NED HICKSON , SPORTS EDITOR
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SATURDAY EDITION
❘ MAY 28, 2016 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
Golfers to
swing
‘Fore Kids’
The 19th annual Fore Kids
Golf Classic will tee off
Saturday, June 4, at Ocean
Dunes Golf Links.
The cost is $89 per player,
which includes cart, awards
ceremony barbecue and silent
auction.
There will be four hole-in-
one prizes, which include $1
million, a new Ford F150
donated by Johnston Motors,
a new boat donated by Y-
Marina and a set of Calloway
irons.
There will also be a putting
contest with a cash prize of
$5,000.
Team slots for the tourna-
ment are still available.
There will be a helicopter
golf ball drop. Only be 750
raffle tickets will be sold and
they are going fast. The grand
prize is seven nights at the El
Cid Resort if your ball is in
the hole or closest to the hole.
Winner gets to choose
either Matzalan, Cancun or
Cozumel as a destination
The second prize is a 50”
flat screen TV for the ball
that is farthest away from the
hole.
Raffle tickets are available
at the Boys and Girls Club,
Siuslaw News, On Your Feet
with a Splash or from any
Boys and Girls Club board
member.
All proceeds go to provide
after school care and summer
programs for grades K-12.
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
May 28
4:40am / 6.0
6:27pm/ 6.0
11:37am / 0.0
May 29
5:50am / 5.7
7:20pm/ 6.3
12:20am / 2.6
12:33pm/ 0.4
May 30
7:09am / 5.4
8:11pm/ 6.8
1:34am / 2.1
1:32pm/ 0.7
May 31
8:29am / 5.4
9:01pm / 7.3
2:42am / 1.3
2:33pm / 1.0
June 1
9:43am/ 5.6
9:49pm/ 7.7
3:44am/ 0.4
3:31pm/ 1.2
June 2
10:49am / 5.9 4:39am/ -0.5
10:36pm/ 8.2 4:26pm/ 1.4
June 3
11:48am/ 6.2
11:23pm/ 8.4
5:30am/ -1.2
5:20pm/ 1.5
S IUSLAW
N EWS
148 Maple St.
Florence
541-997-3441
Popular, symbolic trail
to reopen in Yachats
6:30 P . M .
AT SHS
June 4
• FORE KIDS
GOLF TOURNEY
AT
O CEAN
9 A . M .
D UNES
June 11
• CAPE MT.
TRAIL RUN
9 A . M .
USFS C OAST
H ORSE T RAIL
On the
Bite
A
WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR
THE LOCAL REGION
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
MID COAST LAKES
Rainbow trout stocking
is underway in many loca-
tions along the mid coast.
Look at the stocking report
to see the full stocking sea-
son.
Fishing for the various
warm water fish species is
good this time of year as
fish move to the shallows
for spawning. There are
numerous lakes in the
Florence area that can pro-
vide good opportunity and
have both boat and bank
access.
COURTESY PHOTOS
The symbolic image of “Amanda” waited in a quiet area along the trail
where hikers could spend time surrounded by nature and qiuet reflec-
tion; the Amanda Trail Bridge following a mud and debris slide in
December 2015 that closed the trail for five months.
TO BE HONORED
during the school year.
The other co-sponsor is the Siuslaw
Athletic Booster Club, which partici-
pates as a way to further recognize the
accomplishments of not only the stu-
dent athletes, but also their families
and friends who support them through
the year.
Finalists for the boys and girls
“Athletes of the Year” will be
announced prior to the evening.
They’ll be drawn from the list of
KCST’s “Athlete of the Week” and
honorable mention. The male and
female Athletes of the Year will be
announced that evening.
The evening will depart from past
years in that it will feature desserts and
See
HONORED 3B
Free clamming, crabbing workshops begin soon
LINCOLN CITY — The Oregon
Coast is teeming with life all year-
round. And during the summer, you
can learn how to harvest the coastal
bounty with crabbing and clamming
clinics in Lincoln City.
Led by local expert Bill Lackner,
these clinics are a great way to learn
how to catch fresh Dungeness crab and
purple varnish clams.
This will be Lackner’s fourth season
hosting the crabbing and clamming
clinics, and he is prepared for another
June 3
RECOGNITION
O UTSTANDING V IKS , S AILORS
Forty-one athletes from Siuslaw and
Mapleton high schools will be honored
Friday, June 3, during the fifth annual
Athletic Recognition, Evening of
Excellence at Siuslaw High School.
The event is organized and co-spon-
sored by the Sports Club, a group of
area businesses that promote the
Athlete of the Week in the Siuslaw
News and on Coast Radio each week
Calendar
• PREP ATHLETE
I
n December 2015, a massive
mud and debris slide swept
down a hillside above Amanda
Creek, washing away the
bridge that connected that trail
segment and making the surrounding
area too hazardous to enter for many
weeks.
The trail relies on a partnership
between the Siuslaw National Forest,
the Oregon Parks and Recreation
Department, the Oregon Department
of Transportation, the City of Yachats
and a private land owner to build and
maintain its various segments.
Since the closure, representatives of
these groups, along with many volun-
teers, have collaborated closely to
rebuild the trail.
Next Saturday, June 4, the popular
Amanda Trail will officially reopen at
1 p.m. after a five-month closure,
allowing the public to experience a
scenic part of the Oregon Coast Trail
that stretches 3.4 miles — from the
City of Yachats to the top of Cape
Perpetua.
“Beyond the physical damage, the
emotional loss of this section of the
trail was especially difficult to many
area residents and visitors,” said Jan
Brown of the Yachats Trails
Committee. “It was the section that
held a symbolic statue of Amanda, the
Native American woman for whom
the trail was named, and a quiet grotto
that had become, for many, a place for
peaceful contemplation and cere-
monies.
“Both were lost to acres of mud
and debris.”
Over time, Amanda’s story has
opened the eyes of many people to the
true and sad story of the atrocities that
were once committed against Native
Peoples in the Yachats area.
As a result of the spiritual truth
being told, and the trail being built,
Tribal People now return to visit and
it has become an important place of
healing.
It is fitting that the first step in the
reawakening of this trail coincides
with National Trails Day, the coun-
try’s largest celebration of trails and
the benefits they bring to individuals
and society.
“The day highlights the important
work thousands of volunteers do each
year to take care of America’s trails,
including the Amanda Trail,” said
Brown.
For more information on the trail or
the June 4 opening of Amanda’s Trail,
contact Brown at 541-952-0697 or
email her at espressobrown@gmail
.com.
S PORTS
The Oregon coast’s popular and
iconic Dungeness crab can be elu-
sive unless you know the tricks and
rules to catching them.
fun and educational program.
“This is my passion. I love teaching
visitors of all ages how to do this,
especially the kids,” says Lackner. “At
first, they are a little intimidated by it.
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COURTESY PHOTO
WORKSHOPS 4B
ALSEA RIVER:
The river is now open to
cutthroat trout fishing.
Casting small spinners,
spoons or fly fishing
streamers or dry flies can
be very effective. Bait is
not allowed above the head
of tide until Sept. 1.
SALMON RIVER:
The river basin is open
for cutthroat trout fishing.
Casting small spinners,
spoons or fly fishing
streamers or dry flies can
be very effective. Bait is
not allowed above the head
of tide until Sept. 1.
SILETZ RIVER:
Steelhead
Steelhead fishing is slow
but the summer steelhead
run is underway. This run
typically peaks by early
July but fish can be found
throughout the mainstem at
any time now. Casting
spinners, drifting bait or
using a bobber and jig can
be effective.
Cover water and fish
small and simple as the
river conditions are low
and clear.
Cutthroat trout opened
May 22 and can offer
anglers of all experience
levels good opportunity.
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FISHING 4B