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2B | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2021 | APPEAL TRIBUNE The hike up Saddle Mountain in the Coast Range offers old-growth forest, wildflower meadows and sweeping views from the Pacific Ocean to the Oregon Cascade volcanoes. ZACH URNESS / STATESMAN JOURNAL Obituaries Roberta Annette Beck 04/26/1948 06/05/2021 Roberta was born to Mary Louise and Ar- thur Clyde Boyce in Sa- lem, Oregon. She was the oldest of three daughters. Her youngest sister Marie passed away in 2018. Her other sister Carol lives in Massachusetts. Roberta was raised between Or- egon and Arizona and went to multiple schools growing up. She attended Liberty Elementary, Waldo Middle School, and Mohave County High School. She graduated from Mohave County in Kingman, Arizona in 1967 and went on to nursing school. She finished practical nursing school at Portland Adventist Hospital School of Practical Nursing in 1969. While working at the hospital she met a hand- some fellow that would later become her husband; his name was Larry Beck. The two were married in the winter of 1973. They had three children: Kevin, Patrick, and Tiffany. While raising her children she was a very involved little league parent, Boy Scout mom, 4-H leader and FFA mom. She would have bottle fed any orphaned animal. Roberta worked as Hazel Green’s lunch lady for many years. She made sure that no child went hungry. Her students were loved like her own kids. Roberta could crochet, knit, and cross stitch. The role she loved most was being a grandma. At the time of her passing she was a resident at Molalla Manor. Bristol Hospice was an amazing support during her end of life journey. Her graveside service will be held at Howell Cemetery located at 4559 64thPl Salem, Oregon 97305 at 11 am on Sunday June 27th 2021. Following graveside service there will be a luncheon at Hazel Green School outdoor covered area located at 5774 Hazel Green Rd NE Salem, Oregon 97305. If you would like to donate in Roberta’s name consider donating to Molalla Manor for the residents to enjoy. Due to the holiday, our offi ce hours and obituary placement times may vary. Please contact us at 503-399-6789 or obituary@statesmanjournal.com for further details. The hike up Saddle Mountain in the Coast Range offers old-growth forest, wildflower meadows and sweeping views from the Pacific Ocean to the Oregon Cascade volcanoes. ZACH URNESS / STATESMAN JOURNAL Hike Continued from Page 1B The small reddish-orange butterflies with distinctive silver spots were once found on coastal grasslands from Northern California to southern Washington, but devel- opment, changes to the forest, and invasive weeds and grasses reduced the silverspots’ preferred habitat — mainly early blue violets, the sole food source for cater- pillars. By the mid-2010s, silverspots had declined to just four isolated populations, including Hebo Mountain and Miller Continued from Page 1B relevant volumes of our trusty but ancient Ameri- can Peoples Encyclopedia. As a side note, my dad had visions of paying his way through the Univer- sity of Missouri by selling the encyclopedias door- to-door. 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All of which, looking back, says a lot more about my youthful guile and ingenuity than it does about my scientific scholarship. But there was another valuable lesson from the drive-through bug collec- tion that is still relevant to this day. Now, whenever I drive through a swarm or cloud of bugs on my way to a fishing hole, I’ll take a few minutes to check out what’s stuck on the front end of the truck when I get there. Because, from grass- hoppers to gnats, it’s probably what the fish are going to be eating. And that saves a lot of time looking through the fly box. So thanks, Dave. I couldn’t have done it without you. Basket Slough National Wildlife Refuge outside Salem. Saddle Mountain was deemed a good location to ex- pand the population because of its early blue violet abun- dance. Since 2018, federal and state biologists have re- leased 500 silverspot caterpillars into the mountain’s meadows each spring. The effort appears to be working. A 2020 survey found 82 adult silverspots along the mountain’s trails, with the real population likely higher in the mountains’ steep meadows, said Trevor Taylor, park resource program manager for the Oregon Parks and Recreation Depart- ment. See HIKE, Page 3B Sort of a boo-ray situation The hooray is that on June 11, the Oregon de- partments of Agriculture and Fish and Wildlife an- nounced the reopening of razor clamming on the central coast. The chorus of boos is because the notice came too late to make it in the June 12 column about the coming monster minus tide series. But the best news is that there’s still time to cash in on the low points, so to speak, because the world-beater minus tides are next week. Important note: The north coast, including the most popular razor clamming spots in the state, Clatsop County beaches, remained closed because of con- tinuing elevated levels of domoic acid, a shellfish biotoxin. So it’s vital that you check current conditions on the ODA’s toll-free shellfish biotoxin hotline at (800) 448-2474 or go online to the State of Ore- gon: Shellfish - Recre- ational Shellfish Biotoxin Closures before heading out during the June 22 through the weekend of June 26 and 27 minus- tides series. For sites, times and tides during the epic low-tide series, go online to Tide Loca- tion Selection for Oregon (saltwatertides.com) This week’s highlight As promised (or at least predicted): The dai- ly counts of shad passing through the fish ladder at Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River sur- passed the 100,000 mark on June 10 (126,796 to be precise). And the num- bers have stayed near that figure since. For the latest numbers online, go to 7 Day and YTD Adult Counts (fpc.org) Through June 13, more than 1 million shad had crossed Bonneville Dam. Sounds as if a trip to Clackamette Park in Ore- gon City, where the Wil- lamette and Clackamas rivers converge, might be in order, especially given the accommodating weather of late. Park in- formation is online at Clackamette Park | City of Oregon City (orci- ty.org) The original col- umn that I wrote about shad fishing is online at the SJ website at Henry Miller: Cottonwood fluff is falling, so it must be time for shad (states- manjournal.com) Thought for the week: The best time to go fishing is yesterday. That’s what all the regu- lars say when you get there. Contact Henry via email at Henry MillerSJ@gmail.com
