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Vandal tries, fails to disrupt Dracula By Diana Bosetti The Pilot
Messages decrying the “evil” content of the play Dracula at the Chetco Pelican Players in Brookings were sprayed last Friday across the theater’s primary signage and promotional vinyl banners. According to Mary Anne Trailor, who is president of the CCP, performers were rehearsing at the theater the night prior, but when they returned the next day around 3:30 pm they noticed several of the signs promoting the Dracula play had been defaced or torn down. “Obviously someone is perceiving this play to be evil, but in my opinion whoever did this doesn’t understand what fiction is,” said Trailor. “When someone equates literature to be representative of a true belief system, then if we do a play about Dracula we must believe in vampires.” Trailor said the damage is likely under a thousand dollars, but her greater concern is the possible perception the culprit may have for upcoming Halloween festivities. “We are anxious for this perMore VANDAL, Page A3
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After a vandal defaced the sign for the Dracula play being held by Chetco Pelican Players, the signs were replaced and the play will go on.
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The new Curry County mural is unveiled at a ceremony at the Curry County Fairgrounds.
Circle of Gold Mural unveiled at fairgrounds By Diana Bosetti The Pilot
The unveiling of the Circle of Gold Mural at the Curry County Fairgrounds occurred Oct. 3 before a crowd of Gold Beach residents.
“The mural idea started out as a passing shared thought in January that this was a blank wall that should have something painted on it,” said Becky Schafer. So, she turned to her friend Janee Lensing, and the two colead the project.
According to Schafer, the idea received a nod of approval from the Curry County Fair Board in February, and the duo set off to pursue donations and community support that would allow them to completely fund the mural on the inside wall of the south end of
the Livestock Pavilion. Lensing applied for and received grants from the Curry County Cultural Coalition and Curry Art Inc., for $550 and $1,000 respectively. After that, More MURAL, Page A12
Gold Beach names new police chief The Pilot Chief Jordan White became the newest member of the Gold Beach Police Department when he was sworn-in by Mayor Tamie Kaufman during the city council meeting on October 4. Before joining the Gold Beach Police Department, White spent three years with the Curry County Sheriff’s Office, where he served as a patrol sergeant. He is also a home builder in his off-time and has been developing property in Gold Beach to increase the inventory of workforce housing.
White has had a dynamic public safety career spanning over 25 years and has included emergency medicine, firefighting, search and rescue, law enforcement and public safety aviation. White spent most of his life and career in northwest Montana where he began serving his community when he was 18 years old. The excitement of helping people led him to the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office where he served as a patrol supervisor, SWAT team member, rescue diver, search and rescue coordinator and was apMore CHIEF, Page A3
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Mayor Tammy Kaufman shakes Police Chief Jordan White’s hand after swearing White in as the new chief of police in Gold Beach.
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An online panel discussion, hosted by Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition Thursday, Sept. 30, discussed human impact on Oregon coastal landscapes. Moderators discussed how the coast has been transformed by human impact over the course of history to present day. William Robbins, a professor of history from Oregon State University, discussed how market-related values reshaped the ecology and landscape of the coastal environment. This began with the Europeans’ presence becoming dominant around 170 years ago. “On the Oregon Coast especially, there is a plethora of language groups and tribal peoples,” Robbins said. “It's that indigenous world that was relatively stable that was abruptly disrupted beginning in 1800 but especially in 1830s and 1840s.” The reoccurring malaria epidemics, around 1830, were devastating to Native Americans along the lower Columbia River, in the Willamette Valley and in the villages on Oregon’s coastal estuaries, Robbins said. Around 90 percent of the indigenous population was killed from 1830 to 1833. The Euro-Americans brought values of trade. In the 1840s through the 1880s, systematic changes were brought to the valley and coastal regions. Euro-Americans realized the market value of fish More COASTS, Page A3
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