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Coquille River Days Kid Zone a big chess club success For the World

The Coquille Chess Club ran their yearly squirt gun zone with generous donation from Roseburg Forest Products of new squirt guns and inflatable barriers that did not melt like the cardboard furniture boxes did in previous years. While setting up, a compressor died but a phone call to Coquille Les Schwab brought a truck and helpful attendant to fill all the inflatable barriers and saved the day. The attendant was baptized afterwards with a friendly quick squirt gun fight. Bubbles filled the air, novelty chess boards were played all afternoon, chalk art decorated the concrete and CREATE Center’s artists face painted many joyous faces. Thanks to the many volunteers who helped make

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Oregon’s Investment in ocean conservation celebrated BY JEREMY C. RUARK Country Media, Inc.

New efforts to increase the state’s investment in the Oregon Marine Reserves Program follow the signing ceremony for House Bill 4132, a bi-partisan

bill sponsored by Oregon’s Coastal and Environmental Caucuses. Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and Rep. David Gomberg (D-10) hosted the ceremony at the state capital building in Salem May 30.

The Oregon Ocean Alliance celebrated this renewed commitment to ocean conservation established more than a decade ago for the wildlife and marine ecosystems off the Oregon coast. Approximately 9% of Oregon

state waters (between 0-3 miles from shore) have been designated as either marine reserves or marine protected areas within the state program as important places for whales, seals, sea lions, fish, corals, and Please see MARINE Page 10

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Oregon lawmakers will seek community feedback as they plan a transportation package

BY BEN BOTKIN

Oregon Capital Chronicle

Oregon lawmakers are mapping out a transportation package for the 2025 legislative session to address the state’s long-term needs, from sustainable funding to new projects so Oregonians can safely travel throughout the state. As an initial step, the Legisla-

ture’s Joint Committee on Transportation is planning a dozen meetings from June to September in communities throughout Oregon to get input about improving the state’s transportation system with stable funding to complete major projects and maintain what’s already in place. State officials say Oregon struggles to maintain the system

of roads, highways and bridges with the available funding. Last December, Gov. Tina Kotek asked the state lawmakers to allocate another $19 million to the Oregon Department of Transportation for winter maintenance. Lawmakers provided the one-time funding, but it’s not a permanent answer for longterm needs.

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At the meetings, committee members will hear from local officials and the public about the problems they face as they navigate the state’s roads and highways. Lawmakers will use that feedback to put together a transportation package for the 2025 legislative session that will give the Oregon Department

A Coos Bay man was arrested for burglarizing a Coos Bay home, stealing two firearms, and fleeing from officers. On May 30, 2024, around 11 a.m., the Coos Bay Police Department (CBPD) responded to a report of a suspicious man seen carrying two rifle cases near Newmark Ave. and N. Schoneman St. CBPD officers checked the area but were unable to find the man. About an hour later, officers received a report of burglary at a home in the 900 block of Maryland Ave. The resident had found the door forced open and reported that two guns had been stolen. The officers believed these two reports were related and responded to search for the suspect and review neighborhood surveillance footage. While CBPD officers were searching in the area, citizens waved down an officer from the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indian Tribal Police. The citizens told the officer that the suspect had been spotted walking on N. Schoneman St. with a gun concealed in his pants, then seen again running through a yard holding a gun. One citizen recognized the suspect as Benjamin Anderson, 45, of Coos Bay. Officers continued their search for Mr. Anderson, eventually finding him holding a gun at N. Cammann St. and Harris Ave. after receiving a 9-1-1 call about his whereabouts. Anderson fled from officers through neighborhood yards and fences, discarding the observed gun. Following a brief chase and struggle, Please see BURGLARY Page 3

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