NED HICKSON , SPORTS EDITOR
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SATURDAY EDITION
❘ JULY 30, 2016 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
Reserve Archie Knowles campsites online now
Lane County Parks has announced
the campsites at the newly reopened
Archie Knowles Campground near
Mapleton can now be reserved online.
Reservations can be made through
the Lane County Parks Reservation
System at www.reservations.lane
county.org.
“Each year, Lane County welcomes
visitors from all over the world who
are looking to camp and enjoy our fan-
tastic parks and natural areas,” said
parks analyst Charlie Conrad. “Many
visitors have already enjoyed staying
at Archie Knowles on a first-come-
first-served basis since it reopened
this past June.
“Now people can have a sense of
security knowing they will be able to
enjoy a beautiful and scenic campsite
during their trip.”
The reservation site can be used to
reserve camping and RV spots, group
sites, day-use and picnic shelters and
moorage slips, as well as purchase sin-
gle-day or annual passes at home.
The website contains additional
information, such as campground
maps, site photographs and site specif-
ic characteristics and more.
On the
Bite
A
WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR
THE LOCAL REGION
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
Help identify
marine life at
Cape Perpetua
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.
YACHATS — The public
is invited to help track marine
biodiversity at Cape Perpetua
Marine Reserve during two
BioBlitz events, Aug. 3 and
4, hosted by the Oregon
Parks
and
Recreation
Department,
Audubon
Society of Portland, Oregon
Marine Reserves Partnership
and U.S. Forest Service.
Both events are from 7:30
a.m. to noon.
The Aug. 3 event is at
Yachats Ocean Road State
Natural Site, just south of the
bridge in Yachats; the Aug. 4
event is at Stonefield Beach
State Recreation Site, seven
miles south of Yachats.
Participants should meet in
the parking lot and bring
waterproof shoes, raincoat,
binoculars, water and snacks.
Participants will take a
walk at low tide to help iden-
tify the plants, animals and
other organisms in the rocky
intertidal habitat along sec-
tions of the Cape Perpetua
Marine Reserve, a protected
research area that covers 14.1
square miles of ocean habitat
between
Yachats
and
Florence.
Data collected will be used
to document the rich biodi-
versity of the area.
For information on the
events, contact state Natural
Resources Specialist Celeste
Lebo at 541-563-8505 or
541-272-9008 or email her at
celeste.lebo@oregon.gov.
Information on the Cape
Perpetua Marine Reserve is
at
www.oregonmarinere
serves.org/cape-perpetua.
SIUSLAW RIVER:
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.
See
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
July 31
11:33am / 5.9 5:04am / -1.1
10:51pm/ 7.9 4:53am/ 2.2
USA Pickleball Association ambassador and Florence resident John Griffin returns to the service line during
a game of pickleball at the Rolling Dunes Courts on 35th Street on Wednesday morning.
Calendar
F OR
LOVE OF THE GAME
U PCOMING
• COOL AT COAST
R OTARY G OLF
10 A . M .
O CEAN D UNES
Aug. 8-11
• SIUSLAW
FOOTBALL CAMP
3
5 P . M .
AT SHS
TO
Aug. 19
• SHS HALL OF
FAME
I NDUCTION
CEREMONY
5:30 P . M .
AT T HREE R IVERS
C ASINO R ESORT
Aug. 1
12:21pm / 6.1 5:52am / -1.3
11:42pm/ 7.9 5:47pm/ 2.0
Aug. 2
1:04pm/ 6.4
6:37am/ -1.4
6:36pm/ 1.7
Aug. 3
12:29am / 7.8
1:44pm / 6.6
7:18am / -1.3
7:23pm / 1.6
Aug. 4
1:13am/ 7.5
2:21pm/ 6.6
7:57am/ -1.1
8:07pm/ 1.4
Aug. 5
1:56am / 7.2
2:57pm / 6.6
8:34am / -0.7
8:51pm / 1.4
B Y N ED H ICKSON
EVENTS
Aug. 6
Low Tide
July 30
10:37am / 5.5 4:10am /- 0.7
3:53pm/ 2.4
9:57pm/ 7.7
PHOTOS BY NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
S PORTS
FISHING 4B
Siuslaw News
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ack in February, John and
Debbie Griffin first began
playing pickleball with Larry
Karas and a few others on the newly
marked Rolling Dunes Courts on
35th Street.
For the first few weeks, it was
merely a handful of enthusiasts who
braved the weather as winter still
clung in the air. Then, the trio began
noticing the benches were gradually
beginning to fill as more pickle-
ballers were arriving at 8:30 a.m.,
three days a week, to take a turn on
the courts.
Today, the group has reached 23
active members, with 15 to 18 show-
ing up to whack the ball and share a
little good-humored smack talk in
the mornings.
“It’s an addicting sport because
it’s as much physical as social,” says
Karas, whose only break from the
sport comes during salmon season.
“When the salmon are running, I’m
on the water. Other than that, I’m on
S IUSLAW
N EWS
Players join paddles at the end of a match to show sportsmanship.
the pickleball court.”
John and Debbie Griffin, retired
teachers who moved here to have a
home built, are part of a growing
number of Florentines joining the
pickleball addiction.
“It’s the fastest-growing sport out
there,” says John, nicknamed
“Johnny Griff” by players in the
group. It’s also the name he goes by
as the club’s official ambassador to
the USA Pickleball Association —
the governing body of the sport. “It’s
so much fun, and the interaction
See
PICKLEBALL 3B
148 Maple St.
Florence
541-997-3441
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
MID COAST LAKES: