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SATURDAY EDITION
❘ JULY 7, 2018 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
S PORTS
Perpetually
amazing
place
Calendar
Upcoming:
July 14-15
• Florence City
Championship
Golf Tournament
at Florence Golf
Links
10 a.m. Sat.
9 a.m. Sun.
Cape Perpetua’s visitor center
off ers unique programs as the
summer continues
S TORY AND PHOTOS BY N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
July 19-21
• SHS Mini
Football Camp
at SHS
TBA
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Low Tide
July 7
1:51am / 1.5
1:19pm / 1.7
July 8
8:52am / 4.7
8:43pm / 7.2
2:53am /0.9
2:19pm / 2.0
July 9
10:04am / 5.0 3:50am / 0.0
9:33pm / 7.6 3:20pm / 2.3
July 10
11:06am / 5.4
10:23pm / 8.0
4:42am / -0.8
4:19pm / 2.3
July 11
12:02pm / 5.9
11:14pm / 8.4
5:32am / -1.5
5:15pm / 2.3
July 12
12:52pm / 6.2
6:21am / -2.0
6:09pm / 2.1
A family enjoys the view from the historic Cape Perpetua Overlook north of Florence.
E
arly explorer Capt. James Cook first saw
the stunning Cape Perpetua Headlands
towering some 800 feet above the Marine
Garden shoreline just two years after our
nation's independence in 1778. Since then, the
cape, named after St. Perpetua, has become one of
the most popular destination points along the
coast. On a clear day, visitors can see as far as 37
miles out to sea and some 70 miles of coastline.
It is the highest viewpoint accessible by car on
the Oregon Coast.
All told, the Cape Perpetua Scenic Area
includes a total of 2,700 acres of natural habitat
that offers a truly unique ecological environment
that is home to a constantly transitioning spruce
rainforest as it stretches to the sea.
In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt incor-
porated the area as part of the president’s “New
Deal” through the Civilian Conservation Corps
(CCC) program, which was directed to create
campgrounds, trails and structures such as the
stone overlook that still remain for visitors to
enjoy.
But in addition to the cape’s scenic offerings,
the Cape Perpetua Visitors Center hosts a series
See
July 13
12:04am / 8.5 7:08am / -2.3
7:03pm/ 1.9
1:40pm/ 6.5
S IUSLAW
N EWS
148 Maple St.
Florence
541-997-3441
With more than55 years as
an athlete, coach, parent and
spectator, Lloyd Little has
gained some insights and
perspectives regarding ath-
letics. In this weekly column,
he shares what he's learned
about sports from his multiple
points of view.
n 1968, my mother re-
ceived a letter inform-
ing her that I had been
nominated to be listed in a
book of America’s “Who’s
Who” in our nation’s high
school senior athletes.
All she had to do was
send $75 dollars for her
copy of the book.
I only found out sever-
al weeks later, when the
book arrived, that she
had done it. She proudly
presented me the book
listing the top high school
seniors. Th e book, as I re-
member, was around 600
pages. Th e names were
listed alphabetically and
my name appeared around
page 461.
Th ere was a short
Entrance Siuslaw River
7:33am / 4.6
7:54pm / 6.7
By Lloyd Little
Retired teacher, coach
and game offi cial
Who’s Who
T IDE T ABLE
High Tide
T IME
O UT
See
On the
Bite
A WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR THE
LOCAL REGION
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
Beat the heat with
high lakes trout
fishing
CAPE 3B
Along with activities hosted at the Cape Perpetua
Visitors Center are spectacular views like this from
the cape's overlook.
Painted rocks program rolls into Florence area
As many as 500 hand-painted rocks
like these can be found around
Florence.
They’re watching and waiting for
you. Lurking by flower pots, under
benches, in doorways, behind public
art, by fence posts.
And they want to go home with you.
Or just to be moved to another loca-
tion in town; or go on vacation, only to
be left behind at your destination.
Who are they? A rock group. Or
more correctly, a group of rocks. Painted
ones. And they like to have their picture
taken and posted to Facebook pages
&
SHEET METAL, INC.
“Your Local Independent Trane Dealer”
Florence’s Oldest
& Largest Heating
Contractor
LITTLE 2B
dedicated to their existence.
Painted rocks are a phenomenon
rapidly growing in popularity. Stones,
decorated with anything from photo
quality images of nature to faces, flags,
animals, or inspirational sayings, are
popping up all around town. In fact,
See
ROCKS 3B
Legal-size trout are still
being stocked in lakes at
high elevations — and cool-
er temperatures. In addi-
tion, ODFW stocks hun-
dreds of hike-in lakes for
backcountry anglers. Learn
more about high lakes fish-
ing.
Switch your fishing focus
to bass and warmwater
As water temperatures heat
up and trout become lethar-
gic, it’s time to focus on
some bass, walleye, bluegill,
yellow perch and other
warmwater species. Check
out the zone reports for all
See
FISHING 3B
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• Heat Pumps
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(L-R) Matteo Cocciolo,
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Abbie Kimble
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