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Silk means elegance, luxury, wealth. Silk is lustrous and resilient; it shimmers and it caresses. In the hands of fiber artist Liz Brende, silk is accessories and silk is art. Next month she will offer a class, Making Silk Paper, at Easy Lane Frames...
 4.0K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 73.0 Coming Soon
Change of Heart dinner Guest speaker, Charles Hughbanks from Prineville is a former high-school coach turned successful insurance businessman and regional manager, found that real happiness comes from a Change of Heart rather than a Change of Circ...
2.7K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 57.0 Jean Loretta Sodorff
A celebration of life memorial service will take place for Jean L. Sodorff, 76, of Coos Bay, at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 16, at the Charleston Community Church on Boatbasin Drive and Metcalf, with Pastor Ross Wilbanks officiating. A potluck will foll...
1.7K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 57.0 Lions bank season s success on new QB
ALLEN PARK, Mich. Matthew Stafford s easygoing demeanor allows him to become just one of the guys in the Detroit Lions locker room. The quarterback s arm and contract, though, make him the key to the Lions goal of regaining respectability. Detroit...
6.8K - Sep. 5, 2009; scored 57.0 Influenza s influence
WASHINGTON The alarm sounded with two sneezy children in California in April. Just five months later, the never-before-seen swine flu has become the world s dominant strain of influenza, and it s putting a shockingly younger face on flu. So get re...
9.4K - Aug. 31, 2009; scored 57.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Aug. 21, 7:49 a.m., a burglary was reported at Chambers Plumbing Heating Inc., 225 W. Lockhart Ave. Aug. 21, 8:55 a.m., illegal camping was reported at Walmart, 2051 N...
6.3K - Aug. 24, 2009; scored 57.0 Car burglaries rampant near Airport Heights
Police are investigating burglaries of at least eight vehicles near the Airport Heights area of North Bend on Sunday. From about 5:11 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. calls rolled in reporting that items had been taken from vehicles parked on Troy Lane and Oak, Art...
0.9K - Aug. 24, 2009; scored 57.0 Coupon Queen July 28
While it s exciting to cut your grocery bill significantly with coupons, there are great ways to save on non-food items, too, especially personal care and cleaning products. Many national drugstore chains offer what the retail industry refers to as ...
3.8K - Aug. 6, 2009; scored 90.0 Coupon Queen JUly 28
While it s exciting to cut your grocery bill significantly with coupons, there are great ways to save on non-food items, too, especially personal care and cleaning products. Many national drugstore chains offer what the retail industry refers to as ...
3.8K - Aug. 3, 2009; scored 90.0 California sprouts marijuana green rush
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A drug deal plays out, California-style: A conservatively dressed courier drives a company-leased Smart Car to an apartment on a weekday afternoon. Erick Alvaro hands over a white paper bag to his 58-year-old customer, who inspec...
15.8K - Jul. 19, 2009; scored 57.0 Internet scam
A local resident found $33 of illicit charges on his phone bill after falling for an Internet scam last month. He said he got an e-mail about a contest for a $1,000 gift card from Wal-Mart. His wife clicked a link to a Web site, whe...
0.8K - Jul. 1, 2009; scored 73.0 Artwalk offers a little something for everyone
The Coos Bay-North Bend Artwalk Association will host Artwalk from 5 to 8 p.m., Thursday, May 14. It is a self-directed tour of art displays, culture and gourmet food in Downtown North Bend, Pony Village Mall, Coos Bay, and Empire. The association f...
4.2K - May. 13, 2009; scored 101.0 Tribes display artifacts from 10,000 years ago at library
During the month of May at the Coos Bay Public Library, centuries of time can be traversed in mere meters. Between the lobby s glass display cases and the gallery walls of the main reading room, more than 10,000 years of art, culture and information ...
4.7K - May. 8, 2009; scored 85.0 Be ready before burglars strike
We have lived a relatively quiet existence in our North Bend home for 17 years. Can you imagine our surprise when during April, we were burgled not once, but twice. The first time was about April 2 and we only noticed that things had been moved as ve...
2.2K - May. 8, 2009; scored 57.0 PGA will highlight charity efforts
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. The PGA Tour and its tournaments have raised over $1.4 billion for charity over the last 70 years. David Toms wonders how high the figure would be if the tour counted what the players do by themselves. The figure do...
3.0K - May. 6, 2009; scored 57.0 Friendly workplace
CHARLESTON - When Toni Easley blew through the door of Kinnee's Gifts 'n Shells two decades ago, owner Pat Kinnee said neither one of them had any idea her employment would last so long. She came bouncing in 20 years ago and said, 'I want to be reall...
3.1K - Apr. 25, 2009; scored 90.0 Castro: What about the blockade?
HAVANA (AP)- Fidel Castro says the Obama administration did not go far enough in softening sanctions, and criticized it for leaving in place the embargo that bars most trade and travel between the two countries. The White House said Monday that Ameri...
4.5K - Apr. 14, 2009; scored 57.0 Sage partnership: Bandon gallery links with port to bring art to community
Through the multipaned windows of Bandon s historic Port Building, the Coquille River sparkles like a promise. Light refracts off the water and spills into the second floor exhibit space of SAGE Gallery, an enterprise dedicated to the support of fine...
5.5K - Apr. 10, 2009; scored 73.0 Cubs, Phillies lead NL favorites
Manny Ramirez s arrival at spring training looked a little like a Hollywood premiere. As television cameras zoomed in, everyone from reporters to team employees clamored for time with the Los Angeles Dodgers dreadlocked slugger. With a captive audie...
14.0K - Apr. 4, 2009; scored 73.0 Coquille mom has rap sheet
The woman accused of embezzling more than $11,000 for Coquille High School seniors graduation party has a history of fundraising theft. Gwen Sherbondy pleaded guilty in 2005 to two counts each of first-degree theft and of negotiating a bad ...
5.5K - Mar. 11, 2009; scored 73.0 | 
