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WESTERN WORLD Thursday, May 8, 2014
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Tigers still in hunt for playoffs, see A10 for the full story
BHS choir heading to state, see page A9 for the full story
Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A2 Bandon Police Log. . . . . . . . A3 Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A4
Arts and Entertainment . . . A5 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A7-8 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A10
Port of Bandon receives grant Bandon Western World
BANDON — The Port of Bandon received approval from the Oregon State Marine Board for a grant to renovate the vehicle and boat trailer parking near the port’s boat launch ramp in Old Town. The Oregon State Marine Board approved the grant for the Port of Bandon during its quarterly board meeting April 22 in Salem. The port plans to renovate a portion of the vehicle and boat trailer parking to provide stalls for larger vehicles and trailered boats, as well as adding on single-car spaces to an adjacent parcel of land recently acquired by the port. Port General Manager Gina Dearth explained that the area is between the existing boat and vehicle parking area and the Old Town Marketplace building. The lot will be extended toward the Old Town Marketplace by several feet, but the two lots will continue to be separated, Dearth said. It is hoped, however, that the Old Town
Photos by Amy Moss Strong
Mosquito monitoring Jennifer King, an intern hired by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to search for mosquito larve throughout the Niles’tun Unit of the Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, uses a dipper to take samples Saturday morning.
Not a repeat of 2013
■ See Grant, A9 By Amy Moss Strong
Contract is awarded for wastewater improvements Bandon Western World
BANDON — After reviewing proposals from seven bidders, the Bandon City Council at its April meeting awarded a contract for improvements to its wastewater treatment system. The council awarded the bid to low bidder Pacific Excavation Inc., in the amount of $1.2 million for construction of a new sludge dewatering system at the wastewater treatment plant at the east end of Old Town on Riverside Drive and renovation of the old North Avenue pump station. According to City Manager Matt Winkel, the dewatering system will improve plant efficiency, help avoid potential permit violations, improve the ability to control odors and reduce sludge hauling and disposal costs. The pump station reconstruction is
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BANDON — Get out your repellent, the infamous saltwater marsh mosquito, Aedes dorsalis, has arrived for the season. But residents should not expect a repeat of last year’s unprecedented infestation. This year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, coordinating with Coos County officials, mosquito management experts and others have assured the public they have a plan that will not only control the mosquito population this year on and around the Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge Ni-les’tun Unit, but prevent such overpopulations from happening in the future. However, officials believe that the unseasonably warm weather has hastened the first fly-off of the season and they were unable to prevent the first saltwater marsh mosquitoes from reaching maturity. A fly-off, differentiated from a hatching, is when the salt water marsh mosquito, which goes through four larval stages before it matures, is finally able to fly from its marshy home and seek blood meals. However, only the females venture away. The fly-off was expected to hit
Little squirts Evidence of mosquito larve is present at varying levels in ponds on the Bandon Marsh. This dip sample shows two larve, at 3 o’clock and at 7. Bandon last weekend. The rain over the weekend slowed the process somewhat, but residents have already reported seeing increased numbers. “We don’t expect it to be anywhere near last year when we had the first fly-off,” said acting Bandon Marsh manager Madeleine Vander Heyden. She is the interim manager
with the departure of Dave Ledig, who recently took a job outside the region. USFWS officials gave a detailed update at a meeting Thursday evening for the newly formed Coos County Vector Assessment Control Committee at The Barn in Bandon.
■ See Mosquitoes, A6
■ See Contract, A9
‘Oz’ eases on down the road this weekend Bandon Western World
Contributed photo
MarLo presents ‘Wizard of Oz’ Clockwise from left, LuLei Napier as Glinda, Christina Crawford as the Lion, Darby Underdown as the Tin Girl, Frances Merriam as the Wicked Witch, Lexi Porter as the Scarecrow, Emily Porter as Dorothy, and Hallie Minkler at Toto will perform with dozens of other MarLo Dance Studio students in “The Wizard of Oz” this weekend.
BANDON — Ninety-five performers, 1 from ages 3 ⁄2 to adult, will perform in MarLo Dance Studio’s 15th anniversary spring production “The Wizard of Oz” Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 9, 10 and 11 at the Sprague Community Theater, 1202 11th St. SE in Bandon City Park. Friday and Saturday performances are at 7 p.m. and there will be two matinee performances on Sunday, at 2 and 4:30 p.m. Dorothy will be danced by Emily Porter; Toto by Hallie Minkler; Glinda by LuLei Napier; the Wicked Witch of the West by Frances Merriam; the Scarecrow by Lexi Porter; the Tin Girl by Darby Underdown; and the Cowardly Lion by Christina Crawford. Francis Merriam, Jared Helms and
■ See Oz, A6