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Making Bank

Spring Break illustrates renewed tourism in Brookings

JEREMY C. RUARK Country Media, Inc.

Business is perking up in Brookings. Following the COVID pandemic, visitors are returning to the city and local shops, restaurants, and lodging establishments are reporting renewed activity, according to Brookings Chamber of Commerce President Michele Bubert.

Spring Break

Spring Break in Oregon in late March underscored the increase in local business.

“All the restaurants have been full along Chetco Avenue,” she said. “There are many tourists coming to Brookings from Idaho, California and Nevada. They want to see the whole Oregon Coast. Many of them have RV’s and are driving up and down the coast.”

Local businesses offering a glimpse of the coast are also profiting, according to Bubert.

“The ones that are selling sweatshirts with Brookings and the Oregon Coast printed on them, that’s what a lot of the travelers are purchasing,” she said.

Dollars and cents

While Bubert could not offer a specific dollar and cents figure on how much the tourism industry brings into the city annually, she did tell The Pilot it is a significant amount.

“I would see it as big,” she said. “Especially this year because people want to get out. They’ve been couped up. During the winter, it was very slow at local shops, but Spring Break has been significant, and it is a really good outlook, and I think we will have a lot more

TradiTion reTurns

Brookings Azalea Festival celebrates community

KATHLEEN STINSON Country Media, Inc.

The Azalea Festival held every year in Brookings celebrates what is best about living in a small town. This year’s festival is set for Memorial Day weekend, May 26-28. The first festival dates back to 1939, when Azalea Park was dedicated by Samuel H. Boardman, Oregon’s park superintendent at the time, and the newly formed chamber of commerce decided to have a festival as part of the park dedication celebration, said Patty McVay, Chetco Valley Historical Society Board Member, based on her knowledge of

Local fire agencies

Brookings Fire & Rescue, Gold Beach Rural Fire Protection District, and Coos Bay Fire are inline to receive a new type 3 or type 6 engine, or a water tender to boost firefighting capacity.

The Oregon State Fire Marshal announced awards for its $25 million Engine Program. Across Oregon, 76 local fire service agencies have been selected to receive the new equipment.

Local fire agencies are eligible to apply. A selection committee comprised of members from the Oregon Fire Chiefs Association, Oregon Volunteer Firefighters Association, and Oregon State Fire Fighters Council reviewed applications. Applicants were selected

to

based on local initial attack, regional mutual aid, and conflagration needs.

• Necessary infrastructure to maintain and protect the apparatus long term.

• Recent apparatus awards from the legislature and other legislative funding sources such as wildland-urban interface and omnibus legislation.

• The capacity to staff newly awarded apparatus.

“This investment in the Oregon fire service is critical as the state modernizes equipment and increases firefighting capacity to respond to incidents in our communities,” Oregon State Fire Marshal Mariana Ruiz-Temple said. “Over the last three decades, more communities have been impacted by wildfire.

information at the historical society.

The society’s files include old newspaper articles from The Pilot, interviews with Pioneer Citizens and a book entitled, “Then Till Now in Brookings-Harbor,” compiled by the Brookings Rotary Club in 1979, Mc Vay said. This will be the 84th year the festival has been held, she said.

Festival events

According to the City of Brookings website, the Azalea Festival will include:

• A Friday night Dance Party in Azalea Park, Saturday morning Azalea Festival Parade in downtown Brookings

• Downtown Street Fair

• Azalea Park Concerts with a Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band this year and local bands

• Elks BBQ

• Curry County Cruisers Car Show

• The Azalea Festival Art Show

• Quilt Show

• Flower/Plant Sale

• Library Book Sale

• Saturday Farmers Market at the Port of Brookings-Harbor

• Sunday morning Church Community service

• Sunday park performances including Magician Scott Anderson, Wild Rivers Dance Conservatory and a wildlife education program

The festival is an Oregon Heritage Tradition award winner, the city’s website states.

“The Oregon Heritage Tradition designation recognizes events more than 50 years old that represent what it means to be an Oregonian,” as stated on the Oregon.gov website. “Designated events are unique locally, regionally, and statewide. In short, these events add to the livability and identity of the state.”

Festival purpose

The designation’s purpose is to encourage tourism activity related heritage resources,

receive new engines, water tenders

to attack fires while they are small and keep them away from communities.

Award recipients will enter into a contract with the OSFM to support OFMAS mobilizations, boosting local, regional, and state response. This investment into the Oregon fire service will add more resources, the report said.

This investment is a major step forward in achieving our mission to protect people, property, and the environment from fire and hazardous materials.”

The OSFM relies on the Oregon Fire Mutual Aid System (OFMAS) when responding to wildfires or other disasters that could impact communities,

according to a release. More than 300 local fire service agencies make up the system across Oregon. These firefighters and equipment are mobilized under the Emergency Conflagration Act, prepositioning, or immediate response assignments. OFMAS is used when a fire or disaster exceeds the

local fire service agency’s capacity.

The OSFM Engine Program is a part of the agency’s Response Ready Oregon initiative, launched in 2021. The initiative is part of a multi-pronged approach to prepare, prevent, and respond to wildfires. The goal of Response Ready Oregon is

In January 2023, contracts were awarded to Rosenbauer to build the water tenders and type 3 engines. Skeeter was awarded the contract to build the type 6 engines. Rosenbauer, based in Leonding, Austria, supplies the firefighting sector in over 100 countries with a wide range of custom fire and rescue apparatus and services, according to Wikipedia. Skeeter is a truck manufacturing company based in Hillsboro, Texas.

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Courtesy photo from Rosenbauer

See FESTIVAL, Page 10

K9 training goes public

JEREMY C. RUARK Country Media, Inc.

The last day of March was a productive one at Azalea Park as Brookings Police K9 units staged a training open to the public. In the exercise, Officer Patrick Smith with K9 Duke and Officer Jason Barrigar with K9 Nova conducted a “suspect search and take down” and a property search which involved the retrieval of a handcuff key lost in the open grass.

Conditions were blustery which challenged the dogs’ ability to catch the scent in the open field; nonetheless, the training was successful, according to Brookings Police.

Both officers make regular visits to local schools involving Curry youth. Officer Barrigan underscored the importance of community support. “ We need the public’s support to continue our important work. The next big fundraiser is July 29 at Salmon Run golf course. We hope you’ll join us for this event. Donations are always welcome.”

We need the public’s support to continue our important work. The next big fundraiser is July 29 at Salmon Run Golf Course. We hope you’ll join us for this event. Donations are always welcome.

Officer Jason Barrigar

Observing and participating in the specialized training included Rebecca Braun acting s a decoy, Judy Shafer, a community supporter, Tom Argyle, the tracking advisor, and John McKinney, former Brookings City Councilor and retired K9 trainer.

Brookings Police conduct regular training for the dogs at Azalea.

In a Pilot published interview earlier, Brookings Police Chief Kelby McCrae said that the Brookings Police Department has had K-9 teams for more than 25 years.

“These teams of dogs and officers are a great asset to our greater community because they enhance our ability to find and apprehend criminal suspects more

safely, find lost people, as well as locate illegal narcotics,” he said.

BPD currently employees two K-9 teams that offer such specialties, which allow officers to be better prepared for all ranges of calls.

“Our K-9 teams are also active as ambassadors for our department,” McCrae said. “They can be seen at community events and frequently visit our schools to build relationships with students and staff, not for enforcement. We are fortunate and thankful for the generosity the Brookings and Harbor communities have shown in supporting this donor-funded program.”

Reporter Roger Gitlin contributed to this report.

Police, school launch student rewards project

KATHLEEN STINSON

Country Media, Inc.

Azalea Middle School students now have a way to show off their good behavior and earn Brookings Police Department “Bucks,” which they can redeem for from the school resource officer.

Azalea Middle School’s communications coordinator Nancy Raskauskas-Coons said the school is tentatively calling it the Brookings Police

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.

Brookings Police March 27

• Suspicious conditions were reported on Highway 101 South

• Someone on Chetco Avenue reported receiving a bad check

• A fire was reported on Bayview Drive

• Threats were reported

Bucks program. Brookings Police Department School

Resource Officer Ray Branion said he got the idea because students frequently ask him for some “junior police officer stickers.” He thought this would be a good way to incentivize students to behave well.

“They ask for [these stickers] all the time,” Officer Branion said. They think the stickers are “cool.”

He said at lunch time,

he sits with a group of students and they chat about their day. He asks them what they have been doing.

“I am trying to build a rapport with them,” he said. “As a school resource officer, I walk through the school, chat with them --I’m there to protect them really.”

BLOTTER

on Whitney Way March 28

• A fight was reported on Highway 101 South

• Illegal camping was reported on Old Country Road

• Thefts were reported at different times on Fifth Street March 29

• Disorderly conduct was reported on Lower Harbor Road

• Several incidents of criminal trespassing were reported around Brookings

March 30

• Suspicious conditions were reported on Chetco Avenue

• A fire was reported on

Napa Lane

• An assault was reported on Fern and Oak streets

• Disorderly conduct was reported on Chetco Avenue

• A collision was reported on Chetco River Road

• Unauthorized use of a vehicle was reported on Fifth Street

March 31

• An alarm was reported on Railroad Street

• Harassment was reported on Wollam Road

• A public assist was requested on Fifth Street

• Shots reportedly were fired on Highway 101 South, Camellia Drive and Wollam Road

April 1

At the high school level, the school resource officer might participate in a weight class and at the elementary school level, attend an art class, he said. Azalea Middle School has had a resource officer for three years. School resource officers are becoming more

• Criminal mischief was reported on Glenwood Drive

• Public assistance was requested on First Street

• A juvenile problem was reported on Old Country Road

• Shots reportedly had been fired on Stitt Lae

• Harassment was reported on Whaleshead Road

April 2

• A fight was reported on Alder Street

• Several incidents of disorderly conduct were reported

• Several incidents of suspicious conditions were reported

popular across the country. “We are hoping to start the program this week,” he said.

Students in the school’s media class competed to design the best Brookings Police Department Buck. Teachers can hand out these “bucks” to students who are behaving well. Recently, the school held a pizza party for the class of the winner of the design contest.

Another prize is a colorchanging pencil, which is

Gold Beach Police

March 27

• Criminal mischief was reported on Ellensburg Avenue

• A transient woman was reported on Ellensburg Avenue

• Criminal trespassing was reported multiple times on Ellensburg Avenue

• A driving complaint was reported on Shirley Lane

March 28

• A check welfare was requested for a location on Second Street

March 29

• A driving complaint was reported on First Street

• Illegal dumping was

popular with students, he said.

Raskauskas-Coons said the school is composed of 339 sixth, seventh and eighth graders. The idea is to create a program to incentivize good behavior among the students, she said. Staff who see students interacting courteously with one another can give out these police department bucks as a reward. Good attendance can also be rewarded this way.

reported on Ellensburg Avenue

• A dispute was reported at the Visitor Center

March 30

• A theft was reported on Ellensburg Avenue

• A fire was reported on Ocean Road

• Illegal camping was reported at Hunter Creek Cemetery

• A disturbance was reported on Russell Street

April 1

• An assault was reported at Gold Beach Market

April 3

• An alarm was reported on Ellensburg Avenue

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The K9 demonstration at Azale Park.

BRIEFS

Call to artists

The Azalea Festival Art Show and Sale is giving all artists a chance to sell their art and maybe win some money.

Sponsored by the Pelican Bay Arts Association, the community event is open to artists of all ages and skill levels. A total of $1,000 in cash prizes, ribbons and raffle items is up for grabs. Entry forms are due April 22 and may be dropped at Wright’s Custom Framing & Art Supplies: 810 Chetco Ave., Brookings; Manley

Art Center & Gallery: 433 Oak St., Brookings; Brookings City Hall Visitors Center: 898 Elk Dr., Brookings; Gold Beach Bookstore: 29707

Ellensburg Ave., Gold Beach; or Crescent Harbor

Art Gallery: 140 Marine Way, Crescent City. For more information go to www.manleyartcenter. com or www.

wildrivercoastart.com.

Plant sale set for May

The Curry County Master GardenerTM Association annual plant sale from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., May 13 at Gold Beach High School 29516 Ellensburg Avenue in Gold Beach.

A large variety of perennials, native plants, succulents, herbs, and vegetable plants will be available. Each was grown locally by Master Gardener volunteers.

Succulent planters, perfect for Mother’s Day gifts, will also be available. Master Gardener Volunteers will be available to answer your plant and garden questions.

For more information, visit https://extension. oregonstate.edu/mg/curry, or https://www.facebook. com/OSUExtCurryMG/.

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Send event information to : pilotofficemgr@ countrymedia.net

Daily: Chetco Activity Center, 550 Chetco Lane Daily Meal, 11:15 a.m. –12:30 p.m.

• ‘50s – ‘70s European sports car club membership drive.

If interested contact Chuck at the Del Norte Triplicate 707-460-6726.

• Jay Mosby Watercolor Studies Exhibit, Manley Art Center, 433 Oak Street, April 4 - 29

Thursday, April 13

• Chetco Activity Center, Bridge, 11:45 a.m.

• Widows and Widowers Coffee Clique,10:30 –11:30 a.m., Community Center, Airport Way, Gold Beach

Friday, April 14

• Chetco Activity Center, T’ai Chi: 9 – 10:30 a.m.

• The Walking Group, 10 a.m., Azalea Park. Meet by Capella by the Sea. If raining meet at Brookings Harbor Shopping Center by the barbershop. For information 541-412-8664

Monday, April 17

• Line dance lessons, Elks Lodge. Membership not required. $1 donation. Beginner lessons Noon – 1 p.m. Intermediate lessons 1 – 2 p.m.

Tuesday, April 18

• Chetco Activity Center, Bridge, 11:45 a.m.

• Advanced Line Dancing, 6 – 8 p.m., 97895 Shopping Center Ave.

• Brookings-Harbor Garden Club, Botanical

Garden, 10 – 11:30 a.m. (weather permitting)

Wednesday, April 19

• Chetco Activity Center, T’ai Chi, 9 – 10:30 a.m.

• Line dance lessons, Elks Lodge. Membership not required. $1 donation.

Beginner lessons Noon –1 p.m. Intermediate lessons 1 – 2 p.m.

• The Walking Group, 10 a.m., Azalea Park. Meet by Capella by the Sea. If raining meet at Brookings Harbor Shopping Center by the barbershop. For information 541-412-8664

Thursday, April 20 • Chetco Activity Center, Bridge, 11:45 a.m.

• Widows and Widowers Coffee Clique,10:30 –11:30 a.m., Community Center, Airport Way, Gold Beach

Friday, April 21 • Chetco Activity Center, T’ai Chi, 9 – 10:30 a.m.

• The Walking Group, 10 a.m.,Azalea Park. Meet by Capella by the Sea. If raining meet at Brookings Harbor Shopping Center by the barbershop. For information 541-412-8664

Monday, April 24 • Line dance lessons, Elks Lodge. Membership not required. $1 donation.

Beginner lessons Noon –1 p.m. Intermediate lessons 1 – 2 p.m.

• Azalea Quilt Guild monthly meeting, 6 –7:30 p.m., Driftwood Estates Clubhouse, 16063 Driftwood Lane, Brookings

Tuesday, April 25

• Chetco Activity Center, Bridge, 11:45 a.m.

Pastor Pat Henderson (707) 460-1696

“StudyingGod’sWordversebyverse, HearingGod’svoicedaybyday

Mail: PO Box 3026 Brookings, OR 97415

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Bible School All Ages...9am (Sept.-May) Sunday Worship Service...10am Nursery Available Pastor Matt Steendahl 541-469-3411 tlcbrookings.org

Wednesday Bible Study....11 a.m. Wednesday Holy Eucharist with Healing Service.......12 noon The Reverend Bernie Lindley 541-469-3314 sttimothyepiscopal.org

Star of the Sea Catholic Church Justus Alaeto, Pastor 820 Old County Rd., Brookings 541-469-2313

Tuesday Mass.................5:15 p.m.

Wednesday Mass...........5:15 p.m.

Friday Mass....................5:15 p.m.

Saturday Mass................4:30 p.m.

Saturday Spanish Mass....6:30 p.m.

Sunday Mass..................8:30 a.m.

First Friday every month Adoration 4 p.m. & Mass 6 p.m.

First Saturday every month Mass 9 a.m. https://staroftheseastcharles.org/

Baha’i Faith "Great indeed is this Day! The allusions made to it in all the sacred Scriptures as the Day of God attest its greatness." ~Baha'u'llah

For local Baha’i info, please call 541-251-2436 • 541-469-6556 or visit www Bahai.us

Let everyone know when your services, classes,meetings or special events are happening by listing them in this Worship Directory.

It runs every Friday in the Del Norte Triplicate & Curry Coastal Pilot. Call for more information. (707) 460-6727 • (541) 813-1717

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Pilot losing credibility

The City of Brookings is in turmoil. People from opposing political viewpoints are sitting together, side by side with the same message.

The police are protesting and resigning, city employees are fearful for the city. Former city councilors, a former mayor and former candidates for mayor and city council are speaking out in protest against the rehiring of Janell Howard as city manager. The city attorney advised against rehiring Howard.

All of this and more and the headline on the Pilot is “Go play” with a picture of people in a kayak. Really?

That’s the headline on the Pilot? KDRV in Medford got the headline right:

“Brookings community opposes city manager reinstatement after accused theft.” That’s what the Pilot should have run.

And then there’s the political factor. Mayor Hedenskog has been trying to quash this story since day one. “Go play“ is what Hedenskog wants to see in the newspaper dispenser - a tourist rag with zero substance.

The reason people are showing up in protest over the Janell Howard affair is because they care about the city. The Pilot should care enough about “the city” to report the truthful news and not hide it under stories about kayaks.

People are talking about recalls. Hedenskog and Howard should resign and save the city further pain, embarrassment, and expense. Hopefully the Pilot will get that headline right.

Mayor Hedenskog and Janell Howard cannot buy enough subscriptions to keep the Pilot afloat in the coming future. The Pilot

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should not be writing to please the mayor when its bread and butter is coming from the citizens. Pleasing the people is the only way the Pilot will succeed.

If the people do not find real news in the paper, they will drop their subscriptions and the Pilot can join the pile of free fluff rags at the restaurant. Readership is tragically down for the Pilot. If the Pilot dies, Ron Hedenskog and Janell Howard may be pleased, but we, the citizens will be oh, so screwed.

We the people should support the Pilot. The Pilot should support us.

Ann Williams Brookings

Climate Change

There is no crisis of climate just as there is none when the sun rises and sets or when stars fall.

We are witnessing the natural order of things. Over a course of time, the earth releases its selfcorrecting forces and nothing we can do can change that. To fashion a doctrine around the need to change the climate from what it is or will be is a fool’s errand and done solely for political aim. To follow such nonsense is a folly that leads nowhere.

When we disturb nature or interrupt it, it is only a matter of time before it sets it right. The Universe has its own clock and no hanging on to the hands of time to slow it down can alter that. All is as God made and nature formed.

Who are we to think we can change what was set into motion by a greater Hand? Since the beginning of time, Man has framed his migration pattern around the changing climate. When things changed, he moved as did the animals.

That is how it has always been. This is not new or any more threatening than it ever was. Cataclysmic events that shaped and reshaped the earth aren’t new. They’ve happened all through history.

If you told the climate it was in crisis, it would disagree. It would shrug and shake its head and tell us to get on with the business of living while it did what it always has, change.

Avery Freauxbischer Brookings

Harmful content

Recently listened to deception in the recent pod cast with Chetco Library Board Chairman Piper, her effort to deflect and misdirect attention of the Brookings community concerns about books that are highly sexual in content AND the Board of Directors failure to address the books with the public in an amicable manner.

Contrary to Piper’s opinion, the community does not consider “Gender Queer” to be educational, it has harmful content, it is pornographic and is explicitly drawn to include oral sex, man boy touching, breast binding. The library hosts seven online books, a stunning part of the interview never discussed. My fear is the lack of child protection online. Let’s ask Piper what policy is in place at our community library?

A written statement was provided as public record in Jan. 2023 to correct my statement in December.

“For months I have asked restructuring of the reading material of the student reading program. The books given to me by the 14-year-old child were heavily suggestive to the LGBTQ, which I

consider a sex cult. We have other options to make improvements of the summer reading program for teens by removing the LGBTQ grooming material. This should be a priority of the library.” Review the Dec 2022 minutes and my written comment is altered.

Piper’s term expires 2025. She is out stumping votes for fellow incumbent candidates who also failed to keep their responsibilities to the public. Piper’s willingness to throw the previous and beloved library director under the bus to protect the current board’s decision to allow perverted children books in the library inventory, disgusts me to the core.

After researching and auditing 56 books from the library, 11 were found to be published before 2017 while 45 were published after Susana’s, the beloved librarian, resignation in 2017.

Kellie Evans Harbor

You can’t silence voters

Last week, city council member Ed Schreiber posted a response on his Facebook page about the council’s decision to reinstate Janelle Howard to her position of City Manager after she was charged for shoplifting at Fred Meyer last August.

This was not the first time she had done this, and had the exact situation, shoplifting and being fired from her city job in Coos Bay some years ago.

As a voter, taxpayer, and citizen of Brookings, I commented on my opinion in Ed’s post. I was not rude and didn’t even use Janelle’s name in my comment. I basically stated that it appeared the council

Late winter, early spring gardening challenges IN THE GARDEN

CHIP BUBL

Pilot Guest Article

Last frost dates vary from location to location, but at higher elevations, the last frost date may be into May. This doesn’t say we can’t get one later. Nor does it say that temperatures will start warming up enough so that we can plant tomatoes and peppers. But it does indicate that transplanting tender vegetable can begin (with a little cold protection provided as needed) as soon as the soils can be worked.

Seedcorn

maggot

The seedcorn maggot can be a real problem with bean, corn, and squash family seeds.

You will almost never see the fly but may, if you dig into the seed row in time, may see the white maggots. By the time the gardener realizes that something is wrong and looks in the seed furrow, the damage is already done.

The maggot and seed alike may have disappeared. Some recent experiments in the Midwest

demonstrated that soil temperatures played a major role in the degree of damage.

At soil temperatures below 64 degrees, seed destruction increased significantly. It will pay the gardener to wait until the soil is well-warmed to plant these crops or to warm the soil with clear plastic for three to five days before planting and to keep the plastic in place if conditions are overcast until the seeds start to emerge. A soil thermometer can be a useful investment. Why are crows sometimes seen chasing owls during daylight hours? A roosting crow is quite vulnerable to night predation by owls, so crows certainly view them with a jaundiced eye. When an owl is flushed from its roost during daylight hours, the crows see it as a threat and gang up to scare it away.

The owl is no good at aerial combat and so will flee the irritated crows.

This may sound obvious, but don’t buy bedding plants that have wilted and been revived. How do you know if your particular flat

has wilted? You don’t. But if you see others wilted, it is a reasonable assumption that overall care and maintenance is not up to snuff. Wilted plants will never perform as well as ones that have not had their growth checked.

Will cover crops put nitrogen back into the soil?

Without a doubt, the answer is yes. However, much of the nitrogen from cover crops turned under in the spring may not be available to the garden until mid-summer. Thus, the gardener will have to supply enough nitrogen in an available form to get the vegetables and flowers off to a good start. I probably don’t have to remind you that nitrogen deficiencies are the most common nutrient issue that I see in home gardens. Some gardeners and farmers are experimenting with alyssum as a summer cover crop for certain transplanted vegetables, especially cabbage family plants like broccoli. The alyssum isn’t extremely competitive, and it is very

was in a bind to rehire her because she knew there wasn’t a morals clause in her contract and the city council didn’t want to face litigation over this if she were fired, and then have to pay her as Coos Bay did.

Ed decided to delete not only my comment, but others who weren’t supportive of his statement, which he wrote that he was speaking on behalf of all members who voted to reinstate Ms. Howard.

Well, I’m not going to just go away because Ed can control the narrative on his social media page. I will not only vote against anyone running for reelection that reinstated a repeat offender, but I will also sign a recall petition for them if it circulates.

Ed, you can delete comments, but you can’t silence voters. Shame on you. As I see it, Janelle knows how to play this game because she did this previously. I’d have more respect if someone just came out and stated that instead of pretending that rehiring her is ok because of an apology. I’m embarrassed I voted for some of the sitting council members. Never again.

Sarah Zima Brookings

We are not God

The shooter at the Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, who killed three children and three adults, was identified as a transgender male.

However, she was a 28-year-old woman, named Audrey Hale, who wore men’s clothes. Admiral Rachel Leland Levine is the United States assistant secretary for health. He describes himself as a transgender woman.

However, his real name is Richard Levin, a man, who wears women’s clothes, was previously married, and the father of two children.

Our DNA programs what we are. We are not God. We cannot change how we are created! Nonbinary and transgender people identify with a gender different than their God given sex. Some people are medically treated for gender dysphoria with surgery or hormones. However, this does not change one’s sex. Males have two different sex chromosomes, XY. Females have two X chromosomes. Gender theory rejects any relationship between biology and gender. It defines being male or female as a social construct and rejects science.

The gender revolution is a Marxist cultural attack against science, religion, and the family. The progressives are in an all-out war against all sciences, disciplines, and institutions that uphold the God given gender distinctions between male and female. Forcing others to accept their beliefs.

In states like Oregon, 15-year-olds do not need parents’ consent to sexchange surgery. Twenty states have banned talk about therapy for gender dysphoria. Counselors are forbidden from questioning a child as to whether he or she is trapped in the wrong body.

Children who are not old enough to drive or vote, are deemed old enough to decide what sex they are. Many transgender people hate religion, because like the Danish story, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, many Christians do not believe a person is what they claim, rather than how God made them.

Steve Johnston Brookings

attractive to predatory insects (“beneficials”) that may help to control aphids and other insect pests. In addition, it may help to reduce weed growth.

Important Notes

Food Preservation: You can get up-to-date and accurate answers to your food preservation questions by calling our office at 503 397-3462 and ask to speak to Jenny Rudolph.

Garden Donations: Donate extra garden produce and/or money to the food bank, senior centers, or community meals programs. The donations always are greatly appreciated.

Have Questions?

If you have questions on any of these topics or other questions, please contact Chip Bubl, Oregon State University Extension office in St. Helens at 503-397-3462 or at chip. bubl@oregonstate.edu.The office is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. To contact the OSU Extension Service in Curry County, call 541-247-6672.

Rapp Brush III

1/26/1943 – 3/29/2023

Rapp Brush the 3rd was born January 26, 1943, and with great sorrow passed away on March 29, 2023.

Rapp was a long-time resident of the Brookings Harbor area and along with his music touched the lives of very many people. Rapp and his music will be greatly missed. There will be a celebration of life Saturday, April 15th at the Harbor Fire Hall from noon to 3 p.m. All are welcome!

Love, your sons, Tim, and Patrick Brush. You will be greatly missed, Dad! R.I. P. with Mom.

William Thomas “Tiny” Hardy

July 22, 1935 – March 23, 2023

William Thomas “Tiny” Hardy went to be with his Lord and Savior on March 23, 2023. He was 87 years old.

Tiny was born in Jasper County, Mississippi, on July 22, 1935, to William and Annie Hardy. He visited California in 1955 with his best friend, Jerry Lewis, and liked the area so much he decided to move to Klamath, CA. He worked at Simpson Timber mill in Klamath as a millwright until he retired. Tiny met the love of his life, Sharon Bullen, and married her April 14, 1961. They were blessed with 3 daughters, Suzanne, Mary, and Christine.

Tiny enjoyed life and loved people. He was blessed with many special friends during his 68 years in the Klamath community. He was truly a Gentle Giant and that is how he received his nickname “Tiny”.

In 1972 he purchased his first home in the Hunter Creek Subdivision in Klamath. With blood, sweat and tears he created a magnificent homestead. He and Sharon shared a love of the heather plant. They spent many years inventorying, planting, and grooming hundreds of species of this amazing plant in their yard.

When word got out that Tiny retired from Simpson Timber, many mills in Humboldt County reached out to him and he came out of retirement for 5 more

years. His skills and talents as a millwright kept many of these lumber mills running day and night.

Tiny loved his family. “Papa Hardy” or “GP” was so amazing and caring and gave amazing Big Bear Hugs. A loving good-humored soul and beautiful smile was shared with everyone he met. Tiny was a true southern man and spoke to everyone with respect. Besides his landscaping love, he enjoyed morning coffee with his buddies, fishing, camping, barbecues, NASCAR (Chase Elliott), Golden State Warriors, SF Giants, and just spending time with his family. He was truly a people person. Tiny’s compassion and soft smile will be greatly missed.

Tiny was preceded in death by his spouse of 55 years, Sharon Hardy. He is survived by daughters, Suzanne Hardy, Mary (Rick) LaFazio, and Christine Edenburn. Grandchildren, Brent (Myriah) LaFazio, Jenna (Dexter) Lawson, Zachary Dorin, Erin Thomas, Taylor Thomas, Markus Thomas, Shawna Thomas, Cougar Edenburn and Aaliyah Edenburn. Great grandchildren, Nathan, Marley and Raina LaFazio, June Lawson, Brinley Thomas, Ryan Rhoades, Jordan Thomas and many other nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

A Celebration of Life for Tiny will occur on Saturday, April 22, 2023, 1:00 to 4:00 at the Pacific Light Church in the Klamath Community Center, 219 Salmon Ave, Klamath, California 95548. In lieu of flowers or money, please bring a story to share of how Tiny touched your life like he touched ours and so many others.

Harlow Seefried

June 6, 1943-March 26, 2023

“A loving husband, dad, papa, great papa, and friend”

Born in Lehr, North Dakota to John and Byatta Seefried. He has 6 siblings, Gary, Marlene, Darvin, Jimmy, Janelle, and Joycee. They moved to Lodi, Ca when he was young.

Harlow married Judy Estes in 1960, joined the Air Force and started his family. Harlow has four children, Jude (Dave) Hodge, Tammy (Mark) Zeyen, John (Jennifer) Seefried, and Sandy (Luke) Barnett. Six grandchildren, Rebecca (Scott) Detrick, Sarah (Joe) Kelly, Jessica Schonert, Derek Chavez, Taylor Barnett, and Jared (Hailey) Barnett.

6 great grandchildren, Cole, Allen, Jonathan, Katarina, Markus, and Adrianna. Harlow married Sharon Leger on September 28, 2005. Harlow and Sharon have had 17 wonderful years together, living in Brookings, Oregon and spending time in Yuma, Arizona.

Harlow lived many years in Lodi before moving his family to the Arnold area in 1973, beginning his career as a respected successful businessman throughout the county. He loved boating, fishing, camping, family, and involvement in the community.

In 1991 Harlow moved to Brookings, Oregon where the joy of fishing and the outdoors drew him to fish commercially for many years. For all of you who are blessed to know Harlow he continued to sport fish and shared his catch. Harlow loves the sea.

Harlow cherished spending time with family and friends. Our Dad made every one of his children and grandchildren feel as if they were his favorite.

“A loving, kind, strong, generous man”

“The heart of our family, Our Hero”

“Always loved, forever missed.”

There will be no services at Harlow’s request.

Robert Paul Tetrault

Robert Paul Tetrault (80) of Kennewick, Washington passed away on March 30, 2023.

Robert, known as Bob, was born on April 9, 1942, in New Bedford, Massachusetts to Eugene “Aimee” and Eliza. After graduating high school, Bob entered the Navy serving on the nuclear submarine, USS Tullibee. Bob was honorably discharged from service in October 1969.

Bob married his wife, Patricia “Pat” on January 23, 1965, and they had two children, Janet, and James. Bob spent his entire career working for General Electric Information Services. After retirement, he and Pat moved to Brookings, Oregon.

Bob enjoyed the outdoors, whether it be hiking the Appalachian Trail and the mountains of Yosemite, or spending countless hours exploring the trails and beaches of Southwest Oregon. His love for animals was boundless. He adopted numerous dogs and cats throughout his life, at one time having a houseful

including one dog and six cats.

Throughout Bob’s life he was the consummate carpenter and handyman, always willing to help friends and neighbors with any project big or small. If he built it, it stayed built. Bob had the unique ability to see a problem, analyze it, and provide a sound path forward. His volunteer work can be found throughout Brookings in the many buildings he renovated, fences he built and hiking trails he repaired.

Bob was well-known for his years’ long work building “kitty condos” to raise money for the Brookings Humane Society. He brought joy to countless people, young and old around the world, by building hundreds of wooden trains for charity. He was also a dedicated volunteer for the Safety City annual events in Brookings.

After Bob was diagnosed with dementia, he moved to the Windsong Memory Care facility in Kennewick, Washington.

Bob is survived by his wife, Patricia, and daughter, Janet (husband Mark). He is also survived by his sisters Cindy (husband Chet), Liz (husband Bob), brother Richard, granddaughter Kendall, grandsons Robert and John, six nephews and one niece. He is predeceased by his parents, his brother Russell, and his son James.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the Windsong Memory Care Facility, 4000 W. 24th Ave, Kennewick, WA 99338.

Christine Burgess Ward

Christine Burgess Ward, 60, of Gold Beach, OR, passed away January 2nd, 2023, in her home after a long illness. She was born April 1, 1962, to Del and Melodie Burgess and is the younger sister of Sherry Burgess. She is lovingly remembered by her son, Tyler Ward, daughter, Lacey Farber, son-in-law, Andy Farber, and long-time partner Troy Thomas.

Her grandchildren will miss her dearly: Luke Ward (11), Emrie Farber (10), Atticus Farber (7), and Maverick Farber (7).

She is survived by her parents, Del and Melodie Burgess, and sister Sherry Burgess.

Kris graduated from Gold Beach High School in 1980 and dedicated her life to her children as a stay-athome mom. She started working at

the Port Hole Café and worked there for 18 years.

Kris was fun and loving with an infectious laugh. You couldn’t help but smile when you were around her. She will be missed dearly by her family and friends.

A small Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.

Jean Nadine Sparlin Yarbrough

March 20, 1928 - April 1, 2023

Jean Nadine Sparlin Yarbrough died at her home in Hiouchi, California, April 1, 2023, surrounded by her loving family. Jean was born in Josephine County, Oregon on March 20, 1928, to Lester Lee Sparlin and Ida Mae

weekly in the newspaper. She never left home without her camera and filled the newspaper with many photos of activities in the community. To one longtime family friend, Archie Gargaetas, and to many people in the community, she was “Mrs. Press Photographer”, and the license plate on her car read DN NEWS.

Jean enjoyed a life of community service to her beloved Del Norte County and was active in the Crescent City Women’s Club, Community Assistance League, co-founder with Jacqueline Cochran of the annual 4th of July Deck Party, and many other local organizations. An avid sports fan, Jean cheered on her beloved Oregon Ducks, the San Francisco Giants, 49ers, and the Golden State Warriors.

Hartley Sparlin. She grew up on her family ranch in Williams, Oregon, raising chickens, cows, and baling hay.

Jean graduated from Grants Pass High School in 1946, then attended Southern Oregon College and the University of Oregon. She met James J. Yarbrough at the Greyhound Bus Station in Grants Pass while returning to the university in Eugene where they both were students.  The song “Love on a Greyhound Bus” by Kay Kyser was popular at the time.  James was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps and prisoner of war whose B-29 was shot down over Tokyo, Japan, in 1945.  Jean and James were married at the bride’s parents’ home on Panther Gulch Road in Williams, Oregon, on July 30, 1949. The couple then honeymooned at Patrick Creek Lodge in Del Norte County, California.

They moved to Crescent City, California, in 1949 where James began work as a reporter and editor at the Del Norte Triplicate. James became the newspaper’s publisher. Jean and James became partners in Hadley Newspapers, Inc., which operated three newspapers and a printing plant in Crescent City, Arcata, and Garberville.  James preceded Jean in death in 1994.

Jean worked as society editor, photographer, and bookkeeper with James at the newspaper for more than 40 years. Jean is remembered for her “Little Birdie” column which ran

At home in Hiouchi she enjoyed visiting with neighbors, feeding the deer, stray cats, and the neighbor’s chickens from her favorite spot on the front porch.  She loved the Redwood Forest, the beach, California Chardonnay (on ice, please!), a good parade, patriotic music, and traveling with family and friends, especially Shirley and Jim Rainwater and Velma Wadsworth. She was rarely without a camera within reach and took thousands of photos.  An avid letter writer, Jean enjoyed sending updates to loved ones from wherever she was.

She is survived by her son, Steven L. Yarbrough (Nancy), her grandchildren Marek A. Yarbrough (Heather), Bridgitt D. Fleming (Scott), Dominic A. Yarbrough (Sarah), Caitlin A. Thurston (John), Molly M. Yarbrough (Nicola), great grandchildren Ronan, Haven, Mia, Hannah, Johnny, and Finn.  She leaves behind so many people who loved and cared for her over her lifetime, most especially former daughterin-law and friend, Bridget Holland, and friends and caregivers Cindy Silva and Karen Tedsen.

Jean requested that no services be held, but that if you are so moved, donations may be made in her memory to the Humboldt Area Foundation, the Del Norte High School Scholarship Foundation for an award in Journalism studies, or to another local charity to continue the work in the community she spent her lifetime supporting.

Jean always ended her notes and cards with a journalist’s flourish by signing off with dash thirty dash. So, we shall honor her by doing the same. -30Arrangements are under the direction of Wier’s Mortuary Chapel. Please sign the family’s online guest book at wiersmortuary.com.

High on Health Fundraiser set for May 6 in Gold Beach

to nonprofits supporting health in Curry County. The event will be held at the Curry County Fairgrounds Event Center, 29392 Ellensburg Avenue in Gold Beach. Doors will open at 12 p.m.

Organizers invite the public to come and enjoy a fun afternoon of tasty food, mint juleps, betting on your favorite horse, bidding on either live or silent auction items. And watch the running of the 149th Run for the Roses live from Churchill Downs.

The Kentucky Derby has become an iconic event in

the sporting world. Not only is it famous for the horses, but also the fashion, hats, mint juleps, and food.

Attendees for this year’s event in Gold Beach are encouraged to dress for the theme by wearing your best spring attire, wide brimmed hat or feathery fascinator. Best dressed prizes will be awarded at the event.

Tickets are $50 each limited to the first 200. Tickets must be purchased

in advance from Gold Beach Rotarians, Curry Health Foundation BOD, online at www. curryhealthfoundation.com or by calling (541-2473189).

History

High on Health started 20 years ago when the Gold Beach Rotary Club joined forces to host an annual fundraiser for health-related

needs in our area. Each year the themes changed, and individuals looked forward to attending the event. Then the Pandemic arrived, and the event took a three-year break. The Curry Health Foundation Board and Gold Beach Rotary are excited to have this event back and your support.

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Critical condition: Red ink flowing at Oregon hospitals

STAFF REPORT

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Rising expenses, workforce shortages, and stalled revenue cratered Oregon hospitals’ operating margins in 2022, putting hospitals in one of the worst overall financial positions seen since 1993. Expenses have outpaced revenues for more than two years, or nine consecutive quarters. Hospitals’ median operating margin, which includes federal CARES Act funding, declined to -2.8% in 2022, compared to 3.2% in 2021 and 4.1% in 2020. The data is part of a new Apprise Health Insights report on calendar year 2022 financial results. The full report is attached to this story at the currypilot.com.

“After two years of losses, hospitals are facing extraordinarily difficult choices,” said Becky Hultberg, OAHHS president

and CEO. “Organizations will struggle to remain sustainable in this type of environment.”

By the numbers

Rising expenses, especially labor, negatively impacted hospitals all year long. Labor expenses per FTE increased 26% over pre-pandemic levels. The health care workforce shortage contributed to rising labor costs. Meanwhile, total operating expenses rose 11% compared to 2021, exceeding net patient revenue (which also increased, but only by 5.8%) by $1.6 billion.

At the same time, the inability to safely discharge patients to other settings continued to plague hospitals in 2022. Average length of stay (ALOS) was up 20%, and those longer stays often came with no

additional reimbursement to pay for staff and other services necessary to care for those patient needs. Apprise Health Insights data show throughout 2022 between 600 and 700 patients statewide were either “boarding” or unable to be discharged, continuing to cause strain on hospitals and families focused on placing patients in the best

care setting.

Proposed solutions

Amid these persistently poor financial conditions, OAHHS has proposed a package of bills in the 2023 legislature that will help rebuild the health care workforce, exempt certain labor costs from the state’s cost-growth target

and create a task force to explore ways to increase capacity in care settings outside of hospitals.

“These record losses should create a sense of urgency for legislators to act,” said Hultberg. “Economists are predicting 2023 will also be a difficult year for hospitals. We can’t sit back and do nothing, waiting for things to improve.”

About OAHHS

Founded in 1934, the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems (OAHHS) is a mission-driven, nonprofit trade association representing Oregon’s 62 hospitals. Together, hospitals are the sixth largest private employer statewide, employing more than 70,000 employees.

OAHHS provides services to Oregon’s

hospitals ensuring all are able to deliver dependable, comprehensive health care to their communities; educates government officials and the public on the state’s health landscape and works collaboratively with policymakers, community based organizations and the health care community to build consensus on and advance health care policy benefiting the state’s 4 million residents.

About Apprise

Apprise Health Insights is described as one of the most reliable and complete source of hospital data in Oregon. As the data subsidiary of the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems (OAHHS), Apprise staff have gathered and analyzed data about Oregon hospitals and health systems since 1985.

State workers remote reimbursement ending

STAFF REPORT

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The Oregon Department of Administrative Services (DAS) today announced its plan to end reimbursement standards for remote work that were established during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The reinstated policy, which comes at the direction of Gov. Tina Kotek, will end the pandemic-era practice of reimbursing employees who work remotely, including those who work out-of-state to travel to their offices in Oregon.

Under the revised policy,

Health

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The Foundation

The mission of Curry

We look forward to implementing this change and continuing to refine our policies to meet the need of our state employees.

Interim Director Berri Leslie

which returns to Oregon’s remote work guidelines pre-pandemic, state employees will continue to be allowed to work remotely as approved by their agencies. However, remote employees will no longer be reimbursed for

Health Foundation is “to support the Curry Health Network and the delivery of health care services throughout Curry County

commuting to the office. This policy will go into effect on September 1, 2023, which will enable DAS to properly prepare and provide notice to employees about changes to the remote work policy around reimbursement.

by the soliciting, holding and granting of funds for use toward healthcare needs in our community”. Founded in 1995, Curry

“We must ensure that state resources are used effectively to serve Oregonians and that our policies reflect the evolving needs of our workforce and the public,” the DAS Chief Operating Officer and Interim Director Berri Leslie said. “Employees will continue to be allowed to work remotely as approved by their state agencies. We look forward to implementing this change and continuing to refine our policies to meet the needs of our state employees.”

Health Foundation is a nonprofit public foundation governed by a volunteer Board of Directors.

Fast Fact

State of Oregon remote workers will no longer be reimbursed for commuting to the office as of September.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN that the County of Del Norte will conduct a public hearing by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 10:40 A.M. in the Board of Supervisors Chambers, 981 H Street, Suite 100, Crescent City, CA and online VIA Zoom at media.co.del-norte. ca.us, regarding the below described topic.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

Marion Anne Ribeiro Case Number:

CVPB-2023-7006

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Marion Anne Ribeiro

A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Gregory V. Saput, in the Superior Court of California, County of: Del Norte.

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*** Minor Subdivision of a 240-acre Parcel into Two 120-Acre Parcels - The parcel is zoned Timberland Preserve Zone (TPZ), with a General Plan Land Use designation of Timberland (TBR). In 2016, the parcel was split by grant deed and did not conform to relevant provisions of the Subdivision Map Act or other regulations related to the TPZ zone district. Pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act, a Notice of Violation was recorded against the property and the owner is now seeking to remediate the situation and to lawfully subdivide the parcel. Parcels zoned TPZ may be considered for division into parcels containing twenty acres or more. A Joint Timber Management Plan (JTMP) has been prepared for the parcel by a registered professional forester, in order to assess the suitability of the parcels for timber production and harvesting.

According to the Preliminary Biological Assessment in the JTMP, the parcel contains a number of Class II and Class III watercourses and found that seasonally appropriate surveys may need to be conducted prior to future activities that could negatively impact protected natural resources located on the parcel. The JTMP concludes that the property can be effectively managed as two separate parcels and provide periodic sustainable return while balancing growth and yield over time. MS2302 - APN 122-020019 & 122- 030-029 located on Low Divide Road, Crescent City, CA 95531**

If you are unable to participate in the public hearing, you may direct written questions to the County of Del Norte Board of Supervisors, 981 H Street, Suite 200, Crescent City, CA 95531 or you may telephone (707) 464-7204. In addition, information may be obtained at the above address on weekdays between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

Kylie Goughnour Clerk of the Board of Supervisors

County of Del Norte

State of California

DATED: April 03, 2023

Published: April 12, 2023 Del Norte Triplicate T361708

The petition for probate requests that: Gregory V. Saput be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This Authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows:

Date: April 21, 2023

Time: 10:00am Dept.: 2

Address of the Court: 450 H Street, Crescent City, CA 95531

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section

58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Gino de Solenni 384 G Street Crescent City, CA 95531 (707) 464-6181

Published: March 31, April 5, and 12, 2023 Del Norte Triplicate T360819

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Pacific Process & Legal Services Street Address: 1080 Mason Mall, Ste 4A Crescent City, CA 95532 Mailing Address: 730 7th St, Ste 103 Eureka, CA 95501

This Business is conducted by: a corporation

The registrant

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).

/s/ Cynthia Mitchell, CEO

statement was filed with the County Clerk of Del Norte County on:

Alissia D. Northrup County Clerk-Recorder

Oregon hourly earnings zoom higher

DAVID COOKE

Pilot Guest Article

Earnings in Oregon increased sharply over the past year, surpassing the high rate of inflation. Total private average hourly earnings increased by 9.1% between February 2022 and February 2023. This growth rate was much higher than the comparable national growth in private earnings of 4.6% in that same 12-month period, and faster than the U.S. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (U.S. CPI-U) which shot up by 6.2% during that time.

The accompanying chart shows the percent growth in average hourly earnings for the major private-sector industries in Oregon. All of these industries saw rapid hourly earnings gains and all but one shot upward by between 6% and 13%. The slowest growth was still heady territory, as hourly earnings in trade, transportation, and utilities rose by 4.4%.

Graph 1

The factors causing these rapid gains in hourly earnings is beyond the scope of this article. Suffice it to say that wages have spiked faster than we have been used to seeing over the past couple of decades. Looking back over about 10 years shows that privatesector average hourly earnings in Oregon rose from a little more than $22 per hour in 2013 to about $34 per hour in early 2023. Meanwhile, at the national level, hourly earnings rose from about $24 to about $33 in that time. So, Oregon started out in 2013 below the U.S., but recently passed the U.S. average and has continued to increase, according to this metric

PUZZLES

Also, a more localized CPI-U figure would be helpful here to address the recent large gains in Oregon average earnings and how they compare with local inflation, but the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) does not produce state-level CPI figures.

that is based on the monthly survey of businesses.

Graph 2

If wage increases in the U.S. had matched the rate of inflation throughout this period, wages would have only risen to about $31 per hour by early this year. This means that overall inflation was below the rate of wage gains between the starting point of 2013 and the end point in 2022. However, this pattern wasn’t consistent throughout the 10-year period. A careful study of the chart shows that consumer price inflation was more rapid than U.S. wage growth during mid-2021 through mid-2022, when consumer prices spiked dramatically.

These numbers come from the monthly Current Employment Statistics program, a federal-state cooperative program in which data are produced by the BLS in cooperation with the Oregon Employment Department. The monthly estimates are based on a sample of businesses that report total pay and total hours for their payroll employees. For Oregon’s February sample data, 792 employers, totaling $189 million of weekly payroll, provided data as a part of the matched sample.

David Cooke is the Oregon Employment Department’s Current Employment Statistics Coordinator. He may be reached at david.c.cooke@ employ.oregon.gov, or at 971-375-5288.

Courtesy photo from the Oregon Employment Department

Courtesy photo from the Oregon Employment Department

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McVay said the first festival had a wild hog barbecue and there has been a barbecue at the festival ever since then.

“The first year Martha Hassett was selected queen [of the festival] by an essay she wrote,” she said. “In the early years, the court was selected in January. The young women would travel to other towns representing Brookings at festivals and also appeared at local activities and events leading up to the festival.”

The queen was selected at a pageant, where the contestants competed in the categories of speaking, talent, a grand curtsy in a formal gown, and were asked a question, she said.

In 2019, Julie Payne, a board member of the Chetco Valley Historical Society, worked with the city to contact former festival queens from the last 80 years to attend the

Continued from Page 1 having a hard time keeping staff,” she said. “They have to really navigate those slower times with hardly anybody there. Nobody shows up for work. It has been really hard.”

Bubert said effected businesses are adjusting hours during each week to make up for the lack of staff. “It’s effected them

current event, she said.

“Quite a few” attended and rode in the parade and “people reminisced.” The first Azalea Festival included a parade. There used to be a number of marching bands in earlier years that would come from other areas to compete in the parade, she said. The Brookings elementary and high school bands marched in the parade. The Eugene Highland Band, a Scottish band, used to perform.

Bloom time

The festival is always held on Memorial Day weekend when the azaleas are blooming in the park, she said.

“Many classes chose to have reunions over Memorial Day weekend because they knew people would return to attend the festival,” she said.

The festival includes “all kinds of activities” and one activity she said she remembers in particular from the past is the square

a lot,” she said. “And unfortunately, that means customers are having to wait longer for services. We all try to have patience and we all are doing the best we can.”

Outreach efforts

Bubert said the Brookings Chamber of Commerce has partnered with Travel Oregon and the Oregon Coast Visitors

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dancing.

“Stan Boak was the first caller for the Chetco Swingaroos Square Dance Club [in Brookings] – then Gordon McNew — my dad [Tom Short] trained under Gordon and was a guest caller during festival the year I was on the court,” she said.

On Sunday morning, the square dancers would perform on the beach and on Friday and Saturday night, they would dance in the high school gymnasium, she said. People would come and sit in the balcony to see the beautiful, colorful dresses of the dancers.

“It was beautiful to see,” she said.

What’s new this year at the festival said Michele Bubert, president-chair of the Brookings-Harbor Chamber of Commerce, is the parade will be simulcast.

A new event this year is the Shrimp Feed, which will kick off the festival on Friday night from 7-10 pm, Bubert said. It will take place at the Snack Shack

Association presenting specialized advertising, including shopping information, lodging locations, parks and beach access points on social media presentations, websites, and Goggle search platforms.

“So, people traveling through town, they are going to see those details when they search for information, she said.

Bubert said the

in Azalea Park. Also, there will be a dance party by the dome. The event is a major fundraiser for the chamber.

“The best thing about [the festival] is you get to see your neighbors and everybody you hang out with—it’s a lot of fun.”

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Brookings economy is based on a combination of tourism and fishing.

“We have local fishing with the rivers and coast locally,” she said. “So, we have a big fishing industry here, as far as offering commercial fishing and local guides.”

For more information, contact the Brookings Chamber of Commerce at 541-469-3181.

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Above:The popular Azalea Festival Parade route stretches for bocks through Brookings.

Below: Windsocks brought to Brookings from Japan by pilot Nobuo Fujita have flown over previous Azalea Festival parades again.