Fire destroys 1890 Reed family house in Coos County
A blaze started by defective wiring gutted the Dom and Fern Steen house on Reedsford Road, built in 1890 by Oscar Reed and long owned by the Reed family. The structure burned completely, with the nearby ranch Keels also tied to the Reed lineage, just half a mile from the city unit and fire district boundary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coos County
Wesmesday
Dom and Fern Steen
Reedsford Road
Oscar Reed
Reed
Gene Ard
Ruth Reed
Keels
Myrtle Point Briefs Include Accidents and Bicentennial Grants
A two car crash on Second and Spruce in Myrtle Point left drivers Bobby Shemegda and George Murphy cited for suspended licenses. Murphy and Shemegda to Coquille Valley and Bay Area hospitals. Shemegda also charged with driving a stolen vehicle. Bud Bick reports approval of 1000 and 700 grants for a loggers museum and historic-building signs, needing local matching funds. Public meeting set for Dec 7 to discuss a sewer expansion grant for 120 additional homes under housing program funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Point
Second
Spruce St
Bobby Shemegda
Halls Creek
Coquille
George E. Murphy
Coquille Valley Hospital
Murphy
Bay Area Hospital
Shemegda
Coos County
Bud Bick
Bick
Fueture
City Hall
Myrtle
East Glenwood
East Harris Street
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Brookings High on Probation After OSAA Hearing
Brookings High School was placed on athletic probation for the current school year by Oregon School Activities Association officials following a recent hearing. The penalty could lead to suspension from OSAA sponsored events if future incidents occur. The decision was announced after the football coach, principal, and CBA officials attended the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookings High School
Oregon School Activities Association
Brookings
Myrtle Point
CBA
Oregon extends milk tank timing deadline to July 1 1976
Oregon dairymen lacking recording thermometers and interval timers on milk tanks received a deadline extension from January 1 1976 to July 1 1976. The Oregon Department of Agriculture issued the order November 20 after an October 9 hearing in Salem. Prolonged compliance was granted at producers' request.
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Oregon
Oregon Department of Agriculture
Salem
Mis
State agriculture director speaks to local dairymen
Oregon Department of Agriculture director Leonard Kunzman addressed Coos Curry Dairymen and Southwest Oregon Dairy Herd Improvement Association members Monday night. He urged unity among producers processors and regulators to move Oregon agriculture forward and highlighted export focus and development of land and water resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Department of Agriculture
Leonard Kunzman
Coos-Curry Dairy
Southwest Oregon Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Ray Hobsos
Milx
Department of Agriculture
Kunz
Oregon
Kunzman
Hopson
Muk Stabilization
Packwood
Dairymen Form 1976 Leadership Amid Public Action Talks
Smokey Seals and wife escape injury when their car hits a wandering black angus cow on the way to the dairymen meeting. The cow died and the Seals car sustained 2000 dollars in damage. Ken Messerle admitted the cow’s wandering origin. Agricultural leaders praise improved communication between farmers the public and government agencies as progress toward controlled livestock issues and weed eradication efforts. New DHIA directors named Wayne Shull Wayne Russell Bernard Fransson Lowell Kreutzer John Brelage Jr VJ Willis. New officers for Dairymen’s Association Burt Forbes John Brelage Jr Doug Sinko Lowell Kreutzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Smokey Seals
Dairymen’s
Dairyman Association
Ken Messerle
Messerle
Oregon Environmental Council
DHIA
Curry Dairymen’s Association
Wayne Shull
Myrtle Point
Wayne Russell
Coquille
Bernard Fransson
Bandon
Lowell Kreutzer
Curry County
John Brelage Jr
North Bend
VJ. Willis
Coos Bay
New Dairymen’s Association
Burt Forbes
Doug Sinko
Merit ratings released for county fairs
Oregon's 35 county fairs totaled 39 638 points under the merit rating program for 1975. The ratings determine each county's share of the pari mutuel racing take. Highest county rating was 960 points. Josephine and LaneS counties earned 60 and Douglas 957. Nine counties surpassed 900. five counties appealed without rating changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Oregon County Fair Commission
Josephine
Lanes
Douglas County
Castleman cited for conservation work in Oregon district
Don Castleman of Myrtle Point was named district winner of the Soil and Water Conservation Service Co-operator of the Year Award on November 13 in Lincoln City. He operates a 1065 acre Rhoda Creek ranch near Broad Bend with wife Darlene, raising 400 ewes and 40 cattle and carrying out extensive reforestation, fencing, water systems, and pasture improvements to fund ranch costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Castelman
Soil and Water Conservation Service
Castelman
Don Castleman
Myrtle Point
Lincoln City
Castleman
Rhoda Creek
Broadbent
Darlene
Coos Curry
Douglas
Josephine
Jacckson
Ceorgis - Pacific Corporation
Coos Bay Wagon Road Committee Approves 1976 Inventory Change
The Roseburg meeting approved January 1 1976 inventory increases reflecting Department of Revenue changes in top log diameters. The move shifts to a 6 inch or 30 percent basis, affecting private inventories in western Oregon, Coos and Douglas counties, with a projected growth valuation and new mapping and photography work to support the update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coos Bay
Roseburg
Department of Revenue
Oregon
Coos
Douglas
CBWR
Coos County
Douglas County
Revenus
Coca County
GBWR
Tory
Wally Eubanks
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E. Owe
Myrtle Pont
City Council
Mike Dungsa
Pacific Power and Light
Dea
Ted Ay
Bargais
Cornell
Thomas Grimsley
Les Gimets
Myrtle Poin
Christ
Myrtle Crest
Broadbem
Dora
Pam Henshaw
Dan Gibbs
Joi
Mu 3 Dans
Lewis and Clark College
Portland
Larry G. Curtis
California State University At
Long Beach
Pam
Dan
Environmental Protection Ageo
Department Agriculture
State Board of Agriculture
Department
Kumzman
Verlin Hermann
Farmer of America
Clackamas
Union
Grant, Malheur
Tillamook
Multnomah
Washington
Umatilla
Deschutes
She
Umals
Castlenutt Lauadder
Laura
Cathy
Bill Flora
Wynn
Sliver Lake
Wagon Road Committee
Cage
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