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SATURDAY EDITION | AUGUST 24, 2019
G OING OFF
THE RAILS
Sports &
Recreation
By Lloyd Little
Retired teacher, coach and
game offi cial
Riding the Oregon dunes
Aug. 24
• Vik football
Blue & Gold game
canceled
Aug. 29
Aug. 30
• Vik football
SHS Jamboree/BBQ
Hans Petersen Field
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
(BBQ 11 a.m. - 2p.m.)
• Vik volleyball
hosts Bandon (noon)
Douglas (4 p.m.)
Tide Tables
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
Aug. 24
7:38am / 4.6
7:02pm / 6.6
1:17am / 1.1
12:40pm / 3.0
Aug. 25
9:00am / 4.8
8:06pm / 6.8
2:26am / 0.6
1:56pm / 3.2
Aug. 26
10:07am / 5.2
9:10pm / 7.2
3:29am / 0.0
3:11pm / 3.1
PHOTOS BY CHANTELLE MEYER/SIUSLAW NEWS
B Y C HANTELLE M EYER
Siuslaw News
F
lorence marks the
beginning of the Oregon
Dunes
National
Recreational Area, 31,500
acres of sand dunes, forests
and ocean that stretches 40
miles between Florence and
Coos Bay.
With some dunes rising up
to 500 feet above sea level,
areas open to motorized vehi-
cles are often filled with
speeding sand rails, all-ter-
rain vehicles, dirt bikes and
vehicles with four-wheel
drive.
All it takes is an orange
dune flag and an off-highway
vehicle (OHV) permit.
Businesses in the area offer
rentals of some of these vehi-
cles.
Both Sandland Adventures,
85366 Highway 101 near
South Jetty Road, and Sand
A view from one of the smaller, 6-person dune buggies
(top) offers riders an up-close-and-personal experience of
the Oregon dunes.
Dunes Frontier, 83960
Highway 101 in Dunes City,
offer dunes tours on smaller,
faster sand rails as well as
slower, large-group tours on
gaint dune buggies.
For more information on
riding the Oregon dunes, visit
www.fs.usda.gov/activity/siu-
slaw/recreation/ohv.
New bi-partisan house bill creates sportsmanship requirements
By Jared Anderson
Siuslaw News
The Oregon School Activ-
ities Association (OSAA), in
reaction to legislation passed
by Oregon lawmakers this
summer, has issued new regu-
lations on how spectators
are expected to conduct
themselves during school
sporting events.
“All cheers, comments
and actions shall be in di-
rect support of one’s team,”
OSAA regulations read.
“No cheers, comments
or actions shall be direct-
ed at one’s opponent or
at contest officials. Some
examples of unacceptable
conduct include but are
not limited to: disrespecting
players by name, number of
position; negative cheers or
chants; throwing objects on
the playing surface; use of de-
rogatory or racially explicit
language; discriminatory ha-
rassment or conduct that cre-
ates a hostile environment that
is disruptive to the educational
environment. Spectators shall
not be permitted to use vulgar/
offensive or racially/culturally
insensitive language or engage
in any racially/culturally in-
sensitive action.”
“Anything that’s not directed
toward your team, the OSAA
The spectator, the coach, the
players, the officials — it’s not
the spectators’ job to coach
or officiate or play. It’s about
understanding what your roll
is when you’re there. If you’re
there because you’re a fan of
the sport, a fan of the team and
a fan of the kids,
you’re there to
“Everybody who is at a
support them. We
contest has a role — the just want people to
to our gym
spectator, the coach, the come
or our fields and
support their team
players, the officials.
and have every-
It’s about understanding —
body leave feel-
ing good that we
what your roll is.”
put on a sporting
event where all the
— Chris Johnson, SHS Athletic Director
people involved
feel safe and val-
is saying doesn’t have a place ued as much as possible.”
in high school athletics, which
Examples of cheers that are
means yelling at the coach, now discouraged include any
yelling at opposing players, yell that is intended to antag-
ridiculing other players, sin- onize an opponent or detracts
gling other players out or yell- from a positive atmosphere,
ing at officials,” said Siuslaw such as “Air ball! Air ball!”
High School Athletics Direc- booing or “You got swatted.”
tor Chris Johnson. “Everybody
who is at a contest has a role.
See OSAA 3B
4:25am / -0.6
4:15pm / 2.7
A REA RESIDENTS REMINDED THAT FEEDING BEARS IS ILLEGAL
Aug. 28
11:45am / 6.1
11:06pm / 8.0
5:15am / -1.1
5:11pm / 2.1
Aug. 29
12:27am / 6.6
11:59pm/ 8.2
6:02am/ -1.4
6:04pm/ 1.5
Aug. 30
1:08pm / 7.0
6:46am / -1.5
6:55pm / 1.0
The
Oregon
Depart-
ment of Fish and Wildlife
(ODFW) and Oregon State
Police (OSP) are remind-
ing residents in the Florence
and Dune City communities
that knowingly feeding bears
is against Oregon state law
(ORS 496.730) and can lead
to habituated bears that be-
come a human safety threat.
Unintentionally fed bears can
lead to the same problem.
Fed bears can become a sig-
nificant human safety issue as
bears lose their natural fear of
A new school year is about
to begin. It’s a time when par-
ents and their student/ath-
letes need to decide on which
sports they want to participate
in. Th ere are many factors to
consider before selecting their
sports. Travel, equipment
costs, time, interest by athlete,
desire, experience, teammates
and coaches for their chosen
sports all need to be consid-
ered before making the com-
mitment to play. Th e athletes
of today attending schools
the size of Siuslaw or larger
are being asked to do more to
prepare for each season. Th e
result is fewer athletes electing
to play three sports. Schools
the size of Mapleton almost
through necessity need their
best athletes to play every
sport season.
But the three-sport athlete
See
‘Sportsmanship’ from fans a must
Aug. 27
11:00am / 5.7
10:10pm / 7.6
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.
One, two or three
sports?
Calendar
• MHS volleyball
vs F. City, M. Point
3 p.m. and 6 p.m.
• SHS volleyball
at North Bend
7 p.m.
• MHS football
at Lowell Jamboree
6 p.m.
T IME
O UT
people and begin associating
them with an easy handout of
food.
This summer, several bears
in the area have shown signs
of being intentionally fed.
Bears have killed a pet,
clawed at residential win-
dows, and broken into hous-
es, garages, and other per-
manent structures in the
Florence area. ODFW, OSP
and other agencies have been
forced to euthanize several of
these bears already to protect
human safety.
“Feeding birds, deer, rac-
coons, pets, and burning
food garbage seem harmless
but this often leads to bears
getting food and this unin-
tentional bear feeding is one
of the root causes of the bear
problems in this community,”
says Jason Kirchner, ODFW
district biologist. “We are now
receiving bear complaints
from the area on a daily ba-
sis and expect more bears will
need to be put down.”
See
BEARS 2B
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 The Siletz River is
open year-round for steelhead.
Summer steelhead fishing con-
tinues to be slow so far this
season but did pick up last
week with some better fishing.
Although it has been a slow
year so far, anglers are catching
summer steelhead everyday
primarily in the gorge area and
pressure continues to be light.
The 4.0 mile bridge (aka
Steel Bridge) in the Siletz gorge
is open to motorized vehicles,
but is only open to public vehi-
cles on the weekend.
Anglers can walk/bike in
the road during the weekdays.
If anglers do walk in they can
park at the one mile gate and
start from there.
Trout fishing is open. Check
the regulations for open areas
and gear restrictions.
S I LT C O O S
&
TAHKENITCH
LAKES:
Warmwater species
See
FISHING 2B