Klamath Life Magazine for September 2017

REGIONAL MAGAZINE FOR KLAMATH, LAKE, MODOC AND SISKIYOU COUNTIES

Klamath Life

Living inspired

Tone deft Klamath Folk Alliance expands performances, education

Farther

Ultrarunners set sights on 40-, 50-, 60- and 100-mile races

On the road

First car to cross the nation in 1903 makes Lake County pitstop

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Inspired Living On the cover: Bass player Jennifer DuNesme looks

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Story on the Klamath Folk Alliance, page 4.

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across the stage while performing at the Klamath Folk Festival at Mia & Pia’s Pizzeria Aug. 5.

Listen & Learn: Folk Alliance expands music, education programs. Page 4

Cover photo by H&N photographer Brittany Hosea-Small

Courting camaraderie: Pickleball is gaining membership, court space in the Basin. Page 7

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Mind over distance: Ultrarunners overcome mental, physical challenges. Page 12

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Letters from Dad: Tales of a Klamath stagecoach journey told to daughter. Page 19

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Spectacular fizzle: Lake County geyser garnered global attention. Page 24

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Lake County pitstop: The first car to cross the U.S. made notable visit to Lakeview. Page 27

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Flat out tasty: Turn that tortilla press into a multi-tasking machine. Page 30

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Flora & Fauna: A look at Klamath Basin wildlife and plant life. Page 34

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Quintessentials: The Linkville’s Jeff Gardner bitten by acting bug early on. Page 35

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On the calendar: Upcoming events around the Klamath Basin. Page 36

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Listen I &Learn

Klamath Folk Alliance works to expand musical performances, education

By KURT LIEDTKE: H&N Staff Reporter

The PickledBeats, consisting of Bob Pickel, right, Jennifer DuNesme, left, and Garrick Jackson, perform during the Klamath Folk Festival at Mia & Pia’s Pizzeria Aug. 5.

H&N photo by Brittany Hosea-Small

t began small, hosting open mic nights at a pizzeria, and through shared interests and varying musical abilities a small group of local musicians have incorporated to take on the daunting task of nurturing a current Klamath music scene and future generations of performers.

Around a decade ago, Mia & Pia’s Pizzeria & Brewhouse decided to start hosting open mic nights, welcoming local musicians to come perform. Co-owner Rod Kucera would occasionally sit-in with select performers, playing harmonica or singing. From that humble beginning, collaborations and friendships began, starting the slow process to develop what has become the Klamath Folk Alliance (KFA).

With both an intention to cultivate a collaborative music scene in Klamath County as well as provide music education for children, something far too often missing in schools due to budget cuts, the Klamath Folk Alliance is doing its best to prove that musicians have a place in the region.

See MUSIC, page 5

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‘Music is one of those things

that will expand your mind, whether or not you’re a musician.’

— Mike Campbell, Klamath Folk Alliance vice president

MUSIC, from page 4 In addition to Mia & Pia’s, the collective has found a welcoming second home at Main Street café, A Leap of Taste, where folk musicians perform acoustically on an almost-daily basis.

Officially formed three years ago and recently established as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the group is a regional representation of an international Folk Alliance organization that helps musicians with everything from insurance to travel visas to ensure that music can be heard by audiences around the world. In August, the KFA took things a step further for the second year in a row, hosting a day-long outdoor folk music festival at Mia & Pia’s to help showcase some of the region’s top talents.

While the organization consists of numerous supporters, both musicians and individuals passionate about cultivating musicianship, there is a group of six official members who operate at its core helping to organize concerts, after-school music programs, venues and other support as needed. Its current leadership positions consist of President Rod Kucera, Vice President Mike Campbell, Secretary Ken Jansen and Treasurer Cheryl Lee. The KFA meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 4 p.m. in the conference room at Fisher-Nicholson Realty on Main Street in Klamath Falls.

From a grassroots beginning, the group is now taking a proactive approach, emulating success cultivated elsewhere regionally such as the annual Sisters Folk Festival to draw attention to the musical talents existing in Southern Oregon.

The educational aspect is particularly important for Campbell, a retired music teacher, who along with other members coordinates opportunities for younger students to be exposed to music before it is available in regular curriculum.

“Music is one of those things that will expand your mind, whether or not you’re a musician,” explained Campbell about the benefits of music education, which numerous studies have shown help students improve grades in other subjects as well.

See MUSIC, page 6

Picking a tune: Singer and songwriter Erin Barker performs during the Klamath Folk Festival at Mia & Pia’s Pizzeria Aug. 5.

At the mic: Mike Campbell, vice president of the Klamath Folk Alliance, co-MC’s during this year’s Klamath Folk Festival.

On stage: The PickledBeats, consisting of Bob Pickel, center, Jennifer DuNesme and Garrick Jackson, perform during the Klamath Folk Festival.

H&N photos by Brittany Hosea-Small

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MUSIC, from page 5 “Being exposed to it grows your mind, and that’s applicable in all learning,” Campbell explained. “We want to encourage kids, if they have an interest in music we want to cultivate it, but they may not know they have one because they haven’t been exposed to it yet in school.

We want to try to expose as many kids to as wide of a range

ning sound, manning merchandise booths, or acting as M.C. for various musical events around the area.

While many local musicians have seen the direct benefits of ongoing efforts to offer a stage and audience to showcase their talents, KFA members largely credit Gerry Sloan for instigating the collaborative spirit behind the organization. An Irish immi-

friendships and groups of musicians had formed, it is Palmer who is largely credited with bringing everyone to the table urging the formation of a formal alliance. Palmer remains active in aiding the local music scene, coordinating folk jamborees on the first Saturday of every month each winter at the Klamath Falls Veterans of Foreign Wars building on Klamath Avenue.

H&N photo by Brittany Hosea-Small

For the audience: Rod Kucera, president of the Klamath Folk Alliance, co-MC’s the Klamath Folk Festival at Mia and Pia’s Pizzeria Aug. 5.

of opportunities as possible.”

Campbell and other KFA members hope to someday establish a showcase for some of their aspiring young music students to perform, possibly even at a future Klamath Folk Festival.

When not coordinating shows of their own, the collective can often be found collaborating with others to further entice more live music regionally. They often volunteer at events such as the recent Brews, Brats and Blues Festival hosted by the Klamath Yacht Club, and can be seen run-

grant, Sloan came to Oregon after a stint in Wisconsin, and after hearing Kucera sing karaoke one night invited him back to his house for a jam session.

Sloan’s enthusiasm and constant encouragement for collaboration instilled in Kucera a drive to provide live music for the community, regardless of whether or not every show proved a profitable venture.

After Sloan’s inspiration, another individual, Bill Palmer, was key in organizing the Klamath Folk Alliance. While informal

“For me success comes with seeing an audience having a good time,” said Kucera. “It’s thrilling, exciting, purposeful; and it’s got to be supported because it doesn’t just happen out of thin air. That makes the grind worthwhile to put it all together, that’s the pay-off to me.”

While certain clichés may come to mind with the utterance of “folk music,” the KFA takes a very broad and loose approach to defining their sound. Folk on a global scale is an audio represen-

tation of a region, with whatever instrumentation, verbiage and rhythms encompass a cultural narration native to the area considered as folk. The KFA puts it in much simpler terms, however.

“Folk music is anything you can tap your foot to,” said Jansen.

“If you can tap your foot, that’s folk music.”

This welcoming ideology of various genres was on full display at the KFA’s August folk festival, where acts performed everything from acoustic folk to blues to jazz to rock, and one act even brought a harp on stage. Their approach doesn’t limit musicality to strict guidelines of how a specific genre should sound; more so it is encouragement to pick up an instrument and play, regardless of what kind of sounds result, that remain at the core of the KFA’s goals.

“The schools are not involved in music as much as they used to,” added Lee. “We want to help kids who want to be musicians have a shot, exposing them to the variety that music offers.”

From humble grassroots to driven entrepreneurs, more members and musicians are being actively sought to join the ranks to help build Klamath Falls and the surrounding area back to the traveling musician mainstay it once was. They hope to eventually grow to the point where they can bring nationally known folk artists to the area, and grow annual music festivals to the same scale as the folk festival in Sisters draws national attention to that small community.

“Because we’re a new group, we’re bootstrap,” added Kucera.

“People out there are harboring musicality, and we’d like to hear it. We’re always open for donations, time, or interest or anything people want to bring to the table. If we don’t succeed it’s not going to go away, the essence is and always will be the music.”

For more information about the Klamath Folk Alliance visit www. klamathfolkalliance.org.

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apidly growing in popularity, pickleball is a hybrid of Ping-Pong, tennis and badminton played with a ball similar to, but slightly heavier than a Wiffle ball.

“Anybody can play,” said Carol McGregor, who was playing at the Stukel courts on a recent morning. “I had never played tennis, then I saw pickleball on television. That lady in the pink,” who she pointed at on the court, “she’s in her 80s.”

See PICKLEBALL, page 8

By LEE BEACH: H&N Staff Reporter

Pairs: Doug and Grace Barnes enjoy playing pickleball for the fun of it.

H&N photo by Brittany Hosea-Small

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PICKLEBALL’S ORIGIN STORY The Pacific Northwest can lay claim to the origin of the latest game to capture the enthusiasm of players from youth to octogenarians — pickleball.

The USAPA website credits Joel Pritchard, then congressman from Washington state, and businessman Bill Bell with improvising the game. In 1965, using badminton and Ping-Pong equipment they developed a game on an old badminton court at Pritchard’s home on Bainbridge Island, Wash., that all family members could play. With another friend, Barney McCallum, rules were created by the three men that generally followed badminton. In 1972, a corporation was formed to protect the rapidly developing sport.

In 1984, the organization published its first rulebook and formally organized to promote the game nationally as the USA Pickleball Association (USAPA). By 1990, it was being played in all 50 states. In 2005, it became a nonprofit 501(c) (3) corporation. Locally, the association is the Klamath Basin Pickleball Association (KBPBA).

The name of the game?

There are differing accounts, but initially the game didn’t have a name. Mrs. Joel (Joan Pritchard) has said she started calling it that because “the combination of different sports reminded me of the pickle boat in crew where oarsmen were chosen from the leftovers of other boats.” An alternate story is a couple years after the game was invented, the Pritchard family got a cocker spaniel which they named Pickles.

When an official name was needed, “pickle” stuck.

H&N photo by Brittany Hosea-Small

Ready & Waiting: Spare pickleballs wait along the center court net during practice at the Klamath Basin Senior Citizen Center during a recent practice.

PICKLEBALL, from page 7 While she took a brief break for water and to talk about this activity which she began playing about a year ago, another player stepped in from the sidelines to fill her spot seamlessly. “During the day, you see mostly retirees playing at Stukel Park,” she said.

McGregor counts the exercise as the most important benefit, but that is followed closely by the camaraderie that has developed with fellow players.

As McGregor returned to play, Kristi Redd came off one of the four courts. Redd is the president of the local association. She describes the sport as “a combination of tennis, Ping-Pong and badminton. It’s played on a tennis court, but with the net a little bit lower.”

The net sits at a height of 36 inches from the ground. The racquets look like a cross between those used in tennis and badminton.

“The original racquets were

wooden,” said Redd. “Now they are a graphite polymer or aluminum, and they are a little bit lighter in weight.”

The game can be played with singles, but usually as doubles.

Local players join national “We became part of USAPA four months ago and have 80 members now,” said Redd. “They make donations to play to support buying equipment and prepare the courts and volunteer their labor to do that.”

Although joining is optional and anyone can play on the courts, she pointed out that, “One benefit of membership is it’s a way to work together and search for more locations.”

A few items of “equipment” used at the courts are hula hoops which are used as a “target” to practice placing the ball precisely when serving or volleying. Twelve to 20 players use these courts four days a week according to Redd.

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Backcourt: A player prepares to return a ball during a recent pickleball game at the Klamath Basin Senior Citizens Center.

Doubles: Team mates Chris Hellner, left, and Fran Gorham go in for the ball during pickleball practice at the senior center.

H&N photos by Brittany Hosea-Small

PICKLEBALL, from page 8 “The pace (of pickleball) is a little more relaxed than tennis,” she said. “It’s something that keeps you active, but you can still socialize. The senior center does a really nice job of getting people started,” she added, for anyone who might be a bit shy about being a beginner, but gave assurance beginners are welcome at any court.

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At the Senior Center Doug and Grace Barnes, both 80, would agree the Klamath Basin Senior Citizen Center is welcoming for beginners. Both were sporting T-shirts they received as part of a class at the Stukel courts taught by a player who came down from Bend. Grace explained about the printing: “If you play in the kitchen, that’s a ‘dink.’ ” The

“kitchen,” is a restricted area close to the net.

“We’ve been playing about a month,” she said. “My husband plays three times a week. It’s just for fun – not competitive – and it’s good for strengthening and eye coordination. When you’re new, they (other players) really encourage you.”

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PICKLEBALL, from page 9 Dave Williams, 79, who has the scars from knee replacements after playing racquetball, said they have a lot of “newbies,” and, “it’s not for competition.”

“It’s easier on you than racquetball, and you get to meet all these beautiful women,” Dave Williams said. “We have a wonderful time together.”

Meagan Thompson, 15, who was visiting, joined in playing doubles with her grandmother, Sherry Gibson, one of the regulars, and was being cheered on by players on the sidelines. Like other players, she found one disadvantage to indoor courts is the height of the ceiling, because the balls have a high bounce.

Recent growth Redd suggested a possible reason for the growth of the sport in the last 15 years coincides with the swell of retiring baby boomers who want to remain active, and find pickleball offered in retirement communities.

The courts at Stukel Park on which they were playing that day are the result of much hard work last spring. Volunteers filled cracks (some of them sizeable), resurfaced and painted new lines on the old tennis courts in order to make them usable for pickleball, using advice gleaned from players in Portland. The funds needed were raised through an equal partnership between KBPBA players and the city.

In early August, local players took part in their first members-only tournament. Being explored with the Running Y Ranch Resort is the possibility of hosting a tournament here next year, “to get people to stop off on their way to a planned tournament in Bend,” she said.

For more information about local pickleball play and the KBPBA, Redd can be contacted by email at kristiredd@charter.net.

WHERE AND WHEN TO PLAY PICKLEBALL Bonanza – Big Springs Park; one outdoor court, 8:30 a.m. Tuesday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday

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 Crest Street Park – 2503 Crest St.; three outdoor courts coming soon

Harbor Isles Fitness Center – 2805 Front St.; four indoor courts; Monday – Thursday 8 to 9:20 a.m. (then exercise with 9:30 a.m. class) then pickleball 10:30 a.m. to noon; Friday 9:30 a.m. to noon. Drop-ins welcome. Cost: Harbor Isles membership or card.

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Courting the future at Steen Sports Park The Steen Sports Park board on Aug. 16 gave approval for construction of up to six outdoor courts to be located near the baseball training facility in the park. The Klamath Basin Pickleball Association will be entering a fundraising campaign and looking for major contributors for the project to add to the pledges already secured by the membership of KBPBA, according to president Kristi Redd. Anyone interested in donating can contact her at kristiredd@charter.net.

Running Y Ranch Resort – Four outdoor courts near fitness center.

Cost: Must be a resident of the Running Y or get an invitation to play from one.

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Klamath Basin Senior Citizens Center – 2045 Arthur St.; One indoor court. Tuesday and Friday, 2 to 5 p.m. Donation recommended.

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Pickle! Grace Barnes, left, serves the ball while her teammate Marlis Wright waits for a return hit during recent pickleball practice at the Klamath Basin Senior Citizen Center.

Stukel Park – Stukel and Home streets (across from Mills Elementary School and the College of Cosmetology); four outdoor courts; Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 a.m. to noon; Thursday evening, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and Sunday 6 to 8 p.m. Cost: Volunteer donation. Suggested: members of Klamath Basin Pickleball Association $2 per day or nonmembers $5 per day, or whatever your budget allows. Membership in KBPBA: $20 per year (May 1 through April 30).

Paddle time: Marlene Ciongoli, center, prepares to serve to the opposing team during pickleball practice at the senior center.

More locations for indoor play this winter are still being sought.

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H&N photos by Brittany Hosea-Small

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Ultrarunners: Covering the distance with power of will

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t’s 4:30 a.m. Amber Singh is out running the streets of Klamath Falls.

It is quiet.

No cars drive by.

No dogs bark.

She’s alone in her own world.

“There’s a neat feeling of ‘I’m the only one awake and everybody else is asleep,’” she said.

“It’s before the hustle and bustle of everyone trying to get to work. Everything is in a stand-still.”

t’s a weekend, and Nathan Stroh is on top of a mountain. He feels, and is, on top of the world.

He didn’t hike to get there. He ran.

“I love, love, love climbing to the top of mountains,” he said. “To feel that good. That you can climb anything. You can look out and say, ‘I can run up that,’ and know you can. To have that within you and just feel that good.”

t’s a weekday afternoon and Kedric Osborne is in Moore Park. He pads down the trails, one after another, getting his 10 to 15 miles in.

“It’s a stress relief,” he said. “If I don’t run for a couple days and get home from work, my wife knows. I’m not in the best mood.”

She will say, “You haven’t run in a couple days, have you?”

“Yep,” he replies.

“Get out there and go run!”

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When asked what it’s like to run 100 miles, Klamath ultrarunners don’t

talk about pain or fatigue, they talk about the mind, and power of will.

By SAMANTHA TIPLER: For the Herald and News

Amber Singh

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mber Singh, Nathan Stroh and Kedric Osborne are three ultrarunners who call Klamath Falls their home.

They and other high-caliber athletes quietly run the trails and roads in and out of town, alone or with the Linkville Lopers Running and Walking Club. Then they quietly go out and run 40-, 50-, 60- and 100-mile races.

And they’re winning.

Nathan Stroh

They’re finishing in the top 10 regularly, sometimes taking the top of the podium in first place.

“The Klamath group is pretty well known,” said Jeremy Morris, Singh’s partner who runs half marathons, 20-milers and 50Ks himself. “Most of us aren’t collegiate or high school runners. We started six or seven years ago and met, and just used health and running and determination.”

A culture of running On a Wednesday afternoon in July, about 20 runners slowly congregate in front of Asana Yoga and Sole, the local running shop/yoga studio owned by Josh and Jill Nelson, who are also avid runners who support the running community.

The Wednesday group is organized by the Linkville Lopers, started in the 1970s and currently has about 60 members.

At 6 p.m. they head south down Klamath Avenue, dip into Veterans Memorial Park, then turn north up the Link River Trail. At the north end of the trail they stop, offering high fives, slaps on the back and general smiles all around. Some runners peel off to hit a few trails in Moore Park. The rest turn back, taking the same route down the trail and through downtown (heading north on Main Street this time) to finish in the Asana parking lot. Afterward they fuel up, on this particular Wednesday with pizza and beer at Rodeos Pizza & Saladeria, also owned by runners David and Nell Scott.

See ULTRARUNNERS, page 14

Kedric Osborne

Photos by Samantha Tipler

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ULTRARUNNERS, from page 13 “No matter what goes on during the week, we all get together on Wednesday night,” Singh said. “It’s continual. Throughout the summer, throughout the winter. It doesn’t matter. Whatever goes on in our week, we’re always here to support each other on Wednesdays.”

“It doesn’t matter what ability you are, they’re so supportive, this running community in Klamath Falls,” Osborne said. “If you just come out and show up, you’re going to make friends from the first run. Your goals can take you anywhere at that point. It’s a great group of runners and lifelong friends.”

Looking at mileage and race standings, some of these runners are world-class. You wouldn’t know it looking at them.

See ULTRARUNNERS, page 15

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Close-knit: Ultrarunners in the Linkville Lopers credit the support they get from fellow runners in Klamath Falls for their successes. Weekly group runs are one way they stay a close-knit community.

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WORKOUTS Amber Singh:

ULTRARUNNERS, from page 14 “We’ve got people that have done Ironmans, 100-mile ultras,” Stroh said. “It’s ridiculous. People in their 50s who have never ran before running a 100-mile ultra in just two to three years. Crazy.”

“The neat thing about this group is, everybody’s parents. Everybody has day jobs,” Morris said. “We have core people that just set a priority to run. And we have life on top of that. It’s just health and running is a priority.”

Why run?

Stroh, a custodian at Klamath Union High School, started running because of his children. He wanted to show them if they On the Link: Nathan Stroh, in the above photo, far right, runs with Klamath Union High School students during a Linkville Lopers run in July.

Evening run: Amber Singh, at center in the photo at right, and Jeremy Morris, left, run with the Linkville Lopers Wednesday night run in July.

Photos by Samantha Tipler

worked hard, they could succeed in athletics.

“They were in sports and always wanting to give up when things got hard,” he said.

“One day they said, ‘Dad, I don’t see you doing any.’”

So he started running seven years ago.

Then he lets out a big laugh, saying, “I got a little too into it.”

Singh, a preschool teacher at the YMCA, started running after her daughter was born in 2008. She wanted to get back into shape, and the first simple exercise she thought of was running. She started showing up to the Wednesday night runs and found her tribe.

See ULTRARUNNERS, page 16

“If my body wants to run, I run. If my body doesn’t want to run, I don’t run.”

Mostly a morning runner. Will go out at 4:30 a.m. for four to six miles. Also runs Wednesday night and Saturdays long runs of 15 to 20 miles.

“It’s my time. It’s my time to think. It’s my time to clear my mind,” she said. “It’s my time to just be with myself.”

Ran at 7 a.m. once and hated it. Cars drove by. Dogs barked.

“I complained to Jeremy. That’s why I don’t run at 7.”

After her morning runs she returns home to get her daughter ready for school and herself ready for work as a preschool teacher at the YMCA. “Then real life starts.”

Nathan Stroh: When Nathan Stroh gets off work at Klamath Union High School where he is a custodian, he chills for about half an hour.

Then he gets hydrated and heads out the door.

Stroh’s afternoon and evening runs last between one and two hours. In that time he covers 15 miles in the summer, 20 miles in the winter.

“Then I run a 30-miler every Saturday,” he said. “I do that week, after week, after week.”

In a given year, including training and races, Stroh estimates he runs about 4,000 miles. The distance across the continental U.S. is about 3,000 miles.

“That’s me though. I’m weird,” he says with a laugh.

Kedric Osborne: After a day working as an F-15 instructor pilot at Kingsley Field, Kedric Osborne stops by Moore Park on his way home.

He changes clothes and heads out on the trails.

“I found out about all the trails and fell in love with trail running,” he said.

Osborne bases his workouts by learning from Stroh. He aims to run long miles that add up to finishing and doing well at the 100-mile races.

“I see his runs and I started following his training plan,” he said of Stroh. “Started going long runs like he did, to train for these things.”

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ULTRARUNNERS, from page 15 “All these people inspire me,” Singh said. “We’ve developed friendships. We did our first marathon together. We did our first 50K together.”

Osborne did run cross country and track in high school, but not in college. Serving in the U.S. Air Force, he decided while stationed in Lakenheath Air Base in England to run his first marathon. In 2012 he moved to Klamath Falls as an F-15 instructor at Kingsley Field. Then he found the Linkville Lopers.

“Five years ago is when I really started getting into trails and ultra-marathon running,” he said. “People like Nathan Stroh, and Amber and Jeremy have inspired me.”

Running up to an ultra “At first I thought it was impossible,” Osborne said of running 100 miles.

“At first I thought it was impossible.

When I got to the finish line, I said, ‘I think I can keep going.’ ” — Kedric Osborne on running 100 miles

STATS Nathan Stroh: 100-milers – 5 100K – 5 50-milers – 6 40-milers – 5 50K – 13 Kedric Osborne: 100-milers – 4 100K – 1 50-milers – 3 40-milers – 3 50K – 4 Amber Singh: 50K – 10

Photo by Samantha Tipler

See ULTRARUNNERS, page 17

Inspired: Nathan Stroh, left, and Kedric Osborne strike a pose before a weekly Wednesday night run. When Stroh ran his first 100-miler, that inspired Osborne to do the same.

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ULTRARUNNERS, from page 16 After running marathons, he stepped up to the longer races: 50K, 40 miles, 50 miles.

Anything longer than a marathon’s 26.2 miles is considered an “ultra.”

“When I got to the finish line, I said, ‘I think I can keep going.’”

He ran his first 100-miler in 2015, according UltraSignup. com, a race registry the runners use to track their times and progress. He’s kept running the big miles since then, completing 15 ultras.

Singh’s first race was at Lake of the Woods. She intended to run the 5K, but found she was going farther than that in her training runs. She opted for the 15K (9.3 miles).

“And from there it progressed,” she said.

She ran a half marathon.

A 30K. Then a 50K. “My longest run was a 40-miler,” she said modestly, and admits she doesn’t run the 100-milers. But Singh has 10 50Ks under her belt.

Stroh’s big goal when he started running was an Ironman, a triathlon made up of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride and a marathon run. He achieved that after three years, finishing in Arizona.

See ULTRARUNNERS, page 18 Time together: Runners in the Linkville Lopers Wednesday evening run jog through downtown Klamath Falls, top, and across the bridge on the Link River Trail, center, in July.

Sharing a bite: The running culture in Klamath Falls is as much about being there for one another as it is about running races. After the Wednesday night run in July, the Lopers, including Nathan Stroh, left, get together at Rodeos Pizza for a post-run bite.

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RUNNING THE DISTANCE

5K

3.1 miles

10K

6.2 miles

15K

9.3 miles Half marathon: 13.1 miles

30K

18.6 miles Marathon: 26.2 miles

50K

31 miles

100K 62 miles

100-miler Ultra

Anything more than a marathon

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ULTRARUNNERS, from page 17 “Then I found myself wanting more,” he said. “I just wanted more. I was surprised I was even capable, being 40-some years old, just starting to run and having never done anything like that in my life. I trained for an Ironman and did an Ironman. What else can I do?”

Quite a lot, it turned out.

He ran his first 100-miler in Lake Tahoe in 2015. His Ultra Signup page lists him completing five 100-milers, three of which he finished in the top 10. He’s completed 34 ultras.

“I just stay positive and happy the whole way,” Stroh said. “I take it easy at the beginning of a race, for the first half. Then I assess where I’m at and go as hard as I can for the second half. Stay positive, no matter what.”

Next year Stroh wants to run a 200-mile race.

“I thought the 100 as the biggest thing in the world, that’s why I wanted to do it,” he said.

“Now they’re doing 200, so I’ve got to do it.”

Beyond the wall When asked what it’s like to run 100 miles, the Klamath Falls ultrarunners don’t talk about muscle cramps, pain or fatigue. They talk about their minds and the power of will it takes to

cover that distance. It’s not in their feet, it’s in their heads.

“It’s physical, but it’s mental,” Singh said. “It’s almost more mental once you get at the end.

Weak minded people can’t do this. It’s all in the head.”

“As long as you keep moving, keep eating and drinking, you can finish the race,” Osborne said. “It’s mental as much as physical.”

“It’ isn’t necessarily, ‘You’re done,’” Stroh said of ‘the wall.’ “It’s, ‘How do you get past it?’”

“The wall” is a common term in running.

Runners hit sudden fatigue when their bodies deplete the stores of glycogen in their muscles, leaving them exhausted and feeling like they can’t go on.

“In between mile 60 and 80, that’s the biggest wall,” Stroh said. “You’re fighting the wall and stomach issues and everything. But once you make it to mile 80, you know you can make it to the finish. In your head you’re like, ‘OK, I’m good. I can make it the rest of the way.’”

“The second half, you’re thinking to yourself.

Your mind’s playing games with you. ‘Why do I do this? Why do I sign up for this? And pay $250, $300?” Osborne said. “But then, when it’s over, you’re like, ‘When’s the next one?’”

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Letters from Correspondence tells of Klamath past, real and imagined

By LEE JUILLERAT: For the Herald and News

L

ong ago tales about pioneer times in Klamath Falls, some real and some likely embellished, and century old reminisces about Crater Lake are part of the stories told in letters collected by a Texas man.

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Looking back: This family picture shows the letter’s author, J. Will Schaefer, his wife, Myra Edna and their daughter, Edith D. Schaefer, age 4. When Edith was grown, her father sent her a letter describing her 1917 Klamath stagecoach journey.

E.W. “Sonny” Cawthon, 80, who lives in Lindale, Texas, recently uncovered a treasure trove of letters written by his grandfather, J. Will Schaefer, to Cawthon’s mother, Edith Schaefer and other Schaefer family members.

Cawthon said he recently began reading through 500 pages of typed, single-spaced letters his grandfather sent to his mother, who died in 1990, over a 25-year period.

“I’ve had these letters ever since my mom passed on,” he said of the massive collection. “It’s just incredible. He tells her what life was about.”

See LETTERS, page 20

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the stage stopped again for a mother bear and her two cubs.

LETTERS, from page 19 Among them is a five-page, single-spaced letter Schaefer wrote on his Underwood typewriter and sent to Cawthon family members in September 1950. It tells about a 1917 trip his mother and her mother, Myra Edna Tuttle, made to visit two aunts, Emma Fraters and Clara Banta, “... some twenty miles out of Klamath Falls ... in this wilderness section of the far west.

“So one day,” Schaefer wrote in remembering the threemonth visit from Richmond, Calif., “you and your mother boarded a train and went to Klamath Falls ... You were obliged to take a stage from Klamath Falls on out through that beautiful land of dreams to the timbered homestead of the two sisters of your mother.

“The stage was a typical stage of the old west and was drawn by four swift Western horses. The driver was one of the old drivers of the stagecoach days, who knew how to handle a four-horse team ...

Along side the driver sat a grizzled type of guard ... you see the stage carried both Wells Fargo material and United States mail.”

Dime novel trappings Schaefer’s memories take on the trappings of a dime novel as he wrote, “stage coach robberies were a frequent occurrence ... then we must also remember that this part of Oregon was smackdab in the Klamath Indian Reservation ... and then the woods were over-run with wild animals of the dangerous type who killed without mercy ... that was why the driver and the guard wore the usual brace of guns on their hips and of course their trusty Winchester rifles were always handy ...”

“I’m sure some of his stuff was blown up some,” Cawthon said, noting dime novel-like

“About three miles on down the road when they were just in the act of turning a sharp curve the horses started rearing and snorting and of course the driver shouted ‘woa’ and threw on the brakes, while the guard jumped down and ran on ahead of the horses and there around the curve was a mother bear and two of her cubs coming head on towards the stage ….

“The guard hollered back, ‘look out bar’ and about that instance he upped and fired with his Winchester rifle.”

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E.W. “Sonny” Cawthon sits at his desk in Lindale, Texas, looking at letters his grandfather, J. Will Schaefer, wrote to his daughter, Edith.

‘So one day, you and your mother boarded a train and went to Klamath Falls ... You were obliged to take a stage from Klamath Falls on out through that beautiful land of dreams to the timbered homestead of the two sisters of your mother.’

tales of encounters with Native Americans.

Women in the wilderness In recounting the stagecoach ride, Schaefer also wrote about a passenger “One fellow, who was an old miner, swallowed a part of his tobacco and a couple of the other fellows had to back slap him to get the cud jarred loose … he started to do some real miner cussing, but one of the other fellows slapped his hand over the miner’s mouth and remarked, ‘Don’t let ‘er out bud, ladies present don’t ‘er know.’ … this caused every one to have

a hearty laugh, including the miner … after all it was a real treat to these wilderness men to see a woman and being men of the old west, they respected the presence of a woman.”

Later, the stage stopped for a “be-whiskered man” waiting for mail and supplies. While the stage was stopped he shouted, “All out for (a) whiff of God’s liquor,” then led them to a trailside spring.

Wilder, wilder “Then off they were once again … your mother said that the further from Klamath Falls they rode, the wilder grew the countryside. Shortly afterward,

Two passengers joined and, “it wasn’t long until they had made short work of the old mother bear, and one of her cubs … the other bolted off into the woods and disappeared in a clump of bushes.”

Met on the road Less than a mile on “they were suddenly stopped by a band of Indians, who were sitting stride their ponies and smack in the middle of the road so the stage had to stop or go over a bluff ... your mother was scared half to death and so were two of the passengers … so much so that one of the men grabbed you and tucked you down under his legs so that you couldn’t be seen.”

But, “They turned out to be a friendly bunch who merely wanted some smoking tobacco, which the guard gave the chief.”

After the Indians rode off, one of the passengers told the grandmother, after she gave a long drawn-out sigh, causing him to chuckle, “ ‘Lady, you and the kid girl have a fine scalp.

You are both lucky (they) didn’t see you.’ This really put a fear in your mother’s heart and she remarked, ‘Thank the Lord we were overlooked.’ “ See LETTERS, page 21

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Crater Lake National Park — 1913 Library of Congress photo

‘I long to have one last look across this great Crater Lake before I die.’

In the same letter, Schaefer also wrote about Crater Lake, observing, “No one can look down or across Crater Lake and not remark, ‘No architect but God could build a lake like Crater Lake.’ “ Schaefer accurately explains the lake’s history, depth and other factoids, including the “craggy island” known as the Phantom Ship. As he also wrote, “For a

long time we possessed a small bottle of the vivid blue water your mother dipped up from the lake. We also possessed a shoe-box full of stones and lava your mother gathered up along the rim.”

He also revealed his poignant memories, writing, “I long to have one last look across this great Crater Lake before I die. I want to sit down and visual-

LETTERS, from page 20 When they arrived at their drop-off point, “the whole family including all the dogs and the goat were standing at the roadside when the stage pulled up. It was a happy family reunion.”

Schaefer offers a tone of regret in ending that portion of his letter, writing, “It was a pity that we didn’t make that our home and remain there, for if there ever was a place on this earth where life is worth living it is in the Klamath Falls wilderness fastness.”

After the visit Shortly after Cawthon’s mother and grandmother left Klamath Falls, Banta’s husband disappeared while hunting. His wife eventually sold the homestead, moved to Klamath Falls and “married another chap.”

“I have often thought that perhaps Harry Banta was killed by wild animals, or was made away by roving Indians or had perished in Crater Lake,” Schaefer wrote. “We often discussed his fate and at times we harbored the thought that

ize what might have happened back thousands of years ago, for there was a time in earth’s history when Crater Lake was Mount Mazama and how it sudden flared forth and became a raging volcano and finally as a long last spurt blew up and suddenly collapsed and in collapsing formed the present giant Crater Lake we see today.”

Baby and buggy: Edith D. Schaefer, 6, is seen in this family photo with her sister Geraldine, in Sacramento, Calif.

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perhaps he had ventured into one of the many caves found in the mountain fastness on the lookout for gold .... He was well armed the day he disappeared.

Besides his rifle he always carried one or two revolvers, a hunting knife and a small hunters ax ....”

“I mentioned to Myra Edna (Schaefer’s mother) one day that perhaps he had gone haywire all of a sudden and had perished while in that frame of mind. She remarked, ‘That is possible,’ and there the subject was dropped.”

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LETTERS, from page 21 The 1950 letter from J. Will Schaefer to his daughters includes a tale surrounding Crater Lake, at the turn of the century a much-feared place considered both sacred and mysterious.

In “The Phantom Ship of Crater Lake,” he wrote: There is a beautiful Indian legend connected with this Phantom Ship, a story of an Indian maiden, who had been befriended by a young white prospector, to escape the fury of her tribe induced her white lover to escape with her while they had the opportunity.

But the anger of the tribe overflowed and they pressed the young couple that all avenues of escape were cut off and a horrible death at the stake awaited their capture.

They were seen embracing on the rim of the lake. A full moon showed them in loving embrace. The winds sweeping across the lake swayed them to and fro.

The Indians were closing in on them; death seemed only seconds away. The war whoops of the advancing Indians punc-

Library of Congress photo

tured the silence of the wilderness wastes. Before them was a horrible death ....

Desperate hope Below them were the vivid blue waters of Crater Lake.

From the top of the crater’s rim where they stood down to the water’s edge was a full hundred feet, however this portion of the rim was fringed with many hemlocks, whose feathery foliage offered one last ray of hope.

In making this long leap would they be fortunate enough to have their fall broken by the feathery hemlocks?

However they didn’t think of that, all they thought was to escape the fury of the oncoming Indians.

With one last embrace the young couple suddenly stood erect …, then holding right hands they waved toward the moon with their left hands in a beckoning manner, then with a single word they shouted, “ahoe” and then flung themselves over the rim.

It was all over in a few seconds. The great Mazama had received them within her bosom. When the Indians arrived at the rim and tried to

penetrate the depths of the lake’s bosom all they could see was a mere mist coming up from the bosom of the lake and in the distance loomed up the Phantom Ship, but no signs of the lovers. The anger of the Indians was spent, and after a while they returned to their (lodges) to forget the awful death they figured had befallen to the two lovers, for every Indian knew that no one ever lived who fell into Crater Lake.

Downward plunge But this couple did live. The hemlocks broke their fall and as they slipped from hemlock to hemlock on their downward plunge their fall was broken so much that long before they reached the water’s edge they had themselves under control.

After a time they managed to find a portion of hemlock loose enough so that they could launch it out in the water and to this hemlock they managed to work their way across the intervening space to the little wooded island, now called the Phantom Ship.

Later on they managed to make a raft strong enough to carry them across the face of the Crater and from there

they made their way toward the south, always keeping the Pole Star at their back. They had made some crude axes and warmed with these crude instruments they finally came through the mountain fastness, but not until they had endured untold sufferings, to where there was a saw mill.

Here the young man went to work and in a short time (they) had set themselves up in a home of their own.

Time passed and with the passing years children came to bless this family. They had almost forgotten the early horrors, so enraptured were they with each other and their babies.

One morning the man failed to show up for work. The boss of the lumber camp, thinking that perhaps sickness was the cause, sent a couple of men over to the couple’s cabin and upon arriving at the cabin the men were knocked cold at the scene before them. (Schaefer then related in detail how the young family had been horribly murdered.)

On the door was scrawled in blood, “The Great Mazama has spoken.”

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LAKE COUNTY GEYSER

A spectacle that fizzled

By KURT LIEDTKE: H&N Staff Reporter

I

ts emergence was a total shock, and for a time brought global attention to the Warner Valley in Lake County, but with it came legal battles and a money grab for tourist dollars. In the end, Lake County’s other famous geyser would end with a whimper as the Crump Geyser near Adel simply lost its steam.

Charley Crump had been trying to drill hot water wells since 1935 on his 500-acre property north of Adel near Crump Lake on the ranch his family had occupied since 1889. But it was in 1959 that he got far more than he had bargained for, and looked to cash in.

Contracting with the Magma Power Company out of Los Angeles, a well was to be drilled on Crump’s property beginning on June 20, 1959, by the Nevada ThermoPower Co. in the hopes of finding steam and hot water at 300-degrees for construction of a power plant.

After several unsuccessful drilling attempts, water temperatures only reached 225-degrees and the project was abandoned by the end of June, deemed a failure.

The crew had drilled a 17-inch hole to a depth of 1,681 feet at a site approximately 4 miles north of Adel, but not finding enough steam to suit their purposes, the crew left Adel, moving on to two other proposed Surprise Valley sites.

See GEYSER, page 25

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GEYSER, from page 24 Two days later, Crump and a friend were standing near the drill site. A loud rumbling sound like a low-flying airplane overhead sent the two scrambling, and when they turned around they saw water shooting skyward out of the abandoned well, at a distance even higher than the world’s most famous geyser — Old Faithful at Yellowstone National Park.

... when they turned around they saw water shooting skyward out of the abandoned well, at a distance even higher than the world’s most famous geyser – Old Faithful at Yellowstone National Park.

The water stream was continuous, spouting over 600 gallons a minute at 50 to 80 feet per second to a height of 200 feet, making it the only known continuous geyser in the world.

Word spread quickly and the well-drilling crews returned, cursing the blowout for their missed opportunity. They set up their rig to attempt several more drillings in the Warner Valley, all unsuccessful. Instantly the geyser was a tourist attraction, and Crump had grand plans, discussing the possibility of making a milliondollar lodge and swimming pool.

Capping enthusiasm But not all were pleased by the new geyser. News reached State Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton, who wanted the well capped so as to stop wasting vast amounts of water resources. This was an opinion shared by State Engineer Lewis A. Stanley. Soon more lawyers got involved, complicated by the discovery that while Magma Power had gained rights to drill, the Nevada Thermo-Power Co. did not have permission to drill for a natural hot water supply.

Who had rights of an Oregon geyser on private property drilled by a Nevada company drawing water from an underground reservoir that stretched into public land across three states? The debate raged until Stanley issued an order to have the well capped.

See GEYSER, page 26

Lake County Examiner file photo

Hot shot: The Crump Geyser, which surprisingly spouted near Adel in Lake County in 1959, is pictured in the Lake County Examiner in the early 1960s. The geyser once shot water continuously hundreds of feet in the air, but today is a dry hole.

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GEYSER, from page 25 However the project necessitated special equipment and would cost thousands, so whose responsibility was that? The Lake County district attorney along with attorney generals from California and Nevada entered the argument to clear interstate technicalities. Thornton eventually issued an order on July 23, 1959, to Magma that the Nevada Thermo Power Co. must cap the well to end the waste of the state’s natural resources.

“Thornton has been illadvised as to the water being wasted,” said Crump, to the Lake County Examiner in July, 1959.

“All the flow from the hot water well on my place near Crump Lake is badly needed for irrigation of pasture land.”

Promotional campaign Irrigation aside, plans were already in motion to capitalize, as the Lake County Chamber of Commerce rallied to launch a geyser promotional campaign with photos of the geyser spread statewide. With one active geyser, Old Perpetual, still spouting decades after first being tapped just north of Lakeview, they hoped to entice tourist dollars to the region as the geyser capital of the world. Soon the news was picked up by the Associated Press and republished across the country, making Charley Crump and his “World’s Tallest Geyser” world famous.

With the fame came some unwanted attention, and Crump grew weary of visitors. He offered to donate the land for a public park at a July 26 chamber meeting, describing it as, “a hot water well with a lot of cold water being thrown on it.”

On Aug. 5, State Engineer Stanley made the trip to Lakeview to speak before a joint meeting of the Rotary Club and chamber to explain his reasoning for capping the well. Overwhelming support for turning it into a tourist attraction swayed him to rescind the capping order, but not without caveats. Testing had been done of the water, show-

draw for visitors from around the world.

Hot water, hot air

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Well attraction: Crump Geyser, which first appeared in Lake County in 1959, continuously spouted water for several years, but today is dry. At the time it was thought the well could become a tourist attraction, but ownership and environmental squabbles resulted in no development before the well dried up.

ing it to have high alkaline and arsenic levels, which would kill cattle, be dangerous to humans, and salt the lands if used for irrigation. Further, the well wasn’t properly cased, and he warned that erosion would eat away at the hole, eventually turning it into nothing more than a bubbling hot spring. He suggested capping it and drilling a new line with a proper casing and valve controls. He called any investment in the well unwise.

Redirection The geyser remained active, though it actually froze that winter amidst sub-zero temperatures. In the spring, several kids were spotted throwing rocks into the hole, causing a steam cloud but stopping the water flow. This resulted in a backwash that instead caused water to spout from a well drilled on Crump’s property in 1955 about 100 feet away.

As debris piled up in the hole, the geyser began showing its age. After a few years it no longer spouted continuously, but only once an hour, as low as 6- to 12-feet high. The Crump geyser was dying.

As water pressure waned so too did interest in the geyser as

a tourist attraction. The geyser was damaged beyond repair by vandals and no longer the awe-inspiring site that had some envisioning Lake County as a

For all the hot water emerging from the ground and hot air emanating from politicians, in the end the geyser simply lost its steam. The hole was mostly filled in with rocks, occasionally bubbling, and while muffled rumbling could be heard underground, it rarely spouted. In 1962 Crump contracted with Magma again, but never again was water found hot enough for the envisioned power plant or under enough pressure to spout.

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Making history

On the Road First car to make cross-country drive travels through Lake County

By KURT LIEDTKE: H&N Staff Reporter

Preserving history: The Vermont, the first car to drive cross-country, is now on display in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C., alongside likenesses of Horatio Jackson and “Bud” the pit bull.

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outhern Oregon’s back-country highways have brought many unusual sites and odd characters, but none turned more heads than in 1903 when the first automobile traveled through Lake County.

A $50 wager (equivalent to $1,300 today) made at the University Club in San Francisco embarked Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson on a trip for the record books, betting that he could become the first person to drive coast-tocoast. Twelve others had previously attempted it, none had succeeded. In an era when few if any roads were paved, much less marked on maps, it was a daunting venture.

Dr. Jackson, 31, of Burlington, Vt., was an automobile enthusiast. At the time, the automobile was considered a new fad and no threat to ever replace the horse and buggy. Jackson’s road trip would prove that notion wrong, ushering in the inevitable era of the automobile.

See TRAVELS, page 28

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TRAVELS, from page 27 While Jackson’s wife returned home to Vermont via train, Jackson departed from the San Francisco Bay Area on May 23, 1903, in a two-cylinder Winton touring car he dubbed “The Vermont,” alongside a hired traveling mechanic and backup driver, Sewall K. Crocker of Tacoma, Wash.

To avoid as much open desert as possible, Jackson chose a northerly route, not knowing that much of Eastern Oregon was in fact desolate open desert. He was told the only feasible route to avoid open desert was to make his first destination Lakeview in Lake County.

They carried with them cooking equipment, canteens, blankets, coats, rubber protective suits, a telescope, an axe, shovel, block and tackle, spare parts, extra gas cans, a camera, rifle, shotgun and pistols.

It didn’t take long for Jackson’s journey to become side-

Lake County Museum photo

Cruising E Street: Curious onlookers gawk as Sewall Crocker drives “The Vermont” down E street in front of the Bailey and Massengill Building in Lakeview in 1903. The vehicle spent over a day in Lakeview while being repaired before continuing in its journey, becoming the first car to drive coast-to-coast. tracked, blowing a tire only 15 miles down the road from San Francisco. Reaching Sacramento, they attached a large spot-

light to the front of the vehicle after finding the lanterns on the front of the car were simply too dim to drive at night.

Much of their equipment was lost in the first few days, falling off the car unnoticed due to the deafening noise of the two-cylinder, single-stroke engine. Bad directions detoured them over 100 miles the wrong way, nearly ending their journey even before leaving California.

On June 3, 1903, word spread quickly from Alturas and New Pine Creek in Northern California to Lakeview that a strange motorized buggy was approaching. Curious residents lined Water Street (now E Street) in downtown Lakeview to get a glimpse of an actual automobile, a sight never-before-seen in Southern Oregon.

Around 4 p.m. the car pulled up in front of Hotel Lakeview, Crocker getting out to inquire if there was a blacksmith shop nearby. The Vermont had been badly damaged on the trip from Alturas, breaking a spring and one tire severely worn.

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From Burns it was on to Vale and Caldwell, Idaho, where a third member joined the party. Jackson bought a pit bull, named Bud, from a local resident for $15.

Arzner’s Blacksmith shop made the necessary repairs and the duo said their goodbyes to the residents of Lakeview who had rolled out the proverbial red carpet.

But they didn’t get far, breaking down again before the car could even leave town limits. It would be another day before Jackson and Crocker finally left Lakeview, bound for Burns.

The front page headline in the June 4, 1903, Lake County Examiner proclaimed, “A Real Live Automobile!” to commemorate the auspicious arrival.

Woes on the road By the time they left Lakeview, 12 days into their trip, they had spent half the time broken down. The woes continued, breaking down again on their way to Burns, needing to be towed to a ranch by a cowboy on a horse. This was followed by a fuel leak, requiring Jackson to rent a bicycle for Crocker to ride 25 miles to Burns to collect fuel.

The bicycle suffered a flat tire, and Crocker only managed to return with four gallons, barely enough to reach Burns.

From Burns it was on to Vale and Caldwell, Idaho, where a

third member joined the party.

Jackson bought a pit bull, named Bud, from a local resident for $15. Jackson fitted Bud with a custom made pair of goggles for the journey. The trio gained fame at each stop along their route as word spread through newspapers about their epic adventure.

Empty pockets In Idaho, a coat containing all of Jackson’s money for the trip fell off the car and was lost.

In Wyoming they went nearly three days without food, then had to barter with a farmer for wheel bearings from a mowing machine.

After reaching Omaha, Neb.,

by July 12, the journey became inherently easier, finding more paved roads. Despite a few more bumps in the road, on July 26 the trio limped into New York; 63 days, 12 hours and 13 minutes after leaving San Francisco.

Fittingly, during Jackson’s trip home to Vermont from New York, with Bud in tow, his car broke down a few miles short of his home. The Vermont was donated to the Smithsonian Institute, where it remains on display to this day, infamously shown being towed by horse through Oregon’s desert.

It would be another five years

before the first car dealership was established in Lake County, selling the EMF line of Studebaker vehicles in Lakeview.

As for Klamath County, it would be three years after Jackson’s epic adventure that the first car appeared.

In the summer of 1906, Harry E. Peltz brought an automobile over Topsy Grade, keeping it at his home at Pine and Sixth streets. Two years later, Peltz began advertising in the Klamath Falls Evening Herald the opportunity to hire his automobile for reasonable rates as an alternative to taking the stage. His novelty car rental business would be short-lived, either from lack of interest, or because the railroad arrived in Klamath Falls a few months later. kliedtke@heraldandnews.com

At the wheel: Bud the pit bull mans the driver’s seat in the Winton touring car dubbed “The Vermont” during a break in the cross-country journey.

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Turn a one-use kitchen tool into a multi-tasking machine

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By HOLLY OWENS: H&N Staff Reporter

Why let that multi-talented tortilla press in your kitchen cupboard become a single-use, fried-tortilla gadget? It is capable of so much more!

Try out a new world of crackers, lefse, flat breads, pastries and more, all without the sticky, unpredictable hassle of an uncooperative rolling pin.

BAKED EGGS IN CORN TORTILLAS Combine 2 cups of corn flour with 1 1/2 cups of water. Mix thoroughly for 2 minutes until a soft dough is formed.

If dough feels dry, add teaspoons of water (one by one) until dough reaches desired consistency.

Divide dough in to equal-sized balls.

A ball of dough approximately the size of a large “shooter” marble will fit a muffin cup. After shaping the dough into balls, cover with a damp cloth to keep dough soft and moist.

Line a tortilla press with two sheets of plastic and press.

For baked eggs: Using a muffin tin, or silicone baking cups, line the cup with an uncooked tortilla, letting the edges of the tortilla rise above the muffin cup.

Fill the muffin cup with your choice of vegetables, cheese, sauce and other ingredients, topped with a raw egg.

Bake in a 425 degree oven for 12 to 16 minutes, depending on how you prefer your eggs cooked. Top with shredded cheese and return to the oven for a few seconds until cheese is melted.

For tortillas: Have leftover dough?

Here’s how to cook it up for tortillas.

Heat skillet or griddle on medium-high heat. Carefully peel off tortilla from plastic wrap. Cook each tortilla for 30 seconds on each side, turning the tortilla three times. Cover tortillas with a cloth napkin to keep them soft and warm.

Dough recipe courtesy Maseca corn flour

See TASTY, page 31

Griddle free: Tortilla dough also bakes into a tasty egg cup. Mix up the flavors by adding green onions, peperoncini peppers, cheese, a dash of hot sauce and more to your baked egg cup.

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by Holly Owens

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TASTY, from page 30

SEEDY CRISPS 1 cup whole-wheat flour 1 cup all-purpose flour, plus additional flour for rolling 1/3 cup poppy seeds 1/3 cup sesame seeds 1 1/2 tsp. table salt 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder 3 Tbsp. olive oil 6 ounces water In a medium bowl, whisk together flours, poppy seeds, sesame seeds, salt and baking powder. Add the oil and stir until combined. Add the water and stir to combine and create a dough.

Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead four to five times. Cover with a tea towel and allow to rest for 15 minutes.

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Using a melon baller, or teaspoon, shape the dough into balls, placing three to five balls of dough between sheets of lightly floured plastic in the tortilla press. Press the dough and place the individual pieces of flattened cracker dough on an ungreased baking sheet.

Once baking sheet is filled, bake crackers for 10 to 12 minutes. Continue baking crackers in batches to finish up dough.

Note: Baking times will vary depending on thickness of dough and oven temperature, so watch them closely. Store in an airtight container for up to two weeks.

Recipe courtesy of Alton Brown at http://bit.ly/2wJizym

No-sticky tip Using those crinkly plastic grocery store vegetable bags to line your tortilla press makes for fuss-free pressing. The plastic will not stick to itself, the dough, nor the tortilla press.

See TASTY, page 32

H&N photos by Holly Owens

Flavor options: Use a variety of flours, cheeses, seeds, nuts and flavored oils to create your own customized crackers. Top them off with cracked pepper, sea salt, dried herbs, seeds, flavored oils and more for extra flavor.

TASTY, from page 31

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LEFSE: SCANDINAVIAN FLAT BREAD 10 cups potatoes, mashed — preferably russets (about 5 pounds) 1 cup shortening (butterflavored recommended), melted 1/2 cup evaporated milk or heavy cream 1/4 cup sugar 2 Tbsp. table salt Wash potatoes and boil unpeeled. Do not overcook. Drain well. Peel while still warm; rice or mash, leaving no lumps.

Add other ingredients and mix well. Cool and refrigerate.

Make dough into small batches, mixing with flour in ratio of two cups of potatoes to one cup of flour.

Other pressing matters: Try experimenting with a variety of doughs to get the most out of your tortilla press. How about cookie dough cups, filled with fruit and ice cream; cookie crackers; flat breads; fry bread; mini pizzas and calzones; pastry for mini pies and more!

Using a patty about the size of a small egg, press with tortilla press between sheets of lightlyfloured plastic.

Fry on an ungreased 500-degree griddle, or in an ungreased frying pan over medium heat.

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— Flora & Fauna of the Klamath Basin — Scarlet Fritillary Scarlet fritillary, Fritillaria recurva, also known as Scarlet Missionbells, is a member of the lily family, a perennial herb native to Oregon, California and Nevada that grows from 1 to 3 feet in height and can be topped with one to nine scarlet, narrowly bell-shaped flowers. The petals are often recurved and checked with yellow inside.

Scarlet fritillary blooms from March through July on dry hillsides in shrubland or woodlands.

One of the few red lilies in the West and the only red fritillary, recurva refers to the recurved tips of the petal-like segments. However, in the inner parts of the northern Coast Ranges of California there occurs a brilliant redflowered form whose petallike segment tips are not recurved.

It is distinguished from other Fritillaria species by its scarlet red color, checkered with yellow on the inside, and recurved tepals. The inside color may be redon-red or red-on-yellow.

The amount of yellow can vary between individuals.

The plants have pale green leaves and stems.

The Shasta and Yana tribes used Fritillaria recurva bulbs as food.

Fritillaria recurva is suspected to be one of the parents to Gentner’s Fritillary, Fritillaria gentneri, along with Fritillaria affinis. Gentner’s fritillary is listed as endangered and is under a recovery plan through U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Sources: Calflora.org Efloras.org “Flora of North America” Pacificbulbsociety.org

Cooper’s hawk

Cooper’s hawk

The Cooper’s hawk, Accipiter

Cooper’s hawk facts  The oldest recorded Cooper’s hawk was a male, and at least 20 years, 4 months old. It had been banded in California in 1986 and found in Washington in 2006.  Life is tricky for male Cooper’s

hawks as they are significantly smaller than the females, and Cooper’s hawks specialize in eating medium-sized birds.  Cooper’s hawks kill by squeezing their prey.

Scarlet Fritillary

H&N photos by Holly Owens

Scarlet Fritillary facts



Also known as Scarlet Missionbells



One of the few red lilies in the West



Bulbs used as food by the Shasta

and Yana tribes  Suspected to be one of the parents to Gentner’s fritillary, which is listed as endangered

By HOLLY OWENS: H&N Staff Reporter

cooperii, are smallish “bird hawks,” slightly smaller than American crows, with rounded wings, a long rounded tail, and long yellow legs.

Among the bird world’s most skillful fliers, the usual mode of flight for the Cooper’s hawk consists of several rapid wing-beats alternating with brief periods of sailing.

With their smaller lookalike, the sharp-shinned hawk, Cooper’s hawks make for tricky identification, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Both species are sometimes unwanted guests at bird feeders, looking for an easy meal (but not one of sunflower seeds).

Cooper’s hawks mainly eat birds, including: European starlings, mourning doves and rock pigeons as common targets along with American robins, several kinds of jays, northern flicker and quail, pheasants, grouse and chickens. Cooper’s hawks sometimes rob nests and also eat chipmunks, hares, mice, squirrels and bats. Mammals are more common in diets of Cooper’s hawks in the West.

Dashing through vegetation to catch birds is a dangerous lifestyle, according to the Cornell Lab. In a study of more than 300 Cooper’s hawk skeletons, 23 percent showed old, healed-over fractures in the bones of the chest, especially of the furcula, or wishbone.

A Cooper’s hawk captures a bird with its feet and kills it by repeated squeezing. Falcons tend to kill their prey by biting, but Cooper’s hawks hold their catch away from the body until it dies. They’ve even been known to drown their prey, holding a bird underwater until it stops moving.

Sources: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife — http://www.dfw.state. or.us/species Cornell Lab of Ornithology — allaboutbirds.org

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Quintessentials A close-up look at personalities who help make the Basin a great place to live

By BRITTANY HOSEA-SMALL H&N Staff Photographer

Jeff Gardner — Linkville Playhouse

H&N photo by Brittany Hosea-Small

F

amilies come in many shapes and sizes. For Jeff Gardner, they come from the stage.

Born and raised in Klamath Falls, Gardner was bitten by the acting bug early on. Thanks to the involvement of his father in the local theater community, Gardner’s first performance on stage was at the early age of 4.

All through high school and college, Gardner continued to be involved in the performing arts, eventually moving to Portland to attend college and begin working as a semi-professional actor.

Gardner couldn’t stay away from his hometown forever, though, returning five years ago to continue his schooling at Oregon Institute of Technology, and to again be involved with the theater community he grew up with.

Now the president of the Linkville Playhouse board, Gardner wears many hats: board member, actor, director, set designer, sound designer and stage builder. Along with his work at the Linkville, Gardner works full-time for Jeld-Wen in the information and technology department, which at some points can make for an awfully tight schedule.

“There are weeks that I work 40 hours at Jeld-Wen and then 40 to 60 hours here.” Gardner says.

But he wouldn’t give it up for anything. The creativity of the stage, and the family that comes with it, keep Gardner coming back.

Both on- and off-stage the Klamath community is truly home to Gardner. The people who make it up are a constant reminder of the town’s untapped potential and how it continues to change and grow.

Gardner also does his part to continue the cultural growth of the community through the Linkville.

Beyond the ability to spread art and free expression that comes innately with performance arts, the Linkville players often work with community groups, lending their talents where they can. In October, the playhouse will work with the Citizens for Safe Schools, providing entertainment for the group’s fundraising banquet. During the banquet, Linkville actors will present a murder mystery, dinner theater style, involving a séance in a haunted mansion.

All of these things combined make Gardner’s work in the theater community so important to him.

“We’re just sort of a big family that is ever evolving. Family members come and family members go, but we never really lose contact.”

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On the calendar around the region SEPTEMBER FRIDAY TO SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 22-24  Benefit for the Basin Car Show and Swap Meet, Klamath County Fairgrounds FRIDAY TO SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 22-23  The Linkville Playhouse presents “Distracted,” 7:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $11, $12 and $14, available at Periwinkle Home, 831 Main St. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22  Catch A Wave: Beach Boys Tribute at 7:30 p.m., Ross Ragland Theater. Tickets before transaction fees, $19, $23, $29.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23  Arts on the Flyway Festival, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. downtown Klamath Falls, Veterans Memorial Park, Favell Museum and the Klamath Art Association Gallery. Included will be artisan vendors, dancing demonstrations, musicians storytelling, art activities and more. Information at artsontheflyway.com.  Paperback Writer: The Beatles Experience at 7:30 p.m. in the Ross Ragland Theater.

Tickets before transaction fees are $19, $23 and $29.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26  Urban Bird Walk, 9 a.m., on the Wingwatchers Trail at 205 Riverside Drive with the Great Outdoor Alliance. Easy walks along the trail will celebrate urban birds with stops at three sites to collect data. Information, greatoutdooralliance@ gmail.com.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

 Program on the history of the Basin Potato Festival presented at 7 p.m. during the Klamath County Historical Society meeting, Klamath County Museum, 1451 Main St. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 29 AND 30  The Linkville Playhouse presents “Distracted,” 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $11, $12 and $14.

Tickets available in advance at Periwinkle Home, 831 Main St. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30  National Public Lands Day, free admission to national parks, wildlife refuges, forests and public lands managed by Bureau of Land Management.  A “Low Water” walk on the Link River Trail, 10 a.m. The walk will focus on features of the river revealed by low water levels at this time of year. Information, Klamath County Museum, 541-882-1000.

OCTOBER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY OCTOBER 6 & 7  PEO’s 73rd Annual Rummage Sale, a women’s scholarship fundraiser, Klamath County Fairgrounds main event hall.

Available will be Furniture, clothing, books, games, toys and more.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8  Fall colors hike at Devil’s Garden with the Klamath Lake Land Trust. To reserve a spot, and for more information, call 541-884-1053 or email infor@ klamathlakelandtrust.org.  Ragland Classical Series presents the Shtrykov-Tanaka Duo, on clarinet and piano, 2

Step out to the Farmers Market through October 14 The Klamath Falls Farmers Market is open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Saturday at Ninth Street between Main Street and Klamath Avenue.

It is an open air market featuring local growers, producers and artisans.

p.m., at the Ross Ragland Theater. Tickets are $15, $19 and $24 before transaction fees.

WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY OCTOBER 11 TO 13  Sky Lakes Medical Center Volunteers $6 Sale Fundraising Event, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday. Thousands of items from toys, books, electronics, jewelry and more priced at or near $6. Hosted in Sky Lakes’ Lost, Sprague and Williamson rivers meetings rooms and the first floor across from the café.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12  The 2nd Stage Series presents a concert with Glenn Justus, 7 p.m. in the Ragland Cultural Center. Tickets are $15 before transaction fees.  The Klamath County Museum will host a 7 p.m. presentation and reception for a soon-to-be-released book on the Modoc War, “Spirit in the rock — the Fierce Battle for Modoc Homelands,” by the late Jim Compton. The event is free to attend.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY OCTOBER 14 & 15  The Klamath Lake Land Trust will host a Summer Lake Hot Springs hike and camp out.

The hike is rated at moderate.

Participants are asked to contact Summer Lake Hot Springs to secure lodging reservations.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15  Rocky Point Fall Festival.

Included will be a bazaar, chili meals, homemade pies and specialty baked items, with an annual opportunity quilt draw-

ing, Rocky Point Fire Hall.

WEDNESDAY TO SATURDAY OCTOBER 18 TO 21  Klamath Basin Potato Festival, includes a parade, exhibits, free barbecue, games and more in celebration of the humble potato in Merrill.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY OCTOBER 21 & 22  The Little Linkville Series — Plays for Children presents “A Season of Aesop’s Fables,” 1 p.m. Saturday and 1 and 3 p.m.

Sunday. Tickets are $2 each.

Tickets available in advance at Periwinkle Home, 831 Main St. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21  Klamath and Western Railroad “Pumpkin Patch Express,” 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free rides on the miniature railroad at 36951 S. Chiloquin Road.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22

 Esquire Jazz Orchestra “As

Time Goes By …” 2 p.m., Ross Ragland Theater. Included will be jazz favorites from yesteryear. Tickets are $19, $23 and $29 before transaction fees.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26  The Villalobos Brothers, a contemporary Mexican ensemble, 7:30 p.m. at the Ross Ragland Theater. Tickets are $15 and $24 before transaction fees.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27

 “The Rocky Horror Picture

Show” screening event, 7 p.m. at the Ross Ragland Theater.

Free movie night with costume contest. Goodie bags to help with traditional callbacks available for $5.

Continued on page 37

Juried Art Show and Sale at the Favell Favell Museum Juried Art Show and Sale, Sept. 15 through Oct. 28, featuring works by more than 30 artists from around the West. The Favell is at 125 W. Main St., and is open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for children age 6 to 16 and $25 for a family of two adults and two children. For more information, call 541-882-9996, or visit favellmuseum.org.

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On the calendar around the region Continued from page 36 SATURDAY & SUNDAY OCTOBER 28 & 29  The Little Linkville Series — Plays for Children presents “A Season of Aesop’s Fables,” 1 p.m. Saturday and 1 and 3 p.m.

Sunday. Tickets are $2 each.

Tickets available in advance at Periwinkle Home, 831 Main St. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28  Klamath County ComicCon 2017, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the downtown Klamath County Library, 126 S. Third St. Included will be contests, vendors and all things fandom.  Klamath and Western Railroad “Pumpkin Patch Express,” 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free train rides on the miniature railroad will be available at 36951 S. Chiloquin Road.  Goblin Fest 2017, a spooktacular funraiser, 8 p.m. at the Ross Ragland Theater. A Halloween costume party with themed drinks, a DJ, snacks and a fortune-telling fair. Tickets are $25 before transaction fees.

MONDAY & TUESDAY OCTOBER 30 AND 31  Sky Lakes Medical Center volunteers leather goods fundraising sale, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday and 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday in the Lost, Sprague and Williamson rivers meeting rooms on the first floor, across from the café.

NOVEMBER WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1 AND 2  Shrine Circus, Klamath County Fairgrounds.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY NOVEMBER 4 AND 5  Rock and Arrowhead Arts and Crafts Fair, Klamath County Fairgrounds.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4  The Quebe Sisters will present a fiddle and vocal performance, 7:30 p.m., Ross Rag-

land Theater. Tickets are $19, $23 and $29 before transaction fees.  Klamath Lake Land Trust fundraiser dinner and auction, 5:30 p.m., Reames Golf & Country Club. Included will be a cocktail hour and live entertainment, followed by dinner and an auction. For more information, visit klamathlakelandtrust. org.

FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10-12  The Linkville Playhouse presents “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $11, $12 and $14. Tickets available in advance at Periwinkle Home, 831 Main St. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10

 The Black Market Trust,

a five-member jazz band will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Ross Ragland Theater. Tickets are $19, $23 and $29 before transaction fees.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY NOVEMBER 11 AND 12  Veterans Day weekend free admission to national parks, wildlife refuges, forests and public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16  The Klamath County Museum will host a 7 p.m. lecture and book signing by Robert Aquinas McNally, author of the soon-to-be-released book, “The Modoc War — A Story of Genocide at the Dawn of America’s Gilded Age.” The event is free to attend.

FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NOVEMBER 17-19  The Linkville Playhouse presents “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $11, $12 and $14. Tickets available in advance at Periwinkle Home, 831 Main St.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23  Moore Park Turkey Trot, 5K run/walk. Registration opens at 8 a.m., race begins at 9 a.m.

Entry fee is an unwrapped child’s gift for Toys for Tots, or a cash donation which will be donated to the Klamath-Lake Counties Food Bank.

FRIDAY & SATURDAY NOVEMBER 24-25  Free fishing weekend in Oregon. Free fishing, crabbing and clamming available without a license, tag or endorsement.

FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NOVEMBER 24-26  The Linkville Playhouse presents “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $11, $12 and $14. Tickets available in advance at Periwinkle Home, 831 Main St. NOVEMBER 25-DECEMBER 10  Klamath Snowflake Festival including visits from Santa, tree-lighting event, parade, Snowflake Mile run, gingerbread house contest, coloring contest and more. Information at klamathsnowflake.com.

DECEMBER FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY DECEMBER 1-3  The Linkville Playhouse presents “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $11, $12 and $14. Tickets available in advance at Periwinkle Home, 831 Main St.

 The Klamath Chorale pres-

ents “Thank Heaven for Christmas,” 2 p.m. in the Ross Ragland Theater. Tickets are $15 before transaction fees.

FRIDAY & SATURDAY DECEMBER 8 AND 9  The Linkville Playhouse presents “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $11, $12 and $14. Tickets available in advance at Periwinkle Home, 831 Main St. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY DECEMBER 9 AND 10  The Little Linkville Series — Plays for Children presents “A Season of Aesop’s Fables,” 1 p.m. Saturday and 1 and 3 p.m.

Sunday. Tickets are $2 each.

Tickets available in advance at Periwinkle Home, 831 Main St.  Eugene Ballet Company presents “The Nutcracker” ballet, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Ross Ragland Theater. Tickets are $19, $23 and $29 before transaction fees.

THURSDAY TO SATURDAY DECEMBER 14-16  The 2nd Stage Series presents a “Rat Pack Christmas,” 7 p.m. each evening, at the Ragland Cultural Center. Tickets are $20 before transaction fees.

 The John Welsh Band will

SATURDAY & SUNDAY DECEMBER 2-3  Quota Club Christmas

SUNDAY & MONDAY DECEMBER 31 & JAN. 1  Free fishing weekend in Oregon. Free fishing, crabbing and clamming available without a license, tag or endorsement.

perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Ross Ragland Theater. Tickets are $15, $19 and $24 before transaction fees.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3

SATURDAY & SUNDAY DECEMBER 16 AND 17  The Little Linkville Series — Plays for Children presents “A Season of Aesop’s Fables,” 1 p.m. Saturday and 1 and 3 p.m.

Sunday. Tickets are $2 each.

Tickets available in advance at Periwinkle Home, 831 Main St.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1

Bazaar, Klamath County Fairgrounds.

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