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Canada geese. Photo by Waren Griffen
National Geographic Magazine “Isn’t nature fantastic? You get towers of rock, layers of coloured rock, and even like here, waves of rock,” writes Your Shot photographer Hugh Benson. “Wave Rock in Western Australia was carved by the wind and is just over 100m long."
February 3rd, 2020. Volume 17, Issue 5
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Winter Wings Festival from Feb. 13 to 16. Registration is still open. For information about speakers, outings, hikes, vendors, and more click on WinterWings or call 887-541-2473.
Harriman Springs Resort and Marina is for sale. The restaurant and bar are closed for the season except for special occassions. Cabins and Rv spots are available year round.
FREE MENDING LIBRARY “A stitch in time saves nine.” Mending while you wait: tears repaired, patches applied, buttons replaced, hems redone…..etc. Community Center Lobby, Wednesday February 12th, 11 AM to 2 PM I like to mend and have done it for friends and family for years. Now that I’m retired, I’d like to share my small talent with my community as well. Hope to see you there.
New Businesses in town M&J CAFE. located at 123 South First Ave. in Chiloquin. just next to Kirchers Hardware. Everything made from scratch, they have biscuits and gravy, super good sandwiches ,and pasta salads. They currently have seating for 15 inside.and do To Go orders also. if you’re in a hurry, just call ahead and they will do their best to have it ready and waiting for you. Their phone number is 541-363-6849 Destiney or 541-810-8625 Brian. Their hours are from 10 am until 5 pm. Stop in and give them a try. I'm an electrician who has recently relocated from California to Chiloquin and am looking for work. I am able to do both commercial and residential electrical or handyman work. If interested please contact me at (714) 306-6964 and ask for Roger.
Press release provided by the Sage Community School. CHILOQUIN, Ore. – Sage Community School’s Board of Directors held a public meeting on Friday evening January 31, 2020, to discuss results of recent mold testing and to find a path forward. Recently a staff member has become seriously ill and medical tests showed dangerous levels of mold toxins. Once the employee received these results she immediately let the board know and it was decided to temporarily close so that the buildings could be tested. The results of those tests were negative and there was no danger to students and staff. However, the employee would need to be off work for many weeks. On Friday evening the Board worked with staff in an
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attempt to keep the school open with reduced staff, in the end though there was not a path forward that would allow Sage to maintain the teacher/student ratios to allow staff to educate Sage students. With that the Board of Directors had little choice but to close the school permanently. For over twelve years Sage Community School has operated a public charter school in the Chiloquin area for grades K-8 and has had a tremendous positive impact on those students who have attended. Unfortunately, in recent years the rising cost of PERS and other operating expenses, along with no legislative relief to align charter school funding with other public school funding, has left Sage with no ability to withstand any disruption. We wish to thank the many members of staff that have served at Sage through the years for the dedication and sacrifice they have made to improve education for students in the Chiloquin area. We also want to thank the parents and students who have supported Sage through many years. Statement from Klamath County School District With the closure of Sage Community School, the Klamath County School District is planning a meeting for parents on Monday to provide options and answer questions. Chiloquin Schools administrators will be working on plans for a smooth transition and staff will not be available to register students until Tuesday. The location and time of the parent meeting will be announced by noon on Monday on the district website –www.kcsd.k12.or.us. Parents also will be notified through their One Call system.
LAKEVIEW, OR – The Fremont-Winema National Forest is currently seeking energetic, good-natured volunteers to serve as campground hosts for the 2020 summer recreation season at one of three locations. The locations are located on the Bly, Chiloquin and Chemult Ranger Districts. Lofton Reservoir Campground has 26 campsites and is located approximately 22 miles southeast of Bly. Williamson River Campground, located 7 miles north of Chiloquin, has 20 campsites. Digit Point Campground, featuring 64 campsites near Miller Lake, is located approximately 12 miles west of Chemult.
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Applications are being accepted through April 30. Hosts are expected to be in place at Lofton Reservoir and Williamson River Campgrounds as early as mid-May, but no later than Memorial Day weekend. Digit Point Campground will likely start closer to mid-June. Hosts are needed through Labor Day weekend. The schedule is Thursday through Monday, including holidays. However, recreation managers note the work week and season length may vary based on the needs of the individual campground. The most important job of a campground host is to provide an enjoyable camping experience for the public. Hosts are expected to assist visitors with information about the campground and local recreation opportunities. They must work well with people, be personable, maintain a neat appearance and be physically able to perform the following tasks:
Clean and stock restrooms Clean fire rings, picnic tables and pick up litter Mow and weed-eat campsites and along roadways Ensure fees are collected Communicate site maintenance needs to Forest Service staff
Volunteers must provide their own self-contained trailer. The Forest Service will provide a campsite, propane, gas and a subsistence allowance. To apply for the host positions at Williamson River or Digit Point Campgrounds, please contact Recreation Specialist Bryan Boatman at 541-883-6702 or [email protected]. To apply for Lofton Reservoir Campground, please contact Recreation Specialist Greg Campbell at 541-947-6359 or [email protected]. For more information on the Fremont-Winema National Forest, please visit www.fs.usda.gov/fremont-winema, follow the Forest on Twitter @FremontWinemaNF or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/R6FWNF.
By CHRISTOPHER KETCHAM
JAN. 30, 2020 The federal government is overseeing a program of massive deforestation on Western public lands. Some 7.4 million acres of pinyon-juniper forest in the care of the Bureau of Land Management in Nevada, Utah and southern Idaho are targeted for destruction over the next several years — an area larger than the state of Vermont. Why wipe out millions of acres of thriving pinyon-juniper, trees that are superbly adapted to the heat and drought that climate change will throw at the West? To satisfy the demands of the cattle industry for grazing forage on public lands.
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The BLM couches the deforestation as environmentally friendly. The agency claims that erasing large swaths of pinyon-juniper will cut down on fires and create new habitat for the endangered greater sage grouse, a ground-nesting bird whose dwindling numbers in recent years have provoked momentous debates on how to manage public lands. It even claims that destroying pinyon-juniper forest will restore it. Yet there is little clear evidence showing long-term increases in sage-grouse populations following pinyon-juniper removal. In fact, what happens to wildlife when these forests are cut down, mulched or burned has simply not been researched well enough to allow for definite conclusions, according to a 2016 study out of Colorado State University. What is certain is that pinyon-juniper woodlands are the signal forest of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin. These are old-growth trees, squat and humble, gnarled with many hundreds of years of survival in the extreme cold and heat of the arid West. The trees are the green blanket of sweet-smelling conifers across the uplands of the high desert, contrasting starkly in color and form with the sagebrush plains in the valleys. Pinyons are the source of pine nuts, a staple of indigenous people in the region. John Muir, traveling across Nevada in 1879, observed that the “entire state seems to be pretty evenly divided into mountain ranges covered with nut pines and plains covered with sage — now a swath of pines stretching from north to south, now a swath of sage.” Some pinyon pines alive today have been dated to the Renaissance. Junipers can live up to 1,600 years. Despite their age and the rough beauty that comes with it, these are largely uncelebrated forests. Junipers and pinyon pine don’t figure in famous folk songs or have their own national park like redwoods and giant sequoias. In springtime, though, the pinyon-juniper biome is full of song, providing refuge for kestrels and hawks, mountain chickadees, black-throated gray warblers, flickers, gray flycatchers, scrub jays, pinyon jays and poorwills. By the count of the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, pinyon-juniper forests host more than 70 species, which more than ever need healthy habitat as North American bird populations collapse. In May of 2018, I got a chance to see what the deforestation program amounted to on the ground. I was hiking in the Egan Range, south of Ely, Nev., with a Great Basin biologist named Katie Fite, into a stand that was marked for destruction by a machine called a Bull Hog. A Bull Hog is a bulldozer with a spinning bladed cylinder on the front end. It knocks down and chews up everything in its path. In the space of an hour, the machine eradicated an acre of pinyon-juniper. The Bull Hog, its every square yard of devastation paid for by taxpayers, spit out shattered trunks and limbs and the nests of birds, leaving the landscape flattened, the soil denuded, the air choked with dust. Fite has been battling to protect the pinyon-juniper biome as an employee with the Idaho-based nonprofit WildLands Defense. Once a Bull Hog has ravaged a forest, she told me, the surface soil dries out, exposed to erosion from wind and water, because the trees that capture precipitation and hold in place the soil are gone. “We are doing everything the opposite we should do if we were really concerned about buffering the effects of climate change,” she said. “By destroying these trees, we are maximizing the damage that will be done as the West heats up.” For its part, the BLM asserts that by laying waste to pinyon-juniper there will be new opportunities for sagebrush to occupy the newly denuded land, and with more sagebrush there will be more sage grouse, which are dependent on sagebrush for their survival. Unspoken in the BLM’s “vegetation treatment plans” is that it would be far less destructive overall to improve sage-grouse habitat by restricting livestock grazing in areas that sage grouse and sagebrush currently occupy. Also, grouse generally don’t thrive on rugged, rocky, steep land — the kind of landscape where pinyon-juniper stands are being eliminated. At play here is a simple fact long known to historians and political scientists in the American West: The BLM, which critics mockingly call the Bureau of Livestock and Mining, operates in abject servitude to livestock grazers. As I learned from dozens of conversations with former and current BLM personnel, the tacit understanding at the agency is that grazing forage in the valleys, where the grass is rich, needs to be conserved for cattle, not grouse.
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With the BLM, as Fite says, solutions to environmental problems are “never about stopping the overgrazing.” The mentality, she tells me, is “kill, kill, kill” — CO2 absorbing trees, birds, native habitat. Protesters aren’t chaining themselves to stands of pinyon and juniper; the gnarled trees aren’t plastered on “save me” posters; and the extent of the destruction, unfolding in bits and pieces, is easy to miss. An ecosystem that defines the West deserves better. Christopher Ketcham’s latest book is “This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption are Ruining the American West.”
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January 28 It's been a busy day for our crews, geologists and hydrologists. Heavy rainfalls have pulled in their old friends, landslides and rockfalls, around the state. Consider this your reminder to check for conditions and road closures before you head out in winter weather (yes, even rain) on TripCheck. Here are a few areas to keep in mind as wet weather continues: OR 62 has reopened to single lane traffic
near Prospect following a dramatic rockfall where boulders fell onto the highway early this morning. This evening you can expect short delays just north of Peyton Bridge over Lost Creek Lake. Tomorrow (Wed, Jan. 29), however, our crews will begin removing additional rocks and debris from the slope. Expect long delays as this work is done to remove trees and rocks from the hillside. We're expecting this work to take about a week. Expect rough roads on US 101 cause by slide movement north of Newport around Carmel Knoll and Moolack Beach, MP 133-136. Crews will be out tomorrow to begin repairs. Expect delays up to 20 minutes. The Historic Columbia River Highway is closed between Multnomah Falls and Angel's Rest following a small slide early this morning. Our geologists and hydrologists are inspecting the area to make sure the hillside doesn't present any further slide danger. We are concerned that forecasts for heavy rain in the Gorge could create further instability in the slide-prone area.
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CHILOQUIN FIRE & RESCUE Fire Chief Mike Cook
P.O. Box 437
201 S. First Avenue
Chiloquin, Oregon 97624-0437
541-783-3860
Fax 541-783-3697
TTY 7-1-1
Weekly Chiloquin Fire & Rescue Report of Dispatches and Responses:
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NOAA forecast for this week
A weather system that formed in the Mozambique Channel on 17 January 2020 hit the north-west of Madagascar on 22 January, causing widespread rains and floods. At least 106,846 people have been affected in seven regions. The flooding has displaced over 16,000 people and left at least 31 dead. Destruction and damage of key infrastructure–including roads, houses and schools–has been reported in multiple locations. More than 10,600 houses are still flooded and 146 have been destroyed. Areas of the national roads 4 and 6, which connect north-western Madagascar to the rest of the country, have been washed away by the floods. Flooding has affected rice plains and lowlands used to grow crops and may therefore impact food security in the period ahead. In Tanambe Commune a dam has reportedly overflowed, flooding hundreds of hectares of rice fields and villages. The population has been urgently evacuated. Read more
International Space Station (ISS) and NASA's Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat-8 captured the devastating flood that spread in Madagascar in January 2020 See more photos Authorities in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) have declared a state of emergency as massive bushfires rage south of Canberra. It is the worst fire threat to the territory in nearly two decades, officials said. The main blaze, in the territory's south, is burning over more than 18,500 hectares. Residents in suburbs of Canberra have been urged to "remain alert" for potential evacuations. Since September, bushfires in Australia have killed at least 33 people and destroyed thousands of homes. More than 11 million hectares of land has been scorched. Read more Parts of Saudi Arabia are shivering through a strong cold snap with chilly winds particularly in the northern regions. The cold wave started a few days ago and is forecast to go on for two weeks further, weather expert Muad Al-Ahmadi told Al Arabiya. Furthermore, Al-Ahmadi noted that this will be the strongest cold snap ever. Read more
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The most serious outbreak of locusts in 25 years is spreading across the Horn of Africa and posing an unprecedented threat to food security in some of the world's most vulnerable countries. One swarm in Kenya's northeast is 60km long by 40km wide, and since there can be up to 150m locusts in just one square kilometre, this is a LOT of insects. "Swarms migrate with the wind and can cover 100 to 150 kilometres in a day," a spokesperson from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) says, "… and an average swarm can destroy as much food crops in a day as is sufficient to feed 2,500 people." The outbreak of desert locusts, considered the most dangerous locust species, has also affected parts of Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Djibouti and Eritrea, and IGAD warned that parts of South Sudan and Uganda could be next. The plague is predicted to last until June as favourable breeding conditions continue, helped along by unusually heavy flooding in parts of the region in recent weeks. To help prevent and control outbreaks, authorities have used satellite images to find the biggest concentrations and then they conduct regular aerial sprays to kill the insects. On the ground, police have been shooting bullets and teargas at oncoming swarms, as residents banged on buckets and hooted car horns to try to frighten them away. According to Keith Cressman, the Senior Locust Forecasting Officer at the FAO, the swarms formed in the interior of Saudi Arabia where there are no roads and it is completely inaccessible. “As a result, the initial breeding was never detected and so no steps were taken to stamp the swarms out,’’ he says, ‘’… given that the ideal conditions for locusts are moist, sandy soil, and green natural vegetation, after
several generations of breeding they began to swarm and eventually made their way to the Horn of Africa via Yemen.’’ Cressman went on to explain that Iran was unable to stop them as it doesn’t have access to the right pesticides under current sanctions, and with the on-going civil war in Yemen, no one was able to organise an operation to stop them either. Read more PHOTO: These two Samburu men work for a county disaster team identifying the location of the locusts, pictured in Samburu county, Kenya. (AP: Patrick Ngugi)
Indian White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus) in India by Debashis Biswas.
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If you look up toward certain types of towering trees—including eucalyptus, Sitka spruce, and Japanese larch—you may notice a unique phenomenon: the uppermost branches don’t touch. Known as “crown shyness,” this natural occurrence results in rupture-like patterns in the forest canopy that seem to perfectly outline the trees’ striking silhouettes. Since scientists first started studying the topic in the 1920s, crown shyness has been observed between trees of the same and different species in locations across the globe. See more photos Photo: Dag Peak
The scaly-foot snail is one of Earth’s strangest creatures. It lives more than 2,300 metres below the surface of the sea on a trio of deep-sea hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the Indian Ocean. Here it has evolved a remarkable form of protection against the crushing, grim conditions found at these Stygian depths. It grows a shell made of iron. Discovered in 1999, the multi-layered iron sulphide armour of Chrysomallon squamiferum – which measures a few centimetres in diameter – has already attracted the interest of the US defence department, whose scientists are now studying its genes in a bid to discover how it grows its own metal armour. The researchers will have to move quickly, however, for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature has just added the snail to its list of threatened species. German and Chinese industrial groups have revealed plans to explore the seabed around two of the three vents that provide homes for scaly-foot snails. Should they proceed, and mine the seabed’s veins of metals and minerals, a large chunk of the snail’s home base will be destroyed and the existence of this remarkable little creature will be threatened. Jouffray is the lead author of an analysis, published last week in the journal One Earth, which involved synthesising 50 years of data from shipping, drilling, aquaculture, and other marine industries and which paints an alarming picture of the impact of future exploitation of the oceans. This threat comes not just from seabed mining – which is set to expand dramatically in coming years – but from fish farming, desalination plant construction, shipping, submarine cable laying, cruise tourism and the building of offshore wind farms. This is “blue acceleration”, the term that is used by Jouffray and his co-authors to describe the recent rapid rise in marine industrialisation, a trend that has brought increasing ocean acidification, marine heating, coral reef destruction, and plastic pollution in its wake. Read more
Chrysomallon squamiferum – the scaly-foot snail. Photograph: Chong Chen
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Studies show that Bayer/Monsanto’s neonics destroy ecosystems but sales in Japan have increased fourfold even as insects disappear… In Japan, as in rice-fields worldwide, spraying is usually completed with broad-spectrum neonicotinoid pesticides or else fipronil, both developed by German chemical company Bayer. (Neonicotinoids are the subject of a ban for outdoor use in the European Union and fipronil, which is now marketed by another company, has been banned in China.) ‘’The Saitama Ecosystem Conservation Society has shown that before the introduction of these chemicals in the 1990s, numberless brilliant red akiakane or autumn darter dragonflies could be seen around rice fields in the autumn, but after their use the rice fields became a dead zone for these and all other insects,’’ says freelance environmental journalist, Phil Carter who is based in Saitama, Japan. ‘’Not only are the pesticides killing off insects in the rice fields but they persist in the soil and then are washed into the rivers and accumulating in Lake Shinji in Shimane Prefecture in the west of the main Japanese island of Honshu.’’ According to a new study led by Dr Masumi Yamamuro the lake’s fishery industry has since collapsed, from nearly 300 tons of smelt being caught in the late 80s down to nothing by the late 90s. ‘’The collapse was due to several types of neonicotinoid poison that had killed the insects the fish feed on,’’ said Yamamuro who pointed out, that despite protestations by Bayer that his study’s conclusions were not supported by facts, his work was indeed strictly peer reviewed over a period of seven months and was sent to two anonymous reviewers, whose criticisms had to be answered before the journal, Science, would even publish. Meanwhile the chemicals remain in use with sales of neonicotinoids increasing four-fold from 2000 to 2016 in Shimane Prefecture where Lake Shinji is located. ‘’The world depends on insects, and multiple studies show that insect populations are disappearing because of road-spectrum systemic pesticides including neonicotinoids,’’ says University of California professor Art Shapiro, who has carried out one of the longest continuous studies of butterflies in California over 47 years. ‘’… this long-term decline was exacerbated in the 1990s at the same time as neonicotinoid pesticides came into widespread use.’’ Carlota Gomez de la Hoz, Bayer’s head of issues communications, disagrees: ‘’There is no evidence which would point to pesticides as a key factor and there is no evidence of a causal link between the decline of insects and the use of neonicotinoids in agriculture.” she says, despite the growing number of conscientious peer-reviewed studies, such as the one by Yamamuro’s team, which show the opposite. ‘’A *trophic cascade is underway all across Japan,’’ says Satoe Kasahara whose 2010 study found that birds using rice fields suffered a long-term decline in numbers from 1996 to 2009. ‘’… and we attribute this to changes in cultivation methods in rice fields including the introduction of neonicotinoids that began around 1993.’’ This theory holds out, according to Carter, who visited the island of Kyushu to the south of the toxic waste site that Lake Shinji has become – a place protected from the chemical companies by the laws related to Aso-Kuju National Park. ‘’Here the farmers maintain traditional rice farming methods to pass them to future generations and walking around the grass at the edge of the rice paddy, I saw frogs jumping into the water and heard about the eight species of dragonfly were observed here in 2019 including the iconic autumn darter.’’ Carter says, ‘’… this
shows that the ecosystem and the aquatic insects that form the basis of the food chain and fisheries in surrounding rivers and lakes are healthy.’’ * A trophic cascade is triggered by the addition or removal of top predators or prey in a food chain, which results in dramatic and deleterious changes in ecosystem structure and nutrient cycling. Read more Autumn Darter
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Survival is all about connections, co-operation and symbiosis – not competition and prevailing as an individual at the expense of others, including the earth…. Ecologist Suzanne Simard has spent over 25 years studying the symbiotic fungal networks that nurture and connect trees. Simard’s work has revealed that these fungal collaborators actually connect their plant symbionts together in networks of reciprocal care, and that trees share nutrients with younger or weaker trees through their fungal symbionts, even across species. These thin tendrils that tangle around plants’ roots, called mycorrhizal fungi, provide increased water and nutrient absorption capabilities to plants and receive carbohydrates from photosynthesis in return. Almost all (>90%) vascular plants are in such a mutually beneficial relation with fungi and therefore a healthy forest requires a dense patchwork of reciprocity. If you’ve ever had a stomachache after a course of antibiotics, you know intimately that life is much less comfortable with a diminished community of bacterial collaborators. But bacteria’s role in the body far exceeds digestion. The National Institutes of Health recently found that over 10,000 microbial species occupy what they call “the human ecosystem,” outnumbering human cells 10 to 1 and doing diverse kinds of work at almost every
level of the body’s processes. Bacteria, for instance, may make as much as 95 percent of the serotonin in our bloodstreams, meaning you have a diverse symbiont community to thank for your pleasant mood. Put simply, life is beginning to look ever more complex and ever more collaborative. ‘’One critical takeaway from all this is that competition is not natural, or at least not more so than collaboration,’’ writes John Favini, a Ph.D. candidate in anthropology at the University of Virginia, ‘’… and with our climate crisis mounting, we dearly need new ways to think about our relationships to the diverse entities that share our planet.’’ When competitive self-interest is revealed to be a mutable behavior, he says, the causes of climate change come into greater clarity – it is NOT human nature, but an economic system that demands competition, that distributes resources such that a tiny elite can live tremendously carbon-intensive lifestyles while the rest of us struggle for a pittance. Read more Picture: Andric Ljubodrag
Purple-backed Fairy-wren This photo was captured in Innes National Park on the
Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
📷: Stuart Milde via Stuart Milde Photography
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TEMPORARY COOK (ECDC) - as soon as possible! The Klamath Tribes Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) is looking for a temporary Cook for approximately 30 days as soon as possible. The main purpose is to prepare daily breakfast, lunch, and a snack in accordance with USDA requirements for 20 children aged 0-5 years. Responsible for cleanup and an overall sanitary environment. *Must pass a background investigation and an alcohol/drug screen. For more information contact Human Resource, (541) 783-2219, ext. 190.
Budweiser sign, it works.
$150. Sewing machine – it also works
Rhonda or Josef 541-533-2148 $150
German Shepherd Puppies ◦ Papered ◦ Veterinarian Certified ◦ Standard coat $500. (Sires) ◦ Long coat $750. (Dame) Ready for their Forever Home Call Steve @ 541-363-6375 [email protected]
There is no charge for placing ads in the Chiloquin News Marketplace. If you wish to place an ad, please email it to [email protected] by Sunday afternoon. Classified ads will be run for one month. You will find the expiration date to the far right of your ad. If you wish to extend the ad, please send an email the week before the ad expires.
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FARM FRESH EGGS FOR SALE Need eggs during the winter? We got eggs!! $3.00 a dozen and $4.00 eighteen pack. Call Wes 818-437-5802
I have eggs for sale. $3.00 per dozen. Email me at [email protected]. Kathy Bettles
Hats, Hats, Hats Hand knitted. Lots of styles, colors and sizes. $25 each
Give me a call or text at 541-905-6495.
Leave a message if I don’t answer. Joan
Lots of flavors and combinations – persimmon, feijoa, quince, lavender, watermelon, grape, pear, apple, autumn olive, blueberry, fig, plum, pomegranate, crabapple, rhubarb, rose hip 8 oz jar $5, 16 oz jar $10 Give me a call or text at 541-905-6495. Leave a message if I don’t answer. Joan
Great gifts for any occasion Joan’s website: https://www.knittedcreatures.com Knitted toys and accessories, fused glass pendants
Bolerjack’s Yard Service weedeating, mowing, yard cleanup, dump runs
$15 an hour, 2 hour minimum + dump fees Call Greg at 541-880-6869
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, a locally owned environmental services company, is excited to announce it is
offering two new services- noxious weed control and restoration plantings. Tired of fighting with toadflax, thistle, St John’s wort or other invasive weeds? Call us to talk about a treatment plan! Our crews can also help restore habitat with large and small native planting projects. Whether you’re a private landowner, conservancy non-profit or land agency, we’d love to help with your project! Call 541-591-0409 or email [email protected]. Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Kestrel-Country-LLC-1497513103634513/
Notary Public Lily Mendonca Acknowledgments, Verification Upon Oaths, Certify Copies, Witness Signatures
($5 fee per notarial act)
English, Ukranian, Russian Languages Call or text for appointment
541-891-2487 (Chiloquin)
VHS to DVD copying service.
Doing VHS to DVD, Slides to DVD, Super 8mm to DVD. Please contact scotteddy1@gmail. com for pricing information
Sign up for the Community Rewards program by linking your Fred Meyer Rewards Card to FCE at
www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards. You can search for us by our name (Oregon Association for Family and Community education) or by
our non-profit number (83459).
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Donations of expended ink cartridges will be gratefully accepted by the Friends of the Chiloquin Library. They can be dropped off at the Chiloquin Library during regular
library hours. Funds generated by these donations will help pay for cleaning and office supplies for the library.
Full Service Pet Grooming in the Chiloquin Area
Baths and Haircuts for Dogs and Cats of all shapes and sizes. Older or difficult dogs welcome as well as first timers and new puppies. Grooming is done in my home on South Chiloquin Rd which allows me to take as much time needed for each individual pet.
Please Call for Appointment or if you should have any questions at all. Feel free to send texts also. https://www.facebook.com/Critter-Clips-1534700626754339/ Laura Price - (520)255-3147 (AZ Phone #)
If you or someone you know is sick or elderly or would like to have soup delivered to them on Tuesday, please contact Norma Jean Wilder at 541-281-1947.
The Blessing Pot has been in operation for nearly 11 years, serving homemade soup, bread, and a cookie every Tuesday at the Chiloquin Christian Center. If you would just like to come in and have lunch, you can do that between 11:30 and 12:30 every Tuesday.
A New You Massage Carla Rambil, license number 7980
Phone number 541-783-3853. All massages are by appointment only.
I have farm fresh chicken eggs and duck eggs. Chicken eggs are $3 per dozen. Duck eggs are $3.50 per dozen. I am at Friday Market every week or you can reach me at; Kathy Bettles (510) 847-5395.
Driving to Klamath to buy your health food? Join us as we order our food through AzureStandard.com, a health food buying group.
*Order Online Bulk food, frozen foods, fresh produce, dairy, eggs, organic foods, herbs, supplements,
household, beauty, outdoor and garden, pet foods etc. ………………and all delivered!
*Local Pickup Meet a truck every 4 weeks with your order boxed and ready to go. Pur group name is
‘Gather at the River” and out drop # is 799631*For more info Darylene Cunningham 541-783-3932
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JJ’s Café American & Mexican Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Tuesday through Saturday
8am – 7pm To Go orders 541-783-9116
320 Chocktoot St, Chiloquin
We are open 7 days a week 11 am -10 pm Mon-Sat, and 2 pm-10 pm Sun
139 Chiloquin Blvd. Hwy 422, Chiloquin (503) 560-5833
We are on Facebook as The TP in Chiloquin! Please feel free to find us and follow us for updates and specials!
Antique/Thrift Store
27600 Hwy 97 N. Phone:(541) 892-6543
Winter Hours: Open 10:00-5:00. Closed Tuesdays and for rediculously bad weather.
Chiloquin Car Care Quality wash & detail
We wash & detail RV/5th wheel/travel trailers too
800-460-0786 Visit our website
Split and delivered to Chiloquin, Sprague River and Fort Klamath areas.
Call 541-281-6548 and PLEASE leave a message.
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is offering free estimates on a custom window for your home, office or personal gifts Elegant Entryways Doors Side Lites Transoms
Cabinets Fire Screens Lamps Personal Gifts
email Karen: [email protected] 541-591-5736
call us at 541-591-0949
Kayak and bicycle rentals, kayak & bicycle drop off, fishing poles
Visit our website
Sasquatch Hollow Kids Zipline, a Crater Lake ZipLine Adventure, is now open for the season.
Call for reservations for guaranteed departure times. Sasquatch Hollow is designed for young adventure seekers ages 5-13. Maximum weight 175 pounds maximum height 5’6”. Cost is $50 per person and includes a 2 hour adventure of Zipline’s challenge bridges and elements. www.sasquatchhollow.com 541.892.9477 29840 Highway 140 West, KLAMATH Falls Oregon 97601.
Barefoot hoof trimming. We specialize in balanced barefoot trims that conform to a horse's anatomy, which help support healthy hooves and joints. We follow the "Hoofprint Trim" method taught by the Oregon School of Natural Hoofcare, backed by years of research. All disciplines and breeds welcome. We offer a good, compassionate experience for all horses. Serving Chiloquin and surrounding area. Please contact us for more information and to schedule an appointment! Also offering handyman services. Home repair including light plumbing and electrical.
Updated 02/02/2020 This calendar is compiled by Mata Rust. Submit events for inclusion to [email protected]
In the interest of saving space this is not the complete calendar. For events for the next several months as well
as ongoing events please see https://chiloquinnews.wordpress.com/events-list/
DATE EVENT DESC LOCATION/CONTACT
Throughout the RRT season
Youth Education and Outreach Programs
A wide variety of programs will be offered by the Ross Ragland Theater for area youth. Check out the offerings for
Ross Ragland Theater Sam Burris at [email protected]
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quality enrichment programs for our young people
Dec. 7 – April 26 Saturday, Sunday, and most holidays 1 PM
Ranger-guided snowshoe walks
Snowshoes are provided free of charge and no previous snowshoeing experience is necessary. Walks last 2 hours, and cover 1 to 2 miles of moderate-to-strenuous terrain. Routes vary, but most walks begin at Rim Village and explore the forests and meadows along the rim of the lake. Along the way, participants discover how winter affects Crater Lake and the park’s plants and animals. Crater Lake National Park is one of the snowiest inhabited places in America, receiving an average of 43 feet of snow per year. Snowshoeing with a ranger is a fun way to experience this winter wonderland.
Crater Lake National Park www.nps.gov/crla. ccccc
Thursdays 5:30 – 6:30 PM
Thursday Indoor Walking Moai
Join volunteers who will help you get the most out of your walking.
Meet in the lobby of Mike’s Fieldhouse [email protected]
Tuesdays 8 – 9 AM
Indoor Walking Group
Join volunteers who will help you get the most out of your walking.
Meet in the lobby of Mike’s Fieldhouse [email protected]
February, 2020
Feb. 5 Wednesdays 1 – 8 PM
Beginning of AARP Tax-Aide sessions
In Klamath County there is no income or age restriction to receive assistance.
Klamath County Library
Feb. 6 6:30 PM
Diverse perspectives
A group meets regularly to share opposite points of view in a neutral setting. It is not however a debate club with winners and losers. The group welcomes the public of all ages.
Klamath County Library
Feb. 6 6 PM
Film maker Skye Borgman guest speaker
Klalmath Film group’s guest speaker is a KU graduate and professor of film at USC.
Waffle Hut [email protected] or click on KlamathFilm
Feb. 11 5:30 PM
Women’s College Basketball
OIT VS SOUTHERN OREGON
OIT Danny Miles Court
Feb. 11 7:30 PM
Men’s College Basketball
OIT VS SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY
OIT Danny Miles Court
Feb. 13 6 PM
Live Acrobat Performance
Golden Dragon Acrobats Ross Ragland Theater
Feb. 13 – 16 41st Annual Winter Wings Festival
Winter birds at their finest! Winter Wings brings together birders and photographers of all stripes to learn and explore with top notch professionals and experienced local guides. The Klamath Basin is renowned for its massive wintering population of Bald Eagles, but is prime habitat for many other raptors, as well as a stunning abundance and diversity of waterfowl. For the complete schedule, program descriptions, and fees, visit the Festival website at
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www.WinterWingsFest.org and select the program tab. For more information email the Festival at [email protected] or call 1.877.541.BIRD (2473).
Feb. 14 6AM to 2PM
Sky Lakes Volunteers hosting the Klamath Hospice Annual Valentine's Day Bake Sale
Please join our friends from the Klamath Hospice as we host their annual bake sale held at Sky Lakes
Sky Lakes Staff Dining Room, located just behind the Hill Top Café (cafeteria)
Feb. 14 Walking History Tour, Downtown Klamath Falls
A "cultural activity" during the Winter Wings Festival. $10 registration fee applies. Click here
Feb. 14, 15, 16 2nd Annual Kite Fest Bring your own kite or just come to watch 3 days of filling the Cascade skies with color.
Lake of the Woods Resort
Feb. 14 5 – 8 PM
Valentine’s Dinner Reservation only gourmet multi-course Valentine’s Day dinner, a romantic getaway in the Cascades. Check website for menu and reservation information.
Lake of the Woods Marina & Pizzeria 866 201-4194
Feb. 14 Walking History Tour
Downtown Klamath Falls walking history tour will be offered as a "cultural activity" during the Winter Wings Festival. $10 registration fee applies.
Click here for details
Feb. 14 12 PM
Women’s College Basketball
OIT VS. WALLA WALLA
OIT Danny Miles Court
Feb. 14 2 PM
Men’s College Basketball
OIT VS WALLA WALLA UNIVERSITY (WASH.)
OIT Danny Miles Court
Feb. 14 6 – 8 PM
Anti-Valentine’s Party
For teens
Klamath County Library
Feb. 15 8 PM
Men’s College Basketball
OIT VS WALLA WALLA UNIVERSITY (WASH.)
OIT Danny Miles Court
Feb. 15 6 – 9 PM
4th Annual Country Valentine Dinner
BBQ with all the trimmings - $20 per plate requested donation. Door prizes. Dancing to the Old Time Fiddlers. Western dress optional. Sponsored by Two Rivers Art Gallery, a benefit to help develop businesses in Chiloquin vacant buildings.
Chiloquin Community Center 541 783-2428
Feb. 15 Star Party KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - A series of astronomy events has been scheduled in the Klamath Falls area to observe objects in the night sky this year. The events, referred to as star parties, are sponsored by the Klamath County Museum. Volunteer amateur astronomers will be on hand at each event to provide telescopes for viewing objects such as planets, stars, star clusters, nebulae and distant galaxies. “Some of our events will be held right here in town, but for other events we’ll have to go a ways out of town to find darker skies for viewing deep-sky objects,” said museum manager Todd Kepple.
Sukraw Farms 1800 Lower Klamath Lake Road 541 882-1000
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Feb. 16 1860s Days Features presentations by living history groups in the local area.
Klamath County Museum
Feb. 20 7 AM - 5 PM Feb. 21 6 AM – 2 PM
Sky Lakes Volunteer hosting the Care Wear Scrubs/Shoes/ Socks fundraiser
For just two days, the Care Wear folks will bring back to the Basin an amazing selection of Scrubs, Shoes, and Socks as hosted by the Sky Lakes Volunteers, as part of their ongoing fundraiser campaign in support of the programs and initiatives .
Sky Lakes Medical Center, all three river conference Rooms near the Cafeteria, 2865 Daggett Ave. Call Reid Kennedy at 541.274.2038 for more info.
Feb. 21 5:30 PM
Women’s College Basketball
OIT VS WARNER PACIFIC OIT Danny Miles Court
Feb. 21 7:30 PM
Men’s College Basketball
OIT VS WARNER PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
OIT Danny Miles Court
Feb. 22 5:30 PM
Women’s College Basketball
OIT VS MULTNOMAH UNIVERSITY OIT Danny Miles Court
Feb. 22 7:30 PM
Men’s College Basketball
OIT VS MULTNOMAH UNIVERSITY OIT Danny Miles Court
Feb. 26 7:30 PM
Musical performance
CARLENE CARTER, FROM THE WORLD FAMOUS CARTER CASH FAMILY
Ross Ragland Theater
Feb. 26 & 27
Sky Lakes Volunteer hosting the Americal Red Cross Blood Drive
Please join in the ever-present need for donated blood at our Blood Drive in the warmth of our meeting room, and by the warmth of people who care
Sky Lakes Medical Center, all three river conference Rooms near the Cafeteria, 2865 Daggett Ave. Call Reid Kennedy at 541.274.2038 for more info.
Feb. 27 6 PM
Cholesterol and Heart Health
Presented by Dr. Curtis Kunkel, ND who is a board-certified naturopathic physician specializing in thyroid and adrenal disorders, natural hormone rebalancing and hard to treat conditions.
Klamath County Library
Feb. 28 Documentary screening
Two documentaries on Southern Oregon events during WWII.
Ross Ragland Theater
Feb. 29 “Bloopers and Blunders in Klamath County.”
The Klamath County Museum's fourth annual Leap Year Party
Feb. 29 7 – 11 PM
Back to the 80s 1st Annual 1980s Adult Dance Party
Put on your best 80s look and dance the night away at this benefit for the Klamath Union Class of 2020 Alcohol- and Drug-Free Graduation Party.
Yesterday’s Plaza Tickets available Eventbrite.com KU office Parents of class of 2020
Feb. 29 & March 1
Monster Truck Insanity Tour
Live A Little Productions, based in Rigby, Idaho, returns to Oregon for the 2nd year, this tour including some of the nation’s biggest and baddest monster trucks, along with wild side-by-side tough truck and UTV races for locals, and the Monster Truck Ride Experience where spectators can take a ride in a real monster truck!
Klamath County Fairgrounds
March, 2020
March 7 8 AM – 2 PM
Sky Lakes Medical Center Living Well Community Health Fair
Please join this annual Health Information forum, where the Basin's leading service provider gather to provide free testings, information, resources, and information on a wide range of topics tied to health and wellness..
Klamath County Fairgrouds. Call 541.274.4778 for more info.
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Fish Lake Resort – Winter hours begin Sept. 30. 541 949-8500 www.FishLakeResort.net. Lake of the Woods Resort – Lodge closes Jan. 2. Marina, pizza parlor, and store open Thursday through Sunday. Camp ground and cabins available throughout the year. www.lakeofthewoodsresort.com 1-866-201- 4194. Rocky Point Resort – Restaurant closed until February. Marina closed until March. Motel & cabins available year around. rockypointoregon.com 541 356-2287. Odessa Store – Open 8 AM – 7 PM, with groceries and quick-stop supplies, liquor store, propane, gas & diesel. Discount fuel days 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of the month. 541 356-2272. Harriman Springs Resort – Restaurant closed until spring. 541 356-0900, 844 733-2263. Quilting Sisters – Open Monday through Saturday 541 356-2218. Gardens of Joy – 541 973-3956. ---------------------------------------------------------- Dump open – Sat., 8:30 – 4 Library & Quilt – Tuesdays, 9 – noon. Fire Department Number – 541 205-4934. Rpfire.com.
Sprague River Monthly Community Meetings
Community Center Meeting (First Monday) at the Community Center @10am.
SR Community Resources Team Meeting (First Thursday) at the Community Center @6:30pm
Sheriffs Advisory Committee Meeting (Third Friday) at the Community Center @1:30pm
CAT Team Meeting (Third Saturday) at the Community Center @3:15 pm
Sprague River Fire District 3 Meeting (Third Thursday) at the Firehouse @ 5 pm
Please join us! All meetings are open to the entire community!
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National Suicide Prevention Center 1-800-273-8255
Crisis Text Line: 741-741
Emergency 911 Klamath County Animal Emergency Service Coverage Hours: 7pm - 8am, every night, direct line: 541-882-9005
If no one gets back to you within what you think is a reasonable amount of time, call Southern Oregon Veterinary Specialty Center (in Medford) at 541-282-7711
Badger Run Wildlife Rehab 541-891-2052 Reporting a non-emergency crime in Klamath County Call 541-884-4876 and use key option #4. This non-emergency call makes a report, generates an incident and is tracked but does not interfere with the emergency side of 911 dispatch. If the call is an emergency then 911 should be contacted immediately.
The Quail Trail Schedule has been revised, effective Monday 10/08/2018. The reason for the changes is to aid young adults living in Chiloquin (and surrounding areas) traveling to/from Eagle Ridge High School in Klamath Falls. The students depend on the Quail to get to/from school. Now students may ride Route 2 to get to school, and catch Route 4 to go home after school – cutting their commute time by roughly 4 hours!
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ChiloQuilters Meet on Thursdays from 11:00 AM into the afternoon at Two Rivers Art Gallery; hours are flexible. A sack lunch is recommended since meetings usually extend into mid-afternoon. Everyone interested in quilting is welcome! For more information, contact Linda Wood (541-281-7101) or Morna Bastian (541-783-2542 or [email protected]). Linus Quilters meet the last Friday of the month from 11:00 AM into the afternoon, at Two Rivers Gallery
Needle Arts Club Meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month, from 1:30 - 3:30 at Two Rivers Art Gallery. Have fun, learn new crafts and get help working on current projects. If you do any type of needle crafts, i.e. knit, crochet, beading,, etc. we would love to have you come join us! For information, contact Karyl Gudge (541)589-2479.
Yoga practice (and I emphasize the word practice) Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:00 am- 11 am at the Chiloquin Community Center. Practice is geared toward those over 55. No charge, but donations for CVIP will be gratefully accepted. Any questions, call Lorna 541-783-2238.
Bipolar and depression support group Weekly in person and online meetings. For information go to: http://www.meetup.com/BipolarCommunityProject/
Sunday Bible Study with Russ Smith at 9:00 am, Sprague River Friends Church 23840 3rd Ave. Sprague River
Adult Recovery Support Group “Iron Circle” Sponsored by the Klamath Tribal health and Family Services Youth and Family Guidance Center. Chiloquin on Weds 1-3 PM KTHFS YFGC Modular, 204 Pioneer St (across from the park) Adults 18 and over, open to anyone seeking support. Talking circle, smudge, prayer, sobriety, recovery encouragement Facilitator: Arwin Head For information: Monica Yellow Owl or Devery Saluskin 541-884-1841.
Calling All Veterans Chiloquin area veterans have started getting together regularly to get to know each other, exchange service-connected stories, and discuss local community issues. The group meets every Thursday morning at 9 at the Potbelly Café where they enjoy chatting while drinking coffee, eating snacks, and, for some, having breakfast. This informal get-together is open to all vets, men and women, and generally lasts an hour or so. Please feel free to join us.
Friday Night Alive Need hope?... Need purpose?… Need value?... Need something worth living for?... Let us, share our wonderful but simple story where you can find answers… hope…. purpose…. Value…through songs and stories…AND LOTS OF HEART CHECK US OUT!…JUST COME :) Every Friday Night ... 6:30 pm Intersection of Hwy 62 & Hwy 422 (S. Chiloquin Rd)
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Chiloquin FCE (Family and Community Education) We are a part of The Oregon Association for Family and Community Education. Our local community service is to raise funds for Chiloquin High School and Home School children who are headed to college. We raise these funds and have fun doing it. Our monthly meetings consist of a program provided by either the National Association for Family and Community Education, OSU Extension Service or one written by FCE members, a business meeting and a potluck lunch. If you are interested in getting more involved in your community in a relaxing friendly way, meeting some of your neighbors and getting to know more about this area, please come by and check us out. We meet on the 2nd Wednesday at 10am, usually at the Chiloquin Christian Center Community Room, but sometimes it’s at member’s homes or a field trip. You can call Sandie Bolyard (541-892-2336) or Judy Pedder (541-783-3227). We look forward to meeting you. Chiloquin Women’s Prayer Warriors Place: Annie and Caroles house.135 S. Charley Ave, Chiloquin Phone: 541-621-7163 Time: 10 am When: Second Monday of each month
Sage Community School Board Meeting 2nd Monday of every month at 6:00 PM, with 3 exceptions: October 21, November 18, and no meeting in December. Meetings are held at Chiloquin Fire & Rescue, McLaughlin Training Center, 201 S. 1st Ave. Chiloquin, Oregon. The public is welcome to attend. Please visit our website for the current board meeting schedule, www.SageCommunitySchool.Org. Woodland Park Special Road District The road serves about 73 homes in the area between Chiloquin and Collier State Park. Meets the 2nd Monday of every month at 6:00 PM at the Community Center.
Chiloquin Community Tourism ACTION Team 6:30pm, Chiloquin Community Center, 1st Thursday evening of each month (except July, will be the 11th). Everyone is invited! We cover all the great projects our Team is working on to create a better tomorrow for Chiloquin. Granters come and speak at our meetings, we have Project Leader reports and the many Project Teams divide in groups and discuss their agenda. This is a very inviting, filled with an enthusiastic forward movement, very positive, and organized group of concerned citizens. We have around 77 supporters which include businesses, organizations, foundations, partners, and investors. Projects include: Beautification, City Mapping, River Mapping, River Accesses, Economic Development, Marketing, Community Development, Increased Outdoor Recreation, and Tourism (which included welcome baskets to new comers) Note: We welcome any new names and phone numbers. We are an ACTION Team. This means we are all about action! Our accomplishments and plans show this it true. Be an ACTION team player and enjoy being a part of this worth-while Team who cares about Chiloquin. Please call: Judy Pate 541-783-2428 (pls use cell ph to call) Thanks!
Chiloquin Visions in Progress (CVIP) Meetings are held on the 3rd Wed of the month at 6PM in the Chiloquin Community Center conference room. See ‘Volunteer Opportunities’ for more information.
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Two Rivers Camera Club We meet at the Two Rivers Art Gallery in Chiloquin at 3:30 PM on the second Wednesday of the month. Chiloquin Book Club 4th Thursday of every month at 1:30 PM – Chiloquin Library.
Chiloquin Fire & Rescue Board Meeting 3rd Wednesday of every month at 6:00 pm. At the McLaughlin Training Center, 102 Schonchin St, Chiloquin OR 97624.
Chiloquin Vector Control The Chiloquin Vector Control District Board of Trustees meets on the 4th Wed of each month except for November and December at the Chiloquin Community Center Conference Room at 6:30PM The agenda includes discussions about mosquito control, mosquito monitoring, bill paying, budget issues and general management concerns. The public is encouraged to attend and offer public comments at the end of each meeting. The meeting room is wheelchair accessible.
Friends of the Chiloquin Library 1st Wed of every month in the library conference room. April through October – 9:00 AM, and November through March – 10:00 AM. All are welcome! Sheriff’s Citizen Advisory Committee 3rd Wednesday of every month from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM at the Chiloquin Community Center. All area residents are invited to attend.
Chiloquin City Council Meetings held on the 2nd Monday and 4th Tuesday of every month at 6:30 PM, Chiloquin City Hall on 2nd Street.
High Desert Trail Riders Back Country Horsemen The GENERAL MEETING is held at 7PM on the second Tuesday of the month at Waffle Hut & Eatery 106 Main St, Klamath Falls. We have NO meetings at all in August, and December meetings are held as announced each year. Come early to eat and socialize.
Board meetings are held at Mazatlán on Washburn every Third Tuesday of the month. Pack Clinic meetings are the Fourth Tuesday of each month at Red Rooster's. Come earlier to eat and greet. Meetings include guest speakers on various subjects. If you want to help save our trails & campsites, come see what we are about. Trail rides, work projects & camaraderie as well as lots of good people and good times. For more information see our website at www.HDTRBCH.org or Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/HighDesertTrailRiders Chiloquin Care Program The Chiloquin Food Pantry Board Meeting is on the 3rd Thursday of each month after the Vegetable Connection. People of the community are welcome to attend. Only board members can vote on issues.
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Chiloquin Fire & Rescue - Volunteer Opportunities: Firefighter, EMS, Apparatus Operator, Driver, Support, Fire Prevention, Fire Investigation, Facilities Maintenance, Vehicle Maintenance. 541-783-3860
Two Rivers Art Gallery: The gallery, which is a community project and has no paid employees, is seeking people to “gallery sit”. This involves talking to people who stop by to browse and shop. Contact the Gallery @ 783-3326.
Sage Community School – Sage Community School is looking for community volunteers interested in assisting Sage Community School. See Board Meeting info under Monthly Meetings. If you are interested in offering your services as a volunteer in any way, please contact Anna Fowler 541.783.2533~Office [email protected]
Klamath Humane Society – volunteers needed at the Humane Society. We are getting started on our disaster program and need volunteers in the Chiloquin area. We also are looking for people who can write grants. Foster homes for dogs and cats are always needed. For more information, contact the shelter at 882-1119 or e-mail [email protected]. Start Making A Reader Today (SMART) – a statewide program working with children K-3 during school hours. Each volunteer works one-on-one with a child for ½ hour, helping them read (or reading to the youngest). We always need volunteers, whether scheduled every week or merely as a substitute reader when the regular reader is unable to attend. Call the number below for an application or fill out an on-line application at www.getsmartoregon.org. It will be the most rewarding hour you ever volunteer! Contact the SMART office at 273-2424 or the Chiloquin Elementary School at 783-2338 or call Junie Stacey at 541-281-9787
Chiloquin Branch Library - The library has many ways to get involved and many fun ways to contribute to your local community. Some opportunities: 1. Evening volunteer: The library is open until 6pm on Tuesdays, Weds and Thursdays. We would really appreciate a volunteer who could help us out with closing tasks for the last hour or so on these days (especially Tuesdays). 2. Story time: If you would like to read two or three stories to a small group or preschoolers, and lead them in a simple craft or activity, the library staff can use your help. 3. Summer Reading Program: There are many opportunities during the summer to help out with this very worthwhile program. 4. Honor collections: These are racks of paperback books, magazines and audiovisual materials that patrons may check out without a library card. By offering these collections, more people in the community can be reached and a greater diversity of materials can be made available without incurring the costs of cataloging and processing items for the general collections. The staff would like to have some help in keeping these racks orderly, attractive and relevant. Check with the librarian for information on how to “adopt a rack”. 5. Help with sorting donations. 6. Go through Books for Sale section and tidy it once a month or so. Stop in at the library and see what they need or give them a call at 541-783-3315.
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Neighborhood Watch – Agency Lake President – Lorelle Piazza 541-783-3033, Secretary - Christy Dugger 707-499-1660
Chiloquin Visions in Progress (CVIP) CVIP operates the Chiloquin Community Center, the Chiloquin Learns After School program and is the contact point for the Chiloquin Area Community Resource Committees and their projects. We have a volunteer list in the office where you can sign up to be available for many different “jobs” and projects. Call 783-7780 between 10 AM and 2 PM weekdays for further information. If you would like to get further involved, attend a Board meeting, held on the 3rd Wed of the month at 6PM in the Community Center conference room. CVIP now accepts credit/debit cards for room rental payments.
The Chiloquin News is an email newsletter of events in Chiloquin, Oregon plus some general interest weather and earth news. The newsletter is compiled and edited by Joan Rowe and is free of charge to anyone who wants to receive it. If you are interested in receiving the Chiloquin News, email [email protected] and request that your e-mail address be added to the mailing list. To unsubscribe, send an email with “unsubscribe” in the subject line to the same address. A special thanks to the Chiloquin Library for making a print version of this newsletter available to those without computer access. All event information posted in the CN is by submissions to the CN. The Chiloquin News does not reveal, share or distribute the email addresses of subscribers for any reason whatsoever. For additional information on the town of Chiloquin, Oregon, visit www.chiloquin.com. For information about activities in the surrounding areas of the towns of Chiloquin, Ft. Klamath and Rocky Point visit www.CraterLakesBackyard.com For information on the Region, contact Klamath County’s Official Tourism Agency, Discover Klamath. The Welcome Center is open M-F 9-5 and is located at 205 Riverside Drive, Klamath Falls. 541 882-1501. Email: [email protected] Website https://www.discoverklamath.com/ Archived copies of the ChiloquinNews can be found at http://chiloquinnews.wordpress.com/
If you are signed up but are not receiving the Chiloquin News, it’s because your email provider has either blocked it or sent it to spam. If it has just gone to spam, and you can find it there, then you can use that email to set up an email filter, telling your provider to never send it to spam. If it has been blocked, that is more difficult. When it is blocked it never even gets to your account. CenturyLink is notorious for blocking the Chiloquin News, but other providers have also done so. You could try calling CenturyLink to ask that it be ‘unblocked’ – good luck with that! Otherwise you could open a gmail account to receive the Chiloquin News, or you could read it at the online archive at https://chiloquinnews.wordpress.com/ As for the reason it is being blocked, it’s because it goes out to a large number of people and email providers tend to label those emails as spam. When the mail is blocked I can’t even reply to your queries. If the words ‘Chiloquin News’ appear anywhere in the text, the message will be blocked. The mail is doomed right from the start because it’s coming from the address [email protected]. Please let me know if you have not been receiving the newsletter. I would like to keep track. Thanks, Joan
