The Jeff Common Foundation will hold a fund-raising event on Saturday, Aug. 20, at the North Bend Lanes Back Alley. Registration is 8 a.m., run at 9 a.m., lunch at noon, BBQ at 5 p.m. and music, raffle & auction at 6 p.m. Events include a Poker Run, lunch, dinner, prizes, raffle & auction. Proceeds from the event will “provide quality training opportunities free of charge for local emergency responders.” Jeff Common was one of three Coos Bay Firefighters who lost their lives Nov. 25, 2002 while fighting a commercial structure fire in downtown Coos Bay.
