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Brookings business owner takes on public works BY ROGER GITLIN Country Media

Long-time Brookings business owner Rick Bishop is upset with the city of Brookings and more specifically the Public Works Department. The auto dealership owner feels the city is singling him out for a long-standing abatement issue. “The city is picking on me for illegal storage of vehicles, violation for erecting storage buildings, and impeding drainage on city right-ofway because I’m drawing attention to this area of downtown.” Bishop denies his properties or his actions have caused the drainage issues. The storage buildings in question are located on a vacant lot on Fern Street owned by Bishop. He continued, “I want to work with my city in allocating urban renewal dollars in downtown to correct flooding issues on Hemlock Street. I’ve met with Mayor (Ron) Hedenskog for six months, asking the city of Brookings to correct broken sidewalks caused by the flooding on Hemlock. I believe the problems have resulted from poor drainage

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Rick Bishop is feuding with the city of Brookings after the city said he must remove storage buildings and other items from his property. Bishop said the city allows similar objects on nearby properties.

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BEACON Broadband celebrates after What’s Wrong With 500th customer signs up for service Healthcare, Part 4

BY ROGER GITLIN The Pilot

BY DR. CHARLES HURBIS

BEACON Broadband recognized and celebrated its 500th customer. Brookings resident Alan Nidiffer, chairman of the Brookings Harbor School District and investment, insurance advisor was the lucky recipient in a special ceremony, Tuesday, March 14. Nidiffer and Bill Gerski, Vice President of Sales and Marketing of BEACON shared their enthusiasm for the recognition and the service. “We are thrilled to connect our home to BEACON Broadband,” Nidiffer said. “With a busy family, not a day goes by with many technologies needs at the house. We currently have three teenagers so that means more schoolwork, online chat, movies, and music, not to mention zoom meetings and phone for my job as an investment and insurance advisor. "Once BEACON Broadband service was an option, we’ve been enjoying the increased speed the fiber service provides.” Gerski followed up with BEACON’S PRICE FOR LIFE program. Those who sign up for the service are guaranteed no price increase for internet provided at the home or business address. BEACON Broadband is in process of wiring 3,000 homes and businesses in Brookings and Harbor for video, phone and high-speed state-of-the art fiber optics internet. Within five years, BEACON Broadband is expected to have wired 20,000 homes and businesses in Curry and Coos counties, including Powers, Bandon and Langlois. BEACON Broadband has been in Brookings for just over one year and is owned and operated by Coos-Curry Electric Co-Operative headquartered in Port Orford. For more information, contact BEACON Broadband at (541)245-9265.

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From left to right, Bill Gerski, BEACON Broadband, Sales and Marketing and Alan Nidiffer, 500th BEACON Broadband customer.

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There’s a difference between meaningful innovation and just change: Each passing year seems to bring the latest or greatest new medication or surgical advancement. Some will withstand the test of time; some will fall by the wayside. Predictably all will be hugely expensive and inflate the cost of healthcare in the near term. Regardless of added value, the company selling the newer product will advertise, and make claims to promote it. For new surgical devices the usual claims tend to be that they will, “shorten the hospital stay, decreases pain, decreases bleeding or cause less complications”. Often these claims are marginal at best, yet are used as justification of the hugely inflated prices for the new technology. In the past, medical devices with proper maintenance were designed to last for decades. Even then, prices for this equipment was relatively high, but you were getting lasting value and quality. Now most new devices are single use items. We live in a disposable society and medicine has become one of the worst examples, landfills be damned. Dispo medicine generously lines the pockets of medical products companies. There is zero incentive to produce a lasting product. It’s true many Please see HEALTHCARE Page A10

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