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  • Holiday Farm Fire year-end recovery update

    Dec 30, 2021

    The Holiday Farm Fire burned more than 175,000 acres in and around the McKenzie River Valley in September 2020, displacing more than 1,000 residents and destroying 464 homes, notes Lane County's Disaster Recovery Manager Matt McRae. In a report released last week McRae reported more than 135 wildfire survivors are still sheltered in hotels in Eugene, and less than half of affected property owners have begun rebuilding. "In short, there are hundreds of survivors still dealing with very difficult...

  • Court approves dam changes

    Dec 30, 2021

    EUGENE: A federal court approved this month details on the “how” of fish passage, drawdowns and spill designed to aid salmon and steelhead passage at Willamette River dams, even as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing a new environmental impact statement for the agency’s 13 Willamette Valley Project dams. Although it has filed an appeal with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Corps already is complying with the U.S. District Court’s injunction for the interim actions that the agency is to initiate while it is completing the EIS...

  • McKenzie Eagles Sports Report - Dec. 30

    Cliff Richardson|Dec 30, 2021

    McKenzie Sports Schedule This Week No McKenzie sports contests scheduled this week. Have a Happy and Safe New Year. McKenzie Drops Hoops Openers At Siletz Eagle Athletes Earn Honor McKenzie has enough athletes to field both a Girls and Boys Varsity team. That’s a big deal! Thanks to the disastrous Holiday Farm Fire and Covid double whammy, Eagle Hoops was not a foregone conclusion this Winter Season. It doesn’t take long to look down the rosters, eight girls and seven boys on their respective teams thus far. Jack Devereaux is coaching the McK...

  • Sheriff's Reports - dec. 30

    Dec 30, 2021

    Dec. 20: 12:51 a.m: Assist Outside Agency - 48000 blk, McK. Hwy. 12:51 p.m: Civil Service - 45400 blk, Goodpasture Rd. 1:08 p.m: Theft - 88800 blk, Ross Ln. 88800 blk, Ross Ln. A caller reported that a vacation home guest took approximately $500 in items from the location. 1:55 p.m: Stalking Order Service - 49900 blk, McK. Hwy. 2:24 p.m: Assist, Follow Up - 50400 blk, McK. Hwy. Dec. 21: 9:43 a.m: Welfare Check - 91600 blk, Alma Dr. 12:19 p.m: Warrant Service - MJ Chase Rd. & Camp Creek Rd. A deputy conducted a traffic stop on an individual...

  • OSP Report - Dec. 30

    Dec 30, 2021

    Dec. 24: 17:39: Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants, Alcohol - Hwy. 126E, Milepost 10. Dispatched to a two-vehicle, unknown injury head on crash. Vehicles involved were a silver sedan and a white pickup truck. On arrival the female from the silver sedan was being transported to the hospital due to injuries from the crash. Contacted the driver of the white pickup & immediately noticed signs of impairment. The driver refused Field Sobriety Tests and was ultimately arrested and transported to Lane Adult Corrections where he provided a...

  • McKenzie Fire Report - Dec. 30

    Dec 30, 2021

    Dec. 20: 10:18; 44000 block, McK. Hwy. Medical, General. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. 18:31: 40000 blk, McK. Hwy. Public Assist. Lift Assist Dec. 22: 14:44: 40000 blk, McK. Hwy. Medical Alarm. Lift Assistance Provided. 18:19: 7000 blk, Thurston Rd. Medical, Trauma. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. Dec. 23: 7:13: McK. Hwy. Milepost 30. Motor Vehicle Accident. Non-Injury/ Non-Blocking. 11:52: Camp Creek Rd./Upper Camp Creek Rd. MVA Non-injury, Non-Blocking. 13:36: 45000 blk, South Gate Creek Rd. Medical, Trauma. 13:36 Patient Assessed, 1 Tran...

  • Upper McKenzie Fire Report - Dec. 30

    Dec 30, 2021

    Dec. 26: 12:42: Motor Vehicle Accident – McK. Hwy./Milepost 33. Vehicle spun out from westbound lane, across the road, Non-Injury. 13:51: MVA – Clear Lake Cutoff, Mp.12. 4 vehicles off the roadway. The Upper Mck. Fire District board of directors will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, January 19th, at the McK. Fire station, 56578 Mck. Hwy. in McKenzie Bridge, at 7 p.m....

  • "March on Washington" involved train hijackings

    Finn J.D. John|Dec 30, 2021

    Many people today think of the 1890s as a prosperous, carefree era - the term "gay '90s" (or even "naughty '90s) jumps to mind. But what most people don't realize is that much of that decade was spent mired in a massive economic depression In many ways, the "Panic of 1893" was worse than the Great Depression. It brought us some iconic images that are still familiar today. The stereotype of the palatial Victorian "haunted house," as seen on innumerable episodes of Scooby-Doo, comes from the...

  • Get a leg up on fruit tree problems

    Kym Pokorny, OSU Extenstion|Dec 30, 2021

    Just when you're ready for a long winter's nap, it's time to tend your fruit trees. If you don't, chances are they'll struggle in the coming season. Giving them attention now helps ward off insects and diseases, said Steve Renquist, a horticulturist for Oregon State University Extension Service who has taught hundreds of gardeners the basics of managing fruit trees. Applying dormant sprays – Superior oil, copper, and sulfur – helps control nasty pests and diseases like codling moths and app...

  • Direct Answers - Dec. 30

    Wayne and Tamara|Dec 30, 2021

    I am 50 and was married to my first husband for 18 years. We had one daughter. Most of this time I was a housewife or worked in a family business until it was sold. For the last 10 years of our marriage, my husband was a frustrated, unrecognized "writer" waiting to be discovered. I decided to wear the pants in the family. When our daughter entered junior high, I went on overseas assignment, was swept off my feet, and within two years married my second husband. He is from the Middle East and a...

  • PROBLEM SOLVED - Dec. 30

    Christopher Elliott|Dec 30, 2021

    Lynne Larkin wants a refund or credit for tickets to an NFL game she purchased through Ticketmaster. The reason: The stadium changed its health protocols. But is that a valid reason? I'm trying to get a refund or credit for NFL tickets I had to cancel. Earlier this year, I purchased tickets to the New Orleans Saints vs. Green Bay Packers game in Jacksonville, Fla. The Ticketmaster site said to check each venue website for what safety measures will be in place for each event. The TIAA Stadium...

  • TRAVEL TROUBLESHOOTER - Dec. 30

    Christopher Elliott|Dec 30, 2021

    Kay Nelson's Canadian rail tour gets canceled after the pandemic outbreak. But the tour operator has given itself permission to keep her money and offer only an expiring voucher. Can she get a refund instead? I need your help getting a refund of $6,339 for a Canadian rail tour from Rocky Mountaineer. Our package included airport, train and hotel transfers, with nights in Calgary, Banff and Vancouver. The trip, which we booked in February 2020 and was scheduled for May 2020, was canceled by the...

  • Crossword - Dec. 30

    Statepoint Media|Dec 30, 2021

    ACROSS 1. *Lettuce variety 5. Drivel 8. *CafÈ alternative 11. *Cantina cooker 12. *Waldorf salad ingredient 13. Animal trail 15. Radio knob 16. Hurry up, acr. 17. One who accepts the offer 18. *Anise-flavored spirit 20. "Happily ____ after" 21. Operatic solos 22. ____ Air in L.A. 23. Hairy vertebrate 26. Freed 30. In the past 31. Small type of drum 34. *Wine in Italy 35. Charleston, e.g. 37. Chow down 38. a.k.a. honey badger 39. Wet nurse 40. HervÈ Villechaize on "Fantasy Island" 42. E...

  • FOOD & DRINK - Solution

    Statepoint Media|Dec 30, 2021

  • Sudoku - Dec. 30

    Dec 30, 2021

  • Sudoku - Dec. 30 - Solution

    Statepoint Media|Dec 30, 2021