FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: June 14, 2013 SUBJECT: CITY OF COQUILLE PUBLIC EVENTS FOR JUNE 2013 Public Open House at the new Coquille Wastewater Treatment Plant The public is invited to come tour the new recently completed $10.8 million wastewater treatment facility on Thursday, June 20th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. This long overdue project has put an end once and for all to the history of sanitary sewer overflows and discharge of untreated effluent into the Coquille River that has plagued the city for years. For more than twenty years City Councils and staff have been working with Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to plan, fund, design and construct a modern wastewater treatment. This new facility provides high quality treatment to meet the standards of the Clean Water Act and absorb even the highest flows that come with the heavy winter rains. Increased treatment capacity will allow for industrial, commercial and residential growth to be sustained for the next twenty to thirty years. Come learn about how your public investment treats the water that runs down the drain. Time for another party in the street! Come to the Community Street Fair this Friday, June 21st from 6pm to 8pm on First Street in historic downtown Coquille. This free family-friendly event is an excellent opportunity to bring your comfy canvas chair and enjoy the evening outside with music, games, entertainment and food. The shops will be staying open late for your browsing pleasure. Enjoy ice cream and root beer floats and compete with the kids in blowing the biggest bubble in a bubble gum chewing contest or in stacking competition for the tallest Oreo cookie skyscraper in town! Stroll over to the Uptown/Downtown Emporium and check out the classic cars that will be polished to a shine. Bring your neighbors, bring your friends and come enjoy a Friday night street fair in Coquille. Relay For Life of South Coos County "Spirit of Hope" Car & Motorcycle Show - June 29th, 2013 We would like to invite you to attend the Relay For Life of South Coos County "Spirit of Hope" Car & Motorcycle Show. Come show off your "ride" ((click here for the registration form) or just come and support Relay For Life of South Coos County. There will be guest star cars in attendance, including the 60's Batmobile, Herbie the Love Bug, the Back to the Future DeLorean Time Machine, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Party Van, Bumblebee from Transformers, Star Wars Z-Wing, and Tow Mater! This will be an event of epic proportions for our community and we invite all to join. Want to know more? Just click here. Hope! Our Reason to Relay. You’d be surprised how many of your friends, neighbors, and loved ones have been touched by cancer. Imagine what you could accomplish if everyone came together, if only for one day, united in the fight against cancer. Share the Relay For Life experience with someone close to you! Relay For Life of South Coos County Sat. - Sun., June 29-30, 2013 Register at: RelayForLife.org/CoquilleOR For information, call Amanda 541.294.3498 cancer.org 1.800.227.2345.