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SHS to host 7-on-7 football game vs Sweet Home
No spectators can attend in-person but the game will likely be live-streamed on the NFHS Network
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
While there won’t be a crowd
cheering from the stands due to
current COVID-19 guidelines,
members of the Siuslaw Vikings
football team will still have a
chance to hit the gridiron this
Friday in a 7-on-7 match-up
against Sweet Home at Hans
Petersen Field.
Due to a 50-person limit in
or near the stadium, no specta-
tors can be allowed into the
stands or even around the field,
including the fence line.
According to SHS athletic
Director Chris Johnson, any
violation of that restriction will
force the immediate cancella-
tion of the game.
However, fans should be able
to live-stream the game on the
NFHS Network for a small
online fee.
It’s been more than a year,
early November 2019 in a play-
off game at Hidden Valley, since
Hans Petersen Field has had
Vikings on its hash-marked
grasses. However, unlike the
last game in 2019, the Viks will
field a starting line-up of just
seven players this Friday, with
the game being divided into
two 30-minute halves and a
5-minute halftime.
Head coach Sam Johnson
said he the team are excited to
play against The Huskies.
“They have some really tal-
ented players on their team.
They have a player who has
already committed to Western
Oregon to play quarterback,”
Johnson said. “It will be a great
opportunity for our kids to get
some exposure to tough com-
petition from the 4A division.”
The Vikings football team
remains in the 3A classification
this season following the
OSAA-decision to allow the
team to drop down a classifica-
tion two years ago.
For Friday’s contest, coaches
will be in charge of maintaining
the proper in-person limits by
monitoring the entrance and
maintian the 50-person limit
for teams and coaches.
Currently, football still hasn’t
officially been added to the fall
sports line-up by the state or
the Oregon School Activities
Association (OSAA), whose
Executive Board will meet
again Feb. 8 to reach a final
decision, at which time the
board is expected to announce
its plans for sports through the
end of the school year.
That same day, on Feb. 8,
football practice are scheduled
to begin, with the Vikings in
hopes of kicking off their sea-
son March 5 at La Pine —pend-
ing OSAA and state approval.
If not, football could poten-
tially be moved to mid May,
along with other contact sports
such as basketball and wres-
tling.
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
SBSA to hold
virtual meeting
to discuss season
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,
Dune, Thissel, and Big Creek
Reservoirs.
RIVERS and STREAMS:
Steelhead season is in full
swing on most north coast rivers
(when conditions allow). For the
third straight week the North
coast is experiencing a high-wa-
ter event that has most rivers
blown out. If the weather and
flow predictions are correct,
however, most of them should
be back in shape by the week-
end. During high water, fishing
large presentations and bright
colors, while targeting areas with
softer water (less current),
should increase the odds of suc-
cess.
See
FISHING 5B
Tide Tables
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
Jan. 27
10:33am / 8.1
4:46am / 3.6
5:44pm / -0.7
The Siuslaw Baseball &
Softball Association (SBSA)
will host its annual meeting
Feb. 18 to discuss the upcom-
ing season, options and over-
view of plans for the 2021
season.
The meeting will be held
virtually, beginning at 6 p.m.,
via Zoom.
The link is https://us04web
.zoom.us/j/2882299857?pwd
=cHRraUJ0bkJiZkVIcUpm
R0RBK3Eydz09.
The meeting ID is 288 229
9857, with the Passcode:
6QumcB.
For more information,
visit the SBSA website at
www.tshq.bluesombrero.
com/Default.aspx?ta-
bid=1887770 or at the the
group’s Facebook page at
www.facebook.com/siuslaw
baseballassociation.
Top finishers in the
2021 Diorama Set
Design Challenge
included a Lego set
re-creation of a
scene from “The Wiz
by Chase Huber
(above) for first
place; second place
went to Che Bruce
for her scene from
The Little Mermaid.”
(right)
Florence Soroptimists
announce annual
Marilyn Miller Award
COURTESY IMAGES
CROW kids keep creativity alive with art contest
Jan. 28
12:20am / 6.4
11:15pm / 8.3
5:28am / 3.3
6:21pm / -1.0
Jan. 29
12:54am / 6.6
11:57pm / 8.3
6:11pm / 3.0
6:57pm / -1.0
Jan. 30
1:29am / 6.8
12:40pm / 8.2
6:54am / 2.7
7:33pm / -0.9
Jan. 31
2:04am / 7.1
1:26pm / 7.8
7:41am / 2.4
8:11pm / -0.5
Feb. 1
2:40am / 7.3
2:15pm / 7.3
8:31am / 2.1
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Feb. 2
3:18am / 7.5
3:12pm / 6.6
9:27am / 1.8
9:29pm / 0.9
C
ROW (Children’s
Repertory
of
O r e g o n
Wo r k s h o p s )
recently announced the win-
ners of the 2021 Diorama Set
Design Challenge.
Students won exciting priz-
es including gift certificates
to local arts supply store,
BeauxArts.
The first-place winner was
Chase Huber for his Lego set
creating a whimsical scene
from “The Wiz.” Second
place was awarded to Che
Bruce for her imaginative
underwater and above-
ground scene from “The
Little Mermaid.”
Third place went to Violet
Ory for her very detailed,
character driven interpreta-
tion of “The Wiz.”
Honorable Mention was
awarded to William Owens,
who only lost by one point
for his amazing small town
from “The Music Man.”
The dioramas were scored
on a 100-point rubric by five
judges, each of whom scored
entries based on design,
artistic impact, degree of dif-
ficulty and quality.
Individualized comments
were then emailed to all of
the kids who entered, high-
lighting the strengths of their
creation.
“We have worked really
hard to keep the arts alive in
the minds and hearts of our
CROW kids since the pan-
demic began,” said Artistic
Director Melanie Heard.
“COVID has been really hard
on our students — particu-
larly impacting their sense of
self and belonging. We truly
hope that these projects
brought some joy into their
lives and reminded them that
CROW really cares about
them.”
Since last March, CROW
has provided a number of
artistry boosting challenges
that still allowed for all
COVID-19 safety measures
to be firmly in place.
Examples included a
Broadway costume design
contest, Broadway pet cos-
tume design contest, pump-
kin carving contest, a few
online dance classes, a
“Creative Kids” Facebook
collage and a Supercalifragil-
isticexpialidocious mash-up
video that was shown on a
local news station.
All of these challenges were
done virtually, and many of
them included prizes to help
spark a friendly spirit of
competition.
The infamous “Tutu Dads”
even helped with morale by
providing some hilarious
memes on social media.
The Diorama Challenge
was a uniquely creative expe-
rience in that it asked the
kids to imagine themselves as
scenic artists and set design-
ers. CROW kids were invited
to use any materials that they
See
CROW 2B
This award is in memory
of the late Soroptimist,
Marilyn V. Miller who
owned and operated a tele-
phone answering service as
well as several other ser-
vices.
She was an avid environ-
mentalist, long before it was
fashionable, and keenly
aware of the negative human
impact on local lakes.
She also volunteered and
served on boards for Dunes
City throughout her life-
time.
This monetary award is
given to a woman who is
sole support of her house-
hold, who needs to further
her education to advance in
her current career, is open-
ing her own business in the
Florence area or who needs
to upgrade current location,
facility or equipment for her
existing business.
Applications must include
expression and demonstra-
tion of need, declaration of
use of an award, contact
information and at least one
personal reference.
Send applications to
Soroptimist International
Florence, P.O. Box 1209,
Florence Ore., 97439 c/o Jo
Hine, chair. Award amount
is $2000. Deadline is March
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