River McKenzie Reflections

Thursday, April 1, 2021 Serving the McKenzie River Valley ... And Subscriber Lester Marna Schulz of Bandon Volume 43, Issue 33 00 Dirt races Qwacken $1Dino dug up Army Corps okays New fleet of rental boats Cleanup volunteers found “Come-All” in reservoir launced on Leaburg Lake abandoned 1962 Ferrari SP PAGE 3 PAGE 9 PAGE 10 Scenic discovery Bald eagles causing could rival Blue Pool predator food shortages Bald eagles are far from being an endangered species accord- ing to a new US Fish and Wild- life Service report that says their population has quadrupled in size since 2009. Over 316,700 bald ea- gles, and more than 71,400 nesting pairs, were counted in the lower 48 states during the 2019 breeding season, according to the report. “This is beyond a historic con- servation success story,” US Sec- retary of the Interior Bud Hasse said in a news briefing. “It’s actu- ally become a crisis for competi- tion among other predators.” “The bald eagle has always been considered a sacred species to American Indian people and similarly it’s sacred to our nation,” Hasse told reporters. “Now we might have to take serious steps to correct this imbalance” U.S. Fish & Wildlife officials didn’t detail what those measure might entail, although there has been some rumors of a both pos- sible sterilization measures or a limited hunt. Oregon predators like cougars, coyotes and bears are facing increasing Bald eagle populations severely competition from above, according to field studies that generated surpris- Long rumored, and now on a soon to be released map, the “New Pool” lies declined in the lower 48 states be- ing photos like this one, taken at an undisclosed location in the Western just a few miles east of McKenzie Bridge. tween 1870 and 1970 because of Cascades. “The gorgeous turquoise wa- above where the ancient McKen- hunting, habitat loss and the use ters” were the first thing Carl zie River used to flow, before of DDT, a powerful insecticide offspring. between 1870 and 1970 because Marten was struck by when he it was diverted for the Carmen that made bald eagle eggshells so Bald eagle populations severe- of hunting, habitat loss and the first found a hidden pool hidden Smith hydroelectric project. weak they couldn’t produce viable ly declined in the lower 48 states Bald eagles - Page 12 in a beautiful gorge. Soon he re- The spot is also surrounded by alized there was more that made a massive grove of Douglas firs. it unique when he dipped a hand Marten says he envisions wood- into the translucent waters. “It en paths and guardrails could be was warm,” he recalls. “I stared at easily added to help visitors get Anglers report strange it in awe for about fifteen minutes around while also limiting their before I realized I wasn’t dream- impacts on the surrounding frag- ing.” ile environment. If you’ve got a head for heights, Why is the water warm, com- 2021 fish migrations Marten believes the New Pool is pared to the Blue Pool? Marten also likely to become a popular said he believes the ground here Impacts of runoff from 173,000 destination for rock climbers. It isn’t as porous, allowing the pool acres of burned lands is something lies at the base of three valleys Scenic discovery - Page 19 the Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wild- life and other agencies have ex- pressed concern about following the Holiday Farm Fire. Last week Red tape won’t hold one of the more bizarre results surfaced when Todd Bossman reeled in his line at the Hendricks up simple signage Wayside Park in Walterville. “I knew I had something big,” United States, road signs are, symbols in lieu of words as “rap- Bossman says. “But I wasn’t for the most part standardized by idly as possible,” according to a ready for what I saw when that federal regulations in the Manual Red tape - Page 12 fish broke the surface. on Uniform Traffic Control De- “That fish” turned out to be a vices (MUTCD)). thunnus alalunga, more commonly This year, in a move to help in- known as an Albacore tuna. More crease tourism, the Oregon legis- surprisingly, Bossman isn’t alone. lature approved adopting the Vi- In just the last week, ODFW enna Convention on Road Signs has heard from over 30 anglers and Signals standards. Under the who’ve caught similar fish - not Vienna Convention system, the in the Pacific Ocean - but in Oregon Dept. of Transportation ODOT has placed their first fork- freshwater streams far from sandy has approved using symbol signs in-the-road sign at the junction of coastal beaches. Todd Bossman says he’ll continue to practice catch and release until

with the intent to transition to Hwy. 126 & Hwy. 242. Strange migrations - Page 13 ODFW rules on keeping saltwater fish caught in inland streams. Yes, it’s time for our annual “April Fool’s” edition. We hope you don’t believe everything you read. you everything believe don’t you hope We edition. Fool’s” “April annual our for time it’s Yes, Page 2 McKenzie River Reflections Thursday, April 1, 2021

ditional $250. The filled Blue Bags Letters to the Editor can be dropped off at the Leaburg Market before 7 pm any day of the week. Blue bags are available at Bottle drive continues fire station in Blue River and the several locations: Harbick’s Motel The Blue River Bottle Boys Vida-McKenzie Community Cen- in Rainbow, McKenzie Feed and would like to thank River Re- ter. Each of those groups received Tackle in Walterville, both loca- flections for the excellent -cover $1000 checks and with our previ- tions of Osteostrong in Spring- age of our “One Dime at a Time” ous donation, the library fund has field and Eugene, the Leaburg fund raising campaign in River been given $4000. library, Kley Auto Repair and the Reflections. Thanks to the won- We have an opportunity to Leaburg Market, transfer stations derful support of our community participate in another promotion (the dump) in Vida and McKenzie and the OBRC (Bottle Drop) we sponsored by the Bottle Drop Bridge and McKenzie Mist in West have been able to donate over folks that will give us 20% more Eugene. Large amounts of glass $7000 to the rebuilding efforts for containers collected before the bottles should be boxed and can be in the McKenzie Valley. Our ini- end of the month of April. Be- dropped off at the Leaburg Market. tial effort was directed toward the tween now and Earth Day, April The sorting and bagging of those O’Brien Library rebuild, however 22, our challenge is to fill 150 donations not in Blue Bags, will $300,000 award for Internet access thanks to the tremendous response Blue Bags with clean, uncrushed take place every Saturday morning from folks donating their bottles plastic beverage bottles and cans in April at the Leaburg Market be- A $300,000 OVERCOME grant trict Superintendent. “The Holi- and cans and a generous dona- for inclusion in a video shoot ginning at 11 am. Volunteers and from US Ignite, the National Sci- day Fire only made things worse. tion from the Bottle Drop folks, with people from the groups we donations are welcome. ence Foundation, and Schmidt We lost all of our connectivity we have been able to expand our are helping. Winning the video Pete Petty Futures has been approved to for months. With the needs for outreach to include the clinic, the competition could give us an ad- Nimrod improve McKenzie Valley in- reliable internet access amplified ternet access. The program was during this global pandemic, this designed to support underserved grant will change the lives of our communities via novel broadband students, residents and business time to 20:45 min. and finished not seen action yet this year! technology solutions. owners.” in the Top Ten at 5th place (101 Recently, the 2001 McKenzie “Rural communities continue Onward Eugene and the runners entered), the highest Boys Basketball team’s historic, to see a lack of internet services, McKenzie School District have ever at the time for a McKenzie school first, qualification to critical not only for basic daily also teamed up with Elevate girl athlete. In the previous 1999 the OSAA 2A State Basketball tasks but also for emergency pre- Technology Group to construct cross country season, Oldham Championships in Pendleton, paredness and recovery,” said and pilot a new Citizens Broad- finished 39th in the State Meet. OR was highlighted in a series East Lane County Commission- band Radio Service (CBRS) in Oldham also qualified for a berth of articles. er, Heather Buch. “The OVER- the area. A hundred wifi hotspot in a Border Clash Meet featuring Truth be known, the Run To COME grant provides an op- devices will be given to local stu- the best cross country runners State began in the 2000 Fall portunity for consistent, reliable dents and households in the burn from Washington and Oregon. Season, prior to Hoops season. internet for the McKenzie area as area of Blue River. McKenzie 2000-01 Run In the Boys State Cross Country Three Eagle seniors, coached they recover from the devastating “The innovative solution we Championship Meet, seniors To State Started In Fall by Jeff Sherman, started early Holiday Farm Fire.” are deploying is a good mix of Kyle Richardson and Casey This year’s topsy-turvy high out of the gate that Fall Cross The grant will fund the devel- wired and wireless technologies Cline represented the Eagles. school sports seasons, jumbled Country season, and ran opment of a new permanent wire- that build on the lessons learned Richardson entered the State Meet around thanks to the Covid virus, outstanding races throughout the less Internet backbone into the from the pandemic and recent with a 3rd place District Meet have football, volleyball, and Fall around the State, proudly McKenzie Valley area. The back- wildfires, said Geoff Turner, CEO time of 17:25 min. and Cline with cross country operating during representing McKenzie Green bone will be utilized in support of at Elevate Technology Group. a 5th place time of 17:31 min. At March Madness, and is labeled and Gold. For their efforts, the two exciting new projects, includ- Grant funded efforts will kick the 2A State Meet, Richardson OSAA season 1. Following those Eagle three landed in the 2000 ing a more resilient internet con- off April 1st, with construction in finished just out of the Top Ten shortened seasons, baseball, 2A OSAA State Cross Country nection to the McKenzie School. May. Grant partners plan to begin with an 11th place time of 17:44 softball, golf and track and field Championship Meet held at “McKenzie School District Internet service delivery to both min. and Cline followed close will commence on April 5 for Lane Community College, in struggles with connectivity and the school and surrounding com- behind in 12th place running a another shortened OSAA season Eugene, OR. has for decades,” said Lane munity in the fall of 2021. time of 17:48 min. (104 runners 2. Lastly, basketball and wrestling McKenzie senior Emily Tompkins, McKenzie School Dis- will start a month later, OSAA Oldham qualified for the State entered). Richardson’s finish in season 3, on May 10. Championship Meet, with a 4th the 1999 State Meet was 15th. Crazy times for sure, but at place finish at the District Meet (101 runners entered). least some of the region’s student the week prior at the LCC track The foundation (attitude and athletes have an opportunity venue, clocking a 20:48 minute commitment) for a 2000-01 to participate. Unfortunately, time. At the State Championship McKenzie Run(s) To State had Clinic McKenzie student athletes have Meet, Oldham improved her been set! Continued From Page 8 companies. ered any needed PTO for all team “Our organization’s wide- members impacted by the fires for spread recognition is a testa- 5 months. ment to our first company pillar: “These employers are evidence Employee Happiness,” said Ex- that there are businesses that care Local businesses ecutive Director and Co-Founder about keeping their workforces Continued From Page 8 Orion Falvey. “We understand happy whatever the circumstanc- that burnout is prevalent in our in- es,” writes Oregon Business Mag- I assigned several of my crews could not thank them enough for support during the Holiday Farm dustry and we’ve been looking at azine, “and that despite one of to access the needs of the homes ways to prevent it.” the biggest changes to workplace their wonderful attitudes and in- wildfire. that had to be evacuated. We During the pandemic, Orchid norms ever experienced in a gen- credible work ethics. Mickey was The McKenzie Chamber also quickly realized that there were Health retained all employees and eration [ due to the COVID-19 also nominated by several other presented an Honorable Mention a lot of farm animals left behind raised their company’s minimum Pandemic], companies can make community members for volun- Plaque to business owners: that needed food. The McKenzie wage. They offered COVID paid it work and even come out better teering many hours to help those Alyssa Brownlee of Horse Feed Store basically opened their time off (PTO) and mental health from the experience.” in need. Creek Lodge. Alyssa took an ac- doors and gave us what we need- days to support employees and Orchid Health’s astonishing Taya Brock, and Daniel, of Ta- tive leadership role in helping the ed so we could feed hundreds of compassion fatigue without using culture fosters an environment of koda’s Restaurant provided many community immediately after the chickens, cows, pigs etc. for sev- their accrued vacation PTO. innovation and autonomy. They meals and support for the first re- fire. She housed first responders eral weeks.” Chris and employee When the Oregon wildfires put employee happiness first to sponders and fire fighters during and people who lost their homes. Erika are shown in the photo. impacted employee’s homes help empower them to do their the wildfire. Happy Dahlme, Everyone’s Mickey Sullivan of McKenzie and destroyed the Orchid Health best work in the communities they Emergency Animal Rescue Market in Vida for providing Valley Pump was nominated by McKenzie River Clinic, Orchid serve. Squad, Toni Ray, played a role in services, goods, support and stay- Cora Lee Morissey. Cora Lee said provided full paychecks and cov- getting displaced animals reunited ing open to help with the gas and that Mickey lost everything in the with their owners, and still are, propane needs for the community McKenzie River Reflections, USPS #467-530, PERIODICALS postage paid at fire and MVP owner Ted West lost two were reunited recently. and first responders. Blue River and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes his shop and tools, and yet they Brian and Kellie Cline of the to McKenzie River Reflections, 59059 Old McKenzie Hwy., McKenzie Bridge, Oregon were still working to help eve- Vida Cafe were recommended 97413. 541-822-3358 ryone on the river. She said she for providing services, meals and WEATHER REPORT READINGS TAKEN AT THE READINGS TAKEN AT Friday 4/2 Saturday 4/3 Sunday 4/4 US ARMY CORPS COUGAR DAM EWEB LEABURG POWERHOUSE Date High Low Rain Releases Date High Low Rain Riverflow 3/23 60 41 NA 320 cfs 3/23 48 33 0.18 4,030 cfs 3/24 52 39 NA 320 cfs 3/24 57 34 0.01 3,570 cfs 3/25 51 43 NA 320 cfs 3/25 47 39 0.47 3,760 cfs 3/26 61 43 NA 320 cfs 3/26 50 35 0.06 3,690 cfs McKenzie Valley Santiam Pass McKenzie Valley Santiam Pass McKenzie Valley Santiam Pass 3/27 72 38 NA 320 cfs 3/27 60 35 0 3,500 cfs Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Few Showers Snow/Rain 3/28 70 41 NA 320 cfs 10% chance precip 10% chance precip 20% chance precip 20% chance precip 30% chance precip 40% chance precip 3/28 67 37 0 3,370 cfs High: 61 Low: 38 High: 53 Low - 32 High: 60 Low: 41 High: 52 Low: 30 High: 56 Low: 38 High: 43 Low: 28 3/29 53 49 NA 330 cfs 3/29 61 33 0.19 3,480 cfs Thursday, April 1, 2021 McKenzie River Reflections Page 3 Maple Ln. – Caller reported lots 9:54 p.m: Threat, Harassment dent, ATV Injury - Cascade View of late night noise and traffic at a - 47800 blk, McK. Hwy. staging area. McKenzie Fire Sheriff’s property. March 24: 1:20 a.m: Menacing 2:13 p.m: Disturbance, Dispute March 20: 3:20 p.m: Sus- - 39400 blk, Mohawk Loop Rd. - 91700 blk, Horse Creek Rd. & Rescue Report picious Vehicle - Shotgun Creek 8:27 a.m: Assist, Information - 3:06 p.m: Disturbance, Dispute March 21: 11:33: 40000 block, 87900 blk, Running Spring Dr. Rd. & Milepost 10. Caller reported - 91800 blk, Horse Creek Rd. McK. Hwy. Medical Alarm. False On March 291 at about 1:27pm a suspicious vehicle with broken 10:38 a.m: Suspicious Condi- 5:25 p.m: Menacing - 92200 Alarm. the Lane County Sheriff’s Office windows. Determined to be in tions - Shotgun Creek Rd. & blk, Murdoch St. 3/21/2021 McK. Hwy. Milepost 32. was notified of a vehicle crash on Linn Co. Marcola Rd. 6:29 p.m: Welfare Check - Motor Vehicle Accident, Non-injury. Marcola Road near Alder Branch March 21: 12:29 a.m: Sus- 11:44 a.m: Civil Service - 37900 blk, Green Ln. Non-Injury/ Non-Blocking. Road. It was reported a motorcycle picious Conditions – McK. Hwy. 92600 blk, Pioch Ln. 8:37 p.m: Hit & Run - 91800 22:56: McK. Hwy. Mp. 9. MVA, and a pickup truck were involved & Horse Creek Rd. – Caller 4:46 p.m: Assist, Follow Up - blk, Mill Creek Rd. Injury. 2 Patients Assessed, 1 Trans- in a head on collision. Deputies reported being threatened by a 90600 blk, Sunderman Rd. March 27: 10:47 a.m: Theft ported. March 22: 7:32: Thomson Ln./ responded and investigated the former employee. 5:12 p.m: Vandalism, Criminal From Vehicle - 35200 blk, McK. McK. Hwy. Patient Evaluation. Patient March 22: 11:48 a.m: Mischief - 39300 blk, McK. Hwy. crash. Based on statements and Panic View Dr. Assessed, Refusal. the roadway evidence on scene, Alarm - 38700 blk, Natures 7:05 p.m: Assist, Information 11:00 a.m: Hit & Run - 91800 March 23: 5:44: 91000 blk, Taylor it appeared that the motorcycle Garden St. - McGowan Creek Rd. & Donna blk, Mill Creek Rd. Caller re- Rd. Smoke from a Structure. Out on crossed over into the pickup’s 6:24 p.m: Disturbance, Dispute Rd. ported a gray Chevrolet Tahoe Arrival, Extension Check. lane of travel. It is unknown what - Marcola Rd. & Spicer Ln. 9:23 p.m: Suspicious Vehicle - or Trailblazer was involved in a March 24: 8:40: McK. Hwy. Mp. caused the motorcycle to enter the 6:44 p.m: Disturbance, Dispute 42700 blk, McK. Hwy. traffic crash in a parking lot near 38. MVA, Non-injury. Awaited OSP, road crews controlled traffic. opposing lane. The airbags inside - 37300 Tree Farm Rd. Domestic March 25: 8:54 a.m: Animal Continued On Page 5 the pickup deployed and the driver Dispute. Deputies responded and Complaint - 87500 blk, Cedar Flat March 25: 22:42: McK. Hwy. Mp. was wearing a seatbelt. The driver determined no crime had been Rd. Continued On Page 5 of the pickup was uninjured. committed. Parties separated for 10:44 a.m: Vandalism, Criminal State Police The operator of the motorcycle the night. Mischief - 48000 blk, Conley Rd. was wearing proper riding gear, 7:34 p.m: Civil Problem - Caller reported that an unknown Report Upper McKenzie including a helmet, but was 91800 blk, Horse Creek Rd. person used an excavator to March 25: 08:40: Crash, Non- Fire/Rescue pronounced deceased on scene. March 23: 3:25 a.m: Alarm - damage property. Injury – Hwy. 126E, Milepost 38. The deceased was identified as a 91800 blk, Mill Creek Rd. 11:38 a.m: Vicious Animal - Crash involving two SUVs. In March 23: 10:03: Medical - 60-year-old Eugene resident. Next 3:58 a.m: Vehicle Stop - McK. Charley Ln. & MJ Chase Rd. addition to the crash investigation, 56578 McK. Hwy. Evaluation. of kin are still working on making Hwy. & Cedar Flat Rd. 1:11 p.m: Unlawful Entry Motor there was a DUII investigation March 25: 08:36: Motor notifications to family out of the 4:34 a.m: Vehicle Stop - McK. Vehicle - 91100 blk, Marcola Rd. initiated after evidence was Vehicle Accident - McK. Hwy. area. Hwy. & Cedar Flat Rd. 3:11 p.m: Mental Subject - discovered indicating possible /Milepost 38. Vehicle on its side, March 13: 12:55p.m: Suspic- 7:37 a.m: Alarm - 93100 blk, 91800 blk, Mill Creek Rd. intoxication of one of the involved person still in car. Unknown ious Conditions - 92000 block, Marcola Rd. 5:36 p.m: Narcotics, Drug Info operators. Involved: white Subaru, injury, blocking traffic. - Maple Ln. & Marcola Rd. blue Honda. March 26: 15:18: MVA 9:28 p.m: Burglary - 92600 blk, 22:42: Crash, Non-Injury - - McK. Hwy./Mp. 47. Two ...saving stories Paschelke Rd. Caller reported a Hwy. 126E, Milepost 30. Unit #1 vehicle accident, one occupant family member likely stole items was traveling westbound. Operator complaining of chest pain. from the rising from the home. #1 stated he was distracted by the tide of time. March 26: 11:33 a.m: Acci- headlights of an oncoming vehicle The Upper McK. Fire District making a right turn from Hwy. board of directors will hold its MOVE TO A PLACE 126. When he looked back at the monthly meeting on Wednesday, st From November 5, 1991 edition of McKenzie River Reflections THAT MOVES YOU roadway he realized he had drifted April 21 , at the McK. Fire Station, off of the roadway. Operator #1 56578 McK. Hwy. in McKenzie failed to correct the turn and drove Bridge, at 7 p.m. Continued On Page 5

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John to deal with tourists of the wrong the cowboy, at the philosophy On February 20, 1931, a former sort — tourists who, rather than counter at the Mule Barn truck Lincoln County commissioner coming with money and expecting stop for a while. After a week’s named Elmer Calkins looked to leave a week later with less, absence, he showed back up for his behind his tractor at the plow he come with no money and hoped to daily ration of caffeine, and it was was pulling and saw human bones leave a week later as millionaires. obvious he’d lost some weight, if strewn out along the furrow behind Squatters became a problem. One not attitude. it. nervy fellow asked permission to “Hospital again,” he said. Calkins was working up a patch set up a fishing camp, and then We nodded. Steve has internal of land near the mouth of the pitched an enormous tent and workings situations from time to Salmon River so that it could be started digging for the treasure time. Usually, these happen during flattened out into a smooth, park- www.westwind.org underneath it; Calkins figured it a cold snap when the bunkhouse like landscape for the summer Three Rocks Beach, Camp Westwind, the mouth of the Salmon River and out when he saw dirt spilling out needs extra firewood. He swears camping resort he was building Cascade Head as they appear today, photographed from an aircraft in the from beneath one of the walls. this is just a coincidence. there. The new Roosevelt Highway golden light of an early summer evening. Photo is from the Camp Westwind In the 1970s, Calkins’s son, He appreciates doctors a lot, it — Highway 101 — was mostly web site. Edward, mounted an expedition turns out. Especially young, cute, built, and car-tripping tourists to try and retrieve the old “pirate female-lady-type doctors. He has from the Willamette Valley were But the more they talked about the buried treasure on Neahkahnie ship” from the bottom of the two of them that look after him. To starting to make beach trips part of it, the less sense that made. The Mountain, just a couple dozen Salmon, where it had been more quote Steve: “Cuter’n a pocketful their summer plans. Calkins hoped Native Americans would no sooner miles up the coast. But Calkins or less covered with sand and silt. of baby mouses!” a few of them would come camp have buried a body in a shellfish thought there might be something The younger Calkins claimed he But nurses? That’s another thing at his place so they could play on midden than we would toss one in in it, because he’d frequently had a special underwater metal entirely. the nearby beach, a long sandy a landfill today — unless it were snagged his fishing nets on a wreck detector that only picked up gold “They run this nurse in on me,” strand beneath Cascade Head in the body of a deadly enemy. a little way inside the mouth of the and silver and that it had told him, he said, “to give me one of them north Lincoln County known as Also — there was an old story river. Knowing the legend, he’d as the Oregonian put it, that there baths, you know?” Three Rocks Beach. still being told along the Salmon been curious enough to investigate was “booty in the bilge” of the Doc grinned. “Cute, was she, The field he was smoothing out River estuary, an old Indian tale. it one day, and confirmed it; it was sunken wreck. If anything came Steve?” was uneven for a reason: It was According to the story, a “winged in about 12 feet of water, the ribs of this, the newspapers were silent “Cute? Doc, her face looked peppered with shellfish middens, canoe” had foundered just inside sticking up and rotting away. on it. like it had worn out two bodies. basically miniature landfills used the mouth of the Salmon, possibly Calling in professional help The pirate treasure She had the exact aerodynamics by Native Americans for disposal of having mistaken it for the Siletz or Calkins contacted Oregon of Camp Westwind of a milk carton, and the human clam and mussel shells, fish bones, the Nehalem in the fog. This would historian Dr. John Horner of Today, the site Elmer Calkins kindness of a meter maid. I didn’t and the odd worn-out whalebone have been a fatal error, since it’s Oregon State University (then was plowing up for his tourist stand a chance!” club or stone knife. It was in one sometimes possible to walk across named Oregon Agricultural camp is known as Camp “Food any better this year?” of these that, unexpectedly, human the mouth of the Salmon without College) and Dr. F.M. Carter, a Westwind. Westwind is a YWCA asked Herb. bones had turned up. getting one’s shirt wet. physician with an established camp that holds a special place We had heard all about 12,000 Calkins got off his tractor, got The crew, more than 20 men, practice among the remaining in the hearts of tens of thousands mile-an-hour toast last year and a shovel, and dug up the rest of had rowed ashore with a heavy coastal Native American tribes in of former campers — few if any how they had used it as heat shields the body. It was, he immediately chest of the type one would fill the area. Carter confirmed that the of whom know that it is entirely on the space shuttle. noticed, enormous. Most accounts with pirate loot. This they buried, pedigree of the legend as having possible, if not particularly likely, “Boys, they don’t have food in say it was around eight feet and then, leaving two of their come from the tribes and being that somewhere on its rustic, that hospital. They just want to tall, and that the skull was over number behind, set out east over very old, and after reassembling oceanside grounds there lies a tease you by telling you it’s edible two-thirds of an inch thick in its land, never to be heard from the skeletons gave his professional giant box of pirate loot. stuff. You just take our special beefiest spot, with unusually big again. opinion that the large one was of Granted, it’s only slightly less Sunday dinner. They called it cheekbones and forehead. The two they left behind, African descent — although how likely that the Tooth Fairy lives ribeye steak.” A bit more digging turned up according to the legend, were a he was able to be sure of this, given in a tree house nearby. Still, it’s We waited while he sucked down a second, more normal-sized gigantic black man and a regular- the body’s unique and freakish a fabulous bit of Oregon Coast another cup of coffee and asked skeleton, the skull of which had sized white guy. These two didn’t size and shape, is not clear. It’s folklore. Loretta to bring him something been pierced by an arrow and last long before they made the certainly possible that, mindful (Sources: Portland Oregonian, that wasn’t good for his situation. bashed in with something like a natives angry enough to kill of the legend, he was expecting to “Large skeleton found,” 2-21- “Ribeye sounds good, Steve.” stone ax. them. see Africa in it from the outset. 1931, “Finding of old skeleton “Ribeye? RIBEYE? Say listen, Evidence of the truth of a legend? Now, most of the neighbors The presence of gold or buried hints at early tragedy,” 4-05-1931, guys, I don’t know what gopher Calkins and his neighbors at first thought this story was entirely treasure in any story has an and “Buried treasure sought,” 5- they cut that off of, but it was sure thought they’d simply stumbled made up, or perhaps had been immediate corruptive influence 19-1974; Hult, Ruby. Lost Mines as sin a long-distance gopher. That across a Native American burial. “borrowed” from the legend of on its truthfulness, and this effect and Treasures. Portland: Binford, was so small and tough … I’ll bet seems to have kicked in on this 1957) that steak had more miles on it story very early in the process. Finn J.D. 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Spring reminds me of the little of our visits at the Trails End Farm. book turns 70 describes more than 125 trees, each Four cypress species in the are lambs at my uncle’s farm in the I recently sent my sister a photo of “Trees to Know in Oregon and illustrated with several photos, as so rare in Oregon that some include days of my childhood. I grew up the little lambs we used to see and Washington,” the most popular well as keys that winnow down only several specimens and some in New York State, and there the bottle feed at the farm. Thought it publication in the Oregon State the genus (plant group). Jensen only entered botanical literature week following Easter Sunday would bring back fond memories University Extension Service provides written identification and in Oregon around 1990. Most of was spring vacation from school. to her, as it did for me. catalog, celebrates 70 years with a tells stories about each tree. The them are common in California We children often spent part of Trails End Recipes new edition. stories are about medicinal plant and Jensen assumed they were that time at my uncle’s farm, Auntie loved to cook and to Author and Professor Emeritus use, Native American plant uses, moving into Oregon because of where my grandmother lived and teach Sister and me her recipes. Edward Jensen, who taught history and plant characteristics. climate change but discovered my mom had grown up. I’ve been fortunate to have thousands of students about tree “This is more than a tree ID they are residuals from at least Uncle Webster had a small dairy acquired her notebook with hand identification in his tenure from book,” Jensen said. “The joy of it the Pleistocene era, which ended farm, but he also raised sheep. written recipes going back to her 1976 to 2014 in the OSU College is that there’s enough information more than 11,000 years ago. The little lambs greeted us during grandmother. of Forestry, added several rare that allows people to ID trees and “They each tell an interesting vacation. He also had a rocky CREAMED POTATOES was a species from southwestern Oregon. enough about natural history and story,” said Jensen, who worked pasture where they frolicked with farm favorite way of using leftover He also updated botanical names, ecology that can get them excited on the new edition for a year. “A their moms. boiled potatoes. included additional information about learning about trees and the lot of them are at risk of climate Often there were lambs we Dice cooked potatoes into a on trees and forests of Washington forest they comprise.” change, wildfires and flooding.” helped feed on the bottle. Perhaps frying pan or skilled, called a and wrote a short section on Climate change was an Additional ornamental trees the mother didn’t have enough “spider” by my grandmother. Then how climate change might affect important consideration for the were added to the new edition, milk. Or, if she had twins, she add some cream or whole milk, Northwest forests. book, Jensen said. With forestry which includes them because might refuse to own one. Then but do not cover the potatoes. If To celebrate the new edition’s Professor David Shaw’s help, he they are most often seen in urban Aunt Bess (Web’s wife) and you use milk, add a few pieces of publication, a launch party is wrote a chapter about how Pacific and suburban areas where people Auntie (Web’s sister) would feed butter, homemade on Trails End scheduled for 6 to 7 p.m. on March Northwest forests are likely to live, while native trees comprise them until the little lambs could Farm. 30. There is a limited number of adapt to a change in climate. a relatively small number of trees get along on their own. Simmer, stirring often, but seats to participate in the Zoom The book covers the geography in towns and cities. Many people I remember one Aunt Bess do not boil, until the liquid is webinar, but anyone will be able to of Oregon, Washington, much recognize iconic big leaf maples raised on a bottle. It would follow thickened. Add salt and pepper to watch the livestream on YouTube. of British Columbia and the and Doug-firs, but most new her and Auntie around the yard taste. (You can add a teaspoon or There will be book giveaways and panhandle of Idaho. Jensen developments are planted with and even come into the kitchen if so of flour so it will thicken more pop quizzes to test the audience’s non-natives. she could. quickly. knowledge of native trees. By Jensen recommends the Paintings of Lambs (c) 2021 Mary Emma Allen the end of the event, the audience book because of its simplicity. My sister, a cancer survivor, has should be able to use tools to While there are a number of taken up painting and sketching. identify native conifers and books that describe trees of the State Police broadleaf trees, as well as 50 non- Northwest, they either have native ornamental trees; recognize shorter descriptions and less Report Northwest forest ecosystems and natural history or are complex and Sheriff’s intimidating. Continued From Page 3 understand how the changing climate will impact them. Outdoor enthusiasts, gardeners Report into the ditch. Involved: green Jensen took over the book from and people new to the Northwest Toyota Tundra, 47-year-old male the original author Charlie Ross will appreciate the easy-to-read Continued From Page 3 from McKenzie Bridge. in the 1990s, when it was still a style of the book, which is small the intersection of Mill Creek March 26: 11:41: Traffic stapled publication with black- enough to be carried on hikes Rd. and McK. Hwy. The driver, Complaint – Hwy. 126E, Milepost and-white line drawings. This new around Oregon and Washington. possibly intoxicated, left the 12. Troopers responded to a driving edition, the third by Jensen, is in Order a copy of “Trees to Know scene eastbound on McK. Hwy. complaint on 126 westbound full color with most of the photos in Oregon and Washington” from towards Bend. within the area of Walterville taken by the author. the OSU Extension catalog. 12:01 p.m: Vandalism, described as erratic operation Criminal Mischief - 39300 blk, of a motor vehicle. The driver McK. Hwy. was subsequently transported to McKenzie Fire March 27: 8:14: 87000 blk, 12:01 p.m: Vandalism, Criminal River Bend hospital for possible & Rescue Lupe Ln. Medical, General. Patient Mischief - 48000 blk, Conley Rd. controlled substance abuse and Assessed, 1 Transported. 14:40: 87000 blk, Cedar Flat Rd 2:45 p.m: Driving While Sus- possible overdose pending further Continued From Page 3 Medical, Heart. Patient Assessed, 1 pended - 45600 blk, McK. Hwy. investigation. Involved: gold van, 30. MVA, Non-injury. Scene handed Transported. 3:36 p.m: Vehicle Stop - 31-year-old male from Vancouver, over to OSP. McGowan Quarry. WA. March 26: 12:15: McK. Hwy./ McKenzie Fire & Rescue will 6:31 p.m: Vehicle Stop - McK. 15:18: Crash, Injury - Hwy. Walterville Ln. Assist Police. Patient hold its monthly Board of Directors Hwy. & Partridge Ln. 126E, Milepost 47.5. Two vehicle Assessed, 1 Transported. meeting the Monday; April 19th, at 6:43 p.m: Vehicle Stop - McK. injury crash at the intersection 13:32: 41000 blk, Madrone St. noon, at the Leaburg Training Center, Hwy. & Partridge Ln. of Mill Creek Rd. Several of Medical, Trauma. Patient Assessed, 1 42870 McK. Hwy.. For notary and the involved individuals were Transported. other business services, please call 20:34: 7000 blk, Thurston Rd. ahead to schedule an appointment and transported to River Bend hospital Medical, General. 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There is On the third Thursday of each McCall, Jerry and Meredith Mc- GPA required), a brief description The Eugene Water & Electric a $1 processing charge for day- month: Lucy Zammarelli, Lane Call are proud to offer $5,000 dol- about the applicant, their char- Board has decided to postpone its use permits per individual and County Health and Human Serv- lars in scholarship monies, to be acter, background and interests. April 20th (virtual) Upriver Meet- a $6 processing charge for over- ices divided among multiple applicants Also, explain why they would be ing. Given some of the difficulties night-use permits per group. An People should park in the pub- graduating from McKenzie River a great candidate for this scholar- and limitations of holding a virtual overnight group can be from 1 to lic wayside and walk over to the Community School. Recipients ship. In addition, attach the names meeting, EWEB General Manager 12 people. historic hatchery buildings. Please will be chosen on the basis of their of two references, including ad- Frank Lawson and Commission- Overnight Use Permit Avail- wear a mask, wash your hands and community involvement, aca- dress and telephone numbers, ers have instead decided to hold ability: practice social distancing. demic achievement and a strong along with an additional sheet an in-person meeting at 6 p.m. on 40% of overnight permits will This program is generously desire to further their education listing extracurricular activities, June 15th at the McKenzie Fire & be available on April 6, 2021. supported by United Way Lane at a 4-year university, community honors and awards received. Rescue Training Center. The meet- 60% available of overnight per- County, the Ford Family Founda- college or trade school. These Applications are due to the high ing will be held outside the train- mits will be available on a 7-day tion and other anonymous MRDC scholarships are designed to finan- school office by April 30th. ing center. Topics will include: rolling window beginning May watershed status and investments, 28, 2021. The 7-day rolling win- customer programs, including re- dow means that every day new building opportunities. discussion permits will be available. Holiday Farm Fire Recovery will center around programs for Day Use Permit Availability: McKenzie Valley customer recov- 20-50% of a trailhead’s full sea- Progress Report ery specific to the area, wildfire son will be available on April 6, mitigation, McKenzie River gen- 2021. Within days after it was safe to erosion control measures tailored revegetation using native plant eration updates - focusing on the 50-80% of a trailhead’s permits enter fire-impacted areas, EWEB, to each property. species provided by the Bonneville Leaburg Canal and road-mapping will be available on a 7-day roll- McKenzie River Trust, McKenzie • Implemented erosion control Environmental Foundation. The future decisions, potential price ing window on May 28, 2021. Watershed Council, and the measures including hydroseeding, PWP plans to replant nearly 100 changes and the status of the up- The 7-day rolling window means Upper Willamette Soil & Water check dams, wattles, silt fencing, acres of high priority burned river Cost of Service Analysis, that every day new permits will be Conservation District, along with and jute mats on over 100 riparian and floodplain areas. To along with a general question and available. other Pure Water Partners, began properties with the support of date, over 30 sites and about 50 answer session. All reservations must be made working with landowners to Northwest Youth Corps and local acres have been replanted. New Wilderness through Recreation.gov either on- identify high priority properties contractors. If you are interested in line, by calling (877) 444-6777 or for intervention and stabilize them You can track progress of the assistance with immediate native Permits TDD Line at 877-833-6777 from until the EPA and state agencies recovery and restoration efforts tree and shrub planting or long- The Willamette and Deschutes 10 a.m. – 12 a.m. (Eastern Time could respond to remove and using the web-based dashboard term riparian restoration projects, Forests public permit reservations Zone). People may go to a Wil- dispose of the hazardous waste, developed by Lane Council of please sign up for a PWP site for the Central Cascade Wilder- lamette or Deschutes National ash/debris, asbestos, and other Governments (LCOG) at eweb. assessment by visiting www. ness Permit System begin next Forests office to reserve a permit. materials. In addition, the Pure org/hff-landowners. purewaterpartners.org. week. However, currently Forest Service Water Partners worked to pivot The next phase of watershed On Tuesday, April 6 at 7 a.m. offices are closed due to COVID- the coalition’s work towards restoration efforts will focus on PDT Central Cascades Wilderness 19 and people should call an of- supporting upriver landowners Permits will be reservable at Rec- fice ahead of going. with burn assessments and erosion reation.gov. The permit system For more information about the control measures. begins the Friday before Memorial permit system and planning a wil- Here are some of the results of Day (May 28, 2021) and ends on derness trip, people should go to: the work of Pure Water Partners the last Friday in September (Sept. https://bit.ly/2Pl8jtT. (PWP) so far: 24, 2021). Wilderness permits are • Conducted an immediate required for all overnight use in Recovery Info Days Wildfire Recovery Information response to stage and cover the Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Washing- hazardous waste, pull back ash ton, and Three Sisters wilderness Days are being held at the Mc- Kenzie River Discovery Center and debris, and/or install erosion areas. Day-use permits are re- control (wattles and silt fencing) quired on 19 of the 79 trails into (MRDC) at Leaburg Lake, every Thursday from 10 am - 4 pm. The between destroyed homes and those same three wildernesses. river at nearly 80 high priority People are encouraged to go to center will be staffed by: Devin Thompson, Fire Restoration Com- properties. Recreation.gov prior to next Tues- • Conducted burn assessments day and create an account. To find munity Coordinator, representing Northwest Youth Corps and Pure on over 230 high priority properties the permits put Central Cascades to identify hazard trees and design Wilderness into the search bar and Water Partners; Matt McRae, Dis-

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Living Water Family Fellowship people ask for - 52353 McKenzie Hwy - Milepost 42 An Invitation Just east of Blue River 541-822-3820 Sunday: 9:30 am - Sunday School for all ages 10:30 am - Worship Service & Children’s Church the McKenzie to Worship 6:00 pm - Bible Studies and Youth Thurs. 6 pm - Celebrate Recovery (12-Step Program) River Traveler’s Guide Catholic Church St. Benedict Lodge Chapel 1/2 mile off Hwy. 126 on North Bank Rd., McKenzie Bridge Sat. Eve. 5:00pm Sun. Morn. 9:30am; web page: sblodge.opwest.org McKenzie Bridge Christian Church 56334 McKenzie Hwy, McKenzie Bridge, OR 97413 9:30 a.m. Sunday school for all ages 11:00 a.m. Worship Service & Nursery Reserve your ad Need a ride? Call 541-822-3289 McKenzie Valley Presbyterian Church space Today! Worship is live-streamed, every Sunday at 10:30 am, on the Facebook page for McKenzie Valley Presbyterian Church. Comments on Facebook are appreciated! You may also contact the church for prayer requests, to request an emailed or earth-mailed bulletin, and other information. Phone or send email to Nancy Ash- [email protected] ley, [email protected], 541-914-1986. We look forward to hearing from our neighbors, either from a distance, or someday, in person! Milepost 13 McKenzie Hwy. (541) 747-2604 541-822-3358 Thursday, April 1, 2021 McKenzie River Reflections Page 7 us for 34 years, and it was my Yet this individual was incapable ago, you could have had all those unconscious reaction to the affairs. Direct Answers of recognizing your trauma, right years with the woman who was Our sex life over the last year has before his or her own eyes. the love of your life. also been better than ever. By Wayne & Tamara Mirchell Your wife got herself a defense That’s what your wife took Still, a powerful voice in attorney and you were without from you. me demands retribution. It is representation. You were not a Why are things better than Buried Truths I couldn’t accept what happened. furious. It is livid. It is disgusted. couple having tiffs over childcare ever? Most probably she senses My wife and I married in Something snapped, I suppose. I It demands divorce. I’m having responsibilities or the family something from you, and she the early 1980s. I was her first. “decided” to pretend that it never trouble sleeping. I have mind budget. You were the victim of fears you will make her pay for Sixteen months into our marriage, happened. I buried it. movies. I get sudden flashes of your wife’s affairs and public her actions. she took me to a party and made My wife’s affairs stopped, but I other men’s hands on my wife’s humiliations. Your mind, your body, and out with another man on the floor soon started drinking and became body. It’s the same voice I killed This needed one session. “These your soul will continue to plague in front of me and our friends. a closet alcoholic for a decade. I in the 1980s. two don’t belong married. She is you because disgust, anger, and It was intentional. She later said sobered up 22 years ago. The rest of me knows leaving repeatedly unfaithful.” Done. the traumatic response are baked she was trying to make me mad We were very successful in now would be ridiculous, if for no o instead of one session, the into us as human beings. and get a reaction out of me. I saw our careers. I retired two years other reason than it would wreck counselor got months and months You can’t say you have a good it as a public emasculation. I grew ago. My head cleared from my our retirement. She has been an of pay. marriage and say your soul is up in an alcoholic household and extremely busy job, and a year excellent wife for three decades, hen, with botched counseling crying out for justice. You don’t was emotionally undeveloped as a ago I decided to go back in my and we are very close. behind you, you found ways to get to ride the fence like that. A result of my childhood. I was mad mind and see if something needed ut the battle in my mind remains. mask the problem. well-lived life cannot be lived but I shut down. to be addressed. It is constant and sometimes I When you retired, you did not straddling the fence. Fence- A year later she had an I realized that for the last 30 wonder which side will win. “decide” to go back and reexamine straddling neuters you. emotional affair. There was a years, I never thought about the An old wound reopened and a what happened in the 1980s. Those Wayne & Tamara public emasculation involved affairs. I knew they happened but realization that it never healed. memories disinterred themselves. write: Directanswers@ with that as well. We went into never thought about them. I found I stayed with the source of my In your heart you know, if you WayneAndTamara.com counseling and I thought we had that odd. trauma. had divorced your wife 35 years resolved the issue. That’s when the panic attack Phil Several months later, she started. Just like in your book A Phil, let’s start at the up and down, moved to another city to further Cheating in a Nutshell, disgust, beginning. American Life he will gather himself, flutter once her education. I stayed home and anger, and trauma hit me like a You weren’t too “emotionally in Poetry or twice, worked. When I went to visit eight brick. It’s as if I opened an old unavailable” for your wife to and then rise, a streak of dazzling months later, she told me she had door and found everything I left marry, but you were so emotionally José Alcantara’s poem, which color against a slowly lifting sky. been sleeping with three other back in the 80s. unavailable it excused her affairs appeared in the Winter 2020 issue men and they were “friendships I brought it up to my wife. She and deliberate emasculations. of Rattle, seems simple enough--a We do not accept unsolicited that got out of hand.” said she wanted to talk about the To block those memories, you splendid and hopeful account of a manuscripts. American Life That was another public affairs but I had always blown turned into a closet drinker, familiar moment--a bird stunned in Poetry is made possible by emasculation. Hours before she it off when it came up (which buried yourself in work, and she by a collision with glass, held in The Poetry Foundation (www. told me about the affairs, she took is true). We went into marriage suddenly became faithful. the hand and then, recovered, it poetryfoundation.org), publisher me to a party. I shook hands and counseling again, and I went into We don’t find that story flies away. Then we return to the of Poetry magazine. It is also chatted with two of the men she individual counseling. plausible. How did that fix title, “Divorce,” and we see it’s supported by the Department had been sleeping with. These feelings won’t leave me her excuse—your “emotional doing what poems like to do, take of English at the University of We went back into counseling alone. I quickly realized that I unavailability”? Even more, as a one moment to describe another, Nebraska, Lincoln. Poem copyright where the goal of the counselor should have divorced my wife 35 heavy drinker who buried himself seemingly unrelated moment. In ©2020 by José “Divorce” from was to keep the marriage together. years ago. I told her this. I also in work, how could you know the end it is a poem about resilience Rattle, (No. 70, Winter 2020). At the end, I was told it was my learned more details about the last whether her affairs ended? and care, something we all need. Poem reprinted by permission of fault because I was “emotionally three affairs. They were worse The counselor who wanted Divorce José Alcantara and the publisher. unavailable” to my wife. In my than I thought. to “save the marriage” hurt By José Alcantara Introduction copyright ©2021 opinion, a lot of that “emotional Our conversations over the you grievously. PTSD was He has flown headfirst against the by The Poetry Foundation. The unavailability” started when last year have deepened our officially recognized in 1980, glass introduction’s author, Kwame boyfriends started. relationship. We both realize now and discussions of serious trauma and now lies stunned on the stone Dawes, is Chancellor’s Professor We did counseling for months. there had been a wall between were all over the popular press. patio, of English and Glenna Luschei nothing moving but his quick Editor of Prairie Schooner at the beating heart. University of Nebraska. So you go to him, pick up his CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING delicate body and hold him in the cupped Ski Report Coins & Jewelry Valley Presbyterian Church, 88393 Services palms Buying US and foreign coins, Walterville Loop, a block from the MOWING – Retired gentleman of your hands. You have always March 30, 2021 currency, tokens, gold, silver, & jewelry. Walterville Shopping Center. N/c-sub looking to subsidize income. 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Thursday, April 1, 2021 Serving the McKenzie River Valley ... And Subscriber Robert Schumacher of Eugene Volume 43, Issue 33 00 Sheriff’s Report Book of Trees $1April Fool’s The driver, possibly The new 173-page edition Our annual edition - don’t intoxicated, left the scene describes more than 125 believe all you read...... trees PAGE 3 PAGE 5 PAGE 1 Local businesses A very busy week given a boost New Post Office taking shape Wrecks numbers increasing Seven businesses nomi- es: nated by community mem- McKenzie Feed & Tackle bers and the McKenzie Riv- owners Chris and Michelle er Chamber of Commerce Wright were nominated by have been recognized for Fire Chief, Darin Bucich. the help they freely gave Darin said “once we felt after September’s Holiday we had control of the fire, Farm Wildfire. $500 checks at least around the houses, were give to five business- Clinic - Page 2

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Replacement of the Blue River Post Office got a jump start This accident around 3:15 p.m. on Saturday involving a Cen- this week when two halves of a pre-fabricated office were de- turyLink service truck and a Nissan Kicks sedan was one of a livered and placed on a concrete slab. Interior work is sched- recent rash. For more details on incidents, including a fatality, uled through April 26th, with an Open House to follow. go to the Police and Fire Reports on Page 3.

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Oregon Internet Research has completed their internet ac- Weekends continue to draw volunteers to Blue River to help cess outreach to the McKenzie Valley. However, a new non- with a wide variety of tasks - ranging from basic cleanup profit, McKenzie Community Communications, has installed to continuing tree removal. This weekend one of the larger another free public wifi access box in Rainbow and is plan- projects saw power equipment taking down the former metal ning to install another one in Blue River. framed gas station. Takoda’s Restaurant

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