Port Orford News
Page 4 • August 13, 2008
Centered seniors
By Beverly Dunlap
For the Port Orford News
“Ambition is the path to suc-
cess. Persistence is the vehicle
you arrive in.”
— Bill Bradley, former U.S.
Senator and basketball Hall of
Famer.
I felt so good yesterday morn-
ing that I set up a real schedule
of things that I needed to get
done, but had been putting off
forever. I kept saying I was wait-
ing until I felt better or when I
had enough bags around to fill
and get rid of. My goodness,
have you noticed how many
things accumulate in a few short
years? How about in ten or fif-
teen years? So I had been pro-
crastinating for several months. I
finally set a plan and it was defi-
nitely going to be done tomor-
row! I got up on the "morrow"
morning and was ready to get to
work doing my responsibilities. I
noted that it was a beautiful day
in Oregon, as it so often is, but I
was not going to let that defer
me - after all, I had made a
promise to myself that I was
today going to take the bull by
the horns!
It worked! And I worked as
well as I was able, and I contin-
ued all day long! I want to tell
you that I got everything done
on my outline for the day! Alas,
I did not get the entire job done.
I looked out the window to the
departing daylight and was sad
that the day was over and I had
Community photos
not been outside at all. Also sad
that I still had another day's
work to do tomorrow. At least
then I should have it all taken
care of and get a rest!
Unfortunately it did not happen.
The schedule went into the third
day to complete all the chores!
Those three days of work had
been beautiful. Every time I got
a chance, I would look outside
to check on the weather and I
would find a sunshiny day with
no wind! That was sad, but I had
completed much of the work
that had been in the “need to do”
stack for a long time!
Yesterday, I had scheduled a
day to be out and about and a
walk to enjoy the ocean on a
sunny day! You guessed it - the
sky was overcast with gray
clouds or forest fire smoke and
the wind was what had brought
it there! Now, it did not seem to
matter that I had done all that
work during beautiful weather
and was ready for a walk in the
wind and clouds of the new day!
Somehow, that is not right.
I believe we seniors are pro-
grammed to “get it done” from
sometime in our life and we don't
have the option of free thinking
even unto this time - which is
much later! I don't want to sound
like anyone's judge, but as for
myself, I want to do all the work
and scheduled activities when it is
raining or not nice weather! I want
to have enough flexibility that
when the weather is lovely, I can
take that day and enjoy what the
Good Lord has given us! Then,
PON and contributed photos
ABOVE: Sprucing up St. Christopherʼs with some new siding were Fred Zarlingo, Chris Wagner, Bill McArdle and
Mike Wagner. TOP RIGHT: Theatre 101 will present FoxWell Productions, a professional touring theatre company, in
its newest comedy, Power Short Shorts, on Friday and Saturday, August 29 and 30. BELOW RIGHT: Molly's Revenge
will play at the Pistol River Hall at 8 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 23.
when it rains or the wind blows
like mad, I can stay in my little
house and do all those darned
chores that need doing!
I certainly do not want to break
my mothers heart, but I don't need
to do the laundry on Monday,
when it is a beautiful day outside!
If it rains the next day or two, I
can take that time to do my laun-
dry! I talked to a friend about this
idea and she felt that we could not
be happy unless all our “chores”
are done and up to date! I have
great respect for this friend, but
believe that we need to smell the
roses while they are in bloom,
which is better than trying to
remember the fragrance later.
If I may digress, I want to
share another one of the poems
from my beloved book of poetry
with you. Not the entire poem, but
it's title: “I Shall Not Pass This
Way Again!”
There is nothing worse than a
wasted life, or year or day or even
an hour! Live each moment as if it
were your last before those golden
days are past!
Remember to be happy every
day!
Common Good, Inc. receives generous donation from LDS Church
The Church of Jesus Christ
Latter Day Saints donated over
26 cases of high quality canned
goods to The Common Good,
Inc. food pantry in Port Orford.
The Board of Directors,
Special Events Chairman,
Warehouse Workers and Clients
would graciously like to Thank
those who provided these much
needed food products.
Donations in all sizes are val-
ued and Tax Deductible. We
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
seem to be extremely short on
healthy snacks, cold cereals and
cheese. Our “Carrot Fund” at
Chetco Federal Credit Union is
moving up slowly. Remember,
you can donate $1.00 to our
special fund whenever you cash
a check. Moneys in this fund
will help defray the ever
increasing costs.
Our Warehouse Manager, Al,
is retiring. The new manager,
Rene, has experience in this
field and will do a great job. Al
remains a good friend of The
Common Good, Inc.
As always, please watch those
expiration dates. If you cannot
figure the date out it is most
likely past use. Also make sure
your donations to the “The
Closet” are clean and mended,
wearable or useable off the
shelf.
All our workers donate their
time. Some even donate their
gas to bring groceries to Port
Orford. Some travel to meet-
ings, paying their own travel
and lodging, bringing important
information back to “The
Common Good, Inc.” We are a
non-profit, equal opportunity
provider with VERY supportive
citizens.
Thank You to all who donate
to this rewarding program.
— Jackie Granados,
Pantry Team Leader
PON photo
by Matt Hall
Rene
Ruth is
shown
with
some of
the
donated
canned
goods.
LETTERS, from page 3
Port Orford – Langlois School
District boundary excluding that
portion in Coos County. The regis-
tered voters in that district would
elect their Commissioner and
could remove him/her.
I understand some have con-
cerns that we have made the
Sheriff an appointed position and
let me explain the reason. Under
the current circumstances we are
glad that John Bishop was
appointed Sheriff and we have
every confidence in his ability. We
have even written it in the Charter
that he will be appointed Sheriff.
We are a very small County with a
population of only about 21,500
people. Because of the strict State
requirements for applicants for
Sheriff, when Alan Boyce
resigned John Bishop was the
only applicant qualified. If we left
the Sheriff an elected position, by
State law applicants had to be a
resident of Curry County for 12
months prior to appointment. This
really limits the number of poten-
tial candidates.
By going to an appointed
Sheriff, we were able to change
the requirement to a resident of
Oregon for twelve months instead
of just Curry County greatly open-
ing up the opportunity for candi-
dates. It does not preclude the
Commissioners from selecting
someone local. Every City in
Oregon including large cities like
Portland, Salem, Eugene etc.
appoint their Police Chiefs and we
felt for a County as small as ours
this was a reasonable process. I'm
retired from a department of over
7000 sworn officers. The gover-
nor of California appointed our
Commissioner.
Ralph Martin, Vice-Chair,
Curry County Charter Committee,
Harbor
BRIEFS, from page 3
Aug. 16 rummage sale will
benefit Theatre 101
All the dramatic members of Theatre 101,
and some of our more creative friends, have
been cleaning, gathering, and sorting all the
stuff we had in our attics and garages over the
past year, and are now ready to share it with
you!
We’re having a garage/yard/rummage sale
August 15 and 16 at Theatre 101 in the Seaside
Plaza, 1320 Oregon St.
There will be lots of stuff, but if you have
things you’d like to donate, please give us a call
at 332-PLAY and we’ll do our best to take it off
your hands.
We have beautiful antique furniture pieces,
glassware, books, lamps, knick knacks and odd-
ities!
All profits go to Theatre 101 and your contri-
butions are, of course, tax deductible. Doors
With OVER 1,000 papers sold each week in the Port
Orford, Langlois, Bandon and Gold Beach areas, the
Port Orford News is being read by YOUR customers.
open at 9 a.m. - we’ll see you there!
St. John’s to hold special
Liturgies in August
In addition to our regularly scheduled Masses
on Sundays at 8:30 a.m. and Wednesdays at
9a.m., we will be celebrating two very special
Liturgies in the month of August.
The first will be at 5 p.m. on Thursday,
August 14th, in observance of the Vigil of the
Feast Day of the Assumption of Mary, Our
Mother, into heaven. This will be followed by
a delicious Potluck Dinner.
On Friday, August 29, at 5 p.m., we will cel-
ebrate a Memorial Mass commemorating the
Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist, our Patron
Saint.
Do you want to learn just what it is that we
Catholics do and why? Please join us at any
one of our Masses and let our new Pastor Fr.
Andrew explain. Are you new to the area and
Lars Larue
looking for a Church Home? Are you a
Catholic who has been away from your Church
Home for a while? We look forward to wel-
coming you to any of our celebrations.
Questions, please call 253-6250. St. John’s is
located at Highway 101 & 15th Street (across
the street from Port Orford’s new Library)
Final call for artists; sign up
for marimba workshops
POAC would like to remind artists that
Friday, August 15 is the deadline for entering
the Arts & Music Festival Fine Arts Show.
Please contact Julie Hawthorne at 332-7635 for
more information or to request an entry form.
POAC will sponsor a free dance featuring
Kudana at 6:30 on Sunday August 31 at the
Community Center. Prior to the dance, the band
will be giving marimba workshops at 1 and 3
p.m. The workshops are $10 per person. Please
call POAC at 332-0487 to register.
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