Port Orford News
Page 4 • May 21, 2008
Catching up with the Chamber: Katy Neal plans to move away
By Carol Berger
Upcoming events
PON staff writer
April Prestwich took over as
the new owner of the Seacrest
Motel on May 1.
Prestwich lived in the Port
Orford/Langlois/Bandon area
when she was a child and plans
on retiring here in the next
thgree to five years.
Longtime community volun-
teer Kay Neal recently broke her
hip and will be relocating to
Washington State on May 24.
Neal, who is 86, has been vol-
unteering since the 1950s and is
just shy of 20 years as a Visitor
Center volunteer. She has been
honored in the past with a
Saturday, May 24 - Wild Rivers Wool Factory Grand
Opening, ribbon cutting at 10 a.m., 48443 Highway 101 in
Langlois (across from the Langlois Market); cake and door prizes;
World War I sock machine on display (541) 348-2911 or
(541)348-2550 for more information.
Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Chamber plans to present
her with the newly-created Kay
Neal Pioneer Award before her
departure.
Dr. Mark Sytsma, Portland
State University Associate
Professor of Environmental
Sciences, director of the Center
for Lakes and Reservoirs, and
co-director of the Aquatic
Bioinvasion Research and Policy
Institute will be in Port Orford
on June 9th touring Garrison
Lake by canoe with John
Leuthe. He will give the
Garrison Lake Committee a pro-
posal of how much it will cost to
Sunday, May 25 - BBQ Fundraiser for Pacific Wind Riders
Horse Association, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Buffington Park A-frame;
$5 per person.
Tuesday, June 17 & Wednesday, June 18 - POORT
Stewardship Area Launch (332-0627 for more information.
do a lake plan.
Travel Oregon has a free on-
line training program called Q
Care for employees to learn how
to give quality customer service.
Call 541-247-7526 or go on line
at TravelOregon.com for more
information.
Tickets for the Port Orford
Senior news: Spaghetti Feed is Saturday
Spaghetti Feed set for Saturday
Everyone in the community is invited to the Spaghetti
Feed at the Port Orford Senior Center, at 15th and Jackson,
from 5 to 7 p.m., Saturday, May 24.
It’s a holiday weekend, so leave at least one meal to us!
We’ll be serving spaghetti, garlic bread, salad, and ice
cream to adults for $5 and children for $3.50.
A reminder to Senior Center members that you ballots
for the upcoming election of new officers should be cast
by 11 a.m., Tuesday, May 27 when we will hold our annu-
al member meeting and announce the election results.
Ballots are available at the Senior Center from Monday
through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.. Please support your
Center by casting your all-important vote.
Those running for office are as follows: President,
Duane Beyers; Vice President, Jennifer Ewing; Secretary,
Mickey Beyers; Treasurer, Fred Zarlingo; Members-At-
Large, Martha Crew-Zwetz, Sonja Mason and Warren
Jewel.
While you’re voting at the Senior Center, take a look at
the handsome Bar-B-Que Grill that is on display and pur-
chase your raffle tickets for $1 each, or six for $5. The
drawing for the grill well be July 4 at our holiday cookout.
The Mother’s Day breakfast was a huge success and we
would like to thank everyone for attending.
Congratulations to the winner of the Mother’s Day raf-
fle, Wayne Smyer.
— By Jennifer Ewing
Skate Park Fun Package ($200
value) raffle are available at the
Downtown Fun Zone, the
Visitor Center, and Chetco for
$5.00 each. The proceeds go to
help with the State Park expan-
sion. Drawing to be held over
Memorial Day weekend.
News in brief:
This meeting was attended by
Curry County Commissioner
Georgia Nowlin, who was anx-
ious to know more of what is
going on in north Curry County
... Starting in June, the Surfrider
Foundation will be doing water
testing on the coastline and of
Garrison Lake ... The Chamber’s
fireworks trailer will be at Battle
Rock Park again this Fourth of
July ... The Chamber will have a
booth at the Curry County Fair
July 24-27 ... The Chamber is
still taking donations for speed
signs. It has collected $1300 so
far.
The next Chamber board
meeting is June 9 at 1 p.m. at
the Paradise Café.
Port Orford Masons to hold fish fry
The Port Orford Masonic Lodge will hold a fish fry on from 12 to 6 p.m. Saturday May 24
and Sunday May 25.
The fish fry will be at the American Legion Hall on 11th Street one half block east of
Highway 101.
The $10 price includes barbecue beans, coleslaw, fresh local fish, ice cream, and ice tea or
coffee. Proceeds from the event will help the Masonic Lodge fund scholarships and other
local community services.
David Jacobs-Strain to play during Expo
David Jacobs-Strain, a young finger-style and slide guitarist, will be featured musician at
the Port-Orford-cedar Expo in Port Orford Memorial Day weekend. Jacobs-Strain will
appear at the Community Building at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 24.
Jacobs-Strain says he comes “from the language of the country blues.”Festival, Montreal
Jazz Festival and the Lugano Blues to Bop Festival in Switzerland.
Centered seniors
By Beverly Dunlap
For the Port Orford News
“Sadness, fear, frustration or
any troubling feeling cannot
last. Nature doesn't create a
storm that never ends.”
— Dr. Wayne Dyer, author of
Change Your Thoughts -
Change Your Life. Taken from
the May 2008 Guideposts maga-
zine.
How long is it going to rain
this spring? It seems endless but
then a day will clear to the most
elegant sunny spring day! A few
hours later, we are back into
wind and rain. I don't know
about you, but that brings out
the sadness, fear and frustration
that Dr Dyer is talking about.
Like he says, no storm can last
forever! Thank God! We have
all been buying the wood to
build our ark! Of course, we
will need to row the boat with
no gasoline powered devices
because we have no idea how
long it will last - the storm that
is! (nor the price of gasoline!)
Seriously ill ...
I heard a commentator on TV
the other day talking about gas
prices that he thinks may rise to
over $6/gal! I wonder if that
will have any affect on the
amount of RV's and cars we
normally see all summer up and
down 101. They make move-
ment around our little town dif-
ficult. I let that bother me at
first but having lived here for
awhile, I realize that the traffic
equals income for our mer-
chants. So that is a good thing.
I just thought, there are many
things that are both good and
bad. I am thinking of friends
now. People that we associate
with frequently can sometimes
get on our nerves and then on
another day, we find and enjoy
the great relationship with them.
Not that they do anything bad,
just that we all have our little
idiosyncrasies. The next day,
they are right back to being the
person that is our dear friend.
One of my favorite sayings
is; “this too shall pass!” I am
sure it will. The sunny fun of
summer, gasoline prices will
return to more normal - houses
will sell again and the economy
will reverse - it always has.
I am not a political person,
but I feel like trying to find
someone to live in the White
House has everyone in the tilt
position. Maybe, just maybe
when that lofty position gets
filled, we will begin to settle
down in our country! (Do not
hold your breath!)
The fine quality of patience
is needed by all of us today and
always. We are able to develop
skills within ourselves and so it
would seem that would be a
good time to develop our
patience, that is while we sit
inside and wait for the rain,
wind and gas prices to calm
down!
Hang in there readers - if the
rains come, can the dry summer
be far behind? Have a happy
week, and you may want to try
walking. They say it is very
good for you and the people that
do it always seem happy to me!
Remember to be happy -
always!
PON photo by Daryl Thomas
It was fun and games at the recent bridge gathering held at Bev Dunlapʼs home.
Katy Kraft , Realtor
Your local realtor - working
to make your buying and
selling experience smooth.
(541)
260-4549
katy@sixesriverlandcompany.com
SIXES RIVER LAND COMPANY, Inc.
To friends of Jorma Smith.
Jorma is seriously ill and
any phone calls would be
appreciated. Afternoons at
(541) 782-3223.
House for sale
by owner
2 bdr, 1bath
on 0.68 acres
Lg. Shop Includes Two
12x22 Shops &
One 12x12, Completely
Finished Inside
Includes lots of storage
Call Carol
541-332-9125
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