2B Wednesday, April 19, 2017 Appeal Tribune
Campsites added for eclipse viewing
ZACH URNESS
STATESMAN JOURNAL
Good news has arrived
for anyone who wants to
camp out for August’s to-
tal solar eclipse.
An additional 1,000
campsites within the
eclipse’s path will be
opened and available to
reserve at Oregon’s state
parks.
Starting at 8 a.m. on
April 19, reservations
opened for a special col-
lection of camping spots
at parks on the Oregon
Coast, Willamette Valley
and in Central and East-
ern Oregon.
All normal state park
campsites in the eclipse
zone were booked in rec-
ord time last November,
making this the last
chance to reserve a site at
a state park.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice of Self Storage
Sale
Please
take
notice
Absolute Storage LLC
– Salem located at 2605
Hawthorne Ave. NE,
Salem,
OR
97301
intends to hold an
auction of the goods
stored in the following
unit in default for
non-payment of rent.
The sale will occur as
an online auction via
www.bid13.com
on
4/28/2017 at 12:00PM.
Unless
stated
otherwise
the
description
of
the
contents are household
goods and furnishings.
Amie Hyatt unit #401.
All property is being
stored at the above
self-storage
facility.
This sale may be
withdrawn at any time
without notice. Certain
terms and conditions
apply. See manager
for details.
Silverton Appeal
April 12 & 19, 2017
“We want to make this
once-in-a-lifetime event
available to as many
campers as we can safely
accommodate,” Oregon
Parks and Recreation De-
partment director Chris
Havel said in a news re-
lease. “That’s why we de-
cided to add additional
campsites, all at an af-
fordable cost.”
All sites will require a
three-night
minimum,
with check-in on Aug. 18
and check-out on Aug. 21.
People can make reserva-
tions
at
oregonstateparks.org or
reserveamerica.com or
by calling the reservation
line at 800-452-5687.
The sites available for
reserving break down
into two categories.
The first are regular
sites normally reserved
for first-come, first-

PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE STATE OF OREGON
FOR THE COUNTY OF MARION
Probate Department
In the Matter of the Estate of
ROBERT SPENCER MORFITT,
Deceased.
No. 16PB06929
NOTICE TO INTERESTED PARTIES
Notice is hereby given that Tina Turner Morfitt
has been appointed personal representative. All
persons having claims against the estate are re-
quired to present them, with proper vouchers
attached, to the personal representative or her
attorney, Patrick E. Doyle, 429 N. Water Street,
Silverton, OR 97381, Phone: (503) 874-1600 within
four months after the date of first publication of
this notice, or the claims may be barred.
All persons whose rights may be affected by the
proceedings may obtain additional information
from the records of the court, the personal rep-
resentative or the attorney for the personal rep-
resentative.
Dated and first published on April 12, 2017.
TINA TURNER MORFITT
Personal Representative
Silverton Appeal April 12, 19, & 26, 2017
PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE STATE OF OREGON
FOR THE COUNTY OF MARION
In the Matter of the Estate of
ARNIM V. FREEMAN,
Deceased.
No. 16PB08650
NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ROBERT
FREEMAN has been appointed personal
representative for the above-noted estate. All
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Representative, Ken Baker, Attorney at Law,
10365 SE Sunnyside Road #240, Clackamas, OR
97015 within four months after the date of first
publication of this notice, or the claims may be
barred.
All persons whose rights may be affected by the
proceedings may obtain additional information
from the records of the court, the personal
representative, or the attorney for the personal
representative.
Dated and first published April 19, 2017
/s/Kenneth Lee Baker
KENNETH LEE BAKER, OSB# 77106
Attorney for Personal Representative
Silverton Appeal April 19, & 26, and May 3, 2017
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Normal campsites
open for
reservations
Coast: Beachside, Carl G.
Washburne (both outside the
path of totality).
ZACH URNESS/STATESMAN JOURNAL
There is a large picnic shelter
at North Santiam State Park.
Reserve a campsite:
BRENT DRINKUT/STATESMAN JOURNAL
An additional 1,000 campsites within the path of next
August’s total solar eclipse will be opened and available to
reserve at state parks.
served camping. Those
sites — about 330 of the
1,000 — will be open for
reservations only on these
dates. The sites typically
have picnic tables and fire
rings, but many do not
have showers.
A few campgrounds
where it will apply nearby
include North Santiam
and Cascadia state parks
(see below for full list of
campsites).
The second category of
campsites — around 670
— will be temporary sites
open on parking lots or
fields. These sites will
cost around $10 to $11 but
won’t have hookups, fire
pits or picnic tables. Some
will be at parks without
flush toilets or showers,
but portable toilets will
likely be added. Visitors
with reservations for a
temporary eclipse space
will be assigned a space
on arrival at the park.
A few places where the
temporary sites will be
opened include Silver
Falls, Willamette Mission
and Smith Rock state
parks.
Officials said anyone
planning to camp should
anticipate large crowds
and heavy traffic.
“Transportation plan-
ners predict unprece-
dented traffic and crowds
during the eclipse week-
end, and we are planning
accordingly,” Havel said.
“We ask that campers
plan to stay off the roads
When: April 19, 8 a.m.
How: Make reservations at
oregonstateparks.org or
reserveamerica.com or by
calling the reservation line at
800-452-5687.
Check out an animation
explaining the Solar Eclipse
on StatesmanJournal.com
on the morning of Aug. 21
and respect any fire re-
strictions.”
Zach Urness has been
an outdoors writer, pho-
tographer and videogra-
pher in Oregon for eight
years. He is the author of
the book “Hiking South-
ern Oregon” and can be
reached at zurness@
StatesmanJournal.com or
(503) 399-6801. Find him
on Twitter at @ZachsO-
Routdoors.
Willamette Valley: North
Santiam, Cascadia (both in
path of totality); Cascara
Campground at Fall Creek
Reservoir (outside the path of
totality).
Central and Eastern:
Farewell Bend, Unity Lake,
Clyde Holliday, and Bates (all
in path of totality);
Cottonwood Canyon,
Catherine Creek, Ukiah-Dale,
Minam, Red Bridge, Hilgard
Junction, Lake Owyhee and
Jasper Point (all outside path
of totality) .
Temporary
campsites open
for reservations
Coast: South Jetty at South
Beach, Fogarty Creek,
Driftwood Beach and
Governor Patterson Memorial
(all in path of totality).
Valleys: Silver Falls,
Willamette Mission (both in
path of totality); Champoeg
(on the edge of totality); Milo
McIver (outside path of
totality).
Central and Eastern: Smith
Rock, The Cove Palisades,
Farewell Bend (in path of
totality); Cottonwood
Canyon.
19 Ore. lawmakers denounce
public wolf hunting proposal
ZACH URNESS
STATESMAN JOURNAL
Nineteen Oregon law-
makers have requested
that wolf hunting remain
off the table to members
of the public.
In a March 27 letter,
the lawmakers — all
Democrats — request
that Oregon’s fish and
wildlife
commission
avoid opening the door to
something they said
would “greatly increase
polarization and contro-
versy over wolf manage-
ment.”
The letter stems from
a proposal that could al-
low members of the pub-
lic to hunt “problem
wolves” — animals that
attack livestock or cause
a major decline in game
populations.
“Deputizing members
of the public to hunt or
trap wolves for ODFW is
a slippery slope to an
open hunting and trap-
ping season,” the letter
says.
The proposal would
only apply to wolves al-
ready targeted for lethal
action in eastern Oregon.
State
officials
have
stressed that no sport
hunting for wolves is
planned and that the pro-
posal is only a manage-
ment technique being
considered.
“We’re not looking to
create a hunting opportu-
nity,” ODFW spokeswom-
an Michelle Dennehy said
in a story published in the
Statesman Journal on
Feb. 9. “This would be a
‘controlled take’ intended
to address damage in
very specific circum-
stances.”
PHOTO COURTESY OF ODFW
Nineteen Oregon lawmakers have requested that wolf hunting remain off the table to
members of the public.
The idea has been part
of Oregon’s wolf plan
since 2005, but only ap-
plies now that wolves
have reached a high
enough
population
threshold in the eastern
third of the state. Oregon
is home to an estimated
150 wolves, the vast ma-
jority in the state’s north-
east corner.
Hunting groups point-
ed out that the lawmakers
who signed the letter
were almost entirely
from urban areas and
don’t face first-hand is-
sues with wolves.
“What’s most egre-
gious is that of these 19
legislators, 14 are from
the Portland metro area
— an area that will ulti-
mately be least impacted
by wolves or wolf hunt-
ing,”
said
Sereena
Thompson, a board mem-
ber of the Oregon Out-
door Council.
The groups also point-
ed out that the wolves in
question would be killed
regardless of who pulled
the trigger.
“Right now, a wolf biol-
ogist goes out and shoots
the wolves when there’s a
problem,” said Jim Aken-
son, conservation direc-
tor for the Oregon Hunt-
ers Association in Febru-
ary. “Why not utilize the
situation in a manner that
provides a hunting oppor-
tunity, while also serving
a management need?”
Environmental
groups, and the lawmak-
ers who sent the letter,
disagreed.
“Taking a strong stand
today will help Oregon
avoid the bitter social
conflict and divisiveness
sport hunting and trap-
ping of wolves has caused
in other states,” the letter
says.
The proposal is one of
10 being considered dur-
ing revisions to the wolf
plan, a process that oc-
curs every five years.
The proposals will go be-
fore the Oregon Fish and
Wildlife Commission dur-
ing a meeting on April 21
in Klamath Falls.
Zach Urness has been
an outdoors writer, pho-
tographer and videogra-
pher in Oregon for eight
years. He is the author of
the book “Hiking South-
ern Oregon” and can be
reached at zurness@
StatesmanJournal.com
or (503) 399-6801. Find
him on Twitter at @Zachs
ORoutdoors.
Butte Creek robotics finish 8th, 10th, 15th
CHRISTENA BROOKS
SPECIAL TO THE APPEAL TRIBUNE
Three Butte Creek ro-
botics teams returned
from a national competi-
tion on April 4, bringing
home 8th, 10th and 15th-
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move down to the 4A and
3A classifications.
But in the five classifi-
cation model Stayton
(with an adjusted enroll-
ment of 608) would still be
in a league with Cascade
(683), Molalla (662),
North Salem (1404), Sil-
verton (1149), Wilsonville
(1077) and Woodburn
place titles.
These upper-elemen-
tary school teams com-
peted against teams from
40 states, as well as Hong
Kong, China and Canada
at the CREATE U.S. Open
Robotics Championship
in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
The Thunderbolts, the
Robot Weirdos and the
Psycho Robots paired up
with other teams, each
landing in their final spot
as an “alliances,” a char-
acteristic part of youth
robotics competitions.
Now the Thunderbolts
will continue on to
“worlds” robotics compe-
tition in Louisville, Ken-
tucky.
The students will be
gone April 22-26.
(1256).
“In the six, the one
thing I thought they did
do is some of those small-
er 4A schools, Sutherlin
for
example,
they
dropped down to 3,”
Shryock said. “I know
that was really important
for Yamhill-Carlton drop
down.”
In both of the proposed
models,
Salem-Keizer
public schools McKay,
McNary, South Salem,
Sprague and West Salem
would be in the Greater
Valley Conference with
McMinnville and West
Albany (five classes) and
McMinnville (six class-
es).
Previous proposals in-
cluded models with those
schools playing in a
league with Bend schools
Bend, Mountain View and
Summit.
North Salem has al-
ready been approved to
play down a classifica-
tion.
The committee next
meets April 24 at the OA-
DA Conference in Sunriv-
er in a meeting only open
to Oregon Athletic Direc-
tors.
The next public meet-
ing is 9 a.m. May 22 at the
Al Kaders Shriners build-
ing in Wilsonville.
The committee will
make its final recommen-
dation for the 2018-2022
time block to the OSAA
Executive Board on Oct.
16.
bpoehler@Statesman
Journal.com or Twit-
ter.com/bpoehler