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Walterville Mkt sign Grocery reopens as "Walterville Market" Look below for Featured Items from the weekly Select Markets insert that appears in the McKenzie River Reflections newspaper...
Blue River Ranger District '16 McKenzie Marketing Plan McKenzie River Chamber of Commerce McKenzie General Store McKenzie River Reflections McKenzie Station River Stop Restaurant Spring Creek Holly Farm Vern's Blue River Service Walterville Market...
Walterville Market, 39317 McKenzie Hwy., Walterville Shopping Center. 541-726-6355/541-746-1875 Featured Items - Ad Prices Effective February 26 - March 4, 2014 Select image 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://mckenzieriverreflecti...
Damaged Leaburg sign LEABURG: One of the “Welcome” signs in Leaburg had a rough time last week when it was struck by an unknown eastbound vehicle. The structure, located at the western portal to the town, was constructed at the intersection of Leaburg Drive and the McKenzie Highway. Community volunteers who installed the sign estimate the accident happened sometime be- tween Thursday evening (February 13th), and before Sunday evening, Whether or not icy roads were a contributing factor isn’t known. A Lane County Sheriff’s deputy was on the sce...
2/17/2014: NOAA Winter Weather Advisory Alert: 2/17 Santiam Pass Target Area: Cascades in Lane County ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...MONDAY. HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED MIDDAY TO EARLY EVENING HOURS. * ACCUMULATION...5 TO 10 INCHES. * SNOW LEVELS...4000 TO 4500 FEET. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CASCADES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. THOSE USING WILLAMETTE...
Cougar Dam data READINGS TAKEN AT THE US ARMY CORPS COUGAR DAM Date High Low Rain Releases 2/11 40 34 0.88 2,860 cfs 2/12 46 35 3.27 961 cfs 2/13 50 44 0.62 399 cfs 2/14 47 41 3.15 473 cfs 2/15 47 39 1.77 473 cfs McKenzie River Reflections...
How does Reflections interact with people? You can help us find out by going to our survey & filling out a short form. The info will be tabulated by University of Oregon students who are working with us to understand & improve the way we serve people interested in the McKenzie River community. If you'd like to enter a raffle to win a copy of our upcoming book - "Weir are we? Hatchery fish of the McKenzie," take a screen shot of your completed survey & send it to: [email protected] Book cover Portions of the book will contain first-person...
Mobile dental clinic A nonprofit mobile dental clinic would like to come to the Blue River area in April. The “Caring Hand to Mouth” clinic will provide free dental care to low-income local residents. The main services offered will be extractions, fillings, and cleanings. The clinic operates in a specially equipped truck, and is staffed by dental professionals. It has been providing free dental care in other rural communities around Lane County. Low-income residents who have no dental care are eligible, but they do need to sign up in adv...
Winter Storm Watch for South Willamette Valley From 4:00 AM PST, Thu., Feb 06, 2014 until 4:00 AM PST, Fri., Feb 07, 2014 Other affected areas: South Willamette Valley, OR; Cascade Foothills in Lane County. ... WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT FOR THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND CASCADE FOOTHILLS OF LANE COUNTY... A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * TIMING... BEGINNING BEFORE SUNRISE THURSDAY... STEADY THROUGH THE MORNING... PEAK...
OSP press release 3 p.m., Friday, January 31, 2014: OR 20 is closed in both directions just east of Santiam Pass near Suttle Lake Loop following a two-vehicle crash involving major injuries. Law enforcement has closed the highway to conduct a crash investigation and reconstruction. This will likely be a long closure. There are no easy detours so motorists should avoid the area, use an alternative route or expect long delays. McKenzie River Reflections...
Cedar Creek map Changes would open up waterways The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking for public input on a draft feasibility study - along with an environmental assessment - for ecosystem restoration projects in the Cedar Creek watershed. Officials say the increased pressures from development over the last 150 years have included draining wetlands, increased erosion, hardening of channel banks, and the introduction of non-native species as the area became urbanized. Co-sponsored by the City of Springfield and Lane County, the plan...
YCC crew Ranger districts looking for workers Young men or women born between August 8th, 1996, and June 16th, 1999 are eligible for summer employment with the Forest Service. The McKenzie River and Middle Fork ranger districts have openings for summer employment under the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC). Applications will be accepted from January 10th through February 14th, 2014. YCC employees complete valuable conservation work on public lands and have the opportunity to learn about, and develop, an appreciation of the natural environment....
Saber-tooth salmon Oregon fossil being recreated in library lab How do you recreate a create not seen in millions of years? University of Oregon paleontologist Edward Davis and librarian Dean Walton are creating a three-dimensional printout of a rare saber-toothed salmon fossil using a special printer housed at the Science Library. Using a CT scan of the fossil as a digital model, the printer is generating a 3-D replica by melting layers of plastic and stacking them atop one another until the object is formed. After 70 hours of printing, the...
Journalism class Back to the future Looking to the future as well as the past is a good way of explaining this year’s strategy at McKenzie River Reflections. Helping flesh out those viewpoints are two classes at the University of Oregon. The Journalism Department’s strategic communication class, made up of upperclass and graduate students, will use standard research tools to both examine the way this newspaper uses different platforms to reach our audience, as well as creating solutions that will help us improve. They can also determine the bes...
Walterville Market Business of the Year Walterville Market sign “We’re so glad it is open.” “It’s part of our community and so are the people who work there.” Readers who nominated the Walterville Market used those words over and over again when they submitted their recommendations for this years Business of the Year. Although only in opertion under that banner for just a few months after C&K Markets decision to close down their grocey outlet in the Waltefville Shopping Center, many said they now feel an old friend has returned - in the form...
He may have had a bumpy start when he took over as the McKenzie District Ranger in 2011, but since then Terry Baker has won over a number of local supporters. Some of those who nominated him as Man of the Year had initially opposed him during a controversy that grew around a thinning project that received comments from around the world. “I’m impressed with his openness to talk and listen,” said one. Another said, “Terry is unique – he values people with words and actions.” Praise too, came for his meetings with civil groups, working w...
People used a lot of different phrases in their nominations for Marty Mealey of Leaburg as this years Woman of the Year. Some mentioned, “her big heart and dedication,” “being an all-around classy lady,” “amazing ene- rgy and ideas,” as well as her, “above and beyond devotion to her community, church and the Leaburg Library.” That last item – referencing her willingness to take up the reins as director and as organizer of a very successful fund raising auction - was mentioned many times. The oldest living member of the Baseball Hall o...
Lookout Creek area A project aimed at eradicating or containing noxious weeds on the Willamette National Forest is up for consideration. Officials say they need to use herbicides because manual control hasn’t been effective in stopping them from spreading further along five stream corridors. If any seeds are missed, they float downstream during winter flood events, resulting in the colonization of formerly pristine habitats. In 2006 the Middle Fork Ranger District planned to treat knotweed with limited herbicides along the North and Middle Fork...
4-H logo The 4-H positive youth development program invites you to their Lane County 4-H Tack Sale on Saturday, January 18th. at the Oregon Horse Center on Prairie Road in Eugene. The sale is a special fundraiser to build back 4-H youth programs in Lane County and will particularly allow offering horse projects and 4-H horse events in Lane County this year. Over 50 vendors from all over Western and Southern Oregon have signed up. The sale runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, January 18th. Admission is $2 per person and 8 years or under are f...
Santa Letters What did students at Walterville & McKenzie Elementary Schools say? Read Santa’s mail and find out! These letters to Santa are from this year’s first graders at Walterville Elementary School Dear St. Nick How has your year been? Ples give my Mom a now car. Ples giv me a scat hord. Frum Keynan Dear St. Nick How are you doing? L love you St nick! Love Baylee Dear Santa I wish my mom and my dad and my sister will have a grat crusnus. Please get me a DES thacu Saantafor the des. Love Victoria Dear Santa How has the elves been how has...
Rain data spans 60 years Augusta Creek Recent Forest Service studies on high-elevation climate trends in the Pacific Northwest show that streamflow declines tie directly to decreases and changes in winter winds that bring precipitation across the region. Scientists believe the driving factors behind this finding relates to natural climate variations and man-made climate change. Charlie Luce, a research hydrologist with the Rocky Mountain Research Station’s Aquatic Sciences Laboratory in Boise, Idaho, along with cooperators at the University o...
Invasive weeds Aquatic invasive species prevention permits for paddlers expire December 31st and the Oregon Marine Board has several purchasing options that are perfect to take advantage of when the weather is less-than desirable. They can be purchased through the Marine Board’s online storefront. An annual or two-year Tyvek tag costs a flat, $5 or $10, and there is no online processing fee. Out-of-state permits for trailered motorboats are also available for online for $20. Revenue raised from permit sales funds Oregon’s program to pre...
Sister John Sister John Backenstos is well-known by people up and down the McKenzie River for her undying efforts to help those in need. Whether by providing food or other necessary items she lived out her call as a religious sister to help those who had no one else to help them. Well into her 90’s she finally realized that she had done all she could and accepted “retirement” and is now living at the Holy Names Sisters convent in Lake Oswego. In the process of moving Sister John from McKenzie Bridge her helpers came across a collection of po...
Erskine Wolf book Reminiscent of the magical collaborations between Thornton Burgess and Harrison Cady, author Martha Baxter Haake and illustrator Aline Fourier have brought to life the story of a small family of wolves who are unlike any others. In “Erskine Wolf,” readers experience a world where a youngster, like the book’s namesake hero, lives a life in many ways similar to their own. Erskine lives in a cozy cave overlooking the McKenzie River along with his parents and three siblings. And comfy it is – outfitted with a mudroom, orien...
Cedric Hayden A dentist and a former mayor have filed for the Oregon State House of Representatives seat that Bruce Hanna will be vacating next year. Cedric Hayden, of Fall Creek, is a licensed dentist, business owner, and heavy equipment contractor. Gary Williams served as mayor of Cottage Grove and has been a local small business owner and operator for over 35 years. “It would be an honor to serve my community in the Oregon Legislature,” said Hayden. “I have been encouraged to run by neighbors, friends, family, and business associates who a...
