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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 2017
Registration opens for annual Rhody Run
Annual Dunes City
Triathlon seeks volunteers
Dunes City is gearing up to
host its 5th annual Oregon
Dunes Triathlon and Duathlon
on Saturday, May 13.
Even though the Dunes
City’s signature event is two
months away, organizers are
already seeking volunteers to
help staff the event.
Volunteers help ensure that
the races run smoothly and
safely while also playing a
vital support role for all of the
participating athletes by pro-
viding encouragement and
hospitality-many.
Most volunteers work only
half a day and all volunteers
will receive a free event T-
shirt.
Again this year, Dunes City
will award a $250 donation to
the organization that brings the
most volunteers on race day.
Be sure to mention your orga-
nization’s name when you reg-
ister to volunteer.
Volunteers are needed
between about 6 a.m. and 1
p.m. on race day, May 13.
Anyone who has a few
hours to spare and wants to be
part of this exciting and fun
event can call Dunes City Hall
at 541-997-3338.
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The Rhody Run draws runners of all ages from throughout the Northwest each year during the Rhododendron Festival.
This year’s Rhody Run is
happening May 20, beginning
at the Florence Events Center
at 9 a.m. Runners should arrive
by at least 8:45 a.m. if pre-reg-
istered and 8:30 a.m. for those
registering the morning of the
race.
There will be a 10K and 5K
events, and the entry fee is $20
for ages 18 and older; $15 for
ages 13 to 17; and $10 for ages
12 and younger prior to race
day.
Add $5 to registration fees
the day of the race. T-shirts can
be purchased for $15 in
advance of race day, and for
$20 on May 20.
This year, Eclectic Edge
Racing
is
partnering
PeaceHealth Peace Harbor
Medical Center Foundation
and the Rhody Run committee
to ensure a well-run and fun
event.
Participants can pre-register
at www.eclecticedgeracing.
com/rhody-run.html.
The race proceeds will go to
Peace Harbor Medical Center
Foundation’s
Community
Benefit/Health Fund.
This fund has been created
to enable Peace Harbor to part-
ner with other community
organizations to promote and
administer health and wellness
practices in the greater
Florence and Mapleton area.
For more information on
about the Rhody Run and the
Community Benefit/Health
Fund,
contact
Michele
Diffenderfer at Peace Harbor
by calling 541-902-6589 or
email her at MDiffenderfer@
PeaceHealth.org.
The spring Chinook fishing
season on the lower Columbia
River has been extended
through April 10 under rules
adopted today by Oregon and
Washington fishery managers.
Managers cited poor fishing
conditions and limited harvest
to-date in making their deci-
sion to extend the season.
The Columbia River from
Buoy 10 upstream to Beacon
Rock (boat and bank) plus
bank angling only from
Beacon Rock upstream to the
Bonneville Dam deadline will
remain open for spring
Chinook through Monday,
April 10.
The closure area near the
mouth of the Lewis River
remains in effect.
The daily bag limit is two
adult salmonids per day, but
only one may be a Chinook.
Only adipose fin-clipped
fish may be kept; all sockeye
must be released per perma-
nent regulation. All other per-
manent regulations apply.
Anglers are reminded that
under rules previously adopt-
ed, from March 16 through
May 15 the mainstem
Columbia River will be open
for retention of adipose fin-
clipped steelhead from Buoy
10 to the Highway 395 Bridge,
and shad from Buoy 10 to
Bonneville Dam only in areas
open for retention of adipose
fin-clipped spring Chinook.
Public input sought on ODF forest projects
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person without a tag may not
carry a rifle or bow or take a
shot at the big game animal
with their friend’s weapon.
Participants need to register
for the contest at www.oregon
hunter.info no later than Dec.
31.
Both mentor and mentee
will be provided with safety
guidelines to review, and must
commit to having already
mentored or plan to in 2017.
For the full eligibility and
contest rules, visit the contest
page
at
www.oregonhunter.info /take-
a-friend/.
While both parties need to
register and provide a
Hunter/Angler ID#, the men-
tor will win the prize. Winners
will be notified in January
2018. The list of partner prizes
is growing as organizations
and manufacturers jump on
board with these efforts
encouraging new hunters. See
the list of prizes at www.ore-
gonhunter. info/prizes/.
The Take a Friend Hunting
Contest is part of ODFW
efforts to raise awareness of
the benefits of hunting among
Oregonians and encourage
more participation in the sport.
Through their purchase of
hunting licenses and equip-
ment, hunters fund wildlife
management, research, habitat
restoration and other work that
benefits both game species and
wildlife species that aren’t
hunted.
Visit www.oregonhuntiner.
info to learn more.
AOPs that are open to public
comment from March 20 to
May 4.
The draft annual operations
plans are available for review
online on ODF’s State Forests
Management at www.oregon.
gov/ODF/Working/Pages/State
Forests.aspx. After the com-
ment period closes, each dis-
trict will review comments and
finalize draft AOPs for the dis-
trict forester to review and
approve.
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sales, reforestation, road build-
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Oregon Department of Forestry
(ODF) invites public comment
on work plans, called Annual
Operations Plans (AOPs), out-
lining state forest activities for
an upcoming fiscal year.
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Monday, May 4, public com-
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district activities for the 2018
fiscal year, which starts July 1
and ends on June 30, 2018.
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Chinook season extended through
Monday on lower Columbia