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Coos County health officials on Friday removed one individual from the county’s COVID-19-related death count. The man, a 46-year-old who died March 11, died from circumstances that “really had nothing to do with
the fact that he’d had a positive COVID test,” Coos Health & Wellness spokesperson Dr. Eric Gleason said Friday. “While the individual may have had COVID-19 when he passed, that wasn’t the reason he passed,” Gleason said. Gleason didn’t share specifics about how the man died, but said
CHW investigators looked into the circumstances regarding his death and determined they weren’t sufficiently linked to his positive test result. Still, health officials at the state level are keeping the man on their count of virus-related deaths — meaning the Oregon Health Authority will report a count that’s one
death higher than CHW’s. Currently, CHW is reporting 23 deaths in the county, after another death was reported Friday by the agency and later by OHA. That individual was a 75-yearold male with underlying health conditions, according to CHW. An OHA spokesperson didn’t comment on the specifics of the
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Swing sets, slides and climbing walls abound in an unassuming office building on Elrod Avenue. Foam tiles of every color cover the floor, and monkey bars crisscross the ceiling. Tracks run from wall to wall, with a set of swings to attach to trolleys which slide from end to end. On one wall, climbing handholds and lighted tunnels lead to a platform, culminating in a leap towards a pit filled with foam cubes. But it’s not just fun and games at the Starfish Therapy Youth Center in Coos Bay. The new program set to open April 1 is Waterfall Community Health Center’s response to a lack of therapy services for youth diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, and it includes the oneof-a-kind sensory gym as its key feature. “It looks like play, but we’re working on so many other skills as well,” said Stefanie Austin, the center’s occupational therapist. “It can help stimulate the senses and challenge the sensory systems.” According to Austin, time in the sensory gym — the only one in the state built by Fun Factory, which bills itself as the leading manufacturer of the systems — can be used as part of therapy to provide the sensory stimulation youth with autism are seeking. What’s more, time in the gym can be used to familiarize clients with sensations they might struggle with. Certain swings, for example, can help a child who has gravitational sensitivity get used to the feeling of having their feet off the ground, Austin said. Time in the gym is paired with
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Above: The sensory gym provides a chance to literally climb up the walls. Below: Occupational Therapist Stefanie Austin moved from Salt Lake City to help start the Starfish program. She says time in the sensory gym is coupled with other services, like feeding therapy and socialization.
In a quick about-face from just a week earlier, Oregon health officials announced Friday they would be meeting President Joe Biden’s May 1 deadline to open COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all adults. “My team is in touch with the White House for more specifics about when vaccine shipments to states will increase,” said Gov. Kate Brown in a press conference. “We have always attempted to align our vaccination timelines with available federal supplies. And so far, it’s been really encouraging to see so many Oregonians eager to get the vaccine when it’s their turn.” The news came informally earlier in the week, when Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen told Oregon Public Broadcasting the agency had determined the president’s timeline was an order, not just an optimistic suggestion. Just a week prior, Allen and other state officials were hesitant to embrace the president’s timeline, concerned about whether or not vaccine supply would be available to meet it. “The answer is yes, if the federal government comes through at the levels of vaccines we’ve projected based on the national numbers the administration has released,” Allen said. “We know it will take a couple of weeks to get through the surge. But we can keep pace.”
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The city of Coos Bay is considering possible technical changes to its Urban Renewal Areas in support of two key city projects. The city’s Urban Renewal Agency, made up of the city council and mayor, gave City Manager Rodger Craddock the go-ahead to work with a consultant to move forward with several plan amendments to the policies which govern how the agency works. In the city’s Empire renewal area, the changes would be meant primarily to bolster a key city project: The construction of a new library on a parcel of land at John Topits Park. “While a lot of progress has been made in Empire, there’s still far more that needs to be done,” Craddock said during a meeting Tuesday night. “We believe it might be wise to consider increasing your maximum indebtedness, but we also believe it would be wise to expand the plan area to include that acreage of John Topits Park which could be where the new site of the library and other amenities which could
include a sports park and other things.” While the parcel is just outside of the renewal area, city leaders want to change the boundaries to bring it inside the renewal area, and want to increase the area’s maximum indebtedness (or how much it’s allowed to spend on projects). That’ll allow the city to use urban renewal money to help fund the project. “Doing so would allow us to include that with the plan to maybe help defray costs to the voters by taking on necessary preparations for land development and for any roads or utilities in there,” Craddock said. Those funds are designated for projects aimed at development, rehabilitation and growth of blighted areas. Funding comes from property taxes — though the agency doesn’t increase property taxes, it receives the revenue resulting from property value increases that would have gone to other taxing districts. Since the urban renewal agency’s revenue comes from tax dollars that would have gone to other agencies — like the Coos Bay School District, library district, Please see RENEWAL, Page A3
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A portion of John Topits Park, near the National Guard Armory on Norman Avenue, will be the home of Coos Bay’s new library building.
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Two busted for drug crimes New ballot boxes installed in cities throughout Coos County In the evening hours of Wednesday, March 17th, 2021, detectives with the Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team arrested two individuals from southern California for various drug crimes. This was the culmination of a long-term investigation that has been ongoing for several months. A traffic stop was initiated on Wecks Road near Pacific Highway near Myrtle Creek. Drug detection K-9 “Trapper” was applied to the vehicle and used his talents in the search for controlled substances. After checking out the vehicle, Trapper gave an alert indicating the presence of controlled substances. A search of the vehicle revealed approximately four pounds of methamphetamine and approximately one ounce of heroin.
Mark Scherer Both occupants of the vehicle were arrested. Mark Scherer, 42, of Roseland, Calif., was arrested and lodged at the Douglas County Jail where he was charged with unlawful possession and unlawful delivery of methamphetamine. Jose Izar, 40, was arrested
Coos County Clerk Debbie Heller announced the installation of five new permanent ballot boxes that were installed March 15 throughout the county. The clerk was able to purchase these drop site boxes through federal grant funds for ballot security. The new ballot boxes are ready for use in the upcoming May 18 Special District Election. Voters will now have the option of dropping their voted ballot off at one of the new outside drop boxes or mailing their ballot back with pre-paid postage. The new drop site boxes will be available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day for voters’ convenience. These easily accessible, permanent outside ballot drop sites will replace the previous inside drop site locations throughout the county. The new drop site locations are: Powers City Hall,
Jose Izar and lodged at the Douglas County Jail where he was charged with unlawful possession and delivery of methamphetamine, as well as unlawful possession and delivery of heroin. DINT was assisted in this case by deputies with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
Legislature moves forward on critical shelter funding to help cities to serve unhoused Oregonians The Oregon Legislature this week advanced $18 million in critical funding to develop low-barrier shelter and navigation centers in areas where local government has taken on new efforts to address unsheltered homelessness. As part of the process to rebalance the 2019-21 budget next week, House Bill 5042 includes funding to support six low-barrier emergency shelters, known as navigation centers. These facilities are open seven days per week to connect homeless individuals and families with health services, permanent housing and public benefits. House Bill 5042 includes funding for navigation centers in the following communities: • Eugene - $5 million • Salem - $5 million • Bend - $2.5 million • Medford - $2.5 million • McMinnville - $1.5 million
• Roseburg - $1.5 million “Many communities across the state are working to address the needs of their unhoused neighbors,” House Speaker Tina Kotek (D-Portland) said. “These communities are ready to build, and we must get them this funding as quickly as possible so they can make these facilities operational by next winter.” The funding was previously in House Bill 2004, which still contains $27 million for grants to be distributed statewide to increase low-barrier shelter capacity, provide necessary facilities and amenities and rapid rehousing services. “Roseburg is making a lot of progress to provide shelter support for our unhoused residents,” Rep. Gary Leif said. “The issue has many complex challenges, but this much-needed state funding will be critical to our community moving forward on this issue.” “We scramble every winter
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sure that everyone has access to a safe place to call home. I will continue to do all that I can to work alongside tribal leaders to build on this progress throughout, and after, the coronavirus crisis, while also supporting tribal sovereignty and self-determination.” “The American Rescue Act housing grant will go a long way to help us provide options for our community,” said Kat Brigham, Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. “Affordable housing is in short supply and we will put these dollars to good use. We are grateful to Senator Wyden and Senator Merkley for working to uphold treaty obligations.”
“Affordable housing has been a chronic issue for tribal communities for decades, particularly in rural areas, and even prior to the pandemic has been priority for our tribal government,” said Michael Rondeau, CEO of Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians. “These grants come at a crucial time when we are trying to create stabilities for our communities and families disproportionately impacts by the effects of COVID.” “Housing has always been a critical issue for our people, and the pandemic has made everything harder,” said Coquille Tribal Chair Brenda Meade. “This block grant will help keep Coquille families safe and secure.”
them,” the director said. “It’ll take a few weeks for supply to catch up to demand.” Still, health officials laid out a new timeline for making Oregonians eligible to get in line for the vaccine. Starting March 22, vaccinations will open slightly: • Counties that attest to largely completing the vaccination of residents 65 and older may begin vaccinating the next eligible groups. • Vaccinations may also begin for migrant and seasonal farmworkers in counties where they are currently already working.
Starting March 29, the following groups will be eligible: • All adults 45-64 with underlying health conditions, • Migrant and seasonal farm workers, • Seafood and agricultural workers, • Food processing workers, • People living in low-income senior housing, senior congregate and independent living, • Individuals experiencing homelessness, • People currently displaced by wildfires,
• Wildland firefighters and • Pregnant people 16 and older. Starting April 19, the state will open eligibility to: • Frontline workers as defined by the CDC, • Multigenerational household members and • Adults 16-44 with underlying health conditions. And on May 1, the state will open vaccine eligibility to anyone 16 and older, according to OHA. A complete list of eligibility guidelines will be available on the state’s website at covidvaccine.oregon.gov
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The quicker pace — the state had originally been on track to open eligibility to all adults July 1 — means the rest of the state’s vaccination timeline is also moving up. But Allen said Friday the new timeline will result in some “traffic jams” when large classes of people become eligible for the vaccine. “However, I want to be crystal clear. Not every Oregonian will have a vaccination appointment waiting for
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There will now be a permanent outside ballot box in every city in Coos County, providing easier access for depositing your voted ballot. The new drop site locations will be posted on the Coos County Election website for easy reference.
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Sheriff’s Office to close temporarily Beginning Monday, March 22, the Coos County Sheriff’s Office will be closed to the public due to construction and a deep cleaning. This closure is scheduled to be in effect through March 29 but could last longer.
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to open additional temporary shelter here in Bend,” Rep. Jason Kropf said. “Our community has been advocating The Department of Revfor additional resources to enue is joining the IRS and make sure every family has automatically extending the a warm and stable place income tax filing due date for to sleep at night. This $2.5 individuals for the 2020 tax million investment will make year from April 15 to May a meaningful difference for 17. Both the IRS and the Bend as we work to tackle Oregon Department of Revethis crisis.” nue will be providing formal “There are many unshelguidance in the coming days. tered individuals and families Individual taxpayers can in my community who are also postpone state income experiencing remarkable tax payments for the 2020 challenges and need a helptax year due on April 15 to ing hand,” Rep. Ron Noble May 17 without penalties said. and interest, regardless of the “The development of this amount owed. This postponelow-barrier shelter will be ment applies to individual such an important resource taxpayers, including indifor them as we continue viduals who pay self-emtaking steps to address this crisis.” The most recent pointin-time count from 2019 found that more than half (64 percent) of the nearly 16,000 Oregon’s U.S. Senators people experiencing homelessness in Oregon were liv- Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said Friday that nine Oregon ing in unsheltered locations. tribes will receive more than $10.5 million in affordable housing grants under the recently passed American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. “Tribes in Oregon have been rocked by COVID-19, and affordable housing is News and World Report data a must to keep community shows ESU students have members safe during this the lowest student debt of all pandemic and beyond,” Kansas public universities. Wyden said. “I’m proud to U.S. News also cited ESU’s have helped pass the AmerSchool of Business as a best ican Rescue Plan to provide value for both in-state and these vital resources and more that recognize tribal out-of-state students and communities and commuranked the online graduate education program in the Top nities throughout our state continue to need assistance 100 programs in the nation. now to weather this public health crisis and its economic fallout.” “It’s clear that this pandemic has hit black, brown, native and low-income communities the hardest, and day-Wednesday. made existing problems— Civil papers will need like the growing affordable to be dropped off with the housing crisis—even worse,” state courts. If you have said Merkley. “That’s why questions regarding civil it was so important to me service, call the civil clerk and my colleagues that the at 541-396-7898. American Rescue Plan inYou can also reach the clude the resources that local state courts at 541-396communities, including tribal 4082. communities, need to make
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other types of therapy offered through the program. “We can address every difficulty that child or family is facing in everyday life,” Austin said. Down the hall, another room will be designated for feeding therapy, which aims to help familiarize children with different types of foods they might be averse to eating. “We’ll have kids where the only thing they’ll eat is baby carrots, or the only thing they’ll eat is chicken nuggets,” said Lance Nelson, Waterfall’s chief innovation officer and the center’s program manager. In another corner of the building, staff are putting the final touches on a calming room. “It’s kind of the opposite of the sensory gym,” Nelson said, adding a child can go to the calming room if they begin to feel overstimulated. The walls around the calming room, as well as a bank of offices for exams and a social play room, are all new to the building: Waterfall is nearly complete with the renovations of the 11,000 square foot ground floor, which was home to a day care center before it was vacated due to improper pesticide use in 2017. When they arrived, Nelson said the Waterfall team found it much as it had been left, with toys, office supplies and paperwork still strewn about as it had been years before. Now, the building is filling a need in the community, according to Nelson and Austin. “The Coos Bay, North Bend school districts, they’ve been begging for something like this for years and years,” Nelson said. Currently, there’s no specialized therapy services for youth with autism in Coos County — Nelson said the closest services are in Eugene and Roseburg, and are often smaller or less comprehensive than parents are looking for (not to mention that the two hours it takes to drive there can be a challenge in itself). “My goal is that we have
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county, community college, port, educational service district, airport and 4H — it needs to get the support of some of those agencies to make the changes. Fortunately for the urban renewal agency, Craddock said that support shouldn’t be too hard to get: Since the city itself is the body that would be most impacted by the changes, it’s got the most say in whether the change goes through. A thumbs-up from the school district and one or two other agencies would confirm the change, according to a city consultant. On the other side of town, city staff are planning another minor plan change, which would open the door for the city to spend urban renewal funds on improvements for the community campground proposed at the south end of
such a robust program that we have people traveling from Eugene or Roseburg to us,” Nelson said. Being the only program of its kind in Southwestern Oregon, that’s certainly possible. But the Waterfall program is already unique: Nelson said a nonprofit running this type of therapy is practically unheard of, and it might make Waterfall one of the only federally qualified health center to serve youth with autism. The program is open for children up to 21 years old, and Nelson said the referrals it’s already gotten for teenage clients show the need in the community. “We’ll have some adolescents who’ve needed some of these services for years but they didn’t because they live here,” Nelson said. The idea began a few years ago on the heels of Waterfall’s growing mental health services and school-based programs. Waterfall was approached about proposing a program, and when Nelson pitched the idea to the nonprofit’s administrators, they gave him the green light. Of course, that’s come with challenges: The program isn’t cheap. Waterfall receives some federal funds, and will bill private insurance and Oregon Health Plan for services, but a key principle of the nonprofit is that it doesn’t turn away patients for their lack of ability to pay. “This investment is significant,” Nelson said. “But we have a great administrative team that says, ‘if we’re going to do this, we want to do it right.’” What’s more, Nelson needed to bring together the right team to build the program from the ground up, since there aren’t as many of the necessary professionals in Coos County as one might find in a more populated area. That’s where Austin came in: She’ll be joining a behavior analyst coming from Phoenix and a speech pathologist switching jobs in the community to get Starfish up and running. Austin said the move from her old job in Salt Lake City is one she’d been hoping to make. “I always wanted at some point in my career to create a
Above: The sensory gym at Starfish Youth Therapy Center in Coos Bay is the only of its kind in Oregon, and is designed to give youth with autism the chance to both receive the sensory stimulation they need and challenge their sensory systems with swings, slides and monkey bars. Below, occupational Therapist Stefanie Austin demonstrates a swing that can be used in the sensory gym at Starfish Youth Therapy Center. This one helps with motor skills as the youth pull themselves along a ceiling track towards the wall. program,” Austin said. An autism spectrum disorder diagnosis is required to qualify for the program at this time, and registration typically requires a referral. More information about how to register or get on the waitlist is available online at www.wfall.org/starfish/. The name of the program, Starfish, gives some insight into the level of community need Nelson and Austin are hoping to fill: In addition to being a symbol of regeneration and growth, the name refers to the “starfish story,” a parable about the impact one person can make. In that story, someone is walking on a beach covered in exposed starfish, tossing them into the ocean one by one to keep them out of the sun. When someone else stops and points out how many starfish there are in need of help, the starfish thrower isn’t deterred by the scale of the problem. “People say, ‘isn’t the need overwhelming?’ Yes, it is, but it mattered to that one,” Nelson said.
Second Street. “Upon our discussion with our consultant, she revealed we actually could do a minor plan amendment for the downtown (area) to add the urban camping to your plan, which would allow us to lawfully use funds to fund that infrastructure cost,” Craddock said. That change is less complicated than the changes ones proposed to the Empire plan. Craddock said the city’s estimated the work for the campground — including fencing, wind screening and electricity — could run around $40,000, more than double what the city previously estimated. The cost for the city’s consultant to make the URA plan changes runs about $35,000, according to planning documents. URA approves funds for sewer fix Also on Tuesday, the URA approved just under $100,000
in funds to reimburse a private developer for fixes to a city sewer line. Adam Rutherford, developing the Wasson Street Townhomes just behind the Empire fire station, requested the funds from the agency, saying the line would be in poor condition when he tried to connect the nine, three-bedroom units currently in development. The cost was unexpected until crews inspected the line, and are higher than anticipated due to market conditions which have increased the cost of development projects across the country. Craddock said the city would likely have to replace the line at some point in the future, and Rutherford would be realigning it to improve access at the city’s request. “The reimbursement to him is cheaper than it would have cost us to go out and hire someone to do it,” Craddock said.
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The American Rescue Plan By Bryan M. Kuderna
If you happened to catch the latest episode of my podcast, The Kuderna Podcast, in which I interviewed economist, Dr. Donald Vandegrift, you likely have debt and inflation fresh on your mind. The Biden administration just invigorated this already popular debate with the passing of The American Rescue Plan on March 11. This will be the third massive round of stimulus in less than one year. To set the stage for what can easily become an overwhelming deluge of figures, take a practical look at things. A trillion dollars may seem to be a casual figure; so how hard is it to actually spend $1 trillion? If you spent one dollar every second, you would have spent $1 million in 12 days. At the same rate, it would take 32 years to spend $1 billion. However, $1 trillion, that would take over 31,000 years. The latest round of stimulus costs $1.9 trillion, which is nearly 50% of the normal U.S. annual budget . Add this to the two bills passed under Trump’s administration of $2 trillion in March 2020 and $915 billion in December 2020, equals over $4.8 trillion of unexpected expenses within 12 months. These bills alone nearly equal the total amount of debt America held at the turn of the millennium - $5.65 trillion . So, what’s in it? Perhaps the most popular feature will be a continuing of stimulus
checks to the American people. This round will distribute $1,400 per person to those filing Single with AGI under $75k or $150k filing Jointly. Roughly half the total allotment, $242 billion, has already been disbursed in 90 million payments. This first batch went to those who file their tax returns with direct deposit information on file. Another key item pertains to the roughly 20 million Americans on unemployment, the bill will enhance benefits by $300 per week until September 6, 2021, and the first $10,200 may now be tax-free. Here are some other noteworthy benefits… • $130 billion for K-12 Schools • $350 billion to state, local and tribal governments • $20 billion towards vaccine development • New subsidies towards Obamacare • Increased Child Tax Credit • $50 billion of direct aid to small business (2% of the bill) • Increased SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits by 15% • Any student loans forgiven from 2021-2025 to be considered a nontaxable event • Biden promised in his campaign to forgive $10k of every person’s student loan debt While Democrats are already touting this to be the greatest bill ever passed for the working American, the bill did not receive one single
Republican vote in the House or Senate. Republicans have argued the bill is way too big for a recovering economy, gives the federal government too much permanent reach, and doesn’t do enough for small businesses (i.e., the CARES Act reserved $400 billion for small business, or 20% of its bill). The closest comparison in American history to the current debt situation would be immediately after World War II, when debt equaled 112% of GDP , whereas today’s Debt to GDP is 130%, the highest ever. After WWII, America regained sound financial footing by the late 1950s as defense spending dropped dramatically coupled with strong real GDP growth. Also, the “Baby Boom” of returning GI’s getting married and starting families contributed to a positive demographic shift. The current factors are certainly different as defense spending is only the third largest budget item, behind Medicare/Medicaid, and Social Security. As for a “Baby Boom”, the Brookings Institution has said America is headed for a “large, lasting baby bust” . However, population growth may come in another form as the number of immigrants living in the U.S. has more than quadrupled since 1965 . The question remains, will a record-high stock market, small business solvency, and household finances grow accustomed to, and become dependent on, government stimulus? Time will tell.
Oregon Senate Democrats pass the HOPE Amendment On Thursday, Senate Democrats approved Senate Joint Resolution 12, known as the HOPE Amendment. SJR 12 proposes that “health care as a human right” be added to the Oregon Constitution. The resolution represents the legacy of the late Representative Mitch Greenlick, who was also honored on the Senate Floor with the passage of Senate Concurrent Resolution 3. “Every Oregonian deserves access to cost-effective and clinically appropriate health care. Oregon’s Constitution should reflect that truth,” said Senate Majority
Leader Rob Wagner (D-Lake Oswego). “Representative Greenlick fought for this because it’s the right thing to do and because it’s what all people deserve. I’m happy and I’m relieved that SJR 12 passed today.” Oregon Senate Democrats have demonstrated a commitment to ensuring effective, equitable and person-centered health care and social services and SJR 12 is a critical example of that commitment. Senator Elizabeth Steiner Hayward (D-Portland) carried SJR 12 on the Senate Floor and co-carried SCR 3. “As a family physician,
I know the importance of adequate access to appropriate health care. Representative Greenlick fought for this because he knew that, too,” she said. “Today, we took a critical step to bring his dream to fruition, and I couldn’t be more honored to carry this resolution. Oregonians know the significance of this concept and I’m grateful we will get to put the HOPE Amendment – a basic human right – in front of our voters.” SJR 12 passed off the floor with 17 aye votes and now moves to the House of Representatives for consideration.
Trammels singing at Cornerstone The Coos Bay Cornerstone Church is proud to welcome back gospel singers Tom and Debbie Trammel in concert at 10:30 a.m., Sunday, March 28. Through their music, Tom and Debbie have
been sharing their love for the Lord for more than 40 years. They have traveled to many states, have recorded several CDS and can be seen on YouTube. Debbie plays bass, Tom plays lead. Together they sing and harmonize songs
you will love. Come ready to enjoy old time gospel music at its best. There is no charge to attend, and CDS will be available. Cornerstone Church is located at 886 S. 4th St. in Coos Bay.
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DeFazio announces funding for Oregon schools Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR04) recently announced that school districts in Oregon’s Fourth Congressional District are estimated to receive hundreds of millions of dollars as a result of the American Rescue Plan, critical COVID-19 relief legislation that was signed into law last week. “Our students are falling behind because of the
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healthy and safe for everybody.” The funds would help give K-12 schools the resources they need to reopen safely, provide safe in-person instruction to more students and address learning loss and the significant impacts the pandemic has had on students’ educational and emotional well-being.
The American Rescue Plan will provide the estimated funding amounts to school districts in Oregon’s Fourth Congressional District: Greater Albany School District Alsea School District Corvallis School District Monroe School District Philomath School District Blachly School District Bethel School District Coos Bay School District Creswell School District Crow-Applegate-Lorane Eugene School District Fern Ridge School District Junction City School District Lowell School District Mapleton School District Marcola School District McKenzie School District Oakridge School District Pleasant Hill School District South Lane School District Springfield School District Central Linn School District Lebanon Community School District Scio School District Sweet Home School District Bandon School District Coquille School District North Bend School District Powers School District Brookings-Harbor School District Camas Valley School District Days Creek School District North Douglas School District Elkton School District Glendale School District Glide School District Oakland School District Reedsport School District Riddle School District Roseburg School District South Umpqua School District Sutherlin School District Winston-Dillard School District Yoncalla School District Grants Pass School District Rogue River School District Port Orford-Langlois School District Central Curry School District Myrtle Point School District Three Rivers School District Harrisburg School District Santiam Canyon School District
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DeFazio: Oregonians can track their $1,400 with ‘Get My Payment’ tool on IRS.gov With 86 percent of Oregonians set to receive stimulus payments, known as Economic Impact Payments, of up to $1,400 per person through the American Rescue Plan and money beginning to be delivered this week, U.S. Representative Peter DeFazio (OR-04) is highlighting the “Get My Payment” tool from IRS.gov where Oregonians can check the status of their payments. “Millions of Oregonians are counting on their Economic Impact Payments to help get them through this crisis—it’s imperative that the Internal Revenue Service gets these funds out the door as quickly as possible,” said DeFazio. “I am pleased to have helped secure these payments, which will provide a critical lifeline to Oregonians to assist with bills, provide for their families, and support local businesses and jobs in our community.” In most cases, these payments are automatic and no action is necessary to receive them. • How Many Oregonians Will Get Payments: 86 percent of all adults, more than 2.7 million Oregonians, and 86% of all children, more than 970,000 children, will be eligible for payments. In
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impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic — it’s imperative that we do everything in our power to ensure our kids, teachers and support staff are returning to safe schools,” said DeFazio. “I’m proud to have helped to secure the funding needed to procure PPE, install modernized ventilation systems and acquire the necessary resources to make the return to school
total, Oregonians will receive nearly $5 billion in EIPs. • How to Check the Status of your Payment: Rep. DeFazio is encouraging Oregonians to go online and check the status of their payment using the “Get My Payment” tool at: https://www.irs.gov/ coronavirus/get-my-payment. • What to Expect: Thousands of Oregonians have already started seeing payments show up in their bank accounts and more will see their payments show up in the coming days and weeks if their 2019 or 2020 taxes have been processed by the IRS or they used the “non-filer portal” for previous payments and provided their bank account information to the IRS. As of March 17, the IRS had issued 90 million stimulus payments worth more than $240 billion. Recipients of other federal government benefits, like Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, Railroad Retirement Board, or Veterans Affairs benefits, should expect to receive a payment automatically as well. For Oregonians awaiting a paper check or debit card, some checks have been mailed already, but most will find their paper checks or debit cards in the mail over the next several weeks.
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A few lessons about Oregon farmers By Anne Marie Moss In honor of National Ag Week, March 21-27, I’d like to share a few things I’ve learned while working for Oregon Farm Bureau since 2004.
Anne Marie Moss 1. There’s room for and a need for all types of farming. Organic, conventional, biotech, no-tech, small-scale, mid-size, commercial-scale, direct-to-consumer, contract for food processors, international exports — all can be found in Oregon and all have an important, vital place in agriculture. The myth that one type of farming is “good” and another is “bad,” and therefore should be pitted against each other is just plain untrue. I know farms in Oregon that grow organic crops on one field, conventional crops on another and biotech crops, like GMO alfalfa or sugar beets for seed, on a third. Other farms stick to just one farming method. Farmers decide what to do based on many factors, including their customer base, market potential, the farm’s location, the crop’s labor requirements and equipment available. 2. Big doesn’t mean bad. The size of a farm or ranch does not dictate its commitment to a healthy environment, care for animals, treatment of employees or respect for neighbors. A farmer with 2,000 acres cares as much about these things as does a farmer with 20 acres. Their day-to-
day work may be different, but their values and integrity are shared. Nearly 97% of Oregon’s farms and ranches – including commercial-scale farms - are family-owned and operated. Some are “corporate farms” that incorporated for tax purposes or succession-plan reasons. These are run by families, people raising kids, often living on the farm, who are involved in their communities and are proud of what they do. They’re not in the business of harming their customers, their neighbors, or themselves. 3. Part of sustainability is profitability. Because eating food is such a personal act, there’s a tendency for consumers to forget that the people growing their food are also running a business. Even the smallest farms must ultimately make a profit to survive. Few people get into agriculture to get rich quick. It often involves slim profit margins at the mercy of many uncontrollable factors like weather, pests, fluctuating commodity prices and rising supply costs. This is compounded by the fact that almost every realm of public policy, from transportation to taxes, directly impacts agriculture. When regulations bring new fees or compliance costs, it’s very difficult for most farmers to pass along those expenditures to their customers. 4. There’s no such thing as a “simple farmer.” Farmers do more than raise crops or take care of animals. Farmers are also businessowners, accountants, scientists, meteorologists, mechanics and marketers. Many are also eager innovators, always searching for new technology to help them produce more with less: less water, less fertilizer, less fuel, fewer pesticides. 5. There’s more that unites agriculture than divides it. No matter the amount of acreage worked, farming method used, or number of animals raised, Oregon farmers and ranchers share core values: a deep love for the land, incredible work ethic, and immense pride in their work. Anne Marie Moss is the communications director for Oregon Farm Bureau
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Tips to fix common writing problems By June Casagrande For most of my editing career, I’ve worked in the lower rungs of the writing world, polishing the prose of inexperienced and, often, unskilled writers. I love it. Bad writing fascinates me. I obsess over what, exactly, makes it bad and how to fix it. I’ve learned there are a million ways to write badly, from corny dialogue to illogical juxtapositions of facts. But at the sentence level, some problems crop up again and again. And a lot of them are easy to fix, or at least improve. Here are seven tips for fixing some of the most common writing problems I encounter. 1. Make sure the main clause of your sentence contains the information you most want to highlight. Compare these two passages. “After shooting his business partner in the face, John felt tired.” “John shot his business partner in the face. He collapsed, exhausted.” Your main clause is the marquee position in any sentence. Readers automatically know this is the main point. A subordinating conjunction like “after” suggests the stuff that follows is not the main point. So, give your best information the billing it deserves by making it your main clause. 2. Break up long sentences.
Compare: “I fired him even though I didn’t want to because he gave me no choice.” “I fired him. I didn’t want to. He gave me no choice.” Shorter sentences pack a punch. Longer sentences use connectives like “because,” which create a hierarchy among the ideas, subordinating some information in a way similar to what we saw in our first tip. 3. Choose the most specific and tangible nouns and verbs. Compare “Those who visit the restaurant can choose from a variety of lunch and dinner options” with “Diners can dig in to hot or cold sandwiches, pasta or Sue’s famous Cobb salad.” Amateurs tend to crank out sentences like the first example. Pros lean toward the latter. 4. Deleting adverbs that don’t add information. In a sentence like “Mary quickly ran out the door,” the adverb adds nothing. Running is, by definition, quick. Now look at “Mary quickly closed her laptop.” You can close a laptop slowly or quickly. So “quickly” adds more information to the action. In the process, it raises the intriguing question: What is Mary hiding? 5. Fix unclear antecedents. In a sentence like, “Bob and Lou both regretted his decision,” the possessive pronoun “his” could be a reference to either Bob or Lou. We don’t know who made the bad decision. It’s easy to forget that the
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How long should I wait for a vaccine appointment? I’m very disappointed in Coos Health and Wellness. When vaccines started to become a real possibility against COVID, we were told to register with our county department for vaccine distribution information. I went to the site and read that they would “contact you when vaccine appointments become available for your eligibility group.” I registered as asked and waited for information. Under state guidelines, I was eligible to receive
any available vaccine in early days of the process, so I expected to hear from them. While waiting, a number of people were calling all possible available avenues for vaccine. I thought of the hundreds of calls they must receive and didn’t want to burden our already overworked health care people. I was registered with Coos Health and Wellness. They would notify me about vaccine availability. Maybe I misunderstood. Maybe they just gather data. Maybe they just put out news briefs about that
reader isn’t in your head, so make sure it’s clear what each pronoun refers to: Bob and Lou both regretted Bob’s decision. 6. Dispense with state-of-mind verbs. If you ever have the dubious pleasure of reading a friend’s unpublished novel or memoir, chances are you’ll see a lot of sentences like “Ron realized he was in love.” But if you pay close attention to professionally published writing — especially good writing — you’ll see that verbs like “realized” and “knew” and “understood” and “thought” don’t come up as much. Instead, pros cut to the chase: “Ron was in love.” 7. Ditch connective words and phrases. “The park is open from dusk till dawn Monday through Friday. In addition to being open on weekdays, the park is open even longer on weekends: till 10 p.m.” Connectives like “in addition to” force you to restate something you’ve just said. “Though it is true that,” “in light of the fact that” and “despite it being true that” are a few more examples of terms that can bog down an otherwise good sentence. — June Casagrande is the author of “The Joy of Syntax: A Simple Guide to All the Grammar You Know You Should Know.” She can be reached at JuneTCN@aol. com.
data. Maybe they’ve never tried to get vaccine at all. I became confused about their function because those who were making all those phone calls were having success in making appointments. I finally got mine at Coquille Valley Hospital... and an appointment for my second shot. I’m still waiting for any information from Coos Health and Wellness. I wonder how long it will take for them to get information to me and to you? Judith Luchi North Bend
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OBITUARIES Agnes Elvira Rollefstad Manders
Leroy Charles Ames
February 9, 1915 – March 4, 2021
January 5, 1938 – March 2, 2021
Agnes Manders passed away peacefully on March 4, 2021 at the age of 106. She was the first born child of Norwegian immigrants, Charles and Thilda Rollefstad. She was born in Schuler, Alberta, Canada, and immigrated with her parents and three siblings to Langdon, North Dakota. She married Ernest Campbell Manders in British
Columbia, Canada, and had five children, Dr. Ernest K. Manders (Sandra) of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Brenna Manders of Ottawa, Canada, Linda Manders of Santa Cruz, California, Donna Manders of Seattle, Washington and Dr. Cynthia Manders of Sweeny, Texas. She had six grandchildren, Dr Ernest C. Manders (Jen), Jonathan Manders (Diane), Christian Manders (Cindy), Joanna Hildebrand (Dan), Patrick Bewley and Aaron Bewley (Angela). She had nine great grandchildren, Ernie, Saffi, Fiona, Linus, Liesl, Henry, Patrick, Mehina, and Hokulani. She moved many times across Canada and the United States with her family. She lived from 1959-1971 in Coos Bay, when her husband built and managed the Mena-
sha Paper Mill on the North Spit near Horsfall Beach. She has lived in Texas since 1982, where she and Ernest moved to help care for grandchildren. A loving and helpful wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, friend and neighbor. She will be remembered and missed by many. She was famous for her impeccable pastel suits and her delicious cooking, especially her pot roasts with gravy. She was also a meticulous cleaner and was always there to help her children throughout their lives. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Campbell Manders in 1991 and grandson, Patrick Bewley in 1996. A celebration of life remembrance will be held at a later date.
Robert E. “Bob” Crim August 1, 1967 – March 11, 2021
Robert Eugene Crim was a man who had a great capacity for joy and love. He was a caring husband, father, son, brother, boss, uncle, grand uncle, and friend. For over thirty years, he built a business where relationships mattered and trust was of upmost importance. He left this world to join his Heavenly Father on March 11, 2021, at the age of fifty-three. He was born to Ray and Patti Crim on August 1, 1967. He met his future wife, Jennifer Harmon, in high school, but didn’t ask her out because she was too wild. As adults they met again, quickly fell in love, and never wanted to be apart. Together they built a blended family, had amazing adventures, and learned the real meaning of love. Bob is survived by his wife, Jennifer; his children, Maddy, Matthew, Olivia, and Logan; his mother, Patti; his brother, Mike Crim; and his sisters, Lori Foley and Liz Krossman.
Throughout our life together, Bob made me laugh, believe in myself, and always let me know that I was cherished. He was my companion, best friend, and other half. Everyone that he met commented on his positivity and how much light he brought into the world. The world is a darker place without him. I can’t imagine how I will live without him and his love. – Jennifer Crim My father was a great man. Warm, affectionate, humorous, and very charming, it was easy to love him. I will always remember him for his knowledge of animals, his stupid jokes, and that he loved his family very much. – Maddy “Mako” Crim My father, Bob Crim, took the lessons he learned playing basketball and applied them to life. He was able to steal people’s hearts, shoot for the stars, and always gave over 100%, whether on the court, in business, or with those he loved. – Matthew “Ron Artest of basketball” Crim My dad loved Jesus with his whole heart and he lovingly and easily passed that love to us, and everyone he met. He taught us to put our best foot forward and that love is always worth the work, especially during hard times. We will forever miss his heart and laughter. – Olivia “Dove” Steen My father saw the good in people first and had a
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great capacity for love. He tried to understand people, even when it was hard for him. Whenever I heard one of his stories, I never left unamused. Some of my best memories are laughing with my dad. – Logan “Ochoco” Crim Bob was the kindest and most forgiving man. He was my best friend. He often said, “Always be kind.” I’ll forever miss him. He loved everyone and always saw the best in others. I have read that grief is proof of love and although I have experienced it, I have never felt a loss such as this. He was such a blessing and so very loved. – Mike Crim In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Bob Crim Memorial Fund at Coquille High School. The fund will provide financial support to athletes to make sure they have the opportunity to participate. This could be in regards to clothing, shoes, fees, etc. A celebration of life is being planned for August 1, 2021; we hope to have it at the Coquille High School football field. This may change due to the pandemic Online remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at www.westrumfuneralservice.com Arrangements are under the direction of Amling Schroeder Funeral Service – Coquille Chapel, 541-3963846
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BOSSY SISTER TURNS A GOOD DEED INTO A BAD SITUATION DEAR ABBY: My older sister moved in with me after she was placed on furlough because of the pandemic. I was resistant to her moving in because she likes to run the show, she has taken financial advantage of every family member, never admits she’s wrong, and I was worried she’d take over. But I wanted to help her save money, so I said yes. Now it’s like I’m walking on eggshells. Every time I make a simple request, she accuses me of trying to act like her mother! After six months she asked if I’d prefer she move in with our parents, and I said yes. Now she’s upset, and my parents are begging me to let her stay because they don’t want to deal with her. I just want my peace back. What should I do? -- TIRED LITTLE SISTER DEAR TIRED: I’ll tell you what NOT to do. Do not relent. She asked if you’d prefer she move in with your parents, and you answered her honestly. Set a date for her to be out and stick to it. It will save your sanity. DEAR ABBY: I’m a very hands-on person, recently retired, and I would like to do volunteer work. Sounds simple, right? Well, it seems no one needs volunteers. I have been looking for something, preferably ecological in nature, for two years. But whenever I inquire, I’m flooded with appeals for money. I was hoping you might give me some more ideas. -- BROKE BUT AVAILABLE DEAR BROKE: You describe yourself as hands-on with an interest in things that are ecological. Because your efforts are not needed at the organizations you contacted, modify your search. Would you be interested in helping to keep your neighborhood clean and free of trash, starting a vegetable garden
to feed the needy, performing yard and gardening chores for elderly members of your community who can no longer do it themselves? How about teaching a class in ecology at a community center? If that is not to your liking, would you deliver meals to shut-ins for a while? An animal hospital or pet rescue group may be able to use a willing hand in exercising the animals in their care. The options are there. Sample them until you find something to your liking. DEAR ABBY: I am a 40-something woman and have been with my partner for four years. I am the mother of three boys; he’s a father of two girls. We live at my house. Whenever his youngest comes to visit (she’s 16), she insists on his every second of attention. He eats it up. It’s so frustrating. They both ignore the fact that I am here. It’s very upsetting and, I don’t think it’s normal. What about you? -- MIFFED IN MICHIGAN DEAR MIFFED: Have you discussed this with your partner? I don’t know how often the girl comes to visit, but clearly she is starved for her father’s attention. I don’t think you should begrudge it unless her visits last for an extended period. Of course, your partner and his daughter should be respectful and not treat you like an old piece of furniture or a servant, but you might be less upset if you use some of that time to pursue interests or relationships of your own. ------------------------------Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
He worked for Columbia River Scaling and Grading Bureau. He married his wife of 61 years, Goldie (Hodge) Ames in June of 1960. He was drafted into the Army in 1960 and served as a medic. After his service he continued scaling logs; living in Powers, Florence and Sutherlin. He went to work for Georgia Pacific when he lived in Sutherlin, moving to Myrtle Point in 1979 when he became Log Buyer for GP. He was an avid hunter and loved the outdoors. He loved hunting trips to Eastern Oregon with his brother, nephews and other family and friends. He enjoyed going to car shows with his brother-inlaw, Wayne Hodge. He enjoyed snow-birding in Arizona with his wife. He loved his wife, children, grandchil-
Leroy Charles Ames, 83, of Myrtle Point, passed away at his home on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. He was born January 5, 1938 in Coquille to Charles and Susan (Wareham) Ames. He graduated from Coquille High School. After high school he moved to Gold Beach and learned to scale logs from Charlie Pullen.
dren and extended family very much and could always be called on for help. He is preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Susan Ames; brother, Leon Ames and sisters, Lula Mae White and Lois Bridges. He is survived by his wife, Goldie; daughters, Michele Ames of Powers, Laurie Kesner of Soldotna, Alaska and Dawn Ames of Myrtle Point; 7 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Online remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at www.westrumfuneralservice.com Cremation was at Myrtle Crest Crematory under the direction of Amling/ Schroeder Funeral Service - Myrtle Point Chapel, 541572-2524
First condor chick of the season arrives with a surprise bonus Condor mom amazes keepers by laying a second egg just as her first one is hatching The first California condor chick of 2021 arrived in spectacular and surprising fashion this week at the Oregon Zoo’s Jonsson Center for Wildlife Conservation, kicking off what looks to be an exceptional year in the effort to save this critically endangered species. The fuzzy new arrival hatched on March 13 to condor parents No. 765 and No. 55, who had produced the first egg of 2021 back on Jan. 15 — that much was expected. But when keepers got their first glimpse of the chick, they noticed something else in the nest box beside it: a second egg. “That was very surprising,” said Kelly Flaminio, who oversees the zoo’s condor recovery efforts. “Condors typically lay only one egg a year — as far as we know, this has never happened before.” In certain cases, Flaminio noted, keepers will remove an egg from the nest box early in the season, thus encouraging a particular condor to lay a second time. The process, known as “double clutching,” has helped increase condor numbers and improve genetic diversity in the population since the recovery program began. That’s not what happened this time though, according to Flaminio. “Apparently, No. 765 double-clutched herself,” she said. “She laid a second egg right as her first one was hatching. We’ve never seen anything like it.” To see video of the two new arrivals, go to bit.ly/
Photo by Liz Musich, courtesy of the Oregon Zoo.
The first California condor chick of 2021 came in spectacular and surprising fashion this week at the Oregon Zoo’s Jonsson Center for Wildlife Conservation. Condor No. 765 laid a second egg just as her first was hatching. CondorSurprise. So far, the new parents are doing a fine job caring for both egg and chick, though keepers may eventually transfer the egg to hatch under another condor pair and be foster-raised. “Condor chicks require a tremendous amount of parental investment,” Flaminio said. “These two are experienced parents, but they’ve never raised ‘twins’ before.” Since mid-January, condors at the Jonsson Center have been laying the groundwork for species recovery one egg at a time. In addition to the new hatchling, 11 other eggs have been laid this year (with five confirmed to be fertile) and at least one more is expected soon. To aid in the zoo’s recovery efforts, FLIR visible security cameras are providing improved views into nesting areas, helping staff better monitor the health of chicks and parents. The California condor was one of the original
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SERVICE NOTICE Celebration of Life for Leroy Ames, 83 of Myrtle Point, will be at 2:00 PM on Saturday, March 27, 2021 at the Myrtle Point Fairgrounds, Oak Pavilion. Online condolences may be shared at www. westrumfuneralservice.com Arrangements under the direction of Amling/Schroeder Funeral Service-Myrtle Point Chapel, 541-572-2524.
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‘The lifeblood of our effort’: Volunteers make vaccinations possible ZACK DEMARS The World
Dr. Alan Whitney is retired — but he’s still giving shots. Sitting on a tennis court Thursday afternoon, Whitney saw a steady stream of patients, one after the other. But the visits were probably shorter than any he’d had during his career as an orthopedic surgeon — and each one had global significance. With just a few minutes at a time, Whitney moved quickly, asking patients a few questions and warning them they might feel fatigued for a day or two before wiping their arm with an alcohol pad, unwrapping a syringe and giving them what they came for: a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine. “They’re happy to be getting them,” Whitney said Thursday. “Mostly, they’re just anxious and thankful to get them.” Whitney is one of a crowd of volunteers working to get Coos County residents vaccinated against the virus. It’s a group county health officials say is critical to the community’s fight against the pandemic. “If we didn’t have that level of volunteer action, this would not happen,” said Coos Health & Wellness Point of Distribution Supervisor Russ Johnston, looking out onto a room full of people anxiously waiting for their turn to get a shot. Johnston’s worked for CHW for about six months, and he’s been focused on improving the county’s virus response throughout the pandemic. He was one of just a few CHW employees at Thursday’s vaccination event — and the vast majority of the other dozen or so individuals helping to get shots in arms were all volunteers, he said. That’s the way it has been since the county started running vaccination events earlier this year. “Without them, this couldn’t happen,” Johnston said. Whitney’s been at four of those events in Coos County.
He’d been giving shots earlier in the year in Medford, but started helping with local events when the county started receiving enough doses for larger-scale operations. He’s willing to spend his time as part of the effort for a few reasons. “A: Somebody’s got to do it,” Whitney said. “I’ve got the time, I’m retired.” What’s more, Whitney said getting enough of the community vaccinated will be key to getting businesses and schools back open and life closer to what it used to be. “Anything we can do to get out of that,” Whitney said of the county’s high case rates. “Just trying to get that down so we can open up and get to life.” Whitney is part of the volunteer effort as a member of the county’s Medical Reserve Corps, a pool of healthcare professionals in the county who are on-call to staff emergency medical facilities and support public health efforts. MRC volunteers join other volunteers from the Community Emergency Response Team and the Friends of Public Health making up the team of people — some retired, and others working for free outside their day jobs — to make the county’s vaccination efforts possible, according to Johnston. “All those groups have contributed majorly to those events,” Johnston said. And the volunteers go beyond just administering shots: Events require traffic control and assistance with administration and paperwork, as well as volunteers who manage check-in lines and monitor patients for adverse symptoms after they receive their shots. Volunteers often go the extra step, too, heading out to the parking lot to assist patients with mobility challenges by vaccinating them directly in their cars. That’s especially helpful for seniors, who are currently the vast majority of those getting vaccinated, or others who are concerned about coming to vaccination events
because of potential exposure to other people, according to CHW Assistant Director Dr. Eric Gleason. “For a lot of people, they’re afraid to come out,” Gleason said. “This is a trip for them.” As it stands, Johnston’s volunteers have the capacity to vaccinate about 800 people a day, when supplies allow. But as expanding vaccine eligibility is on the horizon, Johnston said he hopes to expand that to 1,200 or 1,500 a day. He needs more volunteers for that — and he’s also hoping to expand his base of volunteers to lessen the workload on the ones who’ve been giving shots since the beginning. “To do this long-term, this is going to be important,” Johnston said. “They get tired. And they need replacements.” Health professionals willing to help vaccinate tens of thousands of residents can sign up to assist the county’s vaccination effort by registering online at https://serv-or. org/. Licensed physicians, nurses, pharmacists, emergency medical technicians, behavioral health providers, respiratory therapists and others are all eligible.
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Coquille runs past Wildcats The World Coquille used an explosive first half to beat Glide 38-13 in a game played at Marshfield High School on Friday to stay perfect on the season. “I’m very happy with how we performed,” Coquille coach David Thomason said. “Though we can always get better.” Gunner Yates had just six carries, but they included touchdown runs of 54, 64 and 39 yards, and he also caught a 45-yard TD pass from Jace Haagen. Garrett Gardner added a 69-yardrun for Coquille, which led 38-0 at the half. Glide’s Trever Short had a pair of touchdown passes in the second half, to Clay Mornarich and Colby Bucich. Coquille intercepted four of Short’s passes, with Haagen, Yates, Hayden GeDeros and Trent Fisher picking off passes. The Red Devils have an open spot in the schedule this week after their scheduled game with Rogue River was canceled. They play rival Bandon on April 2. Coquille 38, Glide 13
Glide 0 0 6 7 — 13 Coquille 24 14 0 0 — 38 Coq: Gunner Yates 54 run (Yates pass from Jace Haagen) Coq: Yates 64 run (Yates run) Coq: Garrett Gardner 69 run (Gardner pass from Haagen) Coq: Yates 45 pass from Haagen (run failed) Coq: Yates 39 run (Haagen run) Gli: Clay Mornarich 27 pass from Trever Short (kick failed) Gli: Colby Bucich 42 pass from Short (Ty Davis kick)
Hornets top MP in first game at night The World Myrtle Point was part of history Friday night, but the game didn’t end the way the Bobcats had hoped. The combined Myrtle Point-Powers football squad fell to traditional eight-man powerhouse Camas Valley 38-6 in the first-ever night game for the Hornets in their stadium, which had lights installed in preparation for this season. The Bobcats kept the game relatively close for three quarters before the Hornets scored 20 points in the fourth to pull away. James Standley scored on a 28-yard run in the first quarter and Jared Standley had TD runs of 23 and 6 yards in the second to give the Hornets an 18-0 halftime lead. Myrtle Point’s Nate Little caught a 26-yard TD pass from Logan Backman in the third, but the Hornets added TDs in the fourth quarter by both Standleys and Seth Lamell to pull away. Myrtle Point, which fell to 1-2 on the season, hosts Glendale this Friday. Camas Valley 38, Myrtle Point 6
Myrtle Point 0 0 6 0 — 6 Camas Valley 6 12 0 20 — 38 CV: James Standley 28 run (pass failed) CV: Jared Standley 23 run (pass failed) CV: Jared Standley 6 run (pass failed) MP: Nate Little 26 pass from Logan Backman (run failed) CV: Jared Standley 50 run (run failed) CV: James Standley 13 run (Collin Ewing pass from Jared Standley) CV: Seth Lamell 22 run (pass failed)
Lowell 35, Reedsport 0: The Brave suffered their third straight loss to open the season. They will try to get their first win Friday when they host Monroe. They also will try to get on the scoreboard for the first time after losing their opening two games by matching 7-0 scores. Gold Beach 28, Glendale 22: The Panthers got their first eightman win when they beat visiting Glendale in their home opener Friday. The Panthers are home again Friday against Days Creek.
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North Bend’s Liam Buskerud pulls in a touchdown pass from Coleman Compton during Friday’s win over Elmira.
North Bend tops Elmira in rivalry tuneup JOHN GUNTHER The World
NORTH BEND — The North Bend football team is getting better every week, fixing elements that need improving as they head into the tough second half of their season schedule. On Friday night, the improvements helped the Bulldogs to a 48-6 win over visiting Elmira at Vic Adams Field as North Bend improved to 2-1 heading into Friday night’s annual battle with crosstown rival Marshfield at Pete Susick Stadium. The Bulldogs scored the final 41 points Friday night to pull away after the two quarterbacks — Coleman Compton for the Bulldogs and Cobyn Herbert for the Falcons — scored the first two touchdowns. “The kids came out and they played tough, very physical,” North Bend coach Gary Prince said. “The defense played well. The offensive line did a fantastic job.” Jake Posey was a beneficiary of that offensive line, with two long touchdown runs for the second straight week. On Friday, the two TDs covered 24 and 68 yards. “They are really kicking butt up there,” he said. “They are down in the trenches doing their job.” When that happens, Posey said, it reflects in his success running the ball. North Bend appeared headed for a 21-6 halftime lead before Compton had a scrambling 38-yard touchdown run in the final two minutes of the first half. Compton added a 34-yard TD pass to Liam Buskerud in the third quarter and then scored his third touchdown on a short run to enact the running clock with the Bulldogs up by 35 points later in the quarter. Kavan Robinson scored North Bend’s final touchdown after he denied Elmira a second score
North Bend’s Jake Posey runs in the open field against Elmira. Posey scored two touchdowns in the Bulldogs’ 48-6 victory. by recovering a fumble by the Falcons. Prince said the Bulldogs still have plenty to work on as they head into a finishing stretch that includes Marshfield, Lebanon and Class 6A Grants Pass, the first two on the road. He mentioned specifically doing a better job of maintaining the edge and covering deep passes on defense and getting the center-quarterback exchange down better on offense. The latter, though, was a huge improvement Friday night, Compton said. “There was a lot of good that came out of this game and very little bad,” he said, assessing North Bend’s overall effort. “We had one bad snap. That was it, aside from too many penalties.”
Against Baker, Compton said, about 20 percent of the center-to-quarterback snaps were either poor or mishandled by the QB. Another big plus Friday: No turnovers. “That’s huge,” Prince said. “That’s something we’ve been talking about for a few games.” As for North Bend’s defense, which had its second straight strong outing, Posey credited the group effort. “We worked well as a team, same as last week,” he said. “It’s always better when you work as a team.” After the game, players and coaches alike were looking forward to the game with Marshfield. “I think it’s going to be a lot of fun,” Posey said, adding that the Bulldogs would spend the week watching a lot of film and trying to
clean up little mistakes. “You don’t have a football season without this rivalry,” Compton added. “It’s something you look forward to.” Prince has coached on both sides of the rivalry and said it’s always a fun contest. “If you grew up in the Bay Area, it’s what you do,” he said. “You play against the guys from Marshfield or the guys from North Bend.” North Bend 48, Elmira 6
Elmira 6 0 0 0 — 6 North Bend 21 7 13 7 — 48 NB: Coleman Compton 1 run (Dakota Gaul kick) Elm: Cobyn Herbert 4 run (kick blocked) NB: Jake Posey 24 run (Gaul kick) NB: Posey 68 run (Gaul kick) NB: Compton 38 run (Gaul kick) NB: Liam Buskerud 34 pass from Compton (kick failed) NB: Compton 3 run (Gaul kick) NB: Kavan Robinson 4 run (Gaul kick)
Teams enjoy chance to play volleyball inside Gold Beach hosts Coos County teams The World A quartet of Coos County volleyball teams finally got to play inside matches Saturday, when Gold Beach hosted Coquille, North Bend, Myrtle Point and Reedsport. “Overall, it was a fun day of playing in the gym,” said Coquille coach Suzanne Grami. “Thanks to Gold Beach.” North Bend won both its matches during the day while Reedsport and Coquille both went 1-1 and Myrtle Point came up short. The big thing, though, was the teams getting a chance to play on real courts after the smaller schools have been playing outdoors on various grass courts since Coos County is in the extreme-risk category and teams can’t have matches indoors or practice with more than six players at a time.
“It was a great opportunity to work on some different rotations and see what we need to continue to work on,” North Bend coach Summer Sawyer said. “For our first outing, the girls played really well. I look forward to watching them continue to improve.” Even though the Bobcats lost to both Coquille and North Bend, coach Tami Brown said her kids also ahd a great day. “The girls were very excited to get an indoor match,” Brown said. North Bend beat Reedsport 2512, 25-22 and topped Myrtle Point in three sets 25-13, 19-25, 25-14. “We definitely had some jitters the first set,” Sawyer said. “We were able to work out the kinks and settle in and play pretty well.” Sawyer said Emily West, Bridget Gould, Randee Cunningham and Bria Hood played well at the net and that Olivia Knutson had a solid day at setter. Coquille beat Myrtle Point 3028, 25-23 and lost to Reedsport
25-18, 25-23. “Reedsport out-served us,” Grami said. “We are still working on serve receive. But when we got in a rally situation, they were good considering the limited practice time.” Hailey Combie had a strong day in her first effort at outside hitter in place of Ellie Ekelund, who was unavailable Saturday, and Gabby McCrorey also had a good day hitting, with the pair combining for 33 kills. Freshman Reggie Gardner had a good day at the net with 10 kills and four blocks. And setter Drew Wilson dished out 49 assists during the day. Emily Cortez and Jessica Gisholt were solid in the back row. For Myrtle Point, which has been using just six players, its varsity cohort, in matches, the day was one of growth. “The girls continued to improve through the (Coquille) match and had some great volleys and hustle plays,” Brown said.
“(Against North Bend) we had some good blocks, which was nice to see since it’s something we haven’t worked on with only six at practice.” LIONS SWEEP PIRATES: Marshfield’s volleyball team suffered a pair of Sky-Em League losses at Gold Beach on Friday. The Lions swept the opener 2512, 25-18, 25-17. Marshfield took the opening set in the second match before the Lions won the last three in a 20-25, 25-17, 25-17, 25-18 win over the Pirates. Paige Macduff led Marshfield’s offense in the opening match with five kills and four aces. Carmen Samuels had 19 digs and Raegan Rhodes nine assists. In the second match, Cedar Ward had 10 kills and Rhodes and Macduff had seven each. Rhodes had 14 assists and Gracie Peach 10. Samuels had 16 digs and Ward 13. Marshfield is at Siuslaw on Tuesday and then has a pair of matches at Marist Catholic on Thursday.
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Marshfield beats Ontario in game at Prineville The World PRINEVILLE — Marshfield’s football team played what coach John Lemmons called the squad’s best game of the year in a 56-8 win over Ontario played at Crook County High School on Saturday. Marshfield improved to 3-0 heading into Friday night’s game against rival North Bend at Pete Susick Stadium.
“The kids played their best game so far,” Lemmons said. “I was super impressed with their grit and execution. They played with good emotion and discipline.” Dom Montiel had four touchdown passes to help the Pirates open a 28-0 lead by the first minute of the second quarter and Marshfield never looked back. Montiel connected with DJ Daugherty on a 32-yard scoring pass, Pierce David-
son on a 64-yard catch-andrun touchdown and Maddux Mateski for a 42-yard touchdown in the first quarter and freshman kicker Jonah Putman converted all the extra points. Montiel’s second touchdown pass to Daugherty came with 11:51 still to go in the first half and the special teams got in the act, too, when Cael Church scored on a blocked punt to give the Pirates a 34-0 lead.
Ontario got its only score on a pass from Jake Hartley to Ruben Chavez just before halftime. Marshfield enacted the running clock with touchdown runs by Ezra Waterman and Montiel in the third quarter and Velazquez scored in the fourth for Marshfield. Montiel completed 12 of 24 passes for the game for 278 yards and the Pirates also rushed for 191 yards,
Marshfield gets boys and girls soccer wins over Junction City The World Marshfield’s boys soccer team bounced back from its loss to Marist Catholic earlier in the week with a 6-1 win over visiting Junction City on Thursday as the Pirates started the second half of the Sky-Em League season. Ernesto Hernandez Rosales started the scoring with a goal in the 11th minute, rebounding in a shot by teammate Alberto Castillo. Jacob Eastwood scored 10 minutes later, beating the Junction City goalkeeper one-on-one after picking up the ball in the midfield and dribbling toward the goal, and added a penalty kick in the 26th minute after being fouled in the box. Jose Yanez Torres gave Marshfield a 4-0 halftime edge with a goal in the 34th minute on an assist by Eastwood. After Junction City scored in the 67th minute, the Pirates quickly responded with the first goal of the season by Roberto Castillo, when he beat the Junction City goalie to a free ball and put it in the net. Ismael Rodriguez completed the scoring in the 77th minute. “We were able to get everyone into the game and got out of there without any injuries,” Marshfield coach Drew Jones said. The Pirates are tied for
second with Cottage Grove in the league standings at 4-1-1 and head to Siuslaw on Tuesday before hosting Elmira on Thursday. BRUINS SHUT OUT BULLDOGS: Brookings-Harbor beat visiting North Bend for the second time this season, snapping North Bend’s two-game win streak with a 5-0 win Saturday. North Bend hosted St. Mary’s on Monday (results were not available by press time) and travels to Willamette on Wednesday and Cascade Christian on Saturday.
GIRLS PIRATES BLANK TIGERS: Marshfield’s girls pulled away from a scoreless first half to beat host Junction City 4-0 on Thursday. “Both teams knew exactly what was at state this game and the first half was an equal 50/50 ball possession control game,” Marshfield coach Pio Figueroa said. Marshfield goalie Kaylin Dea made several saves to keep the match scoreless in the first half and the Pirates broke through in the fifth minute of the second half with a goal by senior captain Jordyn Eichelberger, with what Figueroa described as “a beautiful assist from Charlie Dea.” The goal energized the Pirates and they dominated
control of possession the rest of the match, Figueroa said. Eichelberger scored again in the 59th minute and Isabell Perez scored two minutes later on another assist by Charlie Dea. Senior captain Maddie DeLeon blasted a shot past Junction City’s goalie from 30 yards out to complete the scoring. “Our defense line was outstanding tonight,” Figueroa said. “I’m so proud of all my girls. They fought for every ball tonight with courage in their hearts.” The Pirates completed a sweep of the Tigers. They play a nonleague match at Sutherlin on Saturday and visit Cottage Grove on Tuesday. BULLDOGS BEAT CHALLENGERS: North Bend’s girls soccer team bounced back from its first setback of the season by shutting out visiting Cascade Christian 2-0 on Saturday. Brooklyn Garrigus and Molly Picatti scored the goals for North Bend and Rachael Snyder had the shutout in goal. The Bulldogs had suffered their first loss earlier in the week to Marist Catholic. “It was a hard-fought game and we just had a couple of bad bounces,” North Bend coach Tony Picatti said. “That game could have easily gone the other way.” North Bend is at Willamette on Wednesday.
The World Marshfield graduate Travis Wittlake placed fourth in his first NCAA championships for Oklahoma State University on Saturday. Wittlake redshirted in his first year for Oklahoma State and then won the Big-12 championship last winter before the NCAA tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wittlake was the No. 10 seed at 165 pounds. He opened with an 8-1 decision over Dan Brunagel of Illinois before losing a 4-3 match to Ethan Smith of Ohio State. But the Myrtle Point native won four straight elimination matches to reach the placing rounds, beating Jake Tucker of Michigan State 10-2, topping Izzak Olenyik of Northern Illinois 7-3, winning by forfeit over Mehki Lewis of Virginia Tech and
Baird finishes freshman season in Portland State starting lineup Coquille graduate Morgan Baird had a strong finish to her freshman season at Portland State University, working her way into the starting lineup for the final five games of the season and helping the Vikings win a game in the Big Sky Tournament before losing to Eastern Washington. Baird finished the season averaging 4.9 points and 3.4 rebounds a game, playing
in 23 of the Vikings’ 25 games. She shot nearly 50 percent for the season (46for-94) and made 20 of 26 free throws (just under 77 percent). She averaged 15.9 minutes per game, but much higher at the end of the year, before and when she was in the starting lineup. She played at least 22 minutes eight of Portland State’s final 10 games.
Local Schedule Tuesday, March 23
High School Girls Soccer — Coquille at South Umpqua, 1 p.m. High School Boys Soccer — South Umpqua at Coquille, 3 p.m.; Marshfield at Siuslaw, 6:30 p.m. High School Volleyball — Marshfield at Siuslaw, 6:45 p.m.
Wednesday, March 24
High School Boys Soccer — North Bend at Willamette, 4 p.m. High School Girls Soccer — North Bend at Willamette, 6 p.m.
Thursday, March 25
High School Girls Soccer — Brookings-Harbor at Coquille, 3 p.m. High School Boys Soccer — Coquille at Umpqua Valley Chris-
tian, 4 p.m.; Elmira at Marshfield, 5:30 p.m. High School Volleyball — Marshfield at Marist Catholic, 3 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. High School Football — North Bend at Marshfield, 7 p.m.; Bandon at Glide, 7 p.m.; Lost River at Myrtle Point, 6 p.m.; Glendale at Gold Beach, 6 p.m. High School Volleyball — North Bend at Brookings-Harbor, 6 p.m.
Saturday, March 27
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Gold Coast Swim Team member Allison Wright earned recognition as a top-five swimmer in her age group for the state of Oregon for 2020. Wright was recognized for her efforts in the 200-yard butterfly in the 12-year-old age group. Wright received the same honor in 2019 for both the 100 and 200 butterfly and has regularly earned spots in the state meet.
Bandon cross country teams sweep titles at Champs Invite The World
Trenton Parrott won the 5,000-meter race in 18:12, followed by Aidin Wilson (18:41), Gavin Schmidt (18:50), Tiago Schrader (18:52) and Nathaniel Folsom (18:59). Neither school had a complete girls team. North Bend’s Sara Slade won in 20:42, followed by Celeste Sinko (22:00), Abby Woodruff (22:25) and Coquille’s Callie Millett (24:45).
Brookings-Harbor Small Schools Invite Myrtle Point had the top three finishers in the girls race in the meet at Brookings on Saturday. Sarah Nicholson finished first, covering the 5,000-meter course in 23:05. She was followed by teammates Allison Storts (23:36) and Maddie Nighswonger (24:32). Hidden Valley had the top three boys finishers, led by Grant Bohannon (17:52) to take the team title (there were no complete girls teams). Myrtle Point’s Aidan Lilienthal was fourth (19:06) and Brookings-Harbor’s Everest Abblitt fifth (20:10). Hunter Jordan of Pacific was seventh (20:14).
Marshfield meet Marshfield’s boys beat North Bend in a three-way cross country meet at the Pirates’ Millicoma Marsh Trail course on Wednesday. North Bend had the only complete girls team in the meet, which also included Myrtle Point. The winner of the boys race was Myrtle Point’s Aidan Lilienthal, who covered the 5,000-meter course in 17 minutes and 54 seconds. Marshfield had
the next two runners, Jacob Calvert (18:32) and Corbin Reeves (19:04). North Bend’s Trenton Parrott (19:07) and Marshfield’s Robert Kliewer (19:10) rounded out the top five. The Pirates beat the Bulldogs 25-30, while Myrtle Point did not have a complete boys team. In the girls race, Marshfield’s Bailey Wallack was the individual winner, edging North Bend’s Sara Slade by two seconds while finishing in 21:15. Myrtle Point’s Sarah Nicholson was third (22:00), followed by North Bend teammates Celeste Sinko (22:33) and Abby Woodruff (23:10).
BOYS Team Scores: Marshfield 25, North Bend 30, Myrtle Point inc. Individual results (5,000 Meters): 1. Aidan Lilienthal, MP, 17:54; 2. Jacob Calvert, Mar, 18:32; 3. Corbin Reeves, Mar, 19:04; 4. Trenton Parrott, NB, 19:07; 5. Robert Kliewer, Mar, 19:10; 6. Aidin Wilson, NB, 19:25; 7. Gavin Schmidt, NB, 19:36; 8. Nathaniel Folsom, NB, 19:38; 9. Bridger Olson, Mar, 19:43; 10. Brogan Markel, NB, 19:56; 11. Jack Waddington, Mar, 20:25; 12. Tiago Schrader, NB, 20:32; 13. Talon Thomas, Mar, 21:14; 14. Derek Bell, NB, 21:46; 15. Evan Hernandez, NB, 21:52; 16. Markus Kliewer, Mar, 22:25; 17. Damian Lilienthal, MP, 22:52; 18. Julian Hernandez, NB, 23:08; 19. Addison Rush, Mar, 24:15; 20. Jes-C Tessman, MP, 25:23; 21. Brodie Blair, Mar, 27:42; 22. Orion Sinko, NB, 28:39. GIRLS Team Scores: North Bend 15, Marshfield inc, Myrtle Point inc Individual Results (5,000 meters): 1. Bailey Wallack, Mar, 21:15; 2. Sara Slade, NB, 21:17; 3. Sarah Nicholson, MP, 22:00; 4. Celeste Sinko, NB, 22:33; 5. Abby Woodruff, NB, 23:10; 6. Allison Storts, MP, 23:14; 7. Maddie Nighswonger, MP, 24:49; 8. Maryam Qadir, NB, 27:58; 9. Rose Hadley, NB, 28:10; 10. Tasha Robbins, MP, 29:16; 11. Jenna Erickson, Mar, 29:37.
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Bandon swept the team titles in the Champs Invitational cross country meet near Lebanon on Friday, a good showing for the Tigers as they prepare for the championship portion of the season. Bandon’s girls were led by individual winner Holly Hutton as they scored 19 points to easily beat Central Linn (63) and three other complete teams. Hutton finished the topping Cameron Amine of 5,000-meter course in 20 Michigan 4-1. minutes and 36 seconds, Wittlake then avenged the finishing 20 seconds ahead of loss to Smith, winning 7-4, before dropping a 4-3 match Jordan White of Neah-KahNie. in the third-place bout to Bandon’s Dani McLain Keegan O’Toole of Missouri. was fourth (21:22), with AuWittlake was a fournika Miller seventh (22:48), time state champion for Cassie Kennon 11th (23:30) Marshfield High School and Analise Miller 12th and several times during his (23:51). Rachel Eickhoff, career earned the national Bandon’s other runner, was triple crown by sweeping 17th (24:54). the folkstyle, freestyle and The boys didn’t have as Greco-Roman titles. much power at the top, but won with depth, scoring 33 points to top runner-up Westside Christian (54) and Western Christian (82). There were eight complete boys teams. East Linn Christian’s Brandon Williams won the race Baird had a season-high in 17:20 while Bandon’s top 14 rebounds in a win over finisher was Damian Avalos, Southern Utah on March 5, who was fourth (18:00). when she played a seaAnsen Converse finished son-high 35 minutes. Baird sixth (18:14), Carter Brown had the game-clinching rebound in that win, when the eighth (18:35), Charlie Ells Vikings overcame a 10-point 12th (19:05), Josh Minkler 14th (19:09), Daniel Cabrera deficit in the final three 16th (19:18) and Andrew minutes. Robertson 17th (19:22). She scored in double figures five times, including North Bend meet a season-high 14 against North Bend’s boys had five Northern Colorado. finishers under 19 minutes In Portland State’s win to in their home meet against open the Big Sky Tournament, Baird had eight points Coquille on Saturday at Ferry Road Park. and six rebounds.
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Oregon reports 339 new COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths PORTLAND — There were five new COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon reported Saturday, raising the state’s death toll to 2,362, Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. OHA reported 339 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today, bringing the state total to 161,320.
Vaccinations in Oregon Today, 35,608 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry. Of this total, 22,630 vaccine doses were administered on March 19, and 12,978 were administered on previous days but entered into the vaccine registry on March 19. Cumulative daily totals can take several days to finalize because providers have 72 hours to report doses administered and technical challenges have caused many providers to lag in their reporting. OHA has been providing technical support to vaccination sites to improve the timeliness of their data entry into the state’s ALERT Immunization Information System (IIS). Oregon has now administered a cumulative total of 1,487,154 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. All vaccinations occurred at Oregon hospitals, long-term care facilities, emergency medical service (EMS) agencies, urgent
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Montgomery Allen, left, receives a Moderna vaccine during a clinic Friday at the Mill Casino. The Coquille Indian Tribe hosted the clinic and invited the community to sign up to receive vaccines. care facilities and Local Public is four fewer than yesterday. Health Authorities (LPHAs). The total number of patients in To date, 1,858,385 doses of hospital beds may fluctuate bevaccine have been delivered to tween report times. The numbers sites across Oregon. do not reflect admissions per These data are preliminary day, nor the length of hospital and subject to change. OHA’s stay. Staffing limitations are not dashboards provide regularly captured in this data and may updated vaccination data and further limit bed capacity. Oregon’s dashboard has been More information about hospiupdated today. tal capacity can be found here.
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The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 106, which is nine fewer than yesterday. There are 26 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which
The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported today are in the following counties: Baker (1), Benton (15), Clackamas (39), Clatsop (5), Columbia (1), Coos (16),
Crook (2), Curry (6), Deschutes (4), Douglas (11), Hood River (1), Jackson (31), Jefferson (1), Josephine (25), Klamath (3), Lane (18), Lincoln (3), Linn (16), Malheur (3), Marion (32), Multnomah (51), Polk (1), Tillamook (3), Umatilla (7), Union (3), Wasco (1), Washington (38), Yamhill (2). Oregon’s 2,358th COVID-19 death is a 78-year-old woman in Lane County who tested positive Feb. 19 and died March 3 at her residence. She had underlying conditions. Oregon’s 2,359th COVID-19 death is a 75-year-old man in Coos County who tested positive March 17 and died March 18 at Bay Area Hospital. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed. Oregon’s 2,360th COVID-19 death is a 94-year-old man in Multnomah County who tested positive Feb. 4 and died Feb. 11 at his residence. He had underlying conditions. Oregon’s 2,361st COVID-19 death is a 70-year-old man in Yamhill County who tested positive Feb. 4 and died March 11 at his residence. He had underlying conditions. Oregon’s 2,362nd COVID-19 death is a 77-year-old woman in Columbia County who tested positive Feb. 25 and died March 8 at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon county-by-county totals County Cases Total deaths Baker 698 12 Benton 2,491 18 Clackamas 13,867 196 Clatsop 807 7 Columbia 1,302 24 Coos 1,790 24 Crook 796 18 Curry 514 8 Deschutes 6,163 70 Douglas 2,773 58 Gilliam 54 1 Grant 259 1 Harney 283 6 Hood River 1,075 29 Jackson 8,944 120 Jefferson 2,001 31 Josephine 2,636 59 Klamath 2,907 56 Lake 393 6 Lane 10,556 139 Lincoln 1,178 20 Linn 3,722 59 Malheur 3,384 58 Marion 19.037 295 Morrow 1,055 14 Multnomah 32,643 557 Polk 3,152 48 Sherman 53 0 Tillamook 465 2 Umatilla 7,816 82 Union 1,346 20 Wallowa 145 5 Wasco 1,236 27 Washington 21,884 221 Wheeler 25 1 Yamhill 3,870 70 Statewide 161,320 2,362 This includes cases confirmed by diagnostic testing and presumptive cases.
ODF works to reforest after 2020 wildfires Unprecedented demand for forest tree seedlings after the huge wildfires of 2020, are creating difficulties for forest landowners. The Oregon Department of Forestry along with Oregon State University and other forestry organizations can help address some of the issues that make reforesting challenging. “Seedlings were already in short supply in Oregon before the fires,” explained Kyle Abraham, chief of ODF’s Private Forests Division. “Now, rough estimates are that somewhere between 80 and 140 million additional seedlings could be needed to reforest just the non-federal lands that burned in 2020.” Photo contributed by Coos Bay Police Department Abraham added while A Coos Bay man was seriously injured early Monday morning when lost control of his car and crashed into several properties, including a parked vehicle and a these estimates are still large boat. preliminary, the possible range of seedlings needed is two to three times the typical number of seedlings needed A Coos Bay man suffered of Ocean Court at around the accident. the car, Chavez was transport- each year. Abraham cited three other life-threatening injuries in a 3:30 a.m. Monday after When police arrived at the ed to Bay Area Hospital with factors that limit seedling single-vehicle accident early several people called 911 to scene, less than five minutes life-threatening injuries. availability. Monday morning. report an accident. One of the after 911 call, the saw the North Bend police also • Labor shortages According to Coos Bay callers reported the vehicle vehicle laying on its roof, responded and assisted with It’s hard for nurseries to police, Victor Chavez was in- was in their yard. with Chavez badly injured the crash investigation. ramp up production and for jured when he lost control of Just prior to the 911 calls, and trapped inside. Officers determined there was landowners to find workers to his vehicle on Ocean Court a Coos Bay police officer The Coos Bay Fire Depart- significant property damage do replanting. and crashed into several witnessed a vehicle traveling ment and Bay Cities Ambuto several private properties • Financial risk properties. His car came to a east on Ocean Boulevard at lance responded and began as well damage to a parked Seedlings have a short stop on its top, with Chavez a high rate of speed. Before extracting Chavez from the vehicle and a large boat. shelf life once “lifted” from trapped inside. the officer could turn his car car. Inside the crashed vehicle, a nursery. Nurseries mostly Deputy Chief Chris Chaparound, he lost sight of it. OfChavez was unconscious police found a baggy congrow for landowners who are anar reported the police were ficers later determined it was and unresponsive at the time. taining what appeared to be regular buyers of many seeddispatched to the 1100 block the same vehicle involved in Once he was removed from illegal narcotics. lings and file orders years The cause of the crash is ahead of time. still under investigation. circumstances around each possible about the county’s COVID-19 death reported. virus picture. “All of the other deaths He said county health From A1 that have been reported in the officials asked the state about county are true COVID-reremoving the death, but that who has tested positive lated deaths,” Gleason said, OHA declined to do so based or was presumed positive details, which are subject to saying those deaths were on its definition of a virus-re- TUESDAY, MARCH 23 for COVID-19 within the change based on COVID-19 linked in some way to the lated death. previous 60 days, regardless Reedsport Planning restrictions. symptoms of the virus. “We just have different of the cause of death,” wrote Commission — 6 p.m., Gleason said the agency opinions on the matter, and spokesperson Tim Heider in meeting will be held in perCoos Bay City Council/ decided to remove the death that’s fine, that’s okay,” Glea- son or by phone or videoconan email. Urban Renewal Agency – from its own case count in an son said. “We can disagree According to Gleason, ference. Call 541-271-3603 5:45 p.m., meeting will be effort to be as transparent as on this.” CHW investigates the or email planning@cityofheld in person at Coos Bay reedsport.org for location
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• Lack of nursery space Few nurseries specialize in forest species to meet the demands for seedlings. Abraham said availability of seed can sometimes also be an issue. “Trees must be grown from the appropriate seed – seed that is adapted to the area where it will be planted. That generally takes two years. While seed inventories are generally strong for most areas of the state, there are some isolated gaps. We’re also working to help fill those gaps.” Working on solutions OSU Extension and the Oregon Small Woodlands Association have surveyed landowners about their seedling needs. That surveyed group alone needs about 3.5 million trees to fully reforest. “ODF has convened a working group with representatives from state and federal land management agencies, the forest and nursery industries, OSU Extension and nonprofit associations that serve small-acreage landowners to help address some of these needs,” said Abraham. He said the group is currently considering some of the following: • Immediate options to procure or grow seedlings for smaller landowners. This strategy includes working with both private and public. (USDA Forest Service)
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TUESDAY, MARCH 30 North Bend City Housing Authority – 12:30 p.m., in person at 1700 Monroe, North Bend, or join by phone by calling 1-855-756-4112 with ID Number 0130655. Coos-Curry Housing Authority – 4 p.m., in person at 1700 Monroe, North Bend, or join by phone by calling 1-855-756-4112 with ID Number 0130655.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31 Coos Bay Tree Board – Noon, City Hall chambers, 500 Central Ave., Coos Bay. The meeting can be watched live on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=En2jIBpJ30Q&feature=youtu.be.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR COOS COUNTY Case No. 21PB01505 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS in the matter of the Estate of Dorothy J. Bartels, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Eugene Jeffries has qualified and been appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate. All persons having claims against the estate are hereby required to present them, with proper vouchers, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, as stated below, to the Personal Representative’s Attorney, Ronald L. Sperry, III DC Law, McKinney &Sperry PC, P.O. Box 1265, Roseburg,OR 97470, or the claims may be barred. Dated and first published this 23 day of March, 2021. Attorney for Personal Representative: Ronald L. Sperry III, OSB #091525 DC Law McKinney & Sperry PC PO Box 1265 Roseburg, OR 97470 Telephone: 541-673-4451 Fax: 541-673-1202 Published: March 23, March 30 and April 6, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:311923)
NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the City of Powers,Coos County, State of Oregon, to discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 will beheld at the Senior Center, 120 Fir Street, Powers, Oregon as well as via teleconference. The meeting will take place on Friday, April 9, 2021 at 6:00PM. The purpose of the meeting is to receive the budget, budget message,and to receive comment from the public on the budget. This is a public meeting where deliberation of the Budget Committee will take place. Any person may appear at the meeting or remotely by teleconference and make comments on the proposed programs with the Budget Committee. The Senior Center is handicap accessible. Please call City Hall at (541) 439-3331 prior to the meeting if you require any special accommodations to attend in the meeting. A copy of the budget document may be inspected or obtained by contacting City Hall Monday through Friday between 9 AM and 4 PM. An electronic copy is available upon request from admin@cityofpowers.com beginning on April 1, 2021. Safety Protocols: Face coverings are required to be worn over the mouth and nose at all times on the premises and social distancing is required. Seating is limited. If you are feeling ill or have been advised to quarantine due to illness, please utilize the toll-free teleconference line to attend the meeting remotely. Toll-Free Teleconference Line: To attend the meeting remotely, dial 1-844-854-2222 up to 10 minutes before the meeting start time and enter access code 133673#. Published: March 16 and March 23,2021 The World & ONPA (ID:311166)
NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION Notice is hereby given that the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay will conduct a public auction at 4:00p.m. on April 1, 2021. Sealed bids for the auction items will be received until 4:00 p.m. at the Charleston Marina office, at which time the sealed bids will be opened and publicly awarded to the highest bidder in order to satisfy moorage and/or storage charges for which the Port has possessory chattel lien under the provisions of ORS 87.152 through 87.212. All reasonable bids will be considered. The description of the items, the name of the owners or reputed owners of such items, and amounts due on the liens are as follows: Travis Warnock Sea Star/558423 $4,049.18 Charles Cubbage Frankie/278671 $2188.51 Joseph & Ruth Cari Irish Lass/AK5565AJ $1,955.81 Taylin Pierce Whimbrell/OR235ACW $2,184.80
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POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAPPED STATUS The City of Coos Bay does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its federally assisted programs or activities. The Coos Bay City Manager has been designated to coordinate with the nondiscrimination requirements contained in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) regulation simple meeting Section 504 (24 CFR Part 8, dated June 2, 1988) His address is 500 Central Ave, Coos Bay Oregon 97420. His telephone number (Voice) is: 541-269-8912 TTY: 911 Published: March 23, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:311985)
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS In the Matter of the Estate of CHARLES EMERY ROBBINS Case No. 21PB01166 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Douglas M. Robbins has been appointed as the personal representative. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them to the undersigned attorney for the personal representative at 5075 SW Griffith Dr.,Ste. 220, Beaverton, OR 97005,within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, or the claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the Court, the personal representative or the attorney for the personal representative. Dated and first published on March 9, 2021. Douglas M. Robbins, Personal Representative c/o Ted A. Troutman Troutman Law Firm, P.C. 5075 SW Griffith Dr., Ste. 220 Beaverton, OR 97005 Published: March 9, 16 & 23, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:311044) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LYON COUNTY, KANSAS JUVENILE DIVISION IN THE INTEREST OF: TAGEN LOVING, MINOR CHILD CASE NO. 2019-JC-000088 DOB: 2017 A MALE UNDER THE AGE OF 18YEARS NOTICE OF HEARING TO: Christopher Loving, Paternal Grandfather or any Known or Unknown Relative of Tagen Loving. A Motion to Terminate Parental Rights has been filed in this court requesting that the court terminate parental rights. You are required to appear before this court on the 15th day of April, 2021, at 09:00 AM, or prior to that time and file your written response to the pleading with the clerk of this court. If, after a child has been adjudged to be a child in need of care, the court finds a parent or parents to be unfit, the court may make an order permanently terminating the parent’s or parents’ parental rights. Brian L Williams, an attorney, has been appointed as GAL for the child. Each parent or other legal custodian of the child has the right to appear and be heard personally either with or without an attorney. The court will appoint an attorney for a parent who is financially unable to hire one. Meghan Morgan, #23102 Assistant Lyon County Attorney 430 Commercial, Ste 202 Emporia, KS 66801 620 341 3263 Published: March 23 and March 30,2021 The World & ONPA (ID:311894)
NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING WINCHESTER BAY RFPD A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the Winchester Bay Rural Fire Protection District, County of Douglas, State of Oregon, to discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 will beheld at the Winchester Bay Fire Hall,6th & Broadway, Winchester Bay, OR 97467. The meeting will take place on April 12, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to receive the budget message and to receive comment from the public on the budget. A copy of the budget document may be inspected or obtained on or after April 3, 2021 from the office of Wheeler & Grimes, CPAs,LLC, 817 Roseburg Road, Myrtle Point, OR 97458, telephone 541-5720290, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The April 12, 2021 meeting is a public meeting where deliberations of the Budget Committee will take place. Any person may appear at the meeting to discuss the proposed budget with the Budget Committee. Published: March 23, 2021 and April 2,2021. The World & ONPA (ID: 311416) NOTICE OF PORT OF UMPQUA BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the Port of Umpqua,Douglas County, State of Oregon, to discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022, will beheld at 1841 Winchester Ave,Reedsport, OR 97467. The meeting will take place on Wednesday April 21, 2021 at 6:00 PM. The purpose of the meeting is to receive the budget message and to receive comment from the public on the budget. This is a public meeting where deliberation of the Budget Committee will take place. Any person may appear at the meeting and discuss the proposed programs with the Budget Committee. A copy of the budget document maybe inspected or obtained on or after April 16, 2021 at the Port office 1877 Winchester Ave, Reedsport OR between the hours of 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM. This notice of budget committee meeting may also be found on the Port of Umpqua web site: portofumpqua. net Published: March 23 and April 13,2021 The World & ONPA (ID:311418)
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NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS ESTATE OF DAVID FRANKLIN TIETJEN COOS COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT CASE NO. 21PB01609 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Michelle Gallino has been appointed personal representative of the Estate of David Franklin Tietjen, deceased. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them,with written evidence thereof attached, to the personal representative c/o Patrick Terry, PO Box 630, Coos Bay, OR 97420. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them within four months after the date of first publication of this notice to the personal representative at the address stated above for the presentation of claims or such claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the Court or the personal representative named above. Dated and first published on March 16, 2021. Attorney for Personal Representative: Patrick M. Terry, OSB #025730 PO Box 630 Coos Bay, OR 97420 (541)756-2056 Published: March 16, March 23 and March 30, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:311373)
NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS ESTATE OF JUDITH ARLENE NILES COOS COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT CASE NO. 21PB01610 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Michelle Gallino has been appointed personal representative of the Estate of Judith Arlene Niles, deceased. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them,with written evidence thereof attached to the personal representative c/o Patrick Terry, PO Box 630, Coos Bay, OR 97420. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them within four months after the date of first publication of this notice to the personal representative at the address stated above for the presentation of claims or such claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the Court or the personal representative named above. Dated and first published on March 16, 2021. Attorney for Personal Representative: Patrick M. Terry, OSB #025730 PO Box 630 Coos Bay, OR 97420 (541)756-2056 Published: March 16, March 23 and March 30,2021 The World & ONPA (ID:311376)
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Bridge When opponent bids / Over partner's opening / Negative double. So says Anne Maverick of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A negative double's primary job is to try to find a fit in an unbid major. In today's auction, South's double showed four hearts and at least 6 points. (It was possible that South had five hearts if his hand was not strong enough for a two-heart response.) Here, though, North did not have four hearts. So he made his natural rebid of two clubs, exactly what he would have done if East had passed, and South had responded one heart. Then South plunged into three no-trump. What happened after West led
the spade nine? South started with six top tricks: one spade, two hearts and three diamonds. He was clearly going to get a second spade trick but still needed to establish and run dummy's club suit. However, that meant losing the lead twice. When you have two stoppers in the suit led and two key cards to dislodge, it is almost always correct to duck the first trick. South was waiting to do that, prepared to play his spade four under East's queen. However, East also knew the situation. To stop South from ducking at trick one, East played not the spade queen but the spade 10! This forced declarer to win with his jack. Then, when South played a club, West won with his king and led his second spade, establishing East's suit while he still had the club ace as an entry card. Wa t c h out for this sacrificial play on defense.
Tribe holds vaccine clinic at local casino A14 | TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2021
By DAVID RUPKALVIS The World
David Cox has been waiting for an opportunity to get the COVID-19 vaccine. He found it in an unusual place Friday – the Mill Casino. Cox was one of more than 300 people to take advantage of the opportunity to receive a COVID vaccination when the Coquille Indian Tribe announced it was hosting two vaccine clinics, which were open to anyone in the community. On Friday, the tribe hosted a clinic for anyone over age 65 and Sunday, the tribe hosted a second clinic for teens ages 16-19. “I work for Fred Meyers, essential workers as they call it,” Cox said after getting the vaccine. “I thought it was very important to get it.” Cox came to the clinic with his wife, Lora Welch. Welch is part native American, although not a member of the Coquille tribe. She said she was also looking for an opportunity to get vaccinated and found out about the clinic from her daughter. “I was gonna get the shot,” she said. “This was really nice.” The Coquille Indian Tribe has been vaccinating patients since February, starting with tribal members before moving on to staff and patients. When more vaccines arrived last week, they reached out to the community. Coquille Tribal Chairman Brenda Meade said sharing this resource with the tribe’s neighbors reflects the traditional culture of Pacific Coast tribes. “Our potlatch tradition is all about assisting those around us whenever we have the chance,” she said. “We’re so happy that we are in a position to do this.” Kelley Andrews learned about the clinic from his wife, who works at the Mill Casino. He said there was no hesitation to get the vaccine. “Everybody should get the vaccine,” he said. Rob Aton, who works at the casino and as a firefighter, was giving out vaccines Friday. He said he was vaccinated through the tribe, and despite being sick one day after the second shot, he is happy he did it.
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That is also the case with Montgomery Allen, who attended the clinic Friday to get his first vaccination. Allen said his wife is a highrisk, so he wanted to make sure he was safe to protect her. “I’m working, and I’ve been working all through this,” Allen said. “I work away from home, so this was a huge opportunity for me.” Those who visited the clinic received the Moderna vaccine. The majority received the first shot and will return in four weeks for a second dose. Two weeks after the second dose is administered, patients are considered fully vaccinated. The Sunday clinic used the Pfizer vaccine, which is approved for anyone over 16. It also requires two doses to be fully effective. Leann Willis Welch, a nurse practitioner who works for the tribe, watched over the clinic Friday, answering questions and helping if anyone had side effects. She said the tribe really wanted to reach out to teens because few places were offering to vaccinate younger people. “We were extremely lucky to get the doses of the Pfizer vaccine,” she said. “So, we really do want it to hit a lot of teenagers because teenagers do crazy things. We’d really like to hit as many teenagers as we can.” Welch, who is also fully vaccinated, said the tribe has gotten quite good at running vaccine clinics. At the clinic, people registered as they came in, were sent to one of four stations to receive the vaccine, checked out at another station where they received an appointment for a second dose, if needed, and were asked to wait at least 15 minutes to make sure there were no side effects. They then met with Welch, before heading out. Most were in and out in 20 minutes. Welch said the tribe has gotten quite good at running the clinics. “We started with tribal members, and then we expanded it out to staff, patients and all Native Americans,” she said. “We’ve also been to Salem, Eugene and Medford.” Welch said there have been very few problems in
Photos by David Rupkalvis/The World
Kelley Andrews gets a COVID-19 vaccination from Rob Aton during a clinic Friday at the Mill Casino. Below, after getting vaccinated, David Cox, left, and his wife, Lora Welch, wait before leaving the clinic. Bottom, patients register while visiting a vaccine clinic hosted by the Coquille Indian Tribe on Friday.
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any of the clinics. “We haven’t had any here. We’ve been very lucky,” she said. “Some of the people have reported they’ve felt sick for a few days, but there’s no major issues.” Welch said there is some
anxiety among people getting the vaccines and admits others refuse to, but she said she hopes people will change their minds and get vaccinated. “One of the big reasons is the risks of the vaccine are
very, very low,” she said. “Just think of how many people have died from it. The hospitals are full of people, they’re on ventilators. “The little bit of worry of will I get sick from is so much less.”
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Source: Introduced as an ornamental to North America from China. Concern: Invades riverbanks and forests. Ineffective host plant for butterflies. Prevention: Consider alternative plants for your landscape. Do not plant. Control: Small patch/young Hand pull. Large patch/old- Cut stump at the base and apply herbicide* (glyphosate or triclopyr). Disposal: Bag and dispose in landfill.
Deciduous shrub up to 15 feet tall with arching branches Showy flower spikes at branch ends, often nodding, 4-30 inches long Flowers typically light purple with orange centers, but a range of cultivars come in a variety of colors, including magenta, blue, white, and dark purple Leaves 4-10 inches long, 1-3 inches wide, dark green on top and whitish underneath, with toothed edges
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This week in Coos County history: March 21-23 100 YEARS — 1921 Tanker arrives with oil supply The Whittier comes with 10,000 barrels Fuel oil was short and badly needed to keep up gas and electric supply The tanker Whittier arrived this afternoon with 10,000 barrels of fuel oil for the Mountain States Power Company. There was a shortage of the fuel oil needed to run the electric and gas plants. The company has ordered several tank cars to guard against dangerous shortage but the vessel came sooner than expected. The oil formerly cost $1.85 a barrel but this shipment was $2.70 a barrel, making the fuel very expensive.
Boost for road from Reedsport Big meeting held at Reedsport Sunday Forestry service will be asked to connect up highway — Umpqua road also urged A good roads booster meeting at Reedsport yesterday was attended by delegations from Coos Bay, Ten Mile, Gardiner and various Umpqua points and resulted in a concerted movement to secure better highways for that section. The meeting was an enthusiastic one and appeals will be made to the Douglas county court and also to the U.S. Forestry service for the completion of the link between Reedsport and the new road at Ten Mile which was recently completed. It seems there will be about six miles of road to build over the ridge between Eel Lake and Clear Lake to connect up Ten Mile and Reedsport. One mile of this is in Coos county and the balance in Douglas, but all is in the Umpqua Forest reserve district.
Coast wool is to be stored A million pounds will be held in Portland Will be graded and sold by the Western Oregon Wool and Mohair association for growers PORTLAND — More than 1,000,000 pounds of wool from sheep in Western Oregon farms will be stored in Portland and graded and sold from that market during the coming season, according to plans outlined by officials of the Western Oregon Wool and Mohair association. The association is being organized on a cooperative basis and 320,000 pounds of fleece already has bene signed up, according to R.A. Wade, manager of the association. Farmers of Northern California also are interested in the movement. Clips will be pooled and United States storage receipts used as a basis of credit in financing sheep owners, Wade stated. Small farmers of Western Oregon have been accustomed to sell their wool clips to traveling junkers who pay as low a price as possible Wade said. The association, on the other hand, will be a non profit organization and its members will have the advantage of selling their wool at a favorable market condition.
Her plan is for the co-operation of the physicians, Red Cross and others in providing this. Many of the physicians have agreed to donate their services in these cases and bandages, etc., are expected to be provided by the Red Cross. Other aid may also be secured. In cases where hospital services are necessary, the hospital generally donate the use of their quarters. The whole matter is in a tentative stage. At first, it is likely that the surgical clinic would be generally restricted to minor operations such as adenoids, tonsils, etc.
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50 YEARS — 1971 School superintendents agree many budget problems around Coos but quality of education is not hurt School districts may have budgetary problems, but most Coos County school superintendents have told The World in a survey that children are receiving good educations. When asked if education is being curtailed by tight budgets, Superintendent Ronald L. Parks of Bandon said “Not as much as some would have us believe. “Some of the finest teaching and learning is not the result of high salaries, fancy buildings and elaborate equipment. The dedicated teacher is the success of good education. “You can put a poor teacher in elaborate settings, pay him a top salary and give him unlimited equipment and he will not do as good a job as a dedicated teacher who can really teach school.” John Crowley, superintendent of Coos Bay School District 9, said “education is provided for all, and it is not being denied by tight budgets. Many choose to deny themselves. The educational system in any community has something to offer. It may not be what everyone thinks it should be and it may not be recognized as being as good as the one in the neighboring community, but nevertheless it still has some thing to offer every child.”
Empire District move set by Harless, Porter
The Noble theatre will be opened again tomorrow night after having been remodeled. The new entrance has been completed giving better facilities for the patrons entering the theatre and adding greatly to the beauty of the building from the outside. The new organ has not yet been installed but will be in place soon. The interior of the theatre has been redecorated and new draperies used and the theatre is now as attractive a one as will be found in the state. The opening bill will be Charlie Chaplin in his famous play “The Kid.” During the evening a vocal solo will be given by Mrs. John Noble as an added feature to the program.
Two more businesses are moving to the “Y” in Empire and another expanding shortly, according to information to The World this week. Bob Harless has announced plans to move Harless Outdoor Store to property in back of Harless Y Marina and Stan Porter intends to occupy the location sometime later this year of Stan Porter’s Cars between Bob Harless’ property and Young’s Old-Cadillac. Bill Harless, owner of Harless Y Marina, intends to expand his building to nearly double the present size for full indoor shopping for new and used boats, pickup campers, big boats and small camping trailers. He said, “Business is booming here. The number of firs has doubled since I moved here a year and a half ago.” Harless has been in business in the Bay Area 20 years.
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Noble Theatre opens tomorrow Has been entirely remodeled and beautiful Attraction will be Charlie Chaplain in “The Kid” — Mrs. Noble will give solo
Southern Pacific crossing agreement finally comes Menasha Woodenware Co. arranges to go ahead with plant when business picks up Herbert Armstrong, local manager of the Menasha Woodenware Co., who returned today from Portland received word confirming the S.P. crossing agreement whereby the site of the proposed cooperage plant in North Bend will be made available. While at Portland, Mr. Armstrong took the matter up with the S.P. officials there and they prodded the San Francisco offices. The message today came to Agent Wold at North Bend and said the agreement was in the mail. Last year, the Menasha Co. simply contracted for the site form the Simpson Estate Co., contingent upon getting a crossing agreement from the Southern Pacific and they have been working at it ever since. If the crossing agreement is as expected, Mr. Armstrong will close the deal and take up the deed so that construction of the plant can be started as soon as the business outlook picks up.
Surgical clinic is now proposed Will give assistance to children of county Co-operation of the Red Cross, physicians and county expected to provide relief Miss Elizaeth Campbell, Coos county health nurse, is working on a plan of providing a free surgical clinic to provide relief of little ones who are found to need surgical aid and whose parents cannot afford the cost of it.
EUGENE — A pair of ex-Marshfield track stars had a big day in the opener of the spring season for the University of Oregon Saturday as sophomore Steve Prefontaine terrorized the NCAA two-mile mark while junior Jim Barr sailed to a lifetime best in the long jump. Prefontaine, the premier collegiate distance runner in the USA, tied the NCAA two-mile standard of 8:33.2 held by former Webfoot Arne Kwalheim as he ripped of a 4:05.2 mile for the second four laps. The winning time in the four-lap event earlier was 4:05.5 chalked up by senior Steve Savage of Florence. The mark also tied school and Hayward Field marks that Kwalheim had established in 1968. Barr, meanwhile, nipped teammate Bouncy Moore — the AAU long jump champ in 1970 — by a half inch as he leaped 24-9 ¾. Barr’s previous best was a 24-5 ½ effort while competing for Southwestern Oregon Community College in the NJCAA meet in 1968.
Davis, Oswald, Richards, Nyleen win state Greco-Roman titles Three North Bend wrestlers and one from Marshfield grabbed state Greco-Roman titles at the conclusion of the two-day tournament Monday night at Marshfield High School, and now will set sites on championships in the two-day Freestyle tourney which got under way this morning. Ralph Davis (100), Robin Richards (170) and Brad Nyleen (190) of North Bend and Kip Oswald (160) of Marshfield each won individual titles.
Richards, a triple-crown winner a year ago, gained a measure of revenge as he compiled fewer black marks than Mark Purkey of Milwaukee who had beaten Richards for the state high school 168-pound crown a week ago. Nyleen and Oswald, meanwhile, proved to be pleasant surprises for North Bend coach Dave Abraham and Marshfield mentor Lynn Matthews after the pair had been all but out of the running in the high school meet at Corvallis last week.
Red-hot Tigers rout Reedsport, 81-66 EUGENE — The Bandon Tigers played as though they had never heard the term “tournament jitters” in their first state tournament ever Monday night. The Tigers, who entered the tournament as champions of the Sunset Conference, took command in the opening minutes and staged a somewhat sensational tourney debut with an overwhelming, 81-66, victory over Reedsport, the No. 2 team from the Coast League. Behind nine points by 6-foot-8 Bayard Forrest in the first quarter, Bandon jumped into a 23-7 lead over the cold-shooting Braves and shot 52 per cent from the field enroute to the easy victory.
Marshfield whips LaSalle 78-65 in state tourney PORTLAND — Marshfield used a ball-hawking defense and 51 points from Mike Hashberger, Norm Hill and Bob Chiene to rip apart favored LaSalle, 78-65, in first round play at the Class AAA basketball tournament this morning. The Pirates now advance to the quarter finals where they will play the winner of the Medford-Reynolds game. Hashberger scored 21 points, Chiene 16 and Hill 14 in the game that saw Marshfield roll to a 43-29 half time lead. Marshfield later held an advantage as high as 17 points in claiming the victory.
Coquille Red Devils use backboard strength to beat Banks in AA EUGENE — It took five first-round games to prove it, but the Coquille Red Devils showed that a 16-team Class AA tournament does have merit. Under a format which puts league champions against runners-up in opening round action, Coquille showed that perhaps some of the stronger teams were forced to stay at home under the old eight team system. After Monday’s contests were all won by league champions, Coquille, the No. 2 finisher in the Sunset Six, gained the distinction of being the first runner-up to send a champion into the consolation bracket when it used overwhelming backboard strength and solid free throw shooting to defeat Yawama League titlist Banks, 74-64, to open lower-bracket first-round play Tuesday afternoon. The bouncy rebounding of John Van Burger, Carl Johnson, and Curtis Roberts, plus a 26-of-38 (.684) effort at the free throw line, allowed Coquille to overcome an early Banks lead and advance farther in the championship bracket.
20 YEARS — 2001 City workers besieged with complaints Measure 7 supporters: Special interest group asks citizens to call city hall MYRTLE POINT — City employees are being barraged with phone calls from angry people opposed to Myrtle Point’s fight against Measure 7. City Manager Bud Schmidt said the calls are wasting staff time and having little effect on future decisions regarding the measure. “More than half of the people who have called us don’t even live within city limits and don’t pay city taxes,” he said. Measure 7, approved by voters in November, would require state and local governments to compensate property owners when regulations reduce the value of their estates. Schmidt said the Oregon Family Farm Association, a property rights group supporting Measure 7, sent out flyers and used comput-
er-generated phone calls to encourage Coos County residents to complain to City Hall. “Computer phone calls have gone out to everyone in the 572 (phone) exchange encouraging them to call the city,” said Schmidt. “The message tells people that city tax dollars are being spent to fight the voter-approved measure.” Schmidt said while Myrtle Point did participate in a lawsuit challenging Measure 7, it has not spent tax dollars to fight the measure, nor has it made any commitment to do so.
Burglars lock in on storage units Several people in Coos Bay have learned the hard way that locking away items in storage units is not as safe as it seems. Since the beginning of March, at least seven Coos Bay storage units at two different sites have reported items missing. According to Coos Bay Police Department reports, thieves gained access to the units by cutting and removing the owners’ locks and replacing them. This type of crime is nothing new, said Janice Grimm, of E.L. Edwards Realty Inc. “This kind of thing has been going on, off and on since Thanksgiving,” Grimm said. “It seems to be particularly bad now.” By cutting locks off tenants’ storage units and replacing them with new locks, no one notices anything out of the ordinary. That way, thieves can return any time and go through the units.
College establishes animal abuse policy Southwestern Oregon Community College has quietly taken a stand on animal abuse. An administration policy addition has made abandoning, neglecting or abusing an animal on campus a violation of the student handbook. Mike Gaudette, Southwestern’s dean of marketing, recruiting and college advancement, said the new policy was presented to the school’s board of directors last month. “It hasn’t been needed in the past but with a resident population of students, there’s an increased likelihood of interactions. It seems that it’s a proper thing to address the issue,” Gaudette said. Gaudette denied the new policy was prompted by an attack on a raccoon by three students last year, but instead was a way to deal with the possibility of animal attacks. “The policy previously did not include in the list of offenses acts that would be against animals,” Gaudette said. Southwestern’s policy mirrors state law and addresses animal abuse, neglect or abandonment by citing the Oregon Revised Statutes.
Benchmark report gives Oregon C+ Needs improvement: Biennial rating shows progress, but not enough SALEM (AP) — Oregon has made some progress on issues ranging from environmental protection to student literacy, but still got an overall rating of C+ in a biennial report released Friday by the Oregon Progress Board. The 2001 Benchmark Report rates the state’s progress of 90 quality-of-life indicators, from hunger to state parks using data collected between 1998 and 2000. In 1998, the state received an overall grade of C. “We’re doing better in public safety and some other areas,” said Gov. John Kitzhaber, the chairman of the board. “But we’re not living up to our potential. While this is an improvement from last time, it’s not good enough.” The report also graded Oregon in seven subcategories. Those marks are calculated by looking at how far the state has moved toward or away from goals in those areas. Meeting or exceeding a goal earns an A; retreating from a goal gets an F. Some of the state’s best grades were in public safety (B+) and social support (B-). The worst grade was in civic engagement (D). These stories were found in the Marshfield Sun Printing Museum newspaper repository stored in Marshfield High School courtesy of Coos Bay Schools.
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Congress introduces bill to save Western Monarch butterflies A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation recently that would provide $125 million in emergency funds over five years to save the western population of monarch butterflies from extinction. This monarch population is found primarily in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington, and overwinters on the coast of California. This past winter, only 1,914 monarchs were recorded overwintering on the California coast — the lowest number ever recorded. The Monarch Action, Recovery and Conservation of Habitat Act (MONARCH Act) was introduced by Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Chris Van Hollen (D-M.D.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Reps. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.), Rodney Davis (R-Illinois), Alcee Hastings (D-Florida), Nanette Barragán (D-Calif.) and Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.). The legislation would create the Western Monarch Butterfly Rescue Fund, which will provide $12.5 million a year to support on-the-ground conservation
projects to stabilize and save the western population of monarch butterflies. The bill would provide an additional $12.5 million per year to implement the existing Western Monarch Butterfly Conservation Plan. “Monarch lovers were once able to see millions of butterflies in their overwintering habitat, but now America’s most iconic pollinator is almost gone in the West,” said Stephanie Kurose, a senior policy specialist at the Center for Biological Diversity. “The MONARCH Act gives these beautiful orange-and-black butterflies a fighting chance at survival. We’re so grateful for the leadership of Sen. Merkley and Reps. Panetta, Carbajal and Davis for recognizing the urgency of the situation.” Overall, monarch populations in the United States have plummeted more than 80% in the past two decades. Without emergency help, it’s almost certain that the western population of monarchs will disappear within 50 years. Indeed, their annual migration has already collapsed. In February, a group of 57 lawmakers led by Sen. Merkley and Reps. Panetta and Carbajal sent a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
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The Western Monarch butterfly was once a common site along the Northwest, but its numbers have decreased rapidly in recent years. Service urging the agency to make substantial investments in monarch conservation after its decision to forego
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listing the monarch under the Endangered Species Act. “Western monarchs are running out of time and can
no longer afford policy half measures,” said Kurose. “Congress must immediately pass the MONARCH Act so
that future generations can experience the magic and grace of these remarkable butterflies.”
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The stands were mostly quiet Friday night as the North Bend football team took on Elmira. But despite most of the fans missing, the North Bend cheerleaders cheered the Bulldogs to victory.
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