The Columbia Press
October 8, 2021
Warriors win confidently
Changes proposed
to state park rules
The Oregon Parks and Rec-
reation Department seeks
public comment on three
proposed rule changes that
govern state parks, as di-
rected by legislation passed
during the 2021 session.
• The first proposal would
prohibit those convicted of
a bias crime on public prop-
erty or state waterway from
entering any state park for up
to five years. The proposed
amendment establishes a
process for issuing exclusion
notices.
• The second change would
increase fees for RV camp-
sites by 25 percent for out-of-
state residents.
Under the current system,
out-of-state campers pay the
RV site rate. Oregon residents
with RVs pay both the RV site
rate plus an RV license plate
fee, some of which goes to
state park operations.
Additional revenue from
the surcharge would go to
pay for day-to-day operations
and repairs to state parks.
• The third change under
consideration adds a require-
ment that members of the
Outdoor Recreation Advisory
Council be appointed by the
governor.
The council advises the Of-
fice of Outdoor Recreation
on outdoor policy and prior-
ities.
The deadline for comments
is 5 p.m. Nov. 10.
Comments may be submit-
ted during a virtual public
hearing set for 6 p.m. Oct. 27.
To registration, visit ore-
gon.gov/oprd/PRP/Pages/
PRP-rulemaking.aspx.
Comments also can be sub-
mitted online at the website.
Comments also can be sent
to OPRD.publiccomment@
oregon.gov or to OPRD, At-
tention Katie Gauthier, 725
Summer St. N.E., Suite C, Sa-
lem OR 97301.
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By Bruce Dustin
For The Columbia Press
Bruce Dustin
Avyree Miethe dives for the ball in last week’s game against
Willamina.
WHS loses to Willamina
By Bruce Dustin
For The Columbia Press
The negative: Warrenton
Warriors’ volleyball team lost
Tuesday to the visiting Willa-
mina Bulldogs.
They dropped the first two
sets 22-25 and 14-25. They
beat the Bulldogs in the third
set 25-16, but lost the match,
losing in the fourth set, 14-25.
The positive: The girls wore
pink jerseys with match-
ing pick socks in support of
breast cancer awareness.
They sought donations to
benefit Columbia Memori-
al Hospital’s OHSU Knight
Cancer Collaborative.
Women from 45-54 should
have a mammogram at least
every two years, was the mes-
sage.
They say “Winning isn’t
everything, but when fighting
cancer, winning is the only
thing.”
The Warrenton Warriors
football team hit the field last
Friday night confident they
would win. It was expected of
them.
Confidence is an import-
ant quality. Over confidence,
though, based on the Univer-
sity of Oregon’s game against
Stanford last Saturday, can
be a detriment.
“We couldn’t come into this
game thinking it was going
to be a piece of cake,” said
Ethan Caldwell.
Christian Tapales, a se-
nior center and tackle, said,
“Coach O’Brien told us before
the game that we better not
come out flat; we better not
play down to their level.”
And they didn’t.
The Warriors were up 21-0
by the end of the first quarter
and they never looked back.
The Clatskanie Tigers didn’t
have a first down in the first
half of the game. Warrenton
bleached the Tigers’ laundry
a vivid white, 41-0.
They were next up in an
away game against Corbet on
Thursday.