SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2018
Boating safety inspections
being offered by USCG
An annual free boat safety
inspection performed by Coast
Guard Auxiliary Floatilla 52
will be offered to assure a safe
2018 boating season.
The inspection provides a
decal for inspected boats,
which visually signals to the
Coast Guard that the vessel’s
safety inspection has been
completed.
To make this inspection day
convenient, it will take place
at Breen Marine located at
4390 Highway 101, between
Bi-Mart and Napa in Florence.
There will be three inspection
lanes for quick and easy
maneuvering.
Breen Marine will have
required discounted safety
equipment on sale at the loca-
tion and all proceeds from the
event will benefit the Florence
STEP (Salmon and Trout
Enhancement Program).
The event will be held
Saturday, April 21, from 8 a.m.
to 1 p.m., along with a second
inspection day set for
Saturday, May 12, from 8 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
Committee for Family
Forestlands to meet April 20
SALEM — The Committee
for Family Forestlands will
meet Friday, April 20, from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Tillamook
Room
at
the
Oregon
Department of Forestry Salem
Headquarters, 2600 State St. in
Salem.
Board
of
Forestry
Chairperson Tom Imeson and
State Forester Peter Daugherty
will offer comments to the
committee. In addition, the
committee
will
receive
updates about and discuss
these topics:
• Private Forests Division
• Marbled murrelet rule
process
• Rulemaking related to
food plots
• Landowner assistance
• Siskiyou stream monitor-
ing
This is a public meeting,
everyone is welcome. The
agenda includes time for pub-
lic comment at the beginning
of the meeting. The meeting
space is accessible to persons
with disabilities.
Requests for an interpreter
for the hearing impaired or
other accommodations for per-
sons with disabilities should
be made at least 48 hours
before the meeting.
For more information about
attending the meeting, contact
Susan Dominique at 503-945-
7502.
The 13-member committee
researches policies that affect
family
forests,
natural
resource and forestry benefits.
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The truth about sports scholarships
and goals of their school
(Editor’s Note: Viewpoint
district.
submissions on topics are
And the cost of participat-
always welcome as part of
B Y B OB G ARDNER
ing in high school sports is
our goal to encourage com-
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minimal in most cases.
munity discussion and
S CHOOL ASSOCIATIONS
While there is a belief
exchange of perspectives.)
P ETER W EBER
that
the only way to get
any parents are
E XECUTIVE D IRECTOR , O REGON S CHOOL A CTIVITIES A SSOCIATION
noticed by college coaches
trying to live the
is to play on non-school
dream through
travel teams year-round,
their sons and daughters —
school.
many Division I football and basketball
the dream of landing a college athletic
Even if the dream is realized, parents
coaches recently have stated that they
scholarship by specializing in a sport
likely will spend more money for club
are committed to recruiting students who
year-round.
sports than they ever regain through col- have played multiple sports within the
Unfortunately, most of these dreams
lege athletic scholarships. Thanks to the
high school setting.
are never realized.
costs of club fees, equipment, summer
In addition, by focusing on academics
The odds of a sports scholarship pay-
camps, playing in out-of-state tourna-
while playing sports within the school
ing for even a portion of a student's col-
ments and private coaching, youth sports setting, students can earn scholarships
lege education are miniscule.
has become a $15 billion-per-year indus- for academics and other talents-skill sets
The College Board, a not-for-profit
try.
oftentimes nurtured while participating
organization comprised of 6,000 of the
There is an option, and it’s a finan-
in high school activities.
world’s leading educational institutions,
cially viable one:
These scholarships are more accessi-
reports that a moderate cost for college
Encourage your sons and daughters to ble and worth more money than athletic
students who attend a public university
play sports at their high school.
scholarships. While $3 billion per year
in their state of residence is $25,290 per
In education-based high school sports, is available for athletic scholarships,
year.
student-athletes are taught, as the term
more than $11 billion is awarded for
The annual cost at a private college
implies, that grades come first.
academic scholarships and other finan-
averages $50,900.
The real-life lessons that students
cial assistance.
Meanwhile, the most recent data from
experientially learn offer insights into
Without a doubt, your sons and
the NCAA reveals that the average
leadership, overcoming adversity and
daughters will have more fun, make
Division I athletic scholarship is worth
mutual respect that cannot be learned
more friends and be better prepared for
only $10,400.
anywhere else.
life beyond sport by participating in
More significantly, the same study
Unlike club sports, coaches in an edu- multiple sports and activities offered by
shows that fewer than two percent of all
cation-based school setting are held
the high school in your community.
high school athletes (1 in 54) ever wear
accountable by the guiding principles
the uniform of an NCAA Division I
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OPRD accepting applications for recreational trail grants
SALEM — Oregon Parks
and Recreation Department
(OPRD) has opened the grant
cycle for the 2018 Recreational
Trails Program (RTP).
More than $2.6 million in
federally-funded grants is
available to construct, expand
and improve public trails for
motorized and non-motorized
use.
Eligible applicants include
local governments, park dis-
tricts, state and federal agen-
cies, Tribal governments, non-
profits and other government
entities that manage public
recreation trails.
Nonprofits must demon-
strate partnerships with land
managers and be a registered
501(c)(3) in Oregon for at least
three years prior to the applica-
tion date.
Grant funds are available for
these project types: construc-
tion, heavy restoration, trail-
head facilities, equipment pur-
chases, land or easement acqui-
sitions, safety and education,
trail assessment for accessibili-
ty or maintenance, and water
trails.
The deadline for letters of
intent is April 30. The deadline
for grant applications is June
15. Eligible applicants are
encouraged to apply online: at
www.oprdgrants.org.
Returning applicants can log
in using their email address.
New applicants must request
an account via the online appli-
cation system.
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