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WEDNESDAY EDITION
❘ JULY 19, 2017 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
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Calendar
Cycling against cancer
Texas 4000 cyclists travel from Austin to Anchorage to cure cancer
UPCOMING
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SHS FOOTBALL
A NNUAL KIDS CAMP
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NOON TO 1:30 P . M .
5 TH THRU 8 TH GRADE
3 TO 5 P . M .
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5:30 P . M .
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he journey has been long for the
Sierra group of the Texas 4000
cyclist team, battling jagged
roads, scorching temperatures, one lost
helmet, poison oak (x4) and innumer-
able flat tires.
It’s been 42 days and 3,279 miles
since these college students from the
University of Texas at Austin, hit the
road on their bicycles in an effort to
raise funds for cancer research.
On Friday, July 14, they took a break
in Florence, as they’ve done for the past
11 years, on their way to the permanent
daylight of Anchorage, Alaska. And, as
tradition for their Florence respite, they
enjoyed the hospitality of Florence’s St.
Andrews Episcopal Church.
“Originally, our former reverend,
Bill Fulton, got a call to host the
group,” recalled Terri Pennington,
organizer for the cyclists stay. “He
asked me if I could help them out. I
THE LOCAL REGION
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
MID COAST LAKES:
MARK BRENNAN/SIUSLAW NEWS
University of Texas at Austin students made Sandland Adventures their first
stop in Florence Friday before continuing the 4,000-mile trek Saturday.
thought it would be something fun,
something I could do to help.”
More than a decade later, she’s still
organizing the cyclers Florence retreat.
The Texas 4000 is the longest annual
charity bicycle ride in the world, raising
over $7 million since its inception in
2003.
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CYCLING 3B
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
July 19
9:37am /5.1
9:10pm/ 7.7
Low Tide
3:22am /-0.1
2:55pm / 2.2
July 20
10:45am /5.5 4:20am /-0.9
10:06pm/ 8.1 4:00pm / 2.2
July 22
12:34am / 6.2 6:04am / -1.9
11:53pm / 8.4 5:57pm / 1.9
July 23
6:52am / -2.1
6:50pm /1.7
July 24
12:43am/8.3
2:06pm/ 6.8
7:38am /-2.0
7:42pm/ 1.5
PHOTOS BY NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
Matt Carter (above) speeds to the finish in the slalom event, one of three rounds of competition during Saturday’s
21st annual Sand Master Jam; Abby Watkins of Florence (below) won the women’s division.
July 25
1:33am / 8.0
2:50pm/ 6.9
8:22am /-1.7
8:33pm/ 1.4
S IUSLAW
N EWS
148 Maple St.
Florence
541-997-3441
Most of the North Coast
lakes were stocked with
trout recently. Water temps
are great and fish should be
hungry, so go catch them.
Stocking of Mid Coast
lakes has ended for the
year. The 2017 trout stock-
ing schedule is available
online.
SIUSLAW RIVER: Trout
Trout season opened
May 22, and there should
be some nice cutthroat
around.
Remember the limit on
streams and rivers is two
per day over 8-inches.
ALSEA RIVER: Trout
Trout season opened
May 22, and there should
be some nice cutthroat
around. Remember the
limit on streams and rivers
is two per day over 8-inch-
es.
SALMON RIVER: Trout
Trout season opened
May 22, and there should
be some nice cutthroat
around.
Remember the limit on
streams and rivers is two
per day over 8-inches.
SILETZ RIVER:
July 21
11:43am / 5.9 5:14am/ -1.4
11:00pm / 8.3 5:00pm/ 2.1
1:21pm / 6.6
WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR
GOLF TOURNEY
C OOL
On the
Bite
J AMMIN ’
IN THE SAND
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
Michael Maio came to Florence
from Sammamish, Wash., with his
family for the sand. An expert skier,
the 47-year-old figured sandboarding
would be a quick study.
“It’s really different. And while
some of the same skills apply, it’s dif-
ferent enough that there’s still a
learning curve,” said Maio, who
found out about this year’s 21st annu-
al Sand Master Jam when he went in
to rent sandboards at Sand Master
Park.
“The guy inside told us about it, so
I decided to give it a shot,” said
Maio, who was the only member of
his family to take the challenge. “My
son’s having fun watching me strug-
gle.”
As it turned out, Maio was in good
company, with nearly half of this
year’s 18 competitors relative new-
comers to sandboarding.
Only three of Saturday’s competi-
tors qualified for the professional
division, including Gabe Cruz, aka,
“the guy inside” who told Maio
about this year’s Jam.
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Steelhead, Chinook, trout
The Siletz River opened
for wild Chinook on April
1 (1 per day and 2 per sea-
son). Spring Chinook and
summer steelhead are
being caught, and fishing
should continue to
improve.
ODFW is recycling
hatchery summer steelhead
from the Siletz Falls trap,
giving anglers another shot
at catching these fish in the
gorge.
Casting spinners, drift-
ing bait or using a bobber
and jig can be effective.
Remember the limit on
streams and rivers is two
per day over 8-inches.
WILSON RIVER:
Steelhead, Spring Chinook,
trout
Spring Chinook fishing
has been slow on the
Wilson. There are summer
steelhead in the system,
and fishing pressure is very
light.
Remember the limit on
streams and rivers is two
per day over 8-inches.
YAQUINA RIVER: Trout
There should be some
nice cutthroat around.
Remember the limit on
streams and rivers is two
per day over 8-inches.
COOS COUNTY LAKES
PONDS: Trout,
AND
warmwater fish
SAND 4B
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