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08 16 2017

VIEW ECLIPSE SAFELY Protect your eyes, limit your viewing, even with glasses… GOT GLASSES? Check Port Orford Library for Eclipse Glasses SOLAR ECLIPSE & LABOR DAY ENFORCEMENT High Visibility DUII Enforcement during the Solar Eclipse, and Labor Day weekends. Well folks, Labor Day weekend is almost here, & this year it

of Oregon in conjunction with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). These efforts will continue throughout the year at various times, especially during busy holiday weekends and during large civic events. Nationwide, DUII crashes and fatality rates are still quite grim to say the least. 2015 NHTSA statistics include a figure of over 10,000 people dying as a result of alcohol-impaired crashes. That calculates out to about one fatality every 51 minutes… The statistics also show a nationwide overall DUII crash cost of somewhere north of 37 billion dollars annually.

coincides with predicted heavy traffic reference the solar eclipse activities on Aug 21st. During this time Port Orford PD will be conducting extra DUII saturation patrols the week prior to, & during the week after Aug 21st, 2017. Specifically, members of the Port Orford Police Department, in conjunction with other local law enforcement agencies, including the Curry County Sheriff’s Office, will be dedicating extra DUII patrols. Participants in these overtime patrols are funded through the State

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With your help, we’re certain that we can significantly cut down on these sad statistics right here in Oregon. One final word, please plan ahead if you are going to be consuming alcohol over this Labor Day weekend. Have a designated driver built into your planned festivities. At the very least, it’s guaranteed to help alleviate a potentially very expensive headache? J MUSIC IN THE PARK BANDON, OR The Greater Bandon Association is gearing up for Bandon’s hot August nights. On August 26th, Music in The Park returns to City Park. Rogue Rebellion will be on the bandstand from 6 to 9 PM. Papa John’s will be selling food for those that are hungry while The Beverage Barn will be providing beer, wine, and soda as outside beverages are not allowed. The music for this Music in The Park is sponsored by The Beverage Barn, and Sunrise Carpet and More. So, bring your blankets and chairs and enjoy the sounds. DOG PARK FUNDRAISER Do you like to dance? Listen to good music? Have some fun for

once? Then mark your calendar for Saturday, September 2nd and come on over to the Port Orford Community Center and celebrate a gala evening with the Bone Mountain Brothers from 5-7 PM and Kelly Thibodeaux and the Etouffee Band from 7-11 PM. Food and drink will be on hand for purchase. Tickets are $10.00 per person in advance and $12.00 at the door. You can purchase tickets in Port Orford from the Chamber of Commerce at Wildland Properties (call 541-366-2117) or Carter's Nursery (541-332-8899). At the Visitor Center ask for Vicki or John O'Shaughnessy, Sandie, or Jim Hajek. In Langlois at the B & B store, in Gold Beach at Sacred

Gifts and in Agness at the general store. This event is sponsored by the Port Orford Parks Commission and is a fund raiser to help build a dog park in Buffington Park as requested by a multitude of Port Orford dog owners. Any questions and/or as another source to buy tickets, or to simply make a donation, call Jim Billings at 541-366-1149. SHOREBIRD FESTIVAL The 31st Oregon Shorebird Festival is rapidly approaching. The Labor

SPRING THING II (Eclipse Variation) August 21 at 3 PM to September 2 at 6 PM

SPRING THING II continues with more incredible art + inventions! We'll be hanging out at Point.B Studio in anticipation of the total eclipse which passes through our area on August 21 plus we will be participating in a Port Orford Art Walk (or two). Stay tuned for more inspiring art + artists + updates on our current projects in progress at pointbstudio.net.

Day weekend birding event, running from September 1 to 3, includes speakers, land-based field trips, a pelagic trip and a paddle trip as well. Award winning writers and photographers Noah Strycker and Paul Bannick will both be presenting.

Noah Strycker is a 31-year-old writer, photographer, and bird man from Creswell, Oregon. His third book will be published in October of this year: Birding Without Borders, which accounts his 2015 quest spanning 41 countries and all seven continents as he set a world record by seeing 6,042 species of birds (more than half the birds on Earth) in one calendar year.

Paul Bannick gives bird-lovers a gorgeous photographic feast and an engaging natural history lesson, while making a compelling call to preserve the habitats that sustain those most iconic of birds, Owls. In his new latest book, Owl: A Year

in the Lives of North American Owls, Bannick features more than 200 images captured over several years of field work.

This year’s field trips will include a pelagic trip off shore, kayak paddle tours up the South Slough, land-based trips to both Bandon and the Bay Area as well as a sea watch. Oregon Pelagic Tours will host a five-hour pelagic trip on Saturday to give participants a sense of what a day-long pelagic trip is like. South Coast Tours will lead South Slough kayak paddle trips on both Saturday and Sunday

The weekend kicks off with registration at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (OIMB) cafeteria in Charleston. OIMB is located at 63466 Boat Basin Road.

Cape Arago Audubon Society is sponsoring the Festival in partnership with OIMB, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Shoreline Education for Awareness, South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Oregon Pelagic Tours and South Coast Tours.

Information about the festival as well as registration details can be found at www.oregonshorebirdfestival.org. Contact Harv Schubothe at (541) 297-2342 for more information. ROTARY “BIKE THE ROGUE” GOLD BEACH, OR— The spectacularly scenic 8th Annual ROTARY BIKE THE ROGUE road bicycling event, which will take place Saturday, September 9th, offers routes for cyclists of varying abilities, along with good weather, great food, and SAG support. Riders have their choice of three different rides on well-marked, low-traffic roads: 25 miles/1,100 vertical feet ($30.00); 40 miles/2,000 vertical feet ($40.00); and 100km/625 miles/4,000 vertical feet ($50.00). All three routes follow the banks of the mighty Rogue River and cross two bridges in the wild and remote southwestern corner of Oregon. Both the 40-mile and the 100-km ride finish along the Pacific Ocean, with panoramic views of beaches, sea stacks, and rugged coastline. Each rider’s entrance fee includes a free ticket ($15 value) to the Gold Beach Brew Fest, which takes place the same day as BIKE THE ROGUE. The Brew Fest offers a wide selection of micro-brews from all over Oregon, and bands performing on two stages until 10:00 p.m. The Rotary Club of Gold Beach, assisted by community volunteers, provides a continental breakfast of toasted English muffins, bagels, peanut butter, cream cheese, fruit,

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and coffee at the start of the event for all registered riders, and generous, well-stocked rest stations every 7-15 miles along the route. At the end of the ride, each cyclist is treated to a root-beer float. Bathrooms (with flush toilets, sinks, and no lines!) are available in Buffington Park at the start and finish of the event, as well as at the 11-mile point, 32-mile point, and 51-mile point. The Rotary Club of Gold Beach sponsors BIKE THE ROGUE, in collaboration with the Gold Beach Brew Fest. South Coast Bicycles in Bandon, Oregon, provides a SAG wagon stocked with spare parts and a mechanic to assist with any mechanical problems, and the City of Gold Beach donates re-useable goody bags to the event. BIKE THE ROGUE is also supported by event sponsors: Century 21 Agate Realty, and Umpqua Bank. Registration for BIKE THE ROGUE starts at 7:00 a.m. in Buffington Park. The entrance to the park is 3 blocks east of Highway 101 on Gauntlet Street in Gold Beach. Anyone pre-registering with a postmark before September 1 receives $5.00 off the entry fee, per rider. Registration and waiver forms are available at the BIKE THE ROGUE website: http://goldbeachrotary.com/service-projects/local-projects/bike-the-rogue, or Google “Bike the Rogue Gold Beach.” This is a “safety first” event, and bicycle helmets are required. For additional information about BIKE THE ROGUE, visit the BIKE THE ROGUE website or email biketherogue@gmail.com. SOUTHWESTERN OREGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE INSERVICE CLOSURE Coos Bay, OR – Southwestern Oregon Community College would

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campuses and bookstores will be closed on Monday, September 18, 2017 for InService. All campus

offices will reopen on Tuesday, September 19, 2017.

The Student Recreation Center on the Coos Campus will be open for

regular hours. Fall term classes begin on Monday, September 25, 2017. For more information on class schedules and to register please visit www.socc.edu or call the Student First Stop Center at 541-888-7352 or 541-813-1667 on the Curry Campus.

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