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SATURDAY EDITION
❘ JULY 16, 2016 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
Johnson named new SHS athletic director
S PORTS
Calendar
July 16
• SAND MASTER JAM
S ANDBOARDING TOURNEY
2 TO 5 P . M .
S AND M ASTER P ARK
U PCOMING
EVENTS
B Y N ED H ICKSON
21-year Siuslaw coach and
teacher Chris Johnson will take the
helm of the school’s athletic pro-
gram with vice principal Corky
Franklin, beginning in the fall.
Siuslaw News
Come September, longtime Siuslaw
coach Chris Johnson will be lacing up
his running shoes for more than the
Vikings’ highly successful cross coun-
try and track programs. That’s because
he’ll be doing a different kind of run-
ning around as the school’s new athlet-
ic director.
The announcement was made
Wednesday by Siuslaw High School
principal Kerri Tatum, who explained
that Johnson will work together with
vice principal Corky Franklin to over-
see the school’s athletics programs
Franklin, who was appointed as ath-
letic director in June, will be the
administrative component, with
Johnson being the hands-on and day-
to-day coordinator for Siuslaw’s ath-
letics programs.
“Essentially, they will work together
to handle all things athletic at the high
school,” Tatum explained. “The athlet-
ic director will report directly to the
vice principal to create a clean line of
responsibility and duty for students,
parents and coaches.”
All disciplinary issues will be han-
dled by Franklin, which Tatum said
will eliminate any grey area by keep-
ing those types of issues with one per-
son.
“Chris is well respected in our town
See
NED HICKSON FILE PHOTO/SIUSLAW NEWS
SHS 3B
Aug. 6
R OTARY G OLF
10 A . M .
O CEAN D UNES
C ANOE
On the
Bite
CREW
Aug. 5-8
• SIUSLAW FOOTBALL
CAMP
3
5 P . M .
AT SHS
TO
A
FISHING REPORT FOR
THE LOCAL REGION
Aug. 19
• SHS HALL OF FAME
I NDUCTION
WEEKLY
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
CEREMONY
5:30 P . M .
T HREE R IVERS
C ASINO R ESORT
MID COAST LAKES
AT
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. 20
• SHS BOOSTER
BARN BASH
DINNER AND AUCTION
K ING F AMILY BARN
5:30 P . M .
LODGING AT T HREE
R IVERS C ASINO R ESORT
SIUSLAW RIVER:
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
July 16
11:11am / 5.0
10:20pm/ 7.0
Low Tide
4:47am / 0.1
4:21pm/ 2.8
PHOTOS BY NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
“Culture Canoe Camp” participants of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians
complete a 14-mile journey by canoe in preparation for a multi-tribal gathering in Washington later this month.
P ADDLING
July 17
11:56am / 5.4 5:28am /-0.4
11:02pm/ 7.2 5:08am/ 2.7
July 18
12:36pm / 5.7 6:07am / -0.8
11:43pm/ 7.4 5:52pm/ 2.5
July 19
1:13Pm/ 6.0
6:44am/ -1.1
6:35pm/ 2.3
July 20
12:24am / 7.5
1:50pm / 6.1
7:21am / -1.2
7:17pm / 2.1
July 21
1:05am/ 7.5
2:27pm/ 6.4
7:21am/ -1.3
8:01pm/ 1.9
July 22
1:48am / 7.4
3:05pm / 6.6
8:36am / -1.2
8:48pm / 1.7
S IUSLAW
N EWS
148 Maple St.
Florence
541-997-3441
WITH PEACE
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.
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
T
he surface along the Siuslaw River was calm Thursday morn-
ing when the 14 participants of the “Culture Canoe Camp”
climbed into the 32-and-a-half-foot Journey Canoe named
“Lottie,” which represents the daughter of historic tribal chief,
Daloose Jackson, and began the 14-mile trek from Mapleton to the
Port of Siuslaw in Florence.
However, by late afternoon, as the canoers paddled through
Cushman, the winds had risen, gusting from north to south across the
river as they battled during the final stretch of their journey. Led by
Jesse Beers, culture director for the Confederated Tribes of Coos,
Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, the experience was part of a
preparation process for a multi-tribal conflagration next month in
Washington, when tribes from throughout the region travel by canoe
to meet on the Nisqually Reservation.
See
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.
NESTUCCA RIVER and
THREE RIVERS:
JOURNEY 3B
Jesse Beers (front) of the Confederated Tribes coordinated the
trip as part of a three-river preparation process that included
the Coos and Lower Umpqua rivers, as well as the Siuslaw.
C APE P ERPETUA
OFFERING HIKES , FILMS ,
WALDPORT — Visitors are invited
to join forces with Team Mystic, which
currently controls the Cape Perpetua
PokemonGo gym, this weekend while
discovering the secrets of this special
place.
During Forest Exploration Day
today, visitors, families and Pokemon
players can learn about this coastal for-
est that is home to giant trees, elusive
birds and a growing population of
Rattatas, Staryu and perhaps even
Weepinbell.
Visitors and game players can enjoy
special exhibits, explore trails and tide
pools on ranger-led hikes, and enjoy a
variety of film screenings and activi-
ties at the visitor center:
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: An Ocean in the
Forest exhibit
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Meet the Trees
at Cape Perpetua exhibit
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Family craft
table
10 a.m.: The Hidden Forest guided
hike (45 minutes)
10:30 a.m.: “Seeing the Forest”
(An Alan Honick documentary featur-
ing local community advocates) will
screen in the theater, followed by
P OKEMON
ranger-led discussion (45 minutes)
11 a.m.: Living off the Forest
guided hike (45 minutes)
Noon: “Big Trees — Who Needs
’Em” guided hike (45 minutes)
1 p.m.: “The Greatest Good” (The
story of the first 100 years of the
Forest Service) film screening (2
hours)
2 p.m.: A Salty Way of Life guided
hike (30 minutes)
3 p.m.: New Vision for an Old
Forest guided hike (45 minutes)
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CAPE 3B
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
allowed youth angling (17
and under) only through
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
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FISHING 3B
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
• COOL AT COAST