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BLUE RIVER: Trees that have drifted into the main channel of the McKenzie River have generated warnings for boaters to stay away from an area located about one mile below the Brukart Landing. The entrance to a small side channel of the river to the south is also blocked with trees. The Lane County Sheriff’s Office is advising people to avoid the area until the hazard can be mitigated by Marine Patrol Deputies. Officials report there are currently no safe routes through this section of the r...
LEABURG: Changes for the 2024 angling season were keynotes in Jeremy Romer’s presentation at the McKenzie River Guides meeting last Saturday. The largest will be the shutdown of the Leaburg Trout Hatchery and the McKenzie Salmon Hatchery in June, affecting the stocking of area waterways through the rest of the year, according to Romer, the Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife’s Assitant District fisheries biologist. The change came after environmental groups including the Northwest Environmental Defense Center, The Conservation Angler, and Wil...
Debris In the aftermath of last week’s severe weather, Lane County is opening Hendricks Bridge Park - East of milepost 10 on Hwy 126 - for storm debris drop-offs. Private property owners can bring debris free of charge on February 2 to 4, and February 9 to 11, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Accepted debris includes Tree limbs and branches, Trees less than 24” in diameter (larger trees cut down to 24” in diameter or less), and Heavy shrubbery. Items not accepted include Household garbage or recyc...
In the Pacific Northwest, there are two types of natural disasters you probably think about fairly often because of either secondhand or lived experience: earthquakes and volcanoes. Unlike other seismically-active parts of the world, the PNW hasn’t had a devastating earthquake in recent history, but it is expected to. A magnitude 9.0 earthquake is due to hit the Cascadia subduction zone, a fault line stretching from Vancouver Island to Northern California, within the next 50 years. This e...
Conversations regarding Measure 110’s (M110) failure and the drug addiction crisis have been ongoing for well over a year and really began in earnest during January Legislative Days. The Joint Workgroup on Addiction and Community Safety Response (JASCR) held multiple public meetings beginning in October 2023 to hear testimony and develop policy recommendations and the corresponding budget request. When the short session begins on February 5th the discussions will continue and intensify as various policy options are vetted. I sit on both the H...
Reprinted from the June 16, 2011 edition of McKenzie River Reflections EUGENE: The Lane County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday was slated to approve applications submitted by Public Works Dept. for grant funding under the National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program (NHCBP) for the Belknap, Office, Unity, and Pengra covered bridges. The program would pay for approximately 90 percent of project costs, with the remainder coming from county coffers. If approved, work on the Belknap...
McKenzie Varsity Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Varsity Boys and Girls Varsity Basketball teams host Eddyville Charter on Tuesday, January 30 with the Boys game starting at 5:30 pm and the Girls following at 7:00 pm. The Eagle Boys team travel to Siletz Valley on Thursday, February 3 for a game tipping off at 6:00 pm. The McKenzie Girls game with Siletz Valley has been canceled. The McKenzie teams host Triangle Lake on Saturday, February 3. The Boys game will begin at Noon and the Girls game will follow, starting at 1:30 pm. Eagle...
Growing asparagus requires patience – from planting to harvest takes two to three years, but the wait is well worth the reward. Homegrown asparagus is one of the earliest vegetables of spring. Its quality is much better than store-bought spears, and it’s less expensive. Once established, this vegetable is easy to grow. And asparagus is beautiful. A member of the lily family, its fern-like foliage turns from green to gold in fall and can be a backdrop to chrysanthemums or other late-season flower...
Jan. 15: 7:22 a.m: Welfare Check - 87700 blk, Collins Ln. 9:58 a.m: Assist Public - York Ln. & Deerhorn Rd. 10:24 a.m: Welfare Check - 49900 blk, McK. Hwy. 3:46 p.m: Welfare Check - 51100 blk, McK. Hwy. 4:56 p.m: Welfare Check – 40000 blk, Booth Kelly Rd. 6:49 p.m: Welfare Check - 37900 blk, Railroad Ln. 9:57 p.m: Welfare Check - 51100 blk, McK. Hwy. Jan. 16: 10:06 a.m: Welfare Check - 90400 blk, Sunderman Rd. 10:31 a.m: Assist Public - Terwilliger Hot Springs. Relayed info to Forest Service about a camper stuck in his vehicle behind trees, b...
Jan. 22: 19:23: 39000 block, Hendricks Park Rd. Down Lines. Confirmed Down Line, Information Passed to LCSO and EWEB. Jan. 23: 18:47: 38000 blk, McK. Hwy. Electrical Fire. Cancelled, EWEB already on scene. Jan. 24: 10:03: 37000 blk, Upper Camp Creek Rd. Medical, General. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. 15:11: 89000 blk, Old Mohawk Rd. Mutual Aid. Disregarded by MVFR. 15:22: 40000 blk, Deerhorn Rd. Medical, General. Lift Assist. 18:24: 39000 blk, McK. Hwy. Public Assist. Vented House After Carbon Monoxide Alarm Went Off. 21:20: McK. Hwy./Canal...
Jan. 19: 13:32: House Fire – 43000 block, McK. Hwy. Heavy smoke, several vehicles in driveway unknown if anyone is home. Jan. 21: 06:31: Motor Vehicle Accident, Unknown Injury - Milepost 10, Clear Lake Cutoff. Blue SUV slid off the side of the road, unknown if any injured. 08:13: Medical - Milepost 1, Blue River Reservoir Rd. Male, Conscious, Breathing. Jan. 22: 12:16: Electrical Problem - McK. Hwy./Mp. 49. Power pole smoking and sparking, no flames. 13:15: Electric Problem - McK. Hwy./McK. River Dr. Phone pole is smoldering at top - smoke o...
I am currently involved in a wonderful year-long relationship with a man I've known for ten years. We dated briefly all those years ago, but I wound up marrying someone else. To make a long story short, I should have listened to the fates back then. Recently, I was contacted by another man I dated briefly right after high school. Our relationship ended in a gross misunderstanding. I thought I was getting signals from him to get lost, so I did. I was very hurt, and I have thought about him many...
Ronald Crossley's Hamilton Beach toaster oven doesn't work. And apparently, neither does the Hamilton Beach customer service department. How does he get this appliance fixed? I returned a Hamilton Beach toaster oven earlier this year because of functional and design problems that made it useless. Specifically, the upper element remains "on" in any mode and burns food. Before the return window passed, I emailed Hamilton Beach asking for at least a confirmation of their having received the...
Evonne Hopkins books a room at a bed & breakfast that doesn't have a bathroom. Can she get her money back? I booked a room at a bed & breakfast in New Albany, Ind., through SuperTravel, an Expedia affiliate. When I arrived, I discovered the room didn't have an attached bathroom. You had to go downstairs to access the bathroom. The SuperTravel website did not tell us about this. We asked for a refund, but SuperTravel refused, citing its no-refunds policy. I contend that what we purchased was not...
ACROSS 1. Desert bloomers 6. Request for tailor 9. Paul Bunyan's companion 13. Delivered by plane 14. Boiling emotion 15. Match play result? 16. Like the North vs. the South war 17. Bag, ‡ Paris 18. Nymph of lakes and springs 19. *Team that never made it to Super Bowl 21. *Last year's Super Bowl winner 23. *Safety value 24. Disfigure 25. *Birthplace of NFL 28. Roofed colonnade 30. Dr. Seuss' Yertle 35. Auctioneer's final word 37. Sea eagles 39. Popular winter boot brand 40. Largest ethnic g...
