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Some Salmon Harbor docks to be revamped BY STEVE LINDSLEY The Umpqua Post
The Salmon Harbor Management Committee gave the OK for a plan to revamp some of the wooden docks that had been slated for closure next year. Two docks in the east basin have already been closed, due to deterioration of the wood. Harbor manager Paul Stallard says he’d like to try to refurbish other docks, as he creates a master plan to keep, or replace, some docks in the east basin; the area visitors see first as they drive into Winchester Bay. “Basically, we’ve come full circle on this dock project,” Stallard told the committee. “I think that we all agree that we want to keep our front door open. That’s our goal here. “To do that, we’re basically going to need some time.” Stallard asked the committee to invest some money into the wood docks with lumber and tie rails. He also said he would apply to the Oregon State Marine Board for public access grants that would, at least, allow for the replacement of some of the gangways leading to the docks to improve the handicapped access. He suggested work could be done during the winter season. “Do a little bit every year,” he said. “We need to, probably, buy some lumber for the decking and make sure that they’re safe.” The closure of two of the wood docks, Stallard said, should free up some money for other docks. “We could concentrate on docks C, G and H and get as many years out of them as we can,” he said. There has been much discussion about the wood docks. Former harbor manager Jeff Vander Kley had proposed closing five wood docks, but had also floated a plan that would have allowed the harbor to replace some east basin docks. That plan would have required the cooperation of the Port of Umpqua and Douglas County Commissioners. Vander Kley presented the plan to the port and to commissioner Susan Morgan, the board’s coastal liaison. A planned meeting with the entire threemember commission, apparently, never materialized. “In fairness to the county,” committee chairman Jim Bruce said, “they’re, basically, bankrupt. And I believe, in my heart they can’t put anything in. It would mean they would have to cut other services, and they’re going to have to do that, anyway.”
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Doug and Sandy Taylor from Dallas, Ore. won Best in Show during last weekend’s Kool Coastal Nights in Winchester Bay. The Taylors have restored a 1932 Ford coupe.
Classic cars contributed to coastal Kool BY STEVE LINDSLEY The Umpqua Post
There’s a reason drivers come to Kool Coastal Nights in Winchester Bay. “Camaraderie,” said one participant. “I’m new to the area and, so far, I’ve met a lot of people.” More than 300 classic cars lined Beach Boulevard for the event. Doug Taylor and his wife, Sandy, from Dallas, Ore. took the Best in Show this year for their 1932 Ford three-window coupe. “The project’s been going on for about four years now,” Taylor said. “Starting two years ago we did a lot of indoor shows. We did the L.A. Roadster Show, Sacramento Autorama, Portland, Boise. It was kind of fun doing that, but then what we really wanted to do, and the wife wanted to do, is to do outdoor shows. Take it. Actually drive it and don’t trailer it. We’ve just been having a ball this weekend.” He said the car has been a project. “It’s everything,” he said. “We started by building a chassis, running gear, added the body and just built it up.” They worked with a builder in Wilsonville.
“It’s stock appearing outside with a really fancy paint job,” Taylor said. Jeff and Tina Parrett from Walterville, Ore. were last year’s Best of Show winners with their orange 1955 Chevy. They came back this year just to show the car. There are reasons they enjoy it. “The people and the cars,” Jeff said. “All of them amazing.” They acquired the car out of love. “My wife’s and my favorite car was a ’55 Chevrolet,” he said. So, we looked and looked and looked about 20 years ago and found this one up in Washington. It was a complete basket case. So, we brought it home and my 4-year-old son and I immediately finished tearing it apart.” The car sat for 15 years before a neighbor suggested restoring it. “With his help, we put it all back together and painted it in his garage,” Parrett said. The color was done for a reason. “We’re Oregon State alumni,” he chuckled. “So, we always wanted something with a little bit of orange in it.” They couldn’t bring themselves to adding the black. “We wanted it to look a little bit original,” he
said. “So we went with the two-toned white over orange.” Chuck and Joanie Summers of Eugene brought their black 1959 Chevy Impala to the show. The car, which is one of several the Summers own, has an interesting story. “We found that car on eBay,” Chuck said. “It was in Three Lakes, Wisconsin in a garage. Unlike horror stories about purchasing items from long distance, this one proved to be the real deal. “It just looked beautiful in the eBay pictures,” Chuck said. “I ended up calling the guy and making a deal on the car.” Summers said it took about three weeks to arrange a transporter to go the Northwoods location to pick up the car. It was worth it. “I’ve always loved ’59 Impalas,” he said. “The tail lights, the front end ... the big batwings on there, the bubble top and being black with the red interior. It’s just irresistible. “This car draws a crowd like none other. We took it to Reno ... we only saw three other ’59 Impalas out of all those cars. You see a lot of ’55
SEE KOOL COASTAL, PAGE A6
By the way, Art by the Bay starts Friday THE UMPQUA POST
Art by the Bay will be held this weekend in Winchester Bay. The Friday and Saturday event runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Beach Boulevard and Philip Boe Park. There will be live music from The Worn Out Frets. The event is presented by the Winchester Bay Merchants Association and sponsored by the SEE DOCKS, PAGE A6 Reedsport/Winchester Bay
Chamber of Commerce. There will be more than 50 Pacific Northwest artists, including Plein Air Artists, metal artists, jewelry, soap, hand made leather items, water color artists, woodturning, metal forging, handpainted clothing, handmade baskets, Oregon Wave Energy and more. Food and wine vendors include Harbor Light Restaurant, Fairy Floss cotton candy, Tammy’s
Fabulous fudge, Mrs. Britt’s gourmet dips, High Country Honey, Kurzhal Family Kickin’ Pickles and Suzy the Psychic. It’s all under two big 40 by 80 tents. The weather should not be a factor. There’s free entry and free parking. The featured artist is Mikayle Karcher. Karcher works wonders with her mosaic art, a raku based combination of linked ceramic ele-
ments. Several times she has completed commissions for works: a wall mural at the Dune Memorial Chapel, one of the Umpqua River Lighthouse hung in the office of then Speaker Arnie Roblan and an award to Cycle Oregon for utilizing Reedsport as one of its sleepover cities. Her work can be seen at several galleries, including Orca Galleries at 532 Fir Ave. in Reedsport and at Coastal Ceramics at 159 South 20th St., Reedsport.
Crab season nets 18.1 million pounds THE UMPQUA POST The Dungeness crab season officially ended Aug. 14 and, while it was a good year, it was not a record year. Hugh Link, the executive director of the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission, says the commercial season got a January start. “It typically starts in December,” Link said, “but we had a little late start to let the crab fill in a little bit, so that we could put out the best crab on the market.” Crabbers brought in 18.1 million pounds for the season, which is the sixth best harvest in the past 15 years. The record, set back in the By Lou Sennick, The Umpqua Post 2004-05 season stands at 33.7 milA 2012 photo of a Dungenous crab being off loaded from the fishing boat lion pounds. In the most recent Loraine C last April in Charleston. 10-year period, crab landings have
averaged 20.3 million pounds annually. This year, Link says the port of Brookings had the highest catch numbers, with landings over 4.8 million pounds. Newport closely followed, with 4.2 million pounds. Astoria was third on the list and Charleston was fourth. Winchester Bay delivered 463,578 pounds. That was good enough for seventh place. “The total value at that port,” Link said, “was $1,424,210.” Link pointed out that not all the crabbers out of the bay may deliver crab back to the bay. “Some of the boats in Winchester Bay, depending on where they fish ... might not deliver back into Winchester Bay,” he said. “They may go into one of the
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other ports or to the processors, themselves, and deliver there. The landings in Winchester Bay may not be indicative of all the boats from Winchester Bay.” Though the season is closed, crab fishermen have two weeks to bring their remaining pots into port. However, Oregon law requires that pots left in the ocean at the end of the season must have the bait removed and the lids open so crab can climb in and out at will. The season remains closed until Dec. 1, so crab can “fatten up” after the mid-summer molting process.