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Coquille car show brings in crowds to support local fire and rescue BECKY GIGER News Editor
Cloudy skies did not deter crowds last Saturday, August 3rd from enjoying the Coquille Fire & Rescue Steak Feed & Car Show. Located at Sturdivant Park in Coquille, the yearly event uses all proceeds to benefit the Coquille Fire & Rescue. These funds help purchase supplies and equipment that is needed for the local volunteers that serve the community. Crowds wandered through the park admiring the rows upon rows of classic cars, trucks and unusual vehicles including a “Barbie” Consulier GTP, a 1967 hearse and even a 1923 T bucket that had the crowd admiring its yellow color. Many of the owners of these colorful vehicles were a part of the local County Curry Coquille Car Show continues on page 10
Coos Bay Public Library hosts Native Innovation Exhibit
Beginning Tuesday, August 20 and continuing through Friday, September 13, the Coos Bay Public Library will host a traveling exhibit curated by the Museum of Natural and Cultural History celebrating engineering innovations designed and used by First Nations in Oregon. The exhibit (entitled Native Innovations) explores how Native Americans have
used knowledge, creativity, and ingenuity to solve problems for thousands of years, and continue to do so today. Participants are invited to try their own hand at engineering, while learning from examples of traditional Indigenous technologies related to housing, travel, tools, recreation, resource management, and more, along with the current uses or applica-
tions of those innovations. The exhibit is free and open to the public. The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Coquille Indian Tribe, Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, and the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians participated in advising and
reviewing Native Innovation exhibit content. The exhibit highlights innovations associated with the history of many different Tribal groups to portray the rich diversity of Native peoples living here in Oregon, while also providing place-based content for audiences living in varied geographic regions. The exhibit is traveling to rural libraries throughout the state of
Oregon as part of the Museum of Natural and Cultural History’s bilingual Museum Adventures program. For additional information about programs being offered by the Coos Bay Public Library please contact the library by calling (541) 269-1101 x3606 or by visiting the library’s website at https://www.coosbaylibrary. org.
Fin’s Family Fun arcade opens in Bandon BY BREE LAUGHLIN The World
A new Bandon business appeals to the young and young at heart. Fin’s Family Fun arcade offers a wide variety of arcade games in a family-friendly atmosphere in the heart of Old Town Bandon. Photos by Bree Laughlin
Fin’s Family Fun owners Neal Barlow and Dustin Michalek play their favorite games at their new family-friendly arcade in the heart of Old Town Bandon.
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