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Two groups, Oregon Seafoods and the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Tribes, are gunning to redevelop the property. Both will present their proposals to the Coos Bay City Council and the Coos Bay Urban Renewal Agency on Tuesday night. The city’s Hollering Place Master Plan, solidified in 2008, looks at the potential uses for the 3.68-acre area in the Empire business district. The plan proposes “commercial, residential, overnight lodging and educational” uses. Oregon Seafoods owner Mike Bab- cock said his Charleston facility is too Photos by Alysha Beck, The World small for the expanding business. Parker Corbus, 4, poses with the pumpkins he helped pick out at Mahaffy Ranch off Coos River Highway on Friday.The ranch also has hay rides, a corn cannon and a “Our proposal is to build a new corn maze. seafood processing plant that would encompass a tourist element, where people could come tour the operation, similar to Tillamook Cheese but a U have your pick at Mahaffy Ranch scaled-down version,”he said. “I feel it would be well-received by the Coos County community. We were pretty BY EMILY THORNTON Mahaffy, opened the Mahaffy excited about building down there The World Ranch in 2010. It offers a until the tribe turned in their propos- u-pick pumpkin patch, hay al. It looks like the city is going to rec- COOS BAY — One family’s rides, corn cannon, corn ommend their proposal to the coun- dream of hav- maze, hay cil.” ing a farm stack and bar- City Manager Rodger Craddock came true in Mahaffy Ranch becue food. Its said the Urban Renewal Agency is not 2004, when the I Located at 10362 U.S. season runs leaning one way or the other and a Mahaffys Highway 241, Coos Bay from Sept. 27 decision won’t necessarily be made bought 95 acres I Open from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., through Oct. 31 Tuesday night. off state High- Monday through Thursday and this year. “The Urban Renewal Agency could way 241. Friday through Sunday from Mahaffy said make a decision that night to enter “We wanted 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. their oldest negotiations with one of the two pro- to provide fam- I For more information, call son’s kinder- posals,” Craddock said. “The Urban ily entertain- 541-269-3900 or visit garten teacher Renewal Agency purchased that land ment and focus mahaffyranch.com asked to have a in 2009 and then over a series of years on the harvest,” class field trip Left to right: The Pederson boys Spencer, 7,Mason, 9, and Woody, 3, spray their pumpkins cleaned it up environmentally and got said Shawna Mahaffy. clean after picking them out of the pumpkin patch at Mahaffy Ranch off Coos River She and husband, Ryan SEE PUMPKINS | A8 Highway on Friday. SEE DECISION | A8 Accelerated efforts, but no agreement on shutdown BY DAVID ESPO chaplains silenced and a crab har- Each offered to reopen the gov- Majority Leader Eric Cantor. owners about the impacts they were The Associated Press vest jeopardized in the Bering Sea. ernment and raise the $16.7 trillion But as the day wore on, the White feeling from the budget battles, and “Let’s put this hysterical talk of debt limit — but only as part of House politely turned the proposal said he hoped to be able to bring WASHINGTON — With time default behind us and instead start broader approaches that envision aside in favor of talks around a more them toward a conclusion, said Det running short, President Barack talking about finding solutions,” deficit savings,changes to the health streamlined approach under discus- Ansinn, who attended the session. Obama and congressional Republi- said Senate Republican leader care law known as Obamacare and sion in the Senate. “He was a little slightly melan- cans accelerated efforts Friday to Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. an easing of across-the-board Hopes remained high on Wall choly that maybe it could be done prevent the U.S. Treasury from Republicans in the House and spending cuts that the White House Street,where investors sent the Dow over the weekend and maybe not. default and end a partial govern- Senate separately made proposals and Congress both dislike. The Jones industrial average 111 points He’s been down this road before,” ment shutdown that stretched into to the White House for ending an details and timing differed. higher following Thursday’s 323- said Ansinn, owner of Doylestown, an 11th day. The latest impacts: impasse that polls say has inflicted “We’re waiting to hear” from point surge. Obama met at the New aircraft grounded, military damage on their party politically. administration officials, said House White House with small business SEE BUDGET | A8 Carole Matson, Allegany Billy Maddox, Lakeside Thomas Elledge, Charleston South Coast. A2 Sports . B1 William Fredericks, North Bend S Diran Barber Mary Lorence, Reedsport E H Jack Henderson, Bandon D Police reports . A3 Comics . C5 Bert Hiley, Salem Dorothy Mason, Myrtle Point I T Henry Westbrook III, Smith A S What’s Up . Go! Puzzles. C5 Wilbur Smith, Reedsport Cecilia Pena, North Bend E N Gary Evans, Coos Bay Kathleen Rosencrantz, Coos River, Calif. I Opinion. A4 Classifieds . C6 D Linda Weise, Coquille Bay Obituaries | A5 A2 •The World • Saturday,October 12,2013 South Coast Executive Editor Larry Campbell • 541-269-1222, ext. 251 theworldlink.com/news/local Meetings Anniversary Eagle Scout’s service project MONDAY Coos Bay Public Schools — 6 p.m., Wence and improves county courthouse Milner Crest Education Center, 1255 Hemlock Ave., Coos Bay; Ethel Dibala regular meeting. Anyone going by the Coos schooled by his parents, and save my own or someone County Courthouse in hopes to attend Southwestern else’s life. I learned how to do Reedsport Budget Committee — 7 Wence and Ethel (Pol- Coquille should have noticed Oregon Community College. first aid and CPR along with p.m., city hall, 451 Winchester lard) Dibala celebrated their the new flowerbeds and He has not yet chosen a career lashing, knot-tying, survival Ave.; quarterly budget meeting. 65th wedding anniversary plaques memorializing for- but hopes to skills, leadership skills and Coquille School District No. 8 — 7 Sept. 15 with friends and mer county commissioners help grow innumerable other skills. p.m., Coquille Valley School, 1115 family at St. John’s Parish Nikki Whitty and Andy Jack- the family Scouting has taught me what N. Baxter St., Coquille; work ses- Hall in Reedsport. son. The improvements are landscaping it means to finish something sion. Wence and Ethel were the result of Josiah Cunning- business. after you have started it. It North Bend School District No. 13 married at St. William’s ham’s Eagle Scout project. “Scout- gave me a sense of belonging; — 7 p.m., city council chambers, Catholic Church in Molalla Josiah spent 37 hours of his ing has been of what I was supposed to do. 835 California St., North Bend; Sept. 18, 1948. They have own time and had the assis- very influ- “And as for my Eagle Pro- regular meeting. lived in the WENCE AND ETHEL DIBALA tance of 11 helpers for another ential in my ject, I did it at the County Reedsport–Scottsburg Married 65 years 91 hours in completion of the life in a good Courthouse. It was a beauti- area, and attended St. Josiah TUESDAY project. Cunningham way,” Josiah fying project to clean up the John’s Catholic Church, for Amarillo, Texas; Wence Josiah is a scout in Troop said.