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Hospital manages virus challenges ZACK DEMARS The World

COOS BAY — Since the pandemic began, Amy Mast has been more strict about not hugging her kids after work until she gets the chance to shower and change.

That’s because, as an intermediate care nurse at Bay Area Hospital, Mast’s unit cares for any COVID-19 patient who doesn’t require a bed in the intensive care unit.

“The biggest difference I think

is just the stress level overall,” Mast said Thursday. “It’s a hard world to live in right now. But we still come in, we get our patient assignments and we take care of the patients the same way we always do, trying to focus on them.”

Bay Area Hospital hasn’t yet felt the deep strain the COVID-19 pandemic has placed on hospital capacity around the country. But the year hasn’t been without challenges for the hospital’s staff, and more could be on the horizon as case rates

accelerate.

For Mast, the biggest challenge has been that stress level, caused by the possible presence of the virus and the hospital staffing troubles that have come with it.

It’s also meant the way Mast “recharges” outside of work has changed. Since the virus doesn’t care whether she’s at home or at work, she always has to be on her guard.

“Work seems more personal lately than it did before, when you’d go to work and take care

of your patients and then you go home and you had your friends outside,” Mast said. “Whereas now you don’t get to go out to dinner with your friends at home as much, so you kind of chat more with the people you work with.”

It also means she thinks about work more at home — not necessarily in a bad way, she said, but in a way that brings the two spheres of her life closer together. Only since the pandemic’s beginning, for example, has she watched instructional safety vid-

eos, about how to properly wear personal protective equipment, when she’s off the clock.

“No, I want to make sure I’m doing this right, I want to not just keep patients safe but keep my family safe, too,” she said.

The stress, though, has also brought Mast’s team of nurses closer together.

“I think the nurses have really come together more. It’s actually made us feel a little bit more like a community, just because of all the other stress we have our time Please see Hospital, Page A8

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The North Bend Community Pool is currently closed due to COVID and before it can reopen, the city council has some tough decisions to make.

Future of North Bend pool up in the air

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The future of the community pool in North Bend will likely be decided by voters in 2021.

During a work session Monday, City Administrator David Milliron discussed the pool, telling the council the city could not afford to continue to losing money operating the facility.

“What is very, very apparent when talking to folks is the value of the pool,” Milliron said. “It has served North Bend for 63 years. This is a pool that is open year-round.”

Milliron said in normal times, between 250 and 300 people use the pool every day. But it is losing money.

In 2020, the pool accounted for 5 percent of general fund expenditures in the budget. That trailed only the police and fire departments in city funding. In dollars, $485,945 was budgeted for the pool, more than public works, parks and administration.

While that was higher than most years due to maintenance planned in 2020, the pool has been losing hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. And the deficit seems to be increasing almost every year.

“If your household budget operated this way, you’d be bankrupt,” Milliron said. “But that’s not what occurs. We have to have a balanced budget.”

The yearly losses are due to the daily operation, with most of

the money for employees. What really troubles Milliron is there is an extensive list of repairs needed to keep the pool operating properly.

The filtration at the pool is also 63 years old and needs replaced, a boiler is 35 years old, the air handling system needs upgraded, the hot-water heater can’t keep up with demand for showers, there are code compliance issues. In all, the expenses would cost more than $1 million, money the city does not have.

“You can only kick the can down the road so far,” Milliron said. “You can only defer maintenance so much. You have a pool that’s 63 years old and you have a 63-year-old filtration system.

If we want to operate the pool

today, there are some immediate code compliance upgrades we’d have to make.”

While that sounds bad, Milliron said there are opportunities for the council to consider. He offered these options: • Use bond money to make the repairs; • Look for grants; • Ask for estate planning and corporate giving; and • Ask the voters to approve a tax levy to fund operations.

“Generally, when you get to maintenance and operations, there are not grants, and you can’t bond maintenance and operations,” Milliron said. “One option is there are parks and recreation levies that are posPlease see Pool, Page A8

Elliott State Forest inches towards research future ZACK DEMARS The World

A state forest in Coos and Douglas counties is on track to become a laboratory for Oregon State University forestry researchers.

On Tuesday, the State Land Board directed the Department of State Lands to finalize a proposal that would transfer management of the Elliott State Forest over to the university’s College of Forestry for use as a research forest.

“It is truly an example of the

Oregon way, and I am truly, truly grateful,” said Oregon Governor Kate Brown.

The plan means the 82,000 acres of forest will likely become one of the largest research forests in the world.

It also means the forest will become a laboratory of sorts, when it’s split up into several sections so researchers can study the impact of a mix of types of logging to maximize timber production while keeping a forest healthy, College of Forestry Dean Tom DeLuca told the Land

Board on Tuesday.

“We cannot continue to consume products and expect to not produce those regionally or locally,” DeLuca told the board as he presented the university’s proposal. “We have to take into account climate change, we have to take into account biodiversity, and we have to integrate these efforts when we’re managing, rather than managing strictly from a revenue perspective.”

OSU officials pointed to some of the plan’s outcomes, aside from the research that could be

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conducted by OSU scientists, including the creation of a 34,000acre forest reserve, increasing by half the amount of forest over 100 years old by 2070 and producing about 17 million board feet of timber a year.

During the meeting, members of the State Land Board — Governor Kate Brown, State Treasurer Tobias Read and Secretary of State Bev Clarno — peppered DeLuca with questions about the proposal.

Of interest to Brown, as well

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The Coquille City Council voted this week to terminate the employment of City Manager Sam Baugh, just more than a year after hiring Baugh.

After meeting in executive session, the council voted to remove Baugh from office. Police Chief Scott Sanders was named the interim city manager until a permanent replacement can be found.

The move was made due to concerns with city finances. The council also fired the city finance director recently.

Councilman Hugh Pinkston confirmed Baugh was let go, saying the decision was made due to issues with city finances.

Pinkston said additional comments should come from Mayor Kathi Simonetti, who declined to

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Increase in virus cases cause school rollbacks ZACK DEMARS The World

With COVID-19 cases on the rise, schools across the South Coast have announced plans to roll back their in-person instruction.

The Bandon, Coquille and Myrtle Point school districts have all announced changes just weeks before they’re scheduled to begin their winter breaks.

Districts in Coos Bay and North Bend haven’t yet finalized planned changes, but intend to do so soon.

The slate of changes came after the county hit a key metric Monday: In the past two weeks, the county’s seen 207 cases per 100,000 in population.

Under the Oregon Department of Education’s school reopening framework, any rate above 200

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The Coos Bay Police Department is warning residents to be watchful of a man who police believe may have attempted to pull some motorists over and also damaged a woman’s vehicle Tuesday.

In a press release, Deputy Chief Chris Chapanar said police were called to Banner Bank in down-

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town Coos Bay on Tuesday. The caller reported while she was driving from North Bend to Coos Bay, a man driving a newer model Mitsubishi Outlander SUV drove erratically and almost caused the woman to crash several times.

When she got into Coos Bay, the woman pulled into Banner Bank

to use the ATM. While she was out of her car, the man pulled his SUV — believed to be silver or gray with either no license plate or a license plate cover — into the parking lot. As the woman watched, the man got out of his car and used a knife to slash a tire on the woman’s car.

The man was described

as a white male in his 30s, wearing a red AC/ DC shirt and a mask.

After cutting the tire, he got back into his SUV and fled the scene.

Chapanar said Coos Bay police believe the man has been involved in other incidents throughout Coos County recently.

Those include attempting to pull motorists over

with fake emergency vehicle lights.

Chapanar urged all residents to be cautious.

He said it is reasonable for a driver being stopped by police to drive to the nearest safe place if they believe the location where they are being stopped is unsafe. Chapanar said if a person is unable to safely stop immediately,

they should turn on their emergency flashers to message officers while driving at the speed limit to a well-populated and well-lit location.

If anyone has information about the incident at the bank, they are urged to call Coos Bay police at 541-269-8911 or Coos Stop Crime at 541-2676666.

Bipartisan Water Resources Development Act passes House of Representatives this week This week, the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act of 2020, legislation led by Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio, unanimously passed the House.

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Additionally, this bill takes serious action to protect and restore the habitat of endangered salmon and steelhead by directly investing in habitat restoration, protecting water in the Willamette Basin ex-

clusively for conservation purposes and finding ways to restore salmon access to pristine spawning territory above Cougar and Detroit dams. This important legislation will help unleash the full potential of our nation’s ports and harbors, protect our communities and environment, sustain U.S. jobs and provide critical authorizations and improvements to corps projects.”

WRDA 2020 includes numerous provisions that benefit southwestern Oregon including: • Increasing by 50% funding to small harbors, like the Port of Gold Beach and Port of Siuslaw, and

allowing harbor maintenance funds to be used for the dredging of adjacent marinas and the repair of breakwaters and jetties; • Directing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide further information on design solutions for the Port of Port Orford Breakwater, which has contributed to shoaling at the port; • Expediting a study of siltation at the Port of Bandon to improve navigation and safety; • Authorizing a new program for ecosystem restoration to benefit salmon and steelhead and giving these projects equal priority to other ecosystem

restoration projects; • Expediting the completion of the 42nd Street Levee project in Springfield; • Studying the removal of power generation at Detroit and Cougar dams to reduce costs to public power agencies and potentially open miles of pristine salmon habitat upstream of the dams; • Allocating water stored in the Willamette Basin dams to meet the needs of agriculture, municipal and conservation uses for the next 50 years; and • Transferring ownership of the Leaburg Fish Hatchery on the McKenzie River to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

MEETINGS TUESDAY, DEC. 15 North Bend Housing Authority — 12:30 p.m., Regular board meeting at conference room, 1700 Monroe, North Bend.

Coos-Curry Housing Authority — 4 p.m., Regular board meeting, call-in meeting only, conference call number 1-855-756-4112, conference call ID number 0130655.

Oregon International Port of Coos Bay Commission — 3 p.m., Regular meeting, public can watch by on the Port's YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1bjT8ZDsQvHUVDSNNzKgSw. If you would like to provide public comment during the meeting, please call the Administrative office at 541-267-7678 by 12 p.m. on Tuesday, December 15, 2020. Written comment will be accepted until 12 p.m. on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 by sending an email to portcoos@portofcoosbay.com with the subject line ‘Public Comment.’

THURSDAY, DEC. 17 Port of Bandon Commission — 5 p.m., regular meeting, held via Zoom. To join meeting, visit https://us02web. zoom.us/j/82164157975(link is external). Meeting ID: 821 6415 7975. Or call 1-253-215-8782.

Coos County Airport District Board of Commissioners — 7:30 a.m., regular meeting held virtually. Call-in information may be obtained by contacting Airport Administration at 541-756-8531. This will be a brief meeting to approve November Board minutes and December invoices.

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State on track to go over 90,000 cases

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Oregon was on track to break the 90,000-case threshold Friday, state data show.

At the same time, Coos County is likely on track for "extreme risk" level restrictions at the end of next week, if current trends continue, health officials said Thursday.

As of 12:01 a.m.

Thursday, the state’s death toll stood at 1,123 and the total case count was 89,838.

Since Monday, state health officials have reported more than 5,000

new cases of the virus.

They've also reported record new daily hospitalizations and record new average daily cases this week.

The state's weekly death toll made new records this week, too.

The state reported 36 new virus-related deaths on Tuesday alone, marking yet another pandemic record.

"The news of three dozen lives lost weighs heavily on all Oregonians," said Patrick Allen, director of the Oregon Health Authority. "All of us are affected, and

the families and friends of those lost most of all.

These lost lives touch our families, our workplaces, our neighborhoods and our communities."

In total, more than 1,100 Oregonians have died with COVID-19 since the pandemic began.

Over three quarters of those deaths have been among people 70 and older, the state said Wednesday.

Meanwhile, younger people have been driving the spread of cases: Over half of the state's cases have come from people aged 20 to 49, the state said.

In Coos County, cases

continued to rise. Wednesday was another record day, with 18 new cases of the virus reported in the county.

In total, between Dec. 7 and 11, the county reported 40 new cases of the virus, bringing the county's total to more than 550.

If current trends continue, Coos Health & Wellness Assistant Director Eric Gleason said the county could easily see over 400 cases in the month of December, and could roll back to "extreme risk" protections in the next week.

Douglas County's case rates have shown no signs

of slowing down, either: It reported 70 new cases between Dec. 7 and 10, bringing its total to 1,160 since the pandemic began.

Douglas County also reported three new deaths this week.

An 89-year-old man, who tested positive for the virus Nov. 18, died Nov. 26. His death was reported just this week.

A 75-year-old man, who tested positive for the virus Nov. 10, died Dec. 8.

An 84-year-old man, who tested positive for the virus Nov. 17, died Dec. 9.

The Bandon ZIP code was another area on the South Coast reporting a higher percentage increase in new cases. It reported 11 new cases between Dec. 2 and 10, bringing its total to 30.

Coquille and the surrounding area reported 9 new cases in the same timeframe, for a pandemic total of 37.

The region's highest-population areas continued to report the most total cases. The Coos Bay ZIP code has had a total of 261 cases of the virus, and North Bend has had 132, according to the state data.

Coast Guard urges safety, preparedness for crab season The Coast Guard urges commercial fishermen to ensure vessel safety to prevent maritime emergencies before the opening of the Dungeness crab season scheduled to begin Dec.16.

Marine Investigators from Marine Safety Unit Portland have responded to over 95 marine casualties involving commercial fishing vessels so far this year. The term “marine casualty” is often misunderstood by mariners and is essentially any non-standard event that disrupts normal operations; like an emergency, accident, collision or damage involving

a vessel that occurs upon the navigable waters of the United States.

Certain marine casualties are required to be reported to the Coast Guard and are identified in 46 CFR 4.05-1.

Immediately after addressing the resultant safety concerns, the owner, agent, master, operator or persons-in-charge of a vessel engaged in commercial service, shall notify the nearest Coast Guard Sector Office whenever a vessel is involved in a marine casualty, involving a loss of life, injuries requiring professional medical treatment (treatment be-

yond first aid), grounding, bridge collision, loss of main propulsion, reduction in the maneuverability of the vessel, an occurrence causing property damage in excess of $75,000 or an occurrence involving significant harm to the environment.

In addition to the immediate notice requirement, a written report is also required. The owner, agent, master, operator or person-in-charge, shall, within five days, file a written report on Form CG-2692 (Report of Marine Accident Injury, or Death). Failure to make an immediate notification

or subsequently file the written report within five days could result in imposed fines not to exceed $40,640.

The Coast Guard reminds all commercial fishermen that prior to crossing a restricted bar between sunset and sunrise, they must notify the Coast Guard on VHFFM channel 16 or 22A to provide their vessel name, position, number of people aboard, destination and any vessel limitations.

After crossing, they are required to report back a safe transit or otherwise.

Life jackets or immersion suits must be worn

by all persons on deck or located in any open areas of the vessel while crossing a restricted bar.

Life jackets or immersion suits are required to be readily accessible for all persons located in any enclosed spaces of vessels when crossing a bar with restrictions in place. Life jackets are also required whenever a vessel is under tow or while being escorted across the bar by the Coast Guard.

Failure to comply with these requirements may result in a maximum civil penalty of $25,000.

“Without a doubt, Dungeness crab fishermen

are anxious to start the 2020-21 commercial crab fishing season,” said Lt. Carl Eschler, the assistant chief of the investigations division at Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Portland. “Be it their first time or 101st time navigating over a bar, fishermen are encouraged to contact their local Coast Guard station to familiarize themselves with bar conditions and reporting methods. Contacting the Coast Guard prior to crossing a restricted bar between sunset and sunrise is more than just a good idea for commercial fishermen, it is a requirement."

Fresh Oregon crab is back on the menu – the commercial Dungeness crab fishery will open on most of Oregon’s coast as of Dec. 16. Dungeness crab will be ready to be harvested just in time for the holidays from Cape

Falcon south to the California border.

Prior to the opener, crab vessels will set gear from Dec. 13 onwards, using the “pre-soak” period of time to set gear in anticipation of the first pull of ocean crab pots Dec. 16.

The recreational crab fishery is already open along the entire Oregon coast.

The area north of Cape Falcon will remain closed to commercial crabbing to coordinate an orderly start with the Washington coastal Dungeness

crab fishery. Results from recent domoic acid testing of crab viscera (guts) conducted by the state of Washington were elevated, and Washington delayed their coastal fishery until further testing is conducted.

All crab tested from all Oregon’s crab harvest areas have been well below alert levels and all Oregon crab product on the market is safe to eat. The Oregon Department of Agriculture will continue to regularly test crab and

shellfish to ensure levels in all areas remain below alert levels.

For information about Oregon’s shellfish marine biotoxin monitoring, call ODA’s shellfish safety information hotline at (800) 448‐2474.

Oregon commercial crab fishery opens this week

Medical board suspends license over vaccines PORTLAND (AP) — The Oregon Medical Board has suspended the license of Portland Dr. Paul Thomas, citing multiple cases in which he allegedly failed to adequately vaccinate patients, including one involving a child who contracted tetanus and required hospitalization.

According to last week's order, the medical board can temporarily suspend a medical license without a hearing when it has evidence that a doctor’s continued practice constitutes an immediate danger to the public, The Oregonian/ OregonLive reported.

The medical board wrote: “The Board finds that Licensee’s conduct has breached the standard of care and has placed the health and safety of many of his patients at serious

Proposal would end beach driving

PORTLAND (AP) — Cars on the beach at Cape Kiwanda could become a thing of the past.

The state Parks and Recreation Department announced a new rule proposal Thursday that would limit motorized vehicle access on beaches around the sandstone headland on the north Oregon coast, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. It would also include the popular day-use site in Pacific City near Tillamook.

If approved, motor vehicles would no longer be able to drive onto the sand at the Cape Kiwanda beach access point in Pacific City except drivers who are launching boats. The prohibition on beach driving would extend south to the Pacific Avenue beach access point, beyond which cars will be allowed.

risk of harm.”

Thomas, who practices in the Portland area, had a history of misleading parents, the board found.

The Oregonian/Oregon Live reported that Thomas’ office, Integrative Pediatrics on Barnes Road, did not respond to a request for comment. His office also did not respond to an email and phone call seeking comment from The Associated Press.

Thomas published an “alternative vaccination schedule,” the order said, which “fraudulently asserts that following his vaccine schedule will prevent or decrease the incidence of autism and other developmental disorders.”

Studies have shown no link between vaccines and autism.

Thomas promotes

his “Dr. Paul approved” vaccine schedule, which can leave children exposed to “multiple potentially debilitating and life-threatening illnesses," according to the board.

The order said Thomas repeatedly misled parents about vaccines. In one example, “Patient A’s mother requested polio and rotavirus vaccinations for Patient A according to CDC Recommendations, but Licensee did not have those vaccines in the clinic.”

Thomas then questioned the woman about why she wanted the polio vaccine and “continually connected vaccines (not specific) with autism” and “asked her how awful she would feel if Patient A got autism and she could have prevented it,” according to

the order.

The board also cited the case of a boy who was hospitalized with tetanus and was “completely non-immunized.”

“Patient D sustained a large, deep scalp laceration at home in a farm

setting on August 8, 2017,” the order said, “and was treated with colloidal silver and with his parents suturing the wound independently.”

The boy developed such a severe case of tetanus he required “intubation,

tracheotomy, feeding tube placement and an almost two-month ICU stay at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital,” the order said.

“Licensee’s care placed Patient D at serious risk of harm and constitutes gross negligence.”

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas along the Oregon coast.

Even at 50, I enjoy going out at night just to see Christmas lights decorating homes and businesses. It never seems to get old.

As a parent of five children, Christmas is always and fun and challenging time. There’s nothing quite like getting gifts your children will enjoy, and really nothing as fun as watching them open gifts on Christmas morning.

As you grow older, one thing you learn is the real joy in Christmas is about giving, not receiving. My children range in age from 6 to 24, and to be honest none of them have reached the giving stage yet. But in time, they will — I hope.

I feel fortunate because on Christmas morning, my children will have gifts to open. They may not get everything they want, because they never do, but it will be a time of joy for them.

Unfortunately, that is not the case for many in our region. The devastation of COVID-19 on the economy will make it difficult for many families to give anything this year. That’s where we can come in.

There are organizations like the Coos Bay, North Bend Rotary Club that do what they can to ensure everyone has something to open on Christmas.

Other national organizations like Toys for Tots also do a heroic job supplying gifts to children.

All those local groups and local volunteers should be applauded for what they do. I know because I’ve been there.

Several years ago, as a member of a Lions Club in Texas, I volunteered to work with the Angel Tree program the club hosted.

Over a period of three years, I helped collect toys and clothes for hundreds of children every year. The work was challenging, but it was so worth it. And the need was far greater than I would have ever anticipated.

I lived in an upper-class community, and it felt like there were relatively few families in need. But when we hosted signup days, the families appeared almost out of nowhere. Hearing their stories was almost overwhelming. The need was far greater than I would have ever imagined without being closely involved.

All three years, I brought my kids out the day we handed out

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the gifts. They got to hand bags of gifts to parents picking them up. For a few lucky kids, they got to roll bicycles to waiting vehicles. They learned a lot on those days, and few things I have done have given me so much gratification.

Seeing and hearing the gratitude from parents who through the generosity of others can provide a Christmas for their children is amazing. I wish everyone could experience it at least once.

Well the good news is you can. Local events like the Bus Jam and Toys for Tots are mostly over for this season, but there are still families out there who need help. There are still children who won’t have much on Christmas.

And you can help. You know your friends, your neighbors, your community. You know families that are suffering due to job loss or business closure. You know someone who could use a helping hand. During this season of giving, help them. If you’re struggling neighbor has children, ask if they need a few extra gifts for the holiday season. You might be surprised by the answer. Most people don’t want to ask for help, but if it means giving something to their children at Christmas, they just might be willing to.

If you don’t personally know any families in need, just ask around. I feel certain local schools or churches can provide names of families that could use a little Christmas joy.

There are close to two weeks left before Christmas, which means two weeks to experience the joy of giving. During this season where we celebrate, let’s make sure everyone has something to celebrate on Christmas morning.

Prosecutorial discretion in partisan times

By William Cooper

Many of the same people who criticized Attorney General William Barr for showing leniency towards Roger Stone and Michael Flynn in their criminal matters are now calling for the Biden Department of Justice to prosecute President Trump.

This raises two questions fundamental to our legal system: Who in the federal government decides whether to prosecute alleged wrong-doers? And what criteria frames this analysis?

The answer to the first question is easy: Federal prosecutors.

This awesome power to take another citizen’s liberty is wielded by those at the DOJ. A civilized society must have a criminal justice system, which depends upon prosecutors bringing cases. While this is an enormous responsibility to vest in individuals who are largely untethered from democratic processes, there is no real alternative.

The key question, then, is the second one: What criteria frames – and restrains – the decision-making regarding whether to bring a case?

The discomforting answer is that prosecutorial discretion is primarily a matter of subjective human judgment. And human judgment in this context is just as ridden with bias and fallibility as in any other. The principle bias impacting prosecutorial discretion is confirmation bias – the strong propensity in human thinking to interpret new facts as consistent with existing beliefs.

Prosecutors, of course, are a heterogeneous group and this

bias impacts every prosecutor differently. Most prosecutors are well-intentioned and loyal public servants. But, as humans, they often interpret new facts uncovered during investigations as consistent with their preconceived notions and prejudices. In the arena of criminal justice – where life and liberty are at stake – this bias can have dramatic human consequences, especially when the target of an investigation is a controversial public figure.

Bias in prosecutorial decision-making is, moreover, fundamentally at odds with the first principle of criminal justice – that the law applies equally to all individuals. Our nation has a long and scurrilous history of enforcing the criminal law one way towards favored groups and another towards disfavored groups.

The Jim Crow system had explicitly racist laws on the books.

But a law, alone, does no harm.

The real damage was done by the unwritten biases of the prosecutors who chose which defendants to pursue.

Disparate results still exist today. Of the two-plus million American inmates a staggering disproportion are minorities. The biases and prejudices of the people who bring the cases impact this disparity.

Prosecutorial discretion is, indeed, an immense power. Unlike other decisions in our democracy that require an election among the people or a majority vote of our representatives, deciding whether to prosecute comes down to individual human judgment, largely unobserved and unchecked.

Different people looking at the

same set of facts often come to radically different conclusions.

It’s no different with lawyers.

Whether someone is prosecuted or not thus often boils down to the luck of the draw – to which prosecutor happens to be on the case.

Many of the people calling for Trump's prosecution have long been proponents of criminal justice reform and reining in unfettered prosecutorial discretion.

Sure, they say, the legal system is flawed; so only "clear crimes" committed by Trump should be prosecuted.

But what is a clear crime? In the House of Representatives, 100 percent of Democrats found Trump committed an impeachable offense (a high crime) and 100 percent of Republicans found that he did not. It’s not that simple, especially when the visceral prejudices of politics are involved.

There will never be an algorithm that determines – yes or no – whether someone should be prosecuted. And, yet, we depend upon prosecutors bringing cases, including against politicians, to keep society functioning.

So how, then, should a prosecutor (or anyone else) conclude whether another citizen's liberty should be jeopardized by a prosecution? With profound caution.

And this requires a decent respect for the inherent biases in human judgment. Even – indeed, especially – when the potential defendant is a political opponent.

William Cooper is an attorney who has written for The Buffalo News, Wall Street Journal, Baltimore Sun, New York Daily News and USA Today, among others.

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I for one am tired of hearing what the so called experts say about the China Virus. Expert should be removed from the English language — they have been wrong on schools from the beginning. Along with many other things relating to the China Virus.

I encourage everyone to contact your representative and ask them a simple question. Could you please provide me with the science, data or facts that support keeping our children out of school.

At some point we the people need to stand up to this power trip for political reasons our elected leaders are on. These people telling us what to do can’t even pay people the unemployment they deserve in a timely manner, they can’t even respond to questions from the people trying to draw their unemployment benefits. I have heard unbelievable waiting times of people just trying to get answers about their unemployment.

The decisions they are making are devastating peoples’ lives with no facts, data or science to support it. A business cannot just close for a month and survive, people cannot just go without a job and not accrue devastating debt. The people making these decisions all get a paycheck every month from us the tax payer. They work for us, we elect them. They are supposed to represent us and make decisions in our best interest. The only interest any of our elected leaders look out for are their own and that is to get re-elected.

We can’t do much about Federal

elections because of Portland and they are the worst representatives, but we can have an impact on local elections. Ask questions, demand facts and hold them accountable If they don’t look out for us and answer questions we ask, vote them out.

There is absolutely no facts, data or science to support keeping our children out of school and we need to make certain that the people we elect know we know that.

My experience getting a response from politicians has been if they do respond I get talking points that do not address the question I asked.

We do need to follow CDC guidance and protect our elderly and any others with underlying conditions but we cannot allow our country to be devastated by ignorance and our children to be abused.

Brett Thomas Coos Bay

Senate's inaction is dooming businesses I’ve been reading quite a few comments lately lamenting our ostensible loss of rights in having to wear masks when out and about around town. This is a result of our current president’s ravings as well as his Republican cronies in the House and Senate. Imagine if in London during the blitz there had been a whole bunch of people stating “I’ll turn on my lights if I feel like it.” Actually, in 1942 we Americans were slow to adapt to wartime conditions which led to German U-boats sinking thousands of tons of shipping off the East Coast. What

they would do is wait until night, surface just east of the Gulf Stream and then torpedo the tankers and freighters as they were silhouetted against the glow of the city lights on the horizon. You see, the city fathers didn’t want to adversely affect the tourist trade. It was only after the oil-soaked bodies of dead sailors started washing up on the beaches that we started to wake up and began enforcing blackout orders.

I feel sorry for our local businesses, but it is not Governor Brown’s fault. The fault lies with Mitch McConnell and the Republican Senate who have failed to act on the “Hero’s Act” which passed out of the Democratic House in May. All the Senate has to do is act and our local businesses will be saved. That’s something that even the dimmest Republican should be able to understand.

Dave Tilton Coos Bay

Thanks for making Santa project a success On behalf of the Community Coalition of Empire (CCE) I want to thank everyone who gave their time and energy toward making the CCE Santa on a Fire Engine a huge success. Special kudos to Santa Gary & Mrs. Terri Claus, Elf Amanda, the Belognis, the Empire Fire Department and Fire Chief Anderson, Mayor Joe Benetti, Councilor Rob Miles and to all those children and parents who patiently waited and cheered on Santa's arrival.

Happy Holidays!

Joanne Moss, CCE President Coos Bay

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OBITUARIES Roberta "Bobbie" Ogren

Mrs. Ellen F. Gibson

August 10, 1926 – December 2, 2020

Roberta "Bobbie" Ogren, 94 of Coos Bay, peacefully passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2020 of natural cause.

The world has lost a beautiful soul. Her warm smile, compassionate heart, indomitable spirit, quick wit and positive outlook touched all who had the honor of knowing her. Roberta was known as "Bobbie" by all of her family and friends.

Roberta was born August 10, 1926, in Aledo, Illinois, the daughter of Ernest and Nelle Aaronson

May 11, 1924 – December 8, 2020

Riddell. She graduated from Aledo High School in 1944. Bobbie married Richard Ogren, of Coos Bay, in Reno, Nevada in 1979. She fell in love with the Oregon Coast and made it her home for 60 years.

Bobbie was a beautician when she lived in Illinois, as well as assisted with the family farming operation. In 1960 she moved to Coos Bay with her first husband, Charles Sedig. In Oregon, Bobbie worked as a waitress at the Thunderbird, a bartender at the Coach House and as a homemaker. Bobbie was a fantastic cook and lined the shelves of her pantry every year with home canned meat, fish, fruits and vegetables. She loved life, always thinking and caring for others before herself. She was a hard worker and loved dogs more than you'll ever know! Her favorite things included camping in Eastern Oregon, salmon fishing on the Rouge River,

hummingbirds, flowers and especially the beauty of the Oregon Coast. Despite the miles separating them, Bobbie kept in touch regularly with her sisters living in Illinois and she had near daily phone conversations with her beloved niece, Eleanor Johnson-Klev of Suffern, New York.

She is survived by her husband, Richard Ogren of Coos Bay; her sister, Ernestine Sedig of Aledo, Illinois; two step-children, Eric Ogren of Portland and Rebecca Nelson of Junction City; three grandchildren and many nieces and nephews all of whom she adored. She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Lorena Johnson and Donna Johnson; and her first husband, Charles Sedig. Bobbie will be dearly missed by many.

Murphy Musgrove Funeral Home in Junction City is in charge of arrangements. No funeral service is planned at this time.

Mrs. Ellen F. Gibson, age 96 of Fremont, Michigan, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday afternoon, December 8, 2020.

She was born on May 11, 1924 in Alder Creek, Oregon to John Samuel & Alice

August 27, 1932 – December 7, 2020

December 24, 1933 – October 9, 2020

Richard Sheldahl passed away after a short illness, at his home in Roseburg last month.

He was a wonderful husband, father, papa, teacher, administrator and friend. He moved to Oregon in the 1969 from California and loved this state. He purchased multiple pieces of land, including a beautiful property along the Umpqua River which he enthusiastically worked on, even up to the week before his passing.

Richard spent much of his career teaching in “one room schoolhouses” most notably in Parkfield, California and in Ash Valley, Oregon. He was a master at encouraging kids to learn and reach their potential, even while teaching grades 1-8 simultaneously. His stu-

a public celebration of his life at a later date. Please contact one of his daughters if you would like to be informed of this event.

We also hope to publish a memory book about his remarkable life and would welcome submissions for this which can also be sent to one of his daughters.

Those of us fortunate enough to be called family of this amazing man include his wife, Marilyn Klintworth Illick Sheldahl; children, Kathleen (Jerry) Waybrant, Rick (Kim) Sheldahl, Diana (Brian) Laird, Carolyn (Dan) Standish and their children/grandchildren. Marilyn’s children, Jim, Mark, Tim and Joy and their children/grandchildren. Siblings, Leone Kirchmeyer, Rosie Kronstad, Lowell Sheldahl (deceased), Sharon Johns, Jim Sheldahl, and Karen Langsather; and his late wife, Mary Carolyn Sheldahl.

His greatest desire was to live as a Christian in a quiet way that was a witness to others and lead his children, grandchildren and all those that he had occasion to encounter, to saving faith in Jesus. John 3:16; Romans 6:23; Romans 8:37-39.

DEATH NOTICES Roberta L. Ogren passed 12/02/2020 at the age of 94 in Junction City.

Arrangements entrusted to Murphy-Musgrove Funeral Home in Junction City.

Donald L. Bogart, 66, of Lakeside, passed away on December 7, 2020 in Lakeside. Arrangements are under the care of North Bend Chapel, 541756-0440.

Cathleen Zocchi, 61, of North Bend, passed away on December 5, 2020 in North Bend.

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

Clifford D. Brownson, 67, of North Bend, passed away on December 9, 2020 in North Bend.

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Jason D. Forrest, 42, of Coos Bay and Nampa, Idaho, passed away on December 7, 2020.

Shirley J. Leneve, 98, of Coos Bay died December 7, 2020 in Coos Bay. Services will be announced and held at a later date under the direction of Coos Bay Chapel.

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Zanita (Jay) Beecham of Holton, Michigan; eleven grandchildren; sixteen great grandchildren; two greatgreat grandchildren; three sisters, Bernice Farmer of Phoenix, Arizona, Florence Shipman of Vancouver, Washington, Irene Miller of Vancouver, Washington; and brother, Kenneth Almar Boydstun of Vancouver, Washington.

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, there will be no visitation or service. Suggested Memorial: Holton United Methodist Church. You can sign the online guest book at www.kroeze-wolffis.com.

Arrangements are by Kroeze-Wolffis Funeral Home, Inc. of Fremont, Michigan.

Jennie B. Daniels

Richard Sheldahl

dents remained in touch with him for years after leaving his supervision, wanting him to know that they had achieved what he had encouraged them to. He and his late wife Mary were also teachers of God’s Word, through community Bible studies and Good News Club.

He was an avid farmer on the weekends and in the summer at “the farm” in Sitkum. There were notable absences when he worked as superintendent in Powers, Condon and Myrtle Point but the farm was a constant focal point in his life for 50 years.

He had moved to the Roseburg area to be closer to family several years ago after traveling with his second wife Marilyn, to many places across the world, including a memorable trip to Norway.

We are learning more details about all the lives he touched, as word of his passing into Heaven has spread. He will most certainly receive many Heavenly rewards with all the people he has quietly helped, taught, encouraged and loved over the years.

Private services were previously held at the Glide Baptist Church in October. We hope to have

Rosellen (Trant) Boydstun.

Mrs. Gibson had worked for Northwestern Cold Food Storage in Portland, Oregon and for Washington Canners Co-Op in Vancouver, Washington. She was also a member of Holton United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Wilbur D. “Joe” Gibson on October 25, 2002. Mrs. Gibson was also preceded in death by her children, David Gibson, Joellen Sharp, and Barbara Kirchenberg; granddaughter, Dawn Gibson; and five brothers.

She is survived by two daughters, Cheryl (Rick) Riley of Wamic, Oregon,

Jennie B. Daniels, passed December 7, 2020 at her home in Coquille. She was 88 and was born August 27, 1932, the daughter of Eldon and Jessie (Lancaster) Zinn in Vancouver, Washington.

The family moved to Myrtle Point when her father retired after 32 years of military service. Her mother, retired

from elementary education.

Jennie graduated as the Salutatorian from Myrtle Point High School, Class of 1950. She married “Corky” Daniels in 1955 and they were married 64 years.

Surviving are her sons, Rick Daniels and his wife, Nancy of Meridian, Idaho, Neil and his wife, Julie of Myrtle Point; five grandchildren, Luke Daniels, Jennie Daniels, Jacob Daniels, David Daniels, Ryan Daniels; and two great grandchildren, Kohen and Elijah.

Jennie worked for the Myrtle Point and Coquille School Districts for a combined 40 years. She received a number of awards from both districts for her dedication, skills, and winsome personality. Jennie was a de-

voted church member over the years, teaching Sunday school, working as church treasurer, and most recently attended Coquille Christian Community Church. Jennie is a wonderful Christian woman who lived her Christian faith and is loved by all.

The immediate family will have a private graveside service at the Norway Cemetery and are planning a “Celebration of Life” this coming summer for family and friends.

Online remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at www. westrumfuneralservice.com.

Arrangements are under the direction of Amling/ Schroeder Funeral Service – Coquille Chapel, 541-3963846.

Clay Edward "Lucky" Hughes December 7, 1924 – November 22, 2020

Clay Edward “Lucky” Hughes was born on December 7, 1924 to William and Rosa Hughes, in Murphy, North Carolina. He died November 22, 2020, in Albany.

Clay was a long time resident of Allegany. He married Peggy Pynch on June 10, 1948. They had four children, Robert, Judith, Karen, and Larry; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Clay worked for Weyerhaeuser as a hook Tender for many years upon his retirement in the mid 1980's. He enjoyed the outdoors and was a long time S.T.E.P. (Salmon Trout Enhancement Program) volunteer and was their volunteer of the year many times. He won the H. R. Dixon Loring award from the North West Steelheader’s Local Chapter.

He bowled for many years

and was an avid reader of Louis L Amour books. He had an amazing sense of humor and always had a cup of black coffee and a story to share.

A celebration of Life will be held on July 17, 2021 at 1 pm at Allegany Community Center. In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made in Clay’s name to S.T.E.P. P.O. Box 5907 Coos Bay, OR 97420.

M.V. Moran’s Big Girls come to Coos Art Museum The Coos Art Museum will be featuring a solo exhibition by Eugene artist M.V. Moran through the end of January. The exhibition Big Girls will take place in the museum’s first floor Vaughan Gallery.

Big Girls consists of larger-than-life charcoal drawings. Each piece portrays a monumental female

figure.

Moran states, “The contrast of marks and black charcoal on a field of white paper add a dramatic distinction between the body and the space that surrounds each woman.

The indeterminacy of place suggests both sanctuary and confinement. Each figure presses up against the

edges of the picture plane contemplating their conformity…. These drawings are not a rebuke of thick thighs or large breasts; nor are they about sexualizing the body. Rather, this work investigates how women dwell in space. The women, with their doll-like hands, stable their mass, as they touch the Earth.”

DEAR ABBY By Abigail Van Buren DAUGHTER'S NEW KITTEN BRINGS COMFORT, CONFLICT TO HOUSEHOLD

DEAR ABBY: My 34-year-old daughter lives with me to get ahead on her student loans.

She has a good job, pays rent and has a serious boyfriend. My niece, her cousin, recently died by suicide, and naturally, we are all devastated, but my daughter took the news especially hard. I had to be out of town for three weeks, and during this time she has been spending time with my sister-in-law's family as they all navigate this tragedy.

My niece left behind several pets -- dogs and a mama cat with kittens. My daughter called me, announced she had brought a kitten home and declared that this kitten has helped her in her grief process. I am livid that she didn't ask me first (she knew the answer would be a firm "no"). She's now claiming that I don't care about her grief.

I feel emotionally blackmailed, and I'm dreading the confrontation when I get home.

This kitten has taken this devastating tragedy to a new level. How should I handle this? -FAMILY GRIEF DEAR FAMILY GRIEF: While I understand your feelings, handle it by being less hard-nosed about the fact that your daughter didn't follow protocol by asking permission before bringing home the kitten. Allow her to keep it, and during those times when she can't be home because she's working, etc., encourage her to leave the little furball with her boyfriend.

Make plain that the creature is -- and will be -- HER responsibility, meaning she will be responsible for feeding, vet bills, litter box, etc.

And, most important of all, try not to fall in love with it because when your daughter leaves, Kitty will be going with her.

DEAR ABBY: I am a straight female. I have been divorced for 10-plus years and recently decided, after five years of trying to attract a new man through online dating, that I want to be single and celibate for the rest of my life.

Literally days after I wrote the decision in my journal, guys are coming at me out of the woodwork, chatting me up, even giving unsolicited hugs. I'm bewildered.

I subscribed to a dating site for a full-year membership and got not one single reply to any of my messages. Not one! I also tried a different dating site, where my friend met her spouse. It yielded crickets. No man ever messaged me to say, "Hey, I like your photo and want to know more about you." This reinforces my decision that I want nothing to do with men. -- LEAVE ME ALONE DEAR LEAVE ME ALONE: And your question is? If you are asking me to validate a decision you made out of frustration after a year of terrible luck, I can't in good conscience do that. We can't run from life because we are afraid of the pain of being open. That is the coward's choice.

If men are showing an interest, allow them to get to know you and vice versa, instead of hiding. Be present and live your life in situations that include available people, which sometimes yields better results than the pressure of online dating.

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Congress averts shutdown, buys time for talks WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress sent a temporary government-wide funding bill to President Donald Trump on Friday that would avert a federal shutdown at midnight and buy time for on-again, offagain talks on COVID-19 aid.

The bill sets a new deadline of midnight next Friday. The shortterm measure passed the Senate by a unanimous voice vote without much drama and sent senators home for the weekend without a clear picture of what awaits next week.

The House passed the bill Wednesday. Trump was expected to sign it before midnight.

The talks are stalled but there is universal agreement that Congress won't adjourn for the year without passing a long-delayed round of pandemic relief.

An emerging $900 billion aid package from a bipartisan group of lawmakers hit a rough patch after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., swung against the effort.

Still, negotiations are ongoing and the pressure remains intense.

The House has recessed for a few days, with leaders warning members to be prepared to return to Washington to vote on the year-end deals.

Negotiators on a separate $1.4 trillion catchall spending bill appeared to be moving in a positive direction, said the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala..

This bill would serve as a vehicle to carry any yearend virus assistance.

The breakdown over the aid package is a Capitol Hill head-scratcher.

Trump has renewed a push for a fresh round of stimulus checks for Americans, proposing $600 per individual rather than the $1,200 that was sent out this spring. Cost concerns are responsible for the smaller amount.

Sending direct cash payments to households was not included in the bipartisan proposal or a lower cost plan from Senate Republicans that has failed twice. The idea of another round of cash but has been embraced by some of the president's fiercest critics — in-

cluding Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N,Y., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. “We're not going to go home for the Christmas holidays unless we make sure that we provide for the millions of families in this country who are suffering," Sanders said.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Congress would keep working up to or even after Christmas to get an agreement.

The new Congress is being sworn in on Jan. 3.

The $900 billion-plus proposal provides sweep-

ing new funds for vaccines, small businesses, health care providers, schools and families suffering from the virus crisis and the economic shutdowns.

A key hold up has been the standoff over more money for the states, that Democrats - and some Republicans - want and the liability shield that is McConnell's top GOP priority but that most Democrats oppose.

The bipartisan group tried to marry those two provisions as a compromise.

School

in-person instruction until January, Superintendent Doug Adriana wrote in a letter to families.

“We will ensure that your child continues to have access to high quality learning experiences, curriculum and assignments,” Ardiana wrote. “We need you to actively partner with us.”

After a small handful of cases was announced in Coquille last week, the new metrics have pushed leaders in the Coquille School District to upend their plans for the rest of the year.

Under the new plan, winter break will begin after school ends Wednesday, according to Superintendent Tim Sweeney.

Almost 40 staff members are quarantining or taking care of their own children who must stay home

since the district’s daycare closed last week, Sweeney said.

Sweeney said the early winter break won’t disrupt the district’s end-of-year calendar, since the calendar included several extra weeks off school throughout the year. That means the district will “flip flop” the next week off with one that was scheduled for May. In the Myrtle Point school district, elementary students were out of school starting Wednesday, and return to distance learning Dec. 15, Superintendent Nanette Hagen announced Monday.

High school students will remain largely under the same plan, though limited in-person instruction is on hold.

The district will remain under distance learning

until the county’s case rate returns to 100 per 100,000 in population, Hagen said.

Myrtle Point began delivering meals on Wednesday, and the elementary school cafeteria will be open for onsite pickup from 11 a.m. to noon daily.

Schools in Powers will remain on the same schedule as planned, Superintendent Matt Shorb told parents on Facebook. The district’s operating under an exception to the state metrics due to its smaller size.

In Coos Bay and North Bend, school district officials haven’t announced any immediate changes, but say they’re making new plans.

Both districts have had relatively low case counts within their buildings, and neither have any groups of students required to

quarantine because of in-class exposure. What’s more, both fell into a “safe harbor” exception under the state framework which allowed more in-person instruction.

That means there isn’t an urgent health and safety concern to move most students out of school right away — but with the state requirements that link a county’s case rate to school reopening, Coos Bay Superintendent Bryan Trendell says the recent increase in cases is alarming.

“Any time you have an increase like we had this week, it’s a cause for concern anywhere, and schools are no exception to that,” Trendell said.

The North Bend School District was almost “on the brink” of bringing more students back for limit-

ed in-person instruction (small groups of older students allowed back to school for hands-on things like science labs), according to Superintendent Kevin Bogatin.

But with the increase in cases, many of those activities may have to stop.

“I don’t feel great about it,” Bogatin said of the new metrics. “I think everyone wants our kids back in school.”

According to Bogatin, the district has a range of options to respond to the case rate, from reducing those limited in-person opportunities, to reducing the time that younger students are in school, to moving whole groups of students back to comprehensive distance learning.

“We’re going to have to scale back our time (in person),” Bogatin said.

One of North Bend’s key considerations is staffing, since having few substitutes available means the district can’t have too many staff members out sick. The district plans to make an announcement about possible changes in the next week, with the possibility that things may have to change before winter break.

In Coos Bay, Trendell said a key factor is considering the timing of a change.

“That’ll be a big piece of it, giving families an opportunity to prepare,” Trendell said, noting that students in grades K-3 have been in-person since the school year began.

“It’s a big transition for them.”

The district has options, too: Because of the state’s waiting week and the safe harbor exception, district leaders could choose to make changes either before or after the break, depending on how the data shakes out.

Those changes could include reductions in the amount of time younger students spend in the classroom or expansions of comprehensive distance learning plans. The district plans to make an announcement about future plans in the next week or so, Trendell said.

But both superintendents acknowledged what’s been an overwhelming theme of the academic year: Change.

“We’ve had enough transition and enough change, so we’re trying not to do that,” Bogatin said.

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means districts have to roll back to comprehensive distance learning for all grade levels, similar to what families experienced in the spring.

While the state metrics allow for a waiting week between the time a county hits that case rate and when it must roll back instruction, many South Coast districts have already decided to roll back in light of an increasing trend in cases and the short time before the holiday break.

In Bandon, students in grades K-5 attend classes in person through Wednesday, and began distance learning Dec. 10. The district will suspend limited

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Sanders said he is working to immediately find someone who can help with finances while council looks for a long-term answer.

“My directive from them is to focus on attaining someone who can do city finances, even if it is someone who can only do it for a month or two,” Sanders said.

Sanders said with a new mayor and new members of the council being seated Jan. 4, the existing council will not move to find a replacement for city manager or finance director, leaving those decisions to the new council.

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Tufted puffins removed from endangered list Hilary Dorsey Country Media

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday, Dec. 2, that the tufted puffin, a charismatic seabird on the North Pacific Ocean, does not warrant listing as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The tufted puffin is a small black bird with a distinctive white mask, bright orange bill and golden tuffs of feathers on either side of its head.

According to U.S. Fish and Wildlife, it fishes the deep ocean for much of the year, but in summer months, can be seen nesting in burrows on island and cliffs along the coast.

“The most recent range-wide estimate of the species is approximately 3 million individuals, and about 82 percent of the known population appears to demonstrate stable or increasing trends,” U.S. Fish and Wildlife reported.

Climate change and oil spills pose the biggest threats to tufted puffins.

The service’s status review found tufted puffins are undergoing a range

Puffins at Haystack Rock. Photos by Friends of Haystack Rock. contraction on the southern end of their range, but the species continues to be widely distributed across the northern part of its range and maintains high overall abundance.

"The tufted puffin is an essential member of the coastal and marine ecosystems in which it resides,” said Stewart Cogswell, supervisor of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, in a press release.

“Although the species does not warrant listing under the Endangered Species Act, we will continue to work with others to monitor and conserve this iconic seabird throughout its range.”

John Underwood, board member of Friends of Haystack Rock, said because the tufted puffin is no longer listed, there is no additional protection or government funding for research. Friends of Haystack Rock fund the

research of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Scientists have put together a strategy to identify puffins in the California Current.

The research involves trying to determine if the puffins are a distinct population segment. Under the Endangered Species Act, a distinct population segment is a vertebrate population or groups of populations that is distinct from other populations of the species and significant in relation to the entire

species.

“We think they are distinct enough to qualify for this segment,” Underwood said.

According to Friends of Haystack Rock, Haystack Rock is home to the largest tufted puffin breeding colony in Oregon. These seabirds show up to the rock in early April and spend about 16 weeks at the rock.

Underwood said puffin populations are still declining. The population of tufted puffins has decreased dramatically at Haystack Rock and is in significant decline or has disappeared entirely from colonies in California, Oregon, Washington, Japan and the Gulf of Alaska.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife lays out a grid on the rock at Haystack to observe the birds, showing every burrow used, Underwood added. There used to be thousands of puffins at the rock; now there are less than 100. U.S. Fish and Wildlife goes out to the rock 3-4 days a week and monitors when puffins are bringing food back to the burrows.

“They meet at the same location every year,”

Underwood said of the puffins.

Underwood calls the puffins an icon of Cannon Beach. People come from all over to see the iconic bird. The Great Puffin Watch, held over the Fourth of July weekend brings hundreds of people. People traveling to the area for the holiday weekend learn about the event from going to the beach and brochures in various hotels.

“We get the opportunity to educate folks about the puffins,” Underwood said of the event.

People who attend this event can view the puffins with birding scopes and binoculars. Underwood said this helps people feel like they bond with the birds.

“We can’t let these birds disappear,” Underwood said.

Friends of Haystack Rock is actively raising funds to support research for the tufted puffins, as well as supporting other work done at Haystack Rock. To donate, visit http://friendsofhaystackrock.org/contribute/ Send comments to: headlightreporter@countrymedia.net

Advisory panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer vaccine WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine Thursday, putting the country just one step away from launching an epic vaccination campaign against the outbreak that has killed close to 300,000 Americans.

Shots could begin within days, depending on how quickly the Food and Drug Administration signs off, as expected, on the expert committee’s recommendation.

“This is a light at the end of the long tunnel of this pandemic,” declared Dr. Sally Goza, president of

the American Academy of Pediatrics.

In a 17-4 vote with one abstention, the government advisers concluded that the vaccine from Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech appears safe and effective for emergency use in adults and teenagers 16 and over.

That endorsement came despite questions about allergic reactions in two people who received the vaccine earlier this week when Britain became the first country to begin dispensing the Pfizer-BioNTech shot.

While there are a number of remaining unknowns about the vaccine, in an emergency, “the question is

whether you know enough” to press ahead, said panel member Dr. Paul Offit of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He concluded that the potential benefits outweigh the risks.

The decision came as COVID-19 cases surge to ever-higher levels across the U.S., with deaths setting an all-time, one-day record of more than 3,100 on Wednesday.

Pfizer has said it will have about 25 million doses of the two-shot vaccine for the U.S. by the end of December. But the initial supplies will be reserved primarily for health care workers and nursing home residents, with other vul-

nerable groups next in line until ramped-up production enables shots to become widely available on demand — something that will probably not happen until the spring.

Next week, the FDA will review a second vaccine, from Moderna and the National Institutes of Health, that appears about as protective as Pfizer-BioNTech’s shot. A third candidate, from Johnson & Johnson, which would require just one dose, is working its way through the pipeline. Behind that is a candidate from AstraZeneca and Oxford University.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Time magazine has named President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris its “Person of the Year.”

Time's editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal says Biden and Harris won the honor for “changing the American story, for

showing that the forces of empathy are greater than the furies of division, for sharing a vision of healing in a grieving world.”

Felsenthal notes, “Every elected President since FDR has at some point during his term been a Person of the Year, nearly a dozen of those

in a presidential election year. This is the first time we have included a Vice President.”

Time's other Person of the Year candidates were President Donald Trump; frontline health care workers and Dr. Anthony Fauci; and the movement for racial justice.

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the plan, including calling for a focus on carbon research, plans to cut some older trees and unclear mechanisms to hold OSU accountable for its environmental commitments.

Others suggested that future versions of the plan should include the involvement of other OSU academic areas, like climate science and fisheries and wildlife sciences.

“We support continuing with OSU, but also believe this potential can be better achieved by OSU as a whole than by the OSU College of Forestry alone,” said Teresa Bird, representing Coast Range Forest Watch, a forest advocacy group based in Coos Bay. The Land Board also heard from the plan’s advisory committee, a group of 16 representatives of conservation groups, local counties, tribes, school districts and timber operators which met to provide

feedback on drafts of the plan.

Keith Tymchuck, a former Reedsport mayor, spoke on behalf of the group, saying they were in unanimous support of the proposal after a number of compromises between competing interests.

“No stakeholder group got everything they wanted in this proposal,” Tymchuck said. “However, we believe the interests of all stakeholders will be substantially advanced by this proposal.”

Paul Beck, a representative of Douglas Timber Operators on the advisory committee, told the land board about the need to balance the future of the forest between natural reserve and planned activity, and the research produced

by OSU scientists could benefit Southern Oregon communities.

“The forest-dependent communities that I was

asked to represent in this effort are dying. The forest policies that control these decimated parts of rural Oregon are all too often based on unproven hypothesis at best and pure mythology at worst,” Beck told the board, holding back tears as he discussed the wildfires which ravaged parts of Douglas County this summer. “We have an opportunity to create a process where we create real science that can inform public opinion and drive policy.”

Still, many pieces of the puzzle have to be finalized before OSU has full control over the forest.

“This is not a done deal by any means,” Brown said.

Remaining elements could take university and state officials through 2022 to figure out, Department of State Lands Director Vicki Walker told the members of the Land Board.

Key to those issues will be the “decoupling” of the Elliott from the Common School Fund. That fund pays for some public school activities and has historically been supported by now-dwindling revenues from the forest.

The state’s constitution dictates that the Land Board manage lands like the Elliott in ways that benefit the school fund and Oregon’s students. In her comments at the meeting, Clarno noted that conservation lawsuits have made it nearly impossible for the Elliott’s timber revenue to be great enough to fund schools in recent decades.

“Many Oregonians live in areas of this state where they will never get to set foot on the Elliott,” Clarno said. “But their children are suffering from the lack of school funding and the ability to benefit from the internet.”

The school fund will

need about $121 million to be “made whole” after it loses the Elliott as a source of revenue — an amount still unaccounted for in public state plans.

Among other areas on the list to complete before the transfer is finalized by the board: A plan for riparian protections in the forest, the hiring of research forest leaders, a habitat conservation plan and state legislation to finalize the transfer of the forest’s management.

“No one on this team can probably say that this is exactly the proposal they would’ve presented if the job had been theirs alone,” Read said. “That might be a model that has resonance to a lot of other issues that we’re going to confront over time.”

More information about the proposal and its future steps is available on the Department of State Lands website at oregon.gov/dsl/ Land/Pages/Elliott.aspx.

public-private partnership, such as the one that exists in Coos Bay. At the Mingus Park Pool, the city of Coos Bay pays for electricity and maintenance while a private company runs the day-to-day operations.

That costs Coos Bay more than $100,000 a year.

While that is possible, Milliron said no private entity would be willing to participate until the deferred maintenance is complete.

The final option is simply to close the pool permanently.

“It’s not something that comes lightly, but it is an option,” Milliron said.

Because of the

COVID-19 pandemic, the pool is currently closed and will likely remain closed until at least the middle of 2021.

“Do I want to put several of those items together to open up that pool,” Councilor Pat Goll asked.

“Yes, but it’s not going to open that pool in the next month.”

While the pool was the main topic Monday, Milliron said there were other needs in North Bend.

“If you’re looking at revenue versus expenses, the pool, the parks and the community center don’t support themselves and never have,” Councilman Bill Richardson said.

“Then you have to look at your infrastructure and what’s best for the community.”

Councilor Susanna Noordhoff said COVID might be a blessing in disguise for the pool.

“If there’s all this deferred maintenance, this is a good time to take care of it,” she said.

Dr. Eric Gleason said the city must find a way to bring in more revenue if the pool is to remain open. He even asked about raising rates.

“We need to raise the revenue of the pool before we even consider reopening the pool,” Gleason said. “At a certain point,

we’re either willing to pay to keep things or not.”

Noordhoff said she would support a campaign to ask the community to voluntarily help out.

“I think it would be a good time to start a capital campaign,” she said. “If it doesn’t bring in millions, it will bring in something.

We’ve got people’s attention right now. It might be a good time to go to a capital project to try to bring in outside funding before we go to a vote.”

Mayor Jessica Engelke said her concern was the long-term viability.

“I’m nervous about that without having a clear plan of how we could continue

operating,” she said. “We could take all this money to fix all these things, but without a long-term plan.”

Richardson said he was in favor of letting the voters decide.

“Put it on the election next year,” he said. “If it floats, it floats. If not, shut it down.”

Engelke told the council she was planning to have a retreat for the council in January and said they could come up with a concrete plan then. She asked Milliron to come up with specific plans for the council regarding what a bond package or tax levy would look like and what it would do.

more challenging.

“We’ve seen the impact from COVID on our ability to staff on kind of multiple levels,” he said.

On one hand, there are direct virus impacts — like if an employee’s family member catches the virus, requiring the employee to stay home from work.

But the virus has also caused a strain on the healthcare labor pool nationwide, Moore said.

That means the hospital has had to expand its personnel searches nationwide, and has had to coordinate more between teams to ensure

that areas are adequately staffed.

Moore says that hasn’t reduced the quality of care, though.

“I’m not aware of an impact on the quality of care being provided by COVID,” Moore said.

“And again, the credit there goes to our team here.”

While everyone would prefer seeing no one hospitalized with the virus, BAH has been fairly lucky, compared to other Oregon hospitals. Local officials haven’t reported the perilously low rates of hospital capacity that have been

reported in urban and rural areas across the northwest earlier this fall.

But over the past several weeks, Coos County has reported increasing hospitalizations due to the virus.

As of Thursday, seven people were hospitalized in the county with the virus.

While the future is hard to predict, that number could rise to a concerning level if case rates continue to go up.

“We have seen some of the most highly regarded training, medical institutions in the country and in the world reach

that point of saturation,” Moore said. “Could we be overwhelmed? Absolutely.

We have seen that happen. Do we worry about that? That’s been part of the pressure since we first learned about COVID.” And while the hospital has plans for surge capacity, the possibility of increasing cases is a concern for Mast, who’d care for many of those new patients.

But she’s also optimistic: Namely, about the possibility of a vaccine, which could begin shipping to Oregon — albeit in small

amounts — as soon as next week.

Until a vaccine is widespread though, Moore said the now-familiar virus precautions are necessary to avoid transmission of the virus and more admissions to the hospital.

“Now is the time to maintain that vigilance,” Moore said. “We would ask this community to continue their mask wearing, to keep physical distancing in place, to shrink their social circles and to follow some of the good guidance that is coming out.”

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some who submitted public comments, was the plan for expanding recreation opportunities on the forest.

The plan keeps the forest public, and DeLuca said the university would limit public access only in cases of sensitive scientific experiments or during timber harvest activity.

“We are absolutely planning to expand the recreational opportunities on the forest. There are very few hiking trails in the forest as it currently stands, and that would be an objective that we would take on,” DeLuca said. “We intend to have the forest fully accessible for public use.”

In the public comment period of the meeting, a handful of individuals addressed the Land Board on some of the key outstanding concerns about

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sible. It’s a way to say to the voters, if this pool and parks are important to you, look at a levy so we can cover our costs.”

He said if the council wanted to go to voters, there were two options.

One would be a regional taxing district, which would also help fund other pools in the county. But Milliron said talking to other city managers, he felt that would be very hard to sell. The second option is a levy for North Bend residents.

Another option is a

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to chat with each other a little bit,” Mast said.

That teamwork has been key to the hospital’s pandemic response, BAH CEO Brian Moore said Thursday.

“We’ve probably done more flexing and stretching than we do in a typical year,” Moore said. “It means a lot more work trying to load-balance where we can.”

Still, the pandemic’s made staffing the hospital

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BANDON ─ Tears fell during an emergency Bandon School Board meeting Thursday regarding the return to distance learning, but no change was made to bring students back to the classrooms.

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The school board will reconvene Monday for its regular meeting and look at new data to see if the county, or at least the city of Bandon, slips out of the “red zone” for the number of COVID cases.

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“Due to a continuing increase in community COVID cases, we will have to revert back to comprehensive distance education … for all grades K-5,” he wrote Dec. 7. “…We will return to a prioritized offering of Limited In Person Instruction for students K-12 in January.”

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“In terms of … how this came about, the school board was informed on Monday that the district had to close because of county metrics,” Cardas said. “It was discussed Monday night at the city council meeting that the school had chosen to close and we did not have that information… Tonight as a school board, we want to clarify expectations moving forward.”

She stated the board is to put children first and asks for clear communication from school administration when decisions are made.

Cardas said 30 letters from district staff and the community were submitted to be read before the board made any decision on

whether to enact the Safe Harbor provision. Three letters were chosen to be read during the meeting.

The first was sent in by “Erin,” though no last name was given.

Cardas insisted, “Every letter is from a real person.”

Erin’s letter stated they have three children in the Bandon School District and were sad to learn all students are returning to distance learning.

“My 6th grader has been distance learning all year,” the letter read. “It’s been a struggle, to say the least. He’s falling behind academically, but that’s not what concerns me. It’s his emotional health. He is so stressed with online learning and being kept away from his peers and is struggling emotionally and that’s heartbreaking. I understand the risks of coronavirus, but isola-

tion is also a risk for our youth’s wellbeing.”

Erin added that their first grader will begin distance learning where he won’t be able to meet with his speech language pathologist, which was also a concern.

The second letter, submitted by “Anthony,” asked the board to support public health authorities’ policy proposals and recommendations.

“I request you follow state rules and policies without caveats or harbors,” he wrote.

“Pointing to a minimal public health compliance with the Safe Harbor option is working the system of regulations… I request you vote to close the schools when community spread is in the Red Zone.”

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Dr. Ann Kellogg

Kellogg joins team at CCHC New doctor also will serve as facility’s chief medical officer Contributed Photo

MarLo Dance Studio student Hallie Minkler performs a développé on a scenic beach in Bandon. The portrait was photographed by Annetta Adams for the 2021 MarLo Dance Studio wall calendar, now available for purchase.

back year after year.

Merriam said dance is a richly expressive art form, where a subtle toe tap can say as much as a grand jeté. For MarLo students, the joy is in the journey from first position to a gravity-defying leap.

“I’m interested in how dance develops character and teamwork within the discipline,” Merriam said.

Merriam co-founded the Bandon studio with fellow dancer and educator Lois Henry. The first group included 45 beginning ballet and tap dance students.

In 2019, MarLo enrolled 135 youth and adults in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical and hip-hop classes, plus sessions in fitness and ballroom.

In normal years, spring shows at the Sprague Community Theater highlight student achievement. Multi-genre dance productions are based on literary

classics such as “Pinocchio,” “Alice in Wonderland” and “Peter Pan.” Semi-annual performances of the “Nutcracker” usher in the holiday season with the time-honored ballet.

“I just have a lot of fun putting on the shows,” Merriam said.

“I enjoy, more and more, taking input from the more serious dancers. I love to collaborate with the staff. There’s a richness that comes from many minds coming together.”

Merriam has the same message for young dancers stepping on stage for a performance: “We’re going to do the best we can, because this is our way of giving back to our families and community.”

It’s a gift the community appreciates. Shows routinely sell out. And since production proceeds fund the studio’s scholarship program, it’s a gift that keeps giving.

Despite the pandemic, MarLo remains busy. The studio opened for fall classes in September with reduced class sizes to meet coronavirus social distancing requirements.

But limits on public gathering meant the scheduled performance of “Cinderella” was canceled and the “Nutcracker” was tentatively rescheduled for 2021.

Merriam hopes in lieu of paying to attend the performances, community members will purchase calendars.

some fun activities designed for safety and social distancing and encourages everyone to participate.

On Saturday, Dec. 19, load up the kids and motor over to say hi to Santa and Mrs. Claus in a drive-by style greeting from 3-5 p.m. in front of the Bandon Community Center entrance, 1200 11th St. SW. Drop off a child’s letter to Santa and each one will be answered personally before

Christmas (include an address or email in the letter). Santa’s elves will hand out free goodie bags.

Adults and children alike will want to get involved with the next activity: A Winter Wonderland Shoe Box Float Parade.

GBA is saddened that the annual Holiday Lights Parade could not occur this year for safety reasons. But the parade must go on!

Make a shoe box float with

a Winter Wonderland theme and drop it off with a name and contact information at the Continuum Center, 175 Second St. in Old Town Bandon (across from WinterRiver Books and Bandon Baking Co.) Shoe box parade entries will be on display through Jan. 10 for everyone to enjoy. Prizes will be awarded for the best shoebox floats.

Dr. Ann Kellogg has joined the team at Coast Community Health Center.

Kellogg will serve as chief medical officer, where she is responsible for ensuring patients receive high quality and affordable medical care. Kellogg joins Coast Community Health Center after many years of education, training and service in the medical field.

“I look forward to providing excellent community-focused medical care in the Southern Oregon Coast,” Kellogg said.

Kellogg earned her master’s degree in social work at the University of Maryland-Baltimore. She began her career as a social worker, striving to help underserved people live their best lives. After a successful career in social work, she furthered her education into medicine. Kellogg moved to Pomona, Calif., to attend Western University of Health Sciences, where she earned her medical degree. She then moved to Klamath Falls to train for her residence at Oregon’s Original Rural Family Medicine Residency through Oregon Health Sciences University.

After completing her residency training, she joined the hospitalist team at Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls, where she served for seven years.

Her philosophy in medicine reflects the importance of individualized care of patients as well as helping communities build health systems that improve the health of the community as a whole.

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MarLo Dance Studio selling calendar Bandon Western World BANDON — Just in time for the holidays, MarLo Dance Studio has published a 2021 wall calendar featuring colorful dance portraits staged in studio and scenic outdoor locations by photographers Annetta Adams and Eric Wyatt.

With performances on hold because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, MarLo Director Maria Merriam explored new ways to connect with audiences and fundraise for dancer scholarships and came up with the calendar idea.

The calendars are $20 each, and additional scholarship donations are welcome.

To learn more or request a calendar, visit the studio online at MarLoDance.com or call Merriam at 541-252-1394.

MarLo Dance Studio opened in 1999 and a dynamic learning environment brings students

Arts Elevate Community Arts Elevate Community is an ongoing series in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Sprague Community Theater.

Read the full MarLo Dance feature online at BandonEvents.org and learn more about the people and organizations bringing arts, culture, learning and fun to the theater.

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Nov. 27 All Holes T&F Low Gross — Jeff Simonds 36, Greg Harless 39, John Miles 39, Richard Stefiuk 41, Phil Shoaf 41, Kevin Phillipos 41, Collin Fuller 42, Peyton Simonds 43, Marie Simonds 44, Brian Gibson 44, Bobby Cox 45, Neal Cahoon 47, Wayne Everest 47, Val Nemcek 47, Wim McSpadden 51, Tom Gant 55.

Low Net — Bob Bray 33, John Shaw 34, Gene Flores 34, Jackson Simonds 35, Gerard Ledoux 35, Mitch McCullough 36, Borel Clark 38, Mark Nortness 38, Chip England 38, Robert Webber 38, Craig Ford 38, Richard Wold 39, Luke Thornton 40, Luke Thornton 40, Mike Dobney 41, David Kimes 41, John Ohanesian 42.

Closest to Pin — Greg Harless (No. 6), Jackson Simonds (No. 9), Mark Nortness (No. 11), Brian

Gibson (No. 14), Richard Stefiuk (No. 17).

Dec. 4 Low Gross — Ed Tyner 77, Wayne Everest 78, Bobby Cox 81, Greg Harless 81, Mark Nortness 85, Kevin Phillips 85, Brian Saksa 87, Nick Bonander 87, Jeff Coker 88, Connor Smith 88, John Ohanessian 113.

Low Net — David Kimes 68, John Johnston 69, Chip England 73, Luke Thornton 73, John Shaw 73, Wim McSpadden 74, Eric Oberbeck 75, Daryl Robison 75, Rex Smith 75, Tom Gant 78, John Loverin 82, Craig Ford 82.

Closest to Pin — John Shaw (No. 6), Mitch McCullough (No. 9), Brian Saksa (No. 11), Greg Harless (No. 14), Rex Smith (No. 17).

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Dec. 2 N.O.S.E. Low Gross — Wim McSpadden 35, Neal Cahoon

36, Frank Cronan 38, Jim Lorenzen 41, Ed Tyner 41, Mike Dobney 46, John Loverin 50.

Low Net — John Johnston 33, Howard Seaton 33, Richard Wold 34, Tom Gant 35, Jon Gysbers 36, John Ohanesian 37.

Closest to Pin — Brian Saksa (No. 9), Jon Gysbers (No. 11), Mike Dobney (No. 14), Neal Cahoon (No. 17).

Dec. 9 You vs. Par Stableford Points — Ed Tyner -4, Bobby Cox -4, Brian Gibson -6, Richard Stefiuk -7, Mitch McCullough -7, Frank Cronan -8, Brian Saksa -10, Dewey Powers -11, Jim Lorenzen -12, Wim McSpadden -14, John Johnston -14, John Loverin -15, Cedric Johnston -15, Tom Gant -16.

Closest to Pin — Andrew Kimball (Nos. 6 and 11), Mitch McCullough (No. 11), Wim McSpadden (No. 14).

Bandon Police Logs Dec. 10 10:19 a.m. UEMV in 700 block Franklin Avenue SW 6:07 p.m. Suspicious vehicle in 500 block of Highway 101 9:56 p.m. suspicious

conditions in 2900 block Spinnaker Drive Dec. 9 6:51 p.m. Suspicious vehicle at Seven Devils Road and Brown Lane 7:06 p.m. Threats on Michigan Avenue

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For shoebox float ideas, do a Google search.

Don’t have a shoe box?

The Cobbler’s Bench has donated some that can be picked up at the Continuum Center. Be creative and have fun!

While downtown, check out Bandon’s local merchants and what they have to offer for those on your Christmas list. It’s especially important to support local merchants

Kellogg From B1

“We are very fortunate to have a tenured Oregon physician who brings many years of rural practice to serve in our clinical leadership,” said Linda Maxon, Coast Community Health Center’s chief executive officer. “We definitely chose Dr. Kellogg because of her many years of service in one rural practice. That’s important.

Our medical staff at Coast CHC are stable, long time professionals.

“Having a low staff

Schools From B1

When Cardas read the final letter, she said it was signed by most of the K-5 staff members from the district, “including the mental health therapists at the school.”

This letter broke down the statistics Bandon faces.

“According to zip codebased data for Bandon as of this morning, we have 30 cases among the 6,953 people,” the letter read. “(This) equals 435 cases per 100,000, which is more than double the requirement and puts us in the Red Zone. Although we know members of the community contracted the virus and came away unscathed, we don’t want to wait for someone to become significantly ill or die for this to be taken seriously. The public health metrics are such that we do not feel it is safe to remain in-person at this time.”

The letter pointed out that an educational community is composed of not just students and staff but administrators and their families.

“When a decision is made, every single member of the community must be taken into account,” the letter stated, adding that changing the decision to return to distance learning would have a negative impact on students who have already prepared to work from home. “We also worry about maintaining

this holiday season.

And finally, we all agree 2020 has been a bust. We are hopeful that 2021 will be better. Send us wishes for the New Year and we will post them on the windows of the Port of Bandon’s picnic shelter on the Boardwalk.

You can email them to harv@greaterbandon.org or mail to P.O. Box 161 or post them on Facebook on the Greater Bandon Association page.

The theme is “Wishes for Bandon in 2021.”

Please keep wishes appropriate for all audiences and

include your first name and age.

GBA will announce when the display is ready to view. Head to Old Town to read the wishes and stroll the Boardwalk, then enjoy take-out food from one of Bandon’s many outstanding restaurants.

The Greater Bandon Association wishes everyone a safe and happy holiday season!

For information, contact GBA president Harv Schubothe at harv@greaterbandon.org or 541-2972342.

turnover builds a strong and stable program of care for our community. I am very confident Dr. Kellogg will take that tradition forward as we roll our expanded services through the region.”

In her time away from work, Kellogg enjoys being with her family, often digging in the sand or flying kites with her two young daughters.

Coast CHC’s mission is to increase the availability of affordable, high-quality primary and preventive health care for all.

“We care for all ages, offering in-person and telehealth visits for acute and

chronic conditions,” the clinic said in a press release announcing Kellogg.

“Our population health and behavioral health teams help patients set and reach their wellness goals. Our in-house pharmacy offers some of the best prices in the region, is open to all (patients and non-patients) and has a curb-side service. Just call to set up your medicine pick-up today.”

Coast CHC is accepting new patients daily and encourages existing patients to make an appointment for a yearly wellness check-up.

For information, call 541-347-2529.

student’s trust in the sense of confusion that may arise when (they) are told it is unsafe to learn in school but are being asked to return to a place that is high risk… We believe it is time to shut our doors and provide the quality distance learning model we know we’re capable to offering….”

Cardas added that a similar letter was submitted by teachers and staff from both the high school and middle school, though she said it wasn’t signed by all.

In response to these letters, board member David Hisel said “We cannot risk losing the support of our administration and faculty by alienating them and doing things they feel puts them at risk…

I don’t see any good decision we as a board can make other than allowing the administration to continue doing what they set in motion.”

Board member Ryan Sherman shed tears as he explained the long-term mental health that children will face from the pandemic.

“I believe I’m the only one on the school board who has a degree in psychology … this will negatively affect our whole society for a long time,” he said. “I have kids crying to me because they can’t go to school – the little kids, the K-3 – and heard of adult kids contacting teachers because they are so distraught that they

can’t get out of bed. This is wrong. I’m not talking about what our school did, but the whole thing. I’m emotional about this.”

Cardas stated she felt guilty for helping get “a lot of the letters sent in hoping it would make a difference.

I am really disappointed.”

Cardas said she will be refreshing data “just like everyone else” and that for now no change on the distance learning can be made.

At the end of the meeting, one board member voiced her disappointment that no administration was present even though Superintendent Ardiana was in attendance via telephone.

He tried to speak but was cut off.

After the meeting, Ardiana said in an interview that the district will remain in Comprehensive Distance Learning through next week and that “At this time, I think it is the best decision for our community, students and staff.”

When asked how he felt about the topic being revisited Monday, he said “it is appropriate to review the information. We will have an update from public health records and new numbers to discuss.”

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Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’ gets a new screen treatment James Marsden stars in “The Stand,” premiering Thursday on CBS All Access.

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CBS All Access takes ‘The Stand’ by remaking Stephen King saga

Many people clearly feel the chilling work of Stephen King is worth revisiting.

Relatively soon after movie remakes of “It” and “Pet Sematary,” the saga widely considered the iconic author’s masterpiece is getting another screen run. The source of a 1994 miniseries, “The Stand” gets a fresh treatment that CBS All Access begins streaming weekly on Thursday, Dec. 17.

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King has written a new coda for this version, part of the lure for Greg Kinnear, who returns to television to play another of those embroiled in an epic fight between forces of good and evil. The “As Good As It Gets” Oscar nominee and former “Talk Soup” and “Later” host recalls “The Stand” was the first of many King works he’s read, making “an indelible impression ... dark, Gothic and unexpected. And it’s just a great adventure.

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I never thought I would end up in a filmed version of it, but it’s a great thrill.”

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In that character, I think Stephen captured someone who’s searching, but who also has this great skepticism. He’s at peace with the end of the world, and that makes him kind of a romantic character. And fun to play.”

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(3:45) ›› Office Christmas (5:55) ›› Office Christmas Party (2016, Comedy) Jason Bateman, (:05) ›› The Night Before (2015, Comedy) Joseph Gordon-Levitt, ›› The Night Before (2015, Comedy) Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Party (2016, Comedy) Jason Olivia Munn, T.J. Miller. Two co-workers throw an epic Christmas Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie. Three lifelong friends party in New York Rogen, Anthony Mackie. Three lifelong friends party in New York on Bateman, Olivia Munn. party. on Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve. (4:15) Murder on Middle Beach (5:55) ›› Rock of Ages (2012, Musical) Julianne Hough, Diego The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (2020, Docu- (9:50) ›› Battleship (2012, Science Fiction) Taylor Kitsch, AlexanMadison continues his quest. (Part Boneta, Russell Brand. Two young people chase their dreams in Los mentary) Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb. Premiere. The Bee der Skarsgard, Rihanna. Earth comes under attack from a superior 4 of 4) Angeles.

Gees rise to fame and fortune in the 1960s. alien force.

Home Town A historic home with Home Town Ben and Erin help a Home Town An inherited house Escape to the Chateau “Episode You Live In What? International Love It or List It Megan wants a Love It or List It A family needs a porch. couple of newlyweds. is too small.

2” (N) “It’s All About the View” (N) better family home. more functional space.

Ancient Aliens U.S. military Ancient Aliens Possible remHistory’s Greatest Mysteries “The Escape of John Wilkes Booth” History’s Greatest Mysteries “Roswell: The First Witness - The (:05) History’s Greatest Mysdenies existence of UFOs. nants of a spacecraft.

Booth family members share family lore.

Journal” (N) teries (4:00) Too Close for Christmas Christmas Ever After (2020) Ali Stroker, Daniel di Tomasso. A writer The Christmas Setup (2020) Ben Lewis, Blake Lee. Premiere. Hugo (:05) Poinsettias for Christmas (2018, Drama) Bethany Joy Lenz. A (2020) Chad Michael Murray. meets a man who looks like a character in her book. heads to Milwaukee to spend the holidays with family. woman helps her father save the family poinsettia farm.

College Hockey The National Dog Show More than 500 dogs compete.

The National Dog Show Over 2000 dogs compete.

European Champions Cup Rugby Teams TBA. Side Hustle Side Hustle The Loud The Loud Danger Force Danger Force Danger Force Side Hustle (N) Young Sheldon Young Sheldon The Astronauts ››› Star Trek Beyond (2016, Science Fiction) “Trashy Jobs” “Yard Sale” House House (N) (Part 1 of 2) “Day 34” Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto. Premiere.

(4:00) College Basketball Florida Pro Football Seahawks Seahawks College Basketball Elon at North Carolina. From the Dean E. Smith College Hockey Colorado College vs Western Michigan. From Baxter Arena in Omaha, Atlantic at NC State. (N) Weekly Press Pass Press Pass Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. Neb. (4:30) ››› Ant-Man (2015, Action) Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas. ››› Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Action) Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo. The Toys of Terror (2020, Horror) Kyana Teresa, Georgia Waters. PreAnt-Man uses his shrinking skills to battle Yellowjacket.

Avengers reassemble to battle a technological villain. miere. Evil toys magically come to life to terrorize a family.

I Love a Mama’s Boy A mother I Love a Mama’s Boy Annette I Love a Mama’s Boy “Don’t I Love a Mama’s Boy The moth- I Love a Mama’s Boy Laila I Love a Mama’s Boy “Mommy’s I Love a Mama’s Boy Justina helps her son buy lingerie. takes over the wedding plans.

Leave Me This Way” er-son wedding dance. ambushes Shekeb and Emily.

Choice” finally confronts Annette.

(3:00) ›› Over- ›› 27 Dresses (2008, Romance-Comedy) Katherine Heigl, James Marsden. A perpet- ››› Beauty and the Beast (2017, Children’s) Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke ›› Ocean’s 8 (2018) Sandra Bullock. Eight female board ual bridesmaid balks at being in her sister’s upcoming wedding.

Evans. A young woman discovers the kind heart and soul of a beast. thieves try to steal a valuable necklace.

Teen Titans Go! “Teen Titans Go! Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas ››› Paddington (2014) Hugh Bonneville. Live action/animated. A Bob’s Burgers American Dad American Dad Rick and Morty Family Guy Family Guy Titans vs. Santa” kindly British family takes in a lost Peruvian bear.

Chicago P.D. “Informant” Voight Chicago P.D. Burgess receives a Chicago P.D. Halstead’s relation- Chicago P.D. The team awaits Chicago P.D. Ruzek and Burgess’ (:02) Chicago P.D. Voight helps (:04) Modern (:34) Modern pulls Darius in as a CI. shocking diagnosis. ship jeopardizes him. news of Halstead’s fate. secret affects work. bring down dirty cops.

Family Family NewsNation (N) (Live) NewsNation (N) (Live) NewsNation (N) (Live) NewsNation NewsNation NewsNation Person of Interest Reese gets closer to Finch and Root.

A Madea ›› Jingle All the Way (1996) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad. A ››› Wonder (2017, Drama) Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Jacob Tremblay. A boy who The Big Bang The Big Bang Full Frontal ›› Shrek ForChristmas father tries desperately to find a special Christmas toy. has a facial deformity attends public school.

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11 Sunday (N) Effect (:20) NFL Football Pittsburgh Steelers at Buffalo Bills. (N) (Live) NBC 16 News NCIS “Fragments” The team tries The Wall “Karen and Lori” Karen NBC 16 News The Big Bang Prime (N) (Live) to exonerate a Marine. and Lori face the wall. at 11pm (N) Theory PBS NewsHour Craft in America Using narrative European Charlie Brown Sanditon on Masterpiece Char- Sanditon on Masterpiece Char- Sanditon on Masterpiece Char- Poldark on Masterpiece Ross Weekend (N) to convey truths.

Christmas Christmas lotte arrives in Sanditon. lotte and Sidney clash again. lotte avoids Sidney. joins a smuggling trip.

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Islam and The Next Step The Next Step Journey ’n Carter Report Stories of Faith Lineage Ken Cox Min- Ken Cox Min- Better Life On Better Life On Celebrating Celebrating Christianity Journals istries istries Tour Tour Life, Recovery Life, Recovery Funny You TMZ (N) Major Crimes A well-known attor- Castle A storage unit connected ››› A League of Their Own (1992, Comedy-Drama) Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Portland News Should Ask ney is found dead. to a murder.

Madonna. A women’s professional baseball league debuts in 1943.

The Goldbergs Bob’s Burgers Bob’s Burgers Central Ave (N) Central Ave (N) Pandora Xander pursues plans The Outpost Tobin’s loyalty is Seinfeld “The American Ninja Warrior “Cincin- Christmas Lake “Mazel-Tina” for redemption. questioned. (N) Truth” nati City Qualifiers” (Part 2 of 2) Jack Reacher: ›› Olympus Has Fallen (2013, Action) Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Free- ›› White House Down (2013, Action) Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal. Paramilitary (:04) ››› Salt (2010, Action) Never Go Back man. A disgraced agent must rescue the president. soldiers take over the White House.

Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber.

(4:45) ›› Ella Enchanted (2004, Children’s) Anne Hathaway, Hugh ››› National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Comedy) (:15) ››› National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Comedy) Chevy Chase, ›› Four Dancy, Cary Elwes. Premiere. A young woman tries to break her Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Randy Quaid. A traditional Griswold Beverly D’Angelo, Randy Quaid. A traditional Griswold yuletide backfires in comic Christmases curse of obedience. yuletide backfires in comic fashion. fashion.

(2008) Below Deck Ashling excels in Below Deck Rachel is embroiled The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Real Housewives of Atlan- (:15) The Real Housewives of Watch What (:45) Bravo’s (:15) The Real Housewives of her duties. in interior drama.

Porsha is in Kentucky. ta (N) Potomac “Reunion Part 1” (N) Happens Live Chat Room (N) Atlanta Empires of New York (N) (:01) Empires of New York (:02) Shark Tank (:02) Shark Tank (:02) Shark Tank (:02) Shark Tank Paid Program Bravo XL (4:40) ›› Step Brothers (2008, Comedy) Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly. ››› The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) Steve Carell, Catherine Keener. (:15) ›› Hot Tub Time Machine (2010, Comedy) John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig (:35) South Two spoiled men become rivals when their parents marry.

Three co-workers unite to help their buddy get a sex life.

Robinson. A hot tub transports four pals back to their heyday in the 1980s.

Park (4:00) Alaska: The Last Frontier Alaska: The Last Frontier Alaska: The Last Frontier Alaska: The Last Frontier Building Off the Grid A man and (:01) Building Off the Grid Build- (:01) Building Off the Grid “Land of the Midnight Sun” Exposed “Tsunami Evacuation” Exposed “Tsunami Evacuation” “Kilcher Kritters” (N) his father build a cabin. ers use shipping containers.

“Streamside Cottage” Raven’s Home Raven’s Home Raven’s Home Raven’s Home ›› Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch (2018) Voices of Bene- Disney Holiday Magic Quest Holiday House (9:55) Just Roll Bunk’d “Serfs Bunk’d Bunk’d “Manic “Adolessons” dict Cumberbatch, Cameron Seely.

Party With It Up-rising” Moose Day” Saved by the Saved by the Saved by the Saved by the Saved by the Saved by the Saved by the Saved by the Saved by the Saved by the Saved by the Saved by the Saved by the Saved by the Bell Bell “Cut Day” Bell Bell Bell Bell Bell Bell Bell Bell Bell: Wedding Bell: Wedding Bell: Wedding Bell: Wedding SportsCenter NBA Preseason Basketball Los Angeles Clippers at Los Angeles Lakers. From Sta- SportsCenter (N) (Live) SportsCenter With Scott Van SportsCenter (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) ples Center in Los Angeles. (N) (Live) Pelt (N) (Live) Holiday Baking Championship Holiday Baking Championship Holiday Baking Championship Holiday Baking Championship Candy Land “Town Square” (N) Buddy vs. Christmas “Santa’s Holiday Baking Championship “A New Holiday Spin” “Comfort and Joy” “Tradition! Tradition!”

“Twelve Days Of Christmas” Workshop” (Season Finale) (N) “Topsy-Turvy Holidays” (4:35) ›› Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992, Children’s) (:15) ››› The Santa Clause (1994, Children’s) Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy (:25) ›› The Santa Clause 2 (2002, Children’s) Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, David Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern.

Crewson. An adman takes over for fallen Santa.

Krumholtz. Santa must get married in order to keep his job.

(4:30) College Basketball Connecticut at George- College Basketball Stanford at USC. From Galen Center in Los World Poker Tour (N) World Poker Tour (N) World Poker Tour (N) College Bastown. (N) (Live) Angeles. (N) (Live) ketball ››› Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016, Children’s) Voices of Jack Black, ›› Despicable Me 3 (2017, Children’s) Voices of Steve Carell, ›› Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch (2018, Children’s) Voices of Benedict ›› Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Bryan Cranston, Dustin Hoffman. Animated. Po trains a village of pan- Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker. Animated. Gru and his twin brother battle a Cumberbatch, Cameron Seely, Rashida Jones. Animated. The Grinch (2018) Voices of Benedict Cumdas to fight a supernatural enemy. former 1980s child star. plans to steal Christmas from Whoville. berbatch, Cameron Seely.

(4:40) ›› Krampus (2015, Horror) Emjay Anthony, (:35) ›› Krampus (2015, Horror) Emjay Anthony, Adam Scott, Toni ››› Buried (2010, Suspense) Ryan Reynolds, Voice of Robert Pat- (:25) ›› Dracula Untold (2014, Fantasy) Luke Adam Scott, Toni Collette. An ancient demon terror- Collette. An ancient demon terrorizes a family at Christmastime. erson, Voice of José Luis García-Pérez. A kidnapping victim awakes Evans, Sarah Gadon, Dominic Cooper. Vlad III of izes a family at Christmastime. in a coffin.

Wallachia trades his humanity for a dark power.

(3:40) ›› Midway (2019, War) The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (2020, Docu- › Wrath of the Titans (2012, Fantasy) Sam Worth- (:40) ›› Snow White and the Huntsman (2012, Fantasy) Kristen Stewart, Charlize Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Luke mentary) Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb. The Bee Gees rise ington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes. Perseus must Theron, Chris Hemsworth. A huntsman sent to capture Snow White becomes her ally.

Evans. to fame and fortune in the 1960s. rescue Zeus from the underworld.

Fixer to Fabulous Renovating a White House Christmas 2020 (N) Fixer to Fabulous The duo create Renovation Inc “Episode 3” (N) Home Town “Our Little Secret: (:01) Home Town Ben is looking (:01) Home Town Couple can’t 19th-century home. a Victorian retreat.

Southern Italianate Charm” (N) for a big home with Erin. decide on property.

American Pickers The guys find American Pickers Mike falls hard American Pickers Aerosmith’s American Pickers Frank falls for (:02) American Pickers Tales (:05) American Pickers Danielle (:05) American Pickers Weird an important car part. for a midget racecar. tour van gets an overhaul. a ’63 Corvette Stingray. from Hollywood westerns. finds a burlesque collection. and wonderful things.

(4:00) Merry Liddle Christmas Let’s Meet Again on Christmas Eve (2020, Romance) Kyla Pratt. A Sugar & Spice Holiday (2020) Jacky Lai, Tzi Ma. Premiere. Suzie (:04) A Storybook Christmas (2019, Romance) Ali Liebert, Jake Wedding (2020) Kelly Rowland. College sweethearts reconnect while coordinating a wedding. returns to her small hometown in Maine for Christmas.

Epstein. An event planner finds love at Christmas.

European Champions Cup Rugby Teams TBA. Alpine Skiing USA Skateboarding-Tokyo Cross-Country Ski FIS Ski Jumping World Cup: Team HS240.

Mecum Top 10 Alvinnn!!! and The Loud The CasaDanger Force The Astronauts Side Hustle The All-Star Nickmas Spectacu- Young Sheldon Young Sheldon Friends Friends Friends Friends the Chipmunks House grandes “Day 34” lar Special “Pasadena” (4:30) Women’s College Basketball Virginia at Women’s College Basketball Duke at Miami. From Watsco Center in Mariners Rewind From Aug. 23, 2020.

Mariners Florida State. (N Same-day Tape) Coral Gables, Fla. (N Same-day Tape) Rewind (4:00) ››› Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Robert Downey Jr. The ›› Transformers: The Last Knight (2017, Action) Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Duhamel. Premiere. The war ›› Hulk (2003, Fantasy) Eric Bana. Scientist Bruce Avengers reassemble to battle a technological villain. between Transformers and humans threatens Earth.

Banner transforms into a powerful brute.

Untold Stories of the ER: Wed- 90 Day Fiancé “I Think You’re My Future Wife” Yara’s unimpressed 90 Day Fiancé “Shame on You” Tarik waits for Hazel to arrive. (N) I Love a Mama’s Boy “I Need a Man” (Season Finale) Matt takes the ding Day Mishaps with Jovi’s hometown. next step with Kim. (N) (3:00) ›› ››› Beauty and the Beast (2017, Children’s) Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke ››› A Star Is Born (2018, Romance) Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliott. Premiere. A country ›› The Great Gatsby (2013, Ocean’s 8 Evans. A young woman discovers the kind heart and soul of a beast. music star falls in love with a talented singer.

Drama) Leonardo DiCaprio. ››› Paddington (2014) Hugh Bonneville. Live action/animated. A ››› Paddington 2 (2017, Children’s) Voice of Ben Whishaw, Hugh American Dad American Dad Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Rick and Morty kindly British family takes in a lost Peruvian bear.

Grant, Sally Hawkins.

Law & Order: Special Victims Law & Order: Special Victims Law & Order: Special Victims Law & Order: Special Victims Law & Order: Special Victims (:02) Law & Order: Special Vic- (:04) Law & Order: Special VicUnit “Great Expectations” Unit Rollins goes under cover.

Unit “Intent” Unit “The Book of Esther” Unit “Zero Tolerance” tims Unit “Mea Culpa” tims Unit NewsNation (N) (Live) NewsNation (N) (Live) NewsNation (N) (Live) NewsNation NewsNation NewsNation Person of Interest A mob enforcer’s life is in danger.

(3:30) ›› Jin- ››› Wonder (2017, Drama) Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Jacob Tremblay. A boy who Dr. Seuss’ The Elf on the ››› Shrek 2 (2004, Children’s) Voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Mur- ›› Shrek Forever After (2010) gle All the Way has a facial deformity attends public school.

Grinch Shelf: An Elf’s phy. Animated. A green ogre must meet his wife’s parents.

Voices of Mike Myers.

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Jeffrey Tambor. A curmudgeon hates the Christmas-loving Whos of Whoville.

(4:00) College Basketball DePaul College Basketball Marquette at Creighton. From CHI Health Center The 2020 World Series Documentary: Tampa Bay Rays vs. Los TMZ Sports (N) College Basketball DePaul at Villanova. From FinFS1 at Villanova. (N) (Live) in Omaha, Neb. (N) (Live) Angeles Dodgers (N Taped) neran Pavilion in Villanova, Pa. (4:00) ›› The Greatest Show- ›› Book Club (2018, Romance-Comedy) Diane Keaton, Jane ›› Bad Moms (2016, Comedy) Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn ››› Girls Trip (2017, Comedy) Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada man (2017, Musical) Hugh Jack- Fonda, Candice Bergen. A book inspires four friends to revive their Hahn. Three overworked and stressed-out mothers go wild.

Pinkett Smith. Girlfriends get wild at the Essence Festival in New FX man, Zac Efron. love lives.

Orleans.

(4:40) ›› Superfly (2018, Suspense) Trevor Jackson, Jason Mitch- ›› Superfly (2018, Suspense) Trevor Jackson, Jason Mitchell, Michael Kenneth Wil- (:20) ››› Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014, Science Fiction) Andy Serkis, ell, Michael Kenneth Williams. A cocaine kingpin hatches a plan for liams. A cocaine kingpin hatches a plan for one last score.

Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman. Humans and genetically evolved apes battle for supremFXM one last score. acy. ››› Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020) (:45) ››› Shazam! (2019, Action) Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Asher Angel. Shazam His Dark Materials “The Scholar” Industry “Nutcracker” The Pier- (10:55) His (:45) Industry Ryan Eggold, Théodore Pellerin. A pregnant teen squares off against the evil Dr. Thaddeus Sivana.

Mary takes a leap of faith. (N) point holiday party. (N) Dark Materials The Pierpoint HBO and her cousin travel to New York City.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS PROBATE DEPARTMENT In the Matter of the Estate of: LORRAINE LINDSTROM, Decedent Case No. 20PB08255 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached,to the undersigned personal representative at P.O. Box 1006, North Bend, Oregon 97459, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, or the claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the court, the personal representative, or the attorneys for the personal representative, Stebbins & Coffey, P.O. Box 1006, North Bend, Oregon 97459. Dated and first published December 12, 2020 Jeffrey A. Coleman Personal Representative Published; December 12, December 19 and December 26, 2020.The World &ONPA (ID:303897) 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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ATTORNEY IN THIS MAT TER. 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) 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.

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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 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)

ISSUED this 23rd day of November, 2020.

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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 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.

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

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)

The date of the first publica tion 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.The World & ONPA (ID:303682) ---------------------------------------NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS ESTATE OF MARY BRIDGIT LALIC COOS COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT CASE NO. 20PB 08134

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 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) 684-3763 or toll free in Oregon at (800) 452-7636.IF YOU ARE REPRESENTED

BY AN ATTORNEY, IT IS

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

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.

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Sitting West was 18-year-old Agus-

major or double, the raise guarantees four-

tin Madala. If he had led his singleton,

card support and a minimum opening. In-

he would have beaten the contract easily.

stead, a support double shows three trumps in responder's suit with any hand strength.

There isn't one in this deal, but its absence had an influence on the defense.

The board occurred when Argentina faced USA1 at the 2005 Bermuda Bowl

Madala would have won the first round of trumps with his king, put his partner, Pablo Lombardi, on lead with a spade and received a diamond ruff. The heart ace would have been the fourth defensive trick.

But leading declarer's first-bid suit is rarely good, and East's pass over North's

world team championship in Portugal.

In the auction, Jeff Meckstroth (North) cue-bid two clubs with his surprisingly strong hand. Then, when Eric Rodwell

two-club cue-bid had denied as many as three spades. So West, hoping to give his partner a ruff there, led a low spade, East winning with the ace and returning the 10.

(South) showed his second suit, North

Declarer rose with his spade king, played a diamond to dummy and discarded his spade jack on the club ace.

South ruffed a club in his hand and led a low heart, but the Argentines

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AS I SEE IT MARY SCHAMEHORN I am doing things a little bit differently this week, as all three of my historic pictures will be part of the story of one of Bandon’s oldest businesses, the Capps Motor Co. The first picture shows Capps Garage before the fire of 1936. It is the building on the east side of Oregon Avenue, which was the main highway into town in those days. Today it leads down the hill past Holy Trinity Catholic Church and joins First Street across from the Port of Bandon’s marketplace building. If you look closely you can see the overhang which covered the gasoline tanks in front of the big concrete two-story structure. West of Capps Garage is The Golden Rule, which after the fire relocated on Second Street in the building that is now the Continuum Center.

In an article in Western World, dated Jan. 21, 1937, which would be just a few months after the fire, an article tells how important the Capps Garage was that night.

“On the night of the big fire hundreds of cars drove up to the service station of Mayor Ed Capps to fill up with gas, preparatory to their contemplated flight to safety. All evening long, car after car stopped and without hesitation, the faithful attendants at the station pumped out the gas. The drain on the storage tank was greater than that of the ordinary Saturday night so a call to the Standard Oil Co. plant brought Manager Hal M. Howe with a truckload of gas to replenish the fastly diminishing supply.

“As fast as the gas was being emptied into the storage tank the pumps were drawing it out.

And so on into the night.

Flames from the raging forest fire drew nearer and nearer, pump attendants worked faster and faster. All the time the tank truck stood by, furnishing the supply that made it possible for many families to flee from the oncoming inferno and thereby probably saving the lives of many who might have been caught in the path of the oncoming tide.

“Finally, when the great tongues of hell were reaching over the hill and dipped into the roof of the Capps building, the heat became so intense that all were forced to abandon their stations.

“The following morning, after the crumbled mass of concrete and iron that had been the Capps Motor Co. plant had cooled off sufficiently to warrant inspection, there was the charred and twisted remains of the Standard Oil tank truck that had so heroically stood by the night before.

Ed Capps, owner of the company, first established the business in Bandon in 1922, and soon after took over the Ford agency.

The large concrete building, which was

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The Capps Motor Co. described in a 1951 article as being located at Bandon Avenue and Wall Street (the street which ran under the hill below the Catholic church but has long since been vacated), was considered a safe haven for cars and household goods by many citizens during the fire, but the intense heat destroyed it, along with most other concrete structures of that time.

Willis Baker, for example, who was in charge of the Oregon State fish hatchery east of town, brought his family possessions to the Capps building; it burned. His home survived.

Immediately after the fire, Capps built the service station and garage (which you see in the second picture) across Second Street from his new building, which had its grand opening in August of 1951. The old service station was torn down in March of 1969.

You have to look a bit to find the Capps Motor Co. building that Capps erected in 1951. This picture was taken in 1959, and you can see Erdman’s City Market (Meats and Groceries), Lloyd’s Cafe (small space in those days before owners bought the Erdman’s building and expanded into the space it occupies today), Pastime Tavern (now Sweets & Treats), Boone’s Hardware and the complex, which Merritt J. Senter and other businesses occupied over the years, and is now owned by Lynn Davies and her daughter, Jessica Brink. Across Chicago you can see the large Capps Motor Co. building, which is now owned by Kirk and Elizabeth Day and occupied by Washed Ashore, Broken Anchor and a real estate office. If you look closely, you can see new vehicles in the Capps showroom. Just to the east is the Bandon Theater, which was later torn down.

The article in the Aug. 2, 1951, issue of Western World describes the new Capps building in glowing terms.

“The new building is among the most modern automotive plants in Coos County, including spacious showroom, service department, special body repair and painting rooms, huge parts department, office and new equipment.

“Capps has been one of the leading businessmen of Bandon for nearly 30 years. He was mayor of Bandon at the time of the fire and afterwards, and his large investment in the modern new automotive plant is seen as indicative of his continuing faith in Bandon’s future.”

The article was written by my grandfather, L. D. Felsheim, who worked closely with Mayor Capps in helping Bandon to rebuild as owner of the Western World. *** Talk about frightening.

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Capps Garage before fire of 1936 could have been a lot worse. A rockslide trapped as many as a dozen people at the Oceanside Tunnel on Saturday morning, forcing an emergency plan to rescue them before an incoming tide arrived.

The rockslide occurred at 10:45 a.m. at the south opening, and it was necessary to rescue people trapped on the north side of the tunnel. They were rescued one by one through a three-foot opening at the Oceanside beach. The rescue operation took about 25 minutes, and all were required to wear hard hats as rocks were continuing to fall. A spokesman for the Netarts Fire and Rescue said some people climbed the cliff to get out.

Oregon State Parks closed the tunnel access until further notice. *** An article in The Oregonian is extremely disturbing, and shows the extremes to which people are taking their concerns.

“About 50 right-wing protesters converged on the Silverton home of a state workplace safety regulator on Sunday to protest a large fine levied against a Salem gym owner.”

The police chief said there were no problems or issues. He said they stayed on the sidewalks and off private property.

I saw a Facebook post this week on the Bandon, Oregon Facebook page urging people to join in a similar protest in front of the home of the OSHA Director Michael Wood.

I suggested there might be other ways to express your concern rather than intimidating a state official, who was carrying out the mandates of Oregon Governor Kate Brown.

I was on a call last week

Capps service station and garage in the 1950s

Old Town Bandon in the 1950s. where Wood and other state officials were talking about Covid 19 and the escalating number of cases.

I found him to be a caring, concerned person, and I can’t come to grips with the idea that he, his family and his neighbors need to be subjected to this kind of intimidation.

A group from the other “camp” recently converged on the home of Portland’s new city commissioner, broke out a window and set fire to property because he would not vote to further defund the Portland Police Department.

I understand the frustration and desperation of small businesses across the state, which are having a hard time coming to grips with the inconsistencies of the rules that are coming out of the governor’s office.

I don’t care which side you’re on. This kind of tactic is never the answer. *** Meanwhile if you want a stark illustration of how the coronavirus is spiraling out of control in the United States, look at these 2020 monthly case numbers compiled by NBC News: March, 188,200;

April, 883,199; May, 723,166; June, 845,736; July, 1,926,970; August, 1,479,756; September, 1,215,901; October, 1,940,522; and November (as of 9 a.m. Nov. 30), 4,252,822. *** Sharon Ward Moy just posted on Facebook that Geraldine Cox (now Gerrie Fuller), a member of the class of 1964, is hospitalized in Kentucky with Covid. She reports that it is terrible and that she is struggling to breathe.

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Nomadic Stanford ready for Beavers ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press

Stanford was preparing for Oregon State’s prolific running back Jermar Jefferson, anyway.

After sitting out last weekend’s game at Utah, Jefferson has returned to practice and was cleared to play against Stanford on Saturday. His status had been uncertain earlier this week after he had to quarantine under the league’s COVID-19 protocol.

“Do I have a vote whether or not we see Jermar Jefferson? Are we voting?” Stanford coach David Shaw said good-naturedly. “He’s been the most explosive back in the conference. He’s a special player, and I hope for his sake, too, that he does play.

All these games are better when our top players play.

If you can’t play, I get it, I understand it. This is a crazy world we live in now.

He’s a difference-maker.”

The junior running back has run for 675 yards and seven touchdowns this season, including 226 yards and two TDs in his last outing, the Beavers’ 41-38 upset win over rival Oregon. He’s averaging 168.8 yards a game.

He was among a trio of players, along with linebacker John McCartan and wide receiver Rweha Munyagi Jr., who were unable to play for the Beavers (2-3) against the Utes last weekend. Oregon State rallied but fell short 30-24.

Stanford (2-2) is coming off a 31-26 victory at Washington last weekend, the team’s second straight win. The Cardinal have been on an extended road trip because of coronavirus restrictions in Santa Clara County, California.

The game against the Beavers was originally scheduled for Palo Alto but was moved because of the county’s three-week sports restrictions. The Cardinal have been practicing this week at Oregon State’s indoor facility after leaving Seattle.

“It’s definitely different,” Beavers coach Jonathan Smith said. “I just know we’re excited to be able to play the game.”

GAINING GROUND The victory over Washington gave the Cardinal some much-needed momentum after a rough start to the abbreviated season.

Stanford lost its first two games before a victory in the Big Game against Cal. “We’re not where we would want to be necessarily yet but we are playing a lot more like we would like to play and more like we’re capable of playing,” Shaw said. “Our young offensive linemen are growing and getting better. I think Davis

(Mills) is now in full swing after the first two weeks not really being able to be himself. Defensively I thought we played a good game, especially in the first half.”

Stanford’s quarterback missed the season opener at Oregon for what the Pac-12 later acknowledged was a coronavirus testing protocol mistake. He then played in a home loss to Colorado after having gone through one 45-minute practice.

TAKING OVER Oregon State quarterback Tristan Gebbia will miss the rest of the season because of a left hamstring injury. Named Oregon State’s starter for the season, Gebbia was injured on the Beavers’ game-winning drive against the Ducks.

He was set to have surgery this week.

Chance Nolan, who started last week against the Utes, will start for the rest of the season, Smith said.

DON’T FEED THE DUCKS The Cardinal have had to adjust to some strange circumstances on their extended road trip.

They held their walkthrough ahead of the Washington game last weekend at Bellevue Park — that after Shaw tried to use an empty parking garage next to the team hotel before Stanford got kicked out some 10 minutes in by a security guard who thought the team was “loitering,” Nearly two dozen ducks were on the grass at the park at one point, and it was so muddy players’ feet sank into the soft ground.

Some even took their shoes off and went barefoot.

Some people walked by and snapped photos, politely offering a “Go Dawgs!” here and there.

“Public service announcement: We should not feed the ducks in public parks,” Shaw said. “I think that’s what’s been going on there because these ducks got very, very close, thinking our players were going to feed them. They were not a distraction, they were a welcome addition to our traveling circus.”

MISSING RECEIVERS Stanford senior Connor Wedington and junior Michael Wilson, both wide receivers, are out and are unlikely to return this year, Shaw said.

“We still have depth,” Shaw said. “There’s a great comfort level with our guys right now. We don’t have to change a lot schematically.”

On Oregon State’s receiving side, Champ Flemings and Trevon Bradford are recovering from injuries and are question marks for the game.

Ducks-Huskies canceled Washington’s football game at Oregon on Saturday has been canceled because of COVID-19 cases in the Huskies’ program.

The Pac-12 announced the decision Thursday. The league said the game would be declared a no contest. The conference said Washington did not have

enough scholarship players available under Pac-12 protocols. The conference says 53 scholarship players need to be available.

This will be just the second time the Ducks and Huskies have not played since 1945. The teams did not meet in 2001 due to a scheduling quirk.

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Myrtle Point’s Luke Nicholson waits for a snap during a recent seven-on-seven competiton at Marshfield High School. Football will be part of the first competition season for high school sports, with practice starting in February.

OSAA again delays start of sports The Oregon School Activities Association pushed its 2020-21 sports calendar back again this week, a move applauded by South Coast officials because it keeps the chance alive of all sports having a season.

The OSAA Executive Board decided Monday to delay the start of the first competition season to February and to move the traditional winter sports of basketball, wrestling and swimming, which had been scheduled to start practice on Dec. 28, to the end of the school year. Basketball and wrestling currently are not allowed in Oregon under rules during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and swimming is only allowed in outdoor pools.

Now the first competition season will include the fall sports —soccer, volleyball, cross country and football — with practice beginning in February.

In addition, the three seasons were each shortened and now will be six weeks in length for competition, including an “OSAA culmination week.” The schedule the executive board approved in August called for seven-week seasons with an additional culmination week.

“With the time we have, six weeks is perfect,” Marshfield athletic director Greg Mulkey said. “We are still going to be able to play a quality number of games.”

Under the new plan, practice for the fall sports would begin Feb. 22 for cross country, soccer and volleyball and Feb. 8 for football, with contests starting March 1 for all

those sports. Full-contact football is not currently allowed by the state of Oregon and indoor volleyball is not currently allowed in counties deemed extreme-risk by the state, which make up the vast majority of Oregon’s population. Cross country and soccer are allowed in all counties.

OSAA is bound by rules, regulation and guidance from the Oregon Health Authority, governor’s office and Oregon Department of Education.

“All of our conversations with the Oregon Health Authority, and following the news, it appears that the models are showing that things are going to get worse before they get better,” OSAA Executive Director Peter Weber said in a story for OSAAtoday. “As we’re looking to provide as much time as possible to lower case counts — and get counties out of the extreme-risk level, if possible — we thought that this timeline made sense.”

Mulkey agreed.

“Under the circumstances, we know we would not be able to do anything until late February,” he said.

Moving basketball and wrestling to the end of the year also made sense, since it is the only chance those sports have to be played this school year.

“The biggest thing is it will allow our seniors to be able to finish their careers, especially the three-sport kids,” Mulkey said.

North Bend Superintendent Kevin Bogatin, who is on the executive board, said the goal is to provide opportunities for all students involved in athletics and activities.

“This is a really challenging decision,” he said.

“We value activities and athletics and know that (they are important) on the emotional/social side of this. We are trying to hold out hope for everybody, which is why nothing got canceled.”

With the new plan, the traditional spring sports of baseball, softball, golf, tennis and track and field would have practice begin on April 5, with the sixweek competition season starting April 12. All of the spring sports currently are allowed in all counties.

Practice for the traditional winter sports would begin May 10, with competition starting May 17.

“Obviously, they’re shorter seasons, but they also provide three distinct seasons and continue an opportunity for all kids to be involved, hopefully,” Weber said. “It’s shorter than we would like, and not as soon as we would like, but we feel like it’s realistic and it’s something that we can put into place.”

The schedule for activities sponsored by OSAA also was revised to allow more time for school buildings to be accessible to their programs.

The new schedule for culminating week for the activities includes April 19-25 for speech, April 26-May 2 for solo music, May 3-9 for dance and drill, May 10-16 for cheerleading and May 24-30 for both choir and band/ orchestra.

The executive board considered other possible schedules, including a two-season plan with nine-week seasons. Golf and swimming would have been included with the fall

sports in that proposal and basketball and wrestling included with the spring sports.

Ultimately, the board decided stacking sports would have created too much difficulty for smaller schools, Weber said.

The board also considered moving football to later in the year, but did not support that idea due to concerns from the OSAA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee that a later contact football season would require modifications to the fall 2021 football season, OSAA said in its news release.

As it is, there is a good chance football won’t be allowable in its traditional tackle format by February, but both Mulkey and Bogatin said if that is the case, the state will look to do something like the seven-on-seven competitions that Marshfield and North Bend have had for the past several weeks.

“If we can’t do contact, there will be some kind of non-contact option,” Bogatin said.

Meanwhile, the executive board also extended the current Season 1 period through Feb. 21. Marshfield and North Bend High Schools have conducted a series of sports during the current season, with Myrtle Point, Reedsport, Brookings-Harbor and Bandon joining in some of the sports.

“We’ve had success with that,” Bogatin said. “We’ve been supported by our local boards. That’s been helpful for our county.

“I have been encouraging people statewide to do those. I think it’s important to keep kids as active as possible, even if we aren’t doing competitions.”

CORVALLIS (AP) — Ahmed Ali scored 26 points, Eddie Davis added 22 and Portland stunned Oregon State with an 87-86 win in overtime on Thursday night.

Ali’s contested 3-pointer with 14 seconds left and the shot clocking winding down gave Portland an 8682 lead to seal it.

Ali finished two points short of his career high set

in an 86-73 win against Portland State on Saturday.

Portland (4-1) has won four straight.

The Pilots weren’t even given an exemption from the state of Oregon and Oregon Health Authority to hold full contact practice until Sunday, Nov. 22, just three days before the season officially started.

Oregon State (2-3) has

dropped three straight by a combined total of eight points.

Portland led 36-29 at halftime before Oregon State emerged from the break with a 13-5 run for a 42-41 lead.

Ethan Thompson made a pair of foul shots for the Beavers with 6:31 remaining in regulation and Oregon State led 6052. The Pilots countered

and proceeded to outscore Oregon State 19-11 down the stretch and tied it at 71 when Isiah Dasher made a 3-pointer with 41 seconds to go. Both teams missed shots in the final seconds to force overtime.

Portland never trailed in overtime.

Thompson led the Beavers with a career-high 31 points.

Cleveland, 5:15 p.m., ESPN. Men’s College Basketball — Marquette at Creighton, 6 p.m., Fox Sports 1; Northern Colorado at Colorado, 6 p.m., Pac-12 Network.

State at Sacramento, 7 p.m., TNT.

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Portland men shock Oregon State in OT

National TV Sports Schedule Today

Golf — U.S. Women’s Open, 8 a.m., Golf Channel; PGA Tour QBE Shootout, 10 a.m., Golf Channel.

College Football — Alabama at Arkansas, 9 a.m., ESPN; Illinois at Northwestern, 9 a.m., ESPN2; Utah at Colorado, 9 a.m., Fox; Michigan State at Penn State, 9 a.m. ABC; Akron at Buffalo, 11:30 a.m., CBS Sports Network; Navy at Army, 12 p.m., CBS; North Carolina at Miami, 12:30 p.m., ABC; Wisconsin at Iowa, 12:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1; Houston at Memphis, 12:30 p.m., ESPNU; California at Washington State, 1 p.m., Fox; Boise State at

Wyoming, 3 p.m., CBS Sports Network; LSU at Florida, 4 p.m., ESPN; Oklahoma State at Baylor, 4 p.m., ESPNU; USC at UCLA, 4:30 p.m., ABC; Utah State at Colorado State, 6:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network; San Diego State at BYU, 7 p.m., ESPN2; Stanford at Oregon State, 7:30 p.m., ESPNU; California at Washington State, 7:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1.

Men’s College Basketball — Temple at St. Joseph’s, noon, NBC Sports Network; Old Dominion at Virginia Commonwealth, 2 p.m., NBC Sports Network; UTEP at Arizona, 3 p.m., Pac-12 Network; Or-

egon at Washington, 5 p.m., Pac-12 Network.

Major League Soccer — MLS Cup, 5:30 p.m., Fox.

Sunday, Dec. 13

NFL Football — Minnesota at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m., Fox; New York Jets at Seattle, 1 p.m., CBS; Atlanta at Los Angeles Changers, 1:15 p.m., Fox; Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 5:20 p.m., NBC. Men’s College Basketball — Rhode Island at Western Kentucky, 9 a.m., CBS Sports Network; Texas at Baylor, noon, ESPN; San

Francisco at California, noon, Pac12 Network; SIU Edwardsville at Northwestern, 1 p.m., ESPNU; Portland State at Washington State, 11 a.m., Pac-12 Network; St. John’s at Georgetown, 1:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1.

Golf — U.S. Women’s Open, 8 a.m., Golf Channel, and 11 a.m., NBC; PGA Tour QBE Shootout, 9 a.m., NBC, and 11 a.m., Golf Channel.

Auto Racing — Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 5 a.m., ESPN2.

Monday, Dec. 14

NFL Football — Baltimore at

Tuesday, Dec. 15

Men’s College Basketball — Minnesota at Illinois, 4 p.m., ESPN2; Wichita State at Tulsa, 4 p.m., ESPNU; Utah Valley at Utah, 4 p.m., Pac-12 Netowrk; Long Beach State at UCLA, 6 p.m., Pac12 Network; Kansas State at Iowa State, 6 p.m., ESPNU. NBA Preseason — Boston at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m., TNT; Golden

Wednesday, Dec. 16

Men’s College Basketball — Omaha at Colorado, 2 p.m., Pac-12 Network; Cal Baptist at Arizona, 4 p.m., Pac-12 Network; North Carolina State at Louisville, 4 p.m., ESPN; Butler at Villanova, 4 p.m., Fox Sports 1; Mississippi at Middle Tennessee, 5 p.m., CBS Sports Network; Duke at Notre Dame, 6 p.m., ESPN; UTEP at Arizona State, 6 p.m., Pac-12 Network; Texas Christian at Oklahoma State, 6 p.m., ESPN2; Montana at Washington, 8 p.m., Pac-12 Network.

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We need to keep guard up

Nature Guide Journal

DR. CHARLES HURBIS

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Big raindrops fall in a parking lot Thursday morning in Coos Bay.

Lively raindrops aren’t drips

MARTY GILES

Wavecrest Discoveries

The winter holiday season in Western Oregon is also the height of the rainy season: historically, December is our wettest month of the year, logging in at about 8½ inches of precipitation for the month.

I’m actually looking forward to standing at the window, watching it bucket. While I don’t like worrying about floods and leaks and muddy floors, I do relish the sight and sound and smell of a good solid rain —and I enjoy the coziness of being indoors during a downpour.

Rain seems pretty simple.

Rain falls from clouds; clouds form when invisible water vapor in air condenses to form visible water droplets. Like warm breath steaming up a cold windowpane, condensation occurs when moist air is sufficiently cooled.

(The temperature at which the water vapor condenses to liquid, called “dewpoint,” varies with air pressure and the amount of water vapor in the air.) In a cloud, minute air-borne particles, such as dust or pollen, serve as nuclei or foundations for the gathering droplets.

Clouds can naturally form when relatively warm air is forced up to cooler altitudes (by running into mountains, for example), when air masses of different temperatures collide or squeeze together, when air moves over cooler surfaces or when temperatures fall at night.

Fog is the result of vapor condensation at the surface — in effect, a ground- or water-hugging cloud. In fog, the vapor droplets have not yet clumped

and are still small enough to remain airborne. Mist is very thin fog, sometimes with droplets that have grown to nearly falling size.

As the air currents in the cloud mix and tumble the condensed vapor, tiny droplets bump into each other and coalesce into larger droplets.

The cloud’s environment may change before the droplets grow very large, evaporating the water back to vapor and dissipating the cloud. Or droplets may coalesce to a size too large for the internal air currents to hold aloft and the droplets will fall from the cloud.

We generally label this falling-droplets-event according to the size of the droplets. Drizzle occurs when the falling droplets are under 0.5mm (0.02 inches)

Art museum reopens The World COOS BAY —Coos Art Museum reopened to the public Friday.

The museum opened with an exhibition of selected works from its permanent collection on display in its main floor galleries, and the Prefontaine Memorial Gallery also is available for public viewing.

Following a long closure due to pandemic restrictions and construction activities near the museum’s façade, Coos Art Museum is once again able to welcome viewers on a strictly limited basis. There is a newly constructed sidewalk in front of the building and a new ADA access ramp.

Because of the current

pandemic, access is limited to less than 10 at one time and all visitors must remain masked while in the building. Also, the museum reserves the right to limit access at any time to preserve social distancing guidelines. Due to current and changing conditions it is advised for visitors to call ahead.

Coos Art Museum has been a cultural focal point of the South Coast since 1966. It offers a wide range of art activities including exhibitions, art classes and lectures. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $5 ($2 or students, veterans and senior citizens and free for museum members).

in diameter; rain occurs when the falling droplets are between 0.5mm and 5mm (0.02 and 0.2 inches).

In cold air, cloud vapor freezes, creating snow, hail or other forms. In very cold clouds or at ever-chilly high elevations, all the vapor in clouds is frozen.

If the air is cold enough all the way down to the earth’s surface, the cloud’s precipitation will be called snow, hail or graupel (soft hail); if the air between cloud and land is warm enough, the frozen droplets will melt before landing.

The opposite can occur, too: precipitation can begin as rain and freeze en-route or as it lands.

Why don’t raindrops get huge?

Raindrops that grow larger than 5mm become unstable as they tumble through the cloud or fall through the air, breaking up to form several smaller drops.

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Operation Santa will deliver toys to military families The World A group of volunteer organizations has been collecting donated toys and plans to distribute filled stockings to local military families ahead of the holidays.

The donation drive has collected over 3,000 toys from customers at the Bandon Dollar Tree, according to Krystal Hopper, who’s coordinating with the groups.

Active duty and veteran families interested in signing up for distribution should contact Hopper at 541-2945185 as soon as possible.

Toys will be handed out, in a socially distant way, in the evening Dec. 18.

Leftover toys will be donated to CASA of Coos County and the Lakeside Lions Club, Hopper said.

The veterans organizations participating in the drive include local chapters of the American Legion, AMVETs, Elks, Fishing Veterans of America, Operation Rebuild Hope, Southwestern Oregon Veteran’s Outreach, the South Coast Veterans Assistance Network and the Oregon South Coast Patriot Guard Riders.

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In the words of the President elect, “I know the country has grown weary of the fight, but we need to remember, we’re at war with the virus, not with one another.” This is not a time to be complacent.

First some quick numbers: One American died about every 30 seconds from COVID last week. The virus has killed more than 275,000 Americans.

We’ve reached another pandemic record with the United States reporting more than 2,800 deaths in a single day. Hospitalizations have doubled over the past month, reporting more than 100,000 people currently hospitalized with COVID. The global death toll climbs to 1.5 million and the U.S. crosses 14 million infections. Angella Hewlett, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Nebraska, arguably the top pandemic hospital in the country, feels the country is “on an absolutely catastrophic path.” That’s not very encouraging.

The number of people in the U.S. killed by Covid-19 could nearly double in the next several months despite a nationwide vaccine rollout, health researchers warn. The U.S. is forecast to see a cumulative 539,000 deaths by April 1. One thing about this, a surge in case numbers has increased our knowledge base. Unfortunately, at the expense of others we are learning quite a bit about how this virus affects us. Again, I’ll try to pack in as much pertinent information as this space allows.

With pandemic fatigue rampant, the burning question is: What can I do safely and where are my risks? We have been issued guidelines that seem very fluid and are changing almost daily. Examples: All masks work, to only certain masks work and only when worn properly. We’re told six feet of separation is safe, but is it really?

It depends. We’re told it’s safe to go out if you follow precautions, then everything is being shut down again. Kids can safely be in the classroom, to, um no, that’s not such a great idea, so we’re closing again. So, who and what are we to believe?

What it comes down to is every situation is unique and will have its own set of very specific risk variables. These variables can be defined. By understanding what your risks are, everyone has the ability to diminish his or her chance of contracting COVID in any given scenario.

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The Chamber Minute: New executive committee

TIMM SLATER Bay Area Chamber of Commerce

With fallen leaves clogging your gutters and frost on the windshield, we begin thinking about the new year. At the chamber, we begin our preparation for 2021’s opportunities and successes with the annual board planning session.

For the past several years, we have used your input about what you see are the most important issues facing our community, how you think the chamber has been dealing with them and what you would like to have us address in the next year.

Art Museum features ‘Life with a Bang’ works of Betty Bangs Coos Art Museum is featuring the collection “Life with a Bang,” a retrospective of artist Betty Bangs, through Jan. 30.

The display includes a sampling of paintings from the long career of Coos Bay’s nonagenarian artist, who celebrated her 96th birthday on Labor Day. A multi-talented individual, Bangs has been a singer, dancer, actor and charm school owner, as well as a visual artist. She lived in Boise, Idaho; San Jose, Calif.; Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska; British Columbia, Canada; and Oahu, Hawaii; before moving to Coos Bay in the late 1990s.

After moving to the Bay Area, she recognized the extensive artistic community on the South Coast.

“I was duly impressed with the beauty of the trees, ocean and beach … which had been so ably captured by the many fine artists here,” she said.

However, she also felt a desire to capture the image of fine handmade lace and antique china which she had long seen in people’s homes.

“I never learned how to do those things,” she said.

“But in my appreciation of their incredible gifts of art, and knowing one day the fabric holding the lace would wear out, the fine china would break and go away and the silver would tarnish and no longer be the center of the entertainment of the home, it was my intent to record those works on paper in my paintings.”

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A highlight of the exhibit is the 17-foot-long Mary Wilson Triptych by Oregon artist Mitch Geisert. The painting in three panels is a tribute to talents of jazz singer Mary Wilson and was donated to the museum in 1993 by the family of the artist and others.

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The museum will be presenting “Works from the Permanent Collection,” an exhibition featuring painting and sculptures, including many of the larger works in the collection.

With that information and our Committee 2021 goals, the chamber sets its strategic objectives for the next year.

Part of the success of that effort depends on leadership. The executive committee for 2021 was just elected so let me share that information with you.

President — Lonni Corona, Harmony Homecare President-Elect — Rick Osborn, Farmers Insurance Past President — Todd Goergen, Boxcar Hill Campground

Vice President, Government Affairs & Economic Development — Rick Skinner, Superior Construction Consulting Services Vice President, Tourism & Membership — Jeremy Oliver, Yellow Cab Taxi Co. Vice President, Communications & Community Outreach — Stacy Dewater, Star of Hope Secretary — Lisa Farr, Farr’s Hardware Treasurer — Pam Plummer, Oregon Pacific Bank Your community has succeeded

as a result of people working together. Your chamber of commerce provides the perfect mechanism for continued community cooperation and success. So, come join us and be part of the team!

Remember our business is helping your business. And like us on Facebook!

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

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The work ‘Wylene’s Decanter’ is one of the pieces in the ‘Life with a Bang’ collection now on display at Coos Art Museum.

Because of the ongoing pandemic, access is limited to less than 10 people at a time and all visitors must remain masked while in the building. The museum reserves the right to limit access at any time to preserve social distancing guidelines. Due to current and changing conditions, the museum advises visitors to call ahead.

Coos Art Museum has been a cultural focal point

of Oregon’s scenic South Coast since 1966. It occupies a historic 1936 Art Deco U.S. federal building in downtown Coos Bay and offers a wide range of art activities including exhibitions, art classes and lectures.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $5 ($2 for students, veterans and senior citizens) and free to museum members.

nent collection now consists of 620 artworks and is growing through donations and occasional purchases.

The collection contains many original works by Pacific Northwest artists, including many notable ones from Oregon.

Also on exhibition will be larger-than-life char-

coal drawings “Big Girls”

by M.V. Moran, works from the Coos Art Museum Studio Group “Alone Together,” and a sampling of paintings from the long career of Coos Bay artist Betty Bangs, who celebrated her 96th birthday on Labor Day, titled “Life with a Bang.”

The South Coast Gospel Rescue Mission is planning a Christmas dinner from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Christmas day. The mission’s address is 1999 North Seventh St. in Coos Bay. Guests are invited to enjoy the dinner and entertainment and receive a free

gift from Santa’s helper.

“Help spread the word, so that no one goes hungry,” officials said. “And if you need a warm jacket, we’ll clothe you, too.”

To learn more about the dinner or how to help out, call 541-269-5017 or visit www.southcoastgospelmission.org.

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as the cloud cover changes, the storm progresses, or the winds shift. Tracking the range from drizzle to “bucketing” can be a fascinating observation: you’ll find that far from being incessant or constant, our rain is typically intermittent and varied.

If you’re physically out in the rain, experiencing raindrops directly, it may help to recall the old saying, “There’s no such thing as ‘bad weather,’ only ‘inadequate clothing.’”

Visit Wavecrest Discoveries on Facebook for a link to Alistair McClymont’s video of a falling raindrop. For information on how you can arrange an exploration of our fascinating natural history, contact Marty at 541/2674027, or e-mail mgiles@ wavecrestdiscoveries.com.

Questions and comments about local natural history are welcome.

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And falling raindrops aren’t actually “raindrop” shaped: the familiar pointytop, round-bottom shapes are really “rain drips.”

Small airborne water droplets are round, pulled into a sphere by the surface tension of the water when they fall freely. Large raindrops tend to become hamburger-bun-top-shaped as they fall and encounter resistance with the air, wobbling between spheres and bun-tops as they tumble.

Very large raindrops thin out in the middle as they wobble to become doughnut-shaped before breaking apart into smaller drops.

The resulting smaller drops continue to grow and wobble as they tumble and fall.

You can often witness changes in the general size and timing of falling drops

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This week in Coos County history: December 9-12 100 YEARS — 1920 Coquille asks New Year game Independent football teams plan to play here Coquille expects to have two Leslie boys, Oregon stars, in their lineup Irvin Watson of Coquille was here last night and made tentative arrangements for a football game between Coquille and Marshfield independent football teams on the North Bend grounds New Year’s Day. Coquille has a team tentatively formed and Gordon Rasmussen’s “Rumeunds,” as the independent team here has been dubbed, will probably have about the same lineup they had against the American Legion.

Coquille expects to have Keith and Spike Leslie, two of the stars of the Oregon University team, in their lineup. They will also draw on some of the best of the Coquille high school players.

Dice games not to be allowed Chief Carter gives orders to cigar stores Regarded as gambling and required to be moved from the various places Games of chance played with dice will not be permitted in the pool halls and cigar stores in Marshfield. This is the order of Chief of Police Carter who has notified the proprietors of the various places.

Some of the stores have had dice boxes and a game known as “Razzle Dazzle.”

The one who made the highest score with dice would get a prize of a box of candy and the chances were sold for five or ten cents each. Carter says this is a game of chance and gambling, and gave orders that it stop so the games have been removed from the counters. Some time ago an order was given out prohibiting the punch boards and they were removed.

House wrecked by heavy wind during storm Former Howlett residence at Second and Alder, owned by L. Hale, demolished Wind gets under building and moves it so that it crashed into excavation Estimates loss at $2500 Will be torn to pieces to save what lumber is possible — will build bungalow on site in the spring Heavy winds last night demolished a house at the corner of Second and Broadway owned by Lester Hale. It was an eight room residence and Mr. Hale said that it could not be duplicated for $2500 and besides he had just spent several hundred in starting the repairs which he intended to make.

The house had been raised and an underpinning built to hold it up while concrete sills were being put in and a cellar excavated. The wind got under the house and lifted and moved it from the foundation in such a way that it broke and fell into the excavation. It is a total wreck and Mr. Hale said that all he could do would be to save what lumber he could out of it.

The property was insured against fire but not against wind.

Mr. Hale, when he gets the property cleared will build a bungalow on the lot in the spring.

of a big tree together with a quantity of earth came down in the street after having been washed out by the rain.

Rain storm was most severe of recent years

Phone lines in bad shape

Terrific downpour of water last evening probably was record breaker Over two inches fell in 24 hours Telegraph and telephone wires down today as result of high wind Storm lasted six days Over six and a half inches of water has come down during the past week here The storm of last night was the most severe that this locality has seen for a number of years. It kept up throughout the night and this morning there were no indications of it letting up any.

During the twenty-four hours ending at 4:43 a.m. this morning a total of 2.05 inches of rain fell and after the measurement was taken still more came down.

Most severe rain The deluge of water about 7 o’clock last night was agreed by most everyone to be while it lasted the hardest rain seen here in recent years. Those who were caught out in it know that it was an awful storm. The wind blew the rain terrifically and the water seemed to come from all directions.

Coquille river is very high Reported nine feet above normal — Coos river is also high but no damage done The continued rains have caused the waters in the rivers to come up rapidly.

The Coquille river is at the full height that the banks will hold.

A message to the railroad office here today from Coquille stated that the water was 9 feet above normal and that it was rising at the rate of 6 inches an hour. The water was up to the tracks at the site of the old Johnson mill beyond Coquille and if it keeps on coming up it will be over the track and the traffic stopped.

Coos river is also very high. It was reported today to be 12 feet above normal.

Below the forks some of the land is overflowed. There was water on the lower end of the James Landrith place. No damage is reported having been caused by the high water on Coos river so far.

Water causes several slides Fill on railroad near Powers gives way Root of tree and earth comes down on Second Street and blocks traffic Passenger travel to and from Powers was interrupted yesterday because of a slide just outside of the Powers yards.

There was a fill under the track which gave way. It was necessary yesterday to transfer the passengers around the place but today it had been repaired and the trains could get through.

The excessive amount of water had softened the earth in the fill and caused it to slide.

There was a slide in the cut on Second street during the storm which obstructed the street to traffic this morning. The root

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All outside connections are cut off Trees uprooted from soft ground and fall over the wires — damage excessive All available workmen are engaged by the Coos and Curry Telephone company today in an attempt to restore the lines which were demoralized by the storm yesterday and last night. The extent of the damage cannot yet be ascertained but it is probably considerable.

This afternoon communication had been established as far as the Sacchi place on the Bandon line, as far as Hauser on the Reedsport line and as far as Davis slough on the Coquille line.

The Roseburg line went out first yesterday afternoon. Then the communication with Coquille was cut off, the Bandon line went down and troubles came in North Bend.

50 YEARS — 1970 Coos Bay harbor project in Senateapproved bill WASHINGTON — A $9.1 million harbor improvement project for Coos Bay is included in the omnibus rivers and harbor flood control bill approved by the U.S. Senate Wednesday, The World learned from Sen. Mark O. Hatfield.

The bill authorizes a U.S. Corp of Army Engineers deep channel project for Coos Bay. The proposed project consists of modifying the existing channel by deepening and widening it to a 45-foot depth in the entrance channel and a 35-foot depth in the interior channel.

This means that ships now coming into Coos Bay with the potential for greater cargo could carry as much as 4,000 tons more than they can now take from the port because of shallow channels. The ships have a draft potential of 34 and 35 feet, according to port authorities, but now can leave with only some 29 to 30 feet of draft.

Koos 3 spared scuttling; built in 1910 “I’m just a sentimental farmer who wants to preserve some of the old ways of transportation,” said Gordon Ross on his plans for saving the 60-year-old tugboat Koos 3 from complete scuttling.

These stories were found in the Marshfield Sun Printing Museum newspaper repository stored in Marshfield High School courtesy of Coos Bay Schools.

Reedsport School Board slaps OSAA decision REEDSPORT — Directors of Reedsport School District 105 Wednesday rejected the OSAA proposal and Tillamook High School be transferred from District 4AAA District 3AA in the Oregon school athletic league structure.

The action was taken upon the recommendations of both superintendent Tom Huebner and Rudy Ruppe, director of athletics.

Huebner said “Tillamook wants to dominate the league, and has the horses to do it.”

The board authorized Huebner and Ruppe to proceed with efforts to exclude Tillamook from what is more commonly known as the Coast League which is comprise of Reedsport, Siuslaw, Newport, Toledo and Taft.

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Bowler strikes for success Virgil Pekoc’s three older brothers got him into bowling more than 40 years ago.

Now he finally has bragging rights for the entire family.

Pekoc, 66, bowled his first 300 game — the perfect game of bowling with 12 straight strikes — during a recent men’s league competition at North Bend Lanes.

It’s something older brothers Stanley, John and Arthur never accomplished. John came closest with 299.

Until his perfect game, Pekoc’s best score had been a 298, which he bowled last summer.

“One of the things I was really pleased about is I beat my brother John, who lives in Illinois,” Pekoc said.

Like Pekoc, John, who is almost 80, still bowls regularly.

Bowling is a growing sport nationwide among senior citizens.

North Bend Lanes has nearly 130 people in its three senior leagues, for players 50-and-olver. The number has increased gradually in recent years.

“I think why most of them do it is it’s very social, so they get to see all their friends,” said North Bend Lanes manager Mark Mattacheck. “It’s indoors. And the handicap system keeps it fair and competitive for all the bowlers. That’s the beauty of bowling — the handicap system allows people of different abilities to bowl together.”

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He discussed his plans with Arthur Matson, 88, Bandon, builder of the boat in 1910 on Catching Inlet on the John Matson farm. Matson was 28 at the time.

The vessel is constructed of Port Orford White Cedar. It was originally 65 feet long and for about five years carried up to 125 passengers, freight and milk between Sumner and North Bend.

Matson said it was then known as “Watha Wasa,” after a Coos County Indian princess who appeared in a number of Hollywood movies and still lives in Southern California. “The boat was steam powered and made of the best wood there is,” he said. He said the naturally bent wooden frames came from cedar trees growing at the time on a steep sidehill near where the Charleston drawbridge is located today. “That’s why the boat is still good,” he said.

As near as Matson could recall, the boat was purchased in 1915 by Percy Phillips for the Buehner Lumber Co. and put into use towing log rafts on Coos Bay and Tenmile Lake. He said the name was changed under the ownership and several others.

It was known as the “Percy Phillips” and also as “Hercules,” he said. The name was changed to Koos 3 when the boat was bought by Knutson Towboat Co. in 1934.

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amazing how even small changes can vastly alter the safety profile of any given situation.

Take a standard 900 square foot room with 12-foot ceilings, forced air ventilation, average air recirculation (turnover of six times per hour), 25 people talking loudly, cotton or loosely fitted masks with 75% mask time compliance (say people are eating) and 20% humidity.

If one person is infected, the length of time estimated for COVID infection of the others in that room is 33 minutes.

Now if we alter the variables, doubling the recirculation rate to 12 exchanges per hour, talking softly, wearing surgical well fitted masks at 95% compliance and taking the room humidity to 75%, the safe time lengthens to 5 hours. Those changes increase safety by almost 1000%. Clearly there is more at play here than just “stay 6 feet back and wear a mask.” Risk is clearly unique to any situation, but most importantly, it can be managed.

Another useful tool (link below) is this risk map, which takes into account group size and specific geographic location. All parts of the country are currently looking pretty sketchy, but some look horrid, where a gathering of 10 people carries a 100% chance of contracting COVID. https://www.nature.com/ articles/s41562-020-01000-9/ figures/1 If there’s one thing the last few months has taught us, it’s that COVID is no longer someone else’s problem.

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The most useful tool I’ve seen was introduced by John Bush, a professor of applied mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Professor Bush calls the 6-foot rule of thumb dangerous and overly simplistic. “When you’re inside a confined space, microscopic droplets are trapped right alongside you.

“Standing six feet away from someone doesn’t stop the SARS-CoV-2 virus from floating in the air of that room where you can potentially inhale it.” To address this, he has submitted a risk formula.

If you are attending an event and someone in the room has COVID, his model was designed to determine what your chance is of contracting COVID by estimating your safe exposure time. Utilizing fluid dynamics, the model takes into account particle size (which inversely relates to the length of time these particles will remain suspended), particle load and environmental conditions. His published work was titled, “Beyond six feet.”

The risk calculator can be found with the following link: https://indoor-covid-safety. herokuapp.com The model allows for factors of room size and shape, type of ventilation system, added air purification, room humidity in addition to human behavior, speaking style as well as mask type and fit as variables. It’s

So, when are you most likely to infect someone else? Let’s say you are one of the unlucky who has COVID. You are less likely to infect someone else if you are symptomatic or have a positive test after being exposed. Any responsible person would quarantine under these circumstances. But what about that time period where you’ve been exposed but have not yet become symptomatic and a COVID test is still negative?

Or what about the dreaded false negative test or the people who never really become symptomatic? This is the time where you are at highest risk to others and where the above models will allow you to mitigate risk.

With escalating numbers our biggest problem, as it was during phase I, is lack of resources. Early in the pandemic there was not enough access to PPE (personal protective equipment) for hospital staff or the public. There was also a severe shortage of ventilators. This time it’s a bit different. Currently it will be a lack of hospital beds and limited availability of the medications needed to treat the sickest patients. Still, all of these issues are manageable.

We can make more ventilators, produce more medications and open up temporary units near hospitals to house patients as needed. The one thing we can’t fix (and will soon become the predominant problem during this pandemic) is a personnel shortage. You can’t just ramp up manufacturing and make more doctors and nurses. This is an

inelastic supply curve. To make matters worse, many doctors and nurses are for the first time sustaining severe emotional burnout and are leaving the field for good. Those that were maybe just considering retirement are now doing it early (estimated 16,000 additional practices to close in 2020 due to COVID).

Additional facts: - Pregnancy is considered a co-morbidity. Also, the fetus has a higher risk of being premature and possibly COVID positive at birth.

- The CDC is dropping quarantine times from 14 to 10 days post exposure due to new data.

- Vaccinations are going to be soon offered through Pfizer and Moderna, both requiring 2 injections separated by 30 days to be effective. They will offer 90% protection. Significant side effects are possible. People need to understand this in advance and still turn up for the second injection. The roll out will be on a risk stratified basis. Duration of protection still isn’t known.

Will there still be someone to care for us and resources available if we get sick?

If we continue the current unchecked spiral, the answer could be no. It may well be that the only way to survive COVID is to avoid the disease.

Utilizing the above tools will help. There is no such thing as being too careful, at least not until the vaccine has been able to rein this thing in, and that’s not going to be tomorrow.

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The Oregon Coast Cullinary Institute is planning a series of online Cooking Classes for the Community.

The classes will be conducted by Zoom and each run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The cost for each class is $75 and includes a food supply box to be picked up at OCCI on the Southwestern Oregon Community College campus from 3 to 5 p.m. the day before each class. A no-contact procedure has been set up to pick up the supply boxes and face coverings are required.

For instructions on how to register for the classes, visit www.socc.edu/community-education.

The classes include: Pizza Pizzazz (Jan. 19). Learn the basics of making delicious pizzas! Explore shaping the pizza dough and using flavor combinations that will put that pizzazz in your pizza.

The Secret’s in the Sauce (Jan. 30).

Killer sauce to compliment any meal? In this course you will learn to make a variety of sauces. The possibilities range from the five classical grand sauces that are the basis for most other sauces: béchamel, velouté, brown or espagnole sauce, tomato sauce, and hollandaise.

Valentine’s Meal (Feb. 6). Special price, $35. In this demonstration you’ll learn what you need to know to cook and present a delicious Valentines meal for two.

Other classees include The Mystery of Sourdough (Feb. 20), Soup Du Jour (Feb. 27) and Just Desserts (March 13).

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4th 4th and&Market St., Coos Highland, Coos BayBay The Rev. Dr. Patti Hale, OP

Emmanuel is suspending in-person worship until

Sunday, on YouTube.com Emmanuel Coos Bay “...even the hairs of your head are Parish, all counted.

Do not be afraid; you541 are of-269-5829 more value than many sparrows.”

The salvaTion army

congregation mayim shalom

1155 Flanagan, Coos Bay  541-888-5202 Dennis and Tawnya Stumpf, Corps Envoys

March 6th,at 5:30 p.mtime No Services this

Shabbat

www.pcfoursquare.org Worship & Service Center

The Rev.541-269-5829 Dr. Patti Hale, OP Dominican Order of Preachers Preschool 541-404-3045

Services Are Suspended April 19, 2020 further notice.

Please join usuntil for Worship, 10AM

Sunday Free Kids Breakfast .......................9:00 am Sunday School ...........................................9:30 am

Change of Venue Location For information callLibrary 541-266-0470 North Bend or visit www.mayimshalom.us

Worship Service........................................10:15 am

For information call 541-266-0470 Or visit www.mayimshalom.us

Foursquare

United Methodist

Lutheran

bay area foursquare church

harmony united methodist church

YouTube.com Emmanuel Parish,to Coos A spirit of worship, welcoming all. Bay

466 Donnelly (across from the new Coos Bay Fire Station) Glorifying, Proclaiming and Showing Christ to all Pastors: David & Marilyn Scanlon

(541) 269-1821

Sunday School....(all ages through Adult)............. 9:00 am - 9:45 am Sunday Worship....(Nursery & Children’s Church Provided).......10:00 am We also have small group ministries meeting throughout the week.

E-mail: Ba4@ba4.org Website: www.ba4.org

Sunday Celebration Service......................10:00 am Office Hours: Wednesday – Friday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

2100 Union ~ North Bend 541-751-1633

Coquille Foursquare

2761 Broadway, North Bend  541-756-4844

Sunday Bible Study........................................ 9:30 am

775 W. Donnelly Ave.

Bible School Classes .................................9:45 am Morning Worship.......................................10:45 am Evening Worship ........................................6:00 pm Wednesday Prayer & Study ........................7:00 pm

Unity Worldwide Ministries

123 SE Ocean Blvd., 541-267-4410 Church at the top of the Hill Coos Bay www.harmonyumcoregon.org

Due to Covid-19 in person services have been cancelled sunday school allour ages............................................

9:30 am until further notice. We do have our Sunday Worship sunday Worship service......................................... 11:00 am Services being shown on Harmony UMC Facebook page.

Wednesday Bible study............................................

5:30 pm Our services begin 11a.m. each Sunday morning.

Please grab a cup of coffee or tea and join us!7:00 pm choir Practice, Wednesdays.....................................

Faith lutheran church

Coquille Foursquare ChurCh

1546 North Hemlock St., Coquille • 541-396-5548

All are Welcome - Christ is the center of who we are and all we do

Pastors: Sam & Lovena Flaherty

Sunday School..........................9:20 am – 10:20 am Sunday Worship........................................10:30 am Celebrate Recovery (meal provided) every Thursday 6-9 pm www.pcfoursquare.org

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Home of Cartwheels: A Christian Preschool 2741 Sherman, Ave., North Bend Pastor Israel Jurich 541-756-4035

Office Hours .................. Mon.–Fri., 8:00 am–12:00 pm Worship Every Sunday................................... 10:30 am All are welcome! faithlutheran-nb.org ~ faithlutheran_nb@frontier.com

541-266-6060

Reedsport Christian

Lutheran

Reedsport Christian Church

Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church

2795 Frontage Road in Reedsport Sunday School................................................9:30 am Sunday Morning Worship ......................... 10:45 am

Pastor Whiteman 541-271-3756

2160 Elm Avenue in Reedsport

Sunday Worship Service............................. 10:00 am Sunday Bible Study ........................................9:00 am Holy Communion on 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month.

Office/ Jan-Hill Preschool: 541-271-2633

Pastor James Cavener

www.beautifulsaviorreedsport.org

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