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First shipment of GMA Garnet arrives at refurbished Coos Bay dock
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The GMA Garnet group reports the upgraded dock is a major investment in GMA’s future and their commitment to the Coos Bay community.
BY BREE LAUGHLIN The World
The GMA Garnet Group recently had the inauguration of their newly refurbished dock at their processing plant in Coos Bay. GMA Americas’ president Rod Liebeck and his team welcomed the first deep draft vessel in nearly 25
years to their upgraded dock. The vessel, named “Azteca,” arrived with the first load of 30,000 tons of garnet sourced directly from GMA’s South African offtake. The GMA Garnet Group provides the garnet abrasive to the waterjet cutting and protective coating industries. The company has more than 450 employees in 13 offices,
two garnet mines and eight processing plants, including five large scale recycling facilities, located across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. The group reports that their refurbished dock in Coos Bay will allow them to receive larger vessels, which GMA Garnet continued on page 3
Coos Bay Shakespeare in the Park offers free outdoor performances
Photos by Bree Laughlin
BY BREE LAUGHLIN The World
Local performers took to the stage at the Mingus Park amphitheater over two weekends for Coos Bay Shakespeare in the Park. Community members packed their blankets, lawn chairs and snacks and sprinkled themselves across the lawn to attend the free performance of Shakespeare’s “Much ado about nothing” on June 17, 18, 24 and 25. The cast blended the
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original “Much Ado About Nothing,” which was created in the late 1500s, with a modern day office setting. In Messina, as Don Pedro, the Prince of Aragon, and his executive team return from a recent thwarting of a hostile takeover, a message comes to Leonato that the prince intends to visit his office for a month. The Duke’s party arrives with Count Claudio, who was attracted to Leonato’s only daughter, Hero. Another
visitor is Benedick, a bachelor, who enjoys speaking his mind in witty argument with Hero’s cousin, Beatrice. The audience could follow along with the story in a description provided by a program in the lively rendition of the popular Shakespeare tale. Together, audience members watched to find out if Claudio and Hero would see through Shakespeare continued on page 4
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