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Coos County remains in extreme risk

Has been under extreme restrictions longer than any other county

By ZACK DEMARS The World

Indoor dining and recreation in Coos County will remain closed for two more weeks as the community enters its tenth week in the extreme-risk category.

With Douglas County moving out of the extreme-risk category this week, Coos County has now

been in the state’s highest tier of pandemic restrictions longer than any other county in the state.

The state’s latest slate of restriction categories were announced

by Gov. Kate Brown Tuesday, and show a marked difference between the South Coast and every other corner of the state.

"This week we continue to see the majority of counties at Lower

and Moderate Risk, and I want to thank Oregonians once again for making smart choices throughout this pandemic," Brown wrote in a press release Tuesday.

Most of the state’s higher-population counties are in less-restrictive categories due to their lower rates of virus spread in the community, like Eugene’s Lane County in the lower-risk category, and the Port-

land metro area’s Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties in the moderate-risk category.

Joining Coos County in the extreme-risk category this week is Curry County, which will have to shutter indoor dining and some other businesses starting Friday after two months in less-restrictive categories.

That county’s seen its case

Vaccines open up to additional groups

rates inch up over the past several weeks, and is now reporting the second-highest test positivity rate in the state.

It’s second only to Coos County, which has maintained high case rates, but is now beginning to see some distant signs of a decline.

“I’m cautiously optimistic that

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Educator remembers one full year of COVID

By JILLIAN WARD For The World

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Montgomery Allen, left, receives a Moderna vaccine during a clinic last Friday at the Mill Casino. All adults ages with an underlying health condition

Most adults with underlying health condition now eligible

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Another slate of residents is now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, according to Coos Health & Wellness.

County health officials chose to advance ahead of the state's timeline under a provision allowing counties to attest to having vaccinated a "critical mass" of currently eligible groups.

The move means the following

groups, which were set to become eligible Monday, are now eligible for vaccines in Coos County: • All adults 45-64 with underlying health conditions, • Migrant and seasonal farm workers, • Seafood and agricultural workers, • Food processing workers, • People living in low-income senior housing, senior congregate and independent living, • Individuals experiencing home-

lessness, • People currently displaced by wildfires, • Wildland firefighters and • Pregnant people 16 and older.

By Tuesday, a majority of Oregon's 36 counties had already chose to move ahead under the state timeline.

While eligibility is expanding, doses still remain in short supply across the country. State health officials have warned that expansions of vaccine eligibility will likely

cause “traffic jams” in registrations for several weeks.

The next eligible group, including frontline workers, multigenerational household members and those over 16 with underling conditions, will become eligible April 19.

All adults will be eligible May 1.

A complete list of eligibility guidelines will be available on the state’s website at covidvaccine. oregon.gov.

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North Bend schools may put bond on ballot Bond Development Committee to present proposal to school board in May

By JILLIAN WARD For The World

NORTH BEND ─ The North Bend School District may be asking voters to pass a facility bond this November.

But first, the district’s Bond Development Committee will release a bond proposal draft April 6. District Superintendent Kevin Bogatin said from there the proposal will be shared with the community and

open forums will be held.

“In May at the (school) board meeting, the (proposal) will go to the board and we will spend a little more time getting feedback,” Bogatin said. “The (school board) will have a final decision at the June meeting and a final adoption of the bond plan.

“We expect to be on the ballot in November,” he said.

Right now, the district has a facility bond about to expire at the

end of the year. It was a 20-year bond passed back in 2012 at about $22 million. Bogatin said the Bond Development Committee is considering a continuation of that bond, or one with “a little more money.”

“It will likely land on an increase and there will be more details in the future,” Bogatin said.

The committee is looking at three possible proposals to present to the school board. The first is the continuation of the $22 million bond.

Another is a bond asking for $35 million. The third possible proposal is a bond requesting almost $50 million.

“Our committee created plans for all three of those scenarios that we did polling on,” Bogatin said.

When asked what the bonds may cover, he said they may surround job readiness with a focus on Career Technical Education, safety Please see Bond, Page A2

COOS COUNTY ─ With school districts on spring break, the superintendent at South Coast Education Service District looked back on where educators were a year ago when COVID-19 made its first local impact.

In 2020, spring break was being extended for a couple weeks. For educators, like South Coast ESD Superintendent Tenneal Wetherell, it was a mad dash to make significant changes.

“For me and the administration team at ESD, a year ago we cancelled our holiday vacation plans and all worked onsite to adapt to distance learning,” Wetherell remembered. “…We needed to design a mechanism for our students and staff to work from home, to develop learning tools for the spring. Last spring break, ESD was very busy and it was very scary.”

Wetherell recalled what she knew at the time, when COVID-19 was still a distant and unknown threat.

“We didn’t know much about the virus,” she said. “Just that it was something dangerous and causing extreme changes, but there was no writing on the wall about the impact. As we designed distance learning for all, we all struggled through the worry about what the impacts would be (with) COVID.” Now a year later, Wetherell said what they know is the virus is dangerous and when gone unchecked can infect other people rapidly and “in some cases, end their life which is tragic.”

During the turbulent year, Wetherell said the passing time both felt like “it’s been forever and a really short time with the changes, amounts of information and how we’ve adapted.” “(Information) has come so frequently and so fast that it’s like no time at all has passed, but the daily grind is so difficult that it’s obviously been a whole year,” she said.

Even so, she has seen positives and negatives in the new ways educators approach their work. One of the negatives, she said, has been the “tremendous loss” of working in-person with staff, students and the community. On the other hand, new uses of technology have Please see Educator, Page A2

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opened up opportunities. “…Technology has increased our connection with families and each other,” she said. “Utilizing online tools for meetings has allowed us to reach our staff in meaningful ways in our districts up and down the coast.”

South Coast ESD has staff that live from Reedsport to Brookings and in-person meetings were usually scheduled in the afternoon or evenings. With the use of Zoom, Wetherell said staff can now jump online for a 30-minute meeting while saving time, money and evening hours with family and still get work done.

“It’s been really effective,” she said.

Another big change seen in schools has been the protocols. These protocols have included the usual six-feet social distancing, face masks and strict cleaning methods.

Combined with these now normal practices, schools have implemented cohorts.

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These small groups of staff and students minimize people interacting with others. It also allows, if there is an exposure to the virus, smaller groups that need to be quarantined and easier methods of tracking who did interact with an infected individual.

“The protocols are working very well,” Wetherell said. “Primarily because of the small cohorts and limited interaction between groups, therefore containing any potential spread of the virus.”

And while the protocols keep students and staff safe, she pointed out they can be very isolating. In her experience in the past year, she and colleagues missed being able to meet up and brainstorm new ideas together.

“It’s a stressful time when things change,” she said. “We worried about our health and safety, but also about the services we were and were not able to provide for students.

That caused a deep level of stress and strain for educators at ESD and around the state.”

Regardless of these stresses, Wetherell found school districts along the South Coast have done well,

especially when it came to some cohorts needing to quarantine. “(Quarantine) is a necessary evil when you have a hybrid instruction,” she said.

“But because we have been using our protocols and kept contacts small, and because of widespread mask use, the level of quarantines have been controlled.”

Last week, Gov. Kate Brown made the announcement that students will return to classrooms in April.

Wetherell said this won’t change how South Coast school districts have been

operating, which has mainly been an in-person hybrid.

“So, the governor’s changes really didn’t impact our region very much,” she said.

“We had a couple school districts where the middle school or high school came (into the classroom) a little later, but this also addressed the community metrics of being in the red and they weren’t supposed to start.

So, now given the new order that designated them to start, (these districts) will move to the next stage of opening.”

Looking ahead, Wetherell isn’t sure if the governor’s

mandate will be a “long-term prognosis” or not. But she does know that school districts have been told to plan for safety practices for the beginning of next year and into the winter break.

“If there are less (COVID) numbers in the community, state and nation, we could see less strict guidelines and more students in school but at this point we’ve been told to plan on some sort of safety implementation plan,” she said.

She hopes, as school districts move forward, that the community will continue

to practice necessary safety procedures to keep people safe.

“COVID will continue to exist, but we hope that we can get to a space where we can resume normal operations,” she said. “I want to thank families, students and teachers for their efforts and working flexibly and creatively to provide service to students. It’s been tough and we couldn’t have gotten to the place we’re at in terms of providing education without the help, understanding and support of the entire community.”

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still considering a new building, but that decision hasn’t been made.

“We are looking at upgrades and updates to our existing buildings.”

Of course, none of these details have been decided yet.

Bogatin stated he was aware of the economic stresses from the pandemic,

but that “there’s never a good time for bonds.”

“This last November, multiple bonds passed throughout the state,” he said. “(We) are seeing communities across the state passing bonds amid the pandemic. If we have a good plan, we’re ensuring citizens in North Bend that we’ll be good stewards of their money. I’m

hopeful, even amidst the pandemic, that we can generate some support.”

As the district moves forward in the bond process, Bogatin believes the community will like what it sees in the proposal.

“Once this plan rolls out, there will be quite a few things for people to be excited about,” he said.

which it uses to invite eligible residents to vaccination events put on by the agency and other health partners.

CHW invites people to events in the order they became eligible, meaning health care workers and the oldest individuals are at the top of the list. Sign-ups are available online at cooshealthandwellness.org/.

In Reedsport, the Lower Umpqua Hospital District has established a call center for vaccine pre-registration.

Only those who are currently eligible for the vaccine can call 541-271-2175 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and more information is online at www. lowerumpquahospital.org/.

Other locations in Reedsport are also offering vaccines, and the Douglas County Public Health Network is coordinating some

mass vaccination events.

Instructions on signing up for those events, and information about signing up with other providers, is available online at douglaspublichealthnetwork.org/index.php/ covid-19-vaccination-information/.

Several pharmacies are administering vaccines separately.

Each has its own policies, but is bound by the state’s guidance, meaning those who are currently eligible for vaccines can sign up for appointments.

Bay Area Hospital is offering some vaccine doses.

Appointments can be made online at https://www.bayareahospital.org/.

Safeway pharmacies at multiple locations are administering doses in Coos County. Appointments can be made online at www.

mhealthappointments.com/ covidappt.

Bi-Mart pharmacies at some locations are administering vaccines. Appointments can be made online at www.bimart.com/pharmacy/ covid-19-vaccine.

Fred Meyer is administering vaccines at some locations. Appointments can be made online at www. fredmeyer.com/rx/covid-eligibility.

North Bend’s Broadway Pharmacy has begun taking appointments for a limited supply of doses. A sign-up form is at the top of the pharmacy’s website at rxbroadway.com/.

Some Health Mart pharmacies, which have locations in Reedsport and Gold Beach, are administering vaccines. Appointments can be made online at www. healthmartcovidvaccine.com.

“Will we be in a place where we’re open in three weeks? I can’t say. Because we still have quite a ways to go from there.”

Coos County’s two-week case rate Tuesday was at its lowest point this month — 316 cases per 100,000 in population between March 7 and 20 — but remained well over the threshold for the extreme-risk designation, and remained the state’s second-highest rate.

The county’s test positivity rate, at 10%, has remained steady through the month.

Still, health officials cautioned that the county’s modest improvements could easily be wiped away by additional virus spread.

“We’re in spring break right now, so let’s not forget what that could bring,” said Becky Fairhurst, a CHW case investigator.

Travelers and gatherings during breaks have been attributed to county cases in the past, Gleason said.

“We always have seen spikes after large events, like large gatherings. Luckily we’re not Florida, but it still could be pretty bad depending on who has done what and where,” Gleason

said. “So, fingers crossed that maybe we’ve learned something from that, that we aren’t going to go and put ourselves in a position that sets us back.”

Tourists and visitors from out of the area can be a particular challenge for county health officials.

“We do try to determine where people got the illness,” Fairhust said. “It’s getting harder and harder because there’s a lot of community spread right now, but if someone’s forthcoming and they say, ‘my relative or friend came from California and they went back and tested positive,’ we might be able to reflect it there too, but we don’t always know.”

New restriction categories will be announced April 6 to take effect April 9.

To leave the extreme-risk category, the county will need to reduce that per100,000 number to 200 or fewer, and that test positivity below 10%.

Also this week, Coos County announced four new virus-related deaths.

A 67-year-old female with underlying conditions died at Mercy Medical on March 13 after testing positive for the

virus on March 2, according to the Oregon Health Authority and CHW. An 85-year-old male with underlying conditions died at Bay Area Hospital on March 21 after testing positive for the virus March 16, according to the OHA and CHW. A male in his 70’s with underlying conditions died after being hospitalized, according to CHW. Additional details about his death had not been released by OHA by press time.

Another death was reported Wednesday morning, but details weren't available by press time.

According to CHW, the new deaths bring the county’s death toll from the virus to 27. OHA reports one additional death beyond CHW’s count.

On the vaccination front, Coos County ranked 14th as of Tuesday in the number of vaccines administered per county resident.

According to state data, just over 15,000 county residents have received a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and several more groups are now eligible for the COVID vaccine.

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“Try anyway you possibly can to get a vaccine,” Coos Health & Wellness spokesperson Dr. Eric Gleason said last week. “We don’t care how you get it, as long as you have a way to actually receive it.”

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California condor to take flight over Pacific Northwest For the first time in 100 years, the endangered California condor will return to the Pacific Northwest. Once on the brink of extinction, this iconic species has made significant steps towards recovery. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service and the Yurok Tribe announced a final rule that will help facilitate the creation of a new California condor release facility for the reintroduction of condors to Yurok Ancestral Territory and Redwood National Park, which is in the northern portion of the species’ historic range. This facility will be operated by the Northern California Condor Restoration Program, a partnership between Redwood National Park and Yurok Tribe.

The rule will designate the condors affiliated with this program as a nonessential, experimental population under the Endangered Species Act. This status will provide needed flexibility in managing the reintroduced population, reduce the regulatory impact of reintroducing a federally listed species and facilitate cooperative conservation.

“The California condor is a shining example of how a species can be brought back from the brink of extinction through the power of partnerships,” said Paul Souza, regional director for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s California-Great Basin Region. “I would like to thank the Yurok Tribe, National Park Service, our state partners and others who were instrumental in this project. Together, we can help recover and conserve this magnificent species for future generations.”

With a wingspan of almost 10 feet, the California condor is the largest soaring land

bird in North America. These massive vultures are essential members of their ecosystems and play a significant role in the spiritual and cultural beliefs of the Yurok Tribe, as well as many other tribes, throughout northern California and the Pacific Northwest.

Over the past 12 years, the Yurok Tribe has led this reintroduction effort and completed a tremendous amount of legwork to prepare for the return of condors to the Pacific Northwest. Extensive environmental assessments, contaminant analyses and community outreach were just a few of the requisite tasks. The tribe completed this endeavor because the condor is an irreplaceable part of a sacred cultural landscape. Pending completion of the condor release facility, the anticipated release of condors would be fall of 2021 or spring of 2022.

“For the last 20 years, the Yurok Tribe has been actively engaged in the restoration of the rivers, forests and prairies in our ancestral territory. The reintroduction of the condor is one component of this effort to reconstruct the diverse environmental conditions that once existed in our region. We are extremely proud of the fact that our future generations will not know a world without prey-go-neesh. We are excited to work with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Redwood National Park on the final stages of the project and beyond,” said Joseph L. James, chairman of the Yurok Tribe.

California condors prehistorically ranged from California to Florida and, in contemporary times, from Western Canada to Northern Mexico.

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Once on the brink of extinction, officials said the iconic condors have made significant steps towards recovery. ly declined due to poaching and poisoning. In 1967, the California condor was listed as endangered.

In 1982, only 23 condors survived worldwide. By 1987, all remaining wild condors were placed into a captive breeding program.

Thus, began an intensive recovery program to save the species from extinction.

As a result of exemplary conservation partnerships, and intensive captive breeding and reintroduction efforts, there are now over 300 California condors in the wild in California, Arizona, Utah and Baja California.

However, the bird is still listed as endangered and lead poisoning (largely caused by ingesting lead shot or fragments of lead bullets when feeding on carcasses) is listed as one of the species’ primary threats.

“The return of condors to the skies above Redwood National and State Parks is a critical step toward recovery

of this majestic landscape,” said Steve Mietz, superintendent of Redwood National and State Parks.

“Working with our friends and partners, the Yurok Tribe and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, we will continue the unparalleled success story of condor recovery allowing all Americans to visit the tallest trees in the world while watching one of the largest birds in the world soar overhead.”

“We are excited for this opportunity to bring these iconic birds back to California habitat that has not been occupied for decades,” said Stafford Lehr, deputy director of Wildlife and Fisheries for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. “These birds are important to the biodiversity of the landscape and we are pleased with the collaboration amongst state and federal agencies, the Yurok Tribe, and private companies to conserve this species.”

Work on housing in area inches forward In 2018, a group of organizations in Coos County contracted with czb, LLC to do a housing study for Coos County. One of the recommendations of that study was that there is consolidated effort across Coos County to ensure that there is sufficient housing in Coos County to meet the needs of all residents. This effort will require collaboration among all sectors – public, private and nonprofit. After discussion it was determined that the housing issues of Coos and Curry counties as well as the Reedsport community of Douglas County shared many similar characteristics.

As a result, in March 2020, Neighborworks Umpqua in partnership with other agencies working on local housing efforts, both counties together submitted a grant request to Meyer Memorial Trust to support a regional emphasis to align, coordinate and support housing efforts on the Southern Oregon Coast.

In November 2020, the $60,000 per year grant ($120,000 total) was awarded

to Neighborworks Umpqua.

In addition, the Association of Oregon Counties awarded a $25,000 grant to NWU to provide housing coordination services for Coos and Curry counties.

The pandemic has changed the course of the project.

Neighborworks Umpqua reached out to Mike Lehman to launch the first phase of this effort. Mike has agreed to fill the role of “interim coordination” through December 31, 2021.

The starting point for this project is to form a regional steering committee to act as the driving force for housing development in the region.

Commissioner Cribbins stated; “Once formed this steering committee will be charged with convening a housing summit to bring stakeholders together to collaborate on housing development and construction in our South coast region.”

“We’re very happy to have Mike come out of retirement,” Court Boice stated.

“The focus will be on the full spectrum of housing.

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and family wage housing to attract professionals to our area. I’ve appreciated working with Mike in past opportunities He’s the perfect person to take on this important project.”

The Mike Lehman charge will be to: 1. Develop a regional steering committee and support its formative meetings.

2. Develop a collaborative process to draft a regional housing plan.

3. Support the continuance of local efforts to coordinate housing work.

4. Convene a state and regional housing gathering in the fall of 2021 that draws statewide stakeholders to inform our regional stakeholders of available resources and housing best practices.

Lehman brings a wealth of experience to the area being born and raised in Coos County, serving six years in the Oregon Legislature and seven years with Oregon Community Action.

He says, “The Housing Study confirmed what most had been thinking. The housing problems on the South Coast

impact all sectors. There is inadequate low-cost housing for those most in need, particularly our senior citizens on a fixed income. But the lack of housing also hurts our working families and even impacts our ability to attract medical professionals to our communities”.

Mike will begin his role by engaging with stakeholders to discuss the current state of housing projects. Mike can be reached at mlehman269@ gmail.com or (541) 9122632.

The final rule exempts most incidental take of condors within the nonessential experimental population, provided the take is unintentional and not due to negligent conduct. Although the rule exempts most incidental take, certain activities are prohibited within 656 feet (200 meters) of an occupied nest.

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Coos Bay man jailed for assault, strangulation A Coos Bay man is behind bars facing charges for allegedly assaulting his partner.

The Coos County Sheriff’s Office reported David G.K. Orr was arrested last week after deputies responded to a call reporting a domestic dispute in the 59700 block of Roderick Road.

At the scene, deputies contact Orr and placed him under arrest on charges of assault IV and strangulation.

After being arrested, Orr was transported to the Coos County Jail.

David G.K. Orr

Coos Bay woman Woman killed in accident near Lakeside killed in accident Courtesy of the Coos County Sheriff's Office

A 24-year-old woman died after this Jeep Cherokee went off a sand road and landed upside down in a ditch Saturday.

A 24-year-old woman died in a traffic accident just after 6 p.m. Saturday in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area in Lakeside.

According to a press release from the Coos County Sheriff’s Office, dispatchers received a 911 call at 6:08 p.m. Saturday reporting the accident on Ten Mile Sand Road, about 1.5 miles east of Horsfall Beach.

The initial reports indicated a 2001 Jeep Cherokee drove off the sand road and

was upside down in the water.

Those who called 911 also said people were still inside the vehicle.

When deputies arrived, they learned two of the three occupants of the vehicle were able to get out with assistance of several other ATV riders who stopped to help, but a third occupant was still trapped inside.

The responding deputy, with the assistance of the other ATV riders, was able

to attach a winch line from the deputy’s patrol truck and quickly winch the vehicle out of the water so the occupant could be removed from the vehicle.

CPR was immediately administered and continued to be administered until medical staff from the Hauser Fire Department and Bay Cities Ambulance arrived on scene and took over the medical aid.

Bay Cities Ambulance medical personnel with the

assistance of Bay Area Hospital physicians pronounced the third passenger, Hailey Vincent, dead at the scene.

The Coos County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the ATV community, and more specifically the ATV riders who assisted at the scene with the quick, selfless actions which likely saved the life of at least one of the other occupants of the vehicle.

The cause of the accident is still under investigation.

A 43-year-old Coos Bay woman was killed in a one-vehicle accident Monday night near Bandon.

According to the Oregon State Police, April Garrett was killed when she fell off the roof of a vehicle on Whiskey Run Beach.

Troopers were called to the scene at around 7:40 p.m. When they arrived, they learned Jerry Garrett, 46, was driving a Mercury Mountain-

eer on the beach while April Garrett was on the roof of the vehicle. While driving, April Garrett fell off the roof and suffered fatal injuries.

The Oregon State Police were assisted at the scene by the Coos County Sheriff's Office, Bandon Police Department, Bandon Fire Department and Bay Cities Ambulance.

The investigation into the incident is continuing.

Wyden urges department to issue Merkley leads introduction guidance for summer programs of cannabis legislation U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden urged the U.S. Department of Education to issue guidance for how to use funding from the American Rescue Plan to provide summer enrichment programming for children and families.

In a letter with 10 colleagues to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, the senators stressed the importance of the department’s leadership in ensuring that states maximize the potential of these funds to address the academic, emotional, and social needs of students, particularly those in low-income communities that have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.

“With summer approaching quickly and significant resources now available to states and districts that could help provide a variety of programming to students and families over the summer, it’s critical that the

department take a leading role in both prompting and guiding the state-level conversations and decision-making required to maximize the reach of these resources,” Wyden and his colleagues wrote. “Unlike most other forms of educational support and services, summer programming often takes place outside of school systems and requires substantial coordination and partnership among a variety of stakeholders.”

The senators continued: “As states, districts, and community-based organizations are already underway in finalizing their plans for this summer, and families are deciding what summer opportunities best fit the needs of their children, we urge you to issue clear and timely guidance on how to use these funds to plan and implement evidence-based summer enrichment pro-

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Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) recently introduced the bipartisan Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, which would ensure that legal cannabis businesses have access to critical banking services.

Most state legal medicinal or recreational cannabis businesses are denied access to the banking system because banks fear they may be prosecuted under federal law given the ongoing federal restrictions on cannabis.

The lack of access to bank accounts, credit cards and checks have forced state legal cannabis businesses to operate in cash, opening the door to tax evasion and to a dangerous pattern of robberies, including one that resulted in the murder of a store clerk in Portland earlier this month.

Giving state legal cannabis businesses access to banking services would not only improve community safety, but also make it easier for Americans of color — who have long been disproportionately impacted by America’s racist ‘War on Drugs’ policies and generations of asset-stripping policies and practices — to access the capital necessary to participate in the emerging cannabis industry.

“No one working in a store or behind a register should have to worry about experiencing a traumatic robbery at any moment,” said Merkley. “That means we can’t keep forcing legal cannabis businesses to operate entirely in cash — a nonsensical

rule that is an open invitation to robbery and money laundering. Let’s make 2021 the year that we get this bill signed into law, so we can ensure that all legal cannabis businesses have access to the financial services they need to help keep their employees safe.”

“Montana businesses shouldn't have to operate in all cash — they should have a safe way to conduct business,” Daines said. “My bipartisan bill will provide needed certainty for legal Montana cannabis businesses and give them the ability to freely use banks, credit unions and other financial institutions without the fear of punishment. This in turn will help increase public safety, reduce crime, support Montana small businesses, create jobs and boost local economies. A win-win for all.”

To address the safety concerns resulting from these state legal businesses being shut out of banking services, the SAFE Banking Act would prevent federal banking regulators from: • Prohibiting, penalizing or discouraging a bank from providing financial services to a legitimate state-sanctioned and regulated cannabis business or an associated business (such as a lawyer or landlord providing services to a legal cannabis business); • Terminating or limiting a bank’s federal deposit insurance solely because the bank is providing services to a state-sanctioned cannabis business or associated

business; • Recommending or incentivizing a bank to halt or downgrade providing any kind of banking services to these businesses; or • Taking any action on a loan to an owner or operator of a cannabis-related business.

The bill also creates a safe harbor from criminal prosecution and liability and asset forfeiture for banks and their officers and employees who provide financial services to legitimate, state-sanctioned cannabis businesses, while maintaining banks’ right to choose not to offer those services. The bill also provides protections for hemp and hemp-derived CBD related businesses.

The legislation is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mazie Hirono (DHI), Tina Smith (D-MN), Angus King (I-ME), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jon Tester (D-MT), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Chris Murphy (DCT), Gary Peters (D-MI), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Patty Murray (D-WA), Amy Klobuchar (DMN), Rand Paul (R-KY), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY).

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Coquille tribe sends a message we can all follow Over the weekend, the Coquille neighbors.

Indian Tribe invited the community, Tribe Chairman Brenda Meade said almost anyone in the community, to reaching out to the community, and all sign up to receive the COVID-19 ages of the community, is just the right vaccination. thing to do.

The tribe, as a sovereign govern“Our traditional culture teaches ment, has been receiving COVID us to revere and protect our elders,” vaccines since they became available. she said. “At the same time, we know The tribe first vaccinated its tribal that vaccinating these teens will help members, then opened it to its employ- protect school personnel and the whole ees – those at the Mill Casino and any community.” other tribal employees – and patients And the Coquille tribe is not alone. at the tribal clinic.

Last month, I received an email from When those who wanted vaccines the Yurok Tribe in Northern Califorin that area were filled, nia showing how the the Coquille Indian Tribe tribe purchased a new turned to its neighbors in ambulance for the city Coos Bay, North Bend of Klamath. Much like and elsewhere. the Coquille tribe here, Last Friday, the tribe the Yurok Tribe reached had a vaccine clinic for out to its neighbors and anyone over age 65, and found a way to meet a Sunday had a clinic for need. teens ages 16-19.

That’s a lesson we The Coquille Indian can all follow, especially Tribe, and apparently outside of government. many of the tribes in All around us people the Northwest, have a are suffering. Many are tradition called the Pothomeless, others are David Rupkalvis latch tradition. As best having a hard time getExecutive Editor as I understand it, the ting food. Maybe some tradition basically says if are just isolated away you have a lot, you give to others who from friends and family or maybe they don’t. In most cases, that probably don’t have a way to get to the doctor’s related to food, money or shelter, but office. during these unusual times, that means I don’t have COVID vaccines to the tribe reaches out to the community give out. In fact, I don’t even have one as a whole to offer COVID vaccines. to take myself yet, but that doesn’t And best of all, the tribe announced mean I can’t make a little difference Tuesday it had more vaccines availin someone’s life. I can buy someone able, so it is again sharing them with lunch, I can give a person a ride and, the community. On Friday, a clinic for maybe most important, I can take a seniors over age 65 will take place at minute to listen to someone else when the Mill Casino and Sunday, a clinic they want to talk. To top it all off, even will be offered for 16- to 18-year-olds if I’m wearing a mask, I can smile. at the casino.

Yes, even with a mask you can tell.

There is no charge and anyone who I can make a difference one person gets a first dose, will automatically be at a time and so can you. It doesn’t scheduled to receive a second. have to cost a lot or require a lot, but In my opinion, helping us all get after a year of isolation and frustration, over the COVID pandemic, and likely we can help each other out. saving lives in the process, is a terrific I appreciate the Coquille Indian way for the Coquille Indian Tribe to Tribe and their Potlatch tradition for honor its Potlatch tradition and its reminding me of that.

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We can act now to fight wildfires

By Harrison Raine For the 2021 fire season, the writing is on the wall. The West, despite a few days of intense winter, is far drier than it was leading up to last year’s record-breaking fires.

As a hotshot crewmember, the reality of what’s to come fills me with two distinct thoughts: money and dread. With my financial stability tied to overtime pay, I know that my pockets will be full when I am laid off next winter. But the unrelenting fires that stand between now and then make me nervous.

I also know that I am not alone.

Across the West, people in homes and communities are filled with anxiety as they look at dry timber and brown hillsides that are usually white this time of year. For them, when the air fills with smoke, there won’t be any fire paychecks, just a prolonged sense of uncertainty.

Drought levels often serve as a good indicator of the fires to come, and things are far worse now than they were in the build-up to 2020. Rich Tinker, an author of the U.S. Drought Monitor at the Climate Prediction Center, told me, “In 2020, the highest we got to anywhere, was a D2 - Severe Drought. Now we are looking at D3 - D4 - Extreme and Exceptional Drought across much of the West and almost all of the Southwest.”

When Nick Nauslar, a fire meteorologist at the National Interagency Fire Center, talks about the fire season to come, he’s particularly blunt: “The deck is stacked against us. I fully expect a busier season than normal across the Southwest.”

For Tinker and Nauslar, the areas of concern primarily encompass the Four Corners states of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. When you put together light snowpack, dry fuels and high temperatures, every wildland firefighter knows what that means.

In my time as wildland firefighter, the question I get asked again and again is whether I am ever scared. The answer to this question is “yes,” but not in the life-or-death sense in which it’s asked.

There are far more constant threats than the flames themselves.

Smoke, for one. Carbon emissions, for another.

I think I’m worried most by the knowledge that damage from these

wildfires affects the health of millions of people, and that the large wildfires of today are ensuring even bigger ones in the future. Everyone should be concerned about this reality, not just those of us on the fire line.

Wildfires and their management are known by some researchers as a “wicked problem,” where no optimal solution exists. For decades, forest managers were convinced that suppressing all fires was the answer. But we’ve known for a while now how misplaced those beliefs were, even as many agencies cling to that failed strategy of a century ago.

Jerry Williams, former fire and aviation director for the U.S. Forest Service, puts it best about our stubborn wrongheadedness: “Every year we set a new record, we invest more in (fire) suppression, invest less in mitigation and wonder why we’re not getting on top of it.” If someone who directed the largest wildland firefighting force in the world makes this statement, it’s probably time to try something else.

What we need are policies and programs that address wildfires in ways beyond just putting fires out. This spring, Colorado showed that it’s willing to learn from last season’s pain when Gov. Jared Polis and state legislators from both

sides of the aisle released a series of bills aimed at wildfire mitigation, not only wildfire suppression.

These bills are exciting for several reasons such as: allocation of millions for forest health projects and grants for communities and individual homeowners to carry out their own hazard reduction projects. Also there is an attempt to seek out incentives for markets to address fuel mitigation through biomass energy.

The millions the state spends now on restoring forests and hardening homes pale in comparison to the costs of firefighting and rebuilding homes. Every dollar spent on prevention saves $17 in suppression costs, according to a report commissioned by former Utah Gov. Gary R. Herbert.

There is also a bill to allow former inmates with firefighting experience to seek future employment with the state, which will help ensure a consistent workforce.

I hope the federal government is taking notes.

Harrison Raine is a contributor to Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, a nonprofit dedicated to spurring lively conversation about the West. He started fighting wildfires in 2016 and lives in Colorado.

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I realize it may be too late to change, but I was walking my dog in Topits Park today by, what I believe is the site for the new library.

It was hard to tell from the original maps/drawings that were in the paper, but if the site is due north of the National Guard Armory, that site is currently a swamp. There is standing water almost everywhere you look to the south of the paved path.

I really have to wonder if the council jumped the gun on this one? I would think it would require an enormous amount of site preparation and landfill. Is it too late to go back to the site by the Dodge dealership? If the councilors haven't been out to the site, it might be worth their time and our money for them to go take a look.

June Willoughby Coos Bay

Give up on Jordan Cove On Feb. 25, Pembina issued the statement that they "sadly can no longer predict when Jordan Cove

LNG will be built." They took a big write-down on their investment in the project and are evaluating a path forward. They have been denied or have withdrawn every state permit application made and will have to restart each process to receive approval. Also, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has denied Pembina's appeals of state rulings and supported Oregon's decisions on these applications.

After 15 years, and the efforts of three different companies, it is time for Pembina to stop pursuing this project. Yet they continue to hold hostage the properties of many Oregon landowners. Just two weeks ago, Pembina received a seventh extension of a pipeline application over Blue Ridge for a route that FERC denied years ago. For eight years with Pembina and three years with Veresen, these landowners have been encumbered and unable to freely plan for the future of their land, which for many has been in their family for generations. Also, it is long past time for our county commissioners to start supporting our residents and protecting

their property. The pipeline would have cause irreparable damage to landowners' properties, sometimes passing within feet of their homes. It also could drastically alter hundreds of waterways, many necessary for the spawning of salmon and other species, vital to our fishermen.

Coos County is definitely in need of new, viable industries to provide good, family wage jobs.

Jordan Cove never would have provided enough of these to create local prosperity. However, there is now great interest in developing wind, wave and solar energy on the South Coast and is supported by local industries. The jobs provided would be far more numerous and higher paying than what LNG could have offered. It is time for Pembina to give up on a project they will never complete or perhaps, even start. It is also time for Coos County to give up on Pembina and focus on a renewable future and to develop more opportunities in fields currently existing.

Natalie Ranker North Bend

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OBITUARIES James A. Curran

George Edward Metz

December 28, 1924 – March 11, 2021

Jim Curran passed away on March 11 at the age of 96. Born in Coos Bay in 1924, Jim lived nearly his entire life in Coos County.

A remarkably curious and energetic man, he made a profound impact on countless people over the course of his life, especially throughout his decades of teaching in Bandon and Coquille. In fact, Jim never stopped teaching, constantly imparting knowledge to anyone within earshot, whether they wanted it or not, right to the end, Jim’s youth was spent often with his late sister Marilee, a gorgeous counterpoint to his gangly appearance, spending summers in Oakland while attending Marshfield during the school year. A standout in both academics and athletics, Jim lettered in three sport as a proud Marshfield Pirate before the family moved to Corvallis for his senior year. In his senior year, he took second place in the state running the half mile, the smallest runner in a field of 28.

The highlight of his short time in Corvallis, though, was his first look at a beautiful coed classmate, boldly informing his lifelong Kronie, “That’s the woman I’m going to marry”. The attractive female, unencumbered by Jim’s existence, much less his dubious prediction, was named Flo Callas, and sure enough, they were married two years later and remained so for 73 years until her passing in 2019. Few couples radiate such conspicuous affection for one another as did Flo and Jim. World War Two was raging when Jim graduated from high school, and Jim wasted no time enlisting to serve our country in the Navy. He was assigned to combat duty in the Pacific theatre, serving mostly in the Philippines.

Despite remarkable wartime

January 28, 1927 – January 24, 2021

hardships and high casualties, Jim earned the moniker “The Professor” for his tendency to lecture Darwin-like on the lush Philippine jungle life forms. Following his honorable discharge, Jim took advantage if the GI Bill to become the first in his family to attend college.

Jim spent four memorable years at Oregon State College, immersing himself in his studies, playing basketball on the practice squad and helping Flo raise the first of their five children. With his degree in education, he began his career as a teacher and coach at Coquille High School.

He supplemented his meager salary as an educator by working for the US Postal Service, delivering mail and in the process, meeting many of the colorful citizens of the thriving timber town. Lifelong friends were made in the process.

In the 1950’s, Jim’s efforts were instrumental in launching the local credit union, now First Community Credit Union, and served on its board for years. Never one to do anything half-heartedly, Jim began taking students on field trips as a volunteer. He would commandeer a bus from the school district and take groups to the outdoor locations near and far. Weekly excursions would include trips to the nearby metropolis Coos Bay where activities such as bowling, swimming and roller skating were available. During summers, Jim would lead trips to the High Cascades, often climbing to the top of the South Sister, seldom with adequate water, layer clothing or footwear.

In 1966, the Curran family then fully formed with three boys and two girls, moved from Coquille to Bandon.

Jim particularly enjoyed Bandon for the ready access to the beach and the abundance of marine life. No life form, plant or animal, was unfamiliar to him, and he could recite their genus and species in English as well as Latin, with uncanny precision. His mastery of the natural world was certainly not limited to marine life, nor to life forms indigenous to Oregon. What a teacher he was! Generations of Coos County youth, numbering in excess of one thousand by the end of Jim’s career, insist that Jim was the best they ever had.

In his late 40’s, Jim took

up golf and quickly became a scratch golfer, winning many tournaments, and hitting a remarkable 13 holes in one.

He accomplished this with a random assortment of mostly second-hand clubs, and with a distinctly unorthodox swing.

After retirement from teaching, Jim and Flo began spending their winters in a modest home in Yuma, Arizona. Well into their 80’s, they would drive back and forth. They made many friends there, on both sides of the US/Mexico border, as Jim never allowed a language barrier to stand in the way of introducing himself to strangers.

Jim and Flo continued to live in their Coquille home to the end of their lives. In his early 90’s, Jim began writing newspaper columns for the Coquille Sentinel. As many locals know, his columns touched on a wide range of informative and provocative topics, sometimes controversial and always authentic.

This condensed summary of Jim’s astonishing life is inadequate to capture the many shoots and branches of his journey, but be assured that given the time, one could easily fill a book with interesting tales aplenty. That would be a book well worth reading.

Jim was preceded in death by his eldest son, Jan (Jenny) and is survived by Ann Schroeder (Jim), Jim Curran (Patti), Peggy Neal (Dan) and Bill Curran (Tiffany); as well as a number of beloved grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Jim and Flo were also very close with his sister, Marilee’s two daughters from Coos Bay, Teri Davenport and Marcia Jensen.

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Ward C. Gilpin, 95, of Coos Bay died March 20, 2021 in Coos Bay. No public services will be held.

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George Edward Metz passed away in his home at Inland Point in North Bend January 24, 2021, four days before what would have been his 94th birthday.

George was born in Farmington, New Mexico on January 28, 1927, son of Edward “Frank” Comanche Metz, born 1888, and Lillie Louisa Kitchens-Ariola, born 1889.

He grew up in the cattle country of the Rocky Mountains in the small town of Yampa, Colorado. He served his country in WW-II as a signalman on a Navy aircraft carrier in the South Pacific. Following his service he went on adventures in the Yukon Territories and then settled in Anchorage, Alaska, where he established the first neon sign company north of Seattle.

Alaska is where he met his wife, Geraldine Elizabeth Corbett, shortly before relocating to Orange County in Southern California, where he established The Metz Company neon sign contractors in Santa Ana and

constructed the first building in the Irvine Industrial Complex. He was responsible for designing and building the iconic rotating Kentucky Fried Chicken buckets that graced that chain's locations in the early years, among many other classic 'Mad Men' era neon signs in the LA area.

Tiring of the 'Rat Race' in Los Angeles as he called it, he purchased a cattle ranch in Glade Park, Colorado, and relocated the family in 1969.

For seven years he endeavored to earn a livelihood in the traditions of the Old West, in the process learning how hard the cattle business is for relatively meager financial rewards. He returned to developing real estate in the Grand Valley and in 1976 converted a Greyhound bus into an RV and spent the bicentennial year on the road with his wife and son Mark touring the US, Mexico, and Canada.

Returning to Grand Junction he remodeled a home in the rural Redlands neighborhood and operated a retail Western Wear store for several years during which he amassed a sizable collection of cowboy boots and hats.

Once Mark was off to college in Boulder they downsized to a smaller home where they lived until they left Grand Junction.

George always loved the Southern Oregon coast, having spent a summer in Bandon as a child with his mother and siblings in a house overlooking the harbor. In 1990 he purchased a building site on the dunes overlooking

Devil's Kitchen beach where he built a home of his own design. They resided there in Bandon peacefully watching the waves until making the big decision to downsize in 2010 which unfortunately coincided with a decline in Geraldine's health. Upon her passing in 2011 he let go of the property and settled into a cottage at Inland Point in North Bend where he lived quietly with his dog Duke.

George was a talented artist and collector, leaving behind a remarkable collection of oil paintings and Remington sculptures. He was also an architect, glassblower, avid reader, and devoted family man. He generously supported the Providence Children's Hospital in Portland as well as making significant contributions to the Bandon Public Library and the Coos Bay Animal Shelter.

Independent, intelligent, and articulate to the end, he will be sorely missed.

George is survived by his two sons, Mark, age 58, of San Pablo, California, and Randel, age 65, of Chiang Mai, Thailand. He was the grandfather of Mark's two daughters, Geneva, age 13, and Isabelle, age 31, who lives in Melbourne, Australia.

George was the youngest of six siblings, all deceased. His half-brothers and sisters were Beatrice, Clyde, and Arthur, and he had two full sisters, Dorothy and Margaret.

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

Tony Allen Howerton November 23, 1968 – March 5, 2021

Tony Allen Howerton, 52, died March 5, 2021 after a short battle with cancer.

Tony grew up in Lakeside. He graduated from North Bend High School in 1988. After graduation he enlisted in the Navy where he served for four years. After Tony’s four years of service he studied law enforcement at SWOCC before moving to Washington where he worked for the Washington State Department of Corrections as a corrections officer. Tony recently moved to Post Falls, Idaho where he lived with his fiancé Jen McCaffree.

He is survived by his parents, Lorraine “Penny” Howerton and Bob Hower-

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ton. Along with other family members, Uncle Lynn Kelly; nieces, Christy and Bethany; cousins, Kim, Ladette, Mike and Tim; as well as extended family, Tara. He is preceded in death by his brother, Terry Howerton and his grandparents, Lois and Howard “Buck” Kelly.

He will be deeply missed by his friends, family and all who knew him.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the American Cancer Society.

A memorial event for family and friends will be held at a later date.

By Abigail Van Buren

FORTUNES CHANGE FOR HOMELESS WOMAN BUT NOT HER COMPANION DEAR ABBY: I used to be a successful working woman until I lost my husband of 30 years. After I became homeless, I met "Tom." We've been good friends for the last five years, hanging out in the woods, sometimes getting hotel rooms. It's a platonic relationship, but we rely on each other.

I receive Social Security survivor benefits now, and I want to move on and get my own place. He says he's fine with it, but I feel terribly guilty. He gets a small disability check but is not wise with money. How can I comfort him? -- GUILTY IN FLORIDA

DEAR ABBY: My grandson died by suicide in 2019. My daughter, who lives in another state, hasn't spoken to me since.

Why? Because we did not call her on the phone. We were texting her, and she was texting us back. When I did try to call, she wouldn't answer the phone.

It has been more than a year now. She won't respond to other family members, either. Please advise me what to do in this sad situation. -- WOUNDED GRANDMA IN TEXAS

DEAR GUILTY: Tom has told you he is fine with you upgrading your living situation. I presume that you don't intend to desert him. Believe him and stop flogging yourself for your good fortune. Help him when you can and encourage him to contact an agency that helps the homeless so he can get his life back on track, too.

DEAR ABBY: I'm in a same-sex relationship with a woman I love and admire. But five months in, sex is becoming impossible because I think I'm heterosexual.

Leaving this relationship scares me because I can't imagine a life without her.

I told her I didn't know if, for several reasons, sex would be a part of our relationship, but that I do love her. She doesn't seem to mind at all. I'm not sure what to do.

Please help. -- LOVING IN LOUISIANA

DEAR GRANDMA: Not knowing your daughter, I am hesitant to guess why she has isolated herself from everyone. She may have felt she was entitled to more support from you all and didn't receive it.

As many people have pointed out in my column, while texts may be efficient, they are a poor substitute for a human voice.

Because she refuses your calls, write her a letter telling her you love her and apologize for letting her down after the tragedy of losing her son. Whether it will help, I can't guess -- but at least the olive branch will have been offered. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

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

DEAR LOVING: What you need to do is be honest with your partner. It is possible that you are bisexual and need to explore relationships with men before making up your mind about any permanent relationship. If sex is important to you, then the person you wind up with may not be this woman you love and admire, but someone else entirely.

Good advice for everyone - teens to seniors - is in "The Anger in All of Us and How to Deal With It." To order, send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $8 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Anger Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.)

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OBITUARIES Clara Baxter Hoff

Helen Matti Roberts

September 11, 1917 – March 16, 2021

Clara Baxter Hoff passed into Heaven on March 16, 2021. She was 103 years old.

Clara, also known as mom, grandma, great grandma, great-great grandma, sister, Aunt Clara, Aunt Teddy, and Huggy Teddy, will be missed by family and friends. She led a full, active life.

She was born September 11, 1917 in Talent, Oregon to William and Lois Schnier.

The family lived on a small farm where they raised vegetables and melons as sharecroppers. Clara remembers carrying water from a nearby creek in a bucket to carefully water the garden. She went through school in Talent/ Phoenix area until moving to Coos River area near Coos Bay for her senior year of high school. She graduated from Coos River High School in 1935. She married George Baxter in 1936. She was a housewife and George was, over the next 20 years, a mill worker and then a logger (River Rat on Coos River).

In 1957 she and George bought a small grocery store on Olive Barber Road and from then until 1970 developed it into a thriving

February 29, 1924 – December 26, 2020

business. In 1970 they sold the store and leased a slightly larger store in Bend. They operated this store until the late 70s when health issues for George caused them to move to Dallas where George passed away In 1981. Clara later married Bill Hoff and became active with Bill in producing and selling craft items.

Homemade dolls, doll houses, wood toys, and handmade quilts were sold at crafts fairs and by word of mouth. A scale model of Mark Hatfield's Governor's Mansion was on display at a Dallas Real Estate agency. Clara moved to Lakeside in 1995 and lived there for 13 years, being very active in a local church and the senior center.

She could grow anything.

She could put a stick in the ground, and it would grow a plant. Wherever she lived she had amazing flower gardens, specializing in Lilies, Fuchsias and the native wild plants. She then lived with her older son, Elmer and his wife Pearl for a short time in Coos Bay before moving to Salem to share a house with a younger sister, Ruth. They were both in their 90s at this time. Ruth and Clara were extremely close and would talk constantly. Ruth died less than a month ago.

For the past few years, Clara has been at Oak Grove Foster Care near Salem.

Alesha, manager and caregiver, and her staff provided amazing personal and professional care. Clara was a Jacqueline Woodson. Suggestions for future readings will come from members of Unlimited.

Those interested are invited to attend meeting, and there is no obligation to stay. Questions? Call 541-756-6320 x216, or email education@cooshistory.org.

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Unlimited Book Club to meet At 6 p.m., Thursday, April 8, the Unlimited Book Club will meet on Zoom.

Unlimited is a joint venture of Coos History Museum, Coos Bay Public Library and North Bend Public Library.

It was formed to encourage awareness and foster community discussions on equity, diversity and inclusion through reading and thoughtful conversation. Club meets every second Thursday of the month.

This meeting will be an opportunity for members to meet and discuss the next title, selected by book club members, Red at the Bone by

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loving, caring, giving person.

Always remembered the good things of life and told great stories. Many of her friends and relatives have her home-made quilts, dolls and/ or a variety of craft items that they received as gifts. She loved family so much.

She is survived by sons, Elmer (Pearl) and Dick (Shirley); sister, June; daughter-in-law, Marilyn; former daughter-in-law, Carol; sister-in-law, Muriel; grandchildren, Kimm, John, Terry, Jeff, Scott, Tim, Roberta and Adrian; great grandchildren, Alexis, Curtis, Louise, Nathan, Sarah, Steven, Sean and Kelsey; great-great grandchildren, Cecelia, Railey, Brooklyn, Kennedy and Alexa; numerous nieces and nephews. Deceased parents, Bill and Lois; husbands, George Baxter and Bill Hoff; brothers, George, David, Frances and Walter; sisters, Sis, Olive and Ruth; son, Ed. A few years ago, mom was asked what she would like written on her funeral program, she said “Over the years God has provided for all of my needs and then he gave me Lilies and ice cream.”

A memorial service will begin at 10:00 am Saturday, March 27th in the Cascade View Free Methodist Church at 11677 Sublimity Rd. SE Sublimity, OR 97385. Private interment will be in the Dayton I.O.O.F. Cemetery.

The Dallas Mortuary Tribute Center is caring for the family. www.dallastribute.com.

Helen Roberts of Coos Bay passed away peacefully in her home on December 26, 2020, in the company of her daughter and son. She was 96. Helen was born on February 29, 1924, in the Black Hills of South Dakota to Eino August and Hilma Allena Matti, where she and her younger sister Dorothy were raised.

Helen graduated from Lead High School in 1942 and was editor of her high school newspaper, the Lead Hi Nugget. The Matti girls were young adults when the family moved west to

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She was the heart of the Roberts home, a dedicated wife and mother who always put her family first. She is deeply missed.

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She is survived by her four children, Joanne Noren of Hillsboro, Jeanne Laird of Jacksonville, Teresa Roberts and Steven Roberts, both of Coos Bay; her nine grandchildren, Alison, Ashley, Courtney, Erik, Emily, Sarah, Peter, Stephanie, and Mark; and her three great grandchildren, Sage, Fiona, and Jesse.

A graveside service was held on December 29, 2020, at Sunset Memorial Cemetery, with Rev. Robert Wolf and Rev. Anthony Ahamefule presiding. Robin O’Neill provided beautifully soothing music on her harp. The family is deeply grateful for the loving care provided to Helen by Fely Keuhn and by Li Ming and Cindy of South Coast Hospice.

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Marionberry is one of the most popular jams at Misty Meadows, along with huckleberry, blackberry and cranberry. Other flavors, like gooseberry and tayberry, offer more niche tastes.

Middle, Misty Meadows asks highway travelers: got jam? Bottom, Sandy Keller, left, and Mike Keller Sr., back right, incorporated Misty Meadows in 1971 after selling jam from a roadside card table. Their photo still hangs in the store, decades later.

Bandon mainstay still makes jam the old-fashioned way

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Got jam?

That’s the question the family behind Misty Meadows has been asking for decades.

“I feel really blessed to be a part of it,” said Traci Keller, who owns the jam company which has become a must-stop location on any tour of U.S. Highway 101.

Now, 50 years after the company was first incorporated, Keller and her family are still serving up the jams, jellies, marmalades and fruit butters their store has become known for — just like grandma used to make.

“I like that philosophy,” Keller said.

The store, located just a few miles south of Bandon, is popular with tourists over summers and spring breaks (a recent drizzly spring afternoon saw the parking lot full with license plates from Oregon, California, Pennsylvania and more), and has shipped its jams to as far as Guam with online and phone ordering.

Keller said out-of-state visitors are often shocked to discover the company is a family-owned business, and often make the store a regular stop.

“It’s really wonderful when we have recurring customers,” Keller said.

But Misty Meadows hasn’t always been the roadside-attraction storefront it is today.

It started much, much smaller: The first formal location was a card table set up in front of the Kellers’ home. With a crate of jams positioned next to a coffee can, sales were on the honor system.

Sandy, Traci Keller’s mother-inlaw, made the jams by hand — first in the family home’s kitchen, then in the kitchen they’d added to the home for the purpose.

By 1971, Sandy and Mike Keller Sr., Traci Keller’s father-in-law, incorporated the company. Traci isn’t sure the exact date but has picked April to celebrate the golden anniversary.

The card-table-and-coffee-can scheme quickly got four walls and a window, with employees to sell jars of jam to passing drivers out of what’s now a jerky stand on the property.

The then-jam stand was cold during the winters, remembers Tina Eikamp, whose sister worked inside it at the time. But after the company opened its storefront in 1999, Eikamp went in to apply for a job, and got hired to put labels on jars.

“When I was hired, it was like,

almost a boring job,” Eikamp said, adding the store’s staff members had enough downtime to play rounds of Yahtzee during some slow winters. “It’s kind of crazy here now.”

Eikamp said much of that growth has taken place since Traci Keller and her husband Mike Keller Jr. (whose parents had started the business) took the helm.

That came in 2003, when Mike Jr. came to Traci about the possibility of taking over for his parents.

Traci, with a background in retail, was a bit surprised by the idea — but that didn’t stop them.

“I don’t know anything about jam, but that’d be cool to carry on!”

Traci Keller remembers thinking at the time.

Since then, the company’s seen exponential growth: The store shelves are now full with over 60 jams, jellies and fruit butters (not including other sauces like cranberry barbeque sauce or cranberry ketchup), and mail-order deliveries go out daily.

One of the first changes the company saw when Traci Keller took over was the move from the kitchen attached to the family home to a larger, standalone kitchen and storage facility behind the blueberry orchard on the property.

“That’s been a godsend,” Keller said, adding that the previous smaller kitchen got particularly hot with stoves and water baths at full blast.

The two giant freezers on one side of the building are a big help, too: Full to the brim with buckets of every type of berry imaginable, they hold each summer’s crop, so the cooks have enough fruit to keep cooking throughout the year.

And the company’s had its 15 minutes of fame, too: TV star Mike Rowe visited the kitchen around 2008 with his show “Dirty Jobs” to make something of the local cran-

berries he’d harvested on another segment of the show.

“That was crazy,” said Keller, a longtime fan of the show. “It was unreal how much business we received after that.”

The family — which had just a few weeks advanced notice of the crew’s arrival — made special jar labels for the occasion. The special edition product Rowe made during the episode sold out very quickly, but Keller said they still saw a spike in business each time the show aired And while she said the crew was easy-going and great to work with, she did have one minor disagreement.

“If we were dirty, the health inspector would shut us down,” she joked. “Of course, they made it dirtier than what (the cooks) do.”

Even though the jars of jam Rowe made were sold with special labels, they weren’t much different than the jars Sandy Keller made decades before.

“We do it like grandma did, with

fruit, sugar, pectin,” Traci Keller said.

Keller is proud that she’s kept the recipe the same all this time — she didn’t know much about making jam when she took over, but after time in the kitchen with Sandy and some other longtime staff members, she learned the ropes.

She’s also proud of her berries — all but two kinds come from Oregon, she said. The others are harder to source locally, so she has to import them (like gooseberries: Their putrid green color and sour taste in jam have driven down their popularity, Keller said).

And while the company could produce more jars with machines, bottlers and automatic labelers, Keller said she’d rather keep things handmade.

“I like that feel. I want to keep that feel,” Keller said. “I’m happy being where we’re at.”

Misty Meadows, named for what Sandy Keller saw one morning over the family’s blueberry orchard, is located at 48053 U.S.-101.

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BANDON – Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center will hold a prime dose Community COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic on Monday, March 29, from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Bandon Community Center, 1200 11th St. SW. People aged 45 to 64 with one or more qualifying health conditions are eligible.

To sign up, visit the Southern Coos Hospital website at www. southerncoos.org or call 541-3472426. These clinics will continue every Monday in the same location until further notice. Particulars and sign-ups are available on the hospital’s website.

Per Oregon Health Authority, those eligible for the COVID-19 vaccination statewide as of March 29 includes adults ages 45 to 64 with one or more underlying conditions as well as the following subgroups: • Migrant and seasonal farm workers • Seafood and agricultural workers • Food processing workers • People living in low-income, senior, congregate and independent living facilities • Sheltered and unsheltered individuals experiencing houselessness • People displaced by wildfires • Wildland firefighters • Pregnant people 16 and over Underlying health conditions with increased risk as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Cancer • Chronic kidney disease • COPD • Down Syndrome • Heart conditions, such as heart failure, coronary artery disease, or cardiomyopathies • Immunocompromised state from solid organ transplant or HIV • Obesity • Pregnancy • Sickle cell disease • Type 2 diabetes mellitus Vaccine Safety and Effectiveness We all want to return to normal life as soon as possible. Safe and effective vaccines play a huge part in slowing the spread of COVID-19 and making that return to normalcy a possibility.

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AS I SEE IT

By Mary Schamehorn

I still remember like it was yesterday ... the maiden voyage on the sternwheeler Bold Duck, built by Joe Bolduc and Roger O'Conner, which made its first trip up the river in July of 1984. The photo I am sharing was actually taken in May of 1985 as members of the Port of Bandon commission and the Coquille City Council, along with other civic leaders, were on this trip. Among them were Jean and Jim Hanna, Jim Weber, Coquille councilor Mollie Anderson and county commissioner Ed Stevenson.

This photo was taken as the boat docked at Coquille's Sturdivant Park.

One of those on the maiden voyage was Fran Montgomery of Radon-Craft of Oregon who said, "You see things on the river that you don't notice from a faster boat. Homes, piers, birds, piling, islands ... it's great! This will bring people to Bandon," she told the paper.

Another passenger said, "There are lots of old-timers who remember the riverboats and think it's really neat to have a boat on the river again the people can ride. Joe did a beautiful job of building, and it's a perfect day for the first voyage."

Then Port of Bandon Director Alex Linke said he had no doubt that that sternwheeler would be a success.

After several years, the first Bold Duck was sold and another built. But it was also sold, and what was hoped would become a lasting tourist attraction never really materialized. But as one who rode the sternwheeler several times up the river, I can only say it was a thrill of a lifetime.

We'll go back about 75 years with the story of the Grace Dollar, which is pictured here at the dock in Bandon around 1913.

An item in the Bandon Recorder tells the story of how important this ship was to Bandon.

"The Grace Dollar arrived in port Saturday and went directly up the river to the Randolph mill to take on a cargo of lumber.

"The Grace Dollar is the largest vessel that has ever crossed over the Coquille River bar; she is 230 feet long and has a 40' foot beam, with 16 foot depth of hold.

She is equipped with 1000 horsepower engine and can ride the seas in any kind of storm. She is a steel vessel and has every appearance of the massive vessel that she is," pointing out that she could carry 1,200,000 feet of lumber at full capacity.

"She is a fine vessel in every sense of the word ...the fact that such vessels as she can come into this harbor in its present condition only goes to show what a great harbor could be made here with the forming of a port commission and the expending of a comparatively small amount of money."

Update: Later George W. Moore of the Moore Mill & Lumber Co. purchased the vessel and renamed it the Mary E. Moore. On May 23, 1927, the ship arrived off the Coquille bar about noon trying to ride out a storm when she lost a propeller and began to fill with water. Captain Karl Rosenblad (Roger and Andrea Cox's grandfather) signaled for help, but the tug Klihyam and the Coast Guard could not get across the bar because of the conditions. They did, however, put out a distress signal to ships that were in the area. Captain Rosenblad was not aware that help was on the way and took his crew of 28 men into two lifeboats, where they were rescued by the Admiral Peary, a ship en route from Portland to San Francisco loaded with freight and passengers.

Nothing could be done to save the Mary E Moore (nee Grace Dollar).

I have chosen this great picture, taken in 1975, of Myrtle Dickey. She and her husband N.L. "Newton" owned and operated The Minute Cafe for a number of years, but I knew her best as the "locals" correspondent for the Western World.

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The Bold Duck In later years as her eyesight deteriorated, she was still determined to write her column each week, letting our readers know who was traveling to Roseburg to visit or what family had come from out of state. As editor/ reporter, it was my job to go to her house each week (she lived on Edison Avenue just up from what is now Edgewaters) to pick up her column.

Often because of her poor vision, she had written one line over the other .... or two or three, but I always managed to figure it out.

She also took up painting in her later years, and here she is pictured with one of her creations.

She was always a big supporter of Bandon, no matter how eccentric she became. *

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Bandon has a new city councilor. The council has unanimously appointed Geoff Smith to replace Patrick Salandro, who resigned for personal family reasons.

Smith is the owner of By The Sea Gardens, a business started by Liza Ehle.

Others applying were Michael O'Neill, Rodney Taylor and Kurtis Breiter.

Smith ran for a council seat in November and received over 700 votes. He will be seated at the April 11th council meeting. *

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Photos courtesy of Mary Schamehorn

Above: The sternwheeler the Bold Duck led Bandon residents on luxurious trips up and down the river. The trip above included members of the Port of Bandon and the Coquille City Council. Middle, the Grace Dollar docks in Bandon in 1913 to pick up a load of lumber. Bottom, Myrtle Dickey was a Bandon legend, working as a correspondent for the Western World even when her failing eyesight made it difficult to see. For years, Dickey shared her stories with Bandon residents. kinds of decisions.

Leave decisions up to individual cities, through our home rule charter authority, and common sense might once again prevail.

An article in the Oregonian Sunday said the governor's approval rating has dropped to 37 percent ... and a lot of those who were polled are Democrats. * * *

I made a mistake in last week's column identifying where the picture of Big Mac was taken as he investigates a break-in at Bandon Fisheries. I should have remembered, since I took the actual photo for the paper, that the Fisheries business

was located across from what

* * * is now the Wheelhouse in the Several of my readers have Bandon Seafood building. requested that I "stop bashing The building has long-since our governor." And I actually been torn down but was about where the High-Dock thought about it until I saw (Loft) building sits today. a front-page photo in last I had mistakenly identified Thursday's Register-Guard it as being the port's marketof cross country runners .... place building, which was running a race while being not built until 1977. forced to wear a mask ... outdoors. * * * Those of us who routinely wear a mask when entering a An article in the Oregogrocery store or pretty much anywhere else, and hopefully nians indicates that the state projects that 80 percent of that is pretty much all of us, Oregon senior citizens will know how hard it can be to be vaccinated by March 31 breathe while masked. as the governor has acceleratThen try to think about ed the timetable for shots. running an endurance race, Starting March 29, people where your lungs do the maover 45 with an underlying jority of the work. Doctors, health condition, farm and coaches and parents say it food processing workers and is not only wrong .... but homeless people or those extremely dangerous to the displaced by wildfires can reyoung runners. ceive vaccines. On April 19, So, I decided to check and any adult with an underlying see if this was a nationwide condition is eligible, along requirement. with all frontline workers.

Guess what: ONLY OreThe article adds, in parengon and New Mexico require thesis, ("One change Brown masks for cross-country runhasn't made: advancing groners. Originally it was also a cery workers in the vaccine rule in the state of Washingline.") It adds: "The goverton, but concerned coaches nor, who has faced intense prevailed and the mandate criticism for not moving was lifted.

This makes no sense at all. up vaccinations for grocery Hopefully, like her original store workers, argued that giving priority to people with decision not to allow all underlying conditions would residents to be vaccinated by achieve a similar purpose."

May 1, which has now been "The staggered release of rescinded, she will take a vaccines - making people long hard look at this ridicueligible in groups of roughly lous mandate and rescind it half a million people every as well. three weeks - will allow the But until that happens, state to distribute the federal I will continue to criticize supply of vaccine doses whoever is behind these I saw on Facebook that a Bandon business, 10 Core Fitness, was vandalized last Wednesday night. While the vandals did not get inside, they broke four windows.

to mass vaccination sites, hospitals, health clinics and pharmacies."

Another article said that about one-third of health care workers in the state are refusing to be vaccinated.

I have also heard, but not confirmed, that a number of employees of our local hospital are also opting out of the vaccine.

From my standpoint, as

a senior citizen, it could well be a lifesaver and I am thankful I was able to obtain both doses.

In the meantime, Coos County's case numbers continue to soar and restaurants and bars remain closed for inside dining.

The city council has sent a letter to the governor, ending with: "We are close to Curry County, where restaurants are

open, which increases the toll on our restaurants as people choose to go to dinner in Port Orford rather than getting takeout in Bandon.

"As a home rule jurisdiction, Bandon would like the ability to balance our common desire to stop the pandemic with the human and economic cost of the current shutdown and open our small businesses."

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Greg Fodrea, senior pastor of Bandon First Baptist Chruch, and Red Cross volunteer Carolyn Russell get ready for Fodrea to donate blood. Fodrea said he enjoys donating to help others because it's the right thing to do.

The Art by the Sea Gallery in Bandon is inviting artists to enter their work in an exhibit called Miniatures and Small Works. The exhibit will be on display in May. All 2-D media, including oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, drawing, print making (artist-pulled prints), collage, mixed media, assemblage and encaustic will be accepted. Photography or digital prints of any kind will not be accepted.

The categories include Miniature and Small Works.

Miniature includes artwork, including frame, should not exceed eight inches in any direction. In Small Works, artwork, including frame, should not exceed 12 inches

in any direction. All work must be framed or on gallery wrap canvas, including a wire hanger.

All entries must include a non-refundable fee of $10 for the first piece and $5 each for the second and third piece. A total of three entries per person will be accepted.

Category will be decided by framed size.

All art must be for sale and priced. (The gallery commission on sales will be 25% please price accordingly).

The prizes for each category: are first prize $50, second prize $25, third prize $10, plus honorable mention ribbon awards.

Judge for the show is Victoria Tierney.

Tax Preparation Assistance It’s tax season. Seniors looking for tax preparation assistance can expect some changes to AARP Tax-Aide this year, according to Janis Halstead, AARP Tax-Aide volunteer.

Senior centers throughout Oregon are presently closed as a health precaution during the pandemic. That means in-person tax appointments, usually offered at the Bandon Senior Activity Center, are not an option in 2021. To learn about alternate options for tax assistance, seniors are invited to call the senior center and leave a message.

The Senior Activity Center phone number is 541-3474131. Callers are greeted by Janis’ voice, asking them to speak slowly and clearly when leaving a message.

And, callers should leave their full 10-digit telephone number, including area code.

The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program provides free tax preparation assistance, especially for those 50 and older and taxpayers with

moderate to low income.

Programs and Services While social activities are on hold, other community programs and services are ongoing in and around the senior center and Bandon Community Center. Senior center board members encourage residents to take advantage of services such as senior meals, public transit and assistance with home medical equipment.

Bandon’s senior and community meals program offers hot lunches on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Visit the Programs page for details and contact information.

Those looking for public transportation should call the Dial-a-Ride dispatch number to schedule a ride, 541-2677111. Rates and schedules are available at CoosTransit.org.

The medical equipment loan program at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Bandon is open by appointment.

Learn more about the medical loan closet online, StJohnsBandon.org, or call St. John’s at 541-347-2152.

Blood drive scheduled in Bandon Help for Bandon seniors Local American Red Cross blood donors help support roughly 65 hospitals in the Pacific Northwest.

Donors at Bandon Community Center monthly blood drives gave 186 units between April 2020 and January 2021, according local Red Cross market manager Jen Shaw. To keep blood banks full, she encourages more donors to sign up.

“A lot of people think they’re not eligible, but we’re constantly updating eligibility,” she said.

That means donors may qualify even if they experience some common health complaints. To participate, donors should be in generally good health, weigh 110 pounds or more and be 17 years or older. In Oregon, 16-year-old donors may participate with parent consent.

And there is no top age limit, said Shaw.

How to Sign Up Shaw assists with blood drive site planning in communities throughout western

Oregon and southwest Washington, including the Oregon Coast. She says a good collection target in a town the size of Bandon is 25 to 30 units, or pints, per month.

Donors at Bandon Community Center monthly drives came close to that target in the last year.

Online pre-registration is highly encouraged. To get started, donors can visit RedCross.org and select the “Give Blood” menu tab.

Browse the information on eligibility or call the blood services information line for more information.

Monthly Bandon Blood Drives 1st Tuesday, starting at Noon, Bandon Community Center Online Registration: RedCross.org/give-blood Phone 1-800-733-2767 Red Cross staff, volunteers and donors are required to take precautions to limit the spread of COVID-19. Staff and volunteers utilize PPE and routinely sanitize work

areas. Donors should wear a mask, not a face shield, and follow directions for maintaining physical distance from others.

Making a Difference Shaw thanks the volunteers and donors who make blood drives possible.

“Without our volunteers, we would not be able to fulfill our mission of saving lives throughout the state,” she said.

The donor base in Oregon and Southwest Washington is generally robust, especially among high school and college students. But, school campus restrictions during the pandemic make it difficult to maintain collection goals. Monthly community blood drives can help offset the drop-in student participation.

Greg Fodrea is the senior pastor for the Bandon First Baptist Church, and he’s a regular blood donor. Considering the need, he says giving blood feels like the right thing to do.

About Red Cross staff and volunteers in Bandon, Fodrea said, “This crew is awesome.”

At the March blood drive, volunteer Carolyn Russell was the first to greet donors like Fodrea and monitor electronic temperature checks.

Red Cross staff arrange the community center space to allow comfortable distance between check-in, registration and donation stations.

Some donors bring reading material to pass the time while the classic country music station plays quietly on a portable radio.

What happens after each drive? Most Oregon blood donations stay within the northwest region. But, emergency supplies are shipped to other parts of the country, explained Shaw. Donations are tested, processed and distributed from Portland.

Donors who want to know where their contribution ends up can track their donation with the free Red Cross mobile app.

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North Bend bowlers shine in tourney Team invited back to national event The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic cost North Bend’s boys bowling team a chance to compete in the national tournament last summer and has wiped out most of this season as well, but the Bulldogs finally had a chance to compete in a tournament recently and picked up right where they left off last year.

Fortunately, coach Rod Duryee said, the Bulldogs have been invited back to Ohio again this year, with the tournament slated for June John Gunther, The World 18-21.

North Bend's Dakota Gaul kicks an extra point against Elmira as Coleman Compton holds. Gaul continues the trend for the Bay Area schools to have standout placekickers from their respective But since Coos County soccer programs. remains in the extreme-risk category, North Bend is having trouble getting a chance to practice and stay sharp.

Duryee found a COVID-compliant tournament in Silverton and took 10 Posey had four breakboys to compete. away touchdown runs the North Bend finished first past two weeks in wins over Baker and Elmira. Compton, and second in the tournament, Marshfield ranked fourth in the rankings will play Marion and Crook County, with one team consisting of meanwhile, has bought time in the first listing for Class for the state championship, and has given up just eight Jack Burgmeier, Jake Newto find receivers, including 4A football by a committee Marshfield athletic director points the past two weeks, sum, Beck Kyleburg, Kian Bridger Holmes and Liam The World tasked with ranking the Greg Mulkey said. The but Mulkey said there is Buskerud and to find holes in Pryor and Ryan Duryee and squads. third-and fourth-ranked a good chance the winner defenses for long games. The the other including Jeremiah When North Bend and Mazama, which domteams, as well as those of the Marshfield-Marist senior-led Bulldogs also rely Coney, Claes Cornileussen Marshfield face off at Pete inated Banks 38-0 last ranked fifth and sixth, will Catholic game will be votand football players Chase on Sidon Green for bruising Susick Stadium on Friday week, ranked first with be invited to play in games ed into the championship Taylor, Keegan Jelinek and runs inside behind their pownight, there are a couple of 79 points in voting by 12 against each other. game given the strength of Konnor Jelinek. erful line. key matchups to watch and members of the Class 4A Marshfield is 3-0 with each team’s schedules.

After 20 baker games (the Meanwhile, if the game one consistent theme that is a football committee.

The wins over Stayton, ElmiWith no set final-week five bowlers alternate every comes down to a kicking strength for both teams from Vikings haven’t given up a ra and Ontario, heading structure for Class 5A, frame so each bowls two each contest, both squads again recent years. point in any of their games. into Friday's game against North Bend scheduled a game), North Bend’s teams rely on soccer players who Marshfield’s offense has Marist Catholic was North Bend. full slate of six games, have proven to be reliable on were separated by 40 pins and been explosive the past few second with 71 points, Marist Catholic, which though they aren’t easy. were 500 in front of the thirdextra points. weeks behind the passing followed by Gladstone with hosts the Pirates to close Following this week’s place team.

North Bend’s is senior of Dom Montiel and several 60 and Marshfield with 59. the regular season on Saturgame with Marshfield, the “North Bend is looking to Dakota Gaul, who plays fast, and talented receivers.

The group will release day, April 3, is 2-1, but the Bulldogs travel to traditionfind more counties to travel to goalie for the soccer team.

In just the past two weeks, its votes after this week’s loss was to Class 5A power ally tough Class 5A team The Pirates, meanwhile, have to keep in tournament-shape Montiel has connected with games and again after those Silverton on Friday.

Lebanon next week and a freshman handling kicking for nationals,” Rod Duryee DJ Daugherty, Pierce Davidin Week 5.

Following that Gladstone is 3-0 with host Class 6A Grants Pass duties, soccer forward Jonah said. son, Maddux Mateski, Noah week, the top two teams wins over Estacada, North to close out the season.

“Once again, we want to Putman.

Niblett and Mason Pederson thank all the sponsors that Both schools have enjoyed on touchdown passes. helped us with donations and successful placekicking courreceivers has been too much Miguel Velazquez, but the thrived on the speed of Jake The Pirates also have support last year before the tesy of the soccer programs for opponents to handle. ability of Montiel to spread Posey and the elusiveness of proven an ability to run the COVID shutdown.”

North Bend, meanwhile, has quarterback Coleman Compton. for several years. ball with Ezra Waterman and defenses out with multiple

Pirates and Bulldogs face off Friday night Bragging rights are on line at Pete Susick Stadium

Marshfield fourth in Class 4A rankings

SWOCC swimmers set records Karl Smith wins Volleyball team wins season opener The World The Southwestern Oregon Community College swim team set three school records during its most recent virtual meet against other squads.

“We really swam well as a team in what was considered our mid-season meet for this shortened season from the end of January through the end of April,” SWOCC coach Sandra Bullock said, noting the team posted 61 season-best marks and 36 personal-best times.

Sophomore Alejandro Robles Ruiz from Spain broke his own school records in both the men’s 50- and 100-yard backstroke with times of 23.07 seconds and 49.68 seconds, respectively. He had set both marks during the NJCAA championships last season.

Freshman Emile Dost from the Netherlands set a new record in the 200 individual medley with his time of 1:52.94.

The women’s team improved to 9-0 in dual meets this season and the men improved to 7-3.

“We have five more weeks of preparation to continue to improve and come together as a team before we head to the NJCAA National Swimming & Diving Championships,” Bullock said.

The SWOCC teams beat Iowa Lakes, Iowa Central, Ancilla Domini and South Georgia State in the meet on March 13.

Individuals posting top-three times included Ximena Lucia Calzada (26.22) and Bethany Foster (27.87), first and second in 50 freestyle;

LynDea Turner, first in 200 individual medley (2:15.78) and 100 backstroke (1:01.43); Jacqueline Feurtado, first in 100 butterfly (59.05); Feurtado (52.96), Lucio Calzada (56.92) and Lizzy Mulanax (59.32), first through third in 100 freestyle; Foster (5:40.03) and Gabbi Kincaid (5:45.72), first and third in 500 freestyle; Luci Brenner (2:08.98) and Gabbi Kincaid (2:11.06), second and third in 200 freestyle; Meredith Mandal (1:16.76) and Mulanax (1:17.33), second and third in 199 breaststroke; Libbey Ketchum, third in 1000 freestyle (12:03.69); Brenner third in 100 backstroke (1:04.62); SWOCC’s quartet of Brenner, Mandal, Feurtado and Lucio Calzada won the 200 medley relay (1:56.57) and the group of Turner, Foster, Lucio Calzada and Feurtado had the best time in the 200 freestyle relay (1:48.12).

For the men, individuals with top-three times included Wyatt Smith (10:11.24) and Jordan Trimyer (11:22.35), first and third in the 1000 freestyle; Robles Ruiz (20.80) and Connor Spanos (22.25), first and third in 50 freestyle; Dost (46.98), first in 50 freestyle; Robles Ruiz, first in 100 backstroke; Smith (4:53.65) and Hunter Fosler (4:58.32) in 500 freestyle; Dost and AJ Kliewer (2:03.78), first and third in 200 individual medley; and Fosler, second in 200 freestyle (1:50.76).

SWOCC’s team of Robles Ruiz, Gerardo Avila, Spanos and Dost had the top time in the 200 medley relay (1:36.39) while the group of Robles Ruiz, Rainey Lambert, Spanos and Dost had the fastest time in the 200 freestyle relay (1:27.60).

The Lakers compete against Barton Community College on Saturday.

Sports in full swing After most of a school year with almost no sports, Southwestern Oregon Community College is now in a period with multiple sports at the same time, covering all the traditional times of the year.

And if the NWAC basketball proposal and the junior college wrestling plan are approved by the Oregon Health Authority, the college will have virtually every sports team with competition.

The volleyball team had its first match Wednesday, sweeping Linn-Benton 25-17, 25-19, 25-21.

Also joining the swim team this week are the baseball and softball teams, which open the season Friday and Saturday, respectively; and the women’s soccer team, which hosts Chemeketa to start the season Saturday.

Because Coos County remains in the extreme risk for COVID-19, the volleyball team will play all its matches, at least for the next few weeks, in other counties.

Because all the other sports are held outdoors, SWOCC will host contests for them, though no spectators will be allowed.

The Lakers’ volleyball team travels to Albany for the second time this week to meet Linn-Benton on Friday.

The baseball team is in Roseburg against Umpqua for doubleheaders on Friday and Sunday.

The softball team is headed to the eastern part of the state for doubleheaders against Treasure Valley on Saturday and Sunday.

All that is missing is men’s soccer, which didn’t have enough players return to campus to field a squad, with several players staying away due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Run of Two Cities Myrtle Point High School cross country coach Karl Smith was the winner of the annual Run of Two Cities, held recently.

Smith covered the challenging 10-kilometer course that starts near Mingus Park in Coos Bay and goes over the hills into downtown North Bend and back, in a speedy time of 40 minutes and 4 seconds. He was more than 4 ½ minutes faster than runner-up Jerry Roberts of Myrtle Point, who finished in 44:35. Roberts, who is 68, was the masters champion.

Bradley Harbert of Coos Bay was third overall in 49:42, followed by Tim Hyatt of Charleston (50:19) and Ryan Mill of Coos Bay (50:32). The only female to participate in the 10K was Ann Rakosi of Myrtle Point, who finished in 1:12.54.

The winner of the 5-kilomter race was 12-year-old Coos Bay student Riley Mullanix, who finished in 25:59. She edged out Sara Elgin of North Bend, the women’s masters champion, by two seconds.

The top male finisher was Jon Hanson of Coos Bay, who finished in 28:44. He was followed among men by 73-year-old Jeff Conboy of Port Orvord, the male masters champion (38:55), and Jeremy Mullanix of Coos Bay (45:46).

Rounding out the top five among female finishers were Summer Sawyer of North Bend (34:05), 10-year-old Arabella Mullanix of Coos Bay (39:08) and 64-year-old Sandra Merritt

of Coos Bay (39:27).

The event is the oldest run of the South Coast Running Club.

Next up on the club schedule is the Salmon Creek Run in Powers on Saturday, April 3.

That event, which includes 10-kilometer and 5-kilometer distances, starts at 10 a.m. and is free for members of the running club and $25 for nonmembers who sign up in advance or $30 on race day.

To sign up for the running club or the race, visit www. southcoastrunningclub.org.

The race starts at the corner of Hemlock and Second streets in Powers.

Run of Two Cities

March 13

10 Kilometers MALE 20-29 — 1. Karl Smith, Coquille, 40:04; 2. Bradley Harbert, Coos Bay, 49:42. 3039 — 1. Ryan Mill, Coos Bay, 50:32. 4049 — 1. Tim Hyatt, Charleston, 49:42; 2. Gabe Shorb, Powers, 54:37; 3. Matt Shorb, Powers, 1:00:21. 60-69 — 1. Jerry Roberts, Myrtle Point, 44:35; 2. Frank Skorina, Walla Walla, Wash., 58:49; 3. Mark Godbey, North Bend, 58:52; 4. Michael Kelley, Lakeside, 1:28:10.

FEMALE 50-59 — 1. Ann Rakosi, Myrtle Point, 1:12:54.

5 Kilometers MALE 30-39 — 1. Jon Hanson, Coos Bay, 28:44; 2. Jeremy Mullanix, Coos Bay, 45:46. 70-79 — 1. Jeff Conboy, Port Orford, 38:55.

FEMALE 0-9 — 1. Karly Mullanix, Coos Bay, 45:46. 10-19 — 1. Riley Mullanix, Coos Bay, 25:59; 2. Arabella Mullanix, Coos Bay, 39:08. 40-49 — 1. Sara Elgin, North Bend, 26:01; 2. Summer Sawyer, North Bend, 34:05. 50-59 — 1. Beth Clarkson, Coos Bay, 54:07; 2. Anne Hobson, Coos Bay, 54:08; 3. Victoria Francis, Coquille, 1:07:09. 60-69 — 1. Sandra Merritt, Coos Bay, 39:27. 80-89 — 1. Joan Kendrick, Coos Bay, 54:09.

Marshfield boys beat Siuslaw

Love for soccer unites family

DevilCats, Bulldogs also get boys soccer victories

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NORTH BEND — When the girl in the gold No. 10 jersey went against the girl in the white No. 10 jersey during the recent North Bend-Marshfield soccer match, it was a family affair.

On the sidelines, North Bend coach Tony Picatti was beaming inside, watching his two daughters — Molly, a North Bend senior, and Morgan, a Marshfield freshman, go head-to-head. He could be forgiven if he secretly was hoping better success for Molly.

“As a parent, you kind of wish the best on the field (for Morgan),” he said. “As a coach, you want to win.”

Ultimately, North Bend won the match, 2-0. And the sisters enjoyed a chance to face off, not that they treated each other with sisterly love.

“I guarantee neither one was taking it easy on the other one,” Tony said. “There’s a lot of competition there.”

In this strange pandemic sports year, when the actual soccer season was postponed from the fall to winter, the sisters ended up with a number of opportunities to play each other, since Marshfield and North Bend had a series of matches late in 2020.

“In the fall it wasn’t really like competing, it was like playing for fun,” Morgan said. “It was always really fun.

“When we played each other for real, it was super competitive and it was just a really enjoyable game. It was the funnest game we’ve had all season.”

Fittingly, Molly is a forward and Morgan a defender, so they were next to each other quite a bit.

“We don’t think of each other as sisters when we’re on the field,” Molly said.

“But if we’re standing near each other and the ball’s not around, we’ll crack jokes.”

Even though she’s the younger sister, Morgan is bigger, though she didn’t try to physically push her sister around during their matches, even after Molly gave her a playful punch before the match that left a bruise.

“I didn’t get her back,” Morgan said. “I would never do that. I don’t enjoy hitting people.”

But she did all she could to keep Molly from making any big offensive plays during the match.

The battles extended past the pitch.

“It was definitely World War III at our house,” Molly said. “I’m really competitive and my sister is competitive, but in a different way. We’re not the same in any way. Our parents would tell you we’re polar opposites. We’ve very different.”

“We have never been the same,” Morgan said. “She

Marshfield’s boys soccer team set up a big final week of the regular season by topping host Siuslaw 6-1 on Tuesday.

The Pirates kept their share of second place with Cottage Grove at 5-1-1 behind league-leading Marist Catholic. After hosting Elmira on Thursday the Pirates host Cottage Grove on Tuesday.

“We played well in cold, windy conditions,” Marshfield coach Drew Jones said of Tuesday’s win over the Vikings. “We need to clean up a few things before Elmira on Thursday.”

The Pirates took a while to get going, but got on the scoreboard in the 21st minute when Ismael Rodriguez scored off an assist by Jacob Eastwood. Two minutes later Eastwood assisted Alberto Castillo on a second Marshfield goal.

Jonah Putman added two more goals before halftime.

Jonah Putman scored when Siuslaw’s goalkeeper fumbled the ball and Rodriguez rebounded in a missed shot

by Castillo.

In the second half, Roberto Castillo had two goals assisted by David Flores, in the 45th and 73rd minutes sandwiched around Siuslaw’s lone goal.

DEVILCATS WIN AGAIN: The combined Coquille-Myrtle Point boys soccer team won its fourth straight match Tuesday, beating host South Umpqua 9-1.

Luke Donaldson had a trio of goals for the DevilCats and Julien Temps, Reundy Indalecio and Godfred Amonoo scored two each.

The win followed victories of Glide, Douglas and Sutherlin.

“They are really becoming

has always taken stuff super seriously and wanted to win and I am more — slow down and enjoy what is happening around you.

“She always wants to win and I just want to have fun.”

Not that she doesn’t give her all during matches.

And this year she has been part of Marshfield’s best season in recent memory.

Aside from the loss to North Bend, Marshfield’s only setback was to Marist Catholic, the team that handed North Bend its first loss.

“I really enjoy watching the progress that we’ve made from when we started in July,” Morgan said. “It’s really come together. I think we have a lot of new people. It’s a fairly young team. With exception to the seniors, (almost the) entire team freshmen and sophomores. It is going to be interesting to see how we grow and build up our team the next few years.”

The change in the Pirates has been obvious to everyone in the family.

“Marshfield’s team has improved drastically,” Molly said. “I think it’s really good.

It has to do with their coaching and their girls sticking with it.

“My freshman and sophomore and junior year, we killed that team. It was always a complete blowout.

Those girls stuck with it. It’s definitely showing.”

And aside from when the Pirates and Bulldogs met, she’s been a big fan of her sister’s squad.

“I think it’s awesome that my sister gets to be part of a growing team,” Molly said.

“My feeling is that if Marshfield sticks with it, they’re going to be a great team.”

There was never a ques

tion whether Morgan was going to be a Pirate.

Molly transferred to the North Bend School District to be part of its technical program, and the siblings’ younger brother, Miles, is in the North Bend schools, too.

But the family lives in Coos Bay and Morgan has had a tight peer group since kindergarten.

“I started at Blossom Gulch when I was 5,” she said. “I started with a friends group. I have stuck with them. Marshfield has a soccer team. All my friends are here.

There’s no reason to leave.”

The girls may be polar opposites, but there’s two areas where they are the same.

The first is their love for soccer. It’s Morgan’s only sport, while Molly also has competed in wrestling for North Bend.

Molly started playing with Tony as her coach in kindergarten and stuck with the sport all the way through.

The same goes for her sister.

“When we were younger, it was just expected that you would play,” Morgan said.

“As we got older, it’s become a choice. Once we enjoy it, we play what we want.”

Tony says he didn’t push his daughters into soccer.

“I said when I was younger, I wanted to sit back and watch (what they wanted to do),” he said. “They were going to pick the sport they wanted.

“They excelled (at soccer).”

It runs in the family.

“My little brother is super into soccer,” Molly said. “My foster brother is into it, too.”

The other similarity for the polar opposite sisters is their uniform number.

It’s the same number Tony wore growing up in high school in Washington and then as a player at Cascade College.

“I remember my freshman year when we were picking jerseys out, I had my conversation with my parents about how I wanted No. 10,” Molly said. “My dad has a few jerseys at the house from when he was younger. It feels like more of a connection. Me and my dad really connect over soccer.”

As for Morgan also picking No. 10, Molly jokingly said, “She just likes copying me.”

Of course, it’s more than that.

“No. 10 has been my number since I was 5 years old,” Morgan said. “I wanted to keep that number. My dad had it and my sister had it, so I thought I should have it too.”

This year, both No. 10s are enjoying great seasons.

“It’s been fun,” Morgan said of Marshfield’s year, which includes a 3-2 record, all three wins coming by shutout, heading into Saturday’s game at Sutherlin. “I’m looking forward to see how our last games come out.”

North Bend, meanwhile, was 4-1-1 before losing at Willamette on Wednesday.

“I feel like our team is doing really well,” Molly said.

“We are definitely linking together better than we have been in the past.”

She would have liked a more traditional season, one that included playoffs and traditional league foes.

But she is keeping the year in perspective.

“It’s just good to get out there and be able to play,” she said.

Prefontaine Memorial Run returns in 2021 Event will be held on traditional date in September and hold special national honor The World The Prefontaine Memorial Run will be back this fall after it was not held in 2020 because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The 41st annual run will be held on Saturday, Sept. 18.

It is slated for a 10:05 a.m. start, though race officials might use a staggered start if the pandemic is still an issue.

Runners can sign up for the race now through www. prefontainerun.com.

The 10,000-meter run covers one of the favorite training routs of famed Marshfield High School graduate Steve Prefontaine and traditionally has been one of the centerpiece events of the Bay Area Fun Festival, which also was canceled last fall.

The Prefontaine Memorial Committee has been discussing scenarios with Eclectic Edge Racing, which manages the race, and is confident the 2021 race can be conducted safely.

If by September the committee feels the race cannot be held using its traditional group start, a staggered start scenario will be used, with 10-kilometer and 2-mile runners and walkers starting individually every 10 to 15 seconds within windows of time that will be assigned in advance of the race.

A stand-alone 5-kilometer

high school race also will be held, starting at 9:45 a.m.

That event will have a staggered start, with teams being sent off in alphabetical order one minute apart.

Since the race switched to a chip timing system with Eclectic Edge Racing a few years ago, accurate race times can be recorded no matter when individuals or groups start.

Awards again will be presented in five-year age groups for the 10K, with the top three finishers in each age group receiving awards.

The awards ceremony will be held adjacent to the finish line on Prefontaine Track at Pete Susick Stadium on the Marshfield campus. If officials decide to hold a staggered start for the race, awards will be mailed to recipients, rather than holding an awards

ceremony.

The top three individual finishers and top three boys and girls teams for the high school race also will receive awards.

The 2021 Prefontaine Memorial Run has been designated as the Road Runners Club of America National Championship 10K race.

RRCA championship medals will be presented to the top overall winner, masters, grandmasters and senior grandmasters finishers for both men and women.

The entry fee is $35 if made prior to Sept. 15 and $45 after that date. High school teams will register through athletic.net. For runners 18 and under competing in the 10K or 2-mile fun run, the fee is $15.

A race T-shirt is included in the entry fee.

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a team with their passing and communicating,” Coquille coach Chance Liles said. “I feel like we’re a misfit team that has come together as one this season, especially with so many kids that haven’t played since they were younger.”

In addition to several new players, the DevilCats have a new coach in Liles, who does not have a soccer background.

“I never thought I would have such a great experience coaching soccer with this group of kids and I’m loving it,” said Liles, who also is Coquille’s wrestling coach.

BULLDOGS BLANK ST. MARY’S: North Bend’s boys soccer team wrapped up its home schedule with a 3-0 win over St. Mary’s on Monday at Vic Adams Field.

Brody Harnden scored two goals and Drew Phillips had the other for the Bulldogs, who improved to 4-2 on the season and posted their third shutout of the year.

GIRLS SOCCER WILLAMETTE TOPS BULLDOGS: North Bend’s girls soccer team fell to host Willamette 4-1 in a match at Eugene on Wednesday.

Rachael Snyder scored the goal for North Bend, which suffered its second loss. The Bulldogs play their final home match on Thursday, April 1, against Cottage Grove.

VOLLEYBALL SIUSLAW TIPS MARSHFIELD: Marshfield came up just short in Florence, falling to host Siuslaw 25-10, 22-25, 25-23, 21-25, 15-10 in a Sky-Em League match Tuesday.

Cedar Ward and Paige MacDuff had 14 kills each and Raegan Rhodes added eight in a strong offensive night for the Pirates. Marshfield also had 13 aces — four

by MacDuff, three by Ward and two each by Carmen Samuels, Kate Miles and Rhodes.

Samuels and Ward had 18 digs each. Gracie Peach had

Gymnastics group qualifies for regionals The World Four members of Gymastics Plus qualified for the regional tournament with their finishes in the club’s season-opening meet in Salem.

Aliyah White, Ali Kirby, Kianna Thomas and Drew Hood all qualified for regionals.

Competing in the Level 7 Junior A division, Hood won the floor exercise with a score of 9.400, finishing fourth on the balance beam (9.200), tied for fourth on the vault (8.850) and was 11th on the uneven parallel bars (6.525).

She finished eighth in the allaround competition (33.975).

White, Kirby and Thomas all competed in the Level 8

Junior Division.

White tied for fifth on vault (8.350), was sixth on bars (8.300), seventh on floor (8.950) and 10th on beam (7.950) and placed seventh in the all-around (33.550).

Kirby was eight on the floor (8.925) and tied for eighth on both the vault (8.300) and bars (7.600).

She was ninth on the balance beam (8.150) and in the allaround (32.975).

Thomas only competed in three events, placing 10th on the floor (8.775) and tying for 10th on the vault (8.200).

She was 11th on the beam (7.575).

Gymnastics Plus is part of the Boys & Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon.

Local Schedule Friday, March 26

High School Football — North Bend at Marshfield, 7 p.m.; Bandon at Glide, 7 p.m.; Lost River at Myrtle Point, 6 p.m.; Glendale at Gold Beach, 6 p.m.

High School Volleyball — North Bend at Brookings-Harbor, 6 p.m.

College Baseball — SWOCC at Umpqua (2), 1 p.m.

College Volleyball — SWOCC at Linn-Benton, 6 p.m.

Saturday, March 27

High School Football — Coquille vs. Douglas at Sutherlin, 1:30 p.m.

High School Boys Soccer — North Bend at Cascade Christian, noon.

High School Girls Soccer — Marshfield at Sutherlin, 5 p.m.

College Softball — SWOCC at Treasure Valley (2), noon.

Women’s College Soccer — Chemeketa at SWOCC, noon.

Sunday, March 28

College Baseball — SWOCC at Umpqua (2), 1 p.m.

College Softball — SWOCC at Treasure Valley (2), 9 a.m.

Tuesday, March 30

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

High School Boys Soccer — Cottage Grove at Marshfield, 6:30 p.m.; Douglas at Coquille, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, March 31

College Volleyball — SWOCC at Lane, 6 p.m.

High School Girls Soccer — Brookings-Harbor at Marshfield, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 1

High School Girls Soccer — Marist Catholic at Marshfield, 6:30 p.m.; Cottage Grove at North Bend, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, April 2

High School Boys Soccer — Coquille at Glide, 10:30 a.m.

College Baseball — Linn-Benton at SWOCC (2), 1 p.m.

College Volleyball — SWOCC at Lane, 6 p.m.

College Softball — SWOCC at Big Bend (2), 1 p.m.

Saturday, April 3

High School Girls Soccer — North Bend at Thurston, 1 p.m.

High School Boys Soccer — North Bend at Thurston, 3:15 p.m.

College Baseball — SWOCC at Linn-Benton (2), 1 p.m.

College Softball — SWOCC at Big Bend (2), 10 a.m.

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This week in Coos County history: March 24-27 100 YEARS — 1921 Timber company is fined $100 Alleged to have put sawsdust in Lake Takenitch Arrest made by Deputy McDaniel and justice of peace at Gardiner imposes fine Deputy Game Warden McDaniel served a warrant on the Takenitch Timber company, operating just above Reedsport on Lake Takenitch. The company is cutting spruce bolts for the paper mill at Oregon City. There are two saws near the lake bank and it was alleged that sawdust was being allowed to go into the lake. The sawdust kills the fish.

A representative of the company was taken before Justice Gray at Gardiner and not pleading guilty a fine of $100 was imposed.

Price of eggs hits low level Several years since they have been so cheap Not long since housewife had to 80 and 90 cents a dozen — several reasons given The price of eggs throughout the state has recently hit the lowest mark it has reached in several years past. At Portland the wholesale market was demoralized for a day or two and buyers offered only 18 and 20 cents a dozen.

Yesterday at Roseburg eggs sold for only 14 cents a dozen due to the market being floored. They have been selling as low as 28 cents a dozen here.

However the low mark has probably been reached and it is more than likely that the price will go up some. It is not believed that eggs will be as low again during the entire summer.

At Portland the market has become steady again and the price will probably stiffen up during the next few days.

Range has been great The range in the price of eggs has been greater than any other one product which is commonly used. It has not been so long since the housewife was called upon to pay 80 and 90 cents a dozen for eggs and now they are down to less than 30 cents. But the buyer will probably have to pay more during the rest of the summer.

Several reasons given Several reasons are given for the drop in eggs. Many were held in storage and it is said that the speculators who held them were unable to secure further loans and were forced to throw them on the market. Then too the Chinese eggs are said to have had an effect. These Oriental eggs would not be salable against fresh eggs everywhere but when they are dumped on the market at a low price it has an effect on the better product. It is claimed that the Chinese can produce eggs and deliver them to the shipping point in China at 5 cents a dozen and make money and against such competition the home producer has little chance. The Hood River poultrymen this week decided to put their eggs in storage, claiming that the price of 20 cents offered wholesale was not enough to let them break even much less make a profit.

C.A. Smith urges development Says time is propitious for harbor work Also favors more to develop rural possibilities C.A. Smith in a response to the welcome extended him at the smoker given as a welcome to him at the Millicoma Club last night by the Marshfield Chamber of Commerce urged an immediate and concerted campaign for greater development of the harbor and also of the rural districts of southwestern Oregon.

C.A. Smith said he regretted that he was not a public speaker and had not had time to prepare a speech. However, he said he wanted to call attention to the fact that the harbor was really the big thing on Coos Bay. It was responsible for him coming here and for most of the others and consequently should be the thing upon which all citizens should united in developing.

He said he regarded the present as the propitious time for pushing Coos Bay’s claim for federal aid. The Atlantic coast has been supplied with lumber from the southern states.

In less than four years, it is estimated that the southern states lumber supply will be barely sufficient to supply the home needs. Then the Atlantic coast will have to turn to the Pacific northwest and as a matter of selfish interest, the harbor development here will aid their source of supply. Eastern aid is the big thing in seeking federal consideration, he said.

Two fined for liquor offenses W.M. Carlson and Art Ramus plead guilty today Justin Joehnk imposes $40 and $50 fines — Chas. Baker of Empire dismissed Wm. Carlson, a stranger who had imbibed too freely of moonshine and still had part of a bottle on his hip, bumped into the wrong man last evening. The party he bumped was Constable Goodman who noticed that Carlson had strayed from the narrow path. He placed him under arrest.

This morning Carlson pleaded guilty and was fined $40 which he paid.

Rasmus is fined Art Rasmus of Ten Mile was fined $50 and costs and sentenced to five days in the county jail when he pleaded guilty to violating the liquor law at a dance there a few weeks ago.

The jail sentence was suspended during behavior. Rasmus’ father recently was released from the county jail, his term having expired, after having pleaded guilty to violating the liquor law.

Chas. Baker of Empire who was arrested several weeks ago on the charge of violating the liquor law at his place there, was released today, District Attorney Fisher dismissed the charges against him.

Farmers taught to fight moles Government expert tells of eradication of pest Three meetings are held in the county by member of the U.S. Biological Survey Ira N. Gabrielson of the United States Biological Survey held three mole eradication demonstrations in Coos county last week in connection with the program of work as outlined by the Dew Valley, Norway and North Bayside Community Farm Bureau programs of work. There were 110 people who attended these meetings and were taught the peculiar habits of the mole.

Mr. Gabrielson states that although moles do eat vegetable material that over 90 per cent of their diet is of animal origin; angleworms, beatles, insects, larvae, etc.

The greatest damage which they do is to throw up mounds in the lawns, garden and meadows and afford runways for the field mouse, which is very destructive. He cited experiments of where several dozen mice were caught in one mole runway.

There is no method practical for poisoning the mole on account of the fact that he seldom eats other material than live earthworms.

Mr. Gabrielson recommended the Nash and Pincer mole traps and explained fully how each should be operated.

50 YEARS — 1971 Log scaler pickets spread in Coos area Striking log scalers spread their picket lines to additional sites this morning. Pickets appeared at Georgia-Pacific operations in Powers and log storage area in Millington, where scalers from the Columbia River Chapter, Pacific Log Scaling Association work.

The North Fork Ramp in Florence also was picketed today, according to a union spokesman, and pickets may move to G-P’s Johnson pond today.

The strike went into its second day today following a deadlock in a wage dispute with Columbia River Log Scaling and Grading Bureau.

Operations were halted Wednesday at G-P plywood and hardboard plants in Bunker Hill and at Coos Head Timber Company Empire plants when picket lines went up early in the day. The picket lines were removed shortly after noon and swing and graveyard shifts were in operation at both sites, a company spokesman said.

Coquille firm fined $500 in Coos court COQUILLE — Dean Benham, president of Benham Concrete, Inc., was fined $500 and given a 30 day suspended jail sentence Wednesday for illegally removing gravel from the Coquille River near Broadbent.

Benham was found guilty by a district court jury March 18 for violating the terms of a state permit banning removal of river material from sites not isolated by dikes from main river waters.

District court judge Charles Reeves said the suspended 30 day jail term would be imposed if further violations of the state permit

by Benham occur in the one year period.

The permit violation charge against Benham stemmed from a Jan. 8 incident when two Oregon State Police officers observed a dragline operator employed by Benham digging gravel from an area not diked.

The state ban on digging river material from sites not isolated from main river waters extends from Oct. 1 through May 15 of each year.

Bandon meets Stayton after one-point win over Junction City Semis of State AA today EUGENE — The Bandon Tigers will carry the banner of the Sunset Six into the semi-finals round Oregon Class AA state tournament play after the Southwestern Oregon school eked out a one-point victory Wednesday over Tigers of another breed — the Junction City Tigers.

The commanding play of Giant 6-foot-8 Bayard Forrest, coupled with outstanding supporting performances by Steve Clausen and Truett Forrest, carried Bandon to the threshold of victory.

In the end, however, it was a pair of free throws by reserve Gordy Groshong, his only points of the game, which sent Bandon to a 59-58 win.

The triumph kept the Sunset school on a general course toward the tournament finals — the victorious Tigers meet top-ranked Stayton at 7:30 tonight in the upper-bracket semis.

Coquille Red Devils defeated by Gladstone EUGENE — Gladstone saved its best for last and pushed the Coquille Red Devils out of the running for the 1971 state AA basketball championship with a 69-60 win Wednesday.

The Gladiators streaked for nine points in a two-minute span late in the fourth quarter while holding Coquille scoreless to break up a close game and move into the semi-finals.

The winners had to overcome a 50-49 fourth quarter lead for Coquille and it wasn’t until the three minute mark that they were able to move away. From a 58-56 advantage with 3:04 left, the sudden deluge of points

provided a comfortable 67-56 cushion with 58 seconds on the clock.

The loss dropped Coquille into the running for the tourney’s fourth-place trophy. The Satans met Pleasant Hill at 3 p.m. this afternoon to determine the lower-bracket contestant of that cup.

Coquille is loser Coquille had a hand in the second highest-scoring game in the history of the Class AA state tournament Thursday, but even 81 points was not enough to keep the Red Devils from bowing out of the 1971 hoopfest.

Pleasant Hill, led by 23 points from 6-foot6, 220-pound Russell Francis, zipped to a 44-30 halftime lead and then held on in the face of a 51-point second half by the Devils to record an 86-81 victory.

‘Cinderella’ Pirates whip Medford, play Grant Tonight PORTLAND — Marshfield, the “Cinderella Kids” of the 53rd annual Class AAA basketball tournament, advanced to the semi-finals with a seemingly easy, 53-46, victory over Medford in a quarter-final clash Wednesday afternoon.

The Purple-and-Gold Pirates play Grant of Portland tonight at 7:30. The Generals eked out a 39-37 decision over tough Baker in the first game of the championship round Wednesday. In last year’s tourney, Marshfield claimed a 68-59 victory over Grant.

Marshfield coach Bruce Hoffine pulled a strategy switch Wednesday, as the Pirates used a “shot-selection” offense as opposed to the fast-break tactics they used in the tourney opener against LaSalle.

The end result was that Marshfield controlled the tempo of the contest and stopped Medford’s fast break that had earned the Tornado an 81-54 win over Reynolds.

“We had two things to do when we went into the game,” Hoffine said. “One was to have two guys under the basket on defense to stop the fast break, and the other was to have them (Medford) playing a lot of defense.”

The Pirates came through exactly as prescribed, with a full-court press thrown in after the first three minutes helping to produce as much as a 17-point lead over Medford.

Bandon’s ‘Bad Night’: Stayton wins 59-49 Tigers fail in bid to make finals EUGENE — A five-minute scoring drought in the first quarter and a bad night at ball-handling foiled Bandon’s bid to reach the finals of the state Class AA basketball tournament in its first-ever tourney appearance Thursday night.

The lengthy scoreless spell turned an early tie into a 14-point Stayton lead and 25 turnovers — more than twice the Eagles’ total — hampered efforts to rebound, although the Tigers made things interesting in the third quarter.

Stayton accordingly chalked up a 59-49 victory and moved into the championship finals against Rainier tonight. Bandon takes on Gladstone, which lost the other semi-final contest to Rainier, 64-53, for third place in the 1971 tournament in a 7:30 clash.

The Tigers shot well below their season’s norm for the game — 18-of-53 (.340) — but this was largely due to 4:51 of scoreless offense which turned an opening 8-8 standoff into a 22-8 lead for the top-ranked Eagles at the end of the period.

Bandon’s all-state center, 6-foot-8 Bayard Forrest, was unable to find the range from the field until the 4:48 mark of the second quarter. Forrest then opened up to lead all scorers with 19 points.

Bandon third in State AA The Bandon Tigers opened a ten-point lead with a third-quarter barrage and held on to handle Gladstone with ease Friday en route to third place in the 1971 state class AA basketball tournament.

Giant 6-foot-8 Bayard Forrest established a new tournament one-game rebounding record and tossed through 23 points to guide the Tigers to a 70-56 victory over the Gladiators.

Forrest pulled down 29 rebounds to better the old mark of 25.

While Forrest was nearly a one-man show under the backboards, the Tigers’ talented junior center had plenty of scoring help from teammates.

Steve Clausen connected for 18 counters, Charlie MacDonald hit 11 and John Prahar had 10.

Reedsport tournament consolation winners In the most stirring episode of the 1971 Class AA state basketball tournament, the Reedsport Braves battled back from nowhere to overcome an early 19-point deficit and defeat Lakeview in overtime, 68-66, to win the consolation final Friday afternoon.

With just two seconds remaining in overtime, Norm Lacey grabbed a rebound and tossed through an 8-foot jumper to give the Braves a consolation trophy.

Pirate loss to Grant ‘A tough one’ PORTLAND — “That was a tough one,” said Marshfield coach Bruce Hoffine, begrudgingly.

Marshfield, the diminutive darlings of the 53rd annual Class AAA basketball tournament in Portland’s Memorial Coliseum, had just battled back from a ten-point second-quarter deficit against Grant of Portland only to lose, 49-48, as Tim Stambaugh punched in a pair of free throws with two seconds left in the semi-final contest.

Which leaves the Pirates, the surprise team of the tournament, to play District 5AAA

rival North Eugene tonight at 7:30. A late North rally fell short as the Highlanders dropped a 59-53 decision to Benson Tech. It will be an all-PIL final at 9 p.m. while Marshfield and North play for third place.

Sunset Six ‘Dream Team’ is announced A six-team unit with a scoring potential over 90 points per game has been announced

by Sunset Six officials at the all-conference basketball team for the 1970-71 season.

Under a new method of selection, the “dream team” was chosen from all-opponent teams submitted by conference schools — instead of the former method by which coaches selected the team at a post-season meeting.

Heading up the “all-star” team was Bandon center Bayard Forrest, who shattered the conference scoring record with 234 points during the ten-game schedule. Forrest, a junior, represented the champion Tigers along with senior brother, Truett Forrest, who averaged nine points per game.

Guards John Mahlberg of Coquille and Stan Grove of Myrtle Point were picked to the “first team” for the second straight season.

Grove, a senior who averaged 14.4 points in conference play, was also a second-team choice as a sophomore in 1969.

Mahlberg, another of the three juniors of the team, averaged 15.4 points per game, to join teammate, 6-foot-4 Carl Johnson. Johnson paced Coquille in scoring with a 16.6 average.

Bill Pommarane of Brookings, another junior, rounded out the team. He averaged 12.7 points per game in conference play.

20 YEARS — 2001 Coos Bay landmark to be demolished on Monday For those who have walked East Branch’s halls, Monday, will be the day Coos Bay residents bid farewell to an old friend. The now-empty school building will crumble into history.

“Things are not going to be the same anymore,” said Vera Richter, who graduated from Marshfield High School in 1923. “The things I remember will no longer be there. It will be so sad to see the building go.”

Originally called Marshfield High School, East Branch has been a part of the Coos Bay community since its construction in 1908.

Students and teachers moved on this year with the completion of Pirate Hall, the new math and science building paid for with a school bond district voters approved in 1998.

During the early 1920s, East Branch housed first through eighth-grade students who lived on the south end of town and all the town’s high school students. The original building was three stories. High school students used the first and second stories. The school’s seventh and eighth-graders climbed stairs to the top floor.

The Harding Building was built in 1925 to help relieve the crowding in East Branch.

Students from first through eighth grade went to school there. By 1938, construction began on what is now the main building at Marshfield High School.

Larsen to play for Concordia University Letter of intent: North Bend volleyball star chooses college Amanda Larsen reached a goal that had been with her since the eighth grade.

Since then, the North Bend High School senior became one of the top volleyball players in the Midwestern League and made school history Friday. Larsen became the first-ever Bulldog volleyball player to sign a letter of intent to play at a four-year university.

Larsen’s choice? Concordia University.

“I think all along it was the best and easiest choice,” she said.

Draped by Debbie Larsen, Amanda’s mother, North Bend volleyball coach Susi Armstrong, and several friends, teachers and other family members, Larsen reached her goal as she signed her name on the dotted line.

“I knew I wanted to play after high school,” Larsen said. “I am really excited.”

Larsen’s final decision came down to three schools: Concordia, located in Portland; Western Oregon in Monmouth; and Trinity University in San Antonio.

Teamwork, elbow grease create ‘student’ for college While some people on the South Coast were fixated on the gold statues handed out at the annual Academy Awards this weekend, a few students at Southwestern Oregon Community College installed a bronze sculpture of their own Saturday.

More than 15 people watched the installation of the sculpture outside of Sitkum Hall, across from the college’s library. Most present were members of artist Mac Holman’s bronze monumental art class during winter term.

The bronze sculpture of a man coming from the building was built by the students in his class during the 10-week term. Holman’s spring class, which starts in April, will tackle the creation of the sculpture’s female counterpart who is waiting for the man on the college’s library steps.

Southwestern commissioned Holman to create the two bronze sculptures. As part of the deal, he agreed to teach students how to make bronze sculptures.

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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Beavers, Ducks advance to NCAA Sweet 16 The Oregon State and Oregon men are both in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 in the same year for the first time after each won their second-round games.

Oregon’s women also are in the Sweet 16, but Oregon State’s women were beaten by top seed South Carolina in the second round in their region.

Oregon State’s men have been one of the big surprises of the championship season. The Beavers were picked to finish last in the preseason Pac-12 poll and then stunned experts by beating UCLA, regular-season champion Oregon and Colorado in the conference tournament.

That got Oregon State a No. 12 seed in the NCAA tournament, and the Beavers responded with wins over No. 5 seed Tennessee and No. 4 seed Oklahoma State.

Against Tennessee, the Beavers took control early and cruised to a 70-56 victory. Roman Silva had 16

points, hitting all eight of his on the way to their victory. field goal attempts inside, while Next up for Oregon State is a Jared Lucas made four 3-pointSaturday morning game against ers and scored 14 points. Ethan Loyola-Chicago. The Ducks Men Thompson added 13 and Zach face Pac-12 rival USC at 6:45 Regional Semifinals Reichle 10. p.m. Sunday.

Saturday Oregon State vs. Loyola Chicago, 11:40 a.m., CBS The Beavers followed that The Pac-12 put four teams Villanova vs. Baylor, 2:15 p.m., CBS win with an 80-70 win over the into the Sweet 16, with UCLA Oral Roberts vs. Arkansas, 4:25 p.m., TBS Cowboys, several times buildalso advancing. The Bruins Syracuse vs. Houston, 6:55 p.m., TBS ing leads only to see Oklahoma face Alabama on Sunday.

Sunday Creighton vs. Gonzaga, 11:10 a.m., CBS State charge back. Ultimately, No other conference has Florida State vs. Michigan, 2 p.m., CBS Oregon State held on, aided by more than two teams still in the UCLA vs. Alabama, 4:15 p.m., TBS 32-for-35 shooting from the tournament.

Oregon vs. USC, 6:45 p.m., TBS foul line.

Women Women Thompson had 26 points Regional Semifinals Oregon’s women, the No. 6 and Lucas and Maurice Calloo Saturday seed in their region, held South added 15 each.

Iowa vs. Connecticut, 10 a.m., ABC Dakota to nine first-half points Michigan vs. Baylor, noon, ABC Oregon didn’t play a firstIndiana vs. North Carolina State, 3 p.m., ESPN2 on the way to a 67-47 win in round game after Virginia Arizona vs. Texas A&M, 5 p.m., ESPN2 the opening round.

Commonwealth had to pull out Sunday Erin Boley had 22 points, of the tournament at the last Georgia Tech vs. South Carolina, 10 a.m., ABC Nyara Sabally 17 and Sedona moment due to a COVID-19 Missouri State vs. Stanford, noon, ABC Oregon vs. Louisville, 4 p.m., ESPN Prince 12 for Oregon. issue.

Texas vs. Maryland, 6 p.m., ESPN In the second round, the The Ducks routed No. 2 seed Ducks topped No. 3 seed Iowa 95-80 in the second round.

Eugene Omoruyi 17 for the Ducks, Georgia 57-50 on Wednesday.

Chris Duarte had 23 points, LJ Figueroa 21, Will Richardson 19 and who scored 56 points in the first half Prince scored 22 points, Sabally 15

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and Taylor Mikesell 11 in the win.

Oregon faces No. 2 seed Louisville in the regional semifinals Sunday.

Oregon State, which was seeded No. 9 in its region, cruised past Florida State 83-59 in the opening round. Aleah Goodman had 24 points, Taylor Jones 18 and Sasha Goforth 14.

But the Beavers went cold against top-seed South Carolina, with the Gamecocks pulling away from a 16-all tie by holding Oregon State scoreless for six minutes in the second quarter.

Jones had 13 points and Goodman 10 in the loss.

Pac-12 champion Stanford and Arizona also still are alive, but Washington State lost in the first round and UCLA joined Oregon State as a loser in the second round, falling to Texas.

Arizona faces Texas A&M on Saturday and Stanford plays Missouri State on Sunday.

Scenes from the high school sports seasons

Marshfield's dance team, The Upbeats, performs a halftime routine during the Pirates' recent football game against Elmira.

A banner at Vic Adams Field recognizes North Bend's Ian Spalding, who died in an accident last summer and would have been a senior for the Bulldogs this year.

Myrtle Point volleyball player Hayden Weekly concentrates on the ball while bumping it to a teammate during an outdoor match against Coquille.

Photos by John Gunther

Trace Edwards of the Coquille-Myrtle Point DevilCats passes the ball to a teammate during a match against Glide.

North Bend's band is socially distanced while playing during a home football game.

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Now is the time to clear that Gorse! Big Foot Stump Grinding LLC does Gorse and Brush Clearing. Stump Grinding, Tractor Services, Landscape Maint. We are Licensed, Bonded and Insured. LCB#9933 Serving Bandon and Surrounding Areas, Find us on FB. Big Foot Stump Grinding LLC (541) 366-1036 JBJ TREE & LAWN SERVICE LLC JOHN 541-260-8166 CCB# 211687 Lawn Maintenance Hardscape Tree Removal Brushing Site Clearing PATRICK MYERS TREE SERVICE. Certified arborist, 50 yrs. exp. Free estimates. 541347-9124 or 541-290-7530. Lic. #116632. Stump grinding, hazardous removal, pruning hedges and brush clipping. Serving Bandon area since 1995.

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Misc Services MICK’S BARBER SHOP Father/ son barber shop. Across from the post office. Monday - Friday, 9am - 5:30pm 541-347- 2207.

PAHLS FAMILY DENTISTRY offers single-visit crowns, dental implants and sedation dentistry.

Accepting new patients. Call to reserve your appointment today. 541.396.2242, Coquille BALTIMORE CENTRE Mail & Ship FedEx UPS Postal 541-347-5351 Copy Fax Notary Laser Engraving Vinyl Signs Crystal’s Nifty Thrifty 623-233-9587 1130 Baltimore Ave SE

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Announcements New hours for plant shoppers!

Dragonfly Farm, by Langlois is now open every day 9am-5pm.

We offer the largest selection of plants on the southern Oregon coast. You’ll find sizes ranging from 2” indoor plants to 25 gallon beautiful trees. Bagged soil, gift shop items & tons of pottery!

Google Us!! Or call/text: 541-844-5559.

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YOU’RE INVITED!! Laurel Grove treasures, fine antiques, & collectibles. Too much variety to mention. Formally Laurel Grove Store, 7 mi. S. of Bandon, HWY 101. ONGOING through summer.

Starts 3/20 10-4. Cash only!

The City of Bandon’s Public Works Department is looking for Summer Help! The City of Bandon’s public works department will be accepting applications through 4:00 p.m.

Friday, April 2, 2021 for full time temporary summer help. Applicants must have a valid ODL and pass a drug screen. Position will start no later than May 3, 2021 at $14.70/hr. Applications and job descriptions can be obtained at City Hall or on their website www. cityofbandon.org. For questions, please call 541-347-2437.

EAGLES NEST Danish home on ten plush acres east of Bandon. Three Large Bedrooms, great room, family room, attached greenhouse. Separate finished workshop, chicken Coop, storage, new drilled well. $549,000 Neighboring 55 acres available also! Call Fred Gernandt, Broker 541 290 9444 D. L. Davis Real Estate

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS In the Matter of the Estate of DARREL AFTON DISHNER, Deceased.

Case No. 21PB01738 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Craig Dishner, has been appointed personal representative.

All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the attorney for the personal representative Jacques P. DePlois, P.O. Box 3159, Coos Bay, Oregon 97420, 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, or the attorney for the personal representative.

Dated and first published: March 12, 2021 Jacques P. DePlois, Attorney for the Personal Representative P.O. Box 3159 Coos Bay, OR 97420 (541) 888-6338 Published: March 12, March 19 and March 26, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:311152)

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Employment Opps At Bandon Inn our employee’s health is important to us.

Bandon Inn has remained COVID free throughout the pandemic.

We have precautionary measures in place to ensure that we all remain healthy.

We have full-time positions available, so if you are reliable and want to be part of the Bandon Inn Team, please apply at the front desk for the following positions: Laundry Attendant Housekeepers Continental Breakfast Server Coffee Barista Please apply at the front desk at 355 Highway 101.

City Administrator/Recorder Port Orford, OR. (Salary: $63,000-$77,000 annually DOQ plus excellent benefits) Southern Oregon coastal eclectic community of 1,200 with interests including arts, recreational fishing, hiking, boating. Fresh water lake, ocean beaches, plus two nearby wild rivers. Economy based on tourism, commercial fishing, cottage industry. Reports to mayor and six member council. $5.5M annual budget. 10 employees not including 4 member police force. Requirements: 5 years increasing managerial/administrative responsibility preferably in a municipal environment; or, education & experience equivalent.

The required application and job description can be downloaded from www.portorford.org or contact: CA Search, City of Port Orford, P.O. Box 310, Port Orford, OR 97465, (541)366-4564, or email djohnson@portorford.org.

Job closes 4:30pm, Friday, April 2, 2021.

Cranberry Sweets Bandon is hiring Retail Associates.

Apply in person/email resume to cranberrysweets@frontier.com Network Administrator The Coquille School District is seeking a qualified candidate for network administration, operations, and management. We offer a competitive compensation package with a salary range of $70,000-$80,000 DOE as well as excellent fringe benefits; employer paid retirement (PERS).

Coquille School District includes five school buildings with 1,400 students and 180 staff members.

Coquille is located 20 miles from the Oregon Coast and is well known for recreational opportunities including fishing, hiking, and nearby access to the dunes and many state parks. Application online at http://- www.coquille.k12. or.us/- employment.html Part-time head housekeeper wanted. Apply at the Bandon Beach Motel. References required. 541-347- 9451.

Help Wanted! Cashier/Line Cooks. Tony's Crab Shack, Bandon. Call 541-290-2293 for interview.

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Consulting Engineers & Geologists Is Hiring 2 full-time, benefitted positions with shareholder opportunities:

Construction Materials Testing Lab Manager Construction Materials Lab & Field Tech Join a family-friendly and supportive team culture, proud to work and play in the communities we serve.

For full job descriptions and how to apply: http://www.shn-engr.com/careers/currently-open-positions

Vines Art Glass is looking to add 2 new members to our team! 1 part time position and 1 full time position starting ASAP. $15/hour + depending on experience. Will train. Full time position will work in gallery and have office duties such as handling paperwork, scheduling, returning calls/- emails, packaging and shipping. Part time position will also work in gallery and have other duties as well. We are looking for someone to be prompt, organized, have attention to detail and the ability to multitask as well as a self-starter and quick learner. Must have reliable transportation and good sense of humor. Please email your resume at contact@vinesartglass.com or call 541-347-2652.

BE PART OF A GREAT TEAM! Best Western Inn at Face Rock is hiring for Front Desk, Housekeeping & Part-Time Breakfast positions. Wages start at $12.50 but are dependent on experience & position.

Most positions are seasonal and schedules may include Weekends and Holidays.

EOE Please stop by for an application, 3225 Beach Loop Dr., Bandon OR Wanted experienced caregiver for occasional 24 hr weekend employment. Pays $250 per weekend. 541 551 1308.

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Recreational Vehicles BUYING RVs. Gib's RV is looking for clean pre-owned RVs to buy/consign. No fee consignments. We make house calls. 541-888-3424.

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Furniture It’s Spring Clearance Sale at Hennick’s Furniture! Select mattresses, dining sets, occasional tables at bottom line prices. Plus all rugs, framed art and bedding at 20% off. Come see us at Hennick’s Furniture, 88298 Hwy 42 South (541)329-1233. Open Mon-Sat, 9:30-5:30. Shop online at: www.hennicksfurniture.com

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ANIMAL CREMATORY The Bay Area’s only pet crematory with COOS BAY CHAPEL. 541-2673131 coosbayareafunerals.com

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Storage BANDON MINI-STORAGE. Temp. controlled RV & boat storage. 50317 Hwy. 101 South.

541-347-1190.

BANDON E-Z STORAGE. Affordable plus Boat/RV. 370 11th St. SE, 541-347-9629.

BANDON MINI-STORAGE, temp controlled, 88371 Hwy. 42S, 541347-5040. Ask for Manager's Special.

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Real Estate/Trade CHAS WALDROP REAL ESTATE LLC. Providing Personal Professional Real Estate Service.

Since 1988. Call for a No Cost, No Obligation, Broker Price Opinion for Your Home & Property.

"Dedicated to Excellence" 541-347-9455.

COASTAL SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY Located just south of town off Seabird. Drive that is only minutes to town center and Ocean/Beach access.

This is a unique parcel that has a pristine and natural environment for your new home. All City Utility Services available, surveyed, excellent southern exposure, and offers views of a riparian, protected area that preserves the natural untouched landscape for a wonderful rural lifestyle in the City limits, $79,900.

Contact Dan Cirigliano 541.297-2427

Great Location!

6.52 acres of Privacy 3 bdrm /2 Bath Oversized Garage MLS#20227679 $350,000 CENTURY 21 Best Realty, Inc. 325 2nd St SE, Bandon Realtors Licensed in Oregon Coast Guard Hill Water view that won’t stop! $450,000 Oceanview .4 acres. Paved driveway, water and sewer, deeded trail to Beach West side of Beach Loop $195,000 Only a few lots left Ocean Terrace, $69,500 & up.

Call Fred Gernandt, Broker 541290-9444. D L Davis Real Estate.

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Legal Notices IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF OREGON FOR COOS COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of WILLIAM B. BEARDSLEY DECEASED. Case No. 21PB01763 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Sandra Beardsley 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 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 Street, Coquille, Oregon 97423, the Personal Representative or the attorney for the Personal Representative.

Dated and first published: March 12, 2021 Sandra Beardsley Personal Representative 650 Hilltop Drive Lakeside, OR 97449 (541) 294-9989 Published: March 12, March 19, and March 26, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:311156) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS PROBATE DEPARTMENT In the Matter of the Estate of Craig Gibson Bennett, Deceased.

Case No. 21PB01567 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Jesse Bennet Culver and Amber Corina Bennet have been appointed as Co Personal representatives of the above estate. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them to the undersigned attorney for the personal representatives at 101 SW Washington St. Hillsboro, OR 97123, 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 representatives, or the attorney for the personal representatives.

Dated and first published on March 19, 2021.

Jesse Bennet Culver and Amber Corina Bennet Co Personal Representatives Richard W. Butler OSB # OSB 142884 McKean & Knaupp, Attorneys LLC 101 SW Washington St. Hillsboro, OR 97123 (503) 8460707 Published: March 19, March 26 and April 2, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:311623)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS In the Matter of the Estate of JAMES D. SHANNON, Deceased. Case No. 21PB01826 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above estate. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them to the undersigned personal representative at Lawrence Finneran LLC, Attorney at Law, 405 North Fifth Street, PO Box 359, Coos Bay, Oregon, 97420, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice or they may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by this proceeding may obtain additional information from the records of the court, the personal representative, or the attorneys for the personal representative.

DATED and first published this 19th day of March, 2021.

Emmett P. Shannon Personal Representative Published: March 19, March 26 and April 2, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:311710) 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)

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TRUSTEE T.S. No.: O Reference deed made VALENTIN FIDELITY COMPANY MORTGAG REGISTRA INC., AS N SUNSET M Legal Notices SUCCESS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF as Benefic recorded 1 THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS records of PROBATE DEPARTMENT CASEas fee/file/i reception n No. 21PB00307 and modifie NOTICE TO INTERESTED Agreement PERSONS Instrument In the Matter of the Estate of subsequen David Alan Schreiber, Deceased. Notice is hereby given transferred Towd Poin that Janis Elaine Moore has 2017-FRE2 been appointed Personal RepreAssociatio sentative of the above estate. All Trustee co persons having claims against described r the estate are required to present said Count them to the undersigned attorney 28S1430C for the personal representative at LOTS 1, 4, PO Box 979 Bandon, OR 97411 19, WOOD within four months after the date BANDON, of first publication of this notice, OREGON. as stated below, or such objec- 960 Baltim tions may be barred. All persons Bandon, O whose rights may be affected by signed her upon busin the proceedings in this estate may obtain additional information no known w from the records of the Court, the the trust de the benefic personal representative, or the recorded in attorney of the personal reprecounty or c sentative.

Dated and first published March above desc situated. F 12, 2021. been institu Janis Elaine Moore debt, or an Personal Representative remaining Manuel C. Hernandez, OSB deed, or, if #874123 instituted, s Attorney for Personal Represen- dismissed tative ORS 86.75 P.O. Box 979 beneficiary Bandon, OR 97411 elected to s 541-347-2911 property to Fax: 541-347-3656 secured by Email: lawtalk@visitband.com notice has Published: March 12, March 19 pursuant to Oregon Re and March 26, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:311310) is a default person owi performanc IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF by the trus THE STATE OF OREGON successor FOR THE COUNTY OF CURRY to provision DANA LEWIS Plaintiff, v. AN- authorize s THONY AGNEW, NORRIS BODY such provis SHOP, INC, and LYNN BRAGG which forec Defendants. grantor’s fa Case No. 20CV46841 the followin SUMMONS REQUIRED TO: ANTHONY AGNEW $21,905.60 IN THE NAME OF THE STATE TO PAYOF OF OREGON YOU ARE HERE- Because o and other c

BY REQUIRED to appear and defend the complaint filed against from day-to you in the above-entitled cause on the day within 30 days from the date of greater. It w first publication specified herein. Ifyou to cont you fail to appear and defend, the the time yo Plaintiff will apply to the court for or the payo may be ad the relief demanded in the Comamount yo plaint for Conversion of Chattels. pay. By rea The relief requested in the Combeneficiary plaint for Conversion of Chattels owing on th is damages against you in the by the trus amount of $366,000.00. NOTICE and payab TO THE DEFENDANT: READ the followin THESE PAPERS CAREFULLY! installmen You may be liable for attorney interest w fees in this case. A judgment for 9/1/2019, a attorney fees can be entered installmen against you should Plaintiff in this interest th case prevail. You must “appear” Notice, plu in this case or the other side will due (if app win automatically. To “appear” youcharges, d must file with the court a legal pa- taxes, insu per called a “motion” or “answer”. advances taxes and/ The “motion” or “answer” must be given to the court clerk or ad- trustee’s f ministrator within 30 days along fees and c from or as with the required filing fee. It beneficiar must be in proper form and have and prese proof of service on the Plaintiff’s which mus attorney or, if the Plaintiff do not condition have an attorney, proof of service including upon the Plaintiff. If you have any accrue thr questions, you should see an or pay-off. attorney immediately. If you need notice sha help in finding an attorney, you waiver of a may call the Oregon State Bar’s Beneficiar Lawyer Referral Service at (503) Trust purs 684-3763 or toll-free in Oregon at the loan d (800) 452-7636. notice here Date of First Publication is: March QUALITY L CORPORA 26, 2021 TON, the u Attorney for Plaintiff: Nathan L. Garcia, OSB #103856 on 6/22/20 AM, Stand - Attorney at Law established PO Box 2724 Oregon Re Brookings, OR 97415 Main Entra (541) 247-1332 Nathan@nathangarcialaw.com County Co 250 North Published: March 26, April 2, April Coquille, O 9 and April 16, 2021 COOS, Sta The World & ONPA (ID:311897) public auct bidder for c said descri which the g power to co execution b deed, toge which the g sors in inte execution o satisfy the thereby se and expen reasonable Notice is fu person nam of Oregon the right to proceeding trust deed to the bene amount the portion of s not then be occurred), trustee’s an curing any plained of i by tenderin required un trust deed,

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TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE T.S. No.: OR-20-877312-BB Reference is made to that certain deed made by, RIEKA S. VALENTINE as Grantor to FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE COMPANY, as trustee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR SUNSET MORTGAGE CO.,ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, as Beneficiary, dated 11/3/2006, recorded 11/13/2006, in official records of COOS County, Oregon as fee/file/instrument/microfilm/reception number 2006-15308 and modified as per Modification Agreement recorded 7/2/2010 as Instrument No. 2010-6142 and subsequently assigned or transferred by operation of law to Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2017-FRE2, U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee covering the following described real property situated in said County, and State. APN: 28S1430CC02100 3154900 LOTS 1, 4, 5, 8 AND 9, BLOCK 19, WOODLAND ADDITION TO BANDON, COOS COUNTY, OREGON. Commonly known as: 960 Baltimore Avenue SE, Bandon, OR 97411 The undersigned hereby certifies that based upon business records there are no known written assignments of the trust deed by the trustee or by the beneficiary, except as recorded in the records of the county or counties in which the above described real property is situated. Further, no action has been instituted to recover the debt, or any part thereof, now remaining secured by the trust deed, or, if such action has been instituted, such action has been dismissed except as permitted by ORS 86.752(7). Both the beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said trust deed and notice has been recorded pursuant to Section 86.752(3) of Oregon Revised Statutes. There is a default by grantor or other person owing an obligation, performance of which is secured by the trust deed, or by the successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of such provision. The default for which foreclosure is made is grantor’s failure to pay when due the following sum: TOTAL REQUIRED TO REINSTATE: $21,905.60 TOTAL REQUIRED TO PAYOFF: $280,611.12 Because of interest, late charges, and other charges that may vary from day-to-day, the amount due on the day you pay may be greater. It will be necessary for you to contact the Trustee before the time you tender reinstatement or the payoff amount so that you may be advised of the exact amount you will be required to pay. By reason of the default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by the trust deed immediately due and payable, those sums being the following, to- wit: The installments of principal and interest which became due on 9/1/2019, and all subsequent installments of principal and interest through the date of this Notice, plus amounts that are due (if applicable) for late charges, delinquent property taxes, insurance premiums, advances made on senior liens, taxes and/or insurance, trustee’s fees, and any attorney fees and court costs arising from or associated with the beneficiaries efforts to protect and preserve its security, all of which must be paid as a condition of reinstatement, including all sums that shall accrue through reinstatement or pay-off. Nothing in this notice shall be construed as a waiver of any fees owing to the Beneficiary under the Deed of Trust pursuant to the terms of the loan documents. Whereof, notice hereby is given that QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION OF WASHINGTON, the undersigned trustee will on 6/22/2021 at the hour of 11:00 AM, Standard of Time, as established by section 187.110, Oregon Revised Statues, at the Main Entrance to the Coos County Courthouse, located at 250 North Baxter Street, Coquille, OR 97423 County of COOS, State of Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the said described real property which the grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution by him of the said trust deed, together with any interest which the grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said trust deed, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the trustee.

Notice is further given that any person named in Section 86.778 of Oregon Revised Statutes has the right to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the trust deed reinstated by payment to the beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of said principal as would not then be due had no default occurred), together with the costs, trustee’s and attorney’s fees and curing any other default complained of in the Notice of Default by tendering the performance required under the obligation or trust deed, at any time prior to

five days before the date last set for sale. Other than as shown of record, neither the beneficiary nor the trustee has any actual notice of any person having or claiming to have any lien upon or interest in the real property hereinabove described subsequent to the interest of the trustee in the trust deed, or of any successor in interest to grantor or of any lessee or other person in possession of or occupying the property, except: Name and Last Known Address and Nature of Right, Lien or Interest Rieka Valentine PO Box 96 Bandon, OR 97411 Original Borrower For Sale Information Call: 800-280-2832 or Login to: www.auction.com In construing this notice, the singular includes the plural, the word “grantor” includes any successor in interest to this grantor as well as any other person owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by the trust deed, and the words “trustee” and “beneficiary” include their respective successors in interest, if any. Pursuant to Oregon Law, this sale will not be deemed final until the Trustee’s deed has been issued by QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION OF WASHINGTON. If any irregularities are discovered within 10 days of the date of this sale, the trustee will rescind the sale, return the buyer’s money and take further action as necessary. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations.

Without limiting the trustee’s disclaimer of representations or warranties, Oregon law requires the trustee to state in this notice that some residential property sold at a trustee’s sale may have been used in manufacturing methamphetamines, the chemical components of which are known to be toxic. Prospective purchasers of residential property should be aware of this potential danger before deciding to place a bid for this property at the trustee’s sale. NOTICE TO TENANTS: TENANTS OF THE SUBJECT REAL PROPERTY HAVE CERTAIN PROTECTIONS AFFFORDED TO THEM UNDER ORS 86.782 AND POSSIBLY UNDER FEDERAL LAW. ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE OF SALE, AND INCORPORATED HEREIN, IS A NOTICE TO TENANTS THAT SETS FORTH SOME OF THE PROTECTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO A TENANT OF THE SUBJECT REAL PROPERTY AND WHICH SETS FORTH CERTAIN REQUIRMENTS THAT MUST BE COMPLIED WITH BY ANY TENANT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE AFFORDED PROTECTION, AS REQUIRED UNDER ORS 86.771. TS No: OR-20-877312BB Dated: 2/11/2021 Quality Loan Service Corporation of Washington, as Trustee Signature By: Jeff Stenman, President Trustee’s Mailing Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington 108 1st Ave South, Suite 202, Seattle, WA 98104 Toll Free: (866) 925-0241 Trustee’s Physical Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington 108 1 st Ave South, Suite 202, Seattle, WA 98104 Toll Free: (866) 925-0241 IDSPub #0173182 3/12/2021 3/19/2021 3/26/2021 4/2/2021 Published: March 12, March 19, March 26 and April 2, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:309054)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF CURRY DANA LEWIS, Plaintiff, v. ANTHONY AGNEW, NORRIS BODY SHOP, INC, and LYNN BRAGG Defendants.

Case No. 20CV46841 SUMMONS TO: LYNN BRAGG IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON YOU ARE HEREBY REQUIRED to appear and defend the complaint filed against you in the above-entitled cause within 30 days from the date of first publication specified herein. If you fail to appear and defend, the Plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the Complaint for Conversion of Chattels.

The relief requested in the Complaint for Conversion of Chattels is damages against you in the amount of $366,000.00. NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANT: READ THESE PAPERS CAREFULLY! You may be liable for attorney fees in this case. A judgment for attorney fees can be entered against you should Plaintiff in this case prevail. 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”.

The “motion” or “answer” must be given to the court clerk or administrator within 30 days 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 do 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.

Date of First Publication is: March 26, 2021 Attorney for Plaintiff: Nathan L. Garcia, OSB #103856 - Attorney at Law PO Box 2724 Brookings, OR 97415 (541) 247-1332 Nathan@nathangarcialaw.com Published: March 26, April 2, April 9 and April 16, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:311913)

Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing has been set before the City Council of the City of Bandon, regarding a proposed ordinance adoption to update administrative procedures and land division regulations in Title 16 and Title 17 of the Bandon Municipal Code. The hearing has been set for Monday, April 12th, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. and will be conducted electronically through Zoom. Parties that wish to participate in the public hearing must pre-register with the City’s Planning Department. Registrant will be provided with an email containing the Zoom meeting details and link. It is recommended that testimony be presented in written form. Pre-registration and submission of written testimony must be directed to planning@ cityofbandon.org. The city must be in receipt of written comments by the deadline below. 9:00 am, Monday, April 12th, 2021: Deadline for all electronic (e-mail or FAX), hand delivered or US mail testimony and pre-registration for participation in the public hearing.

After 9:00 am on April 12th, 2021: Testimony must be presented at the hearing.Background: Bandon Municipal Code Title 16 & 17 make up the city’s Development Code. Title 16 is specific to Land Divisions, but also contains Planning Commission authority and variance information, as well as definitions. Title 17 is primarily Zoning, however there are chapters related to administration and enforcement, and other general procedures for processing applications. This ordinance amendment seeks to streamline the code and process through both a reorganization and update of language to match current practices.

The proposed code changes have been provided using the “track changes” function to show which portions of the code have been moved, altered, or replaced.

The Planning Commission met in December in a work session to discuss these changes, and held a public hearing on January 28th, 2021. After a recommendation of adoption, the City Council held multiple work sessions and an initial public hearing, which was continued to the April 12th, 2021 meeting. Documentation and minutes from previous work sessions and public hearings are available for review online through the City of Bandon Planning Department webpage. The proposed ordinance is available for inspection at the City of Bandon Planning Department at no cost, hard copies can be made available for purchase at the actual cost of copying, upon request. A copy of the Staff Report will be available for inspection at the City of Bandon Planning Department at no cost at least one week prior to the public hearing. The ordinance criteria applicable to this application is available to review online at www.cityofbandon.org. Oregon law states that failure to raise an objection concerning this application, either in person or by letter, or failure to provide sufficient specificity to afford the decision maker an opportunity to respond to the issue, precludes your right of appeal to the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) on that issue.

Failure to specify which ordinance criterion the objection is based on also precludes your right of appeal to LUBA on that criterion.

All materials are available at the Bandon Planning Department, 555 Hwy 101, and Bandon, Oregon 97411. During the Public Hearing, time shall be allowed for testimony from the applicant and those in attendance concerning this request. The Chair shall have the right to limit the length of testimony and require that comments be restricted to the applicable criteria. If you have questions or comments concerning this notice, please contact the Planning Department (541) 347-7922 or at planning@cityofbandon.org. Office hours are Tuesday – Thursday, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.Published: March 26, 2021The World & ONPA (ID:312446)

Public Notice American Towers LLC is proposing a fence push-out of 13” x 32.5’ of the existing tower compound, along with a 30 ft buffer surrounding the current and proposed lease area at 90330 Trans Pacific Lane, Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon 97420, Tax Lot Number 3331.00. American Towers LLC seeks comments from all interested persons on any potential significant impact the proposed action could have on the quality of the human environment pursuant to 47 C.F.R. Section 1.1307, including potential impacts to historic or cultural resources that are listed or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.

Interested persons may comment or raise concerns about the proposed action by submitting an e-mail to enviro.services@ americantower.com. Paper comments can be sent to: American Towers LLC, Attn: Environmental Compliance, 10 Presidential Way, Woburn, MA 01801. Requests or comments should be limited to environmental and historic/- cultural resource impact concerns and must be received on or before April 18, 2021. This invitation to comment is separate from any local planning/- zoning process that may apply to this project.

Published: March 19 and March 26, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:311565) 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

Notice of Preliminary Determination for Water Right Transfers T-12866 and T-13536 T-12866 and T-13536 filed by Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), 4034 Fairview Industrial Dr. SE, Salem, OR 97302, proposes changes under Certificate 8265. Cert. 8265 allows the use 0.35 cfs from Fairey (Ferry) Creek, tributary to the Coquille River in Section 30, T 28 S, R 14 W, WM, for raising trout in a fish pond within Sec. 30.

Under T-12866 ODFW proposes to change the place of use and character of use of 1.0 cfs to create an instream use in Ferry Creek from the point of diversion in Sec. 30 to the mouth.

Under T-13536 ODFW proposes to change the place of use and move the point of diversion approx. 1.5 miles upstream on Ferry Creek to the Bandon Fish Hatchery for the remaining portion (2.5 cfs) of Certificate 8265. The Bandon Fish Hatchery is located in Sec. 29, T 28 S, R 14 W, WM. The Water Resources Department proposes to approve the transfers based on the requirements of ORS Chapter 540, OAR 690-3805000, and OAR 690-077-0075.

Any person may file, jointly or severally, a protest or standing statement within 30 days after the last date of newspaper publication of this notice, 04/02/2021. Call (503) 986- 0815 to obtain additional information. If no protests are filed, the Department will issue a final order consistent with the preliminary determination.

IMPORTANT: Due to COVID-19, the Department’s office is closed to walk- in services. The Department encourages the submission of protests by U.S. Mail. Please consider mailing early to ensure the Department receives the protest by the deadline specified above.

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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)

NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the Charleston Sanitary District, Coos County, State of Oregon, to discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022, will be held at 63365 Boat Basin Drive, Charleston, Oregon. The meeting will take place on the 15th day of April 2021 at 9:00 am. The purpose of the meeting is to receive the budget message and to receive comment from the public on the budget. A copy of the budget document may be inspected or obtained on or after April 15, 2021 at the District Office, located at 63365 Boat Basin Drive, Charleston, Oregon, between the hours of 9:00 am and 4:00 pm. This is a public meeting where deliberation of the Budget Committee will take place. Any person may appear at the meeting and discuss the proposed programs with the Budget Committee.

Published: March 26 and April 6, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:311625)

NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the Lakeside Water District, Coos County, State of Oregon, to discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022, will be held at 1000 North Lake Road, Lakeside, OR and by Zoom Meeting ID 979 7797 5451 - passcode: tk2g36.

The meeting will take place on April 9, 2021 at 4:00 pm. with a second meeting April 13, 2021 (if needed.) The purpose of the meeting is to receive the budget message and to receive comment from the public on the budget.

This is a public meeting where deliberation of the Budget Committee will take place. Any person may appear at the meeting via Zoom and discuss the proposed programs with the Budget Committee. A copy of the budget document may be inspected or obtained on or after April 15, 2021 at 1000 N Lake Road, Lakeside, OR. between the hours of 8-12:00 & 1:00- 4:30 pm.

Published: March 19 and March 26, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:311540)

Notice of Public Hearing In the Matter of the Vacation of a Certain Portion of an Alley between lots 5-12 & 21-28 of Block 25 of the Townsite of the City of Coos Bay Subdivision within Coos County, Oregon TO: ALL INTERESTED PERSONS The Coos County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing in the Large Conference Room, Owen Building, 201 N. Adams, Coquille, Oregon at 9:30 a.m. on April 6, 2021 on the matter of the proposed vacation of a portion of Alley between lots 5-12 & 21-28 of Block 25 of the Townsite of the City of Coos Bay Subdivision for an approximate distance of 200 feet.

This hearing is being held to consider whether the pending vacation is in the public’s interest. More detailed information concerning this subject can be obtained by contacting the Coos County Planning Department, (541) 396-7770, or planning@co.coos.or.us. Copies can be obtained for a fee of $.50 per page.

During or before this hearing, any person may file information with the Planning Department that controverts any matter presented to the Board, or that alleges any new matter relevant to the proceeding. This proceeding is being conducted pursuant to the provisions of Oregon Revised Statutes 368.326 - 368.366.

All interested parties may appear and be heard.

March 5, 2021 By: Robert “Bob” Main, Chair Coos County Board of Commissioners Published: March 16 and March 26, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:311082) NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed and has qualified as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Ralph Asturias, deceased, Douglas County Probate No. 21PB01615. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present their claims, with proper vouchers, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, as stated below, to the Personal Representative at 188 West B Street, Bldg. N, Springfield, Oregon 97477, or the claims 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, the Personal Representative, or the attorney for the Personal Representative.

Dated and first published: March 26, 2021 Valerie Asturias, Personal Representative Kay Hyde-Patton, Attorney for Personal Representative Leahy Cox, LLP 188 W. B Street, Bldg. N Springfield, Oregon 97477 (541) 746-9621 Published: March 26, April 2 and April 9, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:312044)

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Bridge Following the bidding convention senryus comes this logical follow-up from Charlie Smyth of Urbana, Illinois: Hours spent playing bridge / Learning all the conventions / But I'm still lousy.

Gnash! But keep applying yourself with a likable partner with whom you can have success.

Some conventions are easy at the start, but as you unpeel the layers, they get more complicated. Roman Key Card Blackwood is one example. Most players can handle 14-30-2021. Five clubs shows one or four key cards (counting the four aces and the trump king as key). Five diamonds

indicates zero or three keys; five hearts promises two keys but no trump queen; five spades announces two keys and the trumps queen.

However, when a minor is agreed, especially clubs, you should instead use 3014-20-21.

In today's auction, five hearts told North to pass with zero key cards, or to treat the bid as the trump-queen ask with three keys. North's five no-trump denied the key queen.

Against six hearts, West led the club queen.

How did South play?

After winning with the club ace, declarer planned to ruff his diamond losers in the dummy and concede only one trump trick.

But he had to be careful. After cashing the diamond aceking, declarer ruffed the next diamond with the heart ace. If he had ruffed low, East would have overruffed and returned a trump, with fatal consequences.

Here, caution was duly rewarded.

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Animal adoptions steady during pandemic Friends of Coos County Animals reports similar adoption numbers to those in 2019

By Jillian Ward For The World

COOS COUNTY ─ Friends of Coos County Animals is known for showing adoptable pets at Pony Village Mall on Saturdays. However, its weekend space has sat empty since the pandemic began.

Regardless, Executive Director Diane Lyddon said that the nonprofit has seen steady adoptions for cats and dogs.

“We’ve been doing amazingly well,” she said.

In 2019, she said FOCCAS saw 274 adoptions. In 2020, it saw 238 adoptions.

“We weren’t too far off,” she said, but added that adapting to pandemic restrictions was stressful while also taking over as executive director.

Lyddon stepped into the leadership role on May 1 of 2020. She got her beginnings in the organization a few months prior as a foster home for felines with Wobbly Cat Syndrome. With a background in animal welfare work, and years as a volunteer helping nonprofits in Illinois, Lyddon was a good fit for executive director.

When the pandemic restrictions changed how FOCCAS could run, Lyddon introduced an online application for dogs and cats. Since adding that online component, she said it has “really helped out (and) been a wonderful tool to help us get the right fit (for the animals).”

Another big change in the past year is that Coos County isn’t seeing litters of puppies like it used to, she said. Lyddon credits that with people connecting on Facebook, where puppies are often rehomed

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The Friends of Coos County Animals has seen adoptions remain steady during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stubby, above, and Bartameus are two of the animals featured recently on the organization’s Facebook page. via social media. Even so, she said FOCCAS wants to be involved simply to help pay for spays and neuters, as well as vaccines, before pets are brought to their forever homes.

“A lot of people at home breeding aren’t thinking about that kind of thing,” she said, and added, “But we’re not sure why there is a lack of adoptable dogs.”

FOCCAS has a grant through the Johnston Charitable Foundation for its voucher program. These vouchers, once requested by anyone in the community, can be used at Snipped to help pay for spays and neuters.

Because there is such a large dog shortage being seen across Oregon, FOCCAS is teaming up with the Coos County Animal Shelter bring in adoptable dogs from California.

Lyddon recalled when she first Please see Adoptions, Page B6

Morse leads local chess players with third-place finish Coos County tackled two chess tournaments over the weekend.

In the Chess Mates Foundation Spring Fest 2021, eighth-grader Frank Morse took third place in K-12 section, second-grader Noah Ish-Shalom tied for 3rd place in the K-3 section and preschooler Ari Ish-Shalom finished in 10th place in the K-3 section.

In the 2021 San Francisco Scholastic Chess Tournament, Claire Hanson, a brand new first-grade chess player rom Coos Bay, boldly played in her first chess tournament ever. She lost all her games, but she has only had a month of lessons so far. She is so bold and certainly has the potential of becoming a grand chess player.

Meanwhile, in the Chess League on March 16, Coquille took a sad loss against Wilson when the internet went down in a large portion of Coquille. Only two players could get on for the virtual tournament.

Joshua won his game, but Frank who had to play on second board instead of his usual fourth board took a loss. With no players on board 3 and 4, Coquille lost to Wilson 3-1.

All players of all ages from Coos and Curry counties are welcome to join the Coquille Chess Club. If interested in playing or lessons, contact drnancykeller@yahoo. com. The club is also looking for scholastic players to enjoy free chess on Thursdays.

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Noah Ish-Shalom, above, tied for third place in the K-3 section of the Chess Mates Foundation Spring Fest competiton. Left, Claire Hansen is all smiles during her first tournament.

Powers secures $30,000 grant for stormwater system improvements U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Tuesday the Oregon town of Powers has secured a $30,000 federal grant to help that Coos County community plan the development of a stormwater system to replace its inadequate system of open channels, ditches, culverts and pipelines.

“Oregonians living and working in small towns throughout our state deserve big-league infrastructure,” Wyden said. “I’m gratified that Powers has earned these federal resources to improve water quality and better prepare its stormwater system for when bad weather strikes southwestern Oregon.”

“Everyone—regardless of what they look like, where they live or how much money they make— should have access to clean and reliable water infrastructure,” said Merkley. “This grant funding will help us deliver that by facilitating critical stormwater system upgrades in Powers. I look forward to watching this project progress and will continue to do all that I can to bring similar investments to communities throughout our state.”

The $30,000 rural development grant is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Auditions scheduled for Marvel Spotlight

So It Goes Coffeehouse announced it will host virtual auditions for Marvel Spotlight’s “Hammered: A Thor & Loki Play.”

All are welcome to audition, and lightning powers are a plus. The play will be presented live online for free April 30.

The comic one-act play concerns teenage Thor and Loki and their friends graduating in Asgard, while Old Thor and his three granddaughters reflect back from their perch at the edge of the Universe.

TO AUDITION: Ability to participate in Zoom style rehearsals and performance are a must.

Send in a minimum 30-second video audition of any piece of your choosing, along with your contact and any other relevant information, to soitgoescoffee@gmail.com. They may ask you to participate in a callback. Anyone under 18 will need their parents’ permission to participate. Character ages are a guideline only, all interested are encouraged to audition. Impressions of Marvel Universe actors highly encouraged.

The show is family friendly. All submissions should be received by Sunday, March 28.

Please see Marvel, Page B6

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The Chamber Minute: Let us find you a good team The World

A stellar movie, to many of my generation, was Smokey and the Bandit. It introduced us to the Pontiac Trans Am. For over 25 years following that movie, I collected articles, pictures and books on the TA. I watched its styles and horsepower change. Finally, I found a late model in perfect shape, low miles and a great price. To everyone’s surprise, I brought it. At long last, a dream realized.

Over the years, your chamber has been the source of many dreams realized. Leadership Coos was formed to

educate community members to the many facets of our area. It also had a goal to help produce the next set of community leaders. Today, you find its graduates leading local business, government and agencies. The Tourism Committee began with a focus to extend the seasons people come to visit us. They also believed tourism could become a significant part of our local economy. Their success has proved them right. The Legislative Action Team is actively participating in this year’s legislative session, striving to balance the challenges for

business and community. During the long sessions, the LAT develops a strong relationship with our legislators through the OSCC Chamber Day at the capitol, twice monthly teleconferences with them which we sponsor with the college, use of the Voter Voice issue response system and direct contact with their offices.

Besides the state work, your LAT is actively participating in many local issues, to make a difference for you as your voice in government.

So, who will be the next “Legislative Action Team” or “Tourism

Committee” or “Leadership Coos,” the new dream realized, of this chamber year? Our community has many needs and opportunities that you, as a chamber member, can make happen.

Come on down and we will find the team for you.

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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3.50 – 3.99 Yazalyna Abarca, Noah Beaudry, Kaira Bowman, Liliana Echavarria, Gavin Fisher, Harli Houston, Gabriel Huff, Jacob Kingery, Miles Kirn, Ben Lewis, Alexi Lucatero, Audrina Najera, Cody Ring, Synthia Salazar, Aubrey Sanborn, Erik Thrash and Katie Watson

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After a most challenging year for education, Remake Learning Days Across America returns this spring in 17+ regions, with family-friendly learning events designed to engage caregivers, parents and kids around the country.

Launched in 2016, RLDAA is a festival of events celebrating learning innovation that will be hosted between April 22 – May 23 by a variety of organizations – from schools, museums, libraries, community hubs, tech startups and more. These events are designed for parents and caregivers to learn alongside their kids and offer relevant and engaging educational experiences for youth of all ages (pre-K through high school). The majority of events are free.

“After a year unlike any other, we’re excited to bring back the joy of Remake Learning Days Across America and make new ways of learning fun and accessible to more kids, enabling their families to experience remarkable learning that happens everywhere,” said Gregg Behr, executive director of The Grable Foundation and co-

chair for Remake Learning.

Families can search events by six learning themes: arts, maker, outdoor learning, science, technology and youth voice.

There are also professional development sessions for educators. Because many of these 600+ events are virtual, families nationwide can join in events happening anywhere. There will also be in-person options.

Some of the events include learning about the science of flight, telling stories in a cartoon workshop, discovering nature at an outdoor scavenger hunt, STEM family festivals and exploring career paths of making animation and virtual reality games at a tech company.

“With parents and caregivers more engaged in children’s learning than ever before, our hope is that these festivals spark new passions for youth and inspire families to deepen their learning experiences together,” said Dorie Taylor, producer of RLDAA. “Speaking from personal experience, it’s my family’s favorite time of the year, as we connect to community learning resources together.”

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Jessica Chastain plays ‘Molly’s Game’ quite well

It simply stood to reason that sooner or later, Aaron Sorkin would turn to directing.

One of the most renowned writers of stage and screen – for such projects as “A Few Good Men,” “The West Wing” and “The Social Network” – the award winner’s dialogue always has had a pace that confirms he’s a master of movement, whether verbal, physical or both. In fact, it’s a trademark typically acknowledged as soon as his name is mentioned.

In 2017, Sorkin made his directorial debut on “Molly’s Game,” the true story of a woman who rode herd over a very elite, very illegal gambling den. Freeform presents the film Sunday, March 14.

Molly Bloom started out with Olympic-skiing aspirations, but an injury sidelined those dreams, and she refocused herself to become the person behind the person running big-stakes poker games. Eventually, she started running her own game, and that attracted the attention of mobsters as well as FBI agents ... each group having its own interest, and concern, about what she was doing.

Obviously, “Molly’s Game” needs the right person as Molly, and it surely has her in Jessica Chastain. For much of her career, she’s been a chameleon on screen. Try stacking her

performance here against the one in “Zero Dark Thirty,” or just about any other she’s done, and it’s very clear how she’s become an actress for all occasions.

Kevin Costner plays her father and Idris Elba her attorney, and everyone concerned is serviced well by the Sorkin screenplay ... though they might have had to do word-speed exercises beforehand. Sorkin adapted the screenplay from Bloom’s book, and it’s hard to imagine anyone familiar with his work wouldn’t expect to encounter his quick and precise style of wording.

It’s surely in evidence in “Molly’s Game,” but that’s not to say they’d necessarily be ready for it. Chastain expectedly and logically gets the lion’s share of the script to deliver, and she’s completely and unsurprisingly skillful at it. It’s fun, though, to watch such other Sorkin newbies as Costner, Elba and Chris O’Dowd (also of the television version of “Get Shorty”) keep their jaws and tongues nimble as Sorkin’s work spills out of it.

With all the solid talent that’s on hand in “Molly’s Game,” the picture’s top hands very clearly belong to its central star and a then-first-time director (now with “Lucy and Desi” in the works) who makes you wonder what took him so long to get there.

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Coos Bay Public Library to host ASL Practice Place Coos Bay Public Library has partnered with instructor, Kandy Bergquist, to offer ASL PRACTICE PLACE via Zoom (virtual meeting software). Bergquist teaches American Sign Language and Signed English at Southwestern Oregon Community College.

She has worked with the deaf and hard of hearing as an interpreter, classroom aid and speech pathologist. The practice will take place every third Thursday of the month at noon. The next event is Thursday, April 15 The program is for those who wish to

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moved to Oregon four years ago, her family wanted another dog but found the only way to do so was through a group in Portland and then drive to Vancouver, Wash. to pick the dog up.

“It’s amazing how hard it is to find adoptable dogs around here,” she said.

But when it comes to cats, Lyddon said there is no shortage. FOCCAS works with local animal advocate, Venna Delay, who “does an incredible job with the spay and neuter of feral cats in the community,” she said.

“She is constantly at work to trap feral cats, getting them fixed at Snipped and trying to get down the population of strays,” Lyddon said.

Though FOCCAS is seeing an increase in adoptable cats as people move into assisted living homes and the cats they had then go to shelters.

practice their ASL conversational skills and help other learners in a friendly setting.

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“…And it’s really hard to find foster homes for cats, especially adult cats,” Lyddon said. “So many people want kittens. But as an adult cat, you know their personality and what you’re getting while with kittens you don’t know what you’re getting.”

These animals go to either FOCCAS, Kohl’s Cat House or the Coos County Animal Shelter.

At FOCCAS, Lyddon said that some of the adult cats currently up for adoption include a 2-year-old tuxedo cat named Bartemus.

“The foster raves about him,” Lyddon said. “He’s good with kids, snuggly, friendly.

“I’m not sure why we still have him other than he is just an adult cat and it’s hard to find them homes.”

Lyddon is the foster home for a 10-year-old medium hair calico named Chloe, who she described as “a big teddy bear.”

There is also one who was recently returned by someone “who was overwhelmed with

cats,” Lyddon said. “Shade, the 4-year-old grey tabby, is used to going in and outside.

Normally we require cats to stay inside, but since we know she likes to go outside it would probably be OK… (Shade) is affectionate with people and gets along with other cats. Keep her away from birds.”

Since not being able to be open at the mall on weekends, Lyddon said FOCCAS has seen a decrease in donations.

However, they hope to resume its usual mall spot on Saturdays this summer. “…But not with animals unless we’re overwhelmed with kittens,” she said.

“There’s no reason to take (animals) to the mall and stress them like that… I know some people like to see what we have for sale, like doggy jackets, so we may do this in the summer.”

To adopt, become a foster home for cats or kittens, or place a donation, visit www. friendsofcooscountyanimals. org.

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Marvel From B1

CHARACTERS EARTH COMIC BOOK GEEKHigh school underclassman.

Male identifying.

JOCK- High school upperclassman. Male identifying.

YEARBOOK EDITORHigh school upperclassman, scholarly, focused on the future. Female identifying.

THE COSMIC VOID THOR ODINSON- God of Thunder, nearing the end of his millennia-long life. Male identifying.

ATLI- Thor’s youngest granddaughter, a hellcat.

Female identifying.

ELLISIV- Thor’s middle granddaughter, a nurturer.

Female identifying.

FRIGG- Thor’s eldest granddaughter, the pragmatist. Female identifying.

ASGARD THOR- Teenage God of Thunder, son of Odin and Freyja. Male identifying.

LOKI- Teenage God of Mischief, Thor’s younger adopted brother. Male identifying.

FREYJA- Queen of Asgard, Master of Courtly Etiquette, mother of Thor and Loki. Female identifying.

ODIN- King of Asgard, father of Thor and Loki. Male identifying.

FANDRAL- Thor’s dashing cad of a pal. Male

identifying.

VOLSTAGG- Thor’s friend, his appetite as big as his heart. Male identifying.

SIF- Thor’s headstrong best friend. Female identifying.

HOGUN- The book-smart puppy of Thor’s gang of friends. Male identifying.

THE HERALD- Royal announcer (would that Gilda Radner or Don Knotts were still alive…) Any gender.

HEIMDALL- Seer of All, Master of History. Any gender.

HOENIR- Master of Runeology. Any gender.

FORSETI- Master of Mathematics. Any gender.

CUL- Master of Combat.

Any gender.