Author: Tim Novotny

Fishing Derby, September 2022

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A bass derby volunteer uses an electronic scanner on an angler’s catch. The scanner spots implanted microchips that are redeemable for cash prizes.

The big ones are still out there

More than 1,500 predatory bass were removed from the Coquille River during Labor Day Weekend. But two elusive fish worth $1,000 are still waiting to be caught.

KPIC, Sept. 5, 2022

The Coos Bay World, Sept. 12, 2022

 

Casting for cash

The Coquille Indian Tribe donated $1,000 to lure participants for a smallmouth bass derby. It’s part of an effort to reduce invasive predators that gobble baby salmon.

The Coos Bay World, Aug. 30, 2022

2022 Community Fund Grants

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2022 Grant Awardees

 

The Coquille Tribal Community Fund distributed grants totaling $284,700 in 2022.  With these grants, the community fund’s total distributions since 2001 total about $7.3 million.

  • 1st Phoenix Community Center received $5,000.
  • ACCESS received $5,000.
  • Agness Illahe Rural Fire Protection District received $1,873.
  • Alternative Youth Activities received $10,000.
  • Alternatives To Violence (ATV) received $7,820.
  • Bandon Historical Society Museum received $2,400.
  • Bear Cupboard received $5,000.
  • Boys & Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon received $5,000.
  • Brookings Harbor Community Helpers Inc. received $5,000.
  • Camp Millennium known as Camp M received $5,000.
  • Camp Myrtlewood received $20,000.
  • Centro Latino Americano received $5,000.
  • Charleston Fishing Families received $4,000.
  • Charleston RFPD received $3,000.
  • Christian Help of Gold Beach Inc. received $5,000.
  • Community Presbyterian Church Warming Center received $2,000.
  • Community Supported Shelters received $7,400.
  • Conference of St. Vincent de Paul Society of Myrtle Creek received $5,000.
  • Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Southern Oregon received $5,000.
  • Coos Art Museum received $3,500.
  • Coos Bay Area Zonta Service Foundation received $5,000.
  • Coos Bay Coast League received $5,000.
  • Coos Bay Downtown Association – Farmers Market received $3,500.
  • Coos Bay Seventh-day Adventist Food Pantry received $5,000.
  • Coos County ARES/RACES received $4,751.
  • Coos Watershed Association received $5,000.
  • Daisy C.H.A.I.N. (DC) received $5,000.
  • Dolphin Players Inc. received $2,500.
  • Elakha Alliance received $3,000.
  • Family Development Center received $4,000.
  • Friends of Coos County Animals received $5,000.
  • Habitat for Humanity of Central Lane received $5,000.
  • Habitat for Humanity/Rogue Valley received $5,000.
  • Harmony United Methodist Church received $5,000.
  • Junction City Local Aid received $5,000.
  • Knights of Columbus Council 1261 North Bend received $3,500.
  • La Clinica del Valle Family Health Care Center Inc (dba La Clinica) received $5,000.
  • Lakeside Senior Center Inc.’s Project Lakeside Feed the Need received $5,000.
  • Little Theatre on the Bay received $5,000.
  • Mapleton Food Share received $5,000.
  • Mid Lane Cares received $5,000.
  • North Bend Fire Department received $2,000.
  • Oregon Coast Artisan Trade Education Collective received $5,000.
  • Oregon Coast Community Action (ORCCA) received $5,000.
  • Power On With Limb Loss received $3,000.
  • Project Youth Plus (previously College Dreams) received $5,000.
  • Siuslaw Outreach Services Inc received $2,500.
  • SMART Reading received $2,731.
  • Southern Oregon Navigator received $5,000.
  • Southwest Oregon Veterans Outreach Inc. (SOVO) received $5,000.
  • Teresa McCormick Center received $5,000.
  • The ALS Association Oregon and SW Washington Chapter received $2,500.
  • The Common Good received $5,000.
  • The Friendly Kitchen/Meals on Wheels Roseburg received $5,000.
  • The Lighthouse School received $9,725.
  • Triangle Food Box received $4,000.
  • Waterfall Community Health Center received $5,000.
  • Youth 71Five Ministries (71Five) received $5,000.