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Reserve fund to support NB athletic facilities BY CHELSEA DAVIS The World
NORTH BEND — The North Bend school board approved an athletic facilities reserve fund this month, an effort to sock away money every year to pay for future needs. North Bend School District business and finance director Sherri O’Connor brought the idea to the board in July, with input from athletic director Mike Forrester. They totaled about $400,000 in
projects coming up in the next few years. In the last month, Forrester finetuned the idea and dropped the total cost estimate to $177,000. It includes: ■ $100,000 to replace the bleachers. ■ $50,000 to reseal the track. ■ $27,000 to recondition the wrestling mats. Forrester said the track won’t need repairs for three years, but resurfacing it now would add another 15 years to its life. It was
resurfaced 15 years ago. Reconditioning the wrestling mats will also give them 15 years, he said, and the 35-year-old bleachers should last at least two years before they need to be replaced. They were reconditioned eight years ago. Participation fees and gate receipts support the student body fund, which in turn funds athletics and activities. Last school year, revenues exceeded expenditures by about $31,000, O’Connor said last month. The athletic facilities reserve
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fund will take the net check from the student body fund every year, the board decided. That will be about $25,000 a year, O’Connor said, but “participation and gate receipts won’t be where they are now because enrollment is down and the number of games has been lowered.” From 2000 to 2007, North Bend’s athletic facilities underwent major renovations: a new FieldTurf surface on the football field, new west and east grandstands, stadium lights, public address system,
entryways, concession stands, restrooms, a fully automated timing system, Legends Court and Hall of Champions. The majority of these projects were funded through thousands of dollars in anonymous donations — including $250,000 donated five years ago that led to the Jumbotron video scoreboard. Reporter Chelsea Davis can be reached at 541-269-1222, ext. 239, or by email at chelsea.davis@theworldlink.com. Follow her on Twitter: @ChelseaLeeDavis.
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BY JOSH LEDERMAN The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — With impeachment threats and potential lawsuits looming, President Barack Obama knows whatever executive actions he takes on immigration will face intense opposition. So as a self-imposed, end-of-summer deadline to act approaches, Obama’s lawyers are carefully crafting a legal rationale they believe will withstand scrutiny and survive any court challenges, administration officials say. The argument goes something like this: Beyond failing to fix broken immigration laws, Congress hasn’t even provided the government with enough resources to fully enforce the laws already on the books. With roughly 11.5 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally — far more than the government could reasonably deport — the White House believes it has wide latitude to prioritize which of those individuals should be sent home. But Republicans, too, are exploring their legal options for stopping Obama from what
By Lou Sennick, The World
Seals and sea lions rest peacefully on the rocks above the waters of the Pacific Ocean an a recent afternoon.There were plenty of pinnipeds on the rocks and swimming around the water below the Simpson Reef overlook. The seals may not get much sun today, as the forecast is calling for mostly cloudy skies and a high of 63.
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Oregon pump prices sending mixed messages. They are the highest in the lower 48, but lower than they have been ■
The Nancy Devereaux Center starts program that will be a re-entry support for inmates ■
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Felicia Garland (right), a volunteer at The Nancy Devereaux Center, offers employment advice to Orion Herrick. The center is in its beginning stages of helping former inmates transition to life outside of jail or prison.
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Volunteer To volunteer at The Nancy Devereaux Center, contact Melanie Harrison at 541-888-3202. Immediate need for prep cooks, dishwasher and baker. To donate monetarily or other supplies, send to P.O. Box 3519, Coos Bay, OR, 97420. Immediate need for money, bus passes, gas vouchers, coffee, sugar, creamer, and hygiene items. The center is located at 1200 Newmark Avenue, Coos Bay.
one of the folks who received help finding food, clothes, housing, and employment. She now works at First Call Resolution and volunteers at Devereaux. She also said she would use her past job experience working online to build a website for the center. “It doesn’t matter where you started, it’s where you end up,” Garland said. She said she’d signed up 10 people for the
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COOS BAY — It’s not the list that Oregon motorists want to be on top of, but the news could be worse. The national average for the price of a gallon of gas is at a six-month low, while Oregon’s average approaches a threemonth low. Still... “For the second week in a row, Oregon has the most expensive gasoline in the 48 contiguous states,” AAA Oregon/Idaho Public Affairs Director Marie Dodds said this week. The national average for regular unleaded has dropped to $3.43 per gallon, while Oregon is down a penny, to $3.89 per gallon. “The national average is at its lowest price since February of this year,” Dodds added, while noting that the Oregon average is at its lowest price since late May. “Drivers in the Pacific states continue to pay the highest retail
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The classes Camp will offer are in conjunction with Cardinal Services Inc. They will take place at 10 a.m. every Wednesday in September. The first session focuses on how to fill out a job application and the anxiety related to job hunting. The following classes will be about how to write a resume and how to be interviewed, as well as a question and answer period. Camp’s plans include a re-entry support group at 9 a.m. every Wednesday as well as other therapy services, which he hopes will be in cooperation with the Coos County Community Corrections and the Coos County Mental Health departments. Some of the people Camp helps are current inmates with a couple of weeks left in jail. He approaches them and lets them know where to find him on the outside. Others are those he meets at the center. “Devereaux is like a home,” Camp said. “A lot of people who come here truly are homeless.” Those people can get their basic needs met almost instantly, said Felicia Garland. She was
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COOS BAY — Going from life behind bars to a functioning member of society can be a difficult process. A program to help transition inmates from jail or prison to the “real world” is just beginning at The Nancy Devereaux Center. “It’s a relatively new thing. It’s in its infancy stage,” said Mike Camp, consultant and licensed therapist who is starting the program. Camp drives from Ashland to work at the Coos County Jail twice a week and volunteer at the center every Wednesday. His company, Correct Care Solutions, is under contract with the county for him to provide therapy to inmates. He began volunteering at the center about a month ago after a co-worker suggested it. The Devereaux Center is a “haven” for those needing food, clothing, shelter and employment. It also offers showers and laundry facilities, ceramics and quilting classes, as well as therapy and self-help classes. Many folks who use the center are either exconvicts, homeless, addicts, have mental issues or a combination of those things, Camp said. They have a hard time building connections, he said. “They’ve either burned a lot of bridges or a lot of bridges have been burned,” Camp said.
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