Week of June 12, 2025 3n3a3f
Week of June 12, 2025 3n3a3f
The McKenzie Community Land Trust (MCLT) will soon start accepting applications to purchase homes in the Rose Street Neighborhood. The process will open later in June and will stay open for six weeks. A lottery for selection of qualified applicants is planned for late August. The nonprofit’s project was designed to create affordable housing for people who live and work in the McKenzie River Valley while helping to rebuild the community after the Holiday Farm Fire. Criteria for the first six...
As utility rates rise in Oregon, data shows home solar s are becoming more popular. However, experts warn of increasing misinformation and unethical practices in solar financing and installation. Jami Seymore, spokesperson with Energy Trust of Oregon, a nonprofit that helps people and businesses save money by becoming more energy efficient, warns against misleading door-to-door salespeople, cold calls, or social media ads that make false claims about partnerships with local utilities or...
Some of the ideas floated at a t Lane County Parks and Oregon State Marine Board community meeting back in the Fall of 2022 are still take shaping for the Forest Glen Boat Landing in Blue River. Thanks to Lane County Parks funds and a FEMA grant, $45,000 in improvements, were made last year, including installing new modular vault toilets. Planning on the best ways to restore one of the most popular boat launches on the McKenzie River are still underway. According to Lane County Parks...
BLUE RIVER: Besides working on details of the Blue River Park’s 2025 budget, board last Wednesday also had an opportunity to discus the $897,000 they’ll receive for repairs following the 2020 Holiday Farm Fire. Rather than working with a county consultant they’d had issues with in the past, the board asked Matt McRae to procure an outside project manager through an request for proposals process.McRae, Lane County’s long term disaster recovery manager, agreed to draft an RFP and...
The Vida McKenzie Community Center’s Senior Center guest speaker on June 3rd was Alan Antilla of Hearing Solutions. Alan, who is hearing impaired and who installed VMCC’s Hearing Loop system, spoke to residents regarding the cognitive impact of delayed assessment for hearing loss and the growing availability of technology to overcome hearing challenges in private and public settings. Following his presentation, Alan repaired a “glitch” in VMCC’s Hearing Loop system and audience...
While many may be engaging in outdoor adventures this month, the Red Cross is asking people to continue making and keeping donation appointments a part of their plans. June 14 is World Blood Donor Day, and June 19 is World Sickle Cell Day. The Red Cross is celebrating the spirit of humanity by asking people to give blood or platelets. Even when hospitals are fully stocked with blood products, sudden events can cause a rapid drop in the availability of lifesaving transfusions. Summer blood and...
State Fire Marshal Mariana Ruiz-Temple signed a memorandum of agreement Friday with Roy Wright, CEO of the South Carolina-based Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, which oversees the “Wildfire Prepared” certification program. The program offers homeowners in California, and now Oregon, certificates for undertaking specific wildfire prevention work around their homes. In turn, insurers could incorporate certification into their calculus for rates and s, helping to curb...
BLUE RIVER: Upgrades for the Blue River water system had been delayed by three weeks, of the district’s board learned last week. Concerns with using the Three Sisters Meadow property for dirt disposal from trenching, Jim Parks explained, required changes in the bidding process. Parks, the board chairman, also mentioned bids had been opened the previous day, with the lowest coming in at approximately $6.4 million. Once a contractor was selected, he said, another town hall meeting would...
McKenzie Varsity Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Varsity 2025 Spring Athletic season has concluded and there are no contests scheduled. Aytan Brown Sprints to 2nd At State 200 meters Also Takes 4th Place in 100 meters Claire Weiss Runs PR 5th Place 400 m. Eagle senior sprinter Aytan Brown capped a fine spring track season at the 2025 OSAA State Track and Field Championships, finishing his 200 meters final race in second place and capturing fourth place in the 100 meters. And he ran on the McKenzie 4x400 m relay team that placed tenth....
Tariffs affect everyone, from eastern Oregon farmers, to young urbanities, from rural coastal workers to retirees. It has captured the attention of the public and every media outlet, but often missing the complete background. The League of Women Voters of Oregon believes one aspect of the tariffs (whether one s or opposes them) is being ignored. Namely, the relationship to governmental separation of powers. A founding principle of the League is the belief that “all powers of the US government should be exercised within the...
Preacher Edmund Creffield's Bride of Christ Church broke up families, sanctioned adultery and inspired deadly violence in the early 20th Century. Ironically, its practitioners' goal was perfect holiness and godliness. In the years after onetime Corvallis resident F. Edmund Creffield died, his legend got weirder and weirder. But then, it was pretty weird to start with, and it was not the kind of story that mellows with age. By 1951, 45 years later, it reached something of a high-water mark in an...
If you have a good strong trellis, are a bit of a gambler and have a love of kiwifruit, there’s no reason not to grow your own crop. As vigorous as they are, though, don’t expect to plop these vines into the ground and stand back. Kiwifruit need some attention to yield the large amount of fruit they’re capable of producing. Proper siting, fertilizing, watering and, most importantly, protecting from cold weather, are necessary to keep your plant in good shape, said Amanda Davis, Oregon...
June 4: 19:31: Crash, Injury – Hwy. 126E, Milepost 47. Vehicle #1, a silver Harley Davidson motorcycle, was travelling westbound when a deer ran in his path. The rider was unable to avoid the deer and they collided. Vehicle #1 slid off the roadway and was later towed for community caretaking. The rider sustained minor to moderate injuries and was transported to Riverbend Hospital by ambulance. The deer was deceased and ODOT was notified for the recovery. Involved: 60-year-old male from...
May 29: 6:31 a.m: Disturbance, Dispute - 51100 blk, McK. Hwy. Caller advised that there was a dispute involving a family member and her son. Deputies ed caller and the dispute was only verbal. Caller was advised by deputies on restraining order procedures since there was no crime at this time. May 30: 3:54 p.m: Disorderly Subject - 8600 blk, Thurston Rd. Caller was calling on behalf of friend who’s neighbor was yelling. Deputies were able to the resident who advised that his neighbor was yelling and screaming at him because...
June 2: 21:39: 41900 blk, Holden Creek Ln. Medical, Heart. Patient Assessed. June 3: 9:40: 42800 blk, McK. Hwy. Medical, Walk-In Patient Assessed, Refusal Obtained. June 5: 21:21: 1300 blk, 66th St. Medical, General. Disregarded En-Route by ESF. June 6: 15:43: Deerhorn Rd./Milepost 4. Water Rescue All Patient's Out, Refusal Obtained. June 7: 15:12: 51300 blk, Blue River Dr. Medical, General. Patient Assessed, Refusal Obtained. 8:31: 49500 blk, McK. Hwy. Medical, General. Patient Assessed, Refusal Obtained. June 8: 10:55: 39900 blk, Meadow...
June 4: 19:29: Motor Vehicle Accident, Unknown Injury – McK. Hwy./Milepost 48. Motorcyclist vs. deer. Cyclist is out of traffic, deer is dead. Cyclist was wearing a helmet. June 5: 13:00: MVA, Injury – Mp. 11, Clear Lake Cutoff. Info received from Linn County. June 7: 15:12: Medical – 51000 block, Blue River Dr. Male patient. June 8: 20:44: Blue Pool, Tamolitch Falls. Sweet Home Fire already en route. June 9: 07:54: Hazmat – Mp. 15, Clear Lake Cutoff. Semi truck with a CO2 refrigeration leak. Troopers with binoculars observing large...
