Make the McKenzie Connection!
Make the McKenzie Connection!
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BLUE RIVER: People at a gathering last weekend had a chance to learn more about how vehicles, bikes, and pedestrians might better navigate their way through Blue River in the future. During a review of three options impacting two sections of the town’s main street, they were also advised Lane County had modified its code language “to recognize the existing right of way widths within the downtown area,” according to Becky Taylor, the county’s senior transportation planner. Details on possibl...
Starting today, the Willamette National Forest will be changing the Fire Danger from ‘moderate’ to ‘high’. Due to the lack of recent moisture and temperatures increasing next week, the Willamette National Forest will be moving from an IFPL I to IFPL II as of Wednesday, July 5. Industrial Fire Precaution Level (IFPL) II – The following may operate only between the hours of 8 p.m. and 1 p.m.: * Power saws except at loading sites * Feller-bunchers with rotary head saws * Cable yarding * Blasting...
BLUE RIVER: The Eugene-based Homes for Good housing agency has broken ground to completely rebuild the Lazy Days Mobile Home and RV Park and it's infrastructure “in a resilient and environmentally responsible manner. The park will provide community open space and amenities and manufactured, or modular housing options will be provided on the site.” In December of 2021, Homes for Good purchased an 8-acre portion of the Lazy Days site, located on the north side of the 52000 block of McKenzie Hwy. P...
BLUE RIVER: In a Facebook posting on Monday, a relative reported that “We, as Shane Sprenger’s family, can finally let you know that some bones were found a while ago and identified through DNA as Shane’s. W will not comment any further as it’s an ongoing active investigation. Thank you all.” The 47-year-old Blue River man’s abandoned silver 2009 GMC Sierra was found near U.S. Forest Service Rd. 15 east of Blue River Reservoir on November 4th of 2021. Cellphone pings seemed to show Sprenger had...
LEABURG: A road construction project designed to improve Hwy. 126 had the opposite impact on motorists when work began last week in Leaburg. The problem centered on long delays that some motorists reported had them parked in place for as long as an hour and 45 minutes. “We are working with the contractor to figure out what caused the delays and how to avoid them,” according to David House, the Oregon Dept. of Transportation’s Region 2 communications officer. “We have no way to count vehicles in a traffic backup, but we know the issue was wit...
The Fourth of July holiday is an incredibly festive time nationwide. Across the state, families come together for gatherings and BBQs; there are parades, festivals, concerts, and fireworks. July Fourth is also America’s top beer-drinking holiday, with an estimated one billion dollars spent on beer during the holiday. Heavy drinking does have its pitfalls. These environments are challenging for anyone sober or in recovery from alcoholism or drug addiction. According to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics, 17% of adults over 18 binge d...
I was standing in line at OHSU — Oregon Health and Science University, Oregon’s premier medical facility — when I overheard the clerk ask a patient ahead of me, “Do you want your pronouns added to your chart this morning?” The country boy in me raised his eyebrows and stifled a smirk, because what could be more Woke, more Portland, more urban lib, than brandishing your preferred pronouns? (Mine are singular.) Right there, standing at ground level in OHSU’s Center for Health and Healing com...
Seavey, probably shortly after he took up residence on the north side of the river in 1855. There was a trail (in later years a dirt road passable by horse and buggy in the summer) running from the Seavey ranch along the north side of the river to the Armitage crossing, but the ferry provided the main access. During the years when Seaveys grew hops and until the CCC’s completed an improved road along the north side of the river in the ’30s, all the hop pickers as well as the hops on their way...
About 25 people spent over four days last week in a labor of love at the Fish Lake Historic Site, also known as the Fish Lake Remount Depot. Close to double that number showed up on Tuesday, the day of the Friends of Fish Lake general membership meeting. The depot site, located along the Santiam Trail in the heart of the Oregon High Cascades, 1930s. The Fish Lake Remount Depot was first used by the US Forest Service as a Ranger outpost in 1905. Since the mid-1800s thousands of travelers...
In the 1980s, the utility Denver Water coined the term “xeriscape” by combining the word “landscape” with the Greek prefix “xero” for “dry.” A niche movement was born, but the use of low-water shrubs and plants was at the time predominantly limited to regions with naturally arid climates, like Colorado. With droughts intensifying in severity, duration, and extent across the country, a shift is occurring in the plant world. The demand for drought-tolerant landscaping has surged not only in arid r...
June 20: 12:20 p.m: Suspicious Conditions - 56200 blk, E. King Rd. An area resident reported that a white Ford Super Duty truck and a black sedan were seen in the area full of items. Although the vehicles were believed to be traveling together, the drivers gave different reasons for being in the area. 1:06 p.m: Down Line - 49600 blk, McK. Hwy. 3:42 p.m: Disturbance, Dispute - 37800 blk, MJ Chase Rd. Verbal Dispute between a former boyfriend and girlfriend. No injuries reported. 9:08 p.m: Loud Noise - 38100 blk, McK. Hwy. 10:43 p.m: Lost...
June 24: 23:04: Driving Under the Influence, Controlled Substance – Hwy. 126E, Milepost 10. Troopers stopped a driver for an observed traffic violation. The driver exhibited signs of impairment, as well as admitted to recently using a controlled substance. The driver consented to Standardized Field Sobriety Tests and multiple clues were observed. The driver was taken into custody without incident and transported to Lane County Adult Corrections. The driver provided a breath sample of .00% Blood Alcohol Content. The driver provided a urine s...
June 20: 6:49: 42000 block, McK. Hwy. Motor Vehicle Accident. Unable To Locate – Disregarded. 8:20: 39000 blk, Meadow Glen Dr. Medical, Heart. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. 12:10: 40000 blk, Tonga Ln. Medical, General. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. 13:10: 49000 blk, McK. Hwy. Down Line. Confirmed Down Communications Line. 10:30: 39000 blk, Walterville Ln. Mistaken Alarm. Disregarded En Route. 20:25: 49000 blk, McK. Hwy. Public Assist. Lift Assist. June 21: 22:34: 42000 blk, McK. Hwy. Medical, General. Patient Assessed, Refusal Obtained 2...
June 23: 01:06: Medical – 50000 block, McK. Hwy. Female, Conscious, Breathing. June 24: 15:22: Motor Vehicle Accident - Old McK. Hwy./Milepost 63. Motorcyclist on his back was blue - unknown if wrecked or heart attack. June 26: 06:55: Motor Vehicle Accident, Unknown Injury - 91530 Cougar Dam Rd. 2 vehicles off the road, down a cliff half a mile below the dam. One vehicle on its top. Confirmed airbags deployed. The Upper McK. Fire District’s board of directors will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 19th, at the McK. Fire Sta...
Back when I was in grammar school, every once in awhile I would meet up with a girl my age and talk. Lisa never was around much, but she was always very sweet and nice. In 5th grade, she was assigned to my class. She was absent a lot, and one day I had the courage to ask why. She told me she was sick, and she explained she wore a wig because her medicine made her lose her hair. We left it at that. Anytime Lisa came to class--a rarity--I would hang with her on the playground. I received much ridi...
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