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SECTION
B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
Radio flyer
S PORTS
Calendar
T IME
O UT
July 14-15
By Lloyd Little
Retired teacher, coach
and game offi cial
• Florence City
Championship
Golf Tournament
at Florence Golf
Links
10 a.m. Sat.
9 a.m. Sun.
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.
July 19-21
• SHS Mini
Football Camp
at SHS
TBA
Slow-Pitch
Softball
A
July 21
• Sand Master Jam
Sandbording
Sand Master park
2-5 p.m.
Upcoming:
Aug. 4
PHOTOS BY CHANTELLE MEYER/SIUSLAW NEWS
Above, Florence Area Radio Control Aircraft Association President Lou Morales tests the wiring of his plane at
Wings & Wheels Fly-In and Car Show on July 7. Below, Vice President Mike Spinner launches one of his helicopters.
• Rotary "Cool at
the Coast"
golf tourney
B Y C HANTELLE M EYER
Siuslaw News
Florence Municipal Airport
is home to more than just the
full-size and classic airplanes
that land there. Twice a week,
members of the Florence Area
Radio
Control
Aircraft
Association (FARCAA) bring
their radio-controlled aircraft
to a special flying field at the
north end of the airport.
“We normally fly on Sunday
and Monday mornings before
the winds pick up, which is
usually around 11 a.m.,” the
group’s official Facebook said.
During the summer, flyers
may bring their planes on
other days as well.
The club is actively involved
in many aspects of the
radio-controlled model air-
Aug. 6-10
SHS XC
Dunes Camp
East Woahink
Day Use Area
9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Aug. 7-10
• Viking Youth
Football Camp
3 to 5 p.m.
H. Petersen Field
Aug. 10
• SHS Hall of Fame
Induction
cermemony
at the FEC
5:30 p.m.
craft hobby, including electric
and glow power systems, slope
soaring, float and scale flying
and helicopters.
Members, who are required
to hold a valid Academy of
Model Aeronautics (AMA)
number and Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) num-
ber, also sometimes fly at
Woahink Lake, and some of
the RC planes are equipped for
water landing.
FARCAA is a chartered club
of the Academy of Model
Aeronautics (Charter No.
4634) and a nonprofit organi-
zation. It also offers an active
training program for people
wishing to join the hobby.
For more information, or
directions on how to get to a
flying day, visit www.facebook.
com/FARCAA.
FISHING REPORT FOR THE
LOCAL REGION
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
Beat the heat with
high lakes trout
fishing
Legal-size trout are still
being stocked in lakes at
high elevations — and cool-
er temperatures. In addition,
ODFW stocks hundreds of
hike-in lakes for backcoun-
try anglers. Learn more
about high lakes fishing.
See
FISHING 2B
LITTLE 3B
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
July 14
12:55am / 8.4 7:55am / -2.4
2:27pm / 6.7 7:56pm / 1.7
July 15
1:47am / 8.3
3:14pm / 6.9
8:42am / -2.1
8:52pm / 1.6
July 16
9:28am / -1.6
9:50pm / 1.5
July 17
3:36am / 7.0
4:49pm / 7.0
• Falls sports
practices begin
at SHS and MHS
A WEEKLY
See
2:40am / 7.7
4:01pm / 6.9
Aug. 13
On the
Bite
nother term for
slow-pitch soft ball
might be “every-
body-hits soft ball.” In all
the years and games I have
played slow pitch soft ball,
the number of strikeouts I
have seen I could count on
both hands. It happens so
infrequently players have
to stifl e their laughs. When
it does happen, it might be
that the hitter had a few
too many beers before the
game. Yes, beer is oft en
10:16am /-1.0
10:52pm / 1.4
July 18
4:36am / 6.3
5:39pm / 7.0
11:04am / -0.2
11:58pm / 1.3
July 19
5:42am / 5.6
6:29pm / 6.9
— Traveling Texans —
On July 10, about 3:30
p.m., the Texas 4000
Bicyclists arrived in
Florence. No — not 4000
bicyclists, but 24 bicy-
clists representing the
University of Texas —
Austin, Texas 4000 Ride
For The Cure organiza-
tion.
This is the 13th year
that Florence has been
able to host this wonder-
ful group of young peo-
ple as they pedal their
way from Austin to
Anchorage, Alaska.
This stop represents
day 39 on their 70-day
schedule.
As in years past, the
riders were guests in the
homes of many hosts in
the Florence area, where
they enjoyed the fun of
doing their laundry,
interacting with our com-
munity, and having a
good night’s rest.
But prior to this, all
of the riders, hosts,
cooks and crew gath-
ered at St. Andrew’s
Episcopal Church for a
huge “Thanksgiving In
July Feast” of turkey,
COURTESY PHOTO
See
CYCLISTS 3B
11:55am / 0.7
July 20
6:58am / 5.0
7:22pm/ 6.9
1:08am / 1.1
12:50pm/ 1.4
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