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Port Orford News THE MOST WESTERLY WEEKLY IN THE CONTIGUOUS 48 STATES Volume 52, No. 32 Wednesday, September 3, 2008 Inside Price - Fifty Cents Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon 97465 ‘Show and Shine’ sparkles Float trip This smart fellow found a clever way to transport his hay. See this weekʼs Photo of the Week. — Page 3 Get Shorty You could use a ʻbest friend,ʼ and so could Shorty. Find out how to get together and start having fun. — Page 3 Candidate Dave Kitchen, candidate for Curry County Commissioner, position No. 3, drove through Port Orford - on his backhoe. — Page 4 Center inset photo by Lance Nix/Other PON photos by Matt Hall Among the many highlights of this past weekendʼs Arts & Music Festival was the ever-popular Show and Shine Car Show held at Driftwood Elementary School on Sunday. For results of the weekendʼs events, see next weekʼs PON. Coming up Port Orford Rotary Club The Port Orford Rotary Club meets each Thursday, at noon, at the Port Orford American Legion Hall. Sunset Garden Club The Sunset Garden Club will meet at 1 p.m., Friday, September 5, at the PO Senior Center. Soccer meeting There will be an emergency, organizational soccer meeting Monday, September 9, at PHS. CCEC news Port Orfordʼs Ed Dowdy named to board On August 26 after interviewing ten candidates for the newly established board positions at Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CCEC), the board of directors selected Edward Dowdy to fill the northern At-Large position and Cheryl McMahan to fill the southern At-Large position. Dowdy holds degrees in Mathematics and Physics and a doc- torate in nuclear engineering from Texas A & M University. His professional experience includes various assignments as Rick Goche: A democrat running for State Representative PON staff writer Rays Food Place, McKayʼs Markets and Hennickʼs Do It Best Home Center News briefs Site launch at Point B Gallery Learn all you can at Sunset Garden Club of Port Orford, which invites you to attend our meeting at 1 pm, Friday, Sept. 5, at the Port Orford Senior Center. Our guest speaker will be Mike Greenway of Greenscapes Nursery of Bandon presenting a talk on prun- ing plants and getting your garden ready for fall. A brief business meeting will be held after the presentation. The meeting is open to all interested gardeners. Urgent soccer board meeting set for Sept. 9 at PHS An ugent soccer board meeting will be held Monday, September 9 at PHS. The Port Orford/Langlois Soccer Club is in danger of dis- sappearing without participating parents. We need coaches and board members. There are a few committed individuals but they are not enough to make soccer happen. We are specifically looking for coaches for kindergarten and younger, 9-10 year olds, and 13-14 year olds.There is more that needs to be done if you prefer to work behind the scenes. We are planning on playing against Bandon this year to make it an easier season for the new folks but still want lots of practice and skill building. For information contact Kim Nye, knye@2cj.com. There are sign up sheets at all the schools, please come play with us. Run to the Rogue gearing up The Confederated Tribes of the Siletz will hold their 14th Annual Run to the Rogue in mid-September. An important event for the Siletz Tribe, the run retraces See BRIEFS, page 2 See CCEC, page 6 Keeping up with Curry County candidates By Carol Berger Also inside science advisor to the U.S. Department of Energy and Los Alamos National Laboratory. Since moving to Port Orford from Washington, DC thirteen years ago, Dowdy has been a Port of Port Orford commissioner, co-chaired the Community Resource Team formed to implement the Port Orford Strategic Plan and holds positions on the boards of the Port Orford Rotary, the In a short interview during the opening of the Democratic Party Headquarters in Port Orford, Rick Goche, candidate for State Representative from District 1, was more than willing to discuss what he calls “a campaign for common sense.” Goche is a commercial fisherman, who has “been in the seafood business for the better part of 40 years … I fish out of Charleston. I’ve got a salmon/tuna boat … I’ve been in seafood from research to retail.” He lives in Coquille. He began by saying that “the four corner- stones in the foundation of our future … are the four planks in my platform: education, jobs, natural resources, and health care.” Due to circumstances and time-restraints, See GOCHE, page 6 ʻPOORT resolution sparks debate at Port,ʼ part II Editor’s note: This story began in the Wednesday, August 27 edition of the Port Orford News, to read part I please go online at portorfordnews.net, or contact the editor at (541) 260- 3638. A brief summary: The Port of Port Orford held its regular monthly board meeting in the City Council Chambers Tuesday August 19. Present were President Scott Luhr, Commissioners Ed Dowdy, Bob Mielenz, Dave Rickel, and Stanley Johnson, Port Manager Gary Anderson, City Council liaison John Hewitt, and Mayor Jim Auborn. Also present was the entire board of the Port Orford Ocean Resource Team, led by Leesa Cobb, Aaron Longton, president of the POORT board, Gary Wickham, Rachel Moore, Alicia Billings, and others. By Carol Berger PON staff writer Luhr pointed out that this was merely “conceptual … those are things that I would anticipate would be forthcoming in the future … right now …the idea of the concept is what we’re endors- ing … until this is endorsed, why go ahead with the by-laws.” Longton offered, “Any type of bottom-up proposal would be something that was developed by the fleet’s needs, and it would be brought up through all the filters that are all pre-existing. We would never ever have a control- ling interest … It’s just a plat- form to be able to elevate issues. We’d never have any type of governmental power. Anything terrestrial would go through watershed councils, and anything in the municipality of this city would go through the City Council, and anything in the ocean would go through ODFW and beyond that would go through the federal government. (We’d) never ever be in any posi- tion to have power to abuse.” Anderson said, “I’m with Ed. I don’t understand the structure.” POORT board member Chris Aiello tried to explain that “all we’re fighting for is the ability to be at the table … we want a seat at this table … to where our input is taken seriously as part of this coalition between concerned citi- zens and state and federal agen- cies … it’s that local input which is going to … hold these guys to get it done right.” Johnson then asked Cobb, “Do you look at your organization as a lobby?” “I think we would think of our- selves as collaborators,” she responded. Johnson reiterated that he felt they were a lobbying group. Cobb went on, “We’d really like to have your support for this resolution … We’ve been work- ing for a number of years on this project - it isn’t anything new. We have raised ourselves to the level of recognition of the Joint Ocean Commission and the West Coast Governor’s Agreement. It would be nice if the Port of Port Orford would throw their support behind what we’re doing.” Mielenz asked their position on logging. POORT board member Jeff Miles explained that “the ter- restrial part of our plan is really just an acknowledgement that they connect. That’s all it is - that the land, rivers, and seas connect together … there’s no way that we want to be involved in any land decisions, period.” Anderson objected, saying, “If you collaborate or lobby, deci- sions are going to be influenced.” Auborn interjected, “Really, they’re working with the City on this thing. They’re not trying to usurp our authority … they’re helping us. They’d like to help the Port.” Rickel spoke for the first time, saying, “I kind of agree. I support it, Leesa. I think you guys do a See POORT, page 7 Shawnna & Victor Chappelle Contributed photo Shawnna (Lawrence) and Victor Chappell were married on July 26, in Las Vegas. Congratulations, may your years together be blessed.
