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SeaCoast Gardens celebrates with Bay Area Chamber of Commerce By BREE LAUGHLIN The World
SeaCoast Gardens celebrated two years of business with a ribbon cutting ceremony with the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, April 27. These after-hours events connect local business owners together with other community members in a festive atmosphere. SeaCoast Gardens owners said they created their business with a vision to offer a destination garden experience in Charleston. The nursery and garden center offers
the full line of Seacoast compost products, along with unique coastal plants, organic vegetable starts, fruit trees, perennials, and shade and flowering trees for landscaping needs. The bright and airy gift shop boasts items selected locally, throughout Oregon and around the world. The space is adorned with garden supplies, as well as jewelry, wallets and purses, knives, soap and home decor. SeaCoast also carries candles, books, chocolates and SeaCoast Gardens continued on page 14
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SeaCoast Gardens carries their full line of compost products, along with unique coastal plants, organic vegetable starts, and fruit trees, plus berries, perennials, shade and flowering trees.
Local Rotary and schools partner to encourage children’s love of reading
By BREE LAUGHLIN The World
The Gift of Literacy Program culminated in a celebration on Wednesday, April 26, when first-graders from the throughout the South Coast were transported by bus to attend an assembly at Southwestern Oregon Community College – and receive a cinch bag filled with fun swag and two brandnew books. Rotary Clubs and Coos County school districts, along with South Coast Education Service District and Southwestern Oregon Community College, partnered to help local children get excited about books with the Gift of Literacy Program. “All Rotarians are committed to promoting literacy, both in the United States and
abroad,” said Southwestern president and local Rotarian Dr. Patty M. Scott, who helped organize the event. “We are proud to celebrate and promote literacy for our local first-grade students,” she said. Modeled after the Springfield Gift of Literacy, this well-established, time-tested program fosters a love of reading among young children. As Dr. Suess said, “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.” Reading develops the brains of young children, provides a window into the world around them and helps them do bet-
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Students open up gift bags that includes books, pencils and a fidget spinner.
Reading continued on page 14
Mayfly Festival celebrates local watershed through arts and science
By BREE LAUGHLIN The World
The Mayfly Festival is returning to Mingus Park on May 20.
This free event includes music and arts performances,
hands-on activities, an ivy pull, a parade, food vendors and more. The festival was created by the Coos Watershed Association and their local partners to celebrate the local watershed ecology. It was also designed for fun.
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“There’s a big art component to the festival because art and science go hand and hand. Also, the arts are a really fun way to learn about things.” said Alexa Carleton, Coos Watershed Association’s outreach coordinator. “So a big part of the fes-
tival is just about having fun and being silly. We have costume making and make hats and do a ‘procession of the species’ around the pond,” she said. Mayfly Festival continued on page 4
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