Morning Lookout: Experimental drone music tonight; what to do with your Styrofoam

Happy Wednesday!

Could Coos Bay become a major shipping port again? When timber was the product, ships were a constant presence in the deepest harbor between San Francisco and Seattle. Two lawmakers are working on a plan to revive the port and give the largest city on the southern Oregon Coast a shot in the arm. But some are skeptical about the project.

What is experimental drone music? I’m really not sure. But, if you are free tonight and want to find out, there’s a show at John Henry’s. Maybe you are looking for something more cheerful this weekend? Austin Gilbert, a former contestant on “The Voice” is in town Friday night. Annie Aguiar has all the best picks.

There’s a good chance you will have some amount of Styrofoam in your home after Thursday. But what should you do with it? Can it go in your recycling bin? The answer to the second question is no, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be recycled. We have all the details on where you can take it.

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Morning Lookout and Lookout PM are taking the holiday off tomorrow. For those who celebrate, have a Merry Christmas. And if you need a last-minute gift, let me suggest a gift subscription to Lookout Eugene-Springfield. It’s something they will be able to use every day.

Stories you might have missed yesterday …

• Modular shelters being used this year for Springfield warming center
• Forecasters issue wind advisory for Lane County, western Oregon 
• Deputy, bystander pull person from burning vehicle that crashed into ravine

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Experts skeptical about plan to bet billions on Coos Bay shipping terminal

By Nigel Jaquiss / Oregon Journalism Project

In its glory days the port thrived on the export of wood products. Some see a future in a new terminal to accept incoming containers of goods. The plan would also require an upgrade of the Coos Bay-to-Eugene rail line.

Things to do: Goth Christmas, masquerade Latin dance party, ‘The Voice’ contestant concert

By Annie Aguiar

You might think things are sleepy for the holiday week in our local cultural landscape. You’d be wrong.

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NEWS WORTH KNOWING

• Burrito Brigade buys larger building, seeks $300,000 more for renovations (KLCC)
• The effect of ‘Operation Black Rose’ immigration sweep on two Oregon families (OPB)
• Oregon pulls out of Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C. (KATU)

Have a great Wednesday.

Dann