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BY ELLIOT SCHWARZ Country Media, Inc.

Music echoes from Brookings Azalea Park each Sunday afternoon during the 28th annual Summer Concerts In The Park series.

The energetic and eclectic San Francisco-based Blues/Americana/Rock band Dirty Cello opened the 2023 series June 18, followed by Traveling Wilburys Revue June 25.

There are six more free summer Sunday concerts launched by the American Music Festival (AMF).

Each of the concerts begins at 1 p.m.

Dirty Cello gave the crowd a distinctive and energetic two-hour show with a wide range of cover songs; Johnny Be Good, Devil Went Down to Georgia, White Rabbit, Sweet Child Of Mine and their originals, Don’t Call Me Honey, I May Not Be Perfect, and Last Time Blues.

$30M waste system upgrade to Lone Ranch

July 9: The Barefoot Movement, an Americana band

July 23: Gothard Sisters, Celtic folk

August 13: Heartless, a Heart tribute band

August 20: Beat Frequency, pop/rock

August 27:

The Lucky Losers, Blues, Soul, R&B

September 3: One of These Nights, an Eagles tribute band

The group has been popular with summer concert audiences in Brookings. This is their third appearance for the series. They a well-traveled group, playing more than 100 gigs a year, from Iceland to Italy. Especially popular in Iceland, they’ve done three tours there. This summer they’ll tour a large part of the U.S. before getting back to the West Coast.

“Our desire to travel chooses our concerts” lead guitar player Jason Eckl said. “We look for concerts where we want to go.” Eckl is married to lead singer and cello player Rebecca Roudman.

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This summer the City of Brookings is set to begin construction of sewer line extension and facility upgrades to accommodate the planned development at Lone Ranch and additional growth at the north end of the city.

The project is expected to take about 2 1/2 years and cost $30 million.

Funding is comprised of a $24,996,000 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) loan, a $2,569,000 grant and $2,648,120 match from the city, according to Brookings Finance Director Lu Ehlers.

Where the money will be spent

Approximately $16 million will be spent on sewage collection and pump stations, $14.2 million to upgrade the treatment plant. The existing pump station will be replaced by a gravity system that does not require electricity, providing significant savings in electricity and maintenance costs.

The Lone Ranch development is across Highway 101 from Samuel Boardman State Park. The development covers 553 acres beginning about one mile north of Carpenterville Road and encompasses the Southwest Oregon Community College 10acre campus. The project

Three hundred seventy acres will be preserved as

Fast Facts

Lone Ranch is a housing development on 553 wooded acres on Highway 101. Up to 1,000 homes have been approved for the project.

open space with more than four miles of pedestrian trails linking the various neighborhoods and the commercial spaces, parks, and clubhouse that are part of the plan. Up to 1,000 homes are approved. These will include a mix of housing, townhomes, single-family detached homes, and condominiums. The mix is designed to provide rental opportunities as home ownership, according to the developer’s master plans filed with the city. The plans will guide the project development when it begins, according to Brookings Mayor Ron Hedenskog. It is still unclear went the project will break ground.

History

Well before the development plans were conceived Lone Ranch was the site where a mineral known as Priceite was discovered in the early 1860s. It looked and behaved like chalk. Carpenters and coopers at local fisheries began using it. The original mine site was on the west side of highway 101 in what is now Samuel H. Boardman State Park, but

Gorse is an ongoing threat to coastal Oregon

ELLIOT SCHWARZ

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All along the Oregon Coast, as far inland into the Deschutes National Forest, the spread of Gorse is threatening agriculture, fueling wildfire danger, and is known as among the world’s most invasive and difficult to manage weeds.

In Coos and Curry counties, this flammable plant poses a serious risk to over 80,000 residents and 30,000 structures.

The plant is native to western and central Europe and northwest Africa. It was introduced intentionally to southern Oregon’s coastal area as hedgerow.

Gorse outcompetes riparian and other vegetation and destroys the habitat needed for healthy and productive wetlands, streams, and rivers. It destroys grazing

lands, commercial timber replantings, and recreational areas, according to the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) and Oregon State University (OSU) Extension Service officials.

Its high oil content makes it an especially volatile fuel. The foliage is highly flammable and dead foliage collects as litter within and at the base of the plant. Gorse contributed to the Bandon Fire of 1936, in which the entire town nearly burned to the ground, according to the OSU Extension Service.

Gorse is a perennial, evergreen shrub able to grow over 10 feet tall.

It is shrubby with stout and upright spreading branches with angular stems and a terminal thorn.

It is dense, sometimes 30 feet in diameter, with

a center of dead foliage.

It is sometimes mistaken for scotch broom, also an invasive species.

While Scotch Broom is less dangerous, it does displace native and beneficial plants causing the loss of grassland and open forest. Like gorse it spreads aggressively, forming a monoculture, replacing desirable forage grasses and young trees, with seeds that are toxic to livestock and horses.

Both are legumes, members of the pea family, with pods containing seeds. In the case of gorse they can remain viable in and on the ground for up to 30 years or more and are highly heat tolerant. When exposed to fire the pods will split open producing new growth. OSU’s extension service points out activity such as land clearing, timber harvesting, or fire

stimulate germination of buried seed. Gorse also can spread vegetatively: if cut, it can resprout quickly. Once established, gorse is very difficult to eradicate.

It isn’t easy, but there are measures that can contain the spread. According to the Gorse Action group, a collaborative group of participants from federal, state and county agencies, and non-profit organizations

in Coos, Curry, and Douglas Counties when Harris Beach had the largest contiguous infestation in southern Curry County.

The slopes leading up to a housing subdivision became choked with gorse. creating a very likely fire risk. In 2011 Oregon State Parks prioritized work on the five-acre site and began work. With funding from a National Fire Plan grant

Courtesy from Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department The red dots mark points of the Grose outbreak.

and a State Weed Board grant, Curry Soil and Water Conservation District and state parks, the gorse is

See WEED, Page 7

Courtesy photo Above: Dirty Cello during

Courtesy photo

Six more free concerts featuring a diverse range of musical genres are scheduled this summer in Brooking’s Azalea Park

Courtesy from American Music Festival

The variety of concerts draw music lovers to Azalea Park in Brookings.

Courtesy from Wild Rivers Coast Alliance Gorse plants in Bandon.

Police issue alert about accidental 911 calls

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The Brookings Police Department (BPD) is asking cell phone owners to consider turning off the Emergency SOS feature of their phones.

“Since January we have received 631 accidental 911 calls,” BPD states in a release. “This is a 250% increase from the same periods in 2022. When questioning the callers about the reason for the accidental call, the vast majority have been determined to come from cell phones in pockets vehicle cup holders, or purses.”

BPD explains that for each of the calls, a dispatcher must call the phone back to determine if a true emergency exists. Calls that go unanswered are then sent to an officer to attempt to locate the caller and check the caller’s welfare. That ties up emergency

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The Coos County Sheriff’s Office reports that at 10 a.m. June 22, the law enforcement dispatch center received a 911 call of a woman wearing no clothes and ripping up machinery inside Pacific Seafood in the

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responders who are then unavailable for actual emergency calls.

Police said to turn off the Emergency SOS feature, on an Android phone, go to the settings on the phone, click on the magnifying glass to search, and type in Emergency SOS. You can then slide the toggle to turn the feature off. The feature has a build-in alert to notify callers prior to the calls being placed, however, many ties the alert is either not working, or not noticed in time to prevent the call.

To turn off the Emergency SOS feature on an iPhone, police recommend you go to Settings Emergency SOS. You can slide the toggle to the left to disable the feature.

BPD also asks that if you accidentally call 911, to stay on the line and let the dispatcher know if it was an accident and to answer the questions that the dispatcher asks.

Deputies sent to investigate nude woman on a dock

Charleston Boat Basin.

Two Coos County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the area, and located the woman, who was wearing a coat on IDock. She was identified as 50-year-old Pricilla L. Koester. The deputies investigation concluded that Koester had trespassed

Metro Creative Connection Since January of this year, Bend Police Dispatch Center has received a 250% increase in accidental 911 calls.

on a vessel on I – Dock and destroyed an electrical docking post valued at $1,600 owned by the Port of Coos Bay. Dispatch also advised that Koester was on supervised probation with the Coos County Community Corrections Division.

Following the investigation, deputies arrested Koester for criminal mischief I, criminal trespass I, and probation violation. Koester was transported to the Coos County Jail, where she was booked and remained in custody at the time of this release.

The Move Over Law

LINCOLUN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

Every day, first responders take on personal risk to serve our communities and save lives. Even a routine traffic stop has become risky business. The following information comes from the Oregon Department of Transportation: www oregon.gov/ODOT.

There have been many cases where officers are pulled over on the side of the road when drivers have then crashed into them at high speeds. That’s why there’s a strict law in Oregon designed to help prevent these situations from happening again.

The Move Over Law (ORS 811.147) states that if you are approaching any type of emergency vehicle, tow truck or roadside assistance vehicle which is stopped on the roadside with emergency lights activated, you must: MOVE OVER into another available lane.

If you can’t safely change

lanes, SLOW DOWN to a speed that is at least 5 mph below the posted or designated speed of the roadway.

In all cases, the driver must try to provide as much room as possible for the emergency vehicle, tow truck or roadside assistance vehicle.

The Move Over Law is in place to help protect law enforcement officers, emergency workers, tow operators and those who routinely provide assistance to motorists along the highways. This group of dedicated professionals face a deadly threat on a daily basis: speeding and inattentive drivers. But the law also exists to protect you. The flashing lights are your cue to move over and slow down.

If you are approaching the scene of a crash, watch for emergency workers directing traffic and follow their instructions.

For more information visit www.lincolncountysheriff. net.

Chetco Activity Center

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A stand of trees along a road to the Lone Ranch development.

June 20

• A fire was reported on North Bank Chetco River Road.

• A fire was reported on Highway 101.

• Illegal burning was reported on Montbretia Lane.

• A parking violation was reported on Fourth Street.

• Someone on Lower Harbor Road reported being harassed.

• A theft was reported on Fifth Street.

• A fight was reported on Old Country Road.

June 21

• An alarm was reported from a Chetco Road business.

• A loud noise was reported on Fifield Street.

• Illegal camping was reported on Chetco Avenue.

• A water problem was reported on Ranson Avenue.

• A traffic hazard was reported on Lively Lane.

June 22

• A fight was reported on Fifth Street.

• A theft was reported on Fifth Street.

• Illegal burning was reported on Mill Beach Road.

June 23

• No report available

June 24

• A traffic hazard was reported on Whaleshead Road.

• A burglary was reported on North Bank Chetco River Road.

• A theft was reported on Elk Drive.

• A theft was reported at a Highway 101 rest stop.

• Illegal burning was

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to mine in 1893 and began harvesting timber and grazing cattle. U.S. Borax donated the portion west of the highway to Oregon State Parks Department and following the 1998 expansion of Brookings’ Urban Growth boundary, donated the ten acre site for the college and developed

reported on Highway 101 at milepost 352.

• A theft was reported on Elk Drive.

• A theft was reported at a Highway 101 rest stop.

• Illegal burning was reported on Highway 101 at milepost 352.

• A fight was reported on Second Street.

• A loud noise was reported on Redwood Street.

• A fight was reported on Chetco Avenue.

June 25

• A water problem was reported on Old Country Road.

• A loud noise was reported on Old Country Road.

the master plan for the 553 acre community. The college was completed in 2011, the eventual development of the parcel in the master plan remains uncertain.

Follow developments of this story at currypilot. com and in the Wednesday print editions of The Pilot.

• A fight was reported at a motel on Highway 101.

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• ‘50s – ‘70s European sports car club membership drive. If interested contact Chuck at the Del Norte Triplicate 707-460-6726.

Thursday, July 6

• Chetco Activity Center, Bridge, 11:45 a.m.

• Widows and Widowers

Coffee Clique,10:30 –11:30 a.m., Community Center, Airport Way, Gold Beach

• Poetry Reading, 7 p.m., Forecastle Books & Gallery, 553 Chetco Ave.

Friday, July 7

• Chetco Activity Center, T’ai Chi, 9 – 10:30 a.m.

• The Walking Group, 10 a.m.,Azalea Park Meet by Capella by the Sea. If raining meet at Brookings Harbor Shopping Center by the barbershop. For information 541-4128664

Saturday, July 8

• Adele Kurtz Art Exhibit

Opening Reception, 3 – 6 p.m., Manly Art Center, 433 Oak Street, Brookings.

Sunday, July 9

• Summer Concerts in the Park, 1 p.m., Azalea Park, Brookings

Monday, July 10

• Vacation Bible School, 9 a.m. – noon, Trinity Lutheran Church, 1100 Easy Street

• Line dance lessons, Elks

Lodge. Membership not required. $1 donation. Beginner lessons Noon –1 p.m. Intermediate lessons 1 – 2 p.m.

• Bridge lessons, 2 p.m., Chetco Activity Center

Tuesday, July 11

• Stout Mountain Railway, By Dawn’s Early Light, 9 a.m. – 11 a.m., Stout Park, Brookings

• Vacation Bible School, 9 a.m. – noon, Trinity Lutheran Church, 1100 Easy Street

• Brookings-Harbor Garden Club, 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m., Brookings Botanical Garden

• Chetco Activity Center, Bridge, 11:45 a.m.

• Line dancing, beginner, 5 p.m. – 6 p.m., Advanced Line Dancing, 6 – 8 p.m., 97895 Shopping Center Ave.

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Adele Kurtz inspired art exhibit at Manley Art Center

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Administrates at the Manley Art Center announce the opening reception for the July Art Exhibit, Ocean Inspired, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, July 8, at The Manley Art Center, located at 433 Oak Street in Brookings.

The exhibit, on display from July 5 through Aug. 5, features the ocean-inspired work of Adele Kurtz, a creativity enthusiast, who retired to the Oregon Coast in late 2020 with time and energy to spare. She said she felt drawn by the ocean and its tides, freeing her from worldly troubles and renewing her lifelong interests in art and nature. She became intent on learning some of their secrets. This show features her artistic development over roughly 16 months.

Concert

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The other players are Colin Williams, Bass and Cory Aboud, drums. Eckls

“To capture water in light and action. The waves and splashes, drips and falls. And allow it to expand my perceptions. If I had to choose only one subject to inspire me, and give it my attention, this is what would it be,” Kurtz said.

Kurtz said she satisfies her need to make meaningful contributions by always having several creative challenges in production. She solicits and accepts gallery invitations, from time to time, to test new artistic ideas, such as digital layering on unusual substrates like wood and metal.

She continues writing freelance and online, attracting more than 7 million views on Quora and Hometalk most recently. This collection represents her first concentrated effort on a single subject for a sustained period.

and Roudman met in college 25 years ago and have been together since.

Roudman is a member of the Oakland and Santa Rosa

The rest of the exhibit features a variety of art created by the Manley Art Center members. Proceeds from the sale of artwork are shared between the artists and the Manley Art Center. The Manley uses its portion to further its mission to promote, through education, the appreciation, distribution, and enjoyment of fine arts and crafts.

About Manley Art Center

The Manley Art Center is home to the Pelican Bay Arts Association, located at 433 Oak Street in Brookings, Oregon. Since its start in 1955, it has been committed to supporting the Arts in the community. More information can be found at ManleyArtCenter. com.

symphony orchestras.

The concert was organized by Scott Graves for the AMF. He was the Pilot’s editor for 17 years and involved in Brookings’ music scene since 1999.

The AMF is organized under the Brookings Area Council for the Arts, which built the “Stage Under the Stars” in 1995. Shortly thereafter Brookings Rotary built the snack bar. The primary sponsors of the concert series are Rogue credit union, Travel Curry Coast, and Ziply Fiber.

We

The exhibit is on display through Aug. 5.

want to hear from you

Family immigrated to continue its legacy in America

AIKTA MARCOULIER

Pilot Guest Column

I am proud to be a first generation AsianAmerican with parents who immigrated to this country for the opportunities all Americans enjoy today. My father, who is a trained physician, delivered phonebooks at night while my mother held jobs in a nursing home and cut fabric at a local store. My mother was also a medical resident at the University of Chicago three hours away from her daughters, who lived in Iowa. My parents’ dedication and commitment helped make their lifelong dreams of small business ownership a reality. My mom successfully opened her own private medical practice, which brought new challenges of caring for her patients while simultaneously managing the daily functions of a growing business. I learned from her experiences the value of advocating for policies that promote small business growth which create the high-paying jobs our communities desperately need.

The journey

Today, as I look back at my parents’ small business journey, I fully understand the critical importance of supporting our AsianAmerican, Native Hawaiian, Pacific-Islander (AANHPI) business communities. Both President Biden and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman have created a plan to help AANHPI small businesses grow by providing additional access to capital, business training and federal contracts. By helping these entrepreneurs, we are supporting the innovation, competition and unique experiences that AANHPI communities bring to the larger small business picture.

While Asian American, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders make up only 6.2% of the U.S. population, they own 8.4% of all small businesses nationwide. Three million businesses are owned by Asian Americans employing five million people with annual revenues of more than $1 trillion. Most of these businesses are in

the professional, science, medical and technical services segments of our economy.

One way the SBA is supporting our nation’s AANHPI entrepreneurs is through its flagship loan guarantee programs. In fiscal year 2022, the agency approved 1,084 504-loans worth $1.5 billion and 5,603 7(a)-loans totaling $5.3 billion to AANHPI businesses. During this same period, the agency also approved 165 microloans under $50,000 totaling $3.7 billion.

Equity goals

In May 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 14031, which directed the development of an ambitious, governmentwide interagency plan to advance equity, justice and opportunity for AANHPI communities. The SBA established four equity goals that focus on direct assistance including:

GOAL 1. Improve access to capital for underserved communities, including AANHPI small business owners. SBA is investing in additional technology to match underserved borrowers with Community Financial Institutions, including Community Development Financial Institutions. For borrowers, application requirements will be simplified, data will integrate automatically, a high-quality customer service support system will be available, and the process will be mobile-friendly.

GOAL

2. Expand access to federal procurement and contracting opportunities. SBA will enroll more small, disadvantaged businesses into its business development and contracting programs including the 8(a) Business Development program, HUBZone program and Economically Disadvantaged WomenOwned Small Business certification program. The goal is to strengthen those businesses’ capabilities to compete and perform on contracts.

GOAL

3. Provide support and expanded access to disaster assistance. SBA will work with its field and program offices to develop a systematic and formal process with its resource partners to assist AANHPI businesses with disaster loans, including application completion, reconsiderations, credit repair, and managerial and technical services.

Listen to the experts

First the Clean Air Act and now, sigh, the Clean Water Act is abused by Supreme Court decisions.

The EPA is our “we the people” agency responsible for ensuring we follow these 50-year old critical laws. They are the people that study and understand the latest watershed research. Underground and ephemeral waters are important watershed components not just the water adjacent to lakes, rivers and streams.

Wetlands and drainage areas filter our water at no cost to us. This Supreme Court ruling will damage water flow with fill that will take lots of money and generations to restore. Why are we not erroring on the side of caution with our water sources? When was the last time any of the Supreme Court justices had a course in watershed management? The Supreme Court could have ruled on the Sackett vs EPA case without adding the ‘adjacent ‘ verbiage to their decision. What in holy crayolas was their agenda for that?

These rulings aren’t something that can be fixed in the next political cycle. These rulings are generational in their consequences. Please, for our grandkid’s sakes listen to the experts.

Karol Simas Gold Beach

Call for Fiber Artists

Are you Fiber Artists and your “herd” getting ready for the 2023 Curry County Fair?

Knitters, Crocheters, Spinners, Weavers, Quilters, Seamstresses, Embroiders, and Needle Pointers, the Fair, “Fun for the Whole Herd” is coming up fast: July 26 – 29.

We can’t wait to see what Fiber Arts projects you’ve created since the last Fair (July 2022). Entry day is Monday, 24 July, 10 am to 7 pm, at Docia Sweet Hall, The Event Center in Gold Beach.

So, check those yarn/fabric stashes, dust off your favorite patterns, and select item(s) to enter. Here’s motivation to complete that UFO (Un Finished Object). Let’s make this years’ Fiber Arts Exhibit even bigger and better than last year’s, which was pretty spectacular.

You can enter a Christmas present then give something not only handmade, but perhaps prize-winning as well. There’s a larger reason to participate. Displaying 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 and future generations in a meaningful way.

So please consider sharing your chosen fiber art with others at the Fair…and keep alive the chain that’s been going for hundreds of years. Don’t forget, volunteers are always welcome to help set up and staff the Fiber Arts Department, (see contacts in the Fair

Handbook). Not a Fiber Artist? Check out other Departments. Hope to see you and your marvelous creations at the Fair.

Dianne Daniels Gold Beach

Do the right thing

I have visited Brookings many times over the past 20 years and have fallen in love with this little community by the sea. I have worshipped at a number of different churches, including St. TImothy. Now, however, I am not sure I will return again. It is heartbreaking to see the hateful political shenanigans going on.

The City Council appears to be harassing a church for carrying out their Christ given message of caring for the widows and orphans, the sick and lame, the hungry and naked. All I can say is “Shame on you all”

I live close to a shanty town. Recently there was a massive fire, displacing hundreds of indigent residents. The churches of Fish Hoek responded by opening their doors to provide meals, clothing, day care for the children, counselling and assistance replacing identity documents, etc. All these activities gratefully accepted by the local municipality and law enforcement.

What is wrong with Brookings? Is it really so hard to take care of those less fortunate? Is this the fault of City leadership or local church leadership? It was Christ who told his followers (Christians) to take care of those in need.

Please Brookings, do the right thing and take care of the indigent and stop putting road blocks in the way of the church/es to carry out their mission and follow in Christ’s footsteps.”

Margaret Laughton Fish Hoek, South Africa

You’re the exact opposite

The GOP cult is putting on quite a circus sideshow.

Their dear leader has been proven to be a sexual assaulter, serial liar, enemy of our democracy by showing support of the violent criminals who assaulted the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and most recently indicted on 37 federal counts. However, his sycophants and surprisingly the majority of the GOP, see all of this as what they want in a presidential candidate as Trump’s poll numbers seem to increase every time he crawls ever deeper in his swamp. GOP, time to stop labeling yourselves the “Family Values” and “Law & Order” Party. You’re the exact opposite.

Rick McNamer Smith River

Watering and other garden thoughts

CHIP BUBL Pilot Guest Column

We are coming into summer with quite low soil moisture.

The heavy rain early last week helped, but we still are in a moisture deficit. This will have implications for a variety of plants. July and August are normally the driest months of the year. You should expect less than one and a half inches of rain in July and about an inch in August. Most of our vegetable crops need even moisture through their short growing cycle. At a minimum, they will need an inch of water each week. Onions need very even moisture and about nine inches per month as the bulbs are forming. If they run short of water, they stop growing and don’t restart again. That leads to small onions, with the size dependent on when they ran short of water.

If you are overhead

watering, you might end up with “crusted” soil. This is a result of the physical pounding of the irrigation water followed by hot sun. It can keep small seeds from germinating. It is best managed by periodic light cultivation. Covering seeds with a mix of sand and potting mix will reduce or eliminate seed loss due to crusting.

Blossom end rot of tomatoes (not a disease but rather a shortage of calcium) will be reduced with even watering. Some liquid calcium sprays will also help. Bitter pit of apples is also a low water and low calcium issue.

Landscape trees and shrubs generally have fairly extensive root systems. But any newly (within the last two years) planted trees and shrubs will not have developed good root systems. They will need watering deep watering once a week to get them through until they are ready

to thrive with less summer watering as their root systems get more robust. One advantage of planting native plants is that they evolved to handle little to no summer rain.

Lawns need to be either fully watered or not watered at all. If not watered, the grass will go dormant but will return in the fall. If watered sporadically and not enough, they are in grass limbo and don’t know what to do. Often those lawns die in patches. So you need to be all in or all out re watering lawns.

Moles do not help you water evenly. They making raising crops really challenging when you are using soaker or drip irrigation. The tight pattern of watering attracts earthworms which, since that is the mole’s favorite food, encourages them to create their grocery aisles (tunnels) right under your crops. Trapping, watering in a wider pattern, and/or

using lots more water are your only options.

Other garden thoughts

It is time to plan and soon plant crops for fall/winter harvest. They include anything in the cabbage family except some of the more tropical varieties. Chard and kale do very well in winter. Beets and a number of other root crops are at their best once they get a cold snap so consider planning some now.

Potatoes that are edging to the surface should be covered with a mulch to prevent “greening”, which can produce a bitter flavor. Also, as potatoes come close to harvest and the leaves start dying, stop watering! This will give them longer storage life once harvested.

Though tomatoes are self-pollinating, no wind at all can reduce tomato fruit

Tumultuous Oregon legislative session ends

JULIA SHUMWAY

BEN BOTKIN

Oregon Capital Chronicle

Pilot Guest Article

With a few last surprise bill deaths, an ad hoc scooter race and many, many speeches, the Oregon Legislature ended the 2023 legislative session with a few hours to spare late Sunday afternoon, June 25.

The 160-day session was marked by an historic sixweek Senate Republican walkout that blocked progress on hundreds of bills with the constant banging, droning and whirring of construction equipment as lawmakers worked around a $375 million renovation of the 1938 Capitol. That construction kept the main doors to the Senate and the House closed, but they opened shortly before 4:30 p.m. Sunday so senators, representatives, staff and family could wave and take photos.

Senate Majority Leader Kate Lieber, D-Beaverton joked about the view.

“It’s like the session – a bunch of caution signs,” she said.

Just two weeks ago, the idea of a celebratory end to the legislative session was almost unthinkable. Senate Republicans spent nearly six weeks in a quorumdenying walkout, protesting Democratic bills on abortion, transgender health care and guns, as well as the Legislature’s failure to follow an arcane state law requiring bill summaries be written at an eighth-grade reading level. For weeks, Senate Minority Leader Tim Knopp, R-Bend, insisted that Republicans would only return on the final day, leaving time only to pass a budget.

But on June 15, Republicans secured concessions that watered down the two most contentious measures and ended their walkout. What followed was a mad dash to the end of the session, with breaks both planned –Father’s Day and Juneteenth – and unplanned – a state government internet outage that blocked both chambers from operating most of the day Wednesday.

Dreams of ending the session on Saturday unraveled as environmental lobbyists pushed hard to block a housing and landuse bill supported by Gov. Tina Kotekto help meet her goal of building 36,000 homes per year. Most Democrats in the House opposed it over a provision allowing cities to extend urban growth boundaries to build more homes, but Republicans and Kotek cajoled a few absent

Republican representatives to return to the Capitol on Saturday evening to support it.

Rep. Court Boice, a Gold Beach Republican appointed to the House in February, pumped his fist as soon as it appeared the proposal, House Bill 3414, had the votes it needed to pass. “We haven’t had a lot of wins,” Boice explained after the vote.

But that victory was short-lived, with most Senate Democrats voting against the measure on Sunday. Democratic leaders said they planned to spend more time working on the proposal during the months before the Legislature returns for a short session in February.

“It’s a running joke that the Senate is the place where good bills go to die,” said bill supporter Sen. Mark Meek, D-Gladstone.

Early cooperation falls to partisan rancor

For many capitol observers, the 2023 legislative session felt like two separate sessions – one of bipartisan cooperation and unprecedented investments in the state, and one of crippling rancor.

In January, lawmakers arrived with high hopes and grand plans to fix the state’s housing crisis and compete for billions of dollars in federal funding for the semiconductor industry.

Nearly one-third of the 90-member Legislature were new to the job, and no caucus leaders had held their jobs for more than a year. Gov. Tina Kotek was also new to her role.

The optimism and good sentiments persisted for the first few months. By mid-March, lawmakers managed to pass with broad bipartisan support a $200 million package to help homeless residents and create new goals for cities to build homes to address the root cause of the state’s housing crisis. Another bipartisan priority, a $210 million boost to the semiconductor industry, sailed through the Legislature a few weeks later.

But by late April and early May, tensions in the Capitol had reached a peak with Democrats pushing ahead with bills to guarantee access to abortion and gender-affirming care and further regulate guns. House Republicans argued vehemently against those measures during long floor debates, but Senate Republicans took a different approach: They walked out, denying the Senate a quorum for a record-

breaking 43 days and blocking the Legislature from passing hundreds of bills for the duration of the six-week walkout, the longest in legislative history.

Tensions between leaders in the state Senate were evident before the session started, with Knopp responding to news that Wagner was the new president by saying Wagner was “untrustworthy, deeply partisan and doesn’t have the necessary skills to run the Senate in a bipartisan fashion.”

Wagner responded by setting up a lunch date with Knopp and planned regular meetings for the two to discuss issues over sandwiches. For the first few months of the session, things seemed to be going OK. Senate Republicans required that bills be read aloud in full, a time-consuming practice that House Republicans employed rarely, but Wagner struck an unworried tone until the walkout began.

After the session adjourned, Wagner said he hoped to spend more time building relationships with Republican senators, something he said he didn’t have much time to do over the past few months as lawmakers dove from a fierce election straight into passing policies.

“I’m really hoping that coming out of this it’s a little bit more of a jeans and T-shirt and getting out into the community and getting to know people at a human level,” he said.

“I don’t know if I really had the opportunity to do that coming into session. So I’m glad that we have an interim, and we get to get around and try to really meet people as people.”

But wounds left by the GOP-led walkout remain raw. In opening remarks on Sunday, Knopp, R-Bend, publicly asked Wagner to retroactively excuse absences for Republican senators who participated in the walkout.

Voters passed Measure 113 in November, which blocks a legislator from serving another term if they have 10 or more unexcused absences in a session. Ten conservative lawmakers, all Republican except Independent Sen. Brian Boquist, hit that threshold in mid-May.

Knopp said doing so would be an “act of bipartisanship.” Wagner didn’t respond on the floor, but said later that he wouldn’t excuse absences.

“We’ve had consistent conversations about that,” Wagner said, adding voters wanted lawmakers

to be punished and that Republicans knew that.

“If you look at their public statements about it, when they hit the 10 mark, I think it’s very clear that there was an expectation that those absences would not be excused,” Wagner said, referring to Republicans.. Both Lieber, the Senate majority leader, and House Majority Leader Julie Fahey, D-Eugene, said they would support efforts to change the Legislature’s two-thirds quorum requirement to prevent future walkouts. A proposed late-in-session constitutional amendment supported by a majority of Democrats didn’t receive a hearing.

Democrats celebrate political wins

House Speaker Dan Rayfield, D-Corvallis, gave the session an A-minus grade, while Wagner said he thought the Legislature aced its final exam after a cram session at the end.

Kotek still has 30 days to veto any bills or sections of the $31.9 billion state budget lawmakers approved, and she said late last week she’s carefully reviewing legislation as it comes across her desk.

“Once the deal was reached, everything went into overdrive, and I have not had a chance to look at all the bills,” she said Thursday. “We will make sure we understand what I’m signing and there might be some things I don’t agree with, but right now. I don’t know what those are.”

Lawmakers built on the early spending on housing and semiconductors, passing stricter rent control regulations and approving $255 million in research tax credits for semiconductor companies. They inked an agreement to pay

Oregon’s $1 billion share of a replacement bridge on Interstate 5 over the Columbia River, a project that could cost as much as $7.5 billion.

They opted to give voters the chance to decide in 2024 whether Oregon should adopt ranked-choice voting, which involves picking preferred candidates in order rather than just one, establish a commission to set salaries for elected officials and give the Legislature the power to impeach the governor or other statewide officials. But they failed to reach any agreement on campaign finance limits, something Kotek pledged to accomplish during her campaign for governor and that Rayfield has described as a passion his entire time in office. At the end of the day, Rayfield said, lawmakers made some progress in private meetings but didn’t have enough time or bandwidth to pass a bill.

That’s also the reason Rayfield and Lieber, the Senate majority leader, gave for why Kotek’s final housing bill failed to pass in the Senate on Sunday. House Bill 3414 would have allowed any city to add up to 150 acres for housing to its urban growth boundary, the invisible line that limits where cities can grow. Opponents feared it would carve up too much of Oregon’s land-use law, but Kotek pushed hard for its passage as part of her housing plan.

That housing bill, as well as others on rent control and a 40-cent monthly tax on telephone bills to pay for the state’s 988 crisis hotline that serves people in mental health crises, sparked intense debate in the final days of the session. But lawmakers, particularly in the House, found levity throughout.

Sen. Janeen Sollman, D-Hillsboro, flew back and

forth across a long Capitol hallway on a scooter on Saturday, handing out donuts from a Krispy Kreme bag. Not to be outdone, representatives who spent hours waiting for the Senate to finish work on Sunday commandeered Republican Chief of Staff Mark Cruz’s knee scooter for a race around the House. Rep. Mark Owens, R-Crane, edged out Democratic Rep. Jason Kropf of Bend, completing a loop around half the chamber in 17.34 seconds to Kropf’s 17.49 seconds.

Many lawmakers traded their typical suits and blazers for festive Hawaiian shirts and jaunty hats on Sunday. Freshman Rep. Tom Andersen, D-Salem, even figured out a way to affix a colorful bow tie to his Hawaiian shirt with his legislative pin, explaining that he’d worn a bow tie every day for 40 years and wasn’t going to let the casual sine die tradition in the Capitol break that tradition.

Rep. Pam Marsh, D-Ashland, wore a red, white and blue lei and a Statue of Liberty crown to the floor on Sunday, while Rep. Hai Pham, D-Hillsboro, donned a yellow plaid shirt on Saturday to match his toddler son, who roamed the halls dressed as Woody from Toy Story. Pham’s son was only one of the many children who filled in as assistant speaker of the House.

Like some of his colleagues on the House side, Sen. Floyd Prozanski was decked out in a colorful Hawaiian shirt. The Eugene Democrat said he’s following tradition.

“This is to say it’s time to go home and time to go on vacation,” he said, though he said he’s going back to work at his day job – not on vacation.

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PooP and Prey

What researchers are finding about gray whales

SEAN NEALON

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researchers estimate that gray whales feeding off the Oregon Coast consume up to 21 million microparticles per day, a finding informed in part by poop from the whales.

Microparticle pollution includes microplastics and other human-sourced materials, including fibers from clothing. The finding, just published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, is important because these particles are increasing exponentially and predicted to continue doing so in the coming decades, according to researchers Leigh Torres and Susanne Brander.

Microparticle pollution is a threat to the health of gray whales, in addition to obstacles related to increased boat traffic and loss of prey.

“These are quite scary numbers,” said Leigh Torres, an associate professor at Oregon State and an author of the paper. “I think they should raise concern for people who care about the marine environment or about their own environment and exposure to microplastics.

“Little by little we are all getting exposed to more and more microplastics. That’s inescapable at this point across all ecosystems, including right off our coast here in Oregon.”

Susanne Brander, an associate professor and ecotoxicologist at Oregon State and co-author of the study, said the findings reinforce the need to curb the release of microparticles because of the adverse impacts they have on

organisms and ecosystems.

“This issue is gaining momentum globally and some states, such as California, have taken important steps,” Brander said. “But more action needs to be taken, including here in Oregon, because this problem is not going away anytime soon.”

The study focused on a subgroup of about 230 gray whales known as the Pacific Coast Feeding Group. They spend winters in Baja California, Mexico and migrate north to forage in coastal habitats from northern California to southern British Columbia from June through November.

Since 2015, Torres, who leads the Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna Laboratory in the OSU Marine Mammal Institute, and her team, including doctoral student Lisa Hildebrand, have used drones and other tools to study the health and behavior of this subgroup of gray whales off the Oregon Coast. As part of this work, they collect poop samples

from the gray whales.

For the new study, the researchers collected zooplankton, which are an important food supply for gray whales, and commercial and recreational fish.

“We had determined the caloric content of several zooplankton species, so next we wanted to know what their microparticle loads might be to get a more complete picture of the quality of these prey items,” Hildebrand said.

Brander, Hildebrand and members of Brander’s Ecotoxicology and Environmental Stress Lab analyzed the microparticle loads in 26 zooplankton samples collected from whale feeding areas and found microparticles in all of them. A total of 418 suspected microparticles were identified, with fibers accounting for more than 50% of them.

Torres and Hildebrand then combined that data with known estimates of energetic requirements for lactating and pregnant female gray

whales to quantify how many zooplankton and microparticles they consume in a day. That yielded estimates that lactating and pregnant whales consume between 6.5 million and 21 million microparticles per day.

“It’s a wake-up call that

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whales are getting that much microplastic from what they eat,” Torres said.

“It’s likely that humans are also getting a lot of microplastics from our own fish diet.”

Torres notes that the microparticle consumption estimates are likely

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conservative because they only account for what the whales consume from zooplankton.

Gray whales likely ingest more microparticles directly from the water and seafloor sediment because they are filter feeders that engulf large amounts of water while consuming prey and also use suction feeding to obtain prey from the seafloor.

Analysis of the poop samples provided a window to what kind of microparticles these gray whales were digesting. The researchers analyzed five poop samples and found microparticles in all of them. Similar to zooplankton, the majority of the microparticles were fiber.

The researchers also found that the

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The study focused on a subgroup of about 230 gray whales known as the Pacific Coast Feeding Group. They spend winters in Baja California, Mexico and migrate north to forage in coastal habitats from northern California to southern British Columbia from June through November.

Self-disclosure works best for those with facial disorders

MOLLY ROSBACH Pilot Guest Article

People with noticeable facial differences often feel compelled to explain the medical reasons behind those differences, but such involuntary disclosure may increase stigma, anxiety and depression, recent research from Oregon State University has found.

However, people who are able to disclose on their own terms, share openly and educate others about their conditions report positive outcomes like greater job satisfaction and higher self-worth.

“Facial difference” encompasses a broad spectrum of disorders, conditions, marks or injuries that are visible to others, including birthmarks, burns and scars.

Researcher Kathleen Bogart, an associate professor of psychology at OSU specializing in disability, has published two recent studies on the challenges experienced by people who feel pressure to explain their facial differences. The findings are based on both structured interviews and a larger survey of people with a variety of conditions such as port wine stain, facial paralysis and cleft lip.

“It seems that those who have very unusual

conditions or are unable to hide their conditions are essentially penalized if they do not disclose openly, because other people are more likely to notice those conditions and to be curious or confused by them,” Bogart said. “The people who do not disclose are really kind of breaking a social expectation.”

There hasn’t been much discussion in psychology about the expectation for people with facial differences to explain their medical details to anyone who asks, she said. “We have spent a lot of time trying to understand and support people who have concealable stigmas — people who may be

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LGBTQ+, who may have mental health conditions — and we’ve spent a lot of time thinking about whether and how people might disclose, and the outcomes that come from it,” Bogart said. “But it seems that psychologists and maybe the public as a whole didn’t really realize that this is something that people with very obvious, visible differences contend with as well.”

The studies, published in the journals Stigma and Health and Body Image, split disclosure into two broad categories: “agentic (non)disclosure,” where other people dictated the terms; and “autonomous (non)disclosure,” where the person was able to choose

for themselves whether and how to share.

Autonomous disclosures, including people who shared their conditions indiscriminately or actively sought to educate others about their diagnoses, were associated with lower rates of anxiety and depression, as well as higher job satisfaction when it came to disclosing to employers.

Agentic disclosures included people feeling forced to explain their condition to avoid a negative reaction from others; someone else choosing to disclose on their behalf without consent; and refraining from sharing at all because others advised them not to.

Autonomous nondisclosure included individuals choosing to conceal their facial differences, avoiding social situations where they might be noticed or providing false explanations.

Forced disclosures and self-imposed nondisclosures were all associated with negative outcomes, including higher rates of anxiety, depression and public stigma and lower self-esteem. However, the studies did not determine whether these negative experiences were the cause or the result of people choosing not to disclose a condition, and the social response to that choice.

“Some of the people I spoke to felt really strongly that disclosing openly —

using broadcasting as a way to educate and engage in advocacy at a social level — could ultimately change society and make it less hard for other people to disclose, or make it less expected for them to do that,” Bogart said.

In the age of social media, some individuals with facial differences use their platforms to educate others and build community, but others may not even be familiar with the term “facial difference” and be able to tap into those communities for support, she said.

“The public should be aware that there is kind of a societal expectation where people feel they should have an explanation for the cause of someone else’s appearance,” Bogart said. “I suspect that anyone with a visible disability experiences the same conundrum around whether to disclose or not and faces this constant expectation to explain themselves. For that social expectation to go away, we need largescale social change, and that is not something that can be done on the backs of individuals with facial differences.”

Molly Rosbach works at the OSU Department of Marketing and Research. She may be reached at molly.rosbach@ oregonstate.edu.

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Continied from Page 1 nearly gone, and native grasses, shrubs and trees have filled in. Removing the plant, and keeping it gone are not easy. Experts at OPRD said that for the past century a number of techniques have been tried. These include mechanical removal, grazing sheep or goats, mowing, tilling, burning, chemical control (Garlon and Crossbow have been effective), biological control, and various combinations of these techniques.

Lessons learned over the years are combining methods is most effective, management must be ongoing, and planting competitive species such

Whales

Continued from Page 6 microparticles in the poop were significantly larger than those found in the zooplankton, leading them to believe the larger particles came from the water or sediment, not the prey.

The findings raise concerns for Torres, whose past research has shown that this subgroup of gray whales is skinnier than other groups of gray whales.

“These whales are already stressed out with boats driving around all the time and the risk of getting hit by one of those boats,” she said. “They might also have less prey around because of changes in the environment, like less kelp. And now the quality of the prey might be poor because of these high microplastic loads.”

Brander and Torres are continuing their investigations by studying the effects of microfibers on zooplankton that are an important food source for

as native grasses and shade trees such as conifers increases success. These methods can be started over three growing seasons, but follow-up may take decades. After reviewing the available literature and talking to partners around the state and in other countries, OPRD determined that the best management practices are to control gorse in three stages. First, control established plants. second, control new plants third, plant the area to a desired competitive species as soon as possible after controlling the gorse.

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whales and fish in Oregon waters.

“That all can lead to being poorly nourished and having poor health,” Torres said, “That can lead to stunted growth, smaller body size, lower ability to have calves and animals not using this habitat anymore.

All of those are areas of significant concern.”

Other authors of the paper are Julia Parker, Elissa Bloom, Robyn Norman, Jennifer Van Brocklin and Katherine Lasdin. They are all from Oregon State and in the colleges of Agricultural Sciences, Engineering and Science. Brander is also affiliated with Oregon State’s Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport.

Sean Nealon is a news editor at Oregon State University’s University Relations and Marketing Department. He may be reached at sean.nealon@ oregonstate.edu

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• A Statewide Planning Goal Exception to Goal 18, Beaches and Dunes;

• A Comprehensive Plan Amendment to Plan Policy 15.10 (12), Coastal Shorelands and Beaches and Dunes;

• A Zoning Code Amendment to Section 7.040(14b), Standards for Conditional UsesBeaches and Dunes. The purpose of the actions noted above is to allow the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to place stone embankment on the beach below US Hwy 101 at MP 304.05 (about 3 miles south of Port Orford where Hwy 101 is failing). The above project application is available online via the Curry County Planning Commission web site under the August 2nd, 2023 BOC Hearing Date or can be viewed at the Curry County Planning Department. Staff reports will be posted online at least 10 days prior to the hearing. Contact Becky Crockett, Planning Director, if you have questions regarding this application. Email: CrockettB@co.curry.or.us Phone: (541) 247-3228. You may speak on the above application by attending the meeting. You may also submit written testimony on this application to the Planning Department ATTN: Becky Crockett up to the time of the Board of Commissioner’s Public Hearing.

July 5, 2023. Pilot & ONPA P366672

Wild RiversCoast Classifieds

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

Rye Development, LLC

Project No. 15310-000 NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY PERMIT APPLICATION ACCEPTED FOR FILING AND SOLICITING COMMENTS, MOTIONS TO INTERVENE, AND COMPETING APPLICATIONS (June 12, 2023)

On May 5, 2023, Rye Development, LLC, on behalf of Neptune Pumped Storage 1, LLC (the Applicant), filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Elephant Rock Pumped Storage Project to be located in Curry County, Oregon, near the Sixes River, approximately 12.5 miles east-northeast of Port Orford, Oregon. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit is to grant the permit holder priority to file a license application during the permit term. A preliminary permit does not authorize the permit holder to perform any land-disturbing activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by others without the owners’ express permission. The project would require constructing new water storage, water conveyance, and generation facilities at off-channel locations where no such facilities exist. It would consist of the following:

(1) an upper reservoir with a surface area of 51.5 acres and a storage volume of 3,605 acre-feet at a maximum water-surface elevation of 2,070 feet mean sea level (MSL); (2) an 820-foot-long, 24-foot diameter vertical shaft that connects the upper reservoir to a 4,200-foot-long horizontal power tunnel, having a horse-shoe-shaped cross section approximately 450 square-foot in area, leading to the powerhouse; (3) a 60-ft high, 40-foot-diameter steel surge tower connected to the power tunnel upstream of the powerhouse; (4) a 100-foot-wide, 500-foot-long, 100-foot-high reinforced-concrete powerhouse with four 79.5 megawatt (MW) Francis pump-turbine units, with a combined installed capacity of 318 MW, that discharge into the lower reservoir; (5) a lower reservoir, located adjacent to the powerhouse, with a surface area of 51.5 acres and a storage volume of 3,605 acre-feet at a maximum water-surface elevation of 1,150 feet MSL; (6) and a 15-mile-long, 230 kV overhead transmission line extending from the powerhouse to the existing substation on Elk River Road, approximately 3 miles northeast of Port Orford. Both the upper and lower reservoirs would be created by zoned rockfill embankment dikes approximately 70 feet high and 7,200 feet in circumference. The project would have an annual generation capacity of 929,000 megawatt-hours.

Applicant Contact: Mr. Nate Sandvig, Vice President, Rye Development, LLC, 220 NW 8th Ave, Portland, OR 97202; email: nathan@ ryedevelopment.com; phone: (503) 309-2496.

FERC Contact: David Froehlich; email; david. froehlich@ferc.gov; phone (202) 502-6769.

The Commission’s Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners, environmental justice communities, Tribal members, and others, access publicly available information and navigate Commission processes.̷?

For public inquiries and assistance with filings such as interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is encouraged to contact OPP at (202)̷? 502-6595 or OPP@ferc. gov. Comments, motions to intervene, competing applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file competing applications should be submitted within 60 days from the issuance of this notice. Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements

of 18 CFR 4.36. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing applications using the Commission’s eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters without prior registration using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the end of your comments. For assistance, please get in touch with FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll-free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). Instead of electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to:

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket number P-15310-000. More information about this project, including a copy of the application, can be viewed or printed on the “eLibrary” link of the Commission’s website at http:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P-15310) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, do not hesitate to get in touch with FERC Online Support. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary.

Published: June 28, July 5, 12, and 19, 2023. Pilot and ONPA P365956

2nd PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

Curry County is completing a Small Business and Microenterprise Assistance Grant Program funded with Community Development Block Grant funds from the Oregon Business Development Department. The location of the project is Curry County. It is estimated the project has benefited at least 79 persons of whom 100% are low or moderate income. Additionally in good faith to affirmatively further Fair Housing in Curry County; the County is establishing a referral program that provides public information to persons who want to file a complaint with the Federal government or the State of Oregon. Procedures can be found on the County website at https:// www.co.curry.or.us/residents/ fair_housing.php.

A public hearing will be held by the Curry County Board of Commissioners at 10:15 am on July 19th, 2023, at 94235 Moore Street, Gold Beach, OR 97444, Suite 122.

The purpose of the hearing is for the Curry County Board of Commissioners to obtain citizens’ views about the project and to make comments about the local government’s performance. Written comments are also welcome and must be received by 9 am on July 19th at Curry County Board of Commissioners, 94235 Moore Street, Gold Beach, OR 97444. Both oral and written comments will be reviewed by the Curry County Board of Commissioners. The location of the hearing is accessible to the disabled.

Please contact Natasha Tippets at the Board of Commissioners office at (541) 247-3296 if you need any special accommodation to attend or participate in the meeting.

More information about the Oregon Community Development Block Grant program, the project, and records about Curry County’s past use of Community Development Block Grant funds is available for public review at 94235 Moore Street, Gold Beach, OR 97444 during regular office hours.

Advance notice is requested.

If special accommodation is needed, please contact the Board of Commissioners at (541) 247-3296 so that appropriate assistance can be provided.

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, August 1, 2023, at 7:00 PM in the Council Chambers of Brookings City Hall, 898 Elk Drive, Brookings, OR 97415. The below application is a Quasijudicial hearing, and the Planning Commission will make a decision on this matter.

1. In the matter of File No. CUP-8-23, a request for approval of a Conditional Use Permit to operate a Short-Term Rental facility at 211 Marine Drive Spur, Assessor’s Map & Tax Lot No. 4113-05B-01100; zoned R-1. The owner/ applicant is Salomeja Lescinskas. 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 - Short-Term Rentals; and 17.136Conditional Uses.

The public is invited to attend and participate in the public hearing. All persons wishing to address this 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 to speak. 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).

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. The staff report prepared in this case 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 advance notification. Please contact 541-4691103 to make appropriate arrangements or for additional information. TTY 800-735-1232.

Published: July 5, 2023.

Pilot & ONPA P366639

Del Norte LAFCo Public Hearing Notice NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday July 24, 2023, at 4 p.m. Del Norte Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) will hold public hearings on the following items: Del Norte LAFCo FY 202223 and FY 2023-24 Budget Amendments in accordance with CA GC § 56381. Meeting to be held at Del Norte County Flynn Center, 981 H Street, Crescent City California. There is public access for this in-person meeting. Agenda to be posted on Del Norte LAFCo website at least 72 hours prior to meeting (www. delnortelafco.org/agendasmeetings-2023).

SUBMIT COMMENTS

AHEAD OF TIME. Send comment to eo@ delnortelafco.org limited to 3000 characters. Comments will be read during hearing item.

Comments may also be mailed to Del Norte LAFCo, 1125 16th Street, Suite, 202 Arcata, CA 95521. Written comments must be received by 2 p.m. Friday July 21, 2023. Visit www.delnortelafco.org to review meeting agenda after posting. For more information email eo@ delnortelafco.org or call

AVAILABILITY OF UP TO 30 SECTION 8 PROJECTBASED VOUCHERS FOR NEWLY CONSTRUCTED UNITS

The City of Crescent City Housing Authority (CCHA) announces the availability of up to 30 Section 8 ProjectBased Vouchers (PBV) for newly constructed units. CCHA invites developers to submit proposals. Applications for this RFP must: (1) be for sites/units located in CCHA’s areas of operation; (2) request a minimum of 20 units for the PBV program; (3) meet all requirements outlined in the RFP. Proposals will be ranked on the following criteria:

1) Owner experience and capability to build new housing as outlined in the RFP; 2) Extent to which the project furthers CCHA’s goal of deconcentrating poverty and expanding housing opportunities; 3) If applicable, the extent to which services are provided on site or in the immediate area for all occupants of the property. All applications received will be reviewed, evaluated, scored and ranked separately by CCHA subject to the application requirements. CCHA will calculate the total score for each application according to its ranking and selection criteria as described in the RFP packet. RFP packets will be posted on CCHA’s website beginning 6/28/23. To obtain the RFP packet, respondents must visit https://www.crescentcity.org/departments/ HousingAuthority. RFP packets will also be available for pickup at the CCHA office, 235 H Street, Crescent City, CA 95531, during regular business hours.

The APPLICATION SUBMISSION DEADLINE is 5PM, 8/14/23.

Proposals, including completed application and all required documentation as outlined in the RFP packet, must be delivered to City of Crescent City Housing Authority, 235 H Street, Crescent City, CA 95531. Only proposals submitted by the published deadline and meeting all requirements provided in the RFP will be considered. Incomplete and late submissions will not be considered. If you have questions concerning this public notice, or the RFP, you may contact: Megan Miller, Executive Director at 707.464.9216 Ext. 70, or via email at mmiller@ crescentcity.org.

Published: July 5 and 12, 2023. Triplicate T366652

Public Notice and Notice of Public Hearing

Curry County is eligible to apply for a 2023

Community Development Block Grant from the Business Oregon.

Community Development

Block Grant funds come from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The grants can be used for public facilities and housing improvements, primarily for persons with low and moderate incomes.

Approximately $11 million will be awarded to Oregon non-metropolitan cities and counties in 2023. The maximum grant that a city or county can receive is $2.5 million dollars for a public work project.

Curry County is preparing an application for a 2023

Community Development Block Grant from the Business Oregon for Langlois Water District. It is estimated that the proposed project will benefit at least 218 persons of whom 51% will be low or moderate income.

A public hearing will be held by the Curry County Board of Commissioners at 10:00 am on July 19th, 2023, in the Board of Commissioners (Hearing Room). The purpose of this hearing is for the Board of Com missioners to obtain citizen views and to respond to questions and comments about community development and housing needs, especially the needs of low - and moderate-income persons, as well as other needs in the community that might be assisted with a Community Development Block Grant project, and the proposed project.

Written comments are also welcome and must be received by 9:00 am on July 19, 2023, at 94235 Moore Street Gold Beach, Oregon 97444 Both oral and written comments will be considered by the Curry County Board of Com missioners in deciding whether to apply.

The location of the hearing is accessible to persons with disabilities.

Please contact Natasha Tippets of the Board of Commissioners Office at (541) 247-3296, if you will need any special accommodation to attend or participate in the meeting.

More information about Oregon Community Development Block Grants, the proposed project,

and records about Curry County’s past use of Community Development Block Grant funds are available for public review at 94235 Moore Street, # 122, Gold Beach, Oregon 97444, during regular office hours. Advance notice is requested. If special accommodation is needed, please notify Natasha Tippets of the Board of Commissioners Office at (541) 247-3296 so that appropriate assistance can be provided.

Permanent involuntary displacement of persons or businesses is not anticipated as a result from the proposed project. If displacement becomes necessary, alternatives will be examined to minimize the displacement and provide required/ reasonable benefits to those displaced. Any low - and moderate-income Housing that is demolished or converted to another use will be replaced.

Published: July 5, 2023. Pilot & ONPA P366670

CIRCUIT COURT OF OREGON CURRY COUNTY

Probate Department

In the Matter of the Estate of HELEN ARVELLA MILLER, Deceased.

CASE NO. 23PB05565

NOTICE TO INTERESTED

PERSONS

Notice is hereby given that Susan E. Snell has been appointed and has qualified as the personal representative of the estate. All persons having claims against the estate are hereby required to present their claims, with proper vouchers, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, as stated below, to the personal representative at: Martin, Elliott & Snell, P.O. Box 575, Tualatin, Oregon 97062, or the claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings in this estate may obtain additional information from the records of the court, the personal representative, or the attorney for the personal representative. Dated and first published this 5th day of July, 2023.

Personal Representative/ Attorney: Susan E. Snell, OSB #853356 Martin, Elliott & Snell, P.C. P.O. Box 575 Tualatin, Oregon 97062

Letters of Interest must include, at a

minimum:

Organization or Business

Name

Contact Name

Contact Title

Phone number

E-mail address

Copy of insurance, license, and bond

Statement of Qualifications

Description of relevant prior experience

Your hourly rate, admin fees (can’t be over 10%), mileage rate, and disclosure of any markup on purchased supplies (Admin OR supply markup, not both).

Any questions regarding this RFI must be submitted, in writing, on or before July 6, 2023, to: Meghan

Gallagher, Social Services Manager mgallagher@ a1aa.org

Letters of Interest and all required documents must be submitted by 4:00 p.m.

Pacific Standard Time, July 20, 2023, to Area One Agency on Aging, Meghan Gallagher, Social Services Manager, mgallagher@ a1aa.org

All materials submitted in response to this RFI will become the property of A1AA and may be disclosed as public records. A1AA staff will review the Letters of and identify vendors qualified to assist with home modifications for older adults and individuals with disabilities and notify qualified vendors by July 27, 2023.

Published: July 5, 2023 (online June 23 - July 5).

Triplicate T366553

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Seafront Baking Company 1348 Front Street Crescent City, CA 95531

This Business is conducted by: a corporation

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: 5/30/2023

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/ Matthew Wakefield, Secretary, Smith River Brewing Co. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Del Norte County on: 5/30/2023

Alissia D. Northrup County Clerk-Recorder B. McCune-Sokoloski, Deputy File No. 20230053

Published: June 28, July 5, 12, and 19, 2023. Triplicate

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DATED

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): JEREMY J. JACOBS AND JULIE JACOBS, HUSBNAD AND WIFE, AS JOINT

internet website http://www. qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-19-873283AB. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the internet website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

NOTICE

TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 800-280-2832, or visit this internet website http:// www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-19-873283-AB to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE OWNER-OCCUPANT:

To all interested persons:

Petitioner: Susan Inta filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present name: Zayden Synclair Baliad, Izahia Maximus Baliad, Ezekiel Andreas Baliad

to Proposed name: Zayden Inta, Izahia Inta, Ezekiel Inta 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 be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING

Date: July 14, 2023

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: May 3, 2023

/s/ Darren McElfresh Judge of the Superior Court

Published: June 14, 21, 28, and July 5 2023. Triplicate

T365407

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT

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

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF DEL NORTE 450 H Street Crescent City, CA 95531

Petition of: Daniel James Walter CASE NO. CVPT-2023-1155

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Daniel James Walter filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present name: Daniel James Walter to Proposed name: Edward Patrick Davies 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 be granted.

If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING

Date: July 28, 2023

Time: 10:00 am Dept.: 1

The address of the court is the 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: June 12, 2023

/s/ Marilyn Miles

Judge of the Superior Court

Published: June 28, July 5, 12, and 19, 2023. Triplicate

T365936

The purported

address is: 777

LN, CRESCENT CITY, CA 95531-5152 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 105-130-66 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER:

The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 800-280-2832 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this

Any prospective owneroccupant as defined in Section 2924m of the California Civil Code who is the last and highest bidder at the trustee’s sale shall provide the required affidavit or declaration of eligibility to the auctioneer at the trustee’s sale or shall have it delivered to QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION by 5 p.m. on the next business day following the trustee’s sale at the address set forth in the below signature block. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only.

JC’s Arctic Blast 1515 Macken Ave 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: 7/1/2022

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/ Joshua Mims

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Del Norte County on: 5/15/2023 Alissia D. Northrup County Clerk-Recorder B. McCune-Sokoloski, Deputy File No. 20230057

Published: June 28, July 5, 12, and 19, 2023. Triplicate

T366154

NOTICE OF HEARING DECEDENT’S ESTATE OR TRUST

Estate of: Donald Elmore Nuss Jr. Case Number: CVPB-2021-7038

This notice is required by law. This notice does not require you to appear in court, but you may attend the hearing if you wish.

1. NOTICE is given that: Donald Elmore Nuss III (representative capacity, if any): Administrator has filed: NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE, PROBATE CODE §§ 10300, 10304.

2. You may refer to the filed documents for more information. (Some documents filed with the court are confidential.)

3. A HEARING on the matter will be held as follows:

Date: July 21, 2023

Time: 10:00 a.m. Dept.: 2 Address of the Court: 450 H Street, Crescent City, CA 95531 Attorney for Petitioner: Gino de Solenni 384 G Street

The Yurok Indian Housing Authority is soliciting bids for the Demo/replacement of a single-family residence located in Crescent City, CA at 5080 ½ Wonder Stump Road. All bid documents are due by July 6th, 2023, at 2:00p.m. There will be a mandatory pre-bid walk through on June 29th, 2023, at 11:30 am. This project is subject to Davis Bacon Wages. This project cannot exceed limits set by US Housing and Urban Development’s total development costs. Full bid documents are available at the YIHA website www.yurokhousing. com

Published: July 5, 2023 (online June 21 -July 5). Triplicate T366355

NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS

Lee D. Myers Jr. has been appointed Personal Representative (PR) of the estate of Lee Dean Myers Sr., deceased, by the Circuit Court, State of Oregon, Curry County, Case No. 23PB05214. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the PR at 204 SE Miller Ave, Bend, OR 97702, within four months after the date of June 21, 2023, the first publication of this notice, or the claim may be barred. Additional information may be obtained from the records of the court, the PR, or the lawyer for the PR, Suzanne McVicker.

Published: June 21, 28, and July 5, 2023. Pilot & ONPA P365884

Notice of Public Meeting The Winchuck Rural Fire Protection District will hold its next Board of Director’s meeting on Wed., July 12, 2023, at 6:00 P.M., at the Winchuck Fire Hall, 363 Winchuck River Road. Agenda:

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

2. Reading of the Minutes

3. Chief’s Report

4. Treasurer’s Report 5. Old Business 6. New Business 7.

Historic Appointment

Metro area educator selected as Department of Education Director

STAFF REPORT Country Media, Inc.

Gov. Tina Kotek, as Superintendent of Public Instruction, has appointed Dr. Charlene Williams to serve as the next Director of the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) and Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction. Williams brings 30 years of experience as a teacher and public school administrator, working in school districts of all sizes. She is the first Black woman in Oregon history to be appointed to the role and will officially take over as interim director on Monday, July 10.

“I have dedicated my life to education because I’ve seen firsthand how a positive student-teacher relationship can set a child on a successful path for the rest of their life,” Williams said. “First and foremost, my goal will be to support students in every corner of the state so that they have the same chance to succeed. I recognize the significance of my appointment to this role and the immense amount of work we have ahead of us. I’m looking forward to

building partnerships with students, educators and families across Oregon that advance equity and student success.”

“Dr. Williams is an exceptional leader and educator, and I believe will be a transformative, inclusive education director for all of Oregon,” Kotek said. “My vision is to make sure every child is successful and has a safe place to receive a highquality public education. We have work to do to build toward that vision. I’m thrilled to work with someone who is highly skilled in developing and implementing programs designed at closing education gaps. Dr. Williams is strategic, thoughtful, hard-working, and exactly the leader our state education system needs at this moment.”

Williams has deep ties to the Pacific Northwest, according to a release from Kotek’s office. She spent the past seven years as an administrator in Southwest Washington public school districts, most recently as deputy superintendent at Evergreen Public Schools, where she has been supervising district leaders,

leading the development of the district’s five-year strategic plan and launching a superintendent advisory committee.

Williams previously served as an assistant superintendent in the Camas School District from 2016 to 2022. She supervised principals, designed professional development opportunities, and facilitated district level meetings and trainings to better align district services and support to schools. This included facilitating the adoption of the district’s first equity policy, establishing affinity groups for staff and students, and the creation of community forums for Camas residents to discuss equity issues. She was a recipient of the Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA) Award for promoting

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access, equity, and social justice for students.

Williams also worked for seven years at Portland Public Schools, the largest public school district in Oregon. Her last role at the district was as the Senior Director of School Performance, where she helped redesign the teacher evaluation system in collaboration with the Portland Association of Teachers. She also worked with Peter Senge and the Waters Foundation to provide professional learning and resources for educators and leaders to implement systems thinking tools in their work.

Williams takes on the ODE Director’s positioin after serving as principal at Roosevelt High School in North Portland. While there she facilitated a collaborative grant writing

process, resulting in a $7.7 million investment to transform the school, and led a focused effort to accelerate graduation rates and close the graduation gap for students of color, resulting in a promotion to campus principal.

With her leadership, Roosevelt went on to significantly improve graduation rates and student performance, the release states. Williams led a collaborative team of teachers and administrators focused on closing the achievement gap across all academic areas for lower socioeconomic students and students of color through methods of acceleration. She earned multiple state and national awards for improving student achievement.

Williams arrived in Oregon in 1999 to become a math instructor, program coordinator and curriculum developer at Portland Community College. From 2002 to 2009, she served as the Director of Education and later principal at Rosemary Anderson High School, an alternative school that is part of the Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center

(POIC).

“I am confident that Dr. Williams will continue ODE’s commitment to serving each and every student in Oregon’s 197 diverse school districts and striving toward equitable access to education for all our children,” Oregon Department of Education Director Colt Gill said.

“Throughout the process I learned that Dr. Williams is a collaborator, she believes every student matters, and that she is deeply committed to serving all of Oregon’s kids. She is the right leader for Oregon schools at this time.”

Prior to selecting Williams as the next ODE director, Kotek’s education team led a national search that included candidate interviews with representatives from Student Success Advisories and educators across the state, the ODE executive team, Tribal Education Directors from Oregon sovereign nations, and the Governor’s executive team, prior to a final interview with Kotek. The Oregon Senate will take up her confirmation as permanent director in September.

Minimum wage scheduled to increase in Oregon

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People earning minimum wage in Oregon are receiving a pay boost this month.

Under the state’s formula, the wage is divided into three geographical areas, according to the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI).

• The Standard Minimum Wage

Benton, Clatsop, Columbia, Deschutes, Hood River, Jackson, Josephine, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Polk, Tillamook, Wasco and Yamhill counties.

• The Portland Metro

Minimum Wage

• The Non-Urban

Minimum Wage Baker, Coos, Crook, Curry, Douglas, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman,

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Umatilla, Wallowa and Wheeler counties. The minimum wage rates in Oregon increased July 1.

“Raising the minimum wage can increase worker productivity, reduce absenteeism, and strengthen recruitment and retention, which is a critical component of addressing Oregon’s workforce shortage,” according to a release from the BOLI.

minimum wage rates will increase as follows:

Standard Minimum Wage: $14.20 per hour

Portland Metro Minimum Wage: $15.45 per hour

Non-Urban Minimum

Wage: $13.20 per hour

The law requires an adjustment to the minimum wage to be calculated no later than April 30 of each year based upon any increase in the U.S. City Average Consumer Price

Index (“CPI”) for All Urban Consumers for All Items from March of the preceding year to March of the year in which the calculation is made. This amount is required to be rounded to the nearest five cents.

The current standard minimum wage rate is $13.50. Based on an increase in the CPI of 5.0% from March 2022 to March 2023, the calculation used for determining the

standard minimum wage rate as of July 1, 2023 is as follows: $13.50 X .05 = $0.675, rounded to $0.70.

The Portland metro minimum wage is $1.25 more than the standard minimum wage, and the non- urban minimum wage is $1.00 less than the standard minimum wage.

KOIN Portland contributed to this report.

First and foremost, my goal will be to support students in every corner of the state so that they have the same chance to succeed.

Charlene Williams

Collector offers rare and valuable items in Reedsport

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Bob Haas retired more than a decade ago from a career in business consulting – but that hasn’t slowed him down.

After his retirement, Haas open Silver City Coins in Brookings. Now he’s offering more of his impressive selection of coins and other collectible memorabilia at a shop in Reedsport.

Haas said when heard the coin shop “The Little Mint,” had closed in Reedsport, he decided he wanted to keep it going. The long-time collector said he is continuing to offer rare and collectible coins in Reedsport so local coin collectors didn’t have to travel to Brookings.

He also jazzed it up with a huge variety assortment of rare and historical items.

“I like have a little bit of something for everyone,” Haas said. The store is filled with

rare coins, antiques, jewelry, books, artwork, autographed memorabilia from celebrities – including athletes, movie stars, models, artists – and more. He has some very expensive pieces including a signed original oil painting of Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe. He also has a bat signed by Ted Williams and many autographed baseballs.

Since opening in midJune, Haas has been operating the shop in Reedsport – which he is calling Silver City Mint –on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to dusk, then he operates his store in Brookings on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

“People are like, ‘If you’re retired, why are you working?’ I’m like, ‘This isn’t work,’” Haas said. “I’m playing with coins. I’m surrounded by everything that I love –coins, sports, all kinds of autographed items – and

I get to meet wonderful people every day. I mean, what better life can there be?”

The entrepreneur has a personality that is as rare as the items he sells.

In addition to his collectible stores, Haas owns a moving company. He is a certified tennis instructor, a book author, and says he has a nearly photographic memory.

Haas first got interested in coins from his maternal grandfather. When his grandfather came to visit, he would ask his mother how he was behaving. Unfortunately, Haas’ brother earned the more valuable coins for his good behavior, while he got the lesser impressive coins for his less impressive behavior.

“I was like, ‘Well, that’s not right.’ And my grandfather said, ‘Then you’ve got to start acting more like your brother. I’m like,” Haas said, ‘Oh well, whatever.’”

Rather than heeding to his grandfather’s advice, Haas started a newspaper route. He used the money he earned to buy rolls of pennies and sorted through them to find the rarest dates. Haas also convinced his brother to buy his coin collection – something he says his brother regrets to this day. Haas has lived and travelled all over the United

Oregon Coast Culinary Institute alum wins competition

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Oregon Coast Culinary Institute (OCCI) 2010 alum, Chef Reilly Meehan, has competed at the Worldchefs Global Chefs Challenge

Regional Semi-Final culinary competition in Santiago, Chile.

In late May, Meehan’s exceptional culinary

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Continued from Page 4 set. You can help them along by gently shaking plants if there is no wind to do the job.

If temperatures are above 93° or so, you may lose pollination with tomatoes and green beans. This leads to gaps in harvest in the weeks to come. Overhead watering may reduce the temperature around the plants enough to allow normal pollination.

Food Preservation

Are you planning to preserve food from your garden or purchased from a farm this summer? If so, call or visit the OSU Extension Service office before you start canning, freezing, or drying.

Costly and potentially harmful mistakes can be made by using outdated canning recipes and instructions. You can find free publications AND pressure gauge testing at the Columbia County Extension office located at 505 N. Columbia River Highway in St. Helens. If you have questions, phone Jenny Rudolph at the office at 503 397-3462. You can download for free all our food preservation publications at https://extension. oregonstate.edu/mfp/ publications . An additional great resource is the National Center for home Food Preservation at http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/

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Donate extra garden produce and/or money to the food bank, senior centers, or community meals programs. It always

skills and unwavering determination propelled him to victory, earning him a gold medal and coveted title of “Global Chef of the Americas.”

The Worldchefs Global Chefs Challenge is renowned for attracting top culinary talent from around the world who demonstrate their prowess in the kitchen and exhibit their adaptability under pressure. Chefs are tasked with creating culinary masterpieces that not only tantalize the taste buds but also display impeccable

Centers, SCORE and Procurement Technical Assistance Centers. My mother became a successful entrepreneur who loved the work she did every day. I am proud of my parents’ fortitude and business savvy and feel proud that the SBA is a staunch ally of the AANHPI community.

is greatly appreciated. The Extension Service offers its programs and materials equally to all people. The Oregon State University Extension office in Columbia County publishes a monthly newsletter on gardening and farming topics (called County Living) written/ edited by yours truly. All you need to do is ask for it and it will be mailed or emailed to you. Call 503397-3462 to be put on the list. Alternatively, you can find it on the web at http:// extension.oregonstate.edu/

presentation for seamless service. Meehan’s culinary creations exemplified these requirements, impressing the judges and securing his first-place finish.

Meehan will now move on to compete in the Global Chefs Challenge Finals, which will take place in Singapore in October 2024. This opportunity allows him to further display his exceptional culinary talents on a global platform, representing both OCCI and the United States with pride.

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Aikta Marcoulier oversees the SBA’s programs and services as the agency’s Acting Regional Administrator for the Pacific Northwest serving Alaska, Idaho,

columbia/ and click on newsletters. Have questions?

If you have questions on any of these topics or other home garden and/ or farm questions, please contact Chip Bubl, Oregon State University Extension office in St. Helens at 503397-3462 or at chip.bubl@ oregonstate.edu. The office is open from 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. To reach the OSU Extension Office in Curry County, Call 541-572-5263.

OCCI’s award-winning culinary and baking programs is Executive Chef Randy Torres.

“We are immensely proud of Chef Meehan’s accomplishments,” Torres said. “He is an inspiration to all OCCI students, and his remarkable journey is a testament to the exceptional training, dedication and passion both our students and instructors bring every day in the kitchen.”

For more information go to www.socc.edu/occi. Text or call 541-240-8227.

Oregon and Washington. She is also the Regional Administrator serving Colorado, Montana, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.

States and has met fellow collectors along the way. He also frequents estate sales, and sometimes offers to buy every item on sale.

When asked if it’s hard to let go of certain coins Haas replied; “That’s the hardest thing with becoming a coin dealer, is you have to sell your coin collection.”

“But being a collector has been a lifelong thing for me,” Haas said. “You can

make a lot of money over a period of time by investing wisely.”

The Little Mint, a.k.a. Silver City Mint, is located at 1051 Highway 101 in Reedsport and is open on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to dusk. Silver City Coins, in Brookings is open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

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Bob Haas has been operating his shop, Silver City Mint, in Reedsport on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to dusk, then he operates his store, Silver City Coins, in Brookings on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

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