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SATURDAY EDITION
❘ JUNE 27, 2015 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
A Sporting View
By Mark Vasto
A tradition
like any
other
Campfire restrictions start today as temps climb
CORVALLIS — Fire officials have
elevated the risk of wildfires on the
Siuslaw National Forest from “moder-
ate” to “high.” Forest officials also are
enacting restrictions on fire use within
the forest, which went into today, June
27.
“For public safety and to protect for-
Fans of golf are familiar
with CBS broadcaster Jim
Nantz’s signature phrase
used to describe The
Masters: “A tradition unlike
any other.”
They may be less famil-
iar with the catchphrase
employed by members of
the FOX broadcast team,
whose coverage of the 2015
U.S. Open at Chambers Bay
was universally panned.
enclosure (i.e., campfire ring) at a
maintained Forest Service site.
• No smoking, except within an
enclosed vehicle or building, a devel-
oped recreation site or while in an area
with a 3-square-foot minimum of
ground devoid of flammable materials.
The restrictions, in essence, restrict
the use of fires only to campfire rings
in campgrounds and picnic areas, as
well as on the open sand when dis-
persed camping in the Oregon Dunes
and Sand Lake Recreation Areas.
Liquid gas stoves and lanterns, such
See
TEMPS 3B
DIGGING IN
VIEW 3B
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
See
est health, temporary fire restrictions
are necessary,” said Dan Eddy, fire
management officer for the Siuslaw
National Forest.
Restrictions include:
• No building, maintaining, attend-
ing or using a campfire, fire or stove
fire when not in a pre-installed fire
S PORTS
Calendar
June 27
• TRC BASEBALL
S ANDBLASTERS
HOST E UGENE (DH)
AT SHS
1 AND 3 P . M .
June 29
• TRC BASEBALL
S ANDBLASTERS
HOST M ID V ALLEY
4 P . M .
July 1
• FLORENCE
SOFTBALL
AT M ILLER P ARK
5:30 AND 7 P . M .
July 2
• FLORENCE
SOFTBALL
AT M ILLER P ARK
5:30 AND 7 P . M .
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
June 27
9:46am / 4.6
9:20pm / 6.8
3:41am / 0.9
3:05pm / 2.4
June 28
10:44am / 4.9 4:28am / 0.2
10:04am / 7.1 3:58pm / 2.5
June 29
11:35am / 5.3 5:11am / -0.4
10:46pm / 7.4 4:47pm / 2.5
June 30
12:20am / 5.7 5:53am / -0.9
11:29pm / 7.7 5:34pm / 2.5
July 1
1:03am / 6.0
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
6:33am / -1.3
6:20pm / 2.3
Participants in last week’s Viking Volleyball Camp, hosted by the Siuslaw High School volleyball team, run through digging drills Friday morning. The
five-day camp was open to grades four through eight, focusing on developing solid fundamentals in passing, setting, hitting, serving and blocking.
July 2
12:12am / 7.9 7:14am / -1.6
1:45am / 6.2 7:07pm / 2.2
July 3
12:56am / 7.9 7:55am / -1.8
2:27pm / 6.4 7:55pm / 2.0
S ANDBLASTERS SPLIT WITH VISITING C ORVALLIS
B Y N ED H ICKSON
S S IUSLAW
IUSLAW
N EWS
148 Maple St.
Florence
541-997-3441
Siuslaw News
The Marketmen of Corvallis may
have come to the coast to beat the heat,
but in Thursday’s doubleheader at
Siuslaw, the Three Rivers Sandblasters
scored Corvallis 14-2 opener.
Jonathan
Bennison,
Joe
Hixenbaugh and Elijah Nunez each
connected for a pair of hits, with all
three ’Blasters going 2-for-3 at the
plate.
On the mound, Brad Snow threw a
Brad Snow picked up the win on the
mound Thursday against Corvallis.
complete game and got the win.
In
the
nightcap,
however,
Florence’s batting cooled off as
Corvallis’ heated up for a 17-3 victory.
Tyler Campbell pitched almost five
innings in relief and got the loss.
Today, the Sandblasters will host
the Eugene Challengers for a pair of
seven-inning games at Siuslaw High
School.
First pitch goes out at 1 p.m.
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