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ÎPort (Orford Xrtus Vol. 11 No. 52 __________________ Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon 97465 Long Range Plan Explained Boaters Warned Of Bar Hazards Lang range planning in Curry county was explained to the chamber of commerce Monday night by Jane Shearer, Curry County Extension Agent, at the monthly dinner meeting held at the Galley. Miss Shearer told the group that the purpose of long range planning is to identify economic ar.d social problems and oppor tunities confronting residents, clarify the facts regarding the present situation and expected trends in the next ten years, and to establish goals and guidelines to help residents make the most of resources that are available. Technical changes and pop ulation growth are creating sit uations that require immediate attention, the c o u n t y agent pointed o u t. Some of these changes are mechanization of agriculture and industry, im proved transportation and com munication, and medical pro gress, she said, in addition to the fact that population growth and urbanization have greatly in creased competition for land and water. Long range planning is being done by people of the county, through a system of committees; an overall committee, such as an extension advisory commit tee, plus committees for each of the areas of study that are chos en. The planning program is be ing supervised by Oregon State University through county ex tension agencies, Miss Shearer noted, but the process itself pro vides an opportunity for local people to develop their own ideas in a democratic manner. Each committee prepares a report that will be combined with other reports and printed in a bulletin far general distribu tion, to serve as a guide for in dividuals and groups in making decisions that will affect coun ty progress. The printed report will be financed an an approxi m ate 50-50 basis between OSU and the county,Miss Shearer said. The local committees will m eet n e x t Monday night at 7:30, at the grade school. Chet Brown, owner of Arizona Beach, appeared on behalf of the recently formed Curry Trav el Trailer Association, asking the chamber's support of the group in matters pertaining to wayside, jetty s i t e and free campgrounds parking of trailers. The chamber will study the re quest before taking any action. Ira Tucker, chairman of the county board of commissioners, explained the Omnibus Crime and Safe Streets Act program being participated in by the county and its three cities. Life in Hawaii was the theme of a talk by Mr. and Mrs. Tom my Tompkins, who were resi dents there until their retire m ent here about a year ago. Mr. Tompkins said they had "trav eled around the world to find Port Orford. " Extreme danger to life and property faces boatmen at tempting to cross the b ars at all riv er entrances along the Washington and Oregon coasts, the Coast Guard warned today. While many commercial fish ermen, charter boats and plea sure craft operators a re aware of the dangers In crossing the b ars, the 13th Coast Guard Dis trict issued the warning follow ing the recent death of a New port man whose 63-foot fishing vessel struck a jetty and sank in heavy seas and darkness on the Coos Bay bar. Bar crossings at night and In fog, rain or mist are p ar ticularly hazardous, the Coast Guard added. Twenty-four p er sons died on Washington and Oregon bars in 1968, The Coast Guard recom mends that boat operators wait outside the b ars for daylight and calm seas. From seaward, bar conditions are usually dif ficult to determine even In day light and clear visibility. Commercial and pleasure craft operators are urged to contact the nearest CoastGuard station by radio for a report on bar conditions o r a Coast Guard escort before attempting po tentially dangerous crossings. A Coast Guard station at any harbor or riv er entrance along the Washington-Oregon coast can be reached by radio on 2182 kHz or 156.8 mHz (VHF/FM, Channel 16). WARM SUNSHINE, a pleasant camp ground, hamburger cooking on green boughs over a wood fire,and two hungry boys make a perfect combination for a Sunday outing at Butler Bar, 20 miles up the beautiful Elk River. Drum Major Uniform Arrives Tourism Meet Set In April Dan Seelye, Assistant Direc tor, State Travel Information Office,will be the guest speak er at a local tourism kick-off meeting set for Tuesday, April 22, time and place to be an nounced. The meeting is primarily for employers and other business p e o p le , according to Curry County Extension Agent Walt Schroeder, who is conducting the tourism clinic here. Local chairman is J. B. Kosta. A follow-up clinic for north ern Curry county business em ployees will be held at a later date, Schroeder said. OSU oceanographers Ask Beachcombers' Help Finding Buoy O r e g o n State University oceanographers are faced with a case of an "errant buoy" and they are calling on beachcomb ers to help them find it. The buoy broke loose and dis appeared from a current-mea suring system between m id - February and early this month. The measuring system had been installed about 25 miles west of Cascade Head, north of Lincoln City on the Oregon Coast. OSU's errant buoy is a bright orange cylinder about 12 feet long and three feet in diameter. The fiberglass shell, which is slightly flattened at one end, is filled with a high-density flo tation material. There are no markings on the cylinder. Beachcombers are unlikely to cart off the buoy singlehandedly for a "trophy. " It weighs about 500 pounds, the oceanographers say. BAND BOOSTERS recently presented to Pacific high band a new drum major's uniform. The uniform, worn here by Milt Smith, 1968-69 drum major, will present a striking contrast of white trimmed in gold to the basic purple uni form worn by the band members. Four Injured Driver Cited Tuesday P. O. Top«, 332-4545 Rotary, 12:10 p. m. BFW, 7 p. m. Wednesday P. O. L ions, 7:30 p. m. P, O. Ikidge Club, 8 p. m. Back Acres, 8 p. m. DATES TO REMEMBER Birthday wishes go out this week to Steven Osberg, Clyde G o re , Ronnie Rooks, Wedey May, Georgia Mayea, K< eth Rodgers and Carol Aim Knapp. Anniversary wishes go to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cobb. Thursday, March 27, 1969 Elk River Hatchery Dedication Slated Dedication ceremonies for the Elk River Salmon Hatchery have been scheduled for 11 a. m. Fri day, April 18, State Fisheries Director Robert W. Scheming announced last Friday. The dedication address will be given by the Honorable Tom McCall, Governor of die State Four persons were hospitali zed at Southern Coos General Hospital In Bandon Saturday fol lowing a tw o-car accident at the Denmark service station. Tne injured w ere Charles R. Hinkle, 25, and his wife, Celia, 22, Portland; Elinor Hinkle, 29, and Thomas Hinkle, 21, a broth e r and sis te r of Eugene. Curry County sheriff deputies said a northbound vehicle, d ri ven by Jam es Manicke, 18, Langlois, was attempting to cross the highway and turn In to the service station and ap parently Manicke failed to see the oncoming Hinkle car. Neither Manicke, nor his pas- sengers, J e rr y Carpenter and John Peterson, were injured. Both vehicles w ere totaled. Port Orford and Bandon am bulances were summoned to transport the injured to Bandon. Manicke was cited for making an Ulegal left turn. WEATHER Date Max Min Mar. 19 54 NR Mar. 20 58 41 Mar. 21 59 39 Mar. 22 52 39 Mar. 23 62 36 Mar. 24 74 39 Mar. 25 74 37 Rain .00 .0 0 .00 .0 0 .00 .00 .00 Installed early last month as part of the current-measuring system, the buoy was to have held up the end of a cable con nected to an anchor in water a- bouta quarter of a mile deep. It was to have floated about 60 feet beneath the ocean's surface. Oceanogra phy research as sociate Robert Still said the university hopes to recover the buoy for study of the mooring failure. He noted that OSU is conducting research in ocean mooring techniques.ln addition, Still pointed out that the buoy itself will be reused in later work. Still said the orange buoy is likely to wash up an a beach but varying winds and currents this time of year may have taken it either north or south of its or- i g i n a l location off Cascade Head. He isked anyone who had seen the buoy to call the OSU oceanography department, col lect, at 503-754-2515. Gold Beach—A few of the geological wanders and oddities of the Curry county coast will be explored • by the students of the Geology of Curry County short course this Saturday,March 29. Students under the direction of Dr. Elmo Stevenson, course instructor, will start their field trip at Otter Point just north of Gold Beach. Other stops will in c l u d e the mouth of Hunter Creek,the mouth of Pistol Riv er, and Arch Rock View Point Park south of Pistol River. A few of the things to be seen an the trip will include ancient marine terraces, ancient s e a stacks, pillow lava, uplifted sed imentary beds interlaced with quartzite in fracture veins, and a huge erratic boulder. At other stops the group will see evidence of volcanic activity including tuff and agglomerate rock for mations. Recent and ancient sand dune activity, fault lines, and sea crosicn will be seen south of Pistol River. The field trip is far those who have taken part in cue or mere of the le c tures of the geology series. The final lecture session of the geology short course will be held this Friday night, March 28, at 7:30 p. m. in the Gold Beach h ig h school. At this point Dr. Stevenson will finish a discus sion of identification of rocks and minerals and will discuss the fieldtripto be held the fol lowing day. Those wishing to take part in a single lecture can do so for the fee of $2. This course is sponsored jointly by the Division of Continuing Education and the Curry County Extension Service. An expression of interest for future classes will be taken at the Friday evening lecture per iod. Slate Parks Set To Open The bulk of Oregon State Parks with overnight camping facilities will formally open for the season on Saturday, April 12, it was announced this week by F o rre st Cooper, state highway engineer. The opening of these areas is dated to ac commodate fishermen who wish to take advantage of the opening of the trout season. Where weather perm its, the day-use areas of all State Parks are kept open the entire year. At higher elevations, snow and Ice conditions sometimes force a closure. There are five over night camps that are k6pt open the entire year. It should be pointed out that new rates for overnight camp sites a re now in effect. The new rates are as follows; tra il e r campsite, $3.00 per night; improved campsite, $2.00 per night; and unimproved camp site, $1,00 per night. As has always been the practice In Oregon State Parks, most day- use activities will continue to be free. This Includes the use of picnic tables, swimming beaches, boat-launching ramps, camp stoves, and other facil ities. of Oregon, with comments by Russell T. Norris, Assistant Dir ector of Resource Development of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. Anopen house will follow the ceremony with a salmon bar becue planned for invitees at 1 p. m. Charter Boat Service To Start Here In May A deep sea charter fishing boat is expected to be in oper ation here by May 1, according to plans of Allen Turp, operator, who last Thursday night was told by the Port of Port Crford that they would build a floating dock for loading and unloading passengers. Turp, who for many years has Coast Field Trip Saturday Ocean View Drive Plan Holders Told Fifteen firms are currently holding plans for construction of Ocean View Drive, Brookings, Curry C o u n ty Road No. 872. Under the new road rating pro gram, the road had a service rating of 8, condition rating of 9, and a priority rating of 17. Firms include: BayArea Plan Exchange, Coos Bay; Mr. Ray Smith,Gold Beach; Oregon Cul v e r t Company, Inc. Tualatin; Bob Angell, In c., Eastside; J ohn Schurter Contractor,Salem; Paul Zimmerty Road Construction, Vancouver, Wash.; F.L. Somers Company, In c., Medford; Con tractors and Supplies, Coos Bay; Anderson Construction C o m pany, M e d fo rd ; Ken Curry- Fairy Creek R o c k Company, Brookings; Buchanai Excavat in g Company, Junction City; Pacific Corrugated Culvert C o., Redding, Cal if.; Hughes & Dodd Co.,Medford;DaTone Construc tion, Brookings; Brookings Re di- Mix, Brookings. ftice: Ten Cents The modem hatchery facility was constructed last summer by cooperative funding from the State of Cfregan and the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries through the Anadromous Fish Act, FT. 89- 304. The hatchery is located at the end of the pavement about eight miles up Elk River. Commissioners Weekly Report In a motion the Board of County C o m m i s s i o n e r s ap proved pickup leases for anoth er year for Tom Shepherd and Ted McNeeley, Government Hunters. The Commission accepted the resignation of Leslie V. (Dick) Barklow of Langlois from the Budget Committee and voted to send a letter of commendation for his years of service. J . B. Kosta of Port Orford was appointed on the Budget Committee to succeed Bark- low for the unexpired term ending June 30, 1970. In an o rder, the Board of Commissioners approved the revision of salary procedure. An order authorizing refund of taxes was approved In the amount of $108.20 to F. Noble and M. Estelle Howard. In a motion the Commission approved the award of the low bid in the amount of $656,900 for modernization of Curry G e n e r a l Hospital to Horton Bros, of Brookings. The Mobile T railer Assoc iation, an organization for the purpose of promoting the best interests of tra ile r park owners was represented before the Commission by Walter Thomp son, Brookings, Louts I.lottln- inl, Gold Beach and Chester Brown, Arizona Beach. San itary conditions outside of park areas were discussed. The r e g u l a r Wednesday afternoon road meeting was held State and local taxes In O re with Myron Baumer, Lot Robin gon went up less than for all son, Ed Sypher and Commis the states combined and for the sioners Ira Tucker and Glen 11 contlnguous western states Hale attending. from 1957 to 1967, according The Curry County Road de to a report prepared by the partment will meet with the University of Oregon Bureau of Port Orford City Council on Governmental Research and March 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Port Service. Orford to discuss road pro The report shows the In gram s. , crease for Oregon was 79.4%, The Euchre Creek road to be compared to 112.5% for all looked at to determine what Is states, and 129.8% for the west to be done to satisfy a form er ern states. agreement. Oregon ranked tenth among Equipment will be moved to the 11 western states In the work at Hunters Creek Heights. increase of total taxes from Hensley HUI sllp-out being 1957 to 1967. worked on. The state was unique because All asphalt e q u i p m e n t Is the Increase In personal In ready to go for the summer come In Oregon was higher work. than the rise of taxes. Other projects are being Citizens of Oregon contrib made ready. uted the same amount—10.3%~ of their personal Income to state and local taxes In 1967 as In 1957. The report also notes that the tax effort In Oregon Miss Priscilla Montgomery exceeded that of any of theother western states In 1957, but that daughter ofMr.andMrs. Hernia: Oregon had fallen to tenth place Montgomery, Sixes, and Vemoi among the 11 states In 1967. Lang, sen of Mr. and Mrs. Cl if The report on local govern ford Lang of Langlois, have se ment finance was prepaied In March 30, a t 5 p .m ., for thei cooperation with the Oregon wedding date. The ceremony Finance Officers Association. will be performed by the Rev It also Includes Information on Donald Parsons at the Zien Luth state assistance In financing eran Church. Invitations will not be mailec general education, the Gover nor’s budget, and court and at but the young couple have ex torney general opinions In this tended a welcome to all theii friends. area. operated tug boats on the Col umbia and Willamette Rivers, said the operation would include the charter boat, for either fish ing or sight-seeing excursions, and probably six rental power boats. These will be of the dory type with three 18-footers and three 22-footers,for use in either the ocean or lake. in addition, Turp said, he is planning on putting in several 10-11-foot drift boats later on for river fishing, Turp is negotiating for a cen ter-town Highway 101 location for his charter office and boat shop where he can also handle sport tackle and gear. The floating dock the Port will construct is planned to be about 65-feet leng, located an the west side of the dock and reserved exclusively for charter boats,They are also considering the installation of a larger hoist on the east side of the dock for launching sport boats. A Part Commission member said the Port also had inquiries from another charter boat ser vice wanting to operate from here but that no formal request had been made. Oregon Taxes Climb Less ARDON AND PA T Lockyer, Gospel singers, recording artists and evangelist, will be special guests of the Port Orford Assem bly of God Church April 1,7 p. m. The Lockyers, who tour widely in the west, have been featured at several camps and conventions. They have a very interesting ministry in music and Bible preaching. Singing of all types and styles, and piano and organ playing at its best will be provided by this young couple, in each service. The public is invited to attend. Park Benefit Proceeds from a Lions auxil iary-sponsored style show Friday night will go to the Lions Club city park fund, it was announced today. The event will be held in the local grade school at 7:30 p. m. In addition to the clothing fashions, to be modeled by aux iliary members, hair styles by Dorothy's Beauty Shop will also be featured. Special entertain ment will be by Maurine Kampf and Cathy Rowles. Homemade cake,pie and cof fee will be served and door prizes awarded. Admission will be $1 fcr women, with husbands admitted free. Couple To Wed Band Rehearses For Coming Musical HARD WORK is starting to generate in Pacific high's music department as the date fcr this year's musical, "Where is the Mayer?" draws near. Band members and two of the vo cal leads pictured above are, left to right: Clyde Gore, tympani; Brett Valet, tenor sax; Wayne Moore, trumpet; Mike Hardy, drums; Linda Knutson Krlck, lead vocal; Milt Smith, trombone; and Scott Rose,male lead,The dates for this year's musical are April 17, 18, 19.
