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100 years at a time: memories of Oregon's centennial.(Oregon Voices)(Travel narrative)
I wonder if the world remembers that in 1959, the southern Oregon coast, Coos and Curry counties, became the "Banana Belt" of Oregon. I remember because it was also the summer I shook John F. Kennedy's hand and showed thousands of tourists a fifty-two-pound striped bass in a deep freezer. Nineteen fifty-nine was the year of the Oregon Statehood Centennial, and I was a twenty-year-old University of Oregon college student looking for a summer job. A graduate of Coos Bay's Marshfield High School, I was hired along with two other south coast girls to work the Coos-Curry booth at the 100-day Centennial Exposition in Portland. Logging was still big in 1959, when Oregon produced ...
- Coos Bay cruisin'.(includes related articles on Coos Bay)
- Magazine article from: Trailer Boats Jaquette, Leslee April 1, 1998 700+ words
Oregon's Coos Bay offers a bounty of fish, crabs and natural...basked on the sand along the North Spit of Coos Bay. We watched as these 2,000-pound...boisterous introduction to Oregon's Coos Bay. Our guide, Don Yost, was driving...
- Coos Bay prepares for a makeover.(City/Region)(With more tourists than ever,...
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) September 6, 2009 700+ words
...Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard COOS BAY - Garnering the attention of the New York...is the kind of publicity a town such as Coos Bay is eager to land. Except, the nation...wasn't really fond of the place. "Coos Bay, a shipping and lumber mill town fallen...
- Coos Bay, Ore., Railroad Bridge May Be Closed.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Bacon, Larry July 27, 1999 700+ words
...Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 26 -- COOS BAY, Ore. -- After 86 years of carrying trains across Coos Bay, an old swing-span railroad bridge...deterioration of the rail swing bridge over Coos Bay, Ore., has reached such serious proportions...
- Coos Bay Catch-22.(Product Information)
- Magazine article from: Communications News Hedgepeth, Kevin June 1, 1999 700+ words
...officer performance and public safety. Coos Bay, Ore., patrol officers used to be caught...sensitive conversations. Today, the Coos Bay police department's 30 officers receive...such as this are not yet available in Coos Bay. Ultimately, the department decided...
- Coos Bay port hopes to land big shipping hub.
- Newspaper article from: ORian (Portland, OR) April 4, 2007 700+ words
...name, the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay primarily sends wood chips to Japan...Moller-Maersk Group is considering Coos Bay for a terminal that would handle a new...representatives declined to comment, and Coos Bay officials won't confirm the reports...
- 3 Coos Bay firefighters die in explosive blaze.(Fires)(Chief called for...
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) November 26, 2002 700+ words
...Byline: LARRY BACON The Register-Guard COOS BAY - Three firefighters died Monday when...the three were believed to be the first Coos Bay firefighters to die in the line of duty...a line of about 100 firefighters from Coos Bay and surrounding communities. Firefighters...
- Adventure at sea turns into ordeal.(Accidents)(Coos Bay: All aboard are safe as...
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) December 14, 2002 700+ words
...a 65-foot sailboat was towed into Coos Bay on Friday morning by the Coast Guard...Greenlief said. Coast Guard Station Coos Bay at Charleston received its first radio...advisory that the sailboat was motoring for Coos Bay, said Chief Warrant Officer Phil Duryea...
- A community mourns.(Fires)(Tears, tributes follow Coos Bay tragedy)
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) November 27, 2002 700+ words
...Byline: LARRY BACON The Register-Guard COOS BAY - People talked and hugged and cried...Tuesday outside the entrance to the main Coos Bay Fire Station. Under the sign that read...fireboats. He volunteered with both the Coos Bay and North Bend fire departments. Also...
Source: HighBeam Research, 100 years at a time: memories of Oregon's centennial.(Oregon...