Port Orford News
Page 7 • April 21, 2010
Sports & Recreation
Outdoor briefs:
Salmon seasons to be set
SALEM – The Oregon Fish and
Wildlife Commission will meet in
Roseburg on Friday, April 23 to con-
sider ocean salmon fishing seasons.
The meeting will begin at 8 a.m. at
the City of Roseburg Council
Chambers at 900 SE Douglas Ave.,
Roseburg, Ore. 97470. Meeting agen-
da and materials can be found here:
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/agency/c
ommission/minutes/10/04_apr/index.a
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On Thursday, April 22 the
Commission will tour several loca-
tions in southwest Oregon including
the Rock Creek Hatchery fish ladder
project, North Bank Habitat
Management Area, and the Winchester
Dam. Members of the public are invit-
ed to join Commission members on
the tour, but must use their own trans-
portation. To join the tour, be ready to
depart from ODFW Southwest
Regional Office, 4192 N. Umpqua
Hwy in Roseburg by 10 a.m.
During Friday’s meeting, the
Commission will be asked to adopt
2010 ocean salmon seasons for sport
and commercial fisheries for state
waters in keeping with Pacific Fishery
Management Council guidelines that
will be adopted April 15.
The PFMC will adopt salmon fish-
ing regulations for ocean waters from
three to 200 miles off shore. The
Commission will consider similar reg-
ulations for ocean waters within the
three-mile nearshore.
South of Cape Falcon, the PFMC is
expected to adopt the first significant
ocean fisheries for chinook salmon
since 2007. However, the fisheries
will still be relatively restricted
because stocks of Sacramento River
chinook salmon continue to be weak
for the third straight year.
North of Cape Falcon the PFMC
may adopt larger quotas for chinook
salmon due to higher forecasts for
Columbia River chinook. Coho
salmon predictions are down, howev-
er, and quotas will be smaller than last
year.
The PFMC recommendations to be
considered by the Commission will be
posted on the ODFW Web site in the
Commission meeting packet on April
19.
In other business, the Commission
will be asked to formalize rules con-
cerning how the department disposes
of shed antlers it acquires. The pro-
posed rules would allow antlers to be
donated to non-profit organizations,
schools and government agencies for
purposes consistent with the agency’s
mission, such as for educational dis-
plays or to wildlife conservation
groups to raise money for habitat proj-
ects. The proposed rules would also
allow the department to sell antlers
using state procurement processes.
Deer, elk and other ungulates natu-
rally shed their antlers every year in
late winter or early spring. Every year
ODFW acquires a small number of
antlers from its own ongoing opera-
tions or from other agencies, such as
from Oregon State Police in the after-
math of criminal cases when antlers
have been confiscated or from
Department of Transportation cleaning
up road kill.
SB 391, passed by the 2009 Oregon
State Legislature, changed the agency
responsible for regulating captive
pure-bred gray wolves from the
Oregon Department of Agriculture to
ODFW. Staff will ask the Commission
to adopt administrative rules in line
with the new responsibility. There are
only two active permits regulated by
the state of Oregon and the proposed
rules will allow these two current per-
mit-holders to continue to hold pure-
bred gray wolves. No new permit-
holders or facilities for pure-bred gray
wolves will be permitted by ODFW.
SALEM — The Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife’s Salmon and
Trout Enhancement Program (STEP)
Advisory Committee will meet in
Hillsboro on Friday, April 23,.
The committee will meet from 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Jackson Bottom
Wetlands Education Center, 2600 SW
Hillsboro Hwy., Hillsboro, Ore. 97123.
The agenda includes reports on STEP
activities and projects, review of mini-
grant applications, discussion of goals
and priorities, and other program busi-
ness.
The meeting is open to the public.
The Oregon Legislature created
STEP in 1981 to provide a way for vol-
unteers to participate in the restoration
of native stocks of salmon, steelhead
and trout. Since then, thousands of vol-
unteers have donated money, materials,
equipment and countless hours of labor
to improving Oregon fisheries.
The STEP Advisory Committee
makes recommendations to ODFW and
the Fish and Wildlife Commission on
issues regarding its programs. The com-
mittee’s 13 members are appointed by
the Governor and represent all areas of
Oregon.
Reasonable accommodations will be
provided as needed for individuals
requesting assistive hearing devices,
sign language interpreters or large-print
materials. Individuals needing these
types of accommodations may call the
Information and Education Division at
(800) 720-6339 or (503) 947-6002 at
least 24 hours in advance of the meet-
ing.
For more information on the Salmon
Trout Enhancement Program visit the
ODFW Web site at
www.dfw.state.or.us, or call program
staff at (503) 947-6211.
PON photos by Matt Hall
The Blanco School Eagles held an Invitational Track meet at Pacific High last week with perfect weather.
SWOCC basketball player signs letter of intent
COOS BAY – Lindsey Sommers, a
center for the Southwestern Oregon
Community College women’s basket-
ball team the last two seasons, will sign
a national letter of intent Wednesday to
continue her playing basketball next
year at University of Alaska Fairbanks,
a NCAA Division II Great Northwest
Athletic Conference school.
The 6’3” post player is originally
from Eagle River High School of Eagle
River, Alaska. She averaged 7 points
and 7 rebounds per game last season,
including games of 15 points and 15
rebounds versus Clackamas
Community College and 12 points and
12 rebounds versus rival Umpqua
Community College.
Sommers will graduate from
Southwestern this spring with an
Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer
(AAOT) degree. A stellar student, she
is attending Southwestern on an aca-
demic scholarship for maintaining a
3.75 GPA in high school. Her 3.15
Southwestern GPA earned her a spot on
the Northwest Athletic Association of
Community Colleges (NWAACC) All-
Academic Team this last season.
Sommers was also recently voted as the
Southwestern student of the month
(April).
“We are very proud of Lindsey for
her athletic and academic accomplish-
ments at Southwestern,” said Women’s
Basketball Head Coach Mike Herbert.
“She has been a huge part of the turn-
around in this program, and we can
attribute our future success to the
movement we made while she was a
student here.”
“As with any Southwestern student
athlete, we wish her much athletic and
academic success at the next level.”
Hunters safety
course offered
From 5 to 7 p.m., April 26 - 30,
Monday - Friday, and from 10 a.m. to
3 p.m., Saturday, May 1, a state-certi-
fied Hunters Safety Course, necessary
to obtain a Oregon Hunting license,
will be offered.
Ken Martin will teach the course,
dependent upon interest, which will be
located at in the Northern Curry
County area.
Cost will be $15, with tuition
waivers available upon need. For more
information and to register call (541)
332-2221.
Free hikes are
being offered
Nature enthusiasts, those who love to
hike, and folks just wanting an outing
this spring will enjoy the free hikes
being offered by Southwestern Oregon
Community College in Curry County
nd led by Curry nature experts Walt
Schroeder and Fred Bowen.
On May 29, hikers will meet at the
Southwestern Brookings Center at 8:30
a.m., to travel by paved and rough
gravel road to the trailhead by Vulcan
Lake. This area, as well as Darlingtonia
flycatchers, many other unique plants
and historical mining activities.
Visit any Curry college location to
register, or call 541-247-2741. Car
pooling from the start location is
encouraged, or those participating may
meet the group at the trailhead.
Park reservation
system is back up
PHS Track schedule
4 p.m., Tuesday, April 20, Pacific
Invitational, PHS
11 a.m., Saturday, April 24,
Prefontaine, Coos Bay
4 p.m., Tuesday, April 27, Bandon
Invitational, Bandon
TBA, Friday, April 30, Jack Blum
Invitational, Reedsport
TBA, Saturday, May 15, Mountain
Skyline District, Douglas High,
Winston
TBA, Friday/Saturday, May 21-22,
1A State Track, WOU, Monmouth
ODF&W STEP
committee to
meet April 23
Blanco
Invitational
Bringin it ... ‘By the Yard’
Jeff Loan, left to right, Mike Bulich, Derrick Watjen and Tony Chappell are
shown working on the infield of the Buffington Ball Park. Nice job, guys.
PON photo by Matt Hall
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Oregon's state park campsite reserva-
tions system is back in business April
14 after a two-week hiatus to upgrade
its reservation software. Both online
reservations
(www.oregonstateparks.org) and call
center services (1-800-452-5687)
resumed at 8 a.m. April 14.
As of April 14, Reservations
Northwest (RNW) is accepting camp-
site reservations for arrivals May 1,
2010 and beyond. State park camping
for the rest of April is first come, first
served at all parks.
Upcoming
Pacific High School
Boys and girls track and field
Track & Field
Josh Valentine
Wren Carter
Triple jump and 1,500 meters
PON Student/athletes for track & field
4 p.m., Tuesday, April 20
Pacific Invitational
@ Pacific High School track