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WEDNESDAY EDITION
❘ JULY 6, 2016 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
S PORTS
On the
Bite
Calendar
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U PCOMING
WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR
EVENTS
THE LOCAL REGION
July 16
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
• SAND MASTER JAM
S ANDBOARDING TOURNEY
2 TO 5 P . M .
S AND M ASTER P ARK
MID COAST LAKES
Rainbow trout stocking
is complete along the mid
coast. Holdover trout will
be available in most lakes
through the summer.
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.
Aug. 6
• COOL AT COAST
R OTARY C LUB
10 A . M .
O CEAN D UNES
Aug. 5-8
• SIUSLAW FOOTBALL
CAMP
3
SIUSLAW RIVER:
5 P . M .
AT SHS
TO
COURTESY PHOTO
Camp of Champion participants (back row from left): Ivon Ellsworth-Wayland, Matthew Horrillo, Matthew
Morales, camp organizer Steve Glassey, Kainan Lane, Murray Bingham and Riley Jennings; (kneeling from left):
Matthew English, Mason Buss and Ryan Jennings
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
8:20am/ -1.7
8:27pm/ 1.9
July 7
2:13am/ 7.4
3:35pm/ 6.5
3:35am/ 6.5
9:17pm/ 1.9
July 8
2:59am / 6.8
4:18pm / 6.4
9:43am /-0.8
10:09pm / 2.0
July 10
4:39pm / 5.6
5:43pm/ 6.3
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
July 6
1:27am / 7.9
2:53pm / 6.5
July 9
3:47am/ 6.2
5:00pm/ 6.4
C HAMPIONS
10:24am/ 6.2
11:04pm/ 2.0
11:06am / 0.6
July 11
5:38am / 5.0
6:28pm/ 6.3
12:04am /1.9
11:51am/ 1.2
July 12
6:45am / 4.6
7:15pm/ 6.3
1:08am / 1.7
12:40pm/ 1.7
S IUSLAW
N EWS
148 Maple St.
Florence
541-997-3441
While most people spend their sum-
mer vacation relaxing at the lake or
surfing Netflix, one group of young
athletes is spending its vacation work-
ing hard to become the best on the
mats.
“We have a group of young
wrestlers who decided they wanted to
continue their training in the off sea-
son,” said Siuslaw High School
wrestling coach Neil Wartnik, who has
witnessed a resurgence of interest in
the sport the past several years.
IN THE MAKING
A group of 12 young wrestlers,
including two elementary school stu-
dents, two middle schoolers and eight
high schoolers, spent the first week of
summer vacation at Myrtle Point High
School at the Camp of Champions.
“It was an intensive camp,” Wartnik
said of the camp, hosted by legendary
wrestling instructor Steve Glassey. “It
was nine hours a day on the mats,
learning a mix of technique, drilling,
conditioning and live wrestling.”
Among those demonstrating tech-
niques was three-time national cham-
pion Ed Ruth from Penn State, as well
as other NCAA wrestling champions.
“Steven Abbott showed the kids a
technique on the single-leg takedown
that was really impressive,” Wartnik
said. “Thanks to instruction like that, I
not only watched our wrestlers grow, I
also picked up techniques I can teach
as a coach.”
The seven-day camp included
wrestlers from as far away as Idaho,
Washington and California, providing
participants the chance to wrestle and
practice techniques with some of the
region’s best.
“Each one of our kids took away
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CHAMPS 3B
Input sought for proposed camp fee increase
CORVALLIS — The U.S. Forest
Service (USFS) is proposing to raise
campground fees or establish new fees
at some recreation sites on the Siuslaw
National Forest.
These recreation fees are reinvested
locally to maintain, operate and pro-
vide visitor services at developed
recreation sites. Fee changes are being
considered due to increasing costs of
operating and maintaining recreation
facilities, and to enable the Forest
Service to improve services or add
amenities desired by visitors at various
recreation sites.
Siuslaw recreation fees have
remained at their current levels for
more than 10 years at most sites.
Public input on the proposed
changes is welcome, and will be evalu-
ated by the Forest Service and present-
ed, along with the proposal, to a citizen
advisory committee later this year. The
advisory committee will make recom-
mendations that will be subject to
approval by the Regional Forester.
Approved changes would go into
effect for the 2017 recreation season.
The proposal includes changing
The proposal includes
changing campground
fees to be more in
alignment with other
comparable sites
offering similar
amenities on the
Oregon coast.
campground fees to be more in align-
ment with other comparable sites offer-
ing similar amenities on the Oregon
coast.
The proposal would also eliminate
the extra vehicle fees at campgrounds
at Sand Lake, Sand Beach and Hebo
Lake to be in alignment with other
Siuslaw campgrounds.
By 2017, the Forest Service will
offer enhanced services at four recre-
ation sites and is proposing new fees at
these sites to help with operations and
maintenance. Castle Rock and Rocky
Bend campgrounds would be convert-
ed to reservable group campgrounds
for $75/night.
Major reconstruction of the Hebo
Kitchen picnic shelter at Hebo Lake is
planned for this year; under this pro-
posal the day use shelter would be
reservable for groups for $50/day. A $5
day use fee at South Lake/Pioneer
Indian Trailhead would be added and
recreation passes honored.
A $5 day use fee or recreation pass
would also be honored at a new
Cascade Head interpretive site along
the Salmon River estuary within
Cascade Head Scenic Research Area,
near the intersection of Highways 101
and 18.
This site is currently under construc-
tion and will be completed later this
year.
In 2004, Congress passed the
Federal
Lands
Recreation
Enhancement Act, which allows the
Forest Service to keep 95 percent of
recreation fees collected and use the
funds to operate, maintain and improve
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Cutthroat
For cutthroat trout, cast-
ing small spinners, spoons
or fly fishing streamers or
dry flies can be very effec-
tive. Angling for all species
in streams above tidewater
is restricted to artificial
flies and lures until Sept. 1.
Casting small spinners,
spoons or fly fishing
streamers or dry flies can
be very effective.
ALSEA RIVER:
Cutthroat
The Alsea River is open
for cutthroat trout, 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.
NESTUCCA RIVER and
THREE RIVERS:
Steelhead, Chinook, cut-
throat
Spring Chinook angling
is improving as more fish
arrive. A few summer
steelhead are showing up,
too. Gear restrictions are in
effect in Three Rivers. On
Three Rivers, from the
hatchery deadline down-
stream to markers below
Gauldy Bridge, new
angling regulations allow
youth angling only (17 and
under) from June 1 to July
15. Check regulations.
Angling for cutthroat
should be fair to good in
the early season.
SALMON RIVER:
Cutthroat
The Salmon River is
open for cutthroat trout ,
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, cutthroat
Steelhead fishing is
slow. This run typically
peaks by early July but fish
can be found throughout
the mainstem. Casting
FEE 3B
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