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Azalea Festival on tap in Brookings By DAVID RUPKALVIS The Pilot
One of Brookings biggest festivals is set to return next month with three days of fun and activities. The Azalea Festival, which has been a great way to kick off the summer in Brookings for many years, is slated to be held May 27-30, with most of the festivities at Azalea Park. The festival has long been a must visit for local residents and was awarded the Oregon Heritage Tradition Award. Among the many events planned are Azalea Festival Parade, City Center Street Fair, Chamber Shrimp Feed, Curry County Cruisers Car Show, Azalea Park Concerts, Saturday Night Dance Party, Elks Deep Pit BBQ, Sunday morning Community Church Service and much more. Klaus Gielisch was recently named the grand marshal for the festival. Gielisch is known as the man behind the Nature's Coastal Holiday event that lights up Brookings during the Christmas season every year. Gielisch has actively spearheaded Nature s Coastal Holiday Festival of Lights since 2013. He has spent hundreds of hours More Azalea Fest, Page A2
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The Azalea Festival Parade will return to downtown Brookings on May 28, with the parade kicking off at 10 a.m.
ELECTION COVERAGE
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Curry County Commissioner Court Boice is running for governor in the Republican primary because there are important issues he wants to talk about on a bigger stage.
Boice has no dreams of being governor, but he hopes to make a difference
By DAVID RUPKALVIS The Pilot
With more than 20 people running for the open governor’s seat, Court Boice may stand alone in that he really isn’t planning to win. But Boice is taking his run for governor very seriously. A current county commission in Curry County, Boice
said his goal in joining the campaign is to use the larger pulpit of a statewide race to make sure important issues facing Curry County and other smaller counties are heard. And it’s not the first time Boice has used the tactic. After the catastrophic Chetco Bar and Klondike wildfires, Boice ran for the District 4 seat in Congress in
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Dr. Bud Pierce addresses a crowd while making a campaign stop at Abby’s Pizza in Coos Bay.
Pierce confident heading into final weeks of primary
By DAVID RUPKALVIS The Pilot
Six years after he won the Republican primary and lost a close race to Gov. Kate Brown, Dr. Bud Pierce feels like the timing is right to take the next big step. During a campaign stop in Coos Bay last week, Pierce said despite the crowded field in the Republican primary he is
confident heading into the final weeks of campaigning. “It comes down to continuing to work the process,” he said. “We have pretty darn good support in the medical community. It really comes down to telling people who you are, what you stand for and what you believe, and leave it to them. I want people to know the authentic Bud.”
More Pierce, Page A8
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