Port Orford News
Page 2 • January 21, 2009
Community calendar ... by Carol Berger
Community Calendar for Port
Orford, Sixes, & Langlois for January
22-28
Thursday January 22
Port Orford Rotary Club, noon,
American Legion Hall
Weight Watchers, 5-6 p.m., Port
Orford Library community meeting
room, 332-2072 or 332-5085
Sunday, January 25
Two-step Dance Lessons, 3-5 p.m.,
Beachcombers Cove, 332-2310
Monday, January 26
TOPS, 9:30 a.m., Senior Center
Tuesday, January 27
Senior Center Members Lunch,
11:30, Senior Center, 332-5771
Senior Center Membership Meeting,
12:30, Senior Center, 332-5771
Beginning Folk Dance, 7-8:20 p.m.,
Senior Center, 332-0950
◆
Birthdays for January 2009
22 Chris Becker
26 Paul Compton
27 Toby Dillingham
28 Brenda Fanning Foster
Community Calendar Guidelines:
Calendar runs from Thursday
through the next Wednesday. Events
must be held in Port Orford, Sixes,
or Langlois. Any exceptions are at
28 Tiffany Lopez
28 Rita Armstrong
the discretion of the Port Orford
News. Information is limited to date,
name of event, time, place, and con-
tact number, due to space constraints.
Please e-mail Carol Berger at
29 Dave Lopez
30 Dot Mathews
lobiesquatch@yahoo.com by Friday
at 5 p.m. for inclusion in the next
week’s paper. Please put
“Community Calendar” in the sub-
ject line of your e-mail!
Police report
Jan. 10
Police responded to a civil com-
plaint, and assisted in settling the
matter peacefully, and to every-
one’s satisfaction
Police responded to a complaint
of an intoxicated subject causing
problems with traffic on Hwy
101. The subject was given a
courtesy ride home, and received
a stern warning about the danger
he caused to himself and others.
Jan. 11
Police received a call about
the destruction of private prop-
erty. This case is currently
under investigation.
Jan. 13
There was a report of a wild
turkey acting strangely.
Perhaps the wild turkey had par-
taken of some of the other “wild
turkey.” Last seen on 18th
street, headed toward Hwy 101.
Officers unable to locate.
Officers also received a report
of two roosters moving into a
Lakeshore Drive neighborhood,
and creating a disturbance at all
hours. Roosters remain at large.
They have, so far, eluded cap-
ture.
Jan. 15
Police received a report of
two small puppies locked in an
RV trailer at a park. RV manag-
er and owner of the trailer gave
police permission to enter the
trailer for a welfare check on
the puppies. It was reported
that the animals were without
food or water for about 5 days.
Police contacted the owner of
the dogs and issued citations for
two cases of Animal Neglect 2,
and for 2 cases of Animal
Abandonment. Dogs were
taken to Curry County Animal
Control where they will be
placed in foster care pending
disposition of the case.
Jan. 16
Report of an alarm at a local
bank. Officer responded and
found the bank was secure.
Bank employee and alarm com-
pany notified.
Report of a burglary at a local
business. Subjects kicked in the
door and made off with cash
and coins. Finger prints were
obtained from the scene, and are
being sent to the Crime lab for
further investigation. Anyone
with information on this inci-
dent is asked to call your police
department.
Note: The Port Orford
Police Department did not get
new police cars. The existing
vehicles got new markings. All
police cars are now marked
units, and all of them have the
same markings. These new
decals are reflective, making the
vehicles more visible at night.
Thank you to Reserve Officer
Derwin Boggs for his efforts
for coordinating the purchase of
the new decals.
Workshop scheduled Jan. 27
Another note of interest to
Citizens of Port Orford—on
January 27, the City Council
will be having a workshop with
consultants from Advanced
Strategies Group about your
Police Department. This is an
all day workshop, and the public
is invited. There will be at least
three opportunities for public
input in the process. This work-
shop is meant to assist the com-
munity in defining the police
department—what it is to do,
how it is to function, how it is
to be governed, and how to
measure how successful it is.
Just what does the community
want and need from its police
department?? This will result
in a policy document that will,
hopefully, get everyone on the
same page so that we can move
forward and meet the identified
needs of the community.
19th streets with tents and
ground tarps,” said Murphy. “It’s
a program the state runs. On
Friday it will be for small busi-
nesses and on Saturday private
individuals - the waste can be
dropped off.”
◆ The council ;voted 3-1, with
one Clancy abstaining, to move
forward on getting a nuisance
abatement against a private indi-
vidual for failure to maintain
property within the city limits.
The name of the individual
affected has not yet been
released.
“This is not an easy thing,”
noted Hewitt.
◆ The council voted to sup-
port the North Curry Ford
Foundation Leadership groups
efforts to build a bioswale, or
rain garden, at Battle Rock Park.
“I had no idea what a bioswale
was,” said McArdle. “It’s one
heck of a good idea. It takes tox-
ins out of the water, and we have
a lot of interest in cleaning up
the environment.”
The rain garden will be built at
Battle Rock park to absorb and
clean up the runoff from the
parking lot prior to the point that
it reaches the sea.
“It will be behind the wall, up
on the hill and behind the visi-
tors center,” said McArdle. “It
will look nice, do something
good and will negate the prob-
lem of water from the parking
lot. It will show people that Port
Orford cares.
“It’s a good work, something
that I’m proud of and proud of
being involved in.”
“It’s not only great for the
environment,” added Smith, “but
it’s also going to be aesthetically
pleasing and help with an ero-
sion.”
The vote was 6-0 in favor of
supporting the project.
◆ The city’s annual awards of
the transient lodging tax grants
was announced with the follow-
ing organizations getting grants:
Sunset Garden Club - $700,
Team Jubilee - $1,500, Chamber
of Commerce - $3,100, Theatre
101 - $1,000, the North Curry
rain garden - $1,000, the P.O.
Skate Park - $1,200 and the
Cedar Expo - $1,500.
◆ It was noted by Murphy
that “the Arts council does not
want to manage the Community
Building anymore.”
Smith suggested that the Port
Orford Rotary, which already
manages the American Legion
Hall, might be willing to take on
the management. The council
voted 6-0 to approach them with
the idea and contract.
◆ An already approved right-
of-way for a restaurant to be
established by Chris Hawthorne
was reexamined with concern
voiced for views from the park-
ing area being impeded.
Hawthorne assured the council
that he would not. “I don’t want
to do anything to impede public
access or view,” he said.
No clothes, please. Items can
be dropped off at Driftwood
School on Sat., Feb. 28 from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. Contact 332-4503
for information.
Pacific students, lead by
Courtney Lakey and Ashley
Curry, will sort and store school
clothes to be distributed to those
in need at no charge next
August as part of the Shoes for
Kids program.
Please bring your donations
of school-appropriate clothing in
good repair to Pacific High
School, during school hours
(8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.) Monday –
Friday.
Shoes for Kids is a program
of The Common Good food
pantry. Shoes for Kids provides
local students-in-need with new
shoes, socks, personal care sup-
plies and the opportunity to
choose from a big selection of
gently used quality school cloth-
ing each August. This support
can make a big difference to
struggling families, and help
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811 Hwy. 101
Port Orford, Ore.
Showtimes
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Sat/Sun-4&7 pm
The Savoy Theatre will
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beginning Jan. 12.
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◆ Jack Mahrol warned about
secrecy in government meetings:
“I’m not here t just stir the pot,”
said Mahrol. “I grew up with
“Big Brother,” I grew up in
Germany. It’s absolutely neces-
sary that we the people do the
watching.”
In departmental reports:
◆ Public Works Director
Wagner stated that he is “hon-
ored to be back with the city -
it’s good to be back. I’m getting
accustomed to things.
“We’re searching for water
leaks and doing some street
work,” he said.
Wagner reported finding and
repairing three leaks recently.
◆ Chamber of Commerce
President and council liaison
Smith reported on the Chamber:
“The awards banquet is Jan. 30,”
said Smith (See Chamber News).
Smith also reported that Gold
Beach had won the Christmas
Lights contest.
“It was decided on a coin
flip,” he said. “I wasn’t there, but
they assured me that it was all
fair - so we won’t get out trophy
back this year.”
◆ In the Parks report Clancy
reported that the committee was
up and running. “It’s great to be
on it,” she said. “But there is still
one position (on the committee)
open.”
◆ Port Orford Rural Volunteer
Fire Department Chief Gayle
Wilcox presented the depart-
ment’s quarterly report. (See
PORVFD Quarterly Report).
In old business:
Concerning the revamping of
the Port Orford Police
Department and plans for anoth-
er run at passing a police levy
this spring, Murphy indicated
that there would be an “Open
House,” beginning at 9 a.m. on
Tuesday, Jan. 27 at the council
chambers. “It will be to find out
what people want from the
police department,” said Murphy.
“How do they want it to func-
tion? How should it be evaluat-
ed? This will help to get every-
one clear on the police depart-
ment and hopefully avoid some
of the (past) dysfunction.”
The Public Policy Workshop
will also look at the hiring of a
temporary, possibly hal-time
police chief.
“The insurance company real-
ly wants us to hire an interim
chief,” said Murphy, and I have
an excellent candidate for that.
He would be willing to do it half
time and help us to move the
department along.
In new business:
The council decided to meet
twice a month instead of the old
policy of one meeting. The first
meeting will be on the first
Thursday of the month at 3:30
p.m., and the next would be held
on the third Thursday at 6 p.m.
The motion was passed 6-0.
“This will allow us to dispense
with subcommittee meetings,”
noted Smith of the new change.
As a result, the next council
meeting will be at 3:30 p.m.,
Thursday, Feb. 5.
◆ A hazardous waste collec-
tion day will be held on June 19-
20, “on Idaho between 18th and
The consent calendar:
The consent calendar, which
included approval of mayoral
appointees Jim Auborn to the
budget committee and George
Bennett to the planning commit-
tee, was accepted.
The council adjourned just
prior to 9 p.m.
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