Port Orford News
Page 2 • September 3, 2008
Port Orford Police report
Aug. 25
Police took a missing person
complaint where a subject had
not been seen for several days.
After an investigation it was
determined the person was in
another area, and no other
action was needed.
1.) A citizen found a bike on
Highway 101 near Paradise
Point Road and turned it in to
the police department. The bike
is described as a “Verticle”
Fugitive BMX style bike. If you
can identify the bike please
come by the Police Station and
get it.
2.) Police took a complaint
regarding several juveniles in
violation of curfew. Both were
contacted and cited into
Municipal Court for curfew vio-
lations.
Aug 27
Police were contacted about
intoxicated juveniles on Ninth
Street at two locations. Several
calls were received regarding
loud and intoxicated people.
Upon police arrival a large
Correction:
In the Wednesday, Aug. 27 issue of the Port Orford News
the picture of Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury on page
1 was taken by Mary Jane LaBelle.
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group of adults and juveniles
were present fighting, being
loud and causing a disturbance.
Four officers from the Port
Orford Police Department
responded to the scene, and all
subjects were detained for
Disorderly Conduct.
One juvenile age 12 was
extremely intoxicated and
appeared to be suffering from
alcohol poisoning.
Port Orford Ambulance
responded and transported the
youth to Curry General Hospital
where he was held over night
for observation.
Two other female juveniles
both 13 years old were intoxi-
cated and were cited for Minor
in possession of alcohol by con-
sumption and Disorderly
Conduct then released to
responsible adults.
Thomas Hagelstein was
arrested and charged with
Disorderly Conduct, four counts
of furnishing alcohol to a minor
and recklessly endangering.
Ryan Beech was arrested for
probation violation.
Jovita Houglum was arrested
for Disorderly Conduct.
All three were transported to
the Curry County Jail.
Jacob Willings was cited to
appear in Circuit Court for
Minor in Possession of Alcohol
and Disorderly Conduct.
David Rhodes and Timothy
Houglum were cited to appear
in Circuit Court for Disorderly
Conduct.
The case is pending review
by the Curry County District
Attorney for other charges.
Aug. 28
1.) Police responded to Idaho
and 12th Street on a call of an
intoxicated male subject sleep-
ing in someone’s yard. Upon
contact the subject was found
sleeping next to a rock. He was
given a trespass warning and
advised to leave the area and it
was suggested that he return to
his home in Coos County.
2.) Police responded to 20th
Street on a complaint of a male
subject asleep next to the road-
way. Upon arrival the subject
from the earlier call was locat-
ed. He was given a courtesy ride
to a home on Port Orford Loop
Road. No other calls received
on this subject today.
3.) Police took a criminal
mischief complaint regarding a
trailer that had been vandalized
by someone leaving the water
running inside for an extended
period of time. The case is
being investigated.
Aug. 29
Police were contacted about
an intoxicated subject near
Knapp Road. Upon arrival it
was surprisingly determined to
be the same person from the
day before. He was given a
courtesy ride to Langlois
where he was much closer to
his home in Coos County. No
other action needed.
Chief’s note: Remember
that we are dispatched by
Curry County Sheriff’s Office
at either 911 or the non-emer-
gency listed 800 number
below.
You can also contact any of
your three officers on their cell
phones as we take calls on our
cellular phones and answer cit-
izens questions anytime.
My cellular number is listed
below. If you don’t want to go
through the dispatch center you
can call me anytime, and I can
help you.
We provide 24 hour cover-
age seven days a week and
have at least two officers ready
to respond to any emergency
situation. We also use our
reserve officers to assist the on
call officer.
With the cut backs in our
Sheriff’s Department they do
not have the manpower to ded-
icate a deputy strictly to the
north county for back-up so we
relay on our own officers as
backup. This way we don’t
have to wait what might be a
forty-five minute wait for a
single deputy working the
1,600 Square miles of Curry
County.
Our response to calls when
no one is actually working is
about five minutes so your
community has very good law
enforcement coverage, and the
bad guys know that.
Our reserves generally help
as backup units, cold case
investigations, and other crimi-
nal and traffic matters as they
can. Remember they all have
other jobs and give of their
own free time. Reserve
Officers are not paid but aid us
in providing good law enforce-
ment coverage when needed.
Our department is working
very well now with Sheriff
John Bishop and his crew.
Sheriff Bishop recently
donated several tack strips to
our department.
Tack Strips are used to stop
vehicles being pursued. They
are placed onto the roadway
and when the suspect vehicle
runs over them they release
small spikes into the vehicle
tires causing the tires to slowly
deflate which lessens the injury
to anyone.
Our department did not have
any of these and it is very
important to try and stop a sus-
pect vehicle being pursued
before it reaches Port Orford
so we are very thankful to
Sheriff Bishop for getting
those for out department.
Contact Chief Creighton by
e-mail at Creighton@popd.org,
by cellular telephone anytime at
(541) 253-7547, or call Curry
County Dispatch at (80) 543-
8471 or 911 in an emergency.
DSL upgrades continuing on schedule
Verizon representatives to be at P.O. Library to assist new customers
Consumers and businesses in Port Orford
will soon have access to Verizon High
Speed Internet, allowing them to quickly
download movies, share photos or video
with friends and family, and create their
own Internet content.
Verizon technicians are currently
installing high-speed Internet equipment,
based on digital subscriber line (DSL) tech-
nology, at company facilities in the commu-
nity.
The upgrades will allow Verizon to offer
broadband service to customers in Port
Orford starting in September.
“This upgrade will allow residents and
businesses in the Port Orford area to make
the high-speed connections that are impor-
tant to them,” said Brian Simms, local oper-
ations manager for the South Coast region.
“Verizon recognizes that broadband access
is an increasingly critical link for education,
business and everyday life, and our signifi-
cant investment here means that many more
customers will have access to affordable and
reliable high-speed Internet service.”
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BRIEFS, from page 1
the route their ancestors trav-
eled when they were removed
from their coastal ancestral
homes and sent to the Siletz
Reservation in the 1850’s. As
well as being a “trail of tears,”
the run also celebrates the
strength of their people’s perse-
verance.
The 234-mile run from Siletz
to Oak Flats on the Illinois
River is done as a relay, begin-
ning on Thursday and continu-
ing non-stop until arrival at Oak
Flats on Saturday afternoon.
Approximately 250 tribal
members, including elders, run-
ners, and support team members
will be stopping in Port Orford
on Friday, September 12 to
attend a community potluck
from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. at the
Community Building, hosted by
the Port Orford Arts Council
and the people of Port Orford.
The Love Monkeys will be
assisting with this event.
POAC invites everyone in the
Port Orford community to wel-
come the Siletz and recognize
the significance of this event.
Local musicians are invited to
come share a few songs.
Please bring a dish that will
feed approximately 10 people,
so we will have sufficient food
for everyone. Cash donations
will also be accepted to help
defray costs. Come enjoy an
evening of food, fellowship,
fun, and culture.
For more information, please
contact POAC at 332-0487.
A.W.E. to open
Cranberry Festival
The “A.W.E. SHOW,”
(Artists/writers/exchange) opens
Cranberry Festival weekend at
the Southern Coos Hospital &
Health Center with a reception
from 1 to 3 p.m., Sunday,
September 14.
Harpist Candace Kreitlow
will provide music, and there
will be a special program from
2:30 to 3 pm when both artists
and writers will share their
experiences in the process of
creating works for this show.
The show, which was con-
ceived by Ava Richey, who
applied for and received a grant
from the Coos County Cultural
Coalition to mount the exhibiti-
ion, involves nearly 40 writers
and over 40 visual artists, each
of whom will be displaying two
works: one which served as an
inspiration to an artist working
in a different medium; and one
which they created in response
to the work they received.
While artists and writers often
consciously collaborate, such as
in writing and illustrating books
together, or scripting and photo-
graphing films, the A.W.E.
SHOW is different in that each
artist or writer submitted a
work, but subsequently had no
contact with the artist or writer
who received and was inspired
by that work.
When the show is mounted at
the hospital, the writers and
artists involved will have their
first opportunity to see what
kind of art or writing they have
inspired! Ava is working to cre-
ate a CD which will pair the
visual art and the writing, and
these CDs will be available at a
modest cost.
Since almost all the artists
and writers are from Coos or
Curry Counties, this has been a
wonderful opportunity for peo-
ple working in different disci-
plines to really pay attention to
one another.
Richey discovered in
Wickipedia that this kind of
translation from one discipline
to another has a name that goes
back all the way to the Greeks;
it is called “Ekphrasis.”
Here is the list of artists and
writers represented in the
upcoming show:
Participating writers:
Valentina Alonso, David
Arendsee, Dana Amarisa, Jan
Bennett, Kathy E. Baker,
Michael L. Carpenter, Donna
Brower Watts, John Castaldi,
Bortha Chase, Weld
Champneys, Charles of
Charleston, Robert Z. Cohen,
onno Cox, Mary Durel, Anna
Crosby, Ginney Etherton, Susan
D'Amico, Astrid Fannick,
Joanne Drapkin, Candace
Favilla, Molly Dufort, Eugene
Fitch Jr., Joan Goodman Fox,
Lynda Ann Fost, Rosemary
Franyi, Joan Goodman Fox,
Cheryl Gagnon, Maybelle Groff,
Maryellen Hanson, MaryEllen
Hanson, Norma Hassell, Jeri
Harris, Richard Herr, Sharon
Hovsepian, Curt Hitch, Janne
LaValle, Sherry Howk, Sharon
Leahy, Carol Jones, Jan Lee,
Susan Kent, Marjorie Lorange,
Willa Landino, Lily Mars, anne
LaValle, Lawrence Matthews,
Sharon Leahy, Anne Mattingly,
Carolyn LeGrand, Ron Miranda,
Susan Lehman, Shirley Nelson,
Linda Mecum, Anne Nichols-
Squire, Pat Patton-Fraser, Linda
Nielsen, Patricia Pike, Patricia
Pike, Ava Richey, Maggie
Rankin, Myra Ring, Ava Richey,
Len Rosen, Glenn Rogie, Pat
Snyder, Martha Schram, Jean
Stephenson, Alex Sylvester, Rod
Sullens, Natalie Taylor, Victoria
Tierney, Dawn Vonderlin,
Arlene Tinsley, Rosaria
Williams, Frances Toon,
Dorothea Tortilla, Dawn
Vonderlin, Randy Warren,
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