Thursday, January 30, 1997Vol 8. Number 05

© 1997 by The Downtown Fun Zone

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Port Introduces New Dock PlansBy Evan Kramer

The Port of Port Orford held a publicmeeting on Monday at the CommunityBuilding and introduced the preliminarydesigns for the proposed dock improve-ment plan. The plans were drawn by theSeattle firm of Peratrovich, Nottinghamand Drase. David Pierce represented thefirm at the meeting and explained thearchitectural renderings. The grants forthe dock plans comes from a $225,000grant from the Economic DevelopmentAdministration (timber dollars) and a$50,000 Regional Strategies (lotterymoney) grant plus $25,000 in Port money.$150,000 is earmarked for the planningphase and another $150,000 is budgetedfor construction management.

The Port is searching for grants in theneighborhood of 4 to 5 million dollars foractual construction of the new dock. Oneof the many big differences in the pro-posed new plans are they include up to18,000 additional square feet of dockspace. Meanwhile the Army Corps ofEngineers is working on a dredge man-agement plan which is as important as anew dock.

I spoke with the very knowledgeable Portof Port Orford manager Gayle Paige whohas been working diligently on this project

for at least five years. She told me thatthree million dollars worth of fish saleswere generated at the Port in 1996. Latershe stated 1.6 million dollars worth ofcrab were landed at the Port in 1996. Shesaid in 1989 the Port generated 3 milliondollars in fish sales which translated into6 million dollars worth of regional ben-efits.

David Pierce described the new dockdesign as an “open cell sheet pile bulk-head”. The new dock will be a radicallynew design over the current dock. Forone thing it will no longer be a woodendock built on wooden pier pilings. Thenew dock will consist of a scalloped ½”thick steel wall with a concrete asphaltpaved deck. The area under the dock willconsist of earth fill. Pierce said the newpart of the dock would be built first. Oncethat is done the old dock will be replaced.Some of the features in the plans includea 5 foot high concrete wall facing thesouthwest where the sport boats park.The reason for this was to prevent rocksfrom being thrown into the parking areaduring heavy storms as well as excesswater. The 5 foot concrete wall ideawasn’t well received and it will probablybe changed. A large storm drainage chan-nel is planned on the dock where waterwill drain into an oil/water separator builtto Department of Environmental Qualitystandards. There will still be a floating

dock and the boat parking area was shownas arranged differently.

There was concern expressed about thecondition of the breakwater including thedeteriorating situation at the dog leg part.Gayle Paige spoke about possibly open-ing up part of the dog leg. She said weneed Congressman Peter De Fazio’s sup-port for attaining a study of the breakwa-ter. DeFazio’s assistant, Jana Doerr, at-tended Monday’s meeting. She had someencouraging things to say about theproject. She said money will be gotten forthis project because Port Orford contin-ues to land sufficient tonnage and the Portis doing its job.

David Pierce said his company has de-signed several docks like this which havebeen built in Alaska.

Some of the other suggestions for the newdock were a pedestrian walkway, a publicfishing pier at the end of the dock andpossibly some benches and a recommen-dation the Port use cut-off or directedlighting.

In response to a question from the audi-ence Gayle Paige said the Port would liketo use local labor as far as constructionbut the amount depends on governmentrequirements.

Big Plansfor

New Dock!

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Thu Jan 30 3:59a 7.0 10:31a 2.6 4:14p 5.3 9:58p 2.5 7:32a 5:29p 12:26a 11:08aFri Jan 31 4:42a 7.0 11:37a 2.3 5:32p 5.0 10:48p 3.1 7:31a 5:31p 1:24a 11:42a 3QSat Feb 1 5:32a 7.2 12:45p 1.7 7:00p 4.9 11:51p 3.5 7:29a 5:32p 2:24a 12:21pSun Feb 2 6:28a 7.4 1:48p 1.1 8:20p 5.2 7:28a 5:33p 3:23a 1:06pMon Feb 3 1:03a 3.6 7:26a 7.7 2:44p 0.3 9:22p 5.7 7:27a 5:35p 4:20a 1:58pTue Feb 4 2:12a 3.6 8:24a 8.1 3:35p -0.4 10:12p 6.2 7:26a 5:36p 5:15a 2:56pWed Feb 5 3:14a 3.3 9:19a 8.5 4:22p -0.9 10:56p 6.7 7:25a 5:37p 6:06a 4:05pThu Feb 6 4:10a 2.8 10:12a 8.8 5:07p -1.3 11:39p 7.2 7:24a 5:38p 6:52a 5:14p

Official WeatherProvided by the City of Port Orford

Public Utilities Department

Date High Low RainFri Jan 17 57 52 ---Sat Jan 18 57 52 .85Sun Jan 19 64 53 TraceMon Jan 20 55 46 1.25Tue Jan 21 49 42 1.54Wed Jan 22 48 35 .24Thu Jan 23 50 33 ---Fri Jan 24 51 34 ---

Senior NewsBy Mary Yoder

You know last week I said BeginningBonsai was on Fridays - well I got a callsaying there wasn’t enough sign up sothere will not be any classes at the center.

The luncheon on January 25 was deli-cious food. Those making it so good wereKay Neal, Greta Carver, Peigi Stahl,Glorene Godfry, Roald Young, PattieYoung and June Dennison doing the set

up, etc. Clair Stahl as usual took care ofthe money.

Then the same night the dance: Gee Idon’t know what the Champaynes havebeen doing but they sure did a good jobplaying. Now they have a clarinet, sax,keyboard - it’s really something. If youdidn’t get to the dance you missed some-thing special. The volunteers who helpedmake it special were June Dennison, LeeHyle, Art Klima. The lunch at the breakwas delicious. We had three young girls atthe dance. They had such a good time.They asked could they come again.

The next thing up is the birthday party forFebruary 2nd, Sunday. Better put in whohas a birthday: Mildred Welch the 2nd,Lyman Beach the 7th, Ina Lefter, RobertSwanson and Betty Gaia the 8th, CalvinDisher the 9th, Wayne Geotter the 10th,Forrest Kirby the 11th, Lorraine Hass the12th, George Gehrke the 14th, BethNewkirk the 15th, Lucille Douglas the18th, Nadine Oliver the 22nd, Rita Bannon

the 24th, Kenneth Beldon the 27th, GraceHauck the 27th, Adda Rose, and PennyWalkup the 28th. Happy birthday to all ofyou.

The Pinochle game is February 3rd, Mon-day - can’t believe January is almost gone.

I’ll close with this:

Some days we walk a lonely path, withtear drops in our eyes

Caught up in worries of the day, before werealize,

That friends are there to share the load, nomatter what the task;

The weight is less when shared by two, allwe need to do is ask.

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An increase of outpatient services and anew emphasis on clinical care this yearhelped boost Curry General Hospital’spatient use in nearly all categories, rang-ing from outpatient services to emergencyroom visits, announced Randy Scholten,hospital administrator.

TOPSThe Weight Loss Journey

The lure of the journey is strong. It takesus away from what we’ve always known,promising fresh vistas and new experi-ences. It offers possibilities for re-makingourselves and living the life we couldonly dream about in our normal surround-ings.

“Losing weight is like embarking on ajourney,” said Peggy Ahlgrim, a spokes-person for TOPS Club, Inc. “Now, as thenew year begins and resolutions are stillfresh, take a few moments to think aboutwhat makes a successful journey. Applythe same principles to your weight-lossjourney.”

Here are some travel tips as you embarkon your weight-loss journey from TOPS.

Before you leave, determine your desti-nation. Consult your physician and get areasonable diet and exercise recommen-dation from him or her. Only your doctorcan tailor an individualized program to fityour specific needs.

Think about your journey. This heightensanticipation and prolongs the pleasure ofyour trip. Think about how you will feelhealthier and lighter. Imagine feelingstronger.

Talk to your travel agent and make reser-vations. Ask other people how their weightloss journey worked for them, gather tipsand information. Then, set reasonablesmall goals for yourself that you can re-ally achieve. Tell other people about yourgoals. Ask for support.

Choose your travel companions. Manytimes, being a part of a tour group en-hances your experience. It helps to takeothers along to share your experiences,challenges, and success.

Budget for your trip. Don’t be hookedinto diet gimmicks, high prices food, orfancy equipment.

Pack appropriately. That means light! Eat

light feel light. Enjoy light.

Finally, show off your pictures. Let ev-eryone enjoy seeing the new you!

One word of caution: Don’t think of yoursuccessful weight loss as the end of yourjourney or you’ll be disappointed to findyou’ll need to take the same journey again.Think of this as the beginning of manynew travels to come. Start planning all theexciting new things you want to do, nowthat you’ve achieved your goal of weightloss.

TOPS Club, Inc. Is a nonprofit, noncom-mercial support group for individuals in-terested in losing weight and maintainingthat weight loss for a lifetime. There arealmost 12,000 weekly meetings. For in-formation on a chapter nearest you call 1-800-932-8677.

Reporting to the Curry Health Districtboard during its regular monthly meeting,Jan. 15, Scholten distributed census fig-ures comparing 1995 to 1996 in severalcategories of patient use.

Short stay discharges increased along withsurgeries, and ER visits.

Scholten praised the hospital staff for“digging in and working hard during thepast year of whirlwind changes. Staffwere subjected to policy changes andmanagement changes that resulted in anincreased workload in all departments.My gratitude goes out to everyone.”

He also praised the former managementcouncil - his predecessor, former admin-istrator William A. Nickerson, M.D., alongwith former director of clinical services,Sandie Hannah, R.N., and chief of medi-cal staff Reg Williams, M.D., for “turningthe hospital around.”

“It was a hard job, hard on the staff and tosome extent hard on the community. Butif they didn’t do what they did, then thehospital might not even be here today,” hesaid.

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Soroptimist Training Award

The Soroptimist International Club ofGold Beach is holding its annual trainingaward program. It is a $500 award basedon application to gain training to re-enterthe workforce. It is designed to helpwomen, who are single heads of house-holds, gain additional education and skillsto better themselves either in their currentjob or a new job. This award is availableto women who live in Northern or CentralCurry County. Last year’s winner wasJudy Miles of Port Orford who is workingand continuing her education in EarlyChildhood toward an Associate’s degreefrom SWOCC.

North Curry Service Center

The North Curry Service Center may beknown to many north Curry County resi-dents as “the blue building” or “the HealthDepartment Building”. Since July 1994when the center was initially incorpo-rated as a “service integration site”, it hashad two project names. Initially it becameNorth Curry Families and Children’sCenter, and was then re-named the NorthCurry Service Center.

The initial vision of the board of directorswas to develop a central location thatwould provide comprehensive programsand services to meet the needs of Northcounty residents. As the center became areality, and through the name changesand expansion of partners participating,this has remained a significant part of thegoal for this project. Initially there twelveproviders of public services participatingin the project. The current list of serviceproviders includes forty public and pri-vate non-profit agencies and organiza-tions that provide service in some mannerthrough the center.

To celebrate the success of our project,and to gather suggestions from the com-munity regarding other ideas or needsthey may have, the providers for NorthCurry Service Center are sponsoring a“Celebration of our Success” open house.It will be Friday January 31, at the center(blue building), from 4pm-5:30pm. Therewill be an opportunity to use the OregonEmployment Department kiosk, which is

an interactive computer that provides jobinformation for Curry County, statewide,and nationally through America’s jobbank. Other service providers will beavailable to provide information and an-swer any questions. Children’s activitieswill be available that will focus on careerchoices. Refreshments will be served, anda drawing for a door prize will be held.We hope that members of the communitywill take this opportunity to come see ourproject, and provide us with ideas forfuture needs.

Applications are available from KathleenMichelson at the Gold Beach Office ofSWOCC, 247-2741, or from Janet Prettiin Port Orford at 332-5810. The applica-tions are due February 17, 1997.

The Training Award Program is one ofthe many community-orientated programsof Soroptimist International of GoldBeach. If you are interested in member-ship or other programs of Soroptimist,please call Juli Marstall, President, at247-6475.

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Son: I’d like a portable radio, dad, in thedashboard of a new car to help carry it.

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Curry General Hospital

Sharon Richards of Brookings joins thestaff of Curry General Hospital as direc-tor of business services, announced RandyScholten, administrator. Her first day wasThursday, January 2nd.

Richards comes to Curry County fromMercy Health Care - Bakersfield (CA)where she supervised inpatient accountsfor a 200 bed hospital and a 60 bedhospital.

She and her husband, Michael, live inBrookings with their two youngest chil-dren, Megan, 14, and Courtney, 12. Herhusband is a respiratory therapist withSutter Coast Hospital in Crescent City.

“We’ve always loved the Pacific North-west,” Richards says. “Both of us grew upin small towns. We found Brookings to bethe place where we wanted our youngestchildren to finish growing up.”

The family loves to camp and travel, andlooks forward to trying the local fishing.

Letter To The Editor,

I have been on the City Council for twoyears now working closely with our pub-lic works department. I would like toshare with you, the citizens of Port Orford,some thoughts on this department and thepeople that make it work for all of us.

We never need to talk to the public workspeople when things are going well, andthings usually go very well in our city.Things are going well because of the finejob that they are doing to keep our infra-structure functioning, as it should. Dur-ing those times when our winter stormsare especially severe as they were in lateDecember all four of the public works

employees must put in many extra hoursof overtime just to keep our sewer andwater systems safe and functioning asthey should. I know that they were forcedto work all night on New Year’s Eve, andthis was on top of seventeen hours the daybefore.

While all those directly connected withthe city government try to do whatever wecan to keep morale high in this depart-ment, we could sure use some help fromyou, the general public. Just wave at thedriver when you see one of the city truckspassing by, or better yet say a word ofthanks or appreciation to the public worksperson when you see them out working inthe city. A small show of public apprecia-

tion would do more than anything else asa morale builder.

Ralph Donaldson

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Christian Women’s Club Din-ner

You are invited to the next meeting of theLanglois/Port Orford Christian Women’sClub dinner at the Port Orford SeniorCenter on Wednesday, February 5, at6:30pm. The cost of the dinner is $6.00.

The theme this month is “Heart to HeartDinner” . The special feature is entitled“Getting to the Heart of the Matter” andwill be presented Pamela Green of PennValley, California. She owns the“Hangup”, a custom closet and storagebusiness.

Entertainment is “Hearty Notes” Thespeaker is also Pamela Green. Her talk iscalled “Memories from the Heart”.

Reservations are essential and cancella-tions necessary and can be made by call-ing 332-5402 or 332-2765.

Open House

Aerobically fit Salley Wade of Gold Beachdemonstrates how she stays that way ofthe DP Fit For Life PulseStrider 2600.Salley and her mother, Collette, will con-duct a fund raising raffle for their fitnesstreadmill during Curry General Hospital’sfourth annual Valentine Sunday OpenHouse, Feb. 9, in the Gold Beach hospi-tal. Motorized treadmills such as thisPulseStrider commonly retail from $300to $500. Tickets (three for $1) will be soldduring the open house only. A winner willbe drawn the same day. Questions? AskSalley Wade. She plans to demonstrate itsuse during the open house.

Y.E.S.

The Y.E.S. program (Youth EmpoweredBy Seniors) has placed 48 Mentors inBrookings, Gold Beach, Port Orford, andNorth Curry County schools. The Men-tors are friends of 151 students. As youcan see the program needs more seniors tobecome involved in this program. It only

takes one hour a week at the school inyour community. All mentoring is doneon the school campus at time that isconvenient with your busy schedules. It isone of the most rewarding volunteerprojects in the R.S.V.P. program. Formore information on the program callLorelei Kunz at the R.S.V.P. office. 247-2422.

Dr. Tom PitchfordOffice Hours:

Mon, Wed, Thu, FriPlease call for appointment

Dr. McMakin, Chiropractorhere on Tuesdays

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CCCCF

I have served as Program Director for theCurry County Commission on Childrenand Families for almost three years. Thisis a report to the community.

Although the CCCCF is new, it had pre-decessors, which were mainly concernedwith older children at risk of delinquency,substance abuse, early pregnancy, andacademic failure. The CCCCF mandate,under State House Bill 2004 is muchbroader. We are to be concerned for thegeneral welfare of all our children fromprenatal through adolescence and theirfamilies.

The vision of the CCCCF is marvelous;identifying and improving supports forchildren and families, fleshed out bybenchmarks, which are measures of howour children are doing. Benchmarks in-clude rates of available child care, immu-nizations, perinatal care, child abuse, ju-venile crime, teen pregnancy, and sub-stance abuse. But realizing the vision isproving to be a monumental task.

First, the CCCCF administers 9 grantsthat total less than $300,000 for the bien-nium, which in a county with 4,700 chil-dren, works out to be about $32 per childper year.

Second, the CCCCF has limited freedomto encourage innovative programs to ful-fill the vision because the money comesfrom state and federal programs, whodefine how to spend it. Also, some must

be committed to vital programs such asCASA (Court Appointed Special Advo-cates) and Court Services because of dedi-cated grant streams.

Finally, although the CCCCF is chargedby the Legislature to “establish and definepolicies for services to children and fami-lies”, we are intrusted with less than 1%of the dollars that the state and localgovernments invest in our children.

Looking forward, the CCCCF intends tocontinue to promote healthy childrenthrough community education and advo-cacy. Toward that end, a major priority ofthe Commission has been to work withour community partners to fight alcoholand drug abuse among children and theirparents.

An ounce of prevention is worth a poundof cure. Investing dollars in a “recreation:program, which is about basic values andskills, is a lot cheaper than a year injuvenile lock-up. The cost of a visitingnurse for a first time mother is 100 timesbetter than the cost of foster care or resi-dential treatment for a severely disturbedchild.

In Curry County, we can be grateful thatpeople care about the future of our chil-

dren. We can be grateful for the volun-teers in Scouts, athletics, churches, theYES mentoring program in our schools,and elsewhere who either work directlywith our children or support those whodo. We can be grateful for the profession-als who give their lives to working forchildren. Often they get neither the re-spect nor remuneration they deserve. Yetthese dedicated and talented people chooseto invest their lives in our children.

But, beyond the programs we fund, Iremain excited about the potential for ourstate and local Commissions for Childrenand Families to help improve all of thesystems, public and private, that seek toserve our younger citizens.

Janette Couture is the program Directorof the Curry County Commission on Chil-dren and Families, a policy, planning andfunding board composed of citizens com-mitted to creating change for healthierresults for our children and their families.

Just A Reminder

The Friends of the Port Orford Library areholding their semi-annual book sale onSaturday, February 1, from 9:00am to4:00pm in the city hall council chambers.For more info please call 332-5662.

High Temp Low Temp Avg Avg Inches # Days Rainy PeriodMonth(s) Temp Month(s) Temp High Low Rain Rain Month Days Inches

1996 Sep 83 Feb 29 59.9 45.8 107.55 166 Dec 25 24.671995 Aug 77 Dec 32 60.9 47.5 83.31 164 Jan/Dec 27/24 19.47 / 16.251994 Sep 89 Nov 27 60.0 45.4 66.46 143 Nov / Dec 22 / 20 11.24 / 11.191993 Oct 82 Nov 27 61.0 45.7 72.61 165 Apr / Dec 27 / 16 13.04 / 14.781992 Aug 86 Dec 30 62.7 47.2 55.56 141 Dec 26 14.541991 Oct 88 Jan 27 61.4 45.5 55.53 127 Nov 23 7.611990 Sep 84 Dec 13 60.1 45.7 67.36 151 Jan 23 14.651989 Sep 86 Feb 19 60.6 45.0 57.46 136 Mar 30 16.031988 Sep 85 Jan 28 60.8 45.6 61.20 145 Nov 27 16.171987 Oct 89 Jan 27 62.3 46.3 70.66 126 Dec 23 22.771986 Oct 85 Dec 29 61.8 46.3 87.27 144 Jan 22 13.57

Temp Temp Avg Avg # Days Rain for Most In Cumulative Rain For YearHigh Low High Low Rain Month 24hrs Days Inches

Jan 61 33 53.1 41.9 26 15.13 2.10 26 15.13Feb 68 29 55.7 42.7 21 16.53 2.15 47 31.66Mar 65 34 56.4 41.7 15 8.87 1.47 62 40.53Apr 70 38 58.6 45.3 18 9.99 1.70 80 50.52May 66 39 59.0 46.7 9 5.47 1.35 89 55.99Jun 68 45 64.1 49.5 3 .76 .44 92 56.75Jul 70 49 65.9 51.7 4 .86 .46 96 57.61Aug 73 47 66.8 51.2 2 .07 .05 98 57.68Sep 83 40 66.0 49.0 5 1.74 1.19 103 59.42Oct 81 32 61.2 45.2 17 6.98 1.35 120 66.40Nov 68 36 56.5 42.8 21 16.48 5.65 141 82.88Dec 62 31 54.9 42.4 25 24.67 3.54 166 107.55Total ‘95 83 29 59.9 45.8

Number of Days in Temperature Range (‘96)(Highs) (Lows)

80 70 60 50 40 50 40 30 20Jan 2 21 8 2 18 11Feb 6 16 7 7 12 9 1Mar 7 22 2 2 18 11Apr 1 9 20 4 24 2May 10 21 9 20 2Jun 29 1 13 17Jul 3 28 27 4

Aug 4 26 1 21 10Sep 1 6 19 4 14 16Oct 1 2 14 14 6 21 4

Nov 5 25 1 24 5Dec 3 27 1 4 20 7

Total 2 16 158 172 18 110 204 51 1

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Port OrfordWeather Statistics 1996

Courtesy of Gene Traglioowner of

Bonnie’s Ice Cream ParlorCompiled from:

Data furnished by the City of Port OrfordPublic Utilities Department,

Climatological Station Location: CityWater Plant, north side Buffington Park

Time of Observation: 8:30am daily

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(541) 332-6565 Voice or FAX

Forest Service Open House

The Gold Beach Ranger District of theUnited States Forest Service will hold itsannual open house this Thursday evening,January 30, in the Blue Room of the CurryCounty Annex. Doors open at 6:30pmwith presentations beginning at 7:00pm.A question and answer period follows.For more information contact the DistrictOffice at 541-247-3600.

Open House and Reception

The Employment Kiosk is now in placeand an open house and reception will beheld on Friday, January 31, at the Service

Center (County Annex Building) in PortOrford from 4:00-5:30pm. Providers fromthe various agencies will be on hand tomeet with the community.

Port Orford Discount Drug(Your Convenient HOME-T OWN Drug Store)

Local pharmacist, De Loy Dennisis keeping local pharmacy service alive in Port Orford!

Full-Service Computerized Drug Storeshould be open by the end of January at

755 Oregon Street (Hwy 101)Port Orford

(Across the street from the Rick Cook Gallery)

Don’t worry! You don’t have to leave town!

For refills or new prescriptions right nowJust call De Loy (or have your doctor phone or FAX)

Voice FAX(541) 572-5010 (541) 572-2859

Your prescription will be delivered at no extra charge to:Your Port Orford, Sixes, or Langlois Post Office

Curry Family Medical $ Dr. Pitchford’s office $ Dr. Hardesty’s office

Orders placed by 5:30pmwill be delivered by 8:00am the next morning

We honor most prescription insurance plans.

MelandarJewelry & Gifts

We�re Changingour Store�sLocation

But not our LOWPRICES or Excellent

Service.Now open 7 days a week.

Starting Feb. 1 in theContinuum Building, Old

Town Bandon

11th & BaltimoreNext to Bandon Post Office

347-3965

Howard S. LichtigAttorney at Law

BankruptcyInjuries / AccidentsCriminal Defense

Marriage - Family LawProbate / ConservatorsOregon & CA Licenses

332 - 6060

CFCUChetco Federal Credit Union

EqualHousingLender

NCUA

1000 Oregon, Port Orford (541) 332-3711

Saving For The FutureCan Be As Easy As Pie

at Chetco Federal Credit Union.

Call us for information on ourrates, terms and membershiprequirements.

Sixes Grange

Pomona Grange will be hosted at SixesGrange on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 10:30am.A pot-luck dinner will be served at noon.

Sixes Grange #856 will hold its monthlybusiness meeting Monday, February 3 at7:30pm at the Grange Hall next to SixesStore. All Grange members are welcomeat both events.

Rogue River Bridge Memories

The Curry County Historical Society willpresent a program about the Rogue RiverBridge on Friday night, January 31, in theGold Beach City Hall, beginning at7:00pm.

A picture and slide show features theearly history of the bridge, and a panel oflocal people will share their memories,experiences and adventures regarding thestructure’s construction and gala dedica-tion.

“It’s About Time”

Dance to the big band sounds of “It’sAbout Time” on Valentine’s Night, Feb-ruary 14, at the Old City Hall Ballroom inCoos Bay. Admission is $20.00 per per-son and includes dinner and dancing.Doors open at 7:00pm and the fun contin-ues through 10:30pm.

Dinners From the Heart will be preparedby Chef Sean Blachly and Chef HeinzSchnieder. Complimentary champagneis included.

The ballroom is located at 375 CentralAvenue in Coos Bay.

Free Geology Lecture

On Thursday, February 6, Dr. RonMetzger, Geology Instructor at South-western Oregon Community College,Coos Bay, will be presenting a free work-shop entitled “Volcanoes and Earth-quakes: Their Impact on Oregon.” Thepresentation will be held at the BrookingsSWOCC Center at 420 Alder, from 6:30-8:30pm. The lecture will concentrate ontwo major themes: How volcanism hasshaped the state (focusing on the CascadeRange and the Columbia River FloodBasalts), and the future potential for alarge magnitude earthquake (“The BigOne”) along the Oregon Coast.

Dr. Metzger is originally from Rochester,New York. He completed his Master’sand Ph.D. degrees at the University ofIowa in Paleontology. Prior to acceptinga teaching position at SWOCC he taughtgeology at Kirkwood Community Col-lege and the University of Iowa. Call thecollege office at 469-5017 or 247-2741for further details.

Computer Tidbitsby Valerie Jean Kramer

Intel recently conducted a survey ofAmericans and concluded that we believe(or will believe) the computer is a “musthave” technology. Responses were similaracross age and gender gaps indicating aconcensus among the populace.

Asked where the computer rates on ascale of 1 (revolution is just beginning) to10 (it’s over) 60% placed it between 1-3.I agree. The real computer revolution isyet to come.

Nearly 90% believe that cars andtelephones are “must have” technologythat is “essential” and “hard to livewithout.” Computers were “must have”for about half of us - roughly equal to TVor radio. Almost 90% believe the PC willbe “must have” technology for today’schildren compared with only 60% whosee the TV as being that important tothem.

ATTENTION!Port Orford Pharmacy Customers!

Dear Port Orford Pharmacy Customers,

We want you to know that Tiffany’s Drug in Bandon offers you the following:

Open Seven Days Per Week!

Free Prescription Mail-Out Service.

We Honor Most Prescription Insurance Plans.

Low Prescription Prices.

Plus a Very Special Offer!any transferred prescription from the Port Orford Pharmacy.(Good on only one prescription per patient.)

on any additional prescriptions transferred from the Port OrfordPharmacy. (No limit to the number of additional prescriptions per patient.)

It is simple, just call Andy or Rod, your Tiffany Pharmacists, and they will takecare of the details.

Pharmacy Hours: Mon-Fri Saturdays Sundays9 am - 7 pm 9 am - 5 pm 10 am - 4 pm

Telephone: 347-9457

We look forward to serving your prescription needs.

Andy WestbrookTiffany’s Pharmacy Manager

Tiffany�sFamily Drugstores

$10 off

$5 off

BANDONBandon Shopping Center

Bandon, Oregon

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REAL ESTATE & RENTALS

FOR RENT; LANGLOIS , 3 bedroomolder home, newly redecorated, 1 acrewith creek, 2 greenhouses, $485/mo., nosmokers. 347-2817.

FOR SALE - Well maintained 3 bdrm.new kitchen, new roof, ¼ mile to lake, 1mile to beach. Hear the ocean, 24 Hamlet.$53,500 - $15,000 down, terms. 332-5004.

3 BEDROOM HOUSE on lakefront, forrent. Fireplace, green house & large yard,utility room. 2-car car port, nice neigh-borhood. 332-1375.

SERVICES

REPAIRS? Call the House Doctor.Plumbing, roofing, welding, water dam-age, water proofing, interior, exterior,etc. No job too big or too small. Nowserving Southern Coastal Oregon. Lic.#002770 Bonded. Call for a free diagno-sis today 332-5014 or 332-7070. Don’tforget, we make house calls.

SPEND TAX REFUND wisely: Gor-geous 16 month old 14’ curved velvetsofa. Paid $930, sacrifice for $550. Twooak tables, $25 each. Wood, huge book-shelf unit $50. Area rug - oriental style$40 call 332-9043 leave message.

BANKRUPTCY, DIVORCE, W ills,Trusts, Deeds, - Join our list of satisfiedcustomers. For a low cost, sensible non-lawyer alternative, call Summer RainServices, 347-9196.

EXPERT KNIFE & SCISSOR sharp-ening. Drop off at the Drive thru Espressotruck in front of the Sea Breeze Florist.The service and Espresso are great.

DANNY’S LAUNDROMAT open (7)days a week. You wash or we wash.Attendant on duty. Located between 10th& 11th St. in Bandon.

CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING inPort Orford - Call for information 348-2812 or 332-6565 ask for Carol.

PLANTS! RHODIES, FUCHSIAS ,pansies, petunias, and more: Coastal Gar-dens Nursery now open 9-5 - Tuesdaythru Saturday, Arizona St. near dump.332-9018.

TREES! TREES! TREES! Danger treesour specialty. Tree topping, limbing andremoval. Free estimates. 347-2817 nightor day.

COUNSELING for individuals, couples& families - Ernest Thayer, counselor for20 years maintains a practice in Port Orford& Bandon. All issues including relation-ships, parenting, depression & abuse.Sliding fee scale (sorry no insurance).Call for a free confidential assessment.332-3210.

DANGER TREES!! We can limb, top,or fall trees that threaten your home. Wealso clean up and minimize storm damagedue to blown over trees. Call for a freeestimate. Over 52 years experience, li-censed and insured. Call Jamieson Cutting,332-TREE(8733).

MOBILE LOCKSMITH SERVICE -keys, installations, repairs, locks opened.Auto, home, businesses. Bonded. 332-7404.

AQUARIAN PARTY February 2nd at3pm Spaghetti West. Music by Kermit &the Crowd. Come wish Jeff Kerker ahappy 50th Birthday.

WANT A REALLY CLEAN business?Call Joseph’s Janitorial for free estimate.Many local references 348-2369.

CARPETS DIRTY? Need JanitorialServices? Call Sunrise Carpet Cleaning!Residential and commercial, licensed andinsured. Free estimates. Call Cliff at 347-3164.

EXPERT KNIFE & scissor Sharpening.Drop off at the Drive thru Espresso Truckin front of the Sea Breeze Florist Shop.The Service and Coffee are great.

RENTING - BUYING a new home? Letus clean and yes, disinfect your carpetsbefore you move in Joseph’s Janitorial348-2369

EMPLOYMENT

HELP WANTED Cook for family 4-7pm daily $7 per hour. 332-1375.

LOST AND FOUND

“RAGGEN” STILL MISSING RedishAustralian Shepherd mix, male, blackmuzzle, pink tongue w/ blue spots. Re-ward. 332-5101 or 348-2874!

GARAGE SALES

FLEA MARKET: Two dozen consign-ment sellers! Greatly expanded stock.Clothes, antiques, appliances, jewelry,oddments, much more. House for saletoo. 1160 Idaho St. John 332-9585.

HUGE GARAGE SALE - Quonset HutHwy. 101, Langlois. My building is toosmall, everything discounted: micro-wave,chest freezer, 3’x3’ center leg café tables,antiques, collectibles, tools, chain-saws,jewelry & boxes, candles, lots of misc.Shop early for Valentines Day. Sat 2/1from 10-4 and Sun. 2/2 noon - 4pm.

BIG GARAGE SALE on NicholsonDrive - 2 ½ miles north of Port Orford.Saturday - Feb. 1.

MISCELLANEOUS

BALLROOM DANCING every Fridaynight! Lessons 6 to 7pm. Dance to greatCD’s 7 - 11pm. “Grand Ballroom” at theOld City Hall, 375 Central Ave., CoosBay. Call 347-9000.

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and visiting specialists:Robert Bolin, M.D. oncologist/hematologist; John Flaxel, M.D.,Jon Kintner, M.D. and Dennis Ottemiller, M.D., opthalmologists;Richard Jany, M.D. and Kenneth Freudenberg, M.D. orthopedists.

Oregon Health Plan patients welcome — both Family Care and DOCS!

FOR SALE SEASONED firewood bythe cord. Call 332-9031.

L&R VARIETY open 7 days a week9am-5pm. Something for everybody: gifts,collectibles, tools, books, knives & jew-elry. Good prices. 1819 Oregon St., PortOrford.

ARABIAN GELDING 11 years withpapers, very gentle. Included two horsetrailer & tack $2,500.

1978 NOMAD travel trailer 22’ $2500.OBO 332-1462.

CHECK OUT our new art supplies at theDowntown Fun Zone.

COFFEE AS A WORLD commodity issecond only to oil. Come get your Espressodrinks at the “Rise n’ Shine” drive upEspresso truck. Costco Muffins now avail-able $1.

PORT ORFORD CEDAR now on salefor $.99 per board foot, for the month ofFebruary. Best wood for decking, postsand fences!! Curry Exotic Woods, Hwy.101 North, Port Orford. 332-0163.

BEN’S THRIFT STORE in Bandonneeds your donations. Pick up every weekin Port Orford. All profits go to animals.347-3492 or 347-2817.

SATELLITE RECEIVER - PanasonicC2000A w/infrared remote $75. 332-6565.

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

SWOCCParenting Classes

Southwestern Oregon Community Col-lege has several upcoming parentingclasses. Parenting for a Positive Futureclasses will be held in both Gold Beach,beginning Tuesday, January 28, at RileyCreek School and in Port Orford, begin-ning Monday, February 3, at Pacific HighSchool. Both classes are scheduled from6:30 - 8:30pm and last 5 weeks. Preparingparents for Parenting for a Positive Fu-ture classes focuses on teaching parentsthe skills they will need to strengthenfamily bonds and to develop strategies toreduce their children’s risk for drug abuse.It is an ideal class for parents of 3rdthrough 8th graders. This classes are free,materials will cost $10. Free on site childcare will be available thanks to the co-sponsorship of North Curry Families’ andChildren’s Center, Central Curry OregonTogether and South Coast Head Start.

Parenting with Love and Logic, taught bySusan Brady, was scheduled to beginJanuary 6, but has been postponed untilthere is sufficient enrollment. It will beheld on Monday nights, from 6:30 - 8:30at Riley Creek School. This class is suit-able for parents and grandparents of chil-

dren of all ages. This popular eight weeklong course will help parents find theright answers and actions for some ofthose difficult moments of child rearing.Cost of the course is $36 for one or bothparents. Materials are $10. Some scholar-ships are available through Central CurryOregon Together by contacting DHRVolunteer Services at 247-0247. On-sitecare may be arranged through CentralCurry Oregon Together. A Parenting withLove and Logic class is planned for PortOrford spring term.

Pre-registration and prepayment is re-quired for all workshops. For pre-regis-tration and further information, call alocal SWOCC office at 247-2741 (Mon-days - Thursdays), 469-5017, (daily), or332-5810 (Fridays). Southwestern Or-egon Community College has offices at29392 Ellensburg (on the Curry CountyFairgrounds), in Gold Beach and at 420Alder Street, in Brookings.

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The Ultimate Decking

Many local fishermen attended the meet-ing and they expressed several concerns.They were concerned about shoaling,wave surge (waves hitting the solid steelwall of the dock and bouncing back againstthe boats tied up to the pilings, the con-figuration of the boat spaces which somefelt didn’t make sense, the amount ofdown time caused by the construction andthe location of the hoist. Another concernwas whether or not to build a sport boatramp. Pierce said to meet codes it wouldhave to be 600 feet long.

Gayle Paige asked those in attendance atthe meeting to write letters of support forthe project and turn them in to her. Shesaid starting the project depends on get-ting funding and as far as beginning con-struction they would go through therecords and look for historical slow peri-ods. Construction time was estimated at

6 to 9 months. The goal is to keep the Portoperating during construction.

The plans that were introduced for thedock on Monday night are not written instone. Suggestions and comments areneeded by the Port before the plans dobecome finalized. They may be submit-ted to Port Manager Gayle Paige. It wasemphasized on Monday night that theplans shown were a preliminary design.

Port Introduces New Dock PlansContinued from Front Cover

Logo Contest

South Coast Humane Society is holding alogo contest. It will be open to people ofall ages. The artwork must be original.The deadline is March 1, 1997. Bringartwork to Slug’s ‘n Stones ‘n Ice CreamCones at the port in Brookings. For moreinformation call 469-SLUG.

We have expanded our horizons and neednew logo that will best reflect the societyand it’s changes. The winner will receivea $50 savings bond and a one year paidmembership in the society. The winner’s

artwork will become property of the soci-ety and will be used for promotional andeducational purposes with credit to theartist.