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Charleston Seafood Festival cancelled
BY BREE LAUGHLIN The World
The longstanding Charleston Seafood Festival was set to happen this month, but organizers at the Charleston Volunteer Firefighters Association said they had to make a difficult decision to cancel the event. “We just don’t have enough staffing and the volunteer numbers have gone down significantly in the past few years,” said Caleb Moldt, Pres-
ident of the Charleston Volunteer Firefighters association. The Seafood Festival was being advertised as a celebration of the harvest from the sea, and to include craft beer, regional wines, crafts, shirts, trinkets and more. Moldt said the event was first started as a fundraiser for the firefighters about 15 years ago. But the event had barely been breaking even the last couple years. “The number of participants have gone down and
the vendors and volunteers have also dwindled down,” the firefighter said. “The last few years we just haven't made any money on it and had been lucky if we broke even on it.” It takes a lot of resources from the Fire Department to put on the event, he added. “We opted to cancel it for the year and work on getting the volunteer numbers built
Work officially kicks off on North Jetty repairs BY DAVID RUPKALVIS For The World
More than 130 years after work first began on the North Spit at the Port of Coos Bay, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle visited Coos Bay on Sunday to celebrate the latest effort to repair the damaged jetty.
When the jetties were first built, starting in 1891 and ending in 1895, the North Jetty measured 9,000 feet long. Over the years, wear and tear from the ocean has destroyed more than 1,000 feet on the jetty, with it losing around 25 feet every year. Thanks in large part due to the efforts of
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A couple enjoys a plate of seafood at the Charleston Seafood Festival. Due to a lack of volunteers, the festival was cancelled this year.
Seafood Festival continued on page 2
County fair draws big crowds
North Spit continued on page 3
TOP: U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle discusses the ongoing repairs to the North Jetty as U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden listens is. The two elected officials visited Coos Bay and got a look at the improvements being made at the port. BOTTOM: U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden gets an explanation of the work being done at the North Jetty from Capt. Marie Adams with the Corps of Engineers.
Volunteers work to keep Oregon’s Bay Area beautiful
Photos by Bree Laughlin
BY BREE LAUGHLIN The World
A local volunteer group is looking for power in numbers to keep Oregon’s Bay Area beautiful. The Oregon Bay Area Beautification group hosts a volunteer cleanup each month.
The Coos County Fair is a favorite summertime event and one of the longest running traditions in the region. This year, the fair and rodeo brought in big crowds. It attracted locals and visitors of all ages to enjoy a variety of fair food favorites, experience the thrill of carnival rides, win prizes, attend the rodeo and music concerts, check out locally-raised livestock, and much more.
“We are a volunteer-based organization and our focus is to beautify this area,” said OBAB board member Beth Chu. Participants can help by volunteering to complete Volunteers continued on page 11
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Coos County Fair continued on page 3
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