NED HICKSON , SPORTS EDITOR
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WEDNESDAY EDITION
❘ AUGUST 8, 2018 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
S IUSLAW H ALL OF F AME
CLASS OF 2018 TO BE INDUCTED
S PORTS
Calendar
Aug. 6-10
SHS XC
Dunes Camp
East Woahink
Day Use Area
9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Aug. 7-9
• Viking Youth
Football Camp
Grades 3-8, 5:30 to
7 p.m.
Grades 1-2, 7:15 to
8:15 p.m.
H. Petersen Field
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
Aug. 8
10:51am / 5.5
10:04pm / 7.9
4:20am / -0.8
4:03pm / 2.5
Aug. 9
11:44am / 6.0 5:14am / -1.3
11:01pm/ 8.2 5:03pm / 2.2
Aug. 10
12:32am / 6.4
11:55pm / 8.4
6:03am / -1.8
5:59pm / 1.8
Aug. 11
1:16pm / 6.8
6:50am / -2.0
6:52pm / 1.4
Aug. 12
12:47am / 8.4
1:59pm / 7.1
7:35am / -1.9
7:44pm / 1.1
Aug. 13
1:38am / 8.1
2:42pm / 7.2
8:19am / -1.5
8:36pm / 0.9
Aug. 14
9:02am / -1.0
9:29pm / 0.7
On the
Bite
A WEEKLY
Eight individuals and three teams will be honored at this Friday's induction ceremony
LOCAL REGION
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his Friday, eight indivuduals and
three teams from Siuslaw’s ath-
letic past will become part of the
Siuslaw High School Hall of Fame’s hal-
lowed halls during the Class 2018
Induction Ceremony at the Florence
Events Center.
Among those being inducted will be
Jim Weber (1964), Dwight Chapman
(1974), Kenon (Scanlan) Neal (1984),
Stephanie (Vavich) Henderson (1989),
John Condie (1991), Travis Knabe
(1994), Diane Conlee (longtime cheer-
leading coach and teacher) and the late
Dennis Howell (1964).
Teams being honored will include
1991 State Cheerleading Champions
(Tracy (Weeks) Brown, Erica (Sanders)
DeBois, Mary Girard-Anderson, Kim
Murphy, Dawnielle Anderson, Lisa
Patterson and Cari Maxwell; 1992 State
Cheerleading Champions Tracy
(Weeks) Brown, Emily (Harline) Head,
Amy Summerfelt, Kim Murphy, Erica
(Sanders) DeBois, Dawnielle Anderson
and Shannon (Johnson) Vavich; and–
1993 State Cheerleading Champions
Tanya (Church) Eckroth, Emily (Clark)
Paramenter, Amy Durbin, Karen
(Ellison) Parker, Kathy Grange, Julie
Gray and Emily (Harline) Head).
Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., and
tickets are still available for $25, which
includes admission and a full dinner.
Tickets will be available at the door.
Criteria that is considered for induct-
ees includes athletic accomplishment
during and beyond high school; team
success and achievement; contribution
as a private citizen to Siuslaw High
School athletics; or significant civic or
academic achievement beyond high
school that reflects well on Siuslaw High
School.
Siuslaw HOF Inductee spotlight: Dennis Howell
Howell saved
others rather than
himself
It was a cold, foggy and
stormy morning when
Dennis Howell went to
work in the woods just
outside of Thorne Bay,
Alaska, on Oct. 29, 1973.
The former Siuslaw
High football standout
was scheduled to work as
the hook tender, a fore-
man who guides cables
down the mountain to
load up logs while coor-
dinating operations with
his crew. But the lead
choker-setter, whose job
SUBMITTED BY CHRISTY HOWELL, WIDOW OF DENNIS HOWELL
is to attach the cables to
the logs, failed to show
Dennis Howell (far left), participates in a drill in the week leading up to the 1964 East-
up for work, so Howell took West Shrine All-Star football game in Pendleton, Ore. (later moved to Baker, Ore.)
on that job as well.
Howell was the first Siuslaw Viking selected to participate in the annual All-Star event.
Everything seemed to be
going smoothly. As he standing alongside a pair of League came close to doing practicing what he preached.”
The all-state linebacker
repeatedly did throughout co-workers, had an instant to in three seasons during the
the morning, Howell fas- react. He pushed both of early 1960s: Get the best of and fullback was the defen-
sive linchpin of a 1963
tened bands of logs together them to safety before the log Dennis Howell.
“Dennis made a choice – Siuslaw team that went 9-1-1,
and blew his whistle, alerting smashed into the stout, mus-
the man running the yarder cular, seemingly indestructi- he sacrificed his own life to yielded just 5.5 points per
above to drag the logs ble man, killing him instant- save the lives of two others,” game (a school record that
ly.
Howell’s widow, Christy, hasn’t been broken) and
upward.
The log succeeded in said. “He had invited Jesus earned the school’s first trip
Suddenly, one of the logs
hit a stump and swung doing what no gridiron Christ into his life about six
See HOWELL 4B
around violently. Howell, opponent in the Coast months before. He went out
2:30am / 7.6
3:24pm / 7.3
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Florence
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FISHING REPORT FOR THE
‘Lads, Lassies’ to tee off at SOS Open
Eighth annual golf tourney will benefit Siuslaw Outreach Services Sept. 8
The Siuslaw Open presented by
Oregon Pacific Bank, Florence Dental
Clinic, Abel Insurance and Peace
Health, is one of the premier golfing
events in Florence and will be held on
Saturday, Sept. 8 at Florence Golf Links
(formerly Sandpines).
“Florence Golf Links features wide
open Scottish style fairways along with
breathtaking views of the dunes and
ocean. We are very excited to be work-
ing with the new owners of Florence
Golf Links and their wonderful staff,”
SOS executive director Bob Teter
(left) with Johnston Motor Co.,
owner Brian Johnston.
said SOS Executive Director Bob Teter.
“Rick Reed and Kevin White have made
the planning an enjoyable process.” said
SOS Executive Director Bob Teter.
Siuslaw Outreach Services provides
advocacy for victims of domestic and/
or sexual violence, homelessness pre-
vention and intervention, emergency
See
SOS 2B
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
Tips for fishing
during hot
weather
Fishing can get a little tough
during these hot summer
days — water temperatures
increase, aquatic weed
growth accelerates and fish
get lethargic. Here are some
ideas to help you beat the
dog days of fishing:
• Fish early in the morning
when waters are cooler and
fish are more active.
• Look for fish in deeper
water, where it’s cooler.
• Focus on warmwater spe-
cies like bass, crappie, blue-
gill and walleye.
• Travel to higher elevation
lakes and streams where the
water, and you, will be cool-
er.
• Consider a trip to the
coast where ocean and bay
fishing can be good
throughout the summer.'
MID COAST LAKES:
Mid coast lakes stocking
schedule for this year is
posted online. Stocking of
mid coast lakes began in
February. Siltcoos Lagoon
will not be stocked this year
due to continued low dis-
solved oxygen. Trout sched-
uled to be released in
Siltcoos Lagoon will be
diverted to Cleawox Lake.
In addition, fishing for
warmwater species such as
bass and other panfish
should improve through
June as water temperatures
warm and these fish get
more active.
Ollala
Reservoir, Mercer Lake,
Siltcoos
Lake
and
Tahkenitch Lake have
warm water species avail-
able.
Ollala Reservoir, Mercer
Lake, Siltcoos Lake and
Tahkenitch Lake have
warm water species avail-
able.
ALSEA
RIVER:
Cutthroat trout
Trout fishing in streams
and river opened May 22.
Fishing is restricted to arti-
ficial flies and lures through
Aug. 31.
SALMON RIVER:
Cutthroat trout
Trout fishing in streams
and river opened May 22.
Fishing is restricted to arti-
ficial flies and lures through
Aug. 31.
See
FISHING 4B
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