September 08, 2010 06:00 am
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 Third grade teacher Ken Olsen instructs Kalmiopsis Elementary School students Tuesday. The Pilot/Scott Graves Kalmiopsis Elementary School received a surprise for the first day of
school Tuesday – 705 students, about 50 more than the district
expected.
Enrollment at the elementary school has been declining in the last
few years and hasn’t reached 700 students for years, Superintendent
Brian Hodge said Tuesday.
A few students may still leave the district in the next several
weeks, but the school will likely still see an overall gain in
enrollment, Kalmiopsis Registrar Nadine Cleary said.
“We’re growing,” Cleary said.
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September 08, 2010 06:00 am
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 Dodi Antunes GOLD BEACH – Family and friends of Dodi Antunes and the Curry County
District Attorney last week appeared before the Oregon Board of Parole,
asking that the man who kidnapped, raped and murdered Dodi not be
considered for parole.
The Parole Board heard from Marvin Dennis Sherman in his first parole
hearing, then took responses from those who traveled to the prison.
“Sherman talked from 8:30 a.m. until 1 o’clock with no lunch break,”
District Attorney Everett Dial said. “He described his life and how he
had changed. After that, he was questioned by three members of the
parole board. Then members of the Antunes family spoke and I spoke.”
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September 08, 2010 06:00 am
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 South Coast Friends members Shirley Crocket, left, Karl Sandstrom, middle and Rose Weiss wash cars Sunday. The Pilot/Marge Woodfin Enthusiastic volunteers and supporters of Saint Timothy’s Outreach
Free Clinic joined South Coast Friends Sunday to offer free car washing,
food, and entertainment in a fundraising event for the clinic. There
was no charge for car washing, entertainment or food, but donations were
gratefully accepted.
Donations for the free clinic received by the hard working volunteers
were up to $576 at last count, and will help keep the clinic open to
provide health care for the uninsured
A steady steam of cars kept the approximately 20 rotating car washers
hopping from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. while three local bands took turns
entertaining the guests while they ate and socialized.
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September 08, 2010 06:00 am
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GOLD BEACH – The Curry County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday
approved a resolution stating that any current commissioner is
authorized to obtain county account information from Sterling Savings
Bank upon request.
That follows similar action a month ago to allow commissioners to
obtain account information from Umpqua Bank, the other bank where the
county keeps its funds.
County Counsel Jerry Herbage said he drafted the resolution at the request of Commissioner Bill Waddle.
Herbage said he had spoken to the Sterling branch manager in Gold Beach.
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September 08, 2010 06:00 am
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GOLD BEACH – C&K Markets is purchasing the tax credit Curry
County received from the Oregon Department of Energy for installing an
energy efficient heating and air conditioning system in the Curry County
Annex.
“Getting that tax credit gives us back money for the capital budget,
which allows us to do additional repairs as necessary,” Facility
Maintenance Manager David Sanders told the Curry County Board of
Commissioners on Tuesday.
Curry County commissioners finally gave up in early 2009, deciding it
was costing more to keep the old boiler system going in the county
building.
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September 04, 2010 06:00 am
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 Streaks of mysterious orange color appear and vanish in the sea off Harbor throughout the day Friday. Calls to agencies to determine what caused the color were unsuccessful. The Pilot/Arwyn Rice
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September 04, 2010 06:00 am
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 Brookings angler Carolyn Milliman is geared up and ready to catch salmon Friday, the first day of derby fishing action. The Pilot/Arwyn Rice The first day of this weekend’s Slam’n Salmon Ocean Derby at the Port
of Brookings Harbor got off to a deep start Friday with a large number
of fish brought up from depths of 100 feet and more.
“I hooked into my fish at 100,” Fran Keith of Brookings said. “I
would have landed it, too, but it wrapped around Gary’s wire and all I
got back was my swivel.”
According to Keith, anglers on Captain Jim Phillips’ boat brought all three of their fish up from 160 feet and deeper.
The depth of the fish may be an indication as to why the first-day
numbers were low: only 24 Chinook salmon brought in by 19 derby
participants.
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September 04, 2010 06:00 am
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 Challenger Art Robinson and 4th District Congressman Peter DeFazio. Pilot file photos Yes, there apparently will be debates between 4th District
Congressman Peter DeFazio and his Republican challenger Art Robinson,
but not at Robinson campaign appearances in Eugene, Roseburg, Brookings,
North Bend, Corvallis, Albany and Grants Pass, as Robinson has
advertised.
And not in the format Robinson insists on.
Robinson, in advertisements for Tuesday’s appearance at Brookings,
said there would be a debate. Some who attended it have complained they
did not get what they expected.
“It was supposed to be a debate. If that would take place, it would define issues,” Jim Hansen said.
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September 04, 2010 06:00 am
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 Kalmiopsis Elementary School teacher Ria Shanon prepares for Tuesday’s first day of school. The Pilot/Arwyn Rice On Friday Brookings-Harbor School District teachers arranged and
decorated classrooms, custodians worked on final projects and staff
members finished last minute paperwork and class schedules for new
students.
On Tuesday more than 1,500 students will return to school at
Brookings Harbor High School, Azalea Middle School and Kalmiopsis
Elementary School.
They will find changes including new teachers, new class schedules, and new playground equipment.
Students will also find larger class sizes and fewer elective options.
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September 04, 2010 06:00 am
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There is good news for those in the Brookings-Harbor community who
are uninsured and need health care. Health care is available from 1 to 4
p.m. every Tuesday at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church.
A dedicated group of volunteers including a doctor two nurse
practitioners, four nurses, receptionists, and other helpers, has
established a free health care clinic that opened in July.
The Saint Timothy’s Outreach Clinic provides free walk-in health care
on Tuesday afternoons with no appointments necessary. Patients will be
taken in order of arrival except for the acutely ill, who will be seen
first.
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