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Make the McKenzie Connection!
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In appreciation for the firefighters dedication to our community - our annual Salute to the firefighters of McKenzie Fire & Rescue and the Upper McKenzie Fire District Firefighters...
Walterville Market, 39317 McKenzie Hwy., Walterville Shopping Center 541-726-6355/541-746-1875 Featured Items - Ad Prices Effective October 22 - 28, 2014 Select Mkt insert Member United Grocers, Inc. Items & prices subject to stock on hand. We reserve the right to limit sales to retail quantities. Some items may not be available in all stores. The full, 8-page advertising tabloid is inserted in the McKenzie River Reflections newspaper every week - available on news stands or by subscription at: http://mckenzieriverreflection...
Golf course WALTERVILLE: A plan that could have led to the redevelopment the McKenzie River Golf Course as a 27-home subdivision was rejected by Lane County last week. The decision by county planning director Matt Laird took into account current zoning, which would have allowed the 59-acre parcel to be divided up as 2-acre lots, but called into question how that could occur in an area identified as a flood zone. Besides conforming to the allowable lot sizes, the plan also wouldn’t have conflicted with transportation patterns in the n...
Lane Electric logo 11:30 p.m. Saturday night, October 18, until approximately 8:30 a.m., Sunday morning, October 19 The Bonneville Power recently notified Lane Electric that in preparation for the winter season, they have scheduled a 9-hour power outage to work on their equipment in the Blue River Substation. As a result, Lane Electric members in the McKenzie River Valley will be without electric service while BPA crews complete their work. During this time, Lane Electric’s crews will take advantage of the downtime and upgrade some of our e...
Lane Blood Center It’s been five years since residents of the Upper McKenzie have been able to donate blood at an area event and that’s about to change. Thanks to a renewed community spirit and a school administration intent on playing an important part in that renewal, McKenzie Schools will host a Blood Drive on Wednesday, October 22nd, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. This couldn’t happen at a better time for us, according to Lane Blood Bank spokesperson, Raena Wood. “Our local center is currently experiencing a shortage of A+, O+ and O- types due t...
OSP logo MCKENZIE BRIDGE: The Oregon State Police (OSP), with the assistance of the Lane County Medical Examiner, is completing an investigation into the death of a Springfield man found deceased Wednesday in his vehicle at a McKenzie River viewpoint along Highway 126 near Belknap Springs. Initial investigation indicates the death is from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. On October 15th, at approximately 8:35 a.m., an Oregon Dept. of Transportation employee stopped to check a 1991 Honda Civic parked at the viewpoint along near milepost 15 of...
Walterville Market, 39317 McKenzie Hwy., Walterville Shopping Center 541-726-6355/541-746-1875 Featured Items - Ad Prices Effective October 15 - 21, 2014 Select insert Member United Grocers, Inc. Items & prices subject to stock on hand. We reserve the right to limit sales to retail quantities. Some items may not be available in all stores. The full, 8-page advertising tabloid is inserted in the McKenzie River Reflections newspaper every week - available on news stands or by subscription at: http://mckenzieriverreflectionsnew...
Lane County News The deadline to register to vote for the November 4 election is Tuesday, October 14. There are three ways to register to vote: · Register online at www.oregonvotes.org with a valid Oregon driver’s license, DMV issued identification card, or learner’s permit. Registration must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. · Submit a voter registration form to the Elections Office by 4 p.m., Tuesday, October 14. The Lane County Elections’ drive-through drop box on the corner of 10th Street and Lincoln will be open from now through the...
Tokatee Fire RAINBOW: Firefighters from two districts were on the scene of a blaze Saturday night at the Tokatee Golf Club. The Upper McKenzie Rural Fire Protection District responded with seven firefighters, three engines and a tender. Mutual aid assistance from McKenzie Fire & Rescue, brought another engine, a tender and eight firefighters to the scene after the fire was reported around 9:14 p.m. The fire was controlled within about an hour, according to UMRFPD Chief Norm Michaels. Personnel remained on site putting out the hot spots until...
Walterville Market, 39317 McKenzie Hwy., Walterville Shopping Center 541-726-6355/541-746-1875 Featured Items - Ad Prices Effective October 8 - 14, 2014 Select insert Member United Grocers, Inc. Items & prices subject to stock on hand. We reserve the right to limit sales to retail quantities. Some items may not be available in all stores. The full, 8-page advertising tabloid is inserted in the McKenzie River Reflections newspaper every week - available on news stands or by subscription at: http://mckenzieriverreflectionsnews...
HEALTH ADVISORY LIFTED FOR WALTERVILLE POND OR Public Health OCTOBER 2, 2014: Reduced blue-green algae levels confirmed The Oregon Health Authority has lifted a health advisory issued August 5 for Walterville Pond, located off Oregon Route 126, five miles east of Springfield. The pond is next to the Eugene Water and Electric Board's Walterville Canal, a half-mile northeast of the town of Walterville. Water monitoring has confirmed reduced levels of blue-green algae and their toxins. These reduced levels are not likely to be harmful to humans...
Walterville Market, 39317 McKenzie Hwy., Walterville Shopping Center 541-726-6355/541-746-1875 Featured Items - Ad Prices Effective October 1 - 7, 2014 Member United Grocers, Inc. Items & prices subject to stock on hand. We reserve the right to limit sales to retail quantities. Some items may not be available in all stores. The full, 8-page advertising tabloid is inserted in the McKenzie River Reflections newspaper every week - available on news stands or by subscription at: http://mckenzieriverreflectionsnewspaper.com/catal...
Tuesday, September 30, 11:55: Erik Larsen, a 28-year-old man from North Bend, Oregon, was located in the Three Sisters Wilderness east of Obsidian Falls after taking a short hike off trail without his pack and becoming disoriented. He called 911 around noon on 9/30/14 requesting assistance as he was becoming cold and wet. 3 Deschutes County mounted posse and 7 ground search and rescue volunteers assisted Lane Counties 6 mountain rescue volunteers with locating Larsen. His location was established by using his cell phone. He was assisted out of...
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Salmon net Focus on man’s reintroduction of fish Hatchery populations of spring chinook salmon in the subbasins of the upper Willamette River are genetically similar to the wild populations in these basins and should continue to be used for recovery of spring chinook salmon. That’s the conclusion of a study published in July by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife researchers. The research had been identified as high priority by the 2008 Willamette Project biological opinion. Spring chinook salmon of the upper Willamette River basin were fir...
Dave walp LEABURG: Last Saturday’s Salmon Celebration at the McKenzie Hatchery provided a number of opportunities for people to learn about the complex ecosystem in the area. Booths at the celebration covered topics ranging from macroinvertebrate identification or water quality, to riparian ecology, as well as an opportunity to view salmon spawning. Dave Walp had a popular display featuring the pelts of a good number of the animals that populate the McKenzie Valley and the surrounding high country. Among them was the skin from an 18-month o...
National Public Lands Day at the Blue River Park Public Lands Day This Saturday, September 27, volunteers will be continuing work on a project that began two years ago in association with the Ford Family Foundation. This year the group will be replacing picnic tabletops and benches that have decayed in the forested setting. The group will also begin erecting directional maps in two locations in the park that will designate the trails leading to a new footbridge to be built over the spillway at the base of the dam. The bridge will connect...
Walterville Market, 39317 McKenzie Hwy., Walterville Shopping Center 541-726-6355/541-746-1875 Featured Items - Ad Prices Effective September 24 0 30, 2014 Select Mkt. insert Member United Grocers, Inc. Items & prices subject to stock on hand. We reserve the right to limit sales to retail quantities. Some items may not be available in all stores. The full, 8-page advertising tabloid is inserted in the McKenzie River Reflections newspaper every week - available on news stands or by subscription at: http://mckenzieriverreflect...
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...
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...
SAlmon Watch students LEABURG: The Salmon Stewards of Lane County and the McKenzie Watershed Council will celebrate the return of salmon to northwest rivers at the inaugural Salmon Celebration on the McKenzie River from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, September 20th. The event will feature education, art, and entertainment for all ages. Besides salmon, the McKenzie River watershed also provides sustenance for birds, frogs, salamanders, foxes, deer, bugs, and countless trees, shrubs, and flowers. Organizers say a variety of hands-on activities an...
Walterville Market, 39317 McKenzie Hwy., Walterville Shopping Center 541-726-6355/541-746-1875 Featured Items - Ad Prices Effective September 17 - 23, 2014 Select insert ad Member United Grocers, Inc. Items & prices subject to stock on hand. We reserve the right to limit sales to retail quantities. Some items may not be available in all stores. The full, 8-page advertising tabloid is inserted in the McKenzie River Reflections newspaper every week - available on news stands or by subscription at: http://mckenzieriverreflectio...
Megan Ryan, the 28 year old female who was reported missing on September 13th, was located this morning by private contractors off Road 19 near Cougar Reservoir. The contractors were working on a spur road off Road 19, also known as Aufderheide Drive. The contractors heard about a missing female last seen in the area on the radio earlier in the day. When they saw a woman matching the description of the missing person, they contacted the Sheriff’s Office. Ms. Ryan was mildly hypothermic and hungry after having been out in the elements for two d...
Megan Ryan BLUE RIVER: Megan Ryan, a 28-year-old woman reported missing on September 13th, was located Tuesday morning by private contractors off USFS Road 19 near Cougar Reservoir. The contractors had been working on a spur road off Road 19, also known as Aufderheide Drive. Searchers had been looking for her after receiving a missing person report at approximately 9 p.m. on Saturday. According to a Sheriff’s Office report, Ryan had gone to Cougar Dam with friends and was later reported missing. The contractors heard about a missing female l...
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