Port Orford News
Page 4 • September 3, 2008
P.O.’s Lois Miller to be on exhibit at OSU
By Beverly Dunlap
Contributed art-
work by Lois
Miller and
Kimberly Wurster
For the Port Orford News
“Each moment of the year has
its own beauty ... a picture which
has never been seen before and
which shall never be seen
again.” — Ralph Waldo
Emerson
“Great
Horned
Owl,” left,
was shot by
Lois Miller;
“Raptor,”
right, was
painted by
Kimberly
Wurster.
The pair are
set to open
an exhibit in
Corvallis.
‘Images of Nature’ goes to OSU
Lois Miller of Port Orford and Kimberly Wurster of Coquille, will share an
exhibit at Memorial Union Hall on the campus of O.S.U. from September 8,
See IMAGES page 5
By Karen Auborn
For the Port Orford News
Jack and Maggie Brown from
Depot Bay presented highlights
from their “Neighbors for Kids
Program” started for kids from
Lincoln County.
The grass roots program start-
ed with the Browns taking a few
needy kids rowing. Currently,
this large and growing program
covers kids kindergarten
through grade 12.
Most kids in the program are
from single parents, families
below the poverty line, have
parents on drugs, and include
children with special needs.
The current director of the
program is a man from a dys-
functional family. This man quit
high school but managed to
rebound and graduate from the
University of Oregon.
According to Mr. Brown, this
enthusiastic leader can look at
kids and say, “I have been there,
and I made it.”
Among the programs, the
largest is an after school pro-
gram. Other programs include
Arts and Crafts, Youth pro-
grams, mentoring including
older kids mentoring younger
kids, rowing and sailing, and
even piano lessons.
A focus is encouraging kids to
have goals. A grant is enabling
the program to expand their
facilities.
Karolyn Milliman from
Brookings and is involved in a
similar program was a quest at
the Port Orford Rotary Club. A
rotary scholarship once helped
her obtain a higher education.
For information on Rotary go
to www.portorfordrotaryclub.org.
I have a dear friend that took
me blackberry picking (that is
no easy task as I am so unstable)
but she is kind and good and just
pleased me to death!
I didn't pick many berries, but
each one I picked was the most
beautiful blackberry I had ever
seen! I have just worn myself
out trying to decide what I am
going to do with my berries -
that is besides eat them. If it
goes on a few more days, there
will not be anything left to
worry about. Sooooo good!
While I was out on our pick-
ing trip, I was reminded that it
was such a beautiful day. We
had rain for a few days, but on
my outing day, it was truly beau-
tiful - with sunshine, no or little
wind and clear blue skies! The
sun was so bright and felt so
good on my skin! These are the
final traces of summer! I thought
about that as I was picking.
It is this time of year when we
start feeling a little change in the
temperature. Not that it is freez-
ing cold, the change is very
slight, but if you pay close atten-
tion, you can feel the oncoming
change. The days grow shorter,
not by much, but little moments
each day! Very soon we can say
goodbye to summer!
You know me and trees!
While I was admiring all the
trees around where we were
picking, I was told about a tree I
had never heard of - Bristlecone
Pine. These old fellows have
been carbon dated to 4,600
years! We have talked about the
Great Sequoias however, they
are much younger. These mag-
nificent trees only grow on very
special soil and high in the
mountains. They can be seen on
the White Mountains in
California, near Bishop. They
show beautiful grain marks and
the pictures I was able to see are
wonderful. Wish I could see
them “in person,” so to speak!
Don't let the season die with-
out a remembered event. Do
something to show your respect
to the season and your apprecia-
tion. It will soon be cold and wet
and windy. Getting around for
seniors will become more diffi-
cult, but we talk frequently
about building memories and
how precious and important our
memories are to each of us.
My memory for the summer
of 2008 will be my blackberry
picking outing with a very dear
friend.
I will remember how she
brought me a leather glove to
push branches away to reveal
where the berries were hiding!
She brought buckets that hung
on a belt so that you could just
drop the berries in. She knew
where, when and how and did
not mind sharing with me! I will
remember how the sun felt on
my arms and the breeze felt on
my face as it got warmer. That is
my summer memory for 2008
I hope you have put some
memories together for yourself.
Maybe we can compare notes
over a cup of coffee or tea on
some of those cold days of
winter!
You are aware that Labor Day
is over! Hope it was a Happy
Holiday.
You might want to get started
on your Christmas Cards and
gifts. It is only a short time
away. Have you noticed that
time goes faster and faster all the
time? They told me that it would
happen like that, but it goes
faster than they prepared me for.
Make each of these golden
days happy for you and yours.
Hope you all have a friend like
mine!
BRIEFS, from page 3
Guest Speaker is Mr. Warren
Glaze, Curry County McCain
Campaign Chairman. Come and
join this newly formed group.
For information callDee Glaze
(541) 469-0952, Dianne Daniels,
(541) 247-0651, or Sharon
Zuber at (541)332-4465.
House for sale
by owner
2 bdr, 1bath
on 0.68 acres
Lg. Shop Includes Two
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One 12x12, Completely
Finished Inside
Includes lots of storage
Call Carol
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Centered seniors
PON photos by Matt Hall
LEFT: Jack Brown from Depoe Bay spoke the Rotary last Thursday.
RIGHT: Dave Holman, left, and Bill Hawkins showed up all weekend, along with many, many other
enthusiastic Rotary volunteers to make the weekend activities a big-time, small-town success.
Homeless coalition
needs your help
The Homeless Coalition will
be conducting a warm weather
survey to assess the needs and
issues of homelessness in Curry
County. The survey will be con-
ducted during the last couple of
weeks in September with the
assistance of 40 volunteers. We
will be donating canvas bags
filled with basic necessities to
each person being surveyed.
Donations needed (approx
200 each) are canvas bags, Zip-
lock bags (all sizes), garbage
bags (large), small can open-
ers/GI can openers, lids for food
cans, toilet paper,
See BRIEFS page 5
Just a candidate ... and his backhoe
Dave Kitchen proves he is willing to work to ‘dig out’ the N. Curry vote
Photo by Valerie Kramer
Dave Kitchen, right, candidate for Curry
County Commissioner, positions No. 3,
stopped off in Port Orford Thursday,
August 28, and is shown here shaking
hands with Port Orford City Councilman
David Smith in front of the Port And
Starboard Restaurant and Lounge.
Kitchen, who is running as a non-affiliated
candidate, drove his backhoe all the way
from the California border to Langlois,
stopping along the way to stay overnight
and campaign in Gold Beach and Port
Orford before ending his leisurely drive in
Langlois. “The whole reason is to make a
statement,” said Kitchen. “Iʼm willing to
do whatever it takes to fix the county and
get it back in shape. I think it can be done
... and reaching out to all areas is the way
to do it.”
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