SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2016
Sixth annual Siuslaw
Open set for September
This year the grand prize at
Hole sponsors are Florence
the Siuslaw Open is a brand Yamaha,
Edward
Jones
new Ford F150 truck. “All that Investments,
Integrity
is necessary is to hit a hole-in- Plumbing, The Siuslaw News,
one on the
S i u s l a w
designated
Glass
and
Entry forms are
hole,”
said
Mirror, Elks
D a v i d available at SOS, 1576 C l u b ,
Wiegan, tour-
Coldwell
West 12th St., Abel
nament co-
Banker/Coast
Insurance, Oregon
chair and for-
Real Estate,
Pacific Bank, the
mer golfer.
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“First, get
Storage, and
www.florencesos.org. On Your Feet
the distance
correct, then
With
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hit it straight.
Splash.
It’s a piece of cake — well,
Funds raised support all
almost.”
SOS programs, including
Johnston Motors is once advocacy for victims of
again the hole-in-one contest domestic/sexual
violence,
sponsor at the sixth Annual low-income families, emer-
Siuslaw Open.
gency assistance and basic
This year, the event will be needs for homeless persons.
held at Ocean Dunes on
The entry fee is $89 per
Saturday, Sept. 10, with regis- player or $320 per team, and
tration starting at 9 a.m.
this year there is an early reg-
Also new this year is a istration discount.
$5,000 putting contest. One
The fee will be $79 per
entrant will be selected at ran- player or $290 per team if
dom and will have one try to received by Aug. 26.
sink a 60 foot putt. “This one
Dinner will follow golf and
is a lot shorter, and is even eas- prizes will include golf pack-
ier,” Wiegan said.
ages, gift certificates at Maple
The tournament is one of Street Grille and other great
the main fundraisers for restaurants, and many other
Siuslaw Outreach Services. prizes.
Last year netted more than
Entry forms are available at
$7,000 for th service program. SOS, 1576 West 12th St., Abel
This year, the event will be Insurance, Oregon Pacific
presented
by Bank, the Siuslaw News, and
Peacehealth/Peace Harbor and online at www.florencesos.
Abel Insurance.
org.
Eagle sponsors are Oregon
For more information, call
Pacific Bank, The Firehouse tournament co-chairs Bob
Restaurant, Banner Bank and Teter and David Wiegan at
Carter Brothers Construction.
541-997-2816.
Aquarium introduces two new sea lions
NEWPORT — Fans of the
Oregon Coast Aquarium’s flip-
pered friends can formally
meet two of its newest mem-
bers at the Pinniped Exhibit
this summer: Rosa and
Catalina,
both
rescued
California sea lions.
Catalina, 3 years old, and
Rosa, 2 years old, were strand-
ed off the coast of California
last year and were rescued by
the Marine Mammal Care
Center in San Pedro, Calif.
After examination by veteri-
nary staff in conjunction with
federal wildlife officers,
Catalina was deemed non-
releasable because she is blind
in her left eye. She would not
be able to successfully hunt for
her own food and avoid preda-
tors because of her partial
blindness.
✔
Rosa was also deemed non-
releasable due to her unusually
small size for her age, possibly
the result of stunted growth.
“Fortunately, the Oregon
Coast Aquarium was able to
give Catalina and Rosa forever
homes,” said Ken Lytwyn, the
aquarium’s
Curator
of
Mammals, who met the sea
lions in San Pedro and accom-
panied them on a plane to
Portland last summer. “We’re
happy to welcome them to the
family.”
Catalina and Rosa arrived at
the aquarium July 14, 2015.
For the first 30 days, Catalina
and Rosa were in quarantine to
assure that they were healthy
and could not transfer any dis-
eases or infections to the exist-
ing population of pinnipeds.
They both received a clean
bill of health from the aquari-
um’s attending veterinarian
with the assistance of a blood
sample. Both females were
then moved to holding pools
off-exhibit where they learned
some of their basic training
behaviors.
Once basic training was
complete, Catalina and Rosa
met the existing population of
pinnipeds. First they were
introduced to the older female
sea lions, Lea and Quill.
Next were introductions to
the aquarium’s eight harbor
seals. Eventually, it came time
to meet Max and Koa, the larg-
er male sea lions. Lea seemed
to take on a maternal role,
especially toward Catalina,
even making a unique vocal-
ization in her presence.
She can often be seen hauled
out and swimming with
Catalina.
Catalina and Rosa continue
to thrive and swiftly learn new
behaviors during training ses-
sions. They are also very inter-
active with enrichment items,
often tossing around their
favorite toys.
Anyone interested in donat-
ing more enrichment items for
Catalina, Rosa and the rest of
our collection can visit the
aquarium’s Amazon wish list
atwww.bit.ly/enrichmentwish-
es.
The public is invited to come
meet the aquarium’s newest sea
lions on the next visit, or check
on them live at anytime via the
Aquari-cam at www.aquarium.
org/aquari-cam.
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