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Commissioners from the Coos County Airport District have ap proved a long-term agreement with the North Bend Recreation and Se nior Activity Center located at 1470 Airport Lane, North Bend. The unanimous decision was approved at the commissioner's monthly meeting Thursday, November 17. It includes a long-term lease agreement that benefits the senior community.

Southwest Oregon Regional Airport Executive Director, Theresa

Cook, says the 15-year lease for the building and parking lots provides stability, knowing the organization will have a home. It also simplifies and saves money.

"The agreement allows the organization to focus funding on its mission of providing activities and programs for the senior community. That fits very well with the goals of the airport and business park. In return, the center will provide in-kind promotion of the airport and district at its events. Above all,

the location makes sense because of its proximity to the Department of Human Services and the Airport Heights neighborhood."

The center has been located with in the airport district boundaries for nearly 30 years and provides meals and activities for senior citizens. The senior activity center previous ly operated under an arrangement with the city of North Bend that held an agreement with CCAD. The former lease agreement expired in June of 2021. It was extended for

North Spit docks removed for winter

The Bureau of Land Management will remove the docks from the water at the North Spit Boat Ramp as early as Monday, November 21, depending on weather.

The agency stores the docks on dry ground during the winter months to prevent

stormy conditions and strong currents in the bay from damaging the docks. The docks are put back in the water each spring to provide access for fishing, crabbing, clamming, and other recreational opportunities.

The other facilities at the North Spit boat launch will remain open throughout the winter.

For additional information, please contact the BLM’s Coos Bay District Office at (541) 756-0100.

one year by a mutual agreement.

Senior Center Board President Rick Wetherell told the CCAD board, "We are forever grateful for the idea now that we have a contract with you. The agreement is very generous, and we appreciate it."

CCAD Board Chair Helen Brunell-Mineau said she has used the facility and encouraged every one to have lunch. "Every time you go, there's always something new."

The center was founded in 1963 and currently offers approximately

10 programs. Those include lunch four days a week, exercise classes, music programs, and games. Lead ers are already planning to expand those opportunities. The center's building and parking area are within the airport district boundaries. In formation is available on the North Bend Senior Center website. For more information about the Coos County Airport District, contact the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport at (541) 756-8351 or visit the web site www.flyoth.com

The Chamber Minute: We can all be leaders

Wasn’t wonderful to turn the TV on Wednesday No vember 9th and not see a sin gle political ad? The elections are over, our new leaders in office and the work of moving our communities down the pathway to success begins again. For them to achieve what we need to happen here, however, will require our skills, dedication and time.

You don’t have to hold a position to be a leader. You are all leaders, whether it is in the family, business or commu nity. Leaders who were faced with change and opportunity this past couple years and will see more challenges in the remainder of this year and into the next. The main oppor

tunity is the mutual support of our friends and neighbors. In the Chamber we call that networking. So, as we face life’s realities together, how can you help? What is your unique talent? Your Chamber has a spot where you, and only you, have the ability to make things happen.

Each person, on your team, has their strengths, issues and special interests. Those are molded into a working body which gets things done by you, their leader. Everyone has their approach to leader ship which they have devel oped through many experienc es, both good and challenging. All of them are effective in their own way. Let me

share the five principles I have used over the past several years:

• Respect others—treat all as you would like to be treated.

• Be decisive—listen to all sides, then make a timely decision.

• Set goals and use them— focus your efforts by using goals to reach the vision you have for tomorrow.

• Hard work—be willing to put in the time at any level to get the job done.

• Servant’s attitude—In John 13, we have the greatest example of leadership when Jesus washes the feet of his disciples. His point: true leaders are first servants. You do likewise.

So be involved, use your unique talents to make a difference for us all and make memories that are stored in the hearts of others. That is success and a life well lived.

longer in limbo after the center signed a 15-year agreement to stay in its home near the airport.

Timm Slater

State to pause accepting new applications for Oregon Homeowner Assistance Fund Program

Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) will pause accepting new applications for the Oregon Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF) Program at 11 a.m. on Nov. 30. This pause will allow OHCS to process current applications in its pipeline, allow for minor system maintenance, and better project the amount of federal HAF funds remaining for homeowners.

"Since making the first HAF program payment in January 2022, the program has served the most atrisk homeowners, keeping families in their homes," said Ryan Vanden Brink, assistant director of Homeowner Assistance Programs. "The HAF team could not do this work without Oregon’s housing counseling agencies, which stand by to provide advice and advocacy for struggling homeowners across the state. If you are a homeowner falling behind, don’t delay, reach out to a state approved homeownership center right away."

Anyone who is eligible to apply in Phases 1, 2, or 3 of OHCS’ phased program opening is encouraged to apply for HAF assistance before 11 a.m. PST on Nov. 30.

Homeowners can learn more about

eligibility for each of these phases and apply online at oregonhomeownerassistance.org.

If a person has previously applied or began an application, the pause will not impact them. Those who started their applications will still be able to access and complete them, and those applications that were previously submitted will still be processed. Applicants can continue to log on to the HAF portal to complete their application or check the status of their finished application. They can opt in to email alerts as their application advances.

To serve the most at-risk homeowners, as an exception to this pause, OHCS will continue to accept new applications submitted by housing counselors on behalf of homeowners that are in a judicial action or have a verified foreclosure sale date. If you are in a judicial action, or in a nonjudicial foreclosure and can provide documentation of a pending foreclosure sale date, please apply before the pause or work with a free housing counselor to submit your application.

OHCS planned its HAF program to operate as a safety net for the most at-risk eligible homeowners

who have no viable workout option, and it will continue to operate HAF this way during the pause. During a very limited pilot program HAF received about 180 applications.

Since opening Phase 3 in June 2022, an additional 1,700 HAF applications have been started by Oregon homeowners.

Free help is available

During this pause, homeowners who have fallen behind or are at risk of missing a payment on their mortgage can continue to get free help from certified housing counselors around the state to learn about budgeting tools and evaluation of options to keep their homes, such as modifications, adding deferred payments to the end of a mortgage, or HAF. HAF may not be the best option for everyone, and it may prevent homeowners from servicer options available for different types of loans. Housing counselors are knowledgeable, experienced, and dedicated professionals who can help homeowners communicate with their mortgage servicers.

Search the full list of free certified housing counselors by county. Homeowners should be aware that some housing counseling agencies

take longer to respond due to the holidays and remote working policies.

holidays

In addition to connecting with a certified housing counselor, Oregon homeowners should directly contact their mortgage servicers and lenders to see what types of mortgage assistance and foreclosure prevention programs are available. Homeowners who communicate with their lenders and servicers have some additional protections and usually have more time to figure out their options.

Avoiding fraud

The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services recommends being extremely cautious with offers to help from unauthorized companies or people. Homeowners are urged not to provide financial or personal information unless they verify the company or person’s licensing status. It does not cost anything to apply for the HAF program or meet with an Oregon housing counselor.

There are a number of common warning signs homeowners should watch out for that may indicate a scam. If a homeowner suspects they’re being contacted by a scammer, they can report it to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Oregon Department of Justice, or the U.S. Treasury’s Office of the Inspector General.

To verify a lender’s license, visit the Division of Financial Regulation’s license page and compare it with the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS) license number. This number must be included on all advertising materials and should be easy to find. To verify a housing counseling agency’s status with the state, make sure they are listed on the OHCS website.

Panto is back at Dolphin Playhouse

The Dolphin Playhouse is happy to announce the upcoming annual Panto production, Rapunzel, by Ben Crocker. This outrageously funny parody of the beloved fairy tale opens December 2 and runs weekends through December 18. Panto is a British tradition brought to the Bay Area by the Dolphins three years ago with Cinderella and continued in 2021 with Sleeping Beauty.

Panto is a boisterous, family-friendly holiday event filled with slapstick, witty dialogue, great music and a few wink-wink jokes for the adults. The Dolphin Playhouse production retells the classic adventure of Rapunzel, who was stolen by a wicked witch who keeps her imprisoned in a tower in the woods, while adding outrageous characters and uplifting moments that will get both kids and adults cheering, laughing, and having a wonderful time.

The cast includes a mix of Dolphin Playhouse regulars and new members of the local theater community. Rapunzel will be played by Alyson Marshall, with Harlen

Morse making his Dolphin Playhouse debut as Rudi, her rescuer. The King and Queen are played by Ailya Rose and Barbara Booth Nixon, while Nicole Freim plays the role of Hildegarde, the Nanny, and Bex Truka plays Max, Hildegarde’s son. The wicked witch is played by Jennifer Shaw, her weasel sidekick is Bryson Coleman, while Sam Baugh and Margaret Partner play John and Jayney Deere, the innkeeper and his wife. Rhys Pembroke and Alex Baugh play Custom Agents, and together with Paul Shaw, Quinn Ryan, and Petra Ivanitsky, play multiple roles as pirates, guards, and knights.

Rapunzel is directed by Peg Boots and Alice Carlson, and the addition of Musical Director Luanne May to the team has meant the addition of more singing, making the Panto more like traditional British Panto.

Pantos are interactive theater, and the audience is a big part of the show. So bring your loudest cheering voices; with your help, Rapunzel will be saved by Rudi.

Pantos are wildly popular in England and becoming a holiday tradition in the United States because they are all-ages holiday shows. Audiences will be hard-pressed to decide if Rapunzel is a kid’s show that also appeals to adults, or the other way around.

Thanks to a grant from the Oregon Community Foundation, improved ventilation has been installed at the Playhouse, with a fresh-air intake and filtration system. Masks are recommended.

Performances will be at 7 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students and seniors, and $5 for children under 12. A family rate of $25 is available for a family of up to 2 adults and up to 5 children. Paywhat-you-can performance

(admission by donation of any size) will be Saturday, December 11.

The Dolphin Playhouse is located at 580 Newmark in the historic Empire District of Coos Bay. Reservations can be made by calling 541-808-2611, and advance tickets can be purchased on the website at thedolphinplayhouse.com

DEADLINES

Good news

In a landmark ruling destined to save billions of animal and human lives, the Food and Drug Administration has ruled Wednesday that meat cultivated from animal cells is safe to eat. The ruling was granted to Upside Foods, funded by Bill Gates and Richard Branson, but also by meat industry giants Cargill and Tyson Foods.

In the past decade, the cultivated-meat industry has grown to more than 150 companies on six continents, backed by $2.6 billion in investments. They all grow meat from animal cells in clean manufacturing plants, rather than in cruel filthy factory farms.

An estimated 70 billion animals are macerated or suffocated at birth or raised in tiny cages each year to produce today's animal meat and dairy offerings. Consumption of these products has been linked conclusively with elevated incidence of killer diseases.

Production of animal-based foods pollutes our waterways and groundwater supplies, destroys wildlife habitats, and accounts for 20 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.

The forthcoming massive switch from animal agriculture to plant-based and cultivated meat and dairy products offers a truly monumental change in kindness to animals, human health, environmental pollution, and global warming.

Carson Barnes Coos Bay

"We the People” means every American

Based on his letter of November 18, I’d say John Chaplin either didn’t read my column, or didn’t understand it. In his latest letter he says, “And to Tracy Hodson, we the people are the 2 out of 3 people…who did not vote for Val Hoyle…”

No, Mr Chaplin. “We the people” are everyone. Every single American is one of “we the people,” if you understand the Constitution and the phrase at all. You, your friends, and like-minded voters are not The People, while the rest of us are something else. You’re not a special group to whom the writers of the Constitution were referring, just because you are a Far-Right Republican with certain views and ideas. This is so far beyond arrogant and self-aggrandizing, it’s

almost impossible to fathom someone saying it--and worse--believing it.

Let me repeat the final sentences of my column, so Mr Chaplin can try again to grasp the concept.

‘Those three words, We the People, cannot be ripped away from the totality of that preliminary summation of our theory of what a country should be, and used to separate one group of Americans from another; to weed out the ones who, in this or that person’s opinion, don’t meet the test of what a real American thinks or believes. Those three words must mean all of us. Those who write “we the people” when what they really mean is “me and my friends,” betray the spirit and meaning of the document that begins with those words.’.

Bandon

Update on ice rink

I didn't see a World Link update for the North Bend skating rink, so here's an ex cerpt, as well as a link at the bottom for the full report. Not all details are revealed in that report, like where the heck are they setting this thing up *exactly*, but here are some wonderfully juicy bits:..."60-foot by 83-foot translucent event tent is expected to be in stalled on November 21st. We want to thank Travel Southern Oregon Coast (TSOC), a re gional destination management organization focused on collaborating to enhance sustain able tourism, for its generous $30,000 grant for the purchase of the event tent for the City of North Bend....Representatives from Xtraice Rinks will be onsite to supervise the installation ( https://bit.ly/3toABUH) of the synthetic ice rink...[and] is expected to attract people of all ages....The indoor/ outdoor...rink has a 12-year manufacturer’s warranty and 15-year lifespan, and will oper ate in the central downtown business district between Thanksgiving and Valentine’s Day. Included in the price are skate shelves, 120 skates in various sizes, double skate sharp ening machine, sharpening machine vacuum, rubber floor roll for skate changing area, Penguin and Bear skating aids, installation kit, and assembly supervision. ...The syn thetic ice skating rink purchase, as unani mously approved in a public City Council meeting, cost $74,418 plus shipping and was 100 percent paid for with transient lodging taxes, money collected when visitors book a stay at hotels and motels, bed and breakfast facilities..."The city's report is here: https:// www.northbendoregon.us/newsview.aspx ?nid=7394.

Jenny Jones North Bend

Writers on the range

Public landa true blessing

By DAVE MARSTON

At every Thanksgiving dinner, my family asks everyone around the table to say what they’re grateful for. It puts new guests on the spot, so sometimes they just thank the hosts — an easy out that makes it harder for anyone else struggling for a good answer. I’ve been in that position, but this year I know what I’m grateful for.

That’s because after years away, I’m back in the West, living in western Colorado, near millions of acres of public land. If the love of wide-open spaces defines a Westerner, then our region gives us lots to love.

Alaska, which is 95.8% public land, may be king among all states, with so much wide-open space avail able to everyone, but Nevada is close behind at 87.8%, and Utah is next at 75.2%. Idaho ranks third at 70.4%, and Colorado has 43.3%, with most of that land west of the Continental Divide.

Until moving back West, I hadn’t thought about public land being vital for anything as basic as cutting firewood. Yet in most states without much accessible public land, firewood is an expensive proposition. Here, from May through October in Colorado, it’s ours for the permit, which costs about $4 to $10 for a cord of wood. That’s enough to fill a full-size pickup bed four feet high.

to take blowdowns or the slash piles left by logging companies. Once you’ve finished gathering, according to the Forest Service, “revisit and monitor the effects of your harvest... Become a steward of that place as you study the plants and how they respond.” In other words, think like an owner who cares about the land over the long haul.

Patrick Hunter, a Sustainability Studies student at Colorado Mountain Community College in Carbondale, thinks our public lands embody a “generational legacy” that’s become a cornerstone of our democracy. From young to old, the diehard fans of public lands are volunteers from nonprofits who “adopt” a trail, constructing and advo cating for them.

Political cartoonist Rob Pudim tells of hiking a trail he’d worked on for sever al summers and feeling an onrush of possessiveness: “I own this land,” he recalls thinking. In a way, he’s right. We do own this land, though it is managed — even if we rarely see a ranger — by federal agencies.

Still, the damage we’ve done to public lands in the West is visible and remains — mining, drilling, dam building, nuclear bomb test ing, dumping nuclear waste piles along rivers and other sensitive places. Because of that legacy, the Superfund program, finally established in 1980, aims to restore these lands, some so altered that no real fix is possible.

opinion of the newspaper or its parent company, Country Media, Inc. To make a submission to the editor, fill out a submission form at www.theworldlink.com email: worldeditor@countrymedia.net or call 541-269-1222 ext. 235.

How much do you need? I’m told three cords add up to “just getting by” in Montana or Wyoming, but true winter wealth is more like six cords. While you’re gathering wood, you can also scout for a Christmas tree. That requires just an $8 permit — a world away from pricey conifers grown on a tree farm.

Writer Dave Stiller’s firewood-gathering advice is

LocaL guest coLumn

No one knows how many people have gone to public land with one solemn pur pose: to throw ashes of their dead into a stream or launch them into the air from a mountaintop, a practice that’s allowable in most Western states’ national forests. It for ever connects someone to that particular place outdoors.

And for a lot of us, the best of life can be what happens during a summer of camping, mushroom hunting, fishing, wildlife watching or just “get ting out there.” Some hunters also become advocates for wildlife and public lands, championing public access.

Public land also serves as a link to modern history. Throughout the West we can still see architectural marvels built by Indigenous peoples hundreds of years ago. And ghost towns that were once small cities continue to fasci nate us as we think about the economic jolt that triggered their abandonment.

Today, we’re experiencing a similar jolt as increasing aridity alters how the West works. Or doesn’t work. Meanwhile, as we struggle to figure out what we’ve got to do to adapt, at least I know what I’ll say this Thanksgiv ing. I am forever grateful to the public land that gives us room to breathe.

Dave Marston is publisher of Writers on the Range, writ ersontherange.org, an inde pendent nonprofit dedicated to lively discussion about the West. He lives with his family in Durango, Colorado.

Breathing New Life into Library Plans

By TRACY SWEELY Guest Column

I was very glad to see the front-page article in The World on November 3rd reporting City Council’s decision to conduct a community survey in order to move forward with replacing the existing library. Despite the vast consideration, planning and hard work that had already gone into designing the new library, a survey of letters to the editor before the levy vote displayed many different reasons for objection. For me, the new library at John Topits Park would have used public funds to recreate, at what users felt was an out-of-the-way location, many worthwhile community amenities that already exist in downtown Coos Bay. These amenities include

popular community gathering spaces like the Egyptian and SharkBite’s Theater, the outdoor amphitheater at Mingus, Black Market Gourmet, Coos Art Museum and although not quite downtown, the Coos History Museum, as well as cafes and restaurants. The net effect would have been a siphoning off of much needed vitality from the downtown. Keeping the library in its current location and removing spaces from the design that exist elsewhere could create a smaller footprint, possibly lowering the overall cost or allowing the reallocation of resources to make the library more nimble in meeting future needs.

Clearly, the priority of the original steering committee to build outside the tsunami zone was well placed and entirely understandable due to the risk

building within the zone poses to the prudent use of public funds. However, the Fire Department was built within the tsunami zone, and so there is precedent. I was glad to hear from Councilor DiNovo about changes in state law allowing building in such zones with zoneappropriate design considerations. Cities in coastal areas around the world cannot always shy away from building within tsunami zones so there should be no lack of suitable designs to explore. In a quick search, I found one such modern office building design that concentrates conference space in the 1st story, constructed with tsunami resistant foundation pillars and contemporary-looking, breakaway “garage-door” style walls. These breakaway walls would allow for potential floodwaters to flow

through effectively “vacant” lower-levels, preserving the highvalue furnishings, equipment and collections housed in upper stories. Of course re-building the library in its current location creates many problems, from extensive subsurface engineering like that needed for the Egyptian Theater renovation, to how to extend library services to the Empire community, to where to locate a temporary library until the new building is done. Others more fluent than me could speak to engineering, but one model that could solve the last two problems is the idea of a “floating library,” where boats, ships and ferries are either repurposed or newly built to house libraries and bookstores and to bring books to remote areas. Wouldn’t it be interesting and unique for the temporary library to be a humbly

sized floating one? There is a perfect location to moor one just blocks from the current library just off the boardwalk between Curtis and Elrod. Later it could be moved to the Empire boat launch off Holland Avenue to serve as a satellite location. Perhaps there is a local appropriately configured vessel that could be repurposed? Or perhaps our own generous Sause Bros would be willing to build such a vessel at a “friends and family” rate. I kind of like the idea of a Coos Bay Library “Book Barge.”

While starting over on plans for a new library is surely disappointing to many, I’m glad to see the City Council move forward with “crowd-sourcing” new ideas by surveying the community. Perhaps the survey can be seen as an opportunity to breathe new life into the process and come up with new

Dave Marston

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Commissioners Issue

Proclamation for Rural Health Day

Douglas County Commissioners

Tim Freeman, Chris Boice and Tom

Kress issued a proclamationlast week calling upon all citizens of Douglas County to observe National Rural Health Day, which is celebrat ed every year on the third Thursday of November.

The proclamation was presented by Commissioner Boice, on behalf of the board and acknowledged that “In Douglas County we are com mitted to supporting the health and well-being of rural Douglas County citizens, and we want to celebrate our rural health care providers who work tirelessly to meet their needs.”

A copy of the live video presenta tion can be found on the Douglas

County Government Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ DouglasCountyeGovernment.

Commissioner Kress presented Rural Health Day proclamation certificates to various organizations in our community that promote healthy living and provide health care services in our rural communi ties. They included: Douglas Public Health Network (DPHN) - -Teresa Mutschler (ED) Laura Turpen and Andree Shidlovsky; Umpqua Valley Ambulance – Rodney Blake and Thomas Krokoski; Douglas County Fire District #2 –Nick Wecks (Chief Training Officer); North Douglas FD & Oakland FD – Chief Bri an Burke; AVIVA Health - Mark

Tsuchiya (Marketing and Develop ment Director); ADAPT Integrated Healthcare - Dr. Theresa Lundy (CMO); CHI Mercy Medical Center - Sarah Baumgartner (Director of Communications) and Taylor Moore; UCAN – Colleen May (Healthy Families); Umpqua Health Alliance - Brent Eichman (CEO); Thrive Umpqua (formerly Blue Zones) - Jessica Hand, John Dimof and Board President Lance Colley. After the certificates were present ed, representatives from each orga nization were invited to the podium to talk about their organization and the work they do in promoting and responding to rural health issues in Douglas County.

Police Blotter

“As each of you came up today, I got to thinking about the uniqueness of our community and how everybody really works together. I also got to thinking about how through the years all the different ways I have gotten to help and watch you do your jobs, and every time I continue to be impressed with each organization represented here today...especially over the past two and half years. I honestly believe that no other county in the state was as well-prepared as we were for that and the work that was done, was done so successfully because of our great community partnerships,” stated Commissioner Freeman. The proclamation presented

today is a reminder and encouragement for our citizens to honor and support our rural health care providers, practitioners, organizations and support staff, and also work together to bring about a stronger, healthier rural Douglas County. #ruralhealthday #celebratingthepowerofrural Following the proclamation presentation, the Commissioners acknowledged Dr. Robert Dannenhoffer, our Douglas County Public Health Officer for recently being selected as the 2022 Oregon Rural Health Hero of the Year from the Oregon Office of Rural Health, a division of Oregon Health Sciences University.

Golden.

Wednesday 11/16:

North Bend

• 1:14 am, disorderly conduct, 1900 block of Union Avenue.

• 1:24 am, 48 year old male cited for DUII, 2100 block of Sherman Avenue.

• 1:52 am, theft, 3200 block of Tremont Avenue.

• 5:22 am, prowler, 3500 block of Ash Street.

• 11:56 am, fraud, 2900 block of Oak Street.

• 12:17 pm, disorderly conduct, 2000 block of Broadway Avenue.

• 12:31 pm, 50 year old male cited result of two vehicle accident, Newmark and Broadway.

• 12:51 pm, dog complaint, 1300 block of Virginia Avenue.

• 1:34 pm, 45 year old male cited on Roseburg Police warrant, 2700 block of Virginia Avenue.

• 2:17 pm, civil problem, 800 block of California Avenue.

• 3:08 pm, 58 year old male cited result of non-injury accident, Virginia and Hamilton.

Coos Bay

• 8:15 am, theft of gas, 700 block of S Broadway Street.

• 8:20 am, theft of electric cart, 2000 block of Newmark Avenue.

• 9.27 am, 25 year old cited for driving while suspended, S Empire and Noble

• 10:29 am, civil problem, 1100 block of E Park Road way.

• 12:48 pm, dispute, 3100 block of Ocean Boulevard.

• 1:01 pm, theft of credit/ debit card/civil problem, 300 block of N Marple Street.

• 1:56 pm, missing person, 200 block of S Broadway St.

• 2:57 pm, family dispute, 900 block of California Ave.

• 3:27 am, vehicle vs pedes trian, 200 block of E Johnson Avenue.

• 5:11 pm, traffic hazard, 1900 block of Newmark Ave.

• 4:47 pm, civil problem, 1700 block of Thompson Rd.

• 6:33 pm, traffic hazard, E Street and 5th Avenue.

• 7:12 pm, shoplifter, 1300 block of Newmark Avenue.

• 7:49 pm, menacing, 200 block of S Schoneman Street.

• 8:34 pm, 51 year old female cited for driving while suspended, S Broadway and

Bandon Police Blotter

• 8:36 pm, 47 year old male cited for driving while sus pended, 1000 block of Evans Boulevard.

• 8:47 pm, criminal mischief, SWOCC Coaledo Hall.

• 8:59 pm, misuse of 911, 500 block of Central Avenue.

• 10:35 pm, Medford served/ cited 22 year old male on Coos Bay Police warrant, 400 block of W 8th Street.

Coquille

• 8:09 am, animal complaint, 400 block of W Central Blvd.

• 2:09 pm, violation of restraining order, 1200 block of W 10th Street.

• 4:41 pm, theft from vehicle, 1200 block of Shelley Road.

• 7:49 pm, dog at large, 500 block of N Collier Street.

• 9:56 pm, counterfeit money, 200 block of W Highway 42.

Reedsport

• 2:43 am, domestic disturbance, 800 block of Myrtle Avenue.

• 6:21 am, assault, Oregon Coast Pizzeria.

• 12:10 pm, trespassing, Best Western.

• 1:24 pm, ordinance violation, 500 block of S 5th Street.

Thursday 11/17:

North Bend

• 1:14 am, disorderly conduct, 1900 block of Union Avenue.

• 1:24 am, 48 year old male cited for DUII, 2100 block of Sherman Avenue.

• 1:52 am, theft, 3200 block of Tremont Avenue.

• 5:22 am, prowler, 3500 block of Ash Street.

• 11:56 am, fraud, 2900 block of Oak Street.

• 12:17 pm, disorderly conduct. 2000 block of Broadway Avenue.

• 12:31 pm, 50 year old cited result of two vehicle accident, Newmark and Broadway.

• 12:51 pm, dog complaint, 1300 block of Virginia Avenue.

• 12:58 pm, harassment, 2300 block of Pacific Street.

• 1:34 pm, 45 year old male cited on Roseburg Police warrant, 2700 block of Virginia Avenue.

• 2:17 pm, civil problem, 800 block of California Avenue.

• 3:08 pm, 58 year old male cited result of non-injury accident, Virginia and Hamilton.

Coos Bay

• 1:16 am, dispute, 1200 block of N Bayshore Drive.

• 1:49 am, 58 year old cited on Coos Bay Police warrant, 200 block of Holland Street.

• 9:33 am, 42 year old male transported to Coos County jail for violation of restraining order, 800 block of Marshall Avenue.

• 10:06 am, civil problem, 1100 block of Augustine St.

• 10:51 am, burglary, 200 block of S Wasson Street.

• 11:05, dispute, Human Bean.

• 1:16 pm, juvenile problem, 900 block of W Ingersoll Ave.

• 1:22 pm, found child, 2500 block of Ocean Boulevard.

• 2:34 pm, fraud, 200 block of E Johnson Avenue.

• 4:11 pm, 35 year old female transported to Coos County jail for theft III and Coquille Police warrant, 100 block of S 7th Street.

• 5:05 pm, civil problem, 600 block of N 4th Court.

• 5:54 pm, located wanted subject, 2000 block of Newmark Avenue.

• 8:33 pm, 36 year old male cited for driving while

suspended, Ocean and Cascade.

• 8:48 pm, 21 year old male cited for driving while suspended, Bayshore and Cedar.

• 9:38 pm, 39 year old female cited result of traffic stop, 1000 block of S 1st Street.

• 10:19 pm, disorderly conduct, Ocean and LaClair.

• 11:04 pm, criminal mischief, 200 block of S Cammann Street.

Coquille 5:04 am, graffiti calls, W Central and Fairview.

Reedsport

• 7:44 am, fraud, McDonald’s.

• 8:45 am, trespassing, Safeway.

• 9:52 am, criminal mischief, 900 block of Winchester.

• 10:20 am, disturbance, Green Lightening Laundry.

• 11:52 am, burglary, 2900 block of Ridgeway Drive.

• 12:13 pm, theft, Oregon Coast Pizzeria.

• 4:00 pm, DUI, McDonald’s.

Street SE and Baltimore Avenue SE.

• 4:14 pm, disturbance, 200 block of 2nd Street SE.

• 8:24 pm, traffic hazard, 14th Street SE and Oregon Avenue SW.

Saturday 11/19:

• 2:46 am, harassment, 1600 block of Harvard Street SE.

• 6:15 am, disturbance, 1000 block of 8th Street SW.

Thursday 11/17:

Sunday 11/20:

• 5:19 am, accident, Highway 42 S mile post 5.

• 1:52 pm, hit and run, 200 block of 1st Street SW.

• 5:29 pm, traffic hazard, Highway 101 mile post 299.

The police blotter is a public record of incidents as reported by law-enforcement agencies. All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are innocent until proven guilty. The information printed is preliminary and subject to change.

As I See It: Crime in Bandon

BY MARY SCHAMEHORN

It was a little less than two years after the Bandon Fire, that Bandon again made big news on the front page of the Sept. 1, 1938, Western World with a story that appeared on the top margin of the front page in red type, as it happened too late to make the regular paper. Next week's paper carried the story of the robbers who entered the home of Otto and Geneva Shindler. Shindler, a pharmacist, owned the local Rexall Drug Store (first photo), built right after the Fire and now the home of Winter River Books.

"Two robbers entered the O.C. Shindler home at 8:30 Wednesday night. At gun point they bound and gagged Mr. and Mrs. Shindler and learning that there was a son at the show (second photo) called up to find out what time the show would be out," said the article referring to the Shindler's only son, Franz.

"Shortly before 10 p.m., with an accomplice outside, one took Shindler to his drug store and forced him to open the safe from which they took about $240. From there they drove to the theater and waited for the son. With father and son they drove to a deserted house at 11th and Elmira and put a rifle and a 'Tommy gun' in the car. Returning to the house, where one of the two who first entered the house remained with Mrs. Shindler, they bound all three and made

their escape in the Shindler car. It took nearly a half hour for the victims to release themselves. The robbers had cut the telephone wire leading from the house, so state police could not be reached for nearly an hour after the robbers fled."

By the time the story came out in the following week's paper, two of what turned out to be three robbers had been apprehended and were in the county jail. The third, Wallace Crews, 34, leader of the gang, remained at large.

"When the Shindler car was discovered at the foot of Lampa mountain, the bandits were tracked into the woods of that area. The trio apparently didn't know that the Lampa mountain road was impassable.

"Crews (the wanted man) on Sunday night entered the Cecil Hartley home in Pleasant Valley where he bound Hartley, 28, his wife, 25, and their son, 5, after taking only food and cooking utensils. He displayed the same gentleness shown in the Shindler episode, handing back Hartley's wallet without taking any money, also giving him his car keys.

"One of the men, James Oliver Wayne, 29, was arrested a mile west of Arago. He emerged from the brush about 50 yards west of a hidden state police car, and the officer occupying the car got the drop on him before he had a chance to use the .45 caliber revolver he carried.

"Robert Bowersox, 32, wounded in one foot by accidental discharge of his

own gun, shortly before the Bandon robbery, was found in the Peterson Brothers dairy barn between Arago and Myrtle Point.

"The Petersons noticed strange tracks near the barn and notified officers, who investigated and dug Bowersox out of the hay. Bowersox and Wayne each had $80 in cash, indicating Shindler's $240 was split three ways when the men parted company.

"The three men escaped from the Pocatello, Ida., county jail a month ago. A fourth member of their party is held in jail at Toledo. They are now held in the Coos county jail, with bail set at $18,000."

The third photo was taken in May of 1961 as staff and employees of Southern Coos Hospital prepared for National Hospital Week. The hospital, which at that time was on the bluff off Ocean Drive overlooking the river, opened in 1960. It was replaced by the existing hospital twenty years later.

Pictured from left are Pam (Mrs. Tom) McGinty, Mrs. Louise Loch, Eleanor (Mrs. Carl) Lorenz and Warren Croston. Mrs. Loch was the head nurse; Croston was the hospital administrator, and McGinty and Lorenz were members of the office staff.

Members of the hospital board were chairman Dr. B.E. Grant, Carl Lorenz, Edgar Capps, Margaret (Mrs. Jack) Dean and John H. Fasnacht.

As a member of the present hospital board, I receive a publication titled Becker's Hospital Review, which contains articles concerning health care across the country.

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the annual Night of 10,000 Lights, sponsored by Greater Bandon Association, is Saturday, Nov. 26, in Old Town. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be at Washed Ashore from 3 to 5 p.m., during which time a wine/nog walk will be held, with glasses and maps available for purchase at Washed Ashore from 3 to 4:30 p.m. The lighting of the tree, with Southern Coos CEO Ray Hino doing the honors, will take place at 5:30 p.m. at the visitor center parking lot.

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The holiday light parade is set for Saturday, Dec. 10, at 5:30 p.m. At 6 that night, the Bandon Chamber will hold its Ugly Sweater holiday party at Billy Smoothboars.

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Also scheduled for Saturday night is the Holiday Spectacular All Jazzed Up program, put on by MarLo Dance Studio, at 7 p.m. at the Sprague Theater, with two more performances on Sunday, at 2 and 4 p.m. Tickets are at marlodance.com.

Dan and Lynn Barnett, owners of Billy Smoothboars, are hosting their 11th annual Community Christmas for children up to the age of 12 on Wednesday, Dec. 14, from 4 to 7 at the restaurant.

I've learned that Dr. Wesley Masterjohn, who practiced medicine here in the 1960s, died Oct. 29 in Waynesville, N.C., at the age of 97. Among his survivors are his daughter, Melissa Olson, and sons, James and Ronald Masterjohn. He graduated from Loma Linda School of Medicine with the Class of 1957, and was joined locally in his practice by Dr. Donald Crane.

After leaving here, he practiced in Temecula, Calif., for many years.

People in Coos County were stunned to learn of the death of a 10-month-old child, Owen Nichols, who died in Portland several days after he was rushed to the hospital with a traumatic brain injury. He was the son of Joe and Mandy Nichols, both of whom are reportedly elementary teachers in Coquille, and the grandson of Joe Nichols, long-time manager of McKay's Market in Myrtle Point.

The Nichols family, who also includes an older son, lives in the Fairview area on

A 27-year-old Myrtle Point woman, Hayley Reanne Steele, who had been Owen's babysitter, was arrested in connection with his death and charged with first-degree manslaughter, first-degree assault and first-degree criminal mistreatment. She is in jail under a million dollar bond.

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I was also sorry to learn of the death of the Sheriff's Office K9 Raven, who Bandon residents will remember as the beautiful shepherd who demonstrated his capture skills during the National Night Out event held Aug. 2 in City Park, sponsored by the Bandon Police Department.

A Facebook post said Raven had taken ill Nov. 16 and was rushed into surgery, but passed away the next morning.

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The rainfall figure for October showed 1.80 inches of rain, compared to 7 inches the previous October. *

The CEO of Southern Coos Hospital was notified in early November that DNV's Accreditations Committee had approved a full threeyear Accreditation designation for our hospital.

"This is a tremendous accomplishment by every member of our SCHHC family and an achievement that we can all be very proud of," said CEO Ray Hino. "To my knowledge, Southern Coos Hospital has never achieved accreditation status in our entire history and existence.

I also saw a press release about the death of 41-yearold Allen Shaffar of Brookings, who was killed Nov. 14 near milepost 344 in a single-vehicle roll over crash. I believe he is a cousin of Bob Shaffar of Bandon and the grandson of Dale Shaffar of Powers. He also at one time had a Bandon address.

People are invited to Join VFW 3440, American Legion Post 26 and the Bandon Veterans' Honor Guard at a special ceremony, Remember Pearl Harbor, on Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 10:30 a.m. at the Port of Bandon crabbing dock. A wreath provided by VFW 3440 Auxiliary will be placed in the water.

"Let's come together to pay tribute to this event that

"Our DNV accreditation is full Medicare deemed status accreditation, which is the exact same accreditation status that Joint Commission Accreditation hospitals receive. We now join other DNV accredited hospitals in Oregon, including OHSU, all three Asante hospitals, all Samaritan Health Services hospitals, and other DNV hospitals nationwide," said Hino.

The police report for Nov. 7 through 12 indicated there was an explosion on Nov. 7 at 8:05 p.m. in the area of 15th St. SE and Baltimore Avenue. There were three disturbance reports, including one on Windhurst Lane Monday night, Lincoln Avenue Tuesday evening and in the 200 block of Chicago Avenue on Wednesday at 7:21 a.m. There were also two reports of counterfeit money and a fire on Two Mile Lane.

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Photos courtesy of Mary Schamehorn collection

In 1938, robbers broke into the home of Otto and Geneva Shindler, the owners of the Rexall Drug Store.

Bobcats honored after run to football semifinals

Andreas Villanueva shared both top awards for Myrtle Point’s football division in voting by the coaches.

Villanueva was co-offensive player of the year for the Class 1A eight-player District 1 North Division, with St. Paul’s George

Pohlschneider. Villanueva was co-defensive player of the year with Clay Smith, also of St. Paul.

The Bobcats ultimately reached the semifinals for the eight-player di vision, losing to top-ranked St. Paul.

Six different Myrtle Point players were named to the first team for the

division, three on both offense and defense.

Villanueva was recognized both at wide receiver/tight end and at defensive back. Billy Reynolds was recognized at both running back and linebacker. Howard Blanton was chosen at defensive end and kicker.

Also on the first team were Ma son Detzler (offensive line), Logan Backman (quarterback) and Troy Warner (running back). Blanton was named to the second team at wide receiver/tight end. Also on the second team were Lo gan Clayburn on the offensive line,

Dillon Jones and Jason Bates on the defensive line, and Jacob Koser at both lineback and punter.

Clayburn was an honorable mention selection at defensive end, while Troy Warner was honored at linebacker and Evan Warner at defensive back.

Coquille volleyball and soccer players honored after teams win league titles

Coquille had a pair of players named to the Far West League’s first team in volleyball after claiming the league title with a perfect record.

Outside hitter Trinidy Blanton and setter Holli Vigue both were named to the first team for the Red Devils.

Brooklyn New was on the second team and Jessica Gisholt and Reggie Gardner both were honorable mention picks.

Kelsey Dunn of St. Mary’s was named most valuable player, while Cascade Chris tian’s Molly Griffin was the top setter and Sutherlin’s Haley Saunders the top defensive player.

Katie Miller of St. Mary’s was named coach of the year. The Crusaders beat the Red Devils in the championship game of the league tournament and advanced to the Class 3A state tournament, while Coquille fell to

Creswell in the playoffs, one win shy of the tournament.

Brookings-Harbor’s Ashlynn Schofield and Cameron Crosby both were honorable mention selections.

BOYS SOCCER: Godfred Amonoo of the combined Coquille-Myrtle Point boys soccer team was one of the players of the year in the Class 3A-2A-1A District 4 soccer league after the DevilCats won their first-ever league title in the sport.

Amonoo was joined on the first team by teammates Angel Rodriguez and Matias San chez of Myrtle Point.

James Lenninger and Chance Dery were named to the second team and Trace Ed wards, also from Myrtle Point, and Isaac Felton were honorable mention picks.

The other two players of the year were Gold Beach’s Francesco Feraj and Umpqua

Valley Christian’s Levi Heard. UVC’s Mi chael Graham was coach of the year.

UVC was second and Gold Beach third in the final league standings. All three lost in the first round of the playoffs.

Gold Beach’s Jackson Brose was named goalkeeper of the year. Teammate Dylan Mid dleton also was on the first team. Gage Hale and Kyler Middleton were on the second team.

FOOTBALL: Coquille had a trio of players named to the first team for the Far West League in football after the Red Devils advanced to the Class 3A playoffs.

Hayden GeDeros was named to the first team at running back, Hunter Layton was honored at defensive back and Tom Riley was on the first team on both the offensive and defensive lines.

Running back Waylon Messerle, tight end

Bo Messerle and center Riley Jones all were named to the second team on offense. GeDer os and Waylon Messerle were on the second team defense at linebacker.

South Umpqua quarterback Jace Johnson was the offensive player of the year and Cas cade Christian linebacker Cole Shields was the defensive player of the year.

Cascade Christian’s Jaxson Turituri was the offensive lineman of the year and South Umpqua’s Tanner Dobeck the defensive lineman of the year. Cascade Christian’s Jon Gettman was the coach of the year.

GIRLS SOCCER: Callie Millett was named to the second team for the Co quille-Myrtle Point DevilCats in Class 3A-2A-1A District 4.

The DevilCats finished 1-13 on the season, winning their final game against Lost River 2-1 to avoid a winless campaign.

SCAT fundraiser a splashing success

The annual fundraiser for the South Coast Aquatic Team was a big success, organizers said. The event was held Oct. 19 at the Mingus Park Pool, with the swimmers encouraged to get family, friends, neighbors and businesses to pledge mon ey to motivate them to swim as many lengths of the pool as possible in 90 minutes.

The team has gained a num ber of new swimmers through its summer season and athletes as young as 7 years old swam their hearts out during the event, said spokesperson Chrissy Ryback.

They put up some im pressive numbers with their swimming, which included occasional water breaks during the 90 minutes.

The following are the num

bers of lengths each athlete swam, listed by group and in alphabetical order.

Novice group: Courtney Abrahamsen 90, Scarlet Albers 125, Kinley Andrews 74, Se renity Beam 96, Eli Bhandari 87, Melina Harbolt 98, Teagan Harbolt 98, Zoey Teyler 80.

Beginner group: Caitlin Abra hamsen 178, Payton Andrews 137, Mirra Cantrell 143, Jordyn Nicholls 104, Evalynn Ryback 180, Henry Teyler 135, Evan Wambaugh 153.

Advanced group: Claris sa Abrahamsen 195, Sophia Flores 173, Mira Muth-Vu 221, Morgan Ryback 231, Kile Wakleing 167.

Pre-Senior group: Jonathon Bertholet 198, Isabelle Speak man 206.

T his week in C oos C oun T y h is Tory

The swim team extended thanks to Bigfoot Beverages and the Andrews family for keeping the swimmers hydrat ed during the event and to the Dyer Partnership Engineers & Planners Inc. and the Speak man family for refueling the kids with pizza after the event.

“The South Coast Aquatic Team would also like to thank everyone who has support ed their team of swimmers,” Chrissy Ryback said. “This is a huge fundraiser for their team and helps cover all those hidden fees that are required to keep the team running and legal every year (insurance and USA swimming fees). Thanks to our community’s generosity, the team met and exceeded their goals.”

100 YEARS — 1922

Steamer Acme strikes jetty

In trouble at mouth of the Coquille river

Loses rudder and wheel but is now safely within the harbor — damage consid erable

BANDON — The steamer Acme struck the south jetty this morning when attempting to enter the Coquille river. She was carried by a swell to one side and struck on the jetty, losing her wheel, ruder and tall shaft. For a time the steamer was in danger but she managed to get inside the riv er and was picked up by a tug and towed to the dock of the Moore mill. It is thought that the damage was considerable.

The Acme had taken on partial cargo at Coos Bay and was to finish loading at Bandon. The steamer is owned by the Moore Mill & Lumber Co.

Thief gets good supply of socks

Leaves one behind when he robs show cases

Someone gets away with seventeen and a half pairs at the Woolen Mills store Seventeen and a half pairs of socks were stolen from the show case in front of the Woolen Mills store last night. The thief was evidently in haste as he left behind one sock, all that he overlooked

of eighteen pairs which were on display.

The front of the entrance to the store is a small glass show case in which socks and neckties are shown. This morning it was found that the locked door had been pried open, evidently with a pen knife, but the glass was not broken. Inside the case were shown the socks which were of a heavy wool variety and they probably tempted some one unable to keep his feet dry during the wet weather. At any rate he took every thing in the case and will have enough to last him all winter. The men at the store said that he might just as well come back and get the other sock as the odd one is useless in the store.

The police have no clue to the burglar. Many of this style of socks have been sold by the store lately so that the stolen goods could not be identified.

Port reduces wharf charges

Makes it less for foreign and Atlantic shipments

Formerly was one dollar a thousand but is now down to 75 cents

The commissioners of the Port of Coos Bay at a meeting last night made some changes in the wharf age charges. Heretofore the charge has been 60 cents a thousand for coastwise lumber and $1 a thousand

for foreign or Atlantic coast shipments. This charge covered the unloading onto the dock and the wharfage charge for 20 days if going foreign or to the Atlantic coast and 10 days if going coastwise.

The new charge is 75 cents a thousand straight for all shipments with the time limits as before. The charge of $1 a thousand was not ex cessive as compared to other ports but it was believed that the reduction for the foreign and Atlantic coast shipments would be an encouragement for that trade.

School show is a pretty affair

Pleasant event takes place at North Bend last night Many persons gather at Eckhoff Hall to witness the performance of children

Seldom has a prettier spec tacle been presented on Coos Bay than the operetta, “The Quest of the Pink Parasol,” given by the children of the first and second grades of the Central school in North Bend last night. Eckhoff Hall was filled for the event, until hardly standing room was available.

Although the admission charges were very small, only 30c and 10c, over $100 was cleared by the grades. This money will be used to purchase school equipment.

The costumes worn in the operetta were particularly

pretty, especially the flower dresses.

50 YEARS — 1972

High court declines to consider student paddling

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Supreme Court declined today to consider whether the paddling of a public school student without his parents’ permission is unconstitu tional “cruel and unusual punishment.”

Without comment, the court refused to hear an appeal from a Dallas, Tex., father and son who lost their challenge of the practice in lower federal courts.

Lower federal courts had ruled that any decision on the issue of paddling would im properly interfere with state and local school operations.

The case was initiated in U.S. District Court in Dallas by Marshall Ware and his son, Douglas Ware, against Superintendent Nolan Estes. The papers filed with the court did not state wheth er the youth had suffered corporal punishment “usu ally administered by hitting the student on his buttocks one or several times with a paddle.”

The Wares said the prac tice in the Dallas Indepen dent School District deprives both children and parents of “fundamental liberties” and is “cruel and unusual

punishment” in violation of the constitution.

Texas law allows “mod erate corporal punishment” by a principal or an assistant principal without parental permission.

Teachers, however, may paddle a child only after receiving written permission from his parent and in the presence of an adult witness.

drives inside the 20-yard line.

Indians upset Bobcats in AA semifinals,

22-6

SCAPPOOSE — It didn’t even go according to the book.

Favored Myrtle Point with an awesome ground attack, got its lone touchdown via the passing bomb while pass-minded Scappoose scored twice on the ground to upset the Bobcats, 22-6, in a Class AA semifinal football game here Saturday.

Scappoose now advances to the state finals against defending titlist Glad stone, which dropped south Umpqua, 27-6, Friday night in Roseburg.

Myrtle Point did nearly everything it had to do to net a victory: the Bobcats con trolled the ball on the ground and ran off 54 plays to 42 for the host Indians, and on defense limited Scappoose to only 10 receptions in 27 pass attempts.

Somehow, that wasn’t enough. Credit Scappoose for intercepting two passes, recovering a pair of Bobcat fumbles and stopping several

Southwestern Oregon Community College’s Board of Education and administra tion have a serious problem: The number of students has increased 14.7 per cent but the amount of state support money to be received must by slashed by 10 per cent or $212,000.

The dilemma is created through the state’s funding program which is based on the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) students rather than the head count at the institution.

By having so many parttime students, principally in the area of vocational training rather than in preparation to transfer to a four-year school, the FTE is lower, President Jack Brookins told the board at their meeting this week.

Brookins also challenged the state’s estimate of enrollment at SWOCC, the figures on which state suppor is based. The state estimates SWOCC will have an FTE of 1,143, while Brookins feels the number should be higher — closer to 1,180.

“We’ll have to fight to get funding for the students we have,” Brookins told the board. State planners feel SWOCC’s enrollment will decline while Brookins pre dicts a continued increase in student population.

SW Oregon Commu nity College is facing ‘dilemma’

These stories were found in the Marshfield Sun Printing Museum newspaper repository stored in Marshfield High School.

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SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION Case No.: 22CV22720 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF RAYMOND D BENTLEY AKA RAYMOND BENTLEY AKA RAY D BENTLEY AKA RAY BENTLEY; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE OF OREGON, OCCUPANTS OF THE PROPERTY, Defendants. To: The Unknown Heirs and Devisees of Raymond D. Bentley aka Raymond Bentley aka Ray D Bentley aka Ray Bentley and Occupants of the Property, You are hereby required to appear and defend the Complaint filed against you in the above entitled cause within thirty (30) days from the date of service of this summons upon you, and in case of your failure to do so, for want thereof, Plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: READ THESE PAPERS CAREFULLY! You must “appear” in this case or the other side will win automatically. To “appear” you must file with the court a legal paper called a “motion” or “answer.” The “motion” or “answer” (or “reply”) must be given to the court clerk or administrator within 30 days of the date of first publication specified herein along with the required filing fee. It must be in proper form and have proof of service on the plaintiff’s attorney or, if the plaintiff does not have an attorney, proof of service on the plaintiff. If you have questions, you should see an attorney immediately. If you need help in finding an attorney, you may call the Oregon State Bar’s Lawyer Referral Service at (503) 684-3763 or toll-free in Oregon at (800) 452-7636.

If you are a veteran of the armed forces, assistance may be available from a county veterans’ service officer or community action agency. Contact information for a local county veterans’ service officer and community action agency may be obtained by calling the 2-1-1 information service. Additionally, contact information for a service officer appointed under ORS 408.410 for the county in which you live and contact information for a community action agency that serves your area can be found by visiting the following link: https://www.oregon. gov/odva/services/pages/ county-services.aspx and selecting your county. You can also access a list of Veterans Services for all Oregon counties by visiting the following link: https://www. oregon.gov/odva/Services/ Pages/All-Services-Statewide. aspx. The relief sought in the Complaint is the foreclosure of the property located at 165 N. 15th Street, Lakeside, OR 97449.

Date of First Publication: 11/11/2022 McCarthy & Holthus, LLP s/Grace Chu _ John Thomas OSB No. 024691 _ Michael Scott OSB No. 973947 _ Grace Chu OSB No. 220848 920 SW 3rd Ave, 1st Floor Portland, OR 97204 Phone: (971) 2013200 Fax: (971) 201-3202 gchu@mccarthyholthus.

com Of Attorneys for Plaintiff IDSPub #0181931 11/11/2022 11/18/2022 11/25/2022 12/2/2022

Published: The World &ONPA (ID:352394)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON

CASE NO.: 22CV30788

SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION To: UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVI SEES AND BENEFICIARIES OF E. LOUISE MOUSER and UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVI SEES AND BENEFICIARIES OF HUGH L MOUSER NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING, Plaintiff, vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVI SEES AND BENEFICIARIES OF E. LOUISE MOUSER; UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVI SEES AND BENEFICIARIES OF HUGH L MOUSER; CHRISTOPHER L. MOUSER, POSSIBLE HEIR AND DEVI SEE TO E. LOUISE MOUSER AND HUGH L MOUSER; MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC; EGP INVESTMENTS, LLC, A WASHINGTON LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; ALL OTHER UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, LIEN OR INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY COMMON LY KNOWN AS 2115 HAM ILTON ST, NORTH BEND, OR 97459; AND ALL OTHER UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIM ING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, LIEN OR INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS 2125 HAMILTON ST, NORTH BEND, OR 97459, Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANT/ RESPONDENT(S) ABOVE NAMED: You are hereby directed and required to appear in, and de fend against, this legal action within 30 days after the first date of publication of sum mons, which is the 4th day of November, 2022, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorneys for plaintiff, ZBS LAW, LLP, at their office below stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. This is an Amended Complaint for Judicial Foreclosure of Deed of Trust. 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 does not have an attorney, proof of service on the plaintiff. If you have any questions, you should see an attorney im mediately. If you need help in finding an attorney, you may contact the Oregon State Bar’s Lawyer Referral Service online at www.oregonstatebar.org or by calling (503) 684-3763 in the Portland metropolitan area. If you are a veteran of the armed forces, assistance may be available from a county veterans’ service officer or community action agency. Contact information for a local county veterans service officer and community action agency may be obtained by calling a 2-1-1 information service.

DATED: October 24, 2022 ZBS LAW, LLP By: /s/ Amber L. Labrecque Amber L. Labrecque, OBS No. 094593

alabrecque@zbslaw.com Attorneys for Plaintiff Published: November 4, No vember 11, November 18 and November 25, 2022 The World & ONPA (ID:352004)

This is an action for Judicial Foreclosure of real property commonly known as 2321 OAK STREET, NORTH BEND, OR 97459 A motion or answer must be given to the court clerk or ad ministrator within 30 days of the date of the first publication specified herein along with the required filing fee.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS Case No. 22CV22616

SUMMONS DEFENDANTS REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC Plaintiff v. THE ESTATE OF BEV ERLY J. MCDANIEL; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, AS SIGNS AND DEVISEES OF BEVERLY J. MCDANIEL; DOUGLAS D. MCDANIEL; JENNIE M. POWELL; DAVID J. MCDANIEL; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; AND ALL OTHER PERSONS OR PAR TIES UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, LIEN, OR INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS 2321 OAK STREET, NORTH BEND,OR 97459

Defendants TO DEFENDANTS THE ESTATE OF BEVERLY J. MCDANIEL; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, ASSIGNS AND DEVISEES OF BEVERLY J. MCDANIEL: IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON: You are hereby required to appear and defend the action filed against you in the aboveentitled cause within 30 days from the date of service of this Summons upon you; and if you fail to appear and defend, for want thereof, the Plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded therein.

Dated: October 27, 2022 ALDRIDGE PITE, LLP By: /s/ Michael J. Page MICHAEL J. PAGE, OSB #194328

of Attorneys for Plaintiff (858) 750-7600 (503) 222-2260 (facsimile) orecourtnotices@aldridgepite. com

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT/ DEFENDANTS READ THESE PAPERS CAREFULLY

You must “appear” in this case or the other side will win automatically. To “appear” you must file with the court a legal paper called a “motion” or “answer”. The “motion” or “answer” must be given to the court clerk or administrator within 30 days (or 60 days for Defendant United States or State of Oregon Department of Revenue) along with the required filing fee. It must be in proper form and have proof of service on the plaintiff’s attorney or, if the plaintiff does not have an attorney, proof of service on the plaintiff. If you have questions, you should see an attorney immediately. If you need help in finding an attorney, you may contact the Oregon State Bar’s Lawyer Referral Service online at www.oregonstatebar.org or by calling (503) 684-3763 (in the Portland metropolitan area) or toll-free elsewhere in Oregon at (800) 452-7636.

NOTICE TO ANY VETERAN OF THE ARMED FORCES

If you are a veteran of the armed forces, assistance may be available from a county vet erans’ service officer or com munity action agency. Contact information for a local county veterans’ service officer and community action agency may be obtained by calling a 2-1-1 information service.

Published: November 11, November 18, November 25 and December 2, 2022 The World & ONPA (ID:352528)

FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS

The young man I’ll never know

By DR. CHARLES HURBIS Guest Article

My wife and I planned a trip to the east coast last month. The original plan was to see my sister in Syracuse. We then decided to extend it a few days to see my father’s last remaining sibling and her two sons in New Hamp shire. Does anyone remem ber the world without social media? Most people cannot. Back then, young families got together mostly during the holidays, then everyone grew up and you never heard from anyone ever again. That’s just what happened. It was hard enough keeping up with your own life much less the life of everyone else on the planet. I hadn’t been in contact with my cousins for probably 50 years. Since we’d last seen each other we’d completed schooling, trained for and finished entire careers, raised families and were now contemplating the next phase in our lives.

My cousin Sean, my Aunt’s oldest son, and I spent quite a few summers together at my grand mother’s house in Milan Michigan. Eventually, those summers ended. After that, all you ever know about each other’s lives were small secondhand snippets. I’d learned Sean had trained in law enforcement. He then spent much of his career as a CHIPS officer in Walnut Creek, CA. I knew he was instrumental in leading to the arrest of a notorious Chicago bank robber who’d robbed 26 banks and had spent a few years as a narcotics detective. Still, I really knew nothing about his “life” and was looking forward to catching up.

It wasn’t until our planned trip that I even knew Sean had two sons. I of course now looked him up on Facebook, but really didn’t know what he looked like anymore. Searching through the Facebook site options, I’m thinking, “is that Sean?”

I really couldn’t be sure.

Then as I scrolled through the photos on one page there was one of a man with his sons. One of the sons looked exactly like the young man I remembered from my child hood. I was in the right spot. But Facebook told me nothing about Sean’s kids. I later learned about one. I learned that he was an amazing kid. I learned he had touched many lives and was beloved by all that knew him. Knowing Sean, this didn’t surprise me. I learned that he was serving his country as a Marine and was stationed in 29 Palms, the same Marine Corps base where my father had served so many years before. I also learned, just before I had a chance to meet him last month, that he passed away from a Fentanyl overdose. Kevin was 22……..

Military training is vigor ous for a reason. The young people who have chosen to protect our country must be prepared for dangerous, unpredictable situations. I remember my father tell ing stories of the 20-mile hikes they would take in the desert, in full gear, carrying 50-pound packs. It’s easy to see how a rigorous environ ment like this might allow for the influx of pills which could at least help you sleep. The problem is, if your buddy offers you something, you really don’t know what you are getting. It seems large volumes of illegal fen tanyl have been entering this country across the southern border and now I guess from China, where the levels of Fentanyl are highly inconsis tent. What initially started as a prescription drug problem has evolved into a street drug problem.

This was the third time in as many years I’d heard of someone losing a child due to a fentanyl overdose. You really don’t know where to begin when offering con dolences in this situation.

Our language doesn’t offer words that are adequate to

comfort someone who has lost a child. The passing of a child is a tragic event that no parent should ever have to endure. It goes against the natural order of things. It steals from our future. The loss of young life should be a rare event but with the opioid pandemic it’s becom ing far too commonplace. In 2021, our country lost over 100,000 young people due to a Fentanyl overdose. This epidemic is creating a world full of Kevin’s, a group we will never get to know. We will never benefit from what they might have achieved or how they may have im proved the planet we live on.

Perhaps we’ve always been a drug culture. In past generations, drugs were used by some as a form of experimentation. This time around it seems they are being sought out because of a perceived need. This new drug culture has rampant ly permeated our younger generation. Perhaps it’s hard to blame them? Can you imagine growing up in our current society, where all semblance of normalcy and stability seem to have vanished? Then toss on the unrealistic expectations of life suggested by the internet combined with the social isolation of a pandemic. You used to just have to keep up with the Joneses, now it seems everyone on the planet except you is living the perfect life.

Psychiatric disease used to be the exception, now it’s the accepted norm. Every condition seems to have a label. Maybe it’s no won der the younger generation seems far too willing to take whatever drug our highly profitable pharmaceutical companies can throw at them. Medicating a problem has become an acceptable and accessible solution. It’s not uncommon for a young person to show up in my office with a spectrum of confusing symptoms (not at all consistent with their age) who are taking a vast array

of prescribed mind-altering medications. Classically, the first medication is usually prescribed for a diagnosis of anxiety, depression or pain. Eventually, another drug gets added to fix the side effects of the first drug. Then the next is prescribed to fix the second and the cycle repeats. Eventually, their poor brains are poisoned by this polypharmacy which is getting far too many altered signals to know what’s real anymore.

It seems our society can no longer accept that there are times in all of our lives where we may seem sad, anxious or depressed. In stead, everything needs med icating. Every issue now has a drug designed to fix it and there is always some provid er out there who is willing to supply it. It reminds me of the Dr. Seuss story “You’re Only Old Once,” where there is a magical pill for every ailment. Rather than address ing and solving the patient’s actual underlying problem or concerns, it’s gotten easier to simply click a button in the patient’s EMR file next to the appropriate disorder and give the pill which numbs the symptoms thus starting the cycle. It’s a slippery slope with a very steep grade. Sadly, only much later will we learn what the shortand long-term implications will be from the extended use of these supposedly “safe” mind altering drugs, which are pushed so hard in advertising campaigns by our fine pharmaceutical companies.

The tendency towards

opioid use is just one subset of this troubling new trend. This arm started as an issue with physician overprescrib ing. Years ago, the thought process was, no one should ever be in pain, thus all patients were over supplied with narcotics. This philos ophy was initially pushed by medical boards. The pendulum has now swung completely the other way, and physicians are doing a much better job of limiting narcotic prescription sizes, lowering dose levels and just skipping narcotics entire ly if feasible. Regardless, this early behavior created addiction and paved the way for black market opioids which are the current danger. So, what tools do we have to curb the opioid epidem ic? Doctors are doing their part and drug companies are being fined for their involve ment. Getting prescription drugs off the street is the easy part. Now it comes down to curbing inflow of illicit forms of Fentanyl into this country. Most important ly though, is maintaining an ongoing public awareness. It’s so easy to seemingly forget that huge problems still exists. The media is so quick to move on to the next subject. How many of our children do we need to lose before we realize the fight against this issue is still just in its infancy?

Last month, I watched the videos of Kevin’s return home. I watched as his casket was unloaded off the aircraft, cloaked with an American flag followed by his military funeral all with

his family in attendance. It was very formal, official, touching and highly tragic. Our young people represent what’s next for the world. We spend so much time rais ing them and teaching them. We want them to be the best that they can be, hoping that through their efforts, the world will continue to become a better, safer place. Our older citizens offer us lessons which can only be learned through years of experience. Our children are here to apply those lessons and add their own special twist as things are always changing. The interface of both groups is needed to move society forward in a healthy, sustainable way. The COVID pandemic wiped out a large percentage of our past, life experiences and guidance lost forever. Fentanyl, alternatively, is robbing us of our future. Fighting the opioid epidemic is hopefully something this time we can all agree upon, as this crisis is clearly far from being over.

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