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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2015 3 B Annual Agate Festival to be held in Yachats is brought to you by these participating sponsors: There’s no place like • Keep it fresh and local for the Kids in Florence! • Live Music on the Weekends Like us on Facebook so our Daily Specials pop up in your NEWS FEED 294 Laurel St. in Historic Old Town Florence YACHATS — Yachats is gearing up for its fourth annual Agate Festival, to be held Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 17 and 18, during the weekend of the Martin Luther King three- day holiday. Yachats is internationally known for its natural beauty, including the treasures uncov- ered by winter storms and winds, making January a prime time for agate hunting. Vendors from throughout the state as well as from Washington and Northern California will be on hand to display and sell rough speci- mens and finished artistic cre- ations of minerals, gems, crys- tals and fossils. The show will take place at the Yachats Commons, at Highway 101 and West Fourth Street, in the heart of town. In addition, there will be speak- ers, demonstrations and fun activities for all ages. Noted geologist William Orr will speak on Saturday at 3 p.m., and Guy DiTorris, “The Fossil Guy”, will speak on Sunday at 1 p.m. This year, the festival will offer a raffle for a valuable bas- ket of fine prizes from many local merchants. The basket will include a gift certificate for an overnight stay at the famed Heceta Head Lighthouse Bed and Breakfast. In keeping with the festival’s commitment to preserving and enjoying the magnificent natu- ral environment that surrounds the Yachats area, proceeds from the raffle will be con- tributed to the Yachats Trails Project, an organization that has helped create and maintain a comprehensive system of trails in the area that has attracted outdoor enthusiasts from near and far. Since the festival began in 2012, the event has been a big success, drawing visitors from throughout the Northwest and beyond. Merchants, restau- rants and lodging providers enjoy participating in the weekend activities. More information about the festival is available online at www.yachatsagatefestival.com as well as the Yachats Area Chamber of Commerce web- site at www.yachats.org, or by contacting the Yachats Visitor Center at 1-800-929-0477. Applications now available for handgun safety class 541-997-4886 A handgun safety class has been initiated due to the Oregon state law requiring the average citizen show a certifi- cate of competence and safety to their county sheriff’s depart- ment before applying for a con- cealed handgun license. The Lane County Sheriff’s Office set the minimal require- ments for that application in Lane County, and the Siuslaw handgun safety class has been structured to comply with the requirements set by the sher- iff’s department and State of Oregon. After passing the class, most students can then apply for a concealed handgun license through their local sheriff’s department. Applications for the Siuslaw Handgun Safety Class are now available at the Florence Police Department, 900 Greenwood Street in Florence. For more information about the class or registration, call Troy Ronning at 541-997- 7667. Good Diet = Healthy Teeth If your child must snack, choose nutritious foods such as vegetables, low-fat yogurt, and low-fat cheese which are healthier and better for children’s teeth. Celebrating 6 Years of offering the Florence Community Dental Care ATHLETE OF THE WEEK 541-997-3423 Dr. Chad Clement 1256 Bay St. Old Town Florence Isaiah Burkhalter Siuslaw H.S. Wrestling Vintage Blue Warehouse ESTATE SALES - CONSIGNMENT In Home Estate Sale Fri. & Sat., January 9 & 10 9-5 daily Florentine Estates - use 35th St. entrance to obtain map. Thursday - Saturday 10-5 Sunday 11-4 80 Harbor Street 541-999-1159 Siuslaw News + Business Listings Coupons & More The Viking junior captured weight class titles in his last two outings, winning the 138 pound weight class at the 17-team Willamette Tourna- ment December 27th, then the same class at the 15-team Riddle Invitational January 3rd. Honorable Mention Jose DelaMora Fellow Siuslaw wrestler Jose DelaMora captured the 120-pound title at the 15 team Riddle Invita- tional. Sponsored By: The Siuslaw News , KCST and The Sports Club Best For Hearing Oregon Box Lunch Reedsport Marine & Fabrication Foglio Drop Box Services Shoreline Customized Apparel Alan Twombly-H & R Block Central Coast Disposal Dana Rodet Construction County Transfer & Recycling River House J.L. Walker & Sons Excavating Dry Tech Carpet Cleaning Dutch Bros. Elson Shields Property Management Florence RV & Automotive Specialists Frank Romero 541 Designs Leisure Excavating Ultimate Pest Control Integrity Plumbing Lane Community College - Florence SALEM — The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission will consider a rule change that will allow salmon, steelhead and trout anglers to use barbed hooks on the lower Willamette River, Youngs Bay, and lower Gnat Creek when it meets in Salem on Friday, Jan. 9. The meeting begins at 8 a.m. at the ODFW headquarters building, 4034 Fairview Industrial Dr. SE, Salem, Ore. 97302. The meeting will be chaired by Michael Finley, who was recently appointed the new Commission Chair by Governor John Kitzhaber. Finley has been on the Commission since 2011. He succeeds Bobby Levy as chair. Levy will continue to serve on the Commission until a replacement is named. The meeting agenda also includes several informational briefings, to include an update on implementation of Columbia River fisheries man- agement reforms, progress on the 10-year update and revision of the Oregon Conservation and Nearshore strategies, and development of a state man- agement plan for marine fish- eries. The intent of the barbless hook rule was to reduce mor- tality among ESA listed salmon and steelhead caught and released by anglers. However, there are high pro- portions of hatchery fish caught in these areas and ODFW has more flexibility in how it manages ESA limita- tions in the Willlamette than on the mainstem Columbia. The Commission also will be asked to set harvest specifi- cations and season structure for recreational groundfish that SALEM — Any hunter who purchased 2014 big game or turkey tags needs to report their hunt results by the Jan. 31 deadline for most tags. Hunters are required to report on each deer, elk, cougar, bear, pronghorn and turkey tag purchased — even if they were not successful or did not hunt. Sports Pac license holders need to report on each big game or turkey tag issued. Hunters have two ways to report: • Online at www.odfw.com or at www.reportmyhunt.com., or by visiting an ODFW office with a computer available for hunter reporting in Corvallis, Bend, Clackamas, La Grande, Portland’s Sauvie Island, Roseburg, or the Salem Headquarters. • By telephone at 1-866- 947-6339. Talk to a customer service representative. Hours are from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week. Reporting deadlines are: • Jan. 31, 2015, for all 2014 hunts that end by Dec. 31, 2014. Hunters need the following pieces of information to report, which takes just a couple of minutes: • Hunter/Angler ID number (located on ODFW licenses, tags and applications; this is a permanent number that stays the same from year-to-year). • The two-digit Wildlife Management unit (WMU) number of the unit you hunted in most and the unit you har- vested an animal in if success- ful. • The total number of days hunted (including mentoring youth), the number of days hunted in the WMU hunted most, and the number of days hunted in the WMU you har- Brought to you by this newspaper in partnership with PUBLIC NOTICES Always in your newspaper: Now in your inbox, too. That Th T h at at’s ’ s w hy ’s y w e ke e ep e p sa s ay a y in ing g y ourr l loc ocal al and s ta tate te g ovv er e nm m en n t shou sh h ou o u l ld d k eep e e p ee p u bl pu b is ishi hing ng g t the heir ir p pub ub b lil i c no noti ticess in n t the he n newsp spap aper er.. Breaking news at www. TheSiuslawNews .com includes significant changes to the composition of the seven fish daily bag limit for marine fish. The Commission also will consider new management measures for the commercial nearshore fishery, which tar- gets these same species. These proposed measures will increase the harvest limits for black rockfish and reduce the harvest limits for blue rockfish and other nearshore rockfish. Testimony for issues not on the agenda is held Friday morning, immediately follow- ing the expenditure report. 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There is a $25 penalty for not reporting deer and elk tags. Hunters who fail to report 2014 deer or elk tags on time will be penalized $25 when they purchase a 2016 hunting license. This penalty is assessed once, regardless of the number of unreported tags. “The information is used when setting controlled hunt tag numbers and hunting sea- sons,” said ODFW Game Program Manager Tom Thornton. “We really appreci- ate hunters taking a few min- utes of their time to complete the report.” For more information on mandatory reporting visit www.dfw.state.or.us/resources/ hunting/reporting/index.asp. STEP from 1B Thursdays through the run. A field trip was also planned on Tuesday to visit the Alsea Hatchery and review egg-taking methods. New members and volun- teers are always welcomed and encouraged. For more information, contact STEP president Ron Caputo at 541-997-4961.