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City of Brookings honors Fire and Rescue Volunteers

The City of Brookings recognized the service of four Fire and Rescue Volunteers in a ceremony on March 3, 2024 at the Elks Lodge in Brookings.

The yearly award are given annually for excellence in a particular area. Brookings Fire and Rescue relies heavily on the participation of volunteers, as they currently have 24 active members of their volunteer team, as well as two Community Emergency Response team members.

The award winners for 2023 were as follows:

Firefighter of the Year Jennifer Wolf

Engineer of the Year –Darryl Harmon

EMS Helper of the Year –Assistant Chief Tom Kerr

Junior Firefighter of the Year – Colton Hill Officer of the Year –Lieutenant Jose Contreras

Please join us at the Curry Coastal Pilot in congratulating the winners of this year’s awards, and in thanking Brookings Fire and Rescue for all they do to keep our community safe and healthy. For those looking to join the ranks, the Brookings Fire Department is always actively looking for volunteers for a community team that is essential to the City. Information can be found on the City of Brookings website or the Brookings Fire Department Facebook page.

Ellensburg site purchased for affordable housing development Survey shows massive support for downtown improvements

The Coos-Curry Housing Authority (CCHA) announced the purchase of a new development site in Gold Beach this week. The Ellensburg site, located near Gauntlett St. and Colvin St. was acquired using funds from State of Oregon- Oregon Housing and Community Services Land Acquisition Program; Network for Oregon Affordable Housing

(“NOAH”); and AllCare CCO. In a partnership with the State of Oregon, the CCHA will look to secure further funds to develop 26 affordable housing units for Curry County. The units will be catered toward seniors, as CCHA looks to stem the effects of the housing crisis that has swept along the Southern Coast.

With property values climbing at a rate incongruous with economic growth, many citizens are finding themselves priced out of areas they could once afford. This is a major problem within the elderly community, as many retirees planned for a future that could not accommodate the rampant inflation we are experiencing, among other contributing factors like ballooning

medical costs and insufficient Social Security pay-outs. With older adults among the fastest growing demographics in terms of homelessness, this will be a welcome boon to the community. The CCHA anticipates that construction will be able to start by 2026, as further funding for development must still be secured.

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The Brookings Downtown Merchant Association (BDMA) released a report containing information gathered across two townhall style forums and two surveys of downtown business owners. The intent of the report was to identify possible areas of improvement to the downtown area. The BDMA presented these findings to business owners in a meeting at the Chetco Brewing Company on March 3rd, with plans to give the report to City Council as well.

The first question BDMA set out to answer was on a unifying theme for the downtown area. They found the most popular amongst business owners was a ‘historic’ theme, given the many longstanding buildings in Brookings.

“100% of the merchants of downtown support the idea to position historical monuments and/or plaques on or around historic features and buildings throughout or downtown,” states the BDMA report. This will allow both tourists and residents to see how deep the community’s roots are, and imbue significance in many of the areas’ points of interest. The BDMA has already identified a handful of locations and

Please see DOWNTOWN, Page 9

Oregon Legislature wraps up session in high spirits

BY JULIA SHUMWAY Oregon Capital Chronicle

Oregon lawmakers headed home three days earlier than required on Thursday night, March 7, ending a surprisingly bipartisan session that saw them invest hundreds of millions of dollars in housing, recriminalize possession of small

amounts of hard drugs and cap campaign contributions.

“We took advantage of the short session to tackle the biggest challenges facing Oregon, including some things outside spectators didn’t think we had the guts to take on,” said Rep. Rob Nosse, D-Portland, as he delivered the House’s sine

die resolution shortly after 8 p.m.

The five-week session, which saw Democrats and Republicans come together to pass bipartisan bills, was a departure from the vitriol that defined the 2023 session, when Senate Republicans walked out for six weeks and ground the

Legislature to a halt. Leading up to this session, lawmakers and observers didn’t know whether Republicans would even allow it happen: Just days before lawmakers started work, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled that 10 Republican senators – a third of the Senate – were ineligible to run for reelection, and Senate Minority Leader Tim Knopp, R-Bend, warned that the ruling would mean majority Democrats would have to come up with incentives for Republicans to attend sessions.

Knopp credited the 2023 walkout for the bipartisan nature of the 2024 session, saying he and other senators paid a price and would do it again.

“I think that they recognized each day we could have walked out, said ‘See you Sunday,’ and we’ll determine what’s going to

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The 35-day session prioritized the homelessness and drug addiction crises, pouring millions into housing and treatment programs.

pass and what’s not going to pass,” Knopp said. “We didn’t have to do that.”

The ending In the House, incendiary comments made by two Republican lawmakers about LGBTQ+ people, atheists and Muslims, and Democrats’ decision to choose their next speaker in a closed-door meeting before the session began, cast a pallor over the early days.

Rep. Tom Andersen, D-Salem, joined a small group of advocates at a press conference March 7,

outside the Capitol condemning those Republicans, while a caravan of timber trucks circled the Capitol, blaring horns to protest a forest conservation plan.

Inside the Capitol, lawmakers were in good spirits as they pushed through a series of final bills and tried to fill their sine die bingo cards over the unending drone of construction equipment from an ongoing nearly $600 million construction project meant to better prepare the building Please see SESSION, Page 4

Opinion

Letters to the Editor Guest Columns

Know who you are voting for

Since the 2016 Presidential campaign, everyone over the age of 12 in the U.S. became aware of Donald Trump.

Yes, he’s been, increasingly, a polarizing figure beginning with his Trump Organization officer position along with his father, Fred. Much has been written including books, articles, psychological profiles, court case briefs and indictments. In addition, insightful, professional characterizations have been authored by Mary Trump, Donald’s niece.

Having an ongoing interest in learning about Donald, his Presidential policies, the Putin connection, his Congressional/voter support group, the “electoral college” win over Hillary Clinton, and current 2024 political aspirations, I needed a better factual understanding.

As such, after 4-6 years of reading books, articles, listening to news reports and presentations, and legal scholar perspectives, disconcerting facts about Donald became cumulatively evident. Essentially, Donald’s upbringing, his relationship with his overbearing, controlling father, Fred, New York Military Academy, Sargeant Dobias, and association with Roy Cohn, Donald is, put simply, an individual whose most important factor is himself, his self-worth, his litigious perspective, and the power & priority of money. Over time, he’s honed his sales skills, himself, the Trump brand, and cultivated relationships for transactional purposes. Issues and accusations that Donald promotes are ones that segments of U.S. voting public identify with. Consequently, voters believe Donald supports them when in fact the opposite has been shown to be true. Their understanding is that “Donald Trump looks out for me – his issues are my issues, too”. Yes, Donald wants “your” loyalty, but that includes following him down questionable, immoral, and illegal paths.

Is Donald Trump one U.S. preeminent liar? I’m definitely not advocating one candidate over another, but rather desire to point out the necessity of reading up on facts about the person you will eventual vote for.

Douglas Baker Port Orford

How to be an anti-partisan

BY WILLIAM COOPER Guest Column

When people look at political questions through a partisan lens they apply their own personal gloss to the world. They reflexively interpret events in favor of their own tribe and against the other side. This distorts empirical reality, which is completely independent from such subjective mental processing.

The main problem with partisan thinking is that it’s inaccurate, wrong, mistaken—irrespective of what tribe it comes from. It leads to gross stupidities across the political continuum, like believing Barack Obama was born in Kenya or Donald Trump colluded with Vladimir Putin to hack into the Democratic National Committee’s email servers.

A partisan lens is counterproductive if your goal is to accurately interpret the world. If your political tribe is empirically right about something, then the lens is superfluous. If your tribe is empirically wrong, then the lens is distortive.

Comedian Stephen Colbert may be right about some things (and quite funny to boot), but he was very wrong when he famously said that, “Reality has a well-known liberal bias.” It doesn’t. The empirical world is not liberal or conservative. Sometimes the right answer happens to be liberal; sometimes it happens to be conserva-

tive; and sometimes it has no home on either side of the rigid ideological divide. The world unfolds according to the immutable laws of nature and science, not the transient perceptions of politics. Leaves don’t rustle in the wind differently depending on which party controls the presidency. Waves don’t pound the shore harder when it’s an election year. Economic cycles don’t suddenly reverse if the minority gains a majority in the legislature.

And political policies, events, and scandals don’t conform to the kneejerk narratives of distant observers.

While politicians and political operatives have incentives to distort the truth, the citizen’s goal should be straightforward: to strive to make sense of the world accurately. The alternative is to be wrong; and why would that be better?

The comforts of partisanship make conforming to one’s group satisfying and protective. But it’s far better to be accurate and independent than wrong and partisan. Thinking that Obama was constitutionally ineligible to be president or that Trump and Putin were scheming in cyberspace was radically at odds with the available evidence. And those who didn’t buy into these delusions were far better off for their independence. As Frederick Douglas said, “I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.”

Being an anti-partisan is the way to go. Indeed, partisan misjudgment is more than merely an interesting psychological topic or stimulating academic question. Imposing on the world an ideology ridden with mistaken conclusions never goes well— especially in a representative democracy where public opinion often dictates public policy. A government’s intellectual premises must be sound for it to work well. And partisanship in America has contributed to numerous significant public-policy errors and failures.

Just look at the 2024 presidential campaign: A guy who tried to overthrow a presidential election is about to square off with a guy who has trouble completing a sentence longer than a few words.

Is this really the best we can do in the competition to see who will have America’s top job? Of course not. But because of the power of partisanship each side thinks their guy really is the right man to be president. This reflects how American politics is getting even more partisan as social-media echo chambers continue to turbo-charge our two-party political system. It’s going to be a wild eight months till November. And then, either way, a tumultuous four years from there.

William Cooper is the author of How America Works … And Why It Doesn’t.

Fiber artists take heed

Attention Fiber Artists, including Knitters, Crocheters, Spinners, Weavers, Quilters, Seamstresses, Embroiders, and Needle Pointers.

It’s that time of year again. Time to start preparing and organizing your entries for the 2024 Curry County Fair: with the theme of Seashells and Cowbells.

Your entry can be your jump on next Christmas’ gifts. Perhaps recipients of your creations will appreciate them even more as award winners. Or submit charity projects to the Fair before donating them. This year, there’ll be more Fiber Art premium awards than ever.

Many of us make things but don’t think about entering them in the Fair. Perhaps fearing we won’t win a prize; not wanting to seem a show-off; thinking our work’s not good; or believing submitting and retrieving entries is a hassle. Whatever has kept you from entering, I’d like you to rethink that.

There’s a larger reason to enter. By showing your creations in the Fair you encourage and promote these arts. Your work may spark others’ imaginations or inspire them to do something similar. Whether you win a prize or not, you’ll be part of preserving hand-made products and connecting past generations with future ones in a meaningful way.

Challenge friends and family. Beginners are welcome. Experienced fiber artists are out there to help you hone your skills. There are many categories to enter your works in.

Please consider sharing your chosen fiber art with others by entering a project, or two, in the Fair…and keep alive the chain that’s been going for hundreds of years.

Not a Fiber Artist? Or have additional talents. Check out the Fair website (eventcenteronthebeach.com) for other Departments looking for participants, more information, and the upcoming Fair Handbook.

Hope to see you there in July.

Dianne Daniels Gold Beach

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The next health crisis is already here, we’re unprepared to fight it

BY PHYLLIS ARTHUR Guest Column

America’s leaders aren’t doing enough to confront one of the greatest public health menaces in modern history.

Increasingly, bacteria and fungi are evolving into “superbugs” that are immune to existing treatments. This phenomenon, known as antimicrobial resistance, is one of the top ten public health threats currently facing humanity, according to the World Health Organization. In 2019, antibiotic resistance was associated with more than 170,000 deaths in the United States and nearly 5 million deaths worldwide.

The U.S. government has a long and mostly successful history of responding to national health crises, from funding Operation Warp Speed to accelerate the development of COVID-19 vaccines, to establishing the Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness in response to the anthrax attacks of 2001.

But our leaders often focus on preparing for the sorts of threats we encountered in the recent past, rather than the threats that are gaining momentum right before our eyes.

Consider how many governments around the world are dedicating public resources into preparing for the next pandemic -- which, to be sure, is an important task. Yet superbugs pose an equally grave danger today. They’re here already, yet they’re receiving comparatively little attention.

The solution isn’t as complicated as one might expect -- but it is unique to this segment of medicine. Existing antimicrobial medicines should be administered carefully to delay the evolution of pathogens into drug-resistant superbugs.

But better stewardship alone won’t combat the superbug threat. We also need to develop new antimicrobials.

That brings us to the broken marketplace. Many antimicrobials are often only prescribed for a short duration, like several days or weeks. Consequently, low sales make it hard for inventors to recoup the major investments required to develop any new medicine. As a result, many companies developing new antimicrobials -- most of which are small companies -- have been unable to successfully commercialize new products. Eight antibiotics developed by small companies have received FDA approval since 2013.

Since their approvals, every one of these companies have either filed for bankruptcy, been acquired, or left the antibiotics space entirely.

One fix would be to replace the volume-based sales model with something like a subscription, in which drug developers are compensated for new treatments based on the value of the treatment to public health, regardless of the number of doses patients need.

Legislation that would do this is under consideration in Congress. A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced the PASTEUR Act. Under the bill, the government would contract with a company for a set amount of funds for reliable access to an effective new antibiotic, essentially stabilizing a return on investment.

Passing PASTEUR should be one of Congress’ top priorities. AMR is a national security threat we know how to prepare for. It’s time our political leaders take advantage of that opportunity.

Phyllis Arthur is Senior Vice President for Infectious Disease and Emerging Science Policy at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO). This piece originally ran in RealClearHealth.

Governors, tribes ratify Columbia River Basin pact

BY JACOB FISCHLER Oregon

Efforts to enhance and sustain salmon and steelhead runs in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest are moving ahead following a regional agreement.

The governors of Washington and Oregon and four Native American tribal leaders gathered at the White House to celebrate last year’s agreement to avoid litigation over dams in the Columbia River Basin.

The agreement, which was announced in December and resulted from years of negotiation among the states, tribes in the region, environmental groups and federal agencies, established a path to reviving the area’s salmon and steelhead populations and called for a 10-year pause in legal fighting.

The governors, tribal leaders and a handful of administration officials held a White House signing ceremony Friday, Feb. 23, though the deal has been in effect since the parties signed a memorandum of agreement in December.

The agreement was a necessary condition required under treaties with tribes to address the ailing fish populations

and to restore the health of the river basin, but it marked the beginning of a long process, not the end, administration representatives and others said Friday. “There’s much to do in order to live up to our commitments and to live up to the president’s memorandum of agreement,” White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory said. “But I think the partnership that we have worked to develop will ensure that we are able to be successful.”

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek called on the federal government, tribes and states who are parties to the deal to “stay true to the framework” of the compact. Reaching the agreement was a major milestone, she said, but more work would be needed to follow through on the commitments outlined in the deal. “This is a happy moment,” Kotek said. “But just the beginning.”

Commitment to tribes

Part of the agreement is meant to address federal commitments to tribes — the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes

“This is a happy moment. But just the beginning.”

Tina Kotek, Oregon Governor

of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon and the Nez Perce Tribe — that promise plentiful fishing in perpetuity.

Jonathan W. Smith, the chairman of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, said the 19thcentury treaty ceding much of the tribes’ land to the federal government promised indefinite fishing rights and that fish would always be available in the tribe’s traditional areas.

But that has not been the case in recent decades, he said, as the longhouses that host tribal ceremonies have “had empty tables.”

“For too long, we have not had fish to sustain ourselves, let alone teach our youth the ways of our culture,” he said.

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Jay Inslee thanked tribal members for acting “as a guardian for the salmon.”

He said the Columbia River was significant to Native and non-Native residents of his state and called for making the river basin’s health a continued priority.

“This is personal with me and 8 million Washingtonians,” he said. “That is the artery of our state. It needs to be brought to health.”

The agreement remains more controversial, though, in more rural and Republican areas of the state. Inslee, who is well known as a climate advocate, also framed the agreement as part of a wider effort to address climate change impacts.

Deputy U.S. Energy Secretary David Turk

praised Inslee, who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, at the White House event for helping form the foundation of the Biden administration’s climate policy.

Dam removal possibility worries Republicans Republicans in the region have largely been skeptical — if not downright hostile — to the agreement, seeing it as a precursor to removing dams on the Snake River in eastern Washington. U.S. House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington state held a hearing last month blasting the “secret deal” that she said excluded utilities, hydropower users, agriculture and other affected industries in the

area. Removing four Snake River dams — Ice Harbor Dam, Lower Monumental Dam, Little Goose Dam, and Lower Granite Dam — would harm the area’s clean-energy production, flood control capability and overall economy, Rodgers said at the hearing. Mallory testified that the agreement leaves a decision on dam removal to Congress.

Oregon Capital Chronicle is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Oregon Capital Chronicle maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Lynne Terry for questions: info@ oregoncapitalchronicle. com.

Chili Feed slated by Langlois Lions Club

The Langlois Lions Club is hosting a benefit Chili Feed and Dessert Auction Saturday, March 23th from 5 pm- 7-pm. Dessert auction 6pm.- sharp. The event is located at the Lions Club: 48136 Floras Lake Loop. It is very easy to find, only a few blocks off Hwy 101 just south of Langlois. The dinner offering is a bowl of tasty chili, home -made corn bread and coleslaw. Vegetarian option available. Coffee, tea, water and punch is included. The suggested donation is $7/ per serving.. This event’s proceeds will go towards our Pacific High School scholarship and building upgrades funds. The auction is often

the most fun part of the event with everyone leaving happy even if outbid for the desserts.

The community members have been so supportive of our fund-raising events. It is very appreciated. We hope this neighborly tradition

continues with donations of one’s favorite dessert. If you can not attend, desserts may still be dropped off at the Lions Club, preferably around 5 pm. Pick-up of desserts can also be arranged. For more info: contact 541 348 2242

Pilot reader, Marie Neder captured this photo recently she entitles: “Brookings Palm” (tree) taken just outside of the BiMart parking lot o of Railroad. From the angle she shot the photo it looks like something is growing out of the top of the palm tree.

for earthquakes.

Senators and staff spent the last week huddled in blankets, coats and gloves after construction knocked out the heat to the chamber.

Senate Majority Leader Kate Lieber, a Beaverton Democrat who chairs the Senate Rules Committee, surprised committee members with fuzzy blue blankets during their last meeting on Thursday, prompting Sen. James Manning, D-Eugene, to joke that they could have used the gift two days earlier.

The biggest issues of the session were resolved in a bipartisan manner, though not without plenty of debate. Under the threat of ballot measures, Democrats and Republicans came together to enact campaign finance limits and recriminalize possession of small amounts of hard drugs. Their response to the state’s

addiction crisis includes $211 million for treatment, as part of new programs to allow people to go through treatment and avoid jail time or a criminal record.

Lawmakers also approved $376 million for infrastructure and incentives to build houses and gave cities the option to more easily add new land to build housing. They gave Oregonians the right to repair their own electronic equipment and directed the Oregon Treasury to divest from companies that make their money from coal production.

Sen. Kate Lieber, D-Beaverton, on the last day of the Oregon session on Thursday, March 7, 2024.

Change of leadership

In a final act, the House elected Julie Fahey, D-Eugene, as its next speaker, as Dan Rayfield, D-Corvallis, stepped down to focus on his campaign for attorney general. In his final speech to the House, Rayfield recalled a road trip with his

father in a borrowed car.

“After a decade of work in this building, a decade that went by in a blink, I hope that I left this Legislature, this state, better than when I found it, and with some gas left in the tank,” Rayfield said.

Fahey said she’s ready to start laying the groundwork for next year’s session –maybe after taking a weekend off. Lawmakers will have to pass a transportation funding package for the next decade and continue to work on the state’s housing crisis.

“We are not here to make lobbyists happy, and we are definitely not here for the fame and fortune,” Fahey said. “We are here because it is our job to make people’s lives better, every single day.”

Lawmakers will be back in the Capitol a few more times for interim committee meetings and for senators to confirm Gov. Tina Kotek’s appointments to boards and state agencies, but Thursday

was the final time several lawmakers will vote on bills.

Rep. Paul Holvey, D-Eugene and the House’s speaker pro tem, is retiring after 20 years in the House. Sen. Michael Dembrow, D-Portland, is ending his career after 15 years split between the House and Senate.

Dembrow said he was leaving with memories of accomplishments and difficult situations. “Fortunately, the older you get, the more you forget. I’m looking forward to forgetting them all,” Dembrow said.

Four Republican senators, including Knopp, the Senate minority leader, are leaving the chamber against their will because they participated in the 2023 walkout. Two others were disqualified and chose to retire.

Two House Democrats, Janelle Bynum of Clackamas and Maxine Dexter of Portland, hope to trade Salem for Washington,

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Rayfield, D-Corvallis, can’t return to the House, though Sen. Elizabeth Steiner, D-Portland, and Sen. James Manning, D-Eugene, could finish their four-year terms if they don’t succeed in their bids for treasurer and secretary of state.

And other representatives facing tough primary or general elections are leaving the Capitol without knowing whether they’ll be back.

That includes Rep. James Hieb, a Canby Republican who learned this week that former House Republican Leader Christine Drazan plans to challenge him in the primary, and House Republican Leader Jeff Helfrich, who represents a district where Democrats outnumber Republicans.

Sen. Bill Hansell, R-Athena, who is retiring after nearly 40 years in politics, carried the sine die resolution, relishing – often in jest – that the final bill of his legislative career cannot fail

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as he plans to retire from the Senate.

“I will not apologize for this bill,” he said, as his fellow senators chuckled. He joked that he didn’t make any compromises or deals to get the bill out of committee, and no lobbyists watered it down. And he said he’s confident no one can send it back to committee.

“It’s gone too far for all of that now,” he said, as his wife Margaret sat next to him. “This will be my last carry ever, my personal sine die.”

Reporter Ben Botkin contributed to this story.

Oregon Capital Chronicle is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Oregon Capital Chronicle maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Lynne Terry for questions: info@oregoncapitalchronicle.com.

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Public Notices 999

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF CURRY Probate Department In the Matter of the Estate Of: ALLEN E. BURKHOW, Deceased. Case No. 23PB05154 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Buck Burkhow has been appointed personal representative of the estate of Allen E. Burkhow. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the personal representative, or the attorney for the personal representative, Don G. Johnson, Johnson & Taylor, 1193 Liberty Street, SE, Salem, OR 97302, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, or the claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the court, the personal representative, or the attorneys for the personal representative, or the attorney for the personal representative, Don G. Johnson, Johnson & Taylor, 1193 Liberty Street, SE, Salem, OR 97302.

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NOTICE OF HEARING

Date: March 15, 2024

Time: 10:00 am Dept.: 1

The address of the court is same as noted above. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county:

Del Norte Triplicate

Date: February 2, 2024

/s/ Darren McElfresh

Published: February 21, 28, March 6 and 13, 2024. Triplicate T384564

Date and first published:

Judge of the Superior Court

Retirement/Asst Living 801 Available For Rent 800

Available For Rent 800

Ocean view! 2008 Laurel Creek Park model, 1br /1ba, 396 sq ft, w/ utility/laundry room, in small, quiet, 55+ RV park in Harbor, OR. $75,000 For inquires, please email applehillrv@gmail.com.

February 28, 2024.

Johnson & Taylor, LLC 1193 Liberty Street SE, Salem, OR 97302 Phone 503-990-6641 Fax 503-990-7378

Email: Don@ ohnsontaylorlaw.com

97415 (541) 469 - 2853 Notice is hereby given that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to 2015 ORS Vol. 2 Chapter 87 §87.691¹ Self Service Storage Facility Lien. The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on Saturday, April 6,2024, at 10:00am, on the premises where said property has been stored and which are located at Steevens Storage, 98744 N. Bank Chetco River Rd, Oregon 97415, the following: John Hunt (10x24). Purchases must be paid for at the time of purchase in cash only. All purchased items sold as is where is and must be removed at time of sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party. Auctioneer: Steevens Storage Published: March 13 and 20, 2024. Pilot & ONPA. P-386226 Wild RiversCoast Classifieds Placing a classified ad is Easy and Fast Contact us: (541) 813-1717 Mon - Fri 8:30am - 5:00pm 519 Chetco Ave, Suite 7, Brookings OR 97415 www.CurryPilot.com • www.Triplicate.com 102 Home Repair Real Estate/Trade 900 Real Estate/Trade 900 Real Estate/Trade 900 Real Estate/Trade 900 Public Notices 999 ALEX 541-661-3586 DONICA 310-625-2134 PAT 541-251-2152 MICHELLE 541-953-8415 CALVIN 541-661-1509 SALOMEJA “SUNNY” 541-254-3070 DENISE 541-661-1724 RICHARD 541-661-1222 BECKY 541-661-1506 RUTH 541-661-1225 DAVID 541-661-2541 KAREN 503-409-9075 SKIP 541-661-1504 Free Comparable Market Analysis (CMA) 1016 Chetco Avenue P.O. Box 1077, Brookings, OR 97415 Local: 541-469-2143 Toll Free: 1-800-637-4682 Visit our website www.century21agate.com SMARTER, FASTER, BOLDER Download our FREE App to easily search all Local MLS properties MLSproperties Misc Services 150 Employment Opps 515 Domestic Autos 618 Available For Rent 800 Retirement/Asst Living 801 Available For Rent 800

Oregon State University Division of Extension and Engagement and the Extension 4-H Youth Development Program invite applications for a 4-H/ FCH SNAP-Ed Program Coordinator position. This is a 12-month, full-time, professional faculty position based at the OSU Extension Service Curry County office in Gold Beach, Oregon. This position is responsible for 4-H Youth Development Program and Family and Community Health (FCH) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) programming for Curry County. To review posting and apply, go to: https:// jobs.oregonstate.edu/ postings/150298. Apply to posting #P07793UF. For full consideration, apply by 3/15/24. Closes 3/29/24. OSU is an AA/EOE/Vets/ Disabled.

Published: March 13, 2024.

T-386347

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER

ESTATE OF: Dona Miller, Decedent

Case Number: PB247014

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Dona Miller

A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Coleen Davis, in the Superior Court of California, County of: Del Norte.

The petition for probate requests that: Coleen Davis be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, to be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This Authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows:

Date: March 29, 2024

Time: 10:00am Dept.: 2

Address of the Court: 450 H Street, Crescent City, CA 95531

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Taylor P. Call

The law Offices of Taylor P. Call 836 57th St, Ste 483 Sacramento, CA 95819 (916) 755-4455

Published: March 13, 20, and 27, 2024. Triplicate T-386047

Notice of Public Meeting

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ous file # 20190018 for ID.

This Business is conducted by: an individual

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: N/A

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to this section that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).

Signed:/s/ Cameron Eller

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Del Norte County on: 2/27/2024

Alissia D. Northrup County Clerk-Recorder

B. McCune-Sokoloski, Deputy File No. 20240020

Published: March 13, 20, 27, and April 3, 2023. Triplicate T-385142

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE BROOKINGS PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held before the Brookings Planning Commission on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at 7:00 PM in the Council Chambers of Brookings City Hall, 898 Elk Drive, Brookings, OR 97415. The below application is a Quasi-judicial hearing, and the Planning Commission will make a decision on this matter.

1. In the matter of File No. CUP-6-24, a request for approval of a Conditional Use Permit to operate a ShortTerm Rental facility at 335 Memory Lane, Assessor’s Map & Tax Lot No. 411308BA-0100; zoned R-1. The owner/applicant is Michael Horgan. Criteria used to decide this matter can be found in Brookings Municipal Code Chapter 17, Sections: 17.20.040(Q) Single Family Residential Conditional Uses; 17.124.170 - ShortTerm Rentals; and 17.136 Conditional Uses 2. In the matter of File No. MC-3-24/CUP-6-03, a request for approval of a Minor Change of a Conditional Use Permit allowing a private elementary school at 102 Park Avenue, Assessor’s Map & Tax Lot No. 411306DA-10900. The applicants are Oregon Conference of Seventh Day Adventists. The criteria used to decide this matter is found in Section 17.28.040(E) and Section 17.116.090 Minor Change of the Brookings Municipal Code (BMC). The public is invited to attend and participate. Persons wishing to address a matter will have an opportunity to do so in person at the hearing or by submitting written evidence to the Brookings Planning Department at the address above. If you wish to speak at the hearing, you will be asked to sign in and afforded five (5) minutes. Failure to raise an issue accompanied by statements or evidence sufficient to afford the Planning Commission and parties an opportunity to respond to the issues precludes appeal to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA).

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA

COUNTY OF SONOMA

DESTANEE SANCHEZ, Petitioner vs. JASON DOE, Respondent CASE NO. 24FL00212

CITATION TO APPEAR

DATE: 4/3/24 TIME: 8:30 am DEPT: 22

JUDGE:

***Parties may appear by Zoom or in person.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA: TO JASON DOE:

By Order of this Court, you are hereby advised that you may appear before Department 22 of the above-entitled Court on April 3rd 2024 at 8:30 am, of that day, then and there to show cause, if any you have, why your parental rights relation to TAYASUE TOPANGA SANCHEZ (born 01/28/2018), a minor, should not be terminated according to the Application for Freedom From Parental Control (the “Petition”) and Declaration in Support of the Petition on file herein. The Petition is filed for the purpose of freeing the minor for adoption.

For a proceeding filed under this provision, you have the right to counsel; if you are unable to afford counsel, the court shall appoint counsel for you unless that representation is knowingly and intelligently waived. The court shall consider whether the interests of the child require the appointment of counsel. If the court finds that the interest of the child requires representation by counsel, the court shall appoint counsel to represent the child, whether or not, the child is able to afford counsel. The child shall not be present in the Court unless the child requests or the Court so orders.

The address of the Court is 3055 Cleveland Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA. Given under my hand and seal of the Superior Court of California, Of Sonoma.

Robert Oliver Date: 2/26/2024 9:59 am

By: /s/ Janice Archuleta

Deputy Clerk Janice Archuleta

Parties may appear by Zoom or in person. To join online, go to Zoom. us/join OR to join by phone, dial *67 1 669 254 5252

Meeting ID: 160 223 6856

Password: 876992

Published: March 13, 20, 27, and April 3, 2024. Pilot & ONPA. P-386344

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON, FOR THE COUNTY OF CURRY

PROBATE DEPARTMENT

In the Matter of the Estate of: MARY HELEN BOWMAN, Deceased. Case No. 24PB01746

NOTICE TO INTERESTED

PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY

FICTITIOUS

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names listed on: 2/21/2024

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to this section that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).

Signed:/s/ Jeffrey Reed Stout

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Del Norte County on: 2/21/2024

Alissia D. Northrup

County Clerk-Recorder

Hannah Gill, Deputy File No. 20240017

Published: March 6, 13, 20, and

To

This

A copy of the application, all documents and evidence submitted on behalf of the applicant is available for public inspection at no cost at the Brookings Planning Department, 898 Elk Drive, Brookings, OR. Staff reports will be available seven days prior to the hearing. Copies of documents may be obtained at reasonable cost. All public meetings are held in accessible locations. Auxiliary aids will be provided upon request with at least 72 hours advance notification. Please contact 541-469-1103 if you have any questions regarding this notice. View City Council meetings LIVE on television on Charter PEG Channel 181, or stream/view on the City’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ cityofbrookingsoregon8039.

Published: March 13, 2024.

Pilot & ONPA. P-386179

GIVEN that Berwyn B. Bowman, Jr. has been appointed personal representative. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the personal representative at c/o K.R. Olin, Attorney at Law, PO Box 7530, Brookings, OR 97415, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, or the claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the court, the personal representative, or the attorney for the personal representative, K.R. Olin, PO Box 7530, Brookings, OR 97415.

DATED AND FIRST PUBLISHED: March 13, 2024 /s/ K.R. Olin

K.R. Olin, OSB 903547

Attorney for Personal Representative PO Box 7530, Brookings, OR 97415 (541)469-2669

olinandassociates@gmail.

com

Published: March 13, 20, and 27, 2024. Pilot & ONPA. P-386554

The

Administration of Estates Act. (This Authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows:

Date: March 29, 2024

Time: 10:00 am Dept.: 2 Address of the Court: 450 H Street, Crescent City, CA 95531

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from

personal representative. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the attorney for the personal representative are:

Personal Representative:

James Buchanan 14325 East Lake Goodwin Rd. Everett, WA 98201

Attorney For Personal Representative:

Michael D. McNichols

Vial Fotheringham, LLP 6000 Meadows Rd., Suite 500 Lake Oswego, OR 97035

T: (503) 684-4111

ORS 113.075 provides that any person may assert an interest in the estate for the reason that there exists a will that has not been alleged in the petition or that the decedent agreed, promised or represented that the decedent would make a will or devise.

Such an action must be commenced before the later of four months after the date of delivery or mailing of the information described in ORS 113.145, or four months after the first publication of notice to interested persons. NOTICE: If you wish to receive copies of future filings in this case, you must inform the court and the attorney for the personal representative in this notice. You must inform the court by filing a request for notice and paying any applicable fee, if any. The request for notice must be in writing, must clearly indicate that you wish to receive future filings in the proceedings, and must contain your name, address, and phone number. You must notify the attorney for the personal representative by mailing a true copy of the request to the attorney. Unless you take these steps, you will receive no further copies of the filings in the case.

DATED: this 29th day of February, 2024.

VIAL FOTHERINGHAM

LLP

/S/ Michael D. McNichols Michael D. McNichols, OSB #923956

Of Attorneys for Personal Representative Published: March 13, 2024. Pilot & ONPA. P-386517

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON, FOR THE COUNTY OF CURRY Case No. 24PB01881 NOTICE TO INTERESTED

PERSONS In the Matter of the Estate of: JOHN ANTON RENNER, IV, Deceased NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Administrator of the above estate. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the undersigned Administrator or his attorney at the address below, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, or the claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the Court, the Administrator, or the lawyer for the Administrator, David C Johnston.

Dated and first published on March 13, 2024. /s/ John A. Renner, V Administrator

Lawyer for Administrator: David C. Johnston, OSB #140957 Law Office of David C Johnston 517 Chetco Ave P.O. Box 4884 Brookings, OR 97415 (541) 373-8706

Published: March 13, 20, and 27, 2024. Pilot & ONPA. P-386506

NOTICE OF PETITION TO

ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

Brian G. Burlison

Case Number: PB247017

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Brian G. Burlison A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Antonio P. Martell and Chrlene Martell, in the Superior Court of California, County of: Del Norte.

The petition for probate requests that: Antonio P. Martell and Chrlene Martell be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This Authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows:

Date: March 22, 2024

Time: 10:00am Dept.: 2

Address of the Court: 450 H Street, Crescent City, CA 95531

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you

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are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form

DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code

section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner:

Gino de Solenni

384 G Street

Crescent City, CA 95531 (707) 464-6181

Published: March 6, 13, and 20, 2024. Triplicate T-386018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/ are doing business as:

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF CURRY Probate Department In the Matter of the Estate of: ROBERT LOUIS ARBOGAST, Deceased.

Case No. 24PB00226 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Laurie Johnson has been appointed personal representative of the estate Of Robert Louis Arbogast. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the personal representative, or the attorney for the personal representative, Don G. Johnson, Johnson & Taylor, 1193 Liberty Street, SE, Salem, OR 97302, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, or the claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the court, the personal representative, or the attorneys for the personal representative, or the attorney for the personal representative,

Don G. Johnson, Johnson & Taylor, 1193 Liberty Street, SE, Salem, OR 97302.

Date and first published: February 28, 2024.

Johnson & Taylor, LLC 1193 Liberty Street SE, Salem, OR 97302

Phone 503-990-6641 Fax 503-990-7378

Email: Don@ ohnsontaylorlaw.com

Published: February 28, March 6, and 13, 2024.

Pilot & ONPA. P385127

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME ST ATEMENT

The following person(s) is/ are doing business as:

FICTITIOUS

The

This Business is conducted by: an individual

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: 2/14/2024 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to this section that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).

Signed:/s/ Carl Wakefield

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Del Norte County on: 2/14/2024

Alissia D. Northrup County Clerk-Recorder

Deputy Name Claire Landay, Deputy File No. 20240016

Published: February 28, March 6, 13, and 20, 2024, Triplicate T-385369

Summit Accounting Services & Taxes and Summit Property Management

900 Northcrest Drive, PMB #9 Crescent City, CA 95531

This Business is conducted by: an individual

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: 3/1/2024

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to this section that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).

Signed:/s/ Sandra Moreno

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Del Norte County on: 3/1/2024

Alissia D. Northrup

County Clerk-Recorder

B. McCune-Sokoloski,

Deputy File No. 20240022

Published: March 13, 20, 27, and April 3 2024.

Triplicate T-386483

Project# 2024.02: Crescent City Harbor District Vertical Breakwater Design NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN that the Crescent City Harbor District is requesting proposals from qualified engineering firms for the design of a segment of a vertical breakwater within the Crescent City Harbor District’s inner boat basin. The project involves:

1. Design and engineering for one stand-alone segment of a vertical breakwater to replace the current rip rap, with the potential for sectional implementation starting with the most critical area and possibly extending to the entire wall.

2. The project will serve as a template for future grant applications.

3. Qualifying firms are asked to submit a narrative of their qualifications, examples of similar projects, team resumes, and pricing for design and engineering services. The project area is located from the seawall to the former Coast Guard Station in Crescent City, California. Interested parties should note that the design should accommodate sectional implementation, prioritizing the most degraded sections first. For detailed project information and submission instructions, please review the RFP document available at ccharbor.com/request-forbids.

Proposals may be submitted by email to khanks@ ccharbor.com, or by mail/ in-person to 101 Citizens’ Dock Rd, Crescent City, CA 95531.

DEADLINE: Responses to this request must be received by the Harbor District by Monday, April 1st by 5:00 PM. Published: February 28 and March 13, 2024. Triplicate. T385126

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,

COUNTY OF DEL NORTE

450 H Street Crescent City, CA 95531 Petition of: Fannie Gifford

CASE NO.

CVPT231308

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Fannie Gifford filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present name: Dante Camilo Carreon Gifford to Proposed name: Dante Camilo Zamudio

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not

Submissions for events can be sent by email to:

triplicateofficemgr@ countrymedia.net. The deadline for submission is 4:30 pm Monday, the week prior to publication.

Daily:

Daily Meal

Chetco Activity Center, 550 Chetco Lane 11:15am – 12:30pm

Wednesday March 13:

T’ai Chi

Chetco Activity Center 9:00am – 10:30am

Line dance lessons Elks Lodge

Membership not required.

$1 donation. 11:30-12:00

absolute beginners (new), 12:00 – 1:00 pm improver, 1:00-2:00 pm intermediate.

The Walking Group Azalea Park 11:00am

Meet by Capella by the Sea. If raining meet at Brookings Harbor Shopping Center by the barbershop. For information 541-412-8664

Midweek Lent Service St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, 401 Fir St, Brookings 6:00pm

Prayers, readings, and a Lenten reflection shared in rotation from the Episcopal, Lutheran, and Methodist traditions. Soup supper to follow service at 6:30 pm. All are welcome.

Is Your Home Resistant to Wildfire? 29392 Ellensburg Ave, Gold Beach 6:00pm Event Center on the Beach. Presented by the Coos Forest Patrol and Oregon State Fire Marshall. Learn about defensible space and home hardening best practices. Identify ways to make your home and property more resilient to wildfire. Connect with your neighbors and local and state agencies. For more information, call Jesse Orozco at 541-661-348.

Thursday March 14:

Bridge Chetco Activity Center 11:45am

Widows and Widowers Coffee Clique Community Center, Airport Way, Gold Beach 10:30am – 11:30am

Is Your Home Resistant to Wildfire? SWOCC Curry Campus –Rm 118 6:00pm

Presented by the Coos Forest Patrol and Oregon State Fire Marshall. Learn about defensible space and home hardening best practices. Identify ways to make your home and property more resilient to wildfire. Connect with your neighbors and local and state agencies. For more information, call Jesse Orozco at 541-661-348.

Friday March 15:

T’ai Chi

Chetco Activity Center 9:00am – 10:30am

The Walking Group Azalea Park 11:00am

Meet by Capella by the Sea. If raining meet at Brookings Harbor Shopping Center by the barbershop. For information 541-412-8664

The Vagina Monologues Threepenny Theater Co., Brookings Event Center 7:00pm Friday/Saturday –2:00pm Sunday

Presented by Threepenny Theater Co., Brookings Event Center. Sunday Tickets are $15 in advance at threepennytheater.com or at the door. For more info, call 541-251-0640.

Sunday March 17:

Monthly potluck

Chetco Activity Center 550 Chetco Lane 4:30pm

Bring your own or enough to share, either way, we share community and friendship.

Monday March 18:

Line dance lessons Elks Lodge

Membership not required.

$1 donation. 11:30-12:00

absolute beginners (new), 12:00 – 1:00 pm improver, 1:00-2:00 pm intermediate.

Tuesday March 19:

Brookings-Harbor Garden Club Work Party

Brookings Botanical Garden

10:00am – 11:30am

Come see how you can help.

Bridge Chetco Activity Center 11:45am

Line Dancing

Brookings Elks Lodge 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Donations requested.

Meeting for the Mountain Drive

Special Road District 98354 Thomas Lane, Brookings. 9:00am

Wednesday March 20:

T’ai Chi

Chetco Activity Center 9:00am – 10:30am

Line dance lessons Elks Lodge

Membership not required. $1 donation. 11:30-12:00

absolute beginners (new), 12:00 – 1:00 pm improver, 1:00-2:00 pm intermediate.

The Walking Group Azalea Park 11:00am

Meet by Capella by the Sea. If raining meet at Brookings Harbor

Shopping Center by the barbershop. For information 541-412-8664

Coon Tie Wednesday! Khun Thai Restaurant 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Music at Khun Thai.

Presenting the best in finger-style folk, blues, and country music every other Wednesday. Enjoy a fabulously tasty Thai meal set to music.

Midweek Lent Service

St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, 401 Fir St, Brookings 6:00pm

Prayers, readings, and a Lenten reflection shared in rotation from the Episcopal, Lutheran, and Methodist traditions. Soup supper to follow service at 6:30 pm.

All are welcome.

Thursday March 21:

Bridge Chetco Activity Center 11:45am

Widows and Widowers Coffee Clique Community Center, Airport Way, Gold Beach 10:30am – 11:30am

Friday March 22:

T’ai Chi Chetco Activity Center 9:00am – 10:30am

The Walking Group Azalea Park 11:00am

Meet by Capella by the Sea. If raining meet at Brookings Harbor Shopping Center by the barbershop. For information 541-412-8664

Sunday March 24:

In Mulieribus Concert Seventh-day Adventist Church, 102 Park Ave, Brookings 3:00pm

Presented by The Friends of Music. In Mulieribusthe Latin phrase meaning “among women” - a women’s vocal ensemble dedicated to strengthening community through the art of music. Admission is $20 and students 18 and under are free. For more information, email info@ ppadelnorte.org or visit ppadelnorte.org.

Monday March 25:

Line dance lessons Elks Lodge Membership not required. $1 donation. 11:30-12:00 absolute beginners (new), 12:00 – 1:00 pm improver, 1:00-2:00 pm intermediate.

Tuesday March 26:

Brookings-Harbor Garden Club Work Party Brookings Botanical Garden 10:00am – 11:30am Come see how you can help.

Bridge Chetco Activity Center 11:45am

Line Dancing Brookings Elks Lodge 6:00pm – 8:00pm Donations requested.

Manley Art Center and Gallery 433 Oak Street, Brookings

Tuesday - Saturday 11:00am - 4:00pm

Manley Art Center features a variety of art created by its members. For more information, call 541-469-1807 or visit manleyartcenter.com.

Brian Scott Gallery 515 Chetco Ave., Brookings

Wednesday - Saturday, 11:00am - 4:00pm

Brian Scott Gallery features multiple levels of art filled with unique works by a variety of artists. Call 541-412-8687 for any questions or further information.

Fog and Fine Art Gallery 810 Chetco Ave., Brookings

Monday - Friday 10:00am - 4:00pm

Saturday 10:00am - 3:00pm

Located in Wright’s Custom Framing and Art Supply, the Gallery features 36 local artists in a variety of mediums and a classroom to inspire new and seasoned artists with workshops. Stop by and enjoy all that’s new in the Gallery, open from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. on

Saturday. For more information on class offerings, painting

demonstrations, and artists call 541-469-7900 or visit them on Facebook @ WrightsCustomFraming.

For community arts calendar listings, please visit www.dnaca.net. For inclusion in Arts Scene listings, items should be sent to the Del Norte Association for Cultural Awareness (DNACA) at office@dnaca.net by Thursday of each week for inclusion on Wednesday the following week.

Art on the Coast 2024

Vendor Applications due May 1, 2024. For more information contact artonthecoastbrookings@ gmail.com.

Obituary

Elma McGonagle

4/21/1932 – 2/9/2024

Mother – mom to Tim, Lyn, Jim, and Laura and their spouses respectively, Rosie, Bob, Tana, and Charles. Wife since 1950 to Lewis McGonagle who preceded her in death eight years ago. She has 16 grandchildren as well as many great grands.

Mom was born in Sunnyside Washington on April 21st, 1932, to Urban and Ethel Van Horn. The fourth of five children, all preceding her in death. She was the last of the elders on both sides of our family. She was a farm girl, commercial fisherman, a daughter, a wife, homemaker, mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend always to many. She will be greatly missed by all who loved her.

Mom passed peacefully on February 9, 2024. We take comfort knowing she is with Jesus and all her family and friends on the other side of the rainbow. “To a life well lived”, we love you mom!

A celebration of life will be held April 13, at 1;00 PM, AT Whaleshead Beach. Bring your own lunch.

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hopes to name more with the city’s assistance. The Redwood Theater, Old City Hall, the Chetco Inn, and the Old Bunk House, were just a few on the initial list.

The report also found that an overwhelming majority of downtown businesses support the idea of murals being displayed on buildings throughout downtown. 92.7% of businesses like the idea of murals, with 72.2% saying they would consider sponsoring one, and 64% saying they would consider paying outright to have one on their building.

The most popular potential themes for these murals were as follows:

• 77.8% voted Nature (Redwoods, dunes, mountains, etc.)

• 61.1% voted Historic

(historic buildings, scenes from the past, etc.)

• 50% voted Local Industry (logging, fishing, etc)

Another popular idea among business owners is the installation of information kiosks displaying the downtown area. Ideally, these would be three-sided, LED displays that could be changed for different seasons and specific events. They would show maps with the locations of business, and any historic sites and murals as previously mentioned.

According to the report, 91.7% of business owners support placing kiosks to better define the downtown area. The BDMA identified these four specific spots as the corners of Downtown Brookings:

• The corner of Chetco Ave. & Pacific Ave.

• The corner of Oak St. & Chetco Ave.

• The bend where Oak St. becomes Railroad St.

• The corner of Railroad St. & Pacific Ave.

In addition to the maps, the report also suggested the use of painted ‘footprints’ as a pedestrian pathway between murals and historic sites. These would lead visitors through areas replete with local business and connect the aforementioned kiosks. There is no frontrunner for the ‘footprint’ itself, with votes split between seagull feet, Bruin bear paws, or starfish. Though, the ‘footprint’ idea itself garnered 88.9% support from business owners.

BDMA had one final suggestion for downtown in the form of Café Lights. 83.3% of business owners like the idea of connecting businesses with strings of overhead Café Lights,

Death Notice

Michael John Dulisse 12/30/1970 2/6/2024

Brookings resident, and Brookings High School graduate, Michael John Dulisse passed away on February 6, 2024. No service arrangements have been made at this time.

Service Notice

Robert Wilkinson

Robert Wilkinson, age 91, formerly of Brookings, Oregon.

A Celebration of Life will be at the First United

with detractors objecting based on practicality for their business rather than the idea itself.

“Café Lights will likely generate an ambiance of warmth and a welcoming vibe we imagine will draw people out of their vehicles and walking our Downtown streets. It’s also a creative way to ‘connect’ all the streets and business withing our Downtown area,” states the report.

A robust downtown can be the beating heart of any city, especially one that hopes to bring as many visitors in as possible. The beautification of Downtown Brookings can only serve to help local businesses and bring in more tourists, especially when done with cost effective measures, as suggested here. The BDMA will hope that City Council responds positively when they present their findings later this month.

Oregon overdose rate highest per capita in the nation

Representative Court Boice (R-Gold Beach) released the following statement regarding the recent news from the U.S. Center for Disease Control showing Oregon has seen the highest rate of increase of overdose deaths, 41.5%, of all states in the last 12-month period.

Visuals of overdosed victims literally dying on the streets of Portland no longer shock. Boice stands firm in his strong support for Oregon’s Law Enforcement and Public Safety Professionals stating, “Those heroes are still recovering from the last three years. We must always be aware of those tragedies they face every day.”

Representative Boice stated, “Oregon’s free for all acceptance of drug usage was the first state to decriminalize pot in America nearly 50 years ago, and then in 2020 the first in America to legalize hard drugs. We simply cannot continue the same mistakes. This remains and is so much about

the future of our children and Grandchildren.”

Recently one of Boice’s Southern Oregon County District Attorneys wrote him the following, “Of even more concern is the death of young children. I have been a prosecutor for thirty-nine years. Never in my career and up until the last 20 months have I seen young children die of methamphetamine overdoses. In 2022, there was a four-month-old baby that died. Later that same year, a three-year old child died of meth intoxication. I fear because of Measure 110, people are not even going through the motions of hiding their drugs, thus making it easier for children to find these poisons.” Boice added, “this is just one of many crucial reasons why I am supporting common sense legislation that would greatly roll back those most liberal drug policies in the Nation.”

HB 4036 goes after the ‘pushers’ as the penalties for possession of a con-

trolled substance would create a Class A misdemeanor crime of using drugs in a public place. It would require a court to sentence a person convicted of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance that results in the death of another person to a term of incarceration from 58 months to 130 months. This would also help address some of the bad, opportunist people that are flocking to our state.

Our Bill would also provide that a person charged with or convicted of a specific drug-related or property misdemeanor be ordered, as a condition of probation, to be evaluated for drug dependence and if rehabilitation is recommended that person be mandated to complete the treatment course.

HB 4036 would also establish the Opioid Overdose Rapid Response Grant Program to assist cities and counties in creating and supporting opioid rapid response teams. It would

direct the Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission to provide grants and funding to communities and tribes to support evidence-based services.

Finally, the bill would authorize the issuance of lottery bonds to be distributed to local governments for the purchase or renovation of physical infrastructure for substance abuse treatment and recovery programs.

Boice concluded, “The far left’s 40 years of legislative and state government control has caused the Crime, Homelessness, Addictions, Overdoses, Poverty and Deaths all to dramatically explode! We cannot waste any more time nor valuable resources. Oregon Leadership must act now and act decisively.”

COURT BOICE, State

Representative – Oregon

District 1 – Coos, Curry and Douglas Counties Rep. CourtBoice@OregonLegislature.gov Phone (503) 986-1401

Methodist Church of Roseburg, OR at 2:30 pm, on April 13, 2024. Please call 541-215-2500 for more information.

Two positions expire on Fair Board

The Curry County Fair Board announced that two positions are expiring and asking for anyone interested to pick up an application to serve on the board. Position two expires on Dec. 31 2026, and Position seven term expires on Dec. 31, 2025. Applications can be found at 94235 Moore Street in Gold Beach in the Board of Commissioners’ office or on the curry County Website at: https://www. co.curry.or.us/government/ board_of_commissioners/ committees_councils_ and_advisory_boards.php Applications are accepted until these positions are filled. For more information, call, 541-247-3296.

Identity of Body Found Along Chetco Revealed

The Coos County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) discovered the identity of a body found on a gravel bar of the Chetco River, near At Rivers Edge RV, east of Brookings. The elderly man was found by an off-duty Cal Ore employee just after 4:00 p.m. on February 24th. The deceased was identified as 75-yearold Michael Rupert after fingerprinting by Oregon State Police and an autopsy at the Oregon State Crime Lab in Medford. The medical examiner has reported there are no signs of foul play. “It appeared that the man had been in the river when the river was high and when the river receded, the man was left where he was found. The

man did not have any identification on him and there was no indication for what happened to him,” stated a CCSO press release.

The District Attorney was notified, and the local authorities went about efforts to identify the man through numerous contacts. Since identification, the next of kin has been notified and Sheriff Ward and his team are continuing the investigation.

If you have any information regarding this situation, please reach out to the proper authorities.

Curry County Sheriff’s Office: (541) 247-3243 Gold Beach Police Department: (541) 247-6671

Researchers closing in on genetic treatments for hereditary lung disease, vision loss

BY STEVE LUNDEBERG

Guest Article

Researchers who work with tiny drug carriers known as lipid nanoparticles have developed a new type of material capable of reaching the lungs and the eyes, an important step toward genetic therapy for hereditary conditions like cystic fibrosis and inherited vision loss.

Unlike other types of lipid nanoparticles that tend to accumulate in the liver, the ones in this study, based on the compound thiophene, are able to navigate their way to the tissues of the lungs and retina, where they deliver their therapeutic payload. The researchers refer to these new lipids as Thiolipids.

The collaboration demonstrated, by using animal models, the possibility of using Thiolipids in lipid nanoparticles to deliver messenger RNA, the technology underpinning COVID-19 vaccines, to combat genetic blindness and pulmonary disease.

“These nanoparticles filled with fatty lipids can encapsulate genetic medicines like mRNA and CRISPR-Cas9 gene editors, which can be used to treat and even cure rare genetic diseases,” said Eygeris, a senior research associate at OSU. “Chemical structures of the lipids determine how potent are the lipid nanoparticles and which organ they can reach from the bloodstream.”

Lipids are organic compounds containing fatty tails and are found in many natural oils and waxes, and nanoparticles are tiny pieces of material ranging in size from one- to 100-billionths of a meter. Messenger RNA delivers instructions to cells for making a particular protein.

With the coronavirus vaccines, the mRNA carried by the lipid nanoparticles instructs cells to make a harmless piece of the virus’ spike protein, which triggers an immune response from the body.

As a therapy for vision impairment resulting from inherited retinal degeneration, the mRNA would instruct cells in

the retina – which don’t work right because of a genetic mutation – to manufacture the proteins needed for sight. Inherited retinal degeneration, commonly abbreviated to IRD, encompasses a group of disorders of varying severity and prevalence that affect one out of every few thousand people worldwide.

An example of a genetic pulmonary condition is cystic fibrosis, a progressive disorder that results in persistent lung infection and affects 30,000 people in the U.S., with about 1,000 new cases identified every year.

One faulty gene – the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator, or CFTR – causes the disease, which is characterized by lung dehydration and

mucus buildup that blocks the airway.

The thiophene-based lipid nanoparticle study, which involved mice and non-human primates, stems from a $3.2 million grant to Sahay and Ryals from the National Eye Institute.

The grant’s purpose is addressing limitations associated with the current primary means of delivery for gene editing: a type of virus known as adenoassociated virus, or AAV.

“AAV has limited packaging capacity compared to lipid nanoparticles and it can prompt an immune system response,” said Sahay, a professor of pharmaceutical sciences. “It also doesn’t do fantastically well in continuing to express the enzymes the editing tool uses as molecular scissors to make cuts in the DNA to

be edited.”

Sahay calls the Thiolipid findings “highly encouraging” but says more studies are needed, including research on the lipids’ long-term impact on retinal health.

“But we think our results serve as a proof of concept and we will continue to explore Thio-lipids in potential treatments of pulmonary and retinal genetic diseases,” he said.

Other OSU College

of Pharmacy researchers contributing to the study were Mohit Gupta, Jeonghwan Kim, Antony Jozic, Milan Gautam, Jonas Renner, Dylan Nelson and Elissa Bloom. In addition to the National Eye Institute, funding and research support were provided by the Oregon National Primate Research Center and the Casey Eye Institute.

The study led by Gaurav

Sahay and Yulia Eygeris of the Oregon State University College of Pharmacy and Renee Ryals of Oregon Heath & Science University is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Steve Lundeberg is a news and research writer at Oregon State University. He may be reached at Steve.Lundeberg@ oregonstate.edu