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Go! Enjoy Looking for more to enjoy on the South Coast? Check out our calendar of events at theworldlink.com/calendar

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theworldlink.com/lifestyles/go • Events Editor Beth Burback • 541-269-1222, ext. 224

Tour historic planes in North Bend Dancers to join Gay ’90s parade NORTH BEND — The Collings Foundations’w “Wings of Freedom Tour” will bring three World War II planes — a B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine O Nine,” a B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft” bomber and a P-51 Mustang fighter — to Southwest Oregon Regional Airport in North Bend for a visit from June 10 to June 12. The B-17 is

one of only 8 in flying condition in the United States, and the B-24J and Full Dual Control P-51C Mustang are the sole remaining examples of their type flying in the world. Visitors can explore the aircraft inside and out for $12 for adults and $6 for children under 12. WWII Veterans can tour through the aircraft at no cost. Visitors can also have

the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to actually take a 30-minute flight aboard these rare aircraft.

Flights on either the B-17 or B-24 are $425 per person. P-51 flights are $2,200 for a half hour and $3,200 for a full hour. For reservations and information on flight experiences call 800-568-8924.

Dolphin Players present small-town satire COOS BAY — “Greater Tuna,” a satire on smalltown Texas life, is coming to the Dolphin Playhouse, June 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28 and 29 at 8 p.m. and June 9 and 16 at 2 p.m.

Kevin Thurkow and Levi

Goodman play all the town’s characters, including children and dogs.

Regular admission is $10, seniors and students are $8.

For the June 8 performance only, admission will be “pay what you can.”

The Dolphin Playhouse is located at 580 Newmark in the Empire District. For more information or reservations, call 541-808-2611 or visit the website thedolphinplayers.webs.com

Celebrate Celtic heritage in Newport NEWPORT — The Celtic Heritage Alliance will hold the Newport Celtic Festival and Highland Games June 7-9, at the Lincoln County Fair-grounds in Newport.

Activities include vendors, bands, Celtic clans and organizations, a parade, Highlands athletic events, a Breton-style community dance, sheepdog herding, a Jacobite living history

camp, Highland cattle, a haggis eating competition, a hurling match and a Welsh skillet toss event for women. For a schedule of events, visit ncfhg.com or call or call 541-574-9366.

Dance program ‘Progressions’ at Hales Pacific School of Dance, an off-campus program of the Boys & Girls Club of Southwest Oregon, will present “Progressions 2013” for its annual spring dance concert Sunday.

Toddlers through teen students will present ballet, contemporary, jazz, tap and musical theater. A program highlight will be a guest company, Ballet Pacific.

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Center for the Performing Arts, 1988 Newmark Ave., Coos Bay. Tickets for this annual fundraiser are $10 and are available at the dance school, the B&G Club, Checkerberry’s or at the door.

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Graduating senior Chloe Jordan will perform in the Progressions concert.

call 541-269-7163 or go online to pacificdance.org.

COQUILLE — Louisiana native Robin Hurston has used her knowledge of New Orleans parade traditions to help create a new presence at the Coquille Gay ’90s parade — the Coquille Valley Puddle Stompers.

Hurston and Jean Boone, an experienced parade and costume designer, have marshalled several women from Myrtle Point and Coquille into a crack umbrella team that will draw on the New Orleans tradition of “second lines.”

Traditionally, at a funeral or wedding parade in New Orleans, a first line consisting of honored guests and a brass jazz band would be followed by an informal second line of dancers. Today, second

lines for many special events, and the followers dress colorfully, twirl umbrellas and scarves, and dance to lively jazz music.

Look for this group near the Carousel float.

The parade, with the theme “Spirit of the River,” will start at 11 a.m.

Saturday and will go along Central Avenue from 10th to Second streets.

Contributed photo by Kathy Phillips

Puddle Stompers members pose at a recent practice.

Beachcomber wreaths on display in Bandon “A Bandon Beach Walk,” the June art exhibit at the Bandon Public Library, features wreaths and swags made by Eileen Quinn from shells, driftwood, agates and beach glass.

“The wreath, to me, has always been very symbolic,” said Quinn, who also sells wreaths at her booth, Peace • Love • Wreaths, at Bandon’s Old Town Marketplace. “It’s a classic piece that never goes out of style.”

“A Bandon Beach Walk” will be on display at the library, along with photography by Lorna Logan, through June. The Bandon Public Library is located at 1204 11th Street SW, Contributed photo Bandon. Visit cooslilike this one are at the Bandon Library in June.

Wreaths braries.org for hours.

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GO! Enjoy Port Orford fiddler returns BANDON — Fiddler Hanneke Cassel is coming to Bandon, along with the Helene Blum and Harald Haugaard Quintet.

Cassel, originally from Port Orford, began as a Texas-style fiddler. She later became a Scottishinfluenced fiddler in Boston.

The Boston Globe has called her music “savvy and sophisticated,” as well as “exuberant and rhythmic, somehow both wild and innocent.”

The Helene Blum and Harald Haugaard Quintet, from Denmark, performs traditional and contemporary Danish music, offering Danish ballads blended

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with virtuoso fiddle tunes.

The musicians will perform at 7 p.m. June 12 at Sprague Community Theater, 1202 11th St. S.W. Tickets are $20 in advance

at Bandon Mercantile or McNair’s True Value in Port Orford. Tickets are $22 at the door. For information and reservations, call 541-332-9851.

Comedy ‘Leading Ladies’ opens in Florence It’s About T ime Productions will present “Leading Ladies,” a laugh-aminute romp written by Ken Ludwig.

Mat Korso and Alex Grady play two down-on-theirluck Shakespearean actors who masquerade as the wealthy Florence’s long-lost nieces to claim her inheri-

tance. Directors Judy Adams and Victoria Seitzinger lead a cast that includes Mat Korso, Alex Grady, John Bachmann, Tiffany Gibbons, Chuck Knorr and Cathy Dupont of Florence and Tara Szalewski and Daniel Ferenczi or Reedsport.

Performances will be at the Florence Events Center

June 7-9 and 14-16. Friday and Saturday performances begin at 7 p.m., and Sunday matinees begin at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $15 and available online at www.eventcenter. org. You also may purchase tickets at the box office Monday through Friday 10–4 p.m., or call 541-9971994.

Vagabonds perform in Eugene, Brookings BROOKINGS — A mustachioed accordion player bellows opera from a Victorian hot air balloon, while Tesla coils and theremins whistle on stage.

The cellos duel. A belly dancing chanteuse sings of ancestors and wails to the moon.

Portland’s ensemble Vagabond Opera is bringing its rip-roaring brand of contemporary cabaret to the coast for a 14-date tour with songs in seven languages.

This show marks the premiere of Vagabond Opera’s first show with a plot. Titled “The Pocket Watch,” it’s directed by Annie Rosen and Contributed photo Eric Stern. It includes not Vagabond Opera performs cabaret in Eugene and Brookings this month. only the ensemble but also The Sepiatonic Dancers.

Bohemian neo-cabaret jazz and opera — all perYou can see them at 8 gypsy pop ensemble.” It fea- formed with theatrics, flair p.m. Friday, June 14 in tures four singers (two oper- and more than a nod to the Eugene at the WOW Hall, atically trained), two cellos, old world.

Eighth Avenue and Lincoln saxophone, clarinet, accorVagabond Opera has Street, or at 1 p.m. Sunday, dion, double bass and shared stages and players June 16 at Azalea Park, 412 drums. The group plays with Pink Martini, Azalea Park Road, Brookings. cabaret, burlesque, tango, Devotchka, The Vagabond Opera is a Balkan beats, Klezmer, rock, Decemberists and the described as “a six-piece Arabian music, Parisian hot Oregon Symphony.

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Slough has estuary paintings by Richard Kirk CHARLESTON — Artist Richard Kirk has a unique perspective on estuaries: “An estuary teems with all sorts of things, and among them, it turns out, a metaphor for artistic creation (or for living one’s life in general, really). It’s a pic-

ture of the wide external world meeting and sloshing around with the internal world, and of new things coming to life and starting to swim about.”

A display of Kirk’s art will open at a reception from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, June 8, at the

South Slough Reserve Interpretive Center. It will run through July.

The interpretive center is located at 61907 Seven Devils Road, four miles south of Charleston.

Have a sandwich June 15 for community groups Cardinal Services will hold its fifth annual Café Cardinal fundraising event to benefit Relay for Life and the Nancy Devereux Center from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 15 at 110 Ackerman Ave. in Coos Bay. There will be a steak sandwich barbecue and a music tent, with The Worn

Out Frets providing the entertainment.

Lunch includes a grilled steak sandwich, complete with grilled onions and peppers, served on a freshbaked bun with chips and a cookie. Delivery will be available with a three lunch minimum. Preordering is

recommended by June 11.

Yellow Cab will be provide free delivery to people contributing to these important causes.

Suggested donation per lunch, $10 or three for $28.

For to-go orders, call 541888-9799.

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Kids can bowl for free all summer long NORTH BEND — Kids can bowl free all summer.

The free bowling program at North Bend Lanes offers two free games per child every day all summer.

Register online at www.kidsbowlfree/northbend.

Kids have the opportunity to burn calories, build muscle, sustain hand and eye coordination and build friendships through the free program or by joining a league. League bowling is offered during the day or evenings. League bowling is with four teammates.

Classes & Workshops SUNDAY Lindy Hop Workshop 1-4 p.m., Glasgow Grange, 3159 East Bay Drive, North Bend. $25 per person, $45 couples.

Advanced watercolor workshop offered at CAM

pay $10 cash for card if passed. 541-751-2431

JUNE 11 Clam and Crab Seminar 7 a.m., Charleston Marina RV, 63402 Kingfisher Drive, Charleston.

Dig after ODFW Marine Resources seminar. 541-8889512

COOS BAY — From May 31 to July 27, Coos Art Museum will have paintHealthy By Choice — Not Chance ings from the students of 6:30 p.m., Bay Area Hospital advanced watercolor Community Health and Education Center, 3950 Sherman workshops on display in JUNE 22 Ave., North Bend. Dr. Hans its Clare Wehrle Diehl will discuss how you can Financial Fitness Class 8 a.m. to Community Gallery. Adult reverse chronic diseases by 5 p.m., NeighborWorks art workshops are an changing your lifestyle.

Umpqua Housing Center, 1984 important part of ongoing Sherman Ave., North Bend. programming at Coos Art Registration is required. Cost TUESDAY Museum and the advanced is $45, includes soft credit watercolor workshops Food Handlers Class 6 p.m., The report and credit score. have been offered since North Bend Annex, second klira@nwumpqua.org or 5411998. floor conference room, 1975 756-1000 McPherson. Be prepared to Although presented as a structured class, these workshops have the ambiance of an open studio program. The have become so popular that STORE HOURS the workshops have MON. - FRI. 10 A.M. - 6 P.M. become a recurring offerSAT. & SUN. 10 A.M. - 5 P.M. ing at the museum held Hwy. 42 E. Coquille • 541-396-3742 • Prices good May 29– June 4, 2013 several times each year.

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Participating students have been asked to select some of their best pieces for display and this exhibit promises to show some wonderfully diverse and pleasing works in water media.

Coos Art Museum has been a cultural focal point of Oregon’s scenic Southern Coast since 1966. The Museum offers a wide range of arts activities including exhibitions, art classes and lectures.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday through Friday and 1-4 p.m. on Saturday.

Museum admission: $5 general, $2 students, veterans and seniors, free to Museum members.

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Currently on display at Coos Art Museum in the Claire Wehrle Community Gallery is Suzanne Goodman’s watercolor, “Lindsey’s Bouquet.”

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Pony Village Cinema, North Bend: 541-756-3447 Redwood Cinema, Brookings: 541-412-7575 Florence Cinema, Florence: 541-590-0040

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GO! Calendar of Events TODAY Free Fishing Day — sunrise to sunset, statewide.

State Parks Day, free parking and camping at all state parks. www.oregonstateparks.org.

Gay 90s all day Coquille — 25th Annual Rendezvous Show and Shine Car Show, motorcycle display, family fun and Eagles craft fair, free train rides, art exhibit at Old City Hall, and vendors in the community building, all day; Kiwanis pancake breakfast, 7-10 a.m.; Rotary River Run/walk, 9 a.m., Parade, 11 a.m.; Beer garden and live music, 1-4 p.m.; Rubber duck races, 2:30 p.m.; Button drawing, 4 p.m.; Cruise, 5-6:30 p.m.

Explore Birds of the Estuary 8-10 a.m., meet at Charleston Visitor Information Center, west end of South Slough Bridge on Basin Drive. Dress for weather, bring scopes and binoculars. Guided, $1 each birder. 541-888-5558 State Parks Day 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Hughes House, Cape Blanco State Park. Spinners, weavers, wood carvers and an origami maker demonstrate period crafts.

Free Roller Skating 3-5 p.m., Snoddy Memorial Gymnasium, Bay Area Church of the Nazarene, 1850 Clark St., North Bend. Skates provided for all ages. Children must be accompanied by parent or guardian.

Father-Daughter Dance 6-10 p.m., North Bend Community Center, 2222 Broadway, North Bend. All ages. Music, prizes, refreshments and photo opportunities. Theme is Hollywood.

Advance tickets, $9 each available at Just Kids Early Learning Center, Joey’s Arcade and Your Space Design. At the door, $10.

Sponsored by Celebration Church.

Sawdust Theatre Melodrama 8 p.m., Sawdust Theatre, 114 N. Adams St., Coquille. Melodrama “Mischief, Mayhem & Matrimony” or “Have Some Madeira, M’dear!” General admission, $12.50. 541-396-4563 Live Wire 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., The Mill Casino Warehouse 101, 3201 Tremont, North Bend. Cover.

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Free Fishing Day — sunrise to sunset, statewide.

Chef’s Table brunch 10:30 a.m.1:30 p.m., Oregon Coast Culinary Institute, Southwestern Oregon Community College, 1988 Newmark Ave., Coos Bay. $15. Menus and reservations at www.occi.net.

“Progressions 2013” Spring Dance Concert 1-4 p.m., Hales Center for the Performing Arts, 1988 Newmark Ave., Coos Bay. Tickets are $10, available at the Boys and Girls Club, Checkerberry’s or at the door. Featured 3-18 year-old Pacific School of Dance off-campus program of the Boys & Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon. 541-269-7163 Round Mountain CD Release Concert 7 p.m., North Bend Public Library, 1800 Sherman Ave., North Bend. Brothers Char and Robby Rothschild. Donations.

617-406-7284 First Sunday Jam Session 7 p.m., Coquille Broiler Restaurant and Lounge, 2 N. Central, Coquille.

Open to all musicians.

TUESDAY SWOCC Chamber Orchestra Concert 7 p.m., Hales Center for the Performing Arts, 1988 Newmark Ave., Coos Bay. Several solo instrumental performances. Free. 541-396-5674

WEDNESDAY Coos Bay Farmers Market 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Downtown Coos Bay on Central Avenue.

Wednesday Business Connection 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., The Mill Casino-Hotel Salmon Room East, 2201 Tremont, North Bend. RSVP at 541-266-0868.

No host luncheon.

By Lou Sennick, The World

Steven and Nancy Honig travel most Sunday evenings to the Pyramid Club to listen and dance to the music during jam sessions hosted by the band Phoenix.“We turn their music into movement,” Nancy Honig said.

The band passes the hat for a local charity at each session. Since this is the first Sunday of the month, the jam session will be at the Broiler Restaurant, 2 North Central Ave., Springfield, starting at 7 p.m.

Winchester Ave., Reedsport.

Featured artist: Reno Stone of Lost Beach Dezigns.

Orcoast Music Open Mic 6-9 p.m., Orcoast Music Annex, 787 Newmark Ave., Coos Bay. Bring your instrument and join. Be prepared with songs. 541-8886805 “Leading Ladies” 7 p.m., Florence Events Center, 715 Quince St., Florence. Limited seating.

Tickets, $15 at www.eventscenter.org or at the door. 541-9971994 Trent Monk Christian Concert 710:30 p.m., Hauser Community Church, 69411 Wildwood Road, Hauser. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Love offerings. 541-756-2591 Dolphin Playhouse “Greater Tuna” 8 p.m., The Dolphin Playhouse, 580 Newmark Ave., Coos Bay. $10 seniors, $8 students. 541-808-2611.

Adult Fly-Fishing Workshop 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. LaVerne County Park, 61217 Fairview Road, Coquille. $42, includes equipment and lunch. 541-888-5515.

Paddle the Estuary 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., South Slough Interpretive Center, 61907 Seven Devils Road, Charleston. Bring kayak

or canoe, PFD, water and lunch.

Dress for muddy launch and take out. Minimum of three boats and maximum of eight, $15 a boat. Register at 541-8885558.

North Bend Public Library Book Sale 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., NBPL, 1800 Sherman Ave., North

Bend. Presale to ‘Friends’ begins at 10 a.m.

South Coast Senior Singles Club meeting/no-host lunch, noon, Venture Inn at Inland Point, 2265 Inland Dr., North Bend.

Howard 541-751-9059 Bay Area Artists 1:30 p.m., Coos Bay Art Museum, 235 Anderson Ave, Coos Bay. Guest Speaker: Sharon Leahy. Refreshments will be served.

Richard Kirk Photography Exhibit Opening 2-4 p.m., South Slough Interpretive Center, 61907 Seven Devils Road, Charleston.

“Leading Ladies” 7 p.m., Florence Events Center, 715 Quince St., Florence. Limited seating.

Tickets, $15 at www.eventscenter.org or at the door. 541-9971994 Sawdust Theatre Melodrama 8 p.m., Sawdust Theatre, 114 N. Adams St., Coquille. Melodrama "Mischief, Mayhem & Matrimony" or "Have Some Madeira, M’dear!" General admission, $12.50. 541-396-4563 Dolphin Playhouse “Greater Tuna” 8 p.m., The Dolphin Playhouse, 580 Newmark Ave., Coos Bay. $10 seniors, $8 students. 541-808-2611.

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FRIDAY Downtown Coos Bay Wine Walk 5-7:30 p.m. Start at Highway 101 Harley-Davidson, 536 S. Second or Coos Bay Visitor Information Center, 50 Central Ave. Map & glass $10. Proceeds benefit Egyptian Theatre Preservation Association and Lab Band Program Association. 541-269-1222 ext. 248 CDABA First Friday 5-7 p.m., Reedsport Natural Foods, 1891

JUNE 8 Powers City-wide Garage Sale — All day, Highway 242, Powers.

23rd Annual Powers Fishing Derby 8 a.m. to noon, Powers County Park, Highway 242 and Frontage Road, Powers. Currrent fishing license is required.

Event geared toward 13-yearold and younger. Prizes by Powers Ranger District.

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GO! Outdoors theworldlink.com/sports/outdoors • Outdoors Editor Thomas Moriarty • 541-269-1222, ext. 240

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Rogue River Trail is a challenge for hikers

BY ZACH URNESS Statesman Journal

By Zach Urness, The Associated Press

A swimmer enjoys Flora Dell Falls along the Rogue River Trail.

er with the knowledge that, yup, now there’s no turning back.

That first day was a blur of beauty and pain. The Rogue slices into the Siskiyou Mountains like a green blade, throwing itself down a series of rapids while the trail tightropes the canyon face and descends into wilderness.

As evening dropped yellow-orange hues into the canyon and our legs began contemplating rebellion, we reached Meadow Creek Campsite and made camp.

Dinner was freeze-dried chili mac, something delicious only after 13.2 miles.

ROGUE RIVER — A trip down the Rogue River Trail is an adventure.

Rattlesnakes and black bears, waterfalls and deep canyons, long days on the trail and beachside camping spots create days that never approach dull.

My girlfriend and I lived in Grants Pass for seven years combined and have plenty of Rogue experience — both paddling and fishing — but until this May had never hiked the entire 40-mile trail.

We decided to change that with a trip of four days and three nights, two spent Day 2: History at campsites and one at a Meadow Creek to Marial Lodge, 10.7 lodge. miles After negotiating pasDay 1: Beauty and pain sage around a rattlesnake in the path, we passed a hisGrave Creek Trailhead to Meadow toric landmark — the Rogue Creek Campsite, 13.2 miles We awoke at the crack of River Ranch, an old farmdawn and made the three- stead converted into a hour sprint down I-5 to the museum — at mile 22.7. The town of Merlin, continued site, once home to 100 resito Grave Creek Boat Ramp dents in a small gold minand Trailhead and handed ing town, holds evidence of the keys to our shuttle driv- Native American habita-

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Finally, our legs turning to jelly and the afternoon heating up, we arrived at Marial Lodge where a glorious dinner, hot shower and soft bed were waiting.

Day 3: Lodge life Marial Lodge to Tacoma Camp, 8.8 miles

It’s no easy thing, leaving a place that serves glazed spare ribs for dinner and bacon for breakfast to head back upon the trail.

We’d spent our time at Marial Lodge sipping lemonade on a wooden deck, conversing with a group of ladies on a raftsupported hiking trip and letting our feet dangle in the river below.

Yet if there were ever a trail to get us moving, the stretch from Marial to Tacoma Beach is it. The Rogue performs its most dramatic act when it squeezes into the jet-black chasm of Mule Creek Canyon (mile 24.0), where rafters flail about in Coffeepot Rapids and Stair Creek Falls drops in double-decker splendor.

“This,” said my girlfriend, standing upon Inspiration Point (25.2) above the canyon, “is the most beautiful spot I’ve ever seen.”

But while the scenery remains stunning for almost 10 miles, the canyon becomes a furnace without shade on hot days. We kicked our legs into overdrive, passed Paradise Lodge (mile 27.4) and headed for the area between Solitude Bar (31.2) and

Tacoma Camp (33.2) where the best campsites are found.

We arrived early and claimed a gem of a spot, between canyon walls, along a sandy beach with a deep-green swimming hole. The afternoon’s activities were simple: Lie in the sun, go for a swim and spend about 30 minutes fishing.

Repeat.

That evening, sleeping without the rain fly, the nighttime sky was a river of stars.

Day 4: Heading home Tacoma Camp to Big Bend Trailhead, 7.8 miles

On the final day of a long backpacking trip, there’s an impulse to sprint toward the finish. There are no more campsites to find, no more lodges to explore.

And the thought of riding in a vehicle, where hundreds of miles disappear without breaking a sweat, begins to sound pretty good.

The trail makes it pretty easy. In the final miles, the river exits the canyon, those thousand-foot walls drop into rolling hills and the sense of being swallowed by a place altogether separate from the outside world begins to fade.

We weren’t exactly sorry to finish the Rogue River Trail — that would come later, once the blisters had SEE ROGUE PAGE 6

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RECREATION R E P O R T This weekend, the fishing is free The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is offering expanded fishing opportunities today and tomorrow.

During Free Fishing Weekend, fishing licenses and tags will not be required. All other regulations, including bag limit and size restrictions, will still apply.

As part of the event, the agency plans to organize several youth fishing areas on the South Coast.

In Coos County, fishing stations will be held June 1 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Eel Lake at Tugman State Park Curry County youth under the age of 10 will have the opportunity to fish both June 1 and 2 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Elk River Hatchery.

A fishing event for children ages 13 and younger will be held at Libby Pond on June 1 from 8 a.m. to noon.

For more information, contact M ike Gray at ODFW’s Charleston office at 541-888-5515 or John Weber at the Gold Beach office at 541-247-7605.

Powers Fishing Derby June 8 The 23rd annual Powers kids fishing derby will be held June 8 instead of Free Fishing Weekend.

Children between the ages of 14 and 17 will need to purchase a juvenile license.

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There will be a casting contest and prizes for the largest fish in specific age categories.

For more information, contact the Powers Ranger District at 541-439-6250.

Tour De Fronds set for June For the 16th year in a row, cyclists of all backgrounds will roam the mountains of southern Oregon in the region’s only annual cycling tour.

The Powers Lions Club will hold Tour de Fronds XVI on Saturday, June 15 between Powers and Glendale. The course runs through the 74-mile Glendale/Powers Bicycle Recreation Area established by the U.S. Forest Service.

The course is split into seven rides ranging in length from 30 to 77 miles.

All riders will receive a continental breakfast at check-in and dinner after the ride. Snacks will be available at five rest stops.

Pre-ride shuttles will leave from both Glendale and Powers at 6:30 a.m.

The tour will begin with a mass start in both cities at 9 a.m.

Riders can register online at www.active.com or on-site. Registration is due by June 3 for pre-ride shuttle service and/or a commemorative shirt.

For more information, contact Donna Freeman at 541-439-2418 or visit www.tourdefronds.com.

ing of the engine and the trip down the road toward Gold Beach and turning north, a final farewell to the state’s most beautiful river.

Pretty creatures have an ugly name “Sea slug” sounds so ugly.

These are anything but.

We were exploring the life under the Charleston docks last Sunday and hit the “sea slug” jackpot.

There are several groups of “sea slugs,” all gastropod mollusks. (“Gastropod” means “stomach-foot” — the snails and slugs.)

Sea slugs in general are shaped like their terrestrial cousins — long and narrow invertebrates, with projections on the front end and tapering down to a point at the rear end.

Most sea slugs have at least one pair of projections off the lower corners of the face, rather like handlebar mustaches, and a pair of projections — looking like tufts or “horns” — on either side of the top of the head. The lower projections are feelers; the upper projections, called rhinophores, smell/taste the water.

Of the several different kinds of sea slugs, nudibranchs really draw our attention. Nudibranchs (“nudi” for naked and “branch” for gill) have plumes of gills at the back end (“branchial plumes”), or have rows of finger-like

or paddle-like projections weaponry. (“cerata”) along the back.

Like land slugs, nudiThe plumes and projecbranchs are hermaphrotions apparently increase ditic — male and female at the animals’ gasthe same time. exchange surface, That morning making the respiraNATURE we were fortunate tory system more to see two differGUIDE efficient.

JOURNAL ent dorids and Nudibranchs two different with a tuft of aeolids. plumes at the back The two dorids end are “dorid were deep enough nudibranchs”; to be a little hazy nudibranchs with in the greenish cerata along the estuarine water, back are “aeolid but we were able nudibranchs.” to make out a pair Dorid nudibranchs of white dorids.

MARTY also usually have About two inches GILES small warty bumps long, they looked all over the back or like low-lying ridges down the back. lumps with bumpy skins Both dorids and aeolids — each with a tuft on one are predators, feeding on end. The second pair of other marine organisms, dorids, a bit deeper and including sponges, more difficult to see, were hydroids, bryozoans, about the same size, but anemones, and tunicates. somewhat more roughAnd nudibranchs also feed appearing and mottled. on each other.

The two aeolid nudiNudibranchs, and some branch species we saw other sea slugs, are also that morning were showier. On the underside adept at commandeering of an old, dented boat parts of their prey and bumper, we found a halfincorporating those parts in their own bodies; aeolid dozen opalescent nudinudibranchs are especially branchs (Hermissenda adept at incorporating the crassicornis), each about an inch long, all feeding stinging cells from their on the dark, feathery prey, lining their cerata hydroid colonies. with the acquired

Hermissenda are very colorful, with fine blue lines outlining the body and down the back, and with many dozen orange and white, pencil-shaped cerata. The cerata are quite delicate, waving and flowing with the movement of the water.

For me the best find was a lovely, three-inchlong white-lined nudibranch, Dirona albolineata. Dirona is translucent white or pale gray with fine white lines edging the body and edging each of the 20-30, large, soft, pointed-paddle-shaped cerata. Apparently, Dirona often also feed on snails, crushing their shells in their mouths — a surprising ability for an animal with no hard parts!

Why can’t we come up with a better common name for these lovely, fascinating creatures?

For information on how you can arrange an exploration of our fascinating natural history, contact Marty at 541/267-4027, mgiles@wavecrestdiscoveries.com, or www.facebook.com/wavecrestdiscoveries. Questions and comments about local natural history are welcome.

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