Make the McKenzie Connection!
Make the McKenzie Connection!
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LEABURG: Brad Dimock, Colorado River guide, river dory historian, dory builder, teacher, and owner-operator of Fretwater Boatworks in Flagstaff, will be a featured presenter from 5 to 7 p.m. at the McKenzie River Discovery Center’s Hatchery building, April 22nd. His talk will tie into the evening’s theme, “Spawning Grounds: It Started with this River” and will be a show-and-tell of the links between the McKenzie, Rogue, and Colorado dories, some of the histories, and “generally enamor the audie...
A Leaburg man who killed his 71-year-old roommate in July has been sentenced to 15 years in jail. The Lane County Sheriff’s Office had arrested Nickolas Trevor Jessee, 37, on July 8th, after a day-long search. According to reports, deputies received a call from a neighbor shortly after 10 p.m, on Friday, July 8th. The witness reported seeing a dispute involving two males at a residence in the 44000 block of the McKenzie Highway. When police arrived on the scene they found Gary Stuart Coulter o...
BLUE RIVER: More than two dozen people had a chance in March to record their feelings on good and bad aspects of plans that will help determine how Blue River rebuilds after the 2020 Holiday Farm Fire. During a meeting in the McKenzie High School gym, maps and comment forms for Lane County’s Blue River Drive design concept project allowed people to focus on four different sections of the road. Transportation planner Becky Taylor told the group to address issues like what the best and worst o...
BLUE RIVER: The McKenzie School District opened its McKenzie Little Eagles Child Care Center last Thursday. The new offering fills the child care gap left by the devastating Holiday Farm Fire. Previously, there wasn't a licensed child care facility within the school district boundary, making it hard for families to return to work after COVID. Families returning to the McKenzie Valley as rebuilding continues have faced similar challenges. Organizers say it's hoped the center will help attract...
MCKENZIE PASS: An unexpected Spring thaw opened up a lot of territory to outdoor enthusiasts this week. Unfortunately some hikers who ventured up to a section of the Pacific Crest Trail had to be rescued. At 12:01 p.m. on Friday, a youth group from San Jose used a satellite phone to contact the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office. They reported seven members of their twelve person group were suffering from respiratory impairments and circulatory problems. Some were unable to walk. A dispatcher f...
WALTERVILLE: Rumors of a monster catfish living in the Walterville Pond have been told for generations by natives up and down the McKenzie Valley. Although most simply enjoy telling their version of the story, many claim to have actually seen it, yet some never believed it ever existed. Red Mudger of Deerhorn first told the story of the day he discovered the big fish. That was in 1912, only a year after the Eugene Water & Electric Board constructed the 70-acre storage lake. The Mudger family...
People planning on traveling up Hwy. 126 to access Sisters and parts of Eastern Oregon need to replan their route. The road is closed to allow for removal of rock from a landslide as well as filling in a massive hole that had blocked traffic east of Deer Creek over the weekend. Although times and days may vary depending on the weather, repair work is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily from April 3rd through 13th, or until rock removal is completed according to the Oregon Dept. of...
DEERHORN: A truck full of eels overturned near Deerhorn Road last Thursday, dousing a sedan with slithering sea creatures in a scene straight out of nightmares. Shortly after, five other vehicles were doused with goo that sent creatures slithering across the road near the intersection with Hwy. 126.. According to Oregon State Police reports, the fish were technically not eels, but hagfish, which have a skull but no jaw or spine. When distressed, hagfish secrete slime, earning them the nickname...
VMCC has been hard at work to ensure there are adequate funds to rebuild the Center’s beloved meeting space, destroyed in the Holiday Farm Fire. Through individual donations, grants, in-kind services and fundraising events, VMCC’s goal is within reach, and we want to thank everyone for their generous support over the past 2+ years. But, as difficult it is to lose those last 5 pounds in time for swimsuit season, VMCC struggles to raise a few more dollars before it opens its doors this summer. Here is how you can help VMCC reach its goal and hav...
March 15: 8:14 p.m: Reckless Endangering - Upper Camp Creek Rd. & worth Rd. A caller advised that a white Nissan Frontier pickup tried to run the caller off of the road. March 16: 3:33 p.m: Suspicious Conditions - 37900 block, Maranatha Ln. A green Volkswagen Jetta drove past a no trespassing sign up the caller’s driveway. March 17: 11:01 p.m: Theft - Terwilliger Hot Springs. A caller reported that two cell phones and a backpack were stolen while the complainant was using the hot springs. 10:17 p.m: Dispute - 88900 blk, Ross Ln. Verbal d...
March 20: 18:28: McK. Hwy./Milepost 9. Subject Down. False Alarm. March 21: 13:49: 51000 block, McK. Hwy. Medical, General. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. March 22: 2:35: 36000 blk, Lisa Ct. Mutual Aid. Provided Manpower. 14:00: 7700 blk, Thurston Rd. Medical, Heart. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. 19:42: 42000 blk, Deerhorn Rd. Medical, General. March 23: 13:10: McK. Hwy./Mp. 20. Tree Down/Blocking. Tree Removed From Roadway. March 24: 19:03: 49000 blk, McK. Hwy.. Medical, Trauma. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. 20:28: 42000 blk, McK....
March 21: 13:49: Medical - 51013 McK. Hwy. Female, Conscious, Breathing. March 24: 13:55: Medical - 57111 N. Bank Rd. Female, Conscious, Breathing. 19:03: Medical - McK. Hwy./Milepost 45. Female, Conscious, Breathing. 21:59: Motor Vehicle Accident, Unknown Injury - Appears to be approx. 4 miles south on Quartz Creek Rd. and 1 mile west. Unable to locate, nobody in area has seen anyone. The Upper McK. Fire District board of directors will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 19th, at the McK. Fire Station, 56578 McK. Hwy. in...
William “Bill” David Burwell, age 73, of Rainbow, Oregon, passed away Friday, February 17th, 2023 due to complications from cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. Born in 1949 to David and Gale Burwell, Bill grew up learning to float Oregon’s rivers, explore Wilderness trails, and work in the woods. Throughout his life he had a strong sense of the surrounding land and forests, and an interest in indigenous ways of life. In 1967 Bill graduated from Thurston High School with a football scholar...
IT WAS APRIL FOOLS' DAY of 1874 when saloonkeeper Walter Moffett, proprietor of the Webfoot Saloon and sworn antagonist of the ladies of the Women’s Temperance Prayer League, escalated the conflict to the levels that would lead, within a week or two, to street riots. The “Temperance Crusade” ladies had visited his saloon the day before, and for the first time, rather than leaving when he refused to let them in, they’d arranged themselves like a hymn-singing picket line outside of the place....
Weeks of cold temperatures and rain have unsettled the gardening season. You may be raring to get your garden – but hold. Sowing seeds or planting seedlings at the wrong time will bring nothing but heartache. “One of the biggest mistakes people make is to plant too early,” said Weston Miller, a former horticulturist with the Oregon State University Extension Service. “They get excited when it’s sunny for a few days, put plants in the ground, and think they will grow. But the seeds either ro...
I am a 31-year-old virgin male. At times, I feel sexually frustrated because I've never been intimate with a woman. The only experience I ever had was a nice French kiss in high school. I'm overweight and don't see myself as worthy of a relationship as I am. But after years of neglect and ignoring myself, I am now making changes to my health, which will improve my self-image. I am not attracted to men. If I see a woman on the street I find attractive, I see someone who might be a good person, a...
Budget sends Tony Parise a $250 bill for recalibrating a camera on the windshield of his rental car. But he says nothing happened to it. Does he still have to pay? I rented a car from Budget last summer in Jacksonville, Fla. I noticed several dents and scratches, which I planned to point out during the walk-around inspection. But the attendant told me that they "don't do inspections" because they keep records of any damage to their vehicles. That didn't seem right, so I took photos of the damage. When I returned the vehicle, there was also no...
Quest Diagnostics charged Ro Dobkin an extra $353 for services. Can she get it back or is it lost forever? I received two bills from Quest Diagnostics for tests that my insurance denied. I paid the bills myself, not knowing that my doctors had already recoded them and resubmitted them to Medicare. Quest used my payments and applied them to all services provided even though Medicare already covered them. Quest is also sending me a bill for services performed last spring, which Medicare denied....
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