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SATURDAY EDITION
❘ SEPTEMBER 5, 2015 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
By Mark Vasto
KC tale
There is — or was, if you
listen to the stylings of
Donald Trump — such a
thing as “American excep-
tionalism.”
I don’t really know the
textbook definition of that
phrase, or its etymology,
but I’m pretty sure that
American exceptionalism
makes it OK if I don’t look
it up and just go from the
gut on this one.
Here’s a story: There was
a great restaurant in Kansas
City, long since gone
because maybe it wasn’t all
that great, but one day the
restaurant
was
pretty
packed. In the door walks a
notorious Kansas City foot-
ball team executive and his
exceptional new wife. He
wants a table.
His reservation, he is
informed, isn’t for another
20 minutes. He flicks his
left arm out as if he’s
pulling a switchblade, but it
is not. It is an exceptional
timepiece ... it’s Swiss, not
American, but exceptional
nonetheless.
“Yeah, well according to
my $20,000 watch,” he says
to the hostess, “it’s right
now.”
F IRE
BAN LIFTED AT
Thanks to lower temperatures, mois-
ture and a gradual relaxation of fire bans
by other jurisdictions, the statewide
Oregon state park fire ban has been can-
celed.
Fires are allowed in designated metal
fire pits in the Columbia Gorge,
Willamette Valley, Portland area, and on
the coast from Fort Stevens near Astoria
to and including Honeyman Memorial
H ONEYMAN P ARK
State Park near Florence.
The state park campfire ban contin-
ues unchanged on the beach, in all
coastal state park campgrounds south of
Reedsport, and in Central, Eastern and
Southern Oregon.
The ban includes open flames and, in
some areas, charcoal briquettes.
Park-by-park information on these
restrictions is online at www.oregon
stateparks.org.
Visitors should remember to be
extremely careful with any fire in areas
where the ban has been relaxed.
Conditions and restrictions could
change with very little notice.
Information on safely extinguishing a
campfire is online at www.smokey
bear.com/put-out-campfire.asp.
A
WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR
THE LOCAL REGION
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
MID COAST LAKES
Fishing for the various
warm water fish species is
fair to good during the
summer months. There are
numerous lakes in the
Florence area that can pro-
vide good opportunity and
have boat and bank access.
SIUSLAW RIVER:
Cutthroat trout
The cutthroat trout fish-
ery is slow to fair. Fishing
during the early mornings
or in the larger tributaries
is the most productive.
River conditions are very
low and warm for this time
of year. Bait is not allowed
above the head of tide but
small spinners, spoons and
fly fishing can be very pro-
ductive.
ALSEA RIVER : cut-
throat trout
The cutthroat trout
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S PORTS
Calendar
Sept. 8
• MHS V-BALL
AT
S ILETZ V.
6 P . M .
Sept. 9
A T T UGMAN I NV .
4 P . M .
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• MHS V-BALL
A T A LSEA
6 P . M .
Sept. 11
• SHS FOOTBALL
HOSTS
P. H ILL
7 P . M .
• MHS FOOTBALL
A T W ASCO H.S.
5 P . M .
Sept. 5
6:27am / 5.5
6:11pm / 7.0
12:06am / 0.2
11:59pm / 2.4
Sept. 6
7:48am / 5.3
7:19pm / 6.8
1:17am / 0.3
1:13pm / 2.8
Sept. 7
9:04m / 5.5
8:28pm / 6.6
2:28am / 0.4
2:30pm / 2.8
Sept. 9
10:54am / 6.0 4:26am / 0.2
10:26pm / 6.8 4:35pm / 2.2
Elyssa Rose, Emma Collins and Hannah Bartlett watch as a kill shot scores against Philomath Tuesday night.
Viks open season with clean sweep
Siuslaw News
Siuslaw junior Claire Waggoner was
32-for-32 in serving in Tuesday’s
opener against Philomath.
Siuslaw opened its season in dramat-
ic fashion Tuesday night, hosting
Philomath to a three-game sweep that
required a come-from-behind win for
the Vikings.
“We worked a lot during practice
and all last week on communication
and staying ‘up,’” said junior Elyssa
Rose, who had 11 kills against the vis-
iting Warriors. “I think that’s what
helped us battle back.”
That battle came late in game three,
when the Viks — who had won the first
two games easily, 25-13 and 25-10 —
found themselves down by seven.
“I was a little worried, but we just
played aggressively and battled our
way back,” said Rose.
The main ingredient to Siuslaw’s
comeback concoction was its serving,
led by junior Claire Waggoner, who
went 32-for-32 from the service line —
including 17 consecutive shots across
Philomath’s bow in game two.
“We were really working well and
on were on our game,” Waggoner said
• SHS V-BALL
A T J. C ITY
4 P . M .
Low Tide
Sept. 8
10:06am / 5.7 3:32am / 0.3
9:31am / 6.7 3:39pm / 2.6
• VIK XC
Sept. 10
High Tide
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