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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Brookings, Oregon

County to create substance-abuse treatment position sional. The person hired for the position would be responsible for providing in-house substance abuse disorder counseling for clients in the jail, adult parole and probation department and juvenile department youth. Adult Parole and Probation

BY BREEANA LAUGHLIN The Pilot

Members of the Curry County Adult Parole and Probation and the Juvenile Department got the goahead from county commissioners to develop a position for a full-time substance abuse treatment profes-

director Dave Denney addressed the Curry County Board of Commissioners at their meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 16. “We understand that there are some opioid recovery funds that are coming into the county and they are earmarked for a specific purpose,” Denney said. “So we are just asking

if there is a way that we can use those funds for this purpose.” Denney was joined at the Board of Commissioners meeting by Curry County Sheriff Department Captain Phil McDonald and Juvenile Department director Wendy Lang. “You have a team of qualified individuals that are ready to take on

this project,” Lang told the commissioners. “To me this is a simple yes, yes, yes and let us get moving on a solution.” Probation director Denney reported that a position of this nature pays anywhere from $25 to $35 an Please see POSITION Page A2

Community event continues to spread holiday cheer BY BREEANA LAUGHLIN The Pilot

Nature’s Coastal Holiday Festival of Lights is growing bigger and brighter with each season. From its small beginnings in 1997 with 20,000 lights, Nature’s Coastal Holiday-Festival of Lights now boasts over 3 million brilliant LED lights and hundreds of displays. Now in its’ 25th year, the time honored family-tradition takes visitors on a 45-minute stroll through Azalea Park. The unique venue is ran by community volunteers who plan, prepare and set up the venue each night,

from opening night on Nov. 25 through Dec. 27. The cost is $3 for adults (cash only) and children 12 and under are free. “It is a large task requiring hundreds of man hours to pull the show off each year” said Klaus Gielisch, president of the non-profit Nature’s Coastal Holiday. “But the return is so worth it,” added Steve and Martha Kerr, the group’s newest board members. This year, visitors will get to meet Santa at his Santa House. Santa visits each Friday and Saturday night from 6 to 8 p.m. The

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Nature’s Coastal Holiday-Festival of Lights boasts over 3 million brilliant LED lights and hundreds of displays throughout Brookings' Azalea Park.

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Local law enforcement take part in active shooter training BY BREEANA LAUGHLIN The Pilot

The culmination of a three day law enforcement training in Gold Beach was hectic, chaotic and intense. The simulation exercise was only roll play – but the scene was designed to be scary. “He’s in there!” a group of students yelled as they ran from the inside of Riley Creek Elementary School. Law enforcement officers entered the school – guns drawn – in special formation. Moments later, a perpetrator is identified and apprehended and the officer begin to assist victims. A total of 40 officers took part in the three-day training in Gold Beach from Nov. 11 to 13 including Brookings, Gold Beach and Port Orford police and Curry County law enforcement officers. The local law enforcement officers from Curry and Coos County took part in the active shooter training with former Special Operations Forces, including a retired Navy Seal, Chicago SWAT team member, local retired Marine Corp and others. “It’s a really big deal and it is also unusual to have this caliber of instruction at the local level,” said

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A total of 40 officers took part in the three-day active shooter law enforcement training in Gold Beach over the weekend November 11 to 13 including Brookings, Gold Beach and Port Orford police and Curry County law enforcement officers.

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