Port Orford News
April 22, 2009 • Page 7
Learning to eat whatʼs grown in Oregon turns out to be a delicious experience
By Georgia Weinblatt
For the Port Orford News
I would like to thank the South Coast
Watershed for funding a pilot project on
"Foodsheds" for my students at
Driftwood School.
I felt it was an important educational
opportunity to follow the Watershed
Classes, taught by Cathy Boden.
Students learned the importance of
agriculture, including Oregon Agriculture
History, global connections, how you are
what you eat, Oregon grown and local
gardens and markets, how to make soil,
conservative irrigation methods, pesti-
cides verses organic control , choosing
local stores to buy organics and how that
affects supply and demand.
Many guest speakers including Abby
and Zoe Bradbury from Valley Flora
Farms, John Ship, Brice Wagner along
with several other community members
were involved in providing information
about local organic products and small
businesses that enriched students learning
about Food sheds.
Abby and Zoe taught us about growing
and marketing local organic
produce. They taught students about cul-
tivating fields with their two draft horses.
Students sampled
vegetables from
the Valley Flora
Farm.
Brice told us
about his Dairy
Business on Elk
River, how he
changed from
pasteurized pro-
duction to organic
milk production.
John taught the
students how to
make compost
bins and about
the importance of
red worms.
My students
also toured the Port Orford Ray’s Food
Place to take a closer look at products
that serve their community.
Council, from page 1
PON photo by Matt Hall
LEFT: Officers Levi Easlon,
left, and John Fink were
wearing the new P.O.P.D.
“blue” uniforms.
RIGHT: Alicia Billings, left,
and Briana Goodwin talk
about painting a whale
mural at Battle Rock Park.
Chamber of Commerce, “There
was no meeting this month, but we
are working on new brochures.
“And if gas prices stay low, and
in talking with other chamber pres-
idents, I think that (this summer)
we’ll see a lot more local travelers
- those taking three or four day
vacations.
“So we’re advertising and get-
ting the word about Port Orford
out there.”
Clancy reported on parks, “I’ve
talked to some people about where
we were thinking of putting a dog
park and they all hate it,” she said.
“So I’d like to get some pink tape,
mark it out, and see if everyone
hates it.”
Several suggestions as to the
possible location of the proposed
dog park were offered and Clancy
will consider them and report
back.
Luhr reported on the Port and
other port activities, noting “We
owe a vote of thanks to the
POORT group for all they’ve
done,” he said. “They’re putting us
on the map.”
McArdle reported on the water-
shed, beginning with a proposed
link-up of hiking trails in the area.
“The grand plan is to (link) the
whole thing,” he said. “It’s a pretty
big undertaking.”
The plan to link up hiking trails
seems to be well received by the
council, with indications of interest
being expressed by all members.
Smith voiced some concerns
about proposed rock dredging in
the Elk River. “We passed the
Copper Salmon to protect the
river,” he noted.
“A lot of the roads (in Northern
Curry County and Port Orford) are
built from Elk River gravel,”
explained Wagner. “The city used
to mine it.”
A proposed Law Enforcement
Policy for the P.O.P.D. was
approved 5-1, with Clancy casting
the dissenting vote.
The policy was approved with
changes agreed upon by the coun-
cil.
Following discussion in which
every member of the council
offered their thoughts, the council
choose to keep meeting twice a
month at 3:30 and 6 p.m.
“I like it the way it is,” said
McArdle.
“I’m in favor of the way it’s
done currently,” said Pogwizd.
“Things are running pretty
smooth,” said Smith. “Let’s keep
it.”
“I’ll go with the group,” said
Luhr.
“So we’ll leave it the way it is
now,” said Hewitt. “It’s always an
open subject - we can change it.”
In an interesting turn, Alicia
Billings and Briana Goodwin of
POORT reported on a plan to paint
a mural of a whale on the drainage
grating at Battle Rock Park.
“Port Orford would be a perfect
place to do this,” said Billings.
“Because we’re the pilot for every-
thing.”
Billings pointed out that both
the parks committee and the cham-
ber were unanimous in their sup-
port.
“We’ll use latex paint - it’s not
considered dangerous,” said
Billings. “It will last for about six
months. Then we could have a
rotating sort of picture. It’s a whale
now, but next it could be some-
thing else.”
“There are a few unknowns,
because it hasn’t been done yet,”
said Goodwin. “And we’re going
to made a Youtube video of the
artist doing it.”
“It will take, maybe an after-
noon, to lay it down,” said
Billings.
The council voted to support the
idea by 6-0.
The consent calendar was
approved 8-0.
In citizens concerns, Wagner
praised Alan Mitchell. “We had a
gentleman donate a couple of hun-
dred dollars for gravel for his
road,” said Wagner.
The P.O.P.D., represented by
Officers Levi Easlon and John
Fink sent out an invitation.
“We’d like to extend an invita-
tion to all city council members, or
anybody in the community, to
come out for a ride-along - just a
couple of hours - and see what it is
that we do,” said Fink.
Both Fink and Easlon were
attired in the department’s new,
blue, uniforms. Which were
admired by the council and praised
by the officers.
Smith reminded all that the
P.O.P.D. was holding an open
house from 1 t 4 p.m., Saturday,
April 25, and that the proposed
“Pig Roast,” would be held at 7
p.m., Saturday, May 2 at the com-
munity building.j
“It will be a great fund raiser for
the officers and Project
Graduation,” said Smith.
One hundred tickets will be sold
at $15 per, or $20 for a couple. For
information call 332-9013.
In final business, Murphy
explained that the P.O.P.D. was
beginning a medication take back
program for the community.
“It’s either that, a landfill or
flushed down the toilet,” he said of
the other ways old and excess
medications are often disposed of.
For more information on the pro-
gram see Police report, page 2.
Plans continue for the Hazmat
disposal days - June 19 and 20.
“Florescent tubes will be free,”
said Murphy. “Mercury thermome-
ters will be replaced free - but no
appliances.”
The next council meeting will
be held at 3:30 p.m., Thursday,
Vote for
Brice Wagner
Director, Port Orford Fire
District, Position No. 4
‘Another reader for Brice’
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