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Ladybread bakery expands
into new second avenue storefront location BY BRANDON SUMMERS
Coos Bay’s Ladybread Bakery has expanded into a Second Avenue storefront location. The store, with a cafe and kitchen, has welcomed customers since its soft opening in May and continues to grow through the labors of its founder and chief baker, Jen Harvey. Ladybread offers unique bread creations that are also vegan-friendly, containing no eggs or dairy or preservatives. Muffins, cinnamon rolls, scones, frosted cookies are available alongside an assortment of handcrafted breads. “I’ve got one that tastes like chicken tikka masala, I’ve got one that’s parmesan garlic
and black pepper. I just like to play. Do a chocolate cranberry bread,” she said. “I have sourdough, but other than that I don’t want to compete with anyone around. I want my own niche.” Harvey’s baked goods are made without bleach, food coloring and chemicals, she said. “Everything is done by hand. Our extracts are pure. We use organic coconut oil in our muffins. Our flour is all-natural whole white wheat. There’s no canola, no margarine, no fake extracts back there,” she said. “If people feel like our stuff is really good, some of it’s craft Ladybread continues on page 3
Bandon Cranberry Festival BY BREE LAUGHLIN The World
For Bandon, the Cranberry Festival is longtime tradition and the 2024 festival marked its 78th annual celebration. The weekend-long event featured a wide variety of activities spanning from Bandon’s City Park into Old Town Bandon. Local festivities started on Sept. 12 with a cranberry queen coronation and a cranberry kitchen contest.
Cranberry Festival continues on page 12
Suicide Walk on Sept. 28
aims to raise awareness of ongoing Coos County crisis
BY BRANDON SUMMERS
Suicide is an ongoing concern for Coos County. “Oregon has one of the worst suicide rates out of all the states, and Coos County has one of the worst rates of suicide in Oregon,” Lance Nelson, Waterfall Community
Health Clinic Chief Executive Officer, told The World. “Put that together and Coos County has a pretty high suicide rate compared to nationwide statistics.” Nelson is serving as chairman for the 2024 Suicide Awareness Walk. This is the sixth year for the Coos Bay
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event. In the past, Waterfall has partnered with American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for the event, but AFSP could not find a chairman for its event this year. “We’re doing the same thing without the partnership,” said Nelson. “People attending the
County as much as possible, said Nelson. The event also provides needed support and education for the community. “A lot of the people who attend the event have either Suicide Walk continues on page 13
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event won’t see anything too obviously different.” In the past, as many as 500 people have attended the event. It is designed to bring awareness of suicide in the community and serves as a fundraiser for local efforts. All funds raised for suicide awareness are kept in Coos
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