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Volume 5 Number 0259 Wednesday 03 22 2017

SOUTH COAST SKILLS DAY Pacific High School attended South Coast Skills Day, Thursday, March 16th, in Coquille. The event was hosted at Coquille High School, where they were competing with 12 other area high schools in a myriad of scholastic and skill competitions. Nathan Malamud did walk away with a first place with his original composition Night at the Theater. You will find a video on his performance at: https://vimeo.com/208731103

ART EXHIBIT Olivia Schmidt and Thanakrit “Max” Ramchum of Pacific High School both have their winning art works on display at the Coos Art Museum in Coos Bay through April 9th. Schmidt received a first place award for her pastel and charcoal work entitled The Other I. Max received a third place award for his digital photography entitled In the Midst.

OLD AGNESS STORE CLOSES Steve and Michele Berlant announce that OLD AGNESS STORE will no longer be doing business at 34414 Agness-Illahe Road, Agness, OR. In the months to come OLD AGNESS STORE will be redefining its business structure and venue and will be announcing its new format sometime later this year. As focus will be directed to this endeavor, the 2017 Agness Tomato Festival will be cancelled. Our very Great Thank You to the Agness Community, the

COLTON KEELER PLACES FIRST IN GEOMETRY (standing)

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Surrounding Communities and our Great Customer Base from the United States and Abroad for your support and love. We thank you all so much for making these three years a joy to be in your presence and for the opportunity to share our talents and creativity. Our Website and Facebook page will continue to be active if anyone would like to be in touch. www.oldagnessstore.com ROARING SEA By Donna Roselius Roaring Sea Arts Open House on Sunday, March 26, from 1 to 4 PM. We will all enjoy Music, art, prose, poetry, pot-luck snacks, and refreshments! Please come to enjoy the entertainment, and provide some of it yourself! Besides the Kammeroque Trio, pianist Crystal Landucci, violinist Sarah Mautner, and flutist Heidi Connolly will be joined by singer-guitarist Jo Lieber. Some of our literary favorites, including Joyce Mueller, Weld Champneys, Cairehn McGowan, and Joseph Byrne area also expected. All musical, poetic, and artistic participants and audience members are welcome. Impromptu creations and presented artworks are encouraged for anyone who wants

to add art to the "gallery". Please join us to enjoy sharing sights and sounds, and potluck snacks. Refreshments are provided. The entrance to the Roselius home, where Roaring Sea Studio is located, is the driveway shared with the Sea Crest Motel. Turn left from the driveway’s end and park at the first house (#40). Park along the main driveway, or in neighboring driveways, wherever there is room. John Lincoln, neighbor at the cull-de-sac, allows parking on the right-hand side of his driveway. For further information about treats of all kinds (edible, musical, artistic) please call Donna at 332-4444 or Suzanne at 332-0540 NEW YOGA CLASS IN LANGLOIS GOLD BEACH, OR – Southwestern Oregon Community College is offering a new Yoga for Health class in Langlois. Taught by Tara Devi, this gentle yoga class is appropriate for those of all ages and abilities. Yoga for Health is scheduled to meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm at the Langlois Lions Club. Tara Devi also teaches a yoga class in Gold Beach which meets on Mondays and Wednesdays, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church. Southwestern offers a variety of classes for fitness, wellness and relaxation in Curry County including Aerobic Fitness, Better Bones & Balance®, Pilates, Qigong and Tai Chi. For more information or to register please call the Gold Beach Center at 541.247.2741 or the Curry Campus at 541.813.1667. Spring term is March 27 through June 8, 2017.

EXPLORE THE BEATLES AND THEIR MUSIC BROOKINGS, OR – This spring, Southwestern Oregon Community College is offering The Beatles and Their Music (MUS 207), a class that discusses The Beatles, from their rise to prominence in the 1960's, through the British Invasion, culminating in their final roof top concert at Abbey Road studios. This course explores how their music came together both on the road and in the recording studio. It also examines how and why their music is still popular today, 50 years after their first number one hit! This class will originate on the Coos Bay campus, and will be available at the Curry Campus in Brookings using Zoom via the internet. This class meets on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 2:00-3:00pm starting March 27. Mike Turner, music professor at Southwestern will teach this class. This class can be taken for credit or audited at a 50-percent tuition discount. Seniors 65 and above qualify for the senior tuition waiver. All other class and book charges still apply. For more information or to register contact the Curry Campus in Brookings at 541-813-1667. PORT ORFORD AREA HISTORIC SITES OPEN PORT ORFORD, OR--The Cape Blanco Lighthouse, Hughes House and the Port Orford Lifeboat Station Museum will be open for tours starting April 1, from 10 to 3:30. Cape Blanco Heritage Society (CBHS) collaborates with Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) to provide tours every day (except Tuesdays) through October 30. If you appreciate visiting these sites, please consider becoming a

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volunteer host for CBHS or OPRD. Contact CBHS at 541-332-0521 or OPRD at 541-332-6774 for more information. In April and May, the Hughes House gift shop will have a special sale. Visit the shop early to take advantage of the many items marked down 40% or more. The Lighthouse and Hughes House are located in Cape Blanco State Park and the Lifeboat Station is located in Port Orford Heads State Park. JOIN SOLVE APRIL 1ST

PORTLAND, OR— March 16, 2017 - Kick off Earth Month with SOLVE! On Saturday, April 1, SOLVE welcomes volunteers of all ages to join together in clearing the entire Oregon coast of litter and marine debris. Presented by AAA Oregon, the 32nd annual SOLVE Spring Oregon Beach Cleanup will take place from 10am to 1pm. Register at one of 45 beach cleanup locations from Astoria to Brookings at solveoregon.org or by calling 503-844-9571 x332. HANNEKE CASSEL Hanneke Cassel will appear at the Sprague Theater, Bandon, on Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 7PM. Hanneke’s new release, TRIP TO WALDEN POND, features traditional Scottish and Cape Breton tunes and 17 new tunes composed in the Scottish style. Produced by Finnish musician Antti Järvelä (FRIGG, JPP, Baltic Crossing), the album features cellist Mike Block, guitarists Keith Murphy and Christopher Lewis, fiddler/violist Jeremy Kittel, and pianist Dave Wiesler. The album fuses influences from the Isle of Skye and Cape Breton Island with grooves and musical innovations

from the Boston Americana scene and Hanneke’s Texas-style fiddle roots. / "Exuberant and rhythmic, somehow both wild and innocent, delivered with captivating melodic clarity and an irresistible playfulness," says the Boston Globe about Hanneke Cassel’s playing. Such charismatic fiddling has brought the native Oregonian many honors and awards. She is the 1997 U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion, she holds a Bachelors of Music in Violin Performance from Berklee College of Music, and she has performed and taught across North America, Europe, New Zealand, Australia, India, and China. / HAILED BY YO-YO MA as the "ideal musician of the 21st Century", Mike Block is a pioneering multi-style cellist, composer, and educator living in Boston. He is part of the Grammy-winning group Silk Road Ensemble, a graduate of the Juilliard School, and an Associate Professor at the Berklee College of Music. Newfoundland-born guitarist Keith Murphy began absorbing his native musical languages – folksongs, ballads and

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SKILLS DAY 2017 CHALK ART 2nd Place: (above left) Mary Hewitt & Clarissa Stevens STILL LIFE DRAWING 1st Place (above right) Olivia Schmidt FLASH FICTION 2nd Place: McKenzie Martin MUSIC COMPOSITION 1st Place: Nathan Malamud PRE-ALGEBRA 3rd Place: Jordan Walker 3rd Place: Kross Miller ALGEBRA 3rd Place: Atticus Wahl

GEOMETRY 1st Place: Colton Keeler 1st Place: Layne Converse ALGEBRA II 1st Place: Justin Hall CAD (Computer Assisted Design) 2nd Place: Jessica Martinez WOODS 3rd Place: Josh Engdahl

METAL FABRICATION 2nd Place: Nathaniel Bussmann All twenty-five areas of competition and a the students who placed can be found on the Port Orford Beacon Facebook page.

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