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THESIUSLAWNEWS.COM SN SATURDAY EDITION | JANUARY 16, 2021 | $1.00 Time Out Sharing the warmth By Lloyd Little Siuslaw News Retired teacher, coach and game offi cial Community & Lifestyle With more than 55 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. Traveling Support ODFW REGIONAL FISHING REPORT www.dfw.state.or.us/RR Local Lakes and Ponds: North Coast lakes are done with trout stocking until next spring, but many lakes have holdover trout from earlier sea- son’s stockings. Warmwater fish- ing should be over for the year as water temperatures are too cold to keep those species active. Mid-coast lakes will receive trout stockings the first couple weeks of February. These lakes include: Cleawox, Munsel, Alder and Dune lakes. Wild coho fish- eries in Siltcoos and Tahkenitch lakes are open and provide a unique opportunity to catch a coho in a coastal lake. SIUSLAW RIVER: Winter steelhead Winter steehead fishing on the Siuslaw has been blown out with the recent high water. Expect the first good push of fish to be around when the river drops back into shape this week- end and next week. The Whitaker Creek area is the best place to target returning hatch- ery fish. Hatchery fish are also planted in Lake Creek and are released into hatchery fish will start to show up in December and peak in January and February. ALSEA RIVER: Winter steel- head Winter steelhead fishing is picking up on the Alsea River. The recent high water has put fish on the move headed for the hatchery on the NF Alsea and anglers are catching them. Conditions will be good this See FISHING 3B Tide Tables COURTESY PHOTOS T he quilters of New Life Lutheran Church (NLLC) have donated 20 quilts to the Florence Warming Center, which is in the process of relocating to property owned by First Step. Not only are these quilts warm and cozy, but they are beauti- ful. The group of talented quilters includes: Ardel Braley, Carol Slaugh, Doris Creager, Betty Livingston, Myla Ostrem, Joy McCourt, Jan Hirsch,and Jodi Brigman. Over the years, the quilters have sent quilts to many countries of the world to pro- vide warmth and sometimes shelter to needy people but due to the pandemic transportation has been halted. New Life Lutheran Church is located at 21st and Spruce streets. This group is a community effort and any person wishing to apply for membership in this group can call the church at 541-997-8113 for more infor- mation. State parks booking changes to six months Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) bagen accepting new reservations from one day to six months ahead beginning this past Thursday. The change is the latest step in managing future res- ervations during the COVID- 19 pandemic. Early last summer, the res- ervation booking window temporarily changed from one day to two weeks, then to 30 days, while OPRD slowly re-opened camping after a two-month closure. In nor- mal times, the reservation window is one day to nine months. “A shorter reservation win- dow helps us deal with the uncertainty posed by state management of the COVID- 19 emergency, and the finan- cial hit of changing, cancel- ing and refunding reserva- tions,” said Lisa Sumption, director of OPRD. State parks are funded by revenue from park visitors, a small share of the Oregon Lottery, and a portion of state recreational vehicle registra- tions. “Although revenue stopped during the two-month clo- sure and continues to be less than what we’ve earned in past years, we’ve adjusted our operations and now are com- fortable extending the reser- vation booking window,” she said. “All of us extend a heartfelt thank you to our visitors as we continue to evaluate our operations to better serve campers and day-use visitors as we head into the spring and summer.” In addition to the reserva- tion booking window change, all new campsite, yurt and cabin openings will become available at 6 a.m. each day rather than midnight. This minor change is being made to improve customer service. “No more staying up to midnight to make an online reservation,” Sumption said. “If you try to reserve a site beyond the 30-day window at midnight Jan. 14, you will see the sites marked with an ‘X’ for unavailable. All avail- able sites will be marked with an ‘A’ at 6 a.m., Jan. 14, and each day going forward. More changes to the reser- vation window are possible as the year goes on. Oregon State Parks reser- vations are accepted online, and by phone at 800-452- 5687, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday (closed holidays). Entrance Siuslaw River High Tide Low Tide Jan. 16 2:34am / 7.0 1:47pm / 7.5 8:07am / 2.9 8:38pm / -0.2 Jan. 17 3:13am / 6.9 2:33pm / 6.9 8:57am / 2.8 9:16pm / 0.5 Jan. 18 3:52am / 698 3:23pm / 6.2 9:51am / 2.7 9:53pm / 1.2 Jan. 19 4:31am / 6.8 4:21pm / 5.6 10:50am / 2.6 10:33pm / 1.9 Jan. 20 5:11am / 6.8 5:30pm / 5.1 11:53am / 2.4 11:16pm / 2.6 Jan. 21 5:54am / 6.9 6:52pm / 4.8 12:59pm / 2.1 Jan. 22 6:40am / 6.9 8:17pm / 4.9 12:08am / 3.2 2:01pm / 1.6 Elks help provide Christmas for local special needs families Each year, the Florence Autism Family Support Group has had the oppor- tunity to join forces with the Arc of Lane Counties Family Connect and Oregon Family Support Network to bring local families of special-need and autistic children a Christmas party. Initially, it was believed the annual party would have to be cancelled because any plans for fundraising for many of these organizations. In addition, there were COURTESY PHOTO the the limitations of Santa was assisted by a “Santa Stormtrooper” during this COVID-19 guidelines to year’s Florence Autism Family Support Group’s annual adhere to. Christmas party. When reaching out to the Florence Elks Lodge to every child that came. Florence Autism Family let the organization know it Thanks to the Elks and Support Group. “We thank was doubtful this year’s the Autism Society of them and look forward to Christmas party would hap- Oregon, Florence families working with them again pen, The Elks immediately had another successful year next year. We also wish to stepped up to the challenge. of being able to serve more thank the wonderful volun- The Elks worked to give than 75 meals and provide teers who cooked meals, Florence families a party, Christmas for more than 25 helped with clean up and funding the meals as well as special-need children. passing out gifts. gifts for families. This “Thank you Santa and our We could never have been included stuffed animals able to do it with out them,” holiday Stormtrooper for all and bags of candy made for said Danielle Walk of the the help as well.” If you are planning to have your children participate in the world of sports competi- tion, make sure you have a well running automobile. Better still would be a ve- hicle capable of transporting your children, their team- mates, with non-traveling par- ents, equipment and a cooler with water. Th is transportation is nor- mally used during the summer sports competition, when the school is not involved. And have good insurance on your car. Seeing is believing, or so I am told. Instead of writing in general terms about the thou- sands of miles my wife and I put on our Caravan transport- ing and supporting our chil- dren’s teams, I have decided to list those towns alphabetically with the round-trip mileage for each. I am listing towns just once but keep in mind we had four athletes competing in three and four sports each year. Th is included multiple trips to the same league opponents no less than three times each year. Th e cities include travel for Elks Free throw competitions, NFL Punt, Pass and Kick com- petitions, soft ball, basketball, baseball and track clinics or camps for extra skills devel- opment. In the book I wrote for our children, I listed these cities in the chapter on our traveling for support of their sports. Oh, the places we did go and the competitions we did see! Th ey were: Albany 200, Ashland 416, Azalea 156, Alo- ha 340, Bandon 146, Bend 360, Brookings 312, Beaverton 340, Boardman 510, Canby 314, Central 210, Clatskanie 390, Coos Bay 102, Coquille 136, Corvallis 180, Cottage Grove 170, Creswell 150, Dallas 244, Dayton 260, Douglas 210, Elmira 100, Eugene 120, Es- tacada 310, Gardiner 40, Gold Beach 254, Grants Pass 310, Harrisburg 150, Heppner 560, Hillsboro 316, Henley 490, See LITTLE 2B ODFW invites artists to compete in annual wildlife art contest Artists in Oregon and throughout the world are in- vited to compete in one or all three of ODFW’s 2022 stamp art competitions. The winning artist in each contest receives a $2,000 award and winning artwork is used to produce collector stamps and other promotional items with sale proceeds ben- efitting Oregon’s fish, wildlife and their habitats. For more information on contest rules and to order art prints, visit www.dfw.state. or.us/stamp_contest/index.asp Stamp art contests: Habitat Conservation Stamp Art entries must feature an eligible species from the Or- egon Conservation Strategy in its natural habitat. Species include birds, mammals, rep- tiles, amphibians, fish, inver- tebrates, plants and algae. See contest rules and entry See ART 2B
