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Lane County Develops System of 23 Parks
To Provide Recreation for Expanding Area
Tuesday, August 20, 1957
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Lane county, one of only two
Oregon counties reaching from
the high Cascades to the Pacific
ocean (the other is Douglas)
stretches 118 miles from east
to west and 58 miles from north
to south.
In the county's"" 4573 square
miles are maijsx opportunities
for recreation and family out
door enjoyment, not the least
of which are the Lane county
parks, 23 now developed and
being enjoyed by the public; the
sites for ten more acquired and
planned for future development.
We visited some of these out
standing county parks in a re
cent swing through the cecity
in the Oregon State Motor as
sociation's white motorlog car.
Fopalation Jumps
Five years ago number of
far-thinking Lane county resi
dents members of service
clubs, conservationists, sports
men, became alarmed about
the county's natural recreation
al resources.
A rapidly increasing popula
tionnearly double We 1940 total
of 70,000 was straining existing
recreation facilities.
As timber was cut to feed the
area's booming lumber industry,
more and more natural recrea
tion sites were disappearing.
These civic - minded people
banded together to form Lane
County Recreation, Inc., which
tn turn generated public Inter
est In the problem and eventu
ally called an open, public meet
ing to discuss and deal with it
The public meeting took ac
tion to recommend that the
eonsty commission set up an
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Lome County Parks
L Haceta beach park, frra miles
northwest of Florence: water,
toilet, picnicking, - fishing,
view, aato access to beach.
X. Holiday harbor, at Florence;
caretaker, water, toilets,
boat launching ramp, moor
are, flehtnir: administered by
city. m
4. Btltooos pabbe landing. West
lake; popular lake fishing,
boat launching.
5. Sluslaw harbor vista, four
miles northwest of Floreice,
overlooking mouth of Slu
slaw; 11 acres, toilets, pic
nicking, fishing, trail, view,
water fadllUes being devel
oped, o
n. Tide Wayside park, three
miles west of Swlsshome;
large fireplace, water, toilets,
picnicking, swimming, boat
launching, trail, view.
23. Camp Lane, Richardson, routs
V; group camp, 4-H admin
istered; caretaker, water,
flush toilets, publle picnick
ing and camping allowed on
permission of caretaker, fish
ing, trail.
tL Brown's public landing, two
miles southeast Junction
City; access to Willamette
river, toilets, picnicking, fish
ing, boat launching.
tL Ferry street bridge park, Eu
gene; beautiful area of 12
acres, fishing, boat launch
tog.
V. Sandy's park, Ove miles
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There are four developed Lane county parks along the shores of the lake behind Dorena,
dam. Here, the Oregon State Motor association car stops at Harms park, which has boat
moorage and an excellent launching ramp. The Dorena dam tn the center background.
advisory commission to make
a planning survey for county-
wide outdoor recreation.
County commissioners and the
advisory group went to Rose-
burg to observe the workings of
the Douglas county parks sys
tem, which had been set up
two years before. A month aft
er, in April, 1953, the county
commissioners wrote the order
setting up the Lane county
parks and recreation commis
sion.
Not Bpeelal District
The Lane county parks and
recreation department is not
set up as a special district
It is a department of the county
government, a general fund de
partment. Last year's operat
ing budget was 56,383, with a lit
tle larger one approved for
the present fiscal year $5000
has been specifically ear
marked, for the Erst time, for
acquisition of land. Up to this
year, land for county parks has
been acquired by tax foreclo
sure, gifts, plus one acquisition
with funds realized by a trans
action with Southern Pacific.
The Lane County Parks and
Recreation department does not
seek to infringe on the opera
tion of any other governmental
agency, according to Parks Su
perintendent Gene Renard. The
county set-up, he emphasizes,
is concerned with developments
in non-urban areas where cities
do not figure, and steps in only
where federal or state govern
ments are not filling the need
for parks and recreation.
Two Areas Vital
The Lane parks department
is much concerned with develop
ment in two critical areas : first,
around the man-made lakes be
hind the flood control dams on
the Willamette and tributaries;
second, along the coast area, in
Florence and to the north of It
The tremendous boom in boat
ing and water sports, plus the
convenient access of the dam
reservoirs to the Eugene area,
center of Lane county's popula
tion, motivates development of
lake-side recreation areas.
The project Route F cut-off
west from Eugene, via state
highway 220 and county road to
Mapleton, makes planning for
development of coast parks im
perative, according to Superin
tendent Renard.
The existing road from Rich
ardson to Swisshome is pass
able, but not recommended for
tourist travel. However, work is
going on on the new straight
cut-off from Richardson to
Mapleton, and according to
Ralph Petersen, Lane county
commissioner, this stretch may
be passable by next summer
and "certainly a pretty good
road will be through by two
years from now."
Tunnel Constructed
A tunnel has been built, on
county and federal funds and
engineered by the state, through
the coast range ridge at Knowles
creek. Remaining to be done is
a stretch of road connecting
the west end of the tunnel to
Mapleton.
According to Petersen, the
new Route F when completed
will cut off 21 miles from Eu
gene to Florence as compared
to the present route via high
way 36. With Eugene at that
time only 60 miles from Flor
ence, the concern of the Lane
county parks department in de
veloping coast facilities is under
standable.
A five-year plan calls for
development of a minimum of
150 more camping and picnick
ing units throughout the county.
M7 1 1 footed &;t a,
j l?ne Cou.nty Oregon
northwest of Eugene; com
munity project, playground.
30. Spencer's Butte bridle trail,
south of Eugene, Amazon to
Spencer's Butte; trail and
view.
'3L Harms park, north side of
Dorena lake; toilets, picnick
ing, camping, fishing, boat
. launching, small moorage,
fine ramp and pier.
52. Bake Stewart park, north
side of Dorena lake; toilets,
picnicking, camping, popular
fishing spot.
'53. Vaughn park, 25 acres south
side of Dorena lake; toilets,
picnicking, swimming, camp
ing, popular fishing spot,
'54. Baker Bay recreational area,
south side Dorena lake; eare
- taker, water, toilets, picnick
ing, swimming, camping, fish
ing, boat launching, moor-
' age, boats and supplies avail
able. 55. Blue Mountain park, seven
miles southeast of Cottage
Grove; water facilities being
developed, toilets, picnicking,
camping, fishing, also Um
ber demonstration tract.
61. Dexter North Shore park,
west of Lowell; caretaker,
water, toilets, picnicking,
swimming, fishing, boat
launching, moorage admin
istered by boat club.
63. Lsandax landing. Lookout
Point lake; sheltered cove,
boat launching, toilets, pic
nicking, camping, fishing.
64. Ivan Oakes park. Lookout
Point lake ; 30 acres and major
project under way ; water,
toilets, picnicking, swimming,
camping, fishing, boat launching.
91. Clover Point, at Nlmrod ; Me
Kenzle viewpoint, fishing.
92. Blue River community park,
at Blue River; water, toilets,
picnicking, playground, fish
lng, ball field, skating rink.
93. Forest Glen landing, at Blue
River; game commission
owned, fishing and boat
launching.
60. Dexter viewpoint; 100 acres,
water, toilets, fishing and
boat launching; picnic facili
ties being developed.
2. Mercer lake landing, north rt
Florence; fishing and boat
launching.
Licensed corps of engineer!
land.
Swimming and camping Is al
lowed In all parks, even where na
special facilities are provided, un
less specifically prohibited by
signs posted on the spot.
Lack of More 'Scare' for Hurricane Audry
New Orleans (IP! Raymond
, Kraft, newly promoted chief
weather forecaster for New Or
leans, said he wished he had put
more "scare" into warnings
about Hurrican Audrey
This was the first public state
ment issued by' a U.S. Weather
Bureau official in response to
criticism that Louisiana coastal
residents were not fully warned
of the danger,
When Audrey swept in from
the Gulf of Mexico with 105-
mile-per-hour winds in June, a
wall of water engulfed entire
towns. Audrey left 328 persons
known dead and 190 missing.
Many survivors in the hard
hit area of Cameron, La., have
blamed the weather bureau, at
least in part, for the high death
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"When we went to bed Wed
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hurricane would not hit until the
next afternoon. We thought we
had lots of time
Kraft, who prepared weather
forecasts for the Army before it
bombed the Ploesti oil fields of
Hungary in World War II, said
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"those who have suffered such
great losses."
Would Use More Scare
Louisiana's U.S. senators and
Rept. T. A. Thompson (D-La.)
were highly critical of the
weather bureau for its warnings
about Audrey. Thompson de
manded an investigation. '
But Kraft, long with the
weather bureau's headquarters
in Washington and Maj. Gen.
Raymond Hufft, Louisiana, ad
jutant general, pointed out that
the hurrican advisories warned
22 hours before the storm hit,
that persons in low lying areas
should evacuate to higher
ground.
"If we had it to do over."
Kraft said, we'd try to scare
them a little more through the
advisories, but there is a dan
ger of crying wolf. If we cry wolf
everytime a storm stirs in the
Gulf fhe people will lose confi
dence in the forecasts."
Partially as a result of the
hurricane, the weather bureau
conducted meetings in Gulf
coast states to develop a com
munications plan for relaying
warnings.
Kraft was asked whether the
weather bureau, news media,
civil defense, the Red Cross or
law enforcement officers should
attempt to "interpret" storm ad
visories. "That's hard to say," Kraft
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Pinocchio's Red Lobster
Inn Replica To Be Built
Washington Ml The fiction
al Red Lobster Inn where the
puppet Pinocchio and his com
panions, the Fox and the Cat,
had so many misadventures is
coming to life.
R. E. Fagiolo, a Washington
insurance executive, has ' re
ceived permission from the Ital
ian government to build a repli
ca of the inn at Pinocchio Park
in Collodi, Italy.
Collodi is the birthplace of the
Story Book puppet's creator.
Carlo Lorenzini. Fagiolo, 56, is
a native of Rome and married a
girl from Collodi.
The inn is no fairy tale to Fag
iolo. It's strictly a business prop
osition. He recently presented a
set of plans for a $75,000 replica
to Manlio Brosio, Italian ambas
sador in Washington.
The executive has formed a
corporation to finance the Red
Lobster. He plans to issue 10,000
shares at $20 each.
"Many people I meet in my
business want to buy shares,
even staff members at the Ital
ian embassy," he said.
Once the inn opens next sum
mer, it will be a "going opera
tion." Fagiolo said.
'We hope to make it one of
the biggest tourist attractions in
Italy."
Four future tourists already
have indicated they want to see
Pinocchio Park Fagiolo's four
grandchildren.
The inn will accommodate 400
diners in an indoor tavern and
an outdoor patio roofed with a
overnight guest rooms.
The Red Lobster will be built
in the traditional architectural
style of Collodi. The city is in
the Tuscany section of Italy near
Florence. Collodi's gardens, dat
ing back to the eighth century,
already are a popular tourist
stop.
Fagiolo became interested in
Pinocchio Park in 1950 when he
visited Italy for the first time
since he left the country as a
12-year-old boy.
A 20-foot high statue of Pin
occhio. and his good fairy was
dedicated at the park last year
by President Giovanni Gronchi
of Italy. The statue, by Emilio
Greco, was financed by contri
butions from persons in 26 na
tions. Walt Disney gave $150.
Each, contributor received a
certificate "good for one lie,"
guaranteeing that the fibber's
nose would not lengthen as Pin
occhio's did when he strayed
from the truth.
Also installed at the park are
mosaics Italians love so much.
Also planned for the park are a
library and possibly an orphan
age. Fagiolo's life hasn't been the
same since he became involved
in the project. His downtown of
fice is crowded with blueprints
of the Red Lobster, pictures of
Pinocchio Park and scrapbooks
full of newspaper and magazine
clippings about the park.
It he has been slow in answer
ing his correspondence lately,
there is a good reason. His secre-
Regretted
give him specific information
about the approaching storm.
One sheriff evacuated the coast
al area of his parish without con
sulting us. He did it on the basis
of our raw advistory."
He referred to Sheriff Chester
Wooten of Plaquemines Parish,
whose 4,000 residents of Grand
Isle moved many miles inland
more than 24 hours before the
hurrican hit The storm struck
more than 200 miles west of
Plaquemines, but its people were
prepared.
"Hindsight tells us we should
have singled out Cameron in
particular and told them to get
out," Kraft said. "But when you
have a big area exposed to a
hurricane, you can't tell every
one to evacuate.
"Our suggestion (contained in
advisories) to leave low ground
was a bit beyond our authority
We are just supposed to forecast
weather." , '
grape arbor. There will be eight tary is reading "Pinocchio."
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