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North Bend looking at growing need for grants By DAVID RUPKALVIS For The World

The new city council is North Bend will face a tall task in the coming weeks as the council tries to come up with a way to distribute $11,400 to nonprofits in 2023. Finance Director Jessica Terra met with the council in a work session last week, telling them the amount of money requested in community grants is growing each year. Traditionally, the city council has given money from state shared revenue funds to nonprofits that help

North Bend residents. In the current budget, the city council agreed to give $11,400 in community grants. Terra said in the 2023 cycle, there were 13 requests, totaling $39,300. The council will have to decide how to give the funding away at its January 10 meeting, so Terra asked them to consider the requests now. Mayor Jessica Engelke explained that the council is not obligated to fund any request, but it has been a long-standing tradition of the council to help where it can. “What we have done in the last

number of years is we take the requests, and we divide it evenly, so everyone gets a little,” Engelke said. “But we don’t have to do that. If we keep getting more asks, we could dilute it to the point where nothing can be done.” The requests included: Alternative Youth Activities $1,000 to pick up abandoned shopping carts in the commercial district of the city. Bob Belloni Boys Ranch $5,000 to help provide mental

health services at the ranch. Boys and Girls Club - $2,000 for the fee-waiver program. CASA - $2,000 to recruit and train CASAs, who advocate for abused and neglected children. Common Ground Mediation $5,000 to recruit and train volunteers for the mediation program. Knights of Columbus - $1,000 to purchase food that goes into the holiday gift baskets. Little Theatre on the Bay $5,000 to pay the theatrical performance licensing fee for the summer

youth theater production. PEG Broadcast - $7,800 to purchase three computers. SMART Reading - $1,500 Southwest Oregon Veterans Outreach - $5,000 to assist veterans in a variety of ways. The Devereux Center - $2,500 to help return people to their families or to communities they have lived in prior. The SAFE Project - $1,500 to help provide transportation and emergency services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

School choirs bring Christmas cheer to town

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The Marshfield High School concert choir performs Christmas songs during the winter concert.

By DAVID RUPKALVIS For The World

The holiday season shone bright Wednesday night as the Marshfield High School and Marshfield Junior High School choirs brought Christmas cheer to Marshfield Auditorium with their combined winter choir concert. During the concert, guests got to listen to the junior high choir, high school mixed chorus, the high school concert choir, the New Horizons Carolers and the mass choir of all age groups. From the introduction, where the choirs marched into the darkened auditorium

Marshfield Junior High singers Illeana Benningghoven and Alexia Blake sing solos in front of the mass choir while performing Where Are You Christmas.

A holiday miracle

caring candles while singing Angels We have Heard on High to the final piece, where junior high singers Illeana Benningghoven and Alexia Blake sang solos to lead the mass choir in Where Are You Christmas, the talent on stage never waned. As the different choirs changed roles on the stage, Director Brett Aakre led the audience in sing-alongs of various Christmas carols. Throughout the night, Jeffrey Varga accompanied the choirs on piano. In all, around 100 students in the choir program put on a performance that will be remembered by many.

Doyle named interim leader of Oregon Sea Grant By WILL LOHRE For The World

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Thanks to the heroic efforts of Central Coos Fire and Rescue, there were no serious injuries when a car slid off the road and landed top down in the river near Allegany on Wednesday. Fire and Rescue was called to the scene and determined the occupants of the car were safely able to get out of the vehicle. While the occupants were safe, one person could not get up the steep embankment. So the firefighters set up a pulley system, where they were able to lower firefighters to the person and help them back up the embankment, where Bay Cities Ambulance was waiting to care for the occupant.

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The Oregon Sea Grant named Coos Bay’s Jamie Doyle as the interim leader of extension and engagement. Doyle assumed the position on December 1. In this role, Doyle will work with people at Oregon State and county agents on the coast to address coastal environmental issues. Doyle will also help manage Oregon Sea Grant’s educational programs and aid coastal partners through research and outreach approaches. The Oregon Sea Grant is an Oregon State University coastal and marine program focusing on education, outreach, and communication. Established at Oregon State University in 1971, Oregon Sea Grant is one of 34 programs within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Sea Grant College Program. Doyle received her master’s degree in Marine affairs from the University of Washington. She previously worked as a program manager and analyst for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s research Contributed photo activities in Southeast Asia. Doyle has worked for Oregon Coos Bay’s Jamie Doyle was recently Sea Grant and the Oregon State University Extension named the interim leader of extension and Please see DOYLE Page A4 management for Oregon Sea Grant.

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