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ODOT work resumes in North Bend Officials hope work moves quickly to minimize the disruption at area businesses ■
BY TIM NOVOTNY The World
NORTH BEND — For downtown business owners, the reprieve is over. Road work that frayed nerves last summer is returning this week, but the end is in site. “ I think the businesses just want it to be completed and over,” Oregon Department of Transportation spokesman Dan Latham said by phone Monday. “There hasn’t been a whole lot of daytime interruption going on, but there will be as we do this portion of the project.” Prime contractor Knife River will begin sidewalk and curb extension work this week, tentatively planning to begin at the intersection of Florida Avenue and Highway 101. They will gradually work southward until they reach Washington Avenue. Latham said ODOT has tried to limit SEE DOWNTOWN | A8
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A giant canvas awaits Dana Rieck at the Coos Art Museum on Monday as he begins laying out and hanging the 20th annual Maritime Art Exhibit.The show is one of the largest martime exhibits in the Northwest and opens Saturday evening and runs through Oct. 5. It will feature artwork from around the country and is sanctioned by the American Society of Marine Artists.
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tion also arrived on scene to monitor the fire. The single-story home is immediately adjacent to the Charleston Rural Fire Protection District’s Barview station. In a press release Monday evening, Charleston Fire Chief Mick Sneddon said the blaze began as a grass fire on the side of the house that ignited corrugated fiberglass siding. Flames eventually spread into the home’s attic. Sned-
COOS BAY — A house fire next door to a Barview fire station drew emergency personnel from throughout the area Monday afternoon. Trucks and crews from the North Bend, North Bay and Millington fire departments joined Charleston By Lou Sennick, The World firefighters in battling a fire A volunteer with the Millington Rural Fire Protection District helps out the Charleston department at the at 92340 Cape Arago Highscene of a fire Monday afternoon. Charleston was called to a house fire at 92334 Cape Arago Highway, liter- way shortly after 3 p.m. ally next door to the department’s main station. Charleston had help from Millington, North Bend and North A forester from the Coos Bay departments with Oregon Department of Transportation flagging traffic along the highway. Forest Protective Associa-
Massive explosions rock central Fla. gas plant
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BY MIKE SCHNEIDER AND TAMARA LUSH The Associated Press
BY GEORGE ARTSITAS The World
COQUILLE — A Bandon man who was already in jail for an alleged robbery has added to his list of charges by striking a murder suspect while both were in Coos County Jail, officials said. Samuel V. Goldfaden was charged with fourth-degree assault and harassment July 21 for an attack on Coos County jail inmate Jesse Longhenry. Longhenry is awaiting trial for murder that will begin in January. Goldfaden, 56, is charged with first-degree robbery and unlawful use of a weapon. He’s accused of stealing money from Wilson’s Market in Bandon at gunpoint on June 28. According to the charges, Goldfaden came into Wilson’s with his shirt over the bottom of his face and had his other hand behind his back. Goldfaden allegedly apologized to the clerk as he approached the cash register, then swung his arm from behind his back and aimed a black, semi-automatic pistol at the man as he demanded money.
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Firefighters walk through an area of exploded propane cylinders in the aftermath of an explosion and fire at a propane gas company, today in Tavares, Fla. Eight people were injured, with at least three in critical condition. John Herrell of the Lake County Sheriff's Office said early today there were no fatalities despite massive blasts that ripped through the Blue Rhino propane plant late Monday night. Hospital and three others were listed in critical condition at Orlando Regional Medical Center. Herrell said some others drove themselves to area hospitals.
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TAVARES, Fla. — A series of explosions rocked a central Florida propane gas plant and sent “boom after boom after boom” through the neighborhood around it. Eight people were injured, with at least four in critical condition. John Herrell of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said early today there were no fatalities despite massive blasts that ripped through the Blue Rhino propane plant late Monday night. Officials initially scrambled to find more than a dozen employees after the explosions. “Management is comfortable saying all of those they knew were there tonight have been accounted for,” he said. Tavares Fire Chief Richard Keith said possible causes of the explosion may be either equipment malfunction or possibly human error. Sabotage was not suspected. One person injured in the explosion was listed in critical condition at University of Florida Health Shands
don said firefighters were forced to remove sections of the ceiling throughout the home to gain access. The structure is being written off as a total loss due to water damage, with an estimated value of $35,000. Oregon Department of Transportation flaggers were brought in to control traffic along Cape Arago Highway. Sneddon said the Red Cross was called in to assist the home’s owner and occupant, who was uninjured.
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