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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2017
USCG Auxiliary offering boating safety class
In the State of
Oregon, a boater edu-
cation card is required
for all persons operat-
ing any type of water-
craft over 10 horse-
power, and youth age
12 to 15 years old,
operating any type
powerboat.
The U.S. Coast
Guard Auxiliary is pre-
senting an Oregon
State Marine Board
approved class in
Florence to obtain a
mandatory boater edu-
DEBORAH HELDT CORDONE, USCGAUXPA3
cation card.
The class will be The USCG Auxiliary will host a mandatory boater education class in Florence next Saturday,
held Saturday, Dec. 9, Dec. 9.
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
Cost is $15, and pre-registration is
To register, contact Rick Parsons, U.S.
p.m. at Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue,
required
and
space
is
limited.
Coast
Guard Auxiliary, at 541-463-1797.
2625 Highway 101.
Hatfield Visitor Center to close for maintenance
NEWPORT — The Visitor
Center at Oregon State
University’s Hatfield Marine
Science Center, which annually
draws some 150,000 visitors,
will close Tuesday, Dec. 5, for
maintenance and renovation
work.
The visitor center’s front
exhibits and auditorium are
tentatively scheduled to reopen
on Feb. 1, though there will be
no public access to the back
exhibits.
The rest of the Visitor Center
is scheduled to reopen on
March 25.
“A couple of the larger tanks
in the back exhibits need to be
re-secured to the foundation,
and we’ll take the opportunity
to do some additional plumb-
ing and renovation,” said Bob
Cowen, director of the Hatfield
Marine Science Center. “We’re
sorry for the inconvenience,
but the maintenance is over-
due.”
Some of the Visitor Center’s
exhibits include a large octopus
tank, tanks with near- and off-
shore sea life, touch pools and
coral tanks, as well as displays
featuring marine studies and
current research, three wave
tanks, an augmented sand table
and a variety of other hands-on
educational exhibits.
Give the gift of Oregon State Parks for Christmas
From now through Dec. 31,
the annual parking permit for
Oregon State Parks is available
for 25, which is $5 off the reg-
ular price of $30.
Shoppers can round out their
gift with holiday gear branded
with the iconic Oregon State
Parks shield, including hats,
water bottles, dog bowls, orna-
Little
from 1B
There are tournaments dur-
ing the holidays as well.
I remember driving down I-5
to Grants Pass during
Christmas break for a girls bas-
ketball tournament. During
another break, we were in
Philomath for a boys basketball
tournament.
These are scheduled to tune-
up for league games, which
start soon after the return to
school in January.
The second factor in making
winter seem like the longest
sports season is darkness.
Most, if not all, winter athletes
ments and stickers.
Gift gear and parking per-
mits are for sale online at
www.store.oregonstateparks.or
g.
Parking permits are also sold
at major OPRD offices, some
state park friends’ group stores
and selected local businesses
throughout the state.
For a complete list of ven-
dors, visit www.oregonstate
parks.org. Those who would
like to give back to the parks
can give a membership to the
Oregon
State
Parks
Foundation, which is dedicated
to enhancing the state park
experience. Those who give a
tax-deductible donation of $45
or more will receive a 12-
month day-use parking pass as
a thank you.
Learn more at www.oregon
stateparksfoundation.org.
Parking costs $5 a day at 26
Oregon State Parks unless you
have a 12- or 24-month parking
permit or a same-day camping
receipt.
return to their homes in the
dark. (The exception would be
Siuslaw football players for 45
years, Lol).
Also, the bus trips are
longer. It takes more time to
play what sometimes can be
three basketball games at one
gym for tournaments.
Sitting either before or after
you play can be fatiguing.
Meanwhile, some student
athletes do homework in the
stands. This is necessary as
school continues for all stu-
dents.
There are times when my
own children borrowed Dad’s
flashlight to read required text-
book assignments while on the
bus.
In 1976, due to a shortage of
girls at Spray High School for a
basketball team, I joined the
John Day Referee Association.
I refereed throughout college
as a way to pay my bills.
However, I declined my first
assignment because of the time
I would have spent for very lit-
tle pay. I was to drive to John
Day, then ride with other offi-
cials to Ukiah and work the
first frosh game, then stay the
JV and varsity games before
riding back with the other offi-
cials to John Day — and then,
finally, home.
Thirteen hours for $15.
I said no, thanks.
Three times that season offi-
cials failed to show up to work
Spray games; I worked all
three games.
When the time came for
coaches to elect officials for
league play-offs I was selected.
The winter sports season can
seem longer than fall or spring.
If you are successful as an indi-
vidual or a team, you could be
playing as late as March.
Next week, I will talk about
the longest year for three sport
athletes. I may include a four-
sport athlete, too.
Needless to say, parents can
also have a long year if they’re
following an athlete.
STEP meeting to feature talk
on Siuslaw salmon returns
Are the salmon returns to
the Siuslaw getting better or
worse? Local Salmon Trout
Enhancement
Program
(STEP) president Ron Caputo
will speak about the salmon
returns to the Siuslaw Basin on
Wednesday, Dec. 6.
His presentation will show
what the ODFW fish surveys
say about Chinook and coho
Siuslaw
from 1B
and steelhead runs.
Florence STEP meetings are
held the first Wednesday of
every month in the back room
of the Florence Elks club,
beginning at 7 p.m.
The public is welcome to
attend STEP meetings.
For more information, call
Ron Caputo at 541-997-4961.
Leading the Lady Viks on
offense was Long at point guard,
who sank 13 points in her high
school debut.
From the post, Richards
nabbed 6 rebounds for the Lady
Viks and White claimed 4
boards, along with 8 points.
With the next five games on
the road, Reynolds said the team
relative handful of seasoned
upperclassmen (juniors Madison
Reynolds and Alyssa Richards,
and seniors Carreina Greenburg,
Lexi Curtis and Marika White)
find a common tempo.
“It was good to get that first
game under our
belts and see what
we need to work
on and what our
strengths are,”
Reynolds said.
Among those
strengths is what
R e y n o l d s
described as a
good balance of
height, speed and
— SHS girls basketball head coach Greg Reynolds
good shooting
that he hopes to
foster as the
team’s confidence and experi- will use that time to find its
rhythm offensively and strength-
ence increases.
In Wednesday night’s game, en its man-to-man defense.
“The talent is there. The
Siuslaw kicked off the opening
period and start of the third peri- desire is there. We’re going to
od by spotting the Bulldogs as just use every opportunity to
many as 12 points before bat- keep getting better,” said
Reynolds.
tling back.
Last night, Siuslaw was on
“If not for those two bad
starts, we would have been close the road at Elmira (after press
all the way,” said Reynolds. deadlines).
Tuesday, the Lady Viks will
“The fact that we still finished
within 12 points showed it was tip off at Newport, beginning at
pretty even for most of the game 7 p.m.
— which was good.”
“The talent is there.
The desire is there.
We’re going to just use
every opportunity to
keep getting better.”
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