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128TH YEAR | ISSUE NO. 44
FLORENCE, OREGON
SERVING WESTERN LANE COUNTY SINCE 1890
A
LESSON
FROM
M OTHER
N ATURE
Camp fosters
enjoyment of outdoors
PHOTOS BY MARK BRENNAN/
SIUSLAW NEWS
Siuslaw fifth- and seventh-graders participate in this week’s Outdoor Adventure Camp at Camp Cleawox. This annual tradition is a chance for youth to learn about the outdoors.
By Mark Brennan
Siuslaw News
S
iuslaw School District
gave students the op-
portunity this week to
get out of the classroom and
take a lesson from Mother
Nature at the annual Outdoor
Adventure Camp.
This is the fifth year the event has
taken place at the Girl Scout Camp
on Cleawox Lake.
Program co-founder and STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering
and Math) instructor Ben Wells is
happy with the turnout of both stu-
dents and volunteers for this year’s
camp.
“We have about 230 kids taking
part in camp this year and close to 70
volunteers helping to pull this off,” he
said. “We are lucky to have so many
people from the community, includ-
ing members of the Coast Guard and
the National Forest Service, and peo-
ple who just have a passion for be-
ing outdoors. They all want to share
what they know with our kids… and
it’s awesome!”
Students at Outdoor Adventure
Camp spend the day participating
in a number of activities that con-
nect them to the natural world in a
more interactive way then tradition-
al school activities.
Archery, kayaking and canoeing,
hiking and learning how to set up a
campsite and cook food on an open
fire are all lessons taught by qualified
volunteers.
“These are people with high levels
of outdoor oriented skills. They are
not going to be making copies in the
office or helping in a classroom. They
have a passion for the outdoors and
they want to share their knowledge
and experience with the students,”
Wells said. “This is a great opportu-
nity for people in the community to
be involved with the school district
in ways that are outside of the class-
room.”
This year also included classes to
familiarize students with skills used
by native cultures to identify and
gather plants that have nutritional
or medicinal properties. Cooking,
beadmaking and tie-dyeing options
were available, and students were
encouraged to participate in as many
parts of the program as they wish.
While learning outdoor skills
and having fun are the focus of the
Outdoor Adventure Camp, there
are some less apparent benefits to
students who attend the four-day
camp.
“We have a number of goals for the
week, one of which is too give our
fifth- and seventh-graders an op-
portunity to spend a week together,
undergoing a number of challenges,
to forge stronger relationships with
the older students, so the transition
from elementary to middle schools
won’t be so difficult,” Wells said.
See ADVENTURE page 8A
Stewarding
the outdoors
A change in command
Station Siuslaw River bids ‘fair winds and following
seas’ to Tregoning, welcomes Nilles as officer in charge
Siuslaw Watershed Council
gears up for another
summer of camp
By Jared Anderson
Siuslaw News
Senior Chief Jay Nilles and his family
U.S. Coast Guard Station Siuslaw River held
a change of command ceremony Friday as
outgoing Master
Story & Photos
Chief Timothy
By Chantelle Meyer N.
Tregoning
Siuslaw News
received new or-
ders and incom-
ing Senior Chief
Joseph J. “Jay” Nilles accepted command.
“The change of command ceremony is a
revered military tradition, which formally
restates the continuity and authority of the
command,” said Chief Petty Officer Kevin
Smith, the master of ceremonies. “It is a for-
mal custom conducted before the assembled
crew and confirms to the men and women of
the unit that the authority of the command is
maintained. The ceremony is a transfer of to-
tal responsibility, authority and accountabili-
ty from one individual to another.”
The event was full of symbolism, with sev-
eral back and forth moments between then
and now, former and current. Through it
all, the Station Siuslaw River crew remained
standing.
Captain Michael Mullen, commander of
Sector North Bend, presided over the service.
See COMMAND page 7A
INSIDE
Master Chief Tim Tregoning and his family
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THIS WEEK ’ S
Restoration, education and recreation are
the key components of the Siuslaw Water-
shed Council’s (SWC) annual summer camp,
which will run for five days at the end of June
for students in fourth- through 12th-grade.
“The importance of tying all those to-
gether is, you’re not able to recreate in any
outdoors unless you’re also a steward of the
outdoors,” said SWC’s program manager,
Kyle Terry. “That’s a connection that we try
and get them to understand. If you want to
recreate in this beautiful area, then you also
have to be a steward of this beautiful area.”
SWC will introduce students to a wide
variety of different areas in the region and
show how the three components work in
tandem to create its unique environmental
and economic ecosystem.
For example, students will be brought
to one of the many tree islands that dot the
Oregon coast landscape.
See WATERSHED page 8A
TODAY
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WEATHER
Full Forecast, A3
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