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Getting back to football
Siuslaw News
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Tide Tables
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
August 21
12:00 a.m. / 7.0
7:07 a.m. / -1.2
1:33 p.m. / 5.7
7:05 p.m. / 1.7
August 22
12:51 a.m. / 7.0
7:49 a.m. / -1.1
2:11 p.m. / 5.9
7:52 p.m. / 1.4
August 23
1:39 a.m. / 6.9
8:29 a.m. / -0.9
2:47 p.m. / 6.0
8:38 p.m. / 1.1
August 24
2:24 a.m. / 6.6
9:05 a.m. / -0.6
3:20 p.m. / 6.1
9:21 p.m. / 1.0
August 25
3:08 a.m. / 6.2
9:40 a.m. / -0.1
3:53 p.m. / 6.1
10:05 p.m. / 0.9
August 26
3:53 a.m. / 5.7
10:14 a.m. / 0.5
4:26 p.m. / 6.0
10:50 p.m. / 0.9
August 27
4:40 a.m. / 5.2
10:48 a.m. / 1.1
4:59 p.m. / 5.9
11:38 p.m. / 0.9
August 28
5:32 a.m. / 4.8
11:23 a.m. / 1.7
5:34 p.m. / 5.8
August 29
6:33 a.m. / 4.4
12:30 a.m. / 1.0
6:15 p.m. / 5.6
12:03 p.m. / 2.3
August 30
7:49 a.m. / 4.1
1:31 a.m. / 1.0
7:06 p.m. / 5.5
12:55 p.m. / 2.7
Siuslaw High School’s football team is using its offseason to prepare for the first full season of the sport since 2019. Practices are
going on now.
Vikings football continues brotherhood, tradition this fall
By Zeahna Young/Siuslaw News
With the start of a new school year just around
the corner, one thing the community can look for-
ward to this fall is the upcoming season of Vikings
football. After last year’s strange and shortened
season where the majority of spectators weren’t
even allowed to attend games due to pandemic re-
strictions, the Friday night lights at Siuslaw High
School’s Hans Peterson Memorial Field will be a
welcome sight to many.
While most teams hold practices in the sum-
mer to prepare for the season, Coach Sam John-
son, who is coming into his third year as the Viks’
head football coach, as well as his coaching squad
and players have been going above and beyond
that norm for quite some time. Having brought on
his cousin Nick Johnson officially as an assistant
coach, their unit as a whole is functioning on all
cylinders at this point.
“Nick is my cousin, and he’s my dad’s oldest
brother’s oldest son,” said Johnson. “When I took
over in 2019, he got a teaching job at Siuslaw as
well, and he’s been on board [assisting with the
football program] since year one. We’ve been hold-
ing football practices for four or five months in the
offseason, and things are good with it.”
Although Sam and the squad were all grateful to
be able to play at all last school year, they have all
been thrilled to have the program headed back to a
place of normalcy this school year.
“I think the biggest thing that our coaching staff
and our kids have looked forward to was having
a normal offseason,” he said. “We really hold our
hat on the fact that we’re only as good as we can
prepare from June to August, and most teams in
our league don’t really start any preparation until
See FOOTBALL page 2B
OHSU Doernbecher
Oregon’s Dungeness Crab
Management Plan seeks public offers water safety tips
as risks of childhood
comment
Recreational and commercial bay
drownings increase
crabbers are invited to share their com-
ments on Oregon’s Dungeness Crab
Fishery Management Plan and com-
mercial bay crab logbook at three vir-
tual public meetings this week.
The first meeting will be held Tues-
day, Aug. 24, beginning at 10 a.m. The
second and third meetings will be held
on Wednesday, Aug. 25, from 3 to 4
p.m., and again on Thursday, Aug. 26,
from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. An open com-
ment period will be available to the
public for one month through a dedi-
cated website starting in September.
The online public meetings will be
held via Zoom. Get login information
at www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2021/08_
Aug/081221.asp.
Dungeness crab are an important
ecological, economic and cultural re-
source for Oregon. The purpose of
Caption: Dungeness crab harvest-
ed in Oregon; photo by Greg
Krutzikowsky, ODFW.
the management plan is to provide
transparency and facilitate good gov-
ernance. This plan provides a com-
prehensive assessment of the current
knowledge on Dungeness crab and a
description of the management strate-
gy for the harvest of the resource.
See CRAB page 3B
Drowning is the lead-
ing cause of unintentional
death in children ages 1 to
4, according to the Ameri-
can Academy of Pediatrics,
and, as temperatures rise
this summer, so do the risks
of preventable harm.
With most communi-
ty pools closed during the
pandemic, more families
came to rely on backyard
pools or open bodies of wa-
ter to beat the heat. While
these are great options for
fun and recreation, the
presence of any body of wa-
ter poses real and constant
threats to kids.
“Nearly 70% of resi-
dential drownings oc-
cur when it is not swim
time,” says Ben Hoffman,
M.D., professor of pediat-
rics and medical director
of the OHSU Doernbecher
Injury Prevention Program.
“Constant, close and ca-
pable adult supervision is
essential to preventing wa-
ter-related tragedy,” he con-
tinued. “However, super-
vision can be insufficient.
Kids are quick, curious
and impulsive. I have met
dozens of families whose
child slipped out of view
for a matter of seconds and
See SAFETY page 3B
August 31
9:16 a.m. / 4.1
2:39 a.m. / 1.0
8:07 p.m. / 5.5
2:07 p.m. / 3.0
September 1
10:33 a.m. / 4.3
3:45 a.m. / 0.8
9:12 p.m. / 5.6
3:26 p.m. / 3.1
September 2
11:27 a.m. / 4.6
4:44 a.m. / 0.5
10:12 p.m. / 5.8
4:33 p.m. / 2.9
September 3
12:07 p.m. / 4.9
5:33 a.m. / 0.1
11:04 p.m. / 6.1
5:26 p.m. / 2.6
Time
Out
By Coach Lloyd
Little
Retired teacher, coach
& game official
With more than 55 years as
an athlete, coach, parent and
spectator, Lloyd Little shares
what he’s learned about sports
from his multiple points of
view.
Rehab
Athletes get injured ev-
ery day. The degree and
severity of these injuries
depend on the sport and
the action of the athlete.
Most injuries are minor
and may require little
time devoted to rehabili-
tation of the injured area.
If the injury is minor, the
athlete is likely to expe-
rience moderate pain.
When they are deeply
involved in their activity,
they may even be able to
ignore the pain for a time
but the pain may be dis-
tracting. This injury may
be treatable with ice, rest
or maybe a protective
wrap for upcoming ac-
tion.
This type of injury sel-
dom sidelines a player.
The player plays through
the moderate pain and
continues to be produc-
tive.
The pain and injury
requiring rehabilitation
is far more obvious. In
1975, while coaching
in Spray, Ore., one of
my football players was
tackled on a kick-off
return. He went down
and did not get up. As
I approached Gary, the
opposing players were
oohing and pointing at
his ankle. I moved them
away. When I later visit-
ed Gary at the local hos-
pital, it was determined
he dislocated and broke
his ankle. Not an ice
treatment recovery.
As Gary was six weeks
into his rehab another
x-ray revealed the im-
proper setting of the
ankle, and the doctors
had to reset it. Gary’s six
weeks of rehab had to be-
gin again.
I recently read an ar-
ticle about an Oregon
tight end who broke his
tibia his sophomore year
and now three years later
he is finally back playing.
Just when he thought he
was good to go, a screw
in his repaired ankle
See LITTLE page 3B
