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The Nov. 12 story “Brook-ings residents mark VeteransDay” incorrectly identifiedPastor Ron Robertson ofBethel Baptist Church, whowas pictured presenting theopening prayer. The Pilot re-grets the error.

Correction

Failed pipe fix will cost Brookings $500KEmergency repairs and replace-

ment of the failed Macklyn Creek cul-vert beneath the Brookings City Hallparking lot will cost the city morethan $500,000, City Manager GaryMilliman said Tuesday.

Replacement of the 30-inch con-crete culvert, which collapsed on Nov.7 and resulted in a large sinkhole,

will cost the the city $470,000.In addition, the city is being

charged $2,400 per day for a giantvacuum used to remove debris fromthe larger pipe downstream, Millimansaid.

The city has not yet estimated over-time hours city workers put in whiletrying to stop the sinkhole from swal-lowing parts of city hall, nor the costof equipment used during those hecticfirst hours.

The council will hold an emergencymeeting at noon today (Nov. 17) toreview estimates and vote to put thework out to bid.

The city engineer’s design to re-place 540 feet of old culvert is expect-ed to take two or three weeks. Oncethe design is ready, the biddingprocess is expected to last an addi-tional two to three weeks. Actual con-struction is likely to begin in mid-De-cember or early January, Milliman

said.Construction of the new culvert

will take 60-90 days, according to acity report.

Temporary repairs to the existingculvert will be buried, and the new48-inch replacement will be construct-ed above it, Milliman said.

The new design will meet 2007standards for withstanding a 25-yearstorm event.

See Repair, Page 2A

$5.6 millionupgradeplanned forAgness Rd.

GOLD BEACH — Prelim-inary survey work, road de-sign and contract preparationare complete for a $5.6 millionreconstruction project on Ag-ness Road for next year, anda paving project in 2012, anofficial of the Rogue-RiverSiskiyou National Forest saidTuesday.

Additional survey work ofthe various major repair sitesis starting and will continuethrough Jan. 1, spokeswomanVirginia Gibbons said. Theconstruction work on AgnessRoad (County Road 595) is tostart in May, with the major-ity of it completed by Novem-ber 2011.

Agriculture Secretary TomVilsack announced in summer2009 that the Agness RoadReconstruction Project andthe Upper Chetco RiverBridge Abutment Replace-ment Project ($1.1 million)were funded under the Recov-ery Act for road maintenance,road decommissioning and as-sociated water restorationprojects.

The repairs to be made be-tween milepost 9.6 and mile-post 31.2 include culvert in-stallations, down-drain andspillway assemblies, diggingout trenches and excavation,stabilization and bridge railmodifications.

In 2012, as part of the fed-eral stimulus project, a chip-seal road surface treatmentwill be completed along 21.7miles of Agness Road, Gibbonssaid.

Other projects in the areainclude repair work of the Illi-nois River bridge, the RogueRiver bridge and the UpperChetco River bridge.

The Illinois River Bridgehas been painted and someretrofitting and rail replace-ment has begun, Gibbons said.

The Illinois and RogueRiver bridges have some ofthe curb work completed andrail replacement has begun,with completion expected inmid-January.

Onsite work of the UpperChetco River Bridge is sched-uled to begin in March, shesaid.

See Projects, Page 12A

Brookings’Specht getsfive years formeth, ID theft

GOLD BEACH — A 23-year-oldBrookings man — found withmethamphetamine, a loaded gun,stolen credit cards and stolen mailwhen stopped by a state trooper Jan.2 — was sentenced to five years inprison Tuesday.

Steven John Specht was convictedNov. 2 of commercial delivery ofmethamphetamine, possessing afirearm as a felon and three countsof identity theft.

Thirty-nine other charges were dis-missed in a plea bargain. They in-cluded 33 more counts of identitytheft, two of second-degree theft, pos-session of meth, two of credit cardtheft, and failure to appear.

“Trooper Byron Spini was travelingon Highway 101 south and spotted ared Volkswagen Jetta at the Shell sta-tion and recognized John Specht inthe driver’s seat,” Deputy District At-torney Bob Meyer said in court.

He said Spini knew that Spechthad a suspended drivers license. Thetrooper began following the car, whichattempted to elude him, and Spinilost track of it.

When he saw it again, the passen-ger was driving the car, Meyer said.

Spini stopped the car.“During a search of the car, he

found a clear plastic bag with a sub-stance identified as methampheta-mine, a revolver in a black holsterand digital scales,” Meyer said. “Therevolver was loaded with four bul-lets.”

Meyer said there were also severalcredit cards belonging to other people.

In the trunk of the car, officersfound a purse with a wallet showinga drivers license that belonged tosomeone else, a large quantity of mailbelonging to other people, stolen an-tique coins and check blanks.

See Specht, Page 2A

Preparing for crab

The Pilot/Arwyn Rice

Quality care, love benefits those with dementia

Forgetting where you put yourcar keys is not a sign ofAlzheimer’s disease. Forgettingyou own a car may well be.

Over five million Americanshave Alzheimer’s, and millionsmore have been diagnosed withother types of dementia. As theboomer generation ages, thosenumbers are expected to rise dra-matically.

There’s no cure for Alzheimer’s.It’s always fatal, and most ofthose who contract the diseasesuccumb to it, on average, eightyears after symptoms begin to ap-pear.

“But the quality of care andlove provided by caregivers canextend the lifespan and greatlyimprove the quality of life,” saidDana Maciel, a registered nurseand wellness director at Ocean

Park, a residential care facility inBrookings for persons withAlzheimer’s and other dementias.

“People are like flowers,” Ma-

ciel said. “The more attention andcare that’s given to them, themore they blossom.”

See Dementia, Page 2A

Nurse Dana Maciel joins Ocean Park residents in fitness class.The Pilot/Evelyn Cook

FREE GUITAR WORKSHOPPortland musicians offers slide guitarworkshop, concert in Brookings • 3B

FISHERMAN DROWNSCrescent city crabber dies whenboat hits rock, capsizes • 3A

The Curry Coastal Pilot’s web-site has been inaccessible sinceFriday night. The problem is withWestern Communications equip-ment in Bend, and is affecting allof the company’s newspapers’ web-sites. Technicians in Bend hope toresolve the problem soon. Mean-while, PDF pages of the most re-cent issue of the Pilot can be foundat www.issuu.com by typing CurryCoastal Pilo in the search box.

Pilot website offline

COLORING CONTESTHey kids! Time to enter the Pilot’sThanksgiving coloring contest • 2B

Spence Moore, skipper of the Jenny Lynn crab boat, prepares crab pots for the season.

As the 2010-11 Dungeness crab sea-son approaches, Port of BrookingsHarbor fishermen are nearly finishedwith the task of preparing.

Thousands of crab pots are stackedat the port, ready to go as soon as

state and federal agencies give the go-ahead. Price negotiations will be heldThursday and Friday in Newport.

At this point, Oregon crab are look-ing good for a Dec. 1 start, OregonDungeness Crab Commission assis-tant administrator Hugh Link saidThursday.

With the tons of fishing equipment

laying out at the port, visitors areasked to leave nets and other fishinggear alone.

Fishing gear is often left out to dry,or for repairs. It is not abandoned,fishermen said. A net or pot taken tobecome a lawn ornament can cost afisherman hundreds or thousands ofdollars.

By Arwyn RicePilot staff writer

By Evelyn CookPilot staff writer

By Arwyn RicePilot staff writer

By Valliant CorleyPilot staff writer

By Valliant CorleyPilot staff writer

Repair of Chetco,Rogue and Illinoisbridges also set

Continued from Page 1AMaciel proved her point

by inviting a Pilot reporteron a tour of Ocean Park inhonor of November beingNational Alzheimer’s Aware-ness Month.

First stop was the dailyfitness class. Some of theresidents sat in their chairswithout participating, but

most seemed to be enjoyingthemselves as they exercisedto music with smiles on theirfaces.

“It’s true there’s no cureyet, and all dementias areprogressive fatal diseases,but we have residentswho’ve lived in this facilityfor the full eleven yearswe’ve been open,” Maciel

said. “And they’re still here.”Ocean Park recognized

National Alzheimer’s Aware-ness Month with a commem-orative candle lighting Sun-day evening, Nov. 14.

The ceremony memorial-ized those who’ve been lostto Alzheimer’s, and thosewho are living with it, OceanPark administrator RhondaGardiner said.

Twenty-five family mem-bers, friends and staff at-tended. Brookings MayorLarry Anderson spoke aboutthe impact of Alzheimer’s,and resident Barbara Eddy,a retired art teacher, pre-sented a Quilt to Remember.

Each Ocean Park residentmade a square for the quilt,some on their own and somewith assistance, Gardinersaid.

Of the various types of de-mentia, Alzheimer’s is themost common, but of the ap-proximately 45 residents atOcean Park, only 10 haveAlzheimer’s while the resthave other types of demen-tia, Maciel said.

“The way dementia pres-ents itself is different inevery single case — there’sno classic form or type —each one is unique,” shesaid.

“That’s why we’re movingmore and more towards theconcept of memory care, inwhich the treatment variesfor each individual. No onemethod or pill is going to fixeveryone,” Maciel said.

The U.S. Food and DrugAdministration has ap-proved five drugs that tem-porarily slow worsening

symptoms for about six to 12months, on average, forabout half the individualswho take them, according tothe Alzheimer’s Association.

About 90 experimentaltherapies aimed at slowingor stopping the progressionof Alzheimer’s are currentlyin clinical testing in humanvolunteers, according to theAlzheimer’s Association web-site: www.alz.org.

“Despite the lack of treat-ment or cure, active medicalmanagement of Alzheimer’sand other dementias can sig-nificantly improve quality oflife through all stages of thedisease,” the Alzheimer’s As-sociation website states.

“This is my passion, atthe end of my 30 years ofnursing,” Maciel said. “I lovewhat I do and I love our res-idents. So does the rest ofthe staff. We try to keepeveryone happy as we strivefor perfection in the care we

give.”The cause or causes of

Alzheimer’s and other de-mentias is not known, butthe diseases probably devel-op as a result of multiple fac-tors, according to theAlzheimer’s Association web-site.

The greatest risk factor isadvancing age, the websitestates, but Alzheimer’s is nota normal part of aging. Mostpeople with Alzheimer’s are65 or older, though youngerindividuals can develop thedisease. Dementias, includ-ing Alzheimer’s, attack anddestroy brain cells. As thediseases advance, they dis-rupt and/or eliminate a per-son’s ability to remember,think clearly, make plans,carry out simple tasks, eatwithout help, swallow, smile,walk, talk, control musclesand hold up the head. Nodrug or treatment has yetbeen found that will slow or

stop the death of brain cells.Alzheimer’s is the seventh

leading cause of death in theU.S. It costs the countryover $172 billion each year.About 11 million unpaidcaregivers are impacted.One in eight Americans 65and older (13 percent) haveAlzheimer’s. Every 70 sec-onds, someone in the U.S.develops the disease, accord-ing to the Alzheimer’s Asso-ciation.

A growing body of evi-dence suggests that thehealth of the brain is closelylinked to the overall healthof the heart and blood ves-sels. Some studies suggestthat a low-fat diet rich infruits and vegetables maysupport brain health, as mayregular exercise, a robust so-cial network and a lifetimeof intellectual curiosity andmental stimulation, accord-ing to the Alzheimer’s Asso-ciation.

Continued from Page 1A“Video tapes from Fred

Meyer showed him attempt-ing to use some of the stolencards,” Meyer said.

Specht has been held inCurry County jail sinceearly July after being ar-rested on a warrant for fail-ing to appear for a courthearing on Jan. 26 afterbeing indicted by a grandjury. Security was set at$200,000.

Defense attorney John

Spicer said that Specht wentto see his sister, “who hadbone marrow problems.”When he returned, heturned himself in.

“He’s beginning to takeon responsibility. He has onechild, almost a year old, andanother on the way,” Spicersaid.

Specht apologized to thecourt.

“I made some mistakes. Iaccept full responsibility. Iapologize to everyone I

hurt,” he said.“Since the time this hap-

pened, my sister has beendiagnosed with leukemia,”he said. “Somethingchanged in me while I wasout there. I knew I had tocome back, try to better my-self and get back to my fam-ily as soon as possible.”

Judge Jesse Margolisgave Specht the sentencethat Specht, his attorney,and the district attorneyhad negotiated:

Twenty-three months inprison for delivering meth,and 13 months each for thethree identity theft convic-tions. Another month wasadded for the possession ofa firearm. All but three

months are to be served con-secutively.

Restitution to the victimsin all 43 counts is to be de-termined within 90 days.

Specht is also to serve 36months’ post-prison super-vision on the meth convic-tion and 12 months’ super-vision each on the otherthree felonies. He received36 months’ probation on thegun charge.

After reading letters pre-sented by Spicer, JudgeMargolis spoke to Specht.

“Your letters and yourstatement indicate you aremaking changes in yourlife,” Margolis said. “You’restill going to have to pay thepenalty.”

What ever happened to Rick Jackson, previous ownerand chef of Chives Restaurant?

He has now opened a new place in Gold Beach calledTHE BRIDGE.

Over the past five years Rick has been working as a fulltime father to his children Ruby, nine and Emerson, six. Twoyears ago he opened Bella Rogue bed and breakfast on the RogueRiver near Tu Tu’ Tun Lodge. Now that both his children are inschool full time he decided to return to his passion... good food,people, and fun with the opening of THE BRIDGE, openWednesday through Sunday at 4 p.m. Happy Hour is from 4 to 6.

THE BRIDGE features live music, a beautiful privatemeeting and banquet room, catering and much more and isavailable for holiday parties.

541-247-646594321 Wedderburn Loop, Wedderburn

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Brookings Harbor Shopping Center Presents

“Oklahoma Ho Down”Promoting The Brookings Harbor

Community Theater’s Musical Presentation ofRogers & Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma”

Live MusicNoon-2 pm

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BBQNoon- 3 pm

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Drawing for picnic baskets at 2:45 pm

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Hot Cider & Hot Chocolate will be served during the light show.

Annual Christmas Light Show

Friday, Nov. 26• Santa and Rudolph arrive at 5:00 pm

• Light Show starts at 5:30 pm

Page 2A-Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010, Curry Coastal Pilot

Continued from Page 1AThe broken culvert car-

ries Macklyn Creek under-ground from city hall toMill Pond, and must be re-placed from the northeastcorner of the city hall park-ing lot to Chase Bank,where it meets a larger, 48-inch culvert.

The city is still investi-gating the condition of alarger and newer section ofculvert, which runs fromChase Bank to Mill Pond.

The city’s large parking

lot will be closed during con-struction.

Arrangements for park-ing and access to the waterpayment box and mail boxin front of city hall have notyet been set, Milliman said.

Possibilities include tem-porarily moving the waterpayment box to the alley be-hind city hall, relying onstreet parking, and desig-nating city hall parkingnear Bankus Fountain, ad-jacent to Ray’s Food Placeon Fifth Street.

Repair: City investigatingcondition of newer piping

Specht: Tapes show him using stolen cards

Dementia: Candle lighting memorializes those who’ve diedWarning signs of Alzheimer’s Disease

•Problems with memory and planningthat disrupt daily life.

•Difficulty concentrating, solving prob-lems, working with numbers.

•Trouble with completing familiartasks.

•Confusion about time, locations,dates, seasons.

•Difficulty understanding visual im-ages and spatial relationships.

•New problems with words in speakingand writing.

•Misplacing things and losing the abil-ity to retrace steps.

•Decreased or poor judgment, inatten-

tion to grooming and cleanliness.•Withdrawal from normal work and

recreational or social activities. •Changes in mood and personality.If you have questions about any of

these warning signs, the Alzheimer’s As-sociation recommends consulting a physi-cian. Early diagnosis provides the bestopportunities for treatment, support andfuture planning.

~~~For more information, go to

www.alz.org/10signs or call 877-IS-IT-ALZ(877-474-8259). The Alzheimer’s Associ-ation’s 24-hour helpline is: 800-272-3900.

The Brookings Airport Ad-visory Committee will meet 4p.m, Tuesday, Nov. 30, at theBrookings Airport TerminalBuilding.

The agenda includes a sta-tus update on airport improve-ment projects from CountyCommissioner George Rhodes.

Other matters may be dis-cussed. The public is welcometo attend.

For more information con-tact the Curry County Com-missioners Office, 800-243-1996 or 541-247-3296, or com-mittee chairman Alan Nidifferat 541-469-3113.

GOLD BEACH — A CurryCounty Circuit Court judgesentenced Logan JamesBeaudry to more than fouryears in prison on Mondayfollowing his conviction Nov.3 on nine charges, includingfour counts of second-degreeburglary.

The jury also convictedBeaudry, 22, of unauthorizeduse of a vehicle, two countsof first-degree theft and twoof second-degree theft.

Beaudry was one of fourBrookings men arrested andcharged in a series of bur-glaries in the Brookings areain July.

The jury found him guiltyon each of the nine chargeshanded up by a Curry Coun-ty grand jury on Aug. 26.

Beaudry was convicted ofbreaking into a building onGardner Ridge Road on July

21, one on Ranch Road thesame day, one on CornettRoad and another on MartinRanch Road on July 25. Hewas also convicted of takinga motorcycle owned by MarkMoore on July 21.

The two first-degree theftconvictions were for stealingthe motorcycle and takingtools worth more than $1,000belonging to Randi Lummis.

Second-degree theft con-victions came from takingtools worth less than $1,000belonging to Wesley Will andtools worth less than $1,000from Bob Langridge.

“I just want to apologizeto the people I hurt,”Beaudry said before sentenc-ing.

Judge Jesse Margolis sen-tenced Beaudry to a total of52 months in prison and 90days in jail. He is also re-quired to pay $2,600, plusunitary assessments. Resti-tution is to be determined

within 90 days.A second defendant, Bo

Oliver Walch, 19, Brookings,is scheduled to go on trialDec. 8 on the same chargesas Beaudry.

Joseph Gilbert Gray, 20,Brookings, was convictedSept. 30 of one count of sec-ond-degree theft and unau-thorized use of a motor ve-hicle.

In a plea agreement, onecount of second-degree bur-glary, one of first-degreetheft and one of second-de-gree theft will be dismissedwhen he is sentenced, sched-uled for Jan. 13.

Gray admitted to break-ing into a building on Gard-ner Ridge Road and to thetheft of a motorcycle.

Jeremy Irvin Ford, 23, hashad charges dismissed, butDeputy District Attorney BobMeyer said the investigationis continuing and thosecharges could be refiled. He

had been charged with onecount of second-degree bur-glary, first-degree theft andunauthorized use of a vehi-cle.

District Attorney EverettDial said in court, when theywere first arraigned, that allfour live in the neighborhoodnear the burglaries.

Beaudry’s attorney, JimGardner, had asked for aseparate trial for his client“because the other defen-dants have made statementsabout his behavior.”

Walch’s attorney, MarkHendershott, also said hisclient shouldn’t be tried withthe others.

“There were statementsmade by all four that can’tbe adequately redacted,”Hendershott said.

Sheriff John Bishop saida Curry County deputy anda Brookings Police sergeantmade the arrests.

Continued from Page 1AThe Rogue River-Siskiyou

National Forest was the orig-inal recipient of the economicstimulus funding for the proj-ect. Under an agreement withthe Forest Service, the West-ern Federal Lands HighwayDivision of the Federal High-way Administration is theagency responsible for imple-mentation and completion ofthe Agness Road Project.

In August, the $5.5 million

reconstruction portion of theproject was awarded toLaskey-Clifton Corp. of Reed-sport.

Agness Road connects Ag-ness with Gold Beach on thesouthern Oregon coast andwith the town of Powers tothe north. The project locationis approximately 27 milesnortheast of Gold Beach andabout four miles south of Ag-ness.

Rehabilitation of the Ag-

ness Road is designed to im-prove water quality andaquatic habitats by reducingerosion and run-off of sedi-ments from the road intonearby streams, Gibbons said.

When completed, the roadproject will also create a safer,year-round road for users, in-cluding daily commuters,school buses, emergency traf-fic, recreational users, com-mercial traffic and traffic tothe local Post Office, she said.

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PRESENTING

SATURDAYNovember

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Pistol RiverState Park toCrook Point

Walk the beach from

Pistol River, south towards the Craggy Rocks of Crook Point. While we enjoy the beach we will examine the dune influenced ecosystem and see the new growth from the July 20th fire along the Highway.

Pistol RiverState Park10:15 a.m.

CRESCENT CITY – A boating ac-cident near the Crescent City harborleft one man dead and another withhypothermia Saturday.

James Gordon, 58, from Long Beach,was sport-crabbing with his friend FredThomas, 55, of Crescent City, whentragedy struck around 1 p.m.

The two men were trying to retrievea crab pot when their 18-foot fiberglassvessel drifted into a rock that they did-n’t see, said Del Norte County sheriff’sCommander Bill Steven.

“As water was receding from thewash rock, the vessel was drawn intothe rock,” Steven said. “A wave crashedover the rock and swamped into theboat.”

As the boat began to sink, Thomaswas able to put his life jacket on, butGordon wasn’t. Commander Stevensaid Thomas tried to pull his friend tosafety but was unable to.

According to California law, onlychildren under the age of 13 are re-quired to wear a life jacket. However,a life jacket must be carried for eachperson on board.

Thomas swam to the outer jetty ofthe harbor and began yelling at peopleaboard another boat inside the harborfor help — directing them to the sub-merged boat about 100 yards south ofthe inner jetty.

Steven said the two men in the sec-ond boat were from Siskiyou Countyand were also sport-crabbing. Theyfound Gordon near the partiallysunken boat.

“He was face-down in the waterabout 15 feet away from the boat,”Steven said.

The men pulled the unconsciousGordon into their boat. One man start-ed CPR while the other navigated theboat back to the boat ramp.

Gordon and Thomas were trans-ported to Sutter Coast Hospital.Thomas was treated for hypothermiaand released Sunday morning, Stevensaid.

Gordon was pronounced dead short-ly after arriving at the hospital. Stevensaid the unofficial cause of death isdrowning.

“The water temperature was about55 degrees and (the water was) tur-bulent,” Steven said. “There was nocriminal negligence, just a tragic ac-cident.”

By Megan HansenWescom News Service

Wave swamps boat: Crab fisherman drownsRescue workers drive onto the jetty after a boat capsized Saturday afternoon.

Wescom News Service/Bryant Anderson

Projects: Goal is to improve water quality

www.currypilot.com

Beaudry gets prison for multiple theft countsBy Valliant CorleyPilot staff writer

Brookings Airport AdvisoryCommittee meets Nov. 30

www.coastalgrooves.comThe Pilots music blog

Covering the local music scene!

Solving communitywho done it?

Editor:Who stole Ms. Odell’s fa-

vorite sign?Let’s put on our gumshoes

and figure it out. Ms. Odellangrily, yet open-mindedly,accused anyone who isn’t aDemocrat. So let’s look at thisscenario. Our area is over 60percent retired senior citi-zens. This holds true for theaccused — the tea partiers.

To steal this sign it wouldtake no less than three seniorcitizens (the duffer squad):two guys to carry and holdthe ladder up and one guywho hasn’t had knee surgeryyet, to climb the ladder witha screwdriver. This is doneafter dark in the rain, but be-fore 8 p.m. That’s when allthe good TV comes on.

Picture this: the duffersquad — Bill, Joe, and Mac— the names have beenchanged to protect the guilty.

Two old men holding anextension ladder in the head-lights of a Toyota pick-up andthe third man up the ladderwith the screwdriver. “Hurryup, Joe. We’re on a majorhighway, ya know. Ya doneyet?”

While running (running ?)back to the truck, Joe yells,“Bill, open the camper. Mac,put the ladder in, and don’tput it on my fishing pole.Hurry up before my wifewakes up — and we’re miss-ing Law and Order.”

Ms. O’Dell, was it the duf-fer squad? Or some teenageprank like the 99 out of 100ODOT signs stolen in Ore-gon? Lets vote on it. The duf-fer squad or a teenage prank?To be continued...

Naoma FickHarbor

Free class teacheshealthy living

Editor:A free, six-week workshop,

“Living Well with ChronicConditions,” begins Tuesday,Nov. 16, from 2 to 4:30 p.m.,at Sea View Senior Living,98059 Gerlach Way, in Brook-ings.

Each participant will re-ceive a free book “Living a

Healthy Life” to accompanythe course.

“Living Well with ChronicConditions” is a research-based series from StanfordUniversity to empower peo-ple to better manage theirhealth conditions and im-prove their outlook on life.Trained volunteer leaderswill facilitate six weekly ses-sions about “how to managesymptoms, feel in control andproblem-solve ways you canget the life back in your life.”

These fun and interactiveclasses will offer social sup-port, networking and usefultips to help cope with theunique stresses of the holidayseason.

Pre-registration is re-quired and class size is lim-ited. For more informationand to sign up, please contactcoordinator Debbie Webb at541-756-2020 ext. 568.

Liz Cohen and JoyceMathisVolunteers for LivingWell, Brookings

Navy ‘blows off’citizens’ concerns

Editor: Public comment on the

final Environmental ImpactStatement for the Navy’s pro-posed Northwest TrainingRange Complex, which basi-cally proposes to expandNavy training to include theentire Oregon and Washing-ton coasts, and the Californiacoast to Mendocino, is nowclosed.

The NOAA (NationalOceanic and Atmospheric Ad-ministration) permit to “take”11.7 million marine mam-mals, including 32 differentspecies, over the course of thefive year plan, is still pend-ing. Numerous county, state,federal, and tribal govern-ments, the public and non-profit groups commented onthe plan outlining very realpotential economic and envi-ronmental impacts to ourcoastlines, and have hadtheir concerns and reliablescience blown off by the U.S.Navy. There are no excludedareas for fishing, protectionof breeding grounds with sea-sonal closures, or for marinereserves. A large “restrictedarea” is noted on the map off-shore of Brookings. The Navyplans to use laser, acousticand depleted uraniumweapons, missiles, and mine-fields in our coastal waters.The worst part is that theNavy has quietly submitted

similar expansion plans forits “training” in SouthernCalifornia, Texas, Florida andHawaii, over the past twoyears. The public and ourelected representatives needto demand congressionalhearings on exactly why theNavy needs this huge expan-sion in activities creating avirtual military occupation ofU.S. coastlines. Somethingbeyond “training” is up herefolks — please call or writeRep. DeFazio and Sen.Merkley and request congres-sional hearings and extendedcomment periods.

For information see:www.nwtrangecomplexeis.com/Documents.aspx.

Destroying our coastlines,air, water, marine life andbeaches for five years of wargames will not improve ournational security.

Melinda McCombBrookings

Brookings: a greatplace to live

Editor:You have to live in Brook-

ings to appreciate what agreat little town this is.

Our merchants are alwaysthere to help. On SaturdayOct. 30, the Brookings ElksLodge 1934 had its annualChildren’s Party. Approxi-mately 200 children attendedalong with their parents.Games were played, prizes ofHalloween toys were givenout, bags of candy, popcorn,cookies and punch wereserved and special Halloweenbaskets were given to theseven lucky costume winners.The Emblem Club also gaveout information on drugawareness.

A special thanks to the fol-lowing merchants — withouttheir wonderful support, wewould not be able to put onthis special event for our chil-dren:

Azalea Lanes, BlockbusterVideo, Chetco Federal CreditUnion, Chetco Pharmacy,Dairy Queen, Fred Meyer, Fi-garo’s Pizza, Grocery Outlet,Harbor Jewelers, McDon-ald’s, Ray’s Food Place, ShopSmart, Dollar Tree, UmpquaBank, Whales Tale Candy,Wild River Pizza, Zola’sPizzeria.

Garth SoveyEsteemed lecturingknightElks LodgeBrookings

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OPINION

Letters to the Editor

If I told you about my lat-est shopping expeditions,there wouldn’t be much totell. They’re very infre-quent.

My wife and our growndaughter, Ellen, go shop-ping more than I do, intown as well as out of TheCity (their term for Brook-ings). They like touring overthe state line.

I think those expeditionsof theirs are generally onimpulse — designed to getaway from me as I plodaround the house, wander-ing around in my old jeansand talking to our new dog,Bob.

I have to admit that Boband I sometimes get a littletired of throwing a tennisball down the office steps:all the way from my com-puter desk at the top of thesecond floor, down the stepsto the first floor, close to thehall wall. There, it bouncesaround a couple of timesuntil it lands in the livingroom, pretty near the couch.

Once in awhile, the ballgets stuck under the TV set.However, most of the time,Bob can dislodge it with histeeth and bring it to me . . .running swiftly up thesteps.

At one time, when I wasa track “star” in high school,and was running the dash-es, I owned a stop watch,which the track coach hadgiven me for an outstandingperformance in the 100-yard dash.

I was timed at 10.4, orsome great, high-schoolprep time or other, whichI’m sure will be remem-bered by Coach Jim Pursellat University High Schoolin West Los Angeles.

In 1940? Boy, that wasages ago.

Anyway, I wish I hadthat watch, or at least couldremember where I put it, soI could time the latest,greatest “track event” star-ring Bob, our dog: his tripup and down the stairs.When no one is watchingand no one is aware, I can“twist” a tennis ball off mywrist so it slips away fromthe wall and almost bouncesinto the kitchen.

Once, it landed in thehallway, next to an opencloset door.

The door got shut.We couldn’t find the ball

no matter how hard welooked, and Bob and Ithought it had mysteriouslyvanished. We (secretly)blamed Wife Polly, for itsdisappearance.

We didn’t find it until aweek later when I stumbledon it after I was ordered tosweep the front porch be-cause guests were comingand Polly told me not to for-get to use a broom.

There it was: tucked inthe corner of the closet be-hind an empty bucket.

Outside, we do fairly wellthrowing the ball aroundthe yard. We used to throwit in a straight line in a sin-gle direction. But my armgot too tired, too quickly.

Now that I’ve wised up, Ithrow it either:

1. Down a hill.2. Into a bunch of bushes.3. Less often.Into the bushes is the

best choice, because Bobusually can find somethingelse to entertain himself fora few moments while Icatch my breath. He some-times spends quite awhileback there in the brush onexploring expeditions, orgets “lost” if you throw theball far enough.

Once, he found an oldmeat bone that Wife Pollyhad given him about a weekbefore and brought it overto me to show off his prize.He’s a great dog.

That’s My View.

Wednesday, Nov. 17•Brookings Site Plan-

ning Committee, 10 a.m.,Brookings City Hall councilchambers, 898 Elk Drive,Brookings.

•Brookings CityCouncil, special meeting,noon, Brookings City Hallcouncil chambers, 898 ElkDrive, Brookings.

•Curry Health Dis-trict Board of Directors,3:30 p.m., Shore Pines As-sisted Living activity room,94220 Fourth St., GoldBeach.

•Curry Health Dis-trict Board of Directors,2:30 p.m., 94220 Fourth St.,Gold Beach.

Thursday, Nov. 18•Brookings Public

Arts Committee, noon,Brookings City Hall councilchambers, 898 Elk Drive,Brookings.

•Port of Gold BeachBoard of Commissioners,7 p.m., 405 Harbor Way,Gold Beach.

Monday, Nov. 22•Southwestern Ore-

gon Community Collegeboard of education, 5p.m., Tioga Hall, room 505,

Meetings

Taking cuesfrom the dog

My View

DICK KEUSINK

Dick Keusink was editorand publisher of The Pilotfrom September 1962 to July1981. His views are his own.

Readers may contactKeusink at 541-469-3267.

EditorialPlenty of police?

Think againLaw enforcement officers from three different agencies de-

scended on a stolen vehicle in the heart of downtown Brookingslast week, arresting the two occupants on multiple charges.

The heavy-handed response perpetuates the perceptionamong many residents that there are plenty of law enforcementofficers on duty, ready to jump into action at a moment’s notice,thus negating the need for more public funding.

There may be some truth behind the perception — as itapplies to day-time incidents. However, overnight reports onthe police scanner, and in the Pilot’s police and sheriff logs,tell another story.

We checked with the agencies — Oregon State Police, Brook-ings Police Department and Curry County Sheriff’s Department— and confirmed that only Brookings Police has an officer onduty 24 hours a day. The only officer on duty in all of CurryCounty between 3 and 7 a.m. is a Brookings officer.

Officers from other agencies are on call, but the responsetime is likely to be much longer given they have to get dressedand drive from their residence to the scene of an incident. It’snot unusual for an on-duty sheriff deputy or OSP officer totake more than 40 minutes to get from Port Orford to an inci-dent in Harbor.

The reason for the short staffing at night? Money.The Oregon State Police and the Sheriff’s Department en-

deavor to have at least one patrol officer on duty 20 hours aday, but there’s no guarantee due to training requirements,vacations and restrictions on overtime.

The bottom line: Law enforcement response at night outsideBrookings city limits is hit or miss.

Furthermore, paramedics with Cal-Ore Life Flight are nolonger responding to calls of an injured person in certain in-stances until an officer arrives and secures the scene.

This is the reality of what is really happening out there —and it’s likely to get worse. Seeing a multi-agency responseto an incident at night is no longer the norm — it is the ex-ception.

Question is, what are we going to do about it?

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Salute the CoastGuard contingent

Editor:The Chetco River Coast

Guard contingent under thecommand of Master ChiefClemens are to be compliment-ed and thanked for their dis-play of Patriotic fervor thispast Veterans Day.

Over 20 members of thelocal Coast Guard station vis-ited several older and disabledveterans and performed manyand varied tasks around theirhomes and grounds — tasksthat could no longer be doneby these past military veter-ans. This assistance affordedto these older disabled veter-ans was very much appreciat-ed and the personnel from theCoast Guard are to be com-mended for their competencein the work they performedand the pleasure they broughtto the people they served. Sev-eral of the Coast Guard mem-bers who volunteered to do thisremarkable project will beleaving our local area soon.We wish them only the verybest wherever they may be as-signed.

Several of these young serv-ice members may be returningoverseas for further duty andwe pray that they may be keptsafe from harm and broughtback home to their loved ones.

Charles and Doris FullerBrookings

Epitome of whatmakes town great

Editor:We would like to take this

opportunity to honor andthank some people that I thinkare the epitome of what makesthis country and our little towngreat.

Dale and Jackie Rettke andtheir staff at Mattie’s Pancakeand Omelette have for yearsprovided a free breakfast orlunch to any veteran whocomes in their restaurant atBenham and Highway 101 onVeterans Day. The atmosphereis always fun and friendly andthe food is always excellent.

We just wanted to let themknow that they are truly ap-preciated by our veterans, andalso by those of us who eatwith them regularly.

Bob Sandy DietzHarbor

Keep smoking thosecigarettes, folks

Editor:Recently there was a pro-

posal to put negative ads onTV about cigarettes.

The labels include “thesewill kill you,” “cough ‘til youdie,” etc. Smokers are beingtargeted. We have a choice inlife to do what we want, andto ridicule the smokers iswrong.

If this goes into effect, theyshould make it mandatorythat all liquor sales have warn-ings on all bottles like “becomean alcoholic,” or “need a dis-ease, drink this.”

More people become alco-holics, criminals, drunk driv-ers, abusive, etc. So, I say, keepsmoking those cigarettes, folks.

Jerry HartzellHarbor

Ambassadors offerheartfelt thanks

Editor:On Nov. 12, the Curry

County Habitat for Humanityhosted the Harlem Ambassa-dors professional show basket-ball team for a night of high-flying slam dunks, hilariouscomedy and feel-good familyentertainment.

The Harlem Ambassadorswould like to extend a specialthank you to event organizersDarlene Thomas and Joe Don-ahue who planned and pro-moted the game. The HabitatHammers proved to be an en-ergetic and enthusiastic chal-lenging team and we thank allof the players for their goodsportsmanship. The eventwould not have been possiblewithout the support and gen-erosity of local communitysponsors, the Curry CountyHabitat for Humanity mem-

bers, and the event volunteers.The Harlem Ambassadors

thank the community ofBrookings for its warm hospi-tality and look forward to re-turning to Brookings in the fu-ture!

Dale MossPresident, HarlemAmbassadorsFort Collins, Colo.

Seeing through theridiculous claims

Editor:Did you hear that President

Obama’s trip to India cost$200 million per day, with3,000 people traveling withhim, 40 airplanes and 34 U.S.Navy war ships?

It must be true because itwas reported on Fox News, it’sall over the internet and RushLimbaugh discussed it atlength on his radio program.And, of course, it appeared inthe Curry Coastal Pilot as aletter to the editor.

Actually, it’s a flat-out lie,just like death panels, Democ-rats raising your taxes, Obamabeing born in Kenya andcountless others. It comesfrom the well-organized right-wing lie machine whose onlygoal is to advance the inter-ests of Republicans and theirwealthy supporters. Truth isnot required.

This lie is so outrageous it’samazing that anyone wouldfall for it. But people do. Theyswallow it with naive, childlikeacceptance because it’s aboutPresident Obama. It has beenthoroughly and repeatedly de-bunked in the mainstreampress and by snopes.com,truthorfiction.com, andfactcheck.org, just to name justa few.

Those who champion com-mon sense should apply it tothis case. The war inAfghanistan involves 100,000troops and thousands of vehi-cles, aircraft and ships, and“only” costs $190 million perday. To say that PresidentObama’s trip to India costsmore than the Afghan war is

beyond ridiculous. But that ap-plies to much of what appearson Fox News, Rush Lim-baugh’s radio program and inthe Pilot’s letters to the editor.

Tomas BozackBrookings

Free breakfast forveterans a success

Editor: We would like to thank the

Brookings Elks Lodge 1934and the Vietnam Veterans ofAmerica, Chapter 757 and as-sociates, and other volunteersfor another successful “freebreakfast for veterans” inhonor of Veterans Day.

This is the fourth year, anda total of 240 veterans andfamilies were served on Sun-day, Nov. 14.

The money raised at thisevent will be distributed to vet-erans in need at various vet-erans homes and hospitals inOregon.

We would also like to thankRay’s Food Place, Grocery Out-let and Fred Meyer for theirgenerous food donations,which made this event possi-ble.

Thank you veterans! GodBless America — land of thefree and home of the brave!

Sam Vitale, president,Vietnam Veterans ofAmerica Chapter 757Gary Downing, PastExalted Ruler Elks Lodge1934Brookings

Can God approvesomething godless?

Editor:I take great umbrage with

the term Godless Socialismused in the Nov. 13 Pilot edi-torial cartoon. Since when didGod have anything to do witheconomic models?

There are many aspects ofour economy that are socialis-tic. Social Security, Medicare,the Post Office and the CoosCurry Electric Coop immedi-ately come to mind.

We do have a mixed econo-my, as does every other coun-try in the world, includingRussia, China, Cuba, etc. Andwe had a mixed economy longbefore Barack Obama arrivedon the scene.

I invite all ideologically pureCapitalist seniors in CurryCounty to 1) refuse their SocialSecurity checks, 2) refuse theirMedicare coverage, 3) not usethe Post Office and 4) turn offtheir power. After all, a mean-

ingful stand against Socialismmust begin somewhere.

It seems to me that SocialSecurity and Medicare are pro-grams that would have a lov-ing God’s approval in that theyhave reduced poverty and suf-fering among our less well-to-do seniors.

I am left with a conundrum.How could God approve of

something that is Godless?Robert M. HintzBrookings

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Volleyball Head Coach LoriCooper got one last chance topraise her players Mondaynight and was well prepared.

“Our season was like a rollercoaster,” she said. “Ups whenwe played well and downswhen we didn’t.”

She expressed her pride atbeing involved with girls thatshe had coached for a longtime, and how big the shoeswere that the JV players wouldneed to fill.

The Bruins ended the sea-son with a 14-9 overall recordand a fourth-place 5-5 FarWest League record. Eventhough the team was fourth inleague, they were still rankedthe 10th strongest team in thestate according to the OSAArankings.

Cooper highlighted the sea-son with the team’s pinnacleachievements: winning the Ar-cata tournament for the secondyear in a row, and beating DelNorte High School twice.

Varsity lettersCooper awarded letters to

11 varsity players this year, in-cluding three first-year letters.

Kayleen Wiley, LakotaHatcher and Kelsa Northrupall received their varsity lettersfor their efforts as member ofthe varsity squad even thoughtthey didn’t see much playingtime.

Others who lettered includ-ed:

Christy Reynolds who hadan 80-percent hit efficiency, a24-percent kill efficiency andan average of one kill per set.

Whitney Floyd who was tiedfor fifth on the team in killswith 48.

Kambri Coleman, whoCooper referred to as a veryversatile player, was third inkills with 94, had a 27-percentkill efficiency and tied for thirdin aces. Coleman was awardedthe team’s Most InspirationalAward.

Danielle Ambrose led theteam in hit percentage with 96percent and was third in digs.

Shawna Cooper, “a strongoutside hitter,” said CoachCooper, was second in kills, hitpercentage, digs and passing.She had a 46-percent kill effi-ciency.

Briana Gutierrez led theteam in assists with 7.3 assistsper set. She was also second inservice percentage and servicepoints while maintaining a 25-percent kill efficiency.

Gutierrez was honored withthe coaches award during theawards ceremony.

“Briana is on of the best set-ters in the league,” Cooper said.“Because of her we were ableto run plays that we weren’table to run before.”

Felicia Gutierrez was a forcethat other teams refused toplay to, according to Cooper.

“No one would hit to her,”Cooper said, “because shewould always dig their pass,serve and hit.” She was award-ed the teams Best Defensive

Player award.Felicia averaged 3.4 digs per

set, had an 87-percent passingaccuracy, an 81-percent hittingefficiency and was tied for thirdin aces.

Nicole Watterson also re-ceived her varsity letter andaccording to Cooper, was thetop middle hitter in the league.She had a 94-percent hit effi-ciency, led the team with 253kills while posting a 43-percentkill efficiency and was first inblocks.

Watterson was awarded theteam’s Most Valuable PlayerAward which is an honor thatis voted on by the team.

“It’s cool to see the time I’ve

put in has paid off,” Wattersonsaid. “I’m glad they saw me asa good influence and chooseme. It’s really cool.”

Cooper also acknowledgedthe hard work of the team’smanager, Katie Gomez, whohas been managing the teamfor the last three years.

Far West League HonorsThe Far West League hon-

ored four Bruins with All-League team selections.

Shawna Cooper was electedto the All-League Team as anhonorable-mention outside hit-ter.

Briana Gutierrez was select-ed for the second team All-

League honors as a setter.First-team All League hon-

ors went to Felicia Gutierrezas libero and Nicole Wattersonas a middle hitter.

Watterson was pleased to behonored for her second year ina row as a first-team selection.

“It was always a goal for meto be on first team,” she said.“It’s the highest honor you canget in our league and it wascool to be selected again thisyear.”

Cooper was adamant in heradvice to the JV squad thatwill be taking the place of thedeparting seniors.

“You’ve got really big shoesto fill,” she said.

PILOTCURRY COASTAL

JEF HATCH, SPORTS EDITOR – 541-469-3123 – JHATCH@CURRYPILOT.COM

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OneLastPoint...

JEF HATCH

ScoopedGetting scooped. It’s part of

the news world. Typically apaper will get scooped by an-other paper. With only oneother paper in competition, it’snot all that often that we getscooped at the Pilot.

We usually scoop each other.Assignments are given,

taken, missed, passed, slipped,dodged and generally fulfilled.

Sometimes assignmentsoverlap, or two people seesomething happening andcover it without knowing aboutthe other’s coverage.

In the case of our newsroom,I end up scooping others withmy camera. I like to tackle dif-ferent angles and sometimesthose points of view tell thestory in a different style thanthe original photo did. At timesmy image is complimentary tothe story yet tells it different-ly.

A great example is the cityhall sink hole. Arwyn Ricewent and got some great pho-tos that nicely accompanied herstory but she wasn’t allowedon the roof of city hall to shootat an angle that would reallymake the photo pop.

I knew that if I put a wide-angle lens on my camera andput the camera on my mono-pod and held it up in the air, Iwould get the same angle —or close to it — that standingon the roof would provide.

The result was that Iscooped Arwyn, not becauseshe didn’t do her job, but be-cause I had a different solutionto the same problem.

Our Editor, Scott, is a greatphotographer and at times willhear something on the scanneror have some inside informa-tion that leads him to a greatphoto opportunity and hescoops me.

As a lover of photography,there is nothing I hate — andlove — more than beingscooped when I could have got-ten the shot.

I hate it because I wouldhave loved to be in position toget the shot and I didn’t. And,I love it because I rejoice any-time a fellow photographer cap-tures a great image.

I was taking photos at a re-cent Ducks game and duringhalftime all the photographershead into a tunnel to get theirphotos submitted for deadline.As I looked over the shoulderof some of my fellow profes-sionals I was amazed at notonly what I had that matched,but what I had missed.

I got a great image of Dar-ron Thomas’ helmet cominghalfway off with his head twist-ed as the defender tackled viaface mask. At least, I thoughtit was great until I saw thephotos that the guy two yardscloser to the event had taken.

I was in the right spot. I wasready. I was focused. I got theshot. I got scooped. It happens.

Being the only sports guy inthe room, I don’t get scoopedall that often on the sports sideof things, but sometimes ...sometimes, I have an idea fora column that gets scooped.

I was thinking that I’d writea Thanksgiving column andsince I write Wednesday’s Iwould have a chance at beingthe first Pilot writer to do it.

Those of you who readScott’s column on Saturdayknow that I got scooped. It wasa great column; I enjoyed it.

I’ll write my Thanksgivingcolumn next week and so I’mputting a call out this week formy reader’s favorite Thanks-giving memories as well as thethings they are most thankfulfor.

Send me an email atjhatch@currypilot.com and letme know what you’re gratefulfor and what your favoritememories are.

~~~As we express our gratitude,

we must never forget that thehighest appreciation is not toutter words, but to live by them.

— John FitzgeraldKennedy

Jeremiah Quackenbush hada 712 series in the Men's TrioLeague to lead the men thisweek. Jeff Gerlach in theThursday Mixed League hada 279 game for high game.

Eunice Greene in the AzaleaLeague had a 560 series to leadthe women. Linda Johnson hada 234 game in the WednesdayMixed League for high game.

Azalea League — Team 1(9-3), Innfield Restaurant (8-4). Eunice Greene (560) series,190, 187.

Men's Trio League — BiggerBalls (15-0), Kerr Ace Hard-ware (11-1), All Star Liquor (8-4). Jeremiah Quackenbush(712) 255, 210, 247; RobertThroop (646) 238, 236; GaryKerr 207, 200; Kent Miller 220;Steve Kerr 203; Rex Stevens201; Dustin Carpenter 215;Scott Sanders 212; MikeOwens 202; Steven Sanders(632) 237, 200; Jeff Gerlach205; Mike Humphreys 224.

Wednesday Mixed League— Brookside Florist (9-3), KLBEnterprizes and Bernie BishopMazda tied with (8-4), Should- Coulda (6-6).

Men — Mike Cornelius(527) 198; John Reber (517)196.

Women — Linda Johnson

(520) 234; Glenda Weber(464); Mary Custis 180.

Senior League — Team2 (10-2), Spare O, LuckyStrikes, and Glad Hatterstied with (8-4), Fast Taco,Beauties & Beasts, and 3Belles & A Ringer tied with(7-5).

Men — Russ Greene(521) 191; John Reber (481)192.

Women — Eunice Greene(499) 184; Lori Cooley (458);Louise Stevens 181.

Thursday Mixed League— Gut-ER-Done (8-3), Mis-fits and Dairy Queen tiedwith (8-4), Floors-n-More,Dresen Design, Team 7,Hargrove Construction, andDJR Matties tied with (7-5),Innfield Restaurant (7-1).

Men — Jeff Gerlach (691)279, 202, 200; Rich Flinn(668) 259, 212; Bill Schaefer214; Shaun Barbic 230;Jake Campbell 202; AdamTaylor 225, 204; Dale Ret-tke 208; Steven Scruggs208, 233; Randy Scruggs212, 211; Dan Stinnett 203,224; Rex Stevens (617) 211,222.

Women — Joni Finch(515); Elvira Stinnett (499)193; Beth VanCleave 192.

The Curry Coastal Pilot’sFootball Contest closed out its10-week run with yet anotherhard week for predictions, andyet another tie-breaker deci-sion.

With upsets in both pro andcollege football, no one did bet-ter than 15 picks in the first20 games — and many readerspicked less than half.

The seven readers with thebest scores included SueMansur, Tom Owens, A.J.Perry, Blake Vaughn, GarrettVest, Betty Waite and TylerWood.

Four of those — Mansur,Owens, Vest and Waite —earned a free pick by knowingthat the Pilot footballs in thefinal week were at the Pilot orWild River Pizza.

Among those four, only Vestpredicted the outcome of thetwo tie-breaker games.

That means he picks up thefinal $50 cash prize of the yearin only his second time playingthe contest. Garrett is a sev-enth-grade student who playsthe saxophone in honors band.He doesn’t play organized foot-ball, but does play pick-up

games with friends.In the runners-up stack for

the final week, picking 16 ofthe first 20 games, were entriesfrom John Hoven, MargMansur, Kip Freels, Joe

Thomas, Patrick and JanetRozelle, Amy Drain, CathyLongo, John Bensing, GinnyHarris, Mark Silver, DoloresBlackburn, Cuddy White, JerryYegge and Bruce Kaufman.

Garrett Vest

Bowling News

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By Charles KocherPilot staff writer

Vest brings home the money

Volleyball team gives awards at banquetBy Jef HatchPilot staff writer

The Pilot/Jef HatchFar West League All League award winners: Felicia Gutierrez, left, first teamlibero; Nicole Watterson, first team middle hitter; Shawna Cooper, honorablemention outside hitter; and Briana Gutierrez second team setter.

Bruin football holds celebration to honor teamThe Brookings-Harbor High

School football team intro-duced three new awards attheir year-end celebration —perpetual trophies for defen-sive player of the year, offen-sive player of the year and spe-cial teams player of the year.

Head Coach Joe Morinbegan the event by thankingthe parents for, “letting us bea part of the kids lives.”

One of the tenents of phi-losophy espoused throughoutthe season by the coaches wasreflected in the words of JVcoach Ted Burdett.

The team went from blam-ing each other for mistakes atthe beginning of the year, hesaid, to recognizing that tosucceed as a team they had towork as a team and not beselfish.

Special teams Coach BruceWales had all of the playerswho participated on specialteams stand up and said, “Allthese young men that arestanding, are the reason thatI enjoyed coaching specialteams.”

Wales awarded the SpecialTeams Player of the Yearaward to Chandler Gotfried,

who was the place kicker forthe team in addition to beinga varsity soccer player.

“He came to us,” Wales said.“He committed so much timeand was always asking uswhen he could work with theteam. He was a unanimous de-

cision by the coaching staff.”Defensive Coordinator

Lupe Florez presented the De-fensive Player of the Yearaward to Jesse Ashley for hisdedication to the team and hishard work.

“He came off the field and

looked like he was crying, hewas working so hard,” Florezsaid. “I wanted to pull him outand give him a rest, but hewouldn’t come off. I evenpulled him off in the Mazamagame and he found his wayback into the game.”

“I was surprised at theaward,” Ashley said. “It’s niceto be recognized for the hardwork that I’ve put in.”

Morin awarded the Offen-sive Player of the Year awardto Dustin Paradis who re-minded Morin of those peoplewho give it their all in theirlife; those people who put inthe dedication needed to suc-ceed in life.

“It is something that I’mglad will still be around whenI’m gone,” Paradis said. “Evenif people don’t know who I am,I can still be remembered.”

Members of the footballteam varsity squad who let-tered include: Jesse Ashley,John Blozinsky, Eli Bruce,Derek Chavez, Tim Drafahl,Will Du Four, Tim Du Four,Brandon Foley, Geoff Gow-man, Chandler Gottfried,Dylan Habiger, Jr Helme,Justin Holmes, Greg Kar-lquist, Tyler Lueckfeld, Jacob“Dubby” McKinney, Zac Olds,Josh Owens, Dustin Paradis,

Alex Pate, Justin Schultz,Brendan Speakman and NickWertz.

Players had to play at leastseven quarters of varsity foot-ball to be eligible for a varsityletter.

Far West League honorsThe Far West League

coaches voted to honor eightBruin players with selectionsto the Far West League AllLeague teams.

Paradis was the lone first-team selection being selectedon both the offensive and de-fensive sides of the line as run-ning back and defensive back.

Alex Pate was selected toboth sides of the second-teamas tight end and defensivelineman.

Brandon Foley was also se-lected to the second team asa linebacker.

Tim Du Four, DylanHabiger and Jesse Ashleywere all selected to the hon-orable mention offensive teamas offensive linemen, andTyler Lueckfeld was selectedas a running back.

Ashley also received anhonorable mention defensiveteam selection as linemanwhile Justin Schultz receivedthe nod as a defensive back.

By Jef HatchPilot staff writer

The Pilot/Jef Hatch

Jesse Ashley, left, Dustin Paradis and ChandlerGotfried stand behind their perpetual trophies.

MEDFORD (AP) — TheOregon State Marine Boardis looking for ways to betterserve nonmotorized boaters,including a very modern ap-proach to reaching out to agrowing number of kayak-ers, canoeists and others.

The ef fort marks thefirst time the marine boardhas invited boaters to helpdevelop a plan to guide theagency’s future. The boardtraditionally serves power-boaters.

“We recognize that weserve that constituency,and we also recognize thatwe’re not very good at itand we’re trying to improveit,” a marine board policyanalyst, Randy Henry, toldthe Mail Tribune newspa-per in Medford.

Agency leaders are reach-ing out through social-media outlets such as Face-book, Twitter and YouTube,as well as through its web-site and at a series of publicmeetings.

The agency was formed

in 1959 to help the publicaccess waters of the state,to begin an education pro-gram to promote boatingsafety and create a regis-tration system to track andmanage motorized water-craft in Oregon.

The board’s roughly $17million annual budget ispaid through user fees, fed-eral grants and motorboatfuel taxes. The agency re-ceives no state general-fund money through theOregon Legislature.

Registered boats were allmotorized boats and sail-boats over 12 feet long, butregistration of those craftspeaked in 1999 and hasslowly declined, while non-motorized boats like kayaksand canoes have increaseddramatically.

Nonmotorized boats donot require registration orfees to pay for the facilitiesthat paddlers use, or thelaw-enforcement efforts tokeep them safe.

The only fee these

boaters have paid is a one-time, $5 fee used to fund anew program shared withthe Oregon Department ofFish and Wildlife to battlenonnative invasive speciesthat can be transported be-tween waterways on boats.

Henry said boaters havetold the marine board theywould l ike to see moreboat-cleaning stations tohelp them curb the trans-port of aquatic plants andanimals on hulls and inbilge water.

He also said the plan isnot a way of trying to reg-ister the estimated 100,000nonmotorized boats 10 feetor longer in Oregon or re-quiring their owners to payfees.

A draft is expected to becompleted in the next leg-islative session that startsin January.

With the holiday seasoncoming, a great family ac-tivity is to cut your ownChristmas tree in thewoods.

A permit tag is requiredfor the harvest of each in-dividual tree.

Christmas tree permitsfrom the BLM Medford Dis-trict, BLM Coos Bay Dis-tr ict and Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest goon sale at all office andvendor locations startingWednesday, Nov. 24, theday before Thanksgiving.

The permits sell for $5per tree and are non-re-fundable. There is a limitof five tree permits per per-son. The permits cover alarge area that includes theRogue River-Siskiyou Na-tional Forest and the CoosBay and Medford Districtsof the BLM, where landsare open to personal- usetree harvesting. Maps withdirections to cutting areaswill be provided.

The Christmas tree per-mit tag is validated afterharvesting your tree by cut-ting out the date, monthand year on the tag and se-

curely attaching it to thecut tree in a visible locationbefore transporting ithome.

Christmas tree harvestis not allowed in wildernessareas, campgrounds, devel-oped recreation areas, Na-tional Monuments, Re-search Natural Areas,Area’s of Critical Environ-mental Concern, withinfences or posted tree plan-tations, within 200 feet ofstate highways or on pri-vate lands.

Christmas tree cutting isalso not permitted withinthe Cascade-Siskiyou Na-tional Monument, the Wildand Scenic Rogue River cor-ridor and Recreation Areas.This is why it’s importantto have a tree permit map,along with a Forest Serviceor BLM map, and a goodunderstanding of your lo-cation prior to cutting.

Keep in mind that roadson public lands adminis-tered by the Forest Serviceand BLM are not plowed inthe winter and can presentsome situations that quick-ly become dangerous i fyou’re not properly pre-

pared. You should be pre-pared for winter weather,check weather conditionsprior to departure and trav-el with a full tank of gas.Bring along adequate win-ter clothing, blankets/sleep-ing bags, food, water, warmbeverages, a first aid kitand f lashlight, whistle,mirror, shovel and cel lphone, though in some re-mote areas cel l phonesdon’t work. Always letsomeone know where youplan to harvest your treeand when you expect to re-turn. Consider going outwith a more experiencedfriend if you are new to thisactivity or unfamiliar withthe area in which you willbe travelling.

The Bear Camp Coastalroute is not advisable fortravel this time of year; theroute is not maintained forwinter travel from Nov. 5through May 31.

The mission of the USDAForest Service is to sustainthe health, diversity, andproductivity of the Nation’sforests and grasslands tomeet the needs of presentand future generations.

The Agency manages 193million acres of public land,provides assistance to stateand private landowners,and maintains the largestforestry research organiza-tion in the world.

The BLM manages moreland — 253 million surfaceacres — than any other fed-eral agency. This land,known as the National Sys-tem of Public Lands, is pri-marily located in 12 west-ern states, including Alas-ka. The bureau, with abudget of about $1 billion,also administers 700 mil-lion acres of sub-surfacemineral estate throughoutthe nation. The BLM’s mul-tiple-use mission is to sus-tain the health and produc-tivity of the public lands forthe use and enjoyment ofpresent and future genera-tions. The bureau accom-plishes this by managingsuch activities as outdoorrecreation, livestock graz-ing, mineral development,and energy production, andby conserving natural, his-torical, cultural, and otherresources on public lands

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shirts received 56 holidaystockings from members ofthe Brookings PresbyterianChurch last week.

Church members decorat-ed the stockings and stuffedthem with gifts for injuredtroops.

The Women’s PrayerBreakfast donated $100, andthe Mission Committee pro-vided $200 to pay for postage.

The church also donated$500 to the St. Timothy’sFree Clinic.

“We try to see our missionmoney goes back into thecommunity,” church memberBarbara Ratliff said.

The stockings will be sentto two military hospitals inAfghanistan, Redshirts pres-ident Frank Muller said.

“This Christmas we willsend at least 150 packages tohospitals and individual sol-diers,” Muller said.

Many of the troops who re-ceive Redshirts packages arefrom Oregon National Guardunits.

In addition to the group’susual care packages, the Red-shirts are shipping small ar-

tificial trees, ornaments,Santa hats, candy and fruit-cake.

“We’ve been wrappingpresents for the last month,”he said.

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Board to develop strategic plan for boaters

Optometric physician Dou-glas Walker, OD, was recent-ly installed as president ofThe Oregon OptometricPhysicians Association at theorganization’s Annual Con-

vention held at the Red LionHotel in Portland.

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SALEM (AP) — The newOregon State Hospital is get-ting ready for its first wave ofpatients, who will all have pri-vate bedrooms and access to“treatment malls.”

Nearly 100 patients arescheduled to leave crampedand dreary wards in the ex-isting 127-year-old hospital in

Salem in January and moveto the new facility, called “Har-bors.”

The new hospital also fea-tures a room designed to letpatients take a break withmood-soothing lighting andmusic.

Flat-screen TVs will beavailable for therapy and forpatients to watch shows dur-ing leisure time.

The 114,300-square-footbuilding will become the firstpatient-occupied section of the620-bed replacement hospitalthat’s set to become fully op-erational by late next year, theStatesman Journal reported.

Harbors will house as many104 patients in five residentialunits. Eventually, another 20-bed unit will house stateprison inmates who will re-ceive short-term care forsymptoms of mental illness be-fore returning to the prisonsystem.

John Keogh, who hasworked at the state psychiatrichospital since 1989, said thenew features will mean dra-matic improvements in pa-tient living conditions andtherapy, compared to the oldbuilding.

“Over there, you have fouror five people in a lot ofrooms,” he said, referring tothe century-old J Building.“We think that increased pri-vacy will help people feel bet-ter about being here. There’sa dignity that comes with hav-ing your own room.”

All patients will be encour-aged to attend treatmentmalls, offering them a wide-ranging menu of therapeuticclasses, activities and social-ization.

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For exercise, patients canwork out in a new gymnasiumand in smaller fitness rooms.They also can shoot hoops andplay volleyball in an outdoorcourtyard.

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Jim Relaford holds the ceremonial scissors during ribbon cutting at thegrand opening of Mainbrace Technologies at the Port of Brookings Harbor.

Mainbrace Technologiesheld a grand opening ceremo-ny and ribbon cutting Mon-day at its Port of BrookingsHarbor location.

The event introduced thecompany’s new computer re-tail shop to the public. Thestore carries a selection ofcomputers and related items,including flash drives, com-puter mice and keyboards.

Mainbrace already offeredcomputer services. The retailsection was added to betterserve customers, owner JimRelaford said.

The first items the store iscarrying are those most askedfor by customers. Some, suchas keyboards that are water-proof, are speciality items.

“A lot of my customers usetheir computers on boats,where it only makes sense to

use a waterproof keyboard,”he said.

The storefront is located inthe port’s retail center, be-tween Whales Tail Candy andGifts and The Hungry Clamseafood restaurant.

Mainbrace’s history beganwith PRN Data Services, es-tablished in 1989, Relafordsaid. PRN provided informa-tion technology functions forgovernment agencies.

Relaford combined hisbusiness with Leroy Blod-gett’s Eagle Two DevelopmentCorp in 2009. The two busi-ness owners figured thatBlodgett’s company, whichused a lot of computing power,and Relaford’s computer serv-ices would be a natural fit, hesaid.

Five months later, the twobusinesses split.

“Our companies were toodifferent,” Relaford said. “Wehad no commonality.”

Relaford and Eagle Two di-vided the offices they previ-ously shared, and a year agothe computer company be-came Mainbrace Technology.

Eagle Two remains a cus-tomer of Mainbrace and thetwo business owners have re-mained friends, he said.

Services provided by Main-brace include Mac and PCsoftware and hardware com-puter repair, home-basedcomputer lessons, website de-sign and application program-ming.

Mainbrace computer spe-cialists recently completed acustom computer program forCal-Ore Life Flight that al-lows Cal-Ore to broadcastEKG readings directly to thehospital. Doctors can monitorwhat’s happening in the am-bulance and begin assessinga patient even before the am-bulance arrives at the hospi-tal, Relaford said.

Computer store opensBy Arwyn RicePilot staff writer

Deborah Margaret Craw-ford, of The Hair Circuit De-sign Studio in Brookings, re-cently attended the Framesi2010 Fall/Winter Style Pres-entation in Portland.

The total-look fashionshow of hair, makeup andclothing took place at TheBenson Hotel Crystal Ball-room.

Crawford participated in ahands-on workshop of colorand cutting techniques of theFramesi Italian Styles, andlearned about the new Treat-ment Line hair products from

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GRANTS PASS (AP) —Final unofficial votes Mondaygave Democratic state Sen.Alan Bates the win in hiscliffhanger race and Democ-rats narrow control of theOregon state Senate.

Results posted by JacksonCounty gave Bates 24,546votes, or 50.22 percent of thetotal, to Republican Dave Dot-terrer’s 24,272 votes, or 49.66percent. That is a margin ofjust 274 votes, or 0.66 per-cent, but not close enough foran automatic recount.

Clackamas County’s finalunofficial results showed Re-publican Alan Olsen the win-ner with 23,044 votes, or50.17 percent, to 22,817 votes,or 49.67 percent for Demo-cratic Sen. Martha Schrader.The margin was 227.

As long as the results holdup when they are certified bythe Secretary of State next

month, those results give De-mocrats a 16-14 majority,shoring up their decision lastweek to give Bates the postof deputy majority leader.

Dotterrer said he wouldnot concede until results arecertified in coming weeks, butBates said there is work todo, with the toughest budgetdecisions to be made in years.

He said he will be workingon the assumption he will besworn in for the next session.

“I don’t want to sound ar-rogant about it. I supposethere’s always a chance some-thing could be found unex-pected,” Bates, a family prac-tice doctor, said from his officein Medford. “We can’t waituntil they certify the elec-tions. We’ve got to get going.We have work to do.”

Dotterrer, a retired MarineCorps colonel, said he is wait-ing for certified results to de-

cide whether to concede orchallenge the outcome.

“All options are on thetable,” he said.

Olsen said he was excitedby his victory, and looking for-ward to working with Democ-rats on putting people backto work.

“I’ve been a general con-tractor most of my life,” hesaid. “Negotiation is a matterof give and take. That’ whatit’s going to take down there.I think without a super-ma-jority (for Democrats), we aregoing to have a closer workingrelationship, a little moremeeting in the middle, whichis where we should have beena long time ago.”

Schrader did not immedi-ately return telephone callsfor comment.

Olsen said he had not got-ten a concession call from her.

The following informationis taken from the daily logsof local law enforcementagencies. Charges listed arepreliminary and are made atthe discretion of the arrestingofficer or agency. Chargesmay be amended or droppedat the discretion of the dis-trict attorney or courts.

Saturday, Nov. 13Allen Dale Shaffer, 29,

Gold Beach, for delivery ofmethamphetamine,, posses-sion of methamphetamine,possession of marijuana andprobation violation; no bail.

Bradley Dean Cupp, 25, ofBrookings, for possession ofmethamphetamine; bail setat $25,000.

Cari Louise Aanrud, 23, ofBrookings, for delivery ofmethamphetamine and pos-session of methamphetamine;bail set at $75,000.

Brett Irvin Rose, 34, ofGold Beach, for an outsideagency hold from KlamathCounty; no bail.

Sunday, Nov. 14Kyle Ayers, 20, of Klamath

Falls, for an outside agencyhold from Klamath County;no bail.

Christopher Anthony, 23,of Brookings, for possessionof methamphetamine; bail setat $25,000.

Lacy Landers, 24, ofBrookings, for possession ofmethamphetamine; bail setat $25,000.

Dana Rose, 50, of Brook-ings, for probation violation;

no bail.Christopher Cole, 37, of

Trinidad, Calif., for twocounts of possession of a con-trolled substance and drivingunder the influence of intox-icants; bail set at $210,000.

Monday, Nov. 15Julie Peterson, 46, Brook-

ings, for probation violation;no bail.

Timothy Sabatinos, 38, ofBrookings, for seven countsof telephonic harassment;booked and released.

John Wickstrom, 45, ofGold Beach, for driving whilesuspended; booked and re-leased.

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MEDFORD (AP) — Ateam of globe-trotting elec-tric motor scooter ridersmade a weekend stop insouthern Oregon to helppromote the transition totransportation without pol-lution.

The Zero Emissions Racehas taken teams of ridersthrough Europe, Asia, Cana-da and now into the UnitedStates.

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Even though the electricmotor scooters have extrabattery packs, their rangeis limited to 180 miles, re-quiring stops of severalhours for recharging.

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Water problem, 9:45 a.m.:1200 block of Hub Street.

Fight, 1:17 p.m.: 600 blockof Old County Road.

Criminal mischief, 1:54p.m.: 800 block of Elk Drive.

Harassment, 1:55 p.m.:16700 block of ThompsonRoad.

Found property, 2:12 p.m.:300 block of Fifth Street.

Fire, 8:07 p.m.: 400 blockof Linden Lane.

Disorderly conduct, 8:45p.m.: 900 block of FifthStreet.

Illegal camping, 11 p.m.:Wharf Street near waste-water treatment plant.

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a.m.: 900 block of Timberline.Drive.

Fight, 8:39 a.m.: 17700block of Brown Deer Lane.

Criminal mischief, 8:48a.m.: 500 block of HemlockStreet.

Alarm, 12:02 p.m.: 96400block of Shorewood Terrace.

Hit and run, 2:39 p.m.: 300block of Fifth Street.

Harassment, 4:55 p.m.:700 block of Pioneer Road.

Theft, 9:09 p.m.: 800 blockof Chetco Avenue.

Possession of drugs, 11:49p.m.: Easy Street, near FirstStreet.

Saturday, Nov. 13Fire, 12:15 a.m.: 400 block

of Alder Street.

Suspicious conditions,12:31 p.m.: 500 block of FernStreet.

Suspicious conditions, 1:13p.m.: 400 block of FifthStreet.

Alarm, 3:06 p.m.: 96400block of Shorewood Terrace.

Fire, 5:17 p.m.: 17400block of Deer Park Drive.

Hit and run, 7:09 p.m.:Hemlock Street.

Suspicious conditions,11:52 p.m.: 400 block of Hill-side Avenue.

Sunday, Nov. 14Fight, 12:50 a.m.: 96700

block of East Harris HeightsRoad.

Fight, 1:58 a.m.: Highway101 and Benham Lane.

Criminal mischief, 12:30p.m.: 97900 block of ShoppingCenter Avenue.

Suspicious conditions, 1:32p.m.: 1200 block of MooreStreet.

Criminal mischief, 3:20p.m.: 800 block of RailroadStreet.

Suspicious conditions, 4:01p.m.; 300 block of FifthStreet.

Driving while suspended,5:04 p.m.: 16300 block ofHighway 101.

Illegal camping, 5:52 p.m.:1200 block of Easy Street.

Fight, 7:30 p.m.: 98300block of Thomas Lane.

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Fifield Street. Hit and Run, 8:40 a.m.:

Fifth Street. Alarm, 11:48 a.m.: 800

block of Old County Road. Lost property, 4:42 p.m.:

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Warrant service, 6:34 p.m.:800 block of Pioneer Road.

Monday, Nov. 8Fraud, 8:37 a.m.: 30600

block of Old Coast Road. Theft of services, 8:59 a.m.:

97900 block of Shopping Cen-ter Avenue.

Criminal mischief, 9:34am.: 2000 block of Washing-ton Street.

Fight, 11:19 a.m.: 17700block of Brown Deer Lane.

Disorderly conduct, 2:17p.m.: 16200 block of Highway101.

Non-injury vehicle acci-dent, 2:59 p.m.: Highway 101and Hoffeldt Lane.

Criminal mischief, 5:13p.m.: 1200 block of OregonStreet.

Unlawful vehicle entry,11:21 p.m.: 98000 block ofHall Way.

Tuesday, Nov. 9Suspicious subjects, 4:51

a.m.: 29600 block of Ellens-burg Avenue.

Tree down, 7:44 a.m.:Highway 101, milepost295.5.

Tree down, 8:25 a.m.: Ma-teer Road.

Accident, 10:12 a.m.: Onemile up Chetco River Road.

Illegal dumping, 10:15a.m.: 17400 block of Carpen-terville Road.

Hit and run, 4:30 p.m.:16200 block of Highway 101.

Suspicious conditions,1:37 p.m.: Brookings.

Forgery, 3:13 p.m.: 29600block of Ellensburg Avenue.

Disturbance, 9:04 p.m.:95200 block of Jerry’s FlatRoad.

Runaways, 10:59 p.m.:96700 Langlois MountainRoad.

Wednesday, Nov. 10Non-injury vehicle acci-

dent, 8:21 a.m.: Three milesup Jerry’s Flat Road.

Harassment, 11:21 a.m.:97800 block of Titus Lane.

Theft, 1:20 p.m.: Ocean-view Drive.

Warrant service, 5:41p.m.: A 22-year-old man, a47-year-old man and a37-year old woman were arrest-ed on Old County Road.

Thursday, Nov. 11Disorderly conduct, 9:05

a.m.: 94200 block of FourthStreet.

Injury vehicle accident, 2:17p.m.: Highway 101 and Car-penterville Road.

Criminal trespass, 3:33 p.m.:94100 block of Caughill Street.

Suspicious subjects, 8:07p.m.: Jerry’s Flat Road.

Disorderly conduct, 9:47p.m.: 98100 block of West Ben-ham Lane.

Friday, Nov. 12Theft, 6:26 a.m.: 97800 block

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Fraud, 1 p.m.: 29600 blockof Ellensburg Avenue.

Theft of services, 1:16 p.m.:15900 block of Highway 101.

Injury vehicle accident, 3:58p.m.: 29600 block of EllensburgAvenue.

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Criminal mischief, 5:44p.m.: 29600 block of EllensburgAvenue.

Structure fire, 8:21 p.m.:Port Orford Fire Departmentresponded to the 500 block of18th Street.

Suspicious vehicles, 11:14p.m.: 29500 block of PacificStreet.

Saturday, Nov. 13Fight, 1:14 a.m.: 98100 block

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South Bank Chetco RiverRoad.

Criminal mischief, 12:30p.m.: Grizzly Mountain Road.

Theft, 1:05 p.m.: 100 blockof Oregon Street.

DUII, 6:23 p.m.: A 34-year-old woman was arrested in the29600 block of Ellensburg Av-enue.

DUII, 8 p.m.: Highway 101,Port Orford.

Criminal trespass, 8:46 p.m.:97900 block of Shopping Cen-ter Avenue.

DUII, 9:47 p.m.: 29300 blockof Ellensburg Avenue.

DUII, 10 p.m.: Highway 101and Tom Cat Hill Road.

Sunday, Nov. 14Controlled substance, 12:05

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Disturbance, 7:37 p.m.: Ivyand Chapman lanes.

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Hazard, 11:02 p.m.: High-way 101 near milepost 311.

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Rodney “Rod” O. Draheim,80, of Brookings, died Nov.11, 2010, as a result of in-juries sustained in a motorvehicle accident in Brookings.

Rod was born July 13,1930, in Marion, N.D., to Or-lando and Cleo Draheim.

He spent his childhoodthere. Following graduationfrom high school in 1948, Rodmoved to Arcata, Calif.,where he began work in alumber mill and a truck stop.

In the early 1950s he anda partner opened a servicestation in Eureka, Calif. Hereturned to North Dakotaand married his high schoolsweetheart Darlene “Babe”Johnson, May 18, 1951, inLaMoure, N.D., and broughther back to Eureka.

Rod was drafted into theU.S. Army in November,1951 and served honorablyin Korea until being dis-charged in 1953. FollowingRod’s military service, he re-turned to Eureka where heopened another service sta-tion. In 1960, he sold theservice station and the familymoved to Jefferson wherethey owned a 97-acre farmraising berries, corn and cat-tle. In 1964, they moved toMedford where Rod openedand operated a Chevron sta-tion on Stewart Avenue.While living in Medford thefamily became very involvedin riding dirt bikes. In Sep-tember, 1975, Rod and Babemoved to Brookings withtheir daughter Debby, whereRod partnered with CharlesKeith, building and remodel-ing homes. Rod became part-ners with his son Lonny in1984 in the same industry.Rod was a master woodwork-er and craftsman; he couldbuild and repair anythingand often would, at a mo-ment’s notice, if his family orfriends had a need. His fam-ily often called him the“McGuyver” of Brookings.

Rod took up softball at theage of 50, playing with team-mates half his age, and wasinstrumental in developingsoftball fields and organizingtournaments. He was one ofthe most charismatic playersin the league. Rod and Babethen learned to golf andspent most every day at thecourse. He and Babe loved totravel and did so extensivelywith their RV and cherishedRV friends. From dancing togrocery shopping, the couple

remained inseparablethrough almost 60 years ofmarriage. He was a loving,caring, sharing provider forhis family and the communi-ty, and will be missed.

Survivors include “Babe”Darlene, his wife of 59 years,of Brookings; son Ronny Dra-heim and his wife Cindy ofBrookings; daughter DebbyBlofsky and her husbandShane of Brookings; daugh-ter-in-law Suzette Draheimof Brookings; grandchildrenMatt Draheim (Angie), JillJensen (David), Julie Powers(Matt), Cory Blofsky, BrookeBlofsky and her fiancé ChrisEdwards; great-grandchil-dren Kaylie, Isabel, Cole,Madison, Trent, Alayna andDustin; brother Wayne Dra-heim; sister in-law Sharla ofMedford; sisters BlancheRidgeway of Portland, andBea Melanson and her hus-band, Don of Eureka.

Rod was preceded in deathby his son Lonny Draheim in2009.

A memorial service will beat 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20,at Trinity Lutheran Church,1200 Easy St., in Brookings.

In lieu of flowers, memo-rial contributions may bemade to Rod Draheim Me-morial Fund at any ChetcoFederal Credit Union(CFCU) branch or by mail toCFCU, P.O. Box 3000J, Har-bor, OR 97415. The funds willbenefit the Brookings-HarborHigh School Golf team.

Condolences may be ex-pressed online at www.red-woodmemorial.net. Arrange-ments are under the direc-tion of Redwood MemorialChapel.

Submitted by RedwoodMemorial Chapel.

Rodney O. ‘Rod’ DraheimJuly 13, 1930-Nov. 11, 2010

Rod Draheim

Obituary

Robert “Bob” Lewis, 81, ofBrookings, died Nov. 11,2010, as a result of injuriessustained in a motor vehicleaccident in Brookings.

Bob was born July 2, 1929,

in Salt Lake City. Arrangements are under

the direction of Redwood Me-morial Chapel.

Submitted by RedwoodMemorial Chapel.

Robert ‘Bob’ Lewis

VaLeska Webb, 85, passedaway at a local care facility inBrookings on Nov. 15, 2010.

She was born Feb. 13, 1925in Des Moines, Iowa.

A complete obituary willappear in a future edition ofthe Pilot.

Submitted by RedwoodMemorial Chapel

VaLeska Webb

Ellen FoleyEllen Foley, 66, passed

away from natural causes ather home in Brookings onNov. 16, 2010.

Mass of Christian Burialwill be said at 10:30 a.m.Saturday, Nov. 20, at Star ofthe Sea Catholic Church, 820Old County Road, Brook-ings. The Rosary will beginat 10 a.m. Viewing will be atRedwood Memorial Chapelfrom 5 o 8 p.m. Friday, Nov.19. Interment will be at alater date in Pipestone,Minn.

Submitted by RedwoodMemorial Chapel.

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FDA: Defibrillators malfunctiontoo often, costing human lives

The Pilot/Arwyn Rice

Pelican day at the portIt’s winter on the South Coast, yeta few pelicans are still being spot-

ted, including this one at the Portof Brookings Harbor.

Cigarette warning drafts are designed to shock