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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2016
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DONATES TO YOUTH SOCCER
Archie Knowles campsite
reservations available online
Lane County Parks has
announced the campsites at the
newly re-opened Archie
Knowles Campground near
Mapleton can now be reserved
online.
Reservations can be made
through the Lane County
Parks Reservation System at
www.reservations.lanecoun-
ty.org.
“Each year, Lane County
welcomes visitors from all
over the world who are look-
ing 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
re-opened in June.
“Now people can have a
sense of security knowing they
will be able to enjoy a beauti-
ful 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 moor-
age slips, as well as purchase
single-day or annual passes at
home.
The website contains addi-
tional information such as:
campground maps, site photo-
graphs and site specific char-
acteristics.
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Dreams
from 1B
The 15-year-old lefthander
was one of some 150 top play-
ers from around the country
invited to the camp, now in its
second year.
Simington was one of only
two from Oregon.
The other Florence native
Ricky Jones, who has been
playing his baseball at
Riverside Military Academy,
an all-boys college preparatory
school in Gainesville, Ga.
Simington was scouted in
the early part of the Vikings’
past season by Hall of Fame
baseball coach Jim Dietz, an
Oregon native who led the San
Diego State Aztecs for more
than three decades.
Dietz returned for a late-sea-
son assessment, then helped
punch Simington’s ticket to
Vero Beach.
“It was so surreal,”
Simington said. “One day I’m
playing summer baseball in
Florence, then I’m in this
camp. It all happened so fast.”
Simington was considered
underage by the airlines, so he
flew from Eugene to San
Fishing
from 1B
slow. The water is low an
clear, so use lighter gear and
target the deeper holding
areas. Trout angling should be
fair.
YAQUINA RIVER: Cutthroat
For cutthroat trout casting
small spinners, spoons or fly
fishing streamers or dry flies
can be very effective. Angling
for all species in streams
above tidewater is restricted to
artificial flies and lures until
Sept. 1.
COOS COUNTY LAKES AND
PONDS: Trout, warmwater
fish
There are trout available for
kids in the Millicoma Pond at
the Millicoma Interpretive
Center and fishing is excel-
lent.
Millicoma Pond is set aside
for kids fishing only and is a
great chance for them to hook
into fish. Call before traveling
to Millicoma Pond to make
sure the gates are open. The
phone number is 541-267-
2557.
Fishing for largemouth bass
is best in mornings and late
evenings. Bass will be found
in a little deeper water associ-
ated with cover, like weed-
lines or other structure.
Bluegill fishing is picking
up with many fish found in or
near shallow water. Plastic
worms, shallow crankbaits,
topwater lures, and spinner
baits are good to use for bass.
Bluegills will bite on worms,
small jigs, or flies.
Francisco to Orlando, Fla.,
with Jones, all of 17, acting as
his guardian.
“It was my first time flying,
but it wasn’t bad,” the 6-foot-3,
250-pound Simington said. “It
was relatively fine, sometimes
a little cramped.”
He still may not have
touched ground emotionally
when
he
arrived
at
Dodgertown, where he was to
rub elbows with some out-
standing young talent while
taking instruction from former
major league stars.
“I don’t remember the
names, but a lot of them were
wearing World Series rings,”
he said.
The training was intense.
Bullpen sessions. Workouts.
Seminars. And it was hot work,
the thermometer hitting 107
degrees with 86 percent humid-
ity.
“It was pretty miserable,”
Simington said.
And it was all business. A
trip to Disney World?
“No, actually,” he said. “It
was all about baseball. We did-
n’t leave the facility until we
flew out.”
Of the 150 players, only 15
UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
Bass
Trout fishing is catch-and-
release only in the South
Umpqua and tributaries. Bass
fishing should be good with
warmer water temperatures.
TENMILE BASIN: Trout,
bass, yellow perch
Trout fishing has been slow
were pitchers, so that allowed
for some one-on-one tutoring.
“It was a very pleasant sur-
prise to find that they worked
on us so much individually,”
Simington said. “I learned a lot
of good stuff.
“I didn’t know, in my head,
that I had a lot of mechanical
issues, but they pointed them
out, and there were a lot of lit-
tle things. Even the little things
they fixed.”
They also had him test a
baseball speed gun.
“I got clocked at 94 miles
per hour,” he said. “That was
around average (in the camp).
A lot of the kids were talented,
very talented, and consistently
fast.”
And a lot of them were older.
Simington was at the low
end of the 15-17 age range, and
a fastball nearing 100 mph may
be in his future.
“They had a good feeling
that if I take care of my body,
like I do now, a lot of my baby
fat will go away and my veloc-
ity will go up,” he said.
And if he continues to
improve, Simington will get
two more visits to Dodgertown.
“You can go again if you put
in Tenmile Lakes due to warm
water. Trout anglers should
fish in the deep water and
fishing is usually best in the
mornings.
Largemouth bass fishing
has been good over the past
month. Anglers are catching
bass near structure or on the
deep end of the weed lines.
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in the work,” he said. “You
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“I don’t want to go to the
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