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South Coast Lumber will be sold to Chinook Forest Partners

Chinook Forest Partners, a forestland investment manager located in Southwest Oregon, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire South Coast Lumber Co. and affiliates (“South Coast”), on behalf of long-term investors. This acquisition encompasses 104,000 acres of premium coastal forest with modern manufacturing facilities. Chinook will manage these assets as a fully integrated platform within its portfolio of high-quality natural capital investments. “This transition reflects our shared values and mutual respect,” said Mike Beckley, CEO and President of South Coast and a third-generation of the Fallert family. “Chinook understands what matters most: our people, our land, and our

community. We are conﬁdent they will honor the legacy the Fallert family has built over four generations, while helping South Coast reach new levels of growth and opportunity.” Founded in the early 1950s and headquartered in Brookings, Oregon, South Coast Lumber Co. is a fourth-generation, family-owned forestry company with integrated operations that span from timberland management to ﬁnished wood products, boasting a workforce known for technical expertise and operational excellence. The company's commitment to sustainable forestry practices, technological innovation, and deep community roots has established South Coast as both a

cornerstone local employer and a respected Paciﬁc Northwest timber industry participant. "South Coast is an exceptional organization, built over generations and guided by a team with deep expertise and vision," said Chinook Forest Partners CEO Scott Marshall. "Our approach is rooted in longterm management: investing in people, operations, and communities to ensure these assets thrive for generations. This acquisition reinforces our commitment to sustainable forestry and positions Chinook as a differentiated partner to our investors." Founded in 2018, Chinook Forest Partners is a forestland investment manager providing clients with opportunities to in-

vest in long-term, sustainability-managed real assets across North America. The executive team has over 100 years of combined experience in the natural resource investment space, and we pride ourselves on our landscape approach to resource management, conservation, and positive community impacts. Chinook believes that sustainably managed working forests are a critical part of a healthy landscape approach to resource management. The transaction is expected to ﬁnalize before year-end 2025, pending customary closing conditions. For more information, visit chinookforestpartners.com or socomi.com.

Curry County Jail ﬁrst jail in Oregon to install a Basic Life Detection Radar system everyone is treated with dignity, empathy, and respect. In April 2025, we began the abatement of lead-based paint on the old metal bunk beds. The thirty-ﬁve metal bunk beds had been in place since the 1970s and lead based paint was a common coating at the time. Over the decades, the beds had been painted over several times, leaving a service susceptible to peeling and rust. The design of the metal bunks created ligature points that ulti-

BY LT. JEREMY KROHN, JAIL COMMANDER Curry County Sheriff’s Office

In January 2025, the Curry County Jail announced and promoted a new mission statement and values. With this new mission and values, the corrections staff of the jail had a direction and sense of why. The Curry County Jail is committed to serving our community by providing a safe, secure, and healthy jail environment where

This is the interface for the Basic Life Detection Radar system

The old bunks were hazardous

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mately created risk and liability to the facility and did not meet our new mission statement. The Curry County Jail chose replacement bunks that are designed for modern facilities and reduce ligature points. With these bunks, we also installed ladders and rails to the top bunks to reduce the risk of falling from a bunk. The new bunks offer adults in custody more room than the old metal bunks, and ultimately a safer, cleaner sleeping space. While installing these bunks, we were able to design the space in a manner that opened the ﬂoor space for Adults in Custody, giving them more space in the housing units to move around. Over the last few months, with the assistance of our Phone provider GTL, we have been adding more tablets into circulation for adults in custody to have access to. With these tablets, adults in custody can send messages, video visit and even call friends and family members. The tablets offer educational and job skills training, as well as recreational applications and games. These tablets offer resources that would otherwise be out of the reach of adults in custody due to the remoteness of Curry County. The Curry County Jail also implemented an electronic record keeping system. After the Ransomware Attack in 2023, we made it a priority to never be at risk of losing valuable safety and security data again. Now our staff carry electronic tracking devices. With these devices they log events that are required by Oregon Revised Statutes, Oregon Jail Standards and federal guidelines. All this data is stored off site through 3rd party vendors and backed up many times over.

With the help of funding from City County Insurance Services (CIS), the Curry County Jail has been able to increase accessibility within the facility. Within all of our housing units we have anti-ligature ADA grab bars at

the toilet and shower areas for those who are in need of this. While this sounds trivial, this was a huge step in making all areas more ADA friendly, in a Please see BLDRS Page 6

Two adults arrested in Harbor for multiple sex abuse charges On November 7th at around 6:22 p.m., the Curry County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce dispatch center received a report of a missing juvenile from central Curry County. We were informed that the child left her home on foot at around 12:30 p.m. and was seen getting into a vehicle with an unidentiﬁed adult male in Gold Beach at around 3:30 p.m. Dispatch contacted Sgt. Zane Van Zelf and he contacted the family of the missing child. Sgt. Van Zelf worked swiftly with fellow ICAC investigators at the Crescent City Police Department to obtain digital information that may help in locating the child. The investigation led Sgt. Van Zelf to a residence of two adults in Harbor, about 30 miles away from where the child was last seen. The child was thankfully found at that residence and taken into protective custody. She was reunited with her parents at around 2:00 a.m. Sgt. Van Zelf continued the investigation over the next several days, working with the family and Wally’s House of Curry County. On November 8th, a search warrant was executed at a Harbor residence and two adults

were taken into custody. 21-yearold Nathan Stender was arrested for Rape 3rd Degree (2 counts), Sexual Abuse 2nd Degree (3 counts), Luring a Minor and Custodial Interference 2nd Degree. 22 year old Autumn Vila was arrested for Sexual Abuse 2nd Degree and Custodial Interference 2nd Degree. Both suspects were lodged in the Curry County Jail. We would like to thank the Crescent City Police Department, the Gold Beach Police Department and Wally’s House of Curry County for their assistance in this investigation. If you have any information related to this case, please contact Sgt. Van Zelf at the Curry County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce.

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