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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.

Wind energy

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Local leaders plan offshore wind forum

April 26, 2022

NORTH BEND — As state and federal officials make plans for offshore wind energy, local leaders in Coos County are inviting stakeholders and local residents to share opinions, concerns and questions.

Former state Sen. Arnie Roblan will lead an informal roundtable discussion from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, in the Salmon Room at The Mill Casino-Hotel & RV Park. Everyone is welcome.

“We’re hoping to bring people together to exchange information and see how the community feels about this,” said Coos County Commissioner Melissa Cribbins, one of the event organizers. “We want to make sure everyone’s voice is heard.”

The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development are leading a data gathering and public engagement process, aiming to complete offshore wind planning for the Oregon Coast. Coos Bay, Bandon and Brookings have been identified as “call areas” for consideration as potential wind energy sites.

The decision-making process includes consideration of diverse factors such as fish and shellfish habitat, whales, migratory birds, sea turtles, marine mammals, vessel traffic, fishing and existing underwater cables.

The community roundtable is not an official part of the BOEM/DLCD process. Its goal is to promote local discussion and understanding of the process and the issues.

The event is sponsored by Coos County; the Coquille Indian Tribe and the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians; the cities of Coos Bay, North Bend and Bandon; the Port of Bandon and the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay; and state Reps. David Brock Smith and Boomer Wright.

For more information, contact Commissioner Cribbins at 541-396-7535.