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Wide Variety of Benefits From Southwestern Oregon Community College
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The City of Coos Bay has enjoyed a long-standing and successful partnership with Southwestern Oregon Community College. Our community is lucky to have access to quality education right in our midst. Having Southwestern in Coos Bay brings benefits of affordable continuing education through degree and certification programs that can fit anyone’s schedule and financial capacity. Couple these benefits with the wide variety of community classes in fields like art, fitness, and nature rounds out the educational experience. Southwestern also offers coursework to help individuals obtain their GED, workforce training opportunities to expand knowledge and skills, along with resources to support small business and entrepreneurs. The Oregon Coast Culinary Institute (OCCI) also brings world-class culinary education to the community, conveniently located on Southwestern’s Coos Bay campus. Recent additions to the Coos Bay campus include a new health and science building bringing focused educational opportunities in science, engineering, and health care.
The next step in Southwestern’s continuing investment in our community is the new fire tower training facility. Over the last several weeks, the old fire tower was demolished, paving the way for the new facility. Site work is now underway with construction slated to start in December and completion planned for winter 2024 (rendering shown below). Southwestern trains approximately 25 students each year to become professional firefighters and many of the students live at local fire stations, training alongside professional fire teams. Coos Bay has a long history of housing student firefighters and appreciates the local access to a training tower at Southwestern which helps to keep fire crews and engines in town, rather than traveling to training.
 For more information about the programs available at Southwestern, visit their website (https://www.socc.edu/) and for more information about the Coos Bay Fire Department visit the Department’s page on the City’s website (https://www.coosbayor.gov/government/city-departments/fire-department). Below are some photos of the demolition and a rendering of the new fire tower.
-Joe Benetti, Mayor of Coos Bay
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Historic 1940s Cabin Kicks-Off Coos Bay's Adopt-A-Park Pilot Program
 The City of Coos Bay Parks Commission is inviting the public to an open house at the Mingus Park Scout Cabin located at 840 West Park Roadway in Coos Bay on Saturday, October 21. The open house will begin at 10 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m.
The event will roll out information on the Adopt-A-Park Pilot Program and begin recruitment of potential “adopters”. Adopters can sign up to assist in specific ways to support efforts to enhance user enjoyment of city parks.
The pilot program will focus on three projects:
- Rehabilitation of the 1940 Works Progress Administration (WPA) City Park Community Building Marshfield, Oregon - which is now known as the City of Coos Bay Mingus Park Scout Cabin
- New compostable dog bag waste stations in John Topits Park
- Trail maintenance in John Topits Park
Stop by and find out about the cabin history, why it is called the Scout Cabin, why it is important to maintain this park asset, and discuss how to bring it back to the community meeting hall it once was!
For more information on the Adopt-A-Park Pilot Program or if you have photos and stories to share about this cabin, please contact AdoptAPark@coosbayor.gov.
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 The City of Coos Bay is seeking volunteers to fill openings on the Tree Board. Applications are available from the City Manager’s Office during the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, by calling 541-269-8912, or on the City’s website at coosbayor.gov/government/boards-commissions/tree-board or email Christine Sylvester at csylvester@coosbayor.gov. Applications will be accepted until 5 p.m. Friday, October 20, 2023. Applicants will be contacted for interviews, and appointments will be made by the City Council at the November 7, 2023, regular council meeting.
About the Tree Board
The Tree Board, Coos Bay Municipal Code 8.30, was established by ordinance No. 181 for the purpose of providing regulations for the planting and protection of trees and shrubs within the city of Coos Bay. The Board consists of up to eight members appointed by the City Council for four-year terms and meet on an as-needed basis. There are currently four openings on the Board. At least one of the open positions shall be a representative with background and professional knowledge of trees and their care and the balance shall be citizens with an interest in trees.
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Auditions for Beauty and the Beast Panto will be held at the Dolphin Playhouse on October 16 -17 at 6:30 pm. Panto is a traditional English form of comedy that takes a well-known story and gives it a Monty Python treatment. This will be the Dolphin Players fourth holiday Panto and won’t look much like the Disney version. Actors and singers of all ages are needed, and casting will be nonspecific for age and gender. Some roles require physical humor, and nonspeaking parts are available. The production runs December 2-17.
Characters include:
- FELIX (A giant French Poodle.)
- JACQUES (Beauty’s brother)
- CAPUCINE (In love with Jacques)
- MALABELLE (A wicked witch)
- MA (The Dame. Beauty and Jacques’ mum)
- BEAUTY (Also known as Rose)
- PRINCE/BEAST
- TALKING CLOCK
- AIMEE (A castle servant)
- REMY (A castle servant)
For more information, call Director Alice Carlson at 541-756-7290 or email dolphinplayers@gmail.com.
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 Join us at the Coos History Museum for a night of fundraising fun where Halloween costumes are encouraged.
The Museum will be transformed into a spooktactular party space with carnival games, a cake walk, silent auction, cabinet of curiosities, tarot card readings, specialty cocktails, photo booth, free food, transformed exhibits, and much more. All proceeds from the event and its activities will go towards essential museum operations and preservation costs. This event is for ages 21 and up. It will be hosted in-person at the Coos History Museum with an entry price of $55 per person.
Pre-registration is encouraged. Reservations can be made online at cooshistory.org, by phone at 541-756-6320 or in person at the museum's front desk.
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Water Quality Treatment Operator
The City of Coos Bay is soliciting applications for a Treatment Operator position. This position can be filled as a Treatment Operator-in-Training, I, or II, depending upon qualifications of selected applications. To apply for the position, interested parties should submit a city application, resume, and letter of interest to the HR Office or by email at jspencer@coosbayor.gov. City applications are available from the Finance Office, City Hall, 500 Central Avenue, Coos Bay, Oregon 97420, by email at jspencer@coosbayor.gov or on the City’s website at https://www.coosbayor.gov/government/job-openings
GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: The Treatment Operator In-Training (OIT) performs a variety of skilled and semi- skilled work in the operation, maintenance and repairs of a variety of equipment in a wastewater treatment plant and related facilities; related work as required. Operate and maintain the Wastewater Treatment Plant and assure plant processes are in compliance with local, state and federal discharge limits; protect the health and safety of personnel, the public and the environment. This is the entry level Wastewater Division operator position. Employees of this classification shall have demonstrated their ability to perform independently and with minimum of instruction in the varied function to which assigned. Advancement from this position to Operator I or II requires certification listed in the “Education and Experience” section of the job description.
Type: Full Time
Deadline to Apply:10/23/2023 at 5 p.m.
Salary/Pay Rates:
Operator-in-Training…………$3812 – $4731 DOQ
Operator I…………………………$3919 – $4884 DOQ
Operator II…………………………$4172 - $5204 DOQ
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