Friday

Homeless forum

The Curry County League of Women Voters will present its third-annual Speakers Forum on Homeless Youth in Curry County from 1 to 3 p.m. on Friday at the Chetco Community Public Library, 405 Alder St. in Brookings.

Topics will include reasons — and seasons — for homelessness in Curry County and what is being done to offer temporary shelter and affordable housing to individuals and families.

The theme is “Housing First!” Panel members will discuss chronic and situational homelessness.

Forum speakers will include Bob More from Oregon Coast Community Action, Dave Kitchen from Habitat for Humanity, Brookings mayor Larry Anderson, Susan Brown from Curry County Economic and Community Development, Deacon Leo Appel from Star of the Sea Catholic Church, Bart Cotta from Curry County Commission on Children and Families and Mary Rowe of H.E.A.R.T.

Special guest will be Heather, who as a child in a homeless family lived under the Dot Martin Bridge in Brookings.

For more information, those interested can call Jan Krick, chair of the Homeless Youth Committee, at (541) 469-4230.

Senior computer club

The topic of the next Bay Area Seniors’ Computer Club will be “E-mail and E-mailing,” presented by Steve Bell. Bell will demonstrate how to get connected to an e-mail account and discuss what free e-mail accounts are available. Bell will show how to keep up an address book, send and save pictures and attachments, when to use “cc” or “bcc,” and more.  

The meeting is scheduled for 10 to 11 a.m. on Friday at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1290 Thompson Road, in Coos Bay.

Meetings are held on the first and third Fridays of the month.

Meetings are open to all, but members must be 50 years old or older. For more information, those interested can call Steve at 266-9714 or René at 269-7396; or visit  http://www.geocities.com/

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Friday, Sunday

Movies at Egyptian

“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” will return to the Egyptian Theatre at 9 p.m. on Friday. Tickets cost $7.50. The theater will be closed for a wedding on Saturday. It will reopen at 3 p.m. on Sunday, for “Cheaper by the Dozen” (1950).

The box office opens one hour before showtimes. General admission is $4, $3.50 for seniors and those 12 and under, and $3 for members. All admission for benefit shows is $5.

For more information, those interested can call 269-8650.

Saturday

State Parks Day

As part of State Parks Day, Oregon State Parks and the CoastWatch are sponsoring a special celebration at the North Jetty parking area in Florence from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday.

The two organizations will join forces to provide guided walks, games, activities and informational tables. All of the public is welcome to the free event.

Naturalists who will lead walks include natural history educator Marty Giles; Vicki Osis, a retired professor of marine education at the Hatfield Marine Science Center; bird expert Laimons Osis; Honeyman State Park interpreter Grant Christensen; and Gene Williamson, retired teacher and marine educator.  

Guided walks will leave from the parking lot every half-hour.

The celebration also will include activities for children and families, including games, sand sculpture, face painting and wildlife mask-making. A small snack also will be provided.

In addition, the event will feature table displays, ranging from samples of things you might find on the shoreline and types of wildlife that makes their home on the beach, a watershed model, to information about CoastWatch, State Parks, marine reserves and other matters.

For more information about State Parks Day in Florence, those interested can call Grant Christensen, (541) 999-3325, e-mail grant.christensen@state.or.us, or Liz Cosko, (541) 997-1119, cosko@moscow.com.

For more information about Coast Watch, those interested can call Phillip Johnson, CoastWatch director, at (503) 238-4450, e-mail orshores@teleport.com, or visit http://oregonshores.org/

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Hughes House event

Historic Hughes House at Cape Blanco State Park will celebrate State Parks Day from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, with a variety of free activities.

Local weavers, spinners and carvers will demonstrate their crafts at Hughes House, and interpretive tours of the house will be available.  

All Oregon State Parks waive entry and camping fees Saturday as a way of thanking everyone who uses the parks and pays fees throughout the year.

The Friends of Cape Blanco, an organization that helps in preserving and interpreting the history of Hughes House, needs volunteers interested in helping catalog accessions, serving as treasurer and docenting at Hughes House. For more information on membership and volunteering, those interested can call Milt Nelson at (541) 332-9002.

Pacific Islanders Club

The Pacific Islanders Club will hold a gathering of island transplants in Oregon from 2 to 5 p.m. on Saturday at North Bend/Coos-Curry Housing Authority’s auditorium, 1700 Monroe St. in North Bend. The event will feature the spirit of aloha and island-style hospitality, music and food.  Participants can bring their ukuleles to join the fun.

More than 40 members from Hawaii, Samoa, the Philippines and other Pacific islands have been coming together for more than a year. RSVPs are appreciated.

For more information, those interested can call either “Big Kahuna” coordinator Momi Moore at 290-0055 or gael Mustapha 888-2862.

Ford foundation launch

Local members of the Ford Family Foundation, Cohort 3, will have a project  launch from 4 to 6 p.m. on Saturday at the Presbyterian Church, 2360 Longwood Drive, Reedsport.

They will present a new project by slide show. Refreshments will be available. Donations will be accepted. All proceeds will fund the enhancement of Barrone Fields. The cohort consists of community members, and students from Reedsport and surrounding areas.

Childcare classes

Southwestern Oregon Community College is offering two classes for childcare providers on Saturday at the Brookings Center, 420 Alder St., in Brookings.

Medic First Aid CPR/First Aid for Children, Infants and Adults, presented by CARE Connections staff members, will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. This pediatric CPR and first aid class meets training requirements for regulated child care and Department of Human Services enhanced rate programs in Oregon. Cost is $20.

The DHS Child Care Provider Orientation is scheduled at the same location from 2 to 4 p.m. and will cover important information about the DHS listing process.

Pre-registration is required, and space is limited. For more information about child care assistance programs or child care referrals in Curry county, or to sign up for child care classes, those interested can call Liz Cohen at CARE Connections at (541) 469-9299 or (800) 419-1371.

Saturday, Sunday

CB library book sale

The Friends of the Coos Bay Public Library Book Sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 7, and noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 8, in the Myrtlewood and Cedar rooms at the library, 525 W. Anderson Ave. There will be a member’s presale at 9 a.m. Saturday. Memberships will be available at the door.

Most books cost 25 cents each or five for one dollar. On Sunday only, all books in the Myrtlewood Room will be $1 per bag, and all books in the Cedar Room will be $5 per bag.

All sale proceeds are used to meet special needs for the library, and to bring quality programs to the library for children and adults.

For more information, those interested can call 269-1101.

Sunday

McRae family fundraiser

A spaghetti-feed benefit for the family of Kathi McRae will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 2250 16th St., North Bend. Though there is no cost for the meal, donations will be accepted.

For more information or to volunteer, those interested can call Bernie Swenson at 756-4656.

Sunday, Monday

Waterfront auditions

The Waterfront Players Repertory Company will hold auditions for a new play by Artistic Director Judy Elliot McDonald.

Auditions will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday at the music room at Ocean Crest Elementary School, 1040 Allegheny Ave. in Bandon; and at 7 p.m. on Monday, at the Sawmill Events Center, 3491 Broadway Ave., North Bend. A memorized, standing two-minute monologue will be needed for this audition.

The play, “The Dreams of Pandora,” has roles for five women and two men. The women range in age from 18 to 60; the men range in age from 30 to 50.  The characters include the lead, Abbey, a fit professional woman in her 40s; Swapneshwari, a Hindu goddess; Katie, a teenage “Amazing girl”; Dr. Singer, a psychiatrist; Carolyn, a psychiatric nurse practitioner; Simone de Beauvoir; and George Bernard Shaw.

In the play, Abbey Martin has a dead-end job, a flat-line marriage, her first hot flash, and she’s just been informed that she’s living in a “post-feminist” world. With the help of a savvy psychiatrist, and visits from a Hindu goddess, Beauvoir and Shaw, she begins to sort out a new life for herself in this brash, funny, imaginative drama, described a press release.

The play will be in rehearsal through August. The Players are negotiating with a variety of theaters to take the show on the road for performances throughout southern Oregon in early fall.  

Those interested in auditioning, or for more information, can call the Players at 756-2900 or e-mail wprc@uci.net