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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,
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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
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ART 2B