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The Downtown Fun ZoneEvan & Valerie Kramer, Owners832 Highway 101, P.O. Box 49

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Going the Distance – Part 2By Evan & Valerie Kramer

[Continued from lastweek.] Evan rejoined usMonday night. OnTuesday, we were in-vited down to the city ofPlacentia, California tovisit with David Bau-

mann. David, Jon Cooper, and MikeDodd, writing under the pseudonym,“Michael D. Cooper,” are creating a newseries of books in the style and traditionof the juvenile series such as the RickBrant or Ken Holt series (or the muchless well-written, but more widelyknown, Hardy Boys and Nancy Drewseries.) Their motto is, “The future – theway it used to be!”

The first book in the series, Assault onMars, was released in July 2000. Thefifth book, The Lost Race of Mars, wasjust released in October. You can readmore about the series and order copies atwww.starmanseries.com. Although thewhole team is involved in producing thebooks, David is the actual writer whoproduces the final version. Valerie edit-ed the fifth book in the series and is nowworking with them on the sixth whichthey have just begun writing. WhileValerie has corresponded extensively viaemail, this was the first chance she has

had to meet any of the Starman Team inperson.

David is, like Valerie, a collector ofjuvenile fiction books. Our visit beganwith a “show and tell” as David showedsome of the treasures he’s collected andValerie reciprocated with a few gemsshe’d taken with her for that purpose.We then walked from his home to anearby Chinese restaurant and had a de-licious meal.

Baumann is the rector at the BlessedSacrament Episcopal Church in Placen-tia. When he’s not writing and assem-bling books and taking care of his churchduties he teaches karate. Following din-ner, we were invited to come with him tothe church where he teaches karate class-es. The classes are for people of all agesincluding those with handicaps – onewoman was a stroke victim, another aboy missing most of both hands, anothera severe abuse victim who had lost theuse of one eye and suffered balanceproblems. Bauman’s skills as a teacherwere remarkable. He combined a goodsense of humor with an eagle eye forwhat various students were doing bothright and wrong and kept the class mov-ing along. Watching the two classespractice was also a reminder that themovie version of karate and that prac-

ticed by real people are two differentthings.

Besides being intrinsically interesting,the classes was also interesting in that 21of the people there that night were in-volved with the Starman books in someway! David, of course, is the author andValerie the editor. Others are membersof a reading group that reads thru thestory as it’s written to make sure the textflows smoothly and to give other feed-back to the author. Still others havegiven their names, likeness, or personal-ity to various characters in the books.There is a photo of this historic group onthe Starman web site.

The Los Angeles basin is undergoingmassive changes, more so than usual, asthe pent up demand for new apartmentsand condos has reached a fever pitch.Two bedrooms palazzos, as some of thesenew units are called, easily go for $2,000a month and of course are secured behindfences, cameras and security guards. Thepace of change fueled my interest invisiting many of the places, which havelasted or “gone the distance” in SouthernCalifornia. My friend Larry and I atelunch at Norm’s on La Cienga in WestHollywood (since 1957 and one of thefinest remaining examples of Googiecoffee shop architecture), Farmer’s Mar-

The Future – The WayIt Used To Be!

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Community Music Night

Enjoy Community Music Night on Fri-day, February 21, at the Port OrfordCommunity Building from 7:00 -10:00pm. This evening features the tal-ents of musician extraordinaire SteveMontana with music lessons by Stevefrom 9:00-10:00pm. The theme thismonth is love songs. For informationcall 332-7308. There is no admissionbut donations are accepted for the PortOrford Arts Council, a non-profit orga-nization.

Helping Small Businesses

If you are in business, starting a busi-ness, thinking of going into business, ormanaging a business, you should defi-nitely plan to attend the Helping SmallBusinesses Prosper on America’s WildRivers Coast on Tuesday, February 25 atthe Event Center in Gold Beach.

Take advantage of competent experi-enced speakers like Lee Musser, CPAand senor partner of Musser Associateswho will discuss tax obligations andways to reduce them; Peter Spratt, pres-ident of the Brookings/Harbor Chamberof Commerce; Mark Dennett a recog-nized marketing consultant is comingfrom Ashland to provide some insight asto how to take advantage of all the wildrivers promotion that is happening.

In addition to the speakers there will beworkshops covering credit, business in-surance, considerations in selling yourbusiness, organizing a family or partner-

ship, buying or selling a business and apanel of representatives of organizationsthat have funds available for loans tobusinesses.

There will be 20 resource exhibits openfrom noon to closing. The U.S. SmallBusiness Administration will be there toprovide valuable management and busi-ness loan information. Also included arethe following organizations: SCORE, theSmall Business Development Center, andthe Southern Oregon Women’s Accessto Credit, Inc. which makes loans up to$25,000 to women starting or expandinga business.

Oregon Economic and Community De-velopment Department, Umpqua Com-munity Development Corporation andCoos Curry Douglas Business Develop-ment Corporation will have staffed ex-hibits.

The Helping Businesses Prosper confer-ence will be held at the Event Center in

Gold Beach from 8:30am to 5:00pm.Registration can be faxed to 541-247-4394 or mailed to the Gold Beach Cham-ber of Commerce, 29692 Ellensburg Ave.#6, Gold Beach, OR 97444. Registra-tion fee is $20 in advance or $25 at thedoor. For more information or to get aregistration form call Ed McQuade inPort Orford at 332-4003.

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General Obligation Bond

The only issue for Port Orford residentson the March 11 ballot is the City of PortOrford asking citizens to authorize theCity to borrow funds (in the form of aGeneral Obligation Bond) in an amountno greater than $2.75 million for partialfunding of a sewer outfall, the total costof which is $4.2 million.

The March 11 election is a “double ma-jority” election which requires that morethan 50% of the registered voters vote.To pass the General Obligation Bond,more than 50% of those voting mustapprove the issue.

An additional $1 million grant from RuralDevelopment (RD) of the U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture is riding on passageof the bonds which are slated for pur-chase by RD. The remaining costs of theproject are funded through a CommunityDevelopment Block Grant of $658,000from the Oregon Economic and Com-munity Development Department. Theproject’s proposed budget calls for bondsin the amount of $2.452 million.

The sewer outfall project is Port Or-ford’s final chance to avoid heavy finesfrom the Oregon Department of Envi-

Letter to the Editor,

I want to thank the Coastal Pilot newspa-per in Brookings for their excellent cov-erage of the February 3, meeting of theCoos-Curry Electric Cooperative, Inc.as printed in their February 5 editionentitled “Co-op seeks outside help on taxissues”. Mr. Bill Lundquist (staff writ-er), I want to thank you for your clearpresentation of the facts of the meeting.For those readers who did not have theopportunity to read this article, you maystill find it online at: http://currypilot.com/news/story.cfm? Or at your locallibrary.

The 2001 Audit is still not completed butthe Board has indicated its determina-tion to follow-up with outside help. Thenext monthly board meeting is this week:Friday, February 21 at 10:00am.

Jean Shank

ronmental Quality (DEQ) and removethe sewer spillage at Agate Beach - aprocedure which has been in effect sincethe dune settling tanks were washed outin 1998 by El Nino. The project must becompleted by September 30th to avoidaction by DEQ which can include theircontracting independently for the con-struction and subsequently assessingproperty owners for their costs.

General Obligation bonds are guaran-teed by property tax. If the present issueis passed, each year an estimated$188,366 will be collected to pay inter-est and principal on the RD debt whichwill have a forty year term with an ex-pected interest rate of 3.5%. The annualpayment remains the same; as additionalproperties are added to the tax roles, thecost per property will decrease. TheG.O. tax will not increase with propertyvaluation increases.

Oregon State law allows G.O. bonds tobe paid with funds other than propertytax revenue. The City may choose torepay the debt through utility fees, sys-tem development charges and/or othersources. The property tax guarantees theloan; how the City repays the debt isoptional.

It is expected that the full tax amount tobe assessed, based on the 2002 tax valu-ation base, will be $2.22 per thousand ofassessed property value. A propertyassessed at $100,000 would pay $222per year.

Should the General Obligation Bond is-sue not pass at the March election, PortOrford citizens will be faced with a re-quest for authorization to issue RevenueBonds at the May 20 election. RevenueBonds are paid by increased sewer ratesand would increase 76% more than un-der the General Obligation bonds.

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Port Funding Struggle

Representative Peter DeFazio announcedon February 5 that the U.S. House ofRepresentatives approved the Fiscal Year2003 Appropriations Conference Report,including funding for small harbor dredg-ing and $1 million for the North BendAirport to construct an air traffic controltower. DeFazio requested funding forthe projects last year.

Funding was included for small harbordredging that was originally zeroed-outin the President’s budget, including$330,000 for the Port of Bandon;$450,000 for the Port of Gold Beach;$390,000 for the Port of Brookings Har-bor; and $566,000 for the Port of Sius-law. Also included was $5.5 million forthe Port of Coos Bay, $606,000 for thePort of Port Orford, and $963,000 for thePort of Umpqua for dredging.

Oregon’s coastal channels are heavilyused by recreational boaters and com-

Senior NewsBy Mary Yoder

February 13 Rotary luncheon – volun-teers working head cook Sonja Mason,Rosalie Coble, Dolores Care – setting updining room Dolores Care and SonjaMason. Dishes Warren Jewell and what-ever else needed to be done. Everyonedid their part. It was a very nice lun-cheon all enjoyed.

mercial fishermen and have become themainstays of communities dealing withdeclining employment in natural resourceindustries.

DeFazio said, “I cannot state too strong-ly the crucial role dredging plays in theeconomic livelihood of the region.”“Navigable channels are the economiclifeline of our small coastal communi-ties, and the key to safe navigation on theOregon coast.”

In an article in the February 12 edition ofthe Eugene Register-Guard titled, “Ore-gon Ports on List for Federal DredgingCuts” it states that President Bush’s 2004Fiscal Year budget includes no fundingfor federal dredging of several of Ore-gon’s small coastal ports including Flo-rence, Reedsport, Bandon, Port Orford,Gold Beach and Brookings. The moneyfor dredging was eliminated from theArmy Corps of Engineers civil worksbudget.

February 17 pinochle – nice time washad by all. High scorer was Betty Keel-er, second Jean Shank, low Poncho.

February 22 is luncheon – rummage sale8:00am – 1:00pm. All invited – don’thave to be senior citizen.

Every Tuesday morning blood pressure.

Walking group 8:30am Tuesday, Wed-nesday, and Thursday.

Art and quilting every Wednesday9:30am to 3:00pm.

Exercise for health every Thursday6:30pm.

February 25 membership meeting11:00am.

55 Alive February 24-25 – 9:30am-1:00pm.

The bus is available Monday, Wednes-day, and Thursday 9:30am-1:30pm. Allyou have to do if you need a ride is callJerry at this number 332-5771.

Now here this the membership number181 – isn’t that something. I said I want185 by March 15. You want to make abet it can be done. Just give me a call onThursday morning at the Center 332-5771.

Let’s express appreciation.For our blessings day by day.And try to be more worthy.As we travel on our way.

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Savoy Theatre811 Hwy 101, Port Orford, OR

541-332-3105 voice, 332-8105 FAXsavoy@harborside.com

DAREDEVILRated PG-13 $ Starring Ben Affleck

FRIDAY ...................................7 pm

SAT & SUN....................4 & 7 pm

MON - THURS ........................7 pmMonday Night is Discount Night

E.S.A. Bunko PartySaturday, February 22 $ 6:00 p.m.

Masonic Hall (downstairs)Fun, prizes and goodies to eat.

Tickets are $10.00 each andcan be purchased from any E.S.A. member.

Come and join in the fun!

Police Log

February 4, noon: Report of assault at380 Eighteenth Street, Richard J. Sea-grave Jr., 28 years of age, was arrestedfor Assault IV and lodged in the CurryCounty Jail.

February 6, 8:05pm: Report of alarm atKlamath First Bank. Accidental/employ-ee error.

February 8, 1:15pm: Report of creditcards from residence on Idaho. Reporttaken.

11:20pm: Report of suspicious activityat Battle Rock Park. Unable to locateany persons or vehicles upon arrival.

February 12, 10:00am: Report of harass-ment by phone. Report taken/under in-vestigation.

4:30pm: Report of cougar near Wash-ington and Twentieth Streets. Informa-tion passed on to ODF&W.

February 13, 9:53am: Assist with CurryCounty Sheriff Office with arrest ofwanted male adult.

1:10pm: Contacted person at Al’s Chev-ron concerning neighborhood dispute.Handled by contact.

3:45pm: Report of harassment/menac-ing on Oregon Street near Twentieth.Report taken/under investigation.

4:40pm: Report of burglary and theft onNineteenth Street. Report taken/underinvestigation.

9:50pm: Report of suspicious activity onJackson Street near Fifth. Unfounded.

February 14, 10:30am: Two bowlingballs with bags turned into Police De-partment. Found by ODOT personnelalong Highway 101 in ditch.

Safety Tip of the Week

Call in any suspicious activity or infor-mation about crimes to the Police De-partment. You can call 332-9013 for thePort Orford Police or 1-800-543-8471 toget the Sheriff’s Department or talk to adispatcher. Remember, dial 9-1-1 for anemergency. Do your part for a safercommunity!

January Police Statistics

Public assists .....................................48Agency assists ...................................11Service calls ......................................69Cases ..................................................23

Felony .............................................. 3Misdemeanor ................................... 7Other ..............................................13

Traffic cites .......................................17Verbal warnings ................................10Written warnings ................................ 6Arrests .................................................. 4

Felony .............................................. 1Misdemeanor ................................... 1Other ................................................ 2

This week at the Langlois Library

Saturday, February 22, 2:00 - 4:00pm

“A Year at Langlois Library: Celeb

rating Artistic D

iversity,”

a reception to cele

brate the lib

rary’s fi

rst

anniversary and the art

ists who have

exhibited their w

ork

during the year.

Thursday,

February 20, 6:30 pm

Squishy Snuggle Tales,

Family story time with Gold Beach

author

Terry Miller

Shannon

reading her n

ew book, “Tub Toys”

Animal Shelter News

With starting the Pet License-Canvass-ing Program there have been a few badcomments and alot of good ones withcomments from; letting the shelter knowthat they do not have a dog, thinks thisprogram is great idea, stopping in andrenewing from the notice, others havestopped employees and asked questions,then say they would be getting their dogslicensed. So all and all this program isworking well. We hope to be starting inthe Brookings area soon if you wouldlike to volunteer your girl or Boy Scouttroops, or church youth groups, or anyorganization willing to help please call541-247-2514. We would like to make itvery clear that we would want an adult tosupervise the minors. We have identifi-cation badges for those who volunteer.

1. Moses, 2 yr old neutered male, Ger-man shepherd, great with kids needsroom to run.

One More President

We made a mistake in last week’s articleabout President’s Day. There are fivenot four former Presidents still living.We missed naming Gerald R. Ford whowas President from August 9, 1974 untilJanuary 1977. He was succeeded byJimmy Carter who had defeated him inthe 1976 Presidential election. GeraldFord has the unique distinction of havingnever been elected vice president or pres-ident of the United States yet he served inboth positions. He was nominated byPresident Richard Nixon to succeed vicepresident Spiro Agnew who resigned inOctober 1973 and then Ford succeededNixon when he resigned on August 9,1974.

2. Fat Boy, 6-month-old male, Austra-lian shepherd mix, needs a good homewith kids to love him.

3. Spookie, 2yr old male, shepherd mix,very friendly and loveable.

4. Sally, 5yr old spayed female, Labra-dor, needs a loving home.

5. Linda, 2yr old female, black Labra-dor, hunting and playing is what sheneeds.

6. Mack, 2yr old male, hound mix.

7. Spot, 2 yr old male, dalamtion mixvery nice, and really colorful.

8. Mesha, 2yr old female, Shar-pei mix,pick-up with two of her puppies.

9. Kalie, 3m old female, Shar-pei/labmix solid black in color has been wormedand first puppy shots.

10 Margo, 3m old female, Shar-pei/labmix solid black in color has been wormedand first puppy shots.

11.Litter of 6 boxer-mix puppies about8w old. Very cutie and they have beenwormed and had their first puppy shots.

Coos Curry Supply1009 Highway 101, Port Orford, OR 97465 Mon-Fri 8m-5pm(541) 332-1818 Sat.9am-Noon

90 lb. Portland Cement ............ $7.89 ea.60 lb. Mortar Mix..................... $4.39 ea.60 lb. Sakrete ............................ $2.89 ea.80 lb. Sakrete ............................ $3.25 ea.½” x 20’ Rebar ......................... $2.99 ea.4’x8’ White poly lattice .......... $13.99 ea.

Port Orford Christian Center

Rummage and Bake SaleSaturday, March 1

9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.Port Orford Christian Center ChurchCorner of 10th Street & Washington

You won’t want to miss this one, folks! Last year, we had areally huge selection of items, and we hope to have evenmore this year. All proceeds will be used to finish the

church’s new kitchen.

Arts Council Meeting

The Port Orford Arts Council holds theirmonthly meeting on Wednesday, Feb.26, 7:00pm, at the Community Building.

MS Support Group Gets Grant

The Curry General Hospital MS SupportGroup received $1,000 in grant fundingrecently from Teva Neuroscience, mak-ers of the medication Copaxone.

The group plans to use the money toimplement upcoming activities that willbe offered free or at a minimal cost to MSpatients, their families and caretakers.Activities might include t’ai chi or yoga,cooking lessons, pottery, aquatic work-outs, shopping trips and dining out.

Comments are sought from all CurryCounty MS patients and their caretakersinterested in participating in any groupactivities. The support group meets at 10a.m. every second Thursday in the hos-pital conference room. Meetings featureinformative speakers, medical staff andother educational programs.

Meeting in Brookings, Thursday, Feb.13, the group heard a presentation fromScott Clark, business manager with Bio-gen. Clark gave an overview of the dis-ease, discussing the history and effec-tiveness of various medications and thegeneral progression of MS in patients.That evening Clark also gave hospitaland community clinical staff a dinnerpresentation at Soakers restaurant. Clarksays he plans to return to Curry Countynext summer.

For more information, phone Pat andJack Oden in Brookings at (541) 469-

Technology Twister

OK, come on, I know you have a com-puter question you’ve been dying to getan answer to! So send one in, and try to“stump the techies!” If your question isanswered you’ll receive a free hour oftech support (a $40.00 value!) courtesyof Techymon Services of Port Orford,redeemable within 30 days. Submit ques-tions via email only to scottya1@earthlink.net. One question will beanswered weekly from submissions re-

9864. In Gold Beach, phone Lois Col-lum at 247-0880; or the Curry GeneralHospital community relations office,247-3187.

ceived during the seven days prior to theSunday before publication. One prizeper entrant within a 90 day period. Solet’s hear from you, but in the meantime,here’s another sample question.

Q. Dear Gurus, Recently I had my com-puter worked on to install a new modem.Ever since, there is no sound! Did thetechnician damage my system? Sincere-ly, Cant Hearit.

A. Dear Cant, most likely there is nosystem damage. Probably the new mo-dem configuration is causing hardwareor software conflicts with the audio hard-ware or software. Technicians shouldcheck out all functions after working onsystems to make sure there are no con-flicts. Conflicts can be as simple to re-solve as reinstalling hardware or soft-ware, or as complex as reinstalling theoperating system. Of course, you mighthave plugged the speakers in the wronghole. Newer systems use a green socketfor the speakers.

Beaming With Pride

45for years

Port Orford Office: 1000 Oregon St, 97465Phone: 332-3711; Fax: 332-7585

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If you’re like us, you’ve probablygot boxes of great slides that younever view because it’s too muchtrouble to set up a projector & screen. We can nowscan your slides and save them to CD-ROM so youcan see them on your computer and share them viaemail or web page! $5.00 + 79¢ per slide.

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Letter to the Editor,

The Curry County Board of Commis-sioners and Del Norte County Board ofSupervisors invite you to a special event.There will be a ribbon cutting ceremonyon Friday, February 28, at 2:00pm at theAgricultural Inspection Station (the “BugStation”) on the California/Oregon bor-der on Highway 101. This ribbon cut-ting ceremony is symbolic in openingthe border as we continue to work inpartnership promoting Economic Devel-opment and partnerships on the 101 milesof America’s Wild Rivers Coast. Fol-lowing the ribbon cutting there will be areception at the Lucky 7 Casino in SmithRiver, California.

The two counties, Del Norte County,California and Curry County, Oregonare committed to working cooperativelyon issues affecting the region. In 2002we held the first ever joint Board meet-ing in Crescent City and we will contin-ue to hold similar meetings in the future.

We invite you to join us in workingcooperatively as neighbors and to cele-brate this effort by opening up the borderon February 28.

Sincerely;

The Curry County Board of Commis-sioners and the Del Norte County Boardof Supervisors

Lucie La BonteChair, Curry County Board of

Commissioners.

2003-2004 Online Blue Book

Secretary of State Bill Bradbury todayannounced the release of the 2003 onlineversion of the Oregon Blue Book featur-ing new analyses of the state’s finances,many more state agency histories andrecords retention schedules. And, ofcourse, it includes up-to-date contactinformation and descriptions for all lev-els of government, as well as of culturaland educational institutions.

The Blue Book is Oregon’s official gov-ernment directory and encyclopedia ofhistory and facts. The online Blue Bookcan be seen at bluebook.state.or.us. Theprinted version will be available by April.

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Bartlett's CafeThursday, Feb. 20

Roast Beef DinnerFriday, Feb. 21

Ron’s ChoiceMonday, Feb. 24

Chicken EnchiladaTuesday, Feb. 25

Plankwalker SandwichWednesday, Feb. 26

Hot Meat Loaf Sandwich(Menu subject to change)

Mark Dennett To Speak

Nationally known marketing specialist,Mark Dennett, will be the guest speaker atthe Chamber of Commerce membershipmeeting on Monday, Feb. 24, 1:00pm, atthe Port and Starboard Restaurant. Den-nett is also the keynote speaker at theconference entitled “Helping Small Busi-nesses Prosper on America’s Wild RiversCoast” scheduled for Feb. 25 at the GoldBeach Fairgrounds.

Dennett, better known as “America’s Mar-keting Coach,” is president of the DennettConsulting Group in Medford, Oregonand is a popular speaker and facilitator. Hebegan this work after serving as foundingpartner of Medford’s largest full-serviceadvertising agency and 15-years as a se-nior marketing executive in the airlineindustry where he is credited with devel-oping America’s first frequent flyer pro-gram in 1980.

Dennett helped facilitate the developmentof the America’s Wild Rivers Coast Con-sortium and the Southern Oregon GolfTrails marketing group and has been in-strumental in raising more than five mil-lion dollars in cooperative marketing pro-grams for SOVA, the Southern Oregon

Roaring Sea Open House

Everyone is welcome to enjoy the sharingof artistic, musical, and edible treats atthe next Roaring Sea Open House, from2:00 to 5:00 on Sunday, February 23.Last-Sunday-of-the-Month Open Housesare held at Roaring Sea Studio-Gallerylocated at 41687 Highway 101 South,Port Orford. The entrance from thehighway is a common driveway with theSea Crest Motel.

Featured artists this month, which willbe a theme show arranged by AndeaMastrangelo, are: Magda Druzdzel, well-known water color artist of Gold Beach;Thomas Farmer, of Brookings, withacrylic paintings; Susan Lily, fromTalent, showing sculptures; AndreaMastrangelo of O’Brien, with multi-media sculptures; and Indica ReBelle, ofCave Junction, showing paintings andrelief sculptures.

The Kammeroque Ensemble will provideinformal music during the afternoon;and guest poets Maya Druzdzel and Stacy

Visitors Association. The public is invit-ed to come and hear Mark Dennett speak.

Romele will read some of their originalpoems.

Refreshments will be served, as well aspot-luck snacks. For further information,please call Donna at 332-4444.

Effluent Disposal Project

Progress during the last two months in-cluded completion of all deliverables forthe January 15, 2003 MAO timeline.The final MAO deadline is April 1, 2003where final plans and specifications willbe due to the DEQ and preparations forbidding the project will commence.

On February 4, a design review meetingwas held to update resource agencies,the City and DEQ on the timelines for theproject. Permitting timelines, propertyacquisition, site-specific geotechnicalwork, a botanical survey and possibly aWestern Lily mitigation plan, and fund-ing are now the major obstacles to over-come before the project can be contract-ed for construction. Both the City staffand SHN are working diligently to ad-dress these issues and resolve them in atimeframe allows the project to be con-structed in 2003.

Steven K. Donovan, PE, SHN Engineers

RememberThe Crazy Norwegians

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VISITORS WELCOMECALL 332-4444 DONNA ROSELIUS41687 Hwy. 101 S. Port Orford, Oregon

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Dock Tackle & SeafoodOpen all through winter

Hours 8 to 5, Open Thurs., Fri., & Sat.Local catch Fish-n-Chips, Burgers, Gifts,

Fishing Gear, and BaitFresh local fish fillets when available.

(541) 332-8985

SERVICES

JUANITA REDDING HENNICK Bar-ber / Hairdresser 332-6791.

JOHN B. HOUSER, Barber-Hairdresser,553 – 19th Street, Port Orford, 332-2050.Hours Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,Friday from 10 to 5. Closed Saturday.

INTERIOR EXTERIOR DESIGN andRemodel, lots of local references. Qualityworkmanship. Licensed, bonded and in-sured and BBB member. CCB# 132941.Call 347-2259. Eugene Hill Construc-tion.

KEY’Z LOCKSMITH SERVICE –keys, installations, repairs, locks opened.Auto, home, business. Bonded 332-7404.

THE GURU IS IN! Here’s a computertechnology expert who can deliver whatyou need. Set-up to overhaul, desktop tonetwork, web page to database, tutoringto training, friendly “techie” at your ser-vice. Scotty 332-0530.

WILD HORSE SALON, MichelleWagner, Complete hair care and prod-ucts. 14th & Idaho, Port Orford. 332-0367.

CAN DO – all types lawn & yard work,mowing, weeding, tree trimming, gardenrototiling and small concrete jobs, side-walks, patios, etc. Reasonably. 348-2212.

REAL ESTATE & RENTALS

RENTAL PROPERTIES Available.Please check our new website to viewwhat’s available: www.bandonrentals.com. Or call Oregon Properties PropertyManagement at: 541-347-1876 (office);541-5307190 (mobile).

VACATION HOME RENTAL. Stepback in time for a cozy, relaxing vacationin a 1920’s home with history. Details atwww.thejoanofarc.com or www.vacationhomes.com. 541-332-0516.

FOR RENT: Trailer and RV spaces avail-able 180.00 per month includes watersewer and cable. Monthly rental only.Call 541-332-8265.

TOTALLY REMODELED spacious 2bedroom with separate study, large fam-ily room, 2 bathrooms, fireplace, elegantmaster suite, basement, lake access, in-cludes washer/dryer $650 month, firstplus security deposit. No pets, no smok-ing. 332-5044.

28’ SILVER STREAK TRAILER.$250 per month includes utilities, or rentto own at $350 per month. Nice location.No smoking. Ref. required. 332-0123.

3 BEDROOM WITH GARAGE Lakefront. View of lake and ocean. $650.00per month. 332-1435.

REAL NICE HOUSE FOR RENT,newly redone, ideal for older couple,$500.00 plus deposit, leave message 332-1715.

EMPLOYMENT

CITY ADMINISTRATOR. PortOrford, located on southern Oregon coast.Population 1200. $2.5M total annual bud-get. Six member council plus mayor.Twelve employees. Water, sewer, police,municipal court, parks, volunteer firedepartment. Serves as CEO reporting toMayor and Council. Requirements: 5years increasing managerial / administra-tive responsibility in a municipal

government environment; or, two yearsexperience in municipal or nonprofit en-vironment with a Bachelor degree inpublic administration or a related field..Up to $32K DOQ plus benefits and PERSretirement. For required application andjob description contact City Administra-tor Search, City of Port Orford, PO Box310, Port Orford, OR 97465, 541-332-3681, or portorfordcityh@harborside.com. Job closes 4:30 pm Friday, March7th, 2003.

TAKING APPLICATINGS for a physi-cally demanding retail position. Must begood with people and plants. Apply at101 Plants & Things, Bandon. No phonecalls, please.

NEEDED ELDER CARE RELIEFPerson 3 days/week Flexible hours, ne-gotiable duties. Good pay. Possibleseparate living quarters. 332-6880.

GARAGE SALES

LARGE SALE: Feb. 21st, 22nd, 23rd

9:00am – 5:00pm 1330 Lakeshore Dr.Fridge, furniture, freezer, householdgoods, bikes, dive gear, antiques. Some-thing for everyone.

6-PARTY GARAGE SALE Feb. 22, 9-3, Red Building Croft Rd. 9 mi. So. ofBandon. Exercise bike, treadmills, décoritems, books, material, kitchen items, rugs,children & adult clothing, antiques, fur-niture, new clothes, toys, lots of misc.

SIXES GRANGE GARAGE SALE re-opens Feb. 21 & 22 9am – 4pm. Watches,Radios, Jewelry, ladies clothing, lots ofmiscellaneous.

Seaweed NaturalGrocery & Cafe

Store Hours M-S: 10-6, Cafe 10-3832 Hwy 101, Port Orford

(541) 332-3640

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THE WOODEN NICKELHandcrafted Myrtlewood

Retail - Wholesale(541) 332-52011205 Oregon St.

Port Orford, OR 97465

Curry Public TransitRemember: We are

here for you

332-5771

MISCELLANEOUS

FREE COME AND TAKE IT Lumber,plumbing parts, sliding glass doors, fueltanks, pipe, vents & more, bring trailer7.5 miles Elk River Rd. Fri & Sat 9-5.

WANTED: GLASS BALLS, clocks,banjos, antiques. Buy or sonsign in shopor Ebay. Timeworn Treasures, servingespresso & tea, 345 Oregon next toMicki’s. 332-2046.

DO YOU HAVE DOUBTS you’ll letyour son live to see 18? Help is coming…

OPEN HOUSE FOR WILL WITT(VanDorin) Sat. Feb. 22, 2003, LakesideGardens Apt. #6. 1534 Arizona, 3 to 5 pmto say farewell and good luck.

’93 29 FT. ALJO 5TH WHEEL trailerwith 6 ft slide-out. 332-1073.

BAREROOT BERRIES, fruit trees andornamentals. Plant now! Great prices!And fantastic trees! B&B Feed, Langlois.

HO TRAIN SALE. CHEAP. 10 yr.Collection. By the piece, set, box. Hun-dreds of items. After 5pm weekdays. Allday weekends. 332-6037, ask for Dave.

FOR SALE CERAMIC MOLDS andglazes. Too many to list. Call 332-8135.

1998 HONDA CIVIC EX loaded, lowmileage 332-7809.

FOR SALE 1974 FORD 4 WHEELdrive truck needs work but not much$100.00 o.b.o.

COMPUTER FOR SALE: factory re-furbished eMachines Athelon 1.9Ghz,256Mb RAM, 80Gb Hard Disk, 24x CD-RW, DVD drive, 56k Modem, networkport, 4 USB ports, sound, video. Comeswith keyboard & mouse. WinXP Homeinstalled and restore disk is included.$550. The Downtown Fun Zone, 832Hwy 101, Port Orford. 332-6565.

SCULPTOR’S NOTICE: Local artistoffers one of a kind hand carved doorfronts and architectural elements, furni-ture and free standing sculpture. Alsoseeks large green unmilled hardwood forfuture projects. Call Boomer 332-0900.

CARPET CLEANING, expert service,fast dry time, best prices guaranteed.Michael 541-251-0411 anytime!

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN! The ShellShack will be open random days andhours during the month of February. Sorryfor the inconvenience, Paula.

LIVE DUNGENESS CRAB now avail-able thru the winter. Call 332-2245.

RV AWNINGS (new/used) Big selec-tion of quality rebuilt RV Awnings andscreen rooms. Can deliver or install atyour campsite. Big selection of NEW RVWindow awnings most sizes $99 each.These awnings work great on patios anddecks also. Best prices guaranteed. Webuy old RV Awnings and parts too. Re-pairing old RV Awnings our specialty.Gold Beach 247-8279.

CARPET TECH Carpet and UpholsteryCleaning now serves Port Orford. Satis-faction guaranteed or the job is free. Allwe leave is the clean. 347-2259.

PREPAID PHONE CARDS – 2-hourcards – no minimum usage! The Down-town Fun Zone.

NEW VIDEOS: “Spy Kids 2”, “City bythe Sea”, “One Hour Photo”, “Rules ofAttraction”, “Stealing Harvard”, “HappyTimes”, “Maybe Baby”, “Shackleton”,“Operator”, “Anniversary Party”, “FourFeathers”, “Slaughter Rule”, “SleepingDictionary”, “Mostly Martha”, andValerie’s favorite, the first season of theBBC TV show, “Coupling”. We still havemore titles to put out so be sure to stop byand see what’s new. Please rememberitems are due back by 3:30pm the nextbusiness day. For videotapes, DVD’s,Sony Playstation, or Nintendo gamescome on down to The Downtown FunZone. Open 9:30-6 Mon-Thurs and 9:30-7 Friday and Saturday. Closed Sundays.

MINI STORAGE/U-HAUL. 200+ stor-age units, 150+ climate controlled.Airport-U-Stor, across from Ocean Spray347-4356.

Bus Stop Moves Again!

Last week we announced that Curry Pub-lic Transit’s bus stop was moving fromthe Battle Rock Wayside to the DockRoad triangle. Maybe that was too muchlike the Bermuda Triangle, I don’t know,but they are moving the stop back toBattle Rock effective immediately. Atleast until further notice.

USB

USB, the Universal Serial Buss, is thenew standard for attaching devices toyour comptuer. USB 1 runs at 12Mbpswhile USB 2 runs at 480Mbps! If yourcomputer doesn’t have USB 2 ports, youcan add them with an inexpensive card.

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ket (since 1934 but now surrounded bythe Grove, an outdoor “upscale” shop-ping mall, Beverlywood Bakery on Picoand Oakhurst (1947), The Brooklyn Ba-gel Bakery (established at Adams andWest Streets in 1953 but since moved toBeverly Blvd near downtown) and theWhistlestop Train Shop in Pasadena(since 1951 but they did move locationsonce in 52 years.) Valerie spent a fewminutes visiting C&H Sales Co., an elec-tronics surplus store on Colorado Blvd.in Pasadena. They’ve been around formore than 50 years though Valerie’smemories of them only go back to themid-70’s.

On Wednesday night, we had dinner atyet another historic landmark, the BrassElephant located in the Aztec Hotel onhistoric Route 66 in Monrovia. TheAztec Hotel is now under new manage-ment and has been placed on the Nation-al Register of Historic Places. It wasbuilt in the 1920’s by architect RobertStacy-Judd and is reputed to be his finestwork. Although not authentic, the dec-orations and design clearly bring to mindthe Aztec and Mayan cultures. There aremany interesting features from the brasselephant heads whose trunks hold thebrass rail around the bar, to an authenticplug-and-hole type telephone switch-board still used by the hotel, to the an-tique ceiling fans all driven by belts froma single motor. (For a historic local ex-ample of belt driven equipment, see BillFoster’s Battle Rock Garage!)

Well, we didn’t run out of interestingthings to see, but we did run out of weekand we had to head home. Hope youenjoyed our tour with us.

Waterfall Hike

Francis Guthridge, FNP, Brookings pri-mary care provider, sheds her stetho-scope and dons her hiking boots whenshe leads a free coastal waterfalls walk,

10 a.m., Saturday, March 8, along aportion of the Oregon Coast Trail northof Brookings.

Curry General Hospital sponsors the hikeas part of its Sole Pursuits walking andfitness program.

The hike starts at the Whaleshead View-point parking lot, about a half mile southof Whaleshead State Park, off Highway101.

Those traveling from Brookings-Harborcan carpool at 9:40 a.m., from The Brook-ings Clinic parking lot, 412 Alder. Thoseleaving from north county can carpool at9:20 a.m., from the Curry General Hos-pital Annex parking lot, 94220 FourthSt. in Gold Beach.

Guthridge is a former Montana residentwho relocated to the Brookings area lastyear. She practices with Marge Bismarck,FNP, in The Brookings Clinic, acrossfrom the Chetco Community Public Li-brary. An outdoor lover, she advocateswalking and hiking as a good way to stayhealthy while enjoying the beauty of thecoast.

The trail winds up and down throughvaried vegetation including a canopy ofspruce as well as wide-open headlandsaffording expansive views of the coast-line. It is suitable for fit beginners throughexperienced trekkers. Hikers will passby two waterfalls between the trailheadand the turnaround at House Rock.

Participants should wear sturdy shoesand come prepared for wet weather. Bringsnacks and water. Organizers suggestthat out-of-shape walkers also bring abuddy to accompany them back to theircars if walking becomes too strenuous.

Forthcoming hikes include:

$ April 26 Brian McNulty leads thegroup through the prehistoric andgeologically fascinating IndianSands.

$ May 17 Dr. Reg and Chris Williamsinvite participants to trails at theirequine ranch — part of the 1890’sWedderburn Race Track.

$ June 7 Investigate the aftermath ofthe Biscuit Fire in the Windy Val-ley/Snow Camp area of the Siskiy-ous. Skye Seiber, US Forest Ser-vice, guides.

$ July 19 Loop along the easy, butbreath-taking, Shrader Old-GrowthTrail east of Gold Beach with PamTracy, RN.

$ August 9 Azalea Middle Schoolcoach JoAnn VanDerschaaf leadshikers across the river at low-waterand up the Chetco River Gorge Trail.

For more information, phone Sole Pur-suits at Curry General Hospital, (541)247-3187; or 1-800-445-8085, ext. 187.

Veteran’s Roll CallOwen Miller, Veteran, Vietnam

Beginning this week I’ve been given theopportunity to honor our most valuedmilitary veterans of World War II, Koreaand Vietnam. Each week I will proudlylist military service to his or her country.

Roll Call: Week One – Seaman LeonardFoster, Merchant Marines 1943-46.

Tour of Duty: Battle at Tocolaban, Ley-ette, Philippines 1944

Landing at Iwo Jima, Japan 1945. Oki-nawa, Japan 1945

Our thanks Sir!

Coos-Curry Meeting

The regular meeting of the Board ofDirectors of Coos-Curry Electric Coop-erative, Inc. will be on Friday, February21, 10:00am at the Cooperative’s head-quarters in Port Orford.