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Outbreaks hit health care employees ZACK DEMARS The World

COOS COUNTY — Two new workplace COVID-19 outbreaks are hitting the front-line workers responding to it.

This week, state officials reported outbreaks among the staff at Bay Area Hospital and at Bay Cities Ambulance. Officials from both organizations say patients and customers have not been impacted by virus transmission.

Six cases of the virus have been linked to employees at Bay Area Hospital, according to the state’s report, though there have been no confirmed cases of transmission between patients and hospital staff, according to hospital spokesperson Julie Burton.

“Bay Area Hospital is committed to providing a safe environment and the Bay Area Hospital COVID-19 Incident Command has been active since March 2020,” Burton wrote in an email,

noting that the hospital screens staff and visitors and has taken extra safety precautions for the virus.

The outbreak is one of 12 outbreaks across the state tied to hospitals, healthcare systems and medical centers, according to Burton. That’s about 11% of all workplace outbreaks statewide.

Most of the other hospitals reporting outbreaks are reporting larger numbers than Bay Area Hospital. A hospital in Umatilla

County, for example, has reported 73 cases linked to its staff members, and one in Salem has reported 95.

At Bay Cities Ambulance, 10 cases of the virus have been linked to staff members according to the state’s report.

But General Manager Tim Novotny is confident that impacted individuals didn’t come in contact with patients or clients.

The cases were caught before they were symptomatic, he said.

“Nowhere did it affect public safety,” Novotny said, noting that staff have a robust testing procedure and wear personal protective equipment. “It is safe to call 911.”

Most of the cases came from outside the workplace, including spread between employees in the same family. Only one case was spread between vehicle partners, Novotny said.

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Coquille closes some classes following COVID cases ZACK DEMARS The World

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Coos Bay Police Chief Gary McCullough does some work at his desk Dec. 1, 25 years to the day he was hired as a full-time officer with the department.

McCullough celebrates 25 years with Coos Bay police

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When Gary McCullough came to Coos Bay, he had no plans of being a police officer and certainly no dream of one day leading the Coos Bay Police Department.

Instead, fresh off service in the Navy, he came to the area in 1998 to work in a sawmill and later Glenbrook Nickel. But something bigger was in store, even if he didn’t know it.

While working those jobs,

McCullough and his wife began to grow a group of friends. It happened to turn out that many were law enforcement officers.

During regular gatherings, those officers saw something in McCullough and convinced him he might be a good fit, so he applied and was accepted as a reserve police officer for the Coos Bay Police Department.

“At that time, there were no requirements,” he said. “We did a two-week class and obviously, we had a reserve training pro-

gram in house.”

In 1995, there were several officers who retired from the department, and the chief at the time decided to turn to his reserve program to find replacements. McCullough is one of several officers hired between November and December, and he officially became on officer Dec. 1, 1995.

“I remember being scared to death,” McCullough said Tuesday, 25 years since that first day.

“I kind of knew what I was get-

ting myself into, but not really.”

A few weeks later, McCullough and several other newly-promoted reserves went to Western Oregon University for an eight-week police academy.

In that group were three men who still work for the city of Coos Bay — McCullough, City Manager Rodger Craddock and Cal Mitts, now a captain with the department.

During those early years as a patrol officer, McCullough

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State to consider Elliott State Forest proposal ZACK DEMARS The World

Big changes could be in store for a big chunk of forest in Coos County.

After two years of planning, the State Land Board on Tuesday will consider a proposal for Oregon State University’s College of Forestry to turn the Elliott State Forest into the university’s largest research forest.

“This is not an OSU College of Forestry, alone-in-the-woods project,” said Tom DeLuca, the dean of the OSU College of For-

estry which would be responsible for the forest. “This is a state project, and this is a huge state opportunity.”

The proposal doesn’t give the university ownership of the 82,000-acre forest but makes it responsible for managing it.

OSU’s management plan divides the forest into several parts, each with a different “treatment,” or planned level of logging.

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COQUILLE — Several schools and classrooms in the Coquille School District will move to online learning after possible exposure to COVID-19, the district announced Wednesday.

One staff member tested positive for the virus, as well as two students in the district.

Since one of the cases was within the district's daycare, the few cases have had a cascading effect across the district.

"Due to the nature of our small community, unfortunately several of our school buildings have been effected," wrote Superintendent Tim Sweeney in a letter to families.

Students in the daycare cohort who came in close contact with infected individuals now have to quarantine at home, Sweeney said. That means that teachers whose children attend the daycare now have to stay home with their kids, too.

"We only have so much space.

We only have so many employees," Sweeney said Wednesday.

All told, around 30 staff members are staying home, either with their own children due to the daycare closure or due to their own possible exposure, Sweeney said.

As a result, students at four schools are impacted.

Winter Lakes Elementary will move to comprehensive distance learning, and the Lincoln School will move to comprehensive distance learning due to a lack of staff.

At Coquille Valley School, one second grade classroom will temporarily close. One classroom at Coquille Jr./Sr. High School will close to limited in-person learning as well.

Custodial staff have been deep cleaning impacted buildings and Coos Health & Wellness is investigating the cases, Sweeney said.

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COOS BAY — The landscaping outside the house is full of rhododendrons, but the building’s future owners plan to name it after azaleas.

The name, Azalea House, will grace the blue building on Thompson Road as it transitions from an old, partially demolished psychiatry practice into an adult foster care home. One day, community members might be able to plant azaleas in in the garden in honor of loved ones, too.

Plus, as Tara Johnson, the executive director of the Devereux Center which will soon own the building, said, “Who can spell rhododendron?”

The new building was donated to the Devereux Center this month, and with it the Coos Bay nonprofit plans to open a five-bed adult foster care facility.

The new spaces will fill just a fraction of the need in the community, and will take considerable construction before they’re up and running, but experts say the facility is badly needed.

“Foster care is one of those areas where we’ve had a very low level of resources in the community,” said David Geels, the

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behavioral health director at Coos Health & Wellness.

Coos County used to have more open adult foster care beds — 25 at one point — and they were always full, according to Geels.

But now, he says, there are only about 10 adult foster care spaces left in the county. Four homes have closed down as owners — many of them family providers — couldn’t keep up with mortgage payments or requirements for 24-7 staffing.

With the level of need in the community, and a state limit on facilities to five residents each, Geels says the county could probably fill at least five more adult foster homes with residents.

Beyond just starting to fill the need, Geels said the planned model of the Devereux Center’s, with a mortgage-free building and an organization running the facility instead of a family, gives it better odds of success for staying open.

“It creates a level of stability,” Geels said. “It’s hard work, running a facility like that.”

Brent and Melanie Beetham purchased and donated the building with the goal of improving mental health services in the community, Johnson said. After consid-

ering the area’s zoning regulations and discussing with other nonprofits, they settled on the idea of an adult foster care program.

Even through it’ll be operated by the Devereux Center, which focuses on serving homeless individuals, the foster home won’t only be open to those experiencing homelessness.

Any individuals with severe mental illness could be eligible after a referral from Coos Health & Wellness.

“We’re hoping to find the people that don’t have the family support or don’t have

the community to seek the help that they need,” Johnson said, noting that mental health is often a contributing factor to individuals becoming homeless.

Services in the home will include housing, medication monitoring, food preparation and daily hygiene, among other services, Johnson said. Once up and running, the home’s services will be largely funded by the state, too.

“It’s really additional funds that are coming out to support these folks,” Geels said.

But before any of the licensing, funding or living can happen, crews have to get building. There’s a significant amount of renovation that needs to be completed.

“There are things that we need to do to be user-friendly for adult foster care,” Johnson said.

Sheetrock for the walls, for example, will be a starting point: Currently, the building has been stripped down to the studs. Crews will need to rework some plumbing and wiring, and some walls will likely need

to move to expand bathrooms, bedrooms, a kitchen space and a living space for the resident manager.

In the end, Johnson envisions five bedrooms with a kitchen, multiple full bathrooms and rooms for counseling and creative therapy activities.

But she also acknowledges that it’s a challenging time to launch a project like this, with the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic downturn still raging.

“Sure, its ambitious,” she said. “But mental illness doesn’t go away because of a pandemic.”

Regardless, the Devereux Center jumped at the opportunity to take over the building and put a “drop in the bucket” of the community’s need for facilities like Azalea House.

“It’s a tiny drop in a really big bucket,” Johnson said. “But how long do we let the bucket remain empty?”

The Devereux Center is accepting donations for the project, including financial contributions, materials and labor. Interested donors should contact the center at 541-888-3202 and indicate that they’d like their donations directed to the adult foster care project.

four days old, has already seen more cases in the county than the entire month of September.

Hospitalizations have increased, too: While Monday saw no hospitalizations, five people in the county were in the hospital by Thursday.

Four of those are at Bay Area Hospital, according to hospital officials.

County officials aren't sure yet if the increase in cases comes from transmission at Thanksgiving gatherings.

One challenge that contract tracers are facing is individuals who are contacted by case investigators but aren't forthcoming about who they've been in contact with.

That can throw a wrench in case investigations, according to Coos Health & Wellness Assistant Director Eric Gleason.

"It absolutely can shortchange our contact tracers and investigators. We don't know who you've been in contact with," Gleason said Thursday. "If you don't disclose that you had close contact with those people, there are now parts of your bubble that are now wondering into the community with the possibility of spreading

this even more."

On Thursday, business and organization restrictions in the county loosened to the "high risk" level under new state guidance — but without case rates slowing down, the county could be on track to hit the "extreme risk" level soon, Gleason said Thursday.

That could mean another closure of in-person dining options and gyms, similar to what business owners experienced during the two-week statewide "freeze."

Curry County has reported 26 new cases since Nov. 27, according to the county's health officer. Two people in that county have died with the virus since the pandemic began.

Douglas County this week passed 1,000 total cases the pandemic began, showing an increase of about 100 since Nov. 27.

Two Douglas County residents have died with the virus since last week.

A 62-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital Nov. 26 and tested positive for the virus. She died the next day.

A 96-year-old woman tested positive for the virus Nov. 15 and was admitted

to the hospital Nov. 25. She died Nov. 29.

“Today, we sadly mourn the passing of another beloved county resident to this terrible virus," County Commissioner Tim Freeman wrote in a press release following the first of those deaths. "...we send our sincere condolences and prayers to the family, friends and neighbors of this beloved resident."

Reedsport's increase in cases has slowed since previous weeks, with four new cases in the 97467 ZIP code between Nov. 21 and 28 bring that area's total cases to 52.

The Coquille ZIP code saw that time period's largest percent increase in cases in Coos County, with 7 new cases bring the total to 28.

The Bandon-Langlois ZIP

code saw six new cases in that time frame for a total of 19 cases, and the Myrtle Point area saw two new cases for a total of 12.

The Coos Bay-Charleston ZIP code was up 26 cases to 224 total, and the North Bend ZIP code saw 12 new cases for a total of 124.

During Friday's press conference, Brown also discussed the two possible COVID-19 vaccines on the brink of federal approval.

If approval proceeds as expected, 35,000 doses of a vaccine produced by Pfizer will ship to Oregon starting Dec. 15, and 71,000 doses of one produced by Moderna will ship the week after, Brown and Allen said.

The state's first priority for vaccinations will be frontline health care workers and long-term care residents

and employees, due to their increased risk of contracting and dying from the virus.

"As the vaccine becomes more available, we'll be exploring how we can use the vaccine as a potential tool to get our kids back into the classroom as quickly as possible," Brown said.

But even with vaccines on the horizon, Brown said safety precautions are still necessary until the vaccine has been widely administered. She thanked Oregonians for their sacrifices, as state reports show the majority of people in the state are following safety guidelines.

"Your actions, as hard as they may be, are really making a difference, and they are saving lives," Brown said.

"We just need you to hang on a little bit longer, because hope is on the way."

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Oregon breaks more virus records as vaccine approaches ZACK DEMARS The World

Oregon broke another grim record Friday, announcing a new high in daily infections and in COVID-19-related deaths.

In a press conference Friday morning, state health officials announced 2,176 new cases of the virus, and 30 new virus deaths.

Those numbers mean more than 1,000 people in the state have died with the virus, and more than 80,000 cases have been reported.

"Our hearts go out to the loved ones of each of these individuals," said Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen. "Every death represents an empty seat at a holiday dinner, a hug that's missed or a morning walk that cannot happen."

The COVID-19 surge is continuing in Oregon and along the South Coast, too.

Almost every day this week, Coos County health officials reported double-digit increases in daily cases, a rate almost unheard of just weeks ago.

On Thursday, the county set a new record of daily cases, at 21. December, just

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In face of freeze, some businesses defied orders ZACK DEMARS The World

COOS BAY — Oregon’s two-week “freeze” ended Wednesday, but for some businesses, it never really began.

“I’m glad we did it. I think it’s started a lot of conversation,” said Teka Brown, who co-owns Coos Bay’s Kaffe 101 with her mother.

When state officials announced the temporary closure of indoor dining for two weeks starting Nov. 18, Brown and her mom decided to defy those restrictions, planning to keep their dining room open for guests to sit in.

And when they saw a local gym, Coastal Fitness Center, publicly announce its plans to stay open in spite of a requirement to close, the cafe owners decided to back them up, going public on Facebook with their decision.

“We didn’t think it was fair that Daniel (the owner of Coastal Fitness) was taking all the heat,” Brown said.

It’s a decision that divided community members, some who supported the business’ choice to stay open, and others who opposed the move to flout public safety regulations — and it’s a decision that could cost the cafe, if the governor’s mandate gets enforced.

But for Brown, the move was about more than just “sticking it to the man.”

“It’s not that we’re saying the virus isn’t real. We absolutely believe it is,” Brown said.

Instead, Brown argues that a business like hers shouldn’t have been touched by state restrictions. No cases have been concretely traced back to the cafe, and the business spaces its tables and sanitizes regularly, she said — though face masks have been optional for employees in the kitchen, and some customers could be seen without them.

Brown and her mother also wanted to open for the community, since the cafe provides WiFi for online learning students, as well as drinks or meals for some homeless people who stop by. Some of the cafe’s regulars don’t have anywhere else they can sit and eat, she said.

The pandemic’s first closure was hard on the cafe’s bottom line, and Brown said she’d need more state small business support in order to keep her employees paid during another closure.

“All we feel is restrictions, restrictions, restrictions. We need to feel help,” Brown said.

At a city council meeting Tuesday, Coastal Fitness owner Daniel Fox told councilors about his decision to keep the gym open.

“Being closed for two full months earlier in the year when this whole pandemic started, we couldn’t survive another shutdown," Fox told the council, not wearing a face mask as he approached the microphone to address councilors.

He too argued that the "freeze" approach didn't work for businesses struggling without additional financial assistance.

“Myself as well as many others disagree with the path that has been taken, mainly the statewide, one-size fits all approach to the two-week freeze, as well as many of the other restrictions imposed on businesses,” he said.

Hard to enforce The “freeze” restrictions came in the form of an executive order from Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, and violations could technically be charged as misdemeanors by police.

But that’s easier said than done.

“We have such large call volume as it is,” Chris Chapanar, deputy chief of the Coos Bay Police Department, said at the beginning of the freeze.

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Kaffe 101 sits on U.S. Highway 101 in Coos Bay. “Really, the Coos Bay police’s enforcement action is going to be education-first.”

The department already has trouble keeping up with the calls for service that it gets, Chapanar said.

And with the Coos County jail accepting fewer types of crimes for booking during the pandemic, officers sometimes have to deal with the same people multiple times per day.

“Voluntary compliance is what I believe we’re all hoping for,” Chapanar said of the executive order’s regulations.

Instead, Chapanar said the department would forward any violations to state civil authorities, like Oregon’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration or the Oregon Liquor Control Commission.

Those authorities focus largely on businesses.

OSHA, for example, can fine businesses which violate employee safety regulations, and OLCC can suspend or revoke restaurant liquor licenses.

Both of those have already happened during the pandemic.

In May, the owners of Kozy Kitchen in North Bend decided to open a few days before the county was approved for “phase one” reopening, which would have partially lifted the state’s ban on indoor dining.

At the time, owner Dave Grover told the

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But that choice came at a price — the same week, OSHA investigators visited the restaurant and recommended an $8,900 penalty for a “willful” violation of that executive order. Grover appealed the penalty, which still hasn’t been paid, according to agency staff.

OLCC has issued penalties in Coos County, too. In August, it temporarily suspended the license of the Coos Bay Speedway for failing to require guests to wear face masks during an event.

The speedway will face a $2,475 fine and 33-day license suspension, OLCC documents show.

At Kaffe 101, Brown says she’s already heard from OSHA investigators about complaints lodged against the business for remaining open. The public safety authority has received at least 19 complaints, she said.

She’s not worried, though.

“Worry? No. Expect?

Probably,” she said of an OSHA response.

Brown says it’s not even the place for OSHA — which regulates employee safety in the workplace — to monitor COVID-19 regulations, and that a fine from the agency wouldn’t be enforceable.

“If my employees feel safe, then OSHA has no reason to be involved,” she said.

Freeze begins to thaw On Thursday, a new slate of statewide restrictions took affect as the statewide freeze officially expires. Under the plan, each county will have restrictions based on four virus risk categories, determined by a county's two-week case rate.

Coos County is one of the lucky ones: Starting in the "high risk" category, it's one of just 11 counties in the state that won't be subject to "extreme risk" restrictions.

The rules mean gyms, like Coastal Fitness, will be permitted to open at 25% capacity, and that dining establishments will be open for indoor dining up to 25% capacity too.

Both business owners welcomed the news — but said that the low capacity still wouldn't be enough to fully support their businesses.

"Small businesses are the backbone of the economy," Kaffe 101's Brown

said, calling the new mandate "progress."

At Tuesday's city council meeting, Coastal Fitness' Fox told councilors that more assistance would be needed to keep businesses open, encouraging them to be outspoken about future restrictions on business.

“A strong statement would go a long way," Fox told the council.

Councilors responded by saying that business owners should consider applying for grants from the CCD Business Development Corporation, or for funds for permanent projects from the city's Urban Renewal Agency.

Mayor Joe Benetti, a former restaurant owner, noted that the new slate of restrictions are an improvement.

“It’s a step in the right direction. Do I think that more needs to be done in that direction? Yes. And hopefully we can get there," Benetti said.

The owners of Coastal Fitness didn’t respond to multiple requests for comment.

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A4 | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2020

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Opinion A Country Media Newspaper 350 Commercial Ave., Coos Bay, OR 97420 news@theworldlink.com | theworldlink.com/news/opinion

Newspaper has duty to cover the pandemic As has become the norm in recent weeks, I came in this morning to find two letters waiting for me from readers who think our coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic is “fear mongering” and misleading.

I wanted to take a few minutes to discuss this topic.

Since March, newspapers like The World have put a lot of effort into reporting facts about COVID-19 in their communities. Our job is to stay out of the political fray and report what is actually happening in our communities by getting information from reliable, local, sources.

At The World, that is what we have done. No political bias, no taking sides, just reporting what is happening and what local officials say about it.

Just this week, we had a conversation in the newsroom about how tired we are of receiving the daily COVID updates and how tired we are of writing the never-ending stories related to the virus. Personally, I can’t wait for a vaccine to arrive. Like all of you, I am ready to get back to living a normal life.

But until then, until COVID-19 is no longer a news story, we will report on it. And we will report on it the same way was have all along. We will get official information from the state and Coos County Health and Wellness and we will share that information with our readers.

Is it fear mongering to report what is actually happening in our community? No. Is it fear mongering not to mention that three of the four who have died in our county already lived longer than the normal person does?

No. It’s just facts. The facts are as of today, four people are dead who would most likely be alive if they had not been infected with COVID-19. Yes, three of the four were elderly and all four had underlying health conditions.

But without COVID-19, those four would be here preparing for Christmas.

Continuing on this, just because someone is elderly, does that mean their life has less value? My grandma died at age 97, much older than the average person. But I promise you those last two decades added a lot of value to a lot of people. If she had died at 79, like the average person, none of my children would have met her and my life would have been diminished.

As far as underlying conditions, this has always been one of my pet peeves. In reality, almost everyone has something that could be considered an underlying condition. I am 50 years old and in great health. I am zero risk of dying due to a health condition for the foreseeable future.

But I also have type 2 diabetes.

It is minor, it is controllable most of the time without medication, but if I were to get COVID and die, it would be reported that I had underlying conditions.

One thing that was pointed out is there are much bigger stories happening, with one writer specifically pointing to

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businesses hanging by a thread.

I couldn’t agree more. And we are also telling those stories. The efforts to control COVID-19 have had drastic impacts in other areas. Mental health is a growing problem, even in my own family.

Businesses are being forced to change, cut employees and take other steps or close. Children are being forced to learn in new ways, and many of them are suffering because of it. And we are trying to tell those stories, too.

One of my goals is to increase the number of stories about the outside impact of COVID and, to be honest, the number of stories that have nothing to do with COVID. There are no winners when it comes to COVID-19. Like it or not, it is the single biggest story of 2020. COVID has impacted every part of Coos Bay, Oregon and our country. It impacted the presidential election, it impacted businesses, it impacted schools, for more than 250,000 American families it took lives. It has impacted everything. Like it or not, it is the biggest story of the year. And it remains one we have to cover.

In the recent presidential election, voters were asked what was the No. 1 issue that led them to vote how they did. Overwhelmingly, the top issue was COVID. And that was true regardless of which candidate voters chose.

I think the people who wrote letters regarding COVID have valid concerns. The vast majority of people will not be impacted greatly if they catch COVID and the number who die is incredibly small. But in my view, we as a community should be known for how we treat the least. So, if I have to wear a mask, wash my hands and keep my distance, I will do that. I may not like it, but I’ll do it.

If we at The World decided today we were just tired of reporting on COVID and were not going to do it anymore, that would be a step I should be ashamed of. That would be a reason to terminate me and move on to someone else.

COVID is not a fun topic to write about, and I personally can’t wait for it to go away. But as long as it continues to impact daily life like it is now, we will report on it like it’s one of the biggest stories in our community.

Covid-19 has revealed once again how short our nation is of doctors.

Early in the pandemic, several governors called on retired physicians to return to the workforce.

Medical schools allowed students to graduate ahead of schedule and begin working and training in hospitals. States loosened licensing restrictions to allow physicians from other locales to practice within their borders.

These temporary measures helped battle the pandemic in the short term. But they're not a sustainable way to address the U.S. doctor shortage.

Simply put, America needs more doctors. International medical schools can safely provide them.

The pool of practicing physicians is shrinking. Over the next decade, two in five doctors will be old enough to retire. Taking care of our growing, aging population will require 139,000 additional physicians by 2033, in specialties ranging from geriatrics to surgery.

U.S. medical schools have been unable to respond to this looming increase in demand for doctors.

Overall enrollment has risen just 7 percent in the past five years. In the 2019-2020 application cycle, U.S. institutions received nearly

900,000 applications but enrolled fewer than 22,000 students.

Consequently, thousands of promising U.S. students who would make excellent doctors are victims of a cruel numbers game.

According to a 2019 survey from U.S. News and World Report, the average acceptance rate at 122 U.S. medical schools was just 6.7 percent.

And the odds of admission could grow even longer, as the pandemic motivates people to consider careers in medicine.

"There will be a new generation of healthcare workers inspired by the heroes they have seen battling the Covid-19 crisis on the front lines," said Dr. Sarah K. Wood, senior associate dean of medical education at the Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University.

International medical schools can help alleviate this educational bottleneck. Already, thousands of U.S. citizens head abroad for their medical training. And that number has been growing in recent years.

Three-quarters of students at the school I lead, St. George's University in Grenada, are U.S. citizens.

Most of them return home to the United States to practice; more than 1,000 started residencies in the United States this summer.

Some international medical schools can offer an education

that's every bit as rigorous as that available at U.S. schools. Graduates of the best international schools pass the U.S. Medical Licensing Exam, which is necessary to practice in the United States, at rates equivalent to those notched

by U.S. medical grads.

In fact, there's some evidence that international medical graduates provide higher-quality care than their U.S.-educated counterparts. A 2017 study found that Medicare beneficiaries who received treatment from international medical graduates (IMGs) actually had lower mortality rates, compared to U.S.-educated doctors.

IMGs also tend to work in underserved communities, where the doctor shortage is most acute.

More than 40 percent of doctors in particularly poor areas are IMGs. Over one-third of physicians who work in predominantly minority neighborhoods were educated abroad. This work is especially important now, as people of color have been hit hardest by Covid-19.

Covid-19 has stretched America's physician workforce to its limit. U.S. medical schools aren't graduating enough doctors to meet the country's needs. International medical schools can fill the gap.

Dr. Richard Liebowitz is vice chancellor of St. George's University (www.sgu.edu).

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Newspaper guilty of fear mongering The article about four COVID-19 deaths is fear mongering. This is not helping anyone.

No one wants to see or hear about anyone dying, at least I hope not, but three of the four people who died and tested positive from COVID were 80+. Life expectancy in America is 79. Why is that not being talked about? Why is there no other perspective being given?

And using “death toll” for four deaths? That is extremely misleading and is fear mongering. This article is not contributing to the wellbeing of our county, however, if anything, it is contributing to the increase in mental health issues we already suffer from.

I’ve lived here my entire life.

We have far greater issues than COVID-19 right now. We have SEVERAL businesses who are hanging on by a thread, with four reported deaths related to a virus that has lasted 10 months and will not go away. How many people die in Coos County in a typical year from the flu? Why isn’t any other perspective being given?

This reporting is the kind of thing our county does not need. I’d hope that being a small local media outlet would curb this type of fear spewing, but it’s apparent that even my own community isn’t immune to scare tactics. As our new editor, please take a stronger consideration

into what is printed and how it’s printed. Again, no one is saying or wishing or happy anyone could potentially die if they catch this. It is just very poorly worded without all the facts being provided. The title of the article is relatively disgusting. Death toll? Sheesh. Whoever allowed this to be published with this title should be ashamed.

Joe Bollig III North Bend

Author misrepresents lockdown protests This letter is in response to the one by Robert Lynn on Nov. 28, 2020, titled "With every right comes equal amount of responsibility." In his letter, Mr. Lynn claims that those protesting COVID-19 lockdowns and mask orders are simply "rebelling against authority" and need to "grow up."

Unfortunately, Mr. Lynn is the one who needs to grow up. Rebellion is often a sign of immaturity, but an even more telling sign is a lack of critical thinking. While accusing us of the former, he has demonstrated an alarming example of the latter. Mr. Lynn fails to make even the most basic argument in favor of lockdowns or mask mandates. How can one claim rebellion against a thing is improper without demonstrating that the thing itself is legitimate?

Does COVID-19 exist? Absolutely. Does COVID-19 exacer-

bate co-morbidities, sometimes resulting in death? It sure does.

Unfortunately, a rather rabid but uninformed cult has developed which makes even more exorbitant claims.

The most damning evidence against the prevalence of COVID-19 related deaths is the fact that the RT-PCR (Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) test being used to "diagnose" the virus actually detects dead as well as live virus material. Basically, you could have been infected by the virus, never actually become ill because your immune system fought it off, but still test positive for COVID-19. This is a completely improper use of PCR and is antithetical to what its discoverer, Dr. Kary Mullis, intended.

The RT-PCR test also has an arbitrarily assigned cutoff. Below they call you negative, above they call you positive. The cutoff also varies from state to state. Dr. Fauci has even admitted that RT-PCR tests above a 35 cycle cutoff are illegitimate, yet 42-45 cycles are commonly used in the United States.

I could add pages of further information, yet the point is that Mr. Lynn has seen fit to insult people rather than do his research.

Perhaps if he actually looked into the matter and "acted like an adult" we wouldn't be having these issues.

Matthew Wilbanks Coos Bay

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2020 | A5

The World

OBITUARIES Nellie "Nell" Irene (Parsons) Trolard

Donald L. Garnett Sr.

November 10, 1929 – November 25, 2020

A graveside service to celebrate the life of Nellie Irene Trolard, 91, of North Bend, was held at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery in Coos Bay, with pastor Eric Lindsey of the North Bend First Presbyterian Church presiding.

Nellie was born on November 10, 1929 in Williams, Arizona to Robert Clarence Parsons and Martha Bonnie (Hathorn) Parsons. She passed away peacefully at her home in North Bend on November 25, 2020.

Nell was born at home which at that time, was located at the Grand Canyon, the nearest town being Williams, Arizona.

Her mother would tell the story that the doctor forgot his scales but estimated her weight to be only 4 pounds at birth. She was the oldest of three children and considered her aunt, Mary Crowley, who was raised with her, as one of her siblings. Growing up, Nell lived in many towns in Arizona, including Flagstaff, Sedona and Camp Verde. When Nell was a teen, the family relocated to the state of Washington and in 1948, Nell graduated from Richland Columbia High School. Nell attended Washington State University in Pullman and was enrolled in the nursing program until she realized that nursing was not for her and she moved back home to Richland.

It was in Richland that she met her soon-to-be husband and the love of her life, Paul Trolard.

When they met, Paul was a soldier and a patron at the restaurant where Nell was a waitress; as they say, the rest is history. They married five months after their first date and they celebrat-

July 12, 1933 – November 30, 2020

gardener who loved growing flowers and vegetables.

She mastered the art of canning, preserving, making jam and jellies. Nell had a beautiful singing voice and loved music; she taught herself how to play the harmonica by ear when she was ten years old and she continued to play throughout her life and up until weeks before her passing. She enriched our lives with music, art and family stories which she recounted in great detail.

Nell was a devoted wife, mother, daughter, and grandmother who was encouraging, supportive, generous and had an incredible work ethic. She practiced her Christian faith through her actions and was notably non-judgmental, quick to forgive, and was a person of great integrity. Her presence will be missed deeply.

Nell is survived by her children, Erin Barr (Tom) of Richland, WA; Kathryn Trolard Wilson of Coos Bay; Margaret Trolard Clouse (Royce, deceased) of Albany; Martha Schneider of Coos Bay; Roberta Lilly of McMinnville; Paul Trolard (Kathryn “Kay”) of North Bend; and Scott Trolard of McMinnville.

She is also survived by eleven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

Nell was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Trolard Jr., their infant son, Robert Paul Trolard; her parents, Robert Clarence Parsons and Martha Bonnie (Hathorn) Parsons; her siblings, Ray Parsons and Roberta Fields and son-in-law, Royce Dean Clouse.

Memorial contributions in memory of Nell may be made to South Coast Hospice, 1620 Thompson Road, Coos Bay, Oregon 97420. Friends and family are encouraged to sign the online guestbook at www. coosbayareafunerals.com and www.theworldlink. com. Arrangements are under the care of North Bend Chapel, 541-756-0440.

ed 51 years of marriage before Paul passed away in 2002. Paul served in the Korean War and when he returned, the couple relocated to different places in Oregon, Washington and Southern California and finally, in 1958, they settled in Glasgow, Oregon. In 1970, their final residence was a move from Glasgow to town, in North Bend, Oregon.

Nell would say that her greatest achievement was being a homemaker and a mother of their seven children and she created a loving home that included setting an extra plate at the table for visiting friends or family that stopped by. Throughout the years, she was a Girl Scout leader, home-room mother, Sunday school teacher and a 4-H leader in sewing, and an election volunteer. From 1978 to 1980, Paul and Nell owned and operated the Bungalow Grocery Store and after this, she worked many years for Clifford and Margaret Shaw, her brother and sister-in-law, as a candy maker for Cranberry Sweets Candy in both the Bandon and Coos Bay shops.

Nell was known as being extremely energetic and a lifelong learner. She loved to refinish furniture, oil paint, tole paint, weave, knit, crewel embroidery, and quilt. She was a talented seamstress and made clothing for her girls including formal prom and multiple bridesmaid dresses. Nell found much joy in reading, crossword puzzles and word searches.

She was very talented at spelling and no one can recall a word that she did not know how to spell.

Nell was an avid organic

Donald L. Garnett Sr., age 87, of North Bend, passed peacefully of a tired heart on Sunday, November 30, 2020.

Don was born in Portland, Oregon, on July, 12 1933 to Joe and Thelma Garnett. The family relocated to Lakeside, in 1948.

Don enlisted in the navy in 1950 and served during the Korean War. After serving Don returned to North Bend where he

worked countless jobs in the logging industry, always quitting on a Thursday to get payed

by Friday. In 1960 Don started a 35 year career with Menasha as a paper maker, retiring in 1995.

In 1971 Don married Flo Cantrell and moved to Hauser, together they raised 4 boys.

Don was an avid reader and loved anything history, spending most of his “working hours” as a paper maker reading about it.

He had a passion for dog training, spending most of his free time working with them. He would get calls from the shelter when they received a dog that might hunt. Don had a knack for getting the most out of a dog and finding them the right home. Don and Flo retired in Crosby, North Dakota, where he could enjoy his passion for “dog running” and pheasant

hunting.

He is survived by his brothers, Jack Garnett of Palm Springs, California, Joe Garnett of Yreka, California, and Tim Garnett of Prescott, Arizona; his sons, Tim Cantrell and wife Kathy of Casper, Wyoming, Randy Cantrell and wife Tresa of Sheridan, and Don Garnett Jr. and wife Philisity of Pendleton; numerous nieces, nephews, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Don was preceded in death by his parents, Joe and Thelma Garnett; wife, Flo Garnett; sisters, Shirley Schroeder and Judy Gelalich; his son, Steven Cantrell; and grandson Matthew Cantrell.

A service and dog run will be held up the tracks at the old Pidgeon spot next season. In lieu of flowers please consider donations to Coos County animal shelter.

James "Jim" Sweet

January 3, 1925 – November 15, 2020

James Fredrick Sweet went to be with the Lord early Sunday morning, November 15, 2020. He passed away at his home in Eureka, California and was lovingly attended to during the past couple of years by his children, Beth, Mary Sue, Jesse and Dan. Vital support was also received from Hospice of Humboldt and St. Joseph Home Care; as well as son-in-law, Steve and niece, Elizabeth.

Jim was born on January 3, 1925 in Langlois, the only son of Alfred James and Lenora Mae (Hofsess) Sweet. He and Audrey, his

wife of over seventy years, were married on Christmas Day of 1947, in Bandon, shortly after Jim’s discharge from the Army Air Corps. They were married less than four months after first meeting at a dance in Bandon.

Jim and Audrey raised five children as they moved from the family dairy ranch near Bandon to Ukiah, California; and from there they moved around to several communities in Del Norte County, finally ending up in Eureka in 1964.

Jim loved and reverenced God and the Lord Jesus Christ and relished his Word. He wrote some years ago, “It is evident to me that in this life there is no hope aside from Jesus Christ. I find that he is my friend and am looking forward to meeting him face to face.”

After a stint in the Army Air Corp during WWII, Jim spent his early adult years in ranching.

After that, he spent most of his working years in the logging and lumber industry; and finally at two pulp mills in Eureka.

Jim was known for his craftsmanship and loyalty to his family. Although the past two-and-a-half years were difficult for him he never complained and was always cheerful.

Jim will be rejoining his wife, Audrey, who went to be with the Lord in June, 2018. He is survived by his five adult children, Daniel Sweet, Jesse Sweet (Kim), Mary Sue Prangley (John), Beth D’Ambra (Steve) and Wendy Ward; his sisterin-law, Judith Paseman; nieces, Elizabeth Harvey and Molly Turner. Jim was proud to be the patriarch of a family that includes many grandchildren, great grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews, as well as an extended family located primarily in Curry and Coos Counties in Oregon.

ments are under the care of North Bend Chapel, 541756-0440.

Marlene Navarra, 84, of Coos Bay, passed away November 21, 2020 in Coos Bay. Cremation Rites under the direction of Nelson's Bay Area Mortuary, 405 Elrod Ave., Coos Bay, Oregon 541/2674216 Joyce Moore, 85 of Coos Bay, passed away November 23, 2020

in Coos Bay. Cremation Rites are under the direction of Nelson's Bay Area Mortuary, 405 Elrod Ave., Coos Bay, Oregon 541/267-4216 Esther E. Williams, 84, of Bandon, passed away November 28, 2020 in Coos Bay. Cremation rites are under the direction of Nelson's Bay Area Mortuary, 405 Elrod Ave., Coos Bay, Oregon 541/2674216

DEATH NOTICES Jerry A. McDonald, 83, of Port Orford died November 28, 2020 in Coos Bay. Services will be announced and held at a later date. Cremation rites will be held at Ocean View Memory Gardens Crematory, Coos Bay under the direction of Coos Bay Chapel. 541-267-3131. www.coosbayareafunerals. com.

Nellie Irene Trolard, 91, of North Bend, passed away on November 25, 2020 in North Bend.

Arrangements are under the care of North Bend Chapel, 541-756-0440.

Janet E. Randolph, 52, of Coos Bay died November 20, 2020 in Coos Bay. Cremation rites will be held at Ocean View Memory Gardens Crematory, Coos Bay under the direction of Coos Bay Chapel. 541-267-3131. www.coosbayareafunerals. com Robert “Bob” Halbrook, 77, of North Bend, passed away in Reedsport on Saturday, November 28, 2020. Services to be held at a later date. Arrangements entrusted to Dunes Memorial Chapel.

Miguel De La Torre Estrada, 56, of North Bend, passed away on November 26, 2020 in Portland. Arrangements are under the care of North Bend Chapel, 541-7560440.

Wava C. Gripp, 87, of North Bend, passed away on November 27, 2020 in North Bend. Arrangements are under the care of North Bend Chapel, 541-7560440.

Alonzo "Gene" E. Jones, 80, of Coquille, passed away on November 28, 2020 in Eugene.

Arrangements are under the care of North Bend Chapel, 541-756-0440.

Donald L. Garnett Sr., 87, of McMinnville, formerly of Coos Bay, passed away on November 30, 2020 in McMinnville.

Arrangements are under the care of North Bend Chapel, 541-756-0440.

Sharon Faith Gatzke, 76, of Coos Bay, passed away November 27, 2020 in Coos Bay. Cremation rites will be held at Ocean View Memory Gardens Crematory, Coos Bay, under the care of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131. www.coosbayareafunerals. com Patricia B. Allison, 90,

of Coos Bay died November 29, 2020 in Coos Bay. Services will be announced and held at a later date under the direction of Coos Bay Chapel. 541-2673131. www.coosbayareafunerals.com Frances Engebretson, 93, of Roseburg, passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2020. Services pending. Wilson's Chapel of the Roses.

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DEAR ABBY

By Abigail Van Buren

MOM TAKES SON-IN-LAW'S SIDE IN DAUGHTER'S CUSTODY BATTLE

DEAR ABBY: I got divorced a year ago.

Before it became final, there were many court appearances. My husband told my mother we were divorcing because I was unfaithful, which is true. What he didn't say was I felt neglected, abandoned and unwanted, all things he knew because I had discussed them with him and he ignored me.

Either way, she is MY MOTHER, not his, and she showed up with him to a couple of court dates to vouch for him to have custody of our kids! I was sad, mortified and angry.

It happened with no warning. Mother and I had not severed contact. As a matter of fact, she had recently spent a week with me and our kids in our home.

Our relationship had never been great, but now it's over. It has been a year since we last spoke, and I feel no remorse, no sadness, no regrets, only anger that she turned against her own daughter. Regardless of what I did, I am her child. As a mother, I would never betray my children, no matter what they did. I was awarded full physical and legal custody of both of them, by the way. Is there something wrong with me for not feeling sad or missing her and being so angry after an entire year has passed? -- NUMB IN NEW JERSEY DEAR NUMB: Wrong? In your words, your relationship with your mother had never been great. That she appeared in court as a surprise witness for your husband must have been a terrible shock. I assume your mother has not tried to apologize for what she did. If that's true, there is nothing wrong with your justifiable anger unless it's eating at you and negatively affecting your quality of life. If that is what's happening, talking

with a licensed psychotherapist will help you straighten out your thinking.

DEAR ABBY: In 2014, my family found out that my father was having an affair. He had been with his wife for 24 years. We all bit our tongues as he moved "Jasmine" in with him and then moved her family into their small, one-bedroom house as well.

Since he got involved with Jasmine, he has started smoking again and lost a lot of weight. We hardly see or talk to him these days. Everything he does she must approve.

We know he isn't happy, but he won't admit it to any of us. (We heard it from a couple of his close friends.)

My wedding is coming up in 2021. My fear is that Jasmine will somehow prevent him from going. How can we all approach this subject with him without upsetting him?

If he isn't there to walk me down the aisle, it will be a sad day. -- LOST IN COLORADO DEAR LOST: I don't think that at this point you (all) should approach your father about this. Instead, try befriending Jasmine, which will enable you to keep a closer eye on him and his health. If you can manage that, she may be less likely to prevent your dad from walking you down the aisle. In the meantime, cross your fingers and hope your dad comes to his senses and finds the courage to move the woman and her family out of his home and out of your lives. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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.

A6 | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2020

CB moves toward wastewater transition

By David Rupkalvis The World

With a unanimous vote, the Coos Bay City Council set aside $173,000 just in case the city needs to take over the wastewater system on its own.

The council voted after continuing a discussion related to Jacobs Engineering Group, which has been operating the wastewater system for several years.

In a work session last week, Efrain Rodriguez, a representative for Jacobs, said the city has tasked the company with more work and said Jacobs needed up to $500,000 more to continue with its contract. Some of that money is retroactive fees after Rodriguez said the city increased the workload.

City Manager Rodger Craddock disagreed, saying the contract the city currently has with Jacobs has not changed. He said the difference is the city is asking Jacobs to do the work they always agreed to do.

“I think staff would disagree there’s been a change in scope,” Craddock said.

“I think we’re just trying to get them to do the work that at one time we were getting and we’ve been paying them for.”

The city’s main concerns included the maintenance of the wastewater system’s

infrastructure, repeated exceedances of environmental quality permits and staff turnover.

Craddock said negotiations with Jacobs have not made much progress in the last week, and he asked council to set aside $98,000 for a consultant to help the city prepare to take over the collections portion of the wastewater system. He also asked for a contingency of $75,000 in case the city needed to take over the entire system.

Craddock said the work with Jacobs has been disappointing in a lot of ways.

“They’re supposed to be providing us numbers for the next budget year, but we haven’t received that the last two years,” Craddock said. “How do we budget for those things? You can’t. I realize what we’re asking for here is a lot of money, but it’s less than what they’re asking, which is $500,000.”

Council members seemed united in refusing to pay the $500,000, especially any retroactive costs.

“They were saying they were going to go retroactive on cost,” Mayor Joe Benetti said. “No one does business this way. They’re a huge firm, probably one of the largest if not the largest firm in the world on engineering.

I think Coos Bay is just a small part of their operation,

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Coos Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant rendering and I’m fearful we might be caught in an awkward position.”

Benetti said after looking over the contract with Jacobs, his biggest concern was the company can get out of the contract in 90 days.

Craddock said the city needs 180 days to make a transition, but said he expects Jacobs to fulfill the existing contract, which runs through the end of June.

“I have not heard where they abruptly left,” Craddock said. “There was a transition period, and I hope Coos Bay would be the same.”

Craddock said meetings with Jacobs were scheduled next week, and the city was prepared to continue negotiations.

“Until we can sit down with Jacobs and see where it finally ends, I don’t know,” Benetti said. “I think we’re going to end up moving forward and taking over the whole operation. Whether we do it now or later, I think

it’s just a matter of time.”

Members of the council seemed to agree with Benetti.

“Unless something dramatically different than I’m seeing or hearing happens, then I’m OK with the transition and the city taking over the whole operation,” Council member Phillip Marler said. “I’d like to hear what Jacobs is going to say next week, but I’m not optimistic that’s going to happen. I’m just concerned we’re running out of time. If we need six months, that is upon us.

We’re running out of time.”

Council member Lucinda DiNovo agreed.

“I think it’s pretty clear based on all the conversations we’ve heard, we’re going to end up at this point,” she said.

The council voted unanimously to set the money aside, if needed, with instructions for Craddock to keep them updated on negotiation with Jacobs.

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Here come the judges Make sure everything’s plugged in and shining, Coos County. Christmas light judging for Christmas at the Coast will take place Dec. 7 through Dec. 12.

Lighting judges Catherine Walworth (Christmas at the Coast organizer) and Andrew Lamar (of Lamar Family Lights in Empire) will drive to all the registered addresses during that week to award the Best House and Best Business honors. They want to see it all.

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“You’ve already done a great job lifting spirits all over the county, and two trophies are waiting to reward you,” Walworth said.

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If your lights display is up but you didn't get your address on the list, everyone who drives by thanks you. You have done wonders for our spirits this year, and perhaps next year we'll get you on the official list in time for judging.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — With the viral pandemic accelerating across the country, America’s employers sharply scaled back their hiring last month, adding 245,000 jobs, the fewest since April and the fifth straight monthly slowdown.

At the same time, the unemployment rate fell to a still-high 6.7%, from 6.9% in October as many people stopped looking for work and were no longer counted as unemployed, the Labor Department said. November’s job gain was down drastically from a 610,000 gain in October.

Friday’s report provided the latest evidence that the job market and economy are faltering in the face of a virus that has been shattering daily records for confirmed infections.

Economic activity is likely to slow further with health officials warning against all but essential travel and states and cities limiting gatherings, restricting restaurant dining and reducing the hours and capacity of bars, stores and other businesses.

Most experts say the economy and job market won’t be able to fully recover until the virus can be controlled with an effective and widely used vaccine. And the picture could worsen before it improves.

“The recovery is not insulated from the effects of the pandemic,” said Daniel Zhao, senior economist at employment website Glassdoor. “This is the calm before the storm. We face a long and difficult winter ahead."

The jobs slowdown comes at a particularly fraught time. Two enhanced federal unemployment benefit programs are set to expire at the end of this month — just as viral cases are surging and colder weather is shut-

ting down outdoor dining and many public events.

Unless Congress enacts another rescue aid package, more than 9 million unemployed people will be left without any jobless aid, state or federal, beginning after Christmas.

Renewed efforts in Congress to reach a deal have picked up momentum. A bipartisan group of senators has proposed a $900 billion plan that would include expanded unemployment benefits, more small business loans and aid to state and local governments. President Donald Trump has voiced support for more financial assistance, though key differences between the two sides remain.

Before the pandemic, last month’s job gain would have been considered healthy. But the U.S. economy is still nearly 10 million jobs below its pre-pandemic level, with a rising proportion of the unemployed describing their jobs as gone for good. Faster hiring is needed to ensure that people who were laid off during this spring can quickly get back to work.

There is also evidence that the pandemic is inflicting long-term damage on millions of workers.

People who have been out of work for six months or more — one definition of long-term unemployment — now make up nearly 40% of the jobless, the highest such proportion in nearly seven years. The long-term unemployed typically face a harder time finding new jobs.

And the proportion of Americans who are either working or seeking work fell in November, suggesting that many people soured on their prospects for finding a job and stopped looking. That proportion declined to 61.5%, a level that before

the pandemic hadn't been seen since the 1970s.

In Columbus, Ohio, Agnes Makohka is unemployed and receiving jobless benefits for the first time in her life. Makohka, 45, lost her job as a human resources administrator nearly a year ago, well before the pandemic struck. Yet since the virus intensified, it's become much harder for her to find work.

Makohka doesn't have a car. And in April, bus service on her route was temporarily canceled. She struggled to buy groceries, much less look for work.

Since then, Makohka has been scraping by with the help of food pantries and unemployment benefits.

But those benefits are set to run out Dec. 26.

“I am a little bit scared now about the help coming to an end because I’m not quite sure what’s going to happen,” Makokha said. “If McDonald’s will hire me, I will take that job. If anyone will hire me, I would take the job."

The consequences of the slowdown aren't falling evenly on all

Americans. Low-wage industries, like restaurants and bars and retail stores, actually cut jobs last month. And many mothers have been forced to stop working to take care of children that are in school online.

The unemployment rates for Black and Latino workers fell much more last month than for whites.

Still, the Black unemployment rate was 10.3% and for Latinos 8.4%, compared with 5.9% for whites.

Friday's jobs report also reflects how the coronavirus has transformed the holiday shopping season. Transportation and warehousing firms added 145,000 jobs in November, more than half the total job gain for the month.

That trend reflected rapid hiring by shipping and logistics firms that are benefiting from the surge in online purchases by consumers shopping at home. That was the biggest monthly job gain for that industry on records dating back to 1972.

Retailers, by contrast, shed 35,000 jobs — a re-

flection of fewer consumers shopping in physical stores.

Becky Frankiewicz, president of the temporary staffing firm Manpower Group's North American division, said that roughly 20% of the online job postings in November that her firm tracks were related to warehousing and logistics. Manpower's clients were still interested in hiring last month. But the worsening virus and the uncertainty it brings have made them more cautious.

Frankiewicz summarized their views as: "We are seeing increased demand, we know we have to hire but... are they going to shut us down again?”

The impact of the pandemic last month was particularly visible in an employment category that includes hotels and entertainment industries such as casinos and movie theaters. This group added just 31,000 jobs in November. That's only about one-tenth of the gains of the previous two months and suggests that the virus

spread, new business restrictions and colder weather are forcing many businesses to closer their doors or limit hours.

U.S. deaths from the coronavirus topped 2,800 Thursday, a new high, with more than 100,000 Americans hospitalized with the disease, also a record, and new daily cases topping 200,000. In response, at least 12 states have imposed new restrictions on businesses in the past month, according to an Associated Press tally.

Jon Tigges, who owns a bed-and-breakfast and wedding venue near Leesburg, Virginia, has lost about two-thirds of his normal wedding events this year, dealing a sharp blow to his bottom line. Out of about 35 part-time workers Tigges had employed before the pandemic, just a handful are likely to work on any given weekend.

“We’re hoping there will be another relief bill — I need another loan to bridge the winter months,” he said. “It’s going to take me 10 years to dig out of the hole that I’m in.”

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House on Friday approved a bill to decriminalize and tax marijuana at the federal level, reversing what supporters called a failed policy of criminalization of pot use and taking steps to address racial disparities in enforcement of federal drug laws.

Opponents, mostly Republicans, called the bill a hollow political gesture and mocked Democrats for bringing it up at a time when thousands of Americans are dying from the coronavirus pandemic.

“With all the challenges America has right now, (Republicans) think COVID relief should be on the floor, but instead, the Democrats put cats and cannabis” on the House floor, said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. “They’re picking weed over the workers.

They’re picking marijuana over (providing) the much-needed money we need to go forward″ to address the pandemic.

McCarthy’s comment about cats referred to a separate bill approved by the House to ban private ownership of big cats such as lions and tigers, a measure boosted by the Netflix series “Tiger King.″ That bill, approved by the

House on Thursday, would allow most private zoos to keep their tigers and other species but would prohibit most public contact with the animals.

Democrats said they can work on COVID-19 relief and marijuana reform at the same time and noted that the House passed a major pandemic relief bill in May that has languished in the Senate.

Supporters say the pot bill would help reverse adverse effects of the decades-long “war on drugs” by removing marijuana, or cannabis, from the list of federally controlled substances while allowing states to set their own rules on pot. The bill also would use money from an excise tax on marijuana to address the needs of groups and communities harmed by the drug war and provide for the expungement of federal marijuana convictions and arrests.

“For far too long, we have treated marijuana as a criminal justice problem instead of as a matter of personal choice and public health,″ said Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and a key sponsor of the bill.

“Whatever one’s views are on the use of mari-

juana for recreational or medicinal use, the policy of arrests, prosecution and incarceration at the federal level has proven unwise and unjust.″ The vote comes at a time when most Americans live in states where marijuana is legal in some form, and lawmakers from both parties agreed that national cannabis policy has lagged woefully behind changes at the state level. That divide has created a host of problems — loans and other banking services, for example, are hard to get for many marijuana companies because pot remains illegal at the federal level.

Four states, including New Jersey and Arizona, passed referendums allowing recreational cannabis.

Voters made Oregon the first state in the nation to decriminalize possession of small amounts of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine.

Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., called the House bill an important racial justice measure. Lee, who is Black, said the bill is the product of years of work by a range of advocates and is long overdue.

The bill “is a major step, mind you, a major step toward ending the unjust war on drugs and

racial inequities that are central to these laws,″ Lee said.

The bill also would open up more opportunities for marijuana businesses, including access to Small Business Administration loans to help ensure that minorities can take part in an industry dominated by white famers and growers. “This is a job-creating industry, and (the bill) also provides economic opportunities for minority-owned business owners,” Lee said.

The bill, which passed 228-164, now goes to the Republican-controlled Senate, where it is unlikely to advance. A related bill that would give pot businesses access to traditional banking services has languished in the Senate after being approved by the House last year.

Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise, the No. 2 House Republican, said GOP lawmakers have been

pushing for weeks to bring up a bill that allows small businesses to receive another round of Paycheck Protection Program loans. Many small businesses are struggling or have closed as a result of the pandemic.

If House Speaker Nancy Pelosi brought the GOP bill to the House floor, “it would get over 400 votes,″ Scalise told Fox News. ”And yet, she’s actually focused more on legalizing pot this week than on helping those small businesses with PPP loans. It’s just unbelievable how tone deaf (Democrats) are to these small businesses and the jobs, the families that are tied to them.”

Among its provisions, the legislation would authorize a 5% sales tax on marijuana products to fund programs aimed at assisting people and communities harmed in the so-called war on drugs, such as job training and

legal aid. It also would require federal courts to expunge prior marijuana convictions.

The Big Cat Public Safety Act also is unlikely to move forward in the Senate.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, criticized Democrats, saying in a tweet that they are moving to “Prosecute Tiger King” rather than address issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

But Carole Baskin, whose animal rescue organization is featured in the Netflix series, said the legislation would culminate a decades-long effort to end abuse of tiger cubs and other big cats, and protect the public and first responders from injuries and death.

“None of these important goals are partisan in any way, and we hope the Senate will follow suit quickly to make it into law,″ said Baskin, CEO and founder of Florida-based Big Cat Rescue.

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investigations. During each of those promotions, he was joined by Craddock, who became a sergeant in 2002 and captain in 2004.

Craddock later become police chief and served in that role until October of 2009, when he was named city manager. In that role, Craddock did not hesitate to promote his old friend to police chief.

“There was definitely a learning curve,” McCullough said. “Thank goodness I had Rodger to lean on when it came to things like budget.”

For the last 11 years,

he has led the department during challenging yet exciting times. McCollough said looking back over his career, there has been a lot of changed, but many things have remained the same.

“Back when we started we didn’t have any mobile data computers in the car,” he said. “Everything was hand-written. Through the years, the technology has just changed exponentially on us. If I was to think of the technology that most changed the way we did things, it was probably the TASER. You no longer

had to get hands-on.”

The biggest issue in 1995 is the same as it is today — drug issues.

“The drug issues are still the same,” McCullough said. “Obviously, domestic cases are still a problem as they were in ’95.”

While he was celebrating 25 years as chief Tuesday, McCullough has already announced his days leading the department are coming to an end. He plans to retire at the end of June. Mitts is also retiring in 2021. Looking at the future of the department,

McCullough said it was important to him that he prepare a successor. In Coos Bay, the last police chief hired from outside the department was in the 1960s.

“I want to maintain the tradition of promoting from within,” McCullough said. “I’m very particular, very picky on who we bring in.”

With that in mind, McCullough and Craddock have chosen Deputy Chief Chris Chapanar as the next police chief. Chapanar has 18 years of experience with the department and is

training to be chief right now.

McCullough said looking back over 25 years of service, he knows how lucky he was. Having fellow officers like Craddock and Mitts to grow up with is unusual and extremely beneficial, he said. But there’s even more.

“The fortunate thing about my career is we’ve always had a fairly decent council,” he said. “They were always supportive.

One thing I can say about the community of Coos Bay is they are overall very, very supportive.”

of clear-cutting in the forest’s management. Others objected to the possible cutting of 3,000 acres of older, larger trees. Others still argued that climate change wasn’t a central enough component of the plan.

“Even so, this plan does not, in our opinion, comprehend the severity and immediacy of the Climate Crisis and Sixth Great Extinction which are already in progress,” wrote Lara Jones, the interim director of the Oregon Chapter Sierra Club. “This year’s floods, hurricanes and fires are only the latest indications that we are sitting on the edge of several environmental tipping points with a very real danger of global ecosystem collapse.”

But DeLuca says the plan does consider climate change as a research topic, with the mix of logging strategies giving researchers the chance to analyze which stores carbon the best.

“Here we have the responsibility and the opportunity to do both: produce products sustainably and store carbon,” DeLuca said. “That should be our objective.”

Other commenters raised concerns about OSU’s management practices, saying the university’s made mistakes in the past. Others sill argue that the research plan shouldn’t be set out so early in the process.

“Any research projects, including experiments, should be developed after the (college) has an opportunity to become more

familiar with the property and reassess how research can benefit the citizens and forests of Oregon in the short- and long-term,” wrote Jerry Franklin, a University of Washington emeritus professor who became known for his defense of old-growth forests in the 1980s.

But to DeLuca, the proposal needed to be laid out in advance to be viable.

Within it, he says, there’s still room to try various research projects.

“There is a surprising amount of flexibility in the design,” DeLuca said “and you can do all these nested experiments within that design that allow you to take on a whole host of different questions.”

And research questions aren’t the only ones that remain undefined.

One of the key areas of the plan that remains undeveloped is how to fund it — or, more accurately, how to fund the public schools that the forest is supposed to support.

The forest is tied to the state’s Common School Fund, which distributes money annually to Oregon’s school districts from timber sales and other uses of state land.

That means the State Land Board — made up of Gov. Kate Brown, Secretary of State Bev Clarno and Treasurer Tobias Read — which oversees the forest is constitutionally obligated to ensure that it’s used for the benefit of schools.

As a result, they’ve got to make sure whatever happens to the forest also keeps the Common School

Fund whole. In 2017, the Oregon Legislature authorized $100 million in bonds to release the Elliott from part of its obligation to the fund, as timber revenue dried up in the face of environmental lawsuits.

Still, that leaves $121 million of the forest’s appraised value to contribute to the fund, and state leaders have committed to keeping the land in public ownership after outcry from advocates and an Oregon Supreme Court ruling that deemed selling parts of the Elliott illegal.

Since the OSU plan doesn’t lay out any timber production for school fund revenue, OSU and

state leaders still need to find a way to “decouple” the forest from the fund entirely — in other words, making the fund “whole” after it loses the Elliott as an asset.

Also unfinished is a Habitat Conservation Plan for the forest — the document which will lay out how forest managers plan to protect endangered species like the marbled murrelets that have raised concerns for some proposal commenters.

That plan will continue to take some time before it’s ready for federal consideration, a state agency spokesperson said.

But the Elliott’s next

steps come Tuesday, when the state’s three top elected officials will take up the issue of whether or not to move forward with entrusting it to the university.

A draft of the university’s proposal, and more draft documents are available on DSL’s website for the project: www.oregon. gov/dsl/Land/Pages/Elliott-Forest-Proposal.aspx.

The land board meeting will take place online at 10 a.m. Tuesday. More information about how to attend and participate is available online at www. oregon.gov/dsl/Board/ Pages/SLBmeetings.aspx.

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to quarantine.

The three cases in the district are related to one another, but it doesn't appear that the virus spread within school buildings, Sweeney said.

With winter break on

the horizon and two weeks required for quarantine, impacted students won't return to classes until Jan. 4.

Families with questions can contact their student's principal, Sweeney said.

increased stress associated with it,” Novotny said.

That stress comes from a “mysterious, invisible” virus floating around in the community when responders go out — especially when they go out to virus-related calls.

“Every day, we are going out on COVID symptoms, or on COVID-positive (calls),” he said.

Those cases are increasing. On Thursday, Coos County reported 21 new cases of the virus, the highest since the pandemic began.

December alone has already seen 44 cases of the virus in the county

— more than the entire month of July, and one less than the entire month of September, according to Coos Health & Wellness.

That rate could put Coos County on a path to “extreme risk” restrictions under the new state framework, according to CHW Assistant Director Eric Gleason.

“Our cases per 100,000 are not going in the right direction,” Gleason said. “If the numbers keep going the way they are, we might get up to extreme if we don’t slow some things down.”

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threw himself into the job headfirst. He served as a firearms instructor, defensive tactics instructor, motorcycle officer and was on the drug team.

While he was content in that role, changes to the department in 2002 presented an opportunity to move up. He applied for and was promoted to sergeant, overseeing a patrol shift. Only two years later, he was promoted to captain overseeing patrol and

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ture.

The balance of the forest would be logged in 40year cycles with a mix of clear-cutting and thinning methods. The logging will fund most of the research activities in the forest and allow researchers to analyze the impacts of each mix of methods.

“We need to be able to produce timber sustainably, here in Oregon, that not only meets human resource needs, but does so in a way that protects our landscapes for future generations, and for the broadest set of species,” DeLuca said of the proposed forest’s central research goal.

OSU already has a handful of research forests around the state — but this one would be significantly larger than any of the others. The highly productive coastal forest would be unique for the university too, DeLuca said.

Research won’t be the only activity in the forest.

The plan calls for public access to many areas for recreation, too, though the specifics haven’t yet been spelled out.

Since the proposal’s first drafts, conservation groups, activists and members of the public sent OSU and the Division of State Lands thousands of pages of comments on the proposal ahead of Tuesday’s Land Board meeting.

Many supported the plan, but some also raised concerns about portions of it.

Some opposed the use

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The new Sheep Ranch golf course at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort was a busy place on opening day last spring and throughout the rest of 2020. Golf Digest named Sheep Ranch the country’s top new course for 2020.

Sheep Ranch: Best of the newcomers JOHN GUNTHER Bandon Western World

BANDON — Sheep Ranch, the newest edition to Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, received another national media honor when Golf Digest named it the top new golf course of 2020.

In its story introducing the honor, the magazine noted that only 15 courses were considered, but the publication decided to go ahead with recognition anyway — 10 years ago, when the fourth course at Bandon Dunes, Old Macdonald, opened, no honors were announced because only 40 courses opened that year during what then was a golf recession.

“Sheep Ranch, by any standard, is a worthy winner and a breathtaking addition to the world of golf,” the magazine wrote, noting that half of the greens on the course are on cliffside spots overlooking the beach and Pacific Ocean.

The resort’s courses have frequently been featured in the bestcourse rankings of the various national golf publications. Earlier

this year, Golf.com listed all five courses among the top 80 in the United States (public and private, new and old). Sheep Ranch made an impressive debut at No. 80 on that list.

Golf Digest’s latest ranking of the top 100 courses was released last January, before Sheep Ranch opened. In that list, Pacific Dunes came in at No. 17, Bandon Dunes No. 36, Old Macdonald No. 50 and Bandon Trails No. 69.

In Golf.Com’s list of the country’s top 100 courses, released this fall, Pacific Dunes was No. 19, Bandon Trails No. 38, Bandon Dunes No. 44, Old Macdonald No. 66 and Sheep Ranch No. 80.

Golf.com’s most recent list of the greatest courses in the world list had Pacific Dunes at No. 24, Bandon Dunes at no. 80 and Bandon Trails at No. 87.

Golfweek Magazine’s list of the top 200 modern courses, from July, has Pacific Dunes at No. 2, Old Macdonald at No. 5, Bandon Dunes at No. 9 and Bandon Trails at No. 15. Its list of the top 100 courses you can

The 16th hole at Sheep Ranch is one of nine that ends on the cliffs overlooking the beach and Pacific Ocean. play (public courses), released in August, has Pacific Dunes at No. 2, Old Macdonald at No. 4, Bandon Dunes at No. 6 and Bandon Trails at No. 10.

The rankings have proven a strong advertisement for the resort, which has enjoyed con-

Input sought on rocky habitat proposals Bandon Western World Oregon is updating its policies concerning coastal rocky habitat areas for the first time in 25 years and encouraging public input in the proposals that will go to state agencies and decision makers for review and approval.

“This is providing an opportunity to designate certain special rocky habitat areas for conservation to safeguard local treasures while ensuring accessibility for the community and visitors,” officials said in a press release in advance of a Dec. 15 listening session. “The great thing about this process is that local communities can help shape these proposals. Through this process we can makre sure we continue to have access to our favorite places and help educate visitors about how to interact responsibly and safely with these special rocky habitats.”

On the South Coast, Shoreline Education for Awareness, South Coast Rocky Shores Group,

PISCO (the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans at Oregon State University) and the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition are developing proposals for Blacklock Point, Cape Blanco, Rocky Point and Crook Point.

New or updated designations will create an opportunity to determine how to best protect the vital shoreline resources. Two new types of rocky habitat site designations are being considered for the South Coast areas: marine conservation areas and marine research areas. Site designations could also benefit fishing by helping protect the habitats of plants and animals that contribute to the food chain for nearshore fish. Site designations also can conserve close-to-shore nursery habitats for young fish.

The Dec. 15 listening session, which runs from 6 to 7 p.m., will give community members an opportunity to provide input about the proposals. Coos and Curry county residents can attend

via Zoom. For information on how to join by Zoom or to call in from a telephone, send an email to jesse@oregonshores.org.

Residents are encouraged to provide input or learn more about the rocky habitat area designation process, hear the proposals for each site and engage in an open dialogue about each area.

To learn more about the specific proposals contact the following individuals: Blacklock Point: Oregon Shores, Larry Basch, lvbasch@ gmail.com Cape Blanco Research Area: PISCO, Brittany Poirson, poirsonb@science.oregonstate.edu Rocky Point: PISCO, Laurel Field, fieldla@oregonstate.edu Crook Point: Oregon Shores, Jesse Jones, jesse@oregon-shores.org In addition, more information about the Rocky Habitat Management Strategy can be found at https://www.oregonocean.info/ index.php/territorial-sea-planning/77-tsprs-amend

tinued success even during the pandemic.

In advance of the 20th anniversary of the first course opening in 2019, Bandon Dunes owner Mike Keiser said they are significant because they are right.

“They are extremely important,” he said. “I would like to say they are incidental, but in the golf world, everybody follows them. And I’ve found they are accurate form an architectural view. I think if you talk to golf raters, they would agree.”

‘Ultimate Christmas Party’ is Dec. 12 in Bandon City Park Pacific Community Church and the Coos County Child Evangelism Fellowship are hosting what they are calling the “Ultimate Christmas Party” on Saturday, Dec. 12, at the Bandon Barn/Community Center in Bandon City Park.

Children ages 4 to 13 are

invited to join in the free event, from 1 to 3 p.m.

Participants will sing, learn Bible lessons, create crafts and play games. Snacks will be provided.

For more information, call Pacific Community Church at 541-347-2256.

Port plans special meeting Dec. 8 The Port of Bandon Commission will hold a special meeting Tuesday, Dec. 8.

Among items to discuss in the Zoom meeting will be accepting by resolution CRF funds allocated by the state of Oregon, transferring funds to CCD Business Development for small business grants, approving a service agreement with CCD and adopting findings for exemption from competitive bidding.

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The Port Commission’s regular monthly meeting will be held Monday, Dec. 17, at 5 p.m., also via Zoom. To request to comment publicly in the meeting, call Josh Adamson at 541-347-3206.

B2 | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2020

AS I SEE IT Mary Schamehorn The first picture I am sharing this week is the new Bandon Theatre, built shortly after the Bandon Fire of 1936 by Dick Fisk, who owned other theaters up and down the coast, including one in Gold Beach.

Two movies playing the day this picture was taken, probably sometime in the late 1930s, were The Singing Marine, starring Dick Powell, which came out in 1937, and Handy Andy, starring Will Rogers, which was filmed in 1934.

Before the fire, Bandon had at least two theaters, the Hartman and the Rex, which were the bedrock of people’s entertainment.

The Western World article of June 10, 1937, had this to say about the new theater: “The new theater building is far more complete, and more attractive than most people expected.

The entire building was erected and the installations were made ready for the first showing in 32 working days.

“The building is more than a temporary structure.

While of frame construction, it is so built that it can easily be encased in concrete walls, thus making it practically fireproof from the outside. An up-to-date steam plant will furnish heat for the structure, which is 42x117 feet. The stage is 14 feet deep, with an opening 42 feet wide.

“The seating capacity of the theater is 570 seats being fully upholstered. The new structure is modern in every respect with ladies’ lounge and cosmetic room furnished in chrome steel.

“Living apartments are being provided on the second floor for Mr. and Mrs. Fisk.

“The shows are to be given each night, at 7 and 9 o’clock. Five different feature pictures will be shown weekly, with four changes.”

I lived in the two-bedroom apartment upstairs

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The The New Bandon Theatre

from 1969 until 1976, renting from the then owners, Jack and Shirley Ward, for $75 a month.

The theater, which was torn down in 1985, was located where the vacant lot now sits between Bandon Coffee Cafe and the Harbor Town Events Center/ Broken Anchor building.

As we head into winter, I am reminded of the winter of 1979 when we were hit with a big rain and wind storm in February, which caused streets like this, in the second photo, to flood.

Rain, which dumped nearly 5 inches of water on Bandon during that week, completely covered Division Street off North Avenue, just north of Rumpty’s (Now Rancho Viejo Mexican restaurant).

Other roads, including Beach Loop, had water standing on them because of drainage problems.

Wind gusts up to 70 mph damaged signs, including the read-a-board at Buck’s Sentry south of town, and played havoc with the new traffic stop lights at 11th and Highway 101. It also caused temporary power outages throughout town.

The third picture was taken at the GAR Cemetery on Memorial Day 1966. The featured address was given by Robert MacWhorter, at the flagdraped podium. Others either identified in the newspaper article or who I can recognize are H.M. “Max” Howe, to the right of MacWhorter, representing Bandon Post 26, American Legion; Clara Harris, Ruth Lennon (with flag), Father Alan Kennedy, William Stewart of Medal of Honor Post 3440, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Milford Harris, and BHS student Mike Mauzey, far right, who recited the Gettysburg Address. At far left, I think I see Vivian Kranick; and the man on the stage, at far left, I am sure is Jack Ward.

*** I was sorry to learn that Esther Williams, former chair of the Southern Coos Hospital District Board of Directors and the long-time chair of the city’s Parks and Recreation Commission, died Saturday of colon cancer at the age of 84.

Esther had owned a Myrtlewood shop south of town, and for some years operated Brewed Awakenings on Elmira and 101.

She was a retired health care professional, who had worked for the health district before retiring. *** I also learned that Joyce Yost Moore, a member of the BHS Class of 1952, died Nov. 23 at Bay Area Hospital. Joyce had worked in the school district cafeteria for years and then returned to school to become a beautician, later opening her own shop in the Wheelhouse building.

I know that her husband, Frank Moore, and her daughter, Joy Moore Hall, had predeceased her, and I believe she is survived by at least one son, Frank, as well as her half-brother, Bob Elliott of Bandon. *** People keep asking me if I know what happened to Erik, who used to be in front of the post office every day. I do know that several people saw emergency medical technicians assisting a person in front of his house on Elmira Avenue some months ago.

One of the police officers said he had been hospitalized following that event, but apparently he is no longer able to return to his favorite spot in front of the post office. *** I know that the cranberry growers have completed their harvest by now, but I found an interesting item in the Oct. 4, 1945, issue of Western World. In even older papers, I learned that the school district pretty much excused students who stayed home to help their families with the harvest.

Here’s what it was like in 1945: “The cranberry harvest has started in the Bandon area at most of the bogs, but with altogether too few pickers to assure its successful conclusion before inclement weather sets in, according to prominent growers.

“At the L. M. Kranick bogs all methods of harvesting are being employed including water raking, dry scooping and machine picking, but their choice berries are being saved for hand picking.

The Hooker and Fish bogs are to be machine picked and water scooped, while hand-picking is in progress at the Boak, Baker, Wilson & Nielson and Biescke bogs.

The New Bandon Theatre in the late 1930s.

Photos from the Mary Schamehorn Collection

North Avenue following heavy rain in 1979.

“Reports on all bogs have not been received but it is generally understood that all are short of pickers and ample opportunity is afforded all who wish to take part in the harvest.”

Even today, growers rely heavily on family members and friends to help with the harvest. *** I received a press release this week from the Oregon State Police concerning the capsizing of a small inflatable boat at the mouth of Netarts Bay, on the north Oregon coast.

A husband and wife from Fairview were crabbing with an electric motor when their boat capsized in heavy seas. Lyda Hong, 41, who was rescued by the US Coast Guard helicopter crew, survived because she was wearing a life jacket; her partner, Srun Hong, 53, was not wearing a life jacket and his body had not been found at the time the press release was issued.

It is interesting that the TV announcer had the same press release that I received, but she chose not to mention the fact that one was wearing a life jacket and the other wasn’t.

It’s an important message .... *** The governor has announced new regulations, effective Dec. 3, but instead of being statewide mandates, they have been issued county by county, in four categories: lower risk, moderate risk, high risk and extreme risk.

Memorial Day at the GAR Cemetery in June 1966.

Restrictions vary depending on the category, which will be re-evaluated every couple of weeks.

At the present time, 21 of Oregon’s 36 counties are in the extreme risk category, including the three big metro counties, Marion, Lane, Douglas and several Eastern Oregon counties.

Coos and Curry counties are considered high risk.

What that means for Coos County is that indoor social and at-home gatherings are to have a maximum of six people (recommended from no more than two households); for outdoor, the maximum is eight people.

Eating and drinking establishments are allowed to have indoor dining, not to exceed 25 percent capacity, with an 11 p.m. closing hour. Outdoor dining is allowed with a maximum capacity of 75 people, six per table; limit two households.

Indoor recreation and fitness establishments, like gyms, pools, K-12

sports, collegiate sports are allowed with a 25 percent capacity or 50 total (whichever is smaller).

The same restriction is for indoor entertainment, including theaters, museums, etc.

Retail stores and indoor and outdoor shopping centers are allowed to be open with a maximum 50 percent of capacity, but are to encourage outside pick-up.

Churches, funeral homes and mortuaries are allowed at a maximum 25 percent capacity or 150 total (whichever is smaller); 200 outdoors.

Outdoor recreation and fitness establishments and outdoor entertainment establishments can have a maximum of 75 people.

Personal services, like barber shops and beauty parlors, are allowed, and visitation is allowed at long-term care facilities.

For the 21 counties in the extreme category, inside dining is not allowed, nor is indoor recreation or entertainment.

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Poker - Part 1. (N) Poker - Part 2. (N) Poker - Part 3. (N) Danny Garcia - Prelims.

(3:30) ›› Dad- ›› How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000, Children’s) Jim Carrey, Jeffrey Tambor, ›› Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch (2018, Children’s) Voices of Benedict ›› Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch (2018, Children’s) Voices of Benedict dy’s Home 2 Christine Baranski. A curmudgeon hates the Christmas-loving Whos of Whoville.

Cumberbatch, Cameron Seely, Rashida Jones. Premiere. Animated. Cumberbatch, Cameron Seely, Rashida Jones. Animated. The Grinch (2017) The Grinch plans to steal Christmas from Whoville. plans to steal Christmas from Whoville.

(4:35) ››› Deadpool (2016, Action) Ryan Reynolds, Morena Bacca- (6:50) ››› Deadpool (2016, Action) Ryan Reynolds, Morena Bacca- (:05) ›› A Cure for Wellness (2016, Suspense) Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth. A man unravrin, Ed Skrein. Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed rin, Ed Skrein. Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed els the terrifying secrets of a mysterious spa. his life. his life.

(4:20) ›› X-Men: Dark Phoenix (:15) His Dark Materials “Theft” (:10) ›› The Photograph (2020, Romance) Issa Rae, LaKeith Stan- Euphoria “Trouble Don’t Last Murder on Middle Beach Madison continues his Euphoria Rue (2019, Action) James McAvoy, Lyra ignores the alethiometer’s field, Chanté Adams. A woman develops an unexpected romance with Always” Rue celebrates Christ- quest. (N) (Part 4 of 4) celebrates Michael Fassbender. advice. a journalist. mas. (N) Christmas.

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Island For All” (N) on property. seek a new home.

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Wonderland” gets a lesson.

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Mariners Rewind From Aug. ville, Va. Access 22, 2020.

(3:45) ›› The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010, (:26) ›› The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011, Romance) Kristen Stewart, ›› The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012, Romance) Kristen Stewart. Pre- (:29) Futurama Romance) Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson.

Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner. Bella and Edward marry. miere. The Cullens gather other vampire clans to protect Renesmee.

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Grant, Sally Hawkins. Premiere.

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Grinch Shelf: An Elf’s has a facial deformity attends public school.

Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS In the Matter of the Estate of LUCIAN FREDERICK BLACK. Deceased.

CASE No.20PB04213 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Kristine M. Kerby has been appointed as Successor Personal Representative of the above estate. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the successor personal representative, c/o Daniel M Hinrichs, Attorney at Law, 590 Commercial, Coos Bay, OR 97420, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, or the claims will be barred.

All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the court- Probate Department, 250 N Baxter, Coquille OR 97423, the successor personal representative, or the attorney for the successor personal representative, Daniel M. Hinrichs, Attorney at Law, 590 Commercial, Coos Bay, Oregon 97420.

Date of first publication: November 21, 2020 Published: Nov 21, Nov 28 & Dec 5, 2020.The World & ONPA (ID:302288) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS In the Matter of the Estate of ROYCE CLAYTON GOWAN, Deceased.Case No. 20PB08194 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Jacques P. DePlois, has been appointed personal representative. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the attorney/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, the attorney/personal representative.

Date of first publication November 28, 2020 Published : Nov.28, December 5, & December 12, 2020 The World & ONPA (ID:302553) REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS CITY OF COOS BAY 500 Central Ave Coos Bay, Oregon 97420.

The City of Coos Bay Urban Renewal Agency (URA),and on behalf of the Coos History Museum (Museum),is accepting responses from qualified consultants to develop a plan, design and provide construction management services for the Coos History Museum Waterfront Improvements.The RFQ is available on Quest CDN with the Quest#7429462.

Questions must be presented through QuestCDN. SOQ is due January 6, 2021.

Published:December 1 and December 5, 2020 The World &ONPA (ID:302786) ----------------------------------------

In the Matter of GUNNAR FIELDS, A Child. Case No 20JU03992 PUBLISHED SUMMONS TO: JOSHUA WAYNE FIELDS IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON: A petition has been filed asking the court to terminate your parental rights to the abovenamed child for the purpose of placing the child for adoption. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PERSONALLY APPEAR BEFORE the Coos County Court, 250 N. Baxter, Coquille, OR 97423, on the 19th day of January, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. to admit or deny the allegations of the petition and to personally appear at any subsequent court-ordered hearing. YOU MUST APPEAR PERSONALLY IN THE COURTROOM ON THE DATE AND AT THE TIME LISTED ABOVE. AN ATTORNEY MAY NOT ATTEND THE HEARING IN YOUR PLACE. THEREFORE, YOU MUST APPEAR EVEN IF YOUR ATTORNEY ALSO APPEARS. This summons is published pursuant to the order of the circuit court judge of the above-entitled court, dated September 28, 2020. The order directs that this summons be published once each week for three consecutive weeks, making three publications in all, in a published newspaper of general circulation in Coos County, Oregon.

Date of first publication: November 28,2020 Date of last publication: December 12,2020 NOTICE READ THESE PAPERS CAREFULLY IF YOU DO NOT APPEAR PERSONALLY BEFORE THE COURT OR DO NOT APPEAR AT ANY SUBSEQUENT COURT-ORDERED HEARING, the court may proceed in your absence without further notice and TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS to the above-named child either ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THIS SUMMONS OR ON A FUTURE DATE, and may make such orders and take such action as authorized by law.

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS (1)YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY IN THIS MATTER. If you are currently represented by an attorney, CONTACT YOUR ATTORNEY IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIVING THIS NOTICE. Your previous attorney may not be representing you in this matter.

IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY and you meet the state’s financial guidelines, you are entitled to have an attorney appointed for you at state expense. TO REQUEST APPOINTMENT OF AN ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT YOU AT STATE EXPENSE, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY CONTACT the Coos Juvenile Department at Coos County Courthouse, 250 N. Baxter, Coquille, OR 97423, phone number (541) 396-4076 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. for further information.

IF YOU WISH TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY, please retain one as soon as possible and have the attorney present at the above hearing. If you need help finding an attorney, you may call the Oregon State Bar’s Lawyer Referral Service at (503) 6843763 or toll free in Oregon at (800) 452-7636.

IF YOU ARE REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH YOUR ATTORNEY AND TO KEEP YOUR ATTORNEY ADVISED OF YOUR WHEREABOUTS. (2) If you contest the petition, the court will schedule a hearing on the allegations of the petition and order you to appear personally and may schedule other hearings related to the petition and order you to appear personally. IF YOU ARE ORDERED TO APPEAR, YOU MUST APPEAR PERSONALLY IN THE COURTROOM, UNLESS THE COURT HAS GRANTED YOU AN EXCEPTION IN ADVANCE UNDER ORS 419B.918 TO APPEAR

BY OTHER MEANS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TELEPHONIC OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS. AN ATTORNEY MAY NOT ATTEND THE HEARING(S) IN YOUR PLACE. PETITIONER’S ATTORNEY Chris L. Martinez

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Issued by: /s/Chris L. Martinez Chris L. Martinez, OSB #175566 Assistant Attorney General Published:Nov 28, Dec 5 and December 12, 2020 The World ONPA (ID:302753) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR COOS COUNTY Juvenile Department In the Matter of HENNESSEY JAMES ANDERSON, A Child.

Case No. 20JU03029 PUBLISHED SUMMONS TO:Jason Anderson IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON: A petition has been filed asking the court to terminate your parental rights to the abovenamed child for the purpose of placing the child for adoption.

YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PERSONALLY APPEAR BEFORE the Coos County Court at 250 N. Baxter, Coquille, Oregon 97423, on the 19th day of January, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. to admit or deny the allegations of the petition and to personally appear at any subsequent court-ordered hearing. YOU MUST APPEAR PERSONALLY IN THE COURTROOM ON THE DATE AND AT THE TIME LISTED ABOVE. AN ATTORNEY MAY NOT ATTEND THE HEARING IN YOUR PLACE. THEREFORE, YOU MUST APPEAR EVEN IF YOUR ATTORNEY ALSO APPEARS. This summons is published pursuant to the order of the circuit court judge of the above-entitled court, dated 09/24/2020. The order directs that this summons be published once each week for three consecutive weeks, making three publications in all, in a published newspaper of general circulation in Coos County.

Date of first publication: November 28, 2020 Date of last publication: December 12, 2020 NOTICE READ THESE PAPERS CAREFULLY IF YOU DO NOT APPEAR PERSONALLY BEFORE THE COURT OR DO NOT APPEAR AT ANY SUBSEQUENT COURT-ORDERED HEARING, the court may proceed in your absence without further notice and TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS to the above-named child either ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THIS SUMMONS OR ON A FUTURE DATE, and may make such orders and take such action as authorized by law.

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS (1)YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY IN THIS MATTER. If you are currently represented by an attorney, CONTACT YOUR ATTORNEY IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIVING THIS NOTICE. Your previous attorney may not be representing you in this matter.

IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY and you meet the state’s financial guidelines, you are entitled to have an attorney appointed for you at state expense. TO REQUEST APPOINTMENT OF AN ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT YOU AT STATE EXPENSE, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY CONTACT the Coos Juvenile Department at 250 N. Baxter, Coquille, OR 97423, phone number (541) 3964076, between the hours

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of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. for further information.

IF YOU WISH TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY, please retain one as soon as possible and have the attorney present at the above hearing. If you need help 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 REPRESENTED

BY AN ATTORNEY, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH YOUR ATTORNEY AND TO KEEP YOUR ATTORNEY ADVISED OF YOUR WHEREABOUTS. (2)If you contest the petition, the court will schedule a hearing on the allegations of the petition and order you to appear personally and may schedule other hearings related to the petition and order you to appear personally. IF YOU ARE ORDERED TO APPEAR, YOU MUST APPEAR PERSONALLY IN THE COURTROOM, UNLESS THE COURT HAS GRANTED YOU AN EXCEPTION IN ADVANCE UNDER ORS 419B.918 TO APPEAR BY OTHER MEANS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TELEPHONIC OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS. AN ATTORNEY MAY NOT ATTEND THE HEARING(S) IN YOUR PLACE. PETITIONER’S ATTORNEY Chris L. Martinez Assistant Attorney General Department of Justice 975 Oak Street, Suite 200 Eugene, OR 97401 Phone: (541) 686-7973

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS

ISSUED this 23rd day of November, 2020.

Issued by: /s/Chris L. Martinez Chris L. Martinez, OSB #175566 Assistant Attorney General Published; Nov 28, Dec 5 and Dec 12, 2020 The World & ONPA (ID:302749) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR COOS COUNTY CASE NO. 20PB07952 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS in the matter of the Estate of Colin S. James Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has qualified and has been appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate.

All persons having claims against the estate are hereby required to present them, with proper vouchers, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, as stated below, to the Personal Representative at 766 SE Kane Street, Roseburg, OR 97470, or the claims may be barred.

All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings of 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 this 5th day of December 2020.

Personal Representative: Annetta L. James 93511 Harley Lane North Bend, OR 97459 Attorney for Personal Representative: Gina L. Bonomini, OSB #032260 Randy C. Rubin, Attorney at Law, P.C.766 SE Kane Street Roseburg, OR 97470 Telephone:(541) 677-7102 Published: December 5, December 12 and December 19, 2020. The World&ONPA(ID:303698)

JACQUES P. DEPLOIS, Claiming Successor for the Estate of Wayne Beaton Johnston, Plaintiff, v.

JOHN WHITEMAN, Defendant.

Case No. 20CV31272 SUMMONS TO: JOHN WHITEMAN, Defendant IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON:You are required to appear and answer the Complaint filed against you in the above entitled case within thirty days from the date of service of this summons upon you. If you fail to do so, the Plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT(S) 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 “response”.The “motion” or “response” must be given to the court clerk or administrator within 30 days of the date of first publication specified herein (see page 2 for date of first publication), 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.

SUMMARY STATEMENT OF THE OBJECT OF THE COMPLAINT AND THE DEMAND FOR RELIEF Defendant is residing at real property located at 93503 Shady Lane, North Bend, Oregon 97459 with no right to be on the property. Plaintiff seeks to have the Defendant removed from the real property and for the Plaintiff to be declared the legal owner of the real property located at 93503 Shady Lane, North Bend, Oregon 97459.

The date of the first publication of this Summons is: December 5, 2020 /s/Jacques P. DePlois Jacques P. DePlois, OSB#290482 PO Box 3159, Coos Bay, OR 97420.(541) 888-6338 jdeplois@lawofficesofjdeplois. com Published:December 5, December 12, December 19 and December 26,2020.

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

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

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR COOS COUNTY Juvenile Department

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS

In the Matter of GUNNAR FIELDS, A Child. Case No 20JU03991 PUBLISHED SUMMONS TO:KATRINA L.OSTROM aka KATRINA LEA OSTROM aka KATRINA LEA MEDEIROS IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON:A petition has been filed asking the court to terminate your parental rights to the above-named child for the purpose of placing the child for adoption.YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PERSONALLY APPEAR BEFORE the Coos County Court, 250 N. Baxter, Coquille, OR 97423, on the 19th day of January, 2021 at 9:30 a.m.to admit or deny the allegations of the petition and to personally appear at any subsequent courtordered hearing.YOU MUST APPEAR PERSONALLY IN THE COURTROOM ON THE DATE AND AT THE TIME LISTED ABOVE. AN ATTORNEY MAY NOT ATTEND THE HEARING IN YOUR PLACE. THEREFORE, YOU MUST APPEAR EVEN IF YOUR ATTORNEY ALSO APPEARS. This summons is published pursuant to the order of the circuit court judge of the above-entitled court, dated September 28, 2020.The order directs that this summons be published once each week for three consecutive weeks, making three publications in all, in a published newspaper of general circulation in Coos County, Oregon.

Date of first publication: November 28, 2020 :Date of last publication: December 12, 2020 NOTICE READ THESE PAPERS CAREFULLY IF YOU DO NOT APPEAR PERSONALLY BEFORE THE COURT OR DO NOT APPEAR AT ANY SUBSEQUENT COURT-ORDERED HEARING, the court may proceed in your absence without further notice and TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS to the above-named child either ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THIS SUMMONS OR ON A FUTURE DATE, and may make such orders and take such action as authorized by law.

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS (1) YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY IN THIS MATTER. If you are currently represented by an attorney, CONTACT YOUR ATTORNEY IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIVING THIS NOTICE. Your previous attorney may not be representing you in this matter.

IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY and you meet the state’s financial guidelines, you are entitled to have an attorney appointed for you at state expense.TO REQUEST APPOINTMENT OF AN ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT YOU AT STATE EXPENSE, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY CONTACT the Coos Juvenile Department at Coos County Courthouse, 250 N. Baxter, Coquille, OR 97423, phone number (541) 396-4076 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. for further information.IF YOU WISH TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY, please retain one as soon as possible and have the attorney present at the above hearing. If you need help 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 REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH YOUR ATTORNEY AND TO KEEP YOUR ATTORNEY ADVISED OF YOUR WHEREABOUTS. (2) If you contest the petition, the court will schedule a hearing on the allegations of the petition and order you to appear personally and may schedule other hearings related to the petition and order you to appear personally. IF YOU ARE ORDERED TO APPEAR, YOU MUST APPEAR PERSONALLY IN THE COURTROOM, UNLESS THE COURT HAS GRANTED YOU AN EXCEPTION IN ADVANCE UNDER ORS 419B.918 TO APPEAR

BY OTHER MEANS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TELEPHONIC OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS. AN ATTORNEY MAY NOT ATTEND THE HEARING(S) IN YOUR PLACE. PETITIONER’S ATTORNEY Chris L. Martinez Assistant Attorney General Department of Justice 975 Oak Street, Suite 200 Eugene, OR 97401 Phone: (541) 686-7973 ISSUED this 23rd day of November, 2020.

Issued by:/s/Chris L. Martinez Chris L. Martinez, OSB #175566 Assistant Attorney General Published:Nov 28,Dec 5 and December 12, 2020 The World& ONPA (ID:302759)

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In the Matter of the Estate of HILDEGARD ALDRICH, Deceased. Case No. 20PB08164 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above estate. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them to the undersigned personal representative at Lawrence Finneran LLC, Attorney at Law, 405 North Fifth Street, PO Box 359, Coos Bay, Oregon, 97420, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice or they may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by this proceeding may obtain additional information from the records of the court, the personal representative, or the attorney for the personal representative.

DATED and first published this 5th day of December, 2020.

James W. Aldrich Personal Representative Published: December 5, December 12 and December 19, 2020 The World & ONPA(ID:302815 ) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS PROBATE DEPARTMENT In the Matter of the Estate of REBA MONITA HAMILTON,Deceased No. 20PB07862 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that COLLEEN KATHRYNE MALIA filed a Petition for Probate of Testate Estate and Appointment of Personal Representative in the estate of REBA MONITA HAMILTON. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the undersigned,STEPHEN H. MILLER, PO BOX 5, REEDSPORT, OR 97467, within four months of 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, STEPHEN H. MILLER. Date of first publication: 21st day of November, 2020./s/ Stephen H. Miller, OSB#691189 Published: Nov 21, 28 & Dec.5, 2020 The World(ID:302031) NOTICE OF AUCTION Douglas County, through the Land Department,is conducting a Tax Foreclosed Property Auction at 10 am on Tuesday, December 8, 2020. This public oral auction will be held in the Cascade Hall of the Douglas County Fairgrounds located at 2110 SW Frear St. in Roseburg, Oregon.

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, please arrive early for seating restrictions and the registration process. Preregistration is highly encouraged.

Information regarding the 29 properties to be offered, including minimum bids, and to preregister, visit our website at https://www. co.douglas.or.us/Land/taxauctionproperty.asp For additional information, contact Tony Page at 541-440-4568 or Sara Holloway at 541-4404265 or schollow@co.douglas. or.us.

Published:November 28 and December 5, 2020 The World & ONPA (ID:302814) NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS ESTATE OF MARY BRIDGIT LALIC COOS COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT CASE NO. 20 PB 08134 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative.

All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with written evidence thereof attached, to the undersigned personal representative at Vicki Swinford c/o Mark M. Williams, Attorney at Law, 66 Club Road, Suite 200, Eugene, OR 97401.

All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them within four months after the date of first publication of this notice to the Personal Representative at the address stated above for the presentation of claims or such claims may be barred.

All persons whose rights may be affected by these proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the Court, the Personal Representative, or the Attorney for the Personal Representative, named above.

Dated and first published December 5, 2020.

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Vicki E. Swinford PO Box 1888 Bandon, Oregon 97411 (760) 447-9622 ATTORNEY FOR PETITONER/ PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Mark M. Williams, OSB#821404 66 Club Road, Suite 200 Eugene, OR 97401-2459 541-393-6720/541.344-7487 FAX mark@williams-pc.com Published:Dec 5,Dec 12 and December 19, 2020. The World & ONPA (ID:302857)

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BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Oregon’s mistakes and costly turnovers on offense are perplexing for third-year coach Mario Cristobal, because it just hasn’t been this way in recent seasons.

Five lost fumbles and four interceptions in four games. The Ducks have discussed the problems as a team, as position units.

“That is one of the more disappointing things. We’ve been really good about not turning the ball over here for a couple of years,” Cristobal said. “This year we’ve gotten careless. ... The things that have caused it have been mental effort-oriented, detail-oriented that can and will be eliminated with work and more effort and more attention to detail. Those things are frustrating, they’re disappointing and our players are upset about it.”

Oregon (3-1) will try to clean up the miscues and learn from a 41-38 loss to rival Oregon State

last week that dropped the Ducks from ninth in the AP poll to No. 21. The loss cost the Ducks whatever shot they had at a spot in the College Football Playoff after they had been ranked 15th in the first CFP rankings but are now 23rd.

The realistic goal now as they prepare to face California on Saturday is a Pac-12 championship.

The winless Golden Bears (03) have had their own issues with special teams. They had a wouldbe tying extra point attempt blocked in the waning moments of a 24-23 loss to rival Stanford in the Big Game last Friday in Berkeley.

The next daunting test on their home field is with the Ducks, who are coming off their demoralizing late defeat.

Oregon quarterback Tyler Shough threw for 266 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions last week. He has four interceptions in all.

STOPPING THE RUN: The Ducks’ run defense had few answers for Oregon State star Jermar Jefferson, who went off for 226 yards and two touchdowns, one of those a career-best 82-yard TD run.

“Technique and fundamentals have really got to improve,” Cristobal said. “The way you come off the football, the way you strike your blockers, the way you maintain gap control. All the things that go with playing great run defense, that we have done before, have got to be rectified.”

Cal running back Christopher Brown Jr. has been limited in his touches by an injury but coach Justin Wilcox was hopeful he would continue to get more reps this week because “we really would like to be a balanced offense.”

“Chris is continuing to improve. He’s a real competitive guy, he’s a tough guy,” Wilcox said. “We had to work through

some things on the injury front.”

DYNAMIC DUO: Cal’s run defense is sure to be tested, too.

In the last two meetings against the Bears, both won by Oregon, Ducks junior running backs CJ Verdell and Travis Dye have combined for 391 all-purpose yards and a touchdown.

CONTINGENCY PLANS: With Santa Clara County’s health department directive keeping teams from playing games or practicing for three weeks, Wilcox and Cal are preparing for what could happen in their part of the Bay Area.

“We are well aware of what’s happening and I know there’s contingency preparation for what could come down the road,” Wilcox said. “I think it’s an hourby-hour, day-by-day battle we’re in. We’ll be good neighbors and teammates if we need to be.”

CAL’S MISCUES: Wilcox insisted he needed to coach better

given all the mistakes on special teams against Stanford: a muffed punt, a blocked field goal and the PAT that Thomas Booker swatted down with his elbow at the end.

An extra point should be a high-percentage point for the kicking team, Wilcox said.

“We’ve got to coach better and give them the tools to go out and be successful in the game,” Wilcox said.

This is the Bears’ last scheduled home game with a tough trip to Pullman, Washington, coming up next weekend to face Washington State.

INJURY UPDATES: Oregon wide receiver Mycah Pittman is set to return from an unspecified absence that wasn’t disciplinary.

Running back CJ Verdell was dinged up against Oregon State but is expected to be OK. Cal freshman defensive end Ethan Saunders is out for the rest of the year.

Beavers to face Utah with backup quarterback ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press

Still buzzing over a big win over the rival Ducks, Oregon State now visits Utah without one of the players that helped the Beavers claim that victory.

Quarterback Tristan Gebbia is out of Saturday night’s game because of a hamstring injury he suffered in the final moments of Friday’s 41-38 upset of Oregon.

Gebbia’s injury occurred amid chaos as Oregon State tried to punch in a touchdown. The Ducks stopped Gebbia twice before he was injured. That brought in backup Chance Nolan, who scored on a fourth-down sneak into the end zone with 33 seconds left — his first-ever play with Oregon State.

Gebbia was on crutches as the team celebrated, a sad ending to one of his best performances of the year. He threw for 263 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score.

Nolan, a redshirt sophomore who came to the Beavers from Saddleback College, will get his first career start for Oregon State (2-2) against the Utes (0-2).

Oregon State coach Jonathan Smith told his team leftover excitement about the win can’t get in the way of preparation for Utah.

“We’ve got a mature group that really understands things.

We spoke to them yesterday about that, and so we went back to our normal approach,” Smith said. “There are things to clean up like any game, and there were

Rose Bowl won’t have any fans for semifinal PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — No spectators will be allowed at the Rose Bowl for the College Football Playoff semifinal on Jan. 1 because of COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the state, county and city of Pasadena.

The Tournament of Roses said Thursday that it requested special permission to allow for a limited number of spectators or a select number of guests of players and coaches at the 90,888-seat stadium but was denied.

Los Angeles County is under a stay-home order that took effect this week and runs through mid-December. Pasadena has its own public health department and can set its own rules, but has mostly followed the county’s lead during the some really good things we point out. Then we flush everything and we move forward.”

But the rivalry win was significant for the Beavers, in their third year under Smith. The Beavers hadn’t defeated a top-10 opponent since 2014, when they beat No. 7 Arizona State.

Utah, meanwhile, is still looking for a first win. The Utes let a 21-point lead slip away last weekend against Washington in a 24-21 loss.

“We need to take another step forward as a football team,” Utah

coronavirus pandemic.

“While we are disappointed that the Rose Bowl Game will not be played in front of spectators, we are pleased that we are still able to hold the game this year, continuing the 100-year plus tradition of The Granddaddy of Them All,” said David Eads, executive director and CEO of the Tournament of Roses. “We continue to work closely with health department officials and the Rose Bowl Stadium to provide the safest possible environment for our game participants.”

The Rose Bowl is hosting one of the playoff semifinals; the other is at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. The CFP selection committee will set the pairings for the semifinals on Dec. 20. The national chamcoach Kyle Whittingham said.

“Just keep working hard, keep trying to get better and progressing. So that’s where we’re at.”

JEFFERSON REPEATS: Jermar Jefferson ran for 226 yards and scored twice in the win over the Ducks, earning him his second consecutive Pac-12 Player of the Week honor. His rushing yards were a record in the series with Oregon.

Despite the short season, Jefferson is easily on pace to reach the 1,000-yard mark. He leads the league with 168.8 yards

pionship game is set for Jan. 11 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

The Fiesta Bowl also announced Thursday that no fans would be allowed at the Jan. 2 game in Glendale, Arizona, though the immediate families of players will be able to attend.

The first Rose Bowl was played on Jan. 1, 1902, beginning the tradition of postseason college football games.

In 1942, the game was moved to North Carolina because of fears of an attack by Japan on the U.S. West Coast after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The Rose Parade, traditionally held the morning of the game, is off, too. It had previously been canceled only during World War II. rushing a game and seven total touchdowns. He’s rushed for at least 100 yards in each of the Beavers’ games this season.

He’s got 2,740 yards for his career, ranking him fifth all-time at Oregon State.

UTAH’S MISFORTUNE: The Utes have had a rough go of it this season with only two games played. Utah’s first two games — against Arizona and UCLA — were canceled. The Utes lost to USC 33-17 in Week 3, before their game last weekend against Arizona State was canceled.

That set up the game against the Huskies, who were without an opponent after Washington State had to withdraw from the Apple Cup. INTERCEPTION UTES: Despite the loss to the Huskies, Utah had three interceptions and 119 return yards in the game.

That’s the most return yards for the Utes since they had 127 yards on two interceptions against San Diego State in 2008.

Two of those interceptions were made by freshmen Faybian Marks and Zemaiah Vaughn.

“A lot to build on and things to carry forward, but no moral victories, I’m not trying to paint that picture,” Whittingham said. “But I thought we took a step forward as a football team from Week 1 to Week 2.”

HISTORY: The teams have met 22 times dating to 1931, including eight times since the Utes joined the Pac-12 in 2011.

Oregon State holds a slim 11-101 overall advantage, but Utah has won four straight.

The Utes routed the Beavers 52-7 last year in Corvallis.

SCHEDULE SCRAMBLE: Oregon State, fortunate in getting all of its games in so far, will host next week’s game against Stanford in a schedule change due to the coronavirus. The game was originally set for Palo Alto but regulations in Santa Clara County prevent contact sports until late December.

The Cardinal will practice in Corvallis in advance of the game after facing Washington in Seattle on Saturday.

Trump presents Holtz with Presidential Medal of Freedom WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday called Lou Holtz “one of the greatest coaches in American history” as he honored the college football Hall of Famer and political ally with the nation’s highest civilian honor.

Holtz, whose 34-year coaching career included the 1988 national title at the University of Notre Dame, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom during an Oval Office ceremony. Holtz led six different programs to bowl games and is an outspoken

Trump backer.

“He’s really a life teacher,” said Trump, noting the respect and loyalty Holtz earned from the many players he mentored. “He teaches people how to live and how to live properly and how to live with dignity.”

Holtz is one of several sports figures Trump has awarded the Medal of Freedom during his time office.

Others include former NFL Hall of Famer and Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page, Olympic track and field athlete and former Rep. Jim Ryun,

golfer Tiger Woods, Hall of Fame quarterback Roger Staubach, pro basketball greats Bob Cousy and Jerry West and baseball legends Babe Ruth and Mariano Rivera.

“They’re recognized for what they did. I’m recognized for what other people did. I never made a block or a tackle, but I did try to teach people to make good choices. That’s all I ever tried to do,” Holtz said.

Holtz had a 249-132-7 record over a career that, in addition to Notre Dame, included stops at William & Mary, North Carolina State,

the University of Arkansas, the University of Minnesota, and the University of South Carolina. He also coached the NFL’s New York Jets in 1976 to a 3-10 record.

Holtz, 83, said that being honored by Trump made the award particularly meaningful.

“I’m even prouder to receive it from President Donald Trump,” said Holtz, who added that Trump was the “greatest president in my lifetime” A graduate of Kent State, Holtz also served seven years as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserves.

Johnson

Johnson.

It was the last time Johnson would ever come in second.

Johnson, Yang, and Kuznetzov had their way with the record books between the 1956 and 1960 Olympics.

Kuznetzov, a two-time Olympic bronze medalist who the Soviets called their “man of steel,” broke Johnson’s world record in May 1958 with 8,016 points.

Later that year at a U.S.-Soviet dual meet in Moscow, Johnson beat Kuznetzov by 405 points and reclaimed the world record with 8,302 points.

Johnson won over the Soviet audience with his gutsy performance in front of what had been a hostile crowd.

A car accident and subsequent back injury kept Johnson out of competi-

tion during 1959, but he was healthy again for the Olympics in 1960.

Yang was his primary competition in Rome. Yang won six of the first nine events, but Johnson led by 66 points going into the 1,500 meters, the decathlon’s final event.

Johnson had to finish within 10 seconds of Yang, which was no small feat as Yang was much stronger running at distance than Johnson.

Johnson finished just 1.2 seconds and six yards behind Yang to win the gold.

Yang earned silver and Kuznetsov took bronze.

At UCLA, Johnson played basketball for coach John Wooden, becoming a starter on the 1958-59 team. In 1958, he was elected student body president, the third Black to hold the office in school

history.

“He stood for what he believed in and he did it in a very classy way with grace and dignity,” Olympic champion swimmer Janet Evans said by phone.

Johnson retired from competition after the Rome Olympics. He began acting in movies, including appearances in “Wild in the Country” with Elvis Presley, “None But the Brave” with Frank Sinatra and the 1989 James Bond film “License to Kill.” He worked briefly as a TV sportscaster before becoming a vice president at Continental Telephone in 1971.

In 1984 Johnson lit the Olympic flame for the Los Angeles Games. He took the torch from Gina Hemphill, granddaughter of Olympic great Jesse Owens, who ran it into the Coliseum.

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As a freshman at UCLA, where he received academic and athletic scholarships, Johnson won gold at the the 1955 Pan Am Games, and set a world record of 7,985 points.

After winning the national decathlon championship in 1956, Johnson was the favorite for the Olympics in Melbourne, but pulled a stomach muscle and strained a knee while training. He was forced to withdraw from the long jump, for which he had also qualified, but tried to gut out the decathlon.

Johnson’s teammate Milt Campbell, a virtual unknown, gave the performance of his life, finishing with 7,937 points to win gold, 350 ahead of

The West Virginia native was among the speakers at this year’s Republican National Convention, offering Trump a strong endorsement while attack-

ing the president’s Democratic rival, Joe Biden. In his remarks, Holtz called Biden a Catholic “in name only.” Biden is a practicing Catholic.

Texas high school football player attacks referee EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — A Texas high school football player charged onto the field and bowled over a referee Thursday night, angered after being ejected from the game.

Senior defensive lineman Emmanuel Duron of Edinburg High School came running from the sideline area after the referee announced the ejection, slamming into the official during the first half of the zone play-in game against Pharr-San

Juan-Alamo.

Duron was escorted from the stadium by police officers.

The Monitor of McAllen reported the referee was evaluated for a concussion by medical personnel at the stadium.

The game resumed after a delay, with Edinburg winning 35-21 to advance to the playoffs.

The District 31-6A Defensive Player of the Year last season, Duron also is the Bobcats’ kicker and punter and a star wrestler.

Soccer

“Marshfield possesses the ball well and spreads the field nicely.”

The Pirates got goals

by David Flores (assisted

by Alberto Castillo) and Julian Torres. The penalty kick following the red card was converted by goalie Danny Garcia, giving the goalkeeper a rare chance to score in a match.

Even though the Bulldogs had just 10 players on the pitch the final 40 minutes, North Bend actually got a goal in the second half, by Steven Lua.

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“We had a kid make a mistake and hopefully the entire team will learn from it and become smarter players.”

Hood said he has been impressed by the Pirates over the past few weeks and felt terrible about the injury.

“It is really sobering when an athlete goes down like that,” he said. “I hope the young man is OK and has a speedy recovery.

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Decathlon champion Johnson dies at 86

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin in 1968, died Wednesday. He was 86.

He died at his home in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles, according to family friend Michael Roth. No cause of death was announced.

Johnson was among the world’s greatest athletes from 1955 through his Olympic triumph in 1960, winning a national decathlon championship in 1956 and a silver medal at the Melbourne Olympics that same year.

His Olympic career included carrying the U.S. flag at the 1960 Games and lighting the torch at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to open the 1984 Games.

Johnson set world records in the decathlon three different times amid a fierce rivalry with his UCLA teammate C.K. Yang of Taiwan and Vasily Kuznetsov of the former Soviet Union.

Johnson won a gold medal at the Pan American Games in 1955 while competing in just his fourth decathlon. At a welcome home meet afterward in Kingsburg, California, he set his first world record, breaking the mark of two-time Olympic champion and his childhood hero Bob Mathias.

On June 5, 1968, Johnson was working on Kennedy’s presidential campaign when the Democratic candidate was shot in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Johnson joined former NFL star Rosey Grier and journalist George Plimpton in apprehending Sirhan Sirhan moments after he shot Kennedy, who died the next day.

“I knew he did everything he could to take care of Uncle Bobby at his most vulnerable moment,” Kennedy’s niece, Maria Shriver, said by phone.

“His devotion to Uncle Bobby was pure and real. He had protected his friend. Even after Uncle Bobby’s death he stayed close.”

Johnson later called the assassination “one of the most devastating moments in my life.”

Born Rafer Lewis Johnson on Aug. 18, 1934, in Hillsboro, Texas, he moved to California in 1945 with his family, including his brother Jim, a future NFL Hall of Fame inductee. Although some sources cite Johnson’s birth year as 1935, the family has said that is incorrect.

They eventually settled in Kingsburg, near Fresno in the San Joaquin Valley. It was less than 25 miles from Tulare, the hometown of Mathias, who would win the decathlon at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics and prove an early inspiration to Johnson.

Johnson was a standout student and played football, basketball, baseball and track and field at Kingsburg Joint Union High.

At 6-foot-3 and 200-plus pounds, he looked more like a linebacker than a track and field athlete.

During his junior year of high school, Johnson’s coach took him to Tulare to watch Mathias compete in a decathlon, an experience Johnson later said spurred him to take up the grueling 10-event sport.

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North Bend’s Katie Carver kicks the ball following a foul during a recent match against Marshfield.

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NORTH BEND — Nobody could blame the Bay Area’s high school soccer players if they were exceptionally disappointed to not get their regular fall season this year.

Instead, they are looking at things as a positive since Marshfield and North Bend set up a series of matches against each other in November and December, with the regular “fall” season still scheduled for early next year by the Oregon School Activities Association — following whatever winter sports are allowable under health guidelines at the start of the calendar year.

“I’m really excited we get to have two seasons,” said North

Bend’s Katie Carver. “It’s really going to get us in shape for the real one.”

North Bend and Marshfield started the fall season with a jamboree that also included Brookings-Harbor and since have played a pair of matches against each other. They plan a few more before the end of their special season.

The Bulldogs have seen improvement as they build for the regular season.

“I definitely think our passing is getting a lot better,” Molly Picatti said.

The team also is spreading the field better and growing as a group trying to build chemistry in a group that includes a strong senior core and several freshmen.

“It’s building up the team,”

Picatti said.

“We’ve got a lot of newbies,” added Bella Jones.

Basically, the Bulldogs are making the most of an opportunity that for much of the summer didn’t look like a possibility at all.

“We’ll take anything at this point (with) all the stuff with COVID,” Brooklyn Garrigus said, adding that the experience is as important for mental health as it is for athletic skill, since classes are all still distance learning and there otherwise would be little social time. “Talking with each other — it helps a lot.”

That was clear right from the first team gathering, Picatti said.

“That first day of practice, everyone was talking and laughing,” she said. “It was like we

were in kindergarten again.”

Aside from the early jamboree with Brookings-Harbor, it’s just been the Pirates and Bulldogs, but the North Bend players are OK with that, especially given how much Marshfield has improved.

The Pirates are a ton better than the group that the Bulldogs dominated in recent years.

“Marshfield has gotten a lot better,” Carver said. “We’re getting better along with them.”

In this week’s match, the Pirates even had a goal after the Bulldogs had taken a 3-0 lead in the second half. Isabell Perez scored on an assist by Dahlia Kanui.

The Bulldogs ended up winning 4-1, with goals by Picatti, Carver, Garrigus and Rachel Snyder.

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NORTH BEND — Marshfield’s boys soccer team has a lot to be excited about as the Pirates work their way through their special fall season with North Bend.

The Pirates have shown strong potential with a roster with almost no seniors, and is getting better all the time.

“The more we play together, the better we’ll get,” said Ernesto Hernandez.

Marshfield likes to play fast and has the athletes to push the ball up the pitch and create chances. And the players are fine-tuning their skills to fit that style of play.

“Everyone is getting better with their first touch,” Hernandez said. “Everyone is getting quicker determining who to pass to.”

Marshfield was able to use those skills to get a couple of early goals against the Bulldogs while building a 3-0 halftime lead in their match this week.

“We started off strong,” said Ismael Rodriguez.

Marshfield was particularly good in the midfield and with its back line defense, Hernandez said.

Getting the chance to play this fall after the regular season was postponed to early next year has helped a lot, and the Pirates are

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North Bend’s Steven Lua, left, and Marshfield’s Alberto Castillo battle for possession of the ball this week. enjoying the chance to meet the Bulldogs several times.

“It feels good to be playing another team than ourselves,” Rodriguez said.

“Everybody is getting more chances,” Hernandez added.

“We’ll be in good shape when the (regular) season starts.”

North Bend is getting better, too, learning as a team. The Bulldogs got an unexpected lesson

during this week’s game when a player was given a red card for a hard tackle on Marshfield’s Anthony Salinas on a breakaway in the first half — unfortunately for the Pirates, Salinas suffered a serious ankle injury on the play and had to go to the hospital in an ambulance.

The impact for the Bulldogs was that they had to play with just 10 players the entire rest

of the way.

“Obviously, playing a man down for most of the game we had to change a few things,” North Bend coach Dustin Hood said. “I was happy with the way our guys responded and played a cleaner game. We didn’t give up a goal after the red card, so that was a positive.

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National TV Sports Schedule Today

College Football — Ohio State at Michigan State, 9 a.m., ABC; Texas A&M at Auburn, 9 a.m., ESPN; Texas at Kansas State, 9 a.m., Fox; Oklahoma State at TCU, 9 a.m., ESPN2; Penn State at Rutgers, 9 a.m., Fox Sports 1; Ball State at Central Michigan, 11 a.m., ESPNU; Syracuse at Notre Dame, 11:30 a.m., NBC; Florida at Tennessee, 12:30 p.m., CBS; Indiana at Wisconsin, 12:30 p.m., ABC; West Virginia at Iowa State, 12:30 p.m., ESPN; Tulsa at Navy, 12:30 p.m., ESPN2; Buffalo at Ohio, 12:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network; Iowa at Illinois, 12:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1; BYU at Coastal Carolina, 2:30 p.m., ESPNU; Oregon at California, 4 p.m., ESPN;

Colorado at Arizona, 4 p.m., Fox Sports 1; Colorado State at San Diego State, 4 p.m., CBS Sports Network; Clemson at Virginia Tech, 4:30 p.m., ABC; Alabama at LSU, 5 p.m., CBS; Baylor at Oklahoma, 5 p.m., Fox; Houston at SMU, 6 p.m., ESPNU; UCLA at Arizona State, 7:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1; Oregon State at Utah, 7:30 p.m., ESPN; Wyoming at New Mexico, 7:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network.

Men’s College Basketball — North Carolina State at Connecticut, 9 a.m., ESPNU; Baylor vs. Gonzaga, 10 a.m., CBS. Golf — PGA Tour Mayakoba Classic, 11 a.m., Golf Channel; LPGA Tour Volunteers of America Classic Charity Challenge, 2:30 p.m., Golf Channel.

Sunday, Dec. 6

NFL Football — Las Vegas at New York Jets, 10 a.m., CBS; New York Giants at Seattle, 1 p.m., Fox; New England at Los Angeles Chargers, 1:25 p.m., CBS; Denver at Kansas City, 5:20 p.m., NBC. Men’s College Basketball — Sacred Heart at St. John’s, 9 a.m., Fox Sports 1; Villanova at Texas, 10 a.m., ESPN; TBA, 11 a.m., ESPN2; Grambling State at Texas Tech, 11 a.m., ESPNU; Northern Kentucky at Butler, 11 a.m., Fox Sports 1; Xavier at Cincinnati, noon, ESPN; Wyoming at Oregon State, 1 p.m., Pac-12 Network; West Virginia at Georgetown, 1:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1; Kentucky at Georgia Tech, 2 p.m., ESPN; TBA, 3 p.m., ESPN2; DePaul at Iowa State, 3 p.m., ESPNU.

Golf — LPGA Tour Volunteers of America Charity Classic Challenge, 10 a.m., Golf Channel; PGA Tour Mayakoba Classic, 1:30 p.m., Golf Channel.

Monday, Dec. 7

NFL Football — Washington at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m., Fox; Buffalo at San Francisco, 5:15 p.m., ESPN.

Tuesday, Dec. 8

NFL Football — Dallas at Baltimore, 5 p.m., Fox and NFL Network.

Men’s College Basketball — Creighton at Kansas, 2 p.m., ESPN; Purdue at Miami, 2 p.m., ESPN2; Wagner at Seton Hall, 2 p.m., Fox Sports 1; Boston College at Minnesota, 4 p.m.,E SPNU; Coppin State at Georgetown, 4 p.m., Fox Sports 1; North Carolina at Iowa, 4:30 p.m.,

ESPN; Ohio State at Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m., ESPN2; Penn State at Virginia Tech, 6 p.m., ESPNU; Wisconsin-Green Bay at Marquette, 6 p.m., Fox Sports 1; Illinois at Duke, 6:30 p.m., ESPN; Syracuse at Rutgers, 6:30 p.m., ESPN2.

Wednesday, Dec. 9

Men’s College Basketball — Maryland at Clemson, 2 p.m., ESPN2; Providence at Texas Christian, 2 p.m., ESPNU; Louisville at Wisconsin, 4:15 p.m., ESPN; North Carolina State at Michigan, 4:15 p.m., ESPN2; Georgia Tech at Nebraska, 4:15 p.m., ESPNU; Michigan State at Virginia, 6:15 p.m., ESPN; Indiana at Florida State, 6:15 p.m., ESPN2; Pittsburgh at Northwestern, 6:15 p.m., ESPNU.

Thursday, Dec. 10

NFL Football — New England at Los Angeles Rams, 5:20 p.m., Fox and NFL Network.

Golf — U.S. Women’s Open, 9:30 a.m., Golf Channel.

Friday, Dec. 11

Golf — PGA Tour QBE Shootout, 8 a.m., Golf Channel; U.S. Women’s Open, noon., Golf Channel.

Men’s College Basketball — Kansas State at Butler, noon, Fox Sports 1; Villanova at Georgetown, 2 p.m., Fox Sports 1; Monmouth at Iona, 4 p.m., ESPNU; St. John’s at Connecticut, 4 p.m., Fox Sports 1.

College Football — Arizona State at Arizona, 4:30 p.m., ESPN; Utah at Colorado, 6:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1.

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The trains along U.S. Highway 101 at the Coos County Railroad Museum near downtown Coos Bay, shown in this image this week, is a colorful delight of holiday lights and car decorations.

Holiday lights provide cheer in the Bay Area The World With the annual Shore Acres Christmas lights display canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, residents and businesses in the Coos Bay, North Bend and Charleston areas have been encouraged to decorate their homes to light up the community.

Participants have been asked to turn on their lights with the same schedule as the Shore Acres celebration, from Thanksgiving

night to New Year’s Eve in what is being termed the Christmas at the Coast Driving Tour.

About 50 homes and businesses have signed up for the tour. A map is available at oregonsadventurecoast.com.

The map includes homes in Coos Bay, North Bend and Charleston, as well as a few spots in other communities.

For pictures of one of the Bay Area’s many decorated neighborhoods this year and every year, see Page C8

Inflatables of all types, including the Grinch making his way down the chimney face first (look close) are on display at a house on Sherman Avenue just up the hill from Boynton Park in North Bend. Another house with inflatables is along Maple Street near the U.S. Coast Guard’s North Bend Air Station, right, while just up the hill and around the corner from that house are the displays below.

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COOS BAY — The Seventh-day Adventist Church is seeking donations of clothing for its clothing pantry, according to pastor Thomas Nicholas.

The pantry’s entire stock was wiped out by a fire Nov. 28.

Church leaders had hoped to salvage some of the clothing in the building, but smoke damage remained even after several

washes, Nicholas said.

For the next few weeks, the church will accept donations of winter clothing and socks in good repair, as well as new underwear. Since the fire burnt out the building’s laundry facility, items should be pre-washed, Nicholas said.

Donations can be made between 9:30 a.m. and noon on Tuesdays. Nicholas hopes the church will collect enough donations to begin distribution before

Christmastime.

Fire officials said Monday the cause of the fire was undetermined, noting that there could have been accidental or intentional explanations for it.

It started near an external drier vent, which could have caught on its own, or because of someone outside.

Officials estimated the total damage to the building and its contents to be more than $150,000.

Bus Jam Dec. 5 aims to gather toys, clothes, food It’s time for the annual Bus Jam, with it’s slogan “Load the Bus, Fill the Need.”

Join Bi-Mart and K-Dock 92.9 FM to collect donations of food, toys and clothing. Donations can be dropped off at the Bi-Mart stores in Coos Bay

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Items needed included non-perishable food items (canned foods, snacks, pasta, rice, etc.); toys and gifts for children from newborns to teens; and clothing, coats and blankets.

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So how are you doing? Isn’t it odd not to be able to go to the movies or out to your favorite restaurant or just walk around the Shore Acres Gardens? As we watch the news from across our nation, we see the reasons for staying home, even though it impacts our work, our businesses and even our worship.

But it can be overwhelming.

Occasionally, I have to turn from my 24 hour news channel and watch a Christmas movie on Hallmark. While they all have good

Time for teacher of the year nominations Do your children have a great teacher? It’s time to submit nominations for teacher of the year.

The Oregon Department of Education, in partnership with the Oregon Lottery, is pleased to announce the continuation of Oregon Regional Teacher of the Year to honor exemplary educators in every region of the state.

• Nominations are open statewide through January 31.

• Teachers will submit their applications by March 27.

• Oregon Education Service Districts will select a winner from their region.

• Regional Teachers of the Year will be honored across the state in May 2021!

• In September 2021 one of the Regional Teachers of the Year will be named the 2022 Oregon Teacher of the Year!

Regional Teachers of the Year will receive a cash prize of $500 and will be celebrated across the state.

The 2022 Oregon Teacher of the Year will receive a $5,000 cash prize (with a matching $5,000 going to their school) and serve as a spokesperson and representative for all Oregon teachers.

“Last year we had a record-breaking 493 total nominations from 18 Education Service Districts and received 114 applications from 15 of our ESD regions,” said Jenni Knaus, communications specialist for the Oregon Department of Education. “This year, we would love to continue this record-breaking trend and award from all 19 regions.”

Anyone can nominate a teacher. All Oregonians are encouraged to nominate their favorite teacher today at: oregonteacheroftheyear. org

Coos County Marriage Licenses

Nov. 10-20 Bruce Harrison and Lashonda Banks James Stinnitt and Dedra Nagel Coral Petrosius and Paxson Berry Robert Weseman and Tessina Stonesifer Daniel Lauby and Siobhan Bush Christopher Nelson and Sidney Loomis Jered Walker and Aisha James Jay Farr and Victoria Crumpacker Raymond Miller and Betty Brown Mary Colton and Robert Larson Kirsten Carroll and Kaleb Harris

endings, it’s the focus on family gathering and the strong community ties which most impacts me.

Several years ago, I was being treated for cancer with regular doses of chemo. While I knew I would lose my hair, it didn’t occur to me that I would lose most of my energy. We had wood stove and a bit of wood on hand. One afternoon my timberlands friends showed up with two truckloads of nice wood. That next morning, I was awakened by the sound of

splitting mauls working the wood.

Men from my congregation were splitting and stacking my wood.

What a terrific sense of family and community that made me feel.

Friends, let’s not let anyone feel isolated in these challenging times.

Let’s strive to keep that sense of togetherness and community.

Call each other regularly. Maybe it’s just to say hello. Maybe it’s to find out what the other needs.

If there are needs, help folks out.

Also, show your appreciation for

our frontline warriors like medical staff, first responders and all our public safety people.

Sense of community is something we control. Let’s make sure it thrives especially during these challenging times. For truly, together we can make a difference.

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

SWOCC offers free GED, adult basic education classes Southwestern Oregon Community College is offering free GED® and Adult Basic Education classes during the online Winter Term 2021. These classes prepare individuals to take the GED® exam and update skills to enroll in college or career training programs.

Students enrolled in these classes can build a pipeline to enter col-

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We will have three options for GED® and Adult Basic Education classes next term: 1. Morning GED Class – Monday through Thursday from 9 – 11 a.m.

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All classes will be live via Zoom during their scheduled times. Winter Term starts January 4 and ends March 19. To register for orientation and classes, email Adult & Pre-College Education at llcinfo@socc.edu.

UTV event donates funds to veterans groups The World NORTH BEND — A handful of local veterans organizations received a boost this fall after donations from the annual UTV Takeover event, held in at the Boxcar Hill Campground in October.

The Fishing Veterans of America already has a plan for its donation: The installation of an irrigation system at the David Dewett Veteran’s Memorial Wayside, on U.S. Highway 101 just north of the McCullough Bridge.

The donation has a special tie to the project — Point Man Ministries built and maintains the wayside, but asked FVA for assistance in installing the irrigation system for the grass and shrubs. To help with the project, Point Man donated the $550 it received from the UTV Takeover event to FVA, too.

FVA’s mission is to promote alternative forms of therapy through adventure sports for veterans and people with disabilities, according to FVA President Travis Bainum.

“It gives veterans a sense of belonging and purpose that we long for,” Bainum said of FVA’s mission.

The organization engages veterans in a number of kinds of adventure sports as therapy, like surfing, foraging and UTV riding, which is how FVA got involved with October’s UTV takeover event. They also use volunteer projects, like the volunteer event they plan for installing the irrigation at the wayside.

“It’s a lot more than fishing,” said Larry Bainum, Travis’ father and the organization’s director of disabled and children services. “It’s about what you’re fishing for.”

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Veterans Outreach received a donation, too. $850 from the event went to the organization, which plans to use it for operating expenses.

SOVO works to connect veterans and their families with the government benefits that they’re entitled too, but that are often difficult to access.

“Sometimes they don’t have an advocate. And that’s rough,” said Tom Benz, SOVO’s secretary and treasurer.

Lately, as the community’s veteran population continues to age, many of SOVO’s calls have been for medical transportation, Benz said.

The donation is a boost for the organization: Since much of SOVO’s work is considered “general operating expenses” by some definitions, it can be challenging to apply for outside grants.

These UTV Takeover

donations went to charities selected by the event’s gate security team, according to team leader Krystal Hopper.

Other organizations receiving donations include AMVETS Post 10 — Coos Bay, and American Legion Post 34 — Bay Area, Hopper said.

Over half of the nearly 40 volunteers on Hopper’s team were veterans, she said. Some came from out of town, including from Bend and Lebanon.

The annual Coos Bay UTV Takeover event is one stop on a nationwide tour of gatherings for UTV enthusiasts. It brought thousands of visitors to Oregon’s dunes this year.

More information about FVA is available on its Facebook page at facebook. com/fishingveteransofamerica. More information about SOVO and its services is available on its website at sovoservesvets.org.

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This week in Coos County history: December 2-5 100 YEARS — 1920

Powers service reduced today

Coos county tax budget adopted Total amount to be raised is same as last year Retains health nurse, provides for library and wild animal bounty — more for school COQUILLE — The Coos county court has prepared the tentative budget for next year. The court did not take advantage of the law to increase the budget by 6 per cent, this year, over last year, but the tax base to be raised is identical this year with last year, that is to say $378,524.44, being identical with last year to a cent.

Had the increase of 6 per cent been made the amount of the tax would have been over $400,000.

If your tax is larger this year than last, it will be due to city, school, special road, or state tax and not county taxes.

Health nurse and library Provision is made in the proposed budget for the health nurse, and also for three-eights of a mill for a county library.

In-as-much as Marshfield, Bandon and other levies for local library maintenance in excess of one mill, this will reduce the millage heretofore levied in these towns, and will also slightly reduce the amount of money to be raised in the other towns of the county where libraries have been maintained, by equalizing the tax somewhat and placing it upon the county at large, and benefits of the library will be thrown open and extended to the entire county. $17.00 per capita for schools The schools will receive much more money this year than formerly owing to the recently enacted state law levying a two mill tax, which will raise nearly $49,000 in Coos county, and this sum will be supplemented by the $10 per capita tax, again levied by the court, making a total of nearly $17 per capita each for the 7150 school children of the county, and in addition to which there is included $22,500 high school tuition fund prescribed by statute.

Wild animal bounty There is also included $5,000 to be used to exterminate predatory animals, such as coyotes, panther and bob-cats.

It is possible that this latter sum may be supplemented by the state of federal moneys available for such purposes.

Road districts vote extra tax Many sections approve proposed highway work Eastside and Coquille bridges provided for — Glasgow Ferry — on cash basis COQUILLE — Fourteen Coos county road districts vote upon a special road tax, of which thirteen districts have voted a tax and one district has not yet made a return.

In all instances the majorities were large, and in nearly half of the elections the vote was unanimous, or only one or two dissenting votes.

Eastside and Coquille bridge The Coos county court has opened up a sinking fund for the Eastside bridge, the amount appropriated being only a nominal sum of $2000 but it is expected that larger amounts can be budgeted in subsequent years after pending projects are finished.

The $29,000 deficiency in the Coquille bridge fund has been replaced and $27,500 budgeted for the coming year, making a total sum in this fund of $60,000.

For Glasgow Ferry The $12,000 deficiency in the North Bend-Glasgow ferry has been replaced, making the total amount of that sinking fund now $17,000 plus $20,000 to be raised in the new budget, just drafted, making the total amount in the fund for next year $37,000.

Afternoon train stops at Myrtle Point now Change made today without notice causes much inconvenience and protests Commencing today, the train service between Marshfield and Powers is limited to one train a day. The Portland train which has hitherto been running to Powers will stop at Myrtle Point.

The change caught a number unawares and there were many protests this afternoon when the traveling public heard it.

John A. Ormandy, assistant general passenger agent, who was here said that he understood that change was made on account of the track or bridge conditions between Powers and Myrtle Point. Engineer Mayor of this division of the S.P. was over it a few days ago and Mr. Ormandy thought that the change in the service was due to the bridges not being in condition to sustain the heavy trains.

It is expected that the matter will be taken up at once by the people of Powers, Gaylord and other towns as well as Coos Bay as the change in service makes it hard on both.

County library now assured Tax of three-eight mill in the budget New plan will provide books for rural districts and expand education Coos County is assured of a county library by the county budget published today in the Times. It is a step forward in the education development of this section and one toward which the library workers have been aiming for several years past.

By the centralizing of the books needless duplications will be done away with and better service to each community and district will be accorded.

The tax levy for three eights of a mill and will provide books for all existing libraries in the county which will then be county branches with the depository in the present Marshfield library which is the only suitable building in the county now equipped to handle the service. Rural districts will also be supplied with needed books, all parcel post payments being covered by the tax. Shipments of books from the state library to camps, schools and outlying communities will, after the installation of the county library, also be handled through the county library.

50 YEARS — 1970 Oregon’s teacher of the year John Duncan, Coos Bay A 45-year-old Coos Bay teacher was named Oregon’s Teacher-of-the-Year today in Salem.

John Duncan, teacher at Blossom Gulch and Marshfield Junior High schools, was selected for his development of a new teaching program at the two schools. His 20-year career in the teaching field also had a bearing on his selection.

Duncan was nominated for the honor by his fellow teachers in the Coos Bay Education Association. Thirty-three school districts in Oregon submitted candidates.

A comprehensive brochure accompanied the nomination. It included Duncan’s philosophy of teaching as borne out in the new RALAC (Reading and Learning Activity Center) program; a resume of his teaching career, letters from parents, educators, comments from students, pictures of RALAC in operation at both Blossom Gulch and the junior high school.

From the entrants, the Oregon Board of Education selected the top five nominees.

These candidates then were investigated by a screening committee from the office of Dale Parnell, superintendent of public instruction, before the final choice was made.

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Duncan’s name, along with those from the other 49 states, will now be placed in competition for the national Teacher of the Year award.

Duncan developed the RALAC as an expansion or as a modification of government Operation Springboard conducted at Blossom Gulch as a federal pilot program several years ago. In this program, students used film strips, movies, tape recorders, overhead projects, other machines, and reading kits as aids to better reading skills and study habits.

The Springboard project, conducted in Blossom Gulch sixth grade, was operated as part of the regular classroom schedule, while RALAC is aimed at students who do not work well under the regular classroom situation, explained Duncan.

At Blossom Gulch, 24 learning stations are set up and each youngster is paired with a partner. Thirty-eight fifth graders, 20 sixth and 25 fourth graders are enrolled.

RALAC is designed to put the student on his own learning level, whatever his ability, and provide more individual help not always possible in the classroom.

“We are not bound by rigid curriculum, but we plan the study schedule to bring out the students’ potential,” Duncan emphasized.

At the elementary level, reading and language are stressed. In the junior high school, English and history are featured.

MHS senior Smith one of two chosen David R. Smith, Marshfield High school senior and student body president, is one of two Oregon high school youths named to represent Oregon in the 971 United States Senate Youth program.

He and Lee Siegel, Portland, senior at Jackson High School, were named by Dr. Dale Parnell, superintendent of public instruction.

Under the program, 102 elected high school student body officers — two from each state and the District of Columbia — will travel to the nation’s capital Jan. 30 for a weeklong close-up look into how the U.S. Government operates in Washington.

Each student also will receive a $1,000 college scholarship to be used in studying U.S. government and related subjects at the college of his choice.

Students will spend time in the offices of their respective senators and will have briefings during the week with leading cabinet members, senators, a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and the speaer of the House of Representatives. A visit to the White House also is scheduled and, tentatively, a meeting with President Nixon.

McCall’s new budget under fire by SWO legislators Gov. Tom McCall’s new Oregon budget came under fire from Southwestern Oregon legislators Friday.

Republicans — State Sen. Sam Dement and State Rep. Rod McKenzie brought out the state’s responsibility to maintain basic school support and emphasized “sympathy” with State School Supt. Dale Parnell’s stand on the budget.

Parnell said earlier in the week that “we should not talk about funding any new programs when we can’t support the ones we have.”

Gov. McCall’s proposed budget would allow state support for schools to slide below the 22 per cent which is current. It would go to 19 per cent in 1971-72 and 17 per cent in 1972-73, Parnell said.

Democrats — Rep. Jason Boe of Reedsport and Rep. Jack Ripper of North Bend were especially critical of reduction in money for the basic school fund.

Boe said this means “that Gov. McCall is sentencing every homeowner, every farmer and every business in Oregon that owns any property to higher and higher property taxes.”

Boe said it means that more school budgets will fail to get voter approval and that “any property tax revolt we have experienced in the past is going to look like a teapot tempest in comparison to what is coming.”

Said McKenzie, “legislators by and large are going to be cognizant of the property tax rebellion.” He said the state legislature “probably is going to relieve property taxes by increasing the basic school fund.”

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What’s in it for the community as the South Slough National Estuarine Reserve renovates its interpretive center south of Charleston? There will be a lot more space for schoolchildren and others to learn about estuaries.

Tom Gaskill, South Slough’s education program coordinator, said the project will add classroom space, a lecture hall, exhibit space and renovations to the office areas.

The expansion will almost double the size of the center on a hillside that overlooks the slough. The work hasn’t started yet, but the designs are complete.

That will be good news for teachers who bus their kids to the center as part of their classroom science curriculum. Rain, at times, has been a disappointer.

“Right now we can’t do much on rainy days,” Gaskill said.

As many as 4,000 students travel to South Slough each year, mostly from local schools, but also from the Willamette

Valley and Medford area. There also are college students who study there, some from as far away as Kansas.

The expansion will cost an estimated $626,000 for the shell of the building. Gaskill said the Friends of South Slough also have applied for a $150,000 Meyer Grant to furnish the interior.

North Bend girl to join ‘Nick News’ show this January A North Bend girl’s 15 minutes of fame are not up yet.

Danielle Shimotakahara, who has spent the last 19 months educating people about the presence of violent video games in family restaurants, will now be part of a feature about that subject on Nickelodeon’s “Nick News” in January. Camera crews and producers were in town Thursday to tape an interview and shoot footage about Danielle’s campaign around town.

“It’s cool,” Danielle said. “It can be a little distracting having all this attention, but I’m getting used to it.

“When I first started this campaign, there wasn’t a lot of support,” she added.

“It has caught on a lot since then. There are lots of people who want to be involved in it now.”

JoAnn Agnes Porter, a producer for the news show, said they found Danielle’s “Cool No Violence Peace Project” through an Internet search. “Nick News” is produced by Lucky Duck Production in New York.

“We are doing a story about the passage of an Indianapolis ordinance that separates violent video games from others,” Porter said. “Then we did a search to find out if anyone else was doing something like it.”

After finding information about Danielle and her project, Porter said they began setting up interviews.

“She has made news with her campaign and comments about violent video games,” Porter said. “Danielle has really taken a stand on this subject.”

Porter said what sets “Nick News” apart from other news shows is it caters to children and issues they feel are important.

“We also interview children as well as adults,” she said.

The North Bend Junior High School eighth-grader is working with a group of friends to label 1,769 books that her campaign received as part of her $25,000 winnings in a national Prudential Spirit of Community contest earlier this year. Danielle used half the money to purchase the books, and the other half for clothing items for students in the area who need them.

The whirlwind of activity isn’t over yet for the eighth-grader.

Danielle recently finished interviews for Readers Digest and American Girl magazines, is part of a Harvard University study about youth activism and is being filmed next week to be part of a presentation for the upcoming Portland visit of the Dalai Lama.

“This thing is probably going to skyrocket after it’s aired on “Nick News,” said Eva Germaine-Shimotakahara, Danielle’s mother. “Hopefully other people will take notice and do something about the problem in their own town. I’m hoping it will show other kids they can stand up and make others be responsible, too.”

This volunteer just can’t say no Award winner: State group honors North Bend resident Evelyn Peters is a busy woman, but it’s her green thumb that has gained her accolades from her peers and now Oregon officials, too.

For the last few years, Peters has volunteered to care for plants at Evergreen Court in North Bend, where she lives with Marvin, her husband of 52 years. That’s not her only hobby. Peters is a member of the resident council, chairwoman of the building and grounds committee, leads a weekly Bible Study group, visits shut-ins at the facility and participates in the Evergreen Thespians Group.

All of that community service earned her “Volunteer of the Year” recognition by the Oregon Alliance of Senior and Health Services. The organization honored 18 senior Oregonians, including Peters, at a luncheon at Springfield.

“It’s a nice honor,” she said.

Evergreen Court Program Director Mary Eckes described Peters as someone who volunteers because it is something she truly wants to do.

“She doesn’t do something because she wants to be recognized for it. She does it because she absolutely loves to do it,” Eckes said. “Evelyn is full of initiative, distinguishing herself as someone to admire.”

Peters became a resident at Evergreen Court almost 12 years ago. ... She began tending to the more than 100 plants at the facility by accident. When she first arrived, one of the sisters cared for the plants.

“When the sister went out of town one summer, I took over caing for all the plants,” she said. “When she came back, sister resumed taking care of them for a while before she decided she didn’t want to do it anymore.”

The facility administrators then tried unsuccessfully to have each wing care for the plants on a rotating basis. Eventually, Peters took over the duties.

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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Coos County and Maine students part of study Eight different South Coast schools are represented The World What is it like to grow up in a rural, forest-dependent community? How does this experience shape teens’ aspirations for the future, and how might these aspirations in turn shape rural economies? These are some of the questions posed in a research study focusing on middle and high school students in Coos County and two counties in rural Maine.

Of the 2,000 youth who participated in the study, more than 1,300 were from Coos County, representing eight schools: Alternative Youth Activities, Bandon High School, Coquille Jr/Sr High School, Marshfield High School, Myrtle Point Jr/Sr High School, North Bend High School, Powers Jr/Sr High School and Winter Lakes High School. The remaining participants represented five schools in Piscataquis and Somerset counties in Maine.

The 2019 study was led by a project team of researchers at the University of Maine and Oregon State University, who worked with on-the-ground community organizations in each area to distribute a voluntary, online survey to schools. The survey asked teens a series of questions

designed to capture how they felt about their local community, school and economy.

“Middle and high school students in both Oregon and Maine were able to clearly communicate what they would like to see as a future for their hometowns, and what they’d like to see for themselves — whether it’s more school, a career or where they live as adults,” says Jessica Leahy, one of the project leaders and a professor of human dimensions of natural resources at University of Maine.

The teens surveyed in both Coos County and Maine noted that a lack of money for education is a top barrier to pursuing their desired careers and that training in hands-on skills and advice on education, college and jobs would be most valuable in helping them carry out their aspirations.

The Coos Watershed Association, which served as a bridge between the research team and the Coos County schools, is leading the local effort to ensure that the results are integrated into community planning efforts, beginning with a webinar for the first round of “end users.”

“These results highlighted the importance of outdoor recreation and connection for our local youth and reiterated the need for hands-on natural resource education, training, and job opportunities in our community,” Executive Director Haley Lutz said.

Education Coordinator Alexa Carleton says she’s most excited about empowering local stakeholders to take ownership of the results and use them to create positive changes in our communities.

The survey results have also caught the attention of local workforce development agencies, such as Southwestern Oregon Workforce Investment Board. Executive Director Kyle Stevens is taking this study’s results to the state level, starting with a webinar for state leaders and decision-makers, with the hopes of bringing more attention and resources to support youth in our rural corner of the state.

The Rural Youth Futures project survey results are available to the public at https://ewp.uoregon. edu/RuralYouth. Presented as a series of fact sheets for each county and school, they provide insight into what the next generation of residents and workers value and need as their rural hometowns face economic, demographic and workforce changes, according to project leaders Mindy Crandall and Jessica Leahy.

“These facts sheets — either for the full study area or survey findings for specific schools — can be used by the schools, community leaders, non-profits and others working on economic development to provide rural youth with opportunities to achieve their aspirations,” said Crandall,

now an assistant professor in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University.

This project began back in 2017 when Crandall and Leahy secured a USDA grant and launched the three-year study, “Youth aspirations and labor market transitions in rural communities.” The project aimed to focus on economic restructuring, community characteristics, and young people’s perceptions of local labor markets in traditionally forest-dependent rural communities in Oregon and Maine.

Schools in rural communities are critical, say Crandall and Leahy. They bring families together, support civic interaction, and foster workforce development.

Schools also influence youth aspirations for future education.

Thus, students were asked about their school experiences and goals, and what they felt were barriers to those goals.

They also were asked about their communities, including the most important problems. For Oregon students, the top three important problems facing their communities were drug and alcohol abuse, not enough things to do in town, and people not having enough money. For Maine youth, the top three problems were not having enough money, not enough things to do in town, and not enough jobs.

An important feature of this project was the community

involvement, Crandall says. The survey included both questions from published literature, as well as local community member input through our site-specific steering committees, and involved Cooperative Extension experts and local non-profit groups in both states.

The resulting fact sheets provide important perspectives and insights for communities, schools, and organizations dedicated to helping meet the needs of youth as they make choices about their future. Those decisions can be difficult for young people living in natural resource-dependent communities, where economic uncertainty and diminished local work prospects have resulted in declining populations and outmigration, according to the researchers.

“We hope that this project will lead to better connections between youth, their community, and the local labor markets,” Crandall says. “Ultimately, we just want more options for kids so that they have the tools to choose what’s best for them — whether it’s college or work.

That’s why getting the results back to the local communities was a high priority for us.”

For more information about this project, visit https://ewp.uoregon.edu/RuralYouth or contact the Coos Watershed Association (acarleton@cooswatershed.org) or Mindy Crandall (mindy.crandall@oregonstate.edu).

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Purchasing passes is easy – buy them online at store.oregonstateparks. org. Parking permits are also sold at some state park

friends’ group stores and selected local businesses throughout the state. For a complete list of vendors, visit stateparks.oregon.gov.

Parking costs $5 a day at 25 Oregon state parks unless you have a 12- or 24-month parking permit or a same-day camping receipt. The 24-month pass is $50 and are also available at store.oregonstateparks.org.

The permits are transferable from vehicle to vehicle.