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Articles from the September 22, 2014 edition


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  • September 22, 2014

    Sep 22, 2014

    Another great week of McKenzie Athletics has passed with the High School Volleyball team taking down Alsea, Triangle Lake and Amity. Our football team fell to Mapleton but showed much improvement as they prepare to start their regular season schedule this week against North Douglas. The Volleyball team will host Mapleton on Tuesday then Travel to Eddyville on Thursday. The real excitement will be on Saturday when we host the 3rd Annual RPI Volleyball Tournament. This tournament includes six top ten teams. It will be a great day for volleyball....

  • No solutions for sunken Kia

    Sep 22, 2014

    Chuck Tannenbaum LEABURG: “At present one could consider the river as essentially at the beginning of becoming a used car junk yard,” was the way Walterville resident Chuck Tannenbaum summed up his feelings. He was testifying about concerns regarding a Kia sedan that hasn’t been retrieved since it entered the water and sank after being involved in an auto accident last May. Tannenbaum wasn’t alone in telling the Eugene Water & Electric Board commissioners how he felt about the situation when they met in Leaburg on September 9th. Others talked...

  • Open Burning Season Delayed

    Sep 22, 2014

    LRAPA logo The backyard burning ban has been extended until October 15th, 2014 with provision for additional delays until further notice. With the extended dry and hot conditions the Lane County area has experienced, it has continued to keep fire danger levels in the “High” to “Extreme” ranges. The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) warns residents that fire behavior is most dangerous when conditions are as dry as they have been. “As we enter the late summer/fall weather pattern, the fuels are currently dry and will take some solid rain for...