Smaller cities face higher insurance costs in 1976 77
Myrtle Point Coquille and Powers see their budgets hit by liability insurance rates jumping to about four times last year. Coquille's rate rose from 6000 to 25000 with a 5000 deductible. Powers and Myrtle Point insured as well. Cities weigh options including budget adjustments self insurance or delaying elections as they scramble to cover added costs.
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Dennis Austine
Myrtle Point
Coquille
Powers
Dean Mason
U.S
Nobel Ademek
Mason
Tom Weldon
Ber
al Tee
Ori Ast
Adramek
Adamek
New Powers
Mayes
League of Oregon
Ken Deretsky
Weldon
Myrtle Point board invites input on curriculum and registration
Myrtle Point School Board reviews curriculum and registration issues sparked by spring term registrations at Myrtle Point High School. Principal Tom Roe defends a one day registration plan as cost effective and cites potential alternatives as expensive. The board plans a May 10 meeting to gather community input while handling a Warren nonrenewal hearing delay.
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Myrtle Point
Ernie Allen
Myrtle Point High School
Tom Roe
Roe
Frank Grove
District Board Denies Grievance Linked to Nonrenewal Hearing
The Herald reports the district moved to deny the grievance at a Monday evening meeting while keeping the scheduled nonrenewal hearing for Wednesday. Bennett warned that delaying until late May would hinder witnesses. The board accepted Cathy Smith’s resignation as home economics teacher. The school sold two buses for 450 and 501 after three bids. Only one bid was received to demolish three houses. 1000 was sought for all. The baseball field will be improved after this year’s Coos County Fair with semi portable dugouts and a temporary fence. Myrtle Crest will not offer eighth grade Spanish next year due to scheduling conflicts with teacher Sue Hodges.
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Bennett
Cathy Smith
Coos County
Myrtle Crest
Ray Hajduk
Sue Hodges
Powers Medical Clinic Faces Financial Strain Ahead
Nurse practitioner Dana Cummings leads a medically thriving Powers Medical Clinic, funded through grants until 1977 78, but community finances threaten its long term viability. City officials and residents weigh cost against access as donations and public funding waver.
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Denale Austine Powers
Powers Medical Clinic
Dana Cummings
Cummings
Nobel Adamek
Adamek
University of Utah
National Health Service
Powers
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