Archive for April, 2010

A big welcome home planned for Coos County troops

Apr 29, 2010 No Comments by tenmilerocky

Coos County Commissioner Nikki Whitty, was in Lakeside on April 27, to help celebrate the groundbreaking for street and sidewalk upgrades on Eighth Street. At the same time she took the opportunity to invite people to welcome home the troops to Coos County. At a later date there will be a formal event honoring the [...]

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Flower spots about town

Apr 28, 2010 No Comments by tenmilerocky

On a rainy April 28th morning the Parks Advisory/ Community Garden (PACG) members Robert O’Bryan, Diane O’Bryan, Michael Armstrong, and Mayor Rod Schilling,  loaded twelve completed flower box’s from Don Linwoods cabinet shop to various Lakeside business who requested them. This is part of the city beautification project of the Parks Advisory/Community Garden Committee. Two [...]

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Guess who is coming to Coos County?

Apr 28, 2010 No Comments

Visiting Coos Bay and Coquille, Oregon libraries, on April 29, 30, is author Phillip Margolin. “Phillip Margolin is a Portland, Oregon attorney who has been writing full-time since 1996.  His first novel, Heartstone, was nominated for an Edgar award, for best original paperback mystery of 1978 by the Mystery Writers of America.   His second novel, [...]

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Contract with Moore Mills reestablished after two years

Apr 22, 2010 No Comments

Under the stewardship of Chief Wastewater Operator III , Ardith Lewis, a new contract has been negotiated with Moore Mills to reestablish spraying and spreading sludge on Moore Mill property. For nearly twenty years Moore Mills allowed Lakeside’s wastewater plant to dump bio-solids on their property at the top of Hilltop Drive. Two years ago [...]

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More good news for Lakeside’s downtown

Apr 21, 2010 No Comments

There will be a ground breaking ceremony Tuesday, April 27, at 1 pm at the corner of Eighth and North Lake. The three Coos County Commissioners made an announcement at a special meeting held February in Lakeside that new sidewalks would be coming to downtown. They would reach from the tracks to the bridge, on [...]

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Lakeside water board still looking for superintendent

Apr 20, 2010 No Comments

At the regular April Lakeside water board meeting the Direct Responsible Charge (DRC), Bob Strassner, stated that a very qualified person from Lebanon is interested in the open superintendent position with the water department. The superintendent position requires a Water Distribution (WD)II and Water Treatment (WT) II with a filtration endorsement, and some surface water [...]

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Lakeside, part of the big picture

Apr 19, 2010 No Comments

Oregon Tourism & Hospitality Exceptional Partnership Award Lakeside Chamber of Commerce President Jonie Reeder, “The whole South Coast Partnership worked together to get this done, I’m proud that we did it and got the award for it. This will help bring tourism to the south coast as well as to Lakeside.” Also, an award was [...]

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Tea parties near and far

Apr 19, 2010 No Comments

April 15, known to everyone as tax deadline day brought out people concerned about government spending and over reaching all across the nation. To quote Jeff Kropf, Oregon State Director, Americans for Prosperity, ” We made a powerful statement to the political establishment that we the people demand that Government return to operating within it’s [...]

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Adult safety

Apr 18, 2010 No Comments

New older adult safety The Office of State Fire Marshal’s Community Education Section, in partnership with the Oregon Life Safety Team, on fire and fall prevention and safety for older adults, aimed at reducing fire and fall injuries and fatalities in Oregon’s older adult population. According to Portland State University Population Research Center, more than [...]

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Planting seeds of knowledge in Harmony Garden

Apr 15, 2010 No Comments

Fertile minds and fertile ground have both found a place to flourish in Lakeside’s Harmony Garden next to city hall. Lakeside Public Library, Lakeside Harmony Community Garden and Coos Master Gardener’s Association are sponsoring Lakeside Library’s SRP “Grow Ur Grub” Garden 2010. The theme for the garden is “Water Your Mind, READ”. Both Garden Clubs [...]

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