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Horse Club begins again at C&M Stables for local youth
C&M Stables will again
offer Horse Club to area
boys and girls between the
ages of 6 and 18 during the
2019-20 school year.
Horse Club sessions are
held after school, with spe-
cific class days and times
dependent upon the num-
ber of students that partic-
ipate.
Through this program,
children learn about the
day-to-day chores that take
place to have a horse and
be able to ride. Their inter-
action with the horses also
enables them to gain con-
fidence as their skills and
abilities increase over time.
There are occasional
mini trail rides planned as
students get to a safe riding
level, as well as a trail ride
that includes parents at the
end of the session.
Sign-ups are being ac-
cepted now for the first ses-
sion, which begins Sept. 15.
For more information or
to sign up for Horse Club,
stop by C&M Stables be-
tween 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
seven days a week.
C&M Stables was es-
tablished in 1981 by Jeff
Chastain, a Florence native,
and is located just 8 miles
north of Florence at 90241
Highway 101.
For more information,
call the stables at 541-997-
7540.
C&M Stables also offers
beach, dune and trail rides,
as well as an Adult Riding
Club.
Matstake mushroom permit sales to begin Sept. 4
Annual permits for mat-
sutake 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 mat-
Sailors
from 1B
Though Mapleton got
off the first point of the
set, it was short lived as
Bobcats senior Madison
Brown took position to
serve, doling out a
6-point streak that left
the Sailors scrambling.
Callouts were rare as the
Sailors seemed timid in
communicating who was
going for the ball. The
situation didn’t improve
throughout the short set,
which saw the Sailors los-
ing 8-25.
Communication
improved incrementally
in the second and third
sets, with losses of 11-25
and 10-25, respectively,
but the Bobcats were too
much to handle, taking
the match in three
straight sets, 3-0.
Dooley pointed out
dominating Myrtle Point
wasn’t the strategy for
their first game.
“It was testing out how
each person plays with
each other and if this is a
good starting lineup,” she
said. “Getting it worked
out before the actual sea-
son starts.”
The strategy seemed to
pay off when it came time
for the Sailors to go up
Little
from 1B
School faculty room and
any person wishing to put
their skill in selecting the
winning team could play.
Aft er the regular season
ends, the person selecting
the most winners won a
percentage of the pot. Th is
was similar to the Siuslaw
News “Football Picker’s
Panel” contest to select
winners of football games
each week in the paper
— a tradition dating back
more than two decades.
In my early years at Siu-
slaw High School, I met
with several friends and
coaches each Monday
night to select our winners
for the next week of NFL
games. We had an extra
side fund for any team
scoring 33 points and win-
ning. Th is form of skill in
selecting winning football
teams was common across
America.
In the 1990s, my son
Brandon correctly picked
the most football game
winners one week. His
name, along with the
other weekly winners,
was placed in a drawing
for tickets to the Oregon
vs Oregon State football
game.
He won.
Brandon and I sat in
the middle of the Oregon
State fans section at Aut-
zen Stadium and wore the
Oregon Ducks’ colors. We
cheered for the Ducks.
Fantasy football teams
ignore certain positions on
sutake mushrooms within
the Siuslaw National Forest
for the purpose of selling
must carry a commer-
cial-use permit while har-
vesting.
One hundred permits
will be available for sale at
$250 a permit.
One permit per person.
Permits will be sold on a
first come, first served
basis.
To purchase a permit,
the following information
must be provided:
• Valid identification
card issued by a state or
against
Falls
City.
Mapleton took a strong
lead in the first set, with
Jensen serving up a
5-point series that ended
with an ace.
The
Mountaineers
rebounded with a 5-point
run of their own and,
after a few tense volleys,
climbed ahead. Three
quarters in, the score was
8-22 — but the Sailors
refused to give up, rally-
ing when freshman Kiana
Moody served an ace that
sparked a 4-point rally.
Though the Sailors
eventually lost the first
set 13-25, they were far
from defeated, coming
back in the second set
with even more commu-
nication and longer vol-
leys — one of which last-
ed nearly two full min-
utes and causing the
crowd to go wild. Even
though the Sailors lost
the point, the effort put
forth was infectious for
fans.
“That was insane,”
Dooley said. “I mean, you
know, a few of those
didn’t go our way, but just
how they didn’t give up
on those is exactly what
you want to see as a
coach.”
Mapleton lost the sec-
ond set 19-25, and the
high score seemed to bol-
ster the team’s confidence
as set three became a
tight race — with the
Sailors staying within 3
points for the majority of
the set. Mapleton trailed
by just 1 point, 17-18,
when a series of errors
from the Sailors, along
with some timely aces
from Falls City, translated
into a 7-point run for the
Mountaineers.
Though the Sailors
were able to pull off a kill
at the last minute, Falls
City took the win, 25-18.
While the Sailors may
have lost both games, the
improvements from the
first sets to the last were
enormous, said Dooley,
who added that the foun-
dation of the team is
sound. And when daily
practices begin, the team
could see its fortunes
turn around quickly.
“I’m really excited for
the season to get started,”
Dooley said. “And today
was just a great indicator
of where we’re going to
go from here.”
their selected teams. Th ere
are no off ensive linemen,
yet these players are re-
sponsible for the success
or failure of their chosen
players. Fantasy play-
ers can even play against
themselves as the players
can come from many dif-
ferent NFL teams. Mil-
lions of dollars may have
been won or lost when
Todd Gurley of the Los
Angeles Rams decided to
not score in the late stages
of a game last season. Th e
Rams were in control late
and Gurley elected to stop
inside the fi ve-yard line so
the team could run out the
clock.
Fantasy team captains
were either screaming at
the decision or cheering
for Gurley — it all depend-
ed on points he scored as
an individual not for the
Rams.
If you are wondering
whether or not fantasy
teams get to the Super
Bowl, then wonder no
more. Th is season, the
NFL offi cial fantasy league
will have a Super Bowl.
Since I do not play fanta-
sy football, I have no idea
how fantasy teams will be
selected for the fantasy
Super Bowl. Now since
selecting winners of sports
contests have been judged
to be a skill rather than
chance, the number of
playing has grown.
Even if you select win-
ners because of their
school colors, mascots or
city, it is still considered
skill and not luck.
U.S. federal government
• Vehicle make, model
and license plate number
Permits can be pur-
chased 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
gathering matsutakes for
personal use. Personal-use
restrictions are six mat-
sutakes per person a day,
and the mushroom must
be cut in half length-wise
immediately upon harvest-
ing to remove its commer-
cial value.
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