Port Orford Today! FREE! Port Orford’s BEST NEWSPAPER! Happy Vol. 12 Number 17 Thursday, May 10, 2001 © 2001 by The Downtown Fun Zone The Downtown Fun Zone Valerie: [email protected] Evan & Valerie Kramer, Owners Evan: ........... [email protected] 832 Highway 101, P.O. Box 49 Brenda: .. [email protected] Port Orford, OR 97465 Nancy: ... [email protected] (541) 332-6565 (Voice or FAX) http://www.kramerskorners.com Sunday, May 13 The Play’s The Thing Mine Shaft gold mine, Kathy Allen as If this play got your appetite whetted for By Evan Kramer Aunt Victoria, Autumn Anderson as live performances and plays there are Lucinda, Sonja Mason as Widder Jones, plenty more in our area coming up. This The Port Orford Com- Chris Humphreys as Don Alfredo and Friday night, May 11, the Bandon Play- munity Theater con- Shalene Robertson as his wife, Senorita house Production of Arsenic and Old cluded a three-day run of de la Guitar. Lace opens at the Sprague Theater in City “Zorro’s Back in Town” Park. The play is scheduled for a three by Tim Kelley last week- The bad Buck Badam tried to steal the week run at the Sprague and includes end to a large, enthusias- mine claim from Alice Sweepup but in the performances on Saturday, May 12 and tic crowd at Sunday’s end with the help of Zorro – Avenger! Sunday May 13 as well as May 18,19, 20 matinee performance. The play was pre- Alice got the deed to the mine. and 25,26, and 27. Curtain rises on the sented at the Port Orford Community evening performances at 8:00pm and Building but it really took place at the Four of the cast members are students in 2:00pm on the Sunday matinees. Ticket Cucaracha Hotel in Old New Mexico. local schools including Ian Ranney – a prices are $10.00 for evening perfor- The audience booed the villain Buck senior at Pacific High School, Shane mances and $7.00 for seniors and chil- Badum played by Travis Robertson and Rangel who is a junior at Pacific High, dren at the matinee performances. Ar- cheered the hero Zorro played by Ian and Meara Fleming and Autumn Ander- senic and Old Lace is directed by Wolf Ranney who, as Zorro’s alter ego, also son – both eighth graders at Blanco Daniel Braun and produced by Bobbie played the part of the meek Henry. School. The play was a comedy/melo- drama and that meant the audience was Aasen. Ian continues in the long tradition of play- part of the play. They laughed, they Michael Hall, former Port Orford post ing Zorro made famous by Reed Hadley cheered, they booed the villain and office employee and himself quite an ac- in the Republic Pictures serial Zorro’s shouted words of encouragement to the complished actor and director of commu- Fighting Legion, Tyrone Power in The cast. All in all everyone had a great time. nity plays is currently rehearsing a pro- Mark of Zorro and later by Guy Williams, duction of Noel Coward’s Blythe Spirits. George Hamilton and most recently on Colleen Harrison directed Zorro’s Back The play will open on Thursday, June 14, the silver screen by Antonio Banderas. in Town. This is the fourth play she has at the Ophir Grange Hall. However, Ian may be the first red headed directed for the Port Orford Community Zorro. Theater. This was a bit of a tough one for The Sawdust Theater in Coquille pre- her as the cast only had four weeks of sents the melodrama “Calamity at the Other actors in the play include Buck rehearsal and, in the beginning stages, Coquelle Creamery or Udder Confusion” Badum’s cohorts Shane Rangel as Sheriff didn’t have all the roles filled. Colleen starting on Memorial Day weekend, May Toady and Valerie Kramer as the fabu- deserves a lot of credit because in four 26. The play continues during the sum- lous Conchita. Meara Fleming played weeks she put together a heck of funny mer through Labor Day and closes on Alice Sweepup, inheritor of the Tottering and well-acted play. Thank you Colleen. Continued on Back Cover R. AuFranc Computer Consultant LAWYER “COMMON SENSE ADVICE & Maintenance & Repair LEGAL SERVICES” On Site Service WILLS Excel Accounting Services TRUSTS Reasonable Rates Lyndell Hauschildt, L.T.C. PROBATES 94120 Moore St. BUSINESS Net - Email - Browser Setup REAL ESTATE P.O. 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A second goal of began in 1992. His journals, which are Once again Highway 101 watching paid Richardson, who is black, is to raise available both on the Internet and in book off and this time it was on Monday after- awareness that there are more and more form, are a delightful mix of drawings, noon around 5:00pm. ethnics being diagnosed with MS. His photos and words with a lot of the empha- sis on drawings. You can access the Looking out the window across the street third goal is to encourage other people Moonlight Chronicles on the Internet at toward the AuFranc Law Office a person with MS to do more for themselves and be www.moonlightchronicles.com. Price’s could spot two interesting vehicles. One more active. first book with Ten Speed Press is called was a low slung enclosed bicycle pulling Richardson’s recumbent bicycle is “How to Make a Journal of Your Life.” a small trailer and the other a 1961 Dodge. painted blue and white. It is enclosed He has followed that up with a full-length Delbert Richardson was pedaling the with a body made of metal and Plexiglas book in color called “The Moonlight three-wheeled bicycle. He began his and looks like an old time racecar. His Chronicles” which follows his adven- cross-country bicycle trip in Seattle, goal is to reach Washington DC on or tures in Hell’s Canyon, the Sierras and Washington on April 9 and was on his about July 20, 2001. Richardson’s cross- New York City as well as time at home way to Washington, DC. Richardson was country 2001 tour is called Wheels of with his two teenage children. heading south possibility towards Hope – Champions of Courage. People Barstow and then expected to head east can follow his progress via the Internet. Price was headed south to Northern Cali- on Interstate 40 where he wanted to arrive His web page address is fornia but planned on coming back to the at 4 corners where the states of Arizona, www.cc2001.bizland.com. Oregon Coast and doing some stories. Utah, New Mexico and Colorado come He’s welcome in Port Orford anytime and together. The 1961 Dodge was being driven by Dan we’ll give him an adventure or two to Price and his is also an interesting story. write about. Richardson, who was diagnosed with Price is driving around the country put- multiple sclerosis three years ago, has ting out a journal he calls the Moonlight three purposes for his bicycle ride. One Chronicles about his travels. Price calls it Wheelhouse Restaurant Howard S. Lichtig Dine and enjoy the ocean view Attorney at Law at Battle Rock Wayfinding Point, Port Orford Bankruptcy Injuries / Accidents Our Specialty - Fresh Fish! 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