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Coos County Commissioners asking voters to approve safety levy in May BY DEAN BRICKEY For The World
COQUILLE — Coos County Commissioners have responded to law and order concerns, voting unanimously to place a five-year public safety levy on the May 21 primary election ballot. Meeting Tuesday, Feb. 20, before a packed house of 70 or more in the Owen Building downtown, Commissioners Rod Taylor, Bob Main and John Sweet voted to put a tax levy of 98 cents per $1,000 of property valuation before county voters. County officials say the measure would raise $5.7 million the first year. The money would be dedicated to increasing the capacity of the Coos County Jail and hiring two new deputy district attorneys. County Counsel Colton Totland opened the discussion, saying commissioners directed county staff Jan. 16 to prepare a ballot title for the proposed Please see BALLOT Page 4
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South Coast Chess Players prepare for state competitions playing in the Eugene Spring Fling Eleven South Coast chess players woke up at 5 in the morning on Saturday February 17th to travel to Eugene to compete against 90 other chess players to develop their skills. Ari Ish-Shalom in the primary division ended in a four way tie for first place and during an exciting Blitz play off with each player only having five minutes to complete the game, Ari barreled into first place. His brother Noah Ish-Shalom got honorable mention in the elementary division. Jeremiah Thompson also ended up in a four way tie for first place and during the Blitz playoffs suffered a single loss to end up in second place. Frank Morse and Riley Jones had the unfortunate luck to play each other in the first round and both ended up with 2.5 wins out of 4 games against very strong competition. Coquille will be hosting Sunday
ODFW announces 2025 annual wildlife art contest Artists are invited to compete in one or all three of ODFW’s 2025 stamp art competitions. The winning artist in each contest receives a $2,000 award and winning artwork is used to produce collector’s stamps and other promotional items with sale proceeds benefitting Oregon’s fish, wildlife, and their habitats. For more information on contest rules and to order stamps and art prints, visit: https://www.dfw.state.or.us/ stamp_contest/index.asp Entries will be accepted starting August 30 through Sept. 27, 2024, by 5 p.m., at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife headquarters, 4034 Fairview Industrial Dr., SE, Salem, OR 97302. Entries can be mailed, or hand delivered. If you hand-deliver your entry, please call ahead to make arrangements (503-9476314). Habitat Conservation Stamp Art entries must feature a Strategy Species identified in the Oregon Conservation Strategy in its appropriate habitat. Not all species in the Strategy are eligible, so please use the qualifying list of species. See contest rules and entry form for more information and a list of eligible species. https://www.dfw.state.or. us/conservationstrategy/habitat_conservation_stamp.asp Waterfowl Stamp Contest Art entries must feature one of the following species in its natural habitat setting: Ring-necked Duck, Whitewinged Scoter, or Barrow’s Goldeneye. See contest rules and entry form for more information. Please see CONTEST Page 3
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