Public works funding for Oregon rivers and reservoirs
The Appropriations Committee endorsed Corps of Engineers investments totaling 32.882 million for construction planning and survey work and 2.518 million for operations and maintenance across the 4th District. It added 150 thousand for Applegate Reservoir planning and approved continued Lost Creek development while Elk Creek received no funds.
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Corps of Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Applegate Reservoir
Rogue River
Duncen
Applegate
Elk Creek
Lost Creek
Appropriations
Somali Republic Harbor Project Led by Kenneth Peel
Kenneth Peel, chief engineer on a Somali Republic harbor project on the East Africa coast, plans to retire after completion. He has served as a government engineer since 1992 after education in Corvallis and San Francisco. The harbor work includes dredging and a breakwater to allow three ships to enter for exporting bananas and other goods.
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Somali Republic
Kenneth Peel
Myrtle Point
L.A la Flamme
Coos County
Africa
Indian Ocean
Peel
Corvallis
Oregon
San Francisco
Mexico
Hawaii
Europe
SHAPE
Parle
Corp of Arm Engineers
United States
Peels Des
Future Farmers Win Hereford Award at Eugene
The Myrtle Point Future Farmers team won the second of 17 awards at the Oregon Junior Hereford Annual Field Day in Eugene on June 1. Members are Vern Breuer Howard Porter Bartlett with John Brewer as alternate. instructor Vertin Mermen accompanied them.
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Oregon
Elks Memorial Day Service at Coquille Golf Club
The Coquille Valley Elks held their Memorial Day Play Day at the Elks Golf and Country Club with Exalted Ruler Francis as master. Frank Meldrum gave an oration “Operation History of the Flag” as Boy Scouts displayed flags from the snake flag to the 50 star flag. A rifle salute by the American Legion under Frank Menry closed the program and thanks were given to Les Simons for directing high school bands.
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Elks Coquille Valley Golf and Country Club
Francis
Frank Meldrum
Boy Scouts of the Coquille
American Legion
Frank Menry
Ness earns Bachelor of Arts in accounting at Oregon
Leila Jean Schroeder Ness, daughter of Mr and Mrs Milton Schroeder, graduates Sunday June 14 with a Bachelor of Arts in accounting from the University of Oregon. She receives the Phi Chi Theta key award as woman.
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Leila Jean Schroeder Ness
Milton Schroeder
University of Oregon
Ness
Phi Chi Theta Key
Lions Sale Set June 27
The Lions Club prepares a June 27 auction across from Robinson Realty on Spruce Street to raise funds for tennis courts at Rotary Park. Members will call door to door to collect donations. contact Ross Pinkley or Elvin Murray to contribute items.
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Lions Club
Robinson Realty
Spruce Street
Rotary Perk
Ross Pinkley
Elvin Murray
Myrtle Point Rabies Clinic Draws Crowd Across Region
The Myrtle Point Rabies Clinic at the fire hall drew residents from Powers and surrounding areas. Scouts aided the event while County Health reports show 1,458 animals immunized, with numbers by city: Coos Bay 337, Myrtle Point 396, Empire 268, Coquille 231, North Bend 287, and Bandon 190.
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Myrtle Point
Powers
Coquille
John
Coos Bay
Empire
North Bend
Banden
Planning Commission to Hear Zoning Ordinance June 25
Coos County planning commission schedules a public hearing at 7 15 p m in the county commissioners court house to consider adopting a county zoning ordinance and zoning maps. The proposal would apply to all unincorporated areas within the Coos Bay Area and Upper Coquille Region per preliminary comprehensive plans.
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Planning Commission
Coos County
Coos Bay
Upper Coquille
Antique Car Show Highlights Oregon Exhibits
Antique car show planned in Myrtle Point and downtown Oregon venues on June 27. Event features both mint condition classics and contemporary models, with new car dealers invited to display.
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Myrtle Point
SWOC Summer Term Opens With Evening Courses
The 1964 Bibersl Arts Div high school graduates and workers can start summer term June 22. Courses cover Social Sciences such as Cultural Anthropology and History of Western Civilization with transfer credits possible within the Kate System. Registration at the college in North Bend is June 22 with morning and afternoon slots. Barbershops in Myrtle Point raise prices, one of the last towns in Oregon to do so.
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Bibersl Arts Div
United States
Myrtle Point
Baervers
Oregon
X Ray Unit Visits Coos County This June
The Oregon State Board of Health loans the Mobil X Ray Unit to Coos County for three days in June plus three extra days in April. It will visit Powers on June 34 from 12 noon to 7 p.m. at Moose Hall and Seloweyketim Byrne Pelt on June 25 from noon to 7 p.m. Residents urged to check if they need an X ray.
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Oregon State Board of Health
Mobil
Coos County
Powers
Moose Hall
Seloweyket
Byrne Pelt
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Duncan
Coos and
Millicoma Rivers
Coquille River
Coos Bay-Charleston
Ctroquille River
Enybody
Pride and Decethy
Peel Home
Ammual Coos County
Fairgrounds
Lioyd Hickam
Myrtle Hotel
Mevald Press
Phete
George Nall
The
Elks Today
Les Simons
Lions Sale
SWOC
Tetricks
Corvallis Church
Jane
Hospital District
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