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T IME
O UT
By Lloyd Little
Retired teacher, coach
and game offi cial
Community
&
Lifestyle
With more than55 years as
an athlete, coach, parent
and spectator, Lloyd Little
has gained some insights
and perspectives regarding
athletics. Each week, he
shares what he's learned
about sports from his multi-
ple points of view.
Hall of Fame
No. 10
Mary Jacobson
ODFW R EGIONAL F ISHING
R EPORT
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
Best places for local
warmwater fishing:
• Mercer and Munsel lakes
(Florence area) are great warm
water fisheries and both of them
have stocked trout as well, good
place to target both species in
one trip
• Siltcoos and Tahkenitch
lakes (Florence area) both offer
good warmwater fishing oppor-
tunites as well as good trout fish-
ing for stocked trout and resi-
dent cutthroat.
Fishing
SIUSLAW RIVER: Cutthroat
trout:
Trout fishing opened in the
Siuslaw basin (including Lake
Creek) on May 22 and has great
opportunities to catch a trout
throughout the summer months.
ALSEA RIVER: Cutthroat
trout
Cutthorat trout fishing opened
May 22 on the Alsea River and
trout fishing has been good
throughout the basin. The higher
water and cooler temperatures
See
FISHING 3B
Tide Tables
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
July 3
12:13am / 5.8
11:17pm/ 8.2
5:40am/ -1.5
5:20pm/ 2.5
July 4
1:04pm / 6.0
7:12pm / 6.9
6:27am / -1.8
6:12pm / 2.6
July 5
12:04am / 8.1
1:50pm / 6.1
7:12am / -1.9
7:01pm / 2.6
July 6
12:49am / 7.9
2:33pm / 6.1
7:55am / -1.8
7:49pm / 2.6
July 7
1:33am / 7.6
3:15pm / 6.1
8:37am / -1.5
8:37pm / 2.5
July 8
2:17am / 7.1
3:56pm / 6.1
9:17pm / -1.1
9:25pm / 2.5
July 9
3:02am / 6.6
4:36pm/ 6.0
9:56am/ -0.6
10:16pm/ 2.5
VICTORIA SANCHEZ/FOR SIUSLAW NEWS
Kyle Novelli (above) hauls in a crab pot as part of the day’s catch last August; Amber Novelli
(below) measures a Dungeness crab while crabbing with husband Kyle on The Aquarius. Sadly,
both perished when their boat capsized near the South Jetty in the early morning of June 29.
Crabbing brings Florence’s
Novelli family together
In
tribute
to
Kyle and
Amber
Novelli
[Editor’s Note: In the wake of
this past week’s tragic loss of Flor-
ence residents and Novelli’s Seafood
owners Kyle and Amber Novelli, we
felt it a fitting tribute to re-run a
special feature on the couple that
was published in the Siuslaw News
last August. The story was written
by Snowden journalism intern Vic-
toria Sanchez, who spent time with
the couple on their crabbing boat.
Accompanying the story is brief in-
troduction written by Sanchez after
learning the couple had perished
early Monday morning.]
— July 1, 2020
Almost a year ago today I
stepped onto The Aquarius for the
first time. Amber and Kyle No-
velli were taking me out on their
crabbing boat so I could catch a
glimpse into their everyday lives
as commercial crabbers. Amber
and I talked about the water and
how dangerous getting out past
the bar was; we talked about how
unstable crabbing can be econom-
ically and how the weather really
runs your whole life as a crabber.
I asked her why she kept doing
it with so much danger and un-
certainty to face. She answered
by telling me a story about a time
they were out on the water fishing.
It was early in the morning and, as
she woke up, she wandered out to
look at the ocean. That’s when she
saw it: A whale was gliding past
their boat, silently and so close she
thought she could see its eye. She
watched as it swam by and finally
sank back into the dark ocean. It
was awe-inspiring moments like
this that kept her coming out day
after day, she said.
I listened to her and Kyle’s story
of how they started fishing togeth-
er and would take their caught fish
to Newport and Bend to sell until,
one day, she saw what is now No-
velli’s for sale and said, “let’s make
them come to us.” She told me
about how her chowder came to
be the notorious mouth-watering
and award-winning chowder that
Florence and beyond has come to
know and love.
It was a true story of hard work
paying off — and of how she and
Kyle were able to spend their days
doing what they love. Amber and
Kyle Novelli shared their story
with me on that day, and I am so
grateful to have been able to share
it with others.
“It’s like having a house on the
water where everyone just comes
to visit,” Amber told me, adding:
“Everyone ends up turning into
your personal friend.”
Knowing them was a true plea-
sure and I know their incredible
memory will live on forever in
Florence.
— Victoria Sanchez
D
own the dock from ICM
Restaurant in Historic Old
Town Florence is a metal gate that
leads down to the boats on the
water. In a little blue boathouse
on the left of the dock is Novelli’s
Crab and Seafood, owned and run
by Amber Novelli and her hus-
band Kyle — the only active com-
mercial crabbers and fishermen
who live and work in Florence.
It’s about 8:40 a.m. when Amber
and Kyle hop onto their turquoise
crabbing boat called The Aquari-
us and head downriver to the fuel
station, which resembles a typical
gas station, except for its location
on the end of a dock.
Today, they are going out to
See
NOVELLI 2B
‘Operation Dry Water’ to target intoxicated boating
The Marine Board, marine
law enforcement from 18 county
sheriff ’s offices, Oregon State Po-
lice, and five Oregon U.S. Coast
Guard Stations will be partici-
pating in Operation Dry Water
during the weekend of July 3-5,
as part of a nationally coordinat-
ed effort to reduce the number of
accidents and fatalities related to
Boating Under the Influence of
Intoxicants (BUII).
“We have multiple patrols
scheduled this season to catch
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SHEET METAL, INC.
impaired boat operators,” says
Randy Henry, Boating Safety
Program Manager for the Marine
Board. “We also have new tools.
The legislature gave us the au-
thority in 2020 to take your boat-
er education card for up to three
years, if convicted.”
Many marine officers have
completed specialized training to
recognize alcohol and drug im-
pairment.
This includes prescription
drugs, alcohol, inhalants, mar-
ijuana, or any other substance
that impairs a person’s ability to
make sound judgments and to
safely operate a boat.
The effects of drugs and alco-
hol are also amplified on the wa-
ter with the combination of sun
glare, wind, waves, and other en-
vironmental stressors.
Alcohol also dehydrates the
body making sudden immersion
into cold water at an even greater
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BOATING 3B
If Title IX had been
passed sooner than 1972,
then future Siuslaw HOF
member Mary Jacobson
would most certainly
helped put more paint
on the walls of the Glenn
Butler gymnasium.
Her
school-record
shot put throw has not
been beaten in 50 years.
I do not know Mary,
but I did research on
OSAA state competi-
tions. In 1967, Jacobson’s
freshman year, there was
no state track meet for
girls. Th e following year,
in 1968, there was one
classifi cation covering all
the track girls in Oregon
— and Jacobson placed
second.
Th ere was no discus
for girls that year, with
only 11 events for girls,
compared to 16 events
for boys to compete in. In
1969, the discus was add-
ed to the girls’ state meet
and competition was
divided into A-1 (larger
schools) and A-2, and B
competing in the other
classifi cation.
Jacobson went in to
win both the shot put
and discus titles that
year — with her winning
throw going farther than
the winning A-1 throw.
She returned next sea-
son for her senior year in
1970 and once again won
both the shot put and
discus titles.
Jacobson attended the
University of Kansas,
where she competed not
only in track but also vol-
leyball and fi eld hockey.
In addition to winning
a conference title in the
shot put, she helped both
the volleyball and fi eld
hockey teams make the
play-off s.
Keep in mind that
volleyball was not recog-
nized by the OSAA for
play-off s until 1974.
Siuslaw High School,
with an athlete the likes
of Mary, would certainly
have competed for league
titles and state play-off s
in volleyball and basket-
ball.
Jacobson mattered, as
do female athletes ev-
erywhere. Title IX gave
female athletes opportu-
nities to compete as they
never had before. I did
not have the opportuni-
ty to look at the Siuslaw
1967-70 school annuals,
so I looked at my four
Warrenton High School
annuals from 1967-70.
As I checked the index
for female athletes, there
were none. Our girls
were competing as GAA
(Girls Athletic
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