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Parks Commission ResponseBy Evan Kramer

The City of Port OrfordParks Commission meton Tuesday night, June3, and first on their agen-da was the tree cutting inBuffington Park in thearea adjacent to the ten-

nis courts. Parks Commission memberWayne Wesley had a copy of my com-ments about the tree felling in our paperfrom May 22. Wesley liked parts of thearticle but took strong exception to theremark about the Parks Commission rec-ommending the trees be cut borderingthe tennis courts in Buffington Park.

Port Orford city administrator Erna Bar-nett attended the meeting and spoke aboutthe trees. Barnett said the trees hadoriginally been planted to be short trees.Barnett then said the “trees had outlivedtheir usefulness.” Barnett said the ParksCommission had not recommended cut-ting the trees down. She said it was adecision of the Public Works depart-ment. Barnett said parks maintenancedoes not come before the Parks Commis-sion and that the trees had been cut in thename of parks maintenance. Al Geiserrecommended a tree ordinance for thecity properties. Barnett later said she

would investigate samples of tree ordi-nances from other cities.

The Parks Commission discussed keep-ing baseball going in Buffington Park inJuly and August by holding an invita-tional baseball tournament with six teams.Dennis Bowman is working on thisproject.

Bleachers will soon be installed at theBuffington Park skateboard park and AlGeiser recommended also putting picnictables in the area. The idea went overwell with the commission. The area willalso be landscaped.

Erna Barnett discussed the Port overlookbuilding. She said it gets trashed heavilyand needs lots of maintenance. She saidthe Port Orford Chamber of Commerceowns the building and pays yearly taxeson it. Barnett said there is no publicrestroom nearly and the building getsused as one. She said she would send aletter to the Chamber of Commerce ask-ing them to deed it over the City. Therewas sentiment expressed at the meetingto demolish the structure and replace itwith a planter.

The commission next discussed the Bat-tle Rock Park visitor center door. AlMorse made and donated the door basedon a design by Will Witt. The commis-sion is going to put a plaque in the visitor

center acknowledging Morse’s contri-bution. He lives in White City and isplanning on moving to Port Orford.

The Sunset Garden Club is hosting thededication of the Freedom Tree in Buff-ington Park on Friday, June 6, at noon, inhonor of the victims of the 9-11-01 at-tacks. (It’s not going to be located next tothe tennis courts.)

The bus bench has been installed at Ray’sPlace Market alongside their sign adja-cent to the highway. Curry Coastal Ex-press customers now have a place to sitwhile waiting for the bus.

I spoke with Parks Commission chair-man Jim Billings at the visitor center lastThursday where he is a frequent volun-teer host. He told me that commissionhad discussed the tree situation in Buff-ington Park at the tennis courts but hadnot made any recommendation either byconsensus or by vote to have them cutdown. He told me he didn’t even knowit had happened until after the fact.

On Monday morning by popular demandthe tree debris was being cleared out ofthe tennis court area. Public works de-partment employees Duane Eckhoff andJay Glines plus two people from commu-nity corrections were at Buffington Parkhauling the downed trees to the parking

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Jubilee Committee MeetingThe Port Orford Fourth of July Jubileecommittee meets on Wednesday, June18, 6:30pm, at Salsa Rita’s.

Letter to the Editor,I have to give Coos-Curry Electric Coop-erative credit. Due to criticism of itsflawed ballot-reply envelope and ballothandling, the co-op gave fellow candi-date Dale Thomas and me full access tothe ballot-counting process.

We saw everything: how ballots arechecked for possible duplication, howenvelopes are opened, how votes arerecorded, how they are added up, andjust as important, the identities of thevolunteers who do all the counting andtabulation.

But when they tallied up all the votes, Iwas not the winner. As a result, 12-yearincumbent, Terry Hanscam gets anotherthree-year term on the board.

The good news is that Thomas, challeng-er for the Zone 4 position, nudged outChuck Knox, someone who’s been afixture on the board even longer thanHanscam.

Letter to the Editor,From inquiries made in the last week,from folks who had read Kristy Sandezand Jennifer Wilson’s letter to the editor,we at Salsa Rita’s would like all to know,Salsa Rita’s is still open and still servingthe same menu with the same great pric-es. We have added a little night lightingfor more intimate dining and a few newflavors to our daily specials, but mostly

Sadly, the number of co-op memberswho actually voted in this election wasabysmally low. For every seven ballotsthat were sent out only one was returned.

Aren’t you concerned about the taxesowed by the co-op’s South Coast Satel-lite subsidiary, its questionable ventureinto the fiber optic business, or that manyco-op directors have spent decades onthe board? Did you vote?

Sincerely,Pete Chasar

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Come by to meet Nancy and maybe teaseher, as the new working partner. That isthe change in management. We are heredaily to bring you smiles, music, food,and fun. Our hours have changed, as youmay have noticed in the few weeks ad-vertising in the Fun Zone, an inconve-nience for some and blessing for others.Because we can now accept deliveries onMonday distributors can access us. Ritaand Nancy can participate in communityevents, WindFest and Rotary dinnersalready and maybe spend a whole daywith our families. So feel free to stop inand visit, ask questions and meet Nancy.Hope to see you soon!

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Port Orford MermaidsThe sale of the Port Orford Mermaidcards are being sponsored by the PortOrford Fishery Wives Network. All prof-its realized from the sale of the cards arededicated to the Fishermen’s Relief Fund.The Fishermen’s Relief Fund is an emer-gency fund being established for localfishermen.

Mermaid Note Cards are available atDock & Tackle, Downtown Fun Zone,Micki’s on Main, Paula’s Bistro andTransaction Gallery.

Mermaid designs are original art worksby local artists. They are being repro-duced through the artist’s generosity andare greatly appreciated for their contri-bution. Additional cards will be pub-lished with new mermaid sightings.

We The Peopleby Nella Reed Abbott

The introductory passage to the Consti-tution of the United States of America isknown as the Preamble, and it beginswith the words “We the people” Thesefirst three words of the Constitution arethe most important because they clearlystate that it is the people — not the king,not the legislature, not the courts, not acentralized government — that are thetrue rulers in American government.

As a result of 9/11 many laws werepassed very quickly by a Congress tryingto provide frightened constituents with asense of security. Some of these newlaws actually attempt to negate parts ofthe Constitution and Bill of Rights, andthereby threaten some of the freedomswe take for granted.

Three states, Hawaii, Alaska and Ver-mont have passed resolutions to defendthe Bill of Rights and protect the civilliberties of their residents. New Mexicohas passed the resolution in the Houseand it will soon reach the Senate floor. Inaddition, 120 cities, towns and countieshave passed similar resolutions to pro-tect the civil liberties of almost 16 mil-

lion people. Here in Oregon, where ourstate constitution reaffirms the Constitu-tion of the United States, resolutionshave been passed in Eugene, Ashland,Talent, Gaston, Corvallis and BentonCounty opposing infringement on civilliberties.

A number of patriotic Port Orford citi-zens have gathered and are meeting withthe goal of including our city in this greatwork that is taking place around thenation and in our state. This group isrepresented by Republicans, Democratsand Greens. “Our purpose is to insurethe protection and preservation of theConstitution and the Bill of Rights. Thiswork is beyond politics.”

It is our belief that Port Orford is abastion of true patriots. We are fortunateto have a number of veterans, or childrenof veterans, in our midst. Governmentscome and governments go, but our lawsand freedoms emanate from the venera-ble documents that have kept this nationthe strongest in the world: The Declara-tion of Independence, The Constitutionof the United States, and The Bill ofRights. The Bill of Rights stands as thehigh temple of our Constitutional orderand yet we lack a clear view of it. One of

the goals of the Port Orford group is toprovide an educational event to edify,enlighten and remind the people of ourcommunity of the privilege we share,and responsibility we have, to protectour civil liberties.

As Judge Learned Hand stated, “Libertylies in the hearts of men and women:when it dies there, no constitution, nolaw, no court can save it.”

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Flag DayBy Reverend Grace Lee Bonnell

June is a month of celebrations. Includ-ed is Flag Day, which was first officiallycelebrated June 14 in 1949. Father’sDay is the third Sunday of the month,officially since 1966. A lesser celebrat-ed, but the older observance is Chil-dren’s Day the second Sunday of themonth since 1856.

June is the sixth month of the year, mean-ing that half the year is gone and half isstill to come. June is the beginning ofsummer, the longest day of the year, thesummer solstice, on June 21 or 22, whenthe North Pole is nearest the sun.

June has become known as the month ofweddings too. Some credit this to thewarmer weather allowing people whohad not bathed during the long cold win-ter to bathe and thereby be fresh for thewedding.

Letter to the Editor,Thanks to everyone who participated inlast week’s Household Hazardous WasteCollection sponsored by the KalmiopsisAudubon Society.

Five volunteers drove three trucks andtrailers full of hazardous waste from near-ly 100 households down to Brookings,where we unloaded at the state DEQsponsored collection event.

This Saturday is Flag Day. As a smallchild my youngest daughter alwaysthought the flags were in her honor.

The Continental Congress of 1777 adopt-ed the Stars and Stripes of our flag how-ever it was not until 1949 that Congressdesignated June 14 as a National FlagDay.

Our state, Oregon, was the thirty thirdstate to be added, February 14, 1859.There were no other stars added duringPresident James Buchanan or PresidentAbraham Lincoln’s terms.

The stripes represent the original thir-teen colonies/states, who also have stars.Our country, although not the oldest coun-try of the world, has a special distinctionin that we have had the same flag longerthan any other country. Our flag meansmany things to us but most of all it meanswe can celebrate Flag Day and any otherday we choose how we choose.

Like the fellow said, “Though you mightlike to know.”

There we talked with specialists andlearned answers to a few questions thatpeople asked us:

Empty containers? Paints that have driedout in their cans and empty containerscan be thrown away with regular trash.

Radioactive smoke detectors? Smokedetectors can be thrown out with regulartrash. The old ones do have some smallamount of radioactivity in them but thenewer ones do not.

Where does it all go? Some of it getsrecycled, some of it is incinerated (pesti-cides in Arkansas), and some of it isburned for energy generation (in Texas).

We also learned that the state pays acontractor roughly $100 per family todispose of all the wastes. Because wedelivered Port Orford’s waste in bulk, itwas cheap, but our load alone cost thestate several thousand dollars to dealwith.

The enormous public expense and haz-ard involved in dealing with these sub-stances certainly indicate that we shoulddo our best to not buy toxic stuff in thefirst place. Fortunately, nowadays thereare many less-toxic alternatives for pestcontrol, cleaning, and even for paints. Byasking our stores to carry more of theseless-toxic products, and buying them lo-cally, we can make a big difference.

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Monday is Discount Day

Brian CoadyPort Orford Reserve police officer BrianCoady died on Saturday June 7. Coadydied from complications due to his havingcystic fibrosis. Police department clerkEllen Mundell said it was a dream cometrue for Coady to be a reserve policeofficer. Mundell said Coady who was 38years old, was at the time of his death theoldest living person with cystic fibrosisin Oregon. He was being flown toPortland on Saturday for treatment whenhe died of cardiac arrest on the way.

Coady began is year plus tenure as areserve police officer with the City ofPort Orford on July 25, 2001. He had toquit working for the department inOctober of 2002 because of his health.

The flags flew at half-mast at Port OrfordCity Hall on Monday morning as PoliceChief Bill Rush spoke about Brian Coady.He seconded what Ellen Mundell hadsaid that one of Coady’s dreams was tobe a police officer. Rush described himas more a full time reserve. Rush said hehad been real happy with Coady’s work.He put in at least 100 hours a month forthe department and sometimes more thanthat. Rush said he last saw Coady sixweeks ago and that Brian had thanked

him for letting him work on thedepartment. Rush said he that Coady hadalways been welcome back if he was upto it. Rush said we had lost a good personin Brian Coady.

Coady was a resident of Port Orford andhas two children, many relatives in PortOrford including sisters Sandra Andersonand Laura Eades and lots of friends.

Memorial services will be held for BrianCoady on Monday, June 16, 11:00am atthe Port Orford Christian Center, 936Washington Street. Pastor DougJamieson will be officiating.

Memorial contributions may be made tothe Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in Brian’sname, to Cystic Fibrosis FoundationOregon Chapter, 5331 SouthwestMacadam, Suite 340, Portland, Oregon97239; phone number is 1-800-448-8404or www.cff.org/oregon. Burn Pile Closed for Season

The Port Orford burn pile at the CityShops on Port Orford Loop Road hasbeen closed for the season following aspontaneous combustion last week.Fortunately, a citizen reported thesmoking pile and the Fire Departmentwas on the scene before the wind builtthe fire to dangerous levels.

Canoe ClubAttention couch potatoes, overworkedfarmers, loggers and fisherpersons! Comecheck out Port Orford’s new HawaiianOutrigger Canoe Club!! For 1 hour wewill put you in a safe, stable 6-personcanoe (this canoe is 45 feet long!!) on

Public MeetingsCity of Port Orford city council meetson Monday, June 16, 7:00pm in the cityhall council chambers.

Port of Port Orford Commission meetson Tuesday, June 17, 7:00pm, in the cityhall council chambers.

Port Orford Watershed Council meetson Wednesday, June 18, 7:00pm, in thecity hall council chambers.

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Police LogJune 4, 8:30am: Assisted citizen withsuspicious package – checked out okay.

11:41pm: Report of domestic argumentat residence on Eighteenth St. – handledby contact.

June 5, 12:15pm: Gregory Byron Joneswas taken into custody after a lengthyfoot chase on the charges of CriminalTrespass I, II, Theft III X2.

8:24pm: Connie Romele was taken intocustody for DUII – cited and released toa family member.

June 6, 3:30pm: Complaint of recklessdriver at Port – relayed to 802.

Midnight: After responding to a call of adomestic on Seventh St., Tina Thom wastaken into custody for a warrant out ofCoos County.

June 7, 2:00pm: Report of criminal mis-chief at residence on Hamlet St. – some-one put a garden hose in a car and turnedit on.

Safety Tip of the Week

Fire season is now if effect. Be sure tocheck with the local fire authorities be-fore burning and to obtain their properpermits. In town, permits can be ob-tained from City Hall – George Gehrkewill check your site. Out of town, planyour burning ahead to allow time forinspection by a Forest Officer. Wild Fireis everyone’s business.

Senior NewsBy Mary Yoder

Here are the birthday people for June –Vance Noble 6-3, Betty Cummings 6-6,Zona Sacket 6-7, Ken Cummings 6-9,Charles Quillen 6-10, Florence Quillen6-15, Zelma Smith 6-16, Jim Squire 6-19, Lee Heyl 6-18, Addie Dooley 6-18,Harold Olsen 6-22, Juanita Hennick 6-22, Myrtle Clark 6-23, Peggy Barrows 6-25, Roger McSharry 6-29, Joan McDow6-27, Betty Berger 6-29, Thomas Myers6-30. A happy birthday to all of you fromall of us.

June 5 was Rotary luncheon. Volunteersworking – Sonja Mason, Dolores Care,Betty Berger, and Mark Murry – settingup the dining room Betty Berger – alsolots more cooking. All did a fine job.Then doing dishes, etc. Warren Jewelland Isaac Jamieson. Isn’t it great mencome as volunteers too? The luncheonwas very nice all enjoyed.

Here is a reminder of the birthday lun-cheon. It has been changed to the fourthSaturday of the month instead of thesecond so it will be June 28. Same time– noon and the rummage sale from 8:00amto 1:00pm. June birthday people get afree lunch. Best come and enjoy. Youonly have one a year.

June 8 breakfast and rummage sale8:00am to 1:00pm. Volunteers workingRoald Young, Mark Murry, Connie Hei-da, John Heida, Juanita Hennick, HalHennick and Owen Miller. The moneybox Betty Berger – rummage sale KayNeal. There was a nice turn out. Every-one enjoyed. Do you notice how manymen were doing their part? I’d like to saya great big thank you to all these volun-teers who gave up their Sunday to work.The breakfast was very special.

June 16 pinochle 7:00pm.

Hearing aid June 17 9:30am – noon.Blood pressure every Tuesday.

Pinochle winners were high Bunny Plan-ton and Charles Cabral.

Early to bedEarly to riseTill you make enough cashTo do otherwise.

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Coos-Curry ElectionCoos-Curry Electric Co-op held theirSixty-fifth annual meeting on Saturdayin Brookings and elected three people tothe board of directors for three-year terms.

1,901 ballots were cast in the election. Inzone 1 Pete Chasar received 473 votes,Lloyd Whaley 377 and incumbent TerryHanscam won the position with 954.

In zone 4 incumbent Chuck Knox wasdefeated by Dale Thomas with Thomasreceiving 941 votes to Knox’s 837.

In Zone 6 the incumbent Monte Lund ranunopposed and received 1,437 votes.

It’s Fire Season!The Coos Forest Protective Associationannounced that fire season officially be-gan at 12:01 a.m. Monday, June 9. Thestart of fire season activates restrictionson both public and industrial forest useon all private, county, state and Bureauof Land Management lands as well asrural fire districts within CFPA’s protec-tion boundaries.

The start of fire season means the end ofunregulated outside burning for peopleresiding in Coos, Curry and westernDouglas County. Written permits andon-site inspections are required for alltypes of outside burning, including de-bris burning and the use of burn barrels.Permits are free of charge and may beobtained as follows:

Residents living in rural areas can calltheir local CFPA office during normalbusiness hours, seven days a week, atone of the following numbers: Coos Bay,267-3161; Reedsport, 271-2224; Gold

Beach, 247-6241; Brookings, 469-2302;Bandon and Port Orford, 347-3400;Bridge and Powers, 572-2796. A FireWarden will typically come to the burnsite to perform the inspection and writethe permit.

County residents within an incorporatedcity should call their local departmentsfor burning restriction and permit de-tails.

Industrial fire regulations are also ineffect. Industrial Fire Precaution Level(IFPL) 1 forbids smoking while workingon or traveling through an industrial op-eration. Specified fire tools and suppres-sion equipment must be maintained at alloperations. A firewatch service is alsorequired at all industrial operation sitesunless waived or modified in writing bya Fire Warden.

Non-industrial firewood cutters musthave an 8-oz. fire extinguisher and ashovel. Power saws must be equippedwith an approved screen.

As fire season progresses, additional clo-sures and restrictions may be imposed asweather conditions become more severe.For further information on burning re-strictions and closures, contact the CFPAClosure Information Line at (541) 267-1789.

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Letter to the Editor,While I would like to thank everyonewho voted to elect me to the Coos CurryElectric Board, the real election hero wasthe US Postal Service. Did you knowthat Oregon coast mail is sent to Eugeneto be electronically sorted? A ballotproblem caused a substantial number ofthese ballots to be returned to the send-er’s post office. Your ballot went toEugene, was returned to your post office,sent back to Eugene and then to PortOrford.

In early returns, many people actuallydid get their ballots returned. Fortunate-ly, our postal employees quickly realizedthat a major problem existed, coupledwith a very short deadline. The postalemployees found many creative ways toget our ballots to Port Orford on time.Some bundled returned ballots in specialmailers; others marked all the electroniccodes off, which then required humanprocessing, and resend them for us; someintercepted the ballots and changed orbundled them before ever leaving yourpost office; and others recommended, asthe deadline neared, that members taketheir ballots to a Coos Curry Electricoffice.

All this resulted in record ballot turnout,the very basis of our American democra-cy. No matter who you voted for, weshould all thank the postal employeeswho looked out for us. As their informalmotto says, ‘Neither snow nor rain nor

Thank YouBy Evan Kramer

Thanks to the Kalmiopsis Audubon So-ciety for last week’s household hazard-ous waste collection in Buffington Park.By taking my old paint and other items tothe park and not having to drive down toBrookings I saved 110 miles of drivingand six gallons of gasoline. Anothersavings was we didn’t have to spend twoand a half hours driving down there andback and waiting in line to be processed.Since 100 households in Port Orfordtook part in the local collection over

heat nor gloom of night [nor ballot prob-lems] stays these couriers from the swiftcompletion of their appointed rounds.’

Thanks to them one and all,

Dale ThomasCoos Curry Electric Board Member

Elect – Zone 4

11,000 miles worth of driving was savedand over 500 gallons of gas.

People in the Audubon Society whohelped out were Sunja Goldenrose, Aland Joan Geiser, Cathy Boden and JohnShipp and Tim Palmer and Ann Vileisis.They worked four hours on Friday after-noon and nearly all day Saturday.

Ann Vileisis added a little more informa-tion to her letter to the editor about wherethe hazardous waste was headed after itreached Brookings. The pesticides andacid corrosive items will be shipped toArkansas and incinerated. Oil basedpaints will be sent to an energy genera-tion plant in Texas. The lead batteries,fluorescent tubes, motor oil and latexpaint will be recycled.

MSE Environmental handled the haz-ardous waste collection with a grant fromthe Department of Environmental Qual-ity.

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USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

Finding of No Significant Environmental Impact

The USDA Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has received an application for financialassistance from the City of Port Orford for its proposed Wastewater System ImprovementsProject. The improvements would address the City’s need for an adequate and acceptableeffluent treatment and disposal system. The City has entered into a Mutual Agreement andOrder (MAO) with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality that requires the Cityto bring its wastewater treatment and disposal facilities into compliance with theirwastewater discharge permit. The proposed project would be completed in two phases asdescribed in the USDA RUS Notice of the Availability of an Environmental Assessment.This public notice was published in the Port Orford News on April 23 and 30, 2003, as wellas the local newsletter, Port Orford Today, on April 24 and May 1, 2003.

As required by the National Environmental Policy Act, RUS has assessed the potentialenvironmental impacts of this proposed project and has determined that the proposal willnot have a significant effect on the human environment. Therefore, RUS will not preparean environmental impact statement for this proposed action.

This determination is based on analysis that indicates that the proposed project will haveno significant impact to important land resources, cultural resources, biological resources,water quality, or other areas of environmental concern.

Copies of the Environmental Assessment are available at the following RUS office:One Main Place Building, Suite 1410

101 SW Main StreetPortland, Oregon 97204-2333

For further information, contact Mona Ellison at (503) 414-3364 or by e-mail atmona.ellison@or.usda.gov.

USDA Rural Development is an Equal Opportunity Lender, Provider, and Employer.Complaints of discrimination should be sent to: USDA, Director, Office of CivilRights, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410

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Fair ScheduleSchool’s out and that means it time forthe county fairs. The Curry County Fairis scheduled to run from Thursday, July24 through Sunday July 27 at the Fair-grounds in Gold Beach. The Curry Coun-ty Fair theme this year is “Hooray for theRed, White and Moo!” Special events atthis year’s Fair include the NPRA Rodeoon Saturday and Sunday starting at1:30pm in the covered arena. The Fairparade will be held through downtownGold Beach on Saturday morning start-ing at 11:00am. The Curry County Fairbegan in 1936.

The Coos County Fair theme this year is“Party with some Real Animals” andruns from July 22 to July 26. Accordingto fair management the fair dates havebeen changed from mid August to theend of July to free up the dates of theneighboring Douglas County Fair. Be-cause of this both the Coos and CurryCounty Fairs are the same week.

Letter to the Editor,Thanks to all of you who have beenfollowing the Coos Curry Electric newsand who voted in the election. Of anaverage of 16,014 CCEC voters, 1,901voted. According to Grant Combs, Chair-man, the average number of ballots in thelast few years has been 1,000. So lotsmore ballots came in, thanks to you. Wenow have one new board member, that’sDale Thomas from Gold Beach, Zone 4,north of the Rogue River.

Jim Arnst reported re Annual Audit. Hestated that on Thursday, June 5th, theauditor faxed in the numbers listed in theCoos-Curry Electric Cooperative, Inc.

“Unconsolidated Statement of Revenue& Expense” and the “UnconsolidatedBalance Sheets as of 12-31-02” and Un-consolidated figures for 2001. (handedout at the June 7th Members Meeting).“Unconsolidated” means that only oneentity was reported - in this case CoosCurry Electric. But South Coast Satellite¹snumbers are still not in which will affectthe final Statements and Balance Sheetsfor Coos Curry Electric¹s Audited Annu-al Statement. Hopefully, no 8.4 Million& penalties due. Hopefully, figures willbe available by the June 27th meeting.Maybe then we can complete the 2001consolidated audit and also, the now due2002 consolidated audit. Annual Con-

solidated Audits are required in the By-Laws.

I was hoping that we could vote in somechanges in the By-laws and proceduralissues. But I found that By-law changesmust be listed in the Notice Of AnnualMeeting Of The Members sent prior tothe Members’ meeting. Ideas?

Jean Shank

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Sheepskin SpecialtiesLanglois — 348-2500

Farm Martfarmstore@harborside.com

Fencing FeedCulvert Gates

Animal Husbandry SuppliesAcross from Ocean Spray

347-4356www.currydale.com

McNair True Value HardwareHelp is just around the corner

1935 N. Oregon St., Port Orford(541) 332-3371

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Bartlett's Cafe

Open 6am to 7pm Every DayLocated across Hwy 101 from

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Bring a FriendBuy one delicious meal atregular price, get a secondmeal of equal or less value

for Half Price!

You must present this coupon.Valid June 12 thru June 18, 2003

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Douglas TrimbleTree Service

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Attention All ParentsThe Summer Art Program has availabil-ity in all of the classes except Drawingfor Kids, Clay Lanterns, and Clay Playfor Doughnuts. Please register early foralternate classes soon as more class clo-sures are expected due to high interestand early enrol\lment. Thanks

– The Port Orford Arts Council

Greeting Center Re-OpensThe Cape Blanco Lighthouse is still notopen for public tours, but the greetingcenter at the lighthouse reopened overthe weekend. In recent years thelighthouse and greeting center openedfor public tours in April. But this spring,an extensive restoration project at the130-year-old lighthouse has delayed theopening. The greeting center reopenedSaturday with several new exhibits,including a video presentation about theon-going restoration work.

Originally, the U.S. Bureau of LandManagement (BLM) projected that thelighthouse would reopen for public tours

by Memorial Day. But when the copperroof was removed, more extensivecorrosion was found in roof supports. Ittook some time for engineers to assessthe condition and design potential repairsbefore the original restoration contractcould proceed. This delayed the contractand the reopening of the lighthouse untilmid summer. Once the plannedrestoration work is completed, the U.S.Coast Guard will reinstall the Fresnellens and the lighthouse will reopen forpublic tours. In the meantime, thegreeting center will be open daily (exceptWednesdays) from 10:00am to 3:30pm.

The BLM manages the Cape Blancolighthouse for its cultural values and for

public interpretation and visitation inpartnership with Oregon Parks andRecreation, Confederated Tribes of SiletzIndians, Coquille Indian Tribe, and theOregon State Historic PreservationOffice.

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

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Dock Tackle & SeafoodHours 8 to 5

Local catch Fish-n-Chips, Burgers,Gifts, Fishing Gear, and Bait

Fresh local fish fillets when available.(541) 332-8985

Remember

The Crazy Norwegians11:30am - 8:00 pm Daily

Crab & Shrimp Sandwiches332-8601

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) 530-7190 (mobile).

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

CURIOUS about what your property maysell for? Call Sandra at Siskiyou CoastRealty for a free comparative market analy-sis. We need property to sell. (541)332-7777.

THE CAT’S MEOW vacation cottage.Great for families. Located at 503 Jack-son St. 80 feet to beach access! Please calltoll free (866) 503-5003 for reservations.Non-smoking environment.

RENTAL AVAILABLE: 4 bed, 2 bathmanufactured home on 12 acres; excel-lent shape; $750/mo; $1,100 deposit.Oregon Properties 347-1876.

FOR RENT: New 3 Bedroom, 2 bathhome in private area. Call Larry 209-576-8853.

SERVICES

KEY’Z 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 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,Friday from 10 to 5. Closed Saturday.

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

EXTERIOR PAINTING and Remodel,lots of local references. Decks, additions,window packages, siding, and painting.Quality workmanship. Licensed, bondedand insured and BBB member. CCB#132941. Call 347-2259. Eugene Hill Con-struction.

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.

BLUE SKY TREE SERVICE – Safeand efficient removal of fallen or danger-ous trees. Serving Port Orford area. Freeestimates! CCB# 152469. 347-7400.

READY FOR A WEBSITE? Not get-ting the results you want from your existingsite? Call Judy at J.T. Dataworks. Freeconsultation. Reasonable rates. 332-0172.

HEALTHY, FUN GRANDMOTHERseeks infant-5 yr. Olds for Monday thruFriday day care. Education, nutrition,nature oriented atmosphere. Stimulatinghome setting including 3 yr. Old grand-son. 332-1425.

WATKINS PRODUCTS now in yourarea. Get your catalog and free sample.Call Greta 541-332-1104. cghollo@briskweb.net.

PORT ORFORD ADULT FOSTERHome has immediate opening for yourloved one. State licensed, class 3. RN onstaff. Individualized care. Pvt. Room.Dementia and related disorders welcome.Contact Debbie 332-1212 for info.

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

EMPLOYMENT

SEASONAL PARKS WORKER. Cityof Port Orford. Eleven weeks startingJuly 1st. Duties: brush cutting and haul-ing, shoveling and digging, changing trashcans. Operate brush chipper, chain saw,weed-eater, lawnmower. Must lift 50pounds and possess current Oregondriver’s license. Mon-Fri, 7:30 a.m. -4:30 p.m. $7 per hour. For job descriptionand application: City Hall, 555 West 20thStreet, or 541-332-3681, or portorfordcityh@harborside.com. Application dead-line: Friday, June 14th, at 4:30 p.m.

NEEDED ELDER CARE RELIEFPerson 3 days/week Flexible hours, nego-tiable duties. Good pay. Possible separateliving quarters. 332-6880.

GARAGE SALES

BIG SALE Friday and Saturday at Jamsign south of Langlois 9am-3pm. Lots ofnew items.

INDOOR SALE SIXES GRANGE Fri& Sat 9-3. Commercial radios, misc. elec-tronics, watches, cameras, ladies clothes,tools, jewelry, too much to list.

BIG GARAGE SALE 2½ miles north onNickelson Drive. Rifle, shotgun, apt. re-frigerator, portable compressor 5 HP, misclots of stuff! Sat. 8-3.

GARAGE SALE – SAT. JUNE 14TH 9-5. 250 10th Street. Rain or shine. No earlybirds.

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 NICKELTHE WOODEN NICKELTHE WOODEN NICKELTHE WOODEN NICKELTHE WOODEN NICKELHandcrafted Myrtlewood

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Curry Public TransitRemember: We are

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Family Hair CareOpen 9-5 Tues. - Sat.

Walk-ins welcomeEvenings by appt.

332-0504 or 332-5028

Colorful Landscape RockAvailable at

Jim’s GemsHwy 101, 3 miles S. of Bandon

OPEN Fri-Sun 9-6 (541) 347-7400

Johnson GalleryJohnson GalleryJohnson GalleryJohnson GalleryJohnson GalleryHours: 10-5 (Sunday 12-4)

Open every day except Tuesday530 8th St 332-0599(behind the movie theater)

FREE – Unique Gift Wrapping

Jewels By The Sea755 Oregon St. #A 332-4061

Quality On-Site Repairs Custom DesignsQuality Gemstones Beads & Supplies

Gift Certificates Layaway Plans

wind dancingHigh Wind Kites, Banners, Flags & more

735 Oregon StreetOpen Sunny Fridays & Saturdays

10 AM to 3 PM(Also The Joan of Arc Rental Office)

YARD SALE SAT. JUNE 14th 8:30 to2:30 #2 Hamlet. Brand new sliding door,microwave, toys, too much to list. Raincancels.

MISCELLANEOUS

FOR SALE: 12’ VALCO Flat bottomboat, motor & trailer. $450.00. 332-8135.

BRING THIS AD, GET $2.00 OFF 40#Canidae Dog Food. Til June 25 just $26.00Seaweed Natural Grocery, 9th and 101.

WALNUT VENEER DINING ROOMset, 6 chairs, antique, excellent condition$550.00 332-0208.

OLD RUSTY CEMENT MIXER$35.00, 12’ rusty trailer for 12ft alumi-num boat $35.00 332-2046.

LIVE PRAWNS NOW AVAILABLE!Albacore tuna season is just around thecorner so get your orders in early to besure and get some this year. Call 332-2245.

WE STILL HAVE USB 2.0 6-in-1 cardreaders, 400 and 500 watt ATX powersupplies, Altec Lansing computer speak-ers for only $17.99! We now have twokinds of speaker wire, two kinds ofmicrocassettes, and we’ve restocked ourcables. The Downtown Fun Zone, 832Hwy 101, Port Orford. 332-6565.

IT’S SUMMER FUN TIME at The ShellShack, we’ve got great new beach toys,kites, bubbles of all kinds, Drop soneParachutes, Tech Dudes “boarders”, TruckModifies and more! Great party gifts!

OUR THRIFT STORE IN BANDONis open l0-5 everyday. We NEED furni-ture and other donations. We pick upfurniture. 347-9832.

SMALL DIGITAL CAMERAS -They’re cheap, and small but great forsnapshots to email to friends! 640x480images, 64Mb RAM holds up to 200pictures. Connects to USB port. Twokinds From $29.99 (while they last.) TheDowntown Fun Zone, 832 Hwy 101, PortOrford. 332-6565.

FOR SALE: 15’ SIERRA fiberglass boat33½ HP Evenrude motor and trailer. Goodcondition. Runs great. $1250.00. 332-8265.

WE SELL SEA SHELLS and souvenirsby the seashore! Stop and shop the ShellShack at BattleRock Park with the largestselections in town.

289 FORD MOTOR and carburetor.Marine heads. Phone 332-0390.

TENT TRAILER Sleeps 6, 3-way frig,electric & pump water, porta-pot, otherextras, new tires. $2300 obo. Steve 332-7304, 332-5201.

PET SITTING, overnights too. Refer-ences available. Susan Palmer 332-1111reservations advised.

MR. APPLIANCE OF BANDON willpick up your unwanted appliances, work-ing or not, upon approval. 347-1474.

PACIFIC WAVE FITNESS (541) 332-7777, (541) 332-2025. Now offeringYoga! Membership fee’s $30.00 permonth. Call for free tour of the gym. Joinnow to get in shape!

MISTY MEADOWS JAMS and syrupsat the Shell Shack at Battle Rock Park, alocally made Oregon product!

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

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PREPAID PHONE CARDS $7.00 – 2-hour cards – no minimum usage! TheDowntown Fun Zone.

NEW VIDEOS: “Tears of the Sun”, “OldSchool”, “They”, “Frida”, “The Invin-cible”, “Jungle Book 2”, and “BikerBoyz”. Please remember items are dueback by 3:30pm the next business day.The Downtown Fun Zone. Open 9:30-6Mon-Thurs and 9:30-7 Friday and Satur-day. Closed Sundays.

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

area by the skateboard park and cuttingthem up. Port Orford is fortunate to havesuch a hard working and conscientiouscrew in their public works department.

The City of Port Orford has issued apress release regarding disposition of thetrees in Buffington Park. It goes asfollows:

Trunks of the Coast Pine trees recentlyfelled at the Buffington Park tennis court(Fourteenth and Arizona) have been cutinto rounds and will remain on the siteuntil next week for removal by the pub-lic. The rounds are free to citizens withno limit as to size of loads; no permit isneeded for removal.

10,000 in 10 Weeks? You bet!by Tobe Porter Library Director

The heat’s on, the chips are down, thegauntlet has been dropped. . . or, as wesay in the library building business: we’reon a roll.

Ten very generous Port Orford individu-als have each pledged $1,000 toward thenew library construction project with thehope that the rest of us in the communitywill match that $10,000 total. We can doit. Now is the time to empty those coatpockets, turn those saved up coins intodollars, sell that antique you really can’tuse, or open your pocketbook as wide asyour heart and send your tax-deductibledonation to the Port Orford Public Li-brary Foundation, P. O. Box 274, PortOrford 97465.

Why just ten weeks to raise $10,000?Because we plan to ask private founda-tions for major money come the end ofthe summer, and we want to be able tosay that we have $200,000 already raised(plus the land of course). We have about$170,000 now. We need this $10,000match to go with the proceeds from theLibrary Book Quilt and the Sheep Art toput us over the top.

So, please, if you’ve thought about con-tributing to the new library building fund,now is the time. It only takes ten morepeople sending in $1,000 each, or 20people sending in $500, or 50 peoplesending . . . you see the pattern and youcan see how every dollar counts. Thankyou.

Letter to the Editor,As a former Curry County Commission-er these are my observations about thesuggested Commissioner salary increasefrom $40,000 to $52,000.

During my 1995 campaign for CountyCommissioner, county funding was de-clining, thus I advocated a decrease in

Visitors Center PopularThe Port Orford Visitors Center at BattleRock Wayside had more visitors in thepast year than any other stopping place inthe state except for the two points ofentry at the Washington and Californiaborders according to a recent report fromthe Oregon Tourism Commission.

elected officials’ salaries. The countybudget committee that year included threeformer Commissioners and on the laybudget-elected officials compensationboard, a current Commissioner. Thosefour plus two other lay committee mem-bers voted to reduce the $45,500 a yearsalary for Commissioners to $37,500beginning in 1996 when two of the threeformer Commissioners were not returnedto office. I knew the Commissioner’ssalary when I continued my campaign.

The position of county commissioners,unlike elected officials such as Sheriffand Surveyor, is an “on the job training”position. Experience on the job is one’sinstructor, as well as education and lifeexperiences. There’s no school to be-come a Commissioner.

During my two years in office, we Com-missioners were offered a raise by the laycompensation budget board members andrespectfully declined to vote for it. Wetoo knew we deserved it. The third yearI also respectfully declined, though wasout voted.

I believe the office of Commissioner is apublic service, not a career. Thereforequalified people will run for office re-gardless of salary level.

In regards to the county budget beingbalanced with salary increases; my ques-tion is; what services to county citizenshave been deleted? Any budget can bebalanced by cutting services.

Sincerely,Cheryl Thorp

Therefore, it is no surprise that the Cen-ter is looking for additional volunteers towork two to four hour shifts during thesummer hours of 10:00 am to 5:00 pmdaily. New volunteers receive training atthe Center prior to taking on the jobalone.

Persons wishing to volunteer should callPatty Clark at Port Orford City Hall,332-3681.