COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL June 3, 2015
B EYOND THE G ROVE
Impactful news from Lane County and surrounding communities
Applegate House to host work-
shops on preserving memories
“Memories are Made of This” is the
theme of three workshops to be offered at
the historic Applegate House in Yoncalla on
the weekend of June 27-28.
Three different methods of preserving and
sharing family history will be taught: creat-
ing photo books, conducting oral interviews
and making memory boxes.
“Creating a Photo Book,” taught by Sue
Winn and Jane Harrison, will show partici-
pants how to use online resources to turn
family photos into high quality printed
books.
“Interviewing our Elders” will be taught
by Shannon Applegate, who will draw on
her extensive experience as an author and
historian to demonstrate effective tech-
niques for conducting oral interviews.
“Making a Memory Box,” taught by Su-
san Applegate, will show participants how
to create a memory shadow box from such
keepsakes as letters, photos, newspaper ar-
ticles and other treasured objects.
The three workshops will all take place on
the weekend of June 27 and 28. “Interview-
ing our Elders” will be on Saturday, June
27, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., while “Making a
Memory Box” will be on Sunday, June 28,
also from 10 to 4. The charge for each of
these one-day workshops is $45. There will
also be a $20 materials fee for the Memory
Box workshop.
“Creating a Photo Book” will be on both
Saturday and Sunday, from 10 to 4 each day.
The charge for this two-day workshop will
be $75. All proceeds will be used to support
the programs of Applegate House Heritage
Arts and Education
Participants on both days will meet in the
morning for tea, coffee, and pastries at the
Applegate house before beginning instruc-
tion at 10 a.m.
Those interested in more information or
Family portraits like these are the
wishing to enroll in a workshop can visit
www.applegatehouse.com, or call Sue Winn subject of the "creating a photo
at 541-849-2917 or Susan Applegate at 541- book" demonstration.
849-3500.
LORANE COUNTRY NEWS
BY LIL THOMPSON
For the Sentinel
S
chool is out next week
— this week for seniors!
This past Sunday was the Bac-
calaureate for Crow High se-
niors. The speaker was former
and beloved CHS principal, Ed
Davidson.
This Wednesday, June 3 is
Senior Recognition at 7 p.m.
All are welcome to this great
evening celebrating the seniors
and their achievements at Crow
High School. Then come out on
Friday evening, June 5 at 7 p.m.,
for graduation.
Commence-
ment speaker will be Wayne
Cordeiro. The Crow High
School Valedictorian is Regan
Grube, and the Salutatorian is
Aimee Green.
On Tuesday, June 9 at 7 p.m.
will be eighth-grade recogni-
tion. They will go on a fi eld trip
on Wednesday, June 10.
Also on June 10 at Applegate
Elementary, Kindergarten grad-
uation is at 11 a.m. followed
by a BBQ lunch for the whole
school and an awards assembly/
fi eld day.
School is out for everyone on
Thursday, June 11 with a half-
day.
Lorane Grange meets this
Thursday, June 4 at 7:30 p.m.
The women will be serving the
men pies in honor of Father’s
Day. They will also discuss
dates to begin working on the
roof. Those interested in sign-
ing up for a table at the Grange
or having a home on the map for
the upcoming Lorane Celebra-
tion 2015, can call Lil at 541-
942-5701.
Congratulations to all the
track-and-fi eld students and
coaches for a great job at state at
Hayward Field last week. The
men’s team took second place
overall. Seven team members
ranked between fi rst-fi fth place,
the 4×400 team took third place
and the 4×100 team took fi fth
place. This is the fi rst time in
47 years that Crow High School
has placed so high in the stand-
ings!
BRIEFS FROM BEYOND
Commission to
set big game tags,
coastal coho
fi sheries
T
he Fish and Wildlife
Commission
will
meet Friday, June 5 in Salem to
fi nalize controlled hunt tags for
the 2015 hunting season and set
coastal coho fi sheries.
The meeting begins at 8 a.m.
at ODFW Headquarters in the
Commission Room, 4034 Fair-
view Industrial Drive SE. The
agenda is online at http://www.
dfw.state.or.us/agency/commis-
sion/minutes/15/06_june/index.
asp
The fi rst order of business for
the Commission will be fi nal-
izing 2015 controlled hunt tags
and considering some changes
to 2016 Big Game Regulations
(though fi nal 2016 regulations
won’t be adopted until October
2015). ODFW staff are propos-
ing that 137,015 controlled hunt
big game tags be available this
fall.
Major changes under con-
sideration for the 2016 hunting
season include:
A new “premium hunt” series
that would offer an opportunity
to draw an additional deer, elk
or pronghorn tag with a longer
season.
Change renewal period for
hunters with a disability permit
from every two years to every
fi ve years.
Consider new and mainte-
nance cougar target areas to
reduce cougar damage to live-
stock, limit human safety prob-
lems, and reduce impacts on un-
gulate populations.
The Commission will also be
asked to set coastal wild coho
salmon seasons for coastal riv-
ers. Wild coho fi sheries have
been proposed in 12 basins, in
addition to Siltcoos and Tah-
kenitch lakes.
Lane County.
The project will grind and re-
pave asphalt at several locations
along the highway.
Crews will begin near Nimrod
and grind and pave at MP35-36,
36.2, and 37.7. They will then
move to the Leaburg area at MP
19.2, 19.7, and 21.2.
ODOT says the entire project
should be completed, depending
on weather, within a week to a
week-and-a-half.
The construction will occur
during daytime hours and trav-
elers should expect single lane
restrictions around the construc-
tion zones, creating delays of no
more than 20 minutes.
Knife River Corporation was
awarded the $568,000 contract
for the project.
Paving scheduled
for 126E near
Leaburg
Butterfl y Run in
Elkton
LEABURG— A paving proj-
ect to maintain OR 126E (McK-
enzie Hwy.) was scheduled to
get underway beginning Mon-
day, June 1, 2015 in the areas
around Leaburg and Nimrod in
Signups are open for the
Elkton Community Education
Center (ECEC) annual Elkton
Butterfl y Run on Saturday, June
20.
This year will feature a family
friendly 5K fun run/walk, with
bursts of color along the scenic
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YORKEES ALSO FEATURES A FULL SERVICE PAY STATION
541-942-8510
172 Gateway Blvd
(In the Bi-Mart Shopping Center)
route. Entry fees are $20 per
person until June 8 and include
a free T-shirt. Late or race day
registration is $25 and a T-shirt
is not guaranteed for registra-
tions received after June 8. Par-
ticipants are encouraged to wear
eye protection. On line regis-
tration is available at the ECEC
website www.elktonbutterfl ies.
com.
Check-in and entry registra-
tion starts at 9 a.m. Start time
for the 5K is 10:30 a.m. For
information, call 541 584-2692
or email info@elktonbutterfl ies.
com.
Also on June 20, ECEC pres-
ents its annual Blooms & But-
terfl ies Garden Celebration, fea-
turing live music, BBQ lunch,
Outpost Café, craft and vendor
booths, gift shop, garden dem-
onstrations and butterfl y tours
from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Black Sox display
A historic display featuring
Drain's famed Black Sox semi-
pro baseball team, which won
the national championship in
1958, is now in place at LaPina-
ta restaurant in Drain, according
to Joe Burrus, who organized
the display. It features memo-
rabilia from the team. Burrus
said a similar display will be
featured at the Cottage Grove
Library soon.
7A
Youth Authority
searching for teen
The Or-
egon Youth
Authority
(OYA) and
the Oregon
State Police
are request-
ing
the
public’s as-
sistance in Joshua Ward
locating a
subject who they say walked off
a job site in Florence, Oregon,
Wednesday afternoon.
According to Ann Snyder,
Oregon Youth Authority, Josh-
ua Ryan Ward, age 18, walked
away from the Camp Florence
Youth Transition Facility on
May 27. Ward is in custody for
Attempted Sexual Abuse and
Attempted Robbery.
Ward is from the Eugene area
but may have connections in
other parts of Lane County or
the Willamette Valley. He is de-
scribed as 6 feet tall and weigh-
ing 173 lbs., with brown hair
and brown eyes. He has three
pentagram tattoos on one hand.
Ward may pose a danger to
himself or others. For this rea-
son, the public is urged not to
approach him, but to call law
enforcement if he is sighted.
Any inquiries will be directed
to Ann Snyder at 503-551-8294.
There is an active warrant for
his arrest.
Ward was in OYA custody as
he was sentenced as a juvenile
before the age of 18. OYA can
keep a youth offender until their
25th birthday.
Leave wildlife in the wild:
Recent bear cub,
western pond turtle
incidents serve as
reminders, says
ODFW
A
yearling bear cub found
east of Sweet Home is
seriously underweight and can
never go back to the wild. A
western pond turtle went blind
while being kept as a pet for
seven months. Both stories serve
as good reminders that wild ani-
mals should never be taken from
the wild.
The bear was collected by Or-
egon State Police over Memo-
rial Day weekend after campers
above Green Peter Reservoir
reported the animal begging for
food and showing no fear of hu-
mans. ODFW state wildlife vet-
erinarian Colin Gillin believes
the bear may have been taken
from the wild as a cub early last
summer and then released be-
fore winter, after it had become
accustomed to humans.
“Someone may have picked
it up thinking it was orphaned,
kept it for a while, and then re-
turned it to the forest,” he said.
The bear is very thin and
weighs 25 pounds. Hair loss on
its back and rear also indicate
malnourishment. Due to its ha-
bituated behavior, it cannot be
released back to the wild. If
the bear’s physical exam tests
show that it is healthy, Gillin
will seek out an accredited zoo
to take it. “We receive bear cubs
every spring and summer,” he
laments. “Those that have spent
the winter without a mother are
in fairly tough shape and very
malnourished by spring.”
Similar problems occur with
deer fawns, elk calves and
other young wildlife picked up
by people at this time of year.
ODFW district offi ces across
Oregon are getting calls from
people concerned about “or-
phaned” fawns and calves they
fi nd huddled up in the forest.
“The mother deer or elk is
usually not far away and will
return for her young if they are
left undisturbed and people are
not around,” says ODFW Baker
District Biologist Brian Ratliff,
who recently counseled a man
to leave an elk calf he found on
the Wallowa-Whitman National
Forest alone (photo available).
“Never assume an animal is or-
phaned. If you saw the parent
killed or the animal is injured,
call ODFW, Oregon State Po-
lice or a wildlife rehabilitator.”
While people who pick up
young wildlife might be well
intentioned, their actions can
lead to the animal’s early death.
Young animals taken from the
wild miss the chance to learn
important survival skills from
the parent animal like where to
feed, what to eat, how to behave
as part of a group and how to es-
cape from predators. Research
on deer shows that fawns that
miss this vital learning rarely
survive as long as their wild-
reared counterparts, even after
care by a licensed wildlife reha-
bilitator.
If an animal is injured, or
truly orphaned, it needs spe-
cial care. Oregon’s 40 licensed
wildlife rehabilitators have the
knowledge and facilities to pro-
vide this care. They use meth-
ods that limit human interaction
and mimic the animal’s natural
lifestyle as much as possible, so
the animal has the best chance
of survival when returned to the
wild.
Taking animals out of the
wild, transporting them, or
keeping them at home are all
violations of state law. Earlier
this month, Oregon State Police
cited an Eagle Point woman for
unlawful possession of a pro-
hibited species for keeping a
half-blind western pond turtle
as a pet for seven months. She
picked it up off Highway 62
north of Eagle Point last October
and took it home, where she fed
it peanut butter, mushrooms and
worms. Its eyesight worsened in
the second eye due to infection.
She eventually gave the turtle to
Wildlife Images Rehabilitation
Center in Grants Pass, where
antibiotic treatment improved
its eye infection and restored
sight in one eye. The turtle was
released back to the wild in the
Agate Lake area today.
The ODFW urges the public
to follow these tips if they en-
counter young animals in the
wild and never take an animal
from the wild. Those who see
an injured or truly orphaned
animal, call a local ODFW of-
fi ce, Oregon State Police offi ce,
or a local wildlife rehabilitation
center: