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SATURDAY EDITION | JULY 20, 2019
ODFW sets temporary coastal river fall salmon seasons
Reduced bag limts, closures this year due to poor returns of wild Chinook
For the second year in
Christine Mallette, ODFW’s
a row, fishing for wild fall
Ocean Salmon Technical
Chinook salmon will be
Resources Manager. “We
restricted in coastal rivers,
appreciate anglers’ under-
due to poor escapement in
standing and their input to
2018 and poor forecasted
the proposed conservation
returns this year.
measures that were dis-
Most of these temporary
cussed with different coast-
regulations will be in effect
al communities during six
from Aug. 1 through Dec.
public meetings earlier this
31, though a few don’t start
summer.”
until Sept. 16 or Oct. 1.
Most anglers who attend-
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
Bag limits vary by basin,
ed expressed support for
and a few rivers and creeks Temporary bag limits on fall ODFW’s proposed conser-
will be closed entirely, Chinook salmon will begin Aug. 1.
vation measures.
due to expected low water
Poor out-migration and
and low forecasts for this year,
conditions (until flows in-
ocean conditions in recent
we need to take steps to protect years, particularly higher than
crease later in the fall).
“Due to poor runs last year these wild populations,” said normal water temperatures, are
MID COAST LAKES:
Stocking of the mid-coast
lakes began the first week of
February and will continue into
June. Check the stocking sched-
ule online for dates and loca-
tions of stockings. These early
stockings include: Alder and
Dune Lake, Cleawox, Lost Lake,
Munsel Lake, Thissel Pond,
Mercer Lake, Big Creek
Reservoirs, Ollala Reservoir and
Devils Lake.
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Retired teacher, coach and
game offi cial
With more than55 years as an
athlete, coach, parent and specta-
tor, 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.
July 20
• Sandmaster Jam
at Sand Master Park
2-5 p.m.
• Flo. Softball Assoc.
Homerun Derby
at Miller Park
10 a.m.
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
July 20
2:21am / 6.6
3:48pm / 6.0
9:14am / -0.5
9:25pm / 2.4
June 21
3:01am / 6.2
4:23pm / 6.0
9:48am / -0.2
10:11pm / 2.4
July 22
3:43am / 5.8
4:59pm / 6.0
ACTN 3
JARED ANDERSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
Tide Tables
10:22am / 0.4
11:02pm / 2.2
SALMON 2B
By Lloyd Little
Calendar
• Florence Softball
5:30 p.m.
Beachcomber vs
Lofy (North)
ACC vs Welton (South)
7 p.m.
ACC vs Beachcomber
(North)
Lofy vs Welton
(South)
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T IME
O UT
FISHING 3B
July 24
likely the reason for low Chi-
nook salmon returns. Drought
conditions while rearing in
their native streams and lin-
gering effects of the blob (large
mass of warm water in the Pa-
cific Ocean) both contributed
to poor survival.
“Longtime anglers will be fa-
miliar with the ups and downs
of salmon and steelhead abun-
dance due to the cyclical nature
of their runs,” said Mallette.
“While we believe salmon runs
will improve, we need to imple-
ment additional conservation
measures now to protect
The new BSS 300 surface is a high-level track that is softer, making running easier on
the legs, with better grip and a longer-lasting seal.
SHS TRACK GETS MAJOR UPGRADE
By Jared Anderson
Siuslaw News
S
tudents in the Siuslaw
School District will be
greeted with a newly
completed track at the Hans
Petersen Memorial field,
made possible by a large
estate bequest from an anon-
ymous benefactor.
“For any school, especially
of our size, to have a surface
of this quality is really awe-
some,” Siuslaw High School
Athletic Director and Track
and Field head coach Chris
Johnson said. “It’s really great
for our kids. Our community
is so supportive of our
schools and athletics. We
couldn’t be more pleased for
the opportunity to train and
run on this thing.”
When the track was first
installed 20 years ago, the
plan was to resurface the
simple polyurethane service.
Instead of replacing the
track, a structural spray
would be placed on top of it.
While some resurface work
had been done eight years
ago, the dream of a state-of-
the-art track never material-
ized, while other facilities,
such as the gym, were getting
routine maintenance.
“If you look at the gymna-
sium, that’s something they
re-do all the time. It’s not just
for volleyball and basketball.
There’s also gymnastics and
PE in there. But when you’re
doing a track resurface, it
gets really expensive,”
Johnson explained. “The way
school districts are, the roof
goes bad or you need some-
thing that’s more pressing,
the track gets pushed along.”
And as the project got
pushed along, the track had
fallen into disrepair. Some
areas were buckling, while in
other areas the surface was
falling off the side. Rainwater
was seeping down to the
asphalt base.
“There were places where
the grade had slipped, things
had shifted,” Johnson said.
“Sooner or later, it would
have been impossible to con-
test a track meet on a track
that has big gaps and the
rubber is becoming delami-
nated from the underlayer of
asphalt.”
It was getting to a point
where an entire replacement
was needed, which would
have been financially prohib-
itive for the cash-strapped
district. However, an estate
bequest of $165,653 from an
anonymous benefactor was
given to the district for the
sports program. Considering
the condition of the track,
and the track and field pro-
gram fulfills Title IX require-
ments, the district asked the
estate if the project was
something they were inter-
ested in funding.
“To throw [the donation]
to one sport, that could be
something where the family
might not be happy about it,”
Johnson said, but the family
believed it was what their
father would want and gave
the blessing for the project to
go forward.
“The family who donated
it is unbelievable, what a
great gesture,” Johnson said.
“Without that generosity, it
possibly could have been
done, but it wouldn’t have
been the track that we’re for-
tunate enough to have now.”
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Skeletal muscles are respon-
sible for human movement.
All athletes have the same
number of muscles.
Th ese muscles are com-
prised of fast twitch fi bers for
power and speed and slow
twitch fi bers for endurance.
Most humans have a near-
ly equal distribution of each
group. Specifi c training meth-
ods may enhance the utiliza-
tion of each muscle group.
We also know two equal
athletes training and work-
ing in fundamentally similar
circumstances do not always
produce equal results.
Why?
Th ere comes a time in an
athlete’s career when they have
reached the absolute limit of
their potential. Some fall short
of reaching the highest level of
an elite ath-lete or profession-
al. Th rough no fault of their
own, they just do not have the
genetic advantages aff orded
those athletes with the ACTN
3 genotype. When elite ath-
letes were tested, 100 percent
of males and 97 percent of
female athletes all con-tained
the ACTN 3 genotype.
How does this help the ath-
lete? Simply put: the ACTN 3
genotype has given some indi-
viduals an increase in their fast
twitch muscles. Th is greatly in-
creases their power and speed.
Th ink of it in a survivor mode.
If in history a person has the
ACTN 3 genotype, they may
have been more willing to
fi ght when confronted with
ani-mals or enemies. Th ere
is a joke about being a faster
runner than the predator, but
the one running reminds his
companion he only has to
TRACK 3B
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LITTLE 3B
July 23
4:33am / 5.3
5:37pm / 6.0
10:58am / 0.9
11:59pm / 2.1
July 24
5:32am / 4.8
6:18pm / 6.2
11:38am / 1.4
July 25
6:44am / 4.5
7:03pm/ 6.3
1:02am/ 1.7
12:25pm/ 2.0
July 26
8:05am / 4.4
7:52pm / 6.6
2:06am / 1.2
1:22pm / 2.5
SHS B OOSTERS TO HOST ‘H AVANA N IGHT ’
Join the Siuslaw Athletic
Booster Club for one hot
“Havana Night” on Saturday,
Aug. 10, for this year’s Booster
Club Auction.
Tickets are $45 each or
$360 for a table. Tickets and
tables can be reserved through
Tracy at www.siuslaw.booster.
auction@gmail.com or by text
at 541-999-2341.
To make a donation of any
item, contact Tracy.
Doors for the event open at
5 p.m.
It will be a sit-down dinner
with salads being served at
6:30 p.m.
In addition, a silent auction
will be available before and
during dinner with the live
auction beginning at 8 p.m.
Come join the fun and help
the Siuslaw Booster Club
raise money for local middle
and high school athletes and
athletics.
SNF GIVES SECOND SUMMER PRESENTATION
On July 12, the second
summer presentation by
the Siuslaw National Forest
was provided at the Harbir
Vista Park amphitheater by
SNF field rangers.
Both are college students
working in the summer
months under a grant from
the Student Conservation
Association.
Their talk explored the
different plants that grow
in area forests, determined
which were edible or not,
and revealed other interest-
ing facts about local plants
Participants from the
park and neighborhood
enjoyed a campfire during
the informative talk.
Some campers were able
to see and hear the presen-
tation from afar thanks to
the high-powered projector
donated by Lane County
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RANGERS 2B