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SATURDAY EDITION | MARCH 2, 2019
S PRING BEAR HUNT DRAW RESULTS NOW AVAILABLE
SALEM—Spring bear hunt
draw results are now avail-
able. Login at the MyODFW.
com licensing page and look
under
Recreational
PortfolioControlled Hunts to
view results or call ODFW
Licensing at 501-947-6101.
Hunters who drew a tag
will see the term “Selected”
next to their hunt choice, and
those who didn’t will see the
term “Not Selected.”
Hunters who applied and
haven’t created a username
and password at the
MyODFW.com new licensing
page yet should use the
Verify/Look up Your Account
feature to find their profile
and complete the process to
access their account online.
The deadline to purchase
your spring bear tag is the day
before the hunt begins. Sports
Pac holders who drew their
tag and chose the bear vouch-
er can pick up their tag online
by “purchasing” the tag (at no
additional cost) through the
MyODFW.com
licensing
page. Spring bear tags can
also be picked up or pur-
chased at licensed sale agents
and ODFW offices that sell
licenses.
Spring bear hunters who
chose electronic tagging will
see the tag appear in their
MyODFW app after it’s been
purchased or picked up. See
page 16 of the Oregon Big
Game Regulations under
“General Hunting
Regulations” for more details
Calendar
T IME
O UT
Spring sports
season openers
March 13
By Lloyd Little
Retired teacher, coach
and game offi cial
• SHS baseball
at Harrisburg H.S.
4:30 p.m.
• SHS softball
at Harrisburg H.S.
4:30 p.m.
• MHS track
at Waldport
3 p.m.
With more than55 years as
an athlete, coach, parent
and spectator, Lloyd Little
has gained some insights
and perspectives regarding
athletics. Each week, he
shares what he's learned
about sports from his
multiple points of view.
Role Models
Part II
March 21
• SHS track & field
SHS Icebreaker
at Siuslaw H.S.
4 p.m.
Tide Tables
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
March 2
9:01am / 6.9
10:42pm / 6.0
3:15am / 3.5
4:07am / 0.5
March 3
9:50am / 7.1
11:15pm / 6.2
4:05am / 3.1
4:47pm / 0.3
March 4
10:33am / 7.2
11:44pm / 6.4
4:46am / 2.7
5:22pm / 0.2
March 5
11:12am / 7.3
5:24am / 2.4
5:54pm / 0.1
March 6
12:12am / 6.6
11:49pm / 7.3
5:59am / 2.0
6:24pm / 0.2
6:34am/ 1.7
6:53pm/ 0.4
March 8
1:07am / 6.9
1:02pm / 7.0
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
The Siuslaw boys bowling team waves between games during this year’s district tournament at
Holiday Bowl earlier this season.
V IK BOWLERS FINISH EIGHTH AT STATE
T
his season of Siuslaw
High School bowling
came to a successful
end last weekend, with both
Vikings teams competing on
the lanes for state competi-
tion.
The Lady Vikings compet-
ed at the Oregon State High
School Bowling championship
held at Firebird Lanes.
The tournament started by
the teams bowling 30 games of
Baker-style games, with 24
games on Saturday and six
more Sunday morning.
The combined scores for
each team determined where
they were seeded for the dou-
ble elimination round held
Saturday.
After the 30 games, both
Siuslaw teams moved into the
next round as the No. 10 seed
within their division.
With both teams having a
2-2 record in the elimination
7:08am / 1.5
7:22pm / 0.8
Steve Godwin, director of
Oregon Coast Anglers, will speak
about fishing for rock fish, ling
cod and halibut in the Pacific
Ocean out of Winchester Bay
during the next Florence Salmon
Trout Enhancement Program
(STEP) meeting on Wednesday,
March 6.
Godwin will report on the dif-
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Young athletes oft en
select a professional
athlete, lacking a fam-
ily member to look up
to, as a role model. Th e
athlete chosen is usually
the one starring on their
favorite sports team or
favorite sport.
Just watch the Little
League World Series
next August and listen
as each young player is
asked to name their fa-
vorite MLB player. Ex-
cept for an occasional
See
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COURTESY PHOTO
round, each ended the tourna-
ment with a respectable
eighth-place finish in the state.
“Both teams went into the
tournament with the goals to
win,” said Siuslaw bowling
program coordinator Dusty
Anderson. “Even though they
came up a little short of their
goal, it was still a successful
tournament and season.”
With only one senior on the
boys team and just two seniors
on the girls’ team, “The future
of the bowling teams are in
good hands,” added Anderson.
Seniors members included
(above from left): Sequoya
Bernard, Kainunn Harrison
and Mengyu Pu (aka, Doris).
L EARN HOW TO BOTTOM FISH AT NEXT STEP MEETING
March 7
12:39am / 6.8
12:25pm/ 7.2
on tagging big game under
ODFW’s new licensing sys-
tem.
Spring bear results usually
come out by Feb. 20, but were
delayed this year to allow for
additional review/validation
as this was the first draw
under ODFW’s new licensing
system.
ODFW thanks spring bear
hunters for their patience in
waiting for results.
ferent species and the catch lim-
its. He will also demonstrate the
fishing equipment he uses and
how to rig it to catch these ocean
dwellers.
His presentation will show
where he fishes and will demon-
strate the required release equip-
ment to return fish to the bottom.
Boats fishing out of Winchester
bay are able to fish year-round as
long weather conditions allow it.
STEP meetings are held the
first Wednesday of each month at
7 p.m., at the Florence Elks Club,
located on 12th Street, west of
Hwy 101.
All Florence STEP meetings
are open to the public.
MID COAST LAKES:
Stocking of the mid-
coast lakes will began the
first week of February.
Check the stocking sched-
ule online for dates and
locations of stockings.
These early stockings
include: Alder and Dune
Lake, Cleawox, Lost Lake,
Munsel Lake, Thissel
Pond, Munsel Lake, Big
Creek Reservoirs, and
Olalla Creek Reservoir.
Note: Olalla Reservoir
is operated and owned by
Georgia Pacific and is cur-
rently closed due to low
water and hazardous con-
ditions.
SIUSLAW
RIVER:
Winter steelhead
Winter steelhead fishing
on the Siuslaw has been
slow with the recent high
water but is improving as
the river drops back into
shape this week. The
Whitaker Creek trap num-
bers have been good the
last two weeks indicating
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