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Immature Red-shouldered Hawk, near the Wood River Wetlands this week. Photo by Joan Rowe

Kilian Schoenberger Photography Icing Sugar Landscape Still missing snow in many parts of Germany. But at least frost conjures some winter magic over the landscape sometimes. But once the sun touches the ice crystals they are gone within minutes. Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany.

January 27th, 2020. Volume 17, Issue 4

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The Chiloquin Vector Control District's Board of Trustees will be meeting on January 29, 2020 at 6:30 PM in the Conference Room of the Chiloquin Community Center, 140 S 1st Street ,Chiloquin. The public is always welcomed to attend and address Board Members.

Business includes voting for new 2020 officers, adopting resolutions required by law on work place violence, new banking resolutions, bill paying and related business. Our telephone number is 541 274 0132.

The Chiloquin Care Program/Food Pantry would like to thank Klamoya Casino for the generous donation of 355 lbs of non-perishable food items. We would also like the thank The Chiloquin Cristian Church for the generous donation of 90 lbs of non-perishable food items.

The Chiloquin Community ACTION Team is pleased to announce that we have changed our name to : "Chiloquin Community Builders". Please join us for lunch on Thursday, Feb 6th at 11:30 am at the Chiloquin Community Center to hear more about the name change and about our most exciting news - a formal invitation from The Ford Family Foundation to apply for a $45,000.00 year-long grant! Although originally inspired by tourism, Chiloquin Community Builders has grown into a broader-based community building effort with a focus on making Chiloquin a healthy, robust, friendly, and inviting community where residents and visitors can enjoy the natural beauty Chiloquin has to offer by way of promoting outdoor activity, enhancing business prosperity, building social capital, and creating physical changes to public places. Please join us on Feb 6th and at our regular quarterly meetings to share your ideas and help shape the future of the community together! We need a count for lunch so please RSVP.....541-783-2428 (please use cell phone to call)

This year's Sagebrush Rendezvous charitable show, featuring artists with wine and cheese tasting, will be held at the Running Y Ranch Resort Conference Center from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25 and Sunday, Jan 26. More information click on SagebrushRendevous

Winter Wings Festival from Feb. 13 to 16. Registration is still open. For information about speakers, outings, hikes, vendors, and more click on WinterWings or call 887-541-2473.

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Klamath Tribes Youth Council Wood Raffle

The Youth Council is selling raffle tickets for 1 cord of firewood, which will be delivered to the winner (within the local area) after the drawing on January 31st 2020. Tickets are $10 each and are available now through January 30th. All proceeds will go toward the Youth Council’s trip to the 2020 United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY) conference in Washington D.C. in July of 2020. For more information or to purchase tickets, please contact any of the Youth Council members or Youth Council Advisor, Will Hess at (541) 783-2219 x111

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Chiloquin Community Action Team (CCAT) Newsletter January 2020

Vol 1 Issue 1

At-A-Glance Calendar of Meetings and Events January 9 –Thursday Team Leader Meeting Community Center 1 – 4 pm February 6 - Thursday Full Team Meeting Community Center @ 11:30 (food Dinner will beprovided!) February 15 - Saturday Two Rivers Art Gallery “Country Valentines Dinner” Fundraiser for Eco. Dev. Community Center@6 – 9 pm [Tickets needed] $20 pp March TBD Team Leader Meeting Community Center @ TBD April 2 - Thursday Full Team Meeting Community Center @ 11:30 (food will be provided!)

Coming Up But Not Scheduled Yet… Front line employee training Spring Clean Green Chiloquin Campaign events Publication of the “Lets Paddle Brochure” Main Street Oregon Community Assessment Historic Building/District Assessments

Accomplishments… Look At What We Did Together in 2019!

The CCAT Team began Nov. 2017 with a passionate champion (Judy Pate) and a small grassroots team of community members inspired by a Rural Tourism Studio Workshop. It has since grown to more than 70 supporters from diverse parts of the community. Although originally inspired by tourism, the team has grown into a broader-based community building effort with a focus on making Chiloquin a healthy, robust, friendly, and inviting community where residents and visitors can enjoy the natural beauty Chiloquin has to offer by way of promoting outdoor activity, enhancing business prosperity, building social capital, and creating physical changes to public places. Highlights of our 2019

accomplishments are provided below – Thank You to the team leaders and all

of our amazing volunteers! Michael Williams led a team of volunteers to decorate for the Holidays. The Sierra Group

joined the team this summer to paint business names on the back of buildings facing the

rail road tracks

Judy Pate worked tirelessly to place an additional visitor information sign on HWY 442

and 62 to draw visitors to Chiloquin

Sharon Breen, Cathy Stuhr and Judy Pate attended the Annual Oregon Main Street

Conference in Tillamook and Judy Pate and Cathy Stuhr attended The Ford Family

Foundation Community Building Summit in Bend

Dr. Jim Hamman worked to re-vitalize and re-strategize the bicycle campaign for kids

Anne and Carole handed out more than 12 Welcome Baskets to new residents

Chris Wayne and Julie Black led a team that secured a grant from Klamath County

Tourism to prepare a regional “Let’s Paddle” water trails mapping brochure

The Economic Development Team researched options for historic building renovations

and began designs/plans for actual renovations.

Katie Jameson and Roi Crouch from the Ford Family Foundation provided invaluable

resources, guidance, direction and advice to the entire team

Judy Pate and Ellsworth Lang worked to develop and obtain funds for training front-line

employees – watch for a training event in 2020!

The Special Project Team was invited to work with the Tribes and the City to develop a

solid waste management campaign we named Clean Green Chiloquin!

Join us on Feb 6 for the general team meeting to hear more about team progress and upcoming projects and provide your ideas and input moving forward! We are proud of the collaborative momentum we have built on existing and new programs; the exponential growth of our community connections and relationships; the improvements in our collective skills through training; and our efforts to identify needs and develop collaborative strategic plans for a healthy and vibrant Chiloquin.

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2019 Chiloquin High School graduate Daniel Jones is now Airman Jones after graduating Air Force Basic Training Boot Camp on Friday, January 24th, 2020 in San Antonio, Texas. Oregon Shores residents Gwen Borland and Michael Parrott had the good fortune to attend the graduation ceremony and to spend the day with Daniel seeing some of the sights of San Antonio which included the San Antonio River walk, lunch and a visit to the Alamo. It was Daniel’s first-time off base since his arrival nine weeks ago. Daniel will be at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio for the next three months for additional training with the Air Force Special Forces. After Special Forces Training Daniel will most likely be stationed with the Oregon Air Nation Guard at Kingsley Field, unless his unit deploys else ware. “We have known Daniel since we moved to Chiloquin in 2015 when he was in the 8th grade mowing lawns with Taylor Day Jr. he’s a great kid.” Daniel was one of two recipients of the $500 scholarships awarded to Chiloquin High School Seniors by The BENEFIT FOR THE BASIN in May of 2019. The BENEFIT awarded 26 Scholarships in 2019.

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Yreka, CA. –Every time a wildland firefighting tragedy occurs, the international wildland firefighting community is affected and deeply saddened. Part of the tragedy has hit home in Siskiyou County with the recent loss of Coulson Aviation Tanker 134 during firefighting operations in New South Wales, Australia on January 23, 2020. “Tanker 134 was utilized multiple times on and around the Klamath National Forest during 2019,” commented Yreka Interagency Command Center aircraft dispatcher Ashley Dooley. “During the Lime Fire in September last year, T-134 painted the sky pink along the California-Oregon border. I personally monitored them on an aviation activity computer screen, tracking their every move and diverting them to priority fires over the radio. It was and is always a privilege to work with these C-130 crews, knowing their extensive aviation background knowledge both in fire and military operations.” In an earlier Coulson Aviation news release, deceased crew members were identified as Captain Ian McBeth, First Officer Paul Clyde Hudson, and Flight Engineer Rick Demorgan, Jr. “Whether the wildfire is eight miles away or 8,000 miles away, the loss of T-134 is a stark reminder of how dangerous firefighting is,” stated Klamath National Forest Supervisor Patty Grantham. “We ask a great deal of our ground and aviation fire resources, and we always need to keep in mind no mission is simple or risk-free when it comes to wildfire. On behalf of myself, my family and the greater Klamath National Forest family, my heart goes out to the families and friends of the crew of T-134. We owe a great debt of gratitude to the crew of T-134 for their service.”

By Kurt Liedtke Herald&News Logan Stephens, 8, was recognized by Rocky Point Fire/EMS during a special ceremony on Tuesday, Jan. 21, honoring the youth for his calm and specific actions that helped save the life of his grandmother, according to a news release. Stephens called 911 after his grandmother, Robin Stephens, was unresponsive at the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) compound at Lake of the Woods. Stephens provided specific information to expedite response of emergency responders, who arrived on scene for medical assistance. He provided critical details about his grandmother and the incident that aided medical response. AirLink transported Stephens to Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford, where she remained on life support for nine days before making a full recovery. According to Rocky Point Fire Chief Diann Walker-Pope, without Stephens quick and responsible actions, the incident would have most likely resulted in his grandmother’s death. For his actions, Stephens was bestowed the Heroism Award on behalf of Rocky Point volunteers, 911 personnel, AirLink responders, family members and community volunteers; citing the youth’s quick-action, poise, and maturity in guiding 911 dispatchers with specific information to aid his unresponsive grandmother.

Logan Stephens (second from right, front row) is honored by Rocky Point emergency responders at a Jan. 21 ceremony.

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by Liam Moriarty Jefferson Public Radio Jan. 24, 2020 The Jordan Cove Energy Project has abruptly withdrawn its application for a key permit from the state of Oregon. In a letter dated Jan. 23, the project told the Oregon Department of State Lands that the company was withdrawing the application effective Friday. No reason was given, but earlier this week, the department had denied Jordan Cove’s request for a fifth deadline extension for the application. It’s not immediately clear what the withdrawal means for the Jordan Cove project. Ali Ryan Hansen with the Department of State Lands says the company needs the so-called “removal-fill” permit for dredging in Coos Bay, as well as for the pipeline’s hundreds of waterway and wetland crossings. Now, if the company wants to do that work, Hansen says, it will have to start the application all over again. “It would be the same process, but with the Department of State Lands evaluating the information submitted just as stringently as we would for a brand new application,” she says. Jordan Cove says new demands for information from other Oregon agencies made it impossible for the company to meet the Department of State Lands’ latest deadline on Jan. 31. Opponents of the project applauded the latest development in a saga that’s been going on, in one form or another, for more than a decade.“It’s a huge step backwards for Jordan Cove,” says Hannah Sohl, with the environmental group Rogue Climate. “To build this project, they have to get those permits.” But Jordan Cove’s Paul Vogel says the company is looking ahead. “Having received all local land use permits,” he wrote in an email, “the next major milestone in Jordan Cove’s regulatory process will be the final determination by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on February 13, 2020, at which time we will determine our path forward.” If FERC gives Jordan Cove a green light, the company may argue that federal laws override Oregon’s laws. In that case, the outcome may ultimately lie with the courts. Vogel declined to discuss that question, for now. But wrote he “should be able to in the foreseeable future.”

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CHILOQUIN FIRE & RESCUE Fire Chief Mike Cook

P.O. Box 437

201 S. First Avenue

Chiloquin, Oregon 97624-0437

541-783-3860

Fax 541-783-3697

TTY 7-1-1

Weekly Chiloquin Fire & Rescue Report of Dispatches and Responses:

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NOAA forecast for this week

RyanWeather.Com Weather Update for Southern Oregon and Northern California 1/26/20

The next front will arrive at the coast Sunday evening and spread inland heading into Monday morning and Tuesday. This front will be packing another round of significant moderate to heavy rainfall. High temperatures west of he Cascades will reach into the lower 50's. East of the Cascades will see highs in the lower 40's. The coast will be the major focus of the heaviest precipitation with as much as 1.5-3.5" of rainfall.

Snow levels with this next front will be lower when compared to the last two. In fact we could see significant snowfall above 5,000-6,000 feet in elevation. The heaviest snow accumulations of 6-12" will be near Crater Lake and Diamond Lake. Lighter accumulations are expected across the Siskiyous and for areas near 5,000 feet in elevation. We will see enough rainfall at the lower elevations where smaller creeks and streams will rise rapidly. Ponding of water in low lying areas is possible and also on road surfaces. The main stem river will see rises but we should not expect to see any significant flooding concerns. With snow levels lowering this is good news for our snow pack as beneficial water will be trapped in the snow. High pressure will build into the region from the south heading into Wednesday through next weekend. The storm track will shift well to the north, but portions of the Coos and Douglas counties could see some light precipitation at times. The rest of the region should remain dry. Given the recent saturated soil conditions morning fog and low clouds in the valleys is likely. At this moment in time air stagnation does not appear to be a concern.This dry spell looks to extend into the first week of February. Temperatures will remain above normal for this time of year.

For three days this week, some Floridians have been forced to deal with the most daunting of Southeastern circumstances: freezing temperatures. After spending much of the first half of the month sweating through temperatures that were routinely more than 5 to 15 F above the historical average, a sharp turn toward the cold sent residents in cities such as Tampa Bay and Miami scrambling for scarves. "It was bitterly cold by Florida standards on Wednesday morning," AccuWeather Senior

Meteorologist Bill Deger said. "Factoring in wind, some weather stations in South Florida observed wind chills in the 20s, leading to wind chill advisories." While some of the shocking figures to come out of the region have been due to erroneous reports – Miami didn't actually get snow and temperatures didn't actually reach minus-74 in Alligator Alley – the shocking temperatures have been anything but fake. Just ask the iguanas.

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Iguanas are not native to Florida and the cold-blooded reptiles struggle to maintain their core body temperature when temperatures drop. The struggle results in the reptiles becoming stiff, immobile and, thus, much more likely to fall out of trees, where they usually sleep. When fully grown, iguanas can be up to 5 feet long and weigh up to 25 pounds. Such large lizards falling from trees can damage sidewalks and could cause injury to unaware humans who don't normally prepare for raining reptiles. To warn the public, the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Miami issued an unofficial falling iguana alert on Tuesday night. Read more

Caltrans District 2 January 22 ROAD CLOSURE UPDATE Slide on SR96, Siskiyou County The road continues CLOSED at the slide site located approximately 4 miles west of Happy Camp in Siskiyou County. As this recent picture shows, the westbound roadway is completely covered with mud, debris, and rocks. There is plenty of materials to move off-site. The road will be reopened once it is deemed safe for the traveling public and for highway workers. Thank you for understanding.

In Australia this summer, talking about the weather inevitably leads to talking about the apocalypse. “When’s the plague of locusts going to arrive?” jokes one Sydney resident after hearing reports that her city is to receive another storm of giant hailstones on Friday afternoon, just a day after it sweltered in temperatures of 40C and toxic smoke kept people stuck indoors, away from the respite of the beach. Last Wednesday, there were flash floods in Melbourne, while just 125 miles (200km) away, brutal fires tore through remote communities. The next day rain came to Sydney – the first significant rainfall the city and its scorched surrounds have seen all summer. People breathed a sigh of relief, children danced in puddles, and the downpour helped firefighters to control the spread of the fires, but the rain has not been enough to put them out. And then, though it feels sacrilegious to say this, there were the downsides of the rain. Bushfire ash and sludge was washed into rivers and waterways and is estimated to have killed hundreds of thousands of native fish. The fires had stripped the land of brush and undergrowth, meaning that when the rain fell it led to flash flooding. And, just when people had recovered from the whiplash of the rain, came the next thing: mighty dust storms that charged across the flat, brown horizons of drought-stricken land in western New South Wales. That same day, in Melbourne, the hail arrived; huge chunks of ice, the size of golf balls, pounded the land. When the hailstorms reached Canberra the next day, the ice shredded trees, shattered windscreens and tragically – adding to the biodiversity loss – killed hundreds of bats. In the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, where 80% of the world heritage forest has been destroyed by fire this season, there were storms that led to two people being hospitalised after they were injured by lightning. On Thursday, people awoke to find the Yarra River, which snakes through the centre of Melbourne, had turned brown. Brown rain fell across the city, filling bird baths and swimming pools with dirty sludge, a result of the rain collecting dust from the dust storms. As the week closes out, fires still rage across the east of the country. People continue to choke on suffocating particle-laden air. A heatwave building in Western Australia looks likely to spread to the burning east coast from next week causing concerns that conditions will worsen. The devastating, unthinkable summer continues, and the end is not yet in sight. Read more

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Severe World Weather Deep snow and ice on Haji omran, Kurdistan, Iraq on Jan 24th. Thanks to Zakarya Salah and Zana Ibrahem Ahmad for the report

A violent storm that has ravaged parts of Spain with heavy rain and violent winds has left at least 13 people dead. Spanish authorities said four people were still missing after Storm Gloria triggered floods and swept away roads. Read more

More than 200 people were evacuated in Tucuman province, northwest Argentina after storms and heavy rain sparked flooding, authorities confirmed on January 22, 2020. Around 100 people fled their homes in Famailla, the worst-affected area, where 132 mm (5.2 inches) of rain fell in a 24-hour period. Read more

At least 31 people have been killed and 1 547 injured after a shallow M6.8 earthquake hit near the town of Sivrice in eastern Turkey's Elazig province on January 24, 2020. Initial reports suggest 76 buildings were demolished, 42 damaged and 425 with minor damages. Overnight temperatures in the region dipped to -8 °C (17.6 °F). Read more

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The contamination of US drinking water with manmade “forever chemicals” is far worse than previously estimated with some of the highest levels found in Miami, Philadelphia and New Orleans, said a report on Wednesday by an environmental watchdog group. The chemicals, resistant to breaking down in the environment, are known as perfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. Some have been linked to cancers, liver damage, low birth weight and other health problems. The chemicals were used in products like Teflon and Scotchguard and in firefighting foam. Some are used in a variety of other products and industrial processes, and their replacements also pose risks. Of tap water samples taken by EWG from 44 sites in 31 states and Washington DC, only one location, Meridian, Mississippi, which relies on 700ft (215m) deep wells, had no detectable PFAS. Only Seattle and Tuscaloosa, Alabama had levels below 1 part per trillion (PPT), the limit EWG recommends. The EPA has known since at least 2001 about the problem of PFAS in drinking water but has so far failed to set an enforceable, nationwide legal limit. In 2018 a draft report from an office of the US Department of Health and Human Services said the risk level for exposure to the chemicals should be up to 10 times lower than the 70 PPT threshold the EPA recommends. The White House and the EPA had tried to stop the report from being published. Read more The Trump administration today stripped protections from most wetlands and millions of miles of streams, ignoring warnings from its own scientists that these modest waterways are essential sources of clean water and wildlife habitat. Today’s replacement, called the Navigable Waters Protection Rule, further loosens regulations. Prior to the Obama rule, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers decided on a case-by-case basis whether to issue permits for activities affecting ephemeral streams and isolated wetlands. Under the Trump rule, landowners need not even seek a permit for those activities. “We cannot overstate how far this sets us back when it comes to protecting our water,” said Chris Wood, President and CEO of Trout Unlimited. “You can bet on gravity every time and whatever is in our headwaters will ultimately end up in our own backyards. Headwaters and wetlands are some of the most important components to our network of streams and rivers.” The water bodies no longer protected by the new rule include some of the most important bird habitat on the continent, advocates say. Just over half of the nation’s wetlands now fall outside the scope of the Clean Water Act, according to government estimates. Conserving water in arid regions of the country will grow increasingly urgent in drought years to come, she says, and draining wetlands means losing their sponge-like capacity for storing flood water as a warmer atmosphere yields more punishing downpours. The law will take effect 60 days after it is published in the Federal Register, but in the meantime, the rollback is certain to see numerous legal challenges. Read more

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) family in Germany by Jan Piecha.

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Striking image of a recently burned tree. via Reddit

Florida panthers are a subspecies of Puma concolor, a big cat with more than 80 common names, including the puma, cougar, or mountain lion. The predators once stalked landscapes from Canada to Argentina, from the Pacific to the Atlantic, but their populations have been reduced to a sliver of their former range. Today, panthers living east of the Mississippi River survive only in Florida, representing less than 5 percent of their historic range. They very nearly didn’t make it in Florida, either. European settlers valued panthers for their skins and also viewed them as a threat. Bounties accelerated the killing in the 19th century, and development during the next century picked up where the hunters left off, nearly wiping the cats off the map. In 1950, amid warnings that panthers were going the way of other imperiled local species like the manatee, whooping crane, and ivory-billed woodpecker, Florida began regulating the cat as a “game animal,” meaning limits could be set on the number of the predators legally killed. Soon after — realizing that the animals had all but disappeared — the state banned all panther hunting. A few years after that, the subspecies joined the newly created endangered species list. Although protected on paper, the panthers faced new threats in the coming decades, from an airport nearly built atop their last remaining habitat to all manner of bureaucratic corruption, greed, ignorance, and mismanagement. Pittman (Craig Pittman’s “Cat Tale” recounts the long, messy struggle to save Florida’s state animal from extinction. ) unspools these near-misses through exhaustive research and first-hand interviews with the surviving handful of biologists, veterinarians, and professional hunters who can ultimately be credited for the cat’s tenuous come-back. Read more

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Beijing — Scientists say a giant fish species that managed to survive at least 150 million years has been completely wiped out by human activity. Research published in the Science of The Total Environment this week says the giant Chinese paddlefish, also known as the Chinese swordfish, is officially extinct. The monster fish, one of the largest freshwater species in the world with lengths up to 23 feet, was once common in China's Yangtze River. Due to its speed it was commonly referred to in China as the "water tiger." The 3,900 mile Yangtze River ecosystem has seen half of the 175 species unique to its waters

go extinct, according to Chinese media. Two other species native to the river have also been declared functionally extinct: the reeves shad and the Yangtze dolphin. Read more

Wolf Conservation Center Moment of Zen

See the video

No, they can’t fly. And they don’t have red noses. But real reindeer have incredible habits and adaptations that allow them to thrive in harsh conditions. Caribou and reindeer? They’re actually both the same species, Rangifer tarandus. Generally, caribou are what we call these animals in North America, where they roam wild in Canada and

Alaska. Reindeer is the name given to the species in Europe and Asia. There’s a further difference. Most reindeer in Eurasia are domestic, where they have been herded for at least 2,000 years. If you had some reindeer prancing on your roof, you probably would hear a clicking sound. This is because reindeer have tendons that slide over foot bones as they walk, producing a loud click. Many sources hypothesize that this click allows reindeer to hear each other in harsh or foggy weather, thus enabling herds to stick together. Both sexes of caribou and reindeer carry antlers. Many fictional depictions – like the ever-popular Rudolph television special – depict female reindeer without antlers, but that’s not the case. The reindeer’s nose cavity actually cools air coming from the lungs by an astonishing 70 degrees Fahrenheit before it is expelled in the air. As such, water vapor is condensed before it enters the air. And when a reindeer

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breathes in, the nose warms the air before it enters the lungs. The reindeer’s nose is full of blood vessels. When viewed with thermal cameras, it appears – you guessed it – reddish. Reindeer must adapt to extreme variations in light conditions. In the summer, they may have 24 hours of daylight, but winter similarly means darkness all day long. And the reindeer’s eyes change. In the summer they appear golden and function like many other animals. But in the winter, their eyes are blue, allowing “significantly increased visual sensitivity.” Reindeer are reported to seek out the hallucinogenic fly agaric mushroom. The exact effects this has on the reindeer is unclear. However, there have long been stories that reindeer herders sometimes drink reindeer urine to experience the hallucinogenic effects. Folklore author Andy Letcher set out to dispel this as a myth, but ended up finding firsthand accounts from reindeer herders that verify this story. Reindeer are incredible creatures, but they are in trouble. They may be one of the animal most affected by climate change. New energy development and other habitat loss is taking a toll. Their migration routes, some of the longest among mammals, can be easily disrupted. Wild reindeer and caribou have experienced at least 40 percent population decline in the last quarter-century. Five herds in the Alaska-Canada region have declined by 90 percent. Last year, the last caribou remaining in the “lower 48” of the United States was relocated to another herd in Canada. Even domestic reindeer face a grim future; just last week, USA Today reported that hundreds of thousands of Scandinavian reindeer face starvation due to changing climate conditions. Read more

Budweiser sign, it works.

$150. Sewing machine – it also works

Rhonda or Josef 541-533-2148 $150

There is no charge for placing ads in the Chiloquin News Marketplace. If you wish to place an ad, please email it to ChiloquinNews@gmail.com by Sunday afternoon. Classified ads will be run for one month. You will find the expiration date to the far right of your ad. If you wish to extend the ad, please send an email the week before the ad expires.

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German Shepherd Puppies ◦ Papered ◦ Veterinarian Certified ◦ Standard coat $500. (Sires) ◦ Long coat $750. (Dame) Ready for their Forever Home Call Steve @ 541-363-6375 Dragonfly773@yahoo.com

FARM FRESH EGGS FOR SALE Need eggs during the winter? We got eggs!! $3.00 a dozen and $4.00 eighteen pack. Call Wes 818-437-5802

I have eggs for sale. $3.00 per dozen. Email me at bob6kat6@gmail.com. Kathy Bettles

Hats, Hats, Hats Hand knitted. Lots of styles, colors and sizes. $25 each

Give me a call or text at 541-905-6495.

Leave a message if I don’t answer. Joan

Lots of flavors and combinations – persimmon, feijoa, quince, lavender, watermelon, grape, pear, apple, autumn olive, blueberry, fig, plum, pomegranate, crabapple, rhubarb, rose hip 8 oz jar $5, 16 oz jar $10 Give me a call or text at 541-905-6495. Leave a message if I don’t answer. Joan

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Great gifts for any occasion Joan’s website: https://www.knittedcreatures.com Knitted toys and accessories, fused glass pendants

Bolerjack’s Yard Service weedeating, mowing, yard cleanup, dump runs

$15 an hour, 2 hour minimum + dump fees Call Greg at 541-880-6869

, a locally owned environmental services company, is excited to announce it is

offering two new services- noxious weed control and restoration plantings. Tired of fighting with toadflax, thistle, St John’s wort or other invasive weeds? Call us to talk about a treatment plan! Our crews can also help restore habitat with large and small native planting projects. Whether you’re a private landowner, conservancy non-profit or land agency, we’d love to help with your project! Call 541-591-0409 or email natosha.alx@gmail.com. Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Kestrel-Country-LLC-1497513103634513/

Notary Public Lily Mendonca Acknowledgments, Verification Upon Oaths, Certify Copies, Witness Signatures

($5 fee per notarial act)

English, Ukranian, Russian Languages Call or text for appointment

541-891-2487 (Chiloquin)

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VHS to DVD copying service.

Doing VHS to DVD, Slides to DVD, Super 8mm to DVD. Please contact scotteddy1@gmail. com for pricing information

Sign up for the Community Rewards program by linking your Fred Meyer Rewards Card to FCE at

www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards. You can search for us by our name (Oregon Association for Family and Community education) or by

our non-profit number (83459).

Donations of expended ink cartridges will be gratefully accepted by the Friends of the Chiloquin Library. They can be dropped off at the Chiloquin Library during regular

library hours. Funds generated by these donations will help pay for cleaning and office supplies for the library.

Full Service Pet Grooming in the Chiloquin Area

Baths and Haircuts for Dogs and Cats of all shapes and sizes. Older or difficult dogs welcome as well as first timers and new puppies. Grooming is done in my home on South Chiloquin Rd which allows me to take as much time needed for each individual pet.

Please Call for Appointment or if you should have any questions at all. Feel free to send texts also. https://www.facebook.com/Critter-Clips-1534700626754339/ Laura Price - (520)255-3147 (AZ Phone #)

If you or someone you know is sick or elderly or would like to have soup delivered to them on Tuesday, please contact Norma Jean Wilder at 541-281-1947.

The Blessing Pot has been in operation for nearly 11 years, serving homemade soup, bread, and a cookie every Tuesday at the Chiloquin Christian Center. If you would just like to come in and have lunch, you can do that between 11:30 and 12:30 every Tuesday.

A New You Massage Carla Rambil, license number 7980

Phone number 541-783-3853. All massages are by appointment only.

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I have farm fresh chicken eggs and duck eggs. Chicken eggs are $3 per dozen. Duck eggs are $3.50 per dozen. I am at Friday Market every week or you can reach me at; Kathy Bettles (510) 847-5395.

Driving to Klamath to buy your health food? Join us as we order our food through AzureStandard.com, a health food buying group.

*Order Online Bulk food, frozen foods, fresh produce, dairy, eggs, organic foods, herbs, supplements,

household, beauty, outdoor and garden, pet foods etc. ………………and all delivered!

*Local Pickup Meet a truck every 4 weeks with your order boxed and ready to go. Pur group name is

‘Gather at the River” and out drop # is 799631

*For more info Darylene Cunningham 541-783-3932

JJ’s Café American & Mexican Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner

Tuesday through Saturday

8am – 7pm To Go orders 541-783-9116

320 Chocktoot St, Chiloquin

We are open 7 days a week 11 am -10 pm Mon-Sat, and 2 pm-10 pm Sun

139 Chiloquin Blvd. Hwy 422, Chiloquin (503) 560-5833

We are on Facebook as The TP in Chiloquin! Please feel free to find us and follow us for updates and specials!

Antique/Thrift Store

27600 Hwy 97 N. Phone:(541) 892-6543

Winter Hours: Open 10:00-5:00. Closed Tuesdays and for rediculously bad weather.

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Chiloquin Car Care Quality wash & detail

We wash & detail RV/5th wheel/travel trailers too

800-460-0786 Visit our website

Split and delivered to Chiloquin, Sprague River and Fort Klamath areas.

Call 541-281-6548 and PLEASE leave a message.

is offering free estimates on a custom window for your home, office or personal gifts Elegant Entryways Doors Side Lites Transoms

Cabinets Fire Screens Lamps Personal Gifts

email Karen: nativedragonfly@live.com 541-591-5736

call us at 541-591-0949

Kayak and bicycle rentals, kayak & bicycle drop off, fishing poles

Visit our website

Sasquatch Hollow Kids Zipline, a Crater Lake ZipLine Adventure, is now open for the season.

Call for reservations for guaranteed departure times. Sasquatch Hollow is designed for young adventure seekers ages 5-13. Maximum weight 175 pounds maximum height 5’6”. Cost is $50 per person and includes a 2 hour adventure of Zipline’s challenge bridges and elements. www.sasquatchhollow.com 541.892.9477 29840 Highway 140 West, KLAMATH Falls Oregon 97601.

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Barefoot hoof trimming. We specialize in balanced barefoot trims that conform to a horse's anatomy, which help support healthy hooves and joints. We follow the "Hoofprint Trim" method taught by the Oregon School of Natural Hoofcare, backed by years of research. All disciplines and breeds welcome. We offer a good, compassionate experience for all horses. Serving Chiloquin and surrounding area. Please contact us for more information and to schedule an appointment! Also offering handyman services. Home repair including light plumbing and electrical.

Updated 01/26/2020 This calendar is compiled by Mata Rust. Submit events for inclusion to rustm@fireserve.net

In the interest of saving space this is not the complete calendar. For events for the next several months as well

as ongoing events please see https://chiloquinnews.wordpress.com/events-list/

DATE EVENT DESC LOCATION/CONTACT

Throughout the RRT season

Youth Education and Outreach Programs

A wide variety of programs will be offered by the Ross Ragland Theater for area youth. Check out the offerings for quality enrichment programs for our young people.

Ross Ragland Theater Sam Burris at education@rrtheater.org

Dec. 7 – April 26 Saturday, Sunday, and most holidays 1 PM

Ranger-guided snowshoe walks

Snowshoes are provided free of charge and no previous snowshoeing experience is necessary. Walks last 2 hours, and cover 1 to 2 miles of moderate-to-strenuous terrain. Routes vary, but most walks begin at Rim Village and explore the forests and meadows along the rim of the lake. Along the way, participants discover how winter affects Crater Lake and the park’s plants and animals. Crater Lake National Park is one of the snowiest inhabited places in America, receiving an average of 43 feet of snow per year. Snowshoeing with a ranger is a fun way to experience this winter wonderland

Crater Lake National Park www.nps.gov/crla. ccccc

January, 2020

Thursday, January 30th, from 7-5, and Friday January 31 from 6-2

Sky Lakes Volunteers Volunteer Fundraiser hosting the Masquerade $5 Jewelry Event

For two days only. The Sky Lakes Volunteers are hosting a vendor who brings Outstanding Jewelry and gift items, daily life hack gadgets. Proceeds to benefit our not for profit Volunteer programs and initiatives. Stay Local & buy local

Sky Lakes Medical Center, all three river conference Rooms near the Cafeteria, 2865 Daggett Ave. Call Reid Kennedy at 541.274.2038 for more info.

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Jan. 31 5:30 PM - ?

Klamath Basin Senior Citizen’s Annual Bow Ties & Pearls fundraiser

Entertainment by Black Cadillac Kings, Food by Yummy's Catering, No Host Bar by Pour Horse Cantina, Silent Auction

Klamath County Fairgrounds

Jan. 31 5:30 PM

Women’s College Basketball

OIT VS NORTHWEST U

OIT Danny Miles Court

Jan. 31 7:30 PM

Men’s College Basketball

OIT VS NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY (WASH.)

OIT Danny Miles Court

February, 2020

Feb. 1 5:30 PM

Women’s College Basketball

OIT VS EVERGREEN STATE

OIT Danny Miles Court

Feb. 1 7:30 PM

Men’s College Basketball

OIT VS THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE

OIT Danny Miles Court

Feb. 1 5 PM

11th Annual Oregon Tech Pink Out Tailgater

Enjoy food, drinks, music and games. Then head into the gym to pick up your free pink t-shirt and snap some pics with Hootie before heading to the games. The fun continues until the men's game begins at 7:30PM so bring the family and make a night of it!

OIT College Union

REGISTER NOW

Feb. 1 7 PM

Winter Skate-tacular

Collier Community Ice Arena FigureSkatingShow or call 541-850-5758

Feb. 1 7:30 PM

Stage Musical performance

A Tribute to Queen Ross Ragland Theater

Feb. 5 Wednesdays 1 – 8 PM

Beginning of AARP Tax-Aide sessions

In Klamath County there is no income or age restriction to receive assistance.

Klamath County Library

Feb. 11 5:30 PM

Women’s College Basketball

OIT VS SOUTHERN OREGON

OIT Danny Miles Court

Feb. 11 7:30 PM

Men’s College Basketball

OIT VS SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY

OIT Danny Miles Court

Feb. 13 6 PM

Live Acrobat Performance

Golden Dragon Acrobats Ross Ragland Theater

Feb. 13 – 16 41st Annual Winter Wings Festival

Winter birds at their finest! Winter Wings brings together birders and photographers of all stripes to learn and explore with top notch professionals and experienced local guides. The Klamath Basin is renowned for its massive wintering population of Bald Eagles, but is prime habitat for many other raptors, as well as a stunning abundance and diversity of waterfowl. For the complete schedule, program descriptions, and fees, visit the Festival website at www.WinterWingsFest.org and select the program tab. For more information email the Festival at info@WinterWingsFest.org or call 1.877.541.BIRD (2473).

Feb. 14 6AM to 2PM

Sky Lakes Volunteers hosting the Klamath Hospice Annual Valentine's Day Bake Sale

Please join our friends from the Klamath Hospice as we host their annual bake sale held at Sky Lakes

Sky Lakes Staff Dining Room, located just behind the Hill Top Café (cafeteria)

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Feb. 14 Walking History Tour, Downtown Klamath Falls

A "cultural activity" during the Winter Wings Festival. $10 registration fee applies. Click here

Feb. 14, 15, 16 2nd Annual Kite Fest Bring your own kite or just come to watch 3 days of filling the Cascade skies with color.

Lake of the Woods Resort

Feb. 14 5 – 8 PM

Valentine’s Dinner Reservation only gourmet multi-course Valentine’s Day dinner, a romantic getaway in the Cascades. Check website for menu and reservation information.

Lake of the Woods Marina & Pizzeria 866 201-4194

Feb. 14 12 PM

Women’s College Basketball

OIT VS. WALLA WALL OIT Danny Miles Court

Feb. 14 2 PM

Men’s College Basketball

OIT VS WALLA WALLA UNIVERSITY (WASH.)

OIT Danny Miles Court

Feb. 14 6 – 8 PM

Anti-Valentine’s Party

For teens Klamath County Library

Feb. 15 8 PM

Men’s College Basketball

OIT VS WALLA WALLA UNIVERSITY (WASH.)

OIT Danny Miles Court

Feb. 15 6 – 9 PM

4th Annual Country Valentine Dinner

BBQ with all the trimmings - $20 per plate requested donation. Door prizes. Dancing to the Old Time Fiddlers. Western dress optional. Sponsored by Two Rivers Art Gallery, a benefit to help develop businesses in Chiloquin vacant buildings.

Chiloquin Community Center 541 783-2428

Feb. 15 Star Party KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - A series of astronomy events has been scheduled in the Klamath Falls area to observe objects in the night sky this year. The events, referred to as star parties, are sponsored by the Klamath County Museum. Volunteer amateur astronomers will be on hand at each event to provide telescopes for viewing objects such as planets, stars, star clusters, nebulae and distant galaxies. “Some of our events will be held right here in town, but for other events we’ll have to go a ways out of town to find darker skies for viewing deep-sky objects,” said museum manager Todd Kepple.

Sukraw Farms 1800 Lower Klamath Lake Road 541 882-1000

Feb. 16 1860s Days Features presentations by living history groups in the local area.

Klamath County Museum

Feb. 20 7 AM - 5 PM Feb. 21 6 AM – 2 PM

Sky Lakes Volunteer hosting the Care Wear Scrubs/Shoes/ Socks fundraiser

For just two days, the Care Wear folks will bring back to the Basin an amazing selection of Scrubs, Shoes, and Socks as hosted by the Sky Lakes Volunteers, as part of their ongoing fundraiser campaign in support of the programs and initiatives .

Sky Lakes Medical Center, all three river conference Rooms near the Cafeteria, 2865 Daggett Ave. Call Reid Kennedy at 541.274.2038 for more info.

Feb. 21 5:30 PM

Women’s College Basketball

OIT VS WARNER PACIFIC OIT Danny Miles Court

Feb. 21 7:30 PM

Men’s College Basketball

OIT VS WARNER PACIFIC UNIVERSITY

OIT Danny Miles Court

Feb. 22 5:30 PM

Women’s College Basketball

OIT VS MULTNOMAH UNIVERSITY

OIT Danny Miles Court

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Feb. 22 7:30 PM

Men’s College Basketball

OIT VS MULTNOMAH UNIVERSITY

OIT Danny Miles Court

Feb. 26 7:30 PM

Musical performance

CARLENE CARTER, FROM THE WORLD FAMOUS CARTER CASH FAMILY

Ross Ragland Theater

Feb. 26 & 27

Sky Lakes Volunteer hosting the Americal Red Cross Blood Drive

Please join in the ever-present need for donated blood at our Blood Drive in the warmth of our meeting room, and by the warmth of people who care

Sky Lakes Medical Center, all three river conference Rooms near the Cafeteria, 2865 Daggett Ave. Call Reid Kennedy at 541.274.2038 for more info.

Feb. 27 6 PM

Cholesterol and Heart Health

Presented by Dr. Curtis Kunkel, ND who is a board-certified naturopathic physician specializing in thyroid and adrenal disorders, natural hormone rebalancing and hard to treat conditions.

Klamath County Library

Feb. 28 Documentary screening

Two documentaries on Southern Oregon events during WWII.

Ross Ragland Theater

Feb. 29 “Bloopers and Blunders in Klamath County.”

The Klamath County Museum's fourth annual Leap Year Party

Feb. 29 7 – 11 PM

Back to the 80s 1st Annual 1980s Adult Dance Party

Put on your best 80s look and dance the night away at this benefit for the Klamath Union Class of 2020 Alcohol- and Drug-Free Graduation Party.

Yesterday’s Plaza Tickets available Eventbrite.com KU office Parents of class of 2020

Feb. 29 & March 1

Monster Truck Insanity Tour

Live A Little Productions, based in Rigby, Idaho, returns to Oregon for the 2nd year, this tour including some of the nation’s biggest and baddest monster trucks, along with wild side-by-side tough truck and UTV races for locals, and the Monster Truck Ride Experience where spectators can take a ride in a real monster truck!

Klamath County Fairgrounds

March, 2020

March 7 8 AM – 2 PM

Sky Lakes Medical Center Living Well Community Health Fair

Please join this annual Health Information forum, where the Basin's leading service provider gather to provide free testings, information, resources, and information on a wide range of topics tied to health and wellness..

Klamath County Fairgrouds. Call 541.274.4778 for more info.

March 19 & 20 10 AM – 3 PM

Sky Lakes Volunteers Volunteer Fundraiser hosting the Collective Goods and Book Sale Event

For two days only. The Sky Lakes Volunteers are hosting a vendor who brings fun and unique gift items, daily life hack gadgets, and books for young and the young at heart. Proceeds to benefit our not for profit Volunteer programs and initiatives. Stay Local, and buy Goods for a Greater Good!

Sky Lakes Medical Center, all three river conference Rooms near the Cafeteria, 2865 Daggett Ave. Call Reid Kennedy at 541.274.2038 for more info.

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Fish Lake Resort – Winter hours begin Sept. 30. 541 949-8500 www.FishLakeResort.net. Lake of the Woods Resort – Lodge closes Jan. 2. Marina, pizza parlor, and store open Thursday through Sunday. Camp ground and cabins available throughout the year. www.lakeofthewoodsresort.com 1-866-201- 4194. Rocky Point Resort – Restaurant closed until February. Marina closed until March. Motel & cabins available year around. rockypointoregon.com 541 356-2287. Odessa Store – Open 8 AM – 7 PM, with groceries and quick-stop supplies, liquor store, propane, gas & diesel. Discount fuel days 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of the month. 541 356-2272. Harriman Springs Resort – Restaurant closed until spring. 541 356-0900, 844 733-2263. Quilting Sisters – Open Monday through Saturday 541 356-2218. Gardens of Joy – 541 973-3956. ---------------------------------------------------------- Dump open – Sat., 8:30 – 4 Library & Quilt – Tuesdays, 9 – noon. Fire Department Number – 541 205-4934. Rpfire.com.

Sprague River Monthly Community Meetings

Community Center Meeting (First Monday) at the Community Center @10am.

SR Community Resources Team Meeting (First Thursday) at the Community Center @6:30pm

Sheriffs Advisory Committee Meeting (Third Friday) at the Community Center @1:30pm

CAT Team Meeting (Third Saturday) at the Community Center @3:15 pm

Sprague River Fire District 3 Meeting (Third Thursday) at the Firehouse @ 5 pm

Please join us! All meetings are open to the entire community!

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National Suicide Prevention Center 1-800-273-8255

Crisis Text Line: 741-741

Emergency 911 Klamath County Animal Emergency Service Coverage Hours: 7pm - 8am, every night, direct line: 541-882-9005

If no one gets back to you within what you think is a reasonable amount of time, call Southern Oregon Veterinary Specialty Center (in Medford) at 541-282-7711

Badger Run Wildlife Rehab 541-891-2052 Reporting a non-emergency crime in Klamath County Call 541-884-4876 and use key option #4. This non-emergency call makes a report, generates an incident and is tracked but does not interfere with the emergency side of 911 dispatch. If the call is an emergency then 911 should be contacted immediately.

The Quail Trail Schedule has been revised, effective Monday 10/08/2018. The reason for the changes is to aid young adults living in Chiloquin (and surrounding areas) traveling to/from Eagle Ridge High School in Klamath Falls. The students depend on the Quail to get to/from school. Now students may ride Route 2 to get to school, and catch Route 4 to go home after school – cutting their commute time by roughly 4 hours!

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ChiloQuilters Meet on Thursdays from 11:00 AM into the afternoon at Two Rivers Art Gallery; hours are flexible. A sack lunch is recommended since meetings usually extend into mid-afternoon. Everyone interested in quilting is welcome! For more information, contact Linda Wood (541-281-7101) or Morna Bastian (541-783-2542 or jnmbastian@centurytel.net). Linus Quilters meet the last Friday of the month from 11:00 AM into the afternoon, at Two Rivers Gallery

Needle Arts Club Meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month, from 1:30 - 3:30 at Two Rivers Art Gallery. Have fun, learn new crafts and get help working on current projects. If you do any type of needle crafts, i.e. knit, crochet, beading,, etc. we would love to have you come join us! For information, contact Karyl Gudge (541)589-2479.

Yoga practice (and I emphasize the word practice) Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:00 am- 11 am at the Chiloquin Community Center. Practice is geared toward those over 55. No charge, but donations for CVIP will be gratefully accepted. Any questions, call Lorna 541-783-2238.

Bipolar and depression support group Weekly in person and online meetings. For information go to: http://www.meetup.com/BipolarCommunityProject/

Sunday Bible Study with Russ Smith at 9:00 am, Sprague River Friends Church 23840 3rd Ave. Sprague River

Adult Recovery Support Group “Iron Circle” Sponsored by the Klamath Tribal health and Family Services Youth and Family Guidance Center. Chiloquin on Weds 1-3 PM KTHFS YFGC Modular, 204 Pioneer St (across from the park) Adults 18 and over, open to anyone seeking support. Talking circle, smudge, prayer, sobriety, recovery encouragement Facilitator: Arwin Head For information: Monica Yellow Owl or Devery Saluskin 541-884-1841.

Calling All Veterans Chiloquin area veterans have started getting together regularly to get to know each other, exchange service-connected stories, and discuss local community issues. The group meets every Thursday morning at 9 at the Potbelly Café where they enjoy chatting while drinking coffee, eating snacks, and, for some, having breakfast. This informal get-together is open to all vets, men and women, and generally lasts an hour or so. Please feel free to join us.

Friday Night Alive Need hope?... Need purpose?… Need value?... Need something worth living for?... Let us, share our wonderful but simple story where you can find answers… hope…. purpose…. Value…through songs and stories…AND LOTS OF HEART CHECK US OUT!…JUST COME :) Every Friday Night ... 6:30 pm Intersection of Hwy 62 & Hwy 422 (S. Chiloquin Rd)

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Chiloquin FCE (Family and Community Education) We are a part of The Oregon Association for Family and Community Education. Our local community service is to raise funds for Chiloquin High School and Home School children who are headed to college. We raise these funds and have fun doing it. Our monthly meetings consist of a program provided by either the National Association for Family and Community Education, OSU Extension Service or one written by FCE members, a business meeting and a potluck lunch. If you are interested in getting more involved in your community in a relaxing friendly way, meeting some of your neighbors and getting to know more about this area, please come by and check us out. We meet on the 2nd Wednesday at 10am, usually at the Chiloquin Christian Center Community Room, but sometimes it’s at member’s homes or a field trip. You can call Sandie Bolyard (541-892-2336) or Judy Pedder (541-783-3227). We look forward to meeting you. Chiloquin Women’s Prayer Warriors Place: Annie and Caroles house.135 S. Charley Ave, Chiloquin Phone: 541-621-7163 Time: 10 am When: Second Monday of each month

Sage Community School Board Meeting 2nd Monday of every month at 6:00 PM, with 3 exceptions: October 21, November 18, and no meeting in December. Meetings are held at Chiloquin Fire & Rescue, McLaughlin Training Center, 201 S. 1st Ave. Chiloquin, Oregon. The public is welcome to attend. Please visit our website for the current board meeting schedule, www.SageCommunitySchool.Org. Woodland Park Special Road District The road serves about 73 homes in the area between Chiloquin and Collier State Park. Meets the 2nd Monday of every month at 6:00 PM at the Community Center.

Chiloquin Community Tourism ACTION Team 6:30pm, Chiloquin Community Center, 1st Thursday evening of each month (except July, will be the 11th). Everyone is invited! We cover all the great projects our Team is working on to create a better tomorrow for Chiloquin. Granters come and speak at our meetings, we have Project Leader reports and the many Project Teams divide in groups and discuss their agenda. This is a very inviting, filled with an enthusiastic forward movement, very positive, and organized group of concerned citizens. We have around 77 supporters which include businesses, organizations, foundations, partners, and investors. Projects include: Beautification, City Mapping, River Mapping, River Accesses, Economic Development, Marketing, Community Development, Increased Outdoor Recreation, and Tourism (which included welcome baskets to new comers) Note: We welcome any new names and phone numbers. We are an ACTION Team. This means we are all about action! Our accomplishments and plans show this it true. Be an ACTION team player and enjoy being a part of this worth-while Team who cares about Chiloquin. Please call: Judy Pate 541-783-2428 (pls use cell ph to call) Thanks!

Chiloquin Visions in Progress (CVIP) Meetings are held on the 3rd Wed of the month at 6PM in the Chiloquin Community Center conference room. See ‘Volunteer Opportunities’ for more information.

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Two Rivers Camera Club We meet at the Two Rivers Art Gallery in Chiloquin at 3:30 PM on the second Wednesday of the month. Chiloquin Book Club 4th Thursday of every month at 1:30 PM – Chiloquin Library.

Chiloquin Fire & Rescue Board Meeting 3rd Wednesday of every month at 6:00 pm. At the McLaughlin Training Center, 102 Schonchin St, Chiloquin OR 97624.

Chiloquin Vector Control The Chiloquin Vector Control District Board of Trustees meets on the 4th Wed of each month except for November and December at the Chiloquin Community Center Conference Room at 6:30PM The agenda includes discussions about mosquito control, mosquito monitoring, bill paying, budget issues and general management concerns. The public is encouraged to attend and offer public comments at the end of each meeting. The meeting room is wheelchair accessible.

Friends of the Chiloquin Library 1st Wed of every month in the library conference room. April through October – 9:00 AM, and November through March – 10:00 AM. All are welcome! Sheriff’s Citizen Advisory Committee 3rd Wednesday of every month from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM at the Chiloquin Community Center. All area residents are invited to attend.

Chiloquin City Council Meetings held on the 2nd Monday and 4th Tuesday of every month at 6:30 PM, Chiloquin City Hall on 2nd Street.

High Desert Trail Riders Back Country Horsemen The GENERAL MEETING is held at 7PM on the second Tuesday of the month at Waffle Hut & Eatery 106 Main St, Klamath Falls. We have NO meetings at all in August, and December meetings are held as announced each year. Come early to eat and socialize.

Board meetings are held at Mazatlán on Washburn every Third Tuesday of the month. Pack Clinic meetings are the Fourth Tuesday of each month at Red Rooster's. Come earlier to eat and greet. Meetings include guest speakers on various subjects. If you want to help save our trails & campsites, come see what we are about. Trail rides, work projects & camaraderie as well as lots of good people and good times. For more information see our website at www.HDTRBCH.org or Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/HighDesertTrailRiders Chiloquin Care Program The Chiloquin Food Pantry Board Meeting is on the 3rd Thursday of each month after the Vegetable Connection. People of the community are welcome to attend. Only board members can vote on issues.

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Chiloquin Fire & Rescue - Volunteer Opportunities: Firefighter, EMS, Apparatus Operator, Driver, Support, Fire Prevention, Fire Investigation, Facilities Maintenance, Vehicle Maintenance. 541-783-3860

Two Rivers Art Gallery: The gallery, which is a community project and has no paid employees, is seeking people to “gallery sit”. This involves talking to people who stop by to browse and shop. Contact the Gallery @ 783-3326.

Sage Community School – Sage Community School is looking for community volunteers interested in assisting Sage Community School. See Board Meeting info under Monthly Meetings. If you are interested in offering your services as a volunteer in any way, please contact Anna Fowler 541.783.2533~Office afowler@sagecommunityschool.org

Klamath Humane Society – volunteers needed at the Humane Society. We are getting started on our disaster program and need volunteers in the Chiloquin area. We also are looking for people who can write grants. Foster homes for dogs and cats are always needed. For more information, contact the shelter at 882-1119 or e-mail staff@klamathhumanesociety.com. Start Making A Reader Today (SMART) – a statewide program working with children K-3 during school hours. Each volunteer works one-on-one with a child for ½ hour, helping them read (or reading to the youngest). We always need volunteers, whether scheduled every week or merely as a substitute reader when the regular reader is unable to attend. Call the number below for an application or fill out an on-line application at www.getsmartoregon.org. It will be the most rewarding hour you ever volunteer! Contact the SMART office at 273-2424 or the Chiloquin Elementary School at 783-2338 or call Junie Stacey at 541-281-9787

Chiloquin Branch Library - The library has many ways to get involved and many fun ways to contribute to your local community. Some opportunities: 1. Evening volunteer: The library is open until 6pm on Tuesdays, Weds and Thursdays. We would really appreciate a volunteer who could help us out with closing tasks for the last hour or so on these days (especially Tuesdays). 2. Story time: If you would like to read two or three stories to a small group or preschoolers, and lead them in a simple craft or activity, the library staff can use your help. 3. Summer Reading Program: There are many opportunities during the summer to help out with this very worthwhile program. 4. Honor collections: These are racks of paperback books, magazines and audiovisual materials that patrons may check out without a library card. By offering these collections, more people in the community can be reached and a greater diversity of materials can be made available without incurring the costs of cataloging and processing items for the general collections. The staff would like to have some help in keeping these racks orderly, attractive and relevant. Check with the librarian for information on how to “adopt a rack”. 5. Help with sorting donations. 6. Go through Books for Sale section and tidy it once a month or so. Stop in at the library and see what they need or give them a call at 541-783-3315.

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Neighborhood Watch – Agency Lake President – Lorelle Piazza 541-783-3033, Secretary - Christy Dugger 707-499-1660

Chiloquin Visions in Progress (CVIP) CVIP operates the Chiloquin Community Center, the Chiloquin Learns After School program and is the contact point for the Chiloquin Area Community Resource Committees and their projects. We have a volunteer list in the office where you can sign up to be available for many different “jobs” and projects. Call 783-7780 between 10 AM and 2 PM weekdays for further information. If you would like to get further involved, attend a Board meeting, held on the 3rd Wed of the month at 6PM in the Community Center conference room. CVIP now accepts credit/debit cards for room rental payments.

The Chiloquin News is an email newsletter of events in Chiloquin, Oregon plus some general interest weather and earth news. The newsletter is compiled and edited by Joan Rowe and is free of charge to anyone who wants to receive it. If you are interested in receiving the Chiloquin News, email chiloquinNews@gmail.com and request that your e-mail address be added to the mailing list. To unsubscribe, send an email with “unsubscribe” in the subject line to the same address. A special thanks to the Chiloquin Library for making a print version of this newsletter available to those without computer access. All event information posted in the CN is by submissions to the CN. The Chiloquin News does not reveal, share or distribute the email addresses of subscribers for any reason whatsoever. For additional information on the town of Chiloquin, Oregon, visit www.chiloquin.com. For information about activities in the surrounding areas of the towns of Chiloquin, Ft. Klamath and Rocky Point visit www.CraterLakesBackyard.com For information on the Region, contact Klamath County’s Official Tourism Agency, Discover Klamath. The Welcome Center is open M-F 9-5 and is located at 205 Riverside Drive, Klamath Falls. 541 882-1501. Email: Info@DiscoverKlamath.com Website https://www.discoverklamath.com/ Archived copies of the ChiloquinNews can be found at http://chiloquinnews.wordpress.com/

If you are signed up but are not receiving the Chiloquin News, it’s because your email provider has either blocked it or sent it to spam. If it has just gone to spam, and you can find it there, then you can use that email to set up an email filter, telling your provider to never send it to spam. If it has been blocked, that is more difficult. When it is blocked it never even gets to your account. CenturyLink is notorious for blocking the Chiloquin News, but other providers have also done so. You could try calling CenturyLink to ask that it be ‘unblocked’ – good luck with that! Otherwise you could open a gmail account to receive the Chiloquin News, or you could read it at the online archive at https://chiloquinnews.wordpress.com/ As for the reason it is being blocked, it’s because it goes out to a large number of people and email providers tend to label those emails as spam. When the mail is blocked I can’t even reply to your queries. If the words ‘Chiloquin News’ appear anywhere in the text, the message will be blocked. The mail is doomed right from the start because it’s coming from the address ChiloquinNews@gmail.com. Please let me know if you have not been receiving the newsletter. I would like to keep track. Thanks, Joan