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Coos Bay amends parking ordinance BY DAVID RUPKALVIS The World

The city of Coos Bay amended its parking ordinance last week to give people parked illegally one ﬁnal chance to make their vehicles legal before they are parked.

Police Chief Chris Chapanar told the city council the amendment would give people parked illegally, usually in RVs, a 24-hour notice to move their vehicle of make it legal before the vehicle is towed. The city of Coos Bay implemented its new parking ordi-

nance last year, and it has been used to keep RVs and other illegal vehicle from parking on city streets. “We’re really utilizing this ordinance,” Chapanar said. “I think it’s been a great beneﬁt to the city.” Under the city’s ordinance, if

a vehicle is found to be parked illegally, abandoned or unlawful, the city puts a tag on the vehicle, giving the owner 10 days to correct the problems. The part of the ordinance that was amended says if the vehicle is found in a Please see PARKING, Page A4

Cranberry Festival returns to Bandon

New COVID boosters target Omicron subvariants BY DAVID RUPKALVIS The World

sector was not an accident. Johnson said the Devereaux Center and the work it does for the homeless needed a thrift store that sold items that would not be normally used for its clients. “We are very careful when we bring things here they are not ﬁrst and foremost better used by our clients,” she said. So when donations come in, clothing that can be given to the homeless is kept at the Devereaux Center and only the highend items are brought to Dream Again. The challenge will always be getting quality donations, but

A new version of the COVID-19 vaccine that is designed to specifically target the latest variants of Omicron are now available across Oregon. That’s what Dr. Dean Sidelinger, the state health officer, reported Wednesday. “The Food and Drug Administration and the CDC, followed by the Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup, gave emergency use authorization to new, Omicron-targeting COVID-19 boosters for the fall,” Sidelinger said. “The decision means more than 2.7 million Oregonians are now eligible to receive a booster dose. The approved Moderna bivalent booster is authorized for persons 18 and older, while the Pfizer booster can be given to persons 12 and older.” The bivalent booster targets the BA.5 and BA.4 subvariants, which make up almost all of the new cases in Oregon and across the nation. The updated booster will be the best way to protect ourselves and those around us from severe illness and hospitalization caused by the dominant BA.5 and BA.4 COVID-19 subvariants,” Sidelinger said. “The updated booster, from either manufacturer, is safe and effective at preventing severe illness, hospitalizations and even death.” While the number of doses available Wednesday was low, Sidelinger said more doses are coming, and he expects there will be enough to meet the need across the state. As of today, 69,400 shots have arrived in Oregon — at sites receiving state allocations like local public health partners, at federal sites like Tribal health clinics and at pharmacies,” Sidelinger said. “OHA expects two waves of orders to be delivered this week, or 75,500 doses. We also expect a similar number, another 75,500, to be delivered to pharmacies, for a total of at least 150,000, which we believe is enough supply to meet initial demand.” The new came out as the state reported cases counts and hospitalizations continued to drop. Since OHA’s last update, on Aug. 17, daily reported case counts have decreased from a rolling seven-day average of 817 cases reported Aug. 17, to 495 reported Sept. 6,” Sidelinger said. “This continues to track the trends that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting nationally. In Oregon, test positivity dropped from 9.2% reported the week of Aug. 21 to 8.0% reported the week of Aug 28.” Hospitals are also seeing fewer patients as the case count drops. “Since our update on Aug. 17, the number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Oregon continues to steadily decline, from a peak in mid-July. As of today, the umber of COVID-19-positive patients in hospitals is 269,” Sidelinger said. “The latest forecast from Oregon Health & Science University’s

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Bandon’s Cranberry Festival, the longest running festival on the Oregon Coast, featured fun and activities for all ages over the weekend, from a parade and classic car show, to live music, food and vendors. The 76th annual Bandon Cranberry Festival was sponsored by Rogue Credit Union was held on September 9 to 11, with most events located in Bandon City Park. Above, The Rogue Strings band plays a song about life at a trailer park at the Cranberry Festival in Bandon on Saturday afternoon. Right, Katie Adams helps 1-year-old Jonah Adams play a game in the children’s play area at Bandon’s City Park on Saturday, Sept. 10. Below, Bandon Resident Bob Shaffar brought his 1938 Chevy Coupe Master Deluxe to the Cranberry Festival classic car show.

New thrift store aims to help homeless dream again BY DAVID RUPKALVIS The World

Since the day she took over as executive director of the Nancy Devereaux Center, Tara Johnson has been asked repeatedly about opening a thrift store to support the center. And for years, she always said no. For Johnson, the reason was simple - there are enough thrift stores in the community. But in the back of her mind, she kept the possibility open. But only if the Devereaux Center could open a high-end thrift store that was different than the existing nonprofit stores in the area. The idea of that thrift store began to move toward reality when Johnson met Steve Davis. Davis had worked a thrift store for years and also had the dream of a high-end store to assist a nonprofit agency. “Steve and I started talking about in December,” Johnson said. “I made a presentation to the board, and they were all in agreement.” So in January, Johnson and Davis began looking for a location to open what would become the Dream Again Thrift Emporium. But finding the right location was not easy. “We wanted to be somewhere we knew there would be a draw,” Johnson said. “We looked at places everywhere from Empire to Bunker Hill to North Bend.”

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The Dream Again Thrift Emporium, a thrift store raising funds for the Devereaux Center, recently opened in downtown North Bend. After almost signing a lease on a property in downtown Coos Bay, Johnson and Davis found their dream location in downtown North Bend. “This space is a little smaller than we wanted, but we loved that is was downtown, and we quickly saw the vision of what it could look like,” Johnson said. In March, the Devereaux Center signed a lease on the old dress shop on Sherman Avenue, and went to work turning the building into the Dream Again Thrift Emporium. While the building was in good shape, a lot of work went into

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making it the high-end thrift store Johnson and Davis had in mind. “It was a lot of blood, sweat and tears,” Johnson said. “We signed our lease agreement in March and didn’t open until the end of August.” But the work was worth it when one walks into the thrift store. By appearance and quality of merchandise, it stands out from other thrift stores in the region. With high-end clothes, quality furniture and houseware and collectible dolls, the thrift store embodies what Johnson had hoped for. Moving to the high-end thrift Obituaries

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