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Film screening coming to Curry County Library Nowhere,” follows the crew of young people as they backpack and work 26-miles into the 180,000-acre Kalmiopsis Wilderness Area. The ﬁlm is directed by Siskiyou Mountain Club communications staff member Vince DiFrancesco. The ﬁlmmaker lugged his heavy camera equipment deep into the wilderness, capturing eight days of the crew’s three-month tour

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An upcoming wilderness documentary ﬁlm screening follows a group of young Americans who ﬁnd themselves in the middle of nowhere with no phones, no technology, and up against the greatest challenge of their lives. The new 28-minute documentary, “A Long Way to

restoring trails that were fading from the region’s public lands. “It evolved into this saga,” said Gabe Howe, executive director of the Siskiyou Mountain Club. “It’s almost like an odyssey type of experience, where they go in, and when they come out they have really changed,” he said. The footage also captures rarely-seen landscapes of the Chetco River Canyon and

wildlands of the Kalmiopsis area. “There’s not too many people who have been in that area with ﬁlm equipment,” Howe said. The Siskiyou Mountain Club is a nonproﬁt based in Ashland that was formed to restore, maintain, and promote primitive trails in the Siskiyou backcountry and beyond. They coordinate, and have now documented, the hard work it takes to keep trails from

disappearing from the remote corners of Southwest Oregon and Northwest California. “The challenge for us is bringing people into our mission because geographically our mission is so far away from most people,” Howe explained. “So what we really tried to do here is give a broader audience a window into our mission, and Please see FILM, Page 3

SOLVE invites volunteers for Earth Day celebration City of

From April 13 to April 22, families, community members, neighborhood associations, and environmental enthusiasts are invited to engage in a signature event in SOLVE’s annual calendar: The Oregon Spring Cleanup, presented by Portland General Electric. Registration for

this environmentally conscious event series is now open. Participants are invited to join SOLVE, event leaders, and partners from across the Paciﬁc Northwest in a collective celebration of Earth Day. The SOLVE calendar showcases a variety of events

throughout Oregon and SW Washington between April 13 and April 22, with the majority of events culminating on April 20. Diverse initiatives address speciﬁc environmental needs with opportunities ranging from beach cleanups to neighborhood and city litter pickups. Further

activities include restoring natural habitats through native tree and shrub plantings, weed pulls, and mulching projects. Each project contributes to the enhancement of our shared surroundings. With a variety of projects

Please see SOLVE, Page 4

Azalea Festival Grand Marshals announced Brookings is hosting the 85th edition of their annual Azalea Festival on Memorial Day weekend, starting May 24, 2024. The City’s biggest warmweather celebration will see the downtown Street Market fully booked, with 80 new and returning vendors bringing food, fun, and shopping to the streets. Friday will kick off with an evening dance party, while Saturday and Sunday are booked with three concerts apiece in Azalea Park. The festival will continue to have its traditional events, while providing tourists and Brookings residents the opportunity to come together and celebrate our community. To that end, the City of Brookings announced the Grand Marshals for this year’s festival. As is tradition, the marshals are active, long-time members of the community, who’s contributions deserve the bestowment of the festive honor: Dan and Barbara Palicki. The Palicki’s moved to Brookings in 1994, looking to retire after a combined 52 years of police and public service in Toledo, OH. They soon found retirement wasn’t quite as close

as they’d thought. Barbara quickly joined the Brookings Police Department and served from ’94 to ’07, initially as a Community Policing officer and eventually as the first female detective in Brookings’ history. She established the Volunteers in Police Service program and acted as head of the Child Advocacy Center in Gold Beach. Barbara’s public service has continued, as today she holds seats on the Board of Directors for Curry Public Transit Inc., as well as the Oregon Attorney General’s Crime Victims Advisory Board. Dan’s resume of community service is just as robust. Dan drove for Dial-a-Ride for nearly 20 years, providing transportation to members of the Senior Center, and used that experience when he also joined the Curry Public Transit Inc.’s board of directors. Dan spent 25 years starting and developing a popular Brookings summer program, ‘Safety City’, which helps to educate kindergarten aged kids in a variety of safety measures. From fire safety, to

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stranger-danger, to making 911 calls, the kids develop a full remit of safety skills. Dan also volunteered as McGruff the Crime Dog for BPD for over a decade. We would like to join The City of

Brookings in congratulating Dan and Barbara Palicki’s accomplishments in community service and look forward to the big celebration this Memorial Day weekend!

Brookings opens City Manager applications

BROOKINGS, OR The City of Brookings officially began the search for a new city manager after announcing they are taking application submissions on March 18th, 2024. This marks the final stretch of a long-running saga around the position. Those hoping to join the race will need to provide a resume and cover letter, as well as answer supplemental questions. Veterans hoping to secure a veterans’ preference credit must indicate as such in their cover letter and fill out the veterans’ preference form posted on the online application portal. According to the position profile available on the Brookings City website (link provided below), the City Manager exercises a high degree of professionalism while overseeing public services and city staff. “Under the direction of the City Council, the City Manager serves as the chief administrative officer of the City and has control and general supervision over all City employees and all appointed City officers unless specifically excluded. The City Manager also serves as the Executive Director of the Urban Renewal Agency and may serve as the City Recorder,” states the position profile. The posted salary is between $150,000 and $160,000 a year. Applications can continue to be submitted until April 21, 2024, on a firstsubmitted, first-reviewed basis. Though the firm conducting the process has set an application deadline, the position will remain open until permanently filled. Please see CITY, Page 10

Phone Number: 541-813-1717 • Address: 519 Chetco Avenue, Unit 7, Brookings, OR 97415 • Email: Circulation@CountryMedia.net

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