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Volunteers from the McKenzie Community Track and Field will be busy over this fall and winter sprucing up their facilities for what should be a very busy spring and summer next year. In addition to the regular school-related events, officials hope to attract one of the teams taking part in the World Athletics Championships to use their facility as a practice venue. According to MCTF president Duane Aanestad, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us to showcase our amazing track and...
This summer a pair of Oregon entomologists traipsed through the woods in northern Washington on the hunt. They were looking for a dangerous predator: Asian giant hornets. Native to south and east Asia, they've earned the name "murder hornets" for their ability to decimate a honey bee hive in an hour or two. They can even kill humans. The Japanese enjoy them fried as a delicacy on skewers or in liquor: Their venom gives it a kick. But they're also a menace. They kill pollinators like European...
A La Nina has developed and is projected to extend through the second winter in a row, according to NOAA's Climate Prediction Center - a division of NOAA's National Weather Service. La Nina is a natural ocean-atmospheric phenomenon marked by cooler-than-average sea surface temperatures across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean near the equator and is translated from Spanish as "little girl." La Niña intensifies the average atmospheric circulation-surface and high-altitude winds, rainfall,...
A 16-year-old emergency response plan was tested again last Wednesday at the Hendricks Bridge County Park in Walterville. The joint "spill drill" organized by the Eugene Water & Electric Board, McKenzie Fire & Rescue and the Eugene Springfield Fire Hazmat Team was designed to familiarize first responders with the McKenzie Watershed Emergency Response System (MWERS). "Interagency drills like this are extremely valuable because it allows us to refresh and hone our skills in deploying spill...
The USDA Forest Service will be accepting applications for more than 1,000 seasonal spring and summer jobs in Oregon and Washington from November 5th to 12th. Positions are available in multiple fields, including fire, recreation, natural resources, timber, engineering, visitor services, and archaeology. “We’re looking for talented, diverse applicants to help us manage over 24 million acres of public land in the Pacific Northwest,” said Glenn Casamassa, Pacific Northwest Regional Forester. “If you’re interested in stewarding our national...
The Bonneville Power Administration made its 38th consecutive U.S. Treasury payment Oct. 5, on time and in full. This year’s $1.05 billion payment brings BPA’s cumulative payments to the Treasury to more than $32 billion since 1984. “This payment, along with actions taken as part of BPA’s Financial Plan, reinforces the agency’s financial strength and demonstrates the agency has met all of its financial commitments,” said the agency in a press release. This year’s payment to the U.S. Treasury includes $806 million in principal and $187 million...
Ahead of the busiest season of the year for the U.S. Postal Service, some Oregon postal workers are voicing concerns about the latest policy changes. They include new "service standards" that slow down first-class mail delivery. Mail traveling less than 1,000 miles should reach its destination in three days, and mail traveling more than 1,900 miles will take about five days. The Postal Service also has hiked rates for mail, packages, and other special services. With these changes and staffing...
An all-Black Oklahoma town joins big cities in seeking reparations; a Kentucky vaccination skeptic does a 180; telehealth proves invaluable during pandemic; and spooky destinations lure tourists at Halloween. https://www.newsservice.org/cuts/e/comp-3456.mp3?zz=40ad...
McKenzie Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Middle School Volleyball team travels to Mapleton on Wednesday, October 20. Match time is set for 4:30 pm. The Eagle team hosts Triangle Lake on Monday, October 25, and that match starts at 4:30 pm. McKenzie Middle School Cross Country Results The Eagle Middle School Cross Country teams traveled last Thursday, October 14, to sunny Corvallis to participate in the NW Middle School XC Showdown, held at Avery Park. Eagle sixth grade runner, Claire Weiss, finished 20th out of 157 runners in the Girls...
Oct. 12: 7:38 a.m: Welfare Check - 37300 blk, Parsons Creek Rd. 10:14 a.m: Incomplete 911 Call - 36800 blk, Parsons Creek Rd. 4:38 p.m: Disturbance, Dispute - 44800 blk, McK. Hwy. 8:39 p.m: Disorderly Subject - 90300 blk, Hill Rd. Oct. 13: 3:03 p.m: Vehicle Stop - 40500 blk, McK. Hwy. 3:10 p.m: Vehicle Stop - 40500 blk, McK. Hwy. 3:58 p.m: Citizen Contact - 91800 blk, Mill Creek Rd. 4:29 p.m: Citizen Contact – McKenzie Bridge. 5:09 p.m: Vehicle Stop – McK. River Dr. & McK. Hwy. 6:28 p.m: Citizen Contact - McK. Hwy. & Blue River Dr. 8:35 p.m: Su...
Oct. 5: 12:05: Crash, Injury – Hwy. 126E, Milepost 17. Unit #1, a black pickup, was westbound when the vehicle drifted off the right shoulder, went through approximately 60 feet of fence, and hit a large tree head-on. The driver had a serious injury and was transported to Riverbend hospital. The vehicle was towed from the scene. Involved: black Chevrolet Silverado, 35-year-old male from Eugene. Oct. 14: 06:28: Crash, Non-Injury – Hwy. 126E, Mp. 23. Dispatched to a report of a two motor vehicle crash, unknown injury. Investigation revealed a blu...
Oct. 11: 20:47: 42500 block, McK. Hwy. Motor Vehicle Accident. 2 Vehicles, Blocking, 1 confirmed deceased. Oct. 12: 16:34: 40000 blk, Deerhorn Rd. Medical, Trauma. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. Oct. 13: 8:46: 42000 blk, McK. Hwy. MVA. Non-Injury, Non-blocking. 9:24: 37000 blk, Shenandoah Lp. Medical, General. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. 14:09: 39000 blk, Wendling Rd Mutual Aid. House Fire. Oct. 14: 6:26: McK. Hwy./Milepost 23. MVA. Confirmed Non-Injury, Non-Blocking. Oct. 16: 5:53: 40000 blk, McK. Hwy. Medical, General. Patient...
Oct. 18: 13:45: Smoke Check - 54455 McK. River Dr. Smoke observed from Death Ball Rock (about 2,000 feet above the Holiday Farm Resort. 15:32: Brush Fire – McK. Hwy./Milepost 45. Caller thinks there are two stumps on fire on the north side of the highway. 22:48: Brush Fire – McK. Hwy./Blue River Reservoir Rd. Caller is able to see flames on ridge of hill. Oct. 19: 08:50: Brush Fire – 51600 blk, Blue River Dr. Caller advises neighnor’s burn pile is now in the trees....
On the northernmost outskirts of Salem, tucked quietly away on a 275-acre campus between the Interstate 5 freeway and Highway 99, is the oldest continuously operating Native American boarding school in the country. This is Chemawa Indian School: a place built specifically to suppress Indian culture, which instead became instrumental in preserving it. A new approach to the "Indian Question" Chemawa got started in 1880, and it's been educating Native American children and young adults ever since....
In fall, gardeners settle bulbs under a blanket of soil and wait for spring to watch them flaunt their beauty. "It's easy to create a stunning display that bursts into bloom in the spring or early summer," said Heather Stoven, an Oregon State University Extension horticulturist. "But bulbs don't have to be in the ground to be effective. A pot works just as well." In fact, bulbs often do better in pots than in the ground because pots provide better drainage, critical for their long-term...
I need advice on how to get over a married man I have been seeing for six years. I fell deeply in love with him and he loves me, too. He is almost to the point of being obsessed with me. I am tired of the charade. If he loves me like he says, then I want him with me not with someone else. He comes up with all kinds of excuses why he is still with her… “Now is not the right time. I’m working on it. I have to be sure it will work with us. I’m getting older and don’t want to be left with nobody.” I want him to be here with me when things are...
Bev Pettit's photo workshop is canceled during the pandemic. But the company won't give her a refund. Is that their final answer? In early 2020, I signed up for a Raphael Macek Photo Workshop in Scottsdale, Ariz. I sent a $1,250 deposit for the May 2020 event and received a confirmation. A month before the workshop, I began to receive emails from the company indicating that the workshop will be "rescheduled" due to Covid. But after one year of not hearing anything and now the company refusing to answer emails, texts and phone calls, I have resi...
When Expedia fails to pay for Joanna Heath's return flight to Los Angeles, she must buy a new ticket. Now the online agency refuses to refund the new ticket. What gives? I recently booked a flight from Los Angeles to Philadelphia through Expedia for my family. A few weeks later, I contacted Expedia to make a change for my return flight. The agent made the booking and sent me confirmation and the attached travel documents. When I tried to check in for my return flight -- the one I had changed --...
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