Thursday, May 24, 2012
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Bandon Today Senior Center, 9-4, Barn. Dial-a-Ride public transportation, 94, 541-347-4131. Line dancing classes, 9:30 , MarLo Dance Studio, 205 Ohio Ave., S.E. Stitch ’n’ Chatter Quilt Guild, 10 -2, First Presbyterian Church basement. Bandon Historical Society Museum, 10-4, Hwy101 and Fillmore. Visitor Information Center, 10-4, Old Town. Preschool Story Time, 11 a.m.-noon, Bandon library. Senior hot meals, 11:30, Barn. Today’s menu: Creamed chicken over rice, peas, roll, pineapple upside down cake. Bandon Duplicate Bridge Club, 12:304, Senior Center, Barn. Early Readers and Junior Great Books programs, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Bandon library. Young Musician’s Institute free music lessons; high schoolers, 4-5 p.m.; middle schoolers, 5-6 p.m., Seabird Chapel, 880 Seabird Drive. Port of Bandon Commission, 5, City Council chambers, Coquille City Hall. Washed Ashore free community art workshops, 5-8 p.m., Art 101, 47134 Hwy. 101, 541-250-1140. Quilting, Ladies Dew Valley Clubhouse, 6-8 p.m., 5 miles south on Hwy. 101. Bandon Planning Commission, 7, City Hall council chambers. Alcoholics Anonymous step meeting, 8 pm, Holy Trinity Catholic Church.
THE PORT of Bandon invites the community and visitors to the annual Blessing of the Fleet at 3 p.m., Saturday, May 26, in the boat launch parking lot at the Fishermen’s Memorial in Bandon. Local clergy will officiate the service, bagpiper Richard Lang will perform and the U.S. Coast Guard will then lay flowers on the Coquille River bar in conjunction with Bandon’s VFW Post 3440, which will provide a gun salute on the South Jetty. Loved ones who have been lost at sea and those in the military who gave their lives for the country will be honored. A blessing for those men and women currently serving and veterans who have returned from war or served in any capacity is planned as well. The blessing also will include those who fish the seas and those who make their livings commercial fishing. Flowers or wreaths can be delivered to the Port of Bandon office by 3 p.m., Friday, May 25, or brought to the service. They will be delivered to the Coast Guard vessel for distribution on the bar. Port officials ask that the flower arrangements contain no plastics,
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Bandon, Oregon wire, cellophane, etc. Cotton string for binding is recommended. This event coincides with the port’s annual free Marine Swap Meet from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the boardwalk, and the free Coast Guard Auxiliary flotilla 51 Coos Bay vessel safety checks, which will be located next to the launch lot. For more information on any of the events, call 541-347-3206. THE BANDON Veterans Flag Group will once again display flags on Memorial Day in all five cemeteries in town. A total of 80 flags will be displayed in memory of loved ones who served in the military. Helpers are needed to mount each flag on a pole and put them out and also to take them down and dismount as well as fold and store the flags. In accordance with flag etiquette, the flags will not be displayed during inclement weather. Anyone interested in donating a flag in memory can do so for a small fee to cover the cost of the flag and pole. For more information, call Harry Stephens at 541-294-1048 or 541347-7235.