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Brookings officer resigns over Janell Howard

BY ROGER GITLIN

The Pilot

“We should be holding ourselves to a higher standard, not rewarding criminal behavior.”

Those were the words of veteran Brookings police officer Bryan Holmes as he submitted his resignation from the Brookings Police Department.

Officer Holmes, a four year veteran of the BPD, addressed the city council during public comments Tuesday evening.

In a prepared statement, Holmes said, “…all but one city council member made the decision to ignore the majority of city employees and continued to employ the city manager (Janell Howard) after she was arrested for theft.”

Howard entered a no contest plea to Theft Three in December.

Holmes resumed his statement to the councilors, “A letter was presented to you from city employees voicing (our) disapproval, and a list of items stolen by Janell from Fred Meyer on multiple occasions fell on deaf ears. Our voices were not heard. To add insult to injury, not only did she keep employment but was rewarded with a pay increase.” Holmes continued, “Admitting you were

What’s wrong with healthcare, Part 2

BY DR. CHARLES HURBIS

For The Pilot

Long, long ago, medicine was a true art, a calling, always enticing “the best and the brightest”. Doctors and hospitals worked cordially together and there was little medical inter-specialty competition. There used to be cohesiveness in medicine, but things change. Now there seems to be an underlying friction between doctors and hospitals, and divisions within doctor groups. This animosity has been evolving for quite a while. As with many breakdowns it comes down to differing politics, an inability to exercise any flexibility, and in almost all cases, outside threats to the bottom line. At the root of this issue is likely the loss of the captain. A cruise liner which has no one at the helm is not going to track a very steady course to its destination if it gets anywhere at all. Doctors used to manage medicine. More and more though, many decisions are being made by insurance companies, the government and hospital corporations, all groups with interests more diverse than just caring for the patient. With the current evolution in medicine, your doctor has had to share the helm to these groups. And with too many groups vying for the position of captain discord was bound to evolve.

Additionally, it seems our society is losing its respect for authority, and this is not just an issue with medicine. Growing

Brookings Port to receive $1.8M for disaster recovery

STAFF REPORT

The Port of Brookings Harbor will receive $1.8M from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for disaster recovery efforts through its Public Assistance Program.

Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that the Port of Brookings Harbor and the Oregon Department of Forestry will share in a total of $5,417,255 FEMA funding.

“Oregon’s devastating winter storms and wildfire season take a heavy toll on many communities across the state, and we need to continue to do everything we can help them recover and rebuild,” Merkley said. “I’m glad this federal funding is headed to the Port of Brookings Harbor and the Oregon Department of Forestry to help ease the expensive burden communities have taken on to recover and move forward following severe weather events. I will keep working to ensure Oregon communities have

the tools they need to recover and become more resilient in the face of future wildfires and winter storms while we take on the climate chaos that is intensifying these disasters.”

“The destructive punches from winter weather and wildfires in Oregon sometimes slam our state to the point that federal help is needed to assist with the rebound in communities large and small,” Wyden said.

“I’m gratified the Port of Brookings Harbor and the state Department of Forestry have secured these much-needed federal funds, and

I’ll keep battling to deliver similar resources for communities recovering from similar disasters across our state.”

The award amounts:

Port of Brookings Harbor

$1,835,304 for debris removal operations following severe winter storms and flooding, which caused excessive sediment to be deposited into the Port of Brookings Harbor. Oregon Department of Forestry $3,581,951 for management costs resulting from wildfires and straight-line winds.

Safety City program returns for 25th year

BY WILL LOHRE Country Media

This summer, the Safety City program will return to Brookings. Retired police officer Dan Palicki started the project, and this will be their 25th year of putting on the free week-long program to help educate 5-year-old kids on safety.

The five-day program takes place at Kalmiopsis Elementary School each summer in partnership with the Brookings Police Department and the Brookings-Harbor School District. Ordinarily, the program occurs over three weeks, but this year it will only be available for two weeks due to conflicts with classroom space. The first class will begin on June 26, and the second session will start on July 10.

"It's a good program; it just reinforces everything hopefully that the parents teach the kids; they just get it reinforced from us," Palicki

Photos by Roger Gitlin

Brookings officer Bryan Holmes addresses the city council while resigning his position after the council voted to keep Janell Howard as city manager.

Photo courtesy from the Port of Brookings Harbor

The FEMA funding will be used for debris removal operations following severe winter storms and flooding.

Photo by Jeremy C. Ruark/Country Media

With help from a Coast Guard member, Benson Yoast tries on a safety vest during the 2019 Safety City class.

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said. "We've had parents that tell us we're doing a good job, 'Our kid told us when we cut through the stop sign, we didn't stop long enough and look the right way.' Makes you feel good!"

Safety City provides hands-on activities, reading materials, and visual demonstrations to help the kids better understand gun safety, crossing intersections, water, fire, and other safety fundamentals. Organiza-

"Well, hopefully, we save somebody's life, you know what I mean? Somewhere along the way," Palicki said. According to Palicki, around 1,300 kids have come through the program over the past 25 years, and because of

its longtime presence, they'll have former participants come back to help instruct. It's getting to the point that alums who took the program when they were five years old are even coming back with their kids! Through the sponsors that help fund the event, Safety City is a free program for the children, and without them, it would cost each kid $55$60, according to Palicki. This ensures that there aren't financial barriers for participants.

This year on April 12, Kalmiopsis Elementary School will host a Kindergarten Round Up event to give students information on the school and its programs; on that day, parents will also be provided applications to sign up for Safety City.

If you would like to sign up your child or become a sponsor of the program, contact Dan Palicki at: 541469-5253 or the2ofus25@ gmail.com. Additionally, those interested can sign up at the Brookings Police Department.

Volunteers are also needed, and those interested in helping with the event should also reach out.

Obituaries

Dorothy Ellis-Vankeirsbulck

April 27, 1927 - January 28, 2023

Dottie, “Dorothy” Ellis-VanKeirsbulck, of Brookings, OR went home to be with her Lord and Savior on January 28, 2023. She was born on April 27, 1927, in Keokuk, Iowa. At the age of 14, she and her family moved to Chicago during the war where she finished high school. Shortly after high school Dottie moved to Los Angeles, Ca where she worked in the insurance industry, later marrying the love of her life.

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Besides bridge, Dottie loved spending time in her studio where she did China painting and built fully furnished miniature doll houses.

Dottie especially loved flowers and couldn’t wait for spring to come so she could plant her gardens.

She is preceded in death by her late husband, William Ellis; three sons, Lawrence, Steven and Billy, two sisters and three brothers.

Dottie is survived by her daughter, her youngest son, 4 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and friends.

William Robert Mendenhall III

December 3, 1949 -

January 10, 2023

A Celebration of Life for William Mendenhall at Calvary

A private ceremony will be conducted by family. A Spring Garden will be planted in her honor.

Chapel, 29935 Harbor Way, Gold Beach, at 2:00 pm on March 11, 2023. A reception will follow. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the charity of your choice in his name.

Photo by Roger Gitlin Officer Bryan Holmes addresses the Brookings City Council while announc-

ing his resignation.

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wrong and giving a genuine public apology would have been respectable and the long-term right thing to do. People must take responsibility for their actions to maintain their integrity. You have set the precedent for what is acceptable behavior. I can say with confidence that I’m not alone on this. Morale

is at an all time low, and this will cost the city more employees."

At the end of the meeting councilor Isaac Hodges, the lone dissenting vote on the Howard rehire, expressed his regret and disappointment on Holmes’ resignation. Mayor Ron Hedenskog also expressed his regrets on the officer's resignation.

Officer Holmes formally submitted his resignation effective February 28.

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Opinion & Letters

Letters to the editor

A private club?

A cooperative, in Oregon, is considered a private club. We members of the private club called Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative (CCEC) are not part of the 'public' that governmental entities have over-sight responsibilities to. Entities who are called to protect their constituents from corporate harm. A tough lesson learned.

The CCEC is a club that I am obligated to join if I do not want to live in an off-grid manner. A club now being managed in a non-disclosure format. Our membership has been given no information of substance to warrant management's decision to unilaterally in-debt the membership at least another 60 million dollars.

Current management has willfully ignored facts and figures that belie their rosy, generalized, details of a business venture called Beacon Broadband (BBI).

Guest CoLumn

Colorado conflicted about cutting its water use

By dave marston

In Colorado, farmers must enroll in a four-state program by March 1, if they want to get paid for fallowing their fields — perhaps the best option to plump up the Colorado River’s giant reservoirs, Mead and Powell.

Not everyone is a fan, including Andy Mueller, director of the Colorado River District. He doesn’t like programs that pay farmers to stop farming. Mueller also didn’t ask for the Inflation Reduction Act’s $125 million to pay the farmers he represents. Mueller’s organization exists to keep Western Colorado’s rural water away from growing cities across the Rockies.

State Sen. Dylan Roberts, D-Avon, who chairs the Committee for Agriculture and Natural Resources, has a more nuanced view. He says he understands that rural communities fear a “buy and dry” scenario. Where annual leases become routine, and once-verdant fields and farms wither. He insists that any water leasing must be temporary, voluntary and well compensated.

A water-leasing program called demand management was created for Colorado irrigators under former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper — it was tested, but never used. It would have allowed farmers to lease and store their water in a Lake Powell account under state control. Under Gov. Jared Polis’ administration, however, demand management was quietly shelved.

Now, this new, multi-state program for leasing agricultural water, called a “system conservation pilot program,” isn’t getting much traction. The program was announced two and a half months ago by Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming.

Its major drawback, says Tom Kay, an organic farmer in western Colorado, is that the Upper Colorado River Commission is offering a “stupid price of $150 an acre-foot.”

“Farmers like to farm; you have to pay them more than they make farming to interest them,” Kay adds. He gets around $650 per acre-foot of water growing mostly organic corn and dry beans on his 350-acre farm near the town of Hotchkiss.

Kay says he recently toured California’s Imperial Valley, where farmers are getting $679 an acrefoot. They sell their 200,000 acrefeet of Colorado River to the San Diego County Water Authority and consider the price reasonable.

Water prices are also rising. In California last summer, when the Bureau of Reclamation was looking hard for water, large irrigation districts in the Lower Basin were asking $1,500 per acre-foot to lease their water to cities, reported Janet Wilson of California’s Desert Sun.

If farmers got more money for their water under the new pilot program, says State Sen. Roberts, Colorado “could get more participation (and) show the federal government we are doing our part.”

He also says that many state legislators think California and Arizona should bear the brunt of water cuts.

Getting farmers to fallow their land could build resilience in the Colorado River Basin, says Aaron Derwingson of The Nature Conservancy. A few years ago, he worked with grower Kay and Cary Denison, formerly of Trout Unlimited, to develop an “organic transition” program whose concept was simple: Lease two-thirds of your water for three years so pesticides and fertilizers leach off the land, then apply for organic certification.

The demand management trial was largely funded by the Bureau of Reclamation.

So the question remains: Why is the Upper Colorado River Commission offering farmers so little for their irrigation water? The commission’s executive director, Chuck Cullom, explains: “$150 per acre-foot was chosen to discourage drought profiteering.”

Kay guesses that the low price was set to discourage participation. While $150 is the floor, and farmers can negotiate for more, commission representatives haven’t gone to agricultural communities to beat the drum for its program.

Kay says, “That $125 million is a lot of money, and it belongs to Upper Basin farmers.”

Meanwhile, in mid-November, 30 western cities agreed to cut “non-functional” turf grass by up to 36%, including big water guzzlers such as Utah’s Washington County, which wants to siphon more water out of Lake Powell.

What’s unclear is how much water from not watering grass stays in the river. Mueller points out that Aurora, a fast-growing Denver suburb, “is cutting water to sell more water taps. They’re building more houses.”

Kay admires Mueller’s rural leadership but thinks the way forward is clear: “Denver has a junior water right. Why isn’t it paying us in western Colorado to fallow ground, just like what Los Angeles and San Diego are doing?”

Dave Marston is the publisher of Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org an independent nonprofit dedicated to spurring lively conversation about the West. He owns a small, irrigated parcel in Western Colorado.

It is proper to ask, as the Brookings City Council did, whether the citizens wanted an increased gas tax.

It is proper to ask, as the Gold Beach city council did, whether to fund new emergency equipment.

It is proper to ask, as the County Commissioners have, whether to implement a tax to support the sheriff's department.

It is a mistake for CCEC's management to conduct themselves as they have. BBI is an unapproved burden upon the members of a private club.

It is a mistake to assume that fiber optic technology is the best and necessary way to stimulate the local economy. It is a mistake to assume that the circumstances here mirror the

circumstances of other cooperatives who have deployed fiber optic technology.

It is a mistake to squelch and suppress member dissent. It is a mistake to dis-allow membership participation in singular business decisions such as BBI. These mistakes warrant consideration for the replacement of the current board majority, the GM/ CEO, and current legal counsel. Stay tuned for more.

Mark Nast Gold Beach

Celebrate Recovery

It’s nearly impossible to travel through our hometown of Gold Beach and not see many examples of suffering caused by the impingement of life’s hardships plus poor personal choices. Like so very many, I have personally experienced life’s challenges and the consequences of my bad habits, hurts and hang-ups.

I’m writing about this now because Celebrate Recovery- Gold Beach is starting a new Step-Study class beginning with the class orientation on March 6, 5 p.m., at the First Baptist Church Hound Doghouse, 29750 Hound Dog Road, Gold Beach, OR, 97444. Celebrate Recovery is a 12-step life healing and recovery process founded on Biblical Principals offering separate recovery classes for both Men and Women in Gold Beach and Curry County. Please join us or invite someone you love to take the First Step in their recovery by registering at: gbcelebraterecovery@gmail.com

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Opinion: A Confused and Cautious Supreme Court in Section 230 Case

By miChaeL mCGrady InsideSources.com

The parties in Gonzalez v. Google, a Supreme Court case, made their oral arguments on Feb. 21. At question is the safe-harbor liability immunization web platforms benefit from under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. Evangelists of Section 230 have long argued that any significant gutting of the politically controversial law could upend the internet. In the format of court cases or legislation, there is also a belief among tech executives, social justice activists, civil libertarians and defenders of the First Amendment that the law is necessary for encouraging viewpoint diversity and the rapid proliferation of the digital economy.

Nohemi Gonzalez was a college student on foreign exchange in France, where she was gunned down by extremists of the Islamic State who perpetrated the 2015 Paris terror attacks. Her family now claims that Google-owned YouTube is partly liable for her death because the terrorist group posted terrorist propaganda, and the videos got recommended to other YouTube users.

The legal counsel for Nohemi Gonzalez’s family, University of Washington law professor Eric Schnapper, argued that Section 230 doesn’t necessarily cover recommendation algorithms.

Typically, a recommendation system for a website, such as YouTube, is built on machine learning artificial intelligence that incorporates big data collected from user behavior.

The algorithm uses that data to

recommend content based on user interests. Such data includes past purchases, past viewing history, search history on Google, demographics and other factors. It just so happens that algorithms like these are used across the web to optimize user experiences.

Schnapper, however, argued that while Section 230 was created to immunize platforms from the liability of illegal content published by third-party users, it doesn’t shield those websites from recommending such content to others. This viewpoint could significantly narrow the federal statute and place more liability on web platforms.

Section 230 has been interpreted by lower courts to immunize platforms from malicious third-party users and content broadly. Platforms, in this structure, are simply venues for publishers, not publishers themselves. In recent years, Justice Clarence Thomas has long lobbied to discuss Section 230’s safe-harbor provisions before the high court. Now that the court has done so, many justices displayed confusion and caution across ideological lines.

Justice Elena Kagan struck a chord when she said they are “not the nine greatest experts on the internet.” Kagan’s remark seemed to align with other justices unsure about the potential damage to the digital economy and several industries reliant on Section 230’s safe harbor.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh pointed to the lower appeals courts agreeing that web platforms — such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram — shouldn’t be held in legal liability if algorithms happen to surface illegal content to other users.

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STAFF Publisher: David ornberry

Executive Editor: Jeremy Ruark .

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Associate Editor: Roger Gitlin

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Public Notices 999

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Alexa Rose, LLC 400 Highway 101 North Crescent City, CA 95531

This filing is a refile of previous file #20220144 due to publication requirement not met on previous filing. This Business is conducted by: a corporation

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: n/a I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to this section that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).

Signed:/s/ Marissa Borges, Owner Alexa Rose Co, LLC

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Del Norte County on: 2/6/2023

Alissia D. Northrup County Clerk-Recorder

B. McCune-Sokoloski, Deputy File No. 20230017

Published: February 10, 17, 24, and March 3, 2023

Del Norte Triplicate T358379

Del Norte LAFCo Public Hearing Notice

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday March 27, 2023 at 4 p.m. Del Norte Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) will hold public hearings on the following items:

Del Norte LAFCo Approved FY 2022-23 Budget Amendment in accordance with CA GC § 56381. Del Norte LAFCo Proposed FY 2023-24 Budget in accordance with CA GC § 56381.

The meeting will be held in person at the Del Norte County Flynn Center, 981 H Street, Crescent City California. There is public access for this in-person meeting. Agenda to be posted on Del Norte LAFCo website at least 72 hours prior to meeting (https://www. delnortelafco.org/agendasmeetings-2023 ).

SUBMIT COMMENTS

AHEAD OF TIME IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. Send comment to eo@delnortelafco.org limited to 3000 characters. Comments will be read during hearing item. Comments may also be mailed to Del Norte LAFCo, 1125 16th Street, Suite, 202 Arcata, CA 95521.

Written comments must be received by 2 p.m. Friday March 24, 2023. Visit www. delnortelafco.org to review meeting agenda after posting. For more information email eo@delnortelafco.org or call (707) 825-9301.

Published March 3, 2023

Del Norte Triplicate T359590

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF CURRY [Probate Department]

In the Matter of the Estate of Barbara Anne Rice, Deceased. Case No. 23PB01433

NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS

NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN that RICHARD

LEE REINHOLD has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the undersigned attorney at 1880 Willamette Falls Drive, Suite 250, West Linn, Oregon 97068, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, or the claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the Court, the Personal Representative, or the attorney for the Personal

Representative, Henry T. Rau of Rau Law Firm.

Date of First Publication:

February 24, 2023

Dated February 15, 2023.

/s/ Henry T. Rau, Rau Law Firm, Attorney for Personal

Representative

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE:

Richard Lee Reinhold

15889 Sunset Strip #105 Brookings, Oregon 97415

LAWYER FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE:

Henry T. Rau (OSB No. 152942)

Rau Law Firm 1880 Willamette Falls Drive, Suite 250 West Linn, Oregon 97068 (503)222-3434; htr@ raulawfirm.com

Published: February 24,

March 3, and 10, 2023

Curry Coastal Pilot P359075

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF CURRY

Case No. 22PB10214

NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS

In the Matter of Florence

Patricia Larton, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that James Christopher Bolli has been appointed personal representative of the ESTATE of Florence Patricia Larton. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached to: Pacific Northwest Probate, LLC, 8865 SW Center Street Tigard, OR 97223, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, or the claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the Court or the personal representative. Dated and first published on February 24, 2023.

James Christopher Bolli

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE

Published: February 24, March 3, and 10, 2023

Curry Coastal Pilot P358916

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF DEL NORTE

450 H Street Crescent City, CA 95531

Petition of: EDWARD TERRAND FURNACE CASE NO. CVPT-2021-1252

AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

To all interested persons: Petitioner: EDWARD TERRAND FURNACE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present name: EDWARD TERRAND FURNACE to Proposed name: ASR TAUF SHAKANASA T. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING

Date: April 14, 2023

Time: 10:00 am Dept.: 1

The address of the court is same as noted above.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Del Norte Triplicate

Date: January 6, 2023

/s/ Darren McElfresh

Judge of the Superior Court

Published: February 10, 17, 24, and March 3, 2023 Del Norte Triplicate T358372

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF CURRY [Probate Department] In the Matter of the Estate of WILLIAM GARRY TAYLOR, Deceased. Case No. 23PB01015

NOTICE TO INTERESTED

PERSONS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Richard L. Taylor has been appointed personal representative. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the undersigned personal representative, care of Oakes Law Office, PC, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, or the claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the Court, the personal representative, or the lawyer for the personal representative, Karen M. Oakes, OSB 984631, 6502 South Sixth St, Klamath Falls, OR 97603, 541-2731650, email to: client.info@ oakeslawoffice.com. DATED AND FIRST PUBLISHED on February 17, 2023. Published: February 17, 24, and March 3, 2023 Curry Coastal Pilot P358766

(707)460-6727

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as:

Good Neighbor Lawn, Home, & Yard Care Services, LLC 65 Zwierlein Drive Klamath, CA 95548

This Business is conducted by: a limited liability company

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: n/a

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to this section that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).

Signed:/s/ Joel Stone

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Del Norte County on: 2/21/2023

Alissia D. Northrup County Clerk-Recorder

B. McCune-Sokoloski, Deputy File No. 20230023

Published: March 3, 10, 17, and 24, 2023

Del Norte Triplicate T359576

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

Notice is hereby given that on March11 2023 at the hour of 10:00am at Oceanview Self Storage, at 15272 Hwy. 101 South, Harbor, OR 97415, will sell at public sale the entire contents of Unit B75 owned by Jerry Kelt. These goods will be sold under self-service storage facility lien pursuant to ORS 87.687 and are to be sold to foreclose liens. These goods will be sold under self-service storage facility lien pursuant to ORS 87.687 and are to be sold to foreclose liens. The contents will be known when the lock is removed on the day of the sale. The goods will be sold as a unit to the highest bidder during the sale. Viewing at 9:45am on the date of sale. The right to reject any/all bids is reserved.

Oceanview Self Storage P.O. Box 2156, Harbor, OR 97415.

Published: March 3 and 10, 2023

Curry Coastal Pilot P359555

NOTICE OF LIEN SALE

MINI STOR-IT 97992 Shopping Center Dr., Harbor, OR 541-469-4420

On Thursday, Mar 16, 2023, the contents of units owned by Katy Daniels, Patrick Kelley, Tony Pacino, and Vanessa Duran will be sold to foreclose liens for non-payment of rent and any expenses of this sale pursuant to ORS 87.685. Call for viewing appointment 3/63/15 before 6:00 PM. Sealed bids may be submitted until 5:00 PM on 3/15/23. Mini Stor-it reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Published: March 3 and 10, 2023

Curry Coastal Pilot P359486

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

On March 28, 2023, at the hour of 11:00 o’ clock a.m. at the Curry County Courthouse, front steps, 29821 Ellensburg, Gold Beach, Oregon, the defendant’s interest will be sold, subject to redemption, in the real property commonly known as: Parcel One (1), HARBOR CONSTRUCTION

PARTITION III, PLAT NO.

2003-24, December 9, 2003, Instr. #2003-9168, County of Curry, State of Oregon Brookings, Oregon 97415. The court case number is 15CV28299, where MARILYN BUTLER, Trustee of The G.M. Butler Family Trust, and MARILYN BUTLER, Trustee of The Marilyn C. Butler Revocable Living Trust is plaintiff, and FISHBOW, LLC, an administratively dissolved Oregon limited liability company; HARBOR CONSTRUCTION, LTD., an administratively dissolved Oregon corporation; and WILLIAM BUCHANAN is defendant. The sale is a public auction to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check, in hand, made out to Curry County Sheriff’s Office. For more information on this sale go to: www.oregonsheriffs.com/ sales.htm Published:

Sale on the following listed Units. Household & Misc. Items Unit No. C-2 Matthew Haycook 802 E. Pine St. Central Point, OR 97502

Household & Misc. Items Unit No. D-11 Jonathan Heitchler 1620 Logan Ln, Turlock, CA 95380

Household & Misc. Items Unit No. LV-1 Devin Miller 6823 Corentia St. Carlsbad, CA 92009

LIEN SALE WILL BE HELD:

Date: March 4, 2023

Time: 9:00 am

Location: Humboldt Moving & Storage 1528 Northcrest Dr. Crescent City, CA 95531

Published: February 24 and March 3, 2023 Del Norte Triplicate T358684 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF DEL NORTE 450 H Street Crescent City, CA 95531

Petition of: Calvester Houston Stewart CASE NO. CVPT-2023-1030

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

To all interested persons:

Petitioner: Calvester Houston Stewart filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present name: Calvester Houston Stewart to Proposed name: Ta Seti THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING

Date: April 7, 2023

Time: 10:00 am Dept.: 1 The address of the court is same as noted above.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Del Norte Triplicate

Date: February 2, 2023

/s/ Darren McElfresh Judge of the Superior Court

Published: February 24, March 3, 10, and 17, 2023 Del Norte Triplicate T359318

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Coastline Industries LLC 2601 Lake Earl Dr Crescent City, CA 95531

Mailing address: PO Box 234 Fort Dick, CA 95538

This Business is conducted by: a limited liability company The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: 1/31/2023

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to this section that the registrant

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF DEL NORTE 450 H Street Crescent City, CA 95531

Petition of: Patrick Michael O’Niel CASE NO. CVPT-2023-1029

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

To all interested persons:

Petitioner: Patrick Michael O’Niel filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present name: Patrick Michael O’Niel to Proposed name: Michael Raybisch THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING

Date: March 17, 2023

Time: 10:00 am Dept.: 1

The address of the court is same as noted above. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Del Norte Triplicate

Date: February 2, 2023

/s/ Darren McElfresh, Judge of the Superior Court

Published: February 17, 24, March 3, and 10, 2023 Del Norte Triplicate T358523

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CURRY REDMELLON, LLC, Plaintiffs, vs. JOHN DOE AND ALL OTHER UN-KNOWN OWNERS, Defend-ants. Case No. 23CV05907 SUMMONS BY PUBLICA-TION TO: John Doe; and all other unknown owners of the property known as: That por-tion of the SW1/4 of SE1/4 of Section 17, Township 39 South, Range 12 West, Willamette Meridian, Curry County, Oregon, lying West-erly of Wilderness Retreat Subdivision and South of the Westerly extension of the lot line between Lots 21 and 22, Wilderness Retreat Subdivi-sion. EXCEPT the South 394 feet of said SW1/4 of SE1/4. IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON: You are hereby required to ap-pear and defend the Com-plaint filed against you in the above-entitled action within thirty (30) days from the date of first publication of this Summons, and in case of your failure to do so, for want thereof, Plaintiffs will apply to the Court for relief demand-ed in the Complaint. NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTS: READ THESE PAPERS CAREFULLY! You must “ap-pear” in this case or the other side will win automatically. To “appear” you must file with the court a legal paper called a “motion” or “answer”. The “motion” or “answer” must be given to the court clerk or administrator within 30 days along with the re-quired filing fee. It must be in proper form and have proof of service on the Plaintiffs’ attorney or, if the Plaintiffs do not have an attorney, proof of service upon the Plaintiffs. If you have questions, you should see an attorney im-mediately. If you need help in finding an attorney, you may contact the Oregon State Bar’s Lawyer Referral Service online at www.oregonstatebar.org or by calling 503-684-3763 (in the Portland metropolitan area) or toll-free elsewhere in Oregon at 800-452-7636. SUMMARY STATEMENT OF COMPLAINT AND DEMAND FOR RELIEF The action against you seeks declarato-ry judgment. Plaintiffs seek to quiet title via adverse pos-session on the above-noted property. DATED

of February, 2023.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF DEL NORTE

450 H Street

Crescent City, CA 95531

Petition of: Kristine Jennings CASE NO. CVPT-2023-1034

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

To all interested persons:

Petitioner: Kristine Jennings filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: Kristine Jennings to Proposed name: Kristine Elizabeth Curtis THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING

Date: March 24, 2023

Time: 10:00 am Dept.: 1

The address of the court is same as noted above.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Del Norte Triplicate

Date: February 7, 2023

/s/ Darren McElfresh Judge of the Superior Court

Published: February 17, 24, March 3, and 10, 2023

Del Norte Triplicate T358577

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sun Seekers 2.0 425 L Street, Suite G Crescent City, CA 95531

This Business is conducted by: a limited liability company

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: 1/18/2023

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to this section that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).

Signed:/s/ Andre Carpenter, Owner, ALC Enterprises, LLC

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Del Norte County on: 2/1/2023 Alissia D. Northrup County Clerk-Recorder B. McCune-Sokoloski, Deputy File No. 20230016

Published: February 10, 17, 24, and March 3, 2023 Del Norte Triplicate T358248

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as:

Zane Gray Welding and Fabrication, LLC 120 Jake’s Way Crescent City, CA 95531

This Business is conducted by: a limited liability company

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: 2/6/2023

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to this section that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).

Signed:/s/ Jeff Stouffer, Manager

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Del Norte County on: 2/6/2023

Alissia D. Northrup County Clerk-Recorder

Damon Fletcher, Deputy File No. 20230019

Published: February 10,

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Invites Qualified Firms to Submit Statements of Qualifications for CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION UPGRADES AT PELICAN BAY STATE PRISON RFQ NO. PMB202301

Eprocurement Event ID#

0000026039 The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) intends to contract with a firm or firms for Construction Management Services for the Fire Suppression Upgrade project at Pelican Bay State Prison located in Crescent City, California. The Project(s) include fire alarm upgrades and the installation of an automatic fire suppression system (fire sprinklers) in the eight General Population Housing Units in Facility A and B. CDCR anticipates selecting a firm to provide the required services for this Project with funding authorized in Fiscal Year 2023/2024 and concluding in Fiscal Year 2026/2027 assuming no budget delays are encountered to obtain future funding. Services are required for the following phases: working drawings; bidding; construction; and commissioning. The project delivery method will be “designbid-build” using standard State procedures. A notice to proceed for Construction Management Services for this Project is subject to budgetary, legislative and control agency approval of the proposed projects. CDCR strongly encourages Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises and Small Business participation. A Pre-proposal Conference WILL NOT be conducted

To be considered for selection, firms must submit Statements of Qualifications to: California

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Facility Planning, Construction and Management Division Project Management Branch 9838 Old Placerville Road, Suite B Sacramento, CA 95827 Attention: Adriana Perez Submittal Deadline: 3:00 p.m. on March 16, 2023 All questions regarding this RFQ shall be emailed directly to Adriana. perez@cdcr.ca.gov no later than 3:00 p.m. on February 24, 2023. Interested firms may obtain a Request for Qualifications package by downloading it from the internet at http://www.caleprocure.ca.gov/. CNS-3671440#

Published: February 24, March 3, and 10, 2023 Del Norte Triplicate T358956

CORP. DBA CASHCALL MORTGAGE, BENEFICIARY OF THE SECURITY INSTRUMENT, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, as Beneficiary, dated 12/28/2017, recorded 1/12/2018, as Instrument No. 2018-00197, in the Official Records of Curry County, Oregon, which covers the following described real property situated in Curry County, Oregon: Lot Nine (9), THE BREAKERS at GOLD BEACH, Plat No. 2007-42, recorded December 19, 2007 Inst. #2007-6714 and Affidavit of Correction recorded January 9, 2008 Inst. #2008-97, City of Gold Beach, County of Curry, State of Oregon. APN: R36971 / 37-15-01DC-70900-00 Commonly known as: 29153 KERBER DRIVE GOLD BEACH, OR 97444 The current beneficiary is: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS DELAWARE TRUSTEE OF SMRF TRUST V Both the beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell the above-described real property to satisfy the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and notice has been recorded pursuant to ORS 86.752(3). The default for which the foreclosure is made is the grantor’s failure to pay when due, the following sums:

By reason of the default, the beneficiary has declared all obligations secured by the Deed of Trust immediately due and payable, including: the principal sum of $284,327.54 together with interest thereon at the rate of 7.125 % per annum, from 7/1/2020 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, and all trustee’s fees, foreclosure costs, and any sums advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Deed of Trust Whereof, notice hereby is given that the undersigned trustee, CLEAR RECON CORP, whose address is 111 SW Columbia Street #950, Portland, OR 97201, will on 6/20/2023, at the hour of 11:00 AM, standard time, as established by ORS 187.110, AT THE ELLENSBURG AVENUE ENTRANCE TO THE CURRY COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 29821 ELLENSBURG, GOLD BEACH, OR 97444, sell at public auction to the highest bidder in the form of cash equivalent (certified funds or cashier’s check) the interest in the above-described real property which the grantor had or had power to convey at the time it executed the Deed of Trust, together with any interest which the grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of the Deed of Trust, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the trustee. Notice is further given that any person named in ORS 86.778 has the right to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Deed of Trust reinstated by payment to the beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than the portion of principal that would not then be due had no default occurred), together with the costs, trustee’s and attorneys’ fees, and curing any other default complained of in the Notice of Default by tendering the performance required under the Deed of Trust at any time not later than five days before the date last set for sale. Without limiting the trustee’s disclaimer of representations or warranties, Oregon law requires the trustee to state in this notice that some residential property sold at a trustee’s sale may have been used in manufacturing methamphetamines, the chemical components of which are known to be toxic. Prospective purchasers of residential property should be aware of this potential danger before deciding to place a bid for this property at the trustee’s sale. In construing this notice, the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter, the singular includes plural, the word “grantor” includes any successor in interest to the grantor as well as any other persons owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by the Deed of Trust, the words “trustee” and “beneficiary” include their respective successors in interest, if any.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF CURRY

In the Matter of the Estate of:

LARRY RAY JOHNSON, Deceased.

Case No. 23PB01285 NOTICE TO INTERESTED

PERSONS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above entitled estate. All persons having claims against said estate are required to present them to the undersigned Personal Representative through my resident agent, JAMES W. GARDNER, Attorney at Law, 29692 Ellensburg Ave, Ste 11, P.O. Box 1286, Gold Beach, Oregon 97444, Phone (541) 2476615, within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice, or the claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceeding may obtain additional information from the records of the Court, Personal Representative, or the Attorney for the Personal Representative, JAMES W. GARDNER whose address and phone number appear above.

present them to the undersigned Personal Representative through my resident agent, JAMES W. GARDNER, Attorney at Law, 29692 Ellensburg Ave, Ste 11, P.O. Box 1286, Gold Beach, Oregon 97444, Phone (541) 2476615, within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice, or the claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceeding may obtain additional information from the records of the Court, Personal Representative, or the Attorney for the Personal Representative, JAMES W. GARDNER whose address and phone number appear above.

Dated this 27th day of February, 2023. /s/ PATRICIA JOHNSON

Dated this 27th day of February, 2023.

Personal Representative

/s/ PATRICIA JOHNSON

Personal Representative

27945 Thimbleberry Road Gold Beach, OR 97444

27945 Thimbleberry Road Gold Beach, OR 97444

Published: March 3, 10, and 17, 2023

Curry Coastal Pilot P349609

Published: March 3, 10, and 17, 2023

Curry Coastal Pilot P349609

ELK VALLEY RANCHERIA REQUEST FOR BIDS

NOTICE OF ANIMAL FORFEITURE PETITION

UNDER ORS 167.347

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT

ELK VALLEY RANCHERIA REQUEST FOR BIDS

The Elk Valley Rancheria, California, a federally recognized Indian Tribe, (the “Tribe”), is accepting proposals from qualified contractors that can construct an 8’wide by approximately 1,250 feet long asphalt pathway adjacent to an existing roadway (Elk Ranch Road). Copies of the detailed bid package can be obtained by contacting the Elk Valley Rancheria, California at (707) 464-4680 or in person at 2332

The Elk Valley Rancheria, California, a federally recognized Indian Tribe, (the “Tribe”), is accepting proposals from qualified contractors that can construct an 8’wide by approximately 1,250 feet long asphalt pathway adjacent to an existing roadway (Elk Ranch Road). Copies of the detailed bid package can be obtained by contacting the Elk Valley Rancheria, California at (707) 464-4680 or in person at 2332 Howland Hill Road, Crescent City, CA 95531. For more information, please contact Rick Warner at (707) 4652680 or via email at rwarner@ elk-valley.com. All responses to the Elk Valley Rancheria’s RFB must be submitted by Wednesday, March 15, 2023, before 2:00 P.M. Federal prevailing wage rates apply.

Howland Hill Road, Crescent City, CA 95531. For more information, please contact Rick Warner at (707) 4652680 or via email at rwarner@ elk-valley.com. All responses to the Elk Valley Rancheria’s RFB must be submitted by Wednesday, March 15, 2023, before 2:00 P.M. Federal prevailing wage rates apply.

Published: March 3, 2023 Del Norte Triplicate T359597

Published: March 3, 2023 Del Norte Triplicate T359597

NOTICE OF ANIMAL FORFEITURE PETITION UNDER ORS 167.347

Animals subject to forfeiture: one white/grey filly horse approximately 2 years of age reputed to be owned by Trina McDonald and one brown/sorrel gelding horse approximately 13 years of age owned by Trina McDonald. Both animals were impounded from Forest Service Road 1108 near Ludlum House Campground off of Winchuck River Road.

Animals subject to forfeiture: one white/grey filly horse approximately 2 years of age reputed to be owned by Trina McDonald and one brown/sorrel gelding horse approximately 13 years of age owned by Trina McDonald. Both animals were impounded from Forest Service Road 1108 near Ludlum House Campground off of Winchuck River Road. The animal forfeiture hearing will take place on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at 9:30AM at the Curry County Circuit Court in Gold Beach, Oregon. If there are any questions, please call the Curry County District Attorney’s Office at 541-247-3298.

The animal forfeiture hearing will take place on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at 9:30AM at the Curry County Circuit Court in Gold Beach, Oregon. If there are any questions, please call the Curry County District Attorney’s Office at 541-247-3298.

Published: March 3 and 10, 2023 Curry Coastal Pilot P359608

Published: March 3 and 10, 2023 Curry Coastal Pilot P359608

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as:

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Coastline Properties LLC 2601

Puzzle Answers

Brookings Police Blotter

The police blotter is an excerpt of a public record of incidents as reported by law-enforcement agencies. All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are innocent until proven guilty. The information printed is preliminary and subject to change. For a list of missing items found in the Brookings area, you can visit the police services page of the city of Brookings website at www.brookings. or.us/134/police-services and follow the link near the bottom of the page.

Monday 2/20

• 7:36 600 block of Chetco

Ave, Alarm

• 7:56 900 block of Chetco

Ave, Suspicious conditions

• 9:28 99700 block of South Bank Chetco River

Rd, Fire

• 14:08 500 block of Fir

St, Harassment

• 14:23 900 block of Chet-

co Ave, Dispute/fight

• 15:12 900 block of Ran-

som Ave, Juvenile problem

• 15:14 500 block of Chet-

co Ave, Disorderly conduct

• 16:27 Mill Beach, Suspi-

cious conditions

• 17:46 1200 block of Easy

St, Criminal trespass

• 17:56 500 block of Hem-

lock St, Assist motorist

• 19:34 900 block of Chet-

co Ave, Criminal trespass

• 20:55 1600 block of Hwy

101 N, Suspicious conditions

• 22:23 600 block of Pacif-

ic Ave, Intoxicated subject

• 22:35 500 block of Hem-

lock St, Intoxicated subject

Tuesday 2/21

• 1:10 300 block of Spruce

Dr, Suspicious conditions

up, I don’t ever recall referring to a teacher or a friend’s parents by their first names. But that is where society has gone, it’s the new standard.

Everyone is now considered equal and deserves an equal voice. But, should the playing field of life be level? Probably not. Respect is something that needs to be earned, either through aging with valuable real-world experience or because of life achievement. Seniority divisions in society are not only necessary, they are healthy. The same is true in medicine, we no longer have doctors, nurse practitioners, physician’s assistants or nurses……..they have all been grouped as “providers”. There isn’t a word that bothers me more than this designation. After years of extensive training it seems your health care professional gets the same designation used by only one other profession on the planet, one that has nothing to do with healthcare. How did this happen? The medical cruise ship is well off course and badly needs its captain back, unfortunately the mutiny is still raging.

Another area which has changed medicine is the legal profession bringing litigation risk. In medicine, as in all parts of life, errors can be made. In the perfect world the legal system would be able to separate out mishaps

• 1:13 700 block of Pioneer Rd, Suspicious conditions

• 6:00 Hwy 101 and Alder, Disorderly conduct

• 6:44 700 block of Chetco Ave, Criminal trespass

• 6:55 Pacific and Hwy 101, Suspicious conditions

• 9:37 500 block of Ransom Ave, Forgery/fraud/bad check

• 10:52 1200 block of Rowland Ln, Theft

• 12:07 600 block of Chetco Ave, Assist public

• 12:32 500 block of Cushing Ct, Alarm

• 14:31 500 block of Hemlock St, Telephone harassment

• 15:04 200 block of Cypress St, Criminal mischief

• 16:33 16000 block of Smith Ln, Civil problem

• 18:10 600 block of Railroad Ave, Alarm

Wednesday 2/22

• 3:46 800 block of Chetco Ave, Alarm

• 7:00 16000 block of Boat basin Rd, Criminal trespass

• 7:47 200 block of King

which may reasonably occur while delivering appropriate care from those which are unacceptable and therefore compensable. My father used to say, a good legal system is society’s watchdog, allowing for checks and balances in all aspects of life. Problems occur when the system is abused for profit, and with the potential for substantial malpractice settlements, abuse was inevitable. A few decades back, when malpractice mania was in full swing, doctor’s insurance rates skyrocketed because of the huge surge in frivolous lawsuits. That era came with a large financial and emotional toll for your doctors and hospitals. Doctors worked in constant fear of being sued. Subsequently came a time of malpractice reform which restricted malpractice suits and changed how your doctor conducted his practice. To guard against frivolous lawsuits protective medical documentation quickly became excessive. Currently, your doctor probably spends as much time generating an office note as he does seeing you. Additionally, physicians are now more likely to order unneeded tests to protect themselves against a potential suit. Even though malpractice reform eliminated much of the lawsuit risk this aftermath persists, adding greatly to healthcare costs and taking time away from your doctor he could have spent with you.

Let’s further examine rising medical costs re-

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• 8:13 300 block of S Hazel St, Unlawful entry of a motor vehicle

• 11:58 16000 block of Hwy 101, Civil problem

• 12:59 300 block of 5th St, Criminal trespass

• 13:12 97900 block of Shopping Center Ave, Suspicious conditions

• 13:16 97800 block of Shopping Center Ave, Assist public

• 13:27 800 block of Chetco Ave, Criminal trespass

• 14:15 800 block of Chetco Ave, Assist public

• 14:28 800 block of Chetco Ave, Criminal trespass

• 15:25 300 block of 5th St, Juvenile problem

• 15:47 700 block of Cottage St, Criminal trespass

• 16:19 16300 block of Hwy 101 S, Criminal trespass • 17:11 200 block of Wharf St, Criminal trespass

• 17:52 1100 block of Fifield St, Criminal trespass

• 18:04 200 block of Wharf St, Criminal trespass

• 18:52 600 block of Chet-

viewing commercial health insurance. First and foremost, no medical insurance plan should ever be “for profit”. All dollars collected from the patient in premiums should be applied to the care of those insured under the plan. Certainly, as with any business, plan administrators and employees should make an appropriate salary, but profit for the company from premiums shouldn’t even be a thing. If there is a profit it infers that either dollars taken in premiums were excessive or needed care was denied (something commercial insurance plans are good at). At year end there shouldn’t be exorbitant bonuses for company executives or large residual profits intended to boost the company’s stock price. Any patient who was denied a surgery or a required drug is now subsidizing executive bonuses. In all fairness, some specialized treatments have become almost humorously expensive. Your insurance company is needed to help police those prices and negotiate better rates. Also, some plans are better and more fairly administered than others. Still, in the ideal plan, after reasonable expenses are paid, the insurer shouldn’t have a large bank balance at the end of the year. Any excesses should be rebated to the patients, used to lower future premiums or allow for additional future care. Regardless of the warm, wonderful ads these companies broadcast on your TV, your care is not their primary concern. Running a successful business needs to be, thus your concerns, even as their client, will always have to be secondary.

co Ave, Fire alarm

• 21:22 1200 block of Chetco Ave, Suspicious conditions

• 22:00 400 block of Alder St, Disorderly conduct

Thursday 2/23

• 2:48 800 block of Chetco Ave, Alarm

• 3:44 800 block of Pioneer Rd, Civil problem

• 5:31 97000 block of Rustic Rd, Fire

• 8:27 Hwy 101 and Hoffeldt, Traffic crash without injury

• 10:28 800 block of Pioneer Ln, Civil problem

• 11:36 800 block of Elk Dr, Assist public

• 12:28 14600 block of Wollam Rd, Harassment

• 13:02 200 block of Cypress St, Civil problem

• 13:16 800 block of Julie Dr, Harassment

• 17:30 800 block of Old County Rd, Criminal mischief

• 17:51 800 block of Elk Dr, Civil problem

• 19:38 95900 block of Cape Ferrelo Rd, Suspicious

Another layer of increased medical costs is the growing market for managed Medicare or the Medicare Advantage plans. Now about 50% of all Medicare recipients are members of these plans. Medicare is fine as it is. It does not need to be managed. It is already managed by the federal government, which in and of itself is bad enough. Adding a middle group to manage your Medicare just means that you will find it harder to get what Medicare freely allows, needing to pass a second line of scrutiny before your care gets approved. There will be required pre-authorizations and potential for denial. Managed Medicare adds an insurance company’s scrutiny and restrictions to your Medicare. As with conventional insurance, these plans can only make money by bringing in more revenue than they pay out in care. Medicare Advantage plans are expected to cost the Medicare program 600 Billion dollars over the next eight years. This is over and above what Medicare already cost, likely while providing less care. The only place these plans may help is in negotiating better medication costs and perhaps reducing secondary payments (the percentage of costs not covered by Medicare). Still, you are probably far better off with an independent secondary plan, one that plays by Medicare’s rules rather than enforcing their own to generate profits.

A major contributor of excessive costs would be advanced technology. Much new technology is good, still there’s is always a tendency towards overuse. Other advances are just expensive

conditions

• 19:52 200 block of Wharf St, Criminal trespass

• 21:00 1100 block of Chetco Ave, Dispute/fight

• 21:03 400 block of Alder St, Unlawful entry of a motor vehicle

• 22:09 800 block of Chetco Ave, Criminal trespass

• 23:42 Tuttle and Gavin, Traffic crash without injury

Friday 2/24

• 7:35 17000 Ferry Creek Heights, Prowler

• 7:51 16800 block of Salmonberry, Assist public

• 9:30 800 block of Brookhaven, Dispute/fight

• 9:54 800 block of Chetco Ave, Civil problem

• 11:25 400 block of Alder St, Criminal trespass

• 12:46 600 block of Pioneer Rd, Theft

• 12:51 1000 block of Chetco, Criminal trespass

• 12:58 900 block of Chetco Ave, Criminal trespass

• 13:36 300 block of 5th St, Suspicious conditions

• 17:24 800 block of Pioneer Rd, Assist public

changes and do not offer an improvement over what was already available more economically. Developing better treatments is desirable. Unreasonable costs and potential overuse of newer technology is not. There are so many examples of this within medicine, I’ll pick on two. Lately it seems everyone with skin cancer needs to have it removed with MOHS surgery. Micrographically Oriented Histologic Sectioning, or MOHS, is a complex, time consuming and costly process developed for consistent removal of certain types of skin cancers. MOHS was introduced decades ago, developed to treat particularly complex tumors where conventional techniques would likely fail. These included tumors which were harder to define because of a complex location, showing more aggressive growth characteristics, or had already recurred once following a prior excision. In practice, these complex cases represent perhaps only 5-10% of all skin cancers. These days though MOHS is being used for everything. Conventional surgical techniques for skin cancer removal are simpler, less time consuming, far cheaper and less stressful for the patient. They should also be successful 90% of the time. An experienced surgeon should know when to refer for MOHS. In the proper setting, MOHS is a game changing option, allowing for control of tumors previously difficult to treat successfully.

The problem here is we’ve all been convinced MOHS is now the “standard of care” (the catch phrase to justify everything new and expensive) for any skin cancer, so it’s unnecessarily being used to treat even the simplest of tumors further escalating healthcare costs.

Another highly promoted technology is the field of robotic surgery. The da Vinci company spearheaded this brilliant technology a number of years ago.

In many areas this device has been a game changer, allowing da Vinci and its

• 18:23 500 block of 5th St, Disorderly conduct

• 18:49 1000 block of Marina Heights Rd, Assist public

• 19:29 100 block of Park Ave, Assist public

• 20:12 400 block of E 12th St, Criminal trespass

Saturday 2/25

• 3:34 800 block of Elk Dr, Intoxicated subject

• 4:38 900 block of Chetco Ave, Intoxicated subject

• 8:09 15700 block of Hwy 101, Unlawful entry of a motor vehicle

• 8:50 17200 block of Garvin, Alarm

• 9:46 400 block of Railroad, Dispute/fight

• 10:52 800 block of Highland, Criminal mischief

• 12:38 1000 block of Chetco Ave, Criminal trespass • 15:18 15300 block of Hwy 101, Traffic crash without injury

• 16:46 800 block of Chetco Ave, Criminal trespass

• 17:39 300 block of 5th St, Juvenile problem

shareholders to be duly rewarded. It has important applications allowing certain complex surgeries to be done more safely, with less complications and reducing hospital stays. The robot also allowed the pioneering of new treatment options which weren’t previously possible with conventional techniques due to limited surgical access. Off-site surgery is also theoretically possible with this device. The problem here is, as was the case with MOHS, soon the robot becomes overly applied. Surgeries which could have been done as effectively and safely with conventional endoscopic or open techniques now are done robotically. When it comes to bringing patients to an institution, the robot has huge marketing appeal. Therefore, to stay competitive even smaller hospitals will have to purchase the device, spend money promoting it and then use it to cover its expenses. Each surgery requires not just the multimillion-dollar robot, a six-figure annual service contract and a specialized team, but also many costly disposable surgical instruments adding an additional layer of costs to already escalating healthcare expenditures. Whether or not a hospital actually makes money on robotic surgery seems to be a mixed bag depending on the hospital’s surgical volume and how many other hospitals in the area offer robotic surgery. Market dilution has taken away the marketing advantage. And as with any technology, the robot you have will become obsolete requiring replacement or updating. It’s the classic technology trap where the only real winner is the company.

New technology in medicine is desirable but will always create evolving costs.

The more an expensive technology is used the more the market seems to demand it. Hospitals, to compete, get caught up in this medical arms race, thus their costs continue to spiral as well. Is your doctor or hospital to blame? Absolutely not.

They must use what’s new and current to remain competitive and valid. They have no choice but to adopt the latest technologies or get left behind. Tech companies are good at creating a snowballing effect. Highly priced goods support large advertising budgets which finance comprehensive ad campaigns leading to a surge in public demand leading to overutilization.

The companies achieve this by convincing the public their technology should now be considered the “standard of care”, thus demanding it even in situations where it may not be.

It’s unlikely any of this will change, so don’t expect to see your medical bills dropping any time soon.

Deadline for district elections coming soon

Curry County Clerk Shelley Denney would like to inform voters that anyone wishing to file as a district director for the May 16 election must do so no later than March 16.

There are approximately 92 open director positions available in 35 different special district boards such as school, fire, library and more.

Those interested may file by petition and collect signatures or file by declaration with the $10 filing fee. The filing form and a list of the district boards and positions available can be found on the County Clerk website https://www. co.curry.or.us/government/county_clerk/ .

For more information on May 16 Special District elections, call 541-247-3297.

Four rescued rescue from snow near Hazel Camp

Sunday, February 26, at about 6 a.m., Curry County Sheriff’s Dispatch received a 911 call from Brookings resident Kenneth Francis, reporting that he received a call from his buddies, saying they were stuck in the snow up off the Hazel Camp Road about 20 miles east of Gardiner Ridge and east of Brookings.

This place is commonly known locally as the Gold Fish Pond. Francis stated that there were four individuals with two vehicles involved and that they had spent the night in their vehicles due to having slid off the road and stuck in the snow. Francis said he was told the four of them had enough gas to run the car heaters to stay warm during the night but not enough gas to make it out due to the heavy snow fall.

Curry County Sheriff’s Dispatch contacted the SAR Coordinator, Sergeant Jared Gray, who was with the SAR team doing overnight survival training. Three SAR members, Steve DiCicco, Will Tucker and

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Curry County Search and Rescue members used the county’s SnoCat to rescue four Brookings men who became stranded in heavy snow near Gold Fish Pond.

Andy Stubbs, who were all at the training, loaded up the SnoCat and headed for the

stranded subjects. At about 11:15 a.m., the SAR team located the four stranded subjects and their vehicles. Brooking’s residents Rocky Richards, Zachery Williams, Jacob Butler and Vince Gouman and their dog were given a ride back out of the area in the SnoCat.

The Curry County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch and SAR members want to remind everyone of the dangers due to foul weather and if you’re going to go out and recreate, make sure you are prepared for the worst and not take unnecessary chances.

Offshore longleader gear fishery bag limit increases to 15 fish per day beginning March 1

The recreational offshore longleader gear fishery daily bag limit will increase to 15 fish per day beginning on Wednesday, March 1. The current bag limit is 10 fish per day.

ODFW staff worked with the Pacific Fishery Management Council and National Marine Fisheries Service to allow this additional opportunity for anglers on healthy stocks.

The increased bag limit may also help take some pressure off nearshore rockfish species.

The longleader gear fishery targets healthy midwater rockfish stocks such as yellowtail and widow rockfish.

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