A rare old bird is the Pelican. He can hold in his beak enough food for a week and I'm damned if I know how the hell he can. The seagulls arrive for any food scraps dropped.
The North Bend High Scholarship program has a total value of over two million dollars and last year awarded 134 scholarships averaging one thousand dollars.
My 4 wheel drive Ford truck and 23 ft Fleet wood trailer. We sold both of them at a sacrifice price in March 2,005. We have a lot of fond memories of campouts.
A closeup of a rhody in our front yard. The blooms last for only a short while. A heavy rain will rulin them. In 2,005, they bloomed early and were gone a week before Memorial Day.
Born in 1915,in North Bend, Oregon. I will be 93 years old on Aug 8, 2008. I graduated in 1940 from Colorado School of Mines as a Geologist. My first job out of college was working for an oil cdompany in the swamps out of Morgan City, Louisiana. In December 1940, I was drafted into the U.S. Army as a buck private. My year was almost up, when Pearl Harbor hit. They sent me to Officer Candidate School, where I became an officer at Ft. Belvoir in the Army Engineers., 4 years later, I left the service as a Captain. I then worked for HYumble Oil (Now Exxon-Mibil) in the Houson, Tx. office as a specialist in the study of underground oil and gas reserrves.
In 1947 I returned to Coos Bay, Or. spent 19 years in the restaurant business, built a bowling alley, owned 3 service stations and 17 years in the real estate business. I retired at age 65 in 1980. I then got involved with the mining business in gold silver and zinc. Like the old saying, "what goes around, comes around." I started with mining and end up with mining. My wife, Kay and I celebrated our 65th Wedding Anniv. We have 3 fine kids, One girl and two boys.