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Thomas Medlin and Carol Waxhan own the Raincoast Art Gallery in Langlois.
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R EEDSPORT — City of Reedsport crews were busy over the long Thanksgiving weekend repairing two broken water mains, which affected water to some city customers. One major break happened Wednesday morning on a main water line between St. John the Apostle Rectory and U.S. Highway 101. Reedsport public works director John Stokes said a citizen noticed a “large wet spot” near the church. “They called the water department to see what was going on with that,” he said. “We went out, took a look at it and thought it might have been a smaller break on a lateral. So, they started to dig it up and found it was the actual water main that was tied into the 16-inch main line that had broken loose.” Stokes said it appeared the 40-year-old line had simply been screwed into the cement/ asbestos main pipe.
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BANDON — For as far back as she can remember, Carol Waxham’s Langlois gallery Raincoast Arts has been a work in progress. But then the same could be said for the artist herself and the woven creations she makes weaving thread and yarn. Waxham opened Raincoast in 1991 in Langlois’ historic Woodmen of the World Lodge building. It was a business that grew out of her career making and selling her art works at various events. “ I had been selling at craft fairs and the Portland Saturday market for about 12 years,” Waxham said. “My f irst husband traveled a lot by the coast and he was fascinated by this building and it eventually became our gallery.” In 1990, the couple purchased the structure, which was made out of Port Orford cedar and dated back to 1897. They began to renovate it and slowly
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A STORIA (AP) — Fighting against the current, salmon scramble across moss-coated rocks and hop over slippery logs. They can’t be bothered by the bald eagles, blue herons, elk, river otters and occasional mink that cross their paths. Returning to the same rivers and creeks every 10 days, these field biologists with the Oregon
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bring it back to life, which wasn’t an moved in, lived upstairs where the overnight process since it had been lodge hall once was and filled in part boarded up for seven years with no electricity or usable plumbing. They See Raincoast, A8
Idaho sockeye salmon success could be blueprint KEITH RIDLER Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho — Strategies used to bring back from the brink of extinction a population of central Idaho sockeye salmon have been so successful they could be used as a blueprint to prevent other extinctions, fisheries biologists say. Thomas Flagg of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Paul Kline of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game published
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Adult sockeye salmon, in spawning red colors, swim in Idaho Department of Fish and Game’s Eagle Fish Hatchery in Eagle, Idaho.
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A peek at the 2015 session Budget, Cover Oregon, marijuana and guns among the issues to dominate Oregon’s 2015 session SALEM (AP) — With legislative elections in the rearview mirror, Oregon lawmakers are turning their attention to the 2015 Legislature session. When they convene at the beginning of February, the House and Senate will have more Democrats and fewer Republicans than they’ve had in four years. Democrats extended their majority to 35-25 in the House and 18-12 in the Senate. Here’s a look at just a few of the issues that state lawmakers will be confronting.
BUDGET Passing a budget is the one and only thing lawmakers are required to do. As there is every year, there’s likely to be wrangling over the amount of money for schools.
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Raincoast Art Gallery, in Langlois, sells works from local artists as well as original creations.
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City of Reedsport water and waste water crews worked long hours over the Thanksgiving weekend to replace two broken water pipes, this one next to U.S. Highway 101 near Winchester Bay. Almost all customers have restored water service.
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