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THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2013

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The spotlight upstairs at the Coos Art Museum is on artwork painted by members of the U.S. Coast Guard.The exhibit is part of the museum's Maritime Art Exhibit, opening Saturday evening and running through Oct. 5.

COOS BAY — As a controversial bill to turn management of federal forest lands over to Oregon timber counties heads to the U.S. House floor, it faces difficult reconciliation with similar proposals in the Senate. The O&C Trust, Conservation and Jobs Act passed the House Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday morning as part of H.R. 1526, sponsored by Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash. The bill, sponsored by first proposed in 2008, would place 1.5 million acres of federal timberlands into a trust for sustainable harvest on behalf of O&C counties. Another 800,000 acres of old-growth timber would change hands from the Bureau of Land Management to the U.S. Forest Service. SEE TIMBER | A10

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COOS BAY — Maritime art is taking over Coos Art Museum this weekend for a two-month stay, displaying a variety of creative works that focus on life by the water. “The Maritime show is probably one of our most popular shows year in and year out,” said Museum Executive Director Steven Broocks, speaking about their 20th annual event. “People coming to the area during the summer expect to see this here.” show Art on display The juried exhibition This year, the Maritime Art Exhibit brings in artists from all over at the Coos Art Museum will feature the country and displays a 75 works by 46 artists. Another 22 variety of media. Visitors will paintings from 18 artists in the U.S. find watercolors, oils, pastels, Coast Guard program hang upstairs. and even glass and acrylic In honor of the Coast Guard conwork. tribution, current active duty Coast There are some special Guard members and their families tweaks this year, in honor of will be allowed in to the entire it hitting the 20-year mark. exhibit at no charge. For everyone For instance, Broocks says it else, the charge is $5 for general usually features representaadmission, $2 for seniors and chiltional painting, but not dren, and young children are also entirely this year. “We wantfree. The museum is open 1-4 p.m. ed to mix very traditional Saturdays, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. work with something that is Tuesdays to Fridays. kind of more contemporary.” The exhibitions will be on display Another first is that all of through Oct. 5 at the Coos Art the current exhibits surMuseum, 235 Anderson Ave. in Coos Bay. rounding the maritime show will open at the same time, and all will be maritime The artwork is hung on the walls and the final touches are taking place related. That includes a display of historic U.S. Coast Guard Wednesday afternoon at the Coos Art Museum as the staff get ready for photos and a national exhibit of Coast Guard art, both on the the opening Saturday evening of the 20th annual Maritime Art Exhibit. second floor. A solo exhibition of a local artist, the late Douglas M. Kinney, Maritime Artists of the past Ten Years,” which is highlighted by called “Finding the Extraordinary in the Ordinary” is also world-renowned Maritime artist John Stobart. Stobart, upstairs. Kinney, from Port Orford, became a self-taught artist though, is no stranger to the South Coast. after working a couple of decades as a commercial fishermen. Also new this year is the main floor exhibit of “Featured SEE MARITIME | A10

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PORTLAND — Police searching for a southern Oregon woman who vanished on the Fourth of July are trying to find a group of young men who might have seen her that day. Stephanie Warner, 43, spent part of the holiday in Ashland before heading The Associated Press north to her home in the unincorporated This undated photo provided by the Jackson community of Ruch. She saw her County Sheriff's Office shows Stephanie Warner, boyfriend at the Ruch Country Store late 43, of Ruch, who has been missing since July 4. in the afternoon and reportedly left alone

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COOS BAY — If all goes as planned, Southwestern Community College will offer a new class, community health care, starting this fall or winter. Ellen Riley, head of the nursing program at SWOCC, said the class provides a new dimension to the health care field. It is just waiting on final review at the state level and approval from the SWOCC board. The online class focuses on teaching people how to take care of patients with chronic medical conditions such as schizophrenia and those who don’t necessarily need to go to the hospital, but need increased care. “We’re trying to decrease visits to the hospital,” Riley said. The community health care worker will “mentor” SEE SWOCC | A10

OPRD to hold land swap open house THE WORLD BANDON — Oregon Parks and Recreation Department staff will hold two open houses to discuss a proposed property exchange involving part of the Bandon State Natural Area. One meeting will be held in Bandon on Friday, Aug. 16, and the other will be in Mt. Vernon in Grant County on Monday, Aug. 19. Both meetings will be 7 - 9 p.m. Staff will share more information and answer questions about the proposal to trade 280 acres of the 878-acre Bandon State Natural Area to Bandon Biota, a private landholding entity owned by Michael Keiser, owner of Bandon Dunes and other local golf courses. Bandon Biota proposes to use part of the land to create a 27-hole walking links golf course. Under the proposal, Bandon Biota would pay at least $300,000 for gorse control on nearby state park properties, transfer two land parcels near Bandon totaling 208 acres into the state park system, and pay as much as $2.95 million to help purchase two other properties: oceanfront property in Lincoln County known as Whale Cove, and 6,100 acres in Grant County near Mt. Vernon for use as a future state park. Staff will present maps and other information on the properties during the open houses and answer questions: Friday, Aug. 16, 7 - 9 p.m., Bandon Community Center (The Barn), 1200 11th St. S.W. Monday, Aug. 19, 7 - 9 p.m., Mt. Vernon Community Hall, 640 Ingle St. The Oregon State Parks and Recreation Commission met in Coos Bay on July 17 to hear public feed-

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in her truck. Nobody has seen her since. A group of men in their teens or early 20s stopped by the store in a green pickup that day between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., and detectives want to know if they saw anything that can help them find Warner, said Sgt. Nate Sickler of the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. The store is located on rural highway between Jacksonville and Grants Pass, so there shouldn’t be too many groups that match the description. “It’s not like an Albertson’s in a downtown area,” Sickler said Wednesday. The men were said to be heading to Applegate Lake to camp that evening and, according to police, are not considered suspects or “persons of interest” in

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