Partnership pays dividends for Red Devil FC
COQUILLE Jeff Veysey remembers taking some ribbing from friends when he was a freshman and crossed over the lines of the Myrtle Point-Coquille rivalry line to suit up in the Red Devils colors for soccer. Things have changed a lot in four years. Th...
 4.2K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 254.0 Scene & Heard
Concerts This weekend Ambush Blue Moon. Classic rock. 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. www.dbabluemoon.com . Battle of the Bands Three Rivers. Competition runs Nov. 6-Dec. 12. 8:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Prize is contract to perform regularly at...
10.8K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 115.0 Book fair was a great success
I would like to take this time to say thank you to the staff, students, public and especially my volunteers at Myrtle Crest School for helping make the book fair another huge success here at Myrtle Crest again this year. I could not have done it with...
0.9K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 109.0 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 73.0 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 73.0 Vikings eye two cross country crowns
Siuslaw has built a tradition as one of the best cross country schools in the state under veteran coach Chris Johnson. But in the past few years, the girls have been taking most of the headlines. The Vikings are taking aim at their sixth straight Cla...
4.5K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 115.0 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 168.0 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 73.0 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 241.0 H1N1 clinics scheduled for rural schools
Coos County Public Health, in collaboration with the school districts, has scheduled H1N1 immunization clinics this week for students in Powers and Myrtle Point. The vaccine will be given free of charge to students whose parents have signed and retur...
1.1K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 130.0 Area agencies won't surrender to flu bug
NORTH BEND It may seem like a remote possibility now, but if Coos County were struck by an especially severe influenza outbreak, the city of North Bend would be prepared. Police Chief Steve Scibelli said each city department has developed an operat...
4.6K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 73.0 Coming Soon
Chili cook off Lakeside Lions Club will host its third annual Western Chili Cook Off Friday at 6 p.m. There is no entry fee to compete. Contestants need to make enough to serve 25 average size bowls of chili. Contestants can enter more than one type ...
1.2K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 73.0 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 73.0 Challengers shut out Reedsport
Cascade Christian earned at least a share of the league title and the Sunset Conference s top seed for the Class 3A football playoffs by blanking visiting Reedsport 52-0 on Saturday. The win by the Challengers also finalizes the rest of the league s ...
1.3K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 336.0 Bandon sweeps cross country team titles
BANDON Isaac Taylor led the Bandon boys to a surprising district cross country title on Saturday and said the pinnacle of the Tigers season still is to come. I think we re doing great, Taylor said. We ve still got our best race ahead of us. Band...
5.5K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 570.0 U.S. is blissfully stuck in debt spiral
Who is reporting on what our government is doing to us? For years I have watched as both the Republicans and Democrats have been in a spending frenzy. Yet, not being reported is the debt that is being piled on since January 2009. True, President Bush...
2.3K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 73.0 Births, week of Oct. 31
The following are birth announcements provided by hospital in Oregon and Washington. Swedish Ballard Hospital, Seattle Mayank Mishra was born at 9:45 p.m. on Sept. 17, 2009, weighing 5 pound, 6 ounces and was 18 1/2 inches long. Parents are Royheaph...
1.5K - Nov. 1, 2009; scored 73.0 Bandon fights the odds on police levy
Bandon officials say the day is approaching when the police department won t have enough officers to provide 24-hour protection. They are hoping taxpayers will dig deeper into their pockets to help pay for police officer salaries. Voters in the city ...
4.9K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 73.0 Football Recap: Pirates clinch spot in playoffs
Marshfield clinched a playoff spot with a 50-7 win at Springfield on Friday. It s a big win, said Marshfield coach Justin Ainsworth. We played really well. Marshfield improved to 3-1 in the Midwestern League standings and will host Thurston on Frid...
6.9K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 222.0 Don Schirmer
A celebration of life will be held for Don Schirmer, 79, of Myrtle Point, at 5 p.m., Monday, Nov. 2, at the Oaks Pavillion at the Coos County Fairgrounds. Pastor Jeff May, of the Broadbent Community Church, will officiate. Don was born Sept. 1, 1930,...
4.4K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 206.0 | 
