Ben Nichols resigns as Myrtle Point city manager
Ben Nichols, Myrtle Point city manager for 18 years, will resign about May 1 to join the Bank of Myrtle Pols as an administrator under Manager Mel Zumwalt. He announced the move at a City Council meeting and may shift to a Mayor Council government. The council also approved selling a $200000 sewer bond to the state at about 4.88 percent to fund sewer plant renovations for DEQ compliance.
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Ben Nichols
Myrtle Point
Myrtle Polm
Peare
Bank of
Myrtle Pols
Nichols
Myrtle Poin
Mel Zumwalt. Nichols
Myrtle
Myrtle Point High School
City Mana
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State Department of Environmental Quality
Registration underway at SWOCC for spring quarter
SWOCC opens pre registration from March 6 to 28 with Open College option allowing delayed fee payments and course sampling. Final registration runs March 28 to April 11, in Tioga Hall fourth floor lounge, with specific daily hours and late fee start April 12.
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Southwestern Oregon Community College
Open College
SWOCC
Tioga Hall
Jonas Files as Candidate for Coos County Treasurer
M Walter Jonas of North Bend files as candidate for Coos County treasurer. He brings 25 years in accounting purchasing and management and currently manages a chemical distributorship. He is a World War III veteran and member of the Oregon AF and AM and Coos Bay Elks Lodge. He and wife Donna have lived in Coos County over 20 years. The Coos County Fair Board seeks a winning theme with entry deadline March 31 by mail to the Fair Office Myrtle Point.
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M. Walter
Walt) Jonas
North Bend
Coos County
Jonas
Oregon A.F
A.M
Coos Bay
Coos County Fair
Libraries seek funds for Flora M. Laird Library
Coos County libraries circulate petitions to residents urging adequate county funding to sustain free library service. City residents pay about 4.66 per capita while county residents contribute 4 cents per capita. All registered voters may sign at the library.
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William Gassman
Flora M. Laird Memorial Library
Coos County
Flora M. Laird
Dement seeks re election to Cove and Curry Senate seat
State Senator Sam Dement of Myrtle Point announces candidacy for re election to represent Cove and Curry Counties. He cites four years of legislative contact, chairing the Agriculture Committee, and service on Fish and Game and Consumer Affairs committees. Dement promises regional tourism and recreational development and closer business environmental collaboration.
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Myrtle Point
Cove
Curry
Stat
Eto
Dement
Agriculture
Senate
Une
Coos-Curra
Coos
Myrtle Point Chamber to Meet Monday Luncheon
The Myrtle Point Chamber of Commerce schedules a Monday noon meeting at Loy's Restaurant to discuss protecting natural resources boosting police training and finding better school financing amid cautious government spending. John Mingus of Georgia Pacific Co manages arrangements for the program led by president Mitch Myers.
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Myrtle Poimt Chamber of Commerce
Loy’s
Mitch Myers
Siskiyou National Forest
John Mingus
Coos Bay
Georgia- Pacific Corp
Myers
Mace Named Director of Coos County United Good Neighbors Fund
Richard Mace was unanimously elected by the UGN board to succeed John Topits as executive director and secretary. Mace, formerly Topits’ assistant and secretary since 1971, is a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel with 22 years of service and has held roles in life insurance and USC based studies.
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Wally Knight
UGN
Richard Mace
John Topits
Coos County
United Good Neighbors Fund
Knight
Mace
United Good Neighbors
United Fund
Topus
Coos Bay
Norway Cemetery Association Meeting Scheduled
The annual meeting of the Norway Cemetery Association will meet at the Brethern Church social room at 8 p.m. on Tuesday March 14 for election of officers and other business. All interested persons are invited to attend.
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Norway Cemetery Association
Brethern Church
Drop-out rate in Oregon schools shows long decline
Oregon Board of Education official Les Adkins notes drop-out figures have fallen about 20 percent since 1952 and stabilized over six years. He cites that many so called drop outs later graduate via night school, community college and other routes, while improving societal emphasis and more relevant schooling aid higher completion.
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Les Adkins
Oregon Board of Education
Adkins
Voter Registration Sites Open in Coos County
Residents of Coos County who have lived in Oregon at least six months may register to vote at the county courthouse in Coquille or at other local sites. Registrations are also being taken at Hogan Realty and Myrtle Point city hall and at Sheedy Store in Powers. County Clerk Fay F. Crabtree notes voters must re register if address changes or if they move. a person not previously registered in Coos County or who changes name must register as a new voter.
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Coos County
Oregon
Coquille
Hogan Realty
City Hall
Myrtle Point
Sheedy Store
Powers
Fay. F. Crabtree
Yvonne Waterman Wins Regional Elks Scholarship Contest
Yvonne Waterman daughter of Mr and Mrs David Waterman of Myrtle Point a Myrtle Point High School senior won the Southwestern Oregon Elks Scholarship Contest She earned a 100 local scholarship and a 400 district scholarship She will enter the State Elks Scholarship Contest March 12 at Milton Freewater where she competes against district winners Dicky Sue Walton formerly of Myrtle Point and now at Marshfield High School in Coos Bay finished as district runner up
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Yvonne Waterman
David Waterman
Myrtle Point
Myrtle Point High School
Southwes
Oregon Elks
Miss Waterman
Coquille Valley Elks Lodge
Ashland
Yvonne
Elks
Milton-Freewater
Dicky Sue Walton
Moen Files To Run For Coos County Assessor
Glenn A. Moen 47 of Coos Bay files as Democrat candidate for Coos County assessor a post vacated by Francis R. Flannigan. Moen a senior appraiser at the assessor’s office for nine years and native of Coos Bay is a Marshfield High School graduate with Army service and Linfield College BS in business. He and his wife Patricia and daughter Marie live at 1225 N H in Coos Bay.
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Glenn A. Moen
Coos Bay
Coos County
Francis R. Flannigan
Moen
Marshfield High School
U. S
Linfield College
Lecture by UC Berkeley professor at SWOCC Math Day
Dr. Yans Bremermann, mathematics and medical physics professor from the University of California at Berkeley, will lecture at SWOCC on March 14 during Math Day. More than 300 students from local high schools are expected. sessions include a 1 p.m assembly on Biomathematics and an 8 p.m public talk on Artificial Intelligence. Both events are free.
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Yans Brenermann
University of California At Berkeley
Southwestern Oregon Community College
Tweeday
Southwestern Oregon Area
Dents
Mathematical Association of America
SWOCC
Bremermann
Lower Prosper Mall
Eventiag
Dag
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Duates High School
Lves
Marachfield High School
Glenn Moen
University of Musater
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