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SATURDAY EDITION
❘ MAY 30, 2015 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
A Sporting View
At h l e t e s
o f t h e Y e a r
By Mark Vasto
Your RV
survival
guide
So you’ve bought an RV
and you're ready to take to
the open road in 3-mpg
increments. Due to the RV’s
sheer size and the amount
of money invested in it,
you’re going to have a lot of
questions and concerns
your first couple of times
out.
That’s why most people
recommend you do a “dry
run” in your driveway or
local RV park. Here, are
some more suggestions.
You need help.
This should be self-evi-
dent.
Most people never have
problems with their RV, but
when you consider what
can go wrong with a car or
truck, or a vacation home or
boat, and combine them
into one vehicle, you’ll
learn soon enough that stuff
happens. And when it does
you’ll need special RV
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S PORTS
Calendar
May 31
• TRC
SANDBLASTERS
B ASEBALL TRYOUTS
SHS FIELD
N OON TO 2 P . M .
June 6
• FORE KIDS
GOLF TOURNEY
AT S ANDPINES
10 A . M .
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Joseph Dotson
Low Tide
May 30
11:10am / 5.4 5:01am / 0.4
10:44pm / 7.1 4:41pm / 2.1
May 31
11:56am / 5.6 5:39am / -0.2
11:20am / 7.4 5:22pm / 2.2
June 1
12:40am / 5.9 6:17am / -0.7
11:56pm / 76 6:03pm / 2.3
June 2
1:22am / 6.0
6:55am / -1.1
6:43pm / 2.4
June 3
12:33am / 7.7 7:33am / -1.3
2:04am / 6.1 7:24pm / 2.4
June 4
1:12am / 7.7
2:48pm / 6.2
8:13am / -1.4
8:08pm / 2.4
June 5
1:54am / 7.5
3:32pm / 6.2
8:55am / -1.4
8:57pm / 2.5
S S IUSLAW
IUSLAW
N EWS
148 Maple St.
Florence
541-997-3441
Mikaela Siegel
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or those who were on hand
during last night’s Athletic
Excellence Awards Banquet
honoring KCST’s 2014-15
Athletes of the Week, 41
B Y N ED H ICKSON
athletes were recognized
Siuslaw News
for their efforts this past
school year. Over the course of the last
three sports seasons, 21 new school
records and five individual state cham-
pions were named between Siuslaw and
Mapelton high schools.
Among those athletes were 11 final-
B EACHWATCHERS ,
ists for Athlete of the Year: Hannah
Bartlett, Seth Campbell, Joseph Dotson,
Tucker Ford, Chris Free, Billy Jones,
Celie Mans, Carissa Oliver, Elyssa
Rise, Mikaela Siegel and Destinie
Tatum.
“Selecting just two individuals from a
group of so many outstanding student
athletes is never easy,” said KCST news
director Bob Sneddon. “This year was
no exception.
“All of these athletes contributed to
their teams’ successes while accom-
BIRDERS NEEDED FOR
The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey
Team (COASST) will host a free training session in
Florence on Saturday, June 6.
COASST volunteers help make a difference for
the environment by collecting data on beach-cast
carcasses of marine birds on a monthly basis to
establish the baseline pattern of beached bird mor-
tality on North Pacific beaches.
plishing their own achievements, on
and off the field.
“We’re proud to recognize these ous-
tanding student athletes.”
At the close of the evening, this year’s
Athletes of the Year were announced,
calling forward senior Joseph Dotson
and junior Mikaela Siegel. Both were
standout, three-sport athletes who
demonstrated excellence on the field as
well as in the classroom.
See
COASST
Data collected helps address important marine
conservation issues and protect marine resources.
Through an interactive, hands-on workshop,
trainees will become acquainted with the custom
COASST field guide, Beached Birds, and have a
chance to try out their newly acquired identification
skills on seabird species common to the North
Pacific.
AOTY 2B
SEABIRD SURVEY
The COASST training provides volunteers with
the tools to monitor for potential changes in the
marine environment and promote stewardship of
local marine resources.
COASST is a citizen science project of the
University of Washington in partnership with state,
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COASST 3B