NB boys surge into soccer playoffs
NORTH BEND When Todd Ransom took over as coach of the North Bend boys soccer team after Blaine Deming retired last spring, someone suggested to him this would be a rebuilding year. I said, We ll see, Ransom recalled Wednesday. I m competitive a...
 3.3K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 94.0 Pirates can share league title with win
Marshfield has come a long way since a loss to Churchill to open the Midwestern League season. After three straight wins, the Pirates have a chance to tie for the league title when they host Thurston in the regular-season finale Friday. We re excited...
2.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 59.0 Random lottery is the way to give
Having received only favorable comments from citizens from all over the state, we need an effort to make a change in the Oregon Lottery. Briefly, the lottery would randomly pick 100 winners of $25,000. The winners and site of purchase would be p...
0.7K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 59.0 Coming Soon
Tonight Lifting quilts Join the Coos Sand N Sea Quilters meeting at 7 tonight at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1290 Thompson Road, Coos Bay. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Featured speaker Kara Alexander will present Lift the Quilts Out of Your Stash. She ...
2.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 94.0 Hold onto your hat - a storm's coming
Batten down the hatches and check those mooring lines. Head to Shore Acres State Park, not the beaches, to watch the big surf rolling in. Forecasters say a big storm s on the way. On Wednesday, they were busy sending out notices: There s a high wind ...
2.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 59.0 Libraries celebrate 30 years of progress
Dora residents celebrated the grand opening of a new library in August. Coos Bay may be on the verge of opening a coffee shop in its library, while Coquille s is also looking to expand. In a time when businesses are scaling back and scrambling to com...
3.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 59.0 Sticks, stones hurt more than words
Ms. Merskin s views (The World, Oct. 26) as a scholar have the feeling of censorship, and being supported by a newspaper editor is surprising. The scholar seems to have an agenda about strong white men in the movies. I am no expert on either movie ac...
2.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 59.0 Matchups set for state soccer playoffs
The soccer matchups for the playoffs involving South Coast teams were finalized in matches around the state on Tuesday. Coquille s boys learned that they will host North Marion on Saturday after the Huskies beat Estacada 5-1 in a Capital Conference p...
1.5K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 59.0 Tigers take Sunset s No. 2 seed
BANDON Bandon s volleyball team is picking a great time to peak. The Tigers played their best ball of the season in the first two games of their Sunset Conference playoff match against Coquille on Tuesday and walked off the court with the league s ...
5.3K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 228.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Nov. 3, 8:17 a.m., police cited a man for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana on Fulton. Nov. 3, 9:19 a.m., a hit-and-run accident was reported in the Coos Ba...
3.2K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 59.0 Thanksgiving dinner in Coquille on Nov. 22
People in the Coquille Valley are invited to the Coquille Community Thanksgiving on Sunday, Nov. 22. The community meal will be held at 6 p.m. at the Pioneer United Methodist Church, 180 N. Baxter St. For more information, call 396-4205....
0.3K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 669.0 Housing authorities ban indoor smoking
NORTH BEND Alan Pape doesn t like going into smokers apartments. But as the maintenance mechanic for the North Bend City/Coos-Curry Housing Authorities, it s part of the job. When you have to stand in them for two or three hours at times and breat...
4.7K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 59.0 Matthew Gary Ramey
43, of St. Helens, formerly of Coquille, died Nov. 2, 2009, in St. Helens. Arrangements are pending with Myrtle Grove Funeral Service, 396-3158....
0.2K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 59.0 Coquille tops MP in Sunset playoffs
COQUILLE The Coquille volleyball team is surging into the Class 3A playoffs on a wave of momentum spurred by good teamwork. The Red Devils, who had to overcome an 0-3 start to the Sunset Conference season and later beat Rogue River in the regular-s...
4.3K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 565.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Nov. 1, 9:20 a.m., an attempted burglary was reported in the 600 block of South Wasson Street. Nov. 1, 10:24 a.m., domestic harassment was reported in the 700 block of D...
7.5K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 94.0 Vaccines still in short supply
H1N1 flu vaccine has arrived in Coos County, but the supply continues to fall far short of demand. Coos County Public Health has received 4,400 doses since the first shipment Oct. 5, said Public Health Director Frances Smith. Most of the vaccine has ...
2.0K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 59.0 Janet Lynn Johnson
A celebration of life will be held for Janet Lynn (Mayer) Johnson, 58, of Coos Bay, at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at Lakeside Community Church, 720 N. Eighth St. in Lakeside, with a potluck to follow at the church. Janet was born Aug. 9, 1951, in Coos ...
1.4K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 59.0 CLUB NOTES
The Coos Bay Kiwanis Club noon, Wednesdays, Red Lion Hotel, 1313 N. Bayshore Drive, Coos Bay (888-5498, 267-3121) The Coos Bay Garden Club 1 p.m., first Wednesday, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1290 Thompson Road, Coos Bay. (888-4748) The Bay Are...
2.3K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 59.0 Red Devils beat Sutherlin to advance
COQUILLE It took longer than Coquille hoped, but the Red Devils finally can focus on the Class 4A soccer playoffs. The joint team from Coquille and Myrtle Point high schools beat visiting Sutherlin 2-1 on Monday to take the No. 3 seed from the Far ...
5.1K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 251.0 Club Notes
Women in Black noon, Tuesdays, corner of Broadway Avenue and Newmark Street. (756-2042) Dolphin Players 7 p.m., first Tuesday, North Bend Public Library, 1800 Sherman Ave. Sea Breeze Harmony rehearsals 6:30 p.m., Tuesdays, First United Methodis...
0.8K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 59.0 | 
