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We ate at Jerry’s restaurant in the morning and besides being an independent sort of place they had some great food art and slogans on the walls above the counter. One of their slogans is “golden waffles wallowing in butter and maple syrup” but my favorite was “good foods served right” and the service was excellent at Jerry’s. We also found the best convenience store and gas station of the trip. This was the Maverick store and station which advertises itself as “Adventure’s First Stop” The store is big and clean and had some great murals on the walls of outdoor scenes and had competitive gas prices. Then it was time to wrap up our jaunt along America’s supposedly loneliest highway and head for Fernley where we got our passports stamped for the fifth and final time at a local casino. We also were lucky to turn the radio on and pick up radio station KHWG (K Hog) AM 750 and enjoyed the heck out of this “classic and contemporary country station which plays the whole spectrum of country music and had the best station jingo of all. Ask Valerie to sing or play it for you.

At Fernley we could either have gone into Reno on 50 and then 395 back to

Oregon or take an even lonelier road than 50 so we took the road less traveled once again. We headed north on Nevada 447 to Northern California. Now 447 is really a lonely highway compared to 50 and the only town of any size along the way to Cedarville in Northern California is Gerlach, population 160 and home of Bruno’s Motel and nearby Bruno’s casino, restaurant and bar. We stopped at Bruno’s Casino to look around and fed their old fashioned slot machines gladly. It is the kind of slot machine that takes quarters and pay back in quarters – real antiques in a digital age. My new fantasy business would be a small casino with classic slot machines using coins and a room full of pinball machines from the 60’s and 70’s. I think it would be a hit with those us who yearn for objects from the pre digital age. We found out that the infamous Burning Man gathering takes place near Gerlach every year and they couldn’t pick a more isolated spot for a gathering of over 50,000 people but all we saw of Burning Man were two postcards which we purchased and took home. Gerlach is also a railroad town and we spotted hundreds of sections of pipeline for the project going on now that will bring a natural gas pipeline from Opal, Wyoming to Malin, Oregon where it will where it will connect with the natural gas pipeline in Northern

California.. This construction has provided a boom in employment in the Lakeview and Klamath Falls areas providing very good paying jobs with benefits – the kind of thing that has gone out of style. Hundreds of people have been employed for this massive $3 billion project. The El Paso Corporation is building this 680 mile long pipeline named the Ruby Pipeline, not without some controversy, but nevertheless it is proceeding and is a real boon for that area.

We drove on to the Nixon Store where I took a photo in honor of one of our former and much maligned Presidents. Nixon ranks #9 on the “Top 10 Worst US Presidents” list at http://listverse.com/2007/11/06/top-10-worst-us-presidents/. Others on the list are Calvin Coolidge, Zachary Taylor, John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Ulysses S. Grant, Andrew Johnson, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, and Warren G. Harding. Nixon is the gateway to Pyramid Lake. We barely saw Pyramid Lake by staying on 447 but did find the road took us along the length of Winnemucca Dry Lake which extends for many miles. It has been used as a film location including Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable’s last movie “The

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Misfits” about, among other things, the fate of wild horses. The dry bottom of Winnemucca Lake is an extremely hard surface though nearly all of it is fenced off and is private.

We continued northwest on Nevada 447 and the country started to change as it became the Surprise Valley as we got near California with many ranches, cattle, horses, and water sources but still not much traffic. We entered Northern California and passed through the quaint ranching towns of Eagleville and Cedarville before dropping into Alturas for lunch at one of the local eateries. I had one too many burgers and fries that day and paid for it for the rest of the day. We took Highway 139 into Klamath Falls for our last evening away from home on this short but lengthy trip and parked the horse at another Motel 6 which was fine with Honeybear. I got lost in downtown Klamath Falls looking for the lake and gave up but we saw plenty of it on our way home the next day on Highway 140 (Lake of the Woods

Highway.) We took that on our way to Medford. Other than one small stretch of Interstate 5 between Central Point and Rogue River we stayed on state and county roads all day and enjoyed every minute of it. We found another fantastic country station in Grants Pass called KRRM (pronounced cream) and kept the signal to Cave Junction. This independently owned local radio station plays a variety of classic country music. It is a credit to the radio business which has become very bland from what we heard the previous 4,250 miles. I stopped in Cave Junction at a self serve car wash to get some of the bugs and bug juice off my truck and it took a high pressured hose and several minutes to make any progress. To my knowledge we didn’t contribute to the massive road kill carnage of larger critters we had witnessed the previous weeks. We stopped in Brookings of course to give their businesses some of our money, had a big Chinese meal at the Rice Bowl in Harbor and went home tired but full of memories and good feelings.

Thank you for your response to this series of articles on our most recent trip.

It seems like some of you would like to see us leave town again soon so we can continue the travel stories. Last week marked the end of the twentieth year of editing and publishing Port Orford Today! We started printing it on a copy machine in our home and put out our first issue on November 2, 1990.

The first edition featured several local businesses advertising with an untried and new paper and for that we are forever grateful. They included Coastal Gardens Nursery, From Oregon with Love, the Flea Market, The Golden Owl Deli, The Silver Door, Bonnie’s Ice Cream Shoppe, Casa Bon Nia and the sole survivor the Rick Cook Gallery. Fortunately we found out about a Risograph duplicator and switched to that after the first year and were able to print more copies with more pages much faster. We still continue to print, fold and collate the paper in house at our store. The first paper was a single 8½ by 14” sheet of colored paper folded in half to give 4 pages. Last week’s paper was 18 pages or 4 ½ sheets. The

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paper is still free and your response has been overwhelmingly positive. Thank you to all our advertisers because they pay for this paper and make it possible. Thanks to Valerie for typesetting the paper all these years as her job is the most important one and for editing many of my malapropisms and bloopers and thanks to Brenda for helping us assemble it every Wednesday. Thanks to all those who have worked here in the past and have contributed their part to making this paper. The Fun Zone has been blessed with some great employees over the years! Thanks also to all the people who write letters and articles that help fill these pages and without whose assistance we couldn’t put this paper out weekly.

We ended up our one article in our first paper with the following statement that sounds good today: “The election is Tuesday and I suppose most of us are happy to see this political season come to its conclusion”. Today they count the votes in the 2010 election and then we can move forward after a way-too-long election season.

Author Dave Pinyerd to SpeakBy Steve Roemen

Point Orford Heritage Society (POHS) and Friends of Cape Blanco (FOCB) will hold a combined Annual Meeting

Sunset Garden ClubThe Sunset Garden Club will meet on Friday, Nov. 5 in the Port Orford Senior Center at 1:00pm. Fayne DuPont will give a presentation about bonsai. Visitors are always welcome.

on Sunday, November 14th at 2:00 PM at the Port Orford Library Freedom of Speech Room. The two organizations are well into negotiations to merge into one 501(c) 3 corporation. Current plan is to accomplish the merger early in 2011. Prior to hearing from our guest speaker, there will be a business meeting including election of Officers and Directors for POHS and FOCB and discussions of the status of the merger where your questions, suggestions, and insights can be addressed.

David Pinyerd is the author of “Lighthouses and Life-Saving on the Oregon Coast”. His interest in life-saving originated during a hunt for a thesis topic while earning a master’s degree in historic preservation at the University of Oregon. In 1996, he led a field school assessment of Cape Blanco’s lighthouse and bunked at the Port Orford Lifeboat Station. Pinyerd said, “The program director and state parks guy showed up at the field school and told me my thesis was going to be on life-saving stations.” After the initial confrontation and years of work, he eventually grew to enjoy the topic. Afterwards, he joined the board of the U.S. Life-Saving Service Heritage Association, where he is still focused on preserving the artifacts and stories of the early Coast Guard on the West Coast.

David Pinyerd is a historic preservation

consultant with his own firm, Historic Preservation Northwest, based in Albany, Oregon. He serves on the city’s historic landmarks commission and teaches a course in historic building survey at the University of Oregon. When not working for pay, he can be found working on his house, a 1930 English Cottage.

David will give a presentation on the “History of the Life-Saving Service in Oregon and the Coast Guard in Port Orford”. He hopes to keep alive the early history of life-saving in Oregon and elicit the publication of more stories from Oregon “coasties”, past and present.

Please mark your calendars for November 14th to join us for a “home coming” for Mr. Pinyerd and learn more as our groups merge to preserve Port Orford’s rich heritage.

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Greetings Curry CountyEvery November Curry County Home Health & Hospice reaches out to our community to raise awareness about the compassionate care that hospice provide patients and families coping with serious and life-limiting illness. This month of awareness provides an opportunity for us to remind people that hospice care helps patients and families focus on living. This surprises some people.

Those of us who have worked in the field have seen firsthand how hospice care can improve the quality of life. And research shows that families report a better quality of life under hospice care. To further the surprise, there’s a growing body of research showing that hospice care may prolong the lives of some people who receive care.

Your local hospice team provides expert medical care to keep patients comfortable and able to enjoy time with loved ones. This team answers questions, offers advice on what to expect, and helps families with the duties of being a caregiver. They also provide emotional and spiritual support for the entire family.

With the help of hospice, patients and families alike can focus on what’s most important – enjoying life together and living as fully as possible.

Arts Council NewsBy Elaine Roemen

Wait till you see the New Children’s Art Calendar!! Available at stores in town this week. It is professionally printed and gorgeous! Each month features a colorful painting, the dates and times of Port Orford meetings and events and festivities. Many people pledged a day for $5 with a little message and this raised enough for the Arts Council to bring Comedia Dell Arte to Port Orford December 11. They are a fantastic performing troupe thrilling to young and old alike.

“Art in the Park” for Children will resume November 6 with a month of interesting art lessons involving a visit from Free Flight, painting birds,

learning quilt patterns and origami taught by Bellah Stephan and Anastasia Savenkova. There will be a two week Christmas break and then classes will resume January through April, every Sat at the A-frame 10 to noon.

Free Friday Night Family Movies at the A-Frame with Popcorn. Stephanie Webb at Port Orford Ocean Resources has put together a schedule of great ocean related movies from “Finding Nemo” to the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival Award, “Source to Sea: the Columbia River Swim” a tale of a man and a river. The movies will start at 6:30 on Dec. 3 with “Close to Home” and environmental surf documentary. Dates for the movies Dec. 3,10, 17,Jan.7, 14.

If you have an artistic or community goal, the Arts Council is a supportive platform. When I came on board we wanted to have a children’s art program during the school year to fill the need for art that the schools cannot provide. We now have a great Saturday Art Program! The sale of the Children’s Calendars ($12), along with a small grant, will support the “Art in the Park” program for next year. We have experienced teachers lined up for adult classes in various media, also workshops to help artists market their work to name a few things being planned. Our annual membership meeting will be a potluck on December 7 at the A-frame where we will take nominations and elect our new board for 2011. Please join us.

This important message lasts beyond the month of November and is important all year round.

If you or a loved one is facing a serious or life-limiting illness, the time to find out more about hospice care is right now. Call and speak to a team member about the services that are provided locally, 541-469-0405, 541-247-7084, 541-332-0273.

There is more that can be done!

Regards,

Pattie SlagleVolunteer & Resource Coordinator

Curry County Home Health & Hospice

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Langlois Holiday Crafts FairJoin us for holiday festivities at the 14th Annual Holiday Crafts Fair at the Langlois Lions Hall on Floras Lake Loop Rd. just south of town. The fair will be held on Friday & Saturday, November 19 & 20 from 9AM – 4PM. This event is sponsored by the Langlois Lions and the Friends of the Langlois Library.

This year there will be 34 vendors selling their crafts and wares, and the Lions Club will once again have drinks, baked goods and a warm lunch available for purchase. If you visited last year, you know the building is large, the parking is plenty, the shopping is stellar and the food is good. For information, call (541) 348-2066.

Ronn Kerr Named PastorRev. Ronn Kerr of Port Orford has been called by the Church Council and appointed by the bishop to be the pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Port Orford beginning November 1. His first service preaching and celebrating Holy Communion will be Sunday, November 7.

Kerr said, “North Curry County has four fine churches that serve conservative Christians and two high-church liturgical congregations but Zion Church will be focused on providing worship celebrations, opportunities for outreach, and Christian education for centrist and progressive Protestants from denominations such as Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Disciples. Our worship services will be both joyful and liturgical, our outreach will be focused on the needs of people in our community and around the world,

and our education will be based on progressive Biblical theology.”

Kerr is a United Methodist clergyman who semi-retired to Port Orford ten years ago. He has been involved in a variety of activities on the Oregon South Coast serving as president of the Port Orford and North Curry Chamber of Commerce for two years, the first president of America’s Wild Rivers Coast, and is currently President Elect of the Rotary Club of Port Orford.

He has published more than three dozen books and many articles on the Bible, theology, and church history and was appointed to a variety of national and international Christian agencies during his clerical career.

“We are beginning a new adventure at Zion Church,” Kerr said, “and everyone in the Port Orford area is invited to come and join us in that mission.” Zion Lutheran Church is located at 2015

Washington Street, Port Orford. Bible study is at 10:00 am, worship is at 11:00 am, and fellowship and refreshments are at noon every Sunday.

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Port Orford Flu ClinicThe Curry County Health Department will hold a flu clinic on Monday, November 8, at the Port Orford Senior Center, 1536 Jackson Street. The clinic will be open from 10:00am to noon and 1:00 to 3:00pm.

Oregon’s Poet LaureatePort Orford and Langlois Public Libraries are proud to sponsor a public reading by Oregon’s Poet Laureate Paulann Petersen at 7:00p on Thursday, November 11 at the Port Orford Library.

A native Oregonian, Ms. Petersen began writing poetry when inspired by Klamath Fall’s high plateau landscape. Her first published poem appeared in the Sunday Oregonian in 1975, and on April 26, 2010 Governor Kulongoski appointed her Oregon’s sixth Poet Laureate!

Ms. Petersen has given readings in hundreds of spots from Powell’s in Portland to Omsania University in India, from Ross Ragland Theater in Klamath Falls to the Museum Hotel in Central Turkey. Her poetry is featured on Trimet public transportation as part of Poetry in Motion. For the last ten years, she’s served on the board of Friends of William Stafford, organizing the annual birthday celebration.

Her visit to North Curry is made possible with funding by the Oregon Cultural Trust.

The Health Department will bill Medicare, Regency Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Oregon and the Oregon Health Plan. Those people with Medicare, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Oregon or the Oregon Health Plan there will be no cost to you (Free). If you have no insurance or another insurance there will be a $30 admit feel. The Health Department will provide you with a receipt so that you may submit it to your insurance company.

The Health Department will have the pneumonia vaccine available for $67. Please check your record to see if you have had a pneumonia shot.

To avoid catching the flu, the Health Department advises the following:

Wash your hands frequently, try not to touch your eyes, nose or mouth, cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze, avoid close contact with people who are ill, and stay home when you are sick.

Seniors who haven’t had a pneumococcal vaccination should get one now. Pneumonia is a serious complication of the flu.

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November 6: A visit from Free FlightNovember 13: Drawing & Painting Birds

November 20: Fabric DesignsNovember 27: Origami

Teachers: Bella Stephan, Anastasia Savenkova, Terry MagillSponsored by the Port Orford Arts Council

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Letter to the Editor,“Come on down Saturday night and be entertained by your neighbors. Port Orford’s got Talent! You will be amazed, thrilled and overwhelmed with small town pride. Okay so it will be fun and worth the price – it’s free!” I had no idea when I wrote those words how true they would be. Sixty five folks showed up for a couple of hours of very diverse talent gracing the stage of Theater 101 on October 16. I must say I was amazed thrilled and overwhelmed.. What a night! I think I speak for the club, when I say it was worth all the effort we all put into our first Talent Show and we look forward t our next show in January. In a nut shell, the Port Orford Music Club is a small group (around 15 regular members) of local musicians working on making the leap from living room to public performance. A few of us have played “On Stage” before life got in the way but most of the members are learning to play in public for the first time. The club meets on Wednesday nights at our club practice room donated by John and Susan Lincoln, and Theater 101 sponsored our show by providing the stage.

Thanks to all who helped make this event possible and a special thanks to Siren’s Cove Coffee Shop for opening just for us. In my humble opinion we all performed at our best and in some cases we even leaned into the light and shined. If you missed our show look for our next Talent Show date and time in Port Orford Today. If you are interested in joining us then give me a call at 541-366-1123. Membership is free.

John Rask

Letter to the Editor,I wish to apologize to the good folks of Port Orford for a recent letter I wrote, regarding Rep. Peter DeFazio. In the letter, I had stated that I thought he co-sponsored HR 4646, the 1% Transaction Tax Bill. However, Evan at The Fun Zone pointed me in another direction. I then checked the Congressional Record, and discovered that I was in error. I apologize for passing along this misinformation; he did not co-sponsor this bill.

Thank you,

Jim Kuhn

Letter to the Editor,To Evan and Valerie:

We all owe you both a huge thank you for 20 years of great services to our community. I remember when you

Letter to the Editor,Thank you for your wonderful support and attendance at our recent Pancake Breakfast. We always welcome the opportunity to visit with you. We take great pride in our work and our commitment to Public Safety and we appreciate the recognition you give us. Your generous donations will be put to excellent use. We would like to thank

began Down Town Fun Zone and now suddenly (or not so suddenly) it is 20 years later. Thank you for the excellent reporting, contributions, services, humor and donations you have made. It is wonderful to have your business in town. You are a valued and important part of daily life in Port Orford. What would we do without you!

Congratulations for having the staying power to remain in business in Port Orford. There are few businesses that have lasted this long with the same owner operators the entire time.

You are appreciated.

Thanks again.

Gayle Wilcox

Coos Curry Supply, McNair’s and Fun Zone for your donations as well.

Remember to change the batteries in your smoke alarms this Saturday. Please dress so you can be seen at night as it gets dark earlier.

Post Your Address so it can be seen at night from the street.

Sincerely,

The Port Orford Volunteer Fire Department

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Thank Youfor Your Support!

It was a wonderful campaign!A special thanks to all of you who

put up signs, wrote letters, contributed to my campaign and to Lucille Devine my

awesome Treasurer!Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Sincerely;Lucie La Bonté

Caps for KidsFall is here! Several of us have knitted or crocheted caps all year long, but we still need volunteers. If you would join us, I have patterns and yarn. We use only acrylic yarn.

The collection containers will be out by Thanksgiving at the Senior Centers in Brookings and Gold Beach and also Quilter’s Corner in Port Orford.

The deadline this year will be December 10, so mark your calendars. Thank you

Jewelry Making ClassesFor some wintertime fun, join Jo Parsons’ jewelry making class from 1-3pm every Wednesday (starting November 10) at the Port Orford Library.

Jo will start this 7-week series with making beaded earrings and rings. The classes, sponsored by the Port Orford and Langlois Libraries are free with a $5 materials free. Feel free to bring your own materials too. Questions? Call Jo at 541-655-0203.

Also, it’s not too late to sign up for the special “Cee-Dee Christmas Card” workshop this Saturday at 1:30pm at the Port Orford Library. Space is limited, call 541-332-5622.

Letter to the Editor,I am very happy that I got everyone talking about the water. Now let’s see what is done about it. I am not upset that the city water system wasn’t built this year, last year, or the year before. I am upset that many years ago nothing was done when the economy was doing well and there was money out there and no one did anything.

Reverend Christine

Port Orford Water ReportThe City of Port Orford Public Works Department produced 6.776 million gallons of water in September. The department metered/billed 2.942 million gallons of water and they utilized 266,000 gallons of water for backwash leaving 3.833 million gallons unaccounted for a 54% water loss rate. Public Works Department Director Allan Wagner reported to the city council that his crew had found and fixed a substantial water leak at Tenth and Jefferson Streets.

The city wastewater treatment plant received a flow of 2.429 million gallons in September.

Sixes Grange NewsSixes Grange is making a difference in the community around them. Join the Sixes Grange to support and educate our local families. Sixes Grange helps Port Orford, Sixes, and Langlois community projects, such as Project Graduation, the after school program and youth sports.

Grange members raise money through various activities. Every Wednesday evening is bingo. Weekdays the Sixes River Marketplace is open selling crafts, goods and gifts. The Treasure Sale has a variety of vendors on the first full weekend of every month.

Renovations to the Sixes Grange Hall’s electrical and plumbing system make providing fun events like the St. Patrick’s Day potluck possible. The Grange Hall needs more renovations to save the building. Two major projects are leveling the building and a new roof.

“Life as a Pilgrimage” Reverend Inge Tarantola will be special guest speaker at Unity of Bandon on Sunday, November 7 at 11:00. Tarantola, an ordained Unity minister, has recently

returned from Israel and will speak on “Life as a Pilgrimage”.

She served as the minister of Unity of Roseburg until her retirement in 2009 and previously served as Director of Prayer Ministry (ten years) and Taize Healing Prayer Ministry (two years) at Unity of the Valley in Eugene, Oregon. She is qualified as a trainer in the healing prayer ministry known as “God’s Healing Gift” and currently lives in Eugene.

Unity of Bandon is located on Highway 101, one mile south of 11th Street. For more information: 541-347-4696.

in advance for all your time and effort on behalf of the children in Curry County.

Lavonne Morrell, Coordinator, Caps for Kids, Gold Beach

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Batty for Bats?Bats are everywhere this month—on Halloween decorations, pumpkins, costumes and cards. And while the flying mammal’s scary image is as healthy as ever, real bats aren’t doing so well: disease, habitat loss and human development are all threatening their survival.

In an effort to debunk myths about bats and teach Oregonians about the state’s

Rotary Club NewsVocational service is one of Rotary’s five avenues of service. The Rotary Club of Port Orford contributes to local students’ vocational education in a number of ways throughout the year. Individual Rotarians participate in students’ mock interviews and some are invited to career class to describe their vocation to students. Last week PHS teacher Sidney Rhodes brought five of her career class students to the Rotary meeting to describe how they learn about the requirements for specific career fields and make realistic choices. More information at http://portorfordrotary.org/projects-vocational.html.

bat species, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife staff has produced a new fact sheet. Designed for kids, it provides a description and photograph of each of Oregon’s 15 bat species and some ideas of how kids can help. The flyer, Batty for Bats, is available on ODFW’s website.

“There are a number of things that people can do to help bats—from building bat houses to leaving snags or dead trees on their property to serve as roosts,” said Andrea Hanson, ODFW Strategy Species Coordinator. “One of the most important things that kids can do is to learn about bats so they understand their importance.”

Fun Facts about Oregon’s Bats

Oregon’s bats eat only insects. An adult bat eats about 1,000 insects every hour!

Bats hang upside down because it gives them an ideal position for take-off.

Bats can fly 20 to 30 miles an hour and travel more than 100 miles a night.

A baby bat is called a pup. Young bats can fly between two and five weeks of age.

Bats are the only flying mammal.

Bats are not blind. They see nearly as well as humans and their echolocation allows them to “see” in total darkness - something humans can’t do!

Bats usually have only one live “pup” per year. Their slow reproduction rate makes them more vulnerable to extinction. Bats can live up to 40 or 50 years old!

Bats don’t like cold weather. Many migrate to warmer climates while others hibernate during winter.

Eight of Oregon’s 15 bats are identified in the Oregon Conservation Strategy as species in need of help. To find more information about distribution, habitat and conservation actions that will help bats, see the Summaries of Strategy Species section of the Oregon Conservation Strategy on ODFW’s website, http://www.dfw.state.or.us/conservationstrategy/read_the_strategy.asp

Additional information about “Living with Bats“ is also available on the ODFW website, http://www.dfw.state.or.us/wildlife/living_with/bats.asp

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Burn Barrels$20.00

Burn Screens$23.00

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The Cat’s MeowVacation Cottage

503 Jackson St. $ (866) 503-5003 80’ to Battle Rock beach access

All reservations made in advance.view at VRBO.com/300883

Local Fish For Sale at theOcean Resource TeamAvailable M-Th, 8-noon

Come by the office or call Julie at 541-332-0627 for more information.

Remember 541-332-8601The Crazy Norwegians

11:30am-7:00pm 7 Days a week

Wi-Fi

CLASSIFIED ADSCLASSIFIED ADS are $3.50 for the first 25 words or less, and 10¢ each for any additional words. Normal deadline for submission is 3:00pm Tuesday. Down-town Fun Zone, Inc., 832 Hwy 101, Box 49, Port Orford, OR 97465 541-332-6565.

REAL ESTATE / RENTALSRV OR VEHICLE STORAGE available at Seaside Storage. Open fenced lot in great location. $35/mo and up depending on size. Call 541-643-5955.

SEASIDE STORAGE has Units avail-able. 541-643-5955.

FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER Available for rent at Silver Springs Park. $400.00 per month includes space rent, trailer and all utilities except elec. 541-991-2363.

ANCHOR INN. ONE TRAILER for rent $450 per month. One large space for up to 40 foot $285 per month or $15 per day. Move-in special on spaces $25 off first month’s rent. 541-366-1013.

3 BDRM garage fenced yard for rent 850.00 a month first last + deposit 541-290-2510.

WANTED TO RENT A HOME, 575.00 or less. Have section 8 voucher. Excel-lent local references. Call John 1-541-373-0218.

FOR RENT: 2 BED 1 & ¼ BATH nice clean with 2 car garage $775.00 per month $900.00 deposit 775-742-0130.

FOR SALE OR LEASE 2 + 2 with attic space on 4C corner lot, highway frontage, residential &/or business po-tential. $850.00 per month lease or for sale $189,500 owner will carry with 20% down. 541-332-0516.

FOR RENT: 2 BEDROOM 1 & ¼ Bath lakeview 2 car garage newly remodeled fireplace $675 p/m 541-290-9857.

2 & 3 BEDROOM townhouse apart-ments. Rent based on Income. Spacious. Extra Storage. Laundry room on-site. Prof. Landscaping. W/S/G Paid. Equal Housing Opportunity. Move in Specials! 1534 Arizona Street, Port Orford. Grand Mgmt. 541-269-5561 ext. 13 www.grandmgmt.com

2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS. Near City Park. Rent based on Income. Laundry room on-site. W/S/G Paid. Equal Hous-ing Opportunity. Move-in Specials! 1250 Arizona Street, Port Orford. Grand Mgmt 541-269-5561 ext. 13 www.grandmgmt.com.

PERFECT FOR HOLIDAYS, entire family together. Gorgeous vacation rental, ocean view, hot tub, slps 2-20 ppl see at southernoregoncoastvacationrental.com For booking or more info call Robin @ 541-253-6107.

FOR RENT-3 BED 2 BATH 2005 Man. home, very nice, sky lights, garage, raised beds, fenced yard, soaking tub, washer/dryer $850.00 + sec.dep and utilities Close to grocery store 1 poss 2 bed 1 bath washer/dryer $550.00 + sec. dep. and utilities Studio, walking distance to post office and battle rock $375 + sec. dep water/sewer paid. Langlois-Unique 3+ bed 1 1/2 bath, fruit trees, large yard, carriage house $800 + sec. dep. and Utili-ties. Furnished ocean view vacation rental available by the month @ $1,100.00. For more info call Robin @ Port Orford Property Management 541-253-6107.

SERVICESBEST INTERNET FOR LESS!! Brisk-web, Inc. Service Available Nationwide. Unlimited local 56K dialup, friendly tech support & more. $16.00/monthly. www.briskweb.net 541-332-1337.

KEY’Z LOCKSMITH SERVICE – keys, installations, repairs, locks opened. Auto, home, business. Bonded 541-332-7404.

COOS-CURRY COMPUTER Services by James Garratt. Computer & Network Consulting, Repair, & Setup. Data recov-ery. Patient Teacher. Websites. Stereo/TV setup. Professional Knowledgeable Services. 541-332-1337 / 541-290-3131 www.cccomputerservices.com.

CHRIS MARSH General Contractor for all of your construction needs. New con-struction to minor repairs. Free estimates. CCB# 188001. Cell # 541-290-5763 or home# 541-332-2056.

ELDERHOME ADULT FOSTER care has an immediate opening for a long-term resident. Private room, shared bath, great staff, great food. John @ 541-332-1007.

LET ME HELP YOU with your remodel and painting jobs and other projects around your home. Experienced & licensed carpenter and painter. Depend-able, honest and hard working. Insured & bonded #188865 Christine Hatfield 541-332-1697.

TIME TO WINTERIZE your vehicle. We do tires, wiperblades, antifreeze and more. Port Orford Coastline Garage. 541-332-2000.

GUTTER CLEANING, Downspout flush, misc. construction services. 541-260-8911.

Gate ClosuresThe time has arrived for the annual closing of the gates on the western side of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest in an effort to prevent the spread of Port Orford Cedar root disease. The closures were somewhat delayed this year, particularly on the Gold Beach Ranger District, due to continued dry conditions on the southwest coast. The recent shift to wet weather conditions has prompted the closures, which typically begin around October 1st and extend through May 31 of each season.

On the Gold Beach Ranger District, the Snow Camp Road (Forest Road 1376), a popular back road between Brookings and Gold Beach, is currently closed. In addition, Forest Roads 3318-310, 3318-240, 1703-110, 1703-150, 1703-190, 1703-spur, 1107-220 are also closed. On the Wild Rivers and Powers Ranger

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THE WOODEN NICKELMyrtlewood factory and gift shop. Unique wooden products plus souvenirs, T-shirts, jams, salt water taffy. FREE factory tours.

www.oregonmyrtlewood.com1205 Oregon St. 541-332-5201

Pampered PoochesMonday thru Thursday

9:00am – 3:00pm541-332-0520 For Appointment

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AmarisaARTStudioGallery

Exuberant paintings and printsSee my paintings at Siren Cafe

until March, Hwy 101 & 13th St.

Dog Training 101Puppy Kindergarten 11/14-12/12 @ 3pm

Monthly classes, In-home training and Private lessons available

Krista Llewellyn 541-297-7073

Professional Carpet Cleaning& Window Washing

Big Mike’s Cleaning Co.541-260-2703

GARAGE SALEARTSY GARAGE SALE Sat. Nov. 6th 9am – 3pm 526 9th St. Building supplies, furniture, TV, vacs +, and handmade gifts.

MISCELLANEOUSMINI STORAGE/U-HAUL. 200+ storage units, 150+ climate controlled. Airport-U-Stor, across from Ocean Spray 541-347-4356.

NEW VIDEOS: “Toy Story 3”, “Ex-terminators”, and “Centurion”. Please remember all items are due back by 3:30pm the next business day. Reserva-tions must be prepaid so cannot be taken over the phone. Downtown Fun Zone, Inc. Open 9:30-5:30 Mon-Thurs and 9:30-6:30 Friday and Saturday. Closed Sundays.

CD / DVD / GAME WON’T PLAY? Don’t throw it out! Fix it! Downtown Fun Zone, Inc. now offers disc cleaning/repair services. (single sided) $3.00 for basic cleaning, $5.00 for deep scratches. See store for details.

DRIVEWAY AND LANDSCAPE rock, bark, and sand. Small truck loads. Bob 541-253-6240.

FREE JUNK VEHICLE removal now available. Driveway gravel. Pothole filling & driveway repair services. Landscape materials & Currydale deliveries. John’s Hauling 541-290-4722.

SIREN’S COVE CAFÉ is now serving fresh baked goods; scones, brownies, cookies, cinnamon rolls, etc. Beginning October 27th. Come see us for your morning pastry.

ORGANIC CRANBERRIES Delivery available. 3 lbs. $14.20; 30 lbs. $120.00. Brush Prairie Bogs, Sixes 541-348-2484. www.BrushPrairieBogs.com.

FOR SALE 2006 YAMAHA ProHauler 700. Nearly new, less than 50 hours. Price reduced to $3200. Call cell 360-340-5741 to see.

CANON 40D DSLR BODY, excellent condition w/original box. 1 year left on warranty that is transferable. $625. 541-332-0353 or stephen@earthseaimagery.com

HISTORIC FAMILY PHOTOS make great Christmas gifts! We offer scanning of old prints, negatives and slides, as well as restoration of damaged photos. See us at the Sixes Grange November 6th & 7th, where we will be set up and scanning/digitizing on location. We will also have many beautiful matted/framed photos for sale including historic images of the Port Orford area and Stephen’s landscape photography. 541-332-0353 www.earthseaimagery.com.

ADULT VIDEOS, NEW, many at “buy 2 get 1 free”; We can special order the titles you want. Bookstore 4 miles S. of Bandon 12-5 Wed-Sat.

NEO-LIFE FOOD SUPPLEMENT dis-tributor please call Lloyd 541-366-2036.

MABEL ALBACORE TUNA almost gone. Get yours before the holidays. $100.00 case of 24 8 ounce cans or $5.00 a can. Call 541-332-0361.

STATIONARY BIKE FOR SALE: Ironman excellent bike 12 different programs, heart monitor, time. Barely used. Paid $450, will take $300.00. Call 541-332-0361.

FOR SALE: 14’ GREGOR 10Hp Honda galv. Trailer $1275.00 541-332-0209.

MENS 10 SPEED BICYCLE, Parabolic electric heater, 16 inch 3 speed electric fan. Call 541-332-0321.

Districts, numerous Port Orford Cedar gate closures are also now in effect.

Port Orford Cedar root disease is caused by the fungal pathogen Phytophera lateralis (PL) that spreads through transportation of infected soil and surface water and root grafts. The closure of specific roads during the wet season protects healthy Port Orford Cedar by limiting access to infected areas and subsequent transportation of pathogen spores to uninfected areas. Some of the POC gates are limiting access to uninfected areas as a preventative measure. Large trees are more likely to be infected than small trees due to larger root areas, although all trees at the edges of infected streams and road side ditches will eventually succumb. The fungus produces spores that can persist in the soil for long periods of time. New infections generally begin when the soils is transferred from an infected population to a non-infected population via human or animal movement.

Soil on vehicle tires, especially logging trucks and other off-road vehicles, is considered the most pressing problem due to the volume of soil that can be carried and the traffic rate in and between the susceptible areas. Spread on boots and mountain bike tires likely contributes to more localized infections.

The Port Orford Cedar (also known as Lawson’s Cypress) is in actuality a cypress that is native to the southwest portion of Oregon and the northwest portion of California. It grows at sea level up to about 5,000 ft elevations in the Klamath Mountains and valleys, frequently near streams. This cypress is a large evergreen coniferous tree, regularly reaching 200 ft tall, with feathery blue-green foliage. The bark is reddish-brown and fibrous to scaly in vertical strips.

School District NewsBy Mick Lane

The 2CJ budget has been decimated by the decline in State School Fund support and falling enrollment. Seven years ago the District had a very healthy fund balance of over a million dollars, but even with conservative spending, providing consistent services to our kids has chopped our savings to under $180,000. We have closed a school, and made significant cuts in personnel at the same time the country fell into this deep recession.

A chronology of the decline in school funding:

June 2009: State Schools Fund set at $6 Billion

June 2010: Governor orders $577 Million reduction

August 2010: September revenue forecast reduces school fund by $377 million. Governor sets school funding at $5.76 Billion

Schools’ share of state funding has sharply declined. In 1997-99 our share was 44.7% of the budget then down to 38.7% today. More money has to be put into human services and public safety when the economy declines, unemployment rises, and human needs increase. The state average unemployment rate of 10.6% isn’t a picture of the situation here where over 30% are jobless. State economists forecast that jobs may not rebound until 2015, and they warn that it could be a “decade of deficits”.

The impact of this hurts all the schools, even the large metropolitan districts that have increasing enrollment. More kids are moving in, but there is no money for school construction or teachers, and class sizes are commonly over 30. Small districts and communities like ours suffer the most. I see a dire situation arising in the next 2 to three years

when 2CJ is only able to offer the core curriculum and essentials.

The harsh fact is that the only way to reduce costs significantly will mean the loss of people and programs. Class sizes will go up, athletics and other co-curricular programs will be at risk, and it may be necessary to bring all the students to the high school site.

The staff is understandably shaken and apprehensive. It creates an atmosphere of uncertainty that we try hard to keep from affecting the kids.

It hurts to have to give this report, and I would welcome any help, however, our options are few. This is not a “chicken little/sky is falling” story. We face inevitable, painful, and limited choices.

Be they republican, democrat, independent or tea party, I hope you have voted for the candidates that will try to keep our schools open.

We have settled contracts with both of our unions, and they have been very understanding by agreeing to meet again when the new state budget is set, then look at District economics and our ability to help out with a raise in salaries.

2CJ Needs Help More Than Ever. With the dramatic changes coming our way, everyone in the community has a stake in the solutions, and there are several ways to take part.

Attend a Board meeting on the second Monday of the month. Visitors can sign up to speak for the Public Forum at the start of each meeting.

Sign up to be on the Key Communicator list and get updates, articles and District news through email.

Join the Site Council

Volunteer—sign up on the website.

Contact the superintendent: 541-348-2337 mlane@2cj.com

Please check out our website 2cj.com

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