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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.
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The Viking junior captured
weight class titles in his last
two outings, winning the 138
pound weight class at the
17-team Willamette Tourna-
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the same class at the
15-team Riddle Invitational
January 3rd.
Honorable Mention
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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-
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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
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black rockfish and reduce the
harvest limits for blue rockfish
and other nearshore rockfish.
Testimony for issues not on
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There is a $25 penalty for
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they purchase a 2016 hunting
license.
This penalty is assessed
once, regardless of the number
of unreported tags.
“The information is used
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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.