Make the McKenzie Connection!
Make the McKenzie Connection!
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RAINBOW: First responders from the Upper McKenzie Rural Fire Protection District quickly responded last Thursday to the report of a single vehicle accident, with entrapment, at 54947 McKenzie Hwy. According to Lane County Sheriff's Office reports, the driver, 72-year-old Akkiva Vonmendelssohn of Blue River, reportedly fell asleep and struck a guardrail at 3:18 p.m. A witness told investigators that the vehicle had been traveling eastbound at approximately 50 mph prior to the crash....
"The fire isn't completely out until it's black and it's cold," explained Randy Johnson during Monday night's online briefing on fires burning on federal lands near McKenzie Bridge and Oakridge. Johnson, Incident Commander for the Knoll Fire and Middle Fork Fire Complex, told onlookers that the recent clearer weather and winds associated with it were some things firefighters welcomed. The clearer skies provided opportunities to observe fire activities from the air. "It showed us where the fire...
The $1.2 trillion infrastructure package recently approved by the U.S. Senate includes a $2.855 billion investment in salmon recovery and ecosystem restoration programs, as well as tens of billions of dollars allocated for water infrastructure. The bill, which has moved on to the U.S. House of Representatives, awaits decisions on final passage this fall. Language in the Senate version includes $1 billion for the U.S. Department of Transportation to create a new program aimed at removing,...
Vida McKenzie Community Center is absolutely thrilled to announce being awarded $240K from Sen. Floyd Prozanski and another $240K from Rep. Cedric Hayden from a legislator’s discretionary fund. VMCC receive these funds specifically for the rebuilding of its 70+ year old facility, destroyed in the Holiday Farm Fire. Adding $480K to the monies already raised through other grants and community fundraising efforts, VMCC is hopefully on track to open its doors in September, 2022, just two years after the fire. In response to this generous grant, P...
e you to join us at the 70th annual Walterville Community Fair on September 11 from 7 AM to 4 PM. The Walterville Waddle will begin at 8 AM (signup is online only this year). Fair entries (your canning, baking, garden produce, arts/crafts, photography, antiques, flowers, sewing and handcrafts) should be brought to the hall from 7:30 to 9:30 AM and judging will start at 9:30 AM. Flag raising will be at 10 AM by the Boy Scouts. The parade will begin at 11 AM (contact Dani Wright to enter in the parade). The famous Walterville chicken barbeque...
Aug. 5: 8:27 a.m: Suspicious Conditions - Marcola Rd. & Skyhigh Dr. Caller reported a chemical smell. Possibly related to vegetation spraying that was happening in the area. Aug. 6: 8:34 p:m: Suspicious Conditions – Blue River Dr. & Rose St. McKenzie District Deputy located evidence of a break-in near the listed location. Aug. 7: 1:53 p.m: Burglary - 39400 blk, Mohawk Loop Rd. – Caller advised someone broke into their residence. Suspect is possibly known to the caller. Aug. 8: 12:51 p.m: Criminal Trespass - 47900 blk McK. Hwy. Caller bel...
Aug. 13: 14:00: Crash, Injury – Hwy.126E, Milepost 11. Unit #1 was traveling east when the driver lost consciousness due to a medical issue and crashed into a utility pole. The driver was transported to McKenzie Willamette Hospital for his injuries. EWEB responded and replaced the utility pole due to the damages. The vehicle was towed from the scene. Involved: gray Ford Focus, 72-year-old mal4e from Redmond. 23:02: Crash, Non-Injury – Hwy. 242, Mp. 69. Driver lost control of vehicle and drove onto the eastbound shoulder. The vehicle’s left...
Aug. 8: 9:06: 38000 block, McK. Hwy. Illegal Burning. Burn Barrel Extinguished. Aug. 8: 20:43: McK. Hwy./Goodpasture Rd. Illegal Burning. Bonfire under bridge extinguished. Aug. 9: 11:49: Bridge St./Holden Creek Ln. Motor Vehicle Accident. Vehicle left scene. 14:26: 41000 blk, McK. Hwy. MVA - Confirmed Non-Injury. 22:00: McK. Hwy./Buck Point Way. Non-injury. Awaited OSP. Aug. 10: 7:48: 38000 blk, East Cedar Flat Rd. Medical, General. Patient Refusal. 9:43: 38000 blk, Camp Creek Rd. Medical, General. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. 9:47: 44000...
Aug. 9: 18:05: Grass Fire – 90000 block, Aufderheide Dr. Vegetation and grass on fire, backside of Cougar Reservoir. Aug. 10: 06:31: Brush Fire – 88000 blk, Aufderheide Dr. Approx 1-acre, flames & smoke on the ground & in brush. 06:15: Illegal Burn – 55000 blk, McK. River Dr. Subject is burning something in backyard, concerned about fire danger Aug. 12: 15:18: Motor Vehicle Accident - 54947 McK. Hwy. Single vehicle off the roadway. Aug. 13: 17:31: Smoke Check - Aufderheide Dr./Gamby Ln. Complainant at Bruckart Boat Ramp got 2nd hand info that...
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK The trial started on July 27 with the state presenting its evidence. It looked pretty damning, at least at first. The physician who was called to help the dying Harry Agee testified that as far as he could tell, Louise's side of the bed had not been slept in; the pillow was still fluffy. Klecker, the music teacher, took the stand and told his stag-magazine story about Louise's unrequited passion for him. He went on to "confess" that they had been "inappropriately...
rvest's end as the vegetable garden reaches peak, but now's the time to plan for cover crops to be planted in fall. Cover crops, also called green manure, include grains like winter oats and cereal rye. Legumes, such as commonly used crimson clover, Austrian field pea and common vetch, are nitrogen "fixers." Beneficial bacteria in legume root nodules take nitrogen from the air and supply it to the plant. When the cover crop decomposes, some of the nitrogen becomes available to other plants. If...
My husband applied for a job behind my back and accepted the job without my consent. He convinced me, if I came with him, it would only be for a year. He moved my son and me from sunny Southern California to freezing North Dakota. The year came and went. We renegotiated a three-year stay for economic reasons, then had a second son. Well, that temporary stay came and went, and now it's been seven long, cold years! I've tried to be patient, but I can't stand these nine-month winters anymore! He...
ACROSS 1. *____ mater 5. *Graduate degree, acr. 8. Opposite of stereo 12. Defense ditch 13. Fishing rod attachment 14. More sure 15. One's final notice 16. Dutch cheese 17. Golfer's traction aid 18. *Half-year terms 20. At the summit of 21. Water nymph 22. Actor ____ Mahershala 23. Be a busybody 26. Metrical foot in poetry 30. Earlier in time, archaic 31. Become bony 34. Shakespeare's tragic monarch 35. Labanotation founder 37. Theodor Geisel, ____ Dr. Seuss 38. Threshold 39. Relating to the...
