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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 2017 S CORES & S TANDINGS B RIDGE Florence Bridge Club Thursday Afternoon Pairs Session May 25, 2017 Scores after 5 rounds Average: 25.0 Section A Pair Pct Score Section Rank MPs 3 58.00 29.00 C 1 1 0.60(A) L. Little - K. Hampsten 4 54.00 27.00 A 2 0.42(A) J. Weatherwax - J. Smith 6 51.00 25.50 A G. Farman - J. Reisner 1 49.00 24.50 B 2 0.22(B) R. Parker - K. Klindtworth 2 45.00 22.50 B A. Hendershot - B. Rozaire-Brown 5 43.00 21.50 B D. Gustafson - D. MacNeil W OMEN ’ S GOLF 3 B Tee off ‘Fore! Kids’ at tournament this weekend The 20th annual Fore! Kids Golf Classic will tee off Saturday, June 3, at Ocean Dunes Golf Links in Florence. Sponsored by Three Rivers Casino Resort, the tourna- ment’s proceeds will help fund after-school programs and edu- cational programs that give positive guidance and real-life skills for youth. The event hosts golfers and typically sells out several days in advance. For those wishing to register individually, as a pair or as a foursome, organiz- ers recommend signing up right away. The $89 per-player entry fee includes golf cart, hot dogs, beverages, awards, barbecue, and more. Check-in for pre-registered participants, and on-site regis- tration for remaining slots, begins at 9 a.m., with a shotgun start at 10:30 a.m. Two of the Hole-in-One prizes include a Pebble Beach Golf Vacation and a 2017 Ford F150. Entrants can also partici- pate in a Million Dollar Shoot Out Challenge and a $5,000 putting contest. Entry forms are available at Ocean Dunes Golf Links, 3345 Munsel Lake Rd., and also at Florence Area Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center, 290 Highway 101; the Boys and Girls Club, 1501 Airport Rd.; or by emailing nancy@nancy pear.com. The annual helicopter golf ball drop fundraiser for the club happens at 10 a.m. at Ocean Dunes on tournament day. The prize for the ball clos- est to the hole is $1,500. A prize for the ball furthest from the hole will be $777, sponsored by Three Rivers Casino Resort. Only 750 golf balls will be sold. The numbered golf balls are $10 each, 3 for $25, 7 for $50 or 15 for $100. Call the B&G Club for details at 541-902-0304. More than 500 youth are served by the Boys and Girls Club of Florence each year. All proceeds of these two events support after-school programs, athletic programs, SMART Girls, Passport To Manhood, Money Matters and more for youth in grades K-12. For registration information, call 541-902-0304 or visit www.bgcwlc.org. activities. From the no-experience nec- essary beginner division with lessons and the parent with child division to the more com- petitive 13-15 and 16-18 year old divisions (both boys and girls), there is something here for all water and beach lovers. Otter Rock n Roll began nine years ago in celebration of International Surfing Day, which is officially observed on June 20 uniting surfers from around the world to celebrate the sport of surfing and give back to our ocean, waves and beaches through stewardship activities. “This is a great opportunity to engage in ocean steward- ship, physical activity and fam- ily friendly competition. No surf experience is required — just a desire to enjoy the sport of surfing” said Vince Pappalardo of the Surfrider Newport Chapter and organizer of the event. Sponsors include: Russo Surfboards, Murdy Surfboards, Pura Vida Surf Shop, Eon Graphic Design, Warm Currents, Ocean Pulse , Ossie’s Surf Shop, Moment Surf Company, Gorge Performance Surf Shop, Safari Town Surf Shop, Lincoln City Surf Shop, Xcel, Sanuk, Reef, Cascade Coast Solar, Figaro’s Pizza, Chowder Surf Co., Inn At Otter Crest, Bike Newport and Dutch Brothers. Pre-registration is $25 online at otterrockandroll.com by June 14. Beach Registration on the day of the event is $35, and closes at 8 a.m. No exceptions. effort by ODFW to compare stocking of “larger” trout to last year’s stocking of “legal” size trout. beaches and all bays. Before any shellfish harvest trip, make sure to check the Oregon Department of Agriculture website for any updates. vated levels of domoic acid. The recreational harvesting of mussels is open along the entire Oregon Coast from the Columbia River to the California border. Before any shellfish harvest trip, make sure to check the Oregon Department of Agriculture website for any updates. Surf perch fishing has been good when ocean swells are small. Surf perch anglers will do the best fishing with sand shrimp or Berkely Gulp sand worms. NOTICE: Razor clams remain closed along the entire Oregon coast due to elevated levels of domoic acid. This includes all beaches and bays. O CEAN S ALMON : The Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt. Chinook salmon recreational fishing season is open until Oct. 31. This season is open for all salmon except coho salmon, with a bag limit of two salmon per day, and minimum sizes for Chinook at 24 inches or larger, and steel- head at 20 inches or larger. Ocean Chinook fishing effort and catch have been slow so far this season. Most anglers are concentrating on bottomfish for now, particular- ly on the central coast. Just a reminder: Anglers are restricted to no more than two single point barbless hooks when fishing for salmon, and when fishing for any other species if a salmon is on board the vessel. B OTTOM F ISHING : When the weather allows, fishing during the spring months for lingcod and rock- fish can be fun and successful. In recent weeks anglers have had decent luck limiting on lingcod and close to limits on rockfish. Recent reports from Charleston and Brookings say the bottomfishing has been really good. S URFPERCH : Surfperch are a diverse group of fish that provide a variety of angling opportuni- ties. Striped seaperch are found year-round in rocky areas like jetties; and ocean surf is the place to find redtail surfperch and silver perch. S HELLFISH : Call the ODA shellfish safe- ty hotline at 1-800-448-2474 before harvesting for the most current information about shellfish safety closures. Additional information is available from ODA’s Food Safety Program at 503-986- 4720 or the ODA shellfish clo- sures website. Ocean Dunes Ladies T UESDAY , M AY 23, 2017 18-H OLE P LAY R ENE P ENGRA M ARY K ADEL J EANETTE W INTERHADLER K ATHERINE J ONES KP H OLE # 8: K ATHERINE J ONES B IRDIES - Lions J EANETTE W INTERHALDER M ARY K ADEL K ATHERINE J ONES 9 P LAY : R OBIN V ACCCARO B OBBIE W ELLS KP# 4: B OBBI W ELLS from 1B local merchants, with all funds raised going to support the Dale Libby and Joann Coffindaffer Scholarship Funds. Raffle tickets are $1 each. To register for the fishing tournament, contact Mark Meyers at 541-999-9104 or Jerry Coffindaffer at 541-997- 8108. Surfing www.otterrockandroll.com. Space is limited so sign up early to reserve a spot. Beach registration is $35 and closes at 8 a.m. All participants will receive an event T-shirt and prizes from local sponsors. There will be beach games and activities throughout the day including a special beach cleanup chal- lenge, where youth can com- pete for different prizes through various stewardship Fishing $500 REWARD FOR SAFE RETURN. MOLLY is Missing Blonde long-haired dachshund, white on face. She’s deaf and usually responds to clapping hands. She has on a red collar with ID tag. We live on Davis Way just off Clear Lake Rd. in Dunes City. Missing since Fri., 2/10. If you find her please call 541-997-3134(hm) or 541-999-5885(cell). from 1B from 1B WILSON RIVER: Steelhead The Wilson is in decent shape, but is starting to get pretty clear. Steelhead should be winding down, and the catch definitely dropped off last week. On the up side, summer steelhead should be showing up by the end of the month. YAQUINA RIVER: FOR SALE BY OWNER 7+North Fork Acres 3 Bed/2 Bath, Shop.Close to town but out of the wind. Lg Kitchen, Xlrg 3 car garage, 48x48 shop w/horse stalls, sunny exposure & stunning views, Lg front and back lawn. Lg garden area w/ greenhouse. $469,000. Shown by appt only. No Saturday calls. Contact Don and Debbie Large. Home: 541-997-3689, Cell: 541-999-7389 Email: dlarge73@gmail.com More details and pictures on Craigslist. Get Results...List With Ed. Ed Kopilec Principal Broker 541 991-8630 Dunewood Dr #54 – Wide elevated corner lot with pri- vacy and views! Overlook dunes and wetlands in this beautiful development with underground utilities, septic approval and Heceta Water. $110,000. #2627- 16636856 1749 Highway 101 • 541-997-1200 VOICE YOUR OPINION! Write a Letter to the Editor: E DITOR @T HE S IUSLAW N EWS . COM Sat 6/3 10am-4pm 43 Park Village Dr Wide variety household, misc, furniture, free stuff. No ear- lies. Fri 6/2 9am-2pm 87928 Limpit Lane Multi-Family, household, rock col- lection, jewelry, quilting stuff & much more. June 3rd, #41 Ocean Dunes Dr., 9am-3pm. Snow Village. Sale, my complete collection of 85 major pcs., plus many accessories. Annual Ocean Dunes Estates Yard Sale Munsel Lake Rd Sat 6/3 9am-3pm Lg “Snow Village” collection, 2014 Mustang Conv. Sauna, golf cart, & much more. Estate Sale: 651 Skookum Dr., 6/3-6/4, 9am-5pm. Refrigerator (double door over chest), front loading washer & dryer, lift chair, lots of yarn, jew- elry, cook books, sleep number queen bed, 3x & 4x women’s clothing, full keyboard, lots & lots of stuff, sorry no tools, cash only. Steelhead The Yaquina River and Big Elk Cr. closed for steelhead on April 1 to protect spawning wild steelhead. COOS COUNTY LAKES PONDS: Trout AND Trout were recently stocked in Bradley Lake, Empire Lakes, Butterfield Lake, Eel Lake, Saunders Lake, Tenmile Lakes, Powers Pond and Sru Lake. The road to Bluebill Lake is closed due to flooding and the lake has not been stocked. Anglers are having success catching trout using small spinners or Powerbait. Trout have been stocked in the Millicoma Pond at the Millicoma Interpretive Center and fishing is excellent for young children. Millicoma Pond is intended for children under the age of 12. Please call before traveling to Millicoma Pond to make sure the gates are open. The phone number is (541)267- 2557. ODFW is implementing a tag reward trout study on Empire Lakes for 2017 in which anglers will be asked to report tagged trout that are caught. Anglers can report tags on the ODFW website. Some of the tags will be worth a $50 gift card. This study is an COOS RIVER BASIN: Dungeness crab, bay clams, rockfish Trout fishing in streams is closed until May 22, 2017. Anglers are still catching a few rockfish and surfperch along the jetties and sub- merged rock piles. Fishing for rockfish in the bay has been spotty. The marine fish daily bag limit for bottom fish (rockfish) is seven fish and a separate daily limit for lingcod (2). The 7-fish marine bag limit will remain in place, with these adjustments for 2017: • Create a sub-bag limit of 6 black rockfish, Remove the sub-bag limit for canary rock- fish, add China/quillback/ cop- per rockfishes to the sub-bag limit with blue/Deacon rock- fish and change the limit from 3 to 4. • Remove the 10-inch mini- mum size for kelp greenling. Retention of cabezon is not allowed until July 1. Recreational crabbing is open inside the Coos Bay estu- ary. Crabbing has been good one day and slow the next day in Coos Bay. Even when crab- bing is good, crabbers will need to sort through lots of crab to get a limit. Recreational harvest of bay clams remains open along the entire Oregon coast. Clamming is excellent during low tides near Charleston, off Cape Arago Highway, and Clam Island. There are also good places to dig clams even on positive low tides in Coos Bay. Recreational harvest of razor clams and mussels is closed from the entire Oregon coast due to elevated levels of domoic acid. This includes all UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH: Closed The South Umpqua is closed from May 1 through May 22 to protect migrating fish.. TENMILE BASIN: Trout, bass, steelhead Trout fishing in the streams of the Tenmile Basin are closed until May 22. Trout fishing in Tenmile Lakes, Eel Lake, Saunders Lake are open all year. Anglers have been catching trout in Eel and Tenmile lakes trolling wedding ring spinners tipped with a worm. Largemouth bass fishing has been good and will continue to pick up as the water tempera- tures warm up. Anglers are catching bass in shallow water near structure or on the deep end of the weed lines using jigs or rubber worms. WINCHESTER BAY: Bottomfish, perch Fishing for bottom fish in the Triangle and South jetty has been successful. PACIFIC OCEAN and BEACHES: Bottomfish, surf perch, crab Recreational crabbing is open along the entire Oregon coast. Bottom fishing has been good when the ocean condi- tions allow. Fishing for bottom fish is now restricted to inside the 30- fathom curve. A few black rockfish have been seen feed- ing on/near the surface recent- ly. Recreational harvest of razor clams is closed on the entire Oregon coast due to ele- Fri 6/2 9am-3pm 4975 Heceta Beach Rd Large garage sale! Furniture, lamps, gourmet cookware, & an- tiques. ESTATE SALE 6/2-3, 9AM TO 3PM Florentine Estates - use 35th en- trance only. Lovely home full of beautiful fur- niture and décor. King & queen beds, gorgeous master bedroom suite, living and dining room sets, teak outdoor furniture, mens & ladies clothing, triple car garage full of better brand décor, home goods, holiday & garden. An ex- ceptional estate! All sales final. Credit cards accepted. Local de- livery available. Photos at CindyWobbeEstates.com. Let Paul show you a new car or truck. Stop by today! 2150 Hwy. 101 • Florence (541) 997-3475 • 1-800-348-3475
