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2 B SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2017 Mapleton girls basketball coach Mike Murray will be hosting a free basketball skills camp for girls ages 9 to 14. The camp will be held at Mapleton High School on Saturday, Jan. 21, from 1 to 4 p.m. Players will learn basic fundamentals in a fun envi- ronment of learning and hands-on practice. Come dressed with shorts, sweats and court shoes. Parent or guardian must register players before partic- ipating and show proof of insurance. RSVP by calling Murray at 541-359-9166. Viks from 1B Carreina Greenburg, who drib- bled the clock away to secure the win. It was a dramatic finish in overtime that followed an equally dramatic finish in regulation, when Junction City sophomore whale and her calf likely will be available to Oregon drivers by summer 2017. This project is sponsored by the Oregon State University Marine Mammal Institute and enthusiasm for it is running high, said Bruce Mate, director of the institute. Thousands of flyers will be passed out on the Oregon coast in the coming week to help residents learn more about what they can do to support the initiative. “Everybody I’ve shown the plate design to has loved it,” said Mate, whose institute will receive $35 from the Oregon Department of Transportation every time a vehicle owner spends $40 to buy the plate. dent education and public out- reach. The license plate depicts the cow-calf pair on a two-tone blue background that emulates sea and sky. In the upper left corner is a lighthouse, and across the bottom it reads “Coastal Playground.” Renowned wildlife illustra- tor Pieter Folkens created the lifelike whale images, original- ly for a poster for the Marine Mammal Institute, which is part of OSU’s College of Agricultural Sciences. “They’re extremely detailed,” Mate said. “You can see every barnacle.” The institute paid an applica- tion fee of $5,000 to ODOT to $80,000 to cover production costs. In addition, it needs to turn in an “expression of inter- est” from at least 3,000 vehicle owners stating they plan to buy the plate. To help with that, 30,000 fly- ers will be distributed along the coast by Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department volunteers helping out during the annual weeklong “Whale Watching Spoken Here” cele- bration that runs between Christmas and New Year’s. Each flyer contains an expres- sion-of-interest form. There will be volunteers at all Oregon coastal headlands to help visitors see southward- migrating gray whales. the volunteers each year during the week between Dec. 25 and Jan. 1, Mate said. Interest can also be regis- tered online at www.mmi.ore gonstate.edu/whaleplate. No financial commitment is required, but it’s asked that only those serious about buying a Coastal Playground plate reg- ister. “It’s a great plate and pro- motes coastal tourism and just a healthy image for Oregon,” Mate said. “I expect a lot of people will like it, and it’s a way for people to inexpensive- ly support marine mammals.” It’s not necessary to wait for a vehicle’s registration to need renewal, or buy a new car, to For $40, a new plate can be ordered at any time without affecting the vehicle’s registra- tion cycle. “This plate is a joyful cele- bration,” Mate said. “Gray whales were on the Endangered Species List because of exploitation, and now they’re the only whale species to have been removed from the list because they’ve recovered. “And they’re Oregon’s flag- ship large whale. Ninety-five percent of the whales you see from shore are gray whales.” “Whales are huge, they’re warm-blooded, they live in an environment we wouldn’t do well in,” Mate said. “They’re really easy to emote with.” Mariah Ohman drained a long 3- pointer at the buzzer to tie the game at 34-34. It was indicative of a game that remained close from start to finish, with the Vikings managing the biggest lead in the matchup late in the third period, on a fast- break layup by senior guard Abby Watkins that made it 26-24. Though the Vikings led for nearly the entire fourth period until Ohman’s last-second 3- pointer, Siuslaw’s biggest advan- tage was still just 3 points. “It was pretty exciting,” Richards said of the win, which marked the end of the preseason. Senior guard Destinie Tatum was a force on the hardwood, scoring a double-double with 17 points and 18 rebounds. Watkins had 6 points and a team-high 3 assists, and senior guard Brittany Long had 5 points and a team- high 6 steals. Senior wing Claire Waggoner and Richards had 4 points each, and junior post Marika White had 2 points. That same night, the Viking boys team was on the road at Junction City, looking for a little redemption after losing to the Tigers earlier in the season. Unfortunately, the Viks came up short, 54-44, despite 21 points from junior post Trent Reavis and 11 points from junior wing Jake Hickson. Last night, Siuslaw hosted South Umpqua (after press dead- lines) to kick of Far West League competition. Tuesday, Siuslaw will be on the road at Marshfield. Girls tip off at 6 p.m., followed by the boys at 7 p.m. Want to Sell? Call Mike and Wanda TODAY! Want to Buy? Call Mike and Wanda! Wanda Johnson, Broker Cell: 541-999-1670 wanda@cbcoast.com Member of Coldwell Banker International President’s Circle Mike Johnson , Broker & Gen Contractor- Cell: 541-999-0836 mike@cbcoast.com “We FOCUS on meeting your Real Estate needs”. 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