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It’s a date 7 Devils Brewery will open Oct. 30 BY THOMAS MORIARTY The World
COOS BAY — Coos County’s first craft brewery in more than a decade is set to formally open Oct. 30, and it’s already started selling beer. Annie Pollard, who co-owns 7 Devils Brewing Co. with her husband Carmen, said the brewery’s soft opening at the end of the month will be followed by a grand opening once construction is finished. That is, if everything goes smoothly. “Which it never does,” she said, laughing. The brewery, located in the former Bay Area Enterprise building in downtown Coos Bay, will be the area’s first since the
Bank Brewery closed its doors on Central Avenue. The couple are currently brewing three beers: a pale ale, a session ale and a winter seasonal. Starting this Monday, local beer connoisseurs have been able to purchase 64-ounce growlers filled with their choice of brew. This week only, the pair are charging $5 per fill for customersupplied growlers. “What you’re drinking are our test batches,” Matthews said apologetically. “We hope that people understand that.” Their customers certainly don’t seem to be complaining about the quality — the brewery sold out of its logoed growlers within a day. Currently, only the brewery’s session ale is on tap at Sharkbites
Seafood Cafe in Coos Bay, but the couple plan to expand keg sales to other area establishments in short order. Wednesday afternoon, the couple were busily scurrying about the brew room, taking turns stirring the contents of a giant, steaming stainless steel kettle. “It’s been pretty intense. We’re making mistakes and trying to get rid of the batches,” Matthews said. “But we’re trying to brew at the same time.” A giant basin of grains, leftover from the brewing process, sat in the corner of the brew room. Matthews said the grains are being donated to a local farmer for use as cattle and turkey feed. SEE OPENING | A10
One man’s gift keeps on giving Greenhouse at Myrtle Point school provides ‘growth’ ■
BY TIM NOVOTNY By Lou Sennick, The World
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Standing in the afternoon sun Wednesday, the greenhouse built for students at MYRTLE POINT — A single Myrtle Crest Elementary School finished up its second growing season. Built with seed of hope, planted at Myrtle the help of Dr. Mike Lanza, the structure has been used by students in the Myrtle Crest Elementary School, is bear- Point district.
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were going to arrive one way or the other, things didn’t really start to take off until one man decided to donate a greenhouse to the school. In May 2012, Dr. Mike Lanza, a Coos Bay pediatrician, was looking to combat childhood health prob-
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ing much fruit these days for the entire Myrtle Point community. Those involved with some of the educational and community programs sprouting up around town say the last year and a half has been an amazing period of growth. While some of the programs
lems by getting students to make better choices about the food they eat. He thought a greenhouse would help the students learn about growing their own healthy SEE GROWING | A10
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The legislation would temporarily fund the government through Jan. 15 and permit it to borrow normally through Feb. 7
approved government funding only through mid-January. And the nation’s borrowing limit will need another increase shortly after that. In the meantime, lawmakers will try to find agreement on how to replace this year’s across-theboard spending cuts with more orderly deficit reduction. “We’re back from the #shutdown!” the Smithsonian Institution crowed on Twitter, announcing that museums would reopen Thursday. The U.S. Capitol’s visitor center planned to resume tours. “Closed” signs started coming down at national parks and offices across the nation, hours after the deal was sealed in Washington. Congress agreed to pay federal workers for the missed time. No such luck for contractors and all sorts of other workers whose livelihoods were disrupted. “More business. More money,” cab driver Osman Naimyar said happily, noting the growing crowds of commuters on Washington streets. He lost about a fifth of his normal fares during the shutdown. Standard & Poor’s estimated the shutdown has taken $24 billion out of the economy, and the Fitch credit rating agency warned Tuesday that it was reviewing its AAA rating on U.S. government debt for a possible downgrade. Obama and his Democratic allies SEE SHUTDOWN | A10
Relief around world as US avoids default BEIJING (AP) — Political leaders, investors and ordinary people Thursday welcomed the end of a government shutdown but already were looking ahead to the next round of a budget battle that brought the world’s biggest economy close to default and threatens Washington’s international standing. The standoff rattled global markets and threatened the image of U.S. Treasury debt as a risk-free place for governments and investors to store trillions of dollars in reserve. Few expected a default but some investors sold Treasurys over concern about possible payment delays and put off buying stocks that might be exposed to an American economic downturn. IMF managing director Christine Lagarde welcomed the deal but said the shaky American economy needs more stable long-term finances. “It will be essential to reduce uncertainty surrounding the conduct of fiscal policy by raising the debt limit in a more durable manner,” Lagarde said in a statement. The Tokyo stock market, Asia’s heavyweight, gained 0.8 percent
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Annie Pollard and Carmen Matthews, co-owners of 7 Devils Brewing Co. in Coos Bay, brew their first big batch of India pale ale on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON — The government unlocked office doors, carried away barriers and lifted entrance gates at parks across the country Thursday after a battle-weary Congress approved a bipartisan deal to end 16 days of partial shutdown and guarantee that the United States would pay its debts, at least for this year. In hopes of averting another standoff early next year when the temporary measure runs out, Congress’ four top budget writers met over breakfast Thursday to begin two months of budget talks. It’s a tough project, and they offered no promises. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said the group’s goals were “to get this debt under control, to do smart deficit reduction, and to do things that we think will grow the economy and get people back to work.” “We believe there is common ground,” Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray, D-Wash., said afterward. The House and Senate voted late Wednesday night to end the showdown that began when Republicans tried unsuccessfully to use mustpass funding legislation to derail the president’s landmark health care law. Early Thursday, President Barack Obama signed the measure and directed all agencies to reopen promptly. The relief felt by furloughed federal employees was tempered by worry that the truce might not last much past the holidays. Congress
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Thursday. Markets in South Korea, Australia also rose. Such relief might be only temporary without a long-term settlement, said Standard Chartered economist Samiran Chakraborty in Mumbai. Also, the congressional cliffhanger might dent longer-term confidence in American government debt, a cornerstone of global credit markets, prompting creditors to demand higher interest. “With the U.S. government’s antics, the risks go up, so the cost of money could go up too,” said Nick Chen, managing partner of Taipei law firm Pamir Law Group. China’s government, Washington’s biggest foreign creditor with $1.3 trillion invested in Treasurys, welcomed the end to the standoff. “This issue concerns many countries in the world,” said a foreign ministry spokeswoman, Hua Chunyin, speaking at a regular briefing. “The United States is the biggest economy in the world. For them to handle the issue properly is to their own interest and beneficial to their own development. We welcome their decision.”
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