Make the McKenzie Connection!
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High algae levels found at Walterville Pond in Lane County Walterville Pond A health advisory is being issued today due to high levels of blue-green algae in Walterville Pond, located off Oregon Route 126, five miles east of Springfield. The pond is adjacent to the Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) Walterville Power Canal, a half-mile northeast of Walterville. Water monitoring has confirmed the presence of blue-green algae that can produce toxins. These algae levels are likely associated with dangerous cyanotoxin concentrations in the water...
SHELFNOTES FROM LEABURG LIBRARY SEPTEMBER 2013 The official countdown has begun!! For what, you ask? Well, for a very important event in our community: the “Love Your Library” 30th Anniversary Celebration and Fundraising Auction, that’s what! And why is this such an important thing, you inquire? That, my friends, is a marvelous question and it deserves a very thoughtful answer. So I’ll begin with another question: Why do we work so hard to keep our libraries, especially our small rural libraries, open and relevant? For me, it’s because t...
Walterville grocery When C&K acquired the long-standing grocery at the Walterville Shopping Center in 2006 it became a Ray's Food Place after previously operating as an IGA . Still open under the C&K banner, it will not be closing today (Sept. 8th) as previously announced. The business will remain will open until September 22nd. New owners will be taking over on the 23rd, but their identity is not yet being publicly disclosed. McKenzie River Reflections...
Inside bridge Reprinted from the August 28, 2013, Douglas County News By Ted Romus MYRTLE CREEK: The 3rd Annual Dinner on the Horse Creek Covered Bridge was held last Saturday evening in Myrtle Creek to another sold out crowd of 90 people, the maximum capacity for the historic bridge originally built in 1930 to span Horse Creek in the vicinity of McKenzie Bridge in Lane County. When the bridge was dismantled in December 1987 the original wooden timbers were given to the City of Cottage Grove. Some of those timbers were used to construct a...
Special Weather Statement for Cascades In Lane County, OR Weather alert Issued by The National Weather Service Portland, OR Locally heavy rainfall possible over Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington through early Friday. A deep upper level low pressure system offshore will slowly move through the area over the next few days. expect another round of localized overnight showers and thunderstorms tonight. more widespread shower and thunderstorm activity becomes possible as the low pressure system moves inland on Thursday. The most likely...
Dead trees Oregon State University has received a five-year, $4 million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to investigate increasing impacts of drought, insect attacks and fires on forests in the western U.S., and to project how the influence of climate change may affect forest die-offs in the future. The researchers will also enhance an earth system model to allow them to predict when forests are becoming vulnerable to physiological stress and then create strategies to minimize impacts of climate, insects and fire. “The w...
CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY WEEKLY UPDATE Friday, August 30, 2013 10:31 AM PDT USGS logo CASCADE RANGE VOLCANOES Current Volcano Alert Level: NORMAL Current Aviation Color Code: GREEN Activity Update: All volcanoes in the Cascade Range of Oregon and Washington are at normal levels of background seismicity. These include Mount Baker, Glacier Peak, Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Adams in Washington State; and Mount Hood, Mount Jefferson, Three Sisters, Newberry Volcano, and Crater Lake in Oregon. Recent Observations: A small ongoing...
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"Home Rescue Program" offers up to $30,000 to Oregon homeowners Homeowner logo A new state foreclosure prevention program aimed at helping homeowners struggling to make their payments is now available. The "Home Rescue Program" provides up to a year of monthly mortgage assistance with a maximum benefit of $20,000. Program participants are also eligible for up to $10,000 to bring their mortgage current, if they are behind. Homeowners can learn more about the program online at www.OregonHomeownerHelp.org. The website features a short eligibility...
Whose fault is it? I have to object to the recently reported decision by C&K Markets that also owns Ray’s Markets to summarily close the storied Walterville Market. The stated reason that “it has not been profitable for some time.” Query: just whose fault is that ? This is classic of the frank coldness of the takeover scheme that similarly killed GI Joes. When C&K acquired the long-standing Walterville Market in 2006, it was a wonderful place to shop, a tribute to the vision and efforts of Jerry, the owner/manager of some 20+ years. What happe...
Wildland Firefighters logo As fire season continues to heat up, a group of spouses and partners of wildland firefighters have come together to raise money for fallen and injured firefighters. To accomplish this, a T-shirt campaign has been created to benefit the Wildland Firefighter Foundation’s fallen and injured grant fund. This is the second run of this campaign, after the first run was so successful, selling 999 shirts and raising over $6,500. They are a group of over 200 wives and partners of wildland firefighters from around the c...
Willamette National Forest Fire Crews Work to Keep Fires from Lightning Strikes Small Firefighting helicopter To date, crews have found 18 new fires from the recent lightning storm. Despite the heavy rain, fire officials expect to find numerous new fires smoldering in the woods. Crews are currently on the ground working to put out the fires while others are patrolling the forest for smokes. “Safe aggressive initial attack is often the best suppression strategy to keep unwanted fires small and costs down,” said Sean Stafford, Willamette Nat...
Hand Lake fire MCKENZIE BRIDGE: A small fire near Hand Lake grew to nine acres by Sunday afternoon and firefighters have kept it at that size ever since. First spotted by the Coffin Mountain Lookout, its location was reported to the Willamette National Forest’s dispatch by Sand Mountain Lookout Blake Driver; “We had a storm come through last Sunday, August 10th, and we saw strikes hit right there in the Hand Lake area. It was just a matter of time and hot and dry weather before it came back to life,” said Driver. On Tuesday morning, the fire wa...
C&K MARKET TO CLOSE DOORS IN WALTERVILLE BROOKINGS, OR (August 20, 2013) – C&K Market, Inc., announced today that it will be closing its location at 39317 McKenzie Highway Walterville, OR at 10:00pm on Sunday, September 8, 2013. “We would like to thank the Walterville community and the many McKenzie River Valley tourists for their support of our store,” stated Greg Sandeno, President and Chief Executive Officer of C&K Market, Inc. “Our intent is to offer jobs, within our family of stores, to all current employees.” The difficult decisio...
Juvenile salmon “Spatial diversity” in the first year of life can protect an entire salmon species from the effects of large-scale forces such as climate change and the operation of hydroelectric dams, according to a new NOAA Fisheries research article published last week. The researchers liken species’ prospects to that of financial investment portfolios, which balance risk. “Managers understand that div-ersity is important for maintaining healthy fish populations, but they need to know where to focus their efforts,” said Jim Thorson,...
Tired of not being rewarded for your great customer service skills? Thinking about a career change? LTD has an opportunity for you! Bus driver Lane Transit District is “The Best Way to Connect” to a new career. The district is inviting anyone interested in becoming a professional bus operator to come and give it try! No, they won’t be turning you loose on the open road; you will be paired with an LTD bus operator instructor and given the opportunity to drive the bus in the LTD bus parking lot. If you find it is a good fit for you, then they inv...
McKenzie Fire & Rescue logo McKenzie Fire/Rescue was dispatched at 2:20 a.m. on August 13th to a structure fire at 45309 McKenzie Highway. On arrival the first in engine found a fully involved structure. The structure was located up a 400 foot long steep narrow driveway which required the crews park on McKenzie Hwy and pull the attack lines up the driveway before they could start the initial attack. Along with the structure a small portion of the wildland behind the structure was burned. Crews knocked down the wildland fire, I called ODF for a...
Carmen Smith generators MCKENZIE BRIDGE: Changes in the power market will likely impact plans for major upgrades at the Eugene Water & Electric Board’s Trail Bridge Dam. As part of an ongoing process to renew a federal license to operate the Carmen Smith hydropower facility, the utility had proposed building a screen at the dam to prevent downstream migrating fish from going through turbine blades. Because water levels in the reservoir formed by the dam fluctuate on a daily basis, the screen would be more complex than the blocking devices c...
ODF logo The lightning-caused Cascade Division Complex is burning approximately 14 miles northwest of Sisters in steep terrain above the Metolius Basin. Most of the small fires in the complex have been completely suppressed and as of August 6, responsibility has been returned to the National Forest, and the team is solely managing the Green Ridge Fire, the only large fire in this complex, approximately 1,510 acres and 95 percent contained. Mop-up and repair of suppression damage will continue into next week. Light smoke may still be visible in...
USFS press release Firefighters are responding to several dozen small fires across the Willamette National Forest. Thunderstorms that occurred over the past two days produced over 2,000 lightning strikes. Although not all strikes produce fires, today’s thunderstorms will continue to produce additional strikes. And even though rain has accompanied some of the strikes, it is not always enough rain to put out all of the new fires. Most of the fires are small, from single trees up to an acre in size. The McKenzie River Ranger District and Middle F...
Sky map By eNature The annual Perseid meteor shower should be visible in the night sky for the next few nights, with the peak expected this Saturday night/Sunday morning through Sunday night/Monday morning. If your local weather cooperates, the best night for viewing is looking to be Sunday night— really more early Sunday morning. This should be a good year for viewing the Perseids, since the waning crescent moon is not really bright enough to drown out the 50 or meteors an hours the shower can produce. The best viewing hours should be...
Unresponsive woman found floating in the McKenzie River A 911 call was received from a witness at 00:02 a.m. on Friday who observed a conscious person floating down the McKenzie River. The caller reported the person was swimming on their back, without a life jacket, and not responding to hails from witnesses on shore. Eugene Springfield Fire and Lane County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue launched watercraft to locate the victim. The Eugene Springfield Fire watercraft located an unconscious and unresponsive female floating in the river a...
Overall weather, smoke, and fire situation throughout Oregon. The upper low that has provided lightning and some moisture over the state since Tuesday night will continue to provide showers and thundershowers today and through the weekend. Moisture from these events should be the most prevalent and widespread over the state today and tomorrow. The greatest amounts will be over the mountainous areas of the Cascades and eastern Oregon with lightest amounts in the western valleys and coast. Nevertheless, fire activity should be suppressed over...
South Sister A new report by scientists at Oregon State University projects that by the middle of this century there will be an average 56 percent drop in the amount of water stored in peak snowpack in the McKenzie River watershed - and that similar impacts may be found on low-elevation maritime snow packs around the world. The findings are based on a projected 3.6 degree Fahrenheit temperature increase. It details special risks facing many low-elevation, mountainous regions where snow often falls near the freezing point. In such areas,...
National Weather Service forecasts wildfire smoke intrusions LRAPA logo The National Weather Service has forecast patchy smoke for areas of Lane County, which may affect air quality over the next few days. A shift in winds will increase the potential for smoke intrusions from the Douglas Complex and Whiskey wildfires into the Willamette Valley. The Douglas complex fire covers an area larger than 56 square miles and is now a national priority fire. Thunderstorms are also expected to spark later this week, bringing the potential for more...
