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Coos COVID case rates still soaring County reports 20th death linked to virus since pandemic started ZACK DEMARS The World

Health officials announced Coos County’s 20th virus-related death Tuesday.

The county resident, a 78-yearold woman, died Feb. 28 at Roseburg’s Mercy Medical Center after testing positive for the virus Feb. 19, according to the Oregon Health Authority. At the time of the announcement, officials were still

confirming the presence of underlying conditions.

The news came at the end of a bad month for the county’s fight against the virus, with monthly new cases at an all-time high and vaccines trickling in slower than what’s necessary to meet state dose eligibility timelines.

February saw 407 new cases of the virus in Coos County, the highest number in a single month since the pandemic began.

State data released Tuesday, which is used to determine each county’s level of virus restrictions, showed the county had 335 new cases of the virus per 100,000 in population for the previous two weeks — the high-

est rate in at least a month.

“I was shocked when I saw the numbers,” said CHW assistant director Dr. Eric Gleason Tuesday.

“I knew that the numbers were going up, and I knew that the numbers had been going up pretty steadily over the last week, but to see that 335 per 100,000, that was a shocking realization of just how bad things still are.”

As far as state restrictions are concerned, not much is changing: Coos County remains in the extreme risk category, and will until the county reduces that per-100,000 number to 200 or less (alongside a decrease in the county’s test positivity rate).

Tuesday’s rate was also close

to another key metric: If a county sees over 350 cases per 100,000 in population, the Oregon Department of Education recommends school districts take students back to online-only learning.

“I would hope that 350 is a number we’d be completely uncomfortable with — per 100,000 — in order to make some significant change,” Gleason said.

The news of an increased case count has already impacted area schools. The Coos Bay School District announced Tuesday it would be pushing back the date at which it plans to bring high school students back to the classroom.

“This is disappointing news as we

were trending downward last week and I was holding out hope to return to in-person for our 8th-12th grade students on March 8,” Superintendent Bryan Trendell wrote in a school district announcement. “These new numbers will push our target date back to March 15 at the earliest.”

Smaller outbreaks causing bigger problems “If you’re sick don’t go to work,” was Gleason's key message Tuesday. “Don’t go to work if you’re not feeling well. Even if it’s just a tickle in your throat — it might not just be allergies.”

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Council picks site in park ZACK DEMARS The World

Coos Bay’s John Topits Park will be the site of the city’s proposed replacement library.

The decision came from a split city council during its meeting Tuesday, and replaces a longer-standing plan to put a new library on a lot on Ocean Boulevard.

“We have made a decision, tonight, so hopefully everything turns out well, and this will be a great site for all,” said Mayor Joe Benetti to councilors just after they picked the spot. “And hopefully everything will come about for grant money, getting the bond passed and we can move forward and try and get this to be a successful project.”

A new library has been badly need for years, according to city officials and library staff. A city analysis in 2014 found the building is sinking: Two different creeks flow underneath the building, which was originally constructed on pilings on marsh land, according to library facilities steering committee chair Curt Benward.

That’s not all: Benward added that plumbing, heating and technology in the library would all need to be upgraded to remain usable.

While most on the council and many in the community agreed a location in the city’s downtown area would be most ideal for a new library, the consensus is there aren’t any adequate sites downtown.

The biggest problem with the downtown area is flooding. The current library, and any of the areas large enough for a new one downtown, are in the 100-year floodplain and the tsunami inundation zone, meaning the facility couldn’t be used as an emergency evacuation site.

A video put together by library staff showed the building’s deficiencies: Cracks run up walls and ceilings, leaking windows allow mold growth in conference room carpeting and a sheet of plastic referred to as “the udder” captures dripping rainwater and funnels it from the ceiling to a nearby trash bin.

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From left: Mardarito Rodriguez, Mike Castaldo, Sandra Jones, Krystal Moore, Manuel Delatorre, Selena Christensen, and Gene Jones. These local restaurant owners, staff members and supportive neighbors at Shutter Creek, are asking local officials to advocate for businesses to open at 25% capacity for in-person dining.

Restaurants struggle to survive pandemic Coney Station, Puerto Vallarta and Little Italy are among many facing piling bills while not making enough money JILLIAN WARD For The World

COOS COUNTY ─ “We’re frightened… This is our livelihood,” said Sandra Jones, owner of Coney Station, as her business struggles amid the ongoing pandemic. She, along with many other local restaurant owners, are seeing savings run out and may need to shut their doors if things don’t change.

Jones and Mardarito Rodriguez, owner of Puerto Vallarta, alongside Selena Christensen of Little Italy, made a plea to the Coos Bay City Council to advocate for them.

“I want to be open,” Rodriguez said. “Give me the chance to work.

Give me the chance to make a living.

I don’t want to depend on the government. I want to depend on my work.”

These three restaurant owners are asking government officials to consider allowing restaurants to open at 25 percent capacity for in-person dining. Rodriguez said that opening at just 25% could save his business.

“Give us guidelines,” Rodriguez said. “The health department can come and say what we can do, where to put signs… I can’t speak to the governor. So, this goes to (Mayor Joe) Benetti. This is for our

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local officials. Let us open. At least at 25% capacity … that can pay the bills, not even make a profit. I want (local officials) to fight for us.”

When asked about this plea from local businesses, Benetti said he has fought and will continue to fight for them.

“All restaurants are struggling and dealing with (the restrictions) in different ways,” Benetti said. “As a restaurateur, I understand there are challenges in being in the … industry to begin with… The restaurants are being impacted far more than any industry and is being destroyed.”

Benetti used to serve as chairman on the Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association Board and has heard that restaurants in the Portland area are being devastated by the pandemic as well.

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“…There are many restaurants that closed and will never reopen,” he said, adding that the pandemic’s impact is changing Portland’s dining dynamic and “is changing it here.”

As for what he has done so far to advocate for local restaurants, Benetti said the Coos Bay City Council has done a Gift Certificate Program. This program was an effort to raise money and generate business to local eateries and said it was able to raise $900.

Then in late December of 2020, every Coos County mayor, as well as County Commissioner Melissa Cribbins, sent a signed letter to Gov. Kate Brown asking for restaurants to be allowed to open to higher capacity.

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Coquille council passes on new street sweeper

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COQUILLE —The Coquille City Council opted not to purchase a street sweeper for the city, saying the money could be better spent improving streets.

By a 5-2 vote, with Mayor Sam Flaherty and Councilman John Cooper voting in favor, the council opted not to move money from contingency to streets to purchase the street sweeper.

“It is my personal opinion our streets are in terrible condition,” Councilor Julie Nighswonger said.

“I drive through two potholes every day. My car basically bottoms out on Second Street.”

That seemed to be the prevailing thought process for the council after Community Development Director

Hailey Sheldon asked for the street sweeper, saying the city could better preserve its roads and save money in the long-run if it owned one. The city is currently renting one when work needs done.

Sheldon asked the council to move $77,000 from the contingency line to the streets line to allow the $270,000 purchase.

City Accounting Director Rick Hohnbaum told the council it had the authority to move the money.

But he did suggest maybe waiting a few months before doing so.

“I think we really need to look at a street sweeper, but I think we should look at it in the budget cycle,” Hohnbaum said. “The agenda item moves money from the contingency fund to the street fund.

Whether you spend it is up to you.”

Councilor Matt Rowe agreed

with Hohnbaum.

"I do think we do need to look at a getting a street sweeper. The question is about the appropriate time,” Rowe said. “I’d rather do it in the budget cycle where we have more input, more public comment.”

After the council voted not to move the contingency funding, Sheldon told the council she wished she had known earlier before she and others spent significant time learning and choosing what they felt was the best piece of equipment.

“I can gather we’re not going to vote yes on the street sweeper, so I’ll move along quickly,” she told the council. “If you see the instance in the future that you think there’s no way I’m going to vote on this, tell me. Email me, call me. I’m one person.”

Rowe told Sheldon there are

better ways to spend the money.

“If you had asked me, I would have said I don’t want to buy a street sweeper,” he said. “I think it’s a money pit. I think we could spend the money better patching holes.”

Flaherty disagreed, saying one reason the roads are in disrepair is they aren’t cleaned properly.

“Although potholes are easy to identify, the contributing factor to deteriorating streets is dirty streets,” the mayor said. “How do we consider the amount we spend? I would consider it preventive maintenance.

I would advise there is a need for a street sweeper. This is a need in our community.”

Sheldon said the city currently owns a street sweeper that is a 1975 model and doesn’t do the job. She said the one she hoped to purchase would last the city 30 years.

Legislators make push for infrastructure Oregon delegation also requests disaster funding In the wake of recent weather disasters striking Oregon and the entire country, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden led U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley and U.S. Reps. Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici this week in asking top congressional appropriators to prioritize funding on infrastructure improvements and disaster recovery with an emphasis on energy resiliency and housing.

The letter from the Oregon lawmakers notes that much of the state recently endured the added challenge of a destructive winter storm on top of dealing with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and

last year’s climate-driven wildfires.

“This storm left power lines and trees coated in ice, both of which brought down power lines when they snapped under the additional weight, broke utility poles and blocked roads,” they wrote Senate and House appropriators. “The ensuing power outages extended across the state, cutting off power in subfreezing weather to more than 400,000 people. The sheer scale of the damage, combined with the extreme weather, slowed recovery efforts, causing some residents to remain in their homes without power for weeks, including many who are still without power at the writing of this letter.”

The letter from Wyden, Merkley, Blumenauer and Bonamici also said that fac-

ing the extreme cold without power was a life-or-death situation for many Oregonians.

“At least four deaths have been attributed to carbon monoxide poisoning as people had to resort to alternate sources of heating to keep warm,” the Oregon lawmakers wrote. “Unable to heat their own homes, others congregated together to share heating sources, further risking the spread of COVID-19.

The extended loss of power also disrupted life for vulnerable populations such as the elderly, who rely on electricity to run life-saving medical equipment and keep medications refrigerated.

“Additionally, the weather complicated COVID-19 vaccination efforts in Oregon, forcing vaccination sites to cancel appointments and move vaccine doses to limit

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spoilage,” they added. “Beyond these unique and tragic consequences, the everyday effects of the prolonged loss of power were the waste of thousands of pounds of perishable food, and students missing valuable hours of learning and study.

Wyden, Merkley, Blumenauer and Bonamici wrote that while many parts of the country have experienced harsh weather, Oregon’s prolonged power outages stem from unique challenges that require additional assistance to remedy.

“Rather than challenges related to surging demand or a lack of available electricity, it was unprecedented loads of ice and snow that brought down thousands of transmission and distribution lines, fracturing the electrical grid and cutting off power to hundreds of thousands of Oregonians,” they wrote. “Recovery efforts will continue long after the ice melts as utility crews work to protect transmission assets that remain in danger due to broken branches and trees still at risk of falling onto power lines weeks or months later. Additional funds are urgently needed to restore critical power infrastructure that was damaged or destroyed during the storms and to improve the resiliency of these important assets.”

Rally to support prison, restaurants JILLIAN WARD For The World

COOS COUNTY ─ On March 13, a Community Awareness Rally is being held to keep Shutter Creek Correctional Institute and small businesses open.

The rally is taking place at 11 a.m. on the Coos Bay Boardwalk, put together by an employee at Shutter Creek Correctional Institute and staff members from local restaurants. A Facebook page, Save Shutter Creek, was also created to gather support.

The local movement first began as a way to save the state prison after Gov. Kate Brown proposed shutting it down for budgetary reasons.

Its closure was delayed over the summer by a vote in the legislature but is being considered again. Krystal Moore, a volunteer helping to organize the rally, said the Save Shutter Creek Facebook page grew to include supporting small businesses when “we saw a need.”

“I know the effects the pandemic has had,” said Mike Castaldo, union president and sergeant at Shutter’s Creek. “That’s why I feel for business owners in the local community. I’ve been

to southern Oregon and it was open. I don’t understand how larger counties can be open and function, but Coos County has to suffer.”

Castaldo invites all local business owners, from across Coos County and even into Reedsport, to join the rally with signs and flags.

“Show support for businesses, for Shutter Creek, for the community,” he said. “…If we never fought, we will never know what happened,” Moore said.

Dr. Eric Gleason, assistant director at Coos Health and Wellness, encourages any who attend the upcoming rally to maintain social distance and wear masks.

“Like any rally that has taken place in the last 12 months … we won’t tell you not to protest, you have the right to rally, but be mindful that group gatherings are an easy way to spread COVID-19,” he said.

He added that it is acceptable to double mask, or to wear a procedural mask beneath a cloth mask.

“If you want to support small businesses, making COVID case numbers increase is the last way to accomplish that,” he reminded.

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

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Councilor Jay Westrum said he wants to see streets repaired before making such a big investment in a street sweeper.

“I don’t think there’s anyone up here who does not want to get a street sweeper,” he said. “I think we need to repair some streets, so we have something to sweep. The majority of the streets in the town have not been updated since the horse and buggy days.”

Sheldon said she would use the budget process to try again to get a street sweeper.

“We can do this through the budget process,” she said. “I can make an argument for the street sweeper if anyone wants to hear it.”

After voting not to move the money, the agenda item for the street sweeper did not receive a motion and failed.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 11 Umpqua Soil and Water Conservation District — 6:30 p.m., regular meeting held online at https://www. gotomeet.me/UmpquaSWCD/umpqua-soil-andwater-conservation-district-meet-8 or by phone at 1-866-899-4679, access code: 184-113-429

TUESDAY, MARCH 23 Reedsport Planning Commission — 6 p.m., meeting will be held in person or by phone or videoconference. Call 541-271-3603 or email planning@cityofreedsport.org for location details, which are subject to change based on COVID-19 restrictions.

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Community members gathered for Read Across America Day Tuesday. From left: Miss Coos County Amanda Merritt, Miss Coos County Outstanding Teen Moira O'Byran, Northwest Fitness Youth Director Meghan Price, Northwest Fitness owner Heather Delaney, Coos County Commissioner Melissa Cribbins, Coos Bay Mayor Joe Benetti and North Bend Mayor Jessica Englke.

Training facility, South Coast officials celebrate ‘Read Across America’ Day ZACK DEMARS The World

A pair of kids in “Thing 1” and “Thing 2” costumes wandered the turn floor of Northwest Fitness Tuesday.

The two Things and a handful of other young readers were celebrating “Read Across America Day” at the facility, joined by Northwest Fitness athletes and local elected officials.

“I’m really appreciative for you finding a way to make it happen,” Coos County Commissioner Melissa Cribbins told Heather Delaney, one of the facility’s owners.

The event, held across the country on Dr. Seuss’ birthday each year, celebrates early literacy by encouraging children and teens to read with events and proclamations.

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According to CHW Case Investigator Becky Fairhurst, the agency is tracking around a dozen different outbreaks of the virus across the community, many associated with workplaces.

“They are absolutely swamped,” Gleason said of CHW’s case investigation team.

Many of the county’s outbreaks have been associated with churches and interpersonal gatherings, which aren’t subject to as strict virus restrictions like restaurants or other businesses, Fairhurst said.

That means the agency needs people attending those locations to be transparent if they get a call from CHW investigators. Otherwise, the agency isn’t able to link those cases to others, and people could be infected without knowing it.

“We need people to honestly and openly give us that information,” Gleason said.

“We want the information so

Along with free books, Read Across America Day handed out reading resources and kits Tuesday.

Locally, the Coos Bay Public Library typically holds the celebration, welcoming students to its facility and handing out free books and other reading resources to children and families But this year, those plans were disrupted by

the COVID-19 pandemic, with the library unable to host the event. That’s where Northwest Fitness came in: Their large, open building and big garage door for ventilation provided a space for the event to take place.

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that we can fully understand how big (an) outbreak is, and how we can try to protect as many people as possible.”

The county is also dealing with two new virus outbreaks, reporting six cases at Coos Bay Toyota and 12 cases at Fred Meyer this week.

Those figures can include the secondary cases not located directly at the facilities, and Gleason cautioned that both locations are safe to visit.

“These places are still safe to go,” he said. “Our team does everything they can to get everybody involved doing what they need to do and make it the safest possible way it can be for the consumers who still utilize those situations.”

vulnerable individuals becoming eligible for the vaccine at that date.

Gleason said that benchmark could be met, if the county receives an increase in vaccine doses.

“It’s a possibility, with the all-hands-on-deck effort, with the number of doses that are coming into the pharmacies, as well as to our organization for distribution to the other parts of the health care community, I think it’s a possibility,” Gleason said.

CHW is still making plans for how to deal with the new state timeline, which lays out the eligibility dates for the rest of the state’s population.

For now, Gleason said Coos County is seeing an increase in the number of doses delivered by the state due to the county’s dismal virus picture. The county received 2,100 first doses and 700 second doses this week, Gleason said.

That’ll make a dent in the population seeking vaccines: The county is still progressing through the oldest ranges of seniors to administer shots, with more than 2,000

County doses can’t keep pace with state timeline Last week, the Oregon Health Authority announced an ambitious timeline for administering the next phases of vaccines, with projections to have 75% of seniors vaccinated by March 29, with a range of frontline-workers and medically

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programs donated books and other reading supplies to support the effort, and were on hand Wednesday to hand out books, read stories and get families signed up for the library’s Dolly Parton Imagination Library program, which sends free books to children.

Ms. Coos County Outstanding Teen Moira O’Bryan and Miss Coos County Amanda Merritt were on hand to help hand out books, too.

“Just trying to be a cheerful presence in the community when it’s needed,” O’Bryan said.

More information about the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program is available on the library’s website at https://www.coosbaylibrary. org/what-we-offer/kids-families.

people 80 and older still on the waiting list for a shot.

(On the state’s timeline, anyone over 65 should currently be eligible for a shot.)

A much bigger influx of doses could be on the way, though: The Food and Drug Administration approved a third vaccine, produced by Johnson & Johnson, and Oregon was set to receive 34,000 doses this week.

Gleason said the county is still waiting to hear how many of those it will receive, and how to prioritize them.

The new vaccine has benefits, since it is effective at preventing severe disease but requires just one dose, and doesn’t require super-cold storage temperatures.

“Having access to a third highly effective COVID-19 vaccine is a game changing development for Oregonians," said Dr. Paul Cieslak, OHA’s medical director for communicable diseases and immunization, said Monday. “We believe this vaccine is effective against the virus, and a onedose regimen will allow us to vaccinate more Oregonians more quickly.”

“The building’s kind of been loved to death, even between falling apart on its own,” Benward told councilors Tuesday.

Councilors were all in agreement a new building is necessary — both because of the struggles the current one faces, and because of the use the library sees.

According to Benward, about 15,000 people visited the library each month prior to the pandemic, checking out between 20,000 and 25,000 items and taking part in library programs, author events, the library’s technology resources and after-school opportunities.

“So it’s more than just books,” Benward said. “It’s really the de facto community center of Coos Bay.” While all agreed on the library’s importance, councilors were split on where to put a new one.

And they were on a tight timeline to decide Tuesday — the city’s lobbyist had asked for a firm location last week, in order to make an ask of the state legislature to provide a portion of the cost, which could exceed $17 million.

Last week, city councilors met and laid out three possible sites for a library.

The first possible site was the former Gussie’s Bar on Newmark, which many supported because of its prominent location and the fact it would clean up a blighted building.

But after the city discovered it’d be a challenge to purchase that property, they settled on a plot of land next to Graham Dodge on Ocean Boulevard, which the city purchased in 2018 for the library project.

Then, just last week, a new option appeared: a parcel of land at the end of Norman Avenue in John Topits Park.

The city, staff discovered, gained the land when the city of Empire merged into Coos Bay, and could use the property as it sees fit.

Councilors quickly agreed Tuesday to do away with the Gussie’s site — the fact that it likely would have required to the city to use an uncertain and potentially costly and litigious eminent domain process to gain the land was its fatal flaw.

“First of all, I want to bring up the Gussie’s location, because I think that’s the one that’s got the most issues,” Benetti said. “I supported it, I was willing to go through the eminent domain, I think I’m one of the few, and there’s a big cost associated with that, but that being said, if there’s not an agreement to get that location, then we can get it down to two.”

From there, councilors discussed the two remaining options. The Topits location could provide a serene “gateway” for both the park and the library, said Councilor Phil Marler, who’d originally proposed the idea.

“I happen to the in favor of the John Topits Park location, just because visually I think that that’s a great setting, and it could be so much more for not only for the park but for the library,” Marler said. “My preference is to have it in the park just for it to be an anchor, for people to go to the park, go to the library, maybe take a stroll in the park on some of the walking trails.”

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But in the eyes of Councilor Rob Miles, the Ocean Boulevard spot provided a surer bet, with access to city urban renewal funds and without the park’s added site preparation costs.

“There’s significant land preparation that’s going to need to be taking place (at the park). I mean, it’s a great site, and if we could pull it off I think it’d be fantastic,” Miles said. “I just think that the Ocean Boulevard site provides the least amount of challenges. It’s shovel-ready now, the architect that the foundation’s hired is familiar with the site, and I just think that that’s a better location at this point.”

At least one councilor worried it was unwise to make a decision on the sites so soon after first hearing about the Topits option.

“Making a decision with new information, that we’ve had for three weeks, that is the quickest decision we’ve made.

And I just worry that we haven’t had the fullness of time to think this through,” said Councilor Lucinda DiNovo.

City Manager Rodger Craddock said the city could go to the legislature with both sites as options — but others on the council agreed the proposal would be stronger with a single defined site.

On Topits, Councilor Carmen Matthews agreed the park setting would provide a more pleasant library experience but said he still could be swayed, and Councilor Drew Farmer noted the park location could provide expansion opportunities in the future.

“It’d be hard to deny the Ocean Boulevard site isn’t easier for today, but, as noted

by Carmen (Matthews), it’d be at capacity at the time it’s built,” Farmer said. “The easy way has been done before, and that’s where a lot of the problems we’ve had to address have come from.”

Still, Councilor Stephanie Kilmer worried about jumping into the park site when the other property offered more guarantees.

“I think there’s more too it when we just don’t have enough information about Topits Park at this point to be able to say that’s the most important place to go right now.

I just think there’s too many unknowns,” Kilmer said.

“Sure, the vision is phenomenal, but I also don’t know that it fits in that area.”

In the end, the decision came down to Benetti, who said choosing the park site would leave the other property open for sale and future development, which could increase city revenue.

“What we want best for Empire, and what we want best for the library, I think is going to be done by putting it in John Topits, because those funds will be there to help Empire develop,” Benetti said.

Farmer made the motion to settle on the Topits Park site with a second from Marler.

The council voted 4-3 in favor, with Miles, Kilmer and DiNovo voting against and Benetti breaking the tie.

“I think what happened here tonight is also what’s happening out in the community,” Kilmer said of the split council in her closing comments.

“There’s, you know, a lot of good things people are thinking about, and these conversations are great as well. It helps us make a better community.”

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Burning buildings provide many lessons JOHN GUNTHER The World

WINCHESTER BAY — When the Douglas County Parks Department contacted the Reedsport Fire Department offering four buildings to burn in the Umpqua Dunes RV Park, Dan Wilmarth was quick to say yes.

“This is the most valuable part of training we can get,” said Wilmarth, a captain in Reedsport’s fire department and its training officer.

“There’s only so much you can learn from a book.”

And in Reedsport, where the fire department has just one paid employee, the opportunity to burn a few buildings in a learning experience was a gift.

Reedsport’s firefighters were joined Monday by colleagues from the Winchester Bay, Gardiner and Hauser departments burning one of the four buildings in the RV park in Winchester Bay. They will burn the other three Saturday, when Lakeside will join in the invaluable opportunity.

Monday’s exercise involved a small cabin.

Officials set a fire in one room and let it fester until smoke filled the air. They brought in a group of four relatively inexperienced firefighters so they could experience how the fire acted as it grew with Jordan Osborn, who helps Wilmarth with the training. After knocking the flames back, a second group got the same experience.

“They get to see how a fire progresses, how it develops into a rollover situation,” Wilmarth said.

The firefighters also got to experience what Wilmarth described as thermal layering, how smoke and heat layers differ as the fire progresses.

“This gives them an idea of what they will encounter in the real world,” Wilmarth said.

Monday’s burn-to-learn included about 30 firefighters from the four agencies.

When they return to the park Saturday, more firefighters are expected to join in. They will start gathering

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Benetti said that the letter never received a response. “…The longer the current restrictions/metrics are in place, the greater the adverse impacts will have both short term and long term on our small businesses, the Oregonians they employ and our overall economy which is not in the public’s interest,” the letter read, adding that though “we fully support and have continually advocated reasonable pandemic related restrictions … we are urging you to reduce the metrics and restrictions on Oregon businesses.”

The letter pointed to research out of New York where restaurants and bars only accounted for 1.4% of COVID spread. “…Contact tracing in New York reveals that the spread of the virus was attributed to household gatherings in 74% of the cases and just under 8% was related to medical facilities,” the letter stated. “… While restaurants, bars, fitness centers, and indoor entertainment has been shuttered for months in and around Portland, the virus is still spreading. That spread has been contributed to small social gatherings where

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about 8 a.m. and spend several hours learning as much as they can.

The three buildings, next to each other, offer multiple opportunities.

“We will be able to do some forcible entry (drills),” Wilmarth said. “We will be able to simulate an attic fire on one of them.

Firefighters will be able to practice entering a burning building through a wall and simulate rescues.

“We will be able to get some technical training,” Wilmarth said.

Not that Monday’s training wasn’t great, too.

“The more training we get at live fires, the better it is,” said Capt. Lawrence Van Hoof of the Hauser Fire Department, who brought up two of his younger firefighters. “The guys get to see the adrenaline rush.”

Hauser invited the same departments to one of its own recent burn-to-learns.

“The cool part about all this is you get to see the working fires and you get to see how other departments react to the situation at hand,” Van Hoof said.

“Every department does something different. They all have quirks that fit to their community’s needs.”

So the departments learn from each other.

“I would go into a fire with any of these people here,” Van Hoof said.

Gardiner Fire Chief Travis DelaVega also was grateful for the opportunity. “(It’s good training for) fire behavior, to see what it does, since we’re such a small department,” DelaVega said.

His crew at Monday’s fire included his daughter, Skyler, who got her first chance to be in a burning building as a member of the department, something she had been looking forward to.

“I’ve helped out with stuff for a number of years,” she said.

DelaVega said he is excited Skyler wants to become a firefighter, too.

“It’s really cool,” he said.

Wilmarth was excited because Reedsport has six firefighters who have joined arguably virus protection best practices are not being followed. The current restrictions and related metrics have and are adversely affecting the lives and welfare of our constituents.”

And while the letter highlighted the importance of safety precautions, those who signed the letter stated their constituents are concerned about their businesses.

These restrictions are adversely impacting lower-income workers the hardest,” the letter said. “Some of our small businesses have gone out of business and others are close to doing the same. The loss of these businesses will result in a ripple effect in the service industries … and the food/restaurant supply sector.”

Benetti said because the current restrictions are an executive order from the governor, “our hands are tied.” “…There’s nothing we can do … other than ask for things to be reconsidered,” he said. “Unfortunately, our numbers keep going up and put a strain on businesses.”

Benetti encouraged local restaurants to call the city of Coos Bay to find out about incentive opportunities that might help keep things afloat as the restrictions continue.

He especially encouraged restaurants to ask about the permit process for outside dining.

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Firefighters watch from inside a burning cabin near Winchester Bay, learning the tendencies of the fire as it grows from instructor Jordan Osborne. the volunteer corps in the past year.

He loves to see them get experience. Training is a passion that goes back to his college days.

He’s been with the Reedsport department for 17 years and went through the fire training program at Southwestern Oregon Community College.

It’s a natural that Winchester Bay and Gardiner join Reedsport in the training.

“We have auto mutual aid,” Wilmarth said. “If there is ever a fire, all three of us roll.”

That makes training together even more valuable, DelaVega said.

“Winchester Bay and Gardiner — we don’t have the manpower we should have,” he said.

Thanks to training sessions like the two this week, the members they do have will be better prepared for the real thing.

“They should check with their banks to see if they can get more PPE money,” he said. “My heart goes out to them. I would say try to hang in there… This community is supportive of all business and hopefully they step forward and help any little bit they can.”

Eric Gleason, assistant director at Coos Health and Wellness, echoed Benetti in that opening restaurants up to 25% capacity is not a local decision and said it is also “a dangerous game.”

“I know there are locations that have ‘outdoor’ dining, that is not necessarily outdoor, with a lot of people and probably far more than 25% capacity,” Gleason said. “If you have that many people in one place without a mask on, it makes the possibility of the virus spreading even greater.”

He said this was seen at the recent karaoke event which led to a community outbreak. “…There were some people who didn’t participate at all who were on the other side (of the bar) having a bit to eat and were positive for the virus,” he said. “That’s the airborne nature of the virus… When you start putting more people in closed areas without masks and without ventilation, it’s a dangerous game and our numbers are already going in the wrong

Two firefighters work on their hose control skills during a burn-to-learn that included four departments this week.

The departments will burn three more nearby buildings on Saturday. direction.”

A looming ghost town Jones described Coney Station as an icon in Coos County’s rural coastal town, one that has been around for 30 years. However, she anticipates needing to close in as little as two months. “…We need some kind of solution to help us keep the community going or it will be a ghost town,” she said, sitting alongside owners for Little Italy and Puerto Vallarta who are also struggling and afraid. “The pandemic has totally devastated my restaurant and bar.”

For Coney Station, Jones said the takeout option during the current shutdown isn’t viable because the business makes most of its money in alcohol sales. And in the past year, the on-andoff again closures have led to Jones’ 14 employees to rely on unemployment.

“We’re all a piece of a puzzle,” Jones said. “Once the puzzle breaks, it won’t be whole again. If we shut down, my hope is to reopen … but when my hands are tied, I can’t even fight…

We’ve done everything we can with our savings to keep it going and even that’s running out.”

Jones has never thought of herself as a depressed person, she said, but has found her-

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self not returning phone calls from her friends and “that’s not me.”

“I don’t even know me,” she said. “I want to be away from me.”

Rodriguez, owner of Puerto Vallarta, said the mental health aspect has been troublesome as small business owners try to survive.

“We’re bringing the stress home,” he said. “It’s not just economics because you go home and you might explode in the home for no reason and later realize and say sorry but sorry doesn’t do it all the time. Mental health for restaurant owners and workers is in jeopardy. Workers don’t know when they will go back to work. They aren’t making enough to make it.

We live in uncertainty.”

In fact, Jones, Rodriguez, and Little Italy’s Selena Christensen said they haven’t taken home a paycheck for themselves for almost two months.

Jones said it takes approximately $500 a day to keep her business open. At least.

She said because they are closed, they average $0 a day. Christensen said “we’re lucky” if we make $200.

“If we sell $500 a day, we break even to pay the bills but without paying ourselves,” Rodriguez said.

“We had a stimulus check and managed to pay bills, but not ourselves. We worked for free. We are still working for free.”

“We are all working for free,” Christensen said.

Christensen was handed ownership of Little Italy a week ago. After looking at the piling bills and how much is made each day, she is at a loss and estimates possibly needing to close in four months.

“I’ve never had to do this before and I’m learning how to do the restaurant thing on my own,” she said, having

worked at Little Italy for the past four years. “I called the previous owner and he said it will get better, but it’s not.

I go home at night and can’t even sleep. I don’t know what I’m going to do or how to keep my doors open.”

She still has a cook and one server who does the dishes. She says she can see their fear as well.

“If Gov. Brown doesn’t let us open to 25% capacity, we won’t make it,” she said.

At Puerto Vallarta, a family-owned business for the past 30 years, Rodriguez and his business partner Manuel Delatorre have taken on delivery to boost sales.

“Sometimes we do $100 or $200 in deliveries, but we are doing it ourselves and it’s stressful,” he said. “You take the order, do the delivery, but you have to do something to pay the bills… But closed or open, you’re still losing money.”

And to make it even harder, he can tell which customers are struggling, too.

“It’s easy to know when people have money because they leave a tip,” he said.

“If they don’t, they say they wish they could. They have the heart, but not the money.”

He said that if another COVID relief package comes through, to survive it would have to increase the amount it provided small businesses by another 50%.

“Not to make anything, not to have a profit, but keep us open,” he said. “Right now, you decide which bills to pay… We’re not making it.”

Rodriguez pointed to big name stores like Ross and Walmart that are still open and asked to be given the same chance.

“I’m not pointing fingers, I’m looking for solutions,” he said.

Gov. Brown’s office was contacted for comment.

There was no response.

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Restrictions or not, we can all do our part to slow the virus As I sat down to write this, my been a year, and people are frankly former home state Texas announced it tired of COVID, tired of being told was lifting mask mandates statewide what to do and tired and not being able and allowing all businesses to open at to live how they like.

100 percent capacity.

And the lawmakers are hearing it I don’t know whether the state will and adjusting accordingly. Just today, allow cities and counties to enforce restaurants in New York City were stricter standards, but if history is an allowed to open to in-door dining for indicator, that answer is no. the first time in what probably feels So, Texas joins a few other states, like forever. Parts of California are notably South Dakota open, as well. and Florida that require Vaccines play a role no standards when in that, but mostly it’s it comes to battling just time. Back to my COVID-19. original question – do This week marked one mandates work? year from when COVID Based on what I became a problem and can research, it’s still a we all began experiencyes. But I think masks ing mandates. I rememplay a smaller role than ber the time in Texas other measures. Social clearly. My children distancing and washing were on spring break hands play a bigger role, when we were told the in my view. But the only break was going to be thing that really works is David Rupkalvis extended by a week. staying home, avoiding That extension never crowds and limiting how Executive Editor ended last year, and for much time you spend many it still hasn’t ended. with people outside your home. Those Today, I took one of my children to strategies do make a difference, a big school here in Coos Bay for the first difference. time. March 2 will be Tyler’s first day Across Oregon, many counties have in class in close to a year. made strides and begun to reopen. In The question we all have asked is Coos County, we are nowhere close. whether the government mandates I can’t really tell you why, but the have been worth it? And to be honest, virus is showing no signs of slowing I don’t know the answer. I’m not an here. Actually, today was a good day anti-masker or anything like that. In with only four new cases. There were fact, I’m wearing a mask now like I do several days over 20 last week. So every day. I wear it for me, for others maybe today is the turning point. Mayand, to be honest, just to show a level be today is the day we actually begin of respect to other people. to see COVID come under control in But does it make a difference? From Coos County. my research, the answer is yes. But the I don’t know the answer. To be hondifference isn’t overwhelming. est, I’m not sure anyone does. Short South Dakota is the only state that of getting large numbers of people never had a mask mandate and never vaccinated, COVID likely won’t stop. closed a single business. Since COVID There will be waves of ups and downs, began a year ago, South Dakota has but stopping this thing seems impossireported 113,000 COVID cases and ble in a land of the free.

1,888 deaths. Oregon, with fairly strict I hope today is a turning point here. mandates, has recorded 156,000 cases I know we would all love to walk and 2,222 deaths. down the street and talk to strangers. I Now Oregon is bigger, substantially would love to see someone smile at a bigger. Oregon is almost four times store. Basic human interaction is what bigger than South Dakota yet has not I miss most. During COVID, rather even twice the cases or deaths. So, did than talk, we tend to walk away from the mandates help save lives? Very strangers. I’m ready for that to change. likely. Was it worth it? Only time will Until it does, I will do my best to tell, to be honest. follow the rules. I will wear a mask, I There is a nationwide move to lift will try to socially distance, and I will some of the strictest mandates. It’s wash my hands. It’s all I can do.

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Letters to the Editor Future library location switch a double whammy to taxpayers Only a short time ago, the city of Coos Bay purchased a prime piece of commercial property on Ocean Boulevard, at which time we were told it was going to be the new home of the library. This was a double whammy to the taxpayers.

1) the cost of the land and 2) the lost taxes normally collected on it.

Now we are being told that maybe that was shortsighted and that perhaps the city should purchase with more taxpayer money and loss of even more tax revenue a different piece of nearby property which I suggested instead by the way. Or maybe acquire another site for the library closer to where the homeless people congregate.

And may I add, all while young

people are getting school resource materials via the internet, middle age people are being channeled to e-books and the older population are aging out of library services.

All three pieces (and probably 10 more down the road a few months) are out of the flood zone. Taxpayers? What do you think?

Charlotte Koepke Coos Bay

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Sometimes poison is the only option TED WILLIAMS Three percent of Earth’s land mass is comprised of islands, but 95 percent of all bird extinctions have occurred on them. Main cause: Mice and rats introduced by humans.

Only 10 percent of the world’s islands are rodent-free, but a rodenticide called brodifacoum is changing that. On hundreds of treated islands recovery of native plants and wildlife has been swift and spectacular.

Consider rugged, 1,450-squaremile South Georgia Island in the Subantarctic. Before mice and rats disembarked from whaling vessels, it had been Earth’s richest seabird rookery. For three years, it’s been rodent free thanks to a $13.5 million project in which brodifacoum was applied by helicopters. All 33 bird species are surging back.

South Georgia pipits, for example, had been virtually eliminated; now their vocalizing drowns out the roaring of elephant seals.

On the U.S. National Wildlife Refuge of Palmyra in the South Pacific, rats killed millions of seabirds representing 10 species, decapitated hatchling sea turtles, decimated 10 species of land crabs and consumed seeds of imperiled Pisonia trees, halting all reproduction. Today the entire ecosystem has recovered thanks to brodifacoum treatment in 2011.

In 2012, the estimated rat population on the Galápagos island of Pinzón was 18 million. All Pinzón giant tortoises hatched there were at least 150 years old because rats had eaten juveniles. In December of that year, brodifacoum killed every rat.

Within months, hatchling Pinzón tortoises appeared for the first time in a century and a half - produced by animals raised and repatriated by the Santa Cruz Tortoise Center.

On the Farallon Islands National Refuge, 27 miles off San Francisco, mice introduced by sealers threaten to extirpate 4,000 ashy storm-petrels – half the planet’s population.

In autumn the ground undulates with mice. Sit down, and they crawl all over you.

Before mice infested the refuge, burrowing owls rested briefly on their fall migration. Now they linger into winter, gorging on mice. With seed shortage, mice turn to cannibalism, then starve, so owls switch to ashy storm-petrels.

Enough mice survive that their population explodes again when new seeds appear.

Meanwhile mice expose sea lions and seals to deadly pathogens, spread seeds of invasive plants, devour pollinators of native plants and consume two rare species found nowhere else - Farallon camel crickets and Farallon arboreal salamanders.

Since 2004, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has tried to restore ecological health to the Farallons, but it’s continuously intimidated by opponents of all poisons in all situations.

To restore island ecosystems, brodifacoum applied by trained wildlife professionals is an absolute necessity. But brodifacoum abused by the public is an absolute disaster for mainland ecosystems.

These are two thoughts opponents of island recovery can’t grasp simultaneously.

Animal-rights activist Maggie Sergio proves the old saw that one concerned citizen can make a difference. She proves also that this isn’t always a good thing.

Sergio has whipped the city of San Francisco, the California Coastal Commission and the public to a froth of fear and loathing. Her online petition against the project has 39,000 signatures.

Sergio’s screeds in the Huffington Post and elsewhere include such fiction as: “1.3 metric tons of brodifacoum” will be dropped by helicopter. There isn’t enough brodifacoum in the world to drop 1.3 metric tons; 1.54 ounces would be dropped, this to be mixed with 1.3 metric tons of grain. And: “The pesticide label for ‘Brodifacoum 25’ indicates that up to 24 pounds per acre will be applied.” No, “Brodifacoum 25” contains 25 parts brodifacoum per million parts grain.

These and other untruths are recycled by the media, the Coastal Commission, the city, WildCare and the Ocean Foundation. One might suppose that the foundation would defend ocean mammals and rare ocean birds. Instead it frets about imagined cruelty to mice and possible by-kill of super-abundant western gulls.

The Fish and Wildlife Service doesn’t need permission from state bureaucrats to manage wildlife belonging to all Americans. But scolded by the Coastal Commission, it’s re-revising plans it has revised and re-revised for 17 years.

Zach Warnow of Point Blue Conservation Science retains hope: “I don’t think we’ll win over opponents; but we’ll get this message to the undecideds: We’re in a time when people are doubting scientists, and we need to get back to trusting the scientific process that’s been so well represented in this project.”

The service will again plead its case to the Coastal Commission at a hearing tentatively scheduled for May. Comments should be sent to: farallonislands@coastal.ca.gov Ted Williams is a contributor to Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, a nonprofit dedicated to spurring lively conversation about the West. He writes about wildlife for national publications.

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OBITUARIES Cecil Albert Bessey

Beverly Ann Hempstead

February 14, 1931 – February 27, 2021

A Funeral Service will be held for Cecil Albert Bessey, 90, of Myrtle Point, at 2:00 pm on Saturday, March 6, 2021 at the Coquille Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2405 Shelley Lane, Coquille. Interment with military honors will be at Roseburg National Cemetery in Roseburg.

Cecil Albert Bessey was born February 14, 1931 in his grandparent’s home on Date Street in Marshfield, Oregon and passed in his home in Myrtle Point on February 27, 2021 after having celebrated his 90th birthday.

He lived in Green Acres, North Bend and Haynes Inlet.

From his Haynes Inlet home, he moved to San Diego after enlisting in the Navy at the age of 17. Cecil served from 1949-1953 stationed on the

September 7, 1948 – February 16, 2021

aircraft carrier Valley Forge during the Korean War. Shortly after Cecil was discharged from the Navy, he met the love of his life Norma Nicholls after being set up on a blind date. They were married June 11, 1955 at her parent’s home on Clear Lake, North Bend.

After having Lyn [King] and Deanna [Grove] the couple moved to Reedsport where Cecil worked for the Post Office. After that move the three boys were born Ken [1960], Roger [1963] and Chris [1965].

He worked for Lillebo Construction and International Paper from where he retired after 29 years.

Living in Powers, before and after retirement, gave him many opportunities for gardening and establishing a huge fruit orchard. He

had a wonderful work ethic and was a great example to his kids and grandkids. He and Norma loved to travel taking three trips to Africa and a cross country road trip.

They loved spending time together.

He loved the Lord and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints serving in many capacities including the Bishop for several years.

Cecil was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Charles Bessey.

He is survived by his beloved wife, Norma; his five children; nineteen grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.

Arrangements are under the direction of Nelson's Bay Area Mortuary, 405 Elrod Ave., Coos Bay, Oregon 541/267-4216

With profound sadness we announce the passing of Bev, our loving and devoted mother, grandmother, friend and confidant, on February 16, 2021. Bev was preceded in death by her husband, Earl G. Hempstead.

Bev was born September 7, 1948, on her family ranch in McPherson County, South Dakota. Following the passing of her father, Bev boarded a train to Oregon with her Mother, "Gunde", where they both came to live old Kaiser Hospital and went for the rest of their lives.

Throughout her adolescence, to Sunnyhill grade school and North Bend High School. Bev shined in her academics.

Bev was always an excepShe loved art of all kinds, tional student who enjoyed traveling and exploring the and excelled in mathematics beaches.

It is my profound hope she and accounting. She was kind, compassionate, and is with her beloved horse, forgiving.

Faro; that would make her Bev met Earl Hempstead happy. in 1965. They married May My forever love, 9, 1967 in Roseburg. They Dave.

Friends and family are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.coosbayareafunerals. com September 11, 1951 – February 19, 2021

Jeannie Weeks

December 7, 1950 – February 17, 2021

My lovely wife passed quietly at home after battling Crohn’s Disease for many years.

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were married 51 years and were lovingly devoted, best friends, and partners in life. After marrying Earl, Bev joined Earl in managing and running their many businesses, raising a family, participating in many church activities and traveling the globe. Photography was also one of Bev’s passions. She has many beautiful photos she's taken from her travels around the world.

On most days you would find Bev under the sun, tending to her garden. She was an incredible gardener and spent her days outside or in her greenhouse. Bev always looked the most beautiful in her garden. Somewhere between the rows of corn, beans or tomatoes, she would emerge with a smile and the life she cultivated would radiate through her eyes. Bev always knew she was growing more than vegetables and fruits; she grew love, friendship and lessons. With her crops and her wisdom, she taught those around her resilience, sustainability, and the meaning of patience and gratitude. Bev was the matriarch and corner stone of the family who brought everyone together.

She and her husband, Earl, traveled many places throughout the world, from up and down the Amazon River where they would

how sick she was because she could and would hide it for short periods of time.

The last few months were extremely bad. Many thanks to South Coast Hospice for all of their care and support.

Jeannie was a local artist and had many shows over the years. She was a horse person, animal lover and the nicest person I’ve ever known. This year would have been 49 years for us and the world is a sadder place.

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Lida Annette Ehlin

December 14, 1931 – February 25, 2021

Private funeral services were held March 5, 2021 arranged through Coos Bay Chapel and Pastor Greg Stansel of Hauser Community Church. Lida was placed to rest at Ocean View Memory Gardens in Coos Bay beside her long, life friend and husband, Norman Ehlin.

Lida was born December 14, 1931 in Blackduck, Minnesota, to Clarence and Ellen Juneau. She married Norman, March 20, 1954; and moved to Coos Bay in 1965, where they raised their family. She was a loving mother, wife, friend and hard worker. She worked several years in the fish industry and food and beverage, where she worked in several restaurants throughout the years. She was an avid gardener; loved to can and enjoyed spending time with her Quilter’s group at Faith Lutheran Church in North Bend. She loved God with all her heart and followed Jesus faithfully.

Lida is survived by her children, Anna Marie (John) Howell of Coquille, Timothy (Gina) Ehlin of Casper, Wyoming, Thomas (Elizabeth) Ehlin of Coos Bay; grandchildren, Timothy Waters, Thomas Strietz, Sean Hubler, Takoda Ehlin, Kendall Ehlin; and many great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Norman; her brothers, Roy Baazard, Milton Juneau and Orron Juneau.

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Mary Lou Strohbach Our beloved mother went to heaven at age 95, to join her husband, Rudy in heaven for Valentine’s Day, 2021.

She was born in Myrtle Point and moved to Los Angles where she met Rudy on a blind date, Valentine’s Day 1946. They were married that September. They moved to Oregon in 1953, where they bought the Sunset Market and Rudy started the Charleston Fire Department.

In 1968 they bought a home on Tenmile Lake where they

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She later moved to Brookdale in Wilsonville.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Dwight and Nellie Culver; brother, Everett; stepson, Rudy J. She

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All loved her dearly and will never forget her tenacity, wit, charm, grace and undying love and affection she had for each one of them.

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Brenda Kay (Aldridge) Clark of Coquille went to be with the Lord Friday, February 19, 2021 at home, surrounded by the love of her family.

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She was a devoted wife and mother and loved to spend time with her family.

She loved flowers and enjoyed traveling which almost always included a visit with family. Brenda worked as a CMA for 30 years at a senior care facility and blessed many lives.

Survivors include her husband of 52 years, Elbert Clark of Coquille; daughter, Lori Rangel of Maricopa, Arizona; daughter, Angela Caudle of Bandon; brothers and sisters, Mildred Brichard of Hope Mills, North Carolina, Jesse Wootten of Montgomery, Illinois, Earve and Carla Aldridge of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Eugene Aldridge of Osceola, Arizona, Mike and Karma Aldridge of Sikeston, Missouri; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

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MOTHER'S INTUITION WARNS OF TROUBLE UNDER HER ROOF DEAR ABBY: I suspect that something has been going on with my husband and our daughter-in-law. My husband has become obsessed with her, and they both seem to become nervous when they are around me at the same time. My husband is always checking to see when I'm leaving.

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If your marital relationship with your husband has changed, it's a red flag. Talk to him about it. It may take the services of a licensed marriage and family therapist to get your marriage back on track. Share the journal with your therapist during some of the sessions, or with your attorney, if the need arises.

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I dealt with her issues for 40 years and could no longer continue. Mom was greedy, self-centered and narcissistic. She caused many issues between my brother and me.

My question concerns her ashes. I have them. My brother wanted nothing to do with them, and I don't know how to dispose of them. I have considered spreading them in

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years and young adulthood he formed a large circle of friends with whom he kept in contact and reached out to often. He would also continue to make friends and acquaintances throughout the years from all walks of life.

Rod was very passionate when it came to the things that interested and inspired him. He greatly enjoyed hunting and fishing and he was also an avid gardener and voracious reader. He became a history enthusiast starting from a young age and was particularly interested in the history of the American West. Helping people was also incredibly important to him, being especially moved by the plight of the Afghans in the 80s. He formed the Oregon Afghan Aid Society where he spread the word of their fight against the Soviets and raised money to help by selling hats, T-shirts, and bumper stickers. He loved animals and had dogs and cats as pets

Rodney “Rod” Wayne Ingman passed away at his home in Coos Bay on February 23, 2021.

Rod was born in Coos Bay on March 24, 1949 to Harold Ingman and Virginia Marie Ingman-Dorland who both preceded him in death. Growing up he enjoyed playing football, basketball, and baseball with his brother and neighborhood friends. He also enjoyed watching TV and working and playing on the family farm. He graduated from Marshfield High School in 1967. In his teen

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throughout his life.

He spent time living in various cities in Oregon including Sweet Home, Salem, Portland, Redmond, and Coos Bay. Over his life he worked as a mill worker and a firewood dealer. He operated a rock crusher, worked in the mail room at the state capital, and was an independent landscaper. He was also a wedding officiant over 40 times for various friends and family.

He offered people a little something different from traditional church ceremonies.

Rod is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Aubrey Ingman and Amber Kozera of Gresham; son, Micah Ingman of Eugene; sister and brother-in-law, Barbara and Norman Leeling of Florence; and brother and sister-in-law, Fred and Sharey Ingman of Eugene; as well as one niece and several nephews.

Due to the current pandemic no funeral service will be held at this time.

Patricia Louise (Henson) Johnson October 1, 1943 – February 5, 2021

On the afternoon of February 5, 2021, Pat left this world after a short battle with cancer. Pat now joins her wonderful grandparents and parents, Pearl and Merle Henson.

Pat was raised in Empire, now called Coos Bay. She went to Michigan Avenue School through the 8th grade.

She then graduated from Marshfield High School, class of 1961.

Pat and her husband, Clay, enjoyed classic cars that Clay rebuilds. They spent many fun filled

weekends at car shows and parades. She loved meeting up with old friends, making new ones and laughing. She loved tasting the local treats and buying fun decorations from local artist.

Pat loved learning new things. She took a class to learn about the whale migration patterns and helped as a volunteer at the local whale watching locations.

Pat also became a master gardener. She and Clay had a fabulous garden each

year. Her garden was so good you had to lock your car doors when visiting or she would fill it with Zucchinis and other fantastic veggies.

Patricia was a legal secretary for lawyers, worked in office for Weyerhaeuser, State Children Services and had her own secretarial support services.

Pat leaves behind her husband, Clarence aka Clay of 48 years and her stepson, Troy, who she spoke proudly of often.

Shirley Rae Quella

February 23, 1934 – February 24, 2021

A memorial service will be held at a later date to be announced for Bandon resident, Shirley Rae Quella, who died February 24, 2021 in Bandon at the age of 87.

Shirley was born February 23, 1934 in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, the daughter of William and Estell Vils.

She was reared and educated in Wisconsin. She

met and married Clement V. Quella II, and they moved to California where they raised their family.

Shirley is survived by her six children; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and two sisters.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Clement and a sister, Judy.

Shirley was an active

member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church and loved the time spent with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Friends may offer condolences online at westrumfuneralservice.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Amling Schroeder Funeral Service, Bandon.

Jessie Marie (Burg) Hall went to be with her Lord and Savior at the age of 96 on Sunday, February 21, 2021 from complications due to Congestive Heart Failure.

She was born June 9, 1924 to Axel William and Margaret Ann (Rainbow) Burg in Lake View, Iowa.

She lived in Lake View, Iowa with her family until her dad Axel took a job at the GP Mill in Coquille in 1940. She began attending Coquille High School and worked at Dockery’s Ice Cream Parlor (later changed to White Cottage Ice Cream). While working at Dockery’s she met George C. “Pete” Little Jr. whom she married. Pete was from Birmingham, Alabama and was working at a CCC camp near Fairview. In 1942 they had a son George W. “Bill” Little.

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May 8, 1934 – January 30, 2021

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Marie is survived by her son, Roger Hall of Catching Creek; daughter-In-Law, Katherine Little of Catching Creek; nephew, John Burg of Washington; niece, Susan St. Claire of Newton, Iowa; niece, Rheo Margaret Wheeler of Roseburg, Oregon; and numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Hall; her son, George “Bill” Little; her brother, Bill Burg; and her parents, Axel and Margaret (Rainbow) Burg.

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Bandon volleyball coach Mariah Vierck said this likely is the most committed group of players she’s had, with no reward in sight for all their efforts.

Because Coos County remains in the extreme-risk category for COVID-19, schools in the county can’t host indoor sports including volleyball and the team can’t have more than six players at a time practice.

Vierck said the players have taken everything in stride, which has kept her upbeat, too.

“They are keeping me motivated,” she said. “I have given them every opportunity to make this

season whatever they want for themselves. They have asked for full-time practices every day in our cohorts of six. They have not taken any days off.”

The team started practicing in August and split time in the gym through the fall with the basketball program, each getting two days each week. Since mid-January, the Tigers have been practicing four days a week hoping somehow they get a season.

“Every time I say, ‘Here’s another road block. Here’s another brick wall we’ve hit.’ They’ve said, ‘Oh well.’

“It is maybe the most dedicated group of players I have ever worked with … for very little payoff, if any.”

Seniors Kennedy Turner and Bella Erenfeld have been team leaders since practice started in August.

“They have mentored the younger girls and made them feel welcome,” Vierck said. “They have been hugely committed to working

out. Earlier in the year when indoor was shut down, they would take conditioning outdoors. And they kept showing up.”

The team has about 15 players and is heavy on freshmen filled with potential.

“The freshmen are a dedicated, athletic group,” Vierck said.

“They’re a fun group. I am thankful that they are only freshmen and it doesn’t affect long-term their excitement to play.”

But Vierck also feels terrible for the seniors —Erenfeld, Turner and Bailey George, who arrived in Bandon during their junior year.

“Kennedy has been a four-year starter and integral to the success of our program,” Vierck said. “She would have absolutely been an allstar this year.

“I’m quite sad for them, but I am super thankful they are still around to mentor our younger girls.”

It’s important having them around with the current practice

structure. Each group can only be in the gym for 45 minutes.

“By the time you are warmed up and really going, you are at your 45 minutes and the next group is ready,” Vierck said.

The three seniors are leading the way.

“They are trying to live up and take in every last moment they have on a volleyball court, even if it’s just practice drills, even if it’s in no way getting ready for a match,” Vierck said. “It’s hard to simulate a game situation (with six players).”

Bandon is getting its practice in.

The Tigers just hope they can get some matches in.

It’s unlikely Coos County can get out of the extreme risk category soon, given how many new coronavirus cases the county has just about every day.

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pening or not, when you’ve done stuff as a group from August to March, you grow as a family,” she said. “I think that has helped our culture a bit. This is the most positive culture I have had for a while.

That is all thanks to the girls.

“I show up in the gym and they remind me every single time why we are doing this. They show up with the same work ethic and attitude.”

Vierck hopes to reward them.

She is trying to figure out how to set up a net outside, where matches are allowed, and said Myrtle Point will come play the Tigers if that happens.

Setting up matches is the least Vierck can do.

“They have practiced in masks for months,” she said. “They’ve conditioned on their own because 45 minutes doesn’t allow them to get into shape.

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Bandon artist honored with first prize in contest Top three finishers in VISION 2021 competition earn two-year tuition waivers to attend Southwestern Oregon Community College Hannah Bristow, a Bandon High School senior, took home the 'Best of Show' award at VISION 2021. The annual high school art competition is underwritten by the Southwestern Oregon Community College Foundation.

Bristow‘s submission, an acrylic painting titled “Can You Read the Stars?” won her a two-year tuition waiver to attend Southwestern along with a $250 cash-purchase award.

Irie Johns, a Crater Renaissance Academy senior, was awarded second place for her mixed media artwork “As I Lay Dreaming.” Johns received a two-year tuition waiver to attend Southwestern along with a $100 cash-purchase award.

Elayna O'Rourke, a North Bend High School Senior, took home the third place award for a marker drawing titled “The Beauty of Falling Apart.” O'Rourke received a two-year tuition waiver to attend Southwestern along with a $75 cash-purchase award.

Sixteen other awards were to grade division winners, grades 9 through 12.

VISION 2021 consists of artwork from nine southern Oregon high schools. The 55 works of art by 48 students came from the following high schools: Bandon, Brookings-Harbor, Crater Renaissance Academy (Central Point), Gold Beach, Mapleton, North Bend Powers and Reedsport Community Charter School.

Each year, the Vision exhibition continues to present the talents of regional high school art students. VISION 2021 is on display in the upstairs galleries at Coos Art Museum through April 10.

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By Mary Schamehorn The first picture I am sharing this week is something that I have found interesting about Bandon's history .... and that has to do with the two Woolen Mills that were here in the late 1880s and early 1900s.

The first Woolen Mill, pictured, was located on piling near the end of Fillmore Avenue, not far from the Cody Mill, which later became Moore Mill. This may be the reason that property on the south side of the highway along Fillmore is part of what is known as the Woolen Mill Addition.

The second one, built several years later, was located over the water at the end of Alabama Avenue, which would be about where the Port of Bandon's glassed-in picnic shelter sits today.

You might wonder why a town the size of Bandon would have two woolen mills. And that's the story I want to share, most of which came from a book titled "Later Woolen Mills in Oregon"

by Alfred L. Lomax. There are quite a few pages devoted to Bandon's woolen mills.

It appears that as early as 1876 there was evidence of sheepraising in the county, with the first consignment of wool grown here shipped by boat to San Francisco.

"In 1898 there were 13,500 sheep and probably included F.M. Langlois' flock of purebred Cotswold. The availability of locally grown wool even in limited supply was sufficient incentive among some enterprising business men to promote a woolen mill," explained the article.

On Sept. 16, 1893, four men incorporated the Bandon Woolen Mills Company for $75,000.

Although information is sketchy it was determined that in "December 1894 the Port Orford Tribune stated that the Bandon woolen mills is turning out a fine assortment of buggy robes, blankets and flannels and that the weaving was done mostly by women. In 1898 the factory produced 1,778 pairs of blankets, 236,125 yards of flannels, 2,260 yards of mackinaw cloth of a total value of $84,000.

"The woolen mill had a stimulating effect in counteracting dull times and was instrumental in attracting small industries: a salmon cannery, a broom handle factory, and shipbuilding. 'Prosperity and goodwill reign in Bandon,' chortled the editor of the Bandon Recorder and announced that the woolen mill was paying the highest price for wool."

The book tells of trips made to San Francisco by the president of the company to buy wool and supplies and to solicit orders. Most were made on small coasting steamers. "Occasionally the less direct land route was used, sometimes by horse and buggy to Myrtle Point, thence by stage to Roseburg; or a combination of riverboat from Bandon to Coquille City or by the 26-mile railroad which ran from Marshfield to Myrtle Point.

"By 1901, with the mill running full time the town enjoyed a real estate boom: $10 lots were selling for $100.

"In June, 1903 Clark (the president of the company) returned from an eastern trip and announced he was closing the Bandon factory and moving it to North Bend, a new community 25 miles north on Coos Bay. "A disconsolate note pervaded the town as employees began to move to their new jobs. 'What will Bandon people do now to repair the loss?' wailed the Recorder's editor. In answer to the plea, Robert E. Lee Bedillion, a well-known citizen, left for San Francisco early in February 1904 on the new steamer Elizabeth purportedly to find capital for a new Bandon woolen mill."

Under his direction the Bandon Woolen Mills was incorporated on May 7, 1904, with C.Y. Lowe and W.D. Marshall.

"The year 1905 was a stimulating one ... with the

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Bandon's woolen mills woolen mill .... and word that a congressional appropriation had been made to build the much needed north jetty to improve channel depth.

"In the meantime the North Bend woolen mill was having trouble. The unused stock of wool, yarn, dyes and chemicals was for sale and was brought to Bandon.

On March 9, 1906, the whir of pulley belts and clatter of looms shattered the months of silence in the big building."

Several years later other businessmen joined the corporation including Elbert Dyer, George P. Topping, R. H. Rosa and A. McNair.

It is not known exactly when the second woolen mill ceased operation, but it may have been in early 1915.

Again, local businessmen were not content to let the mill close, and following Bedillion's management, the property was placed in the hands of W.J. Sweet (John and Sue's grandfather) as Receiver.

News that the woolen mill would soon reopen "was very encouraging and fitted into the overall business conditions of the town which reported nearly $900,000 in exported products, mostly ties, piling, matchwood and shingles. But cheese and butter, canned salmon and small amounts of wool and mohair also went out over the bar."

A new corporation was formed known as Sunset Woolen Mills, and the last mention of the company was in February 1920. The equipment from the mill was sold in 1923, which ended Bandon's woolen mill days.

I am not sure when the second photo was taken, but the license plate on the wrecked car seems to say 1958. It was just one of many wrecks which occurred in those days at Fillmore and Highway 101, in front of the Mobile gas station and what was then the Bandon City Hall (and is now the local museum).

Even though the intersection is now "protected" by a traffic light, it is still considered by many to be a dangerous intersection and continues to be the scene of accidents in the last few years. Bandon Police Chief D. S. "Big Mac" MacDonald can be seen taking a report. I believe the young service station attendant is Gary Stiltner, but I could be wrong.

The third picture was taken in May of 1956 as Golden Rule owner Bob Norton sweeps up broken glass and metal from the front of his building, which had been struck by a car operated by a Bandon woman, who apparently hit the gas when she should have hit the brakes.

At any rate, over the years, the Golden Rule suffered two fires, including one in 1968 which claimed the life of one of the upstairs renters, Berna Linn. And that, of course, does not include the fact that the Golden Rule was located on First Street at the time of the 1936 fire and was destroyed along with all the other businesses on that street.

Today, this is the Continuum Center. *** Talk about sad. Coos

Photos from the Mary Schamehorn collection

Bandon's first woolen mill, located near the end of Fillmore Avenue.

County is now one of only five counties in the state that remains in the Extreme High Risk category, which prohibits our restaurants and bars from offering indoor seating.

Over the years Oregon's counties and cities have enjoyed what is known as Home Rule status, but slowly that authority has been eroded by the state legislature.

I understand that Bandon presently has no Covid-19 cases and to my knowledge, there have been no hospitalizations, yet we are punished along with our neighbors to the north, where most of the Covid cases are occurring.

A group of concerned citizens has been meeting weekly at the Restoration Worship Center to talk about the situation and see what can be done. Friday night Senator Dallas Heard from Roseburg joined the group, which was estimated at a crowd of more than 100 people.

We encounter big crowds of people every day at the local grocery stores, sitting outside at various locations and most assuredly gathering in private homes, but still bars and restaurants remain open only to take-out. If it's OK for people to dine in a cafe in Langlois, it should be OK to eat in a restaurant in Bandon, but as we know they are in two different counties, and Curry is not in the Extreme Risk category. Maybe the matrix needs to be by city and not by county.

State Representative David Brock Smith from Port Orford has introduced HB 3177 known as the Covid Business Equity Act which supports" the diverse working families of the hospitality industry, the small business owners across the state and provides the needed business equity that is severely lacking."

Several Bandon people, including Broken Anchor owner Jessica Neal and Bandon Chamber representative Margaret Pounder, testified before the legislature's House Committee on Economic Recovery and Prosperity last week in support of the Bill.

Jessica was particularly powerful in her testimony, ending by saying, "The matrix are ruining the lives of thousands of people in Oregon .... not to mention the trickle down effect, which is awful."

We all need to get behind

Men survey the damage from a wreck at the intersection of Highway 101 and Fillmore Avenue in the late 1950s. their efforts.

*** I was sorry to learn that Glenda Gant Hawkins, 86, had died last week in Medford after a sudden illness.

She was born April 21, 1934, to Elmer and Grace Gant and lived most of her life in Bandon. She and Warren Hawkins, who later divorced, raised six children, Stacey Christensen, Scott Hawkins, Terry Chandler, Kelly Ventriglia, Marnie Rubrecht and Lucas Hawkins. Later she earned her license in hair design and cosmetology and leased a salon in downtown Port Orford in 1988.

Her survivors include her two brothers, Tom of Bandon and Jim of Cottage Grove, as well as two sisters, Gloria Haga of Bandon and Susan Winnop of Satsuma, Alabama.

I was also advised by Commissioner Bob Main that long-time Coquille city councilor Fran Capehart died last week, but I do not know any of the particulars. *** An article in last Sunday's Oregonian highlighted a man who has definitely made money during the pandemic, but not because of anything to do with Covid. No, he puts plywood on broken windows, and since May 29, he has often worked 15-hour days boarding up windows in

Bob Norton cleans up broken glass after a car slammed into his business, the Golden Rule, in 1956. downtown Portland. One call came in for 45 windows on Yamhill.

And anyone who thinks the vandalism has slowed down is not reading the news. The article talked about a snowball fight on Feb.12 held by Portland protesters. "About 75 people -some dressed in black bloc, others wearing '80s-style ski suits -- gathered in Director Park for what was cheekily billed as 'Antifa Snow Day.' Tamales were served; so was beer. Around 10 p.m. a smaller group set out for the Portland Police Bureau's Central Precinct. Not long after,

somebody started shattering windows at ZoomCare clinic, then a Starbucks." And that's when the guy in the story got called out.

He was identified only by his first name because he said some city contractors have seen their windows shattered in 2020 for working with the police or on homeless sweeps.

"The most jacked-up part of this is seeing families sobbing," he says. "It's hard to be there for them emotionally when they've lost everything.

First because of COVID, then all their inventory's been taken. It's heartbreaking."

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SWOCC swimmers will get to extend careers JOHN GUNTHER The World

COOS BAY — Avy Watts had a relatively short distance to traverse to join the Southwestern Oregon Community College swim team, arriving in Coos Bay from Oregon City in the Portland Metropolitan Area. But she is going across the country to continue her career, recently signing a letter of intent to swim for Columbia College in South Carolina.

Jacque Feurtado, meanwhile, crossed an ocean to get to SWOCC, joining the Lakers after growing up in Sydney, Australia. She is staying on the West Coast, having signed with Cal State East Bay. The Lakers celebrated both sophomores this week and both spoke fondly of their time in Coos Bay while looking ahead with excitement to the rest of this season and their continuing careers.

Watts was drawn to the team and campus at Columbia College, a school she had considered as a high school senior before ultimately deciding to start at SWOCC. “It’s a really great cam-

pus,” she said. “I really enjoyed the team aspect. The coach is really nice.

“The school is really progressive. I see myself progressing there.”

Feurtado, meanwhile, was drawn to Cal State East Bay in part because of the weather and in part because of the team.

“The coach is amazing and the girls are amazing,” she said, adding she has had several video calls with them.

Feurtado, who thrives in the freestyle sprints and butterfly, has been one of SWOCC’s best recent women and helped the Lakers set a number of school records in relays.

“The relays are my favorite,” she said. “Any time you get to swim a relay, it’s the best time.”

Watts, who also specializes in the freestyle sprints and butterfly, battled health issues her freshman year, but has thrived in other ways for SWOCC’s program.

“I felt like I’ve learned a lot about leadership on the team and I’ve worked really hard,” she said.

“The resilience of Avy has been great,” SWOCC coach Sandra Bullock said. “She

didn’t get to swim at nationals last year.

“She has come back and is just flourishing as a leader.”

Both swimmers have enjoyed their time at SWOCC. “It’s been amazing,” Watts said. “I never heard of Coos Bay before I came. I love it. I go on so many hikes.”

She also has enjoyed the quality of education, something Feurtado also noted.

“I’ve definitely learned a lot,” she said. “The teachers are really supportive and understanding of us athletes.

It’s been really helpful.”

While Watts hasn’t decided what she will study, Feurtado plans to go into business administration at Cal State East Bay. “It excites me and interests me,” she said. “And I feel like I will get a range of career choices.”

Before they move on, though, the women hope to help the Lakers succeed this season.

SWOCC is holding a series of virtual meets before traveling to Florida for the NJCAA Championships.

“I think we have a lot of potential to do really well,” Feurtado said.

But it’s not just the com-

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Southwestern Oregon Community College swimmers Avy Watts, left, and Jacqueline Feurtado, seated in front of their teammates, recently signed letters of intent to compete for four-year schools. petitiveness the swimmers love.

“I’ve never experienced such a team family,” Watts said. “We enjoy each other’s company so much.”

“We are all really supportive and push each other,” Feurtado said.

That’s what Bullock loves to hear, and said Feurtado has a lot to do with it.

“She’s bubbly,” the coach said. “She brings energy to everyone.”

Both sophomores have been great leaders, Bullock said.

“It has been an absolute privilege to coach both of them,” she said. “Their absolute determination to bring the team together and do all they can to improve and help the team improve (is great).

“It’s been fun. I’m excited about both of them.”

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He even caught some for He’s excited about this the Lakers during their fall year’s season, which starts at practice season. the end of the month.

“He will play every posi“I think we’re going to be tion for us,” said SWOCC as- great,” he said. “We’ve got sistant coach Derek Ridgway, a few great pitching arms. adding that Stocking’s hard We’ve got a lot of depth (in work has paid off for the the lineup). Top to bottom, Lakers. we’ve got fast guys, power “He’s always the first one guys. We’ve got a good mix.” on the field and the last one Stocking will be a big part to leave,” Ridgway said. of it.

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COOS BAY — After months and months of training, Marshfield’s cross country team finally got to participate in a meet Wednesday, hosting Bandon at the Millicoma Marsh trails.

The Tigers have had several races over the past few months, but it was the first one of the official season for them as well.

The experience left the runners and coaches excited after the season was delayed, along with all other fall sports, by the Oregon School Activities Association last summer.

“It’s just exciting to see the kids out here racing again,” Marshfield coach Steve Delgado said. “It feels like the world’s longest preseason.

“It’s nice to have a nice day, too.”

Given the nature of the marsh trails, the good weather the past few days was a great boon, leaving the grassy portions of the course time to dry and firm up.

Bandon’s runners showed their strength and potential, dominating the boys race with seven of the first eight finishers and also having four of the first five girls.

But just getting to race made them all winners.

“I’m really thankful that we are able to do this,” said Jacob Calvert, Marshfield’s team captain and top finisher Wednesday.

After months of uncertainty, the runners finally have been able to race.

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Bandon's Ansen Converse, left, and Marshfield's Jacob Calvert run side-by-side early in their meet at Millicoma Marsh trails this week. Converse won the race and Calvert was Marshfield's top finisher.

“We’re tired of racing against each other,” Bandon coach Brent Hutton said.

Bandon’s Ansen Converse was the first finisher, crossing the line in 17 minutes and 18 seconds for the 5,000-meter course.

He was followed by teammate Damian Avalos (17:40) and Calvert (17:54). Bandon had the next five runners with Carter Brown (18:07), Charlie Ells (18:30), Josh Minkler (18:41), Andrew Robertson (18:47) and Daniel Cabrera

Local schedule

Friday, March 5

High School Football — Marist Catholic at North Bend, 7 p.m.; Creswell at Reedsport, 7 p.m.; Rogue River at Bandon, 7 p.m.; Gold Beach at Myrtle Point, 3:30 p.m.

High School Girls Soccer — Coquille at Sutherlin, 1 p.m.

Saturday, March 6

High School Football — Marshfield at Stayton, 3:30 p.m.; Lakeview at Coquille, 1 p.m.

High School Boys Soccer — Brookings-Harbor at North Bend, 2 p.m.

High School Cross Country — Marshfield, Coquille, North Bend at Myrtle Point Invitational, 11 a.m.; Bandon at Cascade Christian.

Tuesday, March 9

High School Girls Soccer — North Bend at Junction City, 6:30 p.m.

High School Boys Soccer — Glide at Coquille, 4 p.m.; Marshfield at Elmira, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 10

High School Girls Soccer — North Bend at Springfield, 6 p.m.; Brookings-Harbor at Coquille, 4 p.m.

High School Cross Country — Siu-

slaw at Marshfield, 5:30 p.m., Millicoma Marsh Trail.

Thursday, March 11

High School Girls Soccer — Cottage Grove at Marshfield, 5:30 p.m.

High School Boys Soccer — Marshfield at Cottage Grove, 6 p.m.

Friday, March 12

High School Football — Elmira at Marshfield, 7 p.m.; Central Linn at Reedsport, 7 p.m.; Myrtle Point at Days Creek, 2:30 p.m.; Gold Beach at North Douglas, 7 p.m.

High School Cross Country — Bandon, Coquille, Marshfield, Brookings-Harbor, Myrtle Point, Siuslaw, Pacific and Gold Beach at Bandon Fugate Farms XC Challenge, 10 a.m.

Saturday, March 13

High School Football — Baker vs.

North Bend at Crook County, 2 p.m.; Bandon at Lakeview, 1:45 p.m.

High School Boys Soccer — North Bend at St. Mary’s, 2 p.m.; Coquille at Douglas, 1 p.m.

High School Girls Soccer — St. Mary’s at North Bend, 2 p.m.; South Umpqua at Coquille, 1 p.m.

Broadcast schedule Today

High School Football — Marist Catholic at North Bend, 7 p.m., K-LIGHT (98.7 FM).

Men’s College Basketball — Atlantic 10 Tournament quarterfinals, 8 a.m., 10 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., NBC Sports Network; Monmouth at Rider, 1 p.m., ESPNU; Kent State at Buffalo, 3 p.m., ESPNU; Ohio Valley Tournament semifinals, 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., ESPNU. Women’s College Basketball — Pac-12 Tournament semifinals, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., Pac-12 Network.

Spring Training Baseball — Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Kansas City, noon, ESPN. Auto Racing — NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Silver State 200, 6 p.m., Fox Sports 1.

Golf — LPGA Tour The Drive on Championship, 7 a.m., Golf Channel; PGA Tour Arnold Palmer Invitational, 11 a.m., Golf Channel.

Saturday, March 6

High School Football — Marshfield at Stayton, 3:30 p.m., KMHS (105.1 FM).

Men’s College Basketball — Rutgers at Minnesota, 9 a.m., Fox; Florida State at Notre Dame, 9 a.m., ESPN2; South Carolina at Kentucky, 9 a.m., ESPN; Georgetown at UConn, 9 a.m., CBS; Alabama at Georgia, 11 a.m., CBS; Arizona State at Utah, 11 a.m., Fox Sports 1; Atlantic Sun championship, 11 a.m., ESPN; Villanova at Providence, 11:30 a.m., Fox; Texas Tech at Baylor, 1 p.m., ESPN; Illinois at Ohio State, 1 p.m., ESPN; Butler at Creighton, 1 p.m., Fox; Virginia at Louisville, 1 p.m., ESPN2; USC at UCLA, 1 p.m., CBS; Butler at Creighton, 2 p.m., Fox; Duke at North Carolina, 3 p.m., ESPN; Ohio Valley championship, 5 p.m., ESPN2; Xavier at Marquette, 6 p.m., Fox Sports 1; West Coast quarterfinals, 6 p.m., ESPNU, and 9 p.m., ESPN2; Utah State at Fresno State, 8 p.m., Fox Sports 1.

Women’s College Basketball — Big East quarterfinal, 9 a.m., Fox Sports 1; SEC semifinals, 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., ESPNU. Auto Racing — NASCAR Xfinity Series Alsco Uniforms 300, 1:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1.

Golf — PGA Tour Arnold Palmer Invitational, 9:30 a.m., Golf Channel;

LPGA Tour The Drive On Championship, 11:30 a.m., Golf Channel.

Sunday, March 7

NBA Basketball — All-Star skills challenge, 3:30 p.m., TNT; All-Star Game, 5 p.m., TNT. Women’s College Basketball — ACC championship, 9 a.m., ESPN2; Big East semifinals, noon and 3 p.m., Fox Sports 1; Pac-12 championship, 5 p.m., ESPN2.

Men’s College Basketball — Big South Championship, 9 a.m., ESPN; Houston at Memphis, 9 a.m., CBS; Florida at Tennessee, 9 a.m., ESPNU; Wisconsin at Iowa, 9:30 a.m., Fox; Missouri Valley championship, 11 a.m., CBS; Texas Tech at Baylor, 1 p.m., ESPN; Michigan at Michigan State, 1:30 p.m., CBS; Southern semifinal, 2 p.m., ESPNU; Oregon at Oregon State, 5 p.m., Fox Sports 1.

Auto Racing — NASCAR Pennzoil 400, 12:30 p.m., Fox. Golf — PGA Tour Arnold Palmer Invitational, 9:30 a.m., Golf Channel; LPGA Tour Drive On Championship, 11:30 a.m., Golf Channel.

Monday, March 8

Men’s College Basketball — Horizon semifinals, 3:30 p.m., ESPNU, and 6:30 p.m., ESPN2; Southern championship, 4 p.m., ESPN; Sun Belt Championship, 4 p.m., ESPN2; West Coast Conference semifinals, 6 p.m., ESPN, and 9 p.m., ESPN2.

Women’s College Basketball — Sun Belt championship, 11 a.m., ESPNU; Big East championship, 5 p.m., Fox Sports 1.

Tuesday, March 9

Men’s College Basketball — Horizon League championship, 4 p.m., ESPN; Northeast championship, 4 pm., ESPN2; West Coast Conference championship, 6 p.m., ESPN; Summit League championship, 6 p.m., ESPN2.

Women’s College Basketball — Horizon League championship, 9 a.m., ESPNU; Summit League championship, 11 a.m., ESPNU; West Coast Conference championship, 1 p.m., ESPNU. Hockey — New York Rangers at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m., NBC Sports Network; Chicago at Dallas, 5:30 p.m., NBC Sports Network.

(18:52).

Corbin Reeves was Marshfield’s second runner in 19:07.

The boys and the girls ran together and Bandon’s Holly Hutton was easily the first female, finishing in 19:55.

Teammate Danielle McLain was second (21:14), followed by Marshfield’s Bailey Wallack (21:54) and Bandon’s Analies Miller (23:00 and Cassie Kennon (23:01).

Neither girls team had

five runners, the number needed to register a team score, though Bandon will when one of the Tigers’ more experienced girls gets over an injury.

In the boys team race, Bandon had 18 points to 45 for Marshfield.

Brent Hutton was more excited by the boys further down the results grid.

“Our group is tightening up,” Hutton said. “Daniel and Andrew are starting to close the gap on Josh Minkler.”

Holly Hutton is equally excited about the girls.

“Analiese is getting faster and faster every race,” she said, noting that fellow freshman Kennon also is improving rapidly.

“Dani is doing good, too.

I think we’re going to be pretty good.”

As for her race, Hutton was happy, but not thrilled.

“It wasn’t my best race, but it’s a start to the season, so that’s good,” she said. “I need to start pushing myself,

to get out of my comfort zone.”

Marshfield’s group is excited, too.

“We’re small (in team size), but I feel we’ve all got potential,” Calvert said.

“As a team, we’re very young,” Delgado said. “I was pleased with how the kids did.

“Bandon — they’ve been racing since (the fall). You can tell. They are seasoned.”

Delgado also said several of his runners have been battling nagging injuries.

“The fact that everyone raced today is great,” he said.

Both teams are in action again Saturday, with the Pirates joining several other South Coast teams in the Myrtle Point Invitational, like Wednesday’s race without spectators close to the action (some watched from the hill above the Millicoma track). The Pirates host Siuslaw next Wednesday on the Millicoma trails again.

Bandon, meanwhile, races Saturday in Medford.

BOYS Bandon 18, Marshfield 45 Individual Results (5,000 Meters): 1. Ansen Converse, Ban, 17:18; 2.

Damian Avalos, Ban, 17:40; 3. Jacob Calvert, Mar, 17:54; 4. Carter Brown, Ban, 18:07; 5. Charlie Ells, Ban, 18:30; 6. Josh Minkler, Ban, 18:41; 7. Andrew Robertson, Ban, 18:47; 8. Daniel Cabrera, Ban, 18:52; 9.

Corbin Reeves, Mar, 19:07; 10. Jack Waddington, Mar, 20:11; 13. Orlando Avalos, Ban, 20:49; 14. Talon Thomas, Mar, 21:11; 15. Markus Kliewer, Mar, 22:37; 16. Addison Rush, Mar, 22:50; 17. Brodie Blair, Mar, 27:09.

GIRLS Bandon and Marshfield incomplete Individual Results (5,000 meters): 1. Holly Hutton, Ban, 19:55; 2. Danielle McLain, Ban, 21:14; 3. Bailey Wallack, Mar, 21:54; 4. Analies Miller, Ban, 23:00; 5. Cassie Kennon, Ban, 23:01; 6. Elizabeth Delgado, Mar, 28:36; 7.

Jenna Erickson, Mar, 34:08.

Pirates open with soccer victories JOHN GUNTHER The World

COOS BAY — When Marshfield’s girls soccer team beat Junction City 1-0 in 2019, it marked a high spot for the Pirates — their only win of the year after a winless season in 2018.

Things look much better this season, especially after the Pirates opened the season with a 3-0 victory over Junction City at Pete Susick Stadium on Tuesday night.

“This win is a big start,” said Marshfield goalkeeper Kaylin Dea. “I hope we don’t let this momentum die.”

The Pirates had two goals in the first half and one in the second, all impressive plays.

Isabell Perez scored on an assist from Charlie Dea, Kaylin’s younger sister, in the 26th minute.

The other two goals both came off impressive assists

by Maddie Deleon.

Jordyn Eichelberger scored in the 36th minute off a corner kick by Deleon. Then six minutes into the second half, Kaleigh England headed in a long throw-in from Deleon.

Deleon said the Pirates have been practicing hard on ball control and headers, and that goal was a perfect example of it paying off, she said.

While Marshfield controlled the ball well and had other chances without converting, it was Kaylin Dea who preserved the shutout with a series of saves, several of them diving attempts.

“I wasn’t able to dive at all when I started,” she said of when she joined the team as a junior.

She finished with 14 saves in all, including one in the 72nd minute when she deflected a Junction City corner kick and then scrambled back in front of the net to stop an

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He made a good impression on SWOCC’s coaches when they came to watch him play in a high school all-

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Marshfield's Charlie Dea pushes the ball up the pitch against Junction City on Tuesday. attempt by another of the Tigers.

In a normal year, the soccer season would have started in September.

Marshfield was practicing then, and all summer before that. The Pirates even got a series of matches in against North Bend in a special part of the fall.

Coach Pio Figueroa was thrilled to see the Pirates get a chance to begin a regular season, one with six more matches over the next several weeks.

“As a coach, you enjoy seeing them happy on the field,” Figueroa said.

He also was excited to see all the work in the summer and fall, and since the fall, pay off.

“They enjoy this game,” he said. “You can see the dedication.

“I’m proud of them.”

The commitment of the players is exciting to the veterans.

“We have a young team,” Deleon said. “We’ve got a lot

of new girls.

“These girls are excited to show up.”

The Pirates are one of four Sky-Em League teams taking part in the soccer season, along with Junction City, Cottage Grove and Marist Catholic.

The Pirates also had a nonleague game against North Bend on Thursday (results were not available by press time).

They are excited about the rest of the season.

“This was a good game,” Kaylin Dea said. “There’s lots of improvements to make.

“I see us improving.”

Tuesday was a great start.

“We beat Junction City last year, but it was very close,” Deleon said. “It was a very tough win.

“To see how much we improved from last year (is exciting).”

Marshfield 6, Junction City 1: Marshfield’s boys

opened the season with a victory on the road, after a slow start.

“We were able to get everyone in the game and escaped without any major injuries,” Marshfield coach Drew Jones said. “So I feel good about that.”

The Pirates didn’t score until the 24th minute, when Alberto Castillo scored on an assist from Austin Neilsen.

Castillo assisted on the next goal, by Jose Yanez-Torres in the 33rd minute, and then the Pirates benefited from an own goal a few minutes before halftime.

Yanez-Torres got his second goal unassisted just over a minute into the second half and Castillo got his second goal on a rebound from a corner kick in the 55th minute.

After Junction City scored on a breakaway, Yanez-Torres finished his hat trick for Marshfield in the 70th minute on an assist by Ernesto Hernandez Rosales.

star game and he was named defensive player of the game.

It’s been a good experience for player and team.

“It’s been super fun,” Stocking said. “The coaches are great. I love to play baseball. It’s been great here.”

Stocking also has gotten a

good start toward his future as a business student at Alabama A&M. “I want to open a baseball academy in the future,” he said. “Baseball is what I love.”

SWOCC has sent a number of pitchers on to NCAA

Division I schools. Stocking is the first position player for the Lakers, at least in recent memory, to get that opportunity, Ridgway said.

It’s a well-earned honor, the assistant coach said.

“He will do whatever it takes to win,” Ridgway said.

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This week in Coos County history: March 3-6 100 YEARS — 1921

Let contracts for new warehouse

Plan clinic for children on bay Health test will be made here next Tuesday Will be directed by Miss Campbell, Coos County Health Nurse — bring wraps Miss Campbell, Coos County Health Nurse, announced today that she will hold a children’s clinic at the Marshfield Library on Tuesday, March eighth, at two o’clock.

All mothers are invited to bring their children to the library at that time, when they will be weighed and measured according to standard measurements.

Mothers are requested to bring a blanket in which to wrap each child, and to be certain that children are not suffering from any communicable disease before bringing them.

First of Baptist faith to serve Harding and wife of that denomination Will probably attend the First Baptist Church at Washington, D.C. WASHIINGTON — The twenty-ninth president is the first of Baptist faith.

Mr. and Mrs. Harding have not yet made known which church they will attend, but it may be the First Baptist, at Sixteenth and O Streets, Northwest, will number them among its congregation. The Rev. Henry Allen Tupper is the pastor of this church, which is one of the oldest in Washington, having been founded 119 years ago.

Of the nearly 400 churches in the capital, only nine can count presidents as once members of their congregation. So many chief executives have attended St. John’s Episcopal church, at Sixteenth and H streets, across Lafayette Square from the White House, that it is known as “The Church of the Presidents.”

It was built in 1816 when Washington was arising out of the ashes after its burning by the British in 1812.

Publisher in for first time Newspaper owner never before been president Also is first senator to be elected to the office of chief executive WASHINGTON, D.C. —Warren G. Harding is the first newspaper publisher to serve as President of the United States. He is the 29th chief executive, reckoning Cleveland’s two terms as separate ones because he was the only President serving twice who was not re-elected.

Nineteen Presidents were lawyers at the time they were elected. Three are classified as statesmen; two as farmers; one as a public official. Mr. Harding might also fall within the class of statesman as he had served six years in the senate when elected and was the first senator to be elected President.

Eighteen presidents have been college men; one was graduated from West Point; nine had no college education.

Athletic club is formed here About twenty-five young men become members First smoker with boxing bouts will be held next Friday evening The Marshfield Athletic Club has been formed with a membership of about 25 young men. The organization was brought about by Frank Smith who was match maker for the recent boxing bout held here.

The purpose of the club is to give the members athletic training and physical culture. Boxing and athletic entertainments will be given every week.

The first smoker will be Friday night, March 11, when there will be thirty rounds of boxing. Some of the local boys will take part and several well known boxers, including Jimmy Duffy, Red Campbell, Frank Peats and Tex Vernon. The proceeds of this event will go into the club treasury.

Telephone company plans structure at Coquille Will be on same property with the new exchange — to be attractive The Coos and Curry Telephone Company today let the contract for a new warehouse which is to be built on the telephone property at Coquille. There is now being erected a new exchange. There was an old house on the lots and it had been planned to convert this into a warehouse but it was decided to move it away entirely and build a new warehouse which will conform in architecture with the exchange. It will cost about $1000. The contract was let to Hall and Ireland, who are building the exchange.

The warehouse will be 40 by 24 feet in size. Concrete driveways will lead to the street. There will be a nice lawn about the buildings and when finished the telephone property will be as attractive as any telephone home in the state.

50 YEARS — 1971 Beverage, container industries accused of stalling legislation SALEM (UPI) — The beverage and container industries were accused Wednesday of using diversionary tactics to stall litter control legislation.

Rep. Norma Paulus, R-Salem, made the charge while testifying before a House State and Federal Affairs subcommittee on a bill (HB 1036) that would impose a five-cent deposit on beverage containers.

She said industry-sponsored newspaper ads and commercials asking citizens not to litter are “red herrings.”

She also labeled as a diversion the organization known as Stop Oregon Litter and Vandalism (SOLV) because “it is financed by the very industry that will try to defeat this bill.”

The public is “clamoring” for such a bill, she said, and failure to approve the measure would mean the committee was “giving in to a very high pressure lobby.”

Rep. Gordon Macpherson, R-Waldport, who was chairman of an interim committee that studied the litter problem, said a similar deposit bill failed in 1969 because the industry asked for a chance to solve the problem through education programs.

However, six months after the session ended, Macpherson said, the industry was strongly promoting non-returnable containers.

He said a few anti-litter billboards and ads showed up just before the current session of the legislature began.

The education attempts have failed, Macpherson said, just as they have failed to curb smoking or drinking and driving.

He said the five-cent deposit is needed to provide a strong enough incentive to make people not throw bottles and cans out or to make some one want to pick up the containers after they have been dropped by others.

New CB hospital changed Revised schematic drawings of the new Bay Area hospital were reviewed by the hospital district directors Thursday as presented by representatives of Stone, Marraccini and Patterson, a San Francisco architectural firm.

The designers explained they made the revisions, upon instruction of the hospital board, to “tighten the building and program to reduce costs” because of recent information there was “very little likelihood” of federal aid from Hill-Harris funds this year. The board felt it advisable to “pull in its horns” a little to remain within its financial limits and not to depend on federal assistance.

Roger Hill, project architect, said that in revising the plans to “shrink the cost,” they retained the “essence of the earlier design.”

The bed count remained the same — 140, of which 12 were in coronary care and intensive care units.”

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North Idaho JC bombs Southwestern Oregon CC COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — College of Southern Idaho and North Idaho Junior College clash here tonight in the finals of the Region 18 National Junior College Athletic Association basketball tournament.

College of Southern Idaho, the nation’s top-ranked junior college team, ran over Mt. Hood 86-61 in a first-round game Thursday.

Host North Idaho romped past Southwestern Oregon Community College 102-70 in other action.

The winner tonight will host an inter-regional playoff to determine a berth in the national tournament in Hutchinson, Kan., later this month.

Johnny Williams with 27 was high for North Idaho in the second game and three other starters hit in double figures. Ray Struve led the losers with 21.

Coos residents signing not to get obscene mail The new federal postal law will not protect Americans against obscene mail from abroad, although it is expected to eventually protect them from such objectionable U.S. mail, Bay Area postmasters told The World this week.

The law permits American postal patrons to have their names placed on a master list of persons who want protection against sexually oriented mail. Publishers of such material will be required to buy the master list from the U.S. Post Office Department and to remove all the names on it from their mailing lists.

Some people say this amounts to “a good break for the publish companies,” said Jack Taylor, officer in charge of the Coos Bay Post Office. He said the list is regarded by some as “a list of people who wouldn’t send any money anyway.”

It is a service in a sense, said Taylor, but it also serves the purpose of keeping the names of people who object to receiving this material off the mailing lists.

Some 30 persons have taken advantage of the service in Coos Bay, and probably a similar number in North Bend, although no record is kept in the local post offices. A few have filled out forms in Coquille since the new law went into effect about two weeks ago.

Charleston lab before board Coos County State Rep. Jack Ripper, D-North Bend, said he will attend a State Board of Higher Education meeting Tuesday where proposed new facilities for the University of Oregon Institute of Marine Biology at Charleston will be discussed.

Ripper said “This conflict will have to be resolved,” referring to funding priorities for the Charleston facility and the Oregon State University’s laboratory at Newport.

He has proposed legislation seeking $1,130,000 for new buildings at Charleston.

The Oregon Ways and Means Committee toured the facility recently after which two Lincoln County legislators sent a letter signed by co-chairman of the Ways and Means Committee urging the state board to determine what priorities should be set for competing universities.

J.I. “Jack” Hunderup, vice chancellor for facilities of the State System of Higher Education, said discussion Tuesday will center around possibility of building three faculty dwellings at Charleston and a dormitory to house 50 to 60 students. He said the proposal asks $500,000 for construction to be paid off under sale of self liquidating bonds.

Lakers salvage third in Region 18 tourney, 90-79 COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — The competition from the Idaho schools was a bit rich for Southwestern Oregon in the Region 18 tournament, but the Lakers bolstered their claim to being “Oregon’s best” junior college quintet with a consolation-round victory over Mt. Hood Friday.

“We were presented with a nice plaque for third place in Region 18 and have a 22-7 record — it’s been a very good season,” said Coach Dale Bates, after a 90-79 win over the Saints.

In the featured “civil war” battle, Southern Idaho nipped Northern Idaho 68-65 to emerge the region champion.

Spearheaded by Gary Sellers and Ray Kinny, Southwestern fired around the 50 per cent mark throughout its clash with Mt. Hood to stay on top without exception after the opening minutes.

Sellers came off the bench to lead the way with 24 points, including 10-of-11 free throws and Kinny netted 22 in addition to harvesting 12 rebounds. Mike Rose rebounded 17 times for the winners.

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Burglars take evidence, guns from Bandon PD Stolen: Items taken apparently include two guns and other articles related to the murder investigation of 13-year-old Daniella Elder Bandon Police and the Coos County Major Crimes Investigation Team are investigating the theft of evidence from the Bandon Police Department early Friday morning.

Missing items apparently include two guns and undisclosed items related to the murder investigation of 13-year-old Danielle Elder, according to Bandon Police Officer Shawn Essex.

According to Bandon Police Chief Bob McBride, investigators believe the suspects, who have not been identified, broke into the police station sometime between 4:15 and

5:30 a.m. The office was not staffed at the time, McBride indicated.

McBride said the entry was forced, as burglars smashed open the front door, breached an interior door, broke a plate glass window and used bolt-cutters to get to items stored in two temporary evidence lockers. The suspects tried unsuccessfully to break into the department’s main evidence locker.

NB nearing donation goal for stadium Bulldogs: Nearly $370,000 in donations and pledges already in place for new structure Just six months into its fund-raising project, the North Bend Stadium Committee is within about $80,000 of its goal for a new east grandstands.

The school has received $367,000 in cash donations and pledges, not far from goal of $450,000, North Bend athletic director Boyd Bjorkquist said.

Structural damage was discovered in the 50-year-old east grandstands last winter and even with repairs the top several rows of the structure could not be used during football season.

With most of the money in hand for a new structure, the committee is focusing on the actual project, with several developments coming in the next few weeks.

Architect Mike Crow of Crow, Clay and Associates is close to finishing the bid specifications for the project, which should be ready to go out for bid within the next two weeks, Bjorkquist said.

About three weeks later, the committee hopes to choose a contractor to build the 1,150- to 1,200-seat steel and aluminum structure, with construction starting after school ends in June.

Meanwhile, plans have come together for demolition of the existing grandstands, all of which will be donated, Bjorkquist said.

Marist ends Reedsport’s season Preps: Hot shooting propels Spartans into Class 3A state tourney REEDSPORT — Track season had an early start this year, courtesy of the Marist and Reedsport basketball teams.

In an up-and-down, back-and-forth and wild 32 minutes, Marist shot its way into the Class 3A state tournament with a 94-74 playoff victory over Reedsport on Saturday. The loss ended the Braves’ season (16-8 overall).

The game was all offense … and no defense.

“We would like them to run with us but they did a little more running than we expected,” said Reedsport junior Chad Harrington.

Marist ran up the score from the start and had a 16-1 lead before the halfway mark of the first quarter.

Siuslaw eliminated with loss Playoffs: Cottage Grove takes lead early on way to 59-42 win over Vikings in Class 3A Lance Haberly had seen it before.

In all of the Siuslaw girls basketball team’s losses this season, the Vikings had problems at the free throw line and a critical player in early foul trouble.

The script played out again on Saturday, but unfortunately for Siuslaw, there are no more games to play.

Cottage Grove ended the Vikings’ season with a 59-42 victory in a loser-out Class 3A playoff game in Cottage Grove. The win propelled the Lions into the state tournament in Corvallis this week while the Vikings’ season ends with a 16-10 overall record.

“They played a pretty good game,” said Haberly of the Lions.

Cottage Grove, from the Sky-Em League, jumped out to a 30-15 halftime lead and led by at least double digits the rest of the game.

The Lions took advantage of almost perfect numbers from the charity stripe while the Vikings struggled.

“That is what it came down to,” Haberly said.

The Lion shot 14-for-16 from the line in the first half, compared to the Vikings 6-for14 effort.

Siuslaw’s Caley Nordahl missed much of the first half with three fouls and picked up her fourth foul 10 seconds into the third quarter.

Bandon voters to decide whether street tax will pave way for improved roads BANDON — In a town criss-crossed by gravel roads and hazardous potholes, residents wary of the progress the city has made in paving its streets have struck upon a new idea.

A street tax.

During its meeting Monday night, the Bandon City Council approved unanimously a plan to place a 10-year local option street improvements tax on the May 15 ballot.

The council’s decision sets in motion a series of hearings and discussions, because the proposed street tax is not just an add-on, it’s a complete change of direction.

If the proposed tax is approved by voters, it would replace an urban renewal levy and allow all of Bandon’s residents to benefit from better roads, not just those in the urban renewal district. Ninety percent of Bandon’s roads are located outside the district, according to City Manager Matt Winkel.

The tax would be assessed at 84.5 cents per $1,000 of property value, an amount equal to the current Urban Renewal Special Levy.

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 withi Sell it in the Classifieds! 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 SUBDIVISI Oregon. M DESCRIBE GAYEWSK Coos Coun TOGETHE conveyed i Adjustmen 18, 2007, in You wouldn’t want half the story, 4928, and would you? It just wouldn’t be 2007, in Mi Coos Coun right.

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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.

PUBLIC NOTICE T-Mobile is proposing modifications to existing telecommunications antennas and associated equipment collocated on the rooftop of a building located at an address 275 N. Broadway, Coos Bay, Coos County, OR 97420 (N 43° 22' 08.64", W 124° 12' 48.21"). T-Mobile is publishing this notice in accordance with Federal Communications Commission regulations (47 CFR § 1.1307) for Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

Parties interested in commenting on this Federal undertaking or with questions on the proposed facility should contact Impact7G, Inc., Attn: Ms. Andrea McCool at 9550 Hickman Road, Clive, IA 50325 or call 515-473-6256 (Ref. Impact7G NW #398).

Published: March 5, 2021 The World & ONPA (310181) -------------------------------------------IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS In the Matter of the Estate of: KAY MARLENE McKENNEY, Deceased. Case No. 21PB00633 INFORMATION TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that DEBRA ROTH has been appointed personal representative. All persons having claims against the estate of KAY MARLENE McKENNEY are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the personal representative at 2370 State St.,North Bend, OR 97459, or through her attorney, Nathan B. McClintock, at PO Box 1178, Coos Bay, OR 97420, or in person at 936 Central Avenue, Coos Bay, Oregon, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, or the claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the Court, the personal representative, or the lawyer for the personal representative, Nathan B. McClintock.

Dated and first published on March 5, 2021.

Nathan B. McClintock, OSB #841520 Attorney for Personal Representative Personal Representative: Debra Roth 2370 State St. North Bend, OR 97459 (541) 297-1225 Nathan McClintock Lawyer for Personal Representative PO Box 1178 Coos Bay, OR 97420 Phone: (541) 269-1123 Fax: (541) 269-1126 Email: nmcclintock@epuerto.com Published: March 5, March 12, March 19 and March 26, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:310430) --------------------------------------------

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 FOR THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS PROBATE DEPARTMENT In the matter of the Estate of: RUTH MATILDA WILLIAMS, Decedent.

Case No.: 21PB01352 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the undersigned personal representative at P.O. Box 1006, North Bend, Oregon 97459, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, or the claims may be barred.

All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the court, the personal representative, or the attorneys for the personal representative, Stebbins & Coffey, P.O. Box 1006, North Bend, Oregon 97459. Dated and first published March 5, 2021.Debbie L. Wright Personal Representative Published: March 5, March 12 and March 19, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:310498)

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- Unclaimed Capital Credit Checks Douglas Electric Cooperative is attempting to locate former members of the cooperative whose capital credit checks remain unclaimed. These checks are for members who received electric service for the year 1980.

DEC has set up an unclaimed capital credits list of names under the “Member Services” tab at www.dec.coop. If you are one of the members listed, or a next of kin, please contact Douglas Electric Cooperative at 1981 NE Stephens - Roseburg OR, or call 541-673-6616, to claim your capital credits. Any unclaimed margins become the cooperative’s property four months after the first publication of this notice.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING – PROPOSED STREET VACATION CASE NO: VAC 1-21 The City of North Bend Planning Commission will hold a remote public hearing on Monday, March 22nd at 7:00 pm in the City Hall Council Chamber, 835 California Avenue to consider the possible vacation of right-ofway, that portion of 12th Street as originally platted on the Map of Woodlawn Addition to the City of North Bend, recorded in Original Plat Book 3, Page 52, records of Coos County, Oregon, lying south of Lot 16, Block 7, and north of Lot 1, Block 14, all in said plat, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of Block 7, said plat; thence, along the south line of Lot 16, said Block, easterly for a distance of 117 feet to the southeast corner of said Lot 16; thence, along a prolongation of the west line of the alley in said Block 7, southerly for a distance of 66 feet to the northeast corner of Lot 1, Block 14, said plat; thence, along the north line of said Lot 1, westerly for a distance of 117 feet to the northwest corner of said Block 14; thence, along the east line of Oak Street, northerly for a distance of 66 feet to the True Point of Beginning. Primary Petitioner: Lance Burfield .Application Filed: February 11, 2021 Comments and objections may be submitted in writing.

Written comments and oral public comment requests must be submitted by 1:00 p.m. on the day of the hearing. Failure of an issue to be raised in a hearing, in person, or by letter, or failure to provide statements or evidence sufficient to afford the decision maker an opportunity to respond to the issue precludes appeal to the board based on that issue.

The Planning Commission shall make a recommendation to City Council on this matter. Further information, including how to participate in the meeting, may be obtained by contacting Chelsea Schnabel, City Planner at 541-756-8535 or visiting the City website at the following link: https://www.northbendoregon.us/ pc/page/planning-commissionmeeting-60.

KayLee Marone : City Recorder Published: March 5 and March 12, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:310944)

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)

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 ADMIRALTY Case No. 6:20-cv-00427-AA NOTICE TO ABSENTEE DEFENDANT OZZIE GREGORIO VIA SERVICE PUBLICATION 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)

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Kathleen Butler, who turned 104 last weekend, sits with her 81-year-old son Duane Leafdahl at the home they share in Reedsport

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REEDSPORT — A Reedsport woman was surprised with a socially distant celebration of her 104th birthday over the weekend.

Kathleen Butler celebrated from inside the house Feb. 27 as neighbors, friends and attendees of her son’s church came to wish her well and tie balloons on the family’s fence.

“She’s so happy that so many people thought of her on her birthday,” said Duane Leafdahl, Butler’s son. “It just tickled her.”

Butler was born in Idaho, and grew up in Davenport, Washington, and Oakridge, Oregon, where she graduated high school. She lived in a logging camp on the McKenzie River with her first husband, Leafdahl’s father, until his death in 1948.

Leafdahl’s brother, two years older than him, had died in a fire six years earlier.

“So it was just my mom and I,” Leafdahl said. “She raised me.”

The two packed up and headed west, landing in Reedsport and moving into the Welcome Hotel.

Butler worked for 69 cents an hour at a restaurant owned by people she’d met while living on the McKenzie — Aunt Jenny’s, according to Leafdahl. She was an excellent cook, he said, and later worked for the Horseshoe Cafe,

too, giving the family an apartment above the restaurant.

Then, in 1951, she married Reedsport native Bob Butler, who built the house the family now lives in just a block away from their previous home.

Bob Butler had an affinity for the water — a longshoreman by trade, he’d often take friends and others out fishing. Frequently, he’d have to ask Kathleen to stop fishing, so as not to embarrass their guests by the quality and frequency of her catches.

“She had the largest silver, I think, two different years weighed in at Winchester Bay,” Leafdahl said.

Aside from the fishing, though, Bob’s work as a longshoreman moved the family to Coos Bay, where Leafdahl would attend Marshfield High School and the family would purchase the Broadway Motel in North Bend.

Kathleen Butler, would clean and iron all the sheets and bedcovers, according to Leafdahl.

After Leafdahl entered the Navy, Kathleen and Bob Butler returned to Reedsport. Eventually, they moved to Arizona, spending the winters there.

But in summers, they’d return to Reedsport — to fish, of course.

“Mom always kept a log of the fish they caught,” Leafdahl remembered.

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Among the many balloons that friends dropped off for Kathleen Butler for her birthday last weekend were three representing her age, 104 years.

The balloons, at one point about 75, came in many shapes, sizes and colors.

“Minnesota temperatures got down to minus-26 last month — how could the climate be getting mer?”

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and many other organizations have been tracking temperatures worldwide since the late 1880s. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) data, “the Earth has warmed about 1.44 degrees Fahrenheit in the last 40 years.” Further, records analyzed by NOAA indicate the last few decades have been the warmest in the last 1,000 years.

An important part of the picture is that the change in temperature isn’t uniform: the poles are warming much faster than the rest of the planet between them and year-toyear variation seems to be greater overall — the Arctic has warmed more than 3.5 degrees in the last 40 years.

“But it’s snowing and freezing in Texas…”

Getting snow or a freeze on a particular day is “weather;” “climate” is the long-term average or trends of temperature, wind and precipitation that shapes the more fickle weather.

Further, the climate in a given area is not just about the average temperature and the annual rainfall, it’s also about the range of temperatures and rainfall and how they vary from year to year, as well as the timing of those seasonal patterns.

The surface of the planet warms and cools unevenly in great part because sunlight strikes the planet full-on near the equator but at an angle near the poles.

The planet also warms and cools unevenly because it has continents of land set in bodies of water, with great patches of ice on either pole. The land warms the most because it absorbs the most sunlight, the water warms less because it reflects quite a bit of sunlight, and the ice warms the least because it reflects most of the sunlight that strikes it.

One of the reasons the poles are warming faster than the rest of the planet is because in many places as the ice melts the ground (or water) beneath is exposed — switching the reflective surface to a darker surface that absorbs the heat of the sunlight and gets even warmer.

NASA reports that the area covered

by Arctic ice has decreased by 13% each decade since 1981.

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The Chamber Minute: It’s time to think tourism B2 FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2021

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It’s almost Spring! Isn’t it great to go to work and come home in the daylight? All over the daffodils are blooming, grass is growing and rhododendrons are budding out. Our thoughts, normally, would turn to baseball, graduations and getting ready for visitors. This year we are looking to reopen, stay healthy and share our wonderful home with our neighbors and visitors alike.

If you think your business isn’t a tourist related business, think again.

Besides simply accommodations and restaurants, guests impact all parts of our economy. In 2019, Coos

County visitors spent $29 million on ground transportation and motor fuel. They spent over $30 million in retail stores and another $26 million in grocery stores. In total, visitors spent some $277 million in Coos County and guess what, it’s your employees that keep them coming back.

Remember when a person who had one bad experience used to tell 10 other people about it? Twenty years ago, Travel Oregon estimated that each bad experience cost a community $20,000. With Facebook, Twitter and other social media tools, imagine

Langlois gets new librarian A new full-time library director, Cynthia Hovind, joined the Langlois Public Library District in February.

According to district board Chair Susan Orbom, “Cynthia’s enthusiastic personality, her interesting background and her professional experience as a rural librarian make her a perfect fit for our community. We are thrilled to have her on our staff.”

Hovind said she is delighted to be back on the Southern Coast. She comes to Langlois from Fall City (near Salem) and has also lived in Alaska and the San Juan Islands as well as Bandon some years ago. Educated in the Northwest, as an undergraduate at Evergreen College she focused on Native American studies and earned her masters degree at University of Oregon. She is a practiced storyteller and apprentice basket maker. On a good day, you will find her reading science fiction in her spare time and dabbling in her vegetable garden.

Planning is underway for al fresco summer events at Langlois Library, including an outdoor book sale, concert/ ice cream social and movie nights on the lawn. The Friends of LPL who are sponsoring these events would welcome new members. Inquire at the library. Donations of gently used books are now

what that costs equates to today.

Now imagine what great experiences can do for your business.

Visitors spend more and stay longer if they feel welcome. Why consumers will pay 10% more for a product or service from businesses that offers great customer service. To replace an existing customer, your businesses will spend five times more to attract a new one.

So, what can we do to get ready for this year’s guests? Focus on customer service, visitor appreciation and area knowledge with your staff.

Sign up for the free online training

The Coos Art Museum is inviting South Coast residents to submit items for Poetry of the Pandemic: A Haiku Event.

Participants can submit a Haiku poem on the theme of everyday life during the pandemic through a form on the art museum’s website under the following link: https://www.coosart.org/poetry-of-thepandemic-a-haiku-event/.

The Haiku poems will be on display at the museum from April 16 through June

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being accepted.

There is still time (until March 18) to run for the LPL special district board, a wonderful community service opportunity. See the Curry County Clerk’s website co.curry.or.us.

Patrons can place holds online and find information about new books, library events, book donations, elections and much more on the library website langloispub-

liclibrary.org. Another great source of information and amusing library tidbits is the LPL facebook page.

LPL will maintain its current schedule of curbside service and limited entrance by appointment weekdays from 11 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. for the next few weeks with the intention of being fully open in the near future. Watch the website and the reader board on the lawn for changes.

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.)

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Cynthia Hovind is the new libary director for the Langlois Public Library.

for your frontline folks and help them to Know Their Community (KYC)!

Register now at http://tourism. oregonstate.edu/camb/. It only takes a little time invested to make a big difference for our community and your business.

Leafdahl said Kathleen Butler’s most recent fishing trip at age 90, while it didn’t return any catches, was enjoyable.

Looking back, Leafdahl said some of his most enjoyable memories with his mother were the picnics they’d go to with his stepfather’s family.

And, the time she surprised him with a new bike after they’d started living in Reedsport.

“I got on it and took off, and mom was pretty amazed,” Leafdahl said.

Bob Butler died 26 years ago, according to Leafdahl.

Now, after Leafdahl’s years in the Navy, Coast Guard and working for Sause Brothers and Oregon State Universi-

26. A limited-edition commemorative booklet of the submitted poems also is planned.

The public will be invited to help select a people’s choice award, with the winner receiving a small prize from the museum.

Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry.

Haiku are small and humble poems that depict the everyday world around us and give a flash of insight into that world.

The format traditionally has 17 syllables divided into three lines of five, seven and five syllables.

ty, Kathleen has moved in with Leafdahl and his wife Jeannette.

According to Jeannette, one of Kathleen Butler’s secrets to staying healthy was her eating habits: While her restaurant jobs gave her easy access to plates full of pancakes and bowls full of ice cream, Butler made the choice not to eat more than she needed.

“And I think that’s really important,” Jeanette Leafdahl said. “She decided that was a good way to be.”

And now at 104, Kathleen Butler’s still an excellent Scrabble player, according to Duane Leafdahl.

Looking back at the time they’ve spent together, he said his mom’s taught him the importance of being honest.

“Be honest, and work hard, and take care of your family,” he remembered.

That family didn’t just include direct relations, like Leafdahl’s three kids, their children or Butler’s host of great grandchildren.

“Grandma is Grandma to lots of people,” said Tamra Garcia, Kathleen Butler’s granddaughter. “My cousins who aren’t her grandkids, she’s Grandma. My friends I grew up with, she’s their grandma, too.”

In that spirit, Kathleen Butler appreciated the 75 or so balloons, as well as the trays of cupcakes passed out to visitors over the weekend while she waved from the house — but also had her mind focused elsewhere.

“I would like to see what was spent in balloons (and have it) sent to one of those kids’ schools,” Butler said.

“She’s very charitable,” Garcia chimed in.

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Powers schools celebrate 100 days On Feb. 25, students at Powers Elementary and Powers High School celebrated their 100th day of school. During a normal school year, the primary grades will celebrate the 100th day and have activities planned around the number “100.” This year it felt like more of an accomplishment for everyone, so the celebration included all grade levels. Powers has been open under an exception to the COVID metrics due to the small size and geographic isolation of the school. Schools have been open for in-person instruction for all grades since Sept. 9 and have not missed a day.

“It has truly been a team effort here to make this happen for the kids in our community,” said Superintendent Matt Shorb. “There have

been many challenges and changes along the way regarding the safety protocols that we have to follow, and those seem to be continuing, but the dedication of our staff and students has been amazing. Not only have we not missed a day, but we do not currently have any students attending via distance learning. They are all back in school for in-person instruction.”

Powers has an enrollment of about 130 students, K-12, and this year will be graduating a class of five seniors. The small classes help create social distancing options that are more difficult to accomplish in larger schools. In addition, Powers does not transport students on bus to and from school. Students either walk or are dropped off by their parents.

“Planet warming” includes warming the seas, of course — which affects the currents.

And, as the world’s oceans warm, some of that warmed water makes its way to the poles, melting sea ice from below and hastening polar warming.

In addition to directly making a spot warmer or cooler, variation in planet heating is a key driver of the wind that moves air — and heat — around. The patterns of temperature and precipitation in each small spot on the planet are parts of larger systems, and planet-wide processes direct the patterns of climate around the globe.

As a timely example: a high-altitude stream of air jets around the Arctic Circle (the “polar vortex”), its path zigzagging north and south as it’s influenced by areas below it of land, open water or ice.

This winter, Arctic warming has weakened the vortex and moved the zigzag around, dropping Arctic temperatures far south.

These changing patterns may have counter-intuitive effects: more rain or snow in one place can be part of warmer climate overall.

How? Warm air holds more moisture than cold air; clouds

form, then rain/snow fall, when the warm, moist air cools. Which means warmer air, holding more water vapor, can produce more rain/ snow when it moves someplace cooler/colder.

In the end, while the whole system is getting warmer, climate change is bringing more variability from year to year in most places, including bringing more extreme temperatures in some spots (hotter summers and colder winters in the same area), bringing more rain in some places at the same time it’s bringing drought to others or bring precipitation at a different time of year than has come in the past.

The dynamics of climate is extremely complex, and our understanding of how it’s changing becomes clearer as we gather more information — which gives us better answers to our questions.

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You can arrange an exploration of our fascinating natural history by contacting Marty at 541/267-4027, mgiles@wavecrestdiscoveries.com, or www.facebook. com/wavecrestdiscoveries . Questions and comments about local natural history are welcome. www.wavecrestdiscoveries.com

Hall named to dean’s list at Biola University Marshfield graduate Kaylee Hall was named to the dean’s list for the fall term at Biola University in California.

Hall was one of about 1,800 students named to the dean’s list for the fall term at the Christian university in La Mirada, Calif.