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Brookings, Oregon

Sheriff marine patrol rescues stranded boater on Chetco River Monday, January 29, 2024 at about 4:26 p.m., the Curry County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch center received a 911 call reporting a subject stranded on a small gravel island in the middle of the Chetco River near Steele Bridge, about eighteen miles east of Brookings, Or. The caller, who was in Gold Beach at the time and responding, stated he had got a call from friends telling him that Brookings resident, twentyfive-year-old Justice Perrin and jumped into the swollen river to save his dog that had gone in the river and was not able to get out. The caller said that Perrin had been stranded for about three hours in the middle of the river. Sheriff’s Marine and Patrol Deputies responded, while Search and Rescue members were paged to respond as well. A Patrol Deputy arrived first and spotted Perrin just below the South Fork of the Chetco River on a small gravel bar in the middle of the river. Eight SAR members started arriving and devised a safe plan to rescue Perrin and his dog. It was reported that the dog had already swam back across the

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river and was safe. At about 7:20 p.m., well after dark, SAR member Ryan McGinnis deployed his homemade pram boat and was able to maneuver his boat to Perrin and got Perrin back to safety. Cal Ore life Flight Ambulance crew had been asked to respond to

make sure Perrin was okay and not suffering from hypothermia. Perrin declined medical assistance. The great teamwork by our Dispatch, Patrol Deputies, Marine Deputy, and our SAR team was instrumental for all in a safe rescue.

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Lawmakers look to rework Measure 110 BY RODNEY HARWOOD Country Media, Inc.

Jay Dow has seen both sides of the scenario. His drug-induced lifestyle took him to a dark place, all the way to the streets where he was homeless for three years. Family stopped talking to him, wanting nothing more to do with the lies and the deception often associated with a life spiraling out of control. As he can attest, “Bottom is where you stop digging and I wasn’t there yet,” he said thinking back on that moment 11 years ago. “After a few years of relapsing and recovery, being at the crossroads and going to jail. My family cut me out of their lives,” he said. “I was in jail for having just robbed my buddy’s house. I went to rehab thinking once I get my 30-day sober certiﬁcate I could get in front of the judge, and hopefully get probation. “I had no intentions of getting clean and sober. I was just trying not to go to prison. But after being around sober alcoholics and drug addicts in a 12-step recovery environment

St. Timothy’s Episcopal v. City of Brookings receives hearing date BY NATE SCHWARTZ Country Media, Inc.

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Jay Dow has been sober for over 11 years. He is the owner/operator of Sober Music Co. - Songs for the soul and has performed at the Oregon Please see ADDICTION, Page 11 Hazelden Betty Ford Center in Newberg.

Harbor Fire Department Seeks New Chief my life”. The Pilot would like to join Harbor in thanking Chief McClintock for his service. The Harbor Fire District posted a job The Fire Chief for the Harbor Rural Fire listing on their website for the hiring of a new Protection District is a title that carries a great Chief. Sitting Fire Chief Steve McClintock deal of responsibility with it. As a department will be stepping down this spring after over with a huge contingent of volunteers, it is 40 years in firefighting. McClintock joined essential that an experienced and leadershipthe Harbor Fire District in 2020. minded individual be at the helm. “My family and I are going to be reAccording to the listing the Fire Chief job locating, so I’m retiring from the fire description is as follows: department,” said McClintock, “Harbor is an “As the executive officer to the Board awesome place to work. It’s a great group of of Directors and under its policy guidance, people. The homeowners and everybody in the Fire Chief plans, organizes, administers the fire district are big supporters of the fire and supervises all the activities necessary department. I hate to leave it, but its time that Please see CHIEF, Page 2 I moved on, I’m going into another chapter of

BY NATE SCHWARTZ Country Media, Inc.

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The first hearing in a long ongoing dispute between St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church and the City of Brookings is set to take place at the Medford Courthouse on February 15th, 2024. The suit, first filed by St. Timothy’s in January of 2021, pertains to the church’s soup kitchen and service of meals. The church first faced conflict in 2021 when a complaint labeled ‘Petition to Remove Homeless from St. Timothy Church’ was sent to city officials by neighboring residents. This complaint led the City to reclassify the church’s kitchen as a restaurant, in which case they would be violating residential zoning rules by continuing their meal service. Brookings City Council then imposed an ordinance in October 2021 which required permits for meal services in residential areas, limiting them to two days a week. This is only half of the service that the Church was previously offering. The city asserts that St. Timothy’s is not above adhering to zoning regulations and has suggested the church could relocate its meal services to a commercial zone instead. The ordinance created regulations around a service that was already Please see HEARING, Page 10

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