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REEDSPORT — An ambitious wave ener-gy project off Oregon’s South Coast may bedelayed because of federal regulatory com-pliance issues.

In its third-quarter financial results,Ocean Power Technologies said “regulator,business and financial factors” may delayinstallation of its PowerBuoy wave energysystem off Reedsport beyond 2013. Thecompany cited compliance with FederalEnergy Regulatory Commission reportingrequirements as one of the factors.

The Associated Press reported that OPTCEO Chuck Dunleavy told investors that thecompany may have to “submit certain reportsand perform additional studies” to satisfy theFederal Energy Regulatory Commission.

“This process could require significantdelay of the deployment of the firstPowerBuoy, as well as present additionalcosts for the company,” Dunleavy said.

The project has suffered three majordelays to date. The original installation wasplanned for late 2011, but OPT pushed backwork until the summer of 2012.

When the company finally beganinstalling the giant undersea anchors for thefirst buoy, inclement weather brought anend to work after only one of the threeanchors had been placed.

And in February 2013, OPT reported thatit could not locate the subsurface floatmeant to show the location of an anchor ithad placed about 2.5 miles off Reedsport.

OPT planned to have a buoy operationalby this spring. FERC issued OPT a 35-yearlicense for the wave energy park in August.If completed, the park will be the first com-mercial wave energy operation in the U.S.

By Steve Lindsley, The Umpqua Post

Chance Gentry, 3, is cheered on by his dad, Brandon, during Sunday’sGardiner-Reedsport Lion’s 61st Annual Easter Egg Hunt in Baronne Parkin Reedsport. Chance found a “golden egg,” worth a golden dollar afterthe hunt. Left: Katelynn and McKenzie Skallerud pose with the EasterBunny at the 61st Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Reedsport's Baronne Park.Below: The Easter Bunny hands out treats to kids at the 61st AnnualEaster Egg Hunt.

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By Steve Lindsley, The Umpqua Post

A group of red-shirted volunteers from the Roseburg Fred Meyer walk the beach near the Umpqua Dunes, south of Winchester Bay, looking for trash dur-ing the Solve Spring Beach Cleanup, Saturday. Solve invites volunteers to clean the beaches of trash and debris twice a year. Great weather greeted vol-unteers for the spring cleanup.

BY STEVE LINDSLEYThe Umpqua Post

Dozens of people. Dozens of bags of trashand debris. Plenty of sunshine and enthusiasm.That was what greeted those who participatedin the Spring Beach Cleanup.

In Douglas County, there were two siteswhere volunteers could pick up trash. One wasa beach just south of Salmon Harbor. Anotherwas a remote beach north of Gardiner at theend of Sparrow Park Road. While those whocombed the beach south of Winchester Bayfound little trash, those who rode ATVs andfour-wheelers scanned the beach north ofGardiner to find plenty.

Michael Northrop, a fisheries biologist forthe Siuslaw National Forest, kept an eye onboth cleanup sites.

“I've been doing doing it for about eightyears,” Northrop said. “I coordinate the sites in

Douglas County. Parking lot two of theUmpqua Dunes and then Sparrow Park Road.”

He said, in some years, the dunes site mayattract only a half dozen people but, this year,there were at least three dozen.

“This is a pretty good turnout,” he said. “Ithink a lot of it had to do with the weather. It isjust a gorgeous day out. Not a lot of wind andit’s actually pretty warm. This is like theSeptember one, when the weather’s usuallygreat. It’s not even April yet. This is reallygood.”

Northrop said the site off the UmpquaDunes usually doesn’t generate a lot of trash.

“Not a lot of trash at the moment,” he said.“Sometimes you got a west wind and a wholebunch of garbage comes in. Today, it feels likewe have an east breeze.”

The fact not much trash was found atUmpqua Dunes wasn’t for lack of enthusiasmvolunteers.

“It sounded like a great thing to do on aSaturday,” said Katie Corcoran, a formerReedsport resident who now lives inIndependence. “I’ve done it several times.”

“We enjoy the beach,” Katie’s mom, Delana,added. “We like to keep our beaches clean andpretty for everyone.”

Both said they’ve cleaned the beach in yearswhere there seemed to be a lot of trash. Lastyear, Pete Wipf of Portland came to supportvolunteers from the Roseburg Fred Meyer store,who formed a team, complete with red T-shirts.

“My son-in-law works for Fred Meyer,”Wipf said. “It’s a good way to go out and helpout in the community. It’s my first time.”

Wipf’s son-in-law, Dan Smith of Roseburg,said he was also along to provide support.

“I’m the cook for the Fred Meyer crew,” he

Beach cleanup is no wash in Douglas

SEE CLEANUP, PAGE A7

BY STEVE LINDSLEYThe Umpqua Post

The Reedsport PlanningCommission voted to rec-ommend allowing a taxibusiness to operate out of aresidence in south Reedsportin a single family R-1 zone.

The full-time taxi busi-ness would operate out of ahome at 2688 HighlandsDrive.

City AdministratorJonathan Wright, who alsoacts as staff to the planningcommission, reported on therequest.

“Requests for homeoccupations are requests forsmall-scale, low-impactbusinesses, such as musiclessons, tax preparations, TVrepair, and so on,” Wrightreported, “that do notdetract from the residentialuse of a dwelling, nor impactthe neighborhood adversely.”

Review of such a requestis usually an administrativeaction, but Wright said hemade an exception in thiscase.

“Staff is concerned thatthe applicant’s request for a24-hour, seven-day-a-weektaxi business may causecompatibility issues with theneighboring properties,”Wright said. “Given thatthere are no real provisionsin the city’s land usage ordi-nance limiting the type ofbusiness allowed, the plan-

Home taxibusinessgets OK

SEE TAXI, PAGE A7

Care to talk about tsuna-mi preparedness? TerryPlotz, a tsunami outreachcoordinator, will talk aboutpreparedness at 5:30 p.m.

April 9 at the Lower UmpquaHospital conference room.

It’s part of the hospital’s“Care to Talk About” series.The event is free and open tothe public. Light refresh-ments will be served.

The conference room isjust inside the lower-levelentrance at the rear of thehospital. Enter the doormarked “Receiving.”

The budget is on the agenda for the Winchester Bay RuralFire Protection District board and budget committee at 6p.m. Monday, April 8, at the fire hall in Winchester Bay.

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L.W. Hinshaw, right, and Jake Hinshaw of Irons in the Fire fencing, do some straightening work, after removing the old fence atLions Park in Reedsport. The fence is being replaced by a lower, black-coated fence. The city of Reedsport wanted to make itmore attractive.

BY STEVE LINDSLEYThe Umpqua Post

A chance to talk aboutfood, education and agricul-ture is coming to Reedsporton Wednesday, April 3.

It’s a “community con-versation to seed communityaction” facilitated byNeighborWorks Umpqua andthe Oregon Food Bank. It willbe held from 2-4:30 p.m. atthe Port of Umpqua Annexon Winchester Ave.

“The event is open toanybody who’s interested incoming,” said Laura Stroud,who works on DouglasCounty food issus forNeighborWorks.

“Those who may find itespecially relevant are peopleinvolved in food systemswork. That can be anythingfrom being a backyard gar-dener, to being a farmer,being someone who caresabout what they serve theirfamily at home to being achef at a restaurant.”

Stroud also says publichealth employees and any-one interested in health,food, agriculture, nutritionand hunger also are encour-aged to attend.

She said the discussionwill be driven by partici-pants, not the Oregon FoodBank.

“It’s definitely not themcoming down to prescribeanything or to tell anyonewhat they should do,” Stroudsaid. “They have staff thathas led this kind of meetingthroughout the entire state.They’re very experienced inbeing responsive to commu-nities and providing the righttype of environment for folksto feel comfortable dis-cussing and getting the bestideas out of communitymembers.”

Stroud, based inRoseburg, works withNeighborWorks Umpqua asan AmeriCorps servicemember.

Also scheduled to attendthe Reedsport meeting isSharron Thornberry, a com-munity food systems manag-er at Oregon Food Bank.

“The Oregon Food Bankrealized that providingemergency food boxes,which is the typical functionof food pantries, is notenough to eliminate hunger,”Stroud explained. “So, theychanged their mission to

eliminating hunger and itsroot causes.”

That effort will be part ofthe discussion at theReedsport meeting.

Reedsport has two foodbanks. The AARP food pantyoperates Thursdays from abuilding in Henderson Park.Project Blessing operatesWednesdays at UnitedPresbyterian Church.

“There's a possibility ofmerging those two in thefuture,” Stroud said, “to pro-vide better service andlonger hours.”

Stroud says the visitingagencies are interested inimproving the way food isdelivered to those in need.

“They have begun to lookat community food systemsinvolving school cafeterias,community gardens, smallfarmers and farmers' mar-kets,” she explained.“Looking at how to betterconnect people with foodand strengthen localeconomies, because both ofthose things are essential tomaking sure that everyone ina community has enoughfood to eat.”

Stroud says it’s a matterof being able to afford andget food and having a localeconomy that is supportingall residents.

Such events have alreadytaken place in Riddle, Elktonand Roseburg.

“I think a lot of times thesmaller towns are the onesmost in need of a conversa-tion like this,” Stroud said.“It gives people a chance tocome together in a room tofocus, for a couple of hours,on a single issue. They mayalready know everybody inthe room and maybe there’ssomeone else there whothey’ve heard about, buthaven’t had the opportunityto meet. It gives folks achance to come together andfocus on one thing, even for ashort time.”

Stroud said the agencieswanted to come to Reedsportbecause of the town’s isola-tion from the rest of DouglasCounty.

“I really wanted to makesure that we got out there tohear what was going on andto give folks the opportunityto contribute,” she said.

Reach Editor SteveLindsley at 541-271-7474ext. 203 and steve.linds-ley@theworldlink.com.

The Douglas CountySenior Services menu thisweek at Reedsport’s LowerUmpqua Senior Center:

TThhuurrssddaayy,, AApprriill 44::Chicken and penne pasta, cutgreen beans, pineapplecoleslaw, cornmeal roll andstrawberry whip.

FFrriiddaayy,, AApprriill 55:: Bakedham with pineapple, sweetpotatoes, tossed salad withginger dressing, multi-grainbread and frosted confetticake.

TTuueessddaayy,, AApprriill 99:: Orangeglazed chicken, steamed cab-bage, seasoned carrots,brown rice and banana pud-ding.

TThhuurrssddaayy,, AApprriill 1111::Garden vegetable lasagna,peas and carrots, icebergsalad with red wine vinai-grette, French bread, red gel-atin jewels with whippedtopping.

FFrriiddaayy,, AApprriill 1122:: Tunasalad sandwich half on wholewheat bread, split pea soup,spinach romaine salad withFrench dressing and peanutbutter cookie

One-percent milk isserved with all meals, and thesuggested donation is $3.50per meal.

Reedsportn March 11, 9.21 a.m., dis-turbance, 1500 blockWinchester Ave.; informa-tion only.

n March 26, 11:45 a.m.,suspicious circumstance,1250 Highway Ave.; suspi-cious umbrella with otheritems left on sidewalk infront of Dairy Queen andno one around.

n March 26, 2:39 p.m.,domestic disturbance,

1000 block Salmon HarborDrive; officer responded.

Gardinern March 26, 9:34 a.m.,fugitive, 1200 block SecondStreet; arrest made.

n March 26, 2:57 p.m.,non-injury motor-vehicleaccident, 80000 block U.S.Highway 101; officerresponded.

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HIGH TIDE A.M. P.M.Date Time Ft. Time Ft.3-Apr 6:12 6.58 8:02 5.554-Apr 7:30 6.3 9:08 5.835-Apr 8:48 6.21 10:03 6.216-Apr 9:58 6.27 10:49 6.67-Apr 10:59 6.38 11:29 6.93 8-Apr 11:52 6.47 -- --9-Apr 12:06 7:17 12:39 6.48

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Petty Officer 1st Class Benjamin Snider, a boatswain’s mateassigned to Coast Guard Station Umpqua River, received the13th District’s Enlisted Person of the Year Award at a ceremo-ny held at Coast Guard Base Seattle. He stands with RearAdmiral Keith Taylor, Master Chief Petty Officer JasonVanderhaden and Master Chief Petty Officer Russell Lockey. Inaddition to his Coast Guard duties, Snider has volunteered formany community-service events. Snider was selected among14 active-duty finalists throughout the West.

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“Let me just start by sayingI’m Caddie.”

It was a chance to talkabout a lot of subjects.

State RepresentativeCaddie McKeown, D-CoosBay, held a 90-minute listen-ing session at a local Reedsportrestaurant Thursday evening.

Among the topics, the cur-rent legislative session.

“The session started outwith a bang,” she said. “Thingsare moving very, very quickly.”

She said some critical billsmoved quickly through thefirst few weeks of the 2013 ses-sion.

“One of them was theColumbia River Crossing,” shesaid. “That’s one we got off thetable early on.”

McKeown reported sheserves on four committees.Those include transportationand economic development,the ways and means subcom-mittee on transportation, agri-culture and natural resourcesand the O&C payment taskforce for the house.

Bills that she called “biggorillas in the room” are edu-cation funding, the co-chairs’budget and PERS reform.

“PERS is the topic of theday,” she said.“It’s very con-troversial. I will tell you, in myoffice, we’re getting peoplewho contact me that are allover the map. There is no con-sensus on this bill. I have peo-ple who are very upset thatwe’re doing anything and Ihave people that are unhappythat we didn’t go farther.Nobody’s saying ‘yay, you didit just right.’” People are either‘don’t touch it’ or “doublewhat you’re doing.”

She says she’s not sure theissue will be resolved quickly.

She said her O&C workgroup has held one meetingthis session.

“What they charged us

with, “ McKeown continued,“is to begin to consider whathappens if a county becomesinsolvent. They were lookingat how you provide services ifthe state has to step in. Wewere talking about how do youdo your tax assessment, howdo you do your tax collection,how do you run your clerk’soffice if the state has to take itover.”

She solicited suggestionson how to answer those ques-tions.

She said one suggestionwas to send a separate bill tocities and other taxing districtsfor doing their tax collections,if the state has to step in.

“If everything goes asplanned, it may move in a cou-ple of weeks,” she said, “or itmay get hung up and we maybe there until August.”

McKeown says the possibleresettlement of industriesaffected by the proposedColumbia River Crossing, anew bridge over the riverbetween Portland andVancouver, may mean oppor-tunity for coastal businesses.

“I think your mayor needsto get on the phone,” she said,referring to Reedsport MayorKeith Tymchuk, who was sit-ting next to her.“There are

some businesses, east of thebridge, that build very largecomponents and they towthem to their final destination.I had some of them in myoffice as we were trying tomove this forward.”

One of the businesses fab-ricates drilling-rig compo-nents. She says it may be diffi-cult to move those parts if theproposed bridge is built.

“Their home base is inCorvallis,” she explained.“They do a lot of the fabrica-tion for the parts in Corvallis.Then they move them, acrossthe bridge, to their installationon the Washington side.

The question is,“do youbuild another facility downbelow the bridge,” she said.

She said four businesseswould be affected.

“My thought was, well, ifyou make the components inCorvallis, and they’re truck-ing them over to Washington,why don’t you put them on arail car and bring them downto Reedsport,” she told thegroup. “Then, you could doyour final preparation downhere and launch them from adock down here. It makessense to me. I don’t think it’sout of the realm of possibilityto reach out to these folks and

see if there’s some kind ofpotential.”

McKeown’s next eventwill be a legislative town hallat noon on April 6 at theFlorence Fire Department.She plans a town hall at theCoos Bay Fire Station onElrod Street that same after-noon from 4 to 5 p.m.

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State Rep. Caddie McKeown listens to Ron Kreskey, who cameto a Reedsport get-together she held on Thursday, March 28th.

Ask for volunteersto work on parade

As a U.S. Navy veteranand member of theReedsport VFW Post 3594, Iam disturbed to find outthere will not be a paradethis year during theMemorial Day celebration.Our Quartermaster RonThompson was told it isbecause there isn’t anyoneto organize it.

What about publicly ask-ing for a volunteer?

I know my family and Ilook forward to the wayReedsport celebratesMemorial Day. Me becauseof the respect, honor andacknowledgment given toour fallen heroes. My son,who is 9, looks forward tothe candy thrown from theparade entrants, the firetrucks, clowns and all theother reasons children loveparades. The parade gives abit of levity to a somber day.

Who else was lookingforward to this special part

of our celebration? AAmmaannddaa JJoohhnnssoonn

Lakeside

The same weaponsand technology

No matter how one mayfeel about Wayne La Pierre,the executive director of theNational Rifle Association, orby extension, the NRA itself,one must concede a goodpoint when made. Speakingat the Weatherby FoundationInternational 2013 Hunting &Conservation Award Dinneron Jan. 22 (as reported by TheNew Yorker Magazine), Mr.La Pierre made theseremarks:

“We believe we deserve,and have every right to, thesame level of freedom thatour government leaders keepfor themselves, and the samecapabilities and same tech-nologies that criminals useto prey upon us and our fam-ilies. That means we believein our right to defend our-selves and our families withsemi-automatic technology.

“We believe that if nei-ther the criminal nor thepolitical class is limited bymagazine capacity, weshouldn't be limited in ourcapacity either.”

The above remark makesmore sense when one con-siders the fact that it wasfrom a genuine fear and dis-trust of the power of federalgovernment (being then cre-ated) that our founderscrafted the Bill of Rights inthe first place. The SecondAmendment was included toensure that the citizens ofthe newly formed UnitedStates would always have afinal check on the power ofthat government beingformed and never bereduced in servitude to it,

but that it remain sub-servient to the people.

Thus, the power struggleensues: The law-abidingcitizen versus the criminaland political classes. Somebelieve they are becomingone and the same.Regardless, the law-abidingclass appears to be losing.

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Warming shelter isnot a Christian act

The article on the frontpage of The Umpqua Postlast week about the W.F.Jewett school being turnedinto a warming site and shel-ter for the homeless is a con-cern to Gardiner residents.

How can this be a

Christian thing to do?Gardiner is a very small

community made up ofretired and handicappedpeople. There are 14 historichomes in Gardiner plus thehistoric W.F. Jewett school.These homes are lived in bypeople who have lived inGardiner most of their livesand look out for one another.

There are no grocerystores, hospitals or servicesfor people here. Resourcesare all in Reedsport. Thatwould require transportationto and from Reedsport daily.What person is going to beresponsible for the mentallyill and drug addicted?

Round-the-clock policeprotection would berequired. The sheriff is not

always available now. Do youthink Douglas County wouldhire a full-time deputy topolice this area?

Why not use the manyempty buildings inReedsport? There are manyvacant properties that areavailable and would be lesscostly to be renovated for ahomeless shelter by mem-bers of your congregationand the people you workwith.

The historic W.F. Jewettschool building should beleft as is, to be purchased byone or more businesses, asthis would generate badlyneeded jobs and income forthis area.

CC..EE.. HHiisshhaawwGardiner

It was a glorious expe-rience.

Twice a year, peoplecome from all over thecountry to help cleanOregon’s beaches.

Saturday, they weregreeted with sunnyweather, light winds and acalm ocean for the SpringBeach Cleanup.

I’ve been writing aboutOregon beach cleanupsfor years as a reporter, butit’s the first time I’veactually been able to coverone in person. It’s onething to talk with volun-teers and organizers onthe phone for radio andnewspaper reports, butit’s entirely another to talkwith people as they hit thebeach and drag their bagsof gunk back to the drop-off site.

Whole families makethe trip. A local Girl Scouttroop enthusiastically wentout on the sand. Youngmarried couples spent timetogether looking for trash.Children and dogs ran onthe beach, probably moreinterested in the sand andsurf than the trash.

It’s impressive.Even more impressive

were the local Rotarians,who traveled to Eugene toselect some specialtyglass floats to use forprizes for locals who makethe bumpy trip up

Sparrow Park Road toclean the hard-to-accessbeach. Their efforts wererewarded with plenty oftrash, and then rewardedagain with a chance to winthe attractive floats.

Many wonderful daysof my childhood werespent combing Oregonbeaches for those glassfloats. It was a great trip ifyou found one of the largeones. We had those floatsfor years. I don’t knowwhere they ended up, butI’m sure some of themwould be worth a little

money in these days ofonline auction sites whereyou can sell pretty mucheverything.

As I marvel at the funpeople had on a sparklingSaturday, I also can’t helpwondering, as I have inyears past, why we have toclean up the beaches twicea year? Who dumps allthat trash? Why do theydump all that trash?

Getting those people tobe more responsiblewould be valuable. On theother hand, even if we goteveryone to stop throwingunwanted stuff intoravines, rivers and theocean, people still wouldcome enthusiastically tothe beach on cleanup day.

And have fun doing it.That’s the Oregon I

love.

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A beautiful beach cleanup

How to contact your legislatorsU.S. Senators

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D)107 Russell Senate Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20510Phone: (202) 224-3753Fax: (202) 228-3997Web site: http://merkley.senate.gov/contact

Sen. Ron Wyden (D)223 Dirkson Senate Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20510-0001Phone: (202) 224-5244Fax: (202) 228-2717Web site: http://wyden.senate.gov/contact

U.S. Representative — Congressional District 4Rep. Peter A. DeFazio (D)2134 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20515-0001Phone: (202) 225-6416Fax: (202) 225-0032Web site www.house.gov/formdefazio/contact.html

State Senator — Senate District 5Sen. Arnie Roblan (D)900 Court St. NE, S-417Salem, OR 97301Phone: (503) 986-1705Fax: (541) 267-5197E-mail: sen.arnieroblan@state.or.usWebsite: http://www.leg.state.or.us/roblan

State Representative — House District 9Rep. Caddy McKeown (D)900 Court St. NE, H-376 District officeSalem, OR 97301 P.O. Box 1410Phone: (503) 986-1409 Coos Bay, OR 97420Fax: (503) 986-1130 (541) 267-6843E-mail: rep.caddymckeown@state.or.usWebsite: http://www.leg.state.or.us/mckeown

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Paul F. CoatesJuly 19, 1936 - March 21, 2013

No services will be heldfor Paul F. Coates, 76, of AshValley. A private celebrationof his life will be held at alater date in the woods heloved to hunt in.

Paul was born July 19,1936, in Stayton, the secondchild of Arthur and HelenCoates. He died March 21,2013, in Ash Valley.

He grew up on a farm andlearned early on to workhard. After serving in theU.S. Army for two years, hetraveled to the Oregon coastwhere he worked as a loggerduring the day and huntedwith hound dogs at night. Hewas quite adventurous andtook a liking to parachuting.In 1966 he met and marriedLaurelite Toppings. Theylived in Alaska and Canadafor brief periods of time dur-ing their marriage, but mostof their lives were spent inAsh Valley, where they raisedthree children and ran theirbusiness, Coates Logging.

Paul was known for beinga diligent, hard-working man.He was a helpful neighborwho always had a tool youcould borrow and he couldweld or fix anything thatneeded repair. He loved theoutdoors, enjoyed fishing andhunting and looked especiallyforward to elk season.

Paul is survived by hiswife, Laurie; daughter, DawnLindberg; sons, Brian andGreg Coates; and grand-daughter, CheyenneLindberg, all of Reedsport;and sisters, Jeanne Williamsof Lebanon, Donna Coates ofUtah and Margaret Rister ofUtah.

He was preceded in deathby his parents.

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Paul F. Coates

OOlliivviiaa DDoolloorreess PPoollllaarrdd —97, of Reedsport, died March27, 2013, in Reedsport.Arrangements are pendingwith Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131.

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By Oregon law, it ismandatory that eachcounty elect a countyclerk and provide for theoperation of that office.The clerk is responsiblefor recording and main-taining a record of all doc-uments that are filedthere, and for running theelections process in thecounty including register-ing voters and keepingregistration rolls current.The clerk alsoruns the Board ofProperty TaxAppeals, issuesmarriage licenses(and does mar-riage ceremonies),and serves as theFederal PassportAgent for theCounty.

Our very ableCounty Clerk isPatti Hitt. Hitt’scurrent fiscal year(FY) ’12-’13 budget has heroffice staffed at 8.8 fulltime equivalent positions,down from 11.2 employeesin ’09-’10. If you havebeen to the county clerk’soffice recently, you foundall services now located onthe lower floor of thecourthouse. By cross-training and co-locatingstaff, Hitt has been able toreduce costs while main-taining quality service toour citizens.

In FY ’12-’13 (7/1/12 -6/30/13), the budget forthe county clerk is justunder $770,000. About 87percent of the clerk’sfunding comes from feesthat are charged for serv-ices. Legal documentsrelating to land useactions, real estate trans-actions, liens, or anythingthat needs to become partof the public record arerecorded by the clerk’sstaff. Fees are set by statelaw, and the clerk receivesa small percentage of thefee to cover their costs.Recording fees are thelargest revenue stream;

charges to special districts(fire, school, etc.) for spe-cial elections is the nextlargest stream. Theremaining 13 percent ofthe clerk’s funding comesfrom the Safety Net.

As you might expect,about 70 percent of thecosts are in the salaries ofthe employees. About 16percent of costs are inprinting and mailing elec-tion ballots. About 8 per-

cent covers thecosts of ware-housing old docu-ments and digi-tally recordingand retrievingnewer documents.The clerk hasbeen workinghard to keep costsdown. Recordinghas gone digital,and records arenow searchableonline. This

allows for a great saving instaff time. The clerk’swebsite provides a screenwhere citizens can searchthe recorded documentdata base at www.co.dou-glas.or.us/clerk/search.asp. Subscriptions are avail-able to businesses (liketitle companies) that usethe records a great deal.Elections also makesextensive use of comput-ers to register and trackvoters. You can register tovote online athttps://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/vr/register.do?lang=eng.

The clerk’s website hasa great deal of additionalinformation atwww.co.douglas.or.us/clerk/default.asp.

Susan always wel-comes your questions orcomments. Please contacther by email atmorgan@co.douglas.or.us; by mail at Douglas CountyCourthouse, Room 217,1036 SE Douglas,Roseburg, 97470; or byphone at 541-440-4201.

Clerk does crucial work

THE COUNTYSCENE

Susan MorganDouglas CountyCommissioner

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BY STEVE LINDSLEYThe Umpqua Post

Douglas County is keep-ing a close eye on the activi-ties at Salmon Harbor, butone county commissionerdoesn’t see things improvingin the near future.

The Salmon HarborManagement Committeehas closed some of the wooddocks in the east boat basinand will close three morenext year.

“It’s, unfortunately, asign of the times,” DouglasCounty CommissionChairman Doug Robertsonsaid. “We’re in the processof inventorying our parksand several other thingsbecause of the tremendousbudget reductions we’vefaced over the past severalyears.”

Robertson said the man-agement committee is doingwhat it can do to keepSalmon Harbor paying foritself.

“I think they’re doing theresponsible thing,”Robertson said. “They’relooking at their investments,what would be required tobring those docks up tocompliance, meet all thesafety regulations and, kindof, weighing that againstwhat the economic trendsseem to be in all recreationalactivities.”

He says they’re makingtough choices.

“We hate to see anythingclosed,” Robertson contin-ued, “whether its a park,whether its moorage spaceat Salmon Harbor or any-thing else. But, by the sametoken, we can’t deficitspend. We’ve got to be verycautious about budgets and Ithink they’re trying to dothat.”

Robertson said he’s readthe letter from local busi-ness owner Mark Bedard,who has sent a letter tocommissioners, harbor mas-ter Jeff Vander Kley and PortCommissioners.

Bedard complained aboutthe lack of a view of boats inthe boat basin, which willget worse as more docks areclosed.

“Your tenants adjoiningthe east boat basin are pay-ing thousands of dollars a

month in rent,” Bedardwrote. “It is frustrating toknow that, for the next year,these dollars will be going tosupport Salmon Harboremployees who will beremoving the aesthetic valuefrom our customers’ view asthey are watching out ourwindows.”

“I understand the folksconcern, particularly on theeast end of Salmon Harbor,”Robertson said. “We’re cer-tainly very sympathetic towhat they’re all goingthrough, but we’re all goingthrough it. Hopefully thingswill pick up and we’ll be in aposition to rehabilitate those(docks) at some point intime.”

In a letter to moorage cus-tomers and tenants VanderKley said they simply need tocut. He said the SHMC can-not afford to absorb the addi-tional utility costs and costsof upgrading the wood docks.

“At the same time,”Vander Kley wrote, “SalmonHarbor will be doing its partto reduce expenses, by cut-ting $373,400 from thebudget. The reductionsimpact personnel, materialand services and capital out-lay.”

Wood docks D and E willpermanently close thismonth and docks C, G and Hare scheduled to be closed inApril 2014.

“The current occupancyon the wood docks is lessthan 50 percent,” VanderKley wrote, “which doesn’teven cover the cost of utilitiesand maintenance.”

He encouraged boats onthose wood docks to begin

the moving process as soonas possible.

Robertson was asked ifthere were any plans to sellany of the county’s facilitiesat Salmon Harbor.

“In the past we’ve con-sidered that, “Robertsonsaid. “But, nobody reallywanted to see that.Certainly, folks inWinchester Bay and thecoastal area didn’t want tosee that happen. We didn’teither. But, again, dealingwith some of these budgetissues you get your back tothe wall and you don’t havea lot of choices, sometime.We avoided doing that.

He said the county made

a significant investment onthe west spit, improving theRV facilities.

“That did, actually, whatwe’d hoped,” he continued,“and that was to put SalmonHarbor in a self-sufficientsituation, so they were nolonger dependent on gener-al-fund dollars.”

That worked for awhile,Robertson said. A decline inthe economy and peopleusing their RVs cut back onsome travel.

He said they’re not con-sidering a sale at this time.

Editor Steve Lindsley canbe reached at 541-271-7474ext. 203 and steve.linds-ley@theworldlink.com.

Happy birthdayThe Port of Umpqua is

turning 100 in June! Inhonor of this importantmilestone, the PortCommissioners andemployees are planning thecelebration of the century.They’re looking for old pho-tos, news stories, family sto-ries and historic tidbits toput together a display for thepublic. If you have the infa-mous missing Courier year-books, this would be a greatopportunity to hand themover — no questions asked.

I think it will be reallyinteresting to see an overviewof the different directionsPort Commissioners havetaken the organization, andthe waxing and waning of thepower the Port holds and hasheld over 10 decades. As withany project involving history,the interesting bits are oftenfound in someone’s garage orfamily photo albums. Take alook around and see if you aresitting on a gem!

If you have any photos,mementos, memories or anypiece of history, give a call toKaren Halstead at the Portoffice 271-2232 or email herat: khalstead@portofump-qua.net

Going to the prom It’s that time of year

again, and I have some FairyGodmother news for girlshoping to be dressed by theGodmothers. The prom dresswindfall has sort of come toan end. We originallyreceived over 300dresses from a gaggleof Godmothers inVancouver, who hada surplus fromNordstrom and cos-tumes from a moviefilmed in Portland.Over the years wehave given awayhundreds of gowns,and had quite a fewdonations too. It’snot over yet — but this yearthere won’t be a storefront ora dressing room at UmpquaBank. The dresses will beavailable at RHS at Abby’sCloset. The gowns should allbe there and ready for shop-pers, or will be there anymoment. Give the school acall for more details.Meanwhile, we’ll continue totry to get a new resource forthe dresses so this gown-give-away can happen everyyear.

Introduce yourself If you’re an artist with

wonderful wares, but none

of them are selling, don’tblame the product — blamethe publicity. It can be hardto blow your own horn, andgetting those adjectives onthe page is a barrier formany gifted artists whosework we’ll never see.

Learn the rightway on April 20,with CDABA’s “Art-Write : The WritingGuide for VisualArtists” presentedby the author of thebook with the samename. Vicki KrohnAmorose will hostan interactive work-shop that helpsartists learn to get

over fear of writing to pro-mote their art. The two hourclass explores some exercis-es to help artists representthemselves in brochures,proposals and websites.

Sign up now, because atleast 10 people need to com-mit to the class. The $20 feeincludes a copy of Ms.Amorose’s book “Art-Write”and some priceless interac-tive discussion. Bring anotebook and a willingnessto exchange ideas with otherartists. For more informa-tion and to sign up, emailtjchickering@yahoo.com orgo to the Mindpower

Gallery. It’s important to doit right away!

A change of date The big “Spring into

Summer Sales Event” at theReedsport CommunityCenter has been postponedto May 4-5. Mark the newdate on your calendarbecause you won’t want tomiss the chance to see over40 tables stacked high withproducts sold by your neigh-bors. Inside, you’ll find lotsof home-based businessesrepresented such as thingsthat smell good and scrap-booking supplies. There willalso be baby items, crafts,furniture, antiques and col-lectibles. It isn’t too late toget a table for yourself and letgo of some treasures some-one else wants and needs. Ihear there will be more“man” tables this year withhunting and fishing gear,tools and other manly goods.

For more informationand reservations on one ofthose tables, email StaceyFitzgerald-Thornton at:speedybug12@gmail.com

GOT NEWS? NEWBUSINESS? A FUN EVENT?A BRUSH WITH GREAT-NESS? TELL ME ALLABOUT IT AT: nancieham-mond@charter.net

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Reedsport Church of God2191 Birch in Reed sp o rt

Spend some quality family time together. Worship at the

church of your choice. Our community has a number of

churches and a variety of denominations for you

and your family.

Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church2160 Elm Aven u ein Reed sp o rt

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April 3 Wednesdayn Oregon Food Bank and NeighborWorks Umpqua— 2 p.m., Port of Umpqua Annex, 1841 WinchesterAve. A discussion about food, education and agricul-ture. register with Laura Stroud atlstroud@nwumpqua.org or 541-643-3931

April 5 Fridayn First Friday...Art is for Everyone — 5-7 p.m.,Jitterbug N Java, 2211 Winchester Ave. FeaturingDennis and Nathalie Shendaehwas, NativeAmerican arts/music.

n Pinochle party — 6:30 p.m. at the Rebekah Hall,485 Greenwood. Bring a snack for the snack table.Fee is $2. Everyone is welcome.

April 6 Saturdayn AARP free tax service — 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.,Siuslaw Public Library, 1460 Ninth St., Florence. Forlow income and senior citizens. Bring last year’sreturn, social security card, picture ID and 2012 taxdocuments.

n Can and bottle drive — 10 a.m.-3 p.m., ElktonGrade School. Bring your collection or call MelissaWhitley, 541-584-2115, ext. 2, to arrange a pickup.

April 8 Mondayn Achievement Compact Committee — 4-5:30 p.m.,district board room, 100 Ranch Road; regular meet-ing.

n Reedsport Urban Renewal District BudgetCommittee — 6:30 p.m., city hall, 451 WinchesterAve.; regular meeting.

n Reedsport Budget Committee — 7 p.m., city hall,451 Winchester Ave.; regular meeting.

n Winchester Bay Rural Fire Protection District boardand budget committee — 6 p.m., fire hall. The agen-da includes the chief’s report, treasurer’s report.budget discussion/approval and tsunami/emergencypreparedness.

April 9 Tuesdayn Tsunami Preparedness — 5:30 p.m., LowerUmpqua Hospital conference room, 600 RanchRoad; Terry Plotz will talk about tsunami prepared-ness in the Reedsport area.

April 10 Wednesdayn Reedsport Community Charter School Board — 6p.m., Reedsport Community Charter School, 2260Longwood Drive; regular meeting.

n Reedsport School Board — 6:30 p.m., ReedsportSchool District Office, 100 Ranch Road; regularmeeting.

Weekly eventsMondaysn Trapping salmon 9:30 a.m., STEP trap at TugmanPark. All are welcome to help net the salmon or justwatch. Waders available for those wanting to help.

n AARP free tax service 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., SiuslawPublic Library, 1460 Ninth St., Florence. For lowincome and senior citizens. Bring last year’s return,social security card, picture ID and 2012 tax docu-ments.

n Overeaters Anonymous 4-5 p.m., UnitedPresbyterian Church, 2360 Longwood Drive.

n Entertainment Night 6:30 p.m., Covenant UnitedMethodist Church, 3520 Frontage Road.

Tuesdaysn SAFE Drug/alcohol recovery support group 6:30a.m., Highlands Baptist Church, 2500 Longwood Dr.

n Instructor available at the Computer LearningCenter 9 a.m., Covenant United Methodist Church,3520 Frontage Road.

n Al-Anon meeting 10 a.m., United PresbyterianChurch, 2360 Longwood Dr.

n Exercise class, 10 a.m., Covenant UnitedMethodist Church, 3520 Frontage Road.

n Bingo 6 p.m., Eagles, 510 Greenwood Ave.

n Coast Toasties Toastmasters Club 7:15 p.m.,Reedsport Branch Library, 395 Winchester Ave.

Wednesdaysn AARP Free tax service 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., SiuslawPublic Library, 1460 Ninth St., Florence. For low incomeand senior citizens. Bring last year’s return, social secu-rity card, picture ID and 2012 tax documents.

n Preschool Story Time 11 a.m., Reedsport BranchLibrary, 395 Winchester Ave.

n Soup’s On noon, Covenant United MethodistChurch, 3520 Frontage Road, Reedsport. Free lunchopen to the public.

n Bingo 1-3 p.m., Lower Umpqua Senior Center, 460Winchester Ave.

n Food giveaway 1-3 p.m., United PresbyterianChurch, 2360 Longwood Dr. The giveaway is open toeveryone and is sponsored by Project Blessing.

Thursdaysn Rotary, noon, The Club, 1 Country Club Dr.

n Exercise class, 1 p.m., Covenant United MethodistChurch, 3520 Frontage Road.

n AARP Free tax service 1-3 p.m., Lakeside LionsHall, 890 Bowron Road. For low income and seniorcitizens. Bring last year’s return, social security card,picture ID and 2012 tax documents.

n Bingo 6:30 p.m., Lakeside Lions Hall, 890 BowronRoad. Doors open at 5 p.m.

n Sing-along, 7-8 p.m., Covenant United MethodistChurch, 3520 Frontage Road.

Fridaysn AA women’s meeting — 10-11 a.m., UnitedPresbyterian Church, 2360 Longwood Dr. Use HighStreet entrance. 541-361-6152 for information.

Saturdaysn Trapping salmon — 9:30 a.m., STEP trap at TugmanPark. All are welcome to help net the salmon or justwatch. Waders available for those wanting to help.

Sundaysn Open mic at Jitterbug ‘N Java, 1:30-5:30 p.m.

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The Coastal Douglas Artsand Business Alliance issponsoring a workshop forartists: Write Your ArtistStatement. The workshopwill be held on April 20, from11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at a place tobe determined. The cost is$20. The presenter will beVicki Krohn Amorose, authorof “ART-WRITE: The WritingGuide for Visual Artists.” Formore information, or to reg-ister, contact Theresa at 541-271-4608 or email tjchiker-ing@yahoo.com.

Helping artistsget it write

Marina may be dead in the water

ning department hasreferred the matter to theplanning commission todeliberate whether theapplication can beapproved.”

However, Wright saidplanning staff recommendedapproval of the request, withconditions.

Those conditions includ-ed an off-street parking planfor the business, there be noon-street parking, the busi-ness take up no more than 25percent of the home, theservice obtain a city busi-ness license and the busi-ness be limited to two oper-able vehicles.

Applicant NicholasMiddleton said he could livewith the conditions.

“We’ve had the vehiclefor over a month,” he said“and the parking situationon our street has notchanged in any way. Myvehicle arrangement hasstayed the same. I haveenough parking for up to fivevehicles at my house, if Iwanted to.”

He says he’s addressedthe impact on the neighbor-hood, especially noise andlights from the vehicle atnight. He explained a neigh-boring house is vacant andanother has expressed noreservations about the busi-ness.

The actual taxi, heexplained, is a late modelminivan, so there should beno noise problems.

“If it were necessary torestrict those hours, whereit’s not a 24-hour business,how would that impact,potentially, your business,”commission member JimThomas asked.

“To be honest,”Middleton said, “I see mostbusiness occurring on week-ends, between most of thebar hours. That's when anabundance of people use thecab. Other business for peo-ple walking, that need to getto and from work, whichusually falls in normal busi-ness hours. If there were atime, probably shortly afterthe bars close to sunrise,then it probable, would haveno impact on business.”

Middleton said he didn’tanticipate calls at 3 a.m.

Commission memberJustin Kramer asked aboutadditional vehicles at thehouse.

“My goal is to operate offone vehicle,” Middletonsaid. “If I were to accom-plish enough to be able toafford a second vehicle, Iwould want to move out ofthe location to a larger loca-tion, where I could housethem. For now, I don’t planon doing any of that.”

Middleton said he, andhis wife, would drive thetaxi, which they plan to callIn-Town Taxi.

Barbara Butler testified infavor of the taxi service. Hermother owns the house theMiddletons rent.

“When Mom and Dadwere living there,” Butlertestified, “there were alwaysabout four vehicles there,none of them parked in theback, and there were neverany complaints about theparking.

“When mom got the let-ter,” Butler continued, “shesaid ‘Oh, good.’ There aren’tenough jobs in this town.Maybe that’ll help this townget some competition.”

She said there are a lot ofpeople who need a ride to

the hospital for medicalappointments.

Marlin Presho, a neigh-bor down the street, testi-fied against the proposal.

“You guys go down thereand drive by,” he told thecommission. “He doesn’thave enough room to parkhis cars. There’s just barelyenough room for two cars.They are hanging onto thesidewalk. I've been by thereseveral times.”

Presho said he really hadno problem with the busi-ness, except the expectednoise at night.

“I live on the corner and Iknow there’s going to be alot of noise at night,” hecontinued. If he wants abusiness, there are a whole

lot of empty buildings intown that they could run thebusiness out of.”

When asked when hewould be concerned aboutnoise, Presho said anytimeafter 9 p.m.

“That’s bedtime,” he said.The commission voted,

4-0, to recommend the busi-ness, with the seven condi-tions set by planning staff.

Findings of fact will beavailable at the commis-sion’s April 29 meeting. Thetaxi service would beallowed to operate after thatmeeting, if nobody appeals.

Editor Steve Lindsley canbe reached at 541-271-7474ext. 203 andsteve.lindsley@the-worldlink.com.

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Lower Umpqua Hospital— Rio M. Lion, D.O., has been appointed medical director of the Lower Umpqua Emergency Department.

As the Emergency Department Medical Director, Dr. Lion will have clinical and administrative responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the Emergency Department, which sees approximately 3,500 patients each

year. A core group of physicians have been successfully recruited and will be joining EmCare and Dr. Lion to provide outstanding services to the community.

Dr. Lion is a graduate of the Western University of Health Sciences, where he earned a Doctor of Osteopathy degree, He completed an internship in family practice at Cascade East Family Practice Center in Klamath Falls, OR. Prior to accepting the position at Lower Umpqua Hospital, Dr. Lion is practicing medicine at Dunes Family Health Care and working in the emergency department at Lower Umpqua Hospital.

Dr. Lion is a member of the American College of Family Practice. He is certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Advanced Trauma Life Support.

Dr. Lion and the core EmCare group will be available to admit patients to the hospital if their primary doctor is unavailable to see them. Local doctors will have the first option of seeing their patients if they are admitted to the hospital.

Rio M. Lion, D.O. Appointed Emergency Department Medical Director

At Lower Umpqua Hospital

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said. “They come out hereevery year and, while theydo this, I go up to the parkand cook.”

Rayna Grubb and twoother adults brought a groupof local Girl Scouts.

“No wading in the water,girls,” Grubb instructed,“unless your particular par-ent is here and says other-wise.”

That comment got alaugh from some of thescouts.

“We’ll let the girls carrythe garbage bags,” Grubbcontinued. “We can help filltheirs.”

She says it’s a goodchance for the girls to takesome responsibility in theenvironment.

“We’re learning about allthe garbage floating aroundin the ocean,” she said.“We’re coming out here,today, to help clean up thebeach and help learn aboutthe environment and keep-ing it nice.”

After the instructions, itwas time to hit the beach.

The site at the end ofSparrow Park Road netteddozens of bags of trash, a100-pound chunk of foam, athree-by-three chunk ofturf, a jacket, several tireswith rims and more.

Northrop said the siterequires a vehicle.

“To do a good job on thatbeach, you need to be able todrive the beach,” he said.“There’s seven miles ofbeach out there.”

Those who participatedin the Sparrow Park Roadcleanup were rewarded byspecialty glass floats, givenout by a drawing at the endof the day. Cleaners receivedtickets for every bag of trashthey turned in.

It’s something the localRotary group does for thosehearty enough to make thedrive up rugged SparrowPark Road.

Northrop says, eventhough the Spring BeachCleanup is over, people canstill clean the beach.

“People can come out atany time of the year,” hesaid. “Grab a trash bag orbring those plastic grocerybags with them and fill themup.”

Editor Steve Lindsley canbe reached at 541-271-7474ext. 203 andsteve.lindsley@the-worldlink.com.

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Girl Scouts pitch infor cleanup effort

Cleanup

By Steve Lindsley, The Umpqua Post

Mark Lux unloads a piece of turf he found, Saturday, during the Solve Spring Beach Cleanup atthe end of Sparrow Park Road north of Gardiner. Lux and his wife, Cindy, use their four-wheel-drive vehicle to help scour the beach at the hard-to-access site.

Spring Chinook fishing onthe Umpqua River has startedto pick up. It seems that mostof the bites are non-aggres-sive or tentative and many ofthe hooked fish are comingloose, but the overall activitylevel has picked up.Additionally, there has beensome springer activity in theocean and lower UmpquaRiver. Once again, most ofthe bites have been tentativeand only a few fish have beenlanded. Alec Howard, whilefishing with his dad, ScottHoward of Team Strikezone,hooked and landed a 20-pound springer last Sundaywhile trolling the jetty nearthe Coast Guard Tower ontheir way in from a bottom-fishing trip. Even thoughAlec gave the fish plenty oftime to finalize the bite, itwas still hooked barely insidethe mouth. A small increasein water temperature shouldmake things much easier.

The fact that more than adozen people stopped by toask me when the oceansalmon opened has con-vinced me that the ODFWsimply has to rehire the peo-ple that were in charge ofgetting their fishing informa-tion out — after all, by thetime you read this, the oceanChinook salmon season willhave been open about threeweeks (since March 15). In theocean, the minimum legalsize for the Chinook is 24-inches.

There was a lot bottom-fish-directed fishing pressureover the weekend and somegreat lingcod catches weremade. However, fishing suc-cess off the South Jetty wassurprisingly inconsistent lastweek. One angler came intowhere I work last Saturdaystating that the SouthJetty/Triangle area was theonly jetty area in which hehad yet to catch a fish. I man-aged to convincehim that our bot-tomfish behavedpretty much likethe fish he wascatching off otherjetties and I wassure that the “lawof averages” wouldkick in for him. Hecame in the nextday with a big smileon his face andstated that he hadcaught a limit oflarger than averagegreenling and a cabezon thatwould have easily been largeenough to keep if he hadcaught it after July 1. Most ofthe fish were taken on sandshrimp, although a few ling-cod anglers hooked fish onlarger jigheads and plastics.Anglers fishing the jetty areafrom boats did well on rock-fish and lingcod castingmetal jigs.

Because of limited fishingpressure and, up until lastweek, cooler than normalwater temperatures — there

are plenty of stocked troutleft in all the lakes thatreceived recent plants. Thisweek, Loon Lake is slated tobe stocked with 1,500 legalrainbows and Saunders Lakewith 3,000. Next week, EelLake is slated to receive2,500 legal rainbows whileButterfield Lake and LakeMarie are slated for 2,000and 1,000 legal rainbowsrespectively. South of

Florence, Carterand Cleawox lakesare slated to bestocked next week.Carter is slated toreceive 2,500 legaland 500 foot longrainbows andCleawox is slated toreceive 2,000 legal,200 foot long and300 trophy rain-bows.

The Medfordarea has been giv-ing up some out-

sized largemouth bass andthe Roseburg area seems onthe verge of offering thesame. It appears that anglerswanting to fish the shallowwater on our coastal lakeswill have to wait a few weeksfor improved fishing suc-cess. Anglers that carefullypick their fishing spots onthe Umpqua can catch somenice-sized smallmouthsright now. Even though thewater is still cold, some ofthe backwaters can be muchwarmer than the main river

current. The backwatersthat are the warmest arethose where the upper endsare farther upriver thanwhere the backwater joinsthe main river. The water atthe upper ends of thesebackwaters will be segregat-ed from the main river cur-rent allowing a greater tem-perature differential thanthose backwaters where theends are farther downriverthan where they join theUmpqua. These backwaterswill almost always havesome cooler river waterentering them.

Crappie anglers shouldconsider the next four weeksas prime time to catch thesetasty panfish. While the lakesbetween Eugene andMedford produce larger crap-pie, at times the bluegill canbe a nuisance. However, forthe next several weeks, watertemperatures should be coolenough to limit bluegill inter-ference. While few anglerstake advantage of the afterdark bite, the crappies usual-ly become active at least anhour before dark.

Dave Hudson was oneyear ahead of me throughLakeside Elementary, NorthBend Junior and Senior Highand Southwestern OregonCommunity College. Sincehis recent retirement, he hasbeen very active onFacebook with many poststhat would be consideredpublic service posts and theone he posted last Sundaydefinitely got my full atten-tion. He re-posted a photofrom A.J. Zolten of a neigh-bor’s home and propertythat was covered by oil fromthe Exxon pipeline spill atMayflower, Arkansas. Thefact that it is much worsethan media coverage wouldhave one believe may be dueto the fact that the localauthorities have deniedpress access to those wish-ing to actually cover thespill. I cannot envision thistype of behavior happeningin Oregon or Washington -yet another reason to beproud to be an Oregonian.

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Tuesday Grand Swiss League (3/19/13)Team High Scratch Game: Davison Auto Parts 832, Back

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Wednesday Scratch Duo (3/20)Team High Game: Flower Power 434, M&T 416,

Thompson Duo 410. Team High Series: Flower Power 1195,Rick’s Rowdies 1158, Thompson Duo 1147. Individual HighGame: Lloyd N 246-231, Tom P 234, Ruth 223-191, Bonnie T625. Individual High Series: Lloyd N 692, Brett T 625, Tom F623, Ruth 572, Bonnie T 533, Debby H 504. Fourth QuarterTeam Standings: First Noel 28, Flower Power 24, Rick’sRowdies 17, Thompson Duo 16, M&T 13, D&L 12.

SUNDAY NIGHT MIXED SOCIAL (3/31) Leading teams: No Bodies 41-15, Oldies But Goodies

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Reedsport’s baseballteam lost its only springbreak game, falling 5-3 tovisiting McKenzie onFriday when the Bravescouldn’t collect timely hits.

Reedsport stranded

eight runners in the game,seven in scoring position.

The Braves hostedRiddle in a league gameTuesday (events weren’tavailable by press time)and travel to Oakland foranother league gameFriday.

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The 12th-annual ReedsportAthletics Benefit Dinner and Auctionwill be the centerpiece of a bigfundraising day for sports at ReedsportCommunity Charter School.

Tickets still are available for theevent, which will be Saturday, April 13,at the Reedsport Community Center.

A golf scramble will be held thatmorning at Forest Hills Country Club,and the dinner will be followed by livemusic from the band Done Deal ofCoos Bay.

The dinner and auction is the biggestannual fundraiser for the ReedsportBraves Boosters Association and issponsored by Bedrock’s Restaurants.

Tickets are $25 per plate, with $13going directly to the Boosters’ AthleticsEndowment Fund. All other proceedsfrom the event also go to the fund.Diners will have a choice of threeentrees — barbecue pork ribs, KansasCity beef tips or hazelnut halibut.

A social time with a no-host barbegins at 5 p.m., with the dinner start-

ing at 6. A dessert auction follow thedinner, and will be followed by the liveauction.

The auction will include a numberof big items, but the dinner includesmuch more than just the food and bid-ding. People also can participate innon-auction raffles, games and direct-purchase opportunities.

“Our format is unique,” said JoeZelinski, chair of the Braves Boosters.“It’s much more than an auction.Anyone can come and have a great timeand walk out with a really nice itemwithout spending a lot of money.

“We’ve always strived to make thisevent as much about community as itis about fundraising.”

The evening also will include a spe-cial tribute to honor longtimeReedsport teacher, coach and banddirector Doug Pierce. This is the thirdyear the group has honored a formerteacher or student.

Of course, the fundraising also is afocal point.

“This event is crucial in theBoosters’ efforts to help our schools

continue to provide a variety of athleticopportunities for students,” Zelinskisaid. “Schools everyone continue to bein a financial crunch, and the athleticand activity programs are typicallyamong the first to have fundingreduced or eliminated.”

The dinner and auction help fundjunior high sports, as well as mostnonleague events and transportationcosts for high school sports andreplacing outdated equipment.

This year’s auction events includefour nights at Eagle Crest Resort, akayak, two rounds of golf at Crosswaterin Sunriver, an Oregon Ducks fan pack-age with clothing, a fly fishing trip anda hot air balloon adventure.

Tickets for the event are available atBedrock’s Restaurants and ReedsportCommunity Charter School. A print-able order form also is available atwww.bravesboosters.com/auction.

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Pacific West Realty

Apartments: • 1BR - Inc. WS and Electric - $550 + $550 dep.

• 1BR - $450 + $490 dep. - inc WSG on-site laundry. 1/2 OFF first month rent with 6 month lease; FREE month with a 12 month lease.

Homes: • 2 bed, 2 bath - Lakeside - $500 - $500 dep. • 2 bed, Winchester Bay w/garage - $650 + $650 dep.

Duplex: • 4BR, inc WS - $700 + $700 dep. • 2 bed, 1 bath - $595 - Inc. WSG

Commercial: • On Hwy 101, professional bldg., Inc WS $600 + $600

• Office/Retail - $450 - Inc. Elec + WS • Office/Retail - $350 - Inc. Elec + WS. • Inside warehouse storage space available up to 2,100 sqft - please call for more info.

• 6,000 sqft building with its own parking - $650/mo. Avail. Now

STORAGE UNITS AVAILABLE Special: 3rd Full month FREE Call for pricing & availability

FOR THE BEST CALL 271-WEST

610 2-4-6 Plexes2 bedroom, 1 bath, Garage W/D hookup. Quite - Empire Lake Area.Garbage paid. No pet/ smoking -$650. + dep. 277 Ackerman.541-888-5310 for application

Myrtle Point: Newer duplex, nice, quiet neighborhood, 2 bedroom.

Private patio, fenced, oak cabinets, dishwasher, garbage disposal.

W/D hookups, private garage, W/S paid. Ideal for seniors. No pets.

$660/mo + deposit. 541-572-3349.

REEDSPORTLarge Townhouse style

duplex2 bedroom, 1.5 bath, 1 car

garage, W/D hookups, dishwasher, pellet stove, patio plus fenced yard.Available now, 700/mo., 1st/ last + $150 deposit. No pets/smoking.

Tenant responsible for until.Credit check required.

Call 541-271-3743

612 Townhouse/CondoBAYFRONT TOWNHOMES

Wooded setting, fireplace, decks, view of bay and bridge.2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths.Tamarac 541-759-4380

Other Stuff 700 701 FurnitureFlexsteel love seat and chair, oak frame, Southwest inspired upholstery $150 for both pieces. 541-888-5420, leave message.

Med. Lift Lazyboy 3-way recliner.Power assisted standing /sitting /reclining. Battery back up . Still under warranty. Brown Sugar color. made in the USA. $900. 541-267-5158

709 Wanted to BuyWanted to buy a Jaccard 48 Blade meat tenderizer in good working con-dition or plastic Mr. Tenderizer com-plete. 541-888-2012

710 MiscellaneousFOR SALE: Several wood pallets.$8.00 Each. Call 541-756-5123.

Antique sewing machine $250, misc shelves make offer. Hamster cage, brand new, still in box. $15. Circle Y saddle w/parts and pad $200 Dbl H Boots size 7 $75. 541404-6565

Tracer wheel chair sx5 excellent con-dition $100. Call 541-808-1184.

TWO - Toyo P215/60R Eclipes All Season Tires. $50 each OBO.541-269-9784 or 541-404-3397

710 MiscellaneousMisc. 1 and 2 inch. wood blocks.take any 12 pieces take 10% off.Random sizes of hardwood ply-wood 1/8 to 3/4 thick, .10 per sq.ft. Call 269-1403

Scooter Chair for sale: Like new. Also have ramp. $500 for chair. $300 for ramp. call 541-290-7083. Please leave message.

Trade wanted 20 cords of firewood.Split for clean Chrome XLT Lariat1988 Ford F-250, 2014 Tags, excellent shape interior and exterior, 2 wheel drive, auto, tow package. Coos Bay, 541-982-0881

Market Place 750 754 Garage Sales

Annual SpringRummage Sale

Thurs. & Fri., April 4-5, 9-5pm @Holy Redeemer Church—2250

16th NB. Furniture, books,household items, clothes, tools.

North Bend 2127 Lynne Dr. Pony Creek Estates. Sat and Sun. April 6th and 7th, 9-4pm. Furniture and house-hold items.

756 Wood/HeatingSeasoned Firewood for sale. Fir/ Mixed . You can view the wood at the pay and park on Virginia. Call 541-217-0594

Firewood for sale: Seasoned dry Fir or Alder. 541-290-3057.

Electronics 775 777 Computers

Free Pick Up & Disposalof all PC, laptops,

monitors and printers.541-294-9107

Pets/Animals 800 802 Cats

Kohl’s Cat HouseAdoptions on site.

541-294-3876

FERAL CAT CLINICis coming to Coquille!

April 21, 2013.Please call 541-294-4205, leave amessage and please speak clearly.

803 DogsCHIHUAHUA PUPPIES, 8 week old .$300 each. 2 female & 1 male.541-551-1080.

805 Horses/EquineHORSESHOEING

TEJUN FOWLER541-297-5295

tejunfowler@gmail.com

808 Pet CareCarol’s Pet Sitting

★Your Place or Mine★★Short or Long Term★

★Excellent References★★541-297-6039★

★See us on Facebook★

Pet Cremation541-267-3131

Automobiles 900 901 ATVs

1987 Yamaha Banshee 350New rings, new stage 2 reeds,new stater, new head gaskets,

good tires. Strong runner.Will sacrifice for $1500.00.

541-404-8667

906 4X4

2003 Chevy Blazer 4 wheel drive. Au-tomatic. Clean with new tires. One owner. $4500.00 541-348-2811

907 Motorcycles Honda Shadow, 750cc ,1900 miles.Red w/ Chrome, saddle bags, wind-shields. $4200. 1- 701-580-5676

914 Travel Trailers2002 Forest River Sierra28 Ft. One Slide, excellent

condition $9500 OBOCall Richard at 541-361-6066

915 Used Cars The City of North Bend is

soliciting sealed bids for thefollowing surplus vehicles:1998 Crown Victoria and

2005 Ford Crown Victoria.For details contact North Bend

City Hall at 541-756-8500

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