Page 6 • January 21, 2009
Port Orford News
Community pix:
PON/Lance Nix and contributed photos
Clockwise from top left is the view from Alan
Mitchellʼs webcam which has been getting a lot
of notice lately, Elk grazing at Sixes meadows,
Tony Jones and Norma Morrow at PHS which
was recently honored (next weekʼs PON), 2CJ
Superintendent Ruby Price who is back and
working again, NRA gun class instuctor Bob
Mielenz shown with a handgun, a black-legged
tick, aka bear tick, that carries Lyme Disease
here in Curry County. Ticks are Arachnids, not
insects - related to spiders. This one was
recently plucked off a local dog (remember itʼs
still tick season) and the legendary Port
Orford Wild White Turkey.
BRIEFS, from page 5
Theatre 101 news
If you can’t stand the laugh-
ter, stay out of the kitchen!
Port Orford’s Theatre 101 is
serving up a delicious comedy,
beginning Friday, February 6th.
Winner of the 2005 Samuel
French Playwriting award, “The
Kitchen Witches,” by Caroline
Smith, puts the audience in the
middle of a simmering rivalry.
Add a little feuding and fuss-
ing to spice up the proceedings
as two sworn enemies are cho-
sen as co-hosts for a cable cook-
ing show.
Competing cable T.V. chefs,
Dolly Biddle (Played by Susi
Eckhardt) and Isobel Lomax
(played by Stacy Romele) have
battled it out since Dolly mar-
ried Isobel’s boyfriend.
Combining their shows could
be the best or the worst decision
the cable station ever made! The
Kitchen Witches is in fact about
reality TV: dueling female chefs
on a local cable station. The
only thing distinguishing it from
an actual TV reality show is that
it’s live, featuring some audi-
ence participation — a celebrity
judge — which, is the funniest
thing in the show, and we get to
learn the soap opera-ish story
behind the chefs’ cat fights and
the real parentage of the young
male producer, Stephen (Played
by Julian Carter).
But wait a minute, we do see
and learn those kinds of things
on so-called reality television,
which are also, in theory, live
and feature audience participa-
tion!
“The Kitchen Witches” is a
fool proof recipe for comedy,
laughter and lighthearted fun
and runs Fridays & Saturdays,
Feb. 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21 at 7:30
pm. & Sundays Feb. 8, 15, and
22 at a 2 p.m. matinee.
Doors open 30 minutes before
the performance. Tickets are
$10 and can be purchased at the
Port Orford Downtown Fun
Zone, at the door, or reserve
your seat ahead by calling 332-
PLAY and leave a message.
Find out more about Theatre
101 activities on our website,
www.theatre101portorford.com.
Theatre 101, Quality theatre
on the Oregon Coast!
Port Orford takes a
step towards better
city lighting
Cheryl Morse and Karen
Auborn returned from the state
Capital with a mission.
They attended an information
workshop on the Main Street
Revitalization Program man-
aged by the Oregon Economic
Development Department.
The Port Orford Arts Council
is applying for the Main Street
program grant, the goal of
which is to provide assistance to
businesses to revitalize our
downtown. This program will
fund a staff position, technical
Morse are preparing a power
point presentation about our city
to be shown at this meeting.
If we as citizens and business
owners can show that we are
interested stakeholders in the
economic renewal of our down-
town we have a good chance of
winning this state support.
Commemorative ivy
tile raffle coming up
assistance, marketing promotion
and grants. Acceptance as a
Main Street community would
help revitalize downtown Port
Orford in many ways.
Foremost in creating opportu-
nities for economic develop-
ment is our sincere commitment
to preserving our unique identi-
ty
Elaine Roemen and others
will be visiting local businesses
to ask about your interest, con-
cerns and needs. Assistance can
range from landscaping, fixing
the sidewalk or a leaky roof to
marketing opportunities and
new lampposts.
The administrator of the pro-
gram, Mr. Gary Huffle will be
visiting Port Orford in February
to meet the business owners and
get a sense of our town. There
will be a public information
meeting with him at the library.
Karen Auborn and Cheryl
The Parks Commission would
like to remind you that the com-
memorative ivy tiles featuring
ivy from the Old City Jail are
still on sale at the Visitor Center
for $10 each. (See picture this
page)
In addition, tile No.1 of the
numbered series will be raffled
off on February 14, so make
sure you get your raffle ticket
before then! Raffle tickets are
$5 each and are available at the
Visitor Center.
All profits from sales of the
raffle tickets and the tiles will
go to help renovate the Old City
Jail.
Senior Center News
Our member meeting is com-
ing up Tues., Jan. 27, and we
sure would like to see a bunch
of our members attend, as well
as anyone in our community
who would like to join the
Senior Center. Our member
meeting is coming up Tues.,
Jan. 27, and we sure would like
to see a bunch of our members
attend, as well as anyone in our
community who would like to
join the Senior Center. You only
need to be 50 years of age to
join and bring your energy to
this great organization.
The Tuesday meeting will
begin at 11:30 a.m., with lunch
being served for $5 per member.
Lunch will be followed by a
program presented by Christine
Richardson on the topic of “Fun
with Rocketry.” Christine’s
interest in rocketry and building
rockets came at an early age as
she watched her father design
the Atlas missiles and the cock-
pit of the X-15 alongside
famous scientist Werner Von
Braun. This should be a fasci-
nating talk for all of us.
The presentation will be fol-
lowed by a brief member meet-
ing and dime bingo. See you
there.
By — Jennifer Ewing
POVFD Quarterly
Report
October 1, 2008 – December
31, 2008
The Port Orford Volunteer
Fire Department began this
quarter by focusing on Fire
Prevention Week. We produced
a flyer featuring all Emergency
Services personnel in North
Curry County. Our emphasis
was on the Firefighters from
Port Orford, Sixes, and Langlois
Fire Departments. We featured
these firefighters with their pho-
tos and short biographies. We
also included Fire Prevention
information and education. This
publication was distributed
throughout North County. We
received recognition from the
State Fire Marshall’s Office for
our publication. It was financed
by local businesses and mem-
bers of the community, sponsor-
ing firefighters and articles.
We also placed hundreds of
flyers, brochures, and pamphlets
in post offices, libraries, busi-
nesses, and banks. We went into
Driftwood classrooms and
taught students basics on keep-
ing themselves and family
members safe in the event of a
house fire. We also had hand-
outs and gifts related to Fire
Prevention for the students. We
appreciate the support of the
community.
We spent the remainder of
this quarter training and drilling.
We continued our hydrant prac-
tices, simulated fires, SCBA
practice, tender to pumper drills,
and search and rescue. We pur-
chased a major piece of equip-
ment this quarter: a snap tank.
This is a lighter-weight version
of our fold-a-tank. It is easier to
transport and set up. We spent
time drilling with this new tank
and expect to include Sixes and
Langlois in drills with this tank
in the upcoming months. We
consider this a great asset for all
See BRIEFS page 7
BRICE, from page 4
Just go to the heads, park and
walk to the far left and walk the trail
a short distance and you can view
the location of the coast guard boat-
house seawall very much intact.
Sadly somehow the old boathouse
caught fire and burned in the 1970’s.
It was a very well made structure
and landmark if you were boating in
the Port Orford Harbor. Another
prominent landmark was the Coast
Guard lookout tower on the heads; it
has been torn down a number of
years because of weathering and lia-
bility to the state parks I suppose.
Special credit to the Port Orford
Heritage Society, and commercial
fishermen interviewed in the past,
for the story items in this article,
Photo of Lifeboat is from Anna
Thomas Estate - Watchtower photo
from Port Orford heritage
Society,And part of the story is my
personal knowledge of the area.
A two-story building of 25,000
total square feet would run $4.1
million, while a three-story
would be $5.5 million.
Washington Street and Dock
Road would possibly be re-
aligned to provide more space
for parking for this building.
During the meeting, Eymann
suggested that she would like to
see the Oregon Solutions team,
which has been working on find-
ing funding that would help pay
for Port of Port Orford projects,
work with Cheramy to come to a
joint recommendation regarding
funding of the facilities.
Cheramy explained that while he
will discuss financial alternatives
in workshop three, he will not be
suggesting specific funding
sources, and, in essence, it
would be a case of Oregon
Solutions picking up where he
left off and going one step fur-
ther to find those sources.
The first two workshops have
addressed the question, “Where
do we want to go?” The third
and final will address the ques-
tion, “How do we get there?”
The next steps are to finalize the
notional layouts, finalize the
ROM (rough order of magni-
tude) estimates, analyze the
financial alternatives, do individ-
ual break-even analysis, and
confirm site development order.
The finished Port Master Plan
should be done by mid- to late
March.
PORT, from page 4
the workshop that the concrete
pad of the first floor be extended
south of the restaurant to provide
for outside dining. The second
floor would consist of more
retail, commercial spaces, and
offices. These suites would each
be around 900 square feet.
Adding a third floor could pro-
vide vacation rental or condo-
minium space and would take
the building to 35 feet in height.
Dud & Suds Laundromat
will be closed for remodeling/new equipment
Jan. 22- Jan. 30. Look in the Port Orford News
next week for the exact reopening date.