SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015
OSP urges safe driving Super Bowl Sunday
Football fans around Oregon
are gearing up for this week-
end's Super Bowl match-up on
Sunday, Feb. 1, as our neigh-
bor’s to the north contend for
top honors in the big event.
According to NHTSA,
impaired drivers contribute to
Super Bowl Sunday becoming
one of the most dangerous days
on the road. Nationwide,
approximately 48 percent of
traffic fatalities on Super Bowl
Sunday involve a driver or
motorcycle operator with a
blood alcohol concentration
(BAC) of .08 percent or higher.
OSP, local sheriffs and
Siuslaw
from 1B
Shayla Peterson, sophomore
Hanna Anderson and freshmen
Abby Coday, Emy Bloomfield
Fishing
from 1B
good through the weekend.
SIUSLAW RIVER:
Steelhead
The winter steelhead fishery
is producing fish in both the
Siuslaw and Lake Creek. The
next few weeks should see a
good push of fish. River con-
ditions should remain good
through the weekend. Typical
steelhead angling tactics apply.
YAQUINA RIVER:
Steelhead
police departments will be on
the lookout for impaired driv-
ers and encourage everyone to
place the designation of a sober
driver at the top of their Super
Bowl game plan. Before choos-
ing to drink, choose a sober
designated driver.
If you’re attending a Super
Bowl party or watching the
game at a sports bar or restau-
rant:
• Designate your sober driv-
er before the party begins.
• Avoid drinking too much
alcohol too fast. Pace yourself.
Eat plenty of food, take breaks,
and alternate with non-alco-
holic drinks.
• Make sure your ride is
sober before letting him/her
drive you.
• If you don’t have a desig-
nated driver, ask a sober friend
for a ride home; call a cab,
friend, or family member to
come and get you; or if possi-
ble stay where you are for the
night and don’t drive until you
are sober.
• Use your community’s
sober ride program.
• Never let a friend drive
drunk. Arrange a safe way for
them to get home.
• Always buckle up. It’s still
your best defense against other
drunk drivers. If you’re hosting
a Super Bowl party:
• Make sure all of your
guests designate their sober
drivers in advance, or help
arrange ride-sharing with sober
drivers.
• Serve plenty of food and
non-alcoholic beverages at the
party.
• If you plan to stay sober,
offer to drive guests home.
• Encourage guests to pace
themselves.
• Host your party like they
do at the stadium. Stop serving
alcohol at the end of the third
quarter of the game. The fourth
quarter is perfect for serving
coffee and dessert.
• Keep the phone numbers of
local cab companies on hand
and take the keys away from
anyone who is thinking of driv-
ing drunk.
• Remember, you can be
held liable and prosecuted if
someone you served ends up in
a drunk-driving crash.
Support zero tolerance for
impaired driving by reporting
impaired drivers to 9-1-1 or
OSP at 1-800-243-7865.
and Summer Large.
Peterson was the only return-
ing letterwinner from last sea-
son.
“With the teams being so
young and competing so well
(this season), we are looking
forward to next year,” said
Anderson. “We also hope we
can get more kids involved.”
Next for area youth bowlers
is qualifying for the USBC
state championships, with
Holiday Bowl in Florence host-
ing a sectional qualifier Feb.
28-March 1.
Entry fee is $25 for under-8
and under-10 divisions and $37
for under-12, under-15 and
under-20.
Entry forms are available at
Holiday Bowl, 1710 27th St.
The winter steelhead fishery
is fair to good in the Big Elk.
River conditions should
remain in good condition
through the week. Anglers are
advised to watch for private
property. Typical steelhead
angling tactics apply but the
Big Elk is bed rock dominated
and does have a lot of snags.
Millicoma Interpretive Center
and on the East Fork
Millicoma at Nesika Park.
Access to the South Fork Coos
River is through Weyerhaeuser
property and anglers must
have the appropriate permit
from Weyerhaeuser. In the
Coos Basin starting one addi-
tional fin clipped steelhead
may be retained per day for a
total aggregate of three adult
fish harvested daily.
has been successful. Crabbing
has been slow recently.
sons will be available after
that time.
COOS RIVER BASIN:
Dungeness crab, bay clams,
steelhead
Steelhead fishing is good.
There is bank access on the
West Fork Millicoma at the
UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
Steelhead
The South Umpqua is open
for steelhead fishing. Although
the peak numbers of fish nor-
mally show up from February
to late March, the recent rains
have moved fish into the
Canyonville area and hatchery
fish have been reported.
The South Umpqua offers
the best chance for catching an
adipose-fin clipped steelhead
for harvest. The hatchery pro-
gram for winter steelhead is
centered in the South Umpqua.
Most hatchery fish are
caught from Canyonville
downstream. All wild fish
must be released unharmed.
As the river drops from last
weekend’s rain, plunking
should be good at places such
as Lawson Bar, Myrtle Creek
and behind Seven Feathers.
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exactly right.
Vinny Gambini: How could
you be so sure?
LISA: [sighs] If you will
look in the manual, you will
see that this particular model
faucet requires a range of 10 to
16 foot-pounds of torque. I
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PACIFIC OCEAN and
BEACHES: Bottomfish,
Dungeness crab, surf perch
The ocean is open for har-
vest of Dungeness crab.
A few anglers have been
catching surf perch from the
beaches near Bandon and
Coos Bay. Sand shrimp is one
of the best baits to use when
fishing for surf perch.
Fishing for bottom fish,
including rockfish and lingcod
is open to all depths. The
marine fish daily bag limit is
seven fish and a separate daily
limit of two lingcod.
Anglers are only able to
keep three blue rockfish as
part of their daily limit and
there will be no harvest of
China, quillback or copper
rockfish.
Sometime in March, once a
parallel federal rule is adopted,
ODFW will announce that
anglers can retain one canary
rockfish as part of the marine
fish daily bag limit.
Retention of cabezon is not
allowed through June 30.
P ACIFIC H ALIBUT :
The Pacific halibut seasons
have all closed for the remain-
der of the year.
The International Pacific
Halibut Commission (IPHC)
will set 2015 quotas for all
areas in later this month. More
information on the 2015 sea-
routinely twist the maximum
allowable torquage.
Vinny Gambini: Well, how
could you be sure you used 16
foot-pounds of torque?
LISA: Because I used a
Craftsman
model
1019
Laboratory Edition Signature
Series torque wrench. The kind
used by Caltech high-energy
physicists. And NASA engi-
neers. Because a split second
before the torque wrench was
applied to the faucet handle, it
had been calibrated by top
members of the state AND fed-
eral Department of Weights
and Measures ... to be dead-on
balls accurate!
Belichik blamed the atmos-
phere for his balls deflating.
Physicists like Bill Nye and
NASA engineers like Neil
Degrasse Tyson publicly refut-
B OTTOM F ISHING :
The ocean is open to bottom
fishing at all depths. This time
of year, whenever the weather
permits, bottom fishing can be
great fun and very productive.
Calm seas have brought
good fishing, with anglers
bringing home mostly lingcod,
black rockfish, yellowtail
rockfish, and a few blue and
other nearshore rockfish.
Cabezon fishing is closed
through June 30.
The marine fish daily bag
limit is seven fish. China, cop-
per, and quillback rockfish
may not be retained; and only
three blue rockfish may be
retained per day (as part of the
seven-fish bag). Sometime in
March, once a parallel federal
rule is adopted, ODFW will
announce that anglers can
retain one canary rockfish as
part of the marine fish daily
bag limit.
There are separate daily
limits of two lingcod and 25
flatfish other than Pacific hal-
ibut.
Remember: yelloweye rock-
fish and canary rockfish can
not be retained.
R AZOR CLAMS :
Due to the large number of
small razor clams on the
beach, diggers should be high-
ly selective about which shows
they pursue.
ed his arguments. In response,
Patriots owner Rob Kraft pro-
duced lucid, intelligent, well-
thought-out objections of the
NFL and media’s interest in the
matter.
Mr. Kraft?
Overruled.
Because just as Mona Lisa
Vito’s torque had been calibrat-
ed by top members of the state
AND federal Department of
Weights and Measures, the
concern people have with the
non-stop annoying pick-nit
cheats and how they affect the
outcome of games are serious.
Belichick was dead-on balls
accurate when he said he was
no Mona Lisa Vito ... he’s the
colonel from “A Few Good
Men.”
Now let that trial begin.
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