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The following events are scheduled next week and in the coming weeks.
Tuesday
Guild meeting
The next meting of the Oregon Coast High School of the Arts to develop The Guild after school enrichment program will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Oregon Coast School of Music, 2060 Sherman Ave., North Bend. Ida Jo Gates, director of the Oregon Coast School of Music has proposed this facility as a site for The Guild.
Volunteers are needed. Organizers are open to collaboration with community partners and existing programs and hope to bring people on board now who will help design future activities they would be interested in leading or mentoring.
For more information, call Char Luther at 266-0806 or Suzanne Adams at 404-0797.
Wednesday
Wrangling creaturers
Reptiles and bugs, along with creature wrangler, Mary Esther Hart, will help children “Catch the Reading Bug” at the third Summer Reading program for school-aged children starting at 1 p.m., Wednesday at the Flora M. Laird Memorial Library, 435 Fifth St., Myrtle Point.
For more information, call the library at 572-2591.
Garden party
Coos Bay Garden Club members will gather for their annual picnic at noon Wednesday at the home of Herb and Betsie Kinney.
Members will make the final plans for the upcoming public Garden Tour on Aug. 2.
Coos Bay Garden Club meetings are open to the public. For more information and directions, call Betsie at 266-9025.
Finding resources
A Southern Oregon Coast Housing Opportunities Provider public orientation will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Port Orford City Hall.
SOC-HOP is a branch office of Umpqua Community Development Corp., a nonprofit organization that utilizes funding from Oregon Housing & Community Services to provide free housing counseling to the residents of Coos and Curry counties.
Attendees will learn about all of the services and programs that the SOC-HOP office provides such as no-cost private budget, credit, homeownership counseling; funds for down payment assistance; 0 percent interest with deferred payment home repair loan program; and grant money for small business development or home purchases.
The meeting is part of a series of orientations to be held around Coos and Curry counties through out the next six months.
For more information about SOC-HOP and its programs, call 267-6505.
Amvets to meet
Amvets Post 10 will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Eagles lodge, 562 S. Second St., Coos Bay. All members are invited to attend and bring a new member.
Topics to be discuss includ the fireworks stand and the trip to Roseburg V.A. later in the month.
Thursday
Work connection
WorkNet is moving to Thursdays. The next one will be held from 7:30 to 8:45 a.m., Thursday at Star of Hope located at 657 Newmark Ave., Coos Bay.
WorkNet is a live forum where employers share current job openings as well as how to apply for employment. Job see-kers make a brief presentation of their job skills and work history.
Doors open at 7 a.m. Hot coffee will be served. The South Coast Business Employment Corporation facilitates the WorkNet program.
The pre-WorkNet workshop for job seekers will continue to be from 10 to 11 a.m. on the first Wednesday of each month at South Coast Business Em-ployment Corporation.
For more information, call Eric at 269-2013.
Reserving lunch
The July “Let’s Do Lunch” will be from 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Red Lion Hotel, 1313 N. Bayshore Drive, Coos Bay. The luncheon and program cost $12.
Former nurse Janna Clifford of Cottage Grove will share her story of love and relationships.
Volney Facto of Coquille will share how to grow herbs for cooking, crafts and home remedies.
Reservations are required by Monday and should be canceled if unable to use. Complimentary childcare will be provided with advanced request.
For more information and to make reservations, call Ruth at 759-3202.
Friday
Church tour
The Coquille Valley Gene-alogy Club will meet at 11 a.m. Friday at the Flora M. Laird Memorial Library, 435 Fifth St., Myrtle Point, and carpool to the Catching Creek Cemetery and tour the old, historic church there.
Participants should bring a sack lunch, beverage and folding chair. Martin Marsters will talk about the early history of the area.
Relay for a cure
The South Coos County Relay for Life will be held from 6 p.m. to 10 a.m. Friday and Saturday at the Coquille High School.
For more information, those interested can call Carol Clayburn at 396-2764.
Tuesday
Guild meeting
The next meting of the Oregon Coast High School of the Arts to develop The Guild after school enrichment program will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Oregon Coast School of Music, 2060 Sherman Ave., North Bend. Ida Jo Gates, director of the Oregon Coast School of Music has proposed this facility as a site for The Guild.
Volunteers are needed. Organizers are open to collaboration with community partners and existing programs and hope to bring people on board now who will help design future activities they would be interested in leading or mentoring.
For more information, call Char Luther at 266-0806 or Suzanne Adams at 404-0797.
Wednesday
Wrangling creaturers
Reptiles and bugs, along with creature wrangler, Mary Esther Hart, will help children “Catch the Reading Bug” at the third Summer Reading program for school-aged children starting at 1 p.m., Wednesday at the Flora M. Laird Memorial Library, 435 Fifth St., Myrtle Point.
For more information, call the library at 572-2591.
Garden party
Coos Bay Garden Club members will gather for their annual picnic at noon Wednesday at the home of Herb and Betsie Kinney.
Members will make the final plans for the upcoming public Garden Tour on Aug. 2.
Coos Bay Garden Club meetings are open to the public. For more information and directions, call Betsie at 266-9025.
Finding resources
A Southern Oregon Coast Housing Opportunities Provider public orientation will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Port Orford City Hall.
SOC-HOP is a branch office of Umpqua Community Development Corp., a nonprofit organization that utilizes funding from Oregon Housing & Community Services to provide free housing counseling to the residents of Coos and Curry counties.
Attendees will learn about all of the services and programs that the SOC-HOP office provides such as no-cost private budget, credit, homeownership counseling; funds for down payment assistance; 0 percent interest with deferred payment home repair loan program; and grant money for small business development or home purchases.
The meeting is part of a series of orientations to be held around Coos and Curry counties through out the next six months.
For more information about SOC-HOP and its programs, call 267-6505.
Amvets to meet
Amvets Post 10 will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Eagles lodge, 562 S. Second St., Coos Bay. All members are invited to attend and bring a new member.
Topics to be discuss includ the fireworks stand and the trip to Roseburg V.A. later in the month.
Thursday
Work connection
WorkNet is moving to Thursdays. The next one will be held from 7:30 to 8:45 a.m., Thursday at Star of Hope located at 657 Newmark Ave., Coos Bay.
WorkNet is a live forum where employers share current job openings as well as how to apply for employment. Job see-kers make a brief presentation of their job skills and work history.
Doors open at 7 a.m. Hot coffee will be served. The South Coast Business Employment Corporation facilitates the WorkNet program.
The pre-WorkNet workshop for job seekers will continue to be from 10 to 11 a.m. on the first Wednesday of each month at South Coast Business Em-ployment Corporation.
For more information, call Eric at 269-2013.
Reserving lunch
The July “Let’s Do Lunch” will be from 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Red Lion Hotel, 1313 N. Bayshore Drive, Coos Bay. The luncheon and program cost $12.
Former nurse Janna Clifford of Cottage Grove will share her story of love and relationships.
Volney Facto of Coquille will share how to grow herbs for cooking, crafts and home remedies.
Reservations are required by Monday and should be canceled if unable to use. Complimentary childcare will be provided with advanced request.
For more information and to make reservations, call Ruth at 759-3202.
Friday
Church tour
The Coquille Valley Gene-alogy Club will meet at 11 a.m. Friday at the Flora M. Laird Memorial Library, 435 Fifth St., Myrtle Point, and carpool to the Catching Creek Cemetery and tour the old, historic church there.
Participants should bring a sack lunch, beverage and folding chair. Martin Marsters will talk about the early history of the area.
Relay for a cure
The South Coos County Relay for Life will be held from 6 p.m. to 10 a.m. Friday and Saturday at the Coquille High School.
For more information, those interested can call Carol Clayburn at 396-2764.
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