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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Brookings, Oregon

St. Timothy’s files federal lawsuit against Brookings By DAVID RUPKALVIS The Pilot

As promised, St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church is going to court in an effort to stop the city of Brookings from limiting the number of days it can serve meals to those in need. On January 28, two days after an ordinance limiting the days churches can serve benevolent meals went into force, St. Timothy’s and the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon field a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality on the new city law. The lawsuit is a new step in an ongoing battle between Brookings and St. Timothy’s after a group of neighbors complained about the increase of homeless people near the church. After several public meetings, Brookings passed an ordinance requiring churches to obtain a conditional use permit to serve meals while limiting the number of days meals can be served to two a week.

Since the beginning of the COVID pandemic, St. Timothy’s has served meals at its church four days a week after most of the other churches in the community stopped offering meals. After passing its ordinance, Brookings temporarily waived the fee for churches applying for the permit, and most churches in the city did apply. But St. Timothy’s refused, with the Rev. Bernie Lindley repeatedly saying he would file a lawsuit if the city attempted to enforce the ordinance. The Rt. Rev. Diana Akiyama, the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon, has made trips to Brookings to support St. Timothy’s, serving meals and participating in the COVID-19 clinics hosted at the church. “The parishioners of St. Timothy’s are obeying the teachings of Jesus when they provide food and medical care to their community,” said Akiyama. “As More Lawsuit, Page A3

Photo by Diana Bosetti/The Pilot

A volunteer at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church prepares a plate of food for a guest to the church's community kitchen.

Mysterious creatures showing up on shoreline Case count remains high in Curry County By DAVID RUPKALVIS The Pilot

Courtesy photo from the Seaside Aquarium

The pyrosomes are most commonly found in tropical waters, but stormy ocean conditions are known to bring the mysterious creatures as far north as Alaska.

Sea pickles wash up from California through Oregon JEREMY C. RUARK

beach in Florence," the aquarium's Facebook post reads. People adding their comments to the aquarium's post state that they have found the sea pickles at Cannon Beach, Tierra del Mar, Manzanita and Lincoln City. One person wrote, "No doubt from the volcano area off Tonga," referring to a recent undersea eruption that recently trigger small tsunami waves along the Oregon Coast. The pyrosomes are most com-

monly found in tropical waters, but stormy ocean conditions are known to bring the mysterious creatures as far north as Alaska. As the ocean currents change with the seasons, beachcombers have been finding an abundance of pyrosomes along the high-tide line. The aquarium states in its post that Pyrosoma atlanticum is the most observed species found along Oregon and California beaches. They are described as

As predicted, COVID-19 cases are starting to fall across Oregon. While the numbers are still high, daily cases counts have slipped over the last week, a sign the Omicron surge has likely peaked in the state. In Curry County, which saw its first case weeks after other areas, cases rose slightly in the last week with 222 new cases reported. The almost matched the record number of cases reported two weeks ago, but was up from the 213 reported last week. No new COVID-linked deaths were reported in the last week. Test positivity has also More COVID, Page A2

a rigid, bumpy, pinkish-gray tube about the size of a finger. Throughout the world pyrosomes can range in size from a few centimeters to over 30 feet long, but the common Pyrosoma atlanticum reaches a maximum length of two feet. "These totally tubular critters are actually known as a colonial tunicate, a mass of thousands of smaller organisms with a rigid notochord (a simplistic backbone)," the aquarium post reads.

Merkley throws support behind Kristof visits coast, fights to be on ballot Val Hoyle Country Media

Folks that live and visit the coast between Northern California and Oregon are discovering sea pickles on the sandy beaches. The Seaside Aquarium reports the sea pickles or sea squirts, known as pyrosomes, are washing up all along the coast. "We came across one on the beach yesterday, but we have reports of hundreds down on the

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By DAVID RUPKALVIS

Country Media

The Pilot

Despite receiving news he is not eligible to run for governor, Nikolas Kristof is continuing to campaign while fighting the decision by the secretary of state. Kristof, who is running as a Democrat, visited Lincoln City and surrounding areas last week, meeting with city officials and local government to get a sense of challenges and how his campaign will address them. Kristof, 62 years old, was a journalist for The New York

Val Hoyle got another big boost Monday in her bid to replace Congressman Peter DeFazio in the Fourth Congressional District. Two weeks after DeFazio announced he was supporting Hoyle, Senator Jeff Merkley followed suit Monday, announcing he was throwing his support behind the state's labor commissioner. "The race for the 4th district is going to be tough and filling

Photo by Hilary Dorsey.

Nick Kristof visits The News Guard office while visiting Lincoln City. Kristof is continuing to campaign while fighting in court to remain on the primary ballot.

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