Theater owner Cynthia Chi inspects the digital quality of the movie “Oblivion” being played on the new projector. The Pilot/Jef Hatch

That was the choice facing Cynthia Chi and Tim Patterson, owners of the Redwood Theater in Brookings.

Members of the Oregon South Coast Bee Association carefully transfer honey bees from the carrying container into a hive. Submitted photo

 Fletcher ordered 32 packages of bees for members and friends of the association. They received 26 3-pound packages and six 4-pound packages, for an estimated 3,000 bees per pound, Fletcher said. Her daughter, Laurie, transported the bees to Curry County last week.

Curry County Sheriff John Bishop’s worst nightmares are already becoming reality.

Last week, a woman shot herself. Ambulance personnel arrived within minutes, but couldn’t, by law, enter the house until a law enforcement officer made sure the scene was safe.

The Curry political action committee supporting the May 21 public safety property tax levy has $7,870 in contributions as of April 26 — including $4,825 from the Smith River Rancheria, $2,500 from Rogue Federal Members Financial Services and $1,000 from C&K Market.

“Our ancestral people go all the way to Pistol River,” said Russ Crabtree, tribal administrator for the rancheria. “We have a substantial population base of tribal members who live in Curry County, and we want the county to be solvent and maintain local control.”

The Army Corps of Engineers is accepting comments regarding an application Freeman Rock has submitted to remove up to 100,000 cubic yards of aggregate a year for five years along a stretch of the south and north banks of the Chetco River in Brookings.

The proposal indicates the company would remove the gravel using bucket-equipped excavators and dump trucks from a mile-long stretch — milepost 4.5 to 5.5 — from July 15 to Sept. 30.

Curry County commissioners have filed a complaint with state election officials alleging Brookings city officials violated at least three state election laws.

But City Attorney Martha Rice disagrees.

Those big black boxes on the light signal poles along Chetco Avenue? And Railroad Street?

They’re cameras. And they’re watching your every move.

Curry and Coos county sheriff’s officers apprehended two suspects in a crime spree that started in San Luis Obispo, Calif., and ended more than 1,100 miles later in Bandon. A third suspect has not been identified or located.

Arrested was driver Richard Schlitz, 20, who had two warrants from Coos and Douglas counties; and Michael Reid, 32, of Santa Maria, Calif. Schlitz was taken to the Coos County Jail; Reed was transported to the Curry County facility. 

The city of Brookings Budget Committee unanimously approved a $19.8 million budget as well as a $2.98 million urban renewal budget.

The two budgets will now be forwarded to the city council and Urban Renewal Agency Board for adoption May 28.

Oregon Shores and the Oregon Coast Alliance have again submitted notices of intent to appeal Curry County’s approval of the tentative master plan for Crook Point Golf Course.

The Crook family of Pistol River and Brookings developer Leroy Blodgett introduced their idea of a $44 million destination golf resort in May 2009.