Thursday, October 1, 1998Vol. 9 Number 38

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Riding the RailsBy Evan Kramer

Yes, I’m on the road again,this time in Escondido,California visiting myfriends Ron and MarieCohen. It’s not a time forrelaxation when I visit and

this past weekend we spent the better partof both days riding the rails but not inEscondido.

On Saturday we drove north to the, nolonger little, city of Perris in RiversideCounty. The population has increasedten fold since I started visiting there in1971 to its current total of 31,300. Perrisis home to the Orange Empire RailroadMuseum. I was a member for 16 years,though not an active one, and was inter-ested in seeing how much change therehas been in the last eight or nine years. Tomake a long story short it’s only gottenbetter. Orange Empire bills itself as thelargest railroad museum in the westernUnited States. It was founded in 1956 bya group of rail fans and sits on 64 acres ofland south of downtown Perris. The mu-seum owns dozens of streetcars and main-line railroad equipment from a RailwayPost Office car to steam engines. It isunique in that it owns equipment in threegauges: narrow gauge (3’0"), Los Ange-les Railway narrow gauge (3’6"), and

standard gauge (4’ 8½").

My favorite cars are the street railway andinterurban equipment. Orange Empirehas a large collection of Pacific Electricand Los Angeles Railway equipment.These two railroads once provided theLos Angeles basin with efficient and farreaching public transportation. On March31, 1963 it was all history as the last fivestreetcar lines were discontinued and thetracks quickly covered with asphalt.

Many of the railroad cars and streetcarshave gone through three phases of life.They were all originally built for use asstreetcars, passenger cars and boxcars.Somewhere along the way as they wereretired some were sold for use as migrantfarm worker or track gang housing or insome cases as motion picture props. Somewere then reclaimed by Orange Empirewhose members bought them and broughtthem to Perris for the third phase of theirlives as working exhibits. For exampleBirney car #331. It was built in 1918 forservice on Pacific Electric local lines. Itwas sold to MGM studio in Culver Cityfor use as a movie prop in 1940 andremained on the lot until 1966. Car #331had a feature role in the movie “Singing inthe Rain.” Orange Empire bought the carin 1966 and transported it to the museumfor restoration. It has resumed its careeras a working streetcar and on Saturday we

rode it a couple of times on the museummainline to Eleventh Street in Perris. Wesaw many examples of railway cars whichhad been converted to residential housingincluding one with wooden shingles forsiding. These represent an early form ofmanufactured housing.

The newest addition to Orange Empire isEngine House #6. This huge steel framebuilding houses the museum’s narrowgauge collection. Disney animator WardKimball and his wife Betty donated themoney to build this structure which is theonly one of the museum’s six car barnswith a concrete slab and elaborate sprin-kler system. Ward Kimball is one of thelegendary Disney animators and beganwork at the Disney studio as an appren-tice in 1934. The Kimballs also donatedseveral pieces of equipment from theirnarrow gauge railroad called the “GrizzlyFlats Railroad”. This railroad had been inthe their backyard orange grove in SanGabriel for use on a 500 foot long sectionof track. Museum volunteers are buildinga gallows turntable, also known as anarmstrong turntable, adjacent to EngineHouse #6. It will be a close to exactreplica of an 1886 turntable at Laws. It’scalld an “armstrong” because it is pow-ered by human muscle and sweat. The

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Council (4 year term)

My grandfather Willis T. White Sr. cameto Curry County in 1870. My father GeneWhite was born near Gold Beach in 1883.My mother, Pearl White came to CurryCounty in 1920.

I was born in 1937 in Port Orford andhave lived my 60 years here. I graduatedfrom Port Orford High School Valedicto-rian in the Class of 1955. For 19 years Iwas employed in the office of WesternStates Plywood Cooperative on Elk River.For 18 years I have been employed at theWooden Nickel. For many years I wasactive in the Port Orford CommunityChurch. For several years I was a memberof the Board of Directors of the CurryCounty Historical Society, and for sev-eral years was Treasurer of the Port OrfordJetty Jubilee Committee. I am currentlyon the Advisory Board of the Point Orford

Heritage Society. I have been a memberof the Port Orford City Council, Mayor ofthe City of Port Orford.

The City government has 2 main respon-sibilities and other basic responsibilities.

The 2 Main Responsibilities;1. Preserve individual freedom for it’s

citizens.2. Protect rights of private property

ownership.

Other Basic responsibilities;

1. Water system.2. Sewer system.3. Police protection.4. Fire protection5. Streets6. Planning Commission7. Administration8. City parks.

I believe in democracy, which is govern-ment by the vote of the registered voters.The City should not have a CRT or be in

a Federal Empowerment Zone because aCRT and FEZ are not subject to control inelections by the voters. We need votercontrolled government.

The City government should repeal theCRT produced Strategic Plan becausethis plan has plans for the Library, School,Health and Port Districts as well as theCity. Voters in those various governmen-tal districts should not be subject to a Cityof Port Orford Plan. The City should notentertain any plan that in effect is multi-government in scope.

We need to get a grasp on exactly wherewe are and where we are going financiallyas a City government. Publish in additionto the legally required published budget,a financial report in easily understoodformat so that the people of the City canknow clearly where the money comesfrom and how it is spent to operate theirCity government.

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Senior Newsby Mary Yoder

Well best I start with this – Oct. 4 is thebirthday party at 2pm. I like to put thebirthday peoples names in so they re-member it’’ their birthday. Here they are:Ken Muller, 10-1; Charles Sanholm, 10-5; Peggie Stahl, 10-6; Lloyd Elliott, 10-10; Art Klima, 10-10; Harold Trimble,10-16; Grace Chamberlin, 10-22; BeaHouck, 10-24; Lucille Tubbs, 10-25;Nancy Dowdy, 10-25; Clare Stahl, 10-25; Francis Smack, 10-26; Vivian Kirby,10-28; Mary Forsyth, 10-28; Henry Kron,

Leon WhiteContinued from previous page

The City needs to get our water and sewersystems in compliance with State andFederal requirements.

Have a City Council Meeting once amonth in the week following the regularCity Council meeting solely for the pur-pose of letting the people come and dis-cuss with their elected government any-thing they so desire about our City andCity government. The City governmentneeds all of the expertise and brainpowerthe people can give to help in solving ourmany problems.

All major decisions having a major im-

pact on the people’s taxes, fees, busi-nesses, homes, property, or City publicproperty should be referred to the votersof the City to decide with their secretballot in an election.

If the voters of the City make the majordecisions with their secret ballots in elec-tions, it will do much to bring the peopleof this City together because they will allhave had an equal part in the final deci-sions made. Voter controlled government.

Elect me to the Port Orford City Counciland send the message that the voters ofthe City of Port Orford want voter-con-trolled government.

10-29; Hope I got them all. Have a goodone. Hope to see you all.

Now Sept. 24 was Rotary luncheon. Hereare the volunteers who did such a nicejob. Lorraine Hass, Mary Evans, KayNeal, Thelma Lagace. Heard they allworked together setting up the diningroom – dishes and lots of other things BillButt, Owen Miller.

Sept. 26 was the luncheon – I said Iwouldn’t miss the sing-a-long programand I didn’t – broken arm and all. Themenu was real special – Well look whodid it – Patti Young, Roald Young, KayNeal, Owen Miller, Bill Butt. I hope Ihaven’t missed anyone. The programwas great. Lani Martin did her part – itwas special. She did how they do inHawaii – it’s talking with the hands andarms. Everyone enjoyed it.

Rummage sale workers were whats-his-name and Henry Kron.

Oct. 10 is the luncheon 11:30, Rummagesale 8 till 1. Oct. 12 is the breakfast 8 till1, also rummage sale 8 till one.

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Said the Sparrow to the Robin,Friend, I think that it must be,

That they have no heavenly Father,Such as cares for you and me.

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Candidate’s StatementBy Nathaniel Wander

“If elected I have two goals: to help thecouncil be a better tool for conducting thecity’s business, and to help return itsfocus to the business at hand. The job ofgovernment is to help with chores peoplecan’t do alone for reasons of scale, time,cost, lack of power or authority.

“Port Orford is well on its way to long-needed water source improvements, butboth Hubbard Creek and Garrison Lakeremain vulnerable to disturbance or pol-lution. The financing and reconstructionof the sewage drain-fields is a majorchore just barely over the horizon. Exist-ing roads and facilities require ongoingmaintenance. The city has unmet policeand traffic safety needs. There is a need tosupport recreational and cultural oppor-tunities for children and adults.

“Being a city councilor is about helpingthe town be a good place to live in allthese ways.”

Nathaniel Wander holds a Ph.D. in an-thropology from Columbia University,and an M.S. in counseling from PortlandState University. Since 1983, he has prin-cipally been employed as a public healthresearcher, and a psychotherapist.

Wander spent fifteen years at Columbia,beginning as an undergraduate, and fin-ishing as a member of the faculty. Duringthat period, he spent nearly seven yearsabroad, conducting research and study-

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ing in Israel, France, Peru, and India. In1981, his doctoral work on possessionand exorcism in India resulted in a fel-lowship at the University of California inSan Diego, where he studied psychiatryand compared it to exorcism. “That waswhat led me to counseling. I figured Icould do it at least as well as the psychia-trists, though maybe not as well as thewitch doctors.”

In 1984, at the invitation of a Portlandphysician and a long-time friend, Wandermoved to Oregon to take over the man-agement of a health clinic for street people.After completing his counseling degreein 1994, he settled in Curry. “I missed theocean. A job came up in Gold Beach. Ofcourse, I had no idea where that was, butit looked to be on a beach…”

Last year wanting to know what it wouldfeel like to walk a thousand miles – Wan-der hiked the Pacific Coast from NesikaBeach to Los Angeles. “Let me put it thisway. When I left I thought it would takeseven or eight weeks. It took almost fourmonths. I learned a lot.” On returning,wanting to live in a small, face-to-facecommunity, Wander moved to PortOrford.

Wander chaired the County HealthDepartment’s Citizen Advisory Board forits first two years, and served for one yearas Vice President of Curry County Citi-zens for Human Rights. At UCSD heserved for three years on the board ofGroundwork Books, a student coopera-

tive. For the past two years, he has de-fended the state’s land use laws beforecounty and city boards and commissionsas land use representative for Citizens forOrderly Development and KalmiopsisAudubon Society. This summer he waselected KAS president.

“The job of a board of directors or a citycouncil is not to oversee the day to dayoperations of the organization; that’s whatmanagers are for, and we look to have agood one in Johnny Alexander. How-ever, it is the responsibility of the councilto supervise its agents – be they volun-teers, contractors, or employees – and tosupport them when they are performingas agreed. Short one end of the processand you short the other.

“Does Port Orford have a motto? I’d likeit to be: ‘Do the right thing…the firsttime.’”

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Response to Measure 10 Question

“I shall cast my secret ballot on thismeasure on November third.

If the measure passes and I am elected tothe City Council, I will vigorously workto create a Master Plan that is acceptableto both the citizens of Port Orford andO.D.T.”

- Thomas T. Smith

We need a 101 plan that goes beyondbeautification. Improving traffic safetyfor vehicles and pedestrians is the firstconsideration. Police funds should bespent preventing/reducing violence, notchasing speeders. Priority should be givento lighting for safety and livability. Na-tive plantings should be employed forattractiveness and environmental fit.

- Nathaniel Wander

I am voting NO on Ballot Measure #10for the following reasons:

1. The most important 5 words “pro-tect the Port Orford businesses” aremissing from the Ballot Measure.

2. The final plans will NOT be subjectto voter approval.

- Leon White

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The TriathlonBy Graeme Graydon

Fresh, pasteurized milk and cream weredelivered each morning before breakfastin carafe-like bottles by a uniformed milk-man driving a horse and cart. The cart hadrubber tires, was elegantly decorated andbore the coat of arms of the WellingtonCity Council. The driver would turn atour front gate having exchanged fullbottles for empties all the way up ourlong, sloping street. He left the horse andcart standing quietly at right angles acrossthe street. There was no traffic to worryabout in those days, while he reorganizedhis load and delivered to his last threecustomers.

Through some unknown mechanism ofcause and effect, the horse, who had la-bored mightily up our hill, chose thatmoment of reflection to relieve himself inthe middle of the street leaving a steamingheap of processed oats and hay – everymorning – for years. We all had vegetable

gardens, the Nation was at war, artificialfertilizers were unavailable. Manuringbecame both an art and science of scroung-ing for seaweed, brewery leavings andunbelievably smelly by products fromslaughterhouses. It was a big deal. Per-haps it was more pronounced in the springwhen garden fever took hold, but a curi-ous scenario seemed to play out – all yearlong. Apart from the benevolent horsethere were three principal characters in-volved – our next-door neighbor, Mrs.Saddler whose husband was retired, Mrs.Evans, over the street whose husband wasBertie Evans O.C., C.M.G., SolicitorGeneral for New Zealand and my littlemother.

The arrival of the milkman was announcedby the cheery clanking of bottles beingsorted in their wire crates, a sound wellremembered – almost musical. My motherwould be in the middle of preparing break-fast (which was a full meal), cutting threeschool lunches, getting her brood ready

for school and my father for his businessday when she would hear the sound.

There’s the Milko! And she would dropeverything, grab a black enameled dustpan and hearth brush to hurry down to thegate where she would hide behind thebrick wall. She couldn’t just charge outinto the street. To begin with, her freshlydeposited prize was still under the cart,protected between its wheels and the great,hairy, iron-shod legs of the horse, she hadto wait till they moved off, and she didn’twant the milkman to see her – there wassomething not quite proper about that.But most of all, she didn’t want to be seenby her neighbors, what would they thinkof someone who was so obsessed withcollecting horse-pooh.

The funny thing was that at the same time,Mrs. Sadler or Mrs. Evans – or both,could be doing the same thing – all threeout of sight, unaware of each other, readyto pounce on the blessings of the morn-ing. It didn’t happen very often and I haveno idea how they handled it but some-times the three rather proper ladies, eacharmed with a shovel of some kind, caughteach other in the act.

For my mother, the experience of retriev-ing in triumph from the arena of the streetwith a fragrant offering for some unsus-pecting plants must have been headyenough to ignore the fun we made of herand more than enough to continue facingthe risk of failure, or even worse, expo-sure, at the front gate

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Measure authorizing public safety seriallevy to fund police force

Question: Shall a two-year public safetylocal option tax be levied to fund the PortOrford Police epartment. The proposedlocal option tax will be levied for twoyears. This measure may cause propertytaxes to increase more than three percent.

Summary: On December 1, 1995, PortOrford received a three-year federal grantto create a police department. The Cityhas been able to employ one police of-ficer with these grant funds. As a condi-tion of that grant, the City must seek localfunding to add the officer to the City’sbudget at the end of the grant period. Ifapproved, the public safety local optiontax will provide local funding to retain thepolice officer for two more years. The taxwill be levied at the rate of $0.65 per$1,000.00 of assessed value on real prop-erty and will be levied for two years. Thetotal amount of money expected to beraised by the tax will be $39,000.0 peryear, beginning with the 1999-2000 fis-cal year. The estimated tax cost for thismeasure is an ESTIMATE ONLY basedon the best information available from thecounty assessor at the time of the esti-mate.

Letter to the Editor,

I wanted to watch Mercury Rising thenew movie out about an autistic child andFBI because our beautiful 7 year old sonhas autism. After 20 mins into it I waswriting this letter.

I looked at my husband and said, “thissucks” and what a poor excuse of enter-tainment to exploit autism. To watchautism in this fashion for entertainment issick. It was very insensitive, purely forentertainment. I recommend anyoneagainst violent movies to boycott thisone. You are not missing a thing.

I am still watching it 30 mins in and I’mthinking this is pathetic action packedautism, what’s next? I have never beenagainst a movie about austism in this waybefore. Please don’t bother to see thismovie. I found it upsetting and wish itwas never released. None of this moviebelongs grouped with autism. Sick, sick,sick very unrealistic.

For those of you who do watch it, I hopeautism was very entertaining to you soyou got your money’s worth. But youhave been educated about autism 0%.

I did not finish watching this movie &care not to. Sincerely,

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Thomas T. SmithPort Orford City Council Candidate

I am a candidate for City Council andwould like everyone to know what mybasic background is.

I arrived in Port Orford in 1951 with myparents. Attended local schools and gradu-ated from Port Orford High School in1957. Graduated from Oregon Tech inHighway Technology in 1960. Workedfor Department of Interior, GeologicalSurvey from 1960 until 1993. Retired asa Cartographer and returned to Port Orfordin 1993. I am a volunteer with the PortOrford Volunteer Fire Department and a

volunteer Driver and First Responder withthe Port Orford Ambulance.

I believe in democracy and the secretballot. The city government should berun by and for the people of the City ofPort Orford. The people outside of thecity can concern themselves with com-munity needs but should leave the cityresidents alone to govern themselves. Thisincludes the CRT and the FEZ commit-tee. The strategic plan should be abol-ished. No one living outside the city lim-its of Port Orford should be appointed toany of the committee or decision makinggroups.

The top challenge for the new City Coun-cil will be to conduct open and publicmeetings with full citizen input and opendiscussion.

Anyone who attended the September 14meeting should know that it was not anopen public meeting but a forum to an-nounce the decision which had been madein advance. I would, if elected, not par-ticipate in any secret meetings, work toabolish the three minute rule and allowfull public input. If you don’t have time tolisten to the people of Port Orford, youdon’t have time to be on the council.

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Chetco River, Brookings $383,000

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Letter to the Editor,

Ordinary folks don’t give much thoughtto land use and zoning issues until somedeveloper decides to plop something uglynear our homes. Should that happen toyou, you’ll soon learn that T.V. Skinnercares more about granting sovereignty todevelopers than about protecting the valueof your property, your neighborhood oryour quality of life.

No matter how outrageous the proposeddevelopment, Skinner invariably votes tosupport its proponent. In fact, just beforecounty commissioner Olds and Robertstook office, no less than six developers’,proposals that carried the Skinner seal of

approval were under appeal to the courts.Most were carried by ordinary citizenswho were impacted by Skinner’s biasedand unjustified decisions.

Of course, all six appeal, were upheld bythe courts. The cases were sent back to thecounty with the admonition to get it right.But the same citizens Skinner is sworn torepresent were forced to lay out theirhard-earned cash and give up months oftheir lives in order to protect their rights.Rights that Skinner believes are subservi-ent to those of developers.

While Skinner may net be of the landedgentry, as were some of his former col-leagues on the county commission he

clearly has his own reasons for marchingin lockstep with every developer he meetsThink back to 1986 when Skinner wasfirst elected. Has he ever voted against adeveloper? And remember this an elec-tion day: with T.V. Skinner on the countycommission we are just one step awayfrom going back to the grim old days ofthe good old boys.

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Vote — November 3

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First Annual Club ShootBy Bill Oleson, Sec’y/Treas

The Cape Blanco Gun Club, formerlyBattle Rock Gun Club, on Grassy KnobRoad held its fist annual club shoot tocommemerate the new club building,Sunday Sept. 27.

The trap shoot drew visitors from DelNorte, Coos and Curry Counties. Localmembers provided a barbecued rib lun-cheon. Historically the club dates back tothe early 1950’s when the range waslocated within the Port Orford city limits.

Several shooting events were held duringthe day. The 16 yard singles event, ClassA, was won by Darryl Winkleman, Cres-cent City. The Class B singles was wonby Howard Gavette, Coos Bay. The handi-cap event was tied between Don Chase,Bandon and Bill Oleson, Port Orford.Oelson won the event in a 25 target shootoff.

The club championship (overall scorecombining the singles and handicap) waswon by Don Chase. Darryl Winklemanwas runner up with Rudi Breuer and BillOleson tied for third.

The Ladies Championship was won by

Letter to the Editor,

Because of my observations as a CurryCounty Taxpayer for almost ten yearsnow, I am supporting Cheryl Thorp forCounty Commissioner.

Letter to the Editor,

Mr. Foster,

I seriously considered whether or not todignify your “letter” with a response, Ithink not.

Sincerely,

Mayor DoranGary DoranPort Orford

Kathy Winklemann, Crescent City. TheJunior Championship was by Nick Puhl,Port Orford.

The Bachesi Shoot, including ten two-person teams was won by ScottMacDonald and Bill Oleson tied withDarryl Winkleman and Mary Puhl.McDonald and Oleson won the event in ashoot off.

Local residents in the Port Orford areainterested in learning how to shoot trapare encouraged to visit our club onWednesday afternoons, beginning at4:00pm or every second and fourth Sun-day beginning at 10am.

My reasons are many, but for clarity I willreduce them to three essentials: courage,grace and vision.

Cheryl has the courage of her convic-tions. She has the grace it takes to changethings in the face of tradition. Her amplevision will carry us wisely into the future.

Olive WooldridgeGold Beach

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Please Don’t Burn!

That was the message given to us byoutgoing Fire Chief George Gehrke. Hesaid that he had permitted burns on acouple of days when we had some rain butthe dryness is back and there should be noburning at this time - no open fires and noburn barrels. The new Fire Chief is FrankBarrows in case you have further ques-tions. Arts Council Meeting

The Port Orford Arts Council will notmeet in October. The Annual Meeting, atwhich board members are elected, will beheld Friday, November 6. If any of thecurrent Council members are interestedin being on the board, please call TobePorter, 332-4340 or Rick Cook, 332-0045.

Bird Class

The monthly Port Orford bird identifica-tion class will be held, as usual, on thefirst Friday of the month, October 2, at7:30pm at the Senior Center on JacksonStreet. The following day, Saturday, Oct.3, a field trip will take place from 10amuntil noon. We’ll meet at the DriftwoodElementary School parking lot. For moreinfo call Jim Rogers at 332-2555.

Letter to the Editor,

It’s happened again! The bulletin board atthe Port Orford Senior Center has beenhas been vandalized. In fact we haven’treplaced it from its last encounter withuncaring individuals. We have talked tobicyclists, skateboarders and skaters, ad-vising that the building and parking lotare private property, and not for recre-ation purposes. In the past year the frontdoor has been dented, ashtrays demol-ished, and the bulletin board ruined.

Since we cannot have members thereconstantly, if citizens noticing unusualactivity would report it to the police, itmight help curb this destruction, and ifparents of children with bicycles skate-boards and skates would tell them this isagainst the law, the problem might besolved.

Thelma Lagace

Public Meetings

Friends of the Port Orford Library willmeet on Tuesday, October 6th at 10:30amin the library. Everyone is welcome. Wewill be discussing our book sale on Octo-ber 10th.

Book Sale

Friends of the Port Orford Library willhold their semi-annual book sale on Sat-urday, October 10th from 9:00am to4:00pm in the City Council chambers.

So, it’s time to clear out the pre-readbooks from the shelves, closets and attic,donate them to the sale, then come stockup on someone else’s goodies.

Speaking of goodies, we will have ourscrumptious free refreshments, plus plantsfor sale to those with or without a greenthumb.

Your donations, and attendance at thesale, are one of the things that help keepour library up to its terrific standard.

Emergency Management On Monday,September 28, 1998, at 2pm, in the Com-missioners’ Hearing Room, CourthouseAnnex, 94235 Moore St., Gold Beach,OR the Board will hold a special meetingto consider the subject of EmergencyManagement and its’ parameters. Thepublic is welcome to attend.

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Open Letter to the 2CJ Staff

Port Orford-Langlois School District stu-dents are continuing to climb the aca-demic ladder and outscore their counter-parts across the state and the nation. “Iapplaud you, our teachers, and all otherschool employees who are making a dif-ference in these student’s lives.” The per-centage of our students who are meetingthe state standards in reading, math andwriting is continuing to climb. The em-phasis our teachers have placed on mathis now beginning to push scores upward.

This last June we learned that Oregon’seighth graders, in 1997, scored above thenational and international average on sci-ence and math tests conducted by theThird International Mathematics and Sci-ence Study. In fact, of the 41 internationalparticipants, only Singapore scored sig-nificantly higher in science.

Coloring Contest

Winners of The Downtown Fun Zonecoloring contest for a free rental of themovie “Polly” are the Ott Family withCasey Ott’s rendition being the over-whelming favorite. The second prize goesto Holly Klein for her attention to detailand likeness to the actual parrot. The thirdprize goes to Storm Williams, AmandaAnderson and Leif Anderson jointly forthe young set all showing great original-ity. We thank all of you who took part inthis contest and hope that the next timethere will be as many participants.

A few weeks ago the American TestingProgram announced that Oregon’s 1998graduates scored higher than the previousclass on the college entrance tests. Forseven years, Oregon has led 23 stateswhich had at least 40 percent of theirstudents take the SAT.

Last Thursday another local school calledand asked what it is that we are doing inreading that results in higher scores.

I am proud and you should be proud of thejob we are doing. I can’t help but thinkthat it is in part due to our involvementand being on the cutting edge of change inOregon Schools. As professionals, youare at the top of the list and your sensitiv-ity to the needs of our students diligentstudy and working hard in the classroomis paying off. Again, I applaud you! Whileit is time to take a moment to celebrate oursuccess, I encourage you to keep up theexcellent work and let’s move our stu-

dents to the “front of the class” in Oregon.

Sincerely,

Richard A. Wold,Superintendent

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Tom Pitchford M.D., William Cox M.D. & Peter Wolfe M.D.and visiting medical specialists:

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

Diabetes Classes Offered

Jane Ellingsen and Linda Zia will teach afour week series of diabetes educationclasses for people over 55 on Wednesdayafternoons beginning October 21 from2:30-4:30pm at the Gold Beach City Hallat 29592 Ellensburg. To register or formore information, call the Curry CountyHealth Department at 247-7011. Sorryfor any confusion due to incorrect datesand location in last weeks paper.

League of Women Voters

Both candidates for County Commis-sioner and both candidates for Treasurerhave indicated they will participate in theForum at Port Orford Wednesday, Octo-ber 7. Eight of the ten candidates for CityCouncil have responded that they willparticipate, also. The forum, sponsoredby League of Women Voters of CurryCounty, will take place at the CommunityBuilding at 7pm. Citizens are urged toattend and participate.

SWOCC

There will be an all day workshop Friday,October 9, 9am-4pm with Dr. MichaelLeeds as presenter. The topic is SafeSchools, Safe Communities – ManagingUncivil Behavior and will be held atDocia Sweet Hall at the fairgrounds inGold Beach. Dr. Leeds, Ph.D., MFCC isan internationally known communitymental health, communication skills andmediation trainer and consultant. He willshow through lecture, small group workand participation how to deal with theviolence and aggression that has becomeso prevalent in our society.

Too often in communities across the coun-try, both citizens and professionals alike,feel unsafe. Many individuals have beenthreatened physically or verbally, or havedirectly experienced violence. Beyondgenerating fears for personal safety, com-munity violence is diverting energy andresources from the basic quality of life.

Any person who deals directly with thepublic may need to know how to addressthe immediate problem of violence inschools, the workplace and other arenas.How should people behave when a stu-dent or client become angry? Or threaten-ing?

The all-day workshop is free to anyoneworking or residing in Curry County,otherwise $15. Gold Beach Soroptomistsare providing on-site lunches of sand-wiches and salads for $5 per person.There will be information tables for localservice providers for children and fami-lies. Be sure to attend this timely work-shop to increase your understanding ofthe cycle of anger and hostility. Pre reg-istration required.

Call Southwestern Oregon CommunityCollege to register. Gold Beach 3247-2741, Brookings 469-5017, or Port Orford(Fridays) 332-3023.

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REAL ESTATE & RENTALS

HOUSE FOR SALE Nearly new –Charming two story, 2BR (large), 2BA,on two acres of protective timber. Largedeck. 5 minutes to downtown on pavedcounty road. Privacy, convenience. Ask-ing $145,000. Seller will not finance.(541) 332-5023.

2 BDRM MOBILE IN PARK. Langlois.$325 & $325 Deposit. Pets ok. Refs.Reqd. 332-6060 weekdays till 7:00pm;348-2208 other times.

FOR RENT – Remodeled units at SilverSprings, a small complex with nice playareas and large woodsy grounds. Twosmall houses and two spacious duplexunits coming available, $275 to $355. Toapply: 332-0905.

2 BEDROOM APARTMENT in town.1st plus security & cleaning. Referencesrequired. 332-9575.

2 BEDROOM MOBILE, water, gar-bage paid, no smoking. 1st last deposit$375.00. Wanted old or unique items,oak furniture. Timeworn Treasures 332-2046.

HOME OR BARE LAND . Buy or sell?Call C.A. Smith Real Estate for informa-tion or free market analysis, 27 years ofservice in Port Orford, 332-4132 or 332-6802.

CURIOUS ABOUT a price for yourhome and or property call Sandra Ander-son for a free comparative market analysis.Siskiyou Coast Realty. 332-7777.

GARAGE SALES

SATURDAY, OCT. 3RD 8:00-1:00 pmGarage Sale (red building behind house)143 Woodglen. Doors, refrigerator, 33ydbolt of material, oak table with six chairs,baskets, tins, shoes, sweaters, ironedclothes, dishes, camp stove and more.

BIG SALE ADAMS FAMILY ATTICWed. thru Sat. and Monday 9:30am to5:00pm. New & unique items arrivingdaily, Xmas decorations, 2 handtrucks 14,500lb. Pallet jack, 1 small camptrailer,jewelry, glassware, books, and lots more.All priced to sell. 46570 Hwy 101, justsouth of KOA. Call 348-2220 for afterhour appointments. Sorry we are closedon Tuesdays. Open Sun. 12:30pm till6:00pm.

BIG SALE! ONE DAY ONLY – Oct. 3.Multi-family and different locations upElk River Road. Watch for signs.

YARD SALE Plants (indoor-outdoor),Misc. household, tools. 7½ miles up ElkRiver Road. Sat. Oct. 3, 9-5.

EMPLOYMENT

WHO DO YOU KNOW. . . . wants towork own hours and earn $18 to $30 perhour. Now hiring pt or ft. Jewels By ParkLane. Will train – no experience neces-sary. Call Pauline Lennon 541-347-3810.

SERVICES

CARPETS DIRTY? Need JanitorialServices? Call Sunrise Carpet Cleaning!And insured. Free estimates. Call Cliff at347-3164. Residential and commercial,licensed.

SCOTT’S YARD SERVICE Mowing,trimming, painting, hauling, small repairs,etc. Call for free estimates. No calls after6:00pm please. 332-9104 leave message.

CARETAKER – NEED ONE? HaveRV will travel for your lot / propertyhome no utilities needed, but will dochores / rent for electrical. Box 1006 PortOrford, Oregon 97465.

GENTLE TOUCH PHOTOGRAPHYfocusing on people. Weddings a spe-cialty. Quality work, reasonable rates.Delaine Kennedy, photographer (541)332-6025 or 332-1275.

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

JOHN B. HOUSER, Barber-Hairdresser,553 – 19th Street, Port Orford, 332-2050.Hours Tues. thru Fri. From 9 to 5 and Sat.10 till 3.

MISCELLANEOUS

MUST SELL ’76 DODGE P.U. $875.00obo, parts truck included. 332-8000 or332-0105.

CALL FOR ENTRIES 2nd annual maskexhibit and reception at The TransactionGallery. Either masks you have created ormasks you would like to exhibit or any“Halloween” related objects (ie. Carvedpumpkins, sculptures, etc. Phone for moredetails 332-4101 or 332-1027.

MUST SELL 86 PONTIAC 6000 S/E$900.00 cash or offer Agate Beach R.V.Park Space “F”, end of 12th Street. Goodcondition..

SPECIAL LATE BAKE of Port OrfordSourdough Bread this Saturday, October3, 12:00 noon, at Port Orford Breadworks.

LOCAL MAN with good credit wants tobuy house for use as a rental unit ($40,000to $50,000 range.) Owner must be willingto finanace with 0 down and keep monthlypayments below $325.00/mth. 332-0123.

ONE CORD SPLIT DRY FIR pluswoodbox kindling $95.00. 332-8775.

WANTED REGISTERED certifiedNew Zeland White rabbits for breedingstock. Call 348-2817 ask for Charles orPeggy.

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SILVER STREAK 1972 26ft. self-con-tained new hot water heater microwavegood condition ready to go price $2350call 332-1523.

PROFESSIONAL PHOTOCOPY ma-chine. $9000 when new but you can affordit now! Feed 8.5x11 paper from side trayor sizes up to 11x17 from bottom tray orside bypass. Enlarge to 200%, reduce to50%. Comes with sturdy metal cart andabout four toner cartridges. Works great.We’ve got a new (fancier) one and the oldone is taking up space so we’re ready todeal. Call Evan or Valerie at 332-6565days.

RENT A MOVIE . New movies thisweek: “Paulie”, “Lola’s Game”, “Top ofthe World”, “Twilight”, “Object of MyAffection.” The Downtown Fun Zone isopen 9:30am till 6pm Monday thru Thurs-day and from 9:30am till 7pm Friday andSaturday. Closed on Sunday.

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

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FOR SALE: FIREWOOD Soft and hardavailable 332-9031.

Letter to the Editor,

I’m writing these words to tell all of youwho have been so kind sending letters,cards, flowers, and calling me, how muchit means to me. I’ve been used to takingcare of myself but having to be laid up somany days really was rough. You madeit so much easier for me.

I’m walking. My arm is still in a sling butit is getting better too. I hope that therenever comes a time when I would have toleave Port Orford and all of you.

God bless you all.

Mary Yoder

The Story’s EndBy Donna L. Hoffmann

In my last article, I wrote of how mygarden did this summer. I wrote about thetomatoes and “now the rest…”. The as-paragus beds are doing wonderfully well– not harvestable for a couple of years buthas produced lots of tall healthy fronds.The artichokes exceeded my expectations.They were planted this spring and we’vehad 8 large beautiful “buds”. Believe me,they were much better than you couldever get from the store! The radiccio hasbeen great – as friend said they’re won-derful grilled with olive oil, and garlic.Haven’t tried it that way yet, but sure Iwill. It’s so good just in salads! We hadlots of pole beans, Blue Lake, even onwindy Coast Guard Hill. There’s nothingquite as good as going to the garden,picking the fresh beans and fixing themimmediately. Well, maybe except for corn,which I don’t believe we’ll be trying. Theshallots and garlic did well and the let-tuces were so incredible, I’m growing“winter lettuces” in a cold frame Siggibuilt for me. They have such wonderfultextures, colors and taste – some “sweet”,some bitter or with a “bite” to them; goodstuff! We were so happy with our summergarden, we’ve started a winter gardenwith carrots, beets, cabbage, broccoli,brussel sprouts, leeks and cauliflower.We’ve started most of the seed in thegreenhouse because they don’t have verygermination, usually 50-70%, so thegreenhouse should help to get them ontheir way.

Owners of Holly Trees: Now is the timeto spray for holly-leaf and twig blightwith a fungicide such as Microcrop. Make

sure to clean up all the leaves and debristhat may have fallen as they carry thedisease that could splash back up into thetrees when it starts to rain. Don’t put thedebris in your compost pile, but burn orotherwise dispose of it. You’ll need tospray again in January/February but it’simportant to spray for the first time now.

Questions about your garden/landscape?Call Master Gardeners at the extensionoffice at 1-800-356-3986, Wednesdays,nine till noon. Until the next time, goodgardening!

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railroad ties for the turntable were milledfrom Douglas Fir trees.

It’s well worth an afternoon of your timeto visit Orange Empire if you’re any-where near that area of Southern Califor-nia. The museum has never developedinto an example of industrial strengthtourism so you won’t be jostling otherpeople or standing in long lines for a ride.Some of the museum grounds have beenlandscaped and picnics are encouraged.The volunteers who so painstakingly re-store the railroad equipment and serve onthe track gangs or as motormen and con-ductors on the trains are easy to engage inconversation and most times very knowl-edgable. A visit to Orange Empire is astep back in history to a less hurried andquieter time. On Saturday there weremore volunteers than visitors at the mu-seum but that’s the kind of place it is. Yougo as a visitor and end up at another timeworking in the machine shop or punchingvisitor’s tickets like conductor Mel Milleras they board the next LA Railway street-car for a trip around the loop.

Next week: Everything old is newagain. Riding the San Diego trolleys.

Flu Shot News

People with diabetes are more likely todie with influenza (flu) than those with-out diabetes, yet more than half of peoplewith diabetes did not get a flu shot in arecent year. The Centers for Disease Con-trol and Prevention (CDC) encouragespeople with diabetes to get a flu shot thisflu season, generally November throughMarch.

“People with diabetes may be unawarethat the disease can make their immunesystem more vulnerable to severe cases oreven death from the flu, “ said Dr. FrankVinicor, director of the Division of Dia-betes Translation at CDC. “A flu shot isan easy, safe, preventive measure thatpeople with diabetes should take to pro-tect themselves from the risks associatedwith the flu.”

“Flu shots do not contain a live virus sothey cannot cause the flu,” said TamaraKicera, deputy chief for program devel-opment and evaluation, Adult VaccinePreventable Diseases Branch of the CDC’sNational Immunization Program. “Get-ting a flu shot is essential for people withdiabetes. For other people, such as familymembers of people with diabetes, the

shot not only protects them from the flu,it can help them avoid passing the flualong to their loved ones. A flu shot is agood idea for everyone, but people shouldbe sure to check with their doctor beforegetting this or any other vaccination.”

CDCC also recommends that people withdiabetes receive a pneumococcal polysac-charide vaccine to protect against themost common form of pneumonia be-cause they are at greater risk for severalcomorbidity factors including heart dis-ease and renal failure. Annually, 10,000to 30,000 people with diabetes die fromcomplications resulting from flu and pneu-monia.

Nationwide, approximately 16 millionpeople have diabetes, but half of themhave not been diagnosed. New federallyendorsed guidelines recommend for thefirst time that all adults be tested fordiabetes by age 45. “These new guide-lines will help us begin to diagnose manyof the 8 million people who are unawarethat they have diabetes,” said Dr. Vinicor.

CDC’s public service program, calledWith Diabetes, Prevention Is Control,includes radio and television broadcastand print public service announcements,as well as educational materials to bedistributed through State health depart-ments.

Curry County Home Health can arrangefor homebound people to receive the vac-cination. You do not need to be a patientof a Home Health Agency nor do youneed a Doctor’s order. Medicare will payfor the vaccination for all individualswho have Part B coverage. Call CurryCounty Home Health at either 247-7084,469-0405, or 1-800-535-9472.