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Car shows provide economic shot-in-the arm ue for like-minded folks to gather and admire beautiful vehicular art and also provide much needed Attending a week-end car show charity to communities in which is much more than observing a they serve. beautiful paint job on a classic No politics, no arguments, hot rod or antique vehicle. just a mutual love for a relic of Across coastal Northern Calmachinery which hearken all of ifornia and Oregon, as many as us back to halcyon days when life 300 vehicles strut their stuff on was a bit less complicated. any given summertime weekend. Car Shows are great for the Most of the Beneﬁt Shows in local economy. Most car Shows our geography are celebrating 30 are Beneﬁt events. Funds are colyears or more anniversaries. Area car Shows provide a venPlease see CAR SHOW, Page 10

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Marine Board holds advanced on-water jet boat training The Oregon State Marine Board will conduct its week-long jet boat training on the Rogue River during the week of July 15 – July 19. This intensive course focuses on boat operation, marine law, swift water rescue, and boat trailering. Students who attend the Marine Board’s Whitewater Jet Boat Training bring a range of skills from the novice operator to advanced operator. “We’re aiming to have a minimal impact on other waterway users by operating in different stretches each day,” says Eddie Persichetti, Marine Law Enforcement Training Coordinator for the Marine Board. “There can be a dozen or more boats with students learning and practicing and we want to other folks out on the water to feel comfortable knowing their activities won’t be interrupted by training operations.” In addition to boat handling exercises in whitewater conditions, students will also learn how to disassemble, service and reassemble jet pumps, learn how following river stretches: to read the river to identify safe passages, and learn anchoring and • Monday, July 15: Gold Beach chocking techniques. “This kind to Lobster Creek of training is so important because • Tuesday, July 16: Gold Beach fast action and skill can mean the to Colemans Corner difference between a saved life -or • Wednesday, July 17: Gold not,” Persichetti says. Training will occur in the Beach to Agness

BY NATE SCHWARTZ Curry Coastal Pilot

• Thursday and Friday, July 1819: Gold Beach to Agness

with the County Sheriff’s Ofﬁces are paid for through motorboat registrations and titling fees. The Marine Board contracts For more information about with 31 Sheriff’s Ofﬁces and the Oregon State Police for marine law the Marine Board and law enforcement services, visit enforcement services, including http://www.oregon.gov/OSMB/ search and rescue operations, and boating safety education. Contracts BoatLaws/pages/index.aspx.

Local angler bags massive Chinook Salmon BY NATE SCHWARTZ Curry Coastal Pilot

A local fisherman landed a huge Chinook Salmon in Brookings over the weekend. Johnny and Maddie Puget were trolling at around 30 ft down, just north of the port of Brookings-Harbor, when this 27-pounder snagged their hook. Also known as King Salmon, Chinook are in season during the summer, and are on average larger than the other local salmonid, the Coho Salmon. Hence the name, the minimum length requirements for Chinook Salmon are 8 inches longer than those of Coho Salmon. This trophy passed that metric with flying colors at nearly four feet of fish. Chinook Salmon season runs through August 31st from the California border to Mount Humbug. Coho season runs through August 4th, but all bagged Coho must have a healed adipose fin clip. Fin clipping indicates to anglers that the caught fish is from a local hatchery, and is therefore not going to negatively affect the local population. Both commercial and recreational fishing are incredibly important to the South Coast’s way of life. Get out there and enjoy a favorite local activity, and be sure to follow all Oregon fishing guidelines. For more guidelines and information visit the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s official website.

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Curry commissioners take firm stance on wind energy leases The Curry County Board of Commissioners held a lengthy discussion over BOEM and the wind energy area leasing schedule that has brought a lot of concern to coastal communities in Southern Oregon. The commissioners placed emphasis on the lack of support locally and emphasized the importance of the leases themselves. Commissioner Jay Trost expressed that he thinks that is a point of no return. “The problem is, as soon as those call areas are leased, its game over for access. Once those call areas are leased, on let’s say a 25-year basis, if there’s a change in administration they may sit on them, because they’ll have them locked up for a certain amount of time… If it’s a 50-year lease, you literally could put a buoy out there that says ‘environmental impact study’, lock up that area. And we may not be looking at windmills, but we don’t have access to our fishing area, or our recreational area,” said Trost on the subject. Public comment for the evening was dedicated entirely to the concern over the leasing effort. The first public commenter, Lynn Coker, a local real estate broker, went to the lengths of vetting each of the Please see WIND Page 7

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