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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2015
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THE RULES ABOUT PRIVATE TIMBERLANDS , SAY
Those who enjoy traveling
the back roads of our private
timberlands have found locked
gates or restricted access.
This leaves some people to
believe that private timber
companies deny access to their
lands simply because they
don’t want private citizens on
their property.
This is not the case.
With the exception of active
commercial use such as logging
or harvest of other forest prod-
ucts, the closures are in reac-
tion to the ever-increasing inci-
dents. Those incidents include
littering, abandonment of vehi-
cles, theft of forest products,
and acts of criminal mischief
such as destruction of property,
destruction of road access
gates, and more.
Damage and theft detracts
from the natural beauty of our
forests, incurs costs for clean-
ing, repairing, and removal of
vehicles and garbage.
These costs are borne by pri-
vate timber companies as well
as taxpayers in the county.
What can each of us do to
stop the current trend of defac-
ing our forests and waterways?
During your visit and when
you leave forest lands and
waterways:
• Read signs posted at entry
points into private and public
lands — signs include impor-
tant information including log
truck activity
• Report criminal acts to law
enforcement
• Report located dump sites
or abandoned vehicles
• Stay informed of possible
land use restrictions usually
posted at each access
• When in doubt about
access, contact the land owner
or your county Sheriff’s office
• Do not discard any glass,
cans, rubbish, trash, garbage,
debris or litter other than in
receptacles designed or provid-
ed for these items
• Report anyone observed
hauling trash or debris into our
forests. Anyone enjoying
nature in our local forests might
bring a trash bag or two to pick
up any trash you should
observe
• Do not discard any glass,
cans, rubbish, trash, garbage,
debris or litter in any waters of
the state
• Do not drain, or cause or
permit to be drained, sewage or
the drainage from a cesspool,
septic tank, recreational or
camping vehicle waste holding
tank or other contaminated
source, upon the land of anoth-
er without permission of the
owner, or upon any public way
• When target shooting, be
sure to pick up brass, targets
and anything else used during
your visit
• Do not permit any rubbish,
trash, garbage, debris or other
refuse to be thrown from a
vehicle you are operating
S HERIFFS
Our forestlands, public and
private, should be treasured and
protected by everyone.
Through our efforts, we can
strive to regain the trust of the
private timber owners. The
challenge for each of us is to
take pride in where we live and
work and clean up our county
by recycling any and all materi-
als that can be reused rather
than simply discarding them.
For more information and
tips, visit www.lincolncounty
sheriff.net
— Lincoln County Sheriffs
Office
Boys and Girls Club of
Western Lane County youth
registration for fall sports is
currently underway.
Registration forms are avail-
able at the club administrative
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The women’s national soccer
team won the World Cup in
decisive fashion. We even won
the Pan-American Games.
Off the field, South Carolina
finally ceded the Civil War, and
thanks to NASA we now know
more about Pluto than we know
about Idaho and South Dakota.
Good news was coming out
of the technology sector and
job market.
Then we fell down the stairs.
office located at 1501 Airport
Rd.
Participation fees are:
• Soccer $50
• Volleyball $55
• Cheer squad $50
• Flag football $55
• Fifth-and sixth-grade tackle
football $100.
All athletes must be regis-
tered members of Boys and
Girls Club, and pay the annual
$25 membership fee.
Adults interested in being a
coach or referee will receive
the following discounts: the
first child of an eligible coach
is free and each additional child
is $25 for the sport in which the
parent or guardian coaches.
Companies or individuals
interested in sponsoring a team
or sport should contact Boys
and Girls Club at 541-902-0304
for more information.
Sponsors include Tony’s
Garage and Goodman’s Floor
Covering.
Shootings in movie theaters.
Routine traffic stops turned
into horror flicks, speed traps
became death traps, and a cam-
pus policeman in Cincinnati
had more firepower than
Marines at the recruiting cen-
ters in Chattanooga, Tenn.
The guy who used to teach
me “Picture Pages” while he
lectured Fat Albert and the
Cosby Kids, who introduced
me to New Coke, pudding on a
stick and Lisa Bonet, admitted
he’s a serial rapist.
Universal laws of physics
teach us that for every action
there must be an equal and
opposite reaction. American
exceptionalism requires more
than that, however. We like to
turn things upside down, too.
So we made sure that July
was the month that had actual
crying in baseball. It happened
when a shortstop learned dur-
ing the middle of an inning,
with millions of people watch-
ing, that he had been traded.
And get this — he was cry-
ing because he DIDN'T want to
leave the Mets.
The guy who wants to be our
next
commander-in-chief
insulted an American war hero
and POW, and the only military
experience he had was time
served as an owner of the New
Jersey Generals.
Then he surged in the polls.
We passed toy gun legisla-
tion that is tougher than our
actual gun laws because we’re
afraid our kids pretending to
play cops and robbers may
actually get shot and killed by a
real cop who may mistake him
as a real robber.
We learned that we have
dentists in America more lethal
than adult male lions. The King
of the Beasts is now thought to
be friendlier and safer than
some Midwestern oral hygien-
ists.
Time was, dentists used to
just badger us into flossing;
maybe now, we’ll start to take
that with a little more serious-
ness.
Then, everything changed on
a Saturday. The first weekend
in August took what we thought
had left us — the hero — and
made things right. Wilmer
Flores will now forever be
remembered as the King for a
Day in Queens when the trade
falls through, and he responds
by hitting the game-winning,
walk-off home run.
And out of Brazil, a ban-
tamweight named Rhonda, and
from inside New Jersey, where
a horse with a misspelled name
answered the clarion call: You
can still have sports heroes.
Don’t cry.
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