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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2021

Brookings, Oregon

Haunted house opens this week in Brookings By Diana Bosetti The Pilot

The Chetco Pelican Players’ haunted house - “Crossbone Cove” - will open to the Brookings and surrounding communities on Oct. 21. This year, will feature a pirate and nautical-themed haunt that will start indoors, then will travel outside where guests will walk through a large, scare-worthy maze, then back indoors into the belly of a pirate ship engine room. Crossbone Cove will be held at 301 Oak Street, across from Stout Park. It is open to all ages but is suggested for ages 10 and older. According to Claire Willard, the lead volunteer on the project, about 40 people have been volunteering several hours a day to build what will be a pirate city and wharf, an artificial cave and more. “It will have a theme punk element to it, with 40 different actors portraying their roles,” said Willard. This will be the Pelican Players 18th annual haunted house event, and is a primary source of revenue that keep’s the nonprofit theater group going each year. More HAUNTED, Page A3

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Volunteers who helped set up the Crossbone Cove haunted house include, from left, Jenny Neketin, Stephanie Wilburn, Troy Alvarado, Elizabeth Neketin, Jay Cabrera, Hailey Naiman and Claire Willard. The dog's name is Xena.

Noise parade returns to Brookings

COVID town hall planned October 27 The Pilot

Photo by Diana Bosetti/The Pilot

As part of the homecoming festivities at Brookings-Harbor High School, the annual Noise Parade returned to the streets of Brookings as students marched to celebrate their school. The BHS color guard and band joined the festivities. For more pictures, see Page A10.

Sea otters could be returning to Oregon Coast By DAVID RUPKALVIS The Pilot

Sea otters could be coming back to the Oregon Coast. During a meeting of Coos County commissioners, Michele Zwartjes, a field office supervisor with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said the service has been conducting a feasibility study to consider introducing sea otters to the Pacific Coast. "Oregon is the only state along the Pacific Coast that does not have a sea otter population anymore," Zwartjes said. "They were eliminated in the early 1900s due to hunting for the fur trade." Zwartjes said the Fish and More OTTERS, Page A8

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Sea otters have been a threatened species for many years. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is doing a feasibility study to determine whether sea otters can be reintroduced along the Pacific Coast.

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Members of the public are invited to a virtual town hall meeting about the COVID pandemic surge in Curry County organized by concerned community and health leaders. Community members are invited to get the latest information during this critical informational meeting, scheduled for 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27. To Join the Meeting, Dial +1 669 900 6833 and enter webinar ID 889 1172 5357 You can also join the Town Hall from the Zoom by clicking https://us02web.zoom. us/j/81940305968 You can also view the webinar from the Wild Rivers Community Foundation Facebook page: www.facebook. com/wildriverscf In September, the Curry community gathered for the first webinar in this series. The October 27 town hall is a follow up to the community-wide effort to share critical information and discuss ways the community can stay safe. The town hall’s agenda will feature updates from an Oregon Health Authority public health officer, as well as information from key organizations about what to do if you’ve tested positive for COVID-19 and resources that might help. The panelists will each present information and answer pre-submitted questions from the public. Due to limits of the webinar format, audience members are asked to submit questions in advance. To submit questions, email info@wildriverscf. org. Questions may also be submitted by calling the Wild Rivers Community Foundation at (707) 465-1238.

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