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SIUSLAW NEWS | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2021 | 3B Let me Showcase your property. Richard Beaudro Principal Broker 541 991-6677 1035 Royal St Georges Dr – Fairway frontage and solid, well built home with great golf course views. This home is full of luxury amenities in- cluding stainless appliances and gas range, pro- pane fi replace, an elevator, media/theater room, and expansive Trex deck overlooking the green. $850,000. #3137-20502246 1749 Highway 101 • 541-997-1200 Coast Insurance to host 'Drive-In Radio Bingo' at SMS On Saturday, Feb. 20, from noon to 2 p.m., Coast Insurance will be hosting the free Drive-In Radio Bingo at the Siuslaw Middle School parking lot, 2525 Oak St. Coast Radio is part- nering with the event and will broadcast the Bingo games on the radio at KCST 106.9 FM. According to organiz- er Jean Murphey, “Cars A weekly roundup of shopping, savings and doings around town. Elite Dealer Certified Gold Service Chainsaws Outdoor Power Tools We Sell & Service Stihl Products Monday-Friday 8—5 1550 6th St. & Hwy 101 541-997-2653 will come in the parking lot and we’ll give each player an envelope that has Bingo cards, pens, information on food and rules of play.” There are different packets for kids and adults, and all ages are welcome. Each car will get a flag to be able to indicate if they reach bingo on their games. “They will then drive to a numbered parking space and that will be their number to play and order food,” Murphey said. The Boys and Girls The Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport has been awarded a $500,000 challenge grant from the Marcia H. Randall Foundation for Phase I of the organiza- tions’ capital campaign. 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Honda Work generators are the number one choice in the construction and rental industry. week on the popular NF Alsea bank fishery as the river levels drop back into shape. The dry weather in the forecast will keep the river on the drop and fish moving through the holiday weekend. Conditions will be good for the drift boaters later in the week and into the weekend. Fish are now distributed throughout the river and the num- bers will increase with each bump in river lev- els. Reminder: The popu- lar winter steelhead bank fishery around the Alsea Hatchery remains open but the hatchery grounds are closed to the public. Anglers are required to park in the designated parking lot to access the river and are not allowed to park near or enter the hatch- ery grounds. Please be respectful of the hatch- ery staff and follow these rules to ensure this popular fishery remains open for the 2020/2021 season. Cutthroat trout fish- ing closed for the sea- son on Oct. 31. SALMON RIVER: Winter steelhead Winter steelhead play area. The Oregon based Marcia H. Randall Foundation will match all gifts and pledges made to the construc- tion costs of the Aquarium’s masterplan capital campaign between nw and March 31 at a 1:1 ratio up to $500,000, doubling the impact of each dollar donated. “Many are not aware of the education and research the aquarium conducts each year,” says Marcia H. Randall, founder and Board Chair of the Marcia H. Randall Foundation. Donations of any amount can be made on our capital campaign website at www.giveto aquarium.org. For more information, email campaign@aquar ium.org. fishing is open on the Salmon River and should start to pick up later in December and into January. The peak for winter steelhead on the Salmon River is typ- ically January to March. Note: The Salmon River hatchery remains closed to walk in anglers. Anglers can use access points upstream and downstream of the hatchery to access those traditional fishing loca- tions. SILETZ RIVER: Winter steelhead Winter steelheading has been slow on the Siletz River due to the high unfishable water. The dry forecast this week has the river dropping quickly into shape creating great conditions for the first good push of winter steelhead for the sea- son. Expect fish to be distributed throughout the system once the river levels recede. The typical peak for Siletz winter steelhead is January to March. The 4-mile bridge (aka Steel Bridge) in the Siletz gorge is open to motorized vehicles on the weekends only. Anglers can walk/bike in the road during the weekdays. There is a parking area located at the 1-mile gate where anglers can walk/bike upstream from there. WILSON RIVER: Steelhead The Wilson’s return- ing hatchery steelhead run is all “broodstock” hatchery fish, meaning their origins are Wilson wild steelhead. As such, their run timing mimics that of the wild run, which peaks January through March. That said, there should be a few fish around as the Wilson drops back into shape. YAQUINA RIVER: Winter steelhead Winter steelhead will start to show up in the Yaquina/Big Elk in December and typically peak from January to March. COOS RIVER BASIN: Marine perch species, salmon, steel- head The lower Coos Bay estuary has been a little rough from the recent ocean swells but anglers can still catch rockfish along the jetty and sub- merged rock structures when the bay is calmer. Smaller jigs with a twister tail or 1-ounce jigging spoons have been working to catch rockfish and greenling. The daily bag limit for marine fish was recently increased to 7, which for boat anglers cannot include any copper, quillback, China rock- fish or cabezon. Bank anglers can still retain one copper, quillback or China rockfish and 1 cabezon as part of their daily bag limit. Boat and bank anglers are also allowed 2 lingcod per day. Trout fishing in streams and rivers is now closed until next spring. TENMILE LAKES/ TENMILE CREEK: Steelhead anglers have caught a couple hatch- ery steelhead on Tenmile Creek this past week. We are open and ready to assist you! Our friendly and Certified Gold Technician is always ready to help you select the equipment that meets your specific needs. Your equipment comes fully assembled and ready to use. Repair Center Have a piece of equipment with a small engine that needs a tune-up, needs rebuilt, or just isn’t running like it should? Bring it into our small engine repair shop for a quote. We also sharpen chains. the caller to verify valid- ity. “We continue to call numbers until there is an adult winner and a youth winner. So, two winners per game,” Murphey added. There will be 11 games total, with the final being a black out. People have to remain in their vehicles the entire time, and no restrooms will be avail- able. The event is entirely free to participate. For more information or to reserve a spot, call 541-997-3455. Newport Aquarium receives $500,000 Challenge Grant Fishing TRUE VALUE HARDWARE Clubs of Western Lane County will be handling concessions. Cars can then tune into KCST, where hosts Wayne Sharpe and George Henry will start calling the games at 12:05 p.m. “When someone gets a bingo, I expect they will honk their horn and flash their lights,” Murphey said. “They need to wave the flag out their window to get the volunteers’ attention.” Community volun- teers will then go to that vehicle and radio the numbers in the Bingo to Johnston Motor Company Since 1939 2150 Hwy. 101 • Florence (541) 997-3475 • 1-800-348-3475
