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Road TripBy Evan and Valerie Kramer

Valerie and I took ourannual trip to SouthernCalifornia a couple ofweeks ago and at first itfelt like a scene from themovie Groundhog’sDay. We’ve settled intoa comfortable route

down to Burbank and like to take High-way 101 south to Highway 20, which issouth of Willits. Highway 20 heads eastand travels along the banks of Clear Lakeon the way to Williams where you canjoin Highway 5 for a speedier trip tosouthern California or stay the night andhead out early in the morning which wechose to do. We hit some rain and heavytraffic on 5 going through downtownSacramento but after that the road wasclear and the traffic moved at a fast pace.We stopped for lunch at my favorite fastfood restaurant – In-N-Out Burger andthen continued on to Burbank.

We arrived in Burbank a bit too early.Evan figured his friend, Larry, with whomhe planned to spend the first few nightswouldn’t get home till about 4:30pm.We decided to browse around Fry’s Elec-tronics to kill some time. I’d wanted todo a bit of comparison-shopping there

anyway. The Fry’s ads in the newspaperalways sound wonderful but I’m afraidthe reality is a bit different. Valeriefound many items for sale there that shealso has for sale at the Fun Zone but herprices were consistently lower. In manycases much lower. Caveat emptor. None-theless, it’s hard to resist the large selec-tion and we didn’t leave empty handed.

By then it was past 4:30 and Larry stillwasn’t home nor was his answering ma-chine working. We wandered around kill-ing time and eventually parked near Lar-ry’s apartment to wait his arrival. Wewaited. And waited. And waited. Weagreed that if he hadn’t made contact by6:00pm we’d just go on over to Bob andBernie Mateer’s where Valerie plannedto stay and Evan would have to rendez-vous later with his friend. By this timeour cell phones were starting to run lowon battery power and tensions mounting.Finally about five after six, Evan pre-pared to start the car to drive away. Justthen we saw approaching headlights. Itwas Larry and the smile on Evan’s facewas worth the frustration. It turned outthat Evan had been mistaken about Lar-ry’s schedule.

We went our own way for the next coupleof days so I could visit with my friendLarry and do some rapid transit riding.

Saturday I got in a ride on the Red Linefrom the end of the line in North Holly-wood to the Hollywood and Vine Stationto visit with my brother who met meacross the street from the Pantages The-ater. On Sunday Larry and I got a chanceto take a round trip ride on the Metro’snewest transit line – the Gold Line fromPasadena to LA Union Station and back.It deserves the Gold Line name as ittravels from downtown to Chinatown toHighland Park, South Pasadena and thenPasadena and Sunday is the day to ride itif you want to sit down and enjoy theview in a relaxed way.

The next day Larry and I went to AmoebaMusic on Sunset Blvd., just west of VineStreet and it is the best music and videostore I’ve ever been in. The building ismuch larger than Ray’s Market and has amezzanine area. I checked out the rock-abilly section followed by the musicalsand then the DVDs. Amoeba sells newand used versions of the music and videoproducts and does a brisk trade-in busi-ness. They have two other stores; one inBerkley and one in San Francisco and arenot only people-friendly but also dog-friendly. I saw one person with their dogin the store and then while browsing thestacks heard an employee over the loud-speaker tell whoever owned the dog tied

Road Trip

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Heritage Society MeetingThe annual meeting for The Point OrfordHeritage Society will be held on Sundayafternoon at 2 o’clock, February 22, inthe Council Chambers at City Hall. Allmembers and interested parties are invit-ed to attend.

The slate of officers for 2004 will bepresented by the Nominating Committeeand a brief business meeting will be held.Included in the program will be an inter-esting presentation by Rick Francona,out-going president, entitled “How Life-saving Came to Port Orford.”

Senior NewsBy Mary Yoder

February 14 was the dance – more aboutin next week

Monday TOPS 9:30am and 6:00pm.Tuesday blood pressure every week.

Monday’s osteoporosis exercise 5:30pm.Walking group Tuesday, Wednesday andThursday at 8:30am.

Wednesday women’s workshop from9:30am to 3:00pm.

Wednesday osteoporosis exercise at5:30pm.

Thursday gentle exercise from 1:00-2:00pm.

Thursday wood carvers 2:00-5:00pm.

Friday Tai Chi at 8:30am.

February 20 trip to Eugene.

February 21 rummage sale 8:00am to1:00pm.

Sunday February 22 rummage sale8:00am-1:0pm.

February 24 membership meeting at10:30am. Birthday lunch at noon. All areinvited. Hearing aid 9:30am to noon.

You can still sign up for the trip toEugene at the Center. The bus will leavethe Center at 8:00am and go to the ValleyRiver Shopping Mall and return to theCenter at around 6:00pm.

February 16 was pinochle. All had a funtime. Be sure to remember the birthdayluncheon after the membership meeting.Remember we get to sing happy birthdayto our members. I like that. No cost forthe luncheon – okay? See you there.Only the February birthday lunch is free.Starting in March it will be the regularprice. Not bad hunh?

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Not only what you feel you mustBut all that’s expected of you

Every day is a special dayA day in which to give

The very best in youEvery day you live.

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Fraud AlertBy Valerie Jean Kramer

The old saying is truer today than ever –“If it seems too good to be true, it prob-ably is.” Those who shop on the Internetwould do well to heed it.

I recently needed a copy of Windows XPProfessional. Microsoft suggests a priceof $299 for it but I knew better than topay that! A quick trip to www.amazon.com showed a price of $269.99. Ouch!They showed their associates listing “newand used” copies from about $50, whichsounds much better! Online compari-son-shopping sites, such as www.pricegrabber.com showed a range of pricesfrom $187.00 to $305.95 and “generic”prices from $126.94 to $159.99.www.dealtime.com showed prices from$135 to $213. (To find these and othersimilar sites, search for “online pricecomparison shopping”.)

I’ll spare you the details of my research.I discovered that there were three differ-ent flavors of XP Pro software beingsold: Retail packages, OEM disks, andLicense packs. (There were also otherversions of XP, such as XP Home, aswell as upgrade packages but I’ll ignore

them to keep this simple.) The retailpackage is what you would normally buyin a store. It includes the CD and somesort of manual in a box. The OEM(Original Equipment Manufacturers)disks are just the CD with a thin manualthat has the license key and certificate ofauthenticity. It’s what you may get whenyou buy a new computer. Manufacturersdon’t like companies to re-sell their OEMdisks to customers except as part of asystem, but it’s often done anyway. Fi-nally, the license pack is just a certificateauthorizing you to run Windows butdoes not include the CD nor the manual.Not very helpful unless you already owna copy of the CD! Generally the licensepacks are the least expensive, then OEMdisks, then retail boxes. Since I didn’treally need an instruction manual nor auseless box, but I did need the CD, I waslooking at the OEM versions.

There seemed to be two interesting pricelevels for the OEM version of XP Pro.Some emails I’d received and someAmazon associates offered it for about$50. From there the price seemed tojump up to about $130 then go higher. Iknew the $50 versions would have somecatch but I was curious...

The $50 disks are sold under a variety ofnames, web sites, and email addresses. Ilearned that they trace back to EasternEurope and that the odds are if you orderone, you won’t receive anything (thoughyour credit card may be run up!) If youdo receive a disk, it is probably an illegalcopy and may be contaminated with somekind of virus or “back door” program.The $50 disk vendor on Amazon had100% negative ratings and many com-plaints about non-delivery. (You can clickon the vendor name link to see theirrating and feedback about them.) I guessthey sell a few copies till they get areputation then drop that email addressand move to another. Even some of thevendors with higher (but still good) pric-es had 100% negative ratings. It’s alwaysa good idea to check before using a newonline vendor!

Keep an eye on shipping costs too. Somecompanies offer great prices but chargeincredibly high s&h fees. The lowestprice is often not the best buy. I finallybought a copy of XP for under $140including shipping. I might have saved adollar or two more, but that would havetaken time and I had previously donebusiness with this company so and knewthey were “real”. The web is a great placeto shop and there are many bargains butit can be hazardous to the unwary. “Ca-veat Emptor” is Latin and means “buyerbeware.” It dates back to the ancientRoman days so I guess things still haven’tchanged all that much.

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We have potting soils and soil amendments including steer & chicken

This Week’s SpecialOne gallon Crocus and Daffodils in bloom $4.00; Rhodies from $9.00

BASSART SUPPLY & Gallery“The little shop with BIG Ideas”

Local Artists work on display175 2nd St. Continuum Bldg.

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Bereavement ClassCurry County Home Health & Hospiceis offering a bereavement class in NorthCurry County at the Langlois Communi-ty Church beginning on Saturday, Feb-ruary 21, from 1:00-2:00pm. The subjectof this week’s class is “Telling YourStory.” The class on February 28 is “Cop-ing Strategies” and on March 6 “HowThings Have Changed.” Call KathleenMuller, bereavement coordinator formore information.

Letter to the Editor,We have a lot of work to do together todevelop a strategy that assures that CurryCounty voters support a Democratic can-didate for president. This next electionmay be our last chance to save our de-mocracy, as we have known it.

I’m sure that within the local DemocraticParty, and within the ranks of registeredIndependents, there are people who areskilled in many areas. And because weare all so busy these days, our volunteertime has to be used wisely. By sharingour experiences and ideas we can learn tosupport each other in volunteer teams

that work together with mutual respectand trust.

In recent years the Democratic Party inCurry County found itself unable to workas a team or deal with in-house problems.It was left splintered and weak. We can’tlet that happen again! PEOPLE make theParty...not the other way around. WE arethe PEOPLE who will create the partythat seeks to serve Curry County!

Albert Einstein said “Imagination is moreimportant than knowledge.” We Demo-crats must be the visionaries. We mustattract young people to vote and becomeour future leaders. We need the philoso-phers, patriots, artists, writers, and otherconcerned members of our community.We need an economic vision for thesouth coast.

My husband and I have never been in-volved in party politics but we feel thatthis year we must be. We care about the

future because we have children andgrandchildren. The Iroquois planned forseven generations. We believe we mustat least be concerned with the generationwe brought into the world.

We are looking for others who are alsoinspired by ideals, their love of country,and their hope for the future.

Nella Reed Abbott

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The theatre has been soldand will be closed for 1 week for new ownersto take over.Chris would like to say Thank You to all of hercustomers and the community for their sup-port.

Langlois Library NewsBy Director Viv Williams

Stargazers of all ages are enthusiasticallyawaiting amateur astronomer Dan Neal’spresentation of The Winter Night Sky at7:00pm either Friday February 20 orSaturday February 21 depending uponMother Nature. If the weather is inclem-ent on Friday, the program will be pre-sented on Saturday. If the weather doesnot cooperate on Saturday, Dan willpresent the lecture and slide show por-tions of this program inside the Library.You are invited to bring your telescopeand a lawn or folding chair as seating islimited. Dan presented our highly popu-lar Mars and Summer Stargazing Pro-gram last August.

Our annual Books ‘N’ Stuff Sale is fastapproaching. We are continuing to ac-cept donations of all books (excludingromance-type paperbacks and Reader’s

Democrats MeetCurry County Democratic Central Com-mittee will have its monthly meeting onWednesday, February 25 in the down-stairs ‘Blue Room’ at the CourthouseAnnex in Gold Beach at 6:30pm. A bring-your-own-cookies social at 6:00 precedesthe meeting. All Democrats are welcome.

Digest Condensed Books) at the Librarythrough Saturday February 21 duringregular hours (Tuesdays/Fridays 11am/5:45pm and Saturdays 11am/3:45pm).We are also accepting new and like-newitems for our “Stuff” table during thesesame hours. Baked Goods for our Delec-tables Table will be accepted at the Li-brary Friday February 27 and at the Li-ons Club Saturday February 28.

The Books ‘N’ Stuff Sale will be heldSaturday February 28 9am/4pm at theLanglois Lions Club on Floras Lake LoopRoad. Mouth-watering cinnamon rollsand coffee will be served for you earlyrisers by the Lions Club as well as a

delicious soup and sandwich lunch. Theever popular “$1.00 A Bag Sale” will beheld from 3pm/4pm but you might notwant to wait as your favorite books maybe gone by then. Our volunteers arelooking forward to seeing all you booklovers there.

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How’s Your Bottom LineThe Gold Beach Chamber of Commerceand SCORE (Service Core of RetiredExecutives) is sponsoring the secondannual Helping Businesses Prosper onAmerica’s Wild Rivers Coast on Tues-day, March 2, from 9:00am to 4:00pm.The conference will be held at the EventCenter at the Beach in Gold Beach. Pre-registration for the conference is $20 or$25 at the door and includes all work-shops, lunch and speakers. The confer-ence is also presented by the Small Busi-ness Development Center of Southwest-ern Oregon Community College and ispresented with financial support fromChetco Federal Credit Union.

The keynote speaker this year is LenBlackstone speaking on the subject of“Marketing Tough Times in Small RuralCommunities.” Blackstone is a market-ing expert with over 25 years experienceand president of his own strategic mar-

keting consulting firm. His firm, Black-stone Inc. serves as the Marketing Con-sultants for the Promotion Committee ofGold Beach. This session will be packedwith thought-provoking ideas and chal-lenging insights about marketing for smallbusinesses in small rural communities.

After the keynote speech the conferenceattendees will go into breakout work-shops in three rooms. Some of the work-shops include “Starting or Buying a Busi-ness, led by SCORE counselor Ed Mc-Quade. Other workshops include recordkeeping, sources of financing a business,writing a business plan, hiring and firingfor small businesses and fraud preven-tion. Bob Miller, an accountant and teach-er at SWOC will lead the workshop enti-tled “How’s Your Bottom Line.”

There will also be over 20 resource ta-bles and exhibits at the conference withrepresentatives from the IRS, OregonDepartment of Revenue, SCORE, andSmall Business Administration amongothers.

Last year over 100 people attended thebusiness conference and organizers areplanning for another good turnout. En-rollment forms are available at the PortOrford News, Downtown Fun Zone andPort Orford Visitor Center at Battle RockPark.

Curry Transit offers a morning bus toGold Beach at 7:45am with the last after-noon bus leaving for Port Orford from

Gold Beach at 3:45pm. The bus departsfrom Ray’s Market parking lot and willdrop you off in Gold Beach at the Fair-grounds front door.

School Board Report (abridged)The Superintendent reported that thePacific High School (PHS) bleachershave been repaired, allowing home gamesto be played there. The new PHS watersupply system has been completed. Workon the wastewater system has beenstopped until drier weather returns.

The Bandon School Board has proposedtalks about consolidating our districts.Sword provided an analysis indicatingthat a significant sum would be lost byconsolidating. The Board was concernedadditionally by the increased amount oftime students would spend on the road ifthe districts were combined. The Boarddecided to respond with the suggestionthat the two districts explore ways toenhance our elective offerings by com-bining resources.

The next Board meeting will be Tuesday,March 9 at 7 pm at the PHS library. Forfurther information, call the district of-fice at 348-2337.

Sole Pursuits hikeThe next hike will be a moderately chal-lenging 4.5 mile dune trek, combinedwith cardiac warm-ups and a lake-nam-ing ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 21, inPistol River. 800-445-8085, ext. 187.

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Misordered Showerthat needs to go!!!

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Community Music NightThe Port Orford Arts Council sponsorsCommunity Music Night on Friday, Feb-ruary 20, at the Community Building.The music starts at 7:00pm and this monthfeatures Dean Duarte.

Port OverlookThe shelter on 5th Street overlooking theport was originally constructed by Rota-ry and donated to the Chamber of Com-merce. The Chamber has since deededthe structure to the City of Port Orford.The Parks Commission is inviting publiccomment on what to do about the struc-ture.

The Port Overlook building is presentlyin a sad state of repair. The windowframes on the south side of the buildingare rotting out, as are several structuralmembers. The roof is also in need ofrepair. Individuals have been using thefacility for the unintended purpose as apublic restroom. The concrete floor andfoundation requires holes placed throughit to facilitate hosing it out for cleaning.It is becoming a burden on the PublicWorks Department to clean and main-tain. The Parks Commission estimatesthat refurbishment of the existing struc-

Community Pancake SupperSt. Christophers Episcopal Church willcelebrate Shrove Tuesday with a com-munity pancake supper on Tuesday, Feb-ruary 24 from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Cost is $5for adults, $3 for children under 12, and$15 for a family of four or more. Scram-bled eggs, ham, pancakes, orange juiceand coffee will be served. Head cooks forthe event will be Frank and Bonnie Smithfrom the Port & Starboard Restaurant.St. Christophers is located at 9th andWashington Streets (behind the Down-town Fun Zone) in Port Orford.

Shrove Tuesday, which is also called FatTuesday, (in French, Mardi = Tuesday,gras = fat) is the day before Ash Wednes-day, the beginning of Lent. Long ago,strict Christian Lenten rules prohibitedthe eating of all dairy products, so keenhousewives made pancakes to use uptheir supplies of eggs, milk, butter, andother fats. The rich pancakes were eatenas a ritual or symbol of self-indulgencebefore the fast. In many traditions, Lentis a time for cleaning, in preparation forEaster and spring: first your soul, thenyour kitchen, then the rest of the house.

St. Christophers is a congregation of theEpiscopal Church U.S.A. that is made upof people from many different denomi-nations that come out of the Anglicantradition such as Presbyterians, Method-ists, Disciples, Baptists, etc. The publicis invited to join us in celebrating ShroveTuesday at our annual Pancake Supper.

ture would cost the City something onthe order of $5,000 which has not beenbudgeted.

It has been suggested that the presentstructure be removed and replaced with ahigh back bench on the existing concretepad. Alternatively, the existing structurecould be refurbished if somebody wouldvolunteer to obtain the necessary materi-als and do the work. The Parks Commis-sion would like to make a formal recom-mendation on the disposition of the PortOverlook at their next scheduled meet-ing on Wednesday, March 3 at 7pm inthe Visitor’s Center. Public comment iswelcome and encouraged.

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A Plea to the PeopleDo you have knowledge about the PatrickHughes family that could be shared withthe Friends of Cape Blanco? We arealways striving to make our talks to vis-itors as accurate as possible.

Do you have any furniture or artifactsthat once belonged to any of the Hughesfamily? Would you be willing to returnthese or, at least, let us look at them?

Do you have any old photographs of thefarm, especially the original where Patrickand Jane lived in the 1870’s, or of familymembers?

Please respond to Friends of Cape Blan-co, PO Box 1178, Port Orford, OR 97465or call 332-9002.

Thank you for any help you can give us.

NCFCC & 2CJ to be HonoredPort Orford/Langlois School District 2CJand North Curry Families’ and Chil-dren’s Center were selected for the Ore-gon School Board Association’s SaluteTo Success award for January of 2004.The OSBA explained on their website:www.osba.org the following informa-tion regarding the award.

Background: The southern coastal com-munities of Port Orford and Langloishave a Healthy “independent streak”.They pride themselves in rallying behindtheir communities to solve problems andpull together. This “can do” sprit result-ed in a three-year Rural CommunitySchool grant from The Ford Family Foun-dation.

Unique Approach: School boards oftenreach out into their communities-but howoften does the community come knock-ing on a school door to get involved?The North Curry Families and Children’sCenter, non-profit agency, was actuallythe group to apply for the grant thatsupported the school district.

The grant: The partnership secured a$300,000 three-year Rural CommunitySchool grant from the Ford Family Foun-

dation. It was the only one of the 16grants awarded to rural school districtsthat involved an outside agency-not theschool district as the chief applicant.Grants are aimed at strengthening rela-tionships among families, communitiesand schools.

Strong ties: “We were thrilled when thecommunity came to us with this idea,”said Board Chair Virginia Hughes whoserves on the grant’s advisory commit-tee. “Plus it opens up communicationwith more people who don’t have kids inschool.”

Program focus: The grant coordinatesyear-round education such as outdoorschool and art programs for students,support for classrooms, the onlinenorthcurryresourcenetwork.com re-source bank, Elder Wisdom project,parenting activities and theater ArtWorksactivities. “We believe in lifelong learn-ing, that schools are resources for theentire community,” Hughes said.

Lasting legacy: “Our community has al-ways been proudly independent, want-ing to find its own solutions and resourc-es to solve problems,” said NCFCC Di-rector Tere Tronson, who coordinatedthe grant. “Our goal is to create a strong

sustainable network of school supportthat remains long after the grant is gone.”

NCFCC board Chair Larry Blount, afounding member of the organization,will be attending the annual awards din-ner in November to accept the award onbehalf of the organization.

The Oregon School Board Associationrepresents more than 1400 locally elect-ed school and education service districtboard members and members from the17 community colleges and the StateBoard of Education. OSBA, founded in1946, is a non-profit association.

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Attention Merchant MarinersAttention all merchant marine marinersof World War II. We have a Bill #HR3729in the United States Congress to com-pensate you for the G.I. Bill of Rightsyou never received. It calls for a paymentof $1,000 per month for the rest of yourlife and your surviving widow’s life.Most of us are 75 to 85 years old so wehave to hurry to get his Bill passed. It willtake a lot of determined effort to finishthis job. Write, call, fax or e-mail youraddress and we will send you a copy ofthe Bill along with material and instruc-tions on how you can help. Contact Hen-ry Van Gemert, Co-Chaiman, Just Com-pensation Committee, 800 W. 25 fifthAve., Palmetto, Florida, 34221 or phoneand fax to (941) 722-1194 or e-mailHenry1124@aol.com.

Chamber MeetingThere will be a Chamber of Commercemembership meeting on Monday, Feb-ruary 23 at 1:00p.m. at the Port andStarboard Restaurant. The meeting willfeature two speakers, Ed McQuade andTere Tronson, talking about making busi-ness prosper and building a strong com-munity. It is open to the public and allinterested citizens.

Ed McQuade is a SCORE (Service Coreof Retired Executives) counselor. He willtalk about the upcoming (March 2) one-day business workshop in Gold Beachentitled “Helping Businesses Prosper onAmerica’s Wild River’s Coast.” Mc-Quade is one of the organizers of theevent and he will lead a workshop onstarting or buying a business.

Tere Tronson is the director of the NorthCurry Families’ and Children’s Center.She will discuss how the key to a strongschool system is strong community. Tron-son will talk about how the Chamber andNCFCC are partnering up to promote amore resourceful and stronger commu-nity with the NorthCurryResourceNetwork.com and other community out-reach programs.

Fair Board MeetingThere will be a workshop meeting of theCurry County Fair Board on Saturday,February 21 starting at 1 pm in the Ocean-view Room, upstairs in Docia Sweet Hallat the fairgrounds. The agenda will in-clude discussions of fairbooks, datachanges, judges, entry fees, and otherfair-related items.

School Furlough DaysThe Port Orford Langlois 2CJ SchoolDistrict begins a series of furlough daysat the district’s three schools on Friday,February 20. There will be another schoolclosure February 27, then three Fridaysoff in March, four in April and schoolwill close three days early, resulting in12 days cut from the school calendar thisyear. Superintendent Phil Sword saidthese furlough days are the result of abudget shortfall. He said the Districtcould have avoided these days off ifMeasure 30 had passed, but it was de-feated by nearly a 3-2 margin.

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Dock Tackle & SeafoodWinter Hours: 10 to 5 Thu, Fri, Sat.

Local catch Fish-n-Chips, Clam ChowderBurgers, Gifts, Fishing Gear, and BaitFresh local fish fillets when available.

(541) 332-8985

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The Crazy Norwegians11:30am - 7:00pm Tues-Sun

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REAL ESTATE & RENTALS

FREE BROKER PRICE OPINION onyour home or property. We sold manyproperties this past year and need moreproperty to sell. Call Sandra or Sara atSiskiyou Coast Realty (541) 332-7777.

THE CAT’S MEOW vacation cottage.Great location! Winter rates now in ef-fect! Please call toll free (866) 503-5003for reservations. Non-smoking.

DUPLEX 2 BED 2 BATH upper unit$625.00 (209) 576-8853 Ocean View.

FOR RENT: 1 bed duplex: $375/mo. +deposit; 3 bed duplex: $595/mo. + de-posit; call Oregon Properties, 347-1876or visit: www.bandonrentals.com.

HOUSE FOR RENT Two bedroom, onebath, new carpet. W/D hookups. First &last, cleaning deposit. $525/ month 332-2555.

SERVICES

JOHN B. HOUSER, Barber-Hairdresser,553 – 19th Street, Port Orford, 332-2050.Hours Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,Friday from 12 to 5.

EXTERIOR PAINTING and Remodel,lots of local references. Decks, additions,window packages, siding, and painting.Quality workmanship. Licensed, bondedand insured and BBB member. CCB#132941. Call 347-2259. Eugene Hill Con-struction.

KEY’Z LOCKSMITH SERVICE –keys, installations, repairs, locks opened.Auto, home, business. Bonded 332-7404.

JUANITA REDDING HENNICK Bar-ber / Hairdresser 332-6791.

THE GURU IS IN! Here’s a computertechnology expert who can deliver whatyou need. Set-up to overhaul, desktop tonetwork, web page to database, tutoringto training, friendly “techie” at your ser-vice. Scotty 332-0530.

BLUE SKY TREE SERVICE – Profes-sional stump removal by grinding. Nostump too big. Lowest price guaranteed(with accessibility.) Still serving PortOrford area for all your tree-care needs.Free estimates! CCB# 152469. 347-7400.

HANDYMAN: Household repairs, prop-erty cleaning, labor, odd jobs, chainsawwork. Have truck and tools. 332-0511.

READY FOR A WEBSITE? JT Data-works specializes in web design, upgrades,maintenance and training. Reasonablerates. Call Judy at 332-0850 or emailjt@jtdataworks.com.

HOUSEKEEPING JOBS WANTEDReasonable rates, excellent references.Own supplies. Call 332-0511.

NEED HELP? We will mow it, move it,haul it! We are a husband and wife teamwith a pickup truck and tools. Reasonablerates, flexible hours. Honest and depend-able. References. For an estimate pleasecall Kevin and Anne Cales 541-332-0129.

EXPERIENCED FRIENDLY workerwill do cooking, cleaning, elderly care &companion, gardening, yard & trail main-tenance, other odd jobs. References,reasonable rates. Lauren. 332-0229.

EMPLOYMENT

ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS: Foodprep, fry cook, wait staff. Crazy Norwe-gians 332-8601.

GARAGE SALES

GARAGE SALE: 2/20 & 21 - 9 to 2 p.m.- 250 10th St. – No early birds.

MISCELLANEOUS

LIVING BOUQUETS hanging pots indazzling color great Mother’s Day giftavailable May 1, 2004 655-0014, 332-0880.

THE SHELL SHACK will be open ir-regular hours and days for the next fewweeks. Sorry for any inconvenience.

DAYBED FOR SALE, posturpedicmatress $200. I need a rectangular dinnertable and two chairs… or just the table. Ionly have a cardtable. 332-1111.

FOUR UPHOLSTERED light oak din-ing room chairs. Like new. Shades ofbrown. $100.00 332-2029.

“BLOOMING NOW” Spring bulbspotted or plant now to enjoy all Spring.655-0014, 332-0880.

PILATES MAT CLASS in Port Orford.2 for 1 special – two weeks of class andpostural assessment for you and a friendfor the price of one person! Tuesdays,5:30pm. Call 347-8374.

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Saturday, April 17th

CARPET TECH Carpet and UpholsteryCleaning now serves Port Orford. Satis-faction guaranteed or the job is free. Allwe leave is the clean. 347-2259.

HOT COFFEE! Bagels, CinnamonRolls, Croissants and Low Carb Frittata -Only at Java Casa Coffee House - Next toPaula’s Bistro - 7 to 11 AM Monday ThruSaturday.

TRADITIONAL CHINESE Medicineformulas available for cold, flu, respira-tory, immune defense, back, menopauserelief, quality of life. Sea Breeze 332-0445.

CROISSANT BENEDICTS, Low CarbFrittata, Luscious Cinnamon Rolls andChocolate filled Puff Pastry - Only at JavaCasa Coffee House - Next to Paula’sBistro - 7 to 11 AM Monday thru Satur-day.

BARE ROOT FRUIT TREES avail-able now. Apple, cherry, peach, plum,nectarine, pear. Plant before they bud.655-0014, 332-0880.

FRESH BAKED Croissants, Puff Pastryfilled with chocolate, Muffins and muchmore at Java Casa Coffee House - Next toPaula’s Bistro - 7 to 11 AM Monday ThruSaturday.

PACIFIC WAVE FITNESS (541) 332-7777, (541) 332-2025. Now offeringSatellite TV. Membership fees $30.00per month. 24 hour fitness. Call for freetour of gym. Join now to get in shape!

PREPAID PHONE CARDS $7.00 – 2-hour cards – no minimum usage! TheDowntown Fun Zone.

NEW MOVIES: “Runaway Jury”,“American Gun”, “Dummy”, “DickieRoberts”, “Mambo Italiano”, “Stoked”,“Devil’s Playground”, and “Under theSun”. In our New Arrivals section we’veadded a lot of new DVD’s including“Strike Force”, “South Bronx Heroes”,“Spirit Eagle”, “Fists of Fury”, “Board-ing School”, “The Harrad Experiment”,“Drunken Master”, “Enforcer”, “ThereGoes The Bride”, “The Fat Spy”,“Firehouse”, “Casablanca Express”, “TheLong Knives”, “Chino”, “Bloodstone”,“Mr. Joseph”, “They Call Me Trinity”,“Ma Dalton”, “Renegade”, “Call of theWild”, and “Voyage to the Bottom of theSea / Incredible Voyage” (Two movies onone DVD). Please remember items aredue back by 3:30pm the next businessday. The Downtown Fun Zone. Open9:30-6 Mon-Thurs and 9:30-7 Friday andSaturday. Closed Sundays.

MINI STORAGE/U-HAUL. 200+ stor-age units, 150+ climate controlled.Airport-U-Stor, across from Ocean Spray347-4356.

MemoriesThe day started out like any other. Thephone rang and I heard my mother’svoice. From her tone, I knew somethingwas wrong. What she told me is still atotal shock, my dad had passed awaysuddenly. Within 24 hours I was in Phoe-nix to be with my mom and two brothers.There was so much to do regarding ar-rangement, phone calls and other detailsthat the days passed quickly. Throughthe whole process I tried to remember allthe good times, growing up in Phoenix,the family vacations, graduations, wed-dings, ski trips that I had taken with mydad, the times my parents came to visitMartin and I in Oregon. Lots of greatmemories. Though much of the weekwas a blur, one thing was abundantlyclear, the number of people whose liveshad been touched by this wonderful man.With over 300 people attending the me-morial service, they too had many mem-ories which they shared with our family.We have lost a truly unique, energetic,hard working man and there is an incred-ible sadness to deal with. But, as the daysgo by, more and more memories surfaceand those memories are what helps tokeep him alive in our hearts.

In loving memory of my dad, Elmer D.Hess, who passed away February 4, 2004.From your daughter, Laura Teague.

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up to the bike rack outside to bring it inthe store.

With Evan settled in, I headed off toMonrovia. After driving through theBurbank, Glendale, and Pasadena Fri-day rush hour traffic, I was awfully gladto arrive, unload, enjoy Bernie’s greatSwiss steak dinner, and chat with theHaines’ – .other friends of the Mateerswho were visiting for the evening. [TheHaines are/were editors for the LA Times]After dinner I enjoyed watching thesetrue Masters show how the game ofBridge is supposed to be played.

On Saturday I drove back to Hollywoodto spend some time with Barry Johnson,a friend I’ve known since college some33 years ago. I also enjoyed visiting with“Booger” – a very affectionate and verysoft black and white cat. Barry’s othercat, a marmalade male, wasn’t too sure itwanted to be petted by some stranger.With transportation available, Barry wasdelighted to be able to make his ownpilgrimage to Fry’s and, again, neitherparty left empty handed. After takingBarry home I rushed back to Monrovia,again hitting rush hour traffic. The newGold Line rail system and the HOV (HighOccupancy Vehicle) lanes and other im-provements must be helping the city be-cause rush hour traffic wasn’t as bad as Iremembered from the last trip down butit’s still a bit of a shock when you’re usedto a town without even a traffic light!

I spent most of Sunday going over someof the roughly 50Gb of computer files I’dbrought to share with Bob. In the eveningI drove south roughly 35 miles to Placen-tia where David Baumann, had conveneda mini-convention to coincide with mypresence. David, Mike Dodd and JonCooper, are the authors of the StarmanSeries of juvenile fiction books.(www.starmanseries.com). Six of theplanned books have now been published.Valerie edited books five and six. Cur-

rently they are just finishing a re-write ofthe first book in the series. They felt thatthey had learned a lot in writing the othervolumes and wanted people’s first im-pression to be even better. As soon as therevised version, titled “Mutiny on Mars”,the original “Assault on Mars” will nolonger be offered. If the series becomespopular enough those AoM books maywell become quite valuable. Some monthsago the Starman team was contacted abouthaving their books published as audiobooks and the first couple of titles havejust hit the sales racks. I haven’t gottenmine yet but I hear they are well done.

Valerie and I linked up again on Mondayand on Tuesday drove down to LagunaBeach for a concert at the Laguna BeachHigh School Auditorium featuring JohnWilliamson, Pixie Jenkins and WarrenH. Williams. The three Australians weredoing their first performance in Americaand it was a special evening. Williamson(www.johnwilliamson.com.au) is a folk/country singer who writes his own mate-rial and introduces most of his songswith the story behind them. He grew upin a small town in wheat farming countrywith his parents and four brothers in theMallee District of Australia. He farmedon his own for seven years before be-coming a full-time songwriter and per-former. Williamson played the guitar,harmonica and box bass in front a trulyimpressive set which was a backdrop ofan outdoor Australian bush scene com-plete with fire. Pixie Jenkins was theclass clown of the group and played thefiddle in addition to being Williamson’scomic foil in one of the numbers. WarrenH. Williams is an aborigine and “Keeperof the [sacred] Stones” for his ”mob” –they don’t call them tribes in Australia.

The concert was a benefit for the “Savethe Bilby” fund with the money going tobuild a fenced in enclosure for the endan-gered bilbys. The bilbys are a small mam-mal, which looks like a cross between arat, a rabbit and a kangaroo. The bilby isa marsupial, which means the mother

raises her young ones in her pouch. Imag-ine how uninteresting this world wouldbe without Australia and its wildlife.Williamson and his mates were off toSpringfield, Missouri for their secondand only other stop on their first US tour.Williamson has sold over 2.5 millionalbums in Australia and is a well-known,loved and much honored musical per-former. His manager said his reluctanceto come to American was related to hiswanting to get Australians to appreciatetheir own music and culture in additionto the Aussie’s love of American andBritish music.

Williamson, Jenkins and Williams tookup a table in the lobby of the auditoriumafter their nearly three hour long showand signed autographs to a really devot-ed crowd of fans. Dozens of photos weretaken and the three mates stayed untileveryone was satisfied.

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Wishes for a New LibraryBy Tobe Porter

There is a Japanese legend that says ifyou fold one thousand cranes you canmake a big wish and it will come true. Inthe spirit of that legend, we inviteeveryone in the community to make papercranes so our big wish for a new librarywill come true. We have a fine start onthe wish thanks to the 20 creative studentsin Mrs. Weinblatt’s third/fourth gradeclass. They folded over 150 cranes lastThursday.

You don’t know how to fold paper cranes?Come to the Port Orford Library anyTuesday between 10:00am and noon andwe will show you how. No money askingfor awhile. We’re just taking time tocreate an atmosphere of generosity andopenness of heart in which the new librarycan grow. Remember, Paper CraneFolding 101 every Tuesday, from10:00am to noon.