SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2017
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Li’l Toads Wrestling to Free presentations at Cape Perpetua through December
be hopping Nov. 6-10
Li’l Toads Wrestling will
take place Monday, Nov. 6,
through Friday, Nov. 10.
Sign-up forms were sent
from school with children yes-
terday, Oct. 24. Parents who
didn’t receive a form can pick
one up at the elementary
school office.
Participants will be escorted
to practices at the Siuslaw
High School gym Monday
through Thursday after school.
Practices will run from 3:15
to 5 p.m. Parents will need to
pick up children at 5 p.m. in
the main gym of the high
school.
The tournament will be held
Friday, Nov. 10, at 6 p.m. and
will last to approximately 8:30
p.m. The tournament will be in
the high school’s main gym.
Admission will be $5 for
adults, and $3 for children
grades K-12.
All proceeds will be used to
support wrestling in Florence.
The program needs as many
volunteers as possible. Anyone
who would like to help can
call or text Neil Wartnik at
541-991-6033 or Stecher Buss
at 541-991-1644.
Coastal Gem Walkers
to jaunt on Halloween
The
Coastal
Gems
Volkswalkers monthly “Come
Walk with Us” jaunt will be on
Tuesday, Oct. 31. The group
will be walking the Newport
Historic year-round event.
This 10K walk includes
some steep inclines that could
be problematic for wheelchairs
or strollers. Walkers will meet
at 9 a.m. at the Commons in
Yachats to carpool to Newport.
Walkers can also meet at the
Hallmark Inn in Newport at
Sailors
from 1B
“It’s definitely a great goal
for us that gives us something
to focus on and shoot for,” said
Greene. “We feel Lowell is
definitely a team we can beat,
as long as we come in and exe-
cute.”
Greene says he will use this
week to prepare and let players
recover from their injuries.
9:45 a.m. to register.
The group walks in any
weather, so come prepared.
As always, leashed pets are
welcome on walks, but carry
water and cleanup materials
for pets. This walk requires a 6
ft. non-retractable leash.
For more information or
directions, call Maryann
Brown in Waldport at 541-
961-4279.
The club wecsite is at www.
yachatscoastalgems.org.
As of yesterday, Moso’s
participation was still ques-
tionable.
“Hopefully, we’ll have him
back,” said Greene. “It looks
like Nate [Neece] will be back,
so we’ll just re-evaluate things
later this week and do what we
need to do in order to give our-
selves the best chance to reach
our post-season goal.”
Kickoff for Friday’s game at
Mapleton is set for 7 p.m.
Waldport — Celebrate fall
on the Oregon Coast with free
educational presentations and
events at Cape Perpetua.
In addition to the hiking,
tidepooling and exploring
always available, visitors can
enjoy a variety of speakers and
topics every Saturday from
Oct. 28 through Dec. 16 at the
Cape Perpetua Speaker Series
as well as other special events.
All events are free and held
at the Cape Perpetua Visitor
Center unless otherwise noted.
• Saturday, Oct. 28:
Enhancing Habitat for
Native Bees and Butterflies, 11
a.m. Learn why our pollinators
are in decline and what you can
do to help. Native bee conser-
vationist and former OSU
Master Gardener Laren Leland
will cover topics such as plant
selection, providing safe water,
and getting involved on a larg-
er scale, including the Highway
101 Pollinator Corridor project.
• Saturday, Nov. 4:
Forest Homestead Act and
Current use of Tenmile Creek,
11 a.m. Hans Radtke is a free-
lance economist specializing in
the relationship between
resource-based industries of
the Pacific Northwest and
regional, state and national
economies. The Radtke family
purchased land in the Tenmile
Valley in 1972, built a home,
and have lived there since
1982.
Hans has interviewed long-
time residents and original
homesteaders and will present
on the Forest Homestead Act of
1906, early homesteading, and
current land use of the Tenmile
Creek Valley.
• Saturday, Nov. 11:
2150 Hwy. 101 • Florence
(541) 997-3475 • 1-800-348-3475
Ocean Acidification and
Hypoxia Research Findings, 1
p.m. The rocky intertidal habi-
tats in the Cape Perpetua
Marine Reserve are a hotspot
of biodiversity. Scientists have
been monitoring the dynamics
and intertidal species here for
decades. In addition, scientists
have been conducting oceanog-
raphy, hypoxia and ocean acid-
ification studies in this area
since the early 2000s.
Steven Rumrill, Shellfish
Program Lead and Daniel
Sund, Ocean Acidification and
Hypoxia Researcher with the
Oregon Department of Fish
and Wildlife Marine Reserves
Program will present research
related to ocean acidification
along the Pacific Coast and its
potential impact on coastal
ecosystems.
• Saturday, Dec. 2:
Sea Star Wasting Disease:
The Consequences of an
Epidemic and a Possible
Recovery, 11 a.m. Sarah
Gravem, postdoctoral
researcher at Oregon State
University, presents research
on sea star wasting disease, the
viral disease that killed 60 to 95
percent of sea stars along the
entire U.S. and Canadian West
Coast and is still present at low
levels.
She explores the ecological
consequences of the demise of
these “keystone predators” and
how it affects the abundance
and diversity of other ocean
creatures such as mussels, bar-
nacles, algae, sea anemones,
and snails.
• Saturday, Dec. 9:
North Pacific Gray Whale
Populations: The Eastern/
Western Paradox, 1 p.m. Dr.
Jim Sumich, OSU Fisheries
and Wildlife Faculty, has con-
ducted research on gray whales
from Baja California to British
Columbia and has just pub-
lished a new book, E. robustus:
The Biology and Human
History of Gray Whales.
Gray whales are legally pro-
tected under several statutes as
two separate populations; a
large eastern population of
about 20,000 whales and a crit-
ically endangered western pop-
ulation of less than 150.
Sumich will describe some
exciting research that is help-
ing to clarify the evolving sta-
tus and related management
issues of these populations.
• Saturday, Dec. 16:
Living
with
Wildlife:
Mountain Lions, 1 p.m. David
Thompson, a lifelong educator
and
retired
Interpretive
Specialist for the Siuslaw
National Forest, will recount
his multiple encounters with a
mountain lion while living and
working in the Redwoods as a
National Park Service Ranger.
Learn about living with large
predators through David's mas-
terful storytelling that has
drawn crowds at various ven-
ues throughout Oregon.
These events are free, but a
Northwest Forest Pass, Oregon
Coast Passport, federal recre-
ation pass or $5 day-use fee is
required within the Cape
Perpetua Scenic Area and at
some trailheads and day use
sites.
For more information on
these events, contact the Cape
Perpetua Visitor Center at 541-
547-3289.
Crab harvesting closure extended on Oregon coast
SALEM — The Oregon
Department of Agriculture and
the Oregon Department of Fish
and Wildlife have announced
the immediate closure of recre-
ational and commercial crab-
bing from the north jetty of the
Coquille River, which includes
the bay in Bandon, to the
‘P OUNDER ’
See Jim for your auto sales needs!
Mushrooms and Lichens
Presentation with BioBlitz
Mushroom Hike, 1 p.m. Anna
Moore is an amateur mycolo-
gist and photographer who will
share her knowledge from over
30 years of foraging.
Moore’s presentation will
include a slide show of the fan-
tastic habitat of the Oregon
Dunes National Recreation
Area and she will emphasize
the diversity of fungi found in
the dunes and forests from
Reedsport to Cape Perpetua.
This presentation will be fol-
lowed by a BioBlitz walk
through the forest where visi-
tors can help locate, identify,
and record different species of
fungus using the iNaturalist
app.
• Thursday, Nov. 16:
5th Annual Cape Perpetua
Land-Sea Symposium, 5 to 8
p.m. at Yachats Commons
Building, in Yachats. The Cape
Perpetua Land-Sea Symposium
is a community event aimed at
promoting local stewardship
efforts and raising awareness
about current research being
conducted
within
Cape
Perpetua nearshore and adja-
cent watersheds.
This year’s event will feature
keynote speaker William
Pearcy, of Oregon State
University, sharing his research
and the significance of Heceta
Bank, the largest and farthest
offshore underwater bank
along the west coast of North
American and a “hot spot” for
seabirds and whales.
For more information and to
RSVP to this free event visit
www.tinyurl.com/perpetua
2017.
• Saturday, Nov. 18:
from 1B
Northrop completing the
Viking boys’ top five consis-
tently throughout the season.
The team’s biggest chal-
lengers will be Marshfield,
although based on the Pirates’
performance this season it
would be a distant second, fol-
lowed by North Bend, South
Umpqua, Brookings-Harbor
Siuslaw
last week’s recreational clo-
sure. Crab harvesting from the
north jetty of the Coquille
River to the Columbia River
remains open in bays and estu-
aries, and on beaches, docks,
piers and jetties.
Despite the closure, crab and
shellfish products sold in retail
TROUT STOCKED IN
ROSEBURG — This week,
ODFW is stocking “pounders,”
rainbow trout averaging just
over a pound each, into Coos
Bay area lakes for a great fall
trout fishing opportunity.
The weather is cooling, but
the trout are still biting.
Within the city limits of
Coos Bay, Upper Empire Lake
Viks
California border due to elevat-
ed levels of domoic acid.
This includes crab harvested
in bays and estuaries, and on
beaches, docks, piers and jet-
ties. The recreational crabbing
season in the ocean closed
coast-wide on Oct.15.
The announcement extends
from 1B
Bruins for the final win, 31-26.
Next season, Siuslaw will
join current 4A teams
Marshfield, Cottage Grove,
Junction City and Elmira in the
markets and restaurants remain
safe for consumers.
For more information, call
ODA’s shellfish safety infor-
mation hotline at (800) 448-
2474 or visit www.oregon.gov
/ODA/programs/FoodSafety/
Shellfish/Pages/ShellfishClosu
res.aspx.
C OOS B AY
AREA LAKES
is getting 3,500 trout. Lower
Empire is choked with weeds
and has a low water level with
water temperatures too high to
safely stock rainbows. Those
fish instead will be split
between
Saunders
and
Butterfield lakes which will
each receive 1,200 trout.
Saunders Lake is about five
miles north of North Bend and
is an easily accessed place for
family fishing.
Next to the Oregon Dunes
National Recreation Area,
Butterfield Lake is accessed
through Riley Ranch County
Park. Anglers at Butterfield
Lake might also hook into a
warmouth, an unusual fish that
looks like a crappie with a bass
head
Bradley Lake, just three
miles south of Bandon and
Powers Pond are also being
stocked this week with these
pounders.
The lake rainbow trout har-
vest limit is five fish per day,
two daily limits in possession.
and Douglas.
For the Lady Viks, sopho-
more Hannah Rannow has led
a highly successful underclass-
man team, setting this season’s
top time in the girls division
(19:13.20)
Standout freshman Brea
Blankenship has remained the
team’s second-place finisher
most of the season, with sopho-
mores Chloe Madden and Anne
Wartnik taking the third- and
fourth-place slots, respectively,
followed by freshman Gracie
Freudenthal.
More than likely, South
Umpqua will be Siuslaw’s
biggest challenger for tomor-
row’s crown in the girls race,
with
North
Bend
and
Marshfield battling it out for
third place. Brookings-Harbor
and Douglas will run incom-
plete teams on Thursday in the
hopes of qualifying individual
runners for state.
Tomorrow’s meet will be the
last Far West League meet at
Tugman now that the final
OSAA classifications have
been adopted, with the FWL
dissolving and Siuslaw heading
into the newly established 4A
Sky-Em League next year.
Races get started at 4 p.m.
The state meet is Saturday,
Nov. 4, at Lane Community
College in Eugene.
Sky-Em, along with Marist,
which will drop down from the
5A in 2018.
In this year’s first round of
post season play, Newport will
play at Phoenix, Crook County
will be at Sweet Home, Elmira
will play at Banks, Molalla is at
La Grande, Junction City will
be at Henley, Stayton is at
South Umpqua, Astoria plays
at Estacada, and North Bend
will play at Cascade.
Cottage Grove, Scappoose,
Marshfield, Mazama, Seaside,
Ontario, Gladstone and North
Marion all received byes in the
first round after winning their
leagues outright.
Of those teams continuing
into the post season, four will
be competing in the Sky-Em
with Siuslaw next season.