Brookings Church of the Nazarene Pastor Rick Green holds 51 pounds of potatoes to show the amount of weight he lost in six months. The Pilot/Marge Woodfin

“It was the craziest thing I’ve ever done in my life,” Green told the Pilot.

He said it wasn’t losing the weight that was crazy, but the fact that he announced it in a sermon last July. He said it was definitely a strange sermon topic, especially from a man who’d never shown an interest in diet or exercise.

Ray Kornell, left, Al Capilla and Marilyn Kornell visit at Capilla’s home. The Pilot/Evelyn Cook

“She’s always helping people, never stops,” Capilla said, “even though she’s only about 80 pounds, soaking wet – and 83 years old.”

He said she frequently drops by to help him around the house, and phones daily to check on him, since he lives alone and has health problems.

Mike Moran encourages people to get involved in theater after winning Packy for Best Overall Production for “Thar She Blows,” a melodrama which he wrote and directed. Looking on are hostesses Roxy Gothard and Ariel Farris.

In addition to the award, known as a Packy, other awards were presented, film clips were shown and musical numbers provided entertainment. Of course, it wouldn’t be a celebration without food.

The 2010 season was unusual in that three of the five productions were original. These shows included “Thar She Blows,” a melodrama written by Chetco Pelican Players’ board President Mike Moran; “The Corner Pocket,” by Academy Award-winning movie maker and Brookings resident Elmo Williams; and “Living in Christmas, Living for Love,” a Christmas revue. Other productions were “Opal is a Diamond” and “Bell Book and Candle.” Film clips were shown for the five plays as well as the annual haunted house.

Barbara Edmiston at 16 in 1960.

Past President Kathleen Dickson passed the gavel to Edmiston during the ceremony. Other officers were installed for a two-year term.

Grange members work to keep the hall open and functioning for community use. The goal is to put a new roof on the building and upgrade the kitchen.

A tuber flies off a snow hill. Wecom News Service/Bryant Anderson

Or snowboarding slope. Or inner-tubing haven. Or the place to access cross-country skiing and snowmobiling trails.

The facility is about 15 miles east of O’Brien, Ore., that little town with the vintage police car parked alongside U.S. Highway 199.