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About The Siuslaw news. (Florence, Lane County, Or.) 1960-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 2019)
SN THESIUSLAWNEWS.COM SATURDAY EDITION | AUGUST 10, 2019 T IME O UT By Lloyd Little Retired teacher, coach and game offi cial Sports & Recreation 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. Calendar It is just a game Aug. 10 • SHS Booster Auction “Havana Night” At the FEC 5 p.m. Aug. 14 • Florence Softball 5:30 p.m. Lofy vs Beachcomber (North) ACC vs Welton (South) 7 p.m. Welton vs Lofy (North) ACC vs Beachcomber (South) Aug. 19 • Fall sports season Practices begin At the SHS and MHS Tide Tables Entrance Siuslaw River High Tide Low Tide Aug. 10 9:56am / 5.1 9:05pm / 7.1 3:23am / 0.0 3:01pm / 2.9 Aug. 11 10:58am / 5.4 10:00pm / 7.1 4:21am / -0.3 4:04pm / 2.9 Aug. 12 11:47am / 5.6 10:49pm / 7.2 5:11am / -0.5 4:59pm / 2.8 Aug. 13 12:27am / 5.9 11:33pm / 7.2 5:53am / -0.7 5:45pm / 2.6 Aug. 14 1:01pm / 6.0 6:31am / -0.7 6:27pm / 2.3 Aug. 15 12:13am / 7.2 1:33pm/ 6.0 7:06am/ -0.7 7:05pm/ 2.1 Aug. 16 12:51pm / 7.1 2:02pm / 6.1 7:39am / -0.6 7:41pm / 1.9 PHOTOS BY NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS Siuslaw High School football assistant coach Jerry Fleming (center) runs with partici- pants in last year's Youth Skills Football Camp; (below) Camp participants work on throwing and catching fundamentals. This year’s camp begins Monday at SHS. Camp to host future Viks The annual youth football skills camp begins Monday By Jared Anderson Siuslaw News T he Siuslaw football team will be holding its 27th annual Youth Skills Football Camp for 1st through 12th grade beginning Monday, giving young chil- dren and future Vikings the opportunity to learn the fun- damentals of the sport — and older kids the chance to hone their skills or discover football for the first time. “We’re making it a lot more of a community feel,” said new varsity football head coach Sam Johnson. “The camp has been going on forever, but over the last three years it’s been a little down, so we’re trying to get the excitement back. We’re not just trying to get it back to what it was, but even a little better than it used to be.” Johnson explained that “It used to be just juniors during the past few years, the and seniors that helped. This overall program has become year, our full program is going fragmented, with elementary, out for every camp,” said middle and high schools fo- See CAMP 3B cusing on their own programs. Siuslaw Watershed to host discussion on salmon returns Join the Siuslaw Wa- changed the ocean and tershed Council on the biological response Wednesday, Aug. 28, at to those changes, in- the Siuslaw Public Li- cluding many obser- brary from 5:30 to 7:30 vations from our local p.m. for a presentation area. about ocean and river Weitkamp has been ecosystem indicators of a Salmon Biologist at salmon returns and how NOAA’s Northwest folks use those indica- Fisheries Science Cen- tors to determine salm- ter since 1992. Her re- on fishing limits on the search focuses on the coast as set by the Ore- ecology of salmon in NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS gon Department of Fish Coho salmon returns declined from estuarine and marine and Wildlife (ODFW). in- over 400,000 in the late 1800s to as low environments, John Spangler, Dis- as 500 in the 1990s. cluding how physical trict Fish Biologist with conditions influence above average. Warm tem- the ODFW will bring his biological processes 26 years of experience in the peratures that started with that are important for surviv- Northwest Oregon district to the “Blob” and the strong al. This topic includes docu- inform attendees about salm- 2015/2016 El Niño have per- menting the impacts of recent on spawning survey data col- sisted across much of the anomalous conditions on lection, population estimates, region despite two weak La marine ecosystems across the forecasts and regulation de- Niñas. North Pacific Ocean. The initial marine heat wave velopment for Coho and Chi- The Siuslaw Watershed resulted in dramatic changes Council, along with local part- nook salmon on the coast. Laurie Weitkamp, Research to marine ecosystems at all ners including the Confeder- Fisheries Biologist with the trophic levels from diatoms to ated Tribes of the Coos, Lower National Oceanic and At- marine mammals. While the Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, mospheric Administration distributions and abundances the Siuslaw National Forest, (NOAA), will discuss ocean of many species have returned the Bureau of Land Manage- conditions and survival of to normal, other changes con- ment, the Soil and Water Con- salmon while they're in the tinue due to biological lags and servation District, McKenzie the persistence of warm water River Trust and others, are ocean. Since 2014, ocean tem- species in our area. This talk working to restore habitat for peratures across the much of provides an update on how the See SALMON 3B Northeast Pacific have been “Blob”, El Niño, and La Niñas Matstake mushroom permit sales to begin Sept. 4 Annual permits for matsutake mushrooms will go on sale from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, at the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area Visitor Center, 855 Highway 101, in Reedsport. Anyone gathering matsutake mushrooms within the Siuslaw National Forest for the purpose of selling must carry a commer- cial-use permit while harvesting. One hundred permits will be available for sale at $250 a per- mit. One permit per person. Permits will be sold on a first come, first served basis. To purchase a permit, the fol- lowing information must be pro- vided: • Valid identification card issued by a state or U.S. federal government • Vehicle make, model and license plate number Permits can be purchased using cash, check or credit card. After Sept. 4, unsold permits can be purchased at the Siuslaw National Forest Supervisor’s Office in Corvallis, the Central Coast Ranger Station in Waldport and the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area Visitor Center office in Reedsport. No permits are needed if gath- ering matsutakes for personal use. Personal-use restrictions are six matsutakes per person a day, and the mushroom must be cut in half length-wise immediately upon harvesting to remove its commercial value. I was wedged in the door- frame of our commercial fi sh- ing boat the Nelma. One mo- ment, all I could see was white capped waves and giant rocks. Th e next mo-ment all I saw was sky and clouds. Th e fl op- per stoppers were useless. Cabin drawers opened and spilled their contents onto the fl oor. Cupboard doors were slamming open and shut. Th e knuckles of my dad’s hands were white from gripping the wheel tightly. Water washed over the deck from both sides as our boat shift ed from star- board to the port side. I real- ized my dad was steering the boat close to the South jetty instead of running wider to reach the safety of the Co-lum- bia River channel. Why? It started in May. I tried out and made the Warrenton Babe Ruth All-Stars team. I knew the team played several games during the summer. I also knew I would be working as a boat puller on my dad’s boat in the summer and had told the coach of my summer job. He assured me that if I was in port, on game day, he would make sure I played. I knew we were oft en gone for up to six days fi shing. Once in port, we usually were home for one or two days. I copied the game schedule and marked the game days on our boat cal- endar (where it would be easy for my dad to see) We left port on Sunday. Th ere were games on Tues- day and Friday of that week. I knew Tuesday was not an op- tion but just maybe we would catch enough fi sh and be back in port by Friday. See LITTLE 2B ODFW R EGIONAL F ISHING R EPORT www.dfw.state.or.us/RR NOTE: Temporary regs for wild Chinook in coastal riv- ers — Due to low forecasted returns this year, wild Chinook fishing will be restricted in most coastal rivers. Most of these temporary regulations will be in effect from Aug. 1-Dec. 31, though a few don’t start until Sept. 16 or Oct. 1. Before planning your fish- ing trip, be sure the check the regulation updates. MID COAST LAKES: Stocking of the mid-coast lakes ended in June. Warmwater fisheries are improving in several lakes around the Florence area including Siltcoos, Tahkenitch, Mercer and Munsel lakes. ALSEA RIVER: Cutthroat trout Trout fishing in streams is open. Check regulations for open areas and gear restric- tions. SALMON RIVER: Cutthroat trout Trout fishing is open in riv- ers and streams. Check the regulations for open areas and gear restrictions. SILETZ RIVER: Summer steelhead, spring Chinook, cut- throat trout See FISHING 3B