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Coos Bay looks to expand 9-1-1 dispatch center

By DAVID RUPKALVIS For The World

The Coos Bay City Council agreed to move forward with a plan to expand and upgrade the 9-1-1 dispatch center in the police department.

Police Chief Chris Chapanar asked the council to consider spending up to $300,000 to make the dispatch improvements, saying

the space is extremely tight and the furniture is outdated.

Chapanar explained that before 2021, the dispatch center had 10 dispatchers and three console units to dispatch for the city of Coos Bay, Coquille, the Coquille Indian Tribe and the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians. At the beginning of 2021, the dispatch center began servicing North Bend as well, adding three

dispatchers and one console unit.

“This was done by utilizing the existing space but limited the additional console accessibility and configuration,” Chapanar said. “Though these additions assisted with the provision of emergency dispatching services, the center space continues to be a concern for staff. A dispatcher’s job is high energy and stress and involves constantly monitoring six monitors

with detailed data sets, all while conversing in a professional and calm manner with those experiencing trauma and needing assistance.

The consoles provide for movement from a seated to a standing position, as well as telescoping further and closer to the dispatcher, creating a myriad of options to comfortably as possible accommodate the dispatcher’s 12-hour shift. The fourth dispatch space added in the center

did not include a fully functional console, as the space would not allow for that.”

Chapanar also said there is a high probability the dispatch center will need to expand again in the future as more entities transition to Coos Bay.

“Should that occur, the center would not have capacity to add

Murder, police shooting top story of 2022

By DAVID RUPKALVIS For The World

In June, a story gripped the community for weeks after a woman was found murdered, and the man police believe was responsible was shot and killed when he tried to attack officers.

The ordeal started when police were called to Cape Arago Highway to a report of a woman down. Responding sheriff’s deputies found the body of 34-yearold Amber Townsend, who had been shot to death.

Over a period of days, deputies collected and watched surveillance video that led them to believe a man driving an SUV was responsible. When officers

2 – Dr. Devin Brice dies at 40

Although there was never an indication of foul play, the community was shocked in May when local dentist, Dr. Devin Brice died unexpectedly.

Brice grew up in Coquille and graduated from Marshfield High School before pursing a degree in dentistry. He then came home and opened Apple Dental, which later moved and expanded into Above Dental.

His death was a shock to his patients and co-workers, who have kept Above Dental open.

found video of the SUV that showed a license plate, they were able to track it to Matthew Tyler Mikel.

Coos Bay police located the SUV at a hotel, and police and sheriff’s deputies went to the hotel to look for Mikel. Officers approached the room he was staying in, knocked on the door and forced their way inside. At that point, Mikel ran to a bed, grabbed a knife and lunged at the officers, when he was shot two times.

An investigation by the Oregon State Police cleared the officers of any wrongdoing, and Townsend’s murder case was closed.

The top stories of 2022 were chosen primarily by analytics revealing which stories received the most views at www.theworldlink.com.

believed a drug gang from Bandon was responsible, but proof was missing.

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– Thieves steal $300,000 coin collection

George Landon made it a point to rarely leave his home near Coos Bay. But a trip out of town for a funeral was enough of an opening for thieves, who broke into his home and stole a coin collection worth more than $300,000.

Landon shared his story with The World in hopes of getting leads on the thieves. He said he

– Woman charged with manslaughter after infant dies

In November, tragedy struck Coos County when a 10-month-old infant died after he lost consciousness while with a babysitter.

After medical professionals determined the child died due to abusive head trauma, the child’s babysitter, Hayley Reanne Steele, 27, was arrested and charged with manslaughter.

As the year comes to a close, Steele remains behind bars at the county jail.

5 – North Bend councilor arrested and then cleared

Council considers changing meeting time

By DAVID RUPKALVIS For The World

The Coos Bay City Council could change the time it holds its regular meetings … or maybe not.

After discussing whether to consider changing the meeting times from 7 p.m., the council decided to let the community have a say before making a decision.

Mayor Joe Benetti brought up the issue during a work session last week, urging the council to keep the people of Coos Bay in

mind when deciding when to meet.

“I think it’s important we keep the citizens in mind. That’s who we’re serving,” Benetti said. “I’m willing to go with what the majority of the council says.”

The city charter mandates that the council meet at least once a month, but it does not say when or where the meetings must be. That is generally left to the council, and the day and time has changed over the years.

In recent years, the council has held its regular meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday and work sessions at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays when needed.

Councilor Sara Stephens said she would be in favor of an earlier start time.

“It came up because 7 o’clock, I feel like, is really late, especially if we’re going until 10,” Stephens said. “I also heard from many

people who are unable to attend council meetings because of the time. I think even a 6 o’clock time frame is more reasonable.”

Councilor Carmen Matthews agreed.

“I believe we have a three-hour time limit on our meetings,” he said. “10 o’clock seems pretty late for families. I would lean more towards a 6 o’clock start time. I think 7 o’clock is a late time in general. I’m fine with 7, but I think there might be a more ideal solution.”

While no one was directly opposed to changing the time, several councilors questioned whether it was right without asking the community for feedback.

“I feel as if we’re going to make the change, I would like to give citizens a broad opportunity to weigh in,” Councilor Lucinda DiNovo said. “I really feel as councilors, we

kind of knew what we signed up for.”

Councilor Stephanie Kilmer said, in her mind, the key was picking a time when the public can participate.

“To me, the most important thing is the public having access to it, whether it’s 7 o’clock of some other time,” Kilmer said.

Benetti asked the council members to fill out a form weighing their preferred start time, but that never came to fruition.

“I know you’re asking us to choose, and I’m asking that we ask the citizens,” DiNovo said.

In the end, the council agreed to ask the public to weigh in on whether they preferred a start time of 6 p.m. or 7 p.m. Feedback will be taken early in January, with the council scheduled to make a choice at its January 17 meeting.

North Bend City Councilor Susanna Noordhoff

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In a frame from a body cam video, Matthew Michel is shown reaching for a knife on the bed in his hotel room seconds before he was shot by police.

Dr. Devin Brice

The Marshfield volleyball team rushes the court to celebrate after defeating La Grande to earn a spot in the Class 4A volleyball tournament

The controversy that led to North Bend Councilor Susanna Noordhoff confronting a neighbor centered around this tree that sits between two properties.

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The city of North Bend recently chose winners for its 2022 North Bend Holiday Decorating Contest.

Each location was nominated by the community and judged by a Secret Santa panel comprised of North Bend Police Department and North Bend Fire Department personnel.

Mayor Jessica Engelke, City Administrator David

Milliron, and Fire Chief Jim Brown crisscrossed the city Dec. 22, handing out the coveted residential awards.

And last week, Mayor Engelke and North Bend Main Street Manager Stephanie Wilson visited the 2022 Business Spirit Award Winner to hand out the prize.

Top Honors – the 2022 Clark W. Griswold Award

– went to Stan and Louise Wert at 2340 Connecticut Avenue.

The city was told the Werts had recently received an email from the power company encouraging ways they could save on energy.

Mr. Wert – a retired electrician – added an extra power panel for this year’s Christmas light display to keep the lights flashing.

2022 Clark W. Griswold Award: 2340 Connecticut Avenue Business Award: NeighborWorks Umpqua 768 Virginia Avenue

Residential Awards: 1946 Arthur Street 1767 Garfield Street 1665 Monroe Avenue 1802 Maple Street 1814 Steelhead Street

New Year politics: 20 questions for 2023

By GARy A. WARNER Oregon Capital Bureau

2022 is coming to an end, but all the political questions that were answered by the November vote open doors on what will happen in 2023 and 2024. Some questions

we’ll find the answers to in coming days, weeks and months:

1) What will Gov. Kate Brown do after leaving office on Jan. 9? Federal appointment? Academic job? Non-profit activist executive?

2) Does Christine Drazan use her close race for governor and major name recognition from $23 million in advertising on her behalf to run for another office? Secretary Of State? 6th Congressional District?

3) With Oregon Treasurer Tobias Read unable to run for re-election in 2024, who will the Republicans and Democrats field for the open job?

4) Ellen Rosenblum has been Oregon’s attorney general for a decade. The office isn’t covered by constitutional term limits. Will Rosenblum, 71, run seek another four-year term in 2024?

5) Also on the 2024 ballot: Oregon Secretary of State, which does have term limits. Will Shemia Fagan run for re-election or follow the path taken by BOLI commissioner Val Hoyle in 2022 and make a bid for congress?

6) U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Portland, is now the dean of the Oregon U.S. House delegation. Does Blumenauer, 74, make a run for another two years in the safest of the Democratic safe seats in the state’s congressional map?

7) Redistricting allowed senators elected in 2020 to remain in their seats despite changes to their districts. Will Oregon Senate GOP Leader Tim Knopp run for reelection in 2024 in a now heavily Democratic-leaning Senate District 27, dive into a different race (Secretary of State?) or step away from politics as he did in 2005 (he then returned in 2012)?

8) Who are the leading Democrats to run in 2024 for the 5th Congressional District won by U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Happy Valley? Does Terrebonne attorney Jamie McLeod-Skinner seek a repeat with Democratic

fundraisers fully committed this time? Or do Democrats try to rally around a candidate from the more populous portion of the district on the west side of the Cascades? Perhaps Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Clackamas, who twice beat Chavez-DeRemer for a state House seat?

9) Who is likely to make a run for the GOP primary nod in the 6th Congressional District? Can a higher profile-Republican candidate knock-off newly elected Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Lake Oswego?

10) The 2021 sessions of the House were marked by personal animosity between then-House Speaker Tina Kotek and then-House Minority Leader Drazan, which spilled over into the governor’s race won by Kotek. This month, House Speaker Dan Rayfield, D-Corvallis, and House Minority Leader Vikki Breese-Iverson, R-Prineville, have joined up for a tour of Central Oregon tech and trucking projects. Is this a picture of a new era of turning down the partisan heat or just a pre-session bipartisan political pantomime?

11) What will Gov. Tina Kotek do if a serious new variant of COVID-19 surfaces? Does she go to the mandatory emergency steps that Gov. Kate Brown took? Or is the toxic pandemic political atmosphere too high a price?

12) The Oregon Legislature sent voters a referral that allows House Speaker Rayfield and the next Senate President — most likely Democrat Rob Wagner of Lake Oswego — to punish lawmakers with “unexcused absences” in future walkouts. Will the Legislature deal with the underlying issue directly and send voters a referral to make a quorum a simple majority instead of the current (and nationally rare) two-thirds required to meet?

13) Will the Legislature head-off a future state political crisis by sending a referral to voters to end Oregon’s status as the only state

where a governor and other executive officers cannot be impeached by an indictment from the House and a trial in the Senate? Currently, the only way an Oregon governor can be forced from office is through the long and difficult process of a recall.

14) If President Biden opts not to run for re-election in 2024 or loses support in early primaries, will U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, get into the race as he did in 2020?

15) Will the Eugene Airport pass 1 million passengers, which would automatically put it under the law that bars concealed gun permit holders in the terminals, a portion of a law passed by the Legislature that currently only applies to the Oregon Capitol and the terminals at Portland International Airport?

16) Where will the University of Oregon Ducks and the Oregon State University Beavers end up when the Pac-12 loses USC and UCLA in 2024?

17) Will the renovation and seismic retrofitting project on the Oregon Capitol be completed by the January 2025 deadline? Will it come in at or under budget?

18) Will Gov. Tina Kotek and the legislature back the full build-out of Oregon State University-Cascades in Bend? Or will the project be scaled back to something closer to the regional universities?

19) Will Phil Knight, or another group of well-financed Oregonians, buy the Portland Trail Blazers and spend enough to compete in the NBA?

20) Some Portland civic boosters want the city to attract a Major League Baseball team — either when the league next expands or by poaching an existing team unhappy with its stadium deals. such as the Oakland Athletics or Tampa Bay Rays.

Does PDX have a chance or are they trailing similar efforts in Nashville, Charlotte, Montreal and Mexico City?

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Louise Wert, Mayor Jessica Engelke, Stan Wert, and North Bend Fire Chief Jim Brown

additional staff necessary to adequately provide the level of service required,” Chapanar said. “With this possibility, this could result in the addition of up to five additional staff members and two more consoles, absolutely requiring more square footage.”

Chapanar said after voters turned down a levy to fund a new library and dispatch center, he feels it is appropriate to expand in the police station

Chapanar said he is going to request $250,000 from the Urban Renewal Agency, with an additional $50,000 available from the 911 Tax Fund, if needed.

“I think it’s a bit too soon,” Councilor Lucinda DiNovo said. “I think we’re making an assumption the voters said no to the dispatch center in the last election. I think we should still pursue that.” DiNovo said she was in

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favor of expanding dispatch now, but said ultimately combining a new library and dispatch center at a new location would be ideal.

“It needs to be updated,” Councilor Stephanie Kilmer said. “The space is really outdated and it’s crowded. Without having to a whole lot, it seems like it would make the department more functional.”

When asked Chapanar said if the council approved funding, he would like to have work begin in March, with the everything completed in the middle of the summer.

“I like the plan. It’s a nice intermediate act,” Council Carmen Matthews said. “I’m in support of making that work.

“It’s not just working for us, it’s working for a lot of communities, and it’s super important.”

After the council reached a consensus to support the proposal, Chapanar said he would bring it back to the board for formal approval at the Jan. 3 meeting.

has been in the headlines many times since she took office two years ago. In October, Noordhoff again garnered attention when she was arrested after an incident with a neighbor.

The incident around a large tree in her neighbor’s yard was discussed in a city council meeting before Noordhoff was cited in lieu of custody.

District Attorney R. Paul Frasier later dropped the charges, saying there was not enough evidence Noordhoff acted with malice rather than a concern for her own safety.

– North Bend man jailed after woman murdered

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In June, a North Bend man was arrested and charged with second-degree murder after the body of Rebecca Elaine Reeves was found at her Coos Bay home.

Johnny Ray Bohannon, 47, was arrested the day after the body was found. He remains in custody in the Coos County Jail.

7 – Manslaughter suspect arrested after routine traffic stop

In April, Reedsport police made a routine traffic stop that led to the arrest of a man wanted in Coos County on manslaughter charges.

When officers stopped the vehicle, they saw signs of drug use and had a K-9 officer check the vehicle. When the dog alerted, officers determined one of the occupants was Jeremy Robertson, who was wanted in Coos County due to a case where his dog killed a woman.

Late in the year, Robertson was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide and sentenced to 26 months in prison.

8 – Marshfield girls win state volleyball title

The last few years have been good for sports teams in the region with multiple state title. But in 2022, one team’s run to a championship captured the heart of readers of The World.

The Marshfield volleyball team was ranked No. 1 in the state for most of the year, and in the postseason, the Pirates overcame one stiff challenge before rolling to the school’s first-ever state title in volleyball.

9 – 15-year-old dies in Bandon shooting

In April, a 15-year-old boy was killed after being shot in Bandon. Finnian Lewis was found deceased at an apartment complex after police were called.

Days later, his half-brother, Torin Syrus Mowery, 23, was arrested on a charge of murder in the second degree.

10 – Bandon neighborhood in turmoil after critical dog attack

Two dog attacks in Bandon, where larger dogs attacked smaller dogs, led to an outcry at a Bandon City Council meeting.

The neighbors were upset because a 9-1-1 call to Bandon police did not result in an officer responding, even after the owner of the smaller dog was bitten. The lack of response turned out to be because police were not informed. Instead, the dispatcher called county animal control.

At the meeting, the Bandon police agreed to change its system so officers would be informed of future dog attacks.

Oregon spent $75 million on hotels for homeless shelters.

How are they doing?

By ZACK DEMARS Oregon Capital Insider

A handful of hotels across Oregon work a lot differently now than they did three years ago.

In 2020, state legislators committed nearly $75 million to a novel housing strategy aimed at stemming the worst impacts of both the pandemic’s first year and a destructive fire season. Two years later, recipients of that funding are looking to long-term operations while the statewide outcomes of the new services aren’t exactly clear.

The premise of the program was a simple one: The state would give local governments and nonprofits funds to purchase old hotels and motels.

They could then use those buildings as emergency shelter to house people more safely than in large congregate shelters, where disease can spread more quickly.

“In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we really had to think about shelter, and sheltering people experiencing homelessness in a very different way,” said Mike Savara, who coordinates the state housing agency’s work with Project Turnkey.

“We saw shelters really trying to distance, spread out, and think about all the different ways they could limit the spread of COVID-19.”

To fund the properties, legislators enlisted the Oregon Community Foundation to dole out the funding to 19 different sites — moving the money through the private nonprofit instead of the state’s own housing agency because of the program’s urgency, state leaders said.

“You have to remember that when these funds initially came to OCF, it was at a moment when our state was dealing with a once-in-a-lifetime, we hope, pandemic and the loss of 4,000 residential structures because of the many fires that ravaged our state,” said Megan Loeb, who coordinates the Turnkey program for the foundation.

“And at that moment in time, our state housing agency was

dealing with their programs to really prevent people from being evicted from their home.”

In Central Oregon, the impact of those new shelters is becoming more visible.

The city of Bend, for example, purchased the old Bend Value Inn on Division Street with $2.5 million in state Turnkey funding, sheltering residents in the 28 rooms starting in January.

Those residents moved in May to the old Rainbow Motel on Franklin Avenue, which the city purchased with its own funds as a “swing space” during renovations.

Residents there will move back to Division Street when renovations are completed, hopefully in early February, according to Amy Fraley, who manages the city’s houseless services.

“The building’s going to be better and it’s going to be a place that is providing solutions,” Fraley said of the shelter, which has been named “Stepping Stone” based on public suggestions.

New beds in old buildings came with challengesAll told, Project Turnkey funded 867 shelter beds — an increase of about 20% of the state’s emergency shelter capacity, and likely the biggest single investment in shelter space in the state’s history.

“That actually is a huge investment in our overall landscape,” Savara said.

“Oregon typically ranks in sort of the lower tiers in terms of the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness by capita around the state, so we absolutely need more shelter beds.”

That historic investment will only last in the long run, though, if the shelter sites keep operating at full capacity — one of the biggest challenges shelter operators are facing.

Project Turnkey funded the initial investments in shelters, allowing organizations to purchase property they likely wouldn’t have been able to without the program.

But the program didn’t

fund the operational costs it would take to run the shelters, meaning those organizations have had to find ways to fold the new operations into their budgets.

In Bend, that meant an allocation of up to $900,000 from the city council for operations between May 2022 and February 2023, plus federal grants and other funding for NeighborImpact to implement the program.

The city plans to use federal COVID-relief funding to operate the shelter for three years, but funding beyond that is still unknown.

“We need to have different kinds of shelter for people that is available. But how we do that over the long run is something none of us know, so that’s the piece that’s missing,” Fraley said. “The (city) council has allocated the money for three years to pay for the shelter. But we are looking for a legislative fix for that long-term operational funding as well as upkeep of the facility.”

In other parts of the state, the operational funding problem has gone even further in impacting the new shelters. The $7 million hotel purchased by Central City Concern in Northeast Portland, for example, is still only half filled, because the nonprofit can’t afford to staff the 35 rooms that currently sit empty.

The process of turning old hotels into emergency housing has also carried all kinds of renovation costs. Many shelter operators have highlighted unexpected surprises in the aging buildings and rising costs as a result of supply chain troubles.

“It’s the purpose of the shelter to support a population, so we had to do design making certain assumptions or doing very limited exploratory information,” said Garrett Kaye, a city facilities project manager for the city.

“And pretty quickly (we) discovered that some of the assumptions that we had made weren’t necessarily true, that the condition of the infrastructure hidden from view, literally under the floor, under the concrete slabs, was in pretty poor condition.”

Contractors asked the city council in August for an additional $450,000 for renovations, like fixes for sewer and gas piping discovered under the flooring and upgrades to the electrical system to accommodate for people living in the building.

In Redmond, the Bethlehem Inn shelter faced similar challenges, needing to replace the electrical system, raise the parking lot to make rooms wheelchair accessible and knock out nine rooms to replace with a kitchen and dining room.

“Did I mention it’s a 1960s motel?” Gwenn Wysling, Bethlehem Inn’s executive director, joked, gesturing to the building’s very ’60s exterior.

All told, Bethlehem Inn has budgeted for about $1.75 million in renovation costs — with some funding coming from Project Turnkey but most coming from other donors — for the $2.4 million property. The city of Bend has budgeted a little over $1.5 million for the renovation of the 1950s motor lodge it purchased for $2.5 million.

Another challenge of standing up a shelter in the last few years? A limited amount of open housing to help people move into.

Salem’s Center for Hope and Safety, for example, has felt that challenge acutely. A family’s average stay at its Turnkey shelter, which focuses on families and individuals escaping domestic violence, is around 140 days because of how challenging it is to find residents a new place to move to, according to Jayne Downing, who runs the nonprofit.

Local impacts are slowly materializing, but state outcomes are rarely tracked

The sparse data that is available about Turnkey shelters provides some insight into their impact.

The Redmond shelter, operated by Bethlehem Inn, has hosted an average of 40 residents a month since it opened, according to Wysling. Residents stay for an average of 39 days.

Letter to the Editor

What does this mean?

I grew up in Coos Bay during the 1940s and 1950s and have been an avid reader of The World (beginning when it was the Coos Bay Times) for all these years. My brother worked as a photographer for the newspaper during the 1960s and 1970s.

As a 1959 graduate of Marshfield Senior High School and an alumnus of Mrs. Eleanor Baker’s English classes in both my freshman and senior years, I thought I had a nodding acquaintance with the English language. Then I open this morning’s edition and see the following sentence regarding the city’s ten-year plan for city parks: “Facilitate parks and cultural directional and facility identification with city branding to enhance resident and visitor connectivity to these valuable facilities.” (The World, December 27, 2022, p. 1) That must mean something, but I can’t quite figure out what.

Anyone who has done much writing knows that glitches like this occasionally creep in, and if this were a one-time occurance, I would not bother to speak up. Unfortunately, though, during Mr. David Rupkalvis’ term as editor and now as contributing writer, they have been disturbingly frequent. I happen to be a retired historian with time on my hands; in the interest of The World’s literary quality, may I offer my services as proofreader?

Gary Topping Salt Lake City

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OPINION: The Way Forward: A New Vision for the Future

By Bjorn LomBorg and dr jordan Peterson InsideSources.com

We traditionally reflect during the end-of-year holidays on the consequences of our past behavior, as well as contemplating the good to achieve in the twelve months ahead. When we set resolutions, we strive to determine how we can do better in our own lives. Perhaps we could also take the occasion to consider how we might achieve such improvement on a larger scale.

In 2015, the world’s leaders attempted to address the major problems facing mankind by establishing the Sustainable Development Goals – a compilation of 169 targets to be hit by 2030. Every admirable pursuit imaginable made the list: eradicating poverty and disease, stopping war and climate change, protecting biodiversity, and improving education.

In 2023, we’re at the halfway point, given the 2016–2030-time horizon—but we will be far from halfway toward hitting our putative targets. Given current trends, we will achieve them half a century late. What is the primary cause of our failure? Our inability to prioritize. There is little difference between having 169 goals and having none. We have placed core targets such as the eradication of infant mortality and the provision of basic education on the same footing as well-intentioned but peripheral targets like boosting recycling and promoting lifestyles in harmony with nature. Trying to do everything at once we risk doing very little at all, as we have for the last seven years.

It is therefore long past time to identify and prioritize our most crucial goals. The think tank Copenhagen Consensus, together with several Nobel laureates and more than a hundred leading economists, has done exactly that, identifying where each dollar can do the most good.

We could, for example, truly hasten an end to hunger. Despite great progress over the past decades, more than 800 million people still go without enough food. Careful economic research helps identify ingenious and effective solutions.

Hunger hits hardest in the first thousand days of a child’s life, beginning with conception, and proceeding over the next two years. Children who face a shortage of essential nutrients and vitamins grow more slowly, both physically and intellectually. They will attend school less often, achieve lower grades, and are poorer and less productive as adults.

We can effectively deliver essential nutrients to pregnant mothers.

The provision of a daily multivitamin/mineral supplement costs a bit over $2 per pregnancy. This helps babies’ brains develop better, making them more productive and better paid in adult life. Each dollar spent would deliver an astounding $38 of social benefit. Why would we not first take this path? Because in trying to please everyone, we spend a little on everything, essentially ignoring the most effective solutions.

Consider, as well, what we could accomplish on the education front. The world has finally managed to get most children in school. Unfortunately, the schools are often of low quality, and more than half the children in poor countries cannot read and understand a simple text by the age of ten.

Typically, schools have all 12-year-olds in the same class, although they have very different levels of knowledge. No matter which level the teacher teaches at, many will be lost, and others bored. The solution, research-tested around the world? Let each child spend one hour a day with a tablet that adapts teaching exactly to the level of that child. Even as the rest of the school day is unchanged, this will over a year produce learning equivalent to three years of typical education.

What would this cost? The shared tablet, charging costs, and extra teacher instruction cost about $26 per student, per year. But tripling the rate of learning for just one year makes each student more productive in adulthood, enabling them to generate an additional $1,700 in today’s money. Each dollar invested would deliver $65 in long-term benefits.

When we fragment our attention and try to please everyone, we end up implementing superficially attractive but terribly inefficient policies. Along with hunger and education, there are about a dozen other, incredibly effective policies like drastically reducing tuberculosis and corruption. Those are targets we could and should hit. The moral imperative is clear: we must do the best things first.

There’s a resolution, both personal and social. That’s the pathway forward to a better future. Let’s resolve to walk down that road, as we consider the dawning of the new year.

THE AUTHORS:

ABOUT

Dr. Bjorn Lomborg is President of the Copenhagen Consensus and Visiting Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. His latest book is “False Alarm.”

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, and the author of “Maps of Meaning”, “12 Rules for Life” and “Beyond Order.”

OPINION: 2022 Was Hard, but Good Public Policy Made It a Success Story

By Karen doLan InsideSources.com

There’s no question that 2022 was challenging. A stubborn pandemic, Russia’s devastating war in Ukraine and the resulting inflation have all squeezed American families.

Those challenges are real. But they’re also part of what made the year a relative success story. Even with these headwinds, the unemployment rate remains at historic lows, the workers who need it most are getting bigger paychecks, and the economy is still strong even as inflation starts to cool.

Why? Because of good public policy.

Despite razor-thin margins in Congress and divisions within his party, the first two years of Joe Biden’s presidency have been among the most productive in history. With the help of movement pressure, Biden has managed to pass a remarkable array of support for American families.

For example, the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act positioned us to weather growing inflation in 2022 better than we would have otherwise.

That law provided relief with direct payments into our bank accounts. It expanded the Child Tax Credit to reach the poorest families previously ineligible for relief, increasing the payments per child and making them monthly. It provided free vaccines and COVID-19 tests.

The expanded Child Tax Credit slashed child poverty in half and enabled millions of families to keep their heads above water during the COVID-19 crisis. The law also expanded unemployment insurance,

gave grants to small businesses, imposed eviction moratoria, funded our schools, reduced health costs, and decreased hunger.

Some conservatives blamed these supports — rather than the pandemic, Russia’s war in Ukraine, or simple corporate price gouging — for causing inflation. In reality, they helped Americans survive inflation.

Later in 2021, Biden’s infrastructure bill finally funded overdue fixes to our roads, bridges, airports, and replacing lead pipes and cleaning up drinking water, especially in places hard hit by economic neglect. That law ensured more Americans had good jobs this year and will create 1.5 million jobs over the coming decade.

This year saw more good news like the CHIPS and Science Act, which will bolster U.S. manufacturing and ease supply chain issues. Even more critical was the Inflation Reduction Act, the largest climate bill in history. It will create millions of good jobs and help Americans buy cleaner homes and cars. In addition, it will lower prescription drug and medical costs for seniors. And because it’s paid for with a minimum corporate tax rate of 15 percent, it will reduce the deficit.

Many of these measures included painful compromises, while more visionary legislation like the Build Back Better Act was shelved when one or two conservative Democrats sided with Republicans against them. But taken together, these are impressive accomplishments.

Where legislation wasn’t possible, Biden put in motion hundreds of executive actions, memoranda and proclamations to promote fairness. Chief among them was federal

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student loan cancellation of up to $20,000 per eligible student, although the latter is currently stalled due to GOP legal challenges. That’s on the economic front. The Biden administration also shepherded bipartisan action on so-called cultural issues that once seemed impossible — from a modest gun reform bill to the Respect for Marriage Act, which codifies marriage equality into federal law. And where legislation stalled, Biden again used his executive authority to expand protections for transgender people.

Of course, much remains undone. The failure thus far to extend the Child Tax Credit enhancements is throwing millions of children back into poverty. And the Senate has still failed to protect voting rights, codify abortion rights, raise the paltry $7.25 federal minimum wage, or reform our immigration system.

Still, President Biden has unquestionably presided over one of the greatest periods of assistance for U.S. families and children in recent history.

With the GOP taking over the House of Representatives next year, that legislative progress will grind to a halt. So let’s hope all the good done so far can carry us through a bit longer.

And let’s make sure all politicians — no matter their party — have to explain how they plan to make life better for Americans next year.

ABOUT THE WRITER Karen Dolan directs the Criminalization of Race and Poverty Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. She wrote this for InsideSources.com.

It Was a Good Year If You Are a Mainstream Republican

By eLi Lehrer InsideSources.com

In many ways, 2022 might seem like it was a pretty bad year for Americans on the political right. After all, the year saw record budget deficits, spending bills loaded with corporate welfare, a legally dubious student loan scheme, and disappointing election results for the Republican Party.

Despite all this, the year actually had a variety of genuine triumphs that people who believe in limited government ought to celebrate. The Republican Party learned some important lessons in the elections (if they listen), life opened up, markets showed their promise in solving major problems, while federal institutions delivered a few important limited government victories.

Let’s start with elections. Fringe candidates lost while competent, limited-government advocates won. Take Georgia: Republican Gov. Brian Kemp has a long list of conservative accomplishments in areas ranging from electoral reform to a bureaucracy-light effort to help the state’s poorest residents during the COVID pandemic. He handily beat Democrat Stacey Abrams despite her smarts, celebrity and fundraising acumen. In the same state, Republican Herschel Walker — who indulged in election conspiracy theories and drew little interest — lost a winnable Senate race.

The culture-warrior Republicans who won races handily did so because they hadn’t forgotten to govern. Florida’s Ron DeSantis, for example, pursued thoughtful policies on issues ranging from financial literacy education to environmental protection. Voters remembered him for this. Meanwhile, mainstream conservative Joe Lombardo unseated an incumbent Democratic governor in blue-leaning Nevada. Even the one Democratic governor who walked to an easy victory in a purple state — Colorado’s Jared Polis — governs with more than a dash of libertarianism. He supports

free trade, stands for civil liberties and wants to eliminate state income taxes.

The recognition that COVID-19 is endemic, rather than a pandemic, also presented a step forward for personal freedom. Since March 2020, the country has spent too much and forced counterproductive “public health” measures ranging from plexiglass shields to mask mandates in uncrowded outdoor areas on many Americans. Even though some efforts like vaccination campaigns and short-term lockdowns did good, recognition that “the pandemic is over” weakens the case for restrictive rules.

The year also presented some tantalizing evidence that markets will address major problems without government intervention. Massive new market-driven investments in clean energy —most of which would happen without the billions in subsidies Congress approved — are just one piece of evidence that the market will play a major role in dealing with the serious problem of climate change. Innovative private sector firms are doing everything from writing property insurance to storing nuclear waste. Even the

(sometimes rightly) derided movement for improved Environmental-Social-Governance behavior by big companies has produced some promising results in encouraging companies to take their environmental effects into account without government coercion.

This doesn’t even begin to list the other limited-government triumphs that right-of-center Americans can appreciate. The year saw the Supreme Court rule to stop unelected bureaucrats from writing major new laws in West Virginia vs. EPA and forbid (in one case unanimously) discrimination against religious organizations. While some new legislation passed that will continue to expand the government’s role, the last major new law to pass during 117th Congress — the Respect for Marriage Act — can rightly be counted as a triumph for personal liberty.

Overall, 2022 should go down as a pretty good year for those on the political right.

ABOUT THE WRITER

Eli Lehrer is president and co-founder of the R Street Institute. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.

Editor’s Note: The language mentioned above is the exact goal the city of Coos Bay included in its 10-year plan.

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Job Announcement

Applications for the position of Building Custodian/Parks Worker will be accepted by the City of Reedsport, 451 Winchester Avenue, Reedsport, Oregon 97467 until 5:00 PM, Thursday, January 12, 2023.

A complete job description and required City application is available at Reedsport City Hall or online at www.cityofreedsport.org.

The salary range for this position is $2,677.33 - $3,541.33 per month with a full competitive benefits package. This position is covered by a collective bargaining unit agreement.

Please hand deliver completed applications and materials to Kimberly Clardy, Public Works Director at 451 Winchester Ave., Reedsport, Oregon 97467 or by email to kclardy@cityofreedsport.org

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Public Notice

Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing has been set before the Planning Commission and City Council of the City of Bandon. 22-122: Amending Title 17 of the Bandon Municipal Code to modify how height of a structure is measured on properties affected by the floodplain, removing parking minimums for outright permitted uses in the C-1, Old Town Commercial Zone, and allowing for certain structures in required setbacks. All meetings will begin at 7:00 PM at the City of Bandon Council Chambers, located at 555 HWY 101, Bandon, Oregon, 97411. These meetings are open to the public and will follow requirements of the Oregon Health Authority. You may also access the meeting online using the following information: Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2157059460

Meeting ID: 215 705 9460

Testimony can be mailed to the City of Bandon, Attn: Dana Nichols, PO Box 67, Bandon, OR, 97411 or emailed to planning@cityofbandon.org.

The following dates should be noted for testimony deadlines: Planning Commission Public Hearing on January 26th, 2023

City Council Hearing on March 6th, 2023 5:00 pm, January 19, 2023: Deadline for inclusion of testimony in 5:00 pm, January 26, 2023: Deadline for electronic (e-mail or FAX), hand delivered or US mail testimony.

After 5:00 pm on January 26, 2023: Testimony must be presented at the hearing.

The proposed ordinance is available for inspection at the City of Bandon Planning Department at no cost, hard copies can be made available for purchase at the actual cost of copying, upon request. A copy of the Staff Report will be available for inspection at the City of Bandon Planning Department at no cost at least one week prior to the public hearing.

The ordinance criterion applicable to this application is available to review online at www.cityofbandon.org.

Oregon law states that failure to raise an objection concerning this application, either in person or by letter, or failure to provide sufficient specificity to afford the decision maker an opportunity to respond to the issue, precludes your right of appeal to the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) on that issue. Failure to specify which ordinance criterion the objection is based on also precludes your right of appeal to LUBA on that criterion. All materials are available at the Bandon Planning Department, 555 Hwy 101, and Bandon, Oregon 97411. During the Public Hearing, time shall be allowed for testimony and the Chair shall have the right to limit the length of testimony and require that comments be restricted to the applicable criteria. If you have questions or comments concerning this notice, please contact the Planning Department (541) 347-7922 or planning@ cityofbandon.org.

Published: January 3, 2023

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TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE TS No:163024 APN: 0000840102 Reference is made to that certain deed made by Michael Flemming and Vicky Watts as Grantor to First American Title, as Trustee, in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as designated nominee for Quicken Loans, Inc. as Beneficiary, dated 07/18/2019, recorded 07/18/2019, in the official records of Coos County, Oregon as Instrument No. 2019-06260 covering the following described real property situated in said County and State, to wit: See attached exhibit A EXHIBIT “A”

Legal Description Beginning at an iron rod post on the South right-of-way line of Shelly Road said iron rod post being 1,238.79 feet North and 141.60 feet West of the Southeast corner of the NW 1/4 of Section 6, Township 28 South, Range 12 West of the Willamette Meridian, Coos County, Oregon; (all bearings used in this description are based on the East line of the SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of said Section 6); thence South 8° 54’ 56” East 53.73 feet; thence South 86° 50’ West 10.00 feet; thence South 3” 10’ East a distance of 112.00 feet to an iron rod post; thence continue South 3° 10’ East 273.45 feet; thence East 88.20 feet, more or less, to the East line of said NW 1 /4; thence North 2° 33’ 30” West a distance of 49.3 feet, more or less, to the Southwest corner of that property recorded in instrument bearing Microfilm Reel No. 78-6-1744, Records of Coos County, Oregon; thence West 20.00 feet; thence North 3” 10’ West 410 feet, more or less, to the South rightof-way line of Shelly Road; thence Southwesterly along said right-of-way line 67.04 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. Commonly known as: 1643 Shelley Rd, Coquille, OR 97423 The current beneficiary is Rocket Mortgage, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans Inc. pursuant to assignment of deed of trust recorded on 10/21/2022 as Inst No. 2022-09464 in the records of Coos, Oregon. The beneficiary has elected and directed successor trustee to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said trust deed and notice has been recorded pursuant to Section 86.752(3) of Oregon Revised Statutes: the default for which the foreclosure is made is the grantor’s failure to: Make the monthly payments commencing with the payment due on 06/01/2022 and continuing each month until this trust deed is reinstated or goes to trustee’s sale; plus a late charge on each installment not paid within fifteen days following the payment due date; trustee’s fees and other costs and expenses associated with this foreclosure and any further breach of any term or condition contained in subject note and deed of trust. 1.By the reason of said default the beneficiary has declared all obligations secured by said deed of trust immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to wit: Principal balance of $207,348.29; 2. Interest through 12/15/2022 in the amount of $ 5,317.39 3.MIP/PMI Advances in the amount of $ 285.72 4. Recoverable balance in the amount of $ 1,931.17 5. Late Charges in the Amount of $ 169.80 6. Escrow Advances in the amount of $ 2,181.29 7. Together with the interest thereon at the rate 4.1250000% per annum until paid; plus, all accrued late charges thereon; and all trustee’s fees, foreclosure costs and any sums advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms of said deed of trust. The principal sum of $207,348.29 together with the interest thereon at the rate 4.1250000% per annum from 05/01/2022 until paid; plus, all accrued late charges thereon; and all trustee’s fees, foreclosure costs and any sums advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms of said deed of trust. Whereof, notice hereby is given that the undersigned trustee will on 04/18/2023 at the hour of 11:00 AM, Standard of Time, as established by Section 187.110, Oregon Revised Statutes, at the front entrance to the Coos County Courthouse, 2nd Baxter Streets, located at 250 N. Baxter St., Coquille, OR 97423, County of Coos, State of Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in

the said described real property which the grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution by him of the said trust deed, together with any interest which the grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said trust deed, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured (and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the trustee). Notice is further given that any person named in Section 86.778 of Oregon Revised Statutes; has the right to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the trust deed reinstated by payment to the beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of said principal as would not then be due had no default occurred), together with the costs, trustee’s and attorney’s fees and curing any other default complained of in the Notice of Default by tendering the performance required under the obligation or trust deed, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for the sale. In construing this, the masculine gender includes the feminine and the successor in interest to the grantor as well as any other person owing obligation, the performance of which is secured by said trust deed; the words “trustee” and “beneficiary” include their respective successors in interest, if any. Pursuant to Oregon Law, this sale will not be deemed final until the Trustee’s deed has been issued by The Mortgage Law Firm, LLC. If any irregularities are discovered within 10 days of the date of this sale, the trustee will rescind the sale, return the buyer’s money and take further action as necessary. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. Also, please be advised that pursuant to the terms stated on the Deed of Trust and Note, the beneficiary is allowed to conduct property inspections while there is a default. This shall serve as notice that the beneficiary shall be conducting property inspections on the referenced property. Without limiting the trustee’s disclaimer of representations or warranties, Oregon law requires the trustee to state in this notice that some residential property sold at a trustee’s sale may have been used in manufacturing methamphetamines, the chemical components of which are known to be toxic. Prospective purchasers of residential property should be aware of this potential danger before deciding to place a bid for this property at the trustee’s sale. NOTICE TO RESIDENTIAL TENANTS The property in which you are living is in foreclosure. A foreclosure sale is scheduled for 04/18/2023 (date). The date of this sale may be postponed. Unless the lender that is foreclosing on this property is paid before the sale date, the foreclosure will go through and someone new will own this property. After the sale, the new owner is required to provide you with contact information and notice that the sale took place. The following information applies to you only if you are a bona fide tenant occupying and renting this property as a residential dwelling under a legitimate rental agreement. The information does not apply to you if you own this property or if you are not a bona fide residential tenant. If the foreclosure sale goes through, the new owner will have the right to require you to move out. Before the new owner can require you to move, the new owner must provide you with written notice that specifies the date by which you must move out. If you do not leave before the move-out date, the new owner can have the sheriff remove you from the property after a court hearing. You will receive notice of the court hearing. PROTECTION FROM EVICTION IF YOU ARE A BONA FIDE TENANT OCCUPYING AND RENTING THIS PROPERTY AS A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE LIVING IN THIS PROPERTY AFTER THE FORECLOSURE SALE FOR: 60 DAYS FROM

THE DATE YOU ARE GIVEN A WRITTEN TERMINATION NOTICE, IF YOU HAVE A FIXED TERM LEASE; ORAT LEAST 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE YOU ARE GIVEN A WRITTEN TERMINATION NOTICE, IF YOU HAVE A MONTH-TO-MONTH OR WEEK-TO-WEEK RENTAL AGREEMENT.If the new owner wants to move in and use this property as a primary residence, the new owner can give you written notice and require you to move out after 30 days, even though you have a fixed term lease with more than 30 days left.You must be provided with at least 30 days’ written notice after the foreclosure sale before you can be required to move.A bona fide tenant is a residential tenant who is not the borrower (property owner) or a child, spouse or parent of the borrower, and whose rental agreement:Is the result of an arm’s-length transaction;Requires the payment of rent that is not substantially less than fair market rent for the property, unless the rent is reduced or subsidized due to a federal, state or local subsidy; andWas entered into prior to the date of the foreclosure sale.ABOUT YOUR TENANCYBETWEEN NOW AND THE FORECLOSURE SALE:RENTYOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO PAY RENT TO YOUR LANDLORD UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS SOLD OR UNTIL A COURT TELLS YOU OTHERWISE. IF YOU DO NOT PAY RENT, YOU CAN BE EVICTED. BE SURE TO KEEP PROOF OF ANY PAYMENTS YOU MAKE. SECURITY DEPOSITYou may apply your security deposit and any rent you paid in advance against the current rent you owe your landlord as provided in ORS 90.367. To do this, you must notify your landlord in writing that you want to subtract the amount of your security deposit or prepaid rent from your rent payment. You may do this only for the rent you owe your current landlord. If you do this, you must do so before the foreclosure sale. The business or individual who buys this property at the foreclosure sale is not responsible to you for any deposit or prepaid rent you paid to your landlord.ABOUT YOUR TENANCY AFTER THE FORECLOSURE SALEThe new owner that buys this property at the foreclosure sale may be willing to allow you to stay as a tenant instead of requiring you to move out after 30 or 60 days. After the sale, you should receive a written notice informing you that the sale took place and giving you the new owner’s name and contact information. You should contact the new owner if you would like to stay. If the new owner accepts rent from you, signs a new residential rental agreement with you or does not notify you in writing within 30 days after the date of the foreclosure sale that you must move out, the new owner becomes your new landlord and must maintain the property. Otherwise:You do not owe rent;The new owner is not your landlord and is not responsible for maintaining the property on your behalf; andYou must move out by the date the new owner specifies in a notice to you. The new owner may offer to pay your moving expenses and any other costs or amounts you and the new owner agree on in exchange for your agreement to leave the premises in less than 30 or 60 days. You should speak with a lawyer to fully understand your rights before making any decisions regarding your tenancy.

IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO TRY TO FORCE YOU TO LEAVE YOUR DWELLING UNIT WITHOUT FIRST GIVING YOU WRITTEN NOTICE AND GOING TO COURT TO EVICT YOU. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS, YOU SHOULD CONSULT A LAWYER. If you believe you need legal assistance, contact the Oregon State Bar and ask for the lawyer referral service. Contact information for the Oregon State Bar is included with this notice. If you do not have enough money to pay a lawyer and are otherwise eligible, you may be able to receive legal assistance for free. Information about whom to contact for free legal assistance is included with this notice. OREGON STATE BAR, 16037 S.W. Upper Boones Ferry Road, Tigard Oregon 97224, Phone (503) 620-0222, Toll-free 1-800-452-8260 Website: http://www.oregon-

lawhelp.org NOTICE TO VETERANS If the recipient of this notice is a veteran of the armed forces, assistance may be available from a county veterans’ service officer or community action agency. Contact information for a service officer appointed for the county in which you live and contact information for a community action agency that serves the area where you live may be obtained by calling a 2-1-1 information service. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act requires that we state the following: this is an attempt to collect, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. If a discharge has been obtained by any party through bankruptcy proceedings: This shall not be construed to be an attempt to collect the outstanding indebtedness or hold you personally liable for the debt. This letter is intended to exercise the note holder’s rights against the real property only. The Successor Trustee, The Mortgage Law Firm, LLC, has authorized the undersigned attorney to execute the document on the Successor Trustee’s behalf as allowed under ORS 86.713(8). Dated: 12/15/2022 The Mortgage Law Firm, LLC Jason L Cotton #223275 The Mortgage Law Firm, LLC Jason L Cotton OSB #223275 650 NE Holladay Suite 1600 Portland, OR 97232 Phone number for the Trustee: 1-971-270-1233 1 (619) 465-8200 A-4768203 01/03/2023, 01/10/2023, 01/17/2023, 01/24/2023 The World & ONPA(ID:355197)

Public Notice

Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing has been set before the Planning Commission and City Council of the City of Bandon. 22-120: Amending Chapter 16.12 of the Bandon Municipal Code, regulating the use of property as a Vacation Rental Dwelling in the City of Bandon. All meetings will begin at 7:00 PM at the City of Bandon Council Chambers, located at 555 HWY 101, Bandon, Oregon, 97411. These meetings are open to the public and will follow requirements of the Oregon Health Authority. You may also access the meeting online using the following information: Meeting Link: https://us02web. zoom.us/j/2157059460 Meeting ID: 215 705 9460

Testimony can be mailed to the City of Bandon, Attn: Dana Nichols, PO Box 67, Bandon, OR, 97411 or emailed to planning@cityofbandon.org. The following dates should be noted for testimony deadlines: Planning Commission Public Hearing on January 26th, 2023 City Council Hearing on March 6th, 2023

5:00 pm, January 19, 2023: Deadline for inclusion of testimony in meeting packet. 5:00 pm, January 26, 2023: Deadline for electronic (e-mail or FAX), hand delivered or US mail testimony.

After 5:00 pm on January 26, 2023: Testimony must be presented at the hearing. The proposed ordinance is available for inspection at the City of Bandon Planning Department at no cost, hard copies can be made available for purchase at the actual cost of copying, upon request. A copy of the Staff Report will be available for inspection at the City of Bandon Planning Department at no cost at least one week prior to the public hearing. The ordinance criterion applicable to this application is available to review online at www.cityofbandon.org. Oregon law states that failure to raise an objection concerning this application, either in person or by letter, or failure to provide sufficient specificity to afford the decision maker an opportunity to respond to the issue, precludes your right of appeal to the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) on that issue. Failure to specify which ordinance criterion the objection is based on also precludes your right of appeal to LUBA on that criterion. All materials are available at the Bandon Planning Department, 555 Hwy 101, and Bandon, Oregon 97411. During the Public Hearing, time shall be allowed for testimony and the Chair shall have the right to limit the length of testimony and require that comments be restricted to the applicable criteria. If you have questions or comments concerning this notice, please contact the Planning Department (541) 347-7922 or planning@cityofbandon.org Published: January 3, 2023

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CITY OF COOS BAY

The City of Coos Bay is eligible to apply for a 2023 Community Development Block Grant from Business Oregon. Community Development Block Grant funds come from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The grants can be used for public facilities and housing improvements, primarily for persons with low and moderate incomes. Approximately $11 million will be awarded to Oregon non-metropolitan cities and counties in 2023. The maximum grant that a city or county can receive for housing rehabilitation projects is $500,000 including the additional $100,000 for work in manufactured home parks. The City of Coos Bay is preparing an application for a 2023 Community Development Block Grant from the Business Oregon for a regional housing rehabilitation program for persons residing in Coos County and Western Douglas County, Oregon. It is estimated that the proposed project will benefit at least 60 persons, of whom 100% will be low or moderateincome.

A public hearing will be held by the City of Coos Bay City Council at 7:00 pm on January 17, 2023 at the City Council Chambers at Coos Bay City Hall located at 500 Central Avenue, Coos Bay, Oregon. The purpose of this hearing is for the Coos Bay City Council to obtain citizen views and to respond to questions and comments about: community development and

housing needs, especially the needs of low- and moderateincome persons, as well as other needs in the community that might be assisted with a Community Development Block Grant project; and the proposed project. Oral comments will be accepted at the January 17, 2023 city council meeting, during the public hearing. Written comments are also welcome and must be received by January 16, 2023, at 5:00 pm. Public comments can be submitted via email (publiccomment@coosbay. org), delivered by hand or mailed (500 Central Avenue, Coos Bay, Oregon 97420), or fax (541-267-5912). Both oral and written comments will be considered by the Coos Bay City Council in deciding whether to apply.

The location of the hearing is accessible to persons with disabilities. Please contact Nichole Rutherford, City Manager’s Office, 500 Central Avenue, Coos Bay, Oregon at 541-269-1181 x2244 or nrutherford@coosbay.org if you will need any special accommodations to attend or participate in the meeting. More information about Oregon Community Development Block Grants, the proposed project, and records about the City of Coos Bay’s past use of Community Development Block Grant funds is available for public review at 500 Central Avenue, Coos Bay, Oregon during regular office hours. Advance notice is requested. If special accommodations are needed, please notify Nichole Rutherford, City Manager’s Office, 500 Central

Avenue, Coos Bay, Oregon at 541-269-1181 x2244 or nrutherford@coosbay.org so that appropriate assistance can be provided. Permanent involuntary displacement of persons or businesses is not anticipated as a result of the proposed project. If displacement becomes necessary, alternatives will be examined to minimize the displacement and provide required/reasonable benefits to those displaced. Any low- and moderate-income housing that is demolished or converted to another use will be replaced.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Matter of Establishing Fees for Services and Revising Existing Fees

Notice is hereby given that the Coos County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on January 9, 2023 at 1:30 pm at The Owen Building located at 201 N. Adams St, Coquille, OR 97423, to consider revising existing fees for county services. Fees that will be considered include, but are not limited to Coos County Surveyor’s Office and Coos Health and Wellness Public Health. This hearing is open to the public and all interested persons may appear and be heard. Date: Dec. 29, 2022 :John Sweet, Chair, Board of Commissioner Published: January 3, 2023 The World & ONPA (ID:355692)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS, PROBATE DEPARTMENT

In the Matter of the Estate of: ROBERT WILLIAM CRISP, Decedent Case No.: 22PB09968

NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Nicholas Crisp has been appointed Administrator. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to Amber Gies, attorney for the Administrator, Gies Law, LLC, 455 S 4th St., Suite 1, Coos Bay, OR 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 probate clerk’s office at the Coos County Courthouse, Probate Department 250 N Baxter, Coquille, Oregon 97423, Monday through Friday between 8 am and noon, and 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., the Administrator, or the attorney for the Administrator, Amber Gies, Gies Law, LLC, 455 S 4th Street, Suite 1, Coos Bay, OR 97420

Dated and first published this 20th day of December, 2022. Published: December 20, December 27 and January 3, 2023

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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: William Anthony Rutten, Decedent.

Case No.: 22PB10233

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 PO Box 119, 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 personal representative, or the attorneys for the personal representative, Stebbins & Co, LLC, PO Box 119, Coos Bay, Oregon, 97420. Dated and first published December 20, 2022.

Anthony Blake Rutten

Personal Representative Published: December 20, December 27 and January 3, 2023

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Charlisa Larkin has been appointed Personal Representative of the Estate of M. Marie Laisure, deceased, Coos County Circuit Court Case No. 22PB10675. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them within four months from the date of the first publication of this Notice to the Personal Representative at Thorp, Purdy, Jewett, Urness & Wilkinson, P.C., 1011 Harlow Road, Suite 300, Springfield, Oregon 97477, or they may be barred. Any person whose rights may be affected by these proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the Court, the Personal Representative or from the Personal Representative’s attorneys. DATED and first published: December 20, 2022 /s/ Charlisa Larkin

Personal Representative Published: December 20, December 27 and January 3, 2023

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Oregon bans sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035

By Peter Wong Oregon Capital Bureau

Oregon and Washington have joined California in requiring automakers to sell only new electric or hybrid cars and passenger trucks beginning with the 2035 model year.

The rules were adopted Monday by the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission on a 4-1 vote and by the Washington Department of Ecology.

Oregon and Washington are among the 17 states that follow California’s stricter emissions requirements for vehicles as allowed under the federal Clean Air Act.

California’s Air Resources Board, which has authority over vehicle emissions, voted for the stricter standards on Aug. 25.

The actions do not ban the sale or use of gasoline- or diesel-powered cars and light trucks in those states after 2035.

But they will require manufacturers to offer for sale increasing shares of their future vehicles to be carbon-free, until the 100% mark is reached in the 2035 model year.

Under federal law, states can choose to go with California’s stricter emissions standards for vehicles or the more lenient federal standards – but states cannot devise their own standards. Some other states have indicated they do not plan to follow California’s zero-emission vehicle standards.

“I think there is a large part of this state that thinks we are crazy to follow California on anything,” said Greg Addington of Klamath Falls, the only dissenter on the Environmental Quality Commission vote.

Addington was hired a couple of months ago to lead

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the Oregon Farm Bureau, where he once worked.

But Amy Schlusser, another commission member, said the realities of climate change are forcing change.

“If we don’t adopt this rule here today, I think the transportation system will still electrify,” said Schlusser, a staff lawyer with the Green Energy Institute at Lewis & Clark College law school.

“We just won’t have the same number of options. We will not be providing the regulatory certainty to utilities and auto manufacturers. We won’t be upgrading the (power) grid in a strategic and cohesive way that is proactive, rather than reactive.”

Addington also was the lone vote a year ago when the commission adopted a statewide plan aimed at reducing heat-trapping greenhouse gases 50% by 2035 and 90% by 2050, based on 2007-11 levels. That plan was aimed mainly at transportation fuels.

Several groups have challenged that plan in the Oregon Court of Appeals, which is considering their argument that the commission lacked authority from the Legislature to do it.

Transportation still accounts for the greatest share of Oregon’s greenhouse gases at more than 30%.

Addington did join the four other members in voting for progress reports, starting in 2028 and updated every two years, that cover six points. Among them:

Manufacturer compliance with the share of zero-emission vehicles they offer, the cost of such vehicles and batteries, how the rules affect low-income communities and rural areas, the status of electric-charging stations and infrastructure.

“It has made me more comfortable with the notion

What “success” looks like at different shelters can mean different things — and because of a tight housing market, like what the Salem shelter experiences, it sometimes has to look like smaller wins than getting someone into long-term, permanent housing.

At Bethlehem Inn, for example, shelter staff assign each resident a score from 1 to 5 for each of seven areas: shelter, safety, employment, income, health care, mental health and overall wellness. The nonprofit’s data shows that the average resident at the shelter leaves about 4 and a quarter points higher on that scale than when they entered.

In Bend, the Turnkey-supported shelter has housed 69 individuals for an average of about 117 nights each, according to data from NeighborImpact, which operates the shelter. Of 23 who’ve left the shelter so far, a little under half have moved into some kind of more stable housing, like a subsidized rental

of electric vehicles and what that might mean in places such as Eastern Oregon,” Addington said. “But I do have some things I can’t quite get over,” he added, such as the availability of such vehicles in rural areas, the lack of charging stations and the suitability of vehicles for agriculture, forestry and construction. The rules do not apply to heavy-duty trucks.

“I think there are a whole lot of people in this state who don’t get where this is going and why this is going there,”

or housing voucher, and around a quarter moved into some other kind of temporary shelter or homelessness.

“We would expect some of those folks (at the Franklin Avenue shelter) will transition to permanent housing (soon),” Fraley said.

“So there has been movement in between the properties as far as people securing a more permanent housing option through some pretty robust case management and other services provided both by NeighborImpact and by REACH.”

But across the state, the outcomes of Project Turnkey are harder to measure.

While individual shelter operators might track their own data, because the funds were distributed through a private nonprofit on a short-term basis, there’s no consistent reporting across sites statewide about who is using Turnkey shelters, how long they’re staying or where they’re going when they leave.

That’s a major contrast with California’s hotel-to-shelter program launched during the pandemic.

he said. “We have not done a good job talking about what this means.”

The original recommendation from the Department of Environmental Quality staff was for a single update in 2030.

The new timetable, Commission Chairwoman Kathleen George said, “gives us the opportunity to check along the way and work with others to take the actions needed to allow these goals to be implemented.”

The Oregon Transportation Commission has approved

$100 million from federal funds over the next five years to upgrade electric-charging stations and other infrastructure along already-designated highways.

According to a DEQ staff study, the new rules are expected to result in 150 fewer deaths and between $5 million and $13 million in added health benefits.

The new rules also are projected to reduce carbon dioxide by 53 million metric tons by 2040, and 3,693 tons of oxides of nitrogen by 2025.

There, the state’s housing department administered the grant program and publishes data from its grantees, including dashboards of where funds are going and how many units are occupied, as well as an early analysis that showed about a third of shelter users entered permanent or temporary housing after they left the shelter.

In this state, Oregon Housing & Community Services is just beginning to fund programs at most of the Turnkey sites, which will require some data reporting to the state. OHCS has also commissioned a study on the impact of Turnkey in the near future, according to OHCS’s Savara.

More in store in new phases of pandemic

Project Turnkey isn’t over, either. Legislators in 2022 approved another $50 million for the program, which state officials expect will fund around a dozen additional shelters in early 2023.

The Oregon Community Foundation, which is also distributing the second round of grants, hasn’t disclosed which applications it

“Gasoline- and diesel-engine emissions can have a disproportionate impact … which put some areas of Oregon at risk of exceeding the national ambient air quality standards,” said Rachel Sakata, a senior air quality planner with the agency.

“These emissions can cause respiratory illnesses on a local level in addition to other health effects. So this proposed rulemaking helps achieve reductions in emissions, which will save more lives and result in fewer hospitalizations overall.”

plans to fund, but OCF’s Loeb says officials there hope to include regions and populations that weren’t covered in the original round.

“We’re looking at a broad geographic distribution of funds around the state to support areas that either were not able to fully resolve the shelter needs in their community through the first round or areas that were not able to be supported through the first round,” Loeb said.

And as the pandemic wanes, Savara, with the state housing agency, says Oregon’s Turnkey shelters are beginning to focus less on emergency shelter to prevent the transmission of COVID and pivoting to longer-term goals in a state that had 6,200 unsheltered households in 2019, according to a state study.

“At the end of the day, (homelessness is) about not having housing, and housing that’s affordable and housing that meets their needs,” Savara said. “Project Turnkey easily can start to become a great opportunity for other types of low-income, permanent housing options for people experiencing homelessness.”

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With new gas-powered cars banned in Oregon by 2035, the state has a lot of questions to answer in the coming years.

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Marshfield girls rally to capture Stayton tournament

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Marshfield’s girls basketball team had a big week winning the Stayton Holiday Classic and knocking off one of the top teams in Class 4A to do it.

The Pirates beat Jefferson 6441 in the first round, topped host Stayton 45-29 in the semifinals and then edged Baker 40-39 in the championship game. The Bulldogs, who eliminated Marshfield from the playoffs last season, were unbeaten and ranked first in the coaches poll (the Pirates were No. 7 in the most recent poll).

“We had a very good tournament,” Marshfield coach Doug Miles said. “We made big improvements defensively and we showed spots where we have a good offense.

“We still have not played a complete game, but we are getting closer.”

Three different players led the team in scoring during the tournament. Kate Miles had 12 points against Jefferson, Paige MacDuff had 12 against Stayton and Trinity Barker had 15 against Baker, including 10 in the fourth quarter when Marshfield erased an eightpoint deficit.

Kate Miles made the go-ahead free throw with seven seconds to go in the title game and Gracie Peach and Alie Clarke played great defense against Jozie Ramos, one of the state’s top players, limiting her to eight points.

Tatum Montiel also had two big baskets in the fourth-quarter comeback and MacDuff finished with 15 rebounds.

“It was a big game for us because they beat us so badly in the playoffs last year, and I know the girls were excited to get another shot at them,” Doug Miles said.

Marshfield competes in the SkylEm/Skyline Crossover on Friday and Saturday at Marist High School in Eugene before starting the SkyEm season Jan. 17 against Junction City at home.

BULLDOGS THIRD: North

Bend finished third in the Newport Coast Classic last week, with wins over Taft and Santiam to snap a four-game losing streak.

The Bulldogs beat Taft 37-26 to open the tournament, fell to host Newport in the semifinals 39-34 and beat Santiam 30-23.

McKenzie Breakfield had nine points in the first win, which gave North Bend some momentum after its recent losses.

“It was good for our team to get a win,” North Bend coach Mike Forrester said.

Newport beat Caldera High School of Bend 40-33 to win the tournament.

North Bend is next in action Friday and Saturday at the Sky-Em/ Skyline Crossover in Eugene.

MONROE 43, COQUILLE 40: The Red Devils saw a five-game winning streak come to an end on the road against the Dragons, who now have won five in a row.

Coquille had been 7-2 and entered the Class 3A coaches poll at No. 8.

They are at Elkton on Tuesday and host Sutherlin on Friday to open the Far West League season.

POWERS 39, MARSHFIELD JV 7: The Cruisers improved to 7-0 on the season as they continued to gain momentum for the Skyline League season, beating the Pirates at home Thursday.

Skylar Thompson had two 3-pointers and 11 points for the Cruisers and Lauren Stallard also scored 11. Kailey Jo Swenson had six points and Emma Krantz five.

The Cruisers face Marshfield again Tuesday before opening league play with games Friday at home against Days Creek and Saturday at Riddle.

CROW 40, PACIFIC 29: The Pirates lost on the road Friday, falling to 5-5 on the season after winning games the previous two days in the junior varsity portion of the Bandon Dunes tournament.

Pacific edged Myrtle Point’s JV 40-38 and Bandon’s JV 42-7. They face the Tigers again Tuesday

before opening Skyline League play at North Douglas on Friday and hosting Yoncalla on Saturday.

BOYS PIRATES THIRD: Marshfield placed third in the Stayton Holiday Classic, beating Scappoose and Molalla and losing to host Stayton in the semifinals.

The team, which had no returning varsity players, continues to show progress, coach Jessie Ainsworth said.

“We put two quarters of great defense together, we just need to be more consistent,” he said after the 56-53 win over Scappoose.

Mekhi Johnson had 27 points and Steele Carpenter 15 in the win over Scappoose.

The Pirates fell to Stayton 65-23

but bounced back to beat Molalla 60-24.

Stayton lost to Baker 74-62 in the championship game.

Marshfield plays Coquille at home on Tuesday before the SkyEm/Skyline League crossover Friday and Saturday at Henley and Mazama high school in the Klamath Falls area.

COQUILLE 42, MONROE 41: The Red Devils, who have had a number of agonizing losses, finally won a close game, edging the host Dragons.

Hayden GeDeros had 15 points, Zak Farmer 10 and Gardner Scolari seven in the win, which improved Coquille to 5-5.

After Tuesday’s game at Marshfield, the Red Devils open Far West League play at home against

Sutherlin on Friday and visit South Umpqua on Monday.

CROW 43, PACIFIC 35: The Pirates fell on the road in their final tuneup for the Skyline League season.

Logan Knapp had 13 points and Ruben Watson 10 for Pacific, which is 3-7 as it opens league with games at North Douglas on Friday and at home against Yoncalla on Saturday.

MARSHFIELD JV 40, POWERS 37: The Cruisers fell at home to the Pirates.

Charlie Shorb had 11 points and Braden Bushnell nine for the Cruisers, who play the Pirates again Tuesday in the Marshfield junior high gym.

Enoch Niblett had 11 points, Devon Pederson nine and Logan Shipman eight for Marshfield.

Tigers fall in championship game of Bandon Dunes tourney

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Bandon’s girls basketball team came up just short against North Douglas in the championship game of the annual Bandon Dunes Holiday Tournament on Friday.

The Warriors are one of the best teams in Class 1A (ranked third in the coaches poll) while Bandon remains No. 2 in the Class 2A poll.

Bandon earlier beat Mapleton 74-14 and Eddyville 56-34 before losing in the championship game.

“The tournament was fun,” Bandon coach Jordan Sammons said. “We played some tough games and had a chance to get better.”

The opener was a good game for the Tigers, coming out of the Christmas break.

“We played hard from the tip and it was a good game to get back in a rhythm,” Sammons said.

Olivia Thompson had 22 points, Katelyn Senn 20 and Abby Weston 10 in the win.

Against Eddyville, the Tigers led

by 10 before a big run in the fourth quarter.

“It was nice to go on a big run and not let a good team back in it,” Sammons said.

Eddyville entered the game with a 5-1 record.

“The championship game was a heck of a game between two really good teams,” Sammons said. “It was physical and back and forth the whole way.

“We did some good things and also made some mistakes at times that cost us some opportunities. It will be great for us to go back and watch film and learn from.”

He also gave North Douglas credit for the win. The Warriors are 8-2 with the losses to Salem Academy, which handed Bandon its only other loss, and Class 3A power Sutherlin.

Sammons came away happy with his team’s performance.

“The biggest thing is I am super proud of their heart and effort the entire game,” he said. “They battled

and played extremely hard and left it all out there.

“Looking forward, we are excited to continue to get better and get into games in our new league.”

The Tigers host Illinois Valley on Tuesday and visit Oakland on Friday as they return to the Valley Coast Conference schedule. They also have a big rescheduled game against Central Linn on Saturday at home.

Myrtle Point also was in the Bandon Dunes tournament, winning the consolation title.

The Bobcats lost to East Linn Christian 39-35 in the opening round before beating Siuslaw 49-13 and Kennedy 48-14.

Myrtle Point visits Siuslaw on Tuesday before opening Skyline League play with games at Yoncalla on Friday and at home against North Douglas on Saturday.

Bandon’s Senn and Thompson and Myrtle Point’s Grace Bradford were named to the all-tournament team.

BOYS Kennedy won the Bandon Dunes tournament, beating East Linn Christian 56-41 in the championship game after topping host Bandon 43-27 in the semifinals.

Bandon coach Vince Quattrocchi said the Trojans are a talented and athletic group after Kennedy’s win over the Tigers.

In that game, Bandon led 21-19 at halftime but only scored six points in the second half.

“Kennedy made some good adjustments in the second half and shut Owen (Brown) down and our offense couldn’t score,” Quattrocchi said. “Kennedy is well coached and fundamentally sound.”

Quattrocchi said he was proud of Bandon’s defensive performance in the loss and said his team’s effort was strong all night. Brown led the Tigers with 14 points and Eli Freitag added eight.

Bandon fell to North Douglas 6040 in the third-place game.

“We did not play like we did last night,” Quattrocchi said. “North Douglas was physical and took it to us. We played on our heels. They have athletes and it was tough to match up with them.”

Owen Brown had 14 points and Carter Brown nine in the thirdplace game.

Bandon beat Mapleton 64-22 to open the tournament. Owen Brown had 16 points and Colton Siewell 10 in that win.

The Tigers are 6-4 as they resume league play at home against Illinois Valley on Tuesday.

Myrtle Point’s boys finished seventh in the tournament, falling to East Linn Christian 56-52 before losing to Alsea 48-37 and beating Mapleton 56-23.

The Bobcats are 3-7 heading into Tuesday’s game at Siuslaw and the league opener at Yoncalla on Friday.

Bandon’s Owen Brown and Myrtle Point’s Howard Blanton were on the all-tournament team.

Oregon Community Trees and ODF seek nominees for urban forestry award program

Oregon Community Trees (OCT) and the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) are seeking nominees for their urban forestry award program. For the past 28 years, the program has recognized people, communities, and organizations in the state who have outstanding accomplishments and shown leadership in urban and community forestry.

The goal of the awards program is two-fold: to celebrate Oregonians who understand that healthy urban forests foster thriving communities and to encourage support from their community leaders.

Nominate on the OCT website at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SqhhZIkjRogARI1asa_tum3iZCvB_ vDd6kg_vp5W_Ng/edit.

Nominations are due no later than Friday, Feb. 17, 2023.

Award categories

The Individual Award is given to a person who has

made significant contributions to urban forestry in Oregon. This may be in tree planting and care, engaging people in community forestry, raising awareness about urban trees, and protecting Oregon’s urban forests.

The Organization Award is given to a business, non-profit, school or municipality actively promoting healthier communities in Oregon through education, awareness, advocacy and investment in our urban forests.

The President’s Award is selected by OCT’s Board Chair. It recognizes outstanding contributions or lifetime achievements in the field of urban forestry.

The Oregon Tree City of the Year is selected by ODF’s Urban and Community Forestry Program managers. ODF only considers cities in Oregon recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation as a Tree City USA for this award. Typically, recipients have made urban forestry efforts beyond the four basic

standards of a Tree City and have applied for a Growth Award.

Past recipients

Since 1994, 81 individuals, 56 organizations and businesses, and 24 Oregon Tree Cities of the Year have been recognized for their contributions to urban and community forestry.

This is a selection of the award-winning work being done across Oregon to engage citizens in urban forestry, and to preserve trees and space for trees in our communities:

• Tualatin 1996, Bridgeport Elementary School – The Families in the Trees Festival

• Monmouth 1999, City of Monmouth – Legacy Forest

• Sisters 2002, Sisters High School – Community Tree Survey

• Hillsboro 2010, Clean Water Services – Tree for All

• La Grande 2013, City of La Grande – Mainstreet Tree Planting

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Selection and recognition Recipients are selected by

mission of OCT to promote healthy urban and community forests through leadership, education, awareness, and advocacy.

Selected nominees are then approved by the full OCT board of directors. Award

recipients

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Marshfield point guard Joseph Herbert looks to pass the ball while driving down the lane during the Pirates’ loss to Crook County during the Les Schwab/Director’s Mortgage Tournament. The Pirates finished third in the Stayton Holiday Classic.

Willamette Valley Ponderosa Pine Conservation Association, 2019 – Ponderosa Pine Legacy Project

Bandon 2022, Friends of Bandon Parks – John Creek Park Land Acquisition

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receive a letter of recognition from OCT, an engraved wooden plaque in the shape of Oregon, and a public presentation by someone from OCT or ODF. Recipients’ names are also displayed at the Oregon Urban and Community Forestry conference in June.

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Tony Mecum holds the plaque naming Grants Pass as Tree City of the Year in 2020. Nominations for this and other urban forestry awards are now open and can be filed on the Oregon Community Trees website.

Police Blotter

Sunday 12/25:

North Bend

• 12:05 am, 48 year old male cited for disorderly conduct II, Sherman and Connecticut.

• 12:25 am, dispute, 1700 block of Meade Avenue.

12:42 am, prowler, 3000 block of Sheridan Avenue.

• 7:04 am, disorderly conduct, Broadway and Newmark.

7:16 am, 48 year old male cited for criminal trespass II, 1700 block of Sherman Avenue.

• 7:59 am, male subject transported to Coos County Jail for burglary II and criminal mischief II, 2600 block of Sherman Avenue.

• 1:33 pm, civil problem, 1800 block of Monroe Street.

• 3:53 pm, loud music, 1200 block of Winsor Avenue.

• 7:18 pm, disorderly conduct, 16th and Oak.

7:59 pm, unlawful entry into motor vehicle and theft of items, 1600 block of Virginia Avenue.

10:10 pm, 32 year old male cited for driving while suspended, Maple and California.

• 11:51 pm, burglary, 2000 block of Hayes Street. 11:51 pm, prowler, 800 block of Vermont Avenue.

Coos Bay

• 12:27 am, cow in roadway, 2300 block of Ocean Boulevard.

• 4:258 am, 44 year old male cited for driving while suspended, 2nd and Kruse.

7:31 am, animal abuse, 1300 block of N 8th Street.

• 11:56 am, dispute, 1st and Golden.

12:50 pm, theft of cargo

trailer, 500 block of N Cammann Street.

1:25 pm, family dispute, 100 block of N 12th Street.

• 1:30 pm, 35 year old male cited for criminal trespass I, disorderly conduct II and resisting arrest, 200 block of E Johnson Avenue.

• 1:38 pm, theft, 500 block of S Morrison Street.

2:26 pm, disorderly conduct, Koos Bay Boulevard and N Bayshore Drive.

• 3:29 pm, disorderly conduct, 1000 block of Newmark Avenue.

• 5:04 pm, family dispute, Yew Street and N 12th Street.

• 7:20 pm, disorderly conduct, S 4th Street and Bennett Avenue.

• 8:35 pm, 53 year old female cited for driving while suspended, 1100 block of Fenwick.

• 9:18 pm, disorderly conduct, Newmark and Morrison.

9:35 pm, dispute, Woodland and North Bend Medical Center.

9:37 pm, theft of bicycle, 1000 block of S 1st Street.

• 9:50 pm, 48 year old male cited for criminal trespass II, 1000 block of Newmark Avenue.

9:57 pm, theft from trailer, 200 block of Kruse Avenue.

10:29 pm, dispute, 400 block of N Marple.

• 10:33 pm, disorderly conduct, Newmark and Ocean.

• 11:37 pm, phone harassment, 1900 block of Newmark Avenue.

• 11:39 pm, 37 year old male cited for DUII, Ocean and Wallace.

• 6:41 am, 54 year old male cited for criminal trespass II and unlawful entry into motor vehicle, 50 block of W Highway 42.

12:25 pm, disorderly conduct, 1st and Central.

Reedsport

• 12:47 am, disturbance, 100 block of N 20th Street.

3:31 am, trespassing, 7-Eleven.

Monday 12/26:

North Bend

• 12:05 am, 50 year old male transported to Coos County Jail for burglary II and criminal mischief I, 2700 block of Virginia Avenue.

• 2:14 am, 18 year old male cited result of traffic stop, 900 block of S 1st Street.

• 3:01 pm, disorderly conduct, 1500 block of Sherman Avenue.

• 9:58 am, threats, North Bend Hotel.

• 10:05 am, hit and run, Meade and Florida.

10:13 am, threats, 700 block of Virginia Avenue.

11:17 am, civil problem, 1200 block of Windsor Avenue.

12:25 pm, theft, 3500 block of Ash Street.

• 1:08 pm, unlawful entry into motor vehicle, 400 block of Virginia Avenue.

• 1:46 pm, civil problem, Broadway Avenue.

2:24 pm, dispute, 2000 block of 11th Court.

5:33 pm, dispute, 2500 block of Broadway Avenue.

5:56 pm, criminal mischief, 900 block of Commercial Street.

8:38 pm, family dispute, 2400 block of Commercial Street.

11:45 pm, tree down, 3500

block of Pine.

Coos Bay

• 12:16 am, dispute, 300 block of S Wall Street.

2:14 am, 18 year old male cited for DUII, 900 block of S 1st Street.

8:21 am, dispute, 4th Street and Bennett.

• 8:26 am, 44 year old male lodged at Coos County Jail for assault II, menacing, unlawful use of weapon and fail to register sex offender, 500 block of 10th Avenue.

9:59 am, phone harassment, 1900 block of Newmark Avenue.

10:44 am, unlawful entry into motor vehicle, 1400 block of Ocean Boulevard.

11:13 am, dispute, 700 block of 9th Avenue.

• 1:42 pm, dog on roof, 800 block of S 2nd Street.

• 4:25 pm, missing person, 800 block of Garfield Avenue.

• 5:53 pm, disorderly conduct, 200 block of S Broadway Street.

• 8:33 pm, disorderly conduct, 1700 block of Thompson Road.

• 9:27 pm, dispute, 1200 block of Newmark Avenue.

11:09 pm, tree down, Thompson Road.

Coquille

• 7:58 am, 40 year old female cited result of traffic stop, Highway 42 and Winter Lake Lane.

11:55 am, 23 year old male cited result of traffic stop, Highway 42 and Johnson Mill Pond Road. 8:56 pm, tree down, Highway 42 and Rink Creek Road.

Reedsport

• 2:04 pm, restraining order

violation, 2600 block of Frontage Road.

Tuesday 12/27:

North Bend

• 5:52 am, disorderly conduct, 1800 block of Newmark Street.

• 6:39 am, 47 year old male cited for disorderly conduct II and resisting arrest, 3300 block of Broadway Avenue.

7:21 am, tree down, 800 block of Lindberg Street.

• 8:36 am, unlawful entry into motor vehicle, 200 block of Newmark Street.

• 10:55 am, dog at large, 1200 block of Airport Way.

• 12:15 pm, 62 year old male cited on a warrant and criminal trespass II, 2100 block of Newmark Avenue.

• 12:15 pm, 62 year old male cited for criminal trespass II, 3300 block of Broadway Avenue.

1:03 pm, 46 year old male cited for criminal trespass II, 1900 block of Newmark Street.

• 1:35 pm, criminal mischief, 2100 block of Commercial Avenue.

• 2:39 pm, hit and run accident, 2100 block of Newmark Street.

• 3:32 pm, dispute, 1300 block of Virginia Avenue.

4:36 pm, dispute, Tremont Avenue and State Street.

4:56 pm, dispute, 16th and Cedar.

• 6:54 pm, disorderly conduct, Lakeshore Drive and Wasson Street.

• 7:07 pm, phone harassment, 3700 block of Pacific Avenue.

• 7:32 pm, civil problem, 3500 block of Ash Street.

8:28 pm, animal at large, Sherman near Colorado. 9:36 pm, unauthorized use

of motor vehicle, Walmart toward North Bend.

• 9:57 pm, menacing, 3000 block of Sherman Avenue.

Coos Bay

• 6:51 am, sign down, 200 block of S 4th Street. 10:15 am, criminal mischief, 100 block of Norman Avenue.

• 11:42 am, line down, S 10th and Ingersoll.

1:21 pm, theft, 2000 block of Newmark Avenue.

• 4:18 pm, missing person 200 block of N 13th Street.

• 5:04 pm, theft, 1100 block of S Broadway Street.

7:19 pm, harassment, 100 block of S Empire Boulevard.

• 9:12 pm, shots fired, Newmark Avenue and Schoneman Street.

• 9:46 pm, 53 year old male cited on Coos Bay Police warrant served by Oregon State Police, 1300 block of Airport Lane.

11:44 pm, 48 year old male cited for attempted theft II, criminal mischief III and possession of burglary tools, Student Way. 11:46 pm, criminal mischief, 200 block of Holland Street.

• 11:56 pm, 36 year old female cited on Florence Police warrant, 1400 block of Highland Avenue.

Coquille

• 7:15 am, line down, 400 block of E 6th Street.

• 12:00 pm, line down, 1500 block of Shelley Road.

• 1:35 pm, theft, 200 block of E 11th Street. 2:48 pm, civil problem, 100 block of E 10th Street.

Reedsport

• 11:00 am, theft, 7-Eleven.

Brock Smith Announces Committee Assignments for

Representative David Brock Smith (R-Port Orford) announced his appointment to five committees for the upcoming 82nd Legislative Session. This upcoming session will be Representative Brock Smith’s fourth term in the Oregon House of

Representatives.

The committees

Representative Brock Smith will serve on are: • Vice Chair - Climate, Energy and Environment Committee • Joint Committee on Ways & Means

82nd Legislative Session

Ways and Means

Natural Resources Subcommittee

Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources and Water Committee

Housing and Homelessness Committee

serving on these five committees for the 82nd Legislative Session,” said Representative Brock Smith. “I am grateful for the opportunity to serve for the first time on the Full Joint Committee on Ways & Means and to continue my role as a member of the

Natural Resources Ways and Means Subcommittee. I also appreciate the opportunity to continue my role as Vice Chair of the restructured Climate, Energy and Environment Committee and to continue as a member of the restructured Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources and Water Committee. The Housing and Homelessness Committee is a new committee assignment for

me and I look forward to the opportunity to work on those related issues as well as all of those within these committees as they are important to our District, their communities and residents,” he said.

The 82nd Oregon Legislative Assembly will be sworn in on Monday, January 9, and the 2023 legislative session will begin on Tuesday, January 17.

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