bay; Everett Chandler, Eugene; Krystle Chavez, Reedsport; Lucas Clapp, Caldwell, Idaho; Faith Cline, Bandon; Cali Colborn, Bremerton, Wash.; Brycen Common, Gold Beach; Emily Corbett, Eugene; Brooklynn Cox, Brush Colo.; Kelly Cutler, Camano

Island, Wash.; Jordan DeMartile, Quincy, Calif.; Benjamin Devlin, Coos Bay; Zachary Dickinson, Portland; Josie Dickson, Veneta; Julie Dominque, Coos Bay; Chaukae Donley, Coos Bay; Evelyn Ethington, Springville, Utah; Tapanga Eubanks, Coos Bay; Lydia Evans, The Dalles; Jason Fadely, Coos Bay; Catherine Felix, Sherwood; Jacqueline Feurtado, Sydney, Australia; Khaleb Fields, Hillsboro; Bethany Foster, Roseburg; Christopher Frost, Coos Bay; Khristina Fulkerson, Coos Bay; Dwight Givens, North Bend; Kayla Gutierrez, Coos Bay; Esmeralda Guzman, Sacramento, Calif.; Camryn Guzman, Provo, Utah; Rebecca Hall, Brookings; Amara Halverson, Portland; Cara Haman, Gold Beach; John Harder, Coos Bay; Claire Harlan-Maghan, Willows, Calif.; Madeleine Harris, North Bend; Kaitlyn Heitman, Coquille; Alana Henderson, Wendover, Utah; Abygayle Holling, North Bend; Yasmine Horch, North Bend; Jessica House, Fort Rock; Chase Howerton, Coos Bay; Nathan James, Kodiak, Alaska; Courtney Jeffs, North Bend; Hunter Johnson, Happy Valley; Christa Jolley, Bonners Ferry, Idaho; Jalen Jones, Las Vegas, Nev.; Logan Jones, Coquille; Broc Keeton, Silverlake, Wash.; Maggie Keller, Bandon; Cyrus Kenyon, Myrtle Point; Ethyn Killinger, Spokane, Wash.; Gabrielle Kincaid, Goodyear, Ariz.; Landon Kippes, Corona, Calif.; Kara Klietz, Frenchtown, Mont.; Matthew Lamothe, Bandon; Regan Lavoie, North Bend; Delainy Lea, Tillamook; Nichole Leep, Myrtle Point; Marcus Lemos, North Bend; Isabela Liga, Coos Bay; Kylee Lively, Myrtle Point; Zoe Lockhart, Coos Bay; Taylor Londo, North Bend; Ayembria Lopez, Brookings; Teresa Lopez, Coos Bay; Angelina Lopez, Myrtle Point; Roselyn Lua, North Bend; Chloe Maharg Beaverton; Meredith Mandal, Bend; Kyle Martin, North Bend; Gwenneth McCoy, Coos Bay; Maria Medina, Myrtle Point; Tana Miller, Klamath Falls; Cheyenne Mitchell, Prineville; Caleb Nance, Roseberg; Zoey Nelson, Coos Bay; Bailey Oliver, North Bend; Isaac Parry, Bountiful, Utah; Brandon Partosan, Bay City; Michael Pedersen, Salem; Richard Perez-Smith, Bandon; Kase Peterson, South Jordan, Utah; Abigale Reish, Stevenson, Wash.; Catherine Rhodes, Wasco; Ian Richwine, Coos Bay; Reya Rieke, Helena, Mont.; Jenifer Risenhoover, Brookings; Joelle Rodriguez, Reedsport; Jackson Ruhl, Portland; Skyler Roque-Sunahara, Kamuela, Hawaii; Alexander Schulz, Bandon; Danika Scott, Crescent City, Calif.; Kelsey Seabourn, Coos Bay; Kathryn Seeley, Reedsport; Sophia Serna, Medford; McKenzie Shaw, Grants Pass; Kayla Shedrick, Myrtle Point; Ynfiniti Sigman, Nampa, Idaho; Kayla Simons, Myrtle Point; Alyssa Smokey, Gardnerville, Nev.; Imogen Snively, Coquille; William Snyder, Willow, Alaska; Alisha Stevenson, Roseburg; Spencer Stutz, Grants Pass; Daniel Tanner, Myrtle Point; Lily Taylor, Hines; Casimira Thomas, Nampa, Idaho; Joseph Thompson, Rogers, Minn.; LaQuoya Tyler,

Coos Bay; Haley Van Pelt, Coquille; Jason Vanginderen, Brookings; Amy Vick, Brookings; Daniela Vimbela, Garcia West Valley City, Utah; Tige Voorhees, Ogden, Utah; Eliana Wageman, Dallesport, Wash.; Tiffiney Watters, North Bend; Avy Watts, Oregon City; Rakel Williams, Kimberly, Idaho; Emily Wilson, Reedsport; Shaylie Winquist, Coos Bay; Jacob Winstead, Salem; Mitchell Woodbury, East Wenatchee, Wash.; Lexi Work, North Bend; Akayla Young, North Las Vegas, Nev.; Mitchell Young, Coos Bay.

DEAN’S LIST (3.0-3.49) Carelynn Albrecht, Coos Bay; Makenna Anderson, Coos Bay; Amy Annaloro, Coos Bay; Christa Arndt, Reedsport; Morgan Bacon, Coos Bay; Haley Bailey, Coos Bay; Steven Baxter, North Bend; Bradley Beaver, Twin Falls, Idaho; Christopher Belisle, Coos Bay; Gabriel Benavides, Wasco, Calif.; Conner Bingham, Beaverton; Adriel Brantley, Coos Bay; Louise Brenner, Forest Grove; Jordan Bright, Myrtle Point; CJ Burrell, Gilbert, Ariz.; Olivia Burson-Fields, Bothell, Wash.; Juan Caballero, Coos Bay; Shayla Campbell, Coos Bay; Jena Capps, Gold Beach; Alicia Cavanaugh, Gold Beach; Noah Clark, North Bend; Elizabeth Cornejo, Los Banos, Calif.; Audrey Cox, North Bend; Christopher Cranston-Stuckey, Wasilla, Alaska; Jaycen Kainoa Crisostomo, Honolulu, Hawaii; Jacob Dalrymple, Las Vegas, Nev.; Breanna Danforth, Brookings; Nicole Davis, West Jordan, Utah; Madison Deadmond, Jerome, Idaho; Micah Del Rio, Layton, Utah; Jordan Denbo, North Bend; Todd Denning, Coos Bay; Lane Downing, Culver; Randolph Dresser, Coos Bay; Tyler Easter, Grants Pass; Hilana Ely, Nixon, Nev.; Jaden Entgelmeier, Coos Bay; William Evans, The Dalles; Carson Fassett, Bend; Kortney Ferreri, Bandon; James Fonnesbeck, Tremonton, Utah; Kadie Forderer, North Bend; Hunter Fosler, Snohomish, Wash.; Sabastian Foucher, Grants Pass; Gracie Fox, Lakeside; Emily Francalangia, Drain; Brayden Franzke, Damascus; Cody Freiermuth, Coos Bay; David Gerstung, Coos Bay; Casey Gillett, Coos Bay; Grayson Goodale, Hilo, Hawaii; Macey Goodrich, Coos Bay; Jonathan Graber, Coos Bay; Jacob Graff, Corvallis; Brianna Graham, North Bend; Andrew Grisham, Bandon; Katie Grover, Coos Bay; Jade Guerrero, Mound House, Nev.; Jalen Haener, Las Vegas, Nev.; Jessica Halzel, North Bend; Andrew Hansen, Ferndale, Calif.; Brayden Harlon, Reedsport; Collin Haygood, Layton, Utah; William Hennum, Henderson, Nev.; Hailee Herman, Coos Bay; Mallory Heyer, Coos Bay; Tucker Higgins, Redmond; Cooper Hise, Dallas; Samantha Huffman, Coquille; Clarissa Jeffries, Coos Bay; Weston Jennings, Bandon; Alyssa Jimenez, Coquille; Trinity Jordan, Elk Grove, Calif.; Lochlan Kelsay, North Bend; Timothy Kent, Coos Bay; De’Shawn Keperling, North Las Vegas, Nev.; Taylor Kinney, Dayton, Nev.; Heath-

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er Kirkby, North Bend; Anthony Kitsch, Butler, Mo.; Alexander Kliewer, Coos Bay; Victoria Kolosik, Coos Bay; Pristine Kuljis, Gold Beach; Ethan Lackey, Grants Pass; Rainey Lambert, Roseburg; Giaan Langford, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Cacia Larsen, Salt Lake City, Utah; Kaykeolani Lautaimi, Salt Lake City, Utah; Katelin Lister, Myrtle Point; Haley Loftis Apache, Junction, Ariz.; Brandon Loveless-Smalley, Brookings; Hannah Lowell, Myrtle Creek; Samantha Mansfield, Elk Grove, Calif.; Jules Marinas, Kahului, Hawaii; Arthur Marques, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Christian Marriott-Taylor, Ewa Beach, Hawaii; McKenna Marshall, Brentwood, Calif.; Garrison Mateski, North Bend; Jamison Mateski, North Bend; Jacob Mathias, Corvallis; Kaliakeanukoaki McCabe, Lahaina, Hawaii; Melinda McCormick, Coos Bay; Lily McDermed, Portland; Dallas McGill, Gardiner; Gauge Meadows, Grants Pass; Tiana Michaud, North Bend; Marion Moranetz, Medford; Izabella Montesanti, Wasco; Maxwell Moore, Salt Lake City, Utah; Autumn Morrison, Coquille; Natalie Moss, North Bend; Tristan Motheral, Coquille; Madisyn Murray, Elko, Nev.; Max Myrick, McKinleyville, Calif.; Casifer Nash, Coos Bay; Destiny Navarrete, Victorville, Calif.; Christopher Nelson, Coos Bay; Luke Oman, North Bend; Adriana Orozco, Pahrump, Nev.; Bryan Osorio, Coos Bay; Victoria Paredes, San Bernardino, Calif.; Amber Parks, Coos Bay; Nerissa Patrick, North Bend; Cesar Perez, Henderson, Nev.; Karina Perez Martinez, Coquille; Carter Philbrick, Kennewick, Wash.; Amanda Powley, Klamath Falls; Brianna Raterman, Astoria; Christy Reynolds, Brookings; Nate Rhineer, Spanish Fork, Utah; Carrie Robertso, Palm Springs, Calif.; Robert Rodriguez, Lakeside; LaShawn Rodriguez, Coos Bay; Adolfo Rodriguez, Coos Bay; Daisy Rogers, Brookings; Kareem Rowe, Reno, Nev.; Maia Rowekamp, Eau Claire WI ; Rheanna Russo, Turlock, Calif.; Nicholas Sanchez, North Bend; Brayden Saranto, Star, Idaho; MiKayla Schepp, Coquille; Nicholas Simons, Myrtle Point; Trey Sjerven, Sidney, Canada; Kaleen Skinner, Myrtle Point; Bridger Smith, Pocatello, Idaho; Christina Sosa, North Bend; Ashley Stadden, North Bend; Miles Stanford, Council, Idaho; Brianna Stevens, North Bend; Chase Stewart, Richland, Wash.; Whitney Summers, Coos Bay; Finleigh Sweet, Saint Helens; Niamh Taylor-Hughes, Gorey, Ireland; Heather Thomson, Coos Bay; Jamie Tomlinson, Brookings; Evangelina Toruno, La Pine; Trinity Trentz, Coos Bay; Emily Treskey, Coos Bay; LynDea Turner, Syracuse, Utah; Ansen Ursua, Honolulu, Hawaii; Wyatt Uvejzovic, Saratoga Springs, Utah; Adrianna Valencia, North Bend; Veronica Vannorsdel, Brookings; Elly Viehdorfer, Alturas, Calif.; Tyler Vizcarra, Las Vegas, Nev.; Mia Weaver, Brookings; Myna Whited, Coos Bay; Kayla Williams, Coos Bay; Logan Williams, North Bend; Joshua Wilson, North Bend; Emily Wolf, Coos Bay; Shawnee Yanes, Coos Bay; Kinsey Yurica, Sacramento, Calif.