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Shutter Creek pleads its case to governor Community leaders ask Brown to reconsider closure By DAVID RUPKALVIS The World

With Shutter Creek Correctional Institution scheduled to permanently close in January 2022, community leaders were given one final chance to save the state prison. State Rep. Boomer Wright said he convinced Gov. Kate Brown to listen to the community before moving ahead with her proposal to shutter the facility outside Lakeside. On Wednesday, community leaders were given 30 minutes to make a presentation to Brown, a move Wright hopes will make

the governor reconsider her decision to close the facility. In her budget proposal for the 2021 legislative session, Brown proposed closing three state prisons – Shutter Creek, Warner Creek near Lakeview and Mill Creek Correctional Facility near Salem. But after meeting with the Lakeview community, Brown walked back plans to close Warner Creek. Wright said that gave him hope, so he approached the governor. “I spent about three weeks talking with representatives from Please see Shutter Creek, Page A2

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Shutter Creek employees, their families and community members plead to keep the state prison open during a protest in Coos Bay earlier this year.

Celebrating America's independence

Grant will help North Bend begin study at Ferry Park By DAVID RUPKALVIS The World

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Coos Bay was lit up in lights Saturday night as the community celebrated Independence Day with a fireworks show over the harbor. Coos Bay and North Bend partnered with The Mill Casino to put on the display that brought large crowds to Highway 101 to see the show for themselves.

Coos County Fair returns this month By DAVID RUPKALVIS The World

After being forced to stop festivities in 2020, the Coos County Fair is coming back with a bang later this month. With a theme of "Concert Nights and Carnival Lights," the fair will open July 20 at the Coos

County Fairgrounds in Myrtle Point. The traditional 4-H livestock show will be back in full force, the carnival will be available to entertain children and adults and concerts are planned to rock long into the night throughout the fair. The fair began in 1912 and continues to provide the oppor-

tunity for youth to highlight their work in livestock, floral, land products, culinary, needlework, photography and arts and crafts. The fair also highlights agcriculture, crafts industry and businesses in the county. The grand marshals for 2021 fair and rodeo are Karl and Karen Jernstedt. The Jernstedts

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have lived in Coos County for more than 30 years and have been active in the fair. Karl had volunteered at the livestock and horse check-in since 1990, while Karen is the beef leader in the Twin Oaks 4-H Club and the curator of the ever popular Coos

The city of North Bend will soon begin an archeological study at Ferry Road Park thanks to a grant from the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The $20,000 matching grant will allow the city to conduct a Heritage Management Plan for the park in an effort to identify areas that may be archeologically sensitive. The grant supports preserving historic resources listed in the National Register of Historic Places or significant work contributing to identifying, preserving and interpreting archaeological sites. The land the park sits on is owned by the city of North Bend, but it has ties to the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians. The city has promised the tribes it will conduct the archeological study before any work is done at the park. When reviewing the city’s Preserving Oregon Grant application, the review committee expressed an understanding that there is a need to manage this archaeologically rich area and an appreciation for the level of engagement with the local tribes that will take place as part of the project. In addition, having a management plan for Ferry Road Park will inform and guide the city on future development and management activities in the park. The plan to do an archeological study and a new parks master plan was brought

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