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Thursday, October 3, 2013
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Storm lacked punch By Amy Moss Strong Bandon Western World
The Southern Coos Hospital’s sixth annual drive-through free flu shot clinic, which also doubles as a disaster preparedness exercise, drew so many people Tuesday morning that cars were lined up at 6:15 a.m. from the entrance next to Bandon Supply on 11th Street to U.S. Highway 101. Some 300 shots were given out the first hour, followed by a steady stream until the 700 vaccines ran out. Above, SCH registerd nurse Debbie Allen gives Pat Bird a shot.
Giving it a (flu) shot Helping hands
Volunteers Nick Cobbinah, left, and Russ Gunther direct cars at Southern Coos Hospital’s sixth annual drive-through flu clinic Tuesday morning, in between rain showers.
Photos by Amy Moss Strong
BANDON — The first fall storm to hit the coast didn’t leave residents with much to clean up, but the earlier-thanusual appearance caused some concern. Weather forecasters last week predicted high winds and heavy rain for the entire weekend and Bandon residents responded by buying storm supplies and bringing in extra wood. The storm was remnants of a Pacific typhoon, according to the National Weather Service. But the storm did not end up as bad as expected — at least not in Bandon. “We didn’t get a lot of people, but we did definitely see an increase in the number of people buying batteries, candles and lights in case the power went out,” said Peter Tevis, a clerk at Bandon True Value Hardware. “Usually, when our store loses power, that’s when we see a lot of people, because when we lose power, it means others have, too.” There were a few minor electric outages, according to Bob Shaffar with the City of Bandon Electric Department, but he only put two crewmen on call for storm repair over the weekend. Shaffar said there was one outage on Saturday and three on Sunday, on Bates Road, Highway 42S and Green Gulch Road. “There were very few problems,” Shaffar said. City Manager Matt Winkel said he didn’t hear from the public works department about fallen trees or tree branches. “I don’t think we quite got to that point this time. We had no drainage back-ups or floods on any private property from city property,” Winkel said, adding that he and a couple other city employees and councilors personally visited areas that residents have concerns about, including the Woolen Mill area adjacent to Face Rock Creamery near Ferry Creek and Delaware Avenue, where there have been drainage issues.
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What’s in the time capsule?
City receives excellence award at LOC PORTLAND — The city of Bandon has received the 2013 Award for Excellence from the League of Oregon Cities. The LOC presented the award during the 88th annual conference at the Red Lion in Portland last weekend. The award recognizes progressive and innovative city operations and services. Bandon was recognized for its Face Rock Creamery Cheese Factory project. “We’re very happy to have received this award,” said City Manager Matt Winkel. “We believe it’s a great honor and it recognized the value of the cheese factory project and urban renewal’s contribution.”
Background In 2011, Bandon Urban Renewal purchased the site where the former Bandon Cheese Factory had stood until it closed in 2005. In 2012, the city leased a portion of the property to the newly incorporated Face Rock Creamery, LLC, which secured private funding to construct a new cheese factory. Urban renewal funds were used to install underground utilities and drainage; relocate and upgrade the adjacent entrance road; install a public parking lot, sidewalks, and a small tourist park; and construct public restrooms. Construction began in November 2012, and the grand opening was held the following May. Thousands of visitors have already passed through its doors and the cheese factory is once again one of the central focuses of Bandon’s tourist economy.
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Photo by Amy Moss Strong
Somewhere in time The Port of Bandon’s time capsule will be opened 100 years from now. It was buried on port property Sept. 13.
BANDON— The Port of Bandon put together a time capsule for the port’s centennial. The capsule was buried in the yard near the former Coast Guard building on Cranberry Festival weekend and will be opened in 100 years. According to Port General Manager Gina Dearth, the port solicited contents for many months and once the deadline passed, had the items shipped to a company that packed the time capsule
in a metal container and filled it with nitrogen. The contents have been registered in a national data base. So what, exactly, do you put into a time capsule? Whatever the public sends you that seems pertinent to Bandon and its residents, plus several items chosen by port staff and commissioners. Dearth sent a list of the items and who donated them to the Bandon Western World:
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Residents respond at Preparedness Faire By Amy Moss Strong Bandon Western World
BANDON — The ground starts to rumble, things begin to fall off the walls and shelves and the shaking continues for a couple of minutes. You know how to protect yourself during the quake, but what do you do when the shaking stops? Bill and Joan Russell of BandonPrepares want residents to have the answer memorized: Reach for your grab-and-go pack and head for higher ground, unless you are already out of the tsunami inundation zone. And if you don’t know whether you are or aren’t in the zone, you’d better find out — stat. The desire to raise awareness about what to do during and after a disaster has become a passion for the Russells, who, along with help from board
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Photo by Amy Moss Strong
Fault zone Bullards Beach State Park ranger Carl Krigbaum demonstrates at the Preparedness Faire Saturday how tension builds up along fault lines underwater, resulting in quakes and tsunamis.