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The buck
stops here
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Dredge in
place and
set to go
Rather than culling
Dunes City deer
population, ODFW
urges residents to stop
feeding them
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WEATHER
By Jared Anderson
Siuslaw News
Wind and rain with a
high of 48 and a low
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Full forecast on A3
Story & Photos
By Mark Brennan
Siuslaw News
COMMUNITY
Port of Siuslaw readies The Laura and Ms. SoCo for action
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he Port of Siuslaw has been los-
ing visits by mariners for both
short stays and for long term rent-
als for the past few years — due in
part to the inability to safely navi-
gate vessels from the Pacific Ocean
to the docks on the Siuslaw River.
The tide to and from the ocean
has left hundreds of tons of mud,
silt, and debris on the bottom of the
Siuslaw River over the years, which
impedes many mid-size and larger
vessels. These layers of debris have
continued to pile up since the last
time the port was dredged nearly a
decade ago.
That situation should soon im-
prove dramatically as the final
preparations have been made to
start to dredge the port’s water-
ways. Last week, the major piece of
equipment needed to improve nav-
igation in the channel, the dredge
called The Laura, and its support
tug Ms. SoCo, arrived from Coos
Bay.
A crew from the Charleston
Marina Complex has been prep-
ping the area to be dredged and
laying the pipes needed to re-
move the debris from the marina.
Youth Artist displays
on 2nd Saturday
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SPORTS
Siuslaw Education Expo to bring together
60+ community organizations Feb. 29
leads the ASPIRE program for both
Siuslaw and Mapleton school dis-
tricts. “This has been a very gener-
ous community in a lot of ways to
the kids and schools, particularly
in the form of scholarships, where
our community is tremendously
generous. … We are always looking
for ways to not only connect with
but give back to the community.”
Mapleton wins first
basketball game
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Obituaries &
emergency
response logs
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of suffrage,” Wolcott said. “This is a matter
which I recommend to your early attention
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he U.S. Congress passed the 19th
Amendment on June 4, 1919. Thirty-six
legislatures
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the amendment to
place it in the fed-
eral constitution. Oregon became the 25th
state to ratify the 19th Amendment on Jan.
14, 1920.
The text of the 19th Amendment reads:
“The right of citizens of the United States to
vote shall not be denied or abridged by the
United States or by any State on account of
sex. Congress shall have power to enforce
this article by appropriate legislation.”
Ben W. Olcott was the governor of Oregon
at the time and had called a special session
of the legislature to order on Jan. 12 to con-
sider the passage of bills pertaining to work-
man’s compensation, educational assistance
for servicemembers, capital punishment
and women’s suffrage.
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Leap Day may come just once
every four years, but Siuslaw
School District is making Feb. 29
even more special by hosting a re-
gion-wide event for families and
organizations. The Siuslaw Educa-
tion Expo, designed to showcase
educational opportunities that
exist for people of all ages in the
Siuslaw area, will take place on that
Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
Siuslaw High School (SHS), 2975
Oak St.
The idea for the expo was gen-
erated last year in a Siuslaw School
District Facilities Advisory Com-
mittee meeting.
“We were discussing ways to help
bring the schools and the commu-
nity closer together,” said Bob Orr,
who serves on the committee and
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The Oregon Department of Fish
and Wildlife (ODFW) spoke at
Dunes City Wednesday night to dis-
cuss the findings of the recent deer
population count the department
conducted in December. The pur-
pose of the count was to help the city
to determine whether or not there
was an overpopulation of deer in the
city, and what needed to be done to
help alleviate the issue.
While Dunes City Council did not
take official action at the end of the
meeting, the general consensus was
that while there were certain areas
that did see an overpopulation of
deer, an organized culling was not
necessary. Instead, the city and its
residents need to focus on prevent-
ing individuals from feeding the
deer, which can create a whole host
of problems.
“On Dec. 16, we conducted a sur-
vey in Dunes City,” ODFW represen-
tative Jason Kirchner said. “We saw a
total of 42 deer; 26 were doe, 8 were
fawns. There was an average of about
30.8 fawns per 100 does. We saw eight
bucks, with an average of 30.8 bucks
per 100 does. That’s a measurement
we use for our management of deer.”
ODFW traveled 13.2 miles for the
deer count and found, overall, that
Dunes City has a normal deer pop-
ulation with 3.2 deer per mile and an
average of 30.8 bucks per 100 does.
This runs mostly in line with the
benchmark that ODFW has seen in
the Siuslaw area, where the average is
25 bucks per 100 does and 3.0 deer
per mile.
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